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Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown our country into a nightmare level crisis of joblessness. The Congress has not done enough to stop it and has not done enough to save the jobs of our people. I have come to the floor this evening to call for the Senate to pass legislation that is all about saving the public sector jobs that form the backbone of our local communities, our firefighters, our first responders, our teachers, our families, and so many others. They need our help. They need it now. Senate Democrats have been warning since March that when COVID-19 cases exploded and our economy went into lockdown, our States, our cities, and our towns are now facing budgetary disasters unlike any they have gone through in recent memory. The shortfalls that State and local governments are facing due to the pandemic make the great recession look like a modest little economic hiccup. Layoffs are now happening at nightmarish levels. In March, April, and May, there were 1.5 million job losses. Among these key individuals were the firefighters, the first responders, our public employees, folks who teach our kids, work in public health, emergency response, and play a key role in maintaining our roads and highways. I am just going to take a few minutes to run through some specific examples of why Senate Democrats think this is so important. First, what kind of sense does it make to sit back and allow thousands and thousands of first responders to lose their jobs in the middle of a pandemic? COVID-19 cases have spiked now in places around this country. Our public health systems are getting hit like they were hammered with a wrecking ball. State and local governments are being forced to cut EMSworkers at the exact moment they need more first responders who know how to keep the ailing of this country safe. Second, let me mention education. Our country is in danger of losing a generation of teachers if Congress does not act to save their jobs. The official jobs data showed that in April alone, just 1 month, nearly half a million K-12 employees lost their jobs--half a million. Education experts have estimated that hundreds of thousands of teachers could be permanently laid off without action. Schoolchildren are already facing major setbacks due to the fact that they can't get the same level of face-to-face instruction during the pandemic. Far too many kids come from working families and are falling behind because they don't have the technology, and they don't have the support at home. Too many kids are hungry. Too many kids are neglected. Nobody knows when they are going to be back in class full time. Helping those young people catch up when this pandemic ends is already going to be incredibly hard, and it will be even harder if the Nation loses hundreds of thousands of dedicated teachers in the meantime, and that is just K-12. The COVID-19 crash is a disaster for Americans who want to get an affordable college degree as well. Our public colleges and universities are taking enormous losses. In my home State of Oregon, the losses added up to $130 million this spring. States are facing big, higher education budget cuts. School administrators are doing their best to plan for the future, but, still, they don't know when their campuses are going to go back to normal. You only have to look back to the great recession to see what is likely to happen next. More and more costs getting pushed onto more and more students and their working families. Two-thirds of the class of 2018 borrowed to pay for college, and those borrowers held an average of $30,000 in debt on graduation. Someday soon, that may be something like a bargain. Third, our country's already crumbling infrastructure is going to get even worse if communities can't afford to invest in roads and highways and other essential infrastructure projects. It is a self-defeating prospect. If the Congress doesn't help communities tackle the projects now, they will cost even more down the road and when the maintenance backlog grows. Delaying these kinds of projects makes it even harder for local economies to recover because all those workers will be out of a job, and a lot of businesses don't want to invest in places where there is a crumbling infrastructure. The proposal I offer tonight with the Democratic leader will help to save these jobs and stave off a whole lot of preventable economic hardship. One of the key lessons the Senate ought to remember from the great recession is that failing to support State and local budgets will prolong suffering across this country. It will slow down the recovery, and it will guarantee the country does not bounce back quickly in 2020. Our proposal builds on legislation that has already passed the other body. It incorporates State and local portions of the Heroes Act that rescues firefighters, first responders, infrastructure jobs, and teachers. It also includes an important proposal for the rural West--Secure Rural Schools and Payments in Lieu of Taxes, what is call SRS and PILT. Even before COVID-19, our rural communities started with weaker economies, fewer public health resources, and worse access to healthcare. They were bound to have a harder time responding to and from the pandemic. Secure Rural Schools, which I authored with our former colleague, is all about bringing certainty and stability to communities and counties, often the frontline healthcare providers in far-out places. These are places where you have seen boom-and-bust traditional dependence on resource extraction, and there have been cycles where it is almost impossible, as the Presiding Officer knows, to plan for what is ahead. Our proposal would create a permanent endowment of funds to provide a predictable source of funding for rural economic development, roads, and schools. Payment in lieu of taxes is all about providing that same kind of certainty to those who live in rural areas dominated by Federal lands. They have the same right as anybody else to reliable services: firefighters, safe roads, highways, and schools. Ten years of permanent mandatory payment in lieu of taxes will help those counties budget for the future. I am going to close with one last argument I have heard from the other side and then yield to the distinguished Democratic leader. The other side often says that our ideas are some sort of blue State bailout. That is wrong, wrong, wrong. Teachers are going to get pink slips in Texas, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Florida, and they aren't going to believe that saving their jobs is a blue State bailout. Of the 42 States and Territories covered by Secure Rural Schools, less than a handful are blue States. The virus has absolutely no interest in political parties. It might hit Democratic States first, but it is now sweeping many parts of the country, including States that voted for Donald Trump. Despite being small and rural and, generally, relatively remote, county governments that rely on Secure Rural Schools and payment in lieu of taxes are responding to the same national public health crisis facing larger cities and urban areas. This economic crisis is hitting everybody. I don't want to see hundreds of thousands of teachers laid off anywhere--not in Oregon, not in Iowa, not in Texas, not in Kentucky. Especially when it is safe for kids to go back to school in person, I don't want them packed into classrooms with 40 or 50 other students. I don't want first responders to be laid off in the middle of a pandemic. I don't want our Nation's roads and highways to crumble into even worse disrepair because the Congress failed to address the nationwide budget crisis. The Senate has an obligation to act. I am now going to yield to the distinguished Democratic leader, and then I will offer a unanimous consent request to actually advance this critically important cause.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. WYDEN
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Senate
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CREC-2020-06-29-pt1-PgS3642-7
| null | 900
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formal
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urban
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racist
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Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown our country into a nightmare level crisis of joblessness. The Congress has not done enough to stop it and has not done enough to save the jobs of our people. I have come to the floor this evening to call for the Senate to pass legislation that is all about saving the public sector jobs that form the backbone of our local communities, our firefighters, our first responders, our teachers, our families, and so many others. They need our help. They need it now. Senate Democrats have been warning since March that when COVID-19 cases exploded and our economy went into lockdown, our States, our cities, and our towns are now facing budgetary disasters unlike any they have gone through in recent memory. The shortfalls that State and local governments are facing due to the pandemic make the great recession look like a modest little economic hiccup. Layoffs are now happening at nightmarish levels. In March, April, and May, there were 1.5 million job losses. Among these key individuals were the firefighters, the first responders, our public employees, folks who teach our kids, work in public health, emergency response, and play a key role in maintaining our roads and highways. I am just going to take a few minutes to run through some specific examples of why Senate Democrats think this is so important. First, what kind of sense does it make to sit back and allow thousands and thousands of first responders to lose their jobs in the middle of a pandemic? COVID-19 cases have spiked now in places around this country. Our public health systems are getting hit like they were hammered with a wrecking ball. State and local governments are being forced to cut EMSworkers at the exact moment they need more first responders who know how to keep the ailing of this country safe. Second, let me mention education. Our country is in danger of losing a generation of teachers if Congress does not act to save their jobs. The official jobs data showed that in April alone, just 1 month, nearly half a million K-12 employees lost their jobs--half a million. Education experts have estimated that hundreds of thousands of teachers could be permanently laid off without action. Schoolchildren are already facing major setbacks due to the fact that they can't get the same level of face-to-face instruction during the pandemic. Far too many kids come from working families and are falling behind because they don't have the technology, and they don't have the support at home. Too many kids are hungry. Too many kids are neglected. Nobody knows when they are going to be back in class full time. Helping those young people catch up when this pandemic ends is already going to be incredibly hard, and it will be even harder if the Nation loses hundreds of thousands of dedicated teachers in the meantime, and that is just K-12. The COVID-19 crash is a disaster for Americans who want to get an affordable college degree as well. Our public colleges and universities are taking enormous losses. In my home State of Oregon, the losses added up to $130 million this spring. States are facing big, higher education budget cuts. School administrators are doing their best to plan for the future, but, still, they don't know when their campuses are going to go back to normal. You only have to look back to the great recession to see what is likely to happen next. More and more costs getting pushed onto more and more students and their working families. Two-thirds of the class of 2018 borrowed to pay for college, and those borrowers held an average of $30,000 in debt on graduation. Someday soon, that may be something like a bargain. Third, our country's already crumbling infrastructure is going to get even worse if communities can't afford to invest in roads and highways and other essential infrastructure projects. It is a self-defeating prospect. If the Congress doesn't help communities tackle the projects now, they will cost even more down the road and when the maintenance backlog grows. Delaying these kinds of projects makes it even harder for local economies to recover because all those workers will be out of a job, and a lot of businesses don't want to invest in places where there is a crumbling infrastructure. The proposal I offer tonight with the Democratic leader will help to save these jobs and stave off a whole lot of preventable economic hardship. One of the key lessons the Senate ought to remember from the great recession is that failing to support State and local budgets will prolong suffering across this country. It will slow down the recovery, and it will guarantee the country does not bounce back quickly in 2020. Our proposal builds on legislation that has already passed the other body. It incorporates State and local portions of the Heroes Act that rescues firefighters, first responders, infrastructure jobs, and teachers. It also includes an important proposal for the rural West--Secure Rural Schools and Payments in Lieu of Taxes, what is call SRS and PILT. Even before COVID-19, our rural communities started with weaker economies, fewer public health resources, and worse access to healthcare. They were bound to have a harder time responding to and from the pandemic. Secure Rural Schools, which I authored with our former colleague, is all about bringing certainty and stability to communities and counties, often the frontline healthcare providers in far-out places. These are places where you have seen boom-and-bust traditional dependence on resource extraction, and there have been cycles where it is almost impossible, as the Presiding Officer knows, to plan for what is ahead. Our proposal would create a permanent endowment of funds to provide a predictable source of funding for rural economic development, roads, and schools. Payment in lieu of taxes is all about providing that same kind of certainty to those who live in rural areas dominated by Federal lands. They have the same right as anybody else to reliable services: firefighters, safe roads, highways, and schools. Ten years of permanent mandatory payment in lieu of taxes will help those counties budget for the future. I am going to close with one last argument I have heard from the other side and then yield to the distinguished Democratic leader. The other side often says that our ideas are some sort of blue State bailout. That is wrong, wrong, wrong. Teachers are going to get pink slips in Texas, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Florida, and they aren't going to believe that saving their jobs is a blue State bailout. Of the 42 States and Territories covered by Secure Rural Schools, less than a handful are blue States. The virus has absolutely no interest in political parties. It might hit Democratic States first, but it is now sweeping many parts of the country, including States that voted for Donald Trump. Despite being small and rural and, generally, relatively remote, county governments that rely on Secure Rural Schools and payment in lieu of taxes are responding to the same national public health crisis facing larger cities and urban areas. This economic crisis is hitting everybody. I don't want to see hundreds of thousands of teachers laid off anywhere--not in Oregon, not in Iowa, not in Texas, not in Kentucky. Especially when it is safe for kids to go back to school in person, I don't want them packed into classrooms with 40 or 50 other students. I don't want first responders to be laid off in the middle of a pandemic. I don't want our Nation's roads and highways to crumble into even worse disrepair because the Congress failed to address the nationwide budget crisis. The Senate has an obligation to act. I am now going to yield to the distinguished Democratic leader, and then I will offer a unanimous consent request to actually advance this critically important cause.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. WYDEN
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Senate
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CREC-2020-06-29-pt1-PgS3642-7
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formal
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working families
| null |
racist
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Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown our country into a nightmare level crisis of joblessness. The Congress has not done enough to stop it and has not done enough to save the jobs of our people. I have come to the floor this evening to call for the Senate to pass legislation that is all about saving the public sector jobs that form the backbone of our local communities, our firefighters, our first responders, our teachers, our families, and so many others. They need our help. They need it now. Senate Democrats have been warning since March that when COVID-19 cases exploded and our economy went into lockdown, our States, our cities, and our towns are now facing budgetary disasters unlike any they have gone through in recent memory. The shortfalls that State and local governments are facing due to the pandemic make the great recession look like a modest little economic hiccup. Layoffs are now happening at nightmarish levels. In March, April, and May, there were 1.5 million job losses. Among these key individuals were the firefighters, the first responders, our public employees, folks who teach our kids, work in public health, emergency response, and play a key role in maintaining our roads and highways. I am just going to take a few minutes to run through some specific examples of why Senate Democrats think this is so important. First, what kind of sense does it make to sit back and allow thousands and thousands of first responders to lose their jobs in the middle of a pandemic? COVID-19 cases have spiked now in places around this country. Our public health systems are getting hit like they were hammered with a wrecking ball. State and local governments are being forced to cut EMSworkers at the exact moment they need more first responders who know how to keep the ailing of this country safe. Second, let me mention education. Our country is in danger of losing a generation of teachers if Congress does not act to save their jobs. The official jobs data showed that in April alone, just 1 month, nearly half a million K-12 employees lost their jobs--half a million. Education experts have estimated that hundreds of thousands of teachers could be permanently laid off without action. Schoolchildren are already facing major setbacks due to the fact that they can't get the same level of face-to-face instruction during the pandemic. Far too many kids come from working families and are falling behind because they don't have the technology, and they don't have the support at home. Too many kids are hungry. Too many kids are neglected. Nobody knows when they are going to be back in class full time. Helping those young people catch up when this pandemic ends is already going to be incredibly hard, and it will be even harder if the Nation loses hundreds of thousands of dedicated teachers in the meantime, and that is just K-12. The COVID-19 crash is a disaster for Americans who want to get an affordable college degree as well. Our public colleges and universities are taking enormous losses. In my home State of Oregon, the losses added up to $130 million this spring. States are facing big, higher education budget cuts. School administrators are doing their best to plan for the future, but, still, they don't know when their campuses are going to go back to normal. You only have to look back to the great recession to see what is likely to happen next. More and more costs getting pushed onto more and more students and their working families. Two-thirds of the class of 2018 borrowed to pay for college, and those borrowers held an average of $30,000 in debt on graduation. Someday soon, that may be something like a bargain. Third, our country's already crumbling infrastructure is going to get even worse if communities can't afford to invest in roads and highways and other essential infrastructure projects. It is a self-defeating prospect. If the Congress doesn't help communities tackle the projects now, they will cost even more down the road and when the maintenance backlog grows. Delaying these kinds of projects makes it even harder for local economies to recover because all those workers will be out of a job, and a lot of businesses don't want to invest in places where there is a crumbling infrastructure. The proposal I offer tonight with the Democratic leader will help to save these jobs and stave off a whole lot of preventable economic hardship. One of the key lessons the Senate ought to remember from the great recession is that failing to support State and local budgets will prolong suffering across this country. It will slow down the recovery, and it will guarantee the country does not bounce back quickly in 2020. Our proposal builds on legislation that has already passed the other body. It incorporates State and local portions of the Heroes Act that rescues firefighters, first responders, infrastructure jobs, and teachers. It also includes an important proposal for the rural West--Secure Rural Schools and Payments in Lieu of Taxes, what is call SRS and PILT. Even before COVID-19, our rural communities started with weaker economies, fewer public health resources, and worse access to healthcare. They were bound to have a harder time responding to and from the pandemic. Secure Rural Schools, which I authored with our former colleague, is all about bringing certainty and stability to communities and counties, often the frontline healthcare providers in far-out places. These are places where you have seen boom-and-bust traditional dependence on resource extraction, and there have been cycles where it is almost impossible, as the Presiding Officer knows, to plan for what is ahead. Our proposal would create a permanent endowment of funds to provide a predictable source of funding for rural economic development, roads, and schools. Payment in lieu of taxes is all about providing that same kind of certainty to those who live in rural areas dominated by Federal lands. They have the same right as anybody else to reliable services: firefighters, safe roads, highways, and schools. Ten years of permanent mandatory payment in lieu of taxes will help those counties budget for the future. I am going to close with one last argument I have heard from the other side and then yield to the distinguished Democratic leader. The other side often says that our ideas are some sort of blue State bailout. That is wrong, wrong, wrong. Teachers are going to get pink slips in Texas, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Florida, and they aren't going to believe that saving their jobs is a blue State bailout. Of the 42 States and Territories covered by Secure Rural Schools, less than a handful are blue States. The virus has absolutely no interest in political parties. It might hit Democratic States first, but it is now sweeping many parts of the country, including States that voted for Donald Trump. Despite being small and rural and, generally, relatively remote, county governments that rely on Secure Rural Schools and payment in lieu of taxes are responding to the same national public health crisis facing larger cities and urban areas. This economic crisis is hitting everybody. I don't want to see hundreds of thousands of teachers laid off anywhere--not in Oregon, not in Iowa, not in Texas, not in Kentucky. Especially when it is safe for kids to go back to school in person, I don't want them packed into classrooms with 40 or 50 other students. I don't want first responders to be laid off in the middle of a pandemic. I don't want our Nation's roads and highways to crumble into even worse disrepair because the Congress failed to address the nationwide budget crisis. The Senate has an obligation to act. I am now going to yield to the distinguished Democratic leader, and then I will offer a unanimous consent request to actually advance this critically important cause.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. WYDEN
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Senate
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CREC-2020-06-29-pt1-PgS3642-7
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formal
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based
| null |
white supremacist
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Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, yesterday I discussed how the Senate's serious, fact-based approach to the coronavirus crisis has cut a sharp contrast with House Democrats' political theater. Back in March, as the economic fallout from this crisis was just beginning, it fell to the Senate to write, negotiate, and pass the CARES Act. With the House absent from Washington, Senate Republicans turned a blank sheet of paper into an outline for the largest rescue package in American history. We negotiated with our Democratic colleagues, and we made a law. House Democrats tried to insert unrelated wish-list items at the eleventh hour--things like tax credits for solar panels--but the Republican Senate stood strong, and because we did, for 3 months now, the unanimous bipartisan CARES Act has been the cornerstone of the Federal Government's response to this crisis Doctors, nurses, and hospitals have received historic Federal funding to supplement their efforts. Households received direct checks. Tens of millions of Americans have kept getting paychecks and not pink slips because of our small-business-saving Paycheck Protection Program. These are the historic programs that the Senate has spent weeks overseeing and adjusting where necessary. A few weeks ago, House Democrats jetted into town for a day or two--just long enough to make another unserious contribution, to again use this crisis for partisan wish-listing. You don't have to take my word for it. The media completely panned it. NPR called it ``a long wish list for Democrats.'' Another journalist wrote, ``Neither this bill nor anything resembling it will ever become law.'' And listen to this reporting: ``Privately, several House Democrats concede their latest bill feels like little more than an effort to appease the most liberal members of the caucus.'' This is the proposal that our Senate Democratic colleagues keep thundering that we should take up and pass here--something so unserious that it had House Democrats themselves rolling their eyes. Remember, among other things, this bill would give taxpayer-funded checks to illegal immigrants, and it would change tax law to provide massively expensive gifts to wealthy people in high-tax blue States. These are their coronavirus priorities? This political theater is the opposite of the serious Senate approach that built the CARES Act. Any further recovery effort should focus intently on three things: kids, jobs, and healthcare--kids, jobs, and healthcare. To step back toward normalcy, our country will need K-12 and college students to resume their schooling, we will need to reenergize hiring to get workers their jobs back, and we will need continued progress on thehealthcare fight to get ready for the fall and winter and speed the search for a vaccine. One helpful policy would be strong legal protection for schools, colleges, nonprofits, and employers who are putting their necks on the line to reopen. So long as institutions follow the best available guidelines, they should not have to live in fear of a second epidemic of frivolous lawsuits. Believe me, the virus is worry enough. These are the kinds of smart solutions Washington must continue discussing as we evaluate what further steps may be necessary. Partisan theater and politicized wish-lists are not what the country needs.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. McCONNELL
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Senate
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CREC-2020-06-30-pt1-PgS3979-6
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formal
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blue
| null |
antisemitic
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Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, yesterday I discussed how the Senate's serious, fact-based approach to the coronavirus crisis has cut a sharp contrast with House Democrats' political theater. Back in March, as the economic fallout from this crisis was just beginning, it fell to the Senate to write, negotiate, and pass the CARES Act. With the House absent from Washington, Senate Republicans turned a blank sheet of paper into an outline for the largest rescue package in American history. We negotiated with our Democratic colleagues, and we made a law. House Democrats tried to insert unrelated wish-list items at the eleventh hour--things like tax credits for solar panels--but the Republican Senate stood strong, and because we did, for 3 months now, the unanimous bipartisan CARES Act has been the cornerstone of the Federal Government's response to this crisis Doctors, nurses, and hospitals have received historic Federal funding to supplement their efforts. Households received direct checks. Tens of millions of Americans have kept getting paychecks and not pink slips because of our small-business-saving Paycheck Protection Program. These are the historic programs that the Senate has spent weeks overseeing and adjusting where necessary. A few weeks ago, House Democrats jetted into town for a day or two--just long enough to make another unserious contribution, to again use this crisis for partisan wish-listing. You don't have to take my word for it. The media completely panned it. NPR called it ``a long wish list for Democrats.'' Another journalist wrote, ``Neither this bill nor anything resembling it will ever become law.'' And listen to this reporting: ``Privately, several House Democrats concede their latest bill feels like little more than an effort to appease the most liberal members of the caucus.'' This is the proposal that our Senate Democratic colleagues keep thundering that we should take up and pass here--something so unserious that it had House Democrats themselves rolling their eyes. Remember, among other things, this bill would give taxpayer-funded checks to illegal immigrants, and it would change tax law to provide massively expensive gifts to wealthy people in high-tax blue States. These are their coronavirus priorities? This political theater is the opposite of the serious Senate approach that built the CARES Act. Any further recovery effort should focus intently on three things: kids, jobs, and healthcare--kids, jobs, and healthcare. To step back toward normalcy, our country will need K-12 and college students to resume their schooling, we will need to reenergize hiring to get workers their jobs back, and we will need continued progress on thehealthcare fight to get ready for the fall and winter and speed the search for a vaccine. One helpful policy would be strong legal protection for schools, colleges, nonprofits, and employers who are putting their necks on the line to reopen. So long as institutions follow the best available guidelines, they should not have to live in fear of a second epidemic of frivolous lawsuits. Believe me, the virus is worry enough. These are the kinds of smart solutions Washington must continue discussing as we evaluate what further steps may be necessary. Partisan theater and politicized wish-lists are not what the country needs.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. McCONNELL
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Senate
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CREC-2020-06-30-pt1-PgS3979-6
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formal
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illegal immigrant
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anti-Latino
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Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, yesterday I discussed how the Senate's serious, fact-based approach to the coronavirus crisis has cut a sharp contrast with House Democrats' political theater. Back in March, as the economic fallout from this crisis was just beginning, it fell to the Senate to write, negotiate, and pass the CARES Act. With the House absent from Washington, Senate Republicans turned a blank sheet of paper into an outline for the largest rescue package in American history. We negotiated with our Democratic colleagues, and we made a law. House Democrats tried to insert unrelated wish-list items at the eleventh hour--things like tax credits for solar panels--but the Republican Senate stood strong, and because we did, for 3 months now, the unanimous bipartisan CARES Act has been the cornerstone of the Federal Government's response to this crisis Doctors, nurses, and hospitals have received historic Federal funding to supplement their efforts. Households received direct checks. Tens of millions of Americans have kept getting paychecks and not pink slips because of our small-business-saving Paycheck Protection Program. These are the historic programs that the Senate has spent weeks overseeing and adjusting where necessary. A few weeks ago, House Democrats jetted into town for a day or two--just long enough to make another unserious contribution, to again use this crisis for partisan wish-listing. You don't have to take my word for it. The media completely panned it. NPR called it ``a long wish list for Democrats.'' Another journalist wrote, ``Neither this bill nor anything resembling it will ever become law.'' And listen to this reporting: ``Privately, several House Democrats concede their latest bill feels like little more than an effort to appease the most liberal members of the caucus.'' This is the proposal that our Senate Democratic colleagues keep thundering that we should take up and pass here--something so unserious that it had House Democrats themselves rolling their eyes. Remember, among other things, this bill would give taxpayer-funded checks to illegal immigrants, and it would change tax law to provide massively expensive gifts to wealthy people in high-tax blue States. These are their coronavirus priorities? This political theater is the opposite of the serious Senate approach that built the CARES Act. Any further recovery effort should focus intently on three things: kids, jobs, and healthcare--kids, jobs, and healthcare. To step back toward normalcy, our country will need K-12 and college students to resume their schooling, we will need to reenergize hiring to get workers their jobs back, and we will need continued progress on thehealthcare fight to get ready for the fall and winter and speed the search for a vaccine. One helpful policy would be strong legal protection for schools, colleges, nonprofits, and employers who are putting their necks on the line to reopen. So long as institutions follow the best available guidelines, they should not have to live in fear of a second epidemic of frivolous lawsuits. Believe me, the virus is worry enough. These are the kinds of smart solutions Washington must continue discussing as we evaluate what further steps may be necessary. Partisan theater and politicized wish-lists are not what the country needs.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. McCONNELL
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Senate
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CREC-2020-06-30-pt1-PgS3979-6
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formal
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illegal immigrants
| null |
anti-Latino
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Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, yesterday I discussed how the Senate's serious, fact-based approach to the coronavirus crisis has cut a sharp contrast with House Democrats' political theater. Back in March, as the economic fallout from this crisis was just beginning, it fell to the Senate to write, negotiate, and pass the CARES Act. With the House absent from Washington, Senate Republicans turned a blank sheet of paper into an outline for the largest rescue package in American history. We negotiated with our Democratic colleagues, and we made a law. House Democrats tried to insert unrelated wish-list items at the eleventh hour--things like tax credits for solar panels--but the Republican Senate stood strong, and because we did, for 3 months now, the unanimous bipartisan CARES Act has been the cornerstone of the Federal Government's response to this crisis Doctors, nurses, and hospitals have received historic Federal funding to supplement their efforts. Households received direct checks. Tens of millions of Americans have kept getting paychecks and not pink slips because of our small-business-saving Paycheck Protection Program. These are the historic programs that the Senate has spent weeks overseeing and adjusting where necessary. A few weeks ago, House Democrats jetted into town for a day or two--just long enough to make another unserious contribution, to again use this crisis for partisan wish-listing. You don't have to take my word for it. The media completely panned it. NPR called it ``a long wish list for Democrats.'' Another journalist wrote, ``Neither this bill nor anything resembling it will ever become law.'' And listen to this reporting: ``Privately, several House Democrats concede their latest bill feels like little more than an effort to appease the most liberal members of the caucus.'' This is the proposal that our Senate Democratic colleagues keep thundering that we should take up and pass here--something so unserious that it had House Democrats themselves rolling their eyes. Remember, among other things, this bill would give taxpayer-funded checks to illegal immigrants, and it would change tax law to provide massively expensive gifts to wealthy people in high-tax blue States. These are their coronavirus priorities? This political theater is the opposite of the serious Senate approach that built the CARES Act. Any further recovery effort should focus intently on three things: kids, jobs, and healthcare--kids, jobs, and healthcare. To step back toward normalcy, our country will need K-12 and college students to resume their schooling, we will need to reenergize hiring to get workers their jobs back, and we will need continued progress on thehealthcare fight to get ready for the fall and winter and speed the search for a vaccine. One helpful policy would be strong legal protection for schools, colleges, nonprofits, and employers who are putting their necks on the line to reopen. So long as institutions follow the best available guidelines, they should not have to live in fear of a second epidemic of frivolous lawsuits. Believe me, the virus is worry enough. These are the kinds of smart solutions Washington must continue discussing as we evaluate what further steps may be necessary. Partisan theater and politicized wish-lists are not what the country needs.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. McCONNELL
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Senate
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CREC-2020-06-30-pt1-PgS3979-6
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formal
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Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I want to take a few minutes on the floor today to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and their long march toward equality, as well as talk a little bit about how the actions of this President and his administration have threatened our hard-fought progress. As Pride Month comes to a close--a month that has seen communities of every size, in every State, protesting against our Nation's long legacy of police brutality and systemic racism, while also navigating impacts of a global health pandemic. I am reminded of the Black and Brown transgender women who 51 years ago, stood against the bigotry and violence of the police after they raided the Stonewall Inn and then sought to suppress 6 days of protest. I am reminded of their courage and how their struggles mirror the intersectional challenges people are facing today and the demands ringing out from protesters in the streets. I am reminded of Tony McDade, an unarmed Black transgender man killed by police in Tallahassee in late May, and of Nina Pop, a transwoman murdered in her Missouri apartment earlier in May--a fate that meets countless Black transwomen and other transwomen of color. Mr. President, a half century after Stonewall, I am reminded that while we have made some critical progress, we are still fighting so many of the same battles, and we still have so much, much more work to do. Thre is no denying President Trump and Vice President Pence have made this work far more difficult. This administration's far-reaching ideological agenda seems aimed at relegating LGBTQIA+ people to second-class citizens. Back in June of 2017, I sent a letter to President Trump outlining the multitude of ways his actions in the first 100 days of his administration had already threatened to cause harm to LGBTQIA+ people in Washington State and around the Nation. Three years later, it is sad but safe to say that President Trump has built those threats into an all-out attack on members of the community, from the administration's efforts to strip protections from LGBTQIA+ people seeking access to health care--during a public health emergency, no less--to eliminating protections for Federal contractor and subcontractor LGBTQIA + workers, to rolling back the Obama-era HUD equal access rule, allowing shelters to discriminate against transgender people now, and banning transgender servicemembers inour military. This is all in addition to this administration's proposed QUOTE ``faith-based'' rules that have allowed multiple federal agencies to begin discriminating against LGTBQIA+ people seeking access to vital taxpayer services and the parade of homophobic and transphobic judicial and executive appointments that have been jammed through with the help of Senate Republicans. I unfortunately could go on because the list of offenses is long, but let mesay, in closing: As a proud ally of the LGBTQIA+ community in Washington State and across the country and as a voice for our State here in the Senate, I will never stop shining a spotlight on efforts from President Trump or any President to discriminate against our LGBTQIA+ loved ones, friends, neighbors, and coworkers, and I won't stop fighting against hatred in our laws and standing up for what is right, as well as encouraging others to make their voices heard, too, as we work to help our Nation live up to its ideals of justice and equality. So, Mr. President, this may not be the celebratory Pride we expected or one like we have ever seen before, but it is one we should take as motivation and inspiration for the work ahead this June and in the coming months and years. Happy Pride, everyone.
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2020-01-06
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Mrs. MURRAY
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Senate
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Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, I ask to have printed in the Record some of the finalist essays written by Vermont High School students as part of the 10th annual ``State of the Union'', essay contest conducted by my office. The material follows: Hussein Amuri, Winooski High School, Junior ``Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!'' Emma Lazarus, a native-born American, included these sentiments in the sonnet ``The New Colossus'' engraved on the pedestal that supports the Statue of Liberty. The words and the statue embody the greatness and intellect of this country. I am a teenage immigrant from Tanzania, whose family fled the Second Congo Civil War to enter the ``golden door.'' Those words are not just words to me, they represent my reality. Yet, I think America is moving away from these values, dishonoring the hard-won identity of countless immigrants. I think America needs to reclaim these values because diversity forms this country's strength and its path to renaissance. People fleeing wars, persecution, and conflict founded the United States to build better lives. Our founders, like my family, arrived poor and desperate. Today, however, Americans attack newcomers, blame them for economic tribulations and cultural disruption. Do we steal jobs and fail to pay taxes? No, these so-called beliefs are myths. According to the National Foundation for American Policy, 55% of the country's $1 billion start-up companies-such as Uber, SpaceX, and Avant--had at least one immigrant founder and each start-up created more than 760 jobs. In my hometown of Winooski, we have popular ethnic restaurants like Pho Dang Vietnamese Cafe and Tiny Thai; grocery stores like Sagarthama Grocery and Asian Market; businesses built and owned by immigrants, the ``huddled masses yearning to breathe free.'' Many people from around Vermont find job opportunities here, including myself. Native-born Americans come to shop and enjoy themselves at these shops and restaurants. In 2017, working immigrant households paid $405 billion dollars in taxes; DACAeligible residents paid $4 billion, according to the New America Economy Coalition. Legal and unauthorized immigrants pay taxes. Poor, ``wretched refuse,'' struggling in our home countries, we decided that America offered more opportunities, and brought our cultures, ways of life, and strong wills here. We enhance the economy and introduce new perspectives to American life. My beautiful mother hardly speaks English and works two jobs to support herself and my brothers. She pays taxes. We see her seldom because she's usually at work. From where we sit, she's contributing a lot to the economy. We are ``your tired, your poor.'' We are ``the homeless, tempest-tost.'' We are here today and contributing to this country. We are the New Colossus and represent the words engraved on the pedestal supporting the Statue of Liberty. Can we keep the legacy of this sonnet alive, a legacy that truly defines this country's strength, roots to renaissance, and diversity? Listen and acknowledge stories from my mother and thousands of other immigrants. Those stories are full of hardship and revitalization. In despair, we came to ``lift our lamps, beside the golden door,'' and we found hope for ourselves and the United States of America. Maely Brightman, St. Johnsbury Academy, Sophomore Today in many schools, students are receiving inadequet sex education and it's negatively impacting their health and well-being. In the United States only 24 states require public schools to have sex education and 20 of them require it to be medically accurate. The lack of coverage on subjects such as safe sex, LGBTQ topics, menstruation, and body image is damaging the well-being of today's youths. Research shows that having accurate comprehensive sex education classes leads to lower rates of teen pregnancy and contracting an STI. Teens understand the importance of using protection and contraceptives. In fact, NCLS states that people age 15-25 make up 25% of the sexually active population but the rate of them contracting is disproportionately high. By teaching teens accurate information, they have more knowledge to make safer decisions. Medically accurate information has been shown to have a higher influence than no sex education at all or abstinence-until-marriage education. It is also important that we do not just teach about heterosexual intercourse, but have an LGBTQ inclusive ciriculum. The lack of awareness and information about the LGBTQ community leads to teens and adults who don't know how to have safe same-sex intercourse. A surprising amount of people don't know what a dental dam is. It's a protection from STis when performing oral sex. Furthermore, teaching children about healthy, normal LGBTQ relationships would help normalize same-sex relationships and non-cisgender identities. It is an important component in supporting LGBTQ youth. In addition, accurate sex education would help defeat the stigma in teens, specifically boys, that surrounds menstruation and other natural things that happen to girls and boys during puberty. Because of society's influence, many people end up believing that normal, healthy processes are bad or gross. This can cause bullying, low self esteem, or abuse. Sex education would help normalize these natural occurances. That is why the government should require all public schools to have medically accurate sex education classes. While it would be a difficult and long process, the outcome would be worth the effort. Many people are against this idea, under beliefs that kids shouldn't be exposed to the world yet or for religious reasons, however by shielding them from the truth parents ensure that their children have less knowledge and information to rely on when they reach adulthood. Typically in schools that teach sex education, they start in middle school. I feel that it is a good starting point for schools. The law would have to be changed at a federal level, so that it affects the whole nation. This would be a tedious process, however I believe it would bring a much needed improvement for American youths. Isabelle Chen, Oxbow High School, Freshman As everyone starts to shift into the next decade, there is one prominent issue that can no longer be silenced. This problem not only applies to Americans but includes every living species who wanders this earth. Despite our state of ignorance, earth has continuously given us telltale signs that climate change is quickly altering our planet. Yet many of us still refuse to see the consequences that climate change has created thus far. Unstable air quality, increase in hotter temperatures, and the rise of sea levels are a few of the repercussions that mankind has generated. Before we can solve other pressing matters like gun control or inequality, we must make global warming our top priority, for it is destroying the very ground we stand on. According to NASA, the exploitation of fossil fuels is the main driving force in the production of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The action of burning fossil fuels leads to the consolidation of carbon and oxygen in the air to forge CO2. The depositing of excess CO2 in the atmosphere is solely based upon human activities. We lack the action needed from the government to prevent such happenings. Additional grants and federal funding should go towards companies whose mission is to use sustainable energy sources. Those companies will improve further with the increased funding and influence others to reject coal and oil for the more sustainable utilization of solar energy, geothermal energy, hydroelectric energy, etc. The cessation of fossil fuel use will decrease stock and mass production for oil and coal companies, ultimately weakening the usage of greenhouse gases. What also needs special attention drawn to is the deliberation of entering America back into the Paris Climate Agreement. The agreement states that all countries signed into the arrangement will focus their efforts on the prevention of global warming and greenhouse gas emissions. Nearly 200 countries plus the European Union are currently in the agreement. If America joins back into the Paris Agreement, not only would we be establishing trust and a working relationship alongside other countries, but America would be delivering a message to all citizens living in it that fighting climate change is crucial to the outcome of our future. Not to mention, the United States is one of the most vigorous advocates for climate action. We must not abandon our efforts now in a time like this. The world cannot prosper with the threat of climate change looming over our heads. In the words of President Obama, ``Climate change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here, and it is happening now.'' Denial of the present and our own ignorance to believe the earth will fix itself will simply not stand. Acknowledging that climate change is legitimate would be an essential element in hindering the ongoing growth of global warming. Switching over to viable energy sources and providing government funding to sustainable corporations will decrease the advancements of CO2 emissions by a large sum. This is our planet, and we must protect our only home.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. SANDERS
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Senate
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Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, I ask to have printed in the Record some of the finalist essays written by Vermont High School students as part of the 10th annual ``State of the Union'', essay contest conducted by my office. The material follows: Hussein Amuri, Winooski High School, Junior ``Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!'' Emma Lazarus, a native-born American, included these sentiments in the sonnet ``The New Colossus'' engraved on the pedestal that supports the Statue of Liberty. The words and the statue embody the greatness and intellect of this country. I am a teenage immigrant from Tanzania, whose family fled the Second Congo Civil War to enter the ``golden door.'' Those words are not just words to me, they represent my reality. Yet, I think America is moving away from these values, dishonoring the hard-won identity of countless immigrants. I think America needs to reclaim these values because diversity forms this country's strength and its path to renaissance. People fleeing wars, persecution, and conflict founded the United States to build better lives. Our founders, like my family, arrived poor and desperate. Today, however, Americans attack newcomers, blame them for economic tribulations and cultural disruption. Do we steal jobs and fail to pay taxes? No, these so-called beliefs are myths. According to the National Foundation for American Policy, 55% of the country's $1 billion start-up companies-such as Uber, SpaceX, and Avant--had at least one immigrant founder and each start-up created more than 760 jobs. In my hometown of Winooski, we have popular ethnic restaurants like Pho Dang Vietnamese Cafe and Tiny Thai; grocery stores like Sagarthama Grocery and Asian Market; businesses built and owned by immigrants, the ``huddled masses yearning to breathe free.'' Many people from around Vermont find job opportunities here, including myself. Native-born Americans come to shop and enjoy themselves at these shops and restaurants. In 2017, working immigrant households paid $405 billion dollars in taxes; DACAeligible residents paid $4 billion, according to the New America Economy Coalition. Legal and unauthorized immigrants pay taxes. Poor, ``wretched refuse,'' struggling in our home countries, we decided that America offered more opportunities, and brought our cultures, ways of life, and strong wills here. We enhance the economy and introduce new perspectives to American life. My beautiful mother hardly speaks English and works two jobs to support herself and my brothers. She pays taxes. We see her seldom because she's usually at work. From where we sit, she's contributing a lot to the economy. We are ``your tired, your poor.'' We are ``the homeless, tempest-tost.'' We are here today and contributing to this country. We are the New Colossus and represent the words engraved on the pedestal supporting the Statue of Liberty. Can we keep the legacy of this sonnet alive, a legacy that truly defines this country's strength, roots to renaissance, and diversity? Listen and acknowledge stories from my mother and thousands of other immigrants. Those stories are full of hardship and revitalization. In despair, we came to ``lift our lamps, beside the golden door,'' and we found hope for ourselves and the United States of America. Maely Brightman, St. Johnsbury Academy, Sophomore Today in many schools, students are receiving inadequet sex education and it's negatively impacting their health and well-being. In the United States only 24 states require public schools to have sex education and 20 of them require it to be medically accurate. The lack of coverage on subjects such as safe sex, LGBTQ topics, menstruation, and body image is damaging the well-being of today's youths. Research shows that having accurate comprehensive sex education classes leads to lower rates of teen pregnancy and contracting an STI. Teens understand the importance of using protection and contraceptives. In fact, NCLS states that people age 15-25 make up 25% of the sexually active population but the rate of them contracting is disproportionately high. By teaching teens accurate information, they have more knowledge to make safer decisions. Medically accurate information has been shown to have a higher influence than no sex education at all or abstinence-until-marriage education. It is also important that we do not just teach about heterosexual intercourse, but have an LGBTQ inclusive ciriculum. The lack of awareness and information about the LGBTQ community leads to teens and adults who don't know how to have safe same-sex intercourse. A surprising amount of people don't know what a dental dam is. It's a protection from STis when performing oral sex. Furthermore, teaching children about healthy, normal LGBTQ relationships would help normalize same-sex relationships and non-cisgender identities. It is an important component in supporting LGBTQ youth. In addition, accurate sex education would help defeat the stigma in teens, specifically boys, that surrounds menstruation and other natural things that happen to girls and boys during puberty. Because of society's influence, many people end up believing that normal, healthy processes are bad or gross. This can cause bullying, low self esteem, or abuse. Sex education would help normalize these natural occurances. That is why the government should require all public schools to have medically accurate sex education classes. While it would be a difficult and long process, the outcome would be worth the effort. Many people are against this idea, under beliefs that kids shouldn't be exposed to the world yet or for religious reasons, however by shielding them from the truth parents ensure that their children have less knowledge and information to rely on when they reach adulthood. Typically in schools that teach sex education, they start in middle school. I feel that it is a good starting point for schools. The law would have to be changed at a federal level, so that it affects the whole nation. This would be a tedious process, however I believe it would bring a much needed improvement for American youths. Isabelle Chen, Oxbow High School, Freshman As everyone starts to shift into the next decade, there is one prominent issue that can no longer be silenced. This problem not only applies to Americans but includes every living species who wanders this earth. Despite our state of ignorance, earth has continuously given us telltale signs that climate change is quickly altering our planet. Yet many of us still refuse to see the consequences that climate change has created thus far. Unstable air quality, increase in hotter temperatures, and the rise of sea levels are a few of the repercussions that mankind has generated. Before we can solve other pressing matters like gun control or inequality, we must make global warming our top priority, for it is destroying the very ground we stand on. According to NASA, the exploitation of fossil fuels is the main driving force in the production of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The action of burning fossil fuels leads to the consolidation of carbon and oxygen in the air to forge CO2. The depositing of excess CO2 in the atmosphere is solely based upon human activities. We lack the action needed from the government to prevent such happenings. Additional grants and federal funding should go towards companies whose mission is to use sustainable energy sources. Those companies will improve further with the increased funding and influence others to reject coal and oil for the more sustainable utilization of solar energy, geothermal energy, hydroelectric energy, etc. The cessation of fossil fuel use will decrease stock and mass production for oil and coal companies, ultimately weakening the usage of greenhouse gases. What also needs special attention drawn to is the deliberation of entering America back into the Paris Climate Agreement. The agreement states that all countries signed into the arrangement will focus their efforts on the prevention of global warming and greenhouse gas emissions. Nearly 200 countries plus the European Union are currently in the agreement. If America joins back into the Paris Agreement, not only would we be establishing trust and a working relationship alongside other countries, but America would be delivering a message to all citizens living in it that fighting climate change is crucial to the outcome of our future. Not to mention, the United States is one of the most vigorous advocates for climate action. We must not abandon our efforts now in a time like this. The world cannot prosper with the threat of climate change looming over our heads. In the words of President Obama, ``Climate change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here, and it is happening now.'' Denial of the present and our own ignorance to believe the earth will fix itself will simply not stand. Acknowledging that climate change is legitimate would be an essential element in hindering the ongoing growth of global warming. Switching over to viable energy sources and providing government funding to sustainable corporations will decrease the advancements of CO2 emissions by a large sum. This is our planet, and we must protect our only home.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. SANDERS
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Senate
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CREC-2020-06-30-pt1-PgS4030-2
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formal
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public schools
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racist
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Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, I ask to have printed in the Record some of the finalist essays written by Vermont High School students as part of the 10th annual ``State of the Union'', essay contest conducted by my office. The material follows: Hussein Amuri, Winooski High School, Junior ``Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!'' Emma Lazarus, a native-born American, included these sentiments in the sonnet ``The New Colossus'' engraved on the pedestal that supports the Statue of Liberty. The words and the statue embody the greatness and intellect of this country. I am a teenage immigrant from Tanzania, whose family fled the Second Congo Civil War to enter the ``golden door.'' Those words are not just words to me, they represent my reality. Yet, I think America is moving away from these values, dishonoring the hard-won identity of countless immigrants. I think America needs to reclaim these values because diversity forms this country's strength and its path to renaissance. People fleeing wars, persecution, and conflict founded the United States to build better lives. Our founders, like my family, arrived poor and desperate. Today, however, Americans attack newcomers, blame them for economic tribulations and cultural disruption. Do we steal jobs and fail to pay taxes? No, these so-called beliefs are myths. According to the National Foundation for American Policy, 55% of the country's $1 billion start-up companies-such as Uber, SpaceX, and Avant--had at least one immigrant founder and each start-up created more than 760 jobs. In my hometown of Winooski, we have popular ethnic restaurants like Pho Dang Vietnamese Cafe and Tiny Thai; grocery stores like Sagarthama Grocery and Asian Market; businesses built and owned by immigrants, the ``huddled masses yearning to breathe free.'' Many people from around Vermont find job opportunities here, including myself. Native-born Americans come to shop and enjoy themselves at these shops and restaurants. In 2017, working immigrant households paid $405 billion dollars in taxes; DACAeligible residents paid $4 billion, according to the New America Economy Coalition. Legal and unauthorized immigrants pay taxes. Poor, ``wretched refuse,'' struggling in our home countries, we decided that America offered more opportunities, and brought our cultures, ways of life, and strong wills here. We enhance the economy and introduce new perspectives to American life. My beautiful mother hardly speaks English and works two jobs to support herself and my brothers. She pays taxes. We see her seldom because she's usually at work. From where we sit, she's contributing a lot to the economy. We are ``your tired, your poor.'' We are ``the homeless, tempest-tost.'' We are here today and contributing to this country. We are the New Colossus and represent the words engraved on the pedestal supporting the Statue of Liberty. Can we keep the legacy of this sonnet alive, a legacy that truly defines this country's strength, roots to renaissance, and diversity? Listen and acknowledge stories from my mother and thousands of other immigrants. Those stories are full of hardship and revitalization. In despair, we came to ``lift our lamps, beside the golden door,'' and we found hope for ourselves and the United States of America. Maely Brightman, St. Johnsbury Academy, Sophomore Today in many schools, students are receiving inadequet sex education and it's negatively impacting their health and well-being. In the United States only 24 states require public schools to have sex education and 20 of them require it to be medically accurate. The lack of coverage on subjects such as safe sex, LGBTQ topics, menstruation, and body image is damaging the well-being of today's youths. Research shows that having accurate comprehensive sex education classes leads to lower rates of teen pregnancy and contracting an STI. Teens understand the importance of using protection and contraceptives. In fact, NCLS states that people age 15-25 make up 25% of the sexually active population but the rate of them contracting is disproportionately high. By teaching teens accurate information, they have more knowledge to make safer decisions. Medically accurate information has been shown to have a higher influence than no sex education at all or abstinence-until-marriage education. It is also important that we do not just teach about heterosexual intercourse, but have an LGBTQ inclusive ciriculum. The lack of awareness and information about the LGBTQ community leads to teens and adults who don't know how to have safe same-sex intercourse. A surprising amount of people don't know what a dental dam is. It's a protection from STis when performing oral sex. Furthermore, teaching children about healthy, normal LGBTQ relationships would help normalize same-sex relationships and non-cisgender identities. It is an important component in supporting LGBTQ youth. In addition, accurate sex education would help defeat the stigma in teens, specifically boys, that surrounds menstruation and other natural things that happen to girls and boys during puberty. Because of society's influence, many people end up believing that normal, healthy processes are bad or gross. This can cause bullying, low self esteem, or abuse. Sex education would help normalize these natural occurances. That is why the government should require all public schools to have medically accurate sex education classes. While it would be a difficult and long process, the outcome would be worth the effort. Many people are against this idea, under beliefs that kids shouldn't be exposed to the world yet or for religious reasons, however by shielding them from the truth parents ensure that their children have less knowledge and information to rely on when they reach adulthood. Typically in schools that teach sex education, they start in middle school. I feel that it is a good starting point for schools. The law would have to be changed at a federal level, so that it affects the whole nation. This would be a tedious process, however I believe it would bring a much needed improvement for American youths. Isabelle Chen, Oxbow High School, Freshman As everyone starts to shift into the next decade, there is one prominent issue that can no longer be silenced. This problem not only applies to Americans but includes every living species who wanders this earth. Despite our state of ignorance, earth has continuously given us telltale signs that climate change is quickly altering our planet. Yet many of us still refuse to see the consequences that climate change has created thus far. Unstable air quality, increase in hotter temperatures, and the rise of sea levels are a few of the repercussions that mankind has generated. Before we can solve other pressing matters like gun control or inequality, we must make global warming our top priority, for it is destroying the very ground we stand on. According to NASA, the exploitation of fossil fuels is the main driving force in the production of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The action of burning fossil fuels leads to the consolidation of carbon and oxygen in the air to forge CO2. The depositing of excess CO2 in the atmosphere is solely based upon human activities. We lack the action needed from the government to prevent such happenings. Additional grants and federal funding should go towards companies whose mission is to use sustainable energy sources. Those companies will improve further with the increased funding and influence others to reject coal and oil for the more sustainable utilization of solar energy, geothermal energy, hydroelectric energy, etc. The cessation of fossil fuel use will decrease stock and mass production for oil and coal companies, ultimately weakening the usage of greenhouse gases. What also needs special attention drawn to is the deliberation of entering America back into the Paris Climate Agreement. The agreement states that all countries signed into the arrangement will focus their efforts on the prevention of global warming and greenhouse gas emissions. Nearly 200 countries plus the European Union are currently in the agreement. If America joins back into the Paris Agreement, not only would we be establishing trust and a working relationship alongside other countries, but America would be delivering a message to all citizens living in it that fighting climate change is crucial to the outcome of our future. Not to mention, the United States is one of the most vigorous advocates for climate action. We must not abandon our efforts now in a time like this. The world cannot prosper with the threat of climate change looming over our heads. In the words of President Obama, ``Climate change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here, and it is happening now.'' Denial of the present and our own ignorance to believe the earth will fix itself will simply not stand. Acknowledging that climate change is legitimate would be an essential element in hindering the ongoing growth of global warming. Switching over to viable energy sources and providing government funding to sustainable corporations will decrease the advancements of CO2 emissions by a large sum. This is our planet, and we must protect our only home.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. SANDERS
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Senate
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CREC-2020-06-30-pt1-PgS4030-2
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Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Markey, Ms. Warren, Ms. Harris, and Mr. Cardin) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: S. Res. 639 Whereas the United States is stronger when all individuals have the opportunity to live up to their full potential; Whereas, in the United States, more than 16 percent of health care workers are immigrants, and foreign-born individuals comprise-- (1) 29.1 percent of physicians; (2) 23.7 percent of dentists; (3) 23.1 percent of nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides; (4) 20.3 percent of pharmacists; (5) 17.4 percent of dieticians and nutritionists; (6) 17.3 percent of medical assistants; (7) 16.5 percent of dental assistants; (8) 16.2 percent of optometrists; (9) 16 percent of registered nurses; and (10) 15 percent of licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses; Whereas immigrants working in a health care occupation range from individuals with Temporary Protected Status and individuals who have been granted deferred action pursuant to the memorandum of the Department of Homeland Security entitled `Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children' issued on June 15, 2012 (referred to in this preamble as `DACA recipients') to naturalized citizens; Whereas more than 12 percent of immigrants with Temporary Protected Status or who are DACA recipients, or 310,000 individuals, are humanitarian migrants, including refugees, asylees, special immigrant visa holders, and entrants from Cuba and Haiti; Whereas 41,700 DACA recipients perform critical roles in the health care industry; Whereas immigrants working in health care professions serve throughout the United States and often serve in rural or underserved communities; Whereas each medical student, resident, and physician who relies on being a DACA recipient for the ability to practice medicine provides medical care to an average of between 1,533 and 4,600 patients each year; Whereas immigrants have filled nearly \1/3\ of physician roles in the United States for a decade; Whereas the Association of American Medical Colleges attested to the Supreme Court of the United States that the health care system of the United States relies on immigrant health care providers; Whereas, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, immigrants are putting their own lives at risk to save lives every day by working as diagnosing and treating practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, health aides, nursing assistants and orderlies, health care support workers, medical students and residents, and health technologists and technicians; Whereas nearly \1/3\ of all DACA recipients, or 200,000 individuals, and more than 130,000 of the estimated 411,000 individuals with Temporary Protected Status, are serving on the frontlines of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and are considered essential critical infrastructure workers; Whereas immigrant essential workers, including first responders, health care workers, agricultural workers, meat packers, childcare providers, and hospitality and transportation workers, have heroically helped provide medical care, food, shelter, and comfort to individuals in the United States impacted by COVID-19; Whereas the majority of farm workers in the United States are immigrants, and, regardless of politics, have been deemed ``essential workers'' by the President of the United States to maintain a safe food supply for the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic; Whereas immigrants have served in the Armed Forces since the founding of the United States and have fought in every major conflict in the history of the United States, including the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and conflicts in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq; Whereas immigrants have put their lives at risk to protect the ideals of the United States and democracy and the lives of individuals in the United States by serving as translators and interpreters for the Armed Forces and performing sensitive and trusted activities for United States military personnel stationed at the International Security Assistance Force; Whereas immigrants who serve in emerging industries in the United States with pronounced labor shortages that rely on science, technology, engineering, and math (referred to in this preamble as ``STEM'') skills, such as artificial intelligence, bolster the economy and enhance the national security and global leadership of the United States; Whereas, when immigrants have a trusting relationship with local law enforcement agencies, they report crime and work with police on neighborhood crime reduction strategies; Whereas more immigrants reside in the United States than any other country in the world, and immigrants in the United States come from almost every country in the world, contributing to the rich diversity of individuals, cultures, cuisine, literature, art, language, academia, music, media, fashion, and customs in the United States; Whereas the United States is more diverse than ever before in history, evidenced by the fact that-- (1) an increased percentage of immigrants to the United States have come from countries such as India, China (including Hong Kong and Macao but not Taiwan), the Philippines, El Salvador, Vietnam, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, South Korea, and Guatemala; and (2) the number of Black immigrants to the United States from across the African continent, the Caribbean, and the Americas has increased by 30 percent since 2010; Whereas Black immigrants and their children make up roughly \1/5\, or 18 percent, of the overall Black population of the United States; Whereas, in response to recent civil unrest in the United States, immigrants of all backgrounds have pledged their support to fight hand-in-hand with Black immigrants to-- (1) fight against racial injustice and for accountability from law enforcement agencies and the criminal justice system; and (2) demand that law enforcement agencies protect individuals, regardless of their skin color; Whereas celebrating racial, ethnic, linguistic, and religious differences of immigrants has resulted in a unified, patriotic, and prosperous United States; Whereas immigration has long been one of the greatest competitive advantages of the United States; Whereas immigrants of all skill levels have helped make the economy of the United States the strongest in the world, complementing existing businesses in the United States in times of need and founding successful businesses of their own; Whereas, although immigrants account for only 13.7 percent of the total population of the United States, nearly half of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children, and those businesses create more than $6,000,000,000,000 in annual revenue and employ millions of individuals in the United States; Whereas 72.5 percent of immigrants believe that hard work is necessary to succeed in the United States, and immigrants are responsible for half of the total labor force growth in the United States in the last decade; Whereas, in the United States in 2019-- (1) 66 percent of immigrants who were 16 years of age or older were employed; and (2) 62.5 percent of individuals born in the United States who were 16 years of age or older were employed; Whereas immigrants are entrepreneurial self-starters who-- (1) create their own opportunity and employment opportunities; and (2) are more likely to be entrepreneurs than individuals born in the United States; Whereas the high-skilled immigration system of the United States-- (1) has not been updated in more than 25 years; (2) is outdated and overburdened; and (3) puts the global leadership of the United States at risk; Whereas national security experts agree that it is essential for the United States to maintain its military exceptionalism by being the leader in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, cyber and quantum technologies, robotics, and directed-energy and hypersonic weapons, which are STEM fields in which immigrants fill dangerous labor shortages in the United States; Whereas, in the future, immigrants in the United States are expected to fill a crucial need for health care workers brought on by an aging population and a longer life expectancy, and, by filling that need, immigrants will keep individuals in the United States healthy; Whereas meaningful immigration policy reform would reduce the Federal deficit by $1,200,000,000,000 in just 20 years, contributing to greater economic stability and safety; Whereas, if Dreamers were provided a pathway to citizenship, the cumulative gains for the economy of the United States could be up to $1,000,000,000,000; Whereas, because immigrants in the United States are more likely to be working-age than individuals born in the United States, immigrants are more likely to contribute to the labor force and economy as both consumers and taxpayers, thereby helping to fund social services and programs like Medicare and Social Security and making individuals in the United States healthier, safer, and economically prosperous; and Whereas the continued integration of immigrants from around the world and encouraging a pathway to citizenship, economic and social mobility, and civic engagement for those immigrants will-- (1) perpetuate the prosperity of the United States; and (2) reinforce the patriotism that the people of the United States feel for the United States, no matter their color of skin, country of origin, or religious background: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) recognizes June 2020 as ``Immigrant Heritage Month'' in honor of the contributions immigrants and their children have made to the United States throughout its history; (2) pledges to celebrate immigrant contributions to, and immigrant heritages in, each State; (3) welcomes immigrants presently in the United States and individuals seeking to immigrate to the United States to contribute to the health, safety, diversity, and prosperity of the United States by finding their place in the vibrant, multiethnic, and integrated society of the United States; (4) encourages the people of the United States to work with their immigrant neighbors and colleagues to advance the current and future well-being of the United States; and (5) commits to working with fellow Members of Congress, the executive agencies that administer immigration laws and policies, and the President to promote smart and just immigration policy for immigrants presently in the United States, their families, and individuals seeking to immigrate to the United States in the future.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer) for 5 minutes. MR. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, the longer I am here the more I question why everything must be so complex. Some, like our transportation bill, are complex because of the massive interrelationships we have, but others we just make complex. I would offer two simple solutions today to the crisis that we are facing, not just from Black Americans, for justice. First, I would suggest that we remove the dead hand of Richard Nixonfrom the scales of justice with his cynical, cruel war on drugs, which continues to this day. Tens of thousands of young Black Americans are arrested or cited still for something that two-thirds of Americans think should be legal; and, in fact, voters in 10 States have done so. We are watching how these interactions with police with young people for something that even a majority of Republicans now say should be legal can lead to tragic consequences. Why do we do this? We have an opportunity before us now with legislation approved by the House Judiciary Committee, the MORE Act, which incorporates many elements of Congresswoman Barbara Lee's Marijuana Justice Act, which would just legalize marijuana, what the majority of American people want, what is happening in States across the country, and prevent this opportunity for interference with law enforcement that is completely unjustified. Completely unjustified. I suggest that there is another simple action to deal with a century of discrimination dealing with housing specifically against people of color. I spent most of last summer and fall doing a deep dive into American housing policy. I have a report on my website: ``LOCKED OUT. Reversing Federal Housing Failures and Unlocking Opportunity.'' But what I found dealing with this is a tragic, embarrassing record of blatant discrimination by the Federal Government against people of color, especially Black Americans. Look at the history of the Federal Government denying them housing for wartime work projects, for redlining, denying applications for New Deal housing projects, excluding African Americans. And an example of something that I just recently became aware of, the 1968 Housing and Urban Development Act, which had good intentions and generous terms, but gave way to predatory inclusion where real estate interests, banks sold essentially deficient properties at terms that unsophisticated buyers did not fully understand. But the banks and real estate interests didn't care because the loans were guaranteed by the Federal Government at inflated prices. Banking and real estate interests were able to take those back, flip them, sell them again. It is a shameful chapter in this century-long process of discriminating against African Americans in housing. I would suggest that when we look at what we might do, some are thinking about reparations, I suggest we just provide generous rental subsidies and loan terms for Black Americans. Think of it as a GI Bill for Black Americans who endured a century of discrimination and denying them the access to wealth that has built much of the White middle class. I would respectfully suggest that this is long overdue. It is justified. It would help stop some of the free-fall in housing markets that is moving forward and could lead to the same economic burst of energy that we saw after World War II for the GI Bill, which too many Black Americans were denied.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer) for 5 minutes. MR. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, the longer I am here the more I question why everything must be so complex. Some, like our transportation bill, are complex because of the massive interrelationships we have, but others we just make complex. I would offer two simple solutions today to the crisis that we are facing, not just from Black Americans, for justice. First, I would suggest that we remove the dead hand of Richard Nixonfrom the scales of justice with his cynical, cruel war on drugs, which continues to this day. Tens of thousands of young Black Americans are arrested or cited still for something that two-thirds of Americans think should be legal; and, in fact, voters in 10 States have done so. We are watching how these interactions with police with young people for something that even a majority of Republicans now say should be legal can lead to tragic consequences. Why do we do this? We have an opportunity before us now with legislation approved by the House Judiciary Committee, the MORE Act, which incorporates many elements of Congresswoman Barbara Lee's Marijuana Justice Act, which would just legalize marijuana, what the majority of American people want, what is happening in States across the country, and prevent this opportunity for interference with law enforcement that is completely unjustified. Completely unjustified. I suggest that there is another simple action to deal with a century of discrimination dealing with housing specifically against people of color. I spent most of last summer and fall doing a deep dive into American housing policy. I have a report on my website: ``LOCKED OUT. Reversing Federal Housing Failures and Unlocking Opportunity.'' But what I found dealing with this is a tragic, embarrassing record of blatant discrimination by the Federal Government against people of color, especially Black Americans. Look at the history of the Federal Government denying them housing for wartime work projects, for redlining, denying applications for New Deal housing projects, excluding African Americans. And an example of something that I just recently became aware of, the 1968 Housing and Urban Development Act, which had good intentions and generous terms, but gave way to predatory inclusion where real estate interests, banks sold essentially deficient properties at terms that unsophisticated buyers did not fully understand. But the banks and real estate interests didn't care because the loans were guaranteed by the Federal Government at inflated prices. Banking and real estate interests were able to take those back, flip them, sell them again. It is a shameful chapter in this century-long process of discriminating against African Americans in housing. I would suggest that when we look at what we might do, some are thinking about reparations, I suggest we just provide generous rental subsidies and loan terms for Black Americans. Think of it as a GI Bill for Black Americans who endured a century of discrimination and denying them the access to wealth that has built much of the White middle class. I would respectfully suggest that this is long overdue. It is justified. It would help stop some of the free-fall in housing markets that is moving forward and could lead to the same economic burst of energy that we saw after World War II for the GI Bill, which too many Black Americans were denied.
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Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, if reports are true that Russia has been paying a bounty to the Taliban to kill American soldiers, this is a very serious escalation of what Russia expert Edward Lucas dubbed ``The New Cold War.'' Mr. Lucas said that back in 2008. This sort of movement by Russia, if it is proven--and there are a lot who believe with Russia it is possible--it demands a strong response. And I don't mean a diplomatic response. We have had previous things like this happen with Russia. President Bush tried playing nice with Russia, then talking tough when Putin showed his true nature. President Obama repeated this cycle--you know the word--``resetting'' relations, despite Russia having just occupied parts of our ally Georgia, and then switching gears when Russia invaded Ukraine. Putin is a KGB guy who understands only strength. His popularity has taken a hit lately. It makes him very unpredictable. That may be why he is doing these things, even though Russia has a reputation for doing them all the time. So we need to increase deterrence on NATO's eastern flank. We should also hit back where it hurts. Dictators like Putin fear their own people--and, of course, for good reason. Putin and his cronies have enriched themselves at the expense of ordinary Russians. This week Russia is having a referendum on waiving term limits, allowing Putin to stay in power when his term is up. Of course, Russia will probably be conducting a rigged election. We should point out to the Russian people that they don't have to accept that. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, on an entirely different matter, the Senate has indeed turned to what will be the 60th annual National Defense Authorization Act. If you look at the world news, it would appear we have done so not a moment too soon. After months of threats, President Xi and the Chinese Communist Party finally delivered the punch in the mouth to the city of Hong Kong that they are calling a ``national security law.'' As I and others have warned for months, it tramples all over the freedoms and autonomy that have set Hong Kong apart. Today marks the 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from the United Kingdom. Normally this anniversary would have occasioned peaceful demonstration. Instead, the new law has brought scores of arrests and boasts from local authorities about how many peaceful demonstrators they have jailed, new harsh penalties for Hongkongers for new and vague offenses, and new authority from Beijing to intervene at will. It appears to directly--directly--violate China's international promises and effectively end the ``one country, two systems'' policy. I have discussed at some length the specific consequences China will face for this. I will continue to discuss them in the future. This same week, we received new confirmation that China's ethnic cleansing campaign against the Uighur people in Xinjiang includes forced abortions, forced birth control, and State-enforced sterilizations on a systematic scale. All of this is in addition to the international provocation that China has only stepped up during this pandemic--which they helped worsen--against Taiwan, against India, against the Philippines, and so on. China is not our only adversary occupying the spotlight. Recent days have intensified questions about Russia's negative role in the Middle East. I have long warned that Russia and other adversaries will exploit any American passivity or retreat from this important region. Whether in Syria or Afghanistan, the question is whether we will stand our ground and exert our influence or allow Iran, Russia, and terrorists to literally push us out of the region. Sadly, as the Senate turns to the NDAA, the need to continue making swift progress on our national defense strategy is staring us plain in the face. Fortunately, Chairman Inhofe, Ranking Member Reed, and our colleagues on the Armed Services Committee have put forward a bill that rises to the challenge. The bill establishes the Pacific Deterrence Initiative. It lays out a clear vision for making our Pacific joint force more adaptable and our commitments to regional partners more feasible, smarter basing for forward-deployed Americans, more supplies and equipment prepositioned. It will encourage more streamlined technology so that, from weapons platforms to information security, America and its allies in China's backyard stand ready to counter aggression together. This NDAA authorizes full funding for the European Deterrence Initiative, doubling down on our NATO alliances as we check the worst impulses of Putin's Russia. The bill will further limit the information Putin gets pertaining to missile defense, bring more focus on tracking Russian support for terrorist proxies and despotic regimes, and renew our commitment to have U.S. forces support, train, and keep watch alongside our partners. But it isn't enough to check our adversaries today. We also need to outrun them toward the future. So this legislation will also support critical reserves to help us secure a decisive edge in everything from hypersonic weapons to 5G communications. Threats to our Nation are pulling American servicemembers in all directions. Fortunately, this NDAA has all of their backs.
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Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, on an entirely different matter, the Senate has indeed turned to what will be the 60th annual National Defense Authorization Act. If you look at the world news, it would appear we have done so not a moment too soon. After months of threats, President Xi and the Chinese Communist Party finally delivered the punch in the mouth to the city of Hong Kong that they are calling a ``national security law.'' As I and others have warned for months, it tramples all over the freedoms and autonomy that have set Hong Kong apart. Today marks the 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from the United Kingdom. Normally this anniversary would have occasioned peaceful demonstration. Instead, the new law has brought scores of arrests and boasts from local authorities about how many peaceful demonstrators they have jailed, new harsh penalties for Hongkongers for new and vague offenses, and new authority from Beijing to intervene at will. It appears to directly--directly--violate China's international promises and effectively end the ``one country, two systems'' policy. I have discussed at some length the specific consequences China will face for this. I will continue to discuss them in the future. This same week, we received new confirmation that China's ethnic cleansing campaign against the Uighur people in Xinjiang includes forced abortions, forced birth control, and State-enforced sterilizations on a systematic scale. All of this is in addition to the international provocation that China has only stepped up during this pandemic--which they helped worsen--against Taiwan, against India, against the Philippines, and so on. China is not our only adversary occupying the spotlight. Recent days have intensified questions about Russia's negative role in the Middle East. I have long warned that Russia and other adversaries will exploit any American passivity or retreat from this important region. Whether in Syria or Afghanistan, the question is whether we will stand our ground and exert our influence or allow Iran, Russia, and terrorists to literally push us out of the region. Sadly, as the Senate turns to the NDAA, the need to continue making swift progress on our national defense strategy is staring us plain in the face. Fortunately, Chairman Inhofe, Ranking Member Reed, and our colleagues on the Armed Services Committee have put forward a bill that rises to the challenge. The bill establishes the Pacific Deterrence Initiative. It lays out a clear vision for making our Pacific joint force more adaptable and our commitments to regional partners more feasible, smarter basing for forward-deployed Americans, more supplies and equipment prepositioned. It will encourage more streamlined technology so that, from weapons platforms to information security, America and its allies in China's backyard stand ready to counter aggression together. This NDAA authorizes full funding for the European Deterrence Initiative, doubling down on our NATO alliances as we check the worst impulses of Putin's Russia. The bill will further limit the information Putin gets pertaining to missile defense, bring more focus on tracking Russian support for terrorist proxies and despotic regimes, and renew our commitment to have U.S. forces support, train, and keep watch alongside our partners. But it isn't enough to check our adversaries today. We also need to outrun them toward the future. So this legislation will also support critical reserves to help us secure a decisive edge in everything from hypersonic weapons to 5G communications. Threats to our Nation are pulling American servicemembers in all directions. Fortunately, this NDAA has all of their backs.
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Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, I rise today to speak about our Nation's independence. Some 244 years ago this Saturday, the Founding Fathers of this country voted to declare our independence from Great Britain. All Americans know the basics of this story, but not everyone knows the story behind one of our Nation's founding documents. Thomas Jefferson was just 33 years old when the Second Continental Congress commissioned him to draft a declaration of independence. When he sat down in a rented room in the heat of the Philadelphia summer to write it, the American Revolution had already begun. On one level, he was simply putting the reasons for independence into words. The first shot had been fired over a year earlier, after decades of increasingly tyrannical British abuses had culminated in open revolt in Massachusetts. Even so, it was not yet clear whether the delegates from all 13 colonies would put their names to a formal document declaring our independence. They had to be persuaded. After 17 days of writing and rewriting, struggling to find the right words, Jefferson presented his work to Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. He then submitted a draft to the Congress on July 1, which officially adopted it three days later. Each year on the Fourth of July, we celebrate this moment--the moment that we declared our independence from the British Empire and began to see ourselves as our own nation. I love Independence Day celebrations in Nebraska. Like many people, my family often spends the day enjoying the great outdoors before hosting friends and neighbors for a barbecue. But the Fourth of July is about more than food and fireworks or parades and pancake feeds. It is an opportunity to reflect on the nearly two and a half centuries of our nation's history and remember what it means to be an American. To me, America is a nation based on an idea. It is the idea, as Jefferson wrote, that ``all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.'' Belief in this creed is what unites us as Americans. And while we may not always live up to this idea, we can never stop trying. We should count ourselves fortunate to live in the greatest nation on earth, where the notionof equal justice for all first came into the world. I was touched to see that on June 22, 36 people became American citizens in the first naturalization ceremony held in Lincoln since February. This diverse group of people renounced their loyalty to their former countries and took an oath of allegiance to the United States. Family and friends in attendance brought homemade banners, red, white, and blue balloons, and other patriotic displays. These 36 people, despite being citizens for only a few weeks, are just as American as you or me. And these new citizens chose to be Americans. They weren't born here, but they saw America for what it is: a shining city upon a hill, where our institutions, though they sometimes falter, strive to honor Jefferson's promise of God-given rights and equal treatment before the law for all citizens. We are not perfect, but neither can we forget our founding purpose. The United States was the first nation in history to set this lofty standard for ourselves, and we remain its best example. This Independence Day, as our country wrestles with both a pandemic and national unrest in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, I urge you to remember that we remain, as President Abraham Lincoln said during the Civil War, ``the last best hope of earth.'' Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum.
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Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, I rise today to speak about our Nation's independence. Some 244 years ago this Saturday, the Founding Fathers of this country voted to declare our independence from Great Britain. All Americans know the basics of this story, but not everyone knows the story behind one of our Nation's founding documents. Thomas Jefferson was just 33 years old when the Second Continental Congress commissioned him to draft a declaration of independence. When he sat down in a rented room in the heat of the Philadelphia summer to write it, the American Revolution had already begun. On one level, he was simply putting the reasons for independence into words. The first shot had been fired over a year earlier, after decades of increasingly tyrannical British abuses had culminated in open revolt in Massachusetts. Even so, it was not yet clear whether the delegates from all 13 colonies would put their names to a formal document declaring our independence. They had to be persuaded. After 17 days of writing and rewriting, struggling to find the right words, Jefferson presented his work to Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. He then submitted a draft to the Congress on July 1, which officially adopted it three days later. Each year on the Fourth of July, we celebrate this moment--the moment that we declared our independence from the British Empire and began to see ourselves as our own nation. I love Independence Day celebrations in Nebraska. Like many people, my family often spends the day enjoying the great outdoors before hosting friends and neighbors for a barbecue. But the Fourth of July is about more than food and fireworks or parades and pancake feeds. It is an opportunity to reflect on the nearly two and a half centuries of our nation's history and remember what it means to be an American. To me, America is a nation based on an idea. It is the idea, as Jefferson wrote, that ``all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.'' Belief in this creed is what unites us as Americans. And while we may not always live up to this idea, we can never stop trying. We should count ourselves fortunate to live in the greatest nation on earth, where the notionof equal justice for all first came into the world. I was touched to see that on June 22, 36 people became American citizens in the first naturalization ceremony held in Lincoln since February. This diverse group of people renounced their loyalty to their former countries and took an oath of allegiance to the United States. Family and friends in attendance brought homemade banners, red, white, and blue balloons, and other patriotic displays. These 36 people, despite being citizens for only a few weeks, are just as American as you or me. And these new citizens chose to be Americans. They weren't born here, but they saw America for what it is: a shining city upon a hill, where our institutions, though they sometimes falter, strive to honor Jefferson's promise of God-given rights and equal treatment before the law for all citizens. We are not perfect, but neither can we forget our founding purpose. The United States was the first nation in history to set this lofty standard for ourselves, and we remain its best example. This Independence Day, as our country wrestles with both a pandemic and national unrest in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, I urge you to remember that we remain, as President Abraham Lincoln said during the Civil War, ``the last best hope of earth.'' Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum.
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Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask to have printed in the Record some of the finalist essays written by Vermont High School students as part of the 10th annual ``State of the Union'' essay contest conducted by my office. The material follows: Samuel Dooley, Milton High School, Senior The country that we live in today is plagued with fundamental problems. Ranging from political corruption to an inefficient healthcare system, yet the single most important issue facing our country today is nationwide environmental neglect. Without extreme actions being taken immediately, more irreversible damage will be done. In 2018, the United States emitted 6.5 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. This is an estimated 8.8% more than 1990. Between 1990 and 2010, the United States lost 949,750 acres of forest on average per year. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that 1.9 million gallons of oil are spilled into U.S. oceans every year. Current studies show that the effects of climate change are more severe and are moving faster than was formerly predicted. What needs to happen is large scale environmental programs with legal incentives such as tax breaks, as well as punishments for not adhering to the plans like jail time and loss of government funding or subsidies. The most accurate proposal of recent years is the Green New Deal. This proposal called for a World War 2 type mobilization of the country to achieve 100% clean energy by 2030. This plan also looked to better the economy by creating jobs in sustainable industries, unlike jobs currently involved in fossil fuel industries, as well as investing in renewable public transportation and clean organic agriculture. The first step to combating climate change would be to immediately adopt this proposal, yet in March of 2019 the proposal was rejected by a Republican controlled Senate. The very first step that should be taken is the readmittance of the U.S. into the Paris Climate Agreement. It is the duty of the United States to set an example for the rest of the world about how to combat climate change. An important idea is to make environmental agencies as nonpartisan as possible, similar to the NLRB where the members consist of nearly equal Republicans as well as Democrats at all times. This would ensure that decisions are made based on science instead of based on party ties and political affiliations. The most important goal being to make the United States completely carbon neutral. A plan for most, if not all, energy produced to come from clean sources would be necessary to achieving that goal. Another necessity would be the implementation of programs designed to restore forests and wildlife. This would mean increased regulation on logging industries as well as oil industries. With an increased punishment for violating these regulations. These initiatives would be able to transition Americans losing their jobs in fossil fuel industries into clean energy industries, which would be a sustainable alternative. Green jobs would have higher job security than fossil fuels due to the fact that there is a finite amount of coal and oil available to be extracted, once the planet no longer has these resources available all of these millions of workers will lose their jobs with no replacement. With a program like the Green New Deal, these workers will have jobs that do not have an expiration date. It is important to remember that those first and most heavily affected by this crisis, are people with lower incomes. This is not only an environmental issue, but also a human rights issue. It is up to all of us now to be able to preserve this planet and create a stable system which will allow all generations moving forward to prosper in a healthy environment. Meredith Jackson, Burlington High School, Freshman One issue in Vermont that doesn't get enough recognition is the cost of eating healthy. It isn't affordable for many, and the expenses can even discourage people to eat healthily. If the prices are discouraging people to eat healthily, then they might resort to unhealthier foods because they are cheaper and in more of the average price range for most. Healthy Living and City Market both have a goal to provide local farm-fresh produce including prep items for healthy, nourishing, meals, and a selection of ingredients to cook vegan or gluten-free meals. Healthy living and City Market are great in that they provide fresh local produce, and for the quality that it is the prices make sense. On the Healthy Living website, the price for a container of raspberries can range anywhere from $4.29-$5.69. That may not seem like a lot but at McDonald's, you can get an entire meal for that much. That is just what many people choose to do, resort to cheaper options such as fast food. Unlike fresh produce and wholegrain-rich foods, fast food is quick, easy, and very cheap, making it ideal for people who can't afford to shop at places like city Market or Healthy living. According to Gallup, 80% of Americans eat fast food on at least a monthly basis, and 96% of Americans eat fast food annually. Fast food isn't bad unless a person has it often, say at least once a week. Eating unhealthy foods, too often, can cause people to become overweight or even obese. Over 99,000,000 adults in the U.S. are overweight and over 70,000,000 are obese. Obesity can cause many health issues that could have been prevented if that person were of a healthy weight. Some risks include high blood pressure, diabetes, gout, breathing problems, such as sleep apnea and asthma, Gallbladder disease and gallstones, Osteoarthritis, Heart disease, stroke, and even cancer. Maintaining a healthy weight and lifestyle will reduce the risk of many of these health problems. It's not guaranteed that people become obese overtime because healthy food is too expensive, eating unhealthily isn't the only factor that causes obesity, but it could very well be. If healthier foods were cheaper, it would be an option for more people and would encourage them to eat healthier reducing the risk of obesity. Having the availability of healthy meals is important. A healthy diet is beneficial to your everyday life in so many ways. Some benefits to eating healthy are a maintained/ healthy weight, reduced risk of chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and cancer, more energy, and an increase in happiness. Also, a recent study has proven that having a diet consisting of plenty of fruits and vegetables and limits highly processed food, can reduce certain signs of depression. This issue is very real and very important but thinking up solutions to this problem can be quite the challenge. There are a few solutions that seem doable and not too farfetched or unrealistic. First, expanding the fresh produce area in stores like Hannafords to give more options and kind of push out some of the unhealthy, overly processed items in the store. This wouldn't necessarily make it less expensive but having more options might encourage people to shop in that section more often. Second, doing some more advertising for the Farm Share Program. The Farm Share Program provides limited-income Vermonters with access to high-quality produce on a weekly basis. The program helps hundreds of families get access to a season's worth of farm-fresh produce by reducing the cost of the shares. The program itself is already a solution to this problem, but I feel like advertising would be good because it would inform more people that they have that option. All they have to do is sign up. Third, and last, is more of something people could do themselves or with a group of people, but people could start their own gardens or start a larger neighborhood garden. This would provide people with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. All they would have to do is chip in a little hard work and time, then they could have all the free produce that was grown. Eating healthy is expensive because a lot of work goes into growing, and getting, that local farm-fresh produce into stores. Farmers spend countless hours growing the crops from which it all comes from, people need to pick, sort, and wash everything, then, there is packaging and delivering. The list goes on. Another part is due to the fact that it is high quality, locally grown, and fresh. A lot of money goes into providing it, so a lot of money needs to be made in order for them to keep providing the produce to stores for everyone. The problem is big, the solutions are limited, but something needs to be done in order to provide farm-fresh products to the people of Vermont at a more reasonable and affordable price. Caleb Matosky, Rice Memorial High School, Junior As citizens of one of the wealthiest nations in the world, we have an inherent responsibility to set an example for others to follow. America has failed to take action and address what is perhaps the greatest threat our world has faced since the beginning of recorded history: climate change. If Americans continue to deny its effects, the future of our country will be put into jeopardy. Rising sea levels, more severe weather events, rampant wildfires, devastating droughts, and disappearing winters are just a few of the effects of climate change we are already experiencing. Skeptics and deniers might argue that America is taking enough action to fight global warming: this sort of lazy and selfish thinking is what has caused the American people and our government to allow climate change to occur uninhibited until the very end of the last century. If our government does not make drastic changes within the next several years, America as we know it could be forever changed. We have the money, we have the ability to implement changes, and all that remains is for lawmakers to place the future of our planet over their allegiance to fossil fuels. I propose widespread legislation to ensure that America is powered by 80% renewable energy by 2030, which would be a large step in the right direction for the future of our planet. We need to penalize those who profit off of destroying the environment through fossil fuels, as these energy producers produce more emissions per day than many people produce in a year. Through new laws which put a price on CO2 emissions, and government tax relief for those who produce renewable power, we can work to rid the earth of harmful coal burning. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, coal fueled power generation produces 1.15 billion tons of CO2 each year. It is also the most carbon rich fossil fuel, producing 2.5 tons of CO2 per ton of coal burned. Despite this, coal is still being used as the primary source of energy in America. This needs to change. Additionally, we need to take action to crack down on other nations who disregard the state of the world's climate, and ensure that nations such as China and India take responsibility for their role in the issue. The United States is the wealthiest nation in the world, and if only a fraction of our military budget was used to invest in the future of our environment, the future of younger generations and the future of our species as a whole we might be able to prevent many of climate change's worst effects. There is no time left to wait, or to deny the challenges before us: we must take urgent action and do everything we can to lower CO2 emissions before it is too late.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. SANDERS
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Senate
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Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask to have printed in the Record some of the finalist essays written by Vermont High School students as part of the 10th annual ``State of the Union'' essay contest conducted by my office. The material follows: Samuel Dooley, Milton High School, Senior The country that we live in today is plagued with fundamental problems. Ranging from political corruption to an inefficient healthcare system, yet the single most important issue facing our country today is nationwide environmental neglect. Without extreme actions being taken immediately, more irreversible damage will be done. In 2018, the United States emitted 6.5 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. This is an estimated 8.8% more than 1990. Between 1990 and 2010, the United States lost 949,750 acres of forest on average per year. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that 1.9 million gallons of oil are spilled into U.S. oceans every year. Current studies show that the effects of climate change are more severe and are moving faster than was formerly predicted. What needs to happen is large scale environmental programs with legal incentives such as tax breaks, as well as punishments for not adhering to the plans like jail time and loss of government funding or subsidies. The most accurate proposal of recent years is the Green New Deal. This proposal called for a World War 2 type mobilization of the country to achieve 100% clean energy by 2030. This plan also looked to better the economy by creating jobs in sustainable industries, unlike jobs currently involved in fossil fuel industries, as well as investing in renewable public transportation and clean organic agriculture. The first step to combating climate change would be to immediately adopt this proposal, yet in March of 2019 the proposal was rejected by a Republican controlled Senate. The very first step that should be taken is the readmittance of the U.S. into the Paris Climate Agreement. It is the duty of the United States to set an example for the rest of the world about how to combat climate change. An important idea is to make environmental agencies as nonpartisan as possible, similar to the NLRB where the members consist of nearly equal Republicans as well as Democrats at all times. This would ensure that decisions are made based on science instead of based on party ties and political affiliations. The most important goal being to make the United States completely carbon neutral. A plan for most, if not all, energy produced to come from clean sources would be necessary to achieving that goal. Another necessity would be the implementation of programs designed to restore forests and wildlife. This would mean increased regulation on logging industries as well as oil industries. With an increased punishment for violating these regulations. These initiatives would be able to transition Americans losing their jobs in fossil fuel industries into clean energy industries, which would be a sustainable alternative. Green jobs would have higher job security than fossil fuels due to the fact that there is a finite amount of coal and oil available to be extracted, once the planet no longer has these resources available all of these millions of workers will lose their jobs with no replacement. With a program like the Green New Deal, these workers will have jobs that do not have an expiration date. It is important to remember that those first and most heavily affected by this crisis, are people with lower incomes. This is not only an environmental issue, but also a human rights issue. It is up to all of us now to be able to preserve this planet and create a stable system which will allow all generations moving forward to prosper in a healthy environment. Meredith Jackson, Burlington High School, Freshman One issue in Vermont that doesn't get enough recognition is the cost of eating healthy. It isn't affordable for many, and the expenses can even discourage people to eat healthily. If the prices are discouraging people to eat healthily, then they might resort to unhealthier foods because they are cheaper and in more of the average price range for most. Healthy Living and City Market both have a goal to provide local farm-fresh produce including prep items for healthy, nourishing, meals, and a selection of ingredients to cook vegan or gluten-free meals. Healthy living and City Market are great in that they provide fresh local produce, and for the quality that it is the prices make sense. On the Healthy Living website, the price for a container of raspberries can range anywhere from $4.29-$5.69. That may not seem like a lot but at McDonald's, you can get an entire meal for that much. That is just what many people choose to do, resort to cheaper options such as fast food. Unlike fresh produce and wholegrain-rich foods, fast food is quick, easy, and very cheap, making it ideal for people who can't afford to shop at places like city Market or Healthy living. According to Gallup, 80% of Americans eat fast food on at least a monthly basis, and 96% of Americans eat fast food annually. Fast food isn't bad unless a person has it often, say at least once a week. Eating unhealthy foods, too often, can cause people to become overweight or even obese. Over 99,000,000 adults in the U.S. are overweight and over 70,000,000 are obese. Obesity can cause many health issues that could have been prevented if that person were of a healthy weight. Some risks include high blood pressure, diabetes, gout, breathing problems, such as sleep apnea and asthma, Gallbladder disease and gallstones, Osteoarthritis, Heart disease, stroke, and even cancer. Maintaining a healthy weight and lifestyle will reduce the risk of many of these health problems. It's not guaranteed that people become obese overtime because healthy food is too expensive, eating unhealthily isn't the only factor that causes obesity, but it could very well be. If healthier foods were cheaper, it would be an option for more people and would encourage them to eat healthier reducing the risk of obesity. Having the availability of healthy meals is important. A healthy diet is beneficial to your everyday life in so many ways. Some benefits to eating healthy are a maintained/ healthy weight, reduced risk of chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and cancer, more energy, and an increase in happiness. Also, a recent study has proven that having a diet consisting of plenty of fruits and vegetables and limits highly processed food, can reduce certain signs of depression. This issue is very real and very important but thinking up solutions to this problem can be quite the challenge. There are a few solutions that seem doable and not too farfetched or unrealistic. First, expanding the fresh produce area in stores like Hannafords to give more options and kind of push out some of the unhealthy, overly processed items in the store. This wouldn't necessarily make it less expensive but having more options might encourage people to shop in that section more often. Second, doing some more advertising for the Farm Share Program. The Farm Share Program provides limited-income Vermonters with access to high-quality produce on a weekly basis. The program helps hundreds of families get access to a season's worth of farm-fresh produce by reducing the cost of the shares. The program itself is already a solution to this problem, but I feel like advertising would be good because it would inform more people that they have that option. All they have to do is sign up. Third, and last, is more of something people could do themselves or with a group of people, but people could start their own gardens or start a larger neighborhood garden. This would provide people with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. All they would have to do is chip in a little hard work and time, then they could have all the free produce that was grown. Eating healthy is expensive because a lot of work goes into growing, and getting, that local farm-fresh produce into stores. Farmers spend countless hours growing the crops from which it all comes from, people need to pick, sort, and wash everything, then, there is packaging and delivering. The list goes on. Another part is due to the fact that it is high quality, locally grown, and fresh. A lot of money goes into providing it, so a lot of money needs to be made in order for them to keep providing the produce to stores for everyone. The problem is big, the solutions are limited, but something needs to be done in order to provide farm-fresh products to the people of Vermont at a more reasonable and affordable price. Caleb Matosky, Rice Memorial High School, Junior As citizens of one of the wealthiest nations in the world, we have an inherent responsibility to set an example for others to follow. America has failed to take action and address what is perhaps the greatest threat our world has faced since the beginning of recorded history: climate change. If Americans continue to deny its effects, the future of our country will be put into jeopardy. Rising sea levels, more severe weather events, rampant wildfires, devastating droughts, and disappearing winters are just a few of the effects of climate change we are already experiencing. Skeptics and deniers might argue that America is taking enough action to fight global warming: this sort of lazy and selfish thinking is what has caused the American people and our government to allow climate change to occur uninhibited until the very end of the last century. If our government does not make drastic changes within the next several years, America as we know it could be forever changed. We have the money, we have the ability to implement changes, and all that remains is for lawmakers to place the future of our planet over their allegiance to fossil fuels. I propose widespread legislation to ensure that America is powered by 80% renewable energy by 2030, which would be a large step in the right direction for the future of our planet. We need to penalize those who profit off of destroying the environment through fossil fuels, as these energy producers produce more emissions per day than many people produce in a year. Through new laws which put a price on CO2 emissions, and government tax relief for those who produce renewable power, we can work to rid the earth of harmful coal burning. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, coal fueled power generation produces 1.15 billion tons of CO2 each year. It is also the most carbon rich fossil fuel, producing 2.5 tons of CO2 per ton of coal burned. Despite this, coal is still being used as the primary source of energy in America. This needs to change. Additionally, we need to take action to crack down on other nations who disregard the state of the world's climate, and ensure that nations such as China and India take responsibility for their role in the issue. The United States is the wealthiest nation in the world, and if only a fraction of our military budget was used to invest in the future of our environment, the future of younger generations and the future of our species as a whole we might be able to prevent many of climate change's worst effects. There is no time left to wait, or to deny the challenges before us: we must take urgent action and do everything we can to lower CO2 emissions before it is too late.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. SANDERS
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Senate
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Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Peters, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Carper, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Jones, Mr. Coons, Mr. Reed, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Udall, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Harris, Mr. Merkley, Mr. King, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Tester, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Brown, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Casey, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Warner) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: S. Res. 644 Whereas the United States Postal Service is, by law, ``a basic and fundamental service provided to the people by the Government of the United States, authorized by the Constitution, created by Act of Congress, and supported by the people''; Whereas the United States Postal Service is obligated under the law to ``provide prompt, reliable, and efficient services to patrons in all areas'' and ``render services to all communities'', in such a way so that ``the costs of the Postal Service shall not be apportioned to impair the overall value of such service to the people''; Whereas the United States Postal Service maintains a universal network that connects all rural, suburban, and urban communities in the United States; Whereas the United States Postal Service carries necessary correspondence and goods to each community, including prescriptions and critical medications; Whereas the United States Postal Service uniquely serves ``the last mile'', delivering to every business and residential customer not fewer than 6 days per week; Whereas the United States Postal Service helps small businesses stay connected with their customers no matter where they live; Whereas more than 630,000 employees work for the United States Postal Service, including more than 97,000 military veterans, to carry out this mission; and Whereas the United States Postal Service is at the center of the mailing industry, which generates $1,600,000,000,000 annually and employs approximately 7,300,000 individuals in the United States: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate-- (1) that the United States Postal Service-- (A) should not close post offices or facilities, especially in areas that would otherwise lack access to the services these facilities provide; (B) should not reduce its standards of service, or prevent individuals and businesses in every community from receiving their mail expediently and predictably; (C) should not unduly or excessively raise the prices of its products or services in such a way as to jeopardize the affordability and accessibility of such products and services in each community across the nation; and (D) should maintain prompt, reliable, and efficient services to all patrons affordably, as required under the law and by the people of the United States; and (2) that Congress should appropriate funds to offset lost revenues of the United States Postal Service during the COVID-19 emergency and should take all appropriate measures to ensure the United States Postal Service maintains its services and remains an accessible, independent establishment of the Federal Government.
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2020-01-06
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Unknown
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Senate
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CREC-2020-07-01-pt1-PgS4146
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Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Peters, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Carper, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Jones, Mr. Coons, Mr. Reed, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Udall, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Harris, Mr. Merkley, Mr. King, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Tester, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Brown, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Casey, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Warner) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: S. Res. 644 Whereas the United States Postal Service is, by law, ``a basic and fundamental service provided to the people by the Government of the United States, authorized by the Constitution, created by Act of Congress, and supported by the people''; Whereas the United States Postal Service is obligated under the law to ``provide prompt, reliable, and efficient services to patrons in all areas'' and ``render services to all communities'', in such a way so that ``the costs of the Postal Service shall not be apportioned to impair the overall value of such service to the people''; Whereas the United States Postal Service maintains a universal network that connects all rural, suburban, and urban communities in the United States; Whereas the United States Postal Service carries necessary correspondence and goods to each community, including prescriptions and critical medications; Whereas the United States Postal Service uniquely serves ``the last mile'', delivering to every business and residential customer not fewer than 6 days per week; Whereas the United States Postal Service helps small businesses stay connected with their customers no matter where they live; Whereas more than 630,000 employees work for the United States Postal Service, including more than 97,000 military veterans, to carry out this mission; and Whereas the United States Postal Service is at the center of the mailing industry, which generates $1,600,000,000,000 annually and employs approximately 7,300,000 individuals in the United States: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate-- (1) that the United States Postal Service-- (A) should not close post offices or facilities, especially in areas that would otherwise lack access to the services these facilities provide; (B) should not reduce its standards of service, or prevent individuals and businesses in every community from receiving their mail expediently and predictably; (C) should not unduly or excessively raise the prices of its products or services in such a way as to jeopardize the affordability and accessibility of such products and services in each community across the nation; and (D) should maintain prompt, reliable, and efficient services to all patrons affordably, as required under the law and by the people of the United States; and (2) that Congress should appropriate funds to offset lost revenues of the United States Postal Service during the COVID-19 emergency and should take all appropriate measures to ensure the United States Postal Service maintains its services and remains an accessible, independent establishment of the Federal Government.
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2020-01-06
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Unknown
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Senate
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CREC-2020-07-01-pt1-PgS4146
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Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, before I discuss the legislation before the Senate, I need to spend a moment on something broader. Our country needs to confront the Democratic Party's willingness to threaten our governing institutions themselves. Earlier this year, as the Senate disposed of the least fair, least thorough, and most rushed impeachment in modern history, I offered a broader warning. I said: ``Leaders in the opposite party increasingly argue that if our institutions don't produce the outcomes they like, our institutions themselves must be broken.'' No longer do disappointments for Democrats mean that Democrats need better arguments. Now disappointments for Democrats are claimed as proof--proof--that our country is fundamentally broken or that James Madison messed something up. So while we have far-left mobs attacking statues of our Founding Fathers from coast to coast, we have far-left politicians attacking the institutions those Founders left us. Now, step back and look at the landscape of fundamental changes that leading Democrats or their close allies are demanding: amending the First Amendment to restrict its protections, ending the electoral college, packing the Supreme Court with new Justices, packing the Senate with new States, and, to accomplish all this, destroying the Senate's distinguishing feature that makes radical change hard by design. We have an entire political movement that is telling us--literally out loud--that they have lost patience with playing by the rules and may well declare war on the rule book itself. A coalition of leftwing special interests are explicitly campaigning for ``51 for 51.'' They want Senators to vandalize the rules to pass legislation with a simple majority and then use that ill-gotten power to cement a presumed advantage by awarding the District of Columbia two Senate seats. They want to nuke the Senate to pack the Senate. This is naked politics. No neutral principle could explain why all these special interests prioritize this cause which most Americans oppose. No neutral principle explains why Democrats want the 20th most populous city to get two Senators all to itself when retrocession to Maryland would satisfy their own slogans more cleanly. No neutral principle explains why House Democrats wasted floor time on a potentially unconstitutional show vote. Just days after Democrats used the filibuster power to block Senator Scott's police reform bill, even colleagues who recently defended this important tradition have now bowed to the pressure to flirt with ending it. On a similar note, you may remember that a kind of naked intimidation without modern precedent in modern memory took place a few months ago. The Democratic leader stood by the steps of the Supreme Court and directly threatened Justices if they ruled the wrong way in the June Medical Services case. This display aligned with a whole new tradition of Senate Democrats threatening judges. A year ago, several wrote Justices saying the ``Court is not well [and] perhaps the Court can heal itself before the public demands it be `restructured.' '' In other words, nice judicial independence you have got there. It would be a shame if something happened to it. Right on cue, a number of leftwing groups are agitating to revive the discredited notion of court-packing. Now, following the Democratic leader's display, the Court ruled the way he wanted on that very case. They handed it down on Monday of this week. Our colleague took to the floor cracking jokes, giddy--giddy--he had gotten his way, but just moments later the Democratic leader picked right up where he left off, impugning and pressuring one Justice whose vote he disliked So you see, the improper pressure and the accusations of illegitimacy will never end. No amount of rulings the Democrats like would be enough because the fundamental respect for an independent judiciary is simply not there. This is about outcomes, not institutions, and there is no limit to how far left the goalposts will move. Well, the subject is not going away, but for today I will leave it there. This weekend, July 4, Americans will celebrate our founding. We will celebrate the Framers and the traditions and the institutions that they left us. We cannot let radicals tear down their likenesses or their legacies. We must preserve the gifts and the institutions we celebrate so our grandchildren and their grandchildren can celebrate them as well.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. McCONNELL
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Senate
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Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, before I discuss the legislation before the Senate, I need to spend a moment on something broader. Our country needs to confront the Democratic Party's willingness to threaten our governing institutions themselves. Earlier this year, as the Senate disposed of the least fair, least thorough, and most rushed impeachment in modern history, I offered a broader warning. I said: ``Leaders in the opposite party increasingly argue that if our institutions don't produce the outcomes they like, our institutions themselves must be broken.'' No longer do disappointments for Democrats mean that Democrats need better arguments. Now disappointments for Democrats are claimed as proof--proof--that our country is fundamentally broken or that James Madison messed something up. So while we have far-left mobs attacking statues of our Founding Fathers from coast to coast, we have far-left politicians attacking the institutions those Founders left us. Now, step back and look at the landscape of fundamental changes that leading Democrats or their close allies are demanding: amending the First Amendment to restrict its protections, ending the electoral college, packing the Supreme Court with new Justices, packing the Senate with new States, and, to accomplish all this, destroying the Senate's distinguishing feature that makes radical change hard by design. We have an entire political movement that is telling us--literally out loud--that they have lost patience with playing by the rules and may well declare war on the rule book itself. A coalition of leftwing special interests are explicitly campaigning for ``51 for 51.'' They want Senators to vandalize the rules to pass legislation with a simple majority and then use that ill-gotten power to cement a presumed advantage by awarding the District of Columbia two Senate seats. They want to nuke the Senate to pack the Senate. This is naked politics. No neutral principle could explain why all these special interests prioritize this cause which most Americans oppose. No neutral principle explains why Democrats want the 20th most populous city to get two Senators all to itself when retrocession to Maryland would satisfy their own slogans more cleanly. No neutral principle explains why House Democrats wasted floor time on a potentially unconstitutional show vote. Just days after Democrats used the filibuster power to block Senator Scott's police reform bill, even colleagues who recently defended this important tradition have now bowed to the pressure to flirt with ending it. On a similar note, you may remember that a kind of naked intimidation without modern precedent in modern memory took place a few months ago. The Democratic leader stood by the steps of the Supreme Court and directly threatened Justices if they ruled the wrong way in the June Medical Services case. This display aligned with a whole new tradition of Senate Democrats threatening judges. A year ago, several wrote Justices saying the ``Court is not well [and] perhaps the Court can heal itself before the public demands it be `restructured.' '' In other words, nice judicial independence you have got there. It would be a shame if something happened to it. Right on cue, a number of leftwing groups are agitating to revive the discredited notion of court-packing. Now, following the Democratic leader's display, the Court ruled the way he wanted on that very case. They handed it down on Monday of this week. Our colleague took to the floor cracking jokes, giddy--giddy--he had gotten his way, but just moments later the Democratic leader picked right up where he left off, impugning and pressuring one Justice whose vote he disliked So you see, the improper pressure and the accusations of illegitimacy will never end. No amount of rulings the Democrats like would be enough because the fundamental respect for an independent judiciary is simply not there. This is about outcomes, not institutions, and there is no limit to how far left the goalposts will move. Well, the subject is not going away, but for today I will leave it there. This weekend, July 4, Americans will celebrate our founding. We will celebrate the Framers and the traditions and the institutions that they left us. We cannot let radicals tear down their likenesses or their legacies. We must preserve the gifts and the institutions we celebrate so our grandchildren and their grandchildren can celebrate them as well.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. McCONNELL
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Senate
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Bernie Sanders
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Infrastructure Mr. President, I also want to point out today that yesterday the Democrats in the House passed their 100-percent partisan version of a highway infrastructure bill. They co-opted a bipartisan issue, completely cut out Republicans--completely cut them out of the conversation. Not only that, but House Democrats added a laundry list of really leftwing proposals in what they passed yesterday in the House. In a sense, it is ``Groundhog's Day'' for the Green New Deal. This far-left fantasy has become a recurring nightmare, and we saw it yesterday on the floor of the House of Representatives. The Democrats must be taking their cue from Joe Biden. The Biden campaign is promoting the Green New Deal, as he said, a ``crucial framework.'' Biden has put the Green New Deal author, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in charge of his climate task force. This is where the Democrats want to take the country. The truth is, Joe Biden has just now become the Trojan horse for the far, far left. House Democrats' partisan highway bill, to me, is a road to nowhere. It is going to see no light of day in the U.S. Senate. Infrastructure must be bipartisan, especially now. The House should follow the Senate's lead. Senate Republicans, in the majority, have worked across the aisle with our Democratic colleagues to make this serious issue into policy that is good for all of America, and our bipartisan bill is ready to go. America's Transportation Infrastructure Act passed the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the committee I chair, unanimously, 21 to 0. The landmark legislation will fix our Nation's roads, bridges, and tunnels. Now, we invest but $287 billion in our highways over 5 years. That is a 27-percent increase over current highway funding, and it is important. It is especially critical to our economic recovery today. We still have close to 20 million Americans out of work due to the coronavirus-related lockdowns. Jump-starting highway projects is going to speed the recovery, and it will help fuel job creation. Our bill benefits the entire country--both urban areas and rural areas. That is why we worked together in a bipartisan way. I will tell you, when I say it is overwhelmingly bipartisan, it is because we have both Bernie Sanders and President Trump supporting it. In fact, President Trump called on Congress to pass the Senate highway bill in his State of the Union Address. No question, it is the right medicine for our roads. It cuts redtape to speed up construction. It makes our roads safer, stronger, actually, as well, because of the reinforcement efforts, and it sends money directly to States so people can get back to work. Americans deserve a safe, reliable, efficient transportation system. So the Democrats in the House of Representatives need to get serious. Their 100-percent partisan bill is going nowhere. It does seem that the Democrats in the House are all about politics and nothing about progress--the progress we need to make as a country. They are over there pushing socialism, and right here we are pushing solutions. The country needs less grandstanding, and it needs more governing. So I am going to continue to work across the aisle. We will work with the administration and will not quit until our bipartisan highway infrastructure bill passes and becomes law. Together, we can rebuild America
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2020-01-06
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CREC-2020-07-02-pt1-PgS4173-2
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Infrastructure Mr. President, I also want to point out today that yesterday the Democrats in the House passed their 100-percent partisan version of a highway infrastructure bill. They co-opted a bipartisan issue, completely cut out Republicans--completely cut them out of the conversation. Not only that, but House Democrats added a laundry list of really leftwing proposals in what they passed yesterday in the House. In a sense, it is ``Groundhog's Day'' for the Green New Deal. This far-left fantasy has become a recurring nightmare, and we saw it yesterday on the floor of the House of Representatives. The Democrats must be taking their cue from Joe Biden. The Biden campaign is promoting the Green New Deal, as he said, a ``crucial framework.'' Biden has put the Green New Deal author, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in charge of his climate task force. This is where the Democrats want to take the country. The truth is, Joe Biden has just now become the Trojan horse for the far, far left. House Democrats' partisan highway bill, to me, is a road to nowhere. It is going to see no light of day in the U.S. Senate. Infrastructure must be bipartisan, especially now. The House should follow the Senate's lead. Senate Republicans, in the majority, have worked across the aisle with our Democratic colleagues to make this serious issue into policy that is good for all of America, and our bipartisan bill is ready to go. America's Transportation Infrastructure Act passed the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the committee I chair, unanimously, 21 to 0. The landmark legislation will fix our Nation's roads, bridges, and tunnels. Now, we invest but $287 billion in our highways over 5 years. That is a 27-percent increase over current highway funding, and it is important. It is especially critical to our economic recovery today. We still have close to 20 million Americans out of work due to the coronavirus-related lockdowns. Jump-starting highway projects is going to speed the recovery, and it will help fuel job creation. Our bill benefits the entire country--both urban areas and rural areas. That is why we worked together in a bipartisan way. I will tell you, when I say it is overwhelmingly bipartisan, it is because we have both Bernie Sanders and President Trump supporting it. In fact, President Trump called on Congress to pass the Senate highway bill in his State of the Union Address. No question, it is the right medicine for our roads. It cuts redtape to speed up construction. It makes our roads safer, stronger, actually, as well, because of the reinforcement efforts, and it sends money directly to States so people can get back to work. Americans deserve a safe, reliable, efficient transportation system. So the Democrats in the House of Representatives need to get serious. Their 100-percent partisan bill is going nowhere. It does seem that the Democrats in the House are all about politics and nothing about progress--the progress we need to make as a country. They are over there pushing socialism, and right here we are pushing solutions. The country needs less grandstanding, and it needs more governing. So I am going to continue to work across the aisle. We will work with the administration and will not quit until our bipartisan highway infrastructure bill passes and becomes law. Together, we can rebuild America
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Infrastructure Mr. President, I also want to point out today that yesterday the Democrats in the House passed their 100-percent partisan version of a highway infrastructure bill. They co-opted a bipartisan issue, completely cut out Republicans--completely cut them out of the conversation. Not only that, but House Democrats added a laundry list of really leftwing proposals in what they passed yesterday in the House. In a sense, it is ``Groundhog's Day'' for the Green New Deal. This far-left fantasy has become a recurring nightmare, and we saw it yesterday on the floor of the House of Representatives. The Democrats must be taking their cue from Joe Biden. The Biden campaign is promoting the Green New Deal, as he said, a ``crucial framework.'' Biden has put the Green New Deal author, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in charge of his climate task force. This is where the Democrats want to take the country. The truth is, Joe Biden has just now become the Trojan horse for the far, far left. House Democrats' partisan highway bill, to me, is a road to nowhere. It is going to see no light of day in the U.S. Senate. Infrastructure must be bipartisan, especially now. The House should follow the Senate's lead. Senate Republicans, in the majority, have worked across the aisle with our Democratic colleagues to make this serious issue into policy that is good for all of America, and our bipartisan bill is ready to go. America's Transportation Infrastructure Act passed the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the committee I chair, unanimously, 21 to 0. The landmark legislation will fix our Nation's roads, bridges, and tunnels. Now, we invest but $287 billion in our highways over 5 years. That is a 27-percent increase over current highway funding, and it is important. It is especially critical to our economic recovery today. We still have close to 20 million Americans out of work due to the coronavirus-related lockdowns. Jump-starting highway projects is going to speed the recovery, and it will help fuel job creation. Our bill benefits the entire country--both urban areas and rural areas. That is why we worked together in a bipartisan way. I will tell you, when I say it is overwhelmingly bipartisan, it is because we have both Bernie Sanders and President Trump supporting it. In fact, President Trump called on Congress to pass the Senate highway bill in his State of the Union Address. No question, it is the right medicine for our roads. It cuts redtape to speed up construction. It makes our roads safer, stronger, actually, as well, because of the reinforcement efforts, and it sends money directly to States so people can get back to work. Americans deserve a safe, reliable, efficient transportation system. So the Democrats in the House of Representatives need to get serious. Their 100-percent partisan bill is going nowhere. It does seem that the Democrats in the House are all about politics and nothing about progress--the progress we need to make as a country. They are over there pushing socialism, and right here we are pushing solutions. The country needs less grandstanding, and it needs more governing. So I am going to continue to work across the aisle. We will work with the administration and will not quit until our bipartisan highway infrastructure bill passes and becomes law. Together, we can rebuild America
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National Defense Authorization Act Mr. President, now to the issue today on the floor of the U.S. Senate. We are considering critical national security legislation. The National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, lays out America's defense priorities for the coming years. The NDAA supports our brave service men and women, and it sets policies to defend our Nation. The investments made through this bill safeguard our country from foreign threats, and there are many. This is why the NDAA has, over the years, become must-pass legislation. In fact, the Defense policy bill has passed every year for decades. The Senate continues this proud tradition in taking up this, the 60th annual, National Defense Authorization Act. This legislation is bipartisan to its core. It reflects equal input from Republicans and Democrats. The Senate Armed Services Committee adopted 229 bipartisan amendments before approving the legislation this month by a vote in committee of 25 to 2. The NDAA will ensure a smart, strong, strategic defense for our Nation, and it will maintain America's dominance in a dangerous world. The bill supports $741 billion in fiscal year 2021 defense funding, and that is in line with the bipartisan Budget Act of 2019. It implements the national defense strategy to promote a strong military deterrent and to strive for a lasting peace. You have seen it, Mr. President, and you have discussed it--with the world distracted, China has become emboldened. The Chinese military has stepped up its aggression against its neighbors and in the South China Sea. Russia also poses a growing threat. China and Russia will not put their ambitions on hold for coronavirus or anything else. They will not wait for us or for them to recover from the coronavirus crisis and resolve our domestic disputes. America must keep China and Russia both in check. The NDAA promotes a winning strategy. It modernizes our nuclear defenses. It maintains our high-tech edge over China and Russia. The NDAA honors our commitment to our dedicated men and women in uniform. It delivers a well-earned pay raise for our troops, as well as high-quality housing, healthcare, childcare services for military families at home as well as abroad. The NDAA ensures our force is ready to fight and to win. That means to fight and to win today's wars, as well as the wars in the future. It provides state-of-the-art equipment and tools our troops need to defend America all around the world. The NDAA will help spur innovation. It invests in new technologies: artificial intelligence, hypersonic weapons, biotechnology, cyber security. The bill modernizes our Pentagon's financial management system. It provides for greater accountability and transparency at the Defense Department. This works to protect taxpayer money. The NDAA also includes innovative legislation that promotes a cleaner environment. Now, in saying that, I mean that my bipartisan bill with Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Shelley Moore Capito, and Tom Carper of Delaware--we have included as part of the NDAA the Environment and Public Works Committee-approved legislation unanimously. It is called the USE IT Act. It is included in the NDAA. ``USE IT'' is short for utilizing significant emissions with innovative technologies. That is why I am saying we are doing more to clean the environment. The USE IT Act will help researchers find commercial uses for captured carbon dioxide emissions. It supports the use of carbon capture technology, including direct air capture. This groundbreaking research is already happening in my home State of Wyoming. It is taking place at the Integrated Test Center outside of Gillette. The USE IT Act will further this important work. It will apply our Nation's brightest minds to take carbon from the air, trap it, and transform it into valuable commercial products. Captured carbon can be used to extract oil from wells--wells that would not otherwise be profitable. It is also used to make building materials and carbon fibers. It can also be used for medical purposes. The goal of the legislation is to innovate our way to a cleaner environment without onerous overregulation. So I want to thank the Armed Services Committee chairman, Jim Inhofe, for bringing the USE IT Act one step closer to becoming law. For the past 4 years, Congress has been able to pass the NDAA with strong, top-line defense funding. The bipartisan Budget Act sets overall defense funding levels for fiscal year 2021. Longer term funding is necessary, but it is uncertain. Democrats have opposed stronger defense funding in the past, especially during the Obama-Biden administration. This history suggests that if Democrats win the election, they will slow our Nation's critical defense investments. The NDAA strengthens America's hand to stand up to foreign aggressors, to stand up against those people who are against American values. Our NDAA will protect American leadership in the world. It will enhance our standing with adversaries and allies alike. Above all, it sends a clear message to our enemies: You cannot defeat the United States so don't even try. Every Senator should support this smart, strong, strategic approach to America's defense. Let's honor this proud tradition; let's support our troops; and let us once again pass the NDAA, this, for the 60th time. Mr. President, I yield the floor
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National Defense Authorization Act Over the past few days, we have been working on this national defense authorization bill. It is one that we pass every year and have passed every year for 60 years. My colleagues have done good work on this bill so far. We took requests very seriously. We put hundreds of them in this bill. We actually did. Over 700 of the papers and amendments have been put in this bill. One of the reasons we wanted to do this is because--we didn't used to do it, but we actually did this time. A problem that existed last year didn't exist this year. There is resistance on the floor to getting amendments. That resistance has gone now, and I think we are going to be able to do it. This bill was written by the Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate, and they did a very good job. When you stop to consider that we have as many--we actually have over 700 amendments that are now a part of this bill. This was made by the Members here, not by any other group. It is not the way it has always been done. We had a great markup. In fact, our markup ended up--I call it unanimous because it was passed by 25 to 2, and the 2 who voted against it are not big on the military anyway. I call it unanimous. That is unusual--unusual--to get a bill this size to pass unanimously out of a committee to the Senate floor. This is going to happen today. I feel very good about the progress we are making. When we come back from this Fourth of July recess, we are going to be able to finish it, and it should be in good shape. In a few moments, I will be asking for unanimous consent on adoption of the managers' package and to make six amendments in order. By my estimation, this is the first time in at least the last few years that we have really considered and voted on this many individual amendments on the floor. I have to say something about Senator Reed. Sure, we differ on some things, but it has always been that we have reached agreement on virtually every issue. I was glad we had agreement on amendments. We were pushing hard to have even many more amendments. We wanted to consider as many as possible. We wanted every Member to have a say in this bill, and that is exactly what happened. I am glad we were able to reach a bipartisan path forward to complete consideration of this bill right after the recess, and that is exactly what we are going to do. I have gone over a lot of the reasons this bill is so important over the past week, so I will keep it simple. Here is why we need to pass this bill: First of all, it gives our troops a needed and deserved raise. It is out there. It authorizes more than 30 kinds of special pay for our troops at various levels of hazard--things that haven't been done before. It makes sure our military families--this is the big thing. I have a very close friend in here who was talking about the fact that--on the floor--the main problem we are facing in our Nation as a threat is China and Russia. He made the comment and observation that, yet, we spend more on the military than the two of them put together. That is true, but I did want to remind him--and I did on the floor yesterday--that there is a reason for that. The reason for that is the most expensive thing we have in the military that we deal with every year are people. We take care of people. I remember last year that one of the main thrusts of our bill was to get all of those housing things that were privatized 10 years before and that hadn't been performing very well--to take care of our troops and their families. We spent time doing that. You take a Communist country like China or Russia--they don't care about the troops. They give them a gun and say: Go out and kill people. No wonder we have to spend more. That is the reason we are going to continue to do that, and this bill does that. There are countries out there that hate everything America stands for and want to do us harm. We know that is right. I sometimes get tickled when I hear people talking about, well, we don't want to do this because that is going to upset them. We don't want to keep Gitmo open because that might upset the terrorists. Well, welcome to the real world. So this gives our troops the equipment, the training, and the resources they need to defend this Nation. I never want to put ourselves in the position where we have a fair fight in America. We don't want fair fights. We want to go into combat with a clear advantage over our adversaries, and this bill does that. It makes sure that the Pentagon is situated to support our troops wherever they are, but it also protects taxpayer dollars and ensures accountability to the taxpayers. That is very important, and this bill does that. This bill also does a lot of good things we all support. That is why we are passing the bill today. It is a no-brainer. It is not a matter of if we are going to pass it; it is a matter of when. It is now down to the hours. It will be set up so that when we come back from the recess, we will be able to pass this bill. Keep in mind, we pass it, and that is not the end because the House has to pass their bills, and, of course, then the President will sign the bill. We go into conference with the House and the Senate, and before the President signs the bill, we have to have not just a conference, but very likely it will go to the Big Four. If it does that, that is another process. Very likely, it could be November when we actually end up passing this bill. Our absolute deadline has always been December 31. We will be well in advance of that. I know the President has strong feelings about one of the provisions of the bill. He says if that is in there, he will veto the bill. We all know what that is. It is controversial. It is the Warren amendment that was put in. I have to say this: All but one Republican oppose that. I have to say that so people will hear it and understand it because that is true. Anyway, passing the bill is not a matter of if; it is going to pass. This is a very good bill. It is a must-pass bill. One of the things that happen with a must-pass bill is that everyone who can't get their bills on other interest areas passed--they know this bill is going to pass, so they try to put in amendments. We have taken a lot of the amendments that have nothing to do with defense, but nonetheless we know it is necessary. It has been necessary for 60 years. This is nothing new. I would remind our colleagues that we have a long way to go yet. We will make sure that the conference report is a bipartisan one when we get to that point so that both parties can support it. It is exactly what we have right now. I have to say, with Senator Reed--we very carefully weighed our portions of the bill, as well as amendments, to make sure we were fair to both sides--both the Republicans and Democrats--and that is the product we have in front of us. From the brave patriots who fought for our Nation nearly 250 years ago to the 2.1 million who serve today, this bill is by them and for them. This weekend, as you celebrate Independence Day, think about what this holiday stands for. Think about what it takes to protect the freedoms we celebrate. There is no doubt in my mind that this bill will give our troops what they need. The bill will make American families safer and will enable us to stand up for our democratic values around the world. We will be passing this bill and will be very proud of it. With that, I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, I am here on the Senate floor with my colleague from Maryland. I am here this morning, in part, to condemn the Chinese Communist Party's actions, their efforts to swallow Hong Kong into the mainland and silence the dissent of the people of Hong Kong, but I am also here to do something about that. For decades, Hong Kong has been one of the most successful, thriving societies on the planet. An indispensable part of their success has been their freedom. Hong Kong has enjoyed a vibrant free press, free speech, freedom to worship. They have had an independent judiciary and a partially democratic electoral representative system of government for a long time now. Hong Kong is one of the freest places in Asia and, because of these freedoms and the Hong Kong people's natural entrepreneurial spirit, Hong Kong is just one of the most successful and vibrant cities there has ever been. Yet for years--maybe because of this--the Chinese Communist Party has pursued a systematic campaign to snuff out these basic freedoms in Hong Kong and bring the Hongkongers who live there into line. The intensity of the Chinese Communist Party's aggression appears to be growing by the day. Their campaign shouldn't be very surprising. Just look at the recent actions: the genocidal action toward the Uighurs in Xinjiang or the aggressive action toward neighboring countries in the South China Sea--or toward the entire world, since the COVID-19 virus was first detected in Wuhan and the Chinese Government lied to us about its nature. Fundamental principles, such as freedom and transparency, the just rule of law--these ideas are entirely antithetical to the core of the Chinese Communist Party's mission. I think that, several years from now, we are going to look back on July 1 of 2020 as a milestone in the Chinese Communist Party's aggression and hostility toward Hong Kong. Yesterday was the first day that the Chinese Communist Party's new so-called national security law went into effect. News reports described the law as ``tailor-made to bring Hong Kong's massive pro-democracy movement to heel.'' This picture was taken within the last 48 hours--thousands and thousands of people of Hong Kong taking to the streets to simply demand their freedoms--peacefully--to protest, to insist that they continue to have the freedoms that help make their society such a great society. Tragically, 300 of these people were arrested last night simply because they were protesting the Chinese Communist Party. Some of the arrests were made because Hongkongers possessed items that called for Hong Kong's independence. That is right--people arrested simply for holding a sign, arrested for holding a flag. Among them was a 15-year-old girl--a 15-year-old girl. Her crime: She held a flag that said ``Hong Kong independence.'' Another was a 19-year-old young man. His crime was that he had a pro-democracy sticker on his phone. Imagine--imagine the nerve of wanting to have self-determination and expressing that with a sticker on your phone. So he was arrested. His parents attempted to visit their son in jail and bring him dinner, and the police refused their visit. It is not at all clear if this young man will be able to get out even on bail. So the Chinese Communist Party has very rapidly started enforcing this new law, and I think it is because they realize what is at stake. They know that the people of Hong Kong fervently believe in the importance of an open and free society. They believe in and they want the ability to practice liberal values, and they want a system of transparent, accountable government, one that is elected by and responsive to the people. See, the vision of the people of Hong Kong for their own city, for their society, is anathema to the Chinese Communist Party because the Chinese Communist Party's deepest fear is that mainland Chinese citizens will demand the freedoms that Hongkongers enjoy, and that quest for freedom on the mainland would pose an unacceptable risk to the authoritarian control of the Communist regime. So the Chinese Communist Party is cracking down. We have been witnessing it just in recent hours. This new so-called national security law was unilaterally imposed on the people of Hong Kong without any input from the people of Hong Kong, and that is in direct contravention to Chinese commitments to Hong Kong and the international community. The law was also purposefully written in a very vague and ambiguous manner, designed to essentially criminalize any behavior or speech on the part of a resident of Hong Kong that the Chinese Communist Party does not approve of. Now, the law may be ambiguous, but the message behind it is not. If a 19-year-old can now be imprisoned for having a sticker on his phone or a 15-year-old girl can be imprisoned for having a flag, then no one is safe, and that is the message that Beijing wants to send to the people of Hong Kong: We can arrest you. We can imprison you if you misbehave. So think twice about what you say, where you go, with whom you meet, what you read, what you write. Maybe even think twice about what you think. This law, sadly, looks like it means the end of Hong Kong's autonomy and the freedoms which underpin its social and economic vibrancy. And we are seeing the effects: As I said, hundreds of arrests that occurred just yesterday as tens of thousands of courageous Hongkongers--here we see some of them--poured into the streets to shout and chant and demonstrate peacefully, to tell the Chinese Communist Party that they are not going to back down. We have also seen Hongkongers who have been forced to scrub their social media history, booksellers who were intending to remove books from their shelves, Hong Kong pro-democracy political figures saying that they have to lessen their activism and rethink their strategy. How can you blame them? How can you blame them? They could face years in prison if the Hong Kong authorities, at the bidding of the people in Beijing, choose to target them. I think we can fully expect independent media voices in Hong Kong to be shuttered and Beijing's censorship and surveillance apparatus to flourish in the coming months and years. The fact is, Hong Kong's vibrancy is being throttled by the Chinese Communist Party. So I am on the Senate floor today to request passage of a piece of legislation that responds to this. I am pleased to report it has already received unanimous support from both Chambers of Congress. I introduced this legislation with my colleague Senator Van Hollen of Maryland to create real penalties on those responsible for this campaign by the Chinese Communist Party to end Hong Kong's free way of life. It is called the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, and the bill would impose mandatory sanctions on anyone involved in taking action to attack the basic freedoms that were promised to the people of Hong Kong. Critically, our legislation also takes another step. It penalizes banks that choose to finance the erosion of Hong Kong's autonomy, banks that would put marginal profits ahead of the basic human rights of the people of Hong Kong. I am really pleased that we are here this morning. I think we are on the verge of sending this legislation to the President's desk because America needs to take meaningful steps like this to push back on the Chinese Communist Party. We should remember that this aggression toward Hong Kong is not limited to Hong Kong. The Chinese Communist Party is intent to spread its influence and power worldwide, and in the process, it is meant to simultaneously undermine and challenge free and open societies. I should point out that the spread of the Chinese Communist Party influence around the world poses a very real threat to us, to Americans, to our national and economic interests. That is part of why the Hong Kong Autonomy Act is so important. It is not only an effort to shield freedom-loving Hongkongers from this continuing escalation of aggression by theChinese Communists, but the bill is a larger signal to China. It is a message that the United States and the free world are no longer willing to look past some of the worst behavior that has been occurring. It is a message that our patience has run out. China is being warned to expect stiff resistance--stiff resistance to stealing American intellectual property, to committing genocide against religious minorities like the Uighurs, to militarizing artificial islands and infringing on other nations' sovereign waters, and trampling on the basic freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. I could go on, but suffice it to say that this is occurring in the context of a great battle--the great battle about what model the world is going to pursue. Will the citizens of the United States and other democratic nations around the world continue to foster the liberal democratic model that spread around the world after World War II, with open societies, the just rule of law, greater economic freedom underpinned by respect for private property, basic human rights like the freedom of speech and the freedom of a free press and the freedom to worship? All of the prosperity and the elevation of human dignity that comes from human freedom and democratic values from our model--that is the model that is up against the dark shadows of the authoritarian governments that are constantly pushing to systematically erode, corrode, and warp the values and freedoms that we cherish. Through this bill, the U.S. Senate makes clear which side we are on. At this point, I would like to yield to the Senator from Maryland.
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Opioid Epidemic Mr. President, I am here on the floor today to talk about some recent troubling statistics that ought to serve as a call to action for every single one of us. Last Friday, in observance of World Drug Day, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released its annual world report detailing the impact of drug use and trafficking across the world. Frankly, the report paints a grim picture that reminds us that America has a unique addiction crisis, especially as it relates to opioids. The report says that in recent years the United States has lost more men, women, and children to drug overdose deaths--60,000 to 70,000 per year--than the next 20 countries combined. Let me say that again. The United States has lost more people to drugoverdose deaths than the next 20 countries combined. That is unacceptable. This sad comparison of the United States to other countries is a reminder that we have to do better and we can do better. Even more concerning to me is the recent data we are now receiving about what is happening as a result of the current coronavirus pandemic. It was bad enough, as the world drug report shows, but now, during the last few months, during this pandemic, things have gotten worse. The Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program is a collaborative Federal organization that tracks overdose data from more than 3,300 emergency agencies. According to data that has been obtained by the Washington Post, fatal and nonfatal overdoses were 18 percent higher in March of this year as compared to March of 2019. They are 29 percent higher this April compared to a year ago and 42 percent higher this May than they were a year ago, in 2019. These are overdoses that are being tracked through EMS, ambulance, hospitals, and emergency rooms. This is really concerning. One of the findings of this U.N. report was that the most dangerous class of drugs worldwide were opioids, including prescription pain killers, heroin, and the synthetic opioids like fentanyl. These drugs were the cause of about two-thirds of the overdose deaths in the world in recent years, according to the U.N. The recent data shows that fentanyl use, in particular, has gone up in the United States during this pandemic, especially when it is laced with other drugs, such as heroin, meth, and cocaine. As many of my colleagues know, one of my top priorities in Congress over the last several years has been to combat this opioid addiction crisis that has hit communities in my home State of Ohio so hard. This new information about the resurgence of addiction is particularly discouraging because in recent years we have made great progress. We had actually, finally, after years and years of increased overdose deaths every single year--finally, in the last few years, we had begun to see a reversal of that, and here we have, during this pandemic, the opposite happening. In 2017, Ohio's opioid overdose death rate was almost three times the national average. We were one of the top three States in the country in terms of overdose deaths. Nearly a dozen Ohioans are dying from these drugs every day, surpassing car crashes as our country's top killer among young people and, for Ohio overall, the State's No. 1 killer. But that next year, in 2018, we were one of the leaders in turning the tide with a 22-percent reduction in 1 year in overdose deaths. That was the same year, by the way, when national overdose deaths also declined for the first time since 1990. Think about that. From 1990 to 2018, it increased every year, and finally we saw a reduction. In Ohio it was a significant reduction. Over the last couple of years, prior to the coronavirus, we continued to make steady progress--not 22 percent, but we made steady progress in declining. We achieved these strides, in part, thanks to legislation we passed in this Congress--a significant commitment of new resources by the Republicans and Democrats on this floor and by the administration. The CARA Act and CARES Act provided local and State governments and nonprofit groups with additional resources to help use proven prevention treatment and recovery programs effectively. I was the author of the CARA legislation. We spent 4 years putting it together, with national folks coming in from all over the country helping us, and we put together something that made sense and that was actually working. We have also ensured that our first responders on the frontlines of this crisis had the resources they need, including the miracle drug Naloxone, which reverses the effects of an overdose. This kind of continued support was critical for our communities making the progress we have made in combating the disease of addiction, and I have been proud to help lead the effort at the Federal level, although at the State level and local level everybody has kicked in, including so many volunteers and so many families, and it has made a difference. But these new reports show that now we are going the other way. We have a long way to go in this fight against the addiction crisis in America, and I am afraid we are in danger now of taking a step backward. Thanks to the coronavirus, our lives have changed in so many ways. Many individuals who have lost their jobs have had to radically change the way they work. Unfortunately, the disruptions have extended to this field of addiction treatment as well. As States have begun to order a suspension of elective procedures--this happened back in March and April--people were not able to get elective procedures in hospitals, and there was a shift toward more telehealth to help preserve the personal protection gear, the PPEs, for frontline workers. Many patients and caregivers who relied on face-to-face interaction and around-the-clock care to be able to stay the course on recovery from drug addiction and from mental health issues have lost vital access to care. I think that is one of the reasons we see this uptick. Some have fallen off their treatment plans, and some have relapsed. Unfortunately, this is happening right now as we talk. If we combine that with the feelings of isolation so many people feel being quarantined or being isolated, the feeling of frustration, the feeling of despair many Americans have felt with these dual healthcare and economic crises, you have a perfect storm for the resurgence in opioid deaths. That is exactly what has happened in Ohio and around the country. Officials in Hamilton County, which is Cincinnati, OH, where I am from, stated there were 42 overdose deaths in May and that at least 23 people died in June. In Cuyahoga County, our State's most populous area and the home of Cleveland, the medical examiner's office has reported 235 fatal drug overdoses so far in 2020 and at least 66 fatal heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine overdoses in May alone. Those figures, by the way, match the deadliest months for overdoses on record in the county, and that would be back in 2017. Remember, we talked about how the deaths are going up year after year, and 2017 was the peak, and then they went down in 2018. Well, this year already, in Cleveland, we are back up to where we were in 2017. The Columbus coroner's office has had to move to a space three times larger than its old office to accommodate the increases in overdoses and overdose deaths. We are not alone in this uptick. According to the Center for Optimal Living, 30 States have seen an increase in overdose deaths during this pandemic. The Federal response to the coronavirus pandemic has included certain measures to ensure those suffering from addiction can continue to get the care they need, and I am glad we were able to provide some provisions both in the CARES legislation that was passed about a month ago but also the other legislation we passed around that time. We have done a number of things to cut redtape and the regulatory relief to expand telehealth and telehealth options specifically for opioid treatment, as well as increasing the number of alternate delivery methods for patients quarantined at home so they can maintain their access to opioid treatment providers. These reforms have been helpful in offering a lifeline for those working hard to stay sober and clean, and, in some instances, according to addiction and mental health leaders from across the State, these reforms have even allowed addiction specialists to reach new patients who were hesitant to come into the doctor's office in the first place, sometimes due to the stigma that attaches to addiction. These aren't perfect solutions, of course, because the numbers show that addictions are actually up, but ultimately, they have been helpful. We are going to have to find a way to get a handle on this coronavirus pandemic in a way that we can resume these traditional in-person addiction treatment services that have helped so many recover from this debilitating disease. We are going to have to ensure that we can get away from some of this isolation and sense of disparity that people feel. One thing we do know is, the benefits of telehealth for treating addiction are real, and I think we should act now in this next COVID-19 bill that we are talking about passing next month or maybe even later this month. That legislation, in my view, should include provisions that allow providers to havethe flexibility to continue to offer alternative forms of care via telehealth to people when this pandemic is over so the providers can readily adapt in the event that another pandemic or another disaster forces us to shift healthcare services back to virtual care. We need to continue telehealth now and provide the reimbursement but also ensure that it is going to be there for the future because it is working. I am committed to working with my colleagues on bipartisan solutions to the challenges we talked about today. Yesterday, I introduced legislation called the Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Treatment Services Act, or TREATS Act, to make permanent a number of temporary waivers for telehealth services and bolster telehealth options for addiction treatment services. Specifically, the bill is going to do a couple of things. First, it will allow for a patient to be prescribed lower scheduled drugs like Suboxone or buprenorphine through telehealth on their first visit. Current law requires you go to an in-person visit when needing any controlled substances, but this has been a deterrent to patients in crisis and in urgent need of treatments from schedule III or IV drugs. Our bill is important. By the way, it also limits abusive practices by limiting telehealth visits to those who have both audio and video capabilities to be able to interact with the treatment providers to reduce fraud and abuse when it is your first visit. It would also prohibit prescribing schedule II drugs like opioids that are more prone to being abused through these telehealth visits. So we have provisions in there to avoid abuse, but it is important to continue this telehealth when the other options aren't there Second, our bill would allow for Medicare to bill for audio-only or telephone telehealth visits if it is not the patient's first visit. In-person visits or telehealth visits with video components are important, and I think it is important to have that on the first visit because they can allow for more robust checkups and evaluations. Due to distance or access to broadband, these types of appointments aren't always possible. We still need to focus on safety and robust treatment options, but in order to balance the needs of patients, we have proposed to allow our Nation's seniors to use phones for subsequent behavioral health visits when they do not have access to the internet. There is no question that the greatest priority facing our country at this moment is this unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, but this new U.N. report and the rising number of overdoses in Ohio and around the country show that there is even more at stake here than we realize. We know of the direct impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, but losing ground on addiction and behavioral health is one of the indirect casualties. Not only must Congress ensure our addiction health services have the resources they need to adapt to this new reality, but we also have to redouble our efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus so we don't lose ground on this addiction crisis just as we were making progress and that we don't keep more Americans from achieving their God-given potential.
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2020-01-06
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Opioid Epidemic Mr. President, I am here on the floor today to talk about some recent troubling statistics that ought to serve as a call to action for every single one of us. Last Friday, in observance of World Drug Day, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released its annual world report detailing the impact of drug use and trafficking across the world. Frankly, the report paints a grim picture that reminds us that America has a unique addiction crisis, especially as it relates to opioids. The report says that in recent years the United States has lost more men, women, and children to drug overdose deaths--60,000 to 70,000 per year--than the next 20 countries combined. Let me say that again. The United States has lost more people to drugoverdose deaths than the next 20 countries combined. That is unacceptable. This sad comparison of the United States to other countries is a reminder that we have to do better and we can do better. Even more concerning to me is the recent data we are now receiving about what is happening as a result of the current coronavirus pandemic. It was bad enough, as the world drug report shows, but now, during the last few months, during this pandemic, things have gotten worse. The Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program is a collaborative Federal organization that tracks overdose data from more than 3,300 emergency agencies. According to data that has been obtained by the Washington Post, fatal and nonfatal overdoses were 18 percent higher in March of this year as compared to March of 2019. They are 29 percent higher this April compared to a year ago and 42 percent higher this May than they were a year ago, in 2019. These are overdoses that are being tracked through EMS, ambulance, hospitals, and emergency rooms. This is really concerning. One of the findings of this U.N. report was that the most dangerous class of drugs worldwide were opioids, including prescription pain killers, heroin, and the synthetic opioids like fentanyl. These drugs were the cause of about two-thirds of the overdose deaths in the world in recent years, according to the U.N. The recent data shows that fentanyl use, in particular, has gone up in the United States during this pandemic, especially when it is laced with other drugs, such as heroin, meth, and cocaine. As many of my colleagues know, one of my top priorities in Congress over the last several years has been to combat this opioid addiction crisis that has hit communities in my home State of Ohio so hard. This new information about the resurgence of addiction is particularly discouraging because in recent years we have made great progress. We had actually, finally, after years and years of increased overdose deaths every single year--finally, in the last few years, we had begun to see a reversal of that, and here we have, during this pandemic, the opposite happening. In 2017, Ohio's opioid overdose death rate was almost three times the national average. We were one of the top three States in the country in terms of overdose deaths. Nearly a dozen Ohioans are dying from these drugs every day, surpassing car crashes as our country's top killer among young people and, for Ohio overall, the State's No. 1 killer. But that next year, in 2018, we were one of the leaders in turning the tide with a 22-percent reduction in 1 year in overdose deaths. That was the same year, by the way, when national overdose deaths also declined for the first time since 1990. Think about that. From 1990 to 2018, it increased every year, and finally we saw a reduction. In Ohio it was a significant reduction. Over the last couple of years, prior to the coronavirus, we continued to make steady progress--not 22 percent, but we made steady progress in declining. We achieved these strides, in part, thanks to legislation we passed in this Congress--a significant commitment of new resources by the Republicans and Democrats on this floor and by the administration. The CARA Act and CARES Act provided local and State governments and nonprofit groups with additional resources to help use proven prevention treatment and recovery programs effectively. I was the author of the CARA legislation. We spent 4 years putting it together, with national folks coming in from all over the country helping us, and we put together something that made sense and that was actually working. We have also ensured that our first responders on the frontlines of this crisis had the resources they need, including the miracle drug Naloxone, which reverses the effects of an overdose. This kind of continued support was critical for our communities making the progress we have made in combating the disease of addiction, and I have been proud to help lead the effort at the Federal level, although at the State level and local level everybody has kicked in, including so many volunteers and so many families, and it has made a difference. But these new reports show that now we are going the other way. We have a long way to go in this fight against the addiction crisis in America, and I am afraid we are in danger now of taking a step backward. Thanks to the coronavirus, our lives have changed in so many ways. Many individuals who have lost their jobs have had to radically change the way they work. Unfortunately, the disruptions have extended to this field of addiction treatment as well. As States have begun to order a suspension of elective procedures--this happened back in March and April--people were not able to get elective procedures in hospitals, and there was a shift toward more telehealth to help preserve the personal protection gear, the PPEs, for frontline workers. Many patients and caregivers who relied on face-to-face interaction and around-the-clock care to be able to stay the course on recovery from drug addiction and from mental health issues have lost vital access to care. I think that is one of the reasons we see this uptick. Some have fallen off their treatment plans, and some have relapsed. Unfortunately, this is happening right now as we talk. If we combine that with the feelings of isolation so many people feel being quarantined or being isolated, the feeling of frustration, the feeling of despair many Americans have felt with these dual healthcare and economic crises, you have a perfect storm for the resurgence in opioid deaths. That is exactly what has happened in Ohio and around the country. Officials in Hamilton County, which is Cincinnati, OH, where I am from, stated there were 42 overdose deaths in May and that at least 23 people died in June. In Cuyahoga County, our State's most populous area and the home of Cleveland, the medical examiner's office has reported 235 fatal drug overdoses so far in 2020 and at least 66 fatal heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine overdoses in May alone. Those figures, by the way, match the deadliest months for overdoses on record in the county, and that would be back in 2017. Remember, we talked about how the deaths are going up year after year, and 2017 was the peak, and then they went down in 2018. Well, this year already, in Cleveland, we are back up to where we were in 2017. The Columbus coroner's office has had to move to a space three times larger than its old office to accommodate the increases in overdoses and overdose deaths. We are not alone in this uptick. According to the Center for Optimal Living, 30 States have seen an increase in overdose deaths during this pandemic. The Federal response to the coronavirus pandemic has included certain measures to ensure those suffering from addiction can continue to get the care they need, and I am glad we were able to provide some provisions both in the CARES legislation that was passed about a month ago but also the other legislation we passed around that time. We have done a number of things to cut redtape and the regulatory relief to expand telehealth and telehealth options specifically for opioid treatment, as well as increasing the number of alternate delivery methods for patients quarantined at home so they can maintain their access to opioid treatment providers. These reforms have been helpful in offering a lifeline for those working hard to stay sober and clean, and, in some instances, according to addiction and mental health leaders from across the State, these reforms have even allowed addiction specialists to reach new patients who were hesitant to come into the doctor's office in the first place, sometimes due to the stigma that attaches to addiction. These aren't perfect solutions, of course, because the numbers show that addictions are actually up, but ultimately, they have been helpful. We are going to have to find a way to get a handle on this coronavirus pandemic in a way that we can resume these traditional in-person addiction treatment services that have helped so many recover from this debilitating disease. We are going to have to ensure that we can get away from some of this isolation and sense of disparity that people feel. One thing we do know is, the benefits of telehealth for treating addiction are real, and I think we should act now in this next COVID-19 bill that we are talking about passing next month or maybe even later this month. That legislation, in my view, should include provisions that allow providers to havethe flexibility to continue to offer alternative forms of care via telehealth to people when this pandemic is over so the providers can readily adapt in the event that another pandemic or another disaster forces us to shift healthcare services back to virtual care. We need to continue telehealth now and provide the reimbursement but also ensure that it is going to be there for the future because it is working. I am committed to working with my colleagues on bipartisan solutions to the challenges we talked about today. Yesterday, I introduced legislation called the Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Treatment Services Act, or TREATS Act, to make permanent a number of temporary waivers for telehealth services and bolster telehealth options for addiction treatment services. Specifically, the bill is going to do a couple of things. First, it will allow for a patient to be prescribed lower scheduled drugs like Suboxone or buprenorphine through telehealth on their first visit. Current law requires you go to an in-person visit when needing any controlled substances, but this has been a deterrent to patients in crisis and in urgent need of treatments from schedule III or IV drugs. Our bill is important. By the way, it also limits abusive practices by limiting telehealth visits to those who have both audio and video capabilities to be able to interact with the treatment providers to reduce fraud and abuse when it is your first visit. It would also prohibit prescribing schedule II drugs like opioids that are more prone to being abused through these telehealth visits. So we have provisions in there to avoid abuse, but it is important to continue this telehealth when the other options aren't there Second, our bill would allow for Medicare to bill for audio-only or telephone telehealth visits if it is not the patient's first visit. In-person visits or telehealth visits with video components are important, and I think it is important to have that on the first visit because they can allow for more robust checkups and evaluations. Due to distance or access to broadband, these types of appointments aren't always possible. We still need to focus on safety and robust treatment options, but in order to balance the needs of patients, we have proposed to allow our Nation's seniors to use phones for subsequent behavioral health visits when they do not have access to the internet. There is no question that the greatest priority facing our country at this moment is this unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, but this new U.N. report and the rising number of overdoses in Ohio and around the country show that there is even more at stake here than we realize. We know of the direct impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, but losing ground on addiction and behavioral health is one of the indirect casualties. Not only must Congress ensure our addiction health services have the resources they need to adapt to this new reality, but we also have to redouble our efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus so we don't lose ground on this addiction crisis just as we were making progress and that we don't keep more Americans from achieving their God-given potential.
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2020-01-06
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CREC-2020-07-02-pt1-PgS4205
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Opioid Epidemic Mr. President, I am here on the floor today to talk about some recent troubling statistics that ought to serve as a call to action for every single one of us. Last Friday, in observance of World Drug Day, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released its annual world report detailing the impact of drug use and trafficking across the world. Frankly, the report paints a grim picture that reminds us that America has a unique addiction crisis, especially as it relates to opioids. The report says that in recent years the United States has lost more men, women, and children to drug overdose deaths--60,000 to 70,000 per year--than the next 20 countries combined. Let me say that again. The United States has lost more people to drugoverdose deaths than the next 20 countries combined. That is unacceptable. This sad comparison of the United States to other countries is a reminder that we have to do better and we can do better. Even more concerning to me is the recent data we are now receiving about what is happening as a result of the current coronavirus pandemic. It was bad enough, as the world drug report shows, but now, during the last few months, during this pandemic, things have gotten worse. The Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program is a collaborative Federal organization that tracks overdose data from more than 3,300 emergency agencies. According to data that has been obtained by the Washington Post, fatal and nonfatal overdoses were 18 percent higher in March of this year as compared to March of 2019. They are 29 percent higher this April compared to a year ago and 42 percent higher this May than they were a year ago, in 2019. These are overdoses that are being tracked through EMS, ambulance, hospitals, and emergency rooms. This is really concerning. One of the findings of this U.N. report was that the most dangerous class of drugs worldwide were opioids, including prescription pain killers, heroin, and the synthetic opioids like fentanyl. These drugs were the cause of about two-thirds of the overdose deaths in the world in recent years, according to the U.N. The recent data shows that fentanyl use, in particular, has gone up in the United States during this pandemic, especially when it is laced with other drugs, such as heroin, meth, and cocaine. As many of my colleagues know, one of my top priorities in Congress over the last several years has been to combat this opioid addiction crisis that has hit communities in my home State of Ohio so hard. This new information about the resurgence of addiction is particularly discouraging because in recent years we have made great progress. We had actually, finally, after years and years of increased overdose deaths every single year--finally, in the last few years, we had begun to see a reversal of that, and here we have, during this pandemic, the opposite happening. In 2017, Ohio's opioid overdose death rate was almost three times the national average. We were one of the top three States in the country in terms of overdose deaths. Nearly a dozen Ohioans are dying from these drugs every day, surpassing car crashes as our country's top killer among young people and, for Ohio overall, the State's No. 1 killer. But that next year, in 2018, we were one of the leaders in turning the tide with a 22-percent reduction in 1 year in overdose deaths. That was the same year, by the way, when national overdose deaths also declined for the first time since 1990. Think about that. From 1990 to 2018, it increased every year, and finally we saw a reduction. In Ohio it was a significant reduction. Over the last couple of years, prior to the coronavirus, we continued to make steady progress--not 22 percent, but we made steady progress in declining. We achieved these strides, in part, thanks to legislation we passed in this Congress--a significant commitment of new resources by the Republicans and Democrats on this floor and by the administration. The CARA Act and CARES Act provided local and State governments and nonprofit groups with additional resources to help use proven prevention treatment and recovery programs effectively. I was the author of the CARA legislation. We spent 4 years putting it together, with national folks coming in from all over the country helping us, and we put together something that made sense and that was actually working. We have also ensured that our first responders on the frontlines of this crisis had the resources they need, including the miracle drug Naloxone, which reverses the effects of an overdose. This kind of continued support was critical for our communities making the progress we have made in combating the disease of addiction, and I have been proud to help lead the effort at the Federal level, although at the State level and local level everybody has kicked in, including so many volunteers and so many families, and it has made a difference. But these new reports show that now we are going the other way. We have a long way to go in this fight against the addiction crisis in America, and I am afraid we are in danger now of taking a step backward. Thanks to the coronavirus, our lives have changed in so many ways. Many individuals who have lost their jobs have had to radically change the way they work. Unfortunately, the disruptions have extended to this field of addiction treatment as well. As States have begun to order a suspension of elective procedures--this happened back in March and April--people were not able to get elective procedures in hospitals, and there was a shift toward more telehealth to help preserve the personal protection gear, the PPEs, for frontline workers. Many patients and caregivers who relied on face-to-face interaction and around-the-clock care to be able to stay the course on recovery from drug addiction and from mental health issues have lost vital access to care. I think that is one of the reasons we see this uptick. Some have fallen off their treatment plans, and some have relapsed. Unfortunately, this is happening right now as we talk. If we combine that with the feelings of isolation so many people feel being quarantined or being isolated, the feeling of frustration, the feeling of despair many Americans have felt with these dual healthcare and economic crises, you have a perfect storm for the resurgence in opioid deaths. That is exactly what has happened in Ohio and around the country. Officials in Hamilton County, which is Cincinnati, OH, where I am from, stated there were 42 overdose deaths in May and that at least 23 people died in June. In Cuyahoga County, our State's most populous area and the home of Cleveland, the medical examiner's office has reported 235 fatal drug overdoses so far in 2020 and at least 66 fatal heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine overdoses in May alone. Those figures, by the way, match the deadliest months for overdoses on record in the county, and that would be back in 2017. Remember, we talked about how the deaths are going up year after year, and 2017 was the peak, and then they went down in 2018. Well, this year already, in Cleveland, we are back up to where we were in 2017. The Columbus coroner's office has had to move to a space three times larger than its old office to accommodate the increases in overdoses and overdose deaths. We are not alone in this uptick. According to the Center for Optimal Living, 30 States have seen an increase in overdose deaths during this pandemic. The Federal response to the coronavirus pandemic has included certain measures to ensure those suffering from addiction can continue to get the care they need, and I am glad we were able to provide some provisions both in the CARES legislation that was passed about a month ago but also the other legislation we passed around that time. We have done a number of things to cut redtape and the regulatory relief to expand telehealth and telehealth options specifically for opioid treatment, as well as increasing the number of alternate delivery methods for patients quarantined at home so they can maintain their access to opioid treatment providers. These reforms have been helpful in offering a lifeline for those working hard to stay sober and clean, and, in some instances, according to addiction and mental health leaders from across the State, these reforms have even allowed addiction specialists to reach new patients who were hesitant to come into the doctor's office in the first place, sometimes due to the stigma that attaches to addiction. These aren't perfect solutions, of course, because the numbers show that addictions are actually up, but ultimately, they have been helpful. We are going to have to find a way to get a handle on this coronavirus pandemic in a way that we can resume these traditional in-person addiction treatment services that have helped so many recover from this debilitating disease. We are going to have to ensure that we can get away from some of this isolation and sense of disparity that people feel. One thing we do know is, the benefits of telehealth for treating addiction are real, and I think we should act now in this next COVID-19 bill that we are talking about passing next month or maybe even later this month. That legislation, in my view, should include provisions that allow providers to havethe flexibility to continue to offer alternative forms of care via telehealth to people when this pandemic is over so the providers can readily adapt in the event that another pandemic or another disaster forces us to shift healthcare services back to virtual care. We need to continue telehealth now and provide the reimbursement but also ensure that it is going to be there for the future because it is working. I am committed to working with my colleagues on bipartisan solutions to the challenges we talked about today. Yesterday, I introduced legislation called the Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Treatment Services Act, or TREATS Act, to make permanent a number of temporary waivers for telehealth services and bolster telehealth options for addiction treatment services. Specifically, the bill is going to do a couple of things. First, it will allow for a patient to be prescribed lower scheduled drugs like Suboxone or buprenorphine through telehealth on their first visit. Current law requires you go to an in-person visit when needing any controlled substances, but this has been a deterrent to patients in crisis and in urgent need of treatments from schedule III or IV drugs. Our bill is important. By the way, it also limits abusive practices by limiting telehealth visits to those who have both audio and video capabilities to be able to interact with the treatment providers to reduce fraud and abuse when it is your first visit. It would also prohibit prescribing schedule II drugs like opioids that are more prone to being abused through these telehealth visits. So we have provisions in there to avoid abuse, but it is important to continue this telehealth when the other options aren't there Second, our bill would allow for Medicare to bill for audio-only or telephone telehealth visits if it is not the patient's first visit. In-person visits or telehealth visits with video components are important, and I think it is important to have that on the first visit because they can allow for more robust checkups and evaluations. Due to distance or access to broadband, these types of appointments aren't always possible. We still need to focus on safety and robust treatment options, but in order to balance the needs of patients, we have proposed to allow our Nation's seniors to use phones for subsequent behavioral health visits when they do not have access to the internet. There is no question that the greatest priority facing our country at this moment is this unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, but this new U.N. report and the rising number of overdoses in Ohio and around the country show that there is even more at stake here than we realize. We know of the direct impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, but losing ground on addiction and behavioral health is one of the indirect casualties. Not only must Congress ensure our addiction health services have the resources they need to adapt to this new reality, but we also have to redouble our efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus so we don't lose ground on this addiction crisis just as we were making progress and that we don't keep more Americans from achieving their God-given potential.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, July 4 is a day to recognize our Nation's Declaration of Independence 244 years ago. On this day, we collectively pause to honor the values that make this Nation great. July 4 is also a day of shared reflection to see how well we have made more tangible the ideals of our founders ``to create a more perfect union.'' As we look across the landscape of our country today, these words ring with even greater resonance. Our Nation and our people face a call to action to continue the fight against racial injustice, an injustice that has limited the freedom of too many for too long. The collective ideals to which Thomas Jefferson gave voice in the Declaration's promise of ``Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness'' still echo through the American experience--from Alexander Hamilton's immigrant dream, birthed before our Nation, to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s July 4, 1965, sermon at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church. As Dr. King said, ``If we are going to make the America Dream a reality, we are challenged to work in an action program to get rid of the last vestiges of segregation and discrimination.'' America has been and will be a leader in the world. The American people historically have cherished and spearheaded this role. Leadership at any level comes with responsibility, and, in this case, it means we must look to put our own house in order, where we must address domestic injustices. We must continue our tireless work to create a more perfect union. The struggle will not stop until all men, women, and children can live the American Dream as Dr. King envisioned. To do this, we must continue to assess the true meaning of liberty and freedom. As we begin to acknowledge fundamental elements of our Nation's history, we must recommit to ensuring freedom for all. Our country's strength lies in the diversity and equality of our people. Through this diversity and through this equality, today we may celebrate the unity described in the very declaration of our Nation's freedom and independence. On this historic day, we must also celebrate our country's capacity to change. We have overcome monumental challenges before. The majority of our Founders did not comprehend that Black Lives Matter. Today, we work to ensure actions that back up those important words. Still, as we reflect on the Nation's founding, we recall our past, honor that which is great, and effect the call we perpetually hear to make our Nation a more perfect union.
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Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask to have printed in the Record some of the finalist essays written by Vermont High School students as part of the 10th annual ``State of the Union'' essay contest conducted by my office. The material follows: Ethan Mello, Woodstock Union High School, Junior I believe that the most pressing issue facing our country today is the issue of affordable healthcare. This issue is unique to the United States among developed nations, but for years we have refused to take action. Not only could switching to a universal healthcare system lower costs, but could also ensure that, like the rest of the countries in the modernized world, the US insures all of its citizens as a human right. A universal healthcare system is a system where all of the inhabitants of a country are guaranteed healthcare at no cost. The government pays for all medical bills, and the system makes sure that even the poor can be helped when they get sick. Government paying for healthcare means higher taxes, but no deductible costs. This system is a staple in most European countries, as well as in Canada. The US is one of the only major countries to not yet adopt this system. In fact, out of the 33 developed countries recognized by The Balance financial website, 32 have universal healthcare. The UN has accepted universal healthcare as the best choice for countries, and has a goal of worldwide universal healthcare coverage by 2030. If the US keeps its current healthcare system, they are unlikely to meet this goal. In our country the healthcare system is structured so that private companies provide insurance. However, his insurance often doesn't encompass drug prices or certain other costs, and is not affordable by the poor. The US has a Medicaid system for some low income citizens, but this program does not apply to everyone who is unable to consistently pay for healthcare this has led to over 30 million Americans choosing not to purchase healthcare, a dangerous choice if they get sick or need emergency operations. Our system also allows insurance companies to jack up prices to make profit, and allows prescription drug companies to charge outrageous amounts for cheap pills. The US had the highest insurance costs relative to GDP in the world. This cost has not made our life expectancy better either, as in that respect we are still worse off than we should be as the most powerful country in the world. Universal healthcare has proven very effective when it has been used in other countries. Universal healthcare lowers healthcare costs, and eliminates administrative costs due to the fact that it is completely run by one entity, the government. In the United States this lower cost of healthcare could not only boost the economy, but also allow for more social mobility for the lower class, and less earnings for the billionaire drug company executives. Changing the healthcare system of the United States to universal healthcare will not be an easy task, but it is one that is necessary for the good of our country as well as the people in it. In the next election, we need to ensure we elect politicians who not only support universal healthcare, but are willing to fight for it. Salama Mbilizi, Winooski High School, Senior ``Why should we study for a future that is being taken away from us? We demand a safe future is that really too much to ask?'' asks climate activist Greta Thunberg. This young Swedish environmentalist has gained international attention for her concerns about climate change. I am a girl from Africa who came to the U.S. as a refugee and I don't want to become a ``climate refugee,'' like people in California who have lost homes due to fire. Climate change first created droughts in California, which lasted over a decade according to Climate Central. There is an 80 percent chance of a multi-decade-long drought by 2100. Human activities, such as burning fossil fuels, cause climate change. Exhaust gases from cars, uncontrolled factory releases, burning of low-quality coal for heating, even airplanes and ships create air pollution. We should reduce the use of oil and gas, and use alternative energy sources such as wind and solar power. The government should start investing more in public transportation, which can reduce greenhouse gas emissions because fewer people will have to drive and we can reduce air pollution. According to Energy News Network, ``Public transit produces significantly less air pollution per passenger mile than a standard car carrying a single driver. Buses emit 20% less carbon monoxide, 10% as much hydrocarbons, and 75% as much nitrogen oxides per passenger mile than an automobile with a single occupant.'' Smarter public transportation will increase ridership, cut the number of cars on the road, reduce traffic, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. We could also recycle more plastics and stop cutting down forests. Unless we change our behaviors, global warming will continue and we will continue to experience weather extremes, forest fires, and massive pollution. When 195 nations met in 2015, they agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of the landmark Paris Agreement. The United States later backed out of that agreement but states and cities are still interested. I call on Congress to pass and support legislation to help our environment by honoring the Paris Agreement! I have a personal interest because climate change affects my life as well as our planet. If we don't change our behavior, we will suffer and some of us will die. Already, animals are going extinct at an alarming rate, reducing the balance in our world and the quality of our life. Scientists say that if we don't stop pollution and greenhouse gases, Earth will be here for only a few hundred years. But if we can reduce greenhouse gases, Earth can remain okay for a million more years. Think about what will happen to us, your children and grandchildren. I want to be here for as many years as I can, enjoying this world I live in. Patrick Meskill, Essex High School, Junior Vaccines Cause Adults The law dictates a child as property until the age of 18. While this is usually for the good of the child, what does it mean for the fate of children with misinformed parents? Anti- vax is a deadly philosophy of being against vaccinations, a philosophy that gets children killed. While yes, children are protected from abuse and neglect under Child Protective Services, there is no law to protect them from their own parent's ideas. Parent's can avoid federally required vaccines under religious or superstitious reasons in 45 of the 50 states (NCSL). However, when the safety of the public is at stake, the anti-vax culture becomes a truly worldwide epidemic. The confusion comes from a defrocked former doctor, Andrew Wakefield, who first proposed the vaccine/autism connection (Ruth). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did an inquiry in 2001 to address the accusations, and found no connection to autism in vaccines. Another complaint isolated the mercury in vaccines. Vaccines contain small amounts of mercury to form thimerosal, a preservative. These small amounts aren't any more than the amount in 3 ounces of tuna fish. Nonetheless, the FDA attempted lowering the amount of mercury in vaccines, but still saw no relief in rising autism numbers. In 2004, 10 out of the 13 authors on Wakefield's paper retracted their hypothesis (Mayor). Then in 2010, the medical journal ``The Lancet'' retracted Wakefield's paper, calling several elements incorrect. America can now agree vaccines should be made mandatory (Dyer). Medical marvels have continued to raise humanity to higher levels of immunity, causing fatal diseases to go nearly extinct. These include measles, mumps, rubella, polio, chickenpox, and smallpox. However, they still remain only ``nearly extinct.'' Modern day preventable diseases have yet to fade from America due to anti-vax. One study performed in 1982, watched 25 vaccinated and 25 unvaccinated children for the first 5 years of their lives. The result? One vaccinated child had mild measles but didn't die, while the unvaccinated children saw 14 deaths by measles and one of tetanus (Epoke). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 2018 has had more measles outbreaks than any year this decade, and they typically start in unvaccinated groups (CDC). Vaccines should be mandatory. Schools have begun to act on this already by requiring their students to be vaccinated to attend. In Australia, parents will be charged every 2 weeks A$28 (roughly 20 USD) for having unvaccinated children, per child (Pasha-Robinson). These laws are something that should be present in the United States. The flu shot is already absolutely free with most health insurances, showing how recommended it is. This science has been around for a long time, and only recently, thanks to the internet's easily accessible misinformation, has it been verbally contested. We must make vaccines mandatory to protect our country from preventable diseases. Yours or someone else's life may depend on it.
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Mr. ROMNEY. Mr. President, I rise to congratulate Mr. Ray Petersen on a remarkable career of indispensable service to the great State of Utah. By virtue of Ray's enduring commitment to overseeing proper land management practices, Emery County flourishes with beauty and opportunity. The residents of Emery County and the countless visitors who enjoy the region have Ray to thank for his 18 years as Emery County's Public Lands Administrator and his lifetime of public service to rural Utah. Ray has dedicated his career to addressing critical rural issues. As a fourth-generation resident of Emery County, Ray understands well the challenges facing rural communities and the profound impact that Federal, State, and local policy decisions have on the livelihoods of so many. In his role as Emery County Public Lands Administrator, Ray was consequential in assisting policymakers, from the county commission to the Federal Government, reconcile differences and find solutions for the county's land management, whose expansive plans fall heavily under State and Federal domain. Sustained opportunity and access to Emery County's lands are paramount for its economic vitality, particularly to its agriculture, recreation and tourism industries, and its local mining, gas, and oil development. Ray has helped these key local industries navigate the challenges and opportunities of land management issues, to find compromise and success. A fitting final accomplishment to his career, Ray was instrumental in helping Utah's congressional delegation secure a victory for Emery County and the State's public lands as the Emery County Public Lands Management Act was signed into law. This legislation marked the culmination of years of collaboration and cooperation with local partners and officials, ensuring ongoing uses will be enjoyed in Emery County without fear of a potential national monument designation from DC and consolidation of Utah trust lands that will generate millions in revenue for our school kids. It also included long-sought local land transfers to meet city government needs while expanding Goblin Valley State Park, a truly unique place that will now be better managed for future generations. Ray Petersen has championed rural lands issues of extraordinary significance to Utah throughout his esteemed career. Our great State owes him a debt of gratitude for three decades of selfless public service. Thank you, Ray.
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The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-4959. A communication from the Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Treatment of Certain COVID-19 Related Loss Mitigation Options Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Regulation X'' (12 CFR Part 1024) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4960. A communication from the General Counsel of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities - Interim Final Rule'' (RIN2590-AB03) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4961. A communication from the General Counsel of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities - Final Rule'' (RIN2590-AB03) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4962. A communication from the Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Determining 'Underserved' Areas Using Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data'' (12 CFR Part 1024) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4963. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Guidance on Waiver of 2020 Required Minimum Distributions'' (Notice 2020-51) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4964. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Guidance for Coronavirus-Related Distributions and Loans from Retirement Plans Under the CARES Act'' (Notice 2020-50) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4965. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Treasury Decision (TD): Qualified Business Income Deduction'' ((RIN1545-BP12) (TD 9899)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4966. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability and Patient Access for Medicare Advantage Organization and Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, CHIP Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges and Health Care Providers'' (RIN0938-AT79) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 15, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4967. A communication from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``High-3 Calculation for Certain Privatized Senate Restaurants and House Food Services Employees and Annuitants Covered Under the Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees' Retirement System'' (RIN3206-AN90) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4968. A communication from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Prevailing Rate Systems: Redefinition of the Little Rock, Arkansas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas'' (RIN3206-AN95) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4969. A communication from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Prevailing Rate Systems: Definition of Pitt County, NC, to a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Area'' (RIN3206-AN94) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4970. A communication from the Acting Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs, Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Children's Toys, and Child Care Articles: Determinations Regarding ASTM F963 Elements and Phthalates for Unfinished Manufacturing Fibers'' (16 CFR Part 1253) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4971. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0095)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4972. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Cadiz, Caldwell, and Cambridge, Ohio'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1041)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4973. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Coffeyville, Kansas'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1039)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4974. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Anjou Aeronautique Torso Restraint Systems'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0537)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4975. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Saab AB, Support Services (Formerly Known as Saab AB, Saab Aeronautics) Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1073)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4976. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters (Previously Eurocopter France)'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2017-0404)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4977. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Embraer S.A. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Empresa Brasileira de Aerona Utica S.A.) Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0466)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4978. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc., Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1081)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4979. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020- 0461)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4980. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd and Co KG (Type Certificate Previously Held by Rolls-Royce plc) Turbofan Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0547)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4981. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd and Co KG (Type Certificate Previously Held by Rolls-Royce plc) Turbofan Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1109)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4982. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2018- 0866)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4983. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2010-0240)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4984. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; MD Helicopter Inc., Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020- 0064)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4985. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Learjet Inc. Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0204)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4986. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0026)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4987. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020- 0096)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4988. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0455)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4989. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1060)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4990. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.A. Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2010-1020)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4991. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019- 0990)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4992. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Turbofan Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA- 2019-0683)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4993. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1024)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4994. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation Propellers'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1008)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4995. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; ATR-GIE Avions de Transport Regional Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0102)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4996. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019- 1072)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4997. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Rockwell Collins, Inc. Flight Management Systems'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2018-0977)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4998. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0238)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4999. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; XtremeAir GmbH Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0568)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5000. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Fokker Services B.V. Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0450)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5001. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0101)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5002. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; 328 Support Services GmbH (Type Certificate Previously Held by AvCraft Aerospace GmbH; Fairchild Dornier GmbH; Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH) Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0090)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5003. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Turbofan Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA- 2020-0469)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5004. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020- 0091)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5005. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Tahlequah, Oklahoma'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0790)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5006. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters (Type Certificate Previously Held by Eurocopter France) Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019- 0827)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5007. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Yabora Industria Aeronautica S.A. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Embraer S.A.) Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1074)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5008. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; ATR-GIE Avions de Transport Regional Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1079)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5009. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0092)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5010. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Canada Limited Partnership (Type Certificate Previously Held by C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP))'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0349)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5011. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Weatherly Aircraft Company'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2018- 0833)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5012. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Cirrus Design Corporation Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020- 0546)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5013. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0099)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5014. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc., Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1076)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5015. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0452)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5016. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Yabora Industria Aeronautica S.A. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Embraer S.A.)'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0340)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5017. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0454)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5018. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; AERMACCHI S.p.A. Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0419)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5019. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; PZL Swidnik S.A. Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0390)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5020. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; International Aero Engines AG Turbofan Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0832)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5021. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Robinson Helicopter Company Helicopters'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2017-0947)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5022. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; 328 Support Services GmbH (Type Certificate Previously Held by AvCraft Aerospace GmbH; Fairchild Dornier GmbH) Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0088)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5023. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0978))) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5024. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; International Aero Engines LLC, Turbofan Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0906)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5025. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 3902'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31308)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5026. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 3904'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31311)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5027. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 3903'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31310)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5028. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 3908'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31315)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5029. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 3906'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31313)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5030. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Relief for Certain Persons and Operations During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak'' ((RIN2120-AL63) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0446)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5031. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments'' ((RIN2120-AA63) (Docket No. 31309)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5032. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures'' ((RIN2120-AA65) (Docket No. 31314)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5033. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 3901'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31307)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5034. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revocation and Amendment of Class E Airspace; Williston, North Dakota'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1061)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5035. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revocation of Jet Route J-105 and Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-15, V-63, V-272 , and V-583 in the Vicinity of McAlester, Oklahoma'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0010)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5036. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of VOR Federal Airway V-37 Due to the Planned Decommissioning of Aylmer, Canada, VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Navigation Aid'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0538)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5037. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-125, V- 178, V-313, and V-429 in the Vicinity of Cape Girardeau, Montana'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0002)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5038. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-7, V-52, and V-178 in the Vicinity of Central City, Kentucky'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0008)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5039. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-18, V- 54, V-114, and V-583 in the Vicinity of Quitman, Texas'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0893)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5040. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment and Removal of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes; Eastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0039)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5041. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Route T-333; Western United States'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2018-0986)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5042. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Multiple Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes; Western United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2018-0850)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5043. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes in the Vicinity of Glens Falls, New York'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0474)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5044. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment and Revocation of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes in the Vicinity of Berlin, New Hampshire'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0475)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5045. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes in the Vicinity of Ithaca, New York'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0473)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5046. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revocation of VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airway V-61 and Amendment of Area Navigation Route T-286 Due to the Decommissioning of the Robinson, Kansas, VOR'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0677)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5047. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of Class E Airspace; Hardin, Montana'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0954)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5048. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of Class E Airspace; Harlowton, Montana'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2020- 0023)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5049. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of Class E Airspace; Gold Beach, Oregon'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0234)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5050. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Baraboo and Boscobel, Wisconsin'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2020- 0079)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5051. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Rockford, Illinois'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0349)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5052. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Greenville and Madisonville, Kentucky'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA- 2020-0140)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5053. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Ada, Oklahoma'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0140)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5054. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Big Rapids, Michigan'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0142)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5055. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Siren, Wisconsin'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1042)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5056. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of the Class D and Class E Airspace; Meridian, Mississippi'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0598)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5057. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Ely, Minnesota'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1043)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5058. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Shenandoah, Iowa'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0791)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5059. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; McAlester, Henryetta, and Poteau, Oklahoma'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-1044)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5060. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Alpine, Texas'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0034)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5061. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Sweetwater, Texas'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0787)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5062. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Pratt, Kansas'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0902)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5063. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class D Airspace; Jacksonville NAS, Florida, and Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Mayport, Florida'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2020- 0085)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5064. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class D Airspace and Amendment and Revocation of the Class E Airspace; Multiple Texas Towns'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0808)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 1, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5065. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class D Airspace, Jacksonville
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1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE Ms. WARREN (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Harris, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: S. Res. 647 Whereas, in the early 20th century, de jure segregation confined Tulsa's Black residents into the ``Greenwood District'', which they built into a thriving community with a nationally renowned entrepreneurial center known as the ``Black Wall Street''; Whereas, at the time, white supremacy and racist violence were common throughout the United States and went largely unchecked by the justice system; Whereas reports of an alleged and disputed incident on the morning of May 30, 1921, between two teenagers, a Black man and a white woman, caused the white community of Tulsa, including the Tulsa Tribune, to call for a lynching amidst a climate of white racial hostility and white resentment over Black economic success; Whereas, on May 31, 1921, a mob of armed white men descended upon Tulsa's Greenwood District and launched what is now known as the ``Tulsa Race Massacre''; Whereas Tulsa municipal and county authorities failed to take actions to calm or contain the violence, and civil and law enforcement officials deputized many white men who were participants in the violence as their agents, directly contributing to the violence through overt and often illegal acts; Whereas, over a period of 24 hours, the white mob's violence led to the death of an estimated 300 Black residents, as well as over 800 reports of injuries; Whereas the white mob looted, damaged, burned, or otherwise destroyed approximately 40 square blocks of the Greenwood district, including an estimated 1,256 homes of Black residents, as well as virtually every other structure, including churches, schools, businesses, a hospital, and a library, leaving nearly 9,000 Black Tulsans homeless and effectively wiping out tens of millions of dollars in Black prosperity and wealth in Tulsa; Whereas, in the wake of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Governor of Oklahoma declared martial law, and units of the Oklahoma National Guard participated in the mass arrests of all or nearly all of Greenwood's surviving residents, removing them from Greenwood to other parts of Tulsa and unlawfully detaining them in holding centers; Whereas Oklahoma local and State governments dismissed claims arising from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre for decades, and the event was effectively erased from collective memory and history until, in 1997, the Oklahoma State Legislature finally created a commission to study the event; Whereas on February 28, 2001, the commission issued a report that detailed, for the first time, the extent of the Massacre and decades-long efforts to suppress its recollection; Whereas none of the law enforcement officials nor any of the hundreds of other white mob members who participated in the violence were ever prosecuted or held accountable for the hundreds of lives lost and tens of millions of dollars of Black wealth destroyed, despite the Tulsa Race Massacre Commission confirming their roles in the Massacre, nor was any compensation ever provided to the Massacre's victims or their descendants; Whereas government and city officials not only abdicated their responsibility to rebuild and repair the Greenwood community in the wake of the violence, but actively blocked efforts to do so, contributing to continued racial disparities in Tulsa akin to those that Black people face across the United States; Whereas the pattern of violence against Black people in the United States, often at the hands of law enforcement, shows that the fight to end State-sanctioned violence against Black people continues; and Whereas the year 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) recognizes the forthcoming centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre; (2) acknowledges the historical significance of this event as one of the largest single instances of State-sanctioned violence against Black people in American history; (3) honors the lives and legacies of the estimated 300 Black individuals who were killed during the Massacre and the nearly 9,000 Black individuals who were left homeless and penniless; (4) condemns the participants of the Tulsa Race Massacre, including white municipal officials and law enforcement who directly participated in or who aided and abetted the unlawful violence; (5) condemns past and present efforts to cover up the truth and shield the white community, and especially State and local officials, from accountability for the Tulsa Race Massacre and other instances of violence at the hands of law enforcement; (6) condemns the continued legacy of racism, including systemic racism, and white supremacy against Black people in the United States, particularly in the form of police brutality; (7) encourages education about the Tulsa Race Massacre, including the horrors of the massacre itself, the history of white supremacy that fueled the massacre, and subsequent attempts to deny or cover up the Massacre, in all elementary and secondary education settings and in institutions of higher education in the United States; and (8) recognizes the commitment of Congress to acknowledge and learn from the history of racism and racial violence in the United States, including the Tulsa Race Massacre, to reverse the legacy of white supremacy and fight for racial justice.
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CREC-2020-07-02-pt1-PgS4231-2
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Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 4679. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Daniel J. O'Donohue, United States Marine Corps, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 (as amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. 502(b)); (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4680. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Charles W. Hooper, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 (as amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. 502(b)); (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4681. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Stephen M. Twitty, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 (as amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. 502(b)); (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4682. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General John C. Thomson III, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 (as amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. 502(b)); (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4683. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, pursuant to Public Law 106-569; to the Committee on Financial Services. 4684. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Eric J. Wesley, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 (as amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. 502(b)); (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4685. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting a notification of a designation of acting officer and change in previously submitted reported information, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681- 614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4686. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting a notification of a discontinuation of service in acting role, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4687. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting a notification of a nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4688. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Department of Transportation, transmitting notifications of discontinuation of service in acting role, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4689. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Department of Transportation, transmitting a notification of a nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4690. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Department of Transportation, transmitting a notification of a nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4691. A letter from the Chairman, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, transmitting the Commission's June 2020 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395b-6(b)(1)(D); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVIII, Sec. 1805(b)(1)(D) (as amended by Public Law 111-148, Sec. 2801(b)(2)); (124 Stat. 332); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
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CREC-2020-07-09-pt1-PgH3072-4
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The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: Loving God, Father of us all, Father of all our ancestors, thank You for giving us another day. The Congress returns mourning the loss of a sweet man, a saint, warrior, and prophet, John Lewis. A saint in his commitment to nonviolence in a violent world, where all too often people are oppressed because of their nationality, their tribe, their religion, their color. A warrior in his lifelong commitment to engaging in good trouble, to breaking down the forces of separation, especially in this Nation of ours; to challenge those who would claim innocence in their actions designed to maintain a caste society based on race and address the systems of exclusion from full participation in the freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution--especially participation in the vote. A prophet who spoke of Your will that we become the beloved community here on Earth, a beloved community he has now joined among the community of saints, the cloud of witnesses to Your love and Your truth. In all of this, John's work must now be our own. Bless the Members of this Chamber with the courage and wisdom to address the ongoing challenges that John Lewis encountered in his entire life. Help them, help us all, to bring forth the beloved community in our midst, where all men and women might live, together, in the land of the free and the home of the brave. May all that is done in the people's House this day, and in all the days to come, be for Your greater honor and glory. Amen.
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CREC-2020-07-20-pt1-PgH3098-3
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under clause 5(d) of rule XX, the Chair announces to the House that in light of the passing of the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis), the whole number of the House is 430.
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Coronavirus On another matter, it is rare we gather at the start of a work session with so much to do in so little time. As we speak, our country faces the greatest public health crisis since 1918 and the greatest economic challenge since the Great Depression. Earlier this year, COVID exploded through the Northeast and the Pacific Northwest before finally subsiding. The economic pain of those first few months--over 40 million newly unemployed--was incomprehensible. Now, States throughout the South and West are experiencing a similar surge in cases, hospitalizations, and, sadly, deaths, as the economic pain deepens. While all of us have watched in horror as this crisis unfolds, Senate Democrats have repeatedly called for action on crucial issues like aid for State and local and Tribal governments, hazard pay for essential workers, funding for coronavirus testing and tracing, rental assistance, and support for our Nation's childcare and education systems. Each time we sought to pass legislation on these issues, Senate Republicans blocked our attempts. Senate Republicans said that we should, in the words of Leader McConnell, ``hit the pause button.'' Our Republican friends said they wanted to ``assess the conditions in the country'' before providing any more relief. Our House colleagues passed the Heroes Act over 60 days ago. It has been well over 3 months--3 long months--since we passed the CARES Act. And what has happened in those 3 months? Three months ago, on April 20, the United States reported 775,000 total cases of COVID-19, with 42,000 deaths. Today, we have nearly 3.8 million confirmed cases and 140,000 deaths. Just over 3 months ago, 30 million Americans had filed for unemployment claims. Today, that figure is nearly 50 million. More unemployment claims were filed in the last 17 weeks than in the entire 18-month stretch of the great recession. Today, the State of Florida has more infections per week than China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, and the European Union combined. That is what has happened while Senate Republicans have been ``assessing the conditions in the country.'' That is what has been happening while Senate Republicans have hit the ``pause'' button. And now we know the real reason for Republican inaction, why they have hit the ``pause'' button: They can't come to agreement among themselves. The Nation is raging in crisis, and the Republican Party has been paralyzed--stopping and blocking action thatDemocrats have sought to deal with the problem. We may never know the true cost of Republican inaction over these past 3 months, but we know the time for waiting is over. We must consider another major COVID relief package this work period. Enhanced unemployment benefits expire at the end of the month, protections against evictions expire this week, and schools are preparing for the fall without the necessary guidance and resources to open safely. The country is crying out for relief. The needless delays, the partisan politics, and the infighting between the President and Senate and House Republicans have to stop. But it seems that Leader McConnell has still not received that message. The Republican leader has said he is writing the next bill behind the closed doors of his office and he will present it to his party first before dropping it on the Senate's lap. This one-party approach is the same approach that delayed the passage of the CARES Act, delayed the passage of subsequent emergency relief legislation, and utterly failed on policing reform, where the Republican bill was opposed by 136 civil rights organizations. For Leader McConnell to then get up and talk about that bill, when the people were marching for a much stronger bill--the Justice in Policing Act--when civil rights organizations were urging that we not move forward on that bill, is twisting history in a way that no one is going to believe and history will never accept. Each time Congress passed COVID relief--all four times--we did it by coming together in a bipartisan fashion between our two parties, between our two Chambers. Leader McConnell three times tried to force a partisan bill down the Senate's throat, and it backfired every time. Leader McConnell, it won't work this time either. Leader McConnell called for bipartisanship this morning. That is great. But, Leader McConnell, sitting in your own office, writing a bill, and demanding the other side support it, is not anyone's idea of bipartisanship. Even worse, it appears that the Republican proposal is unlikely to meet the moment. From what we understand from press reports, McConnell's bill will prioritize corporate special interests over workers and Main Street businesses. It will fail to adequately address the worsening spread of the virus. There are currently between 20 and 30 million unemployed Americans, and from all accounts, the Republican bill will not do nearly enough for them. As Americans struggle to keep up with the rent, we are facing an avalanche of evictions. From all accounts, the Republican bill will not address that. According to reports, the Republican bill will come up short on hazard pay for essential workers, aid to State and local and Tribal governments, and investments in communities of color ravaged by the virus. If the reports are accurate, the Republican bill will not come close--not even come close--to meeting the moment of this great crisis. The truth is, we have a good product to start with--the Heroes Act. It has already passed the House By the way, Leader McConnell, we need the House to make a law. Unlike the bill Leader McConnell is preparing, it actually matches the scale of the crisis and will put workers and small businesses and our health needs before special interests. Just to give an example of where Republican priorities are right now, late last week, it was reported that the Trump administration wants to block tens of billions of dollars in the next COVID bill for States to conduct testing and contact tracing. Let me repeat that. When every expert says our lack of testing and contact tracing has led to the crisis being much greater in the United States than in most other countries, Trump wants to block that money for testing, for contact tracing. If past is prologue, our Republican colleagues--so afraid of offending Donald Trump even when they know he is wrong--will let him win the day or at least greatly whittle down the needs we have on tracing and testing. This report came days after we heard that the administration ordered hospitals to stop reporting COVID data to the CDC and instead report them to State health departments or other portals more easily controlled by the White House. If there was ever positive proof that the President is more worried about his image and political interests than the health and safety of the American people, this is it--hiding data from the Centers for Disease Control. It is hard to believe. This man is not a leader. You can't hide from the truth. The coronavirus will continue to ravage us whether or not the reports are public. But if the reports are public, we will all know more what to do. Has not President Trump learned? Have not the Republican Senators learned that hiding from the truth just makes things worse? That is why so much of the blame, according to the American people, for what has happened falls on the shoulders of the President and the Republican Senators who follow him blindly and obeisantly. This, unfortunately, is hardly the only example of the President's abject failure to lead our Nation through this awful crisis. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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Coronavirus On another matter, it is rare we gather at the start of a work session with so much to do in so little time. As we speak, our country faces the greatest public health crisis since 1918 and the greatest economic challenge since the Great Depression. Earlier this year, COVID exploded through the Northeast and the Pacific Northwest before finally subsiding. The economic pain of those first few months--over 40 million newly unemployed--was incomprehensible. Now, States throughout the South and West are experiencing a similar surge in cases, hospitalizations, and, sadly, deaths, as the economic pain deepens. While all of us have watched in horror as this crisis unfolds, Senate Democrats have repeatedly called for action on crucial issues like aid for State and local and Tribal governments, hazard pay for essential workers, funding for coronavirus testing and tracing, rental assistance, and support for our Nation's childcare and education systems. Each time we sought to pass legislation on these issues, Senate Republicans blocked our attempts. Senate Republicans said that we should, in the words of Leader McConnell, ``hit the pause button.'' Our Republican friends said they wanted to ``assess the conditions in the country'' before providing any more relief. Our House colleagues passed the Heroes Act over 60 days ago. It has been well over 3 months--3 long months--since we passed the CARES Act. And what has happened in those 3 months? Three months ago, on April 20, the United States reported 775,000 total cases of COVID-19, with 42,000 deaths. Today, we have nearly 3.8 million confirmed cases and 140,000 deaths. Just over 3 months ago, 30 million Americans had filed for unemployment claims. Today, that figure is nearly 50 million. More unemployment claims were filed in the last 17 weeks than in the entire 18-month stretch of the great recession. Today, the State of Florida has more infections per week than China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, and the European Union combined. That is what has happened while Senate Republicans have been ``assessing the conditions in the country.'' That is what has been happening while Senate Republicans have hit the ``pause'' button. And now we know the real reason for Republican inaction, why they have hit the ``pause'' button: They can't come to agreement among themselves. The Nation is raging in crisis, and the Republican Party has been paralyzed--stopping and blocking action thatDemocrats have sought to deal with the problem. We may never know the true cost of Republican inaction over these past 3 months, but we know the time for waiting is over. We must consider another major COVID relief package this work period. Enhanced unemployment benefits expire at the end of the month, protections against evictions expire this week, and schools are preparing for the fall without the necessary guidance and resources to open safely. The country is crying out for relief. The needless delays, the partisan politics, and the infighting between the President and Senate and House Republicans have to stop. But it seems that Leader McConnell has still not received that message. The Republican leader has said he is writing the next bill behind the closed doors of his office and he will present it to his party first before dropping it on the Senate's lap. This one-party approach is the same approach that delayed the passage of the CARES Act, delayed the passage of subsequent emergency relief legislation, and utterly failed on policing reform, where the Republican bill was opposed by 136 civil rights organizations. For Leader McConnell to then get up and talk about that bill, when the people were marching for a much stronger bill--the Justice in Policing Act--when civil rights organizations were urging that we not move forward on that bill, is twisting history in a way that no one is going to believe and history will never accept. Each time Congress passed COVID relief--all four times--we did it by coming together in a bipartisan fashion between our two parties, between our two Chambers. Leader McConnell three times tried to force a partisan bill down the Senate's throat, and it backfired every time. Leader McConnell, it won't work this time either. Leader McConnell called for bipartisanship this morning. That is great. But, Leader McConnell, sitting in your own office, writing a bill, and demanding the other side support it, is not anyone's idea of bipartisanship. Even worse, it appears that the Republican proposal is unlikely to meet the moment. From what we understand from press reports, McConnell's bill will prioritize corporate special interests over workers and Main Street businesses. It will fail to adequately address the worsening spread of the virus. There are currently between 20 and 30 million unemployed Americans, and from all accounts, the Republican bill will not do nearly enough for them. As Americans struggle to keep up with the rent, we are facing an avalanche of evictions. From all accounts, the Republican bill will not address that. According to reports, the Republican bill will come up short on hazard pay for essential workers, aid to State and local and Tribal governments, and investments in communities of color ravaged by the virus. If the reports are accurate, the Republican bill will not come close--not even come close--to meeting the moment of this great crisis. The truth is, we have a good product to start with--the Heroes Act. It has already passed the House By the way, Leader McConnell, we need the House to make a law. Unlike the bill Leader McConnell is preparing, it actually matches the scale of the crisis and will put workers and small businesses and our health needs before special interests. Just to give an example of where Republican priorities are right now, late last week, it was reported that the Trump administration wants to block tens of billions of dollars in the next COVID bill for States to conduct testing and contact tracing. Let me repeat that. When every expert says our lack of testing and contact tracing has led to the crisis being much greater in the United States than in most other countries, Trump wants to block that money for testing, for contact tracing. If past is prologue, our Republican colleagues--so afraid of offending Donald Trump even when they know he is wrong--will let him win the day or at least greatly whittle down the needs we have on tracing and testing. This report came days after we heard that the administration ordered hospitals to stop reporting COVID data to the CDC and instead report them to State health departments or other portals more easily controlled by the White House. If there was ever positive proof that the President is more worried about his image and political interests than the health and safety of the American people, this is it--hiding data from the Centers for Disease Control. It is hard to believe. This man is not a leader. You can't hide from the truth. The coronavirus will continue to ravage us whether or not the reports are public. But if the reports are public, we will all know more what to do. Has not President Trump learned? Have not the Republican Senators learned that hiding from the truth just makes things worse? That is why so much of the blame, according to the American people, for what has happened falls on the shoulders of the President and the Republican Senators who follow him blindly and obeisantly. This, unfortunately, is hardly the only example of the President's abject failure to lead our Nation through this awful crisis. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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National Defense Authorization Act Madam President, they also know that these risks aren't just a domestic problem. They have seen bombshell reports about consumer data flowing freely between popular apps and servers in China--of course, China. They have heard about how Chinese companies, all beholden to the Chinese Communist Party--again, as I say so often to American businesses, if you are in business with a company in China, you are in business with the Chinese Communist Party. They know that these companies--all beholden to the Chinese Communist Party--steal intellectual property, build vulnerabilities into their hardware, and tempt tech junkies with flashy mobile apps. The entanglement doesn't end there. I have spoken on multiple occasions about the clear danger posed by our stifling and overly permissive relationship with China. We have a duty to address the threats we have uncovered so far and anticipate future problems before they reach our shores. This year's national defense authorization legislation does this by targeting problems in both the public and private sectors. We know and have known for some time that the agenda of the Chinese Communist Party poses an existential threat to the West. This year's NDAA includes funding and other resources for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, which is a comprehensive strategy focused on confronting Beijing's influence on other countries and maintaining a U.S. and allied presence in the region. We also authorized a pilot program that will allow cyber specialists from the National Guard to participate in information sharing and analysis between Federal, State, and local officials. We can use our military and our allies to control a threat that lives half a world away, but how do we stop that threat from reaching our shores? Back in March, I worked with Senator Menendez to introduce the bipartisan SAM-C Act to secure our pharmaceutical supply chain and protect American consumers from shady Chinese manufacturers. In this year's NDAA, I expanded on that idea and fought for language that will require a percentage of what we call critical technologies to be assembled in the United States or by a close ally. We are also going to invest even more in machine and advanced manufacturing research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Scientists at Oak Ridge will work directly with researchers at the University of Tennessee to develop new technology that will make American companies more competitive. I will tell you that the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge Institute are a wonderful partnership. As we work toward 21st-century capabilities for warfare, this is exactly the type of partnership we need to see more of. Being from Tennessee, which is home to multiple military installations, I know that national defense starts and ends at home, so I secured increased funding that is desperately needed to repair and update Army deployment infrastructure. I know that my friends at Fort Campbell will be able to put that to good use on their runway ramps. The Defense bill will also fully fund new mission-essential aircraft, including 47 Chinook helicopters for our posts in Tennessee and technologies that will allow those famous Reapers to one day be stationed in the Volunteer State. We are also finally going to secure some properly fitting body armor for servicewomen, which unbelievably is still unheard of in 2020. We will likely spend the rest of this week hashing out the finer details of the NDAA before we bring up the final bill for a vote. I encourage my colleagues to consider just how interconnected we are with both our allies and our adversaries. I want them to think about the great power competition and the threats that exist from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran--I call those four the new axis of evil. I would encourage them to remember that the threats we face require action at every single level, whether they surface at home or half a world away. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand): S. 4219. A bill to extend the special air traffic rule for civil helicopters operating VFR along the North Shore, Long Island, New York, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to promulgate a new special air traffic rule, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand): S. 4219. A bill to extend the special air traffic rule for civil helicopters operating VFR along the North Shore, Long Island, New York, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to promulgate a new special air traffic rule, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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The SPEAKER. Under clause 5(d) of rule XX, the Chair announces to the House that, in light of the administration of the oath of office to the gentleman from New York, the whole number of the House is 431.
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Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 4723. A letter from the General Counsel, Federal Housing Finance Agency, transmitting the Agency's interim final rule -- Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities (RIN: 2590-AB03) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4724. A letter from the Secretary, Division of Investment Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendments to Procedures with Respect to Applications Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 [Release No.: IC-33921; File No.: S7-19-19] (RIN: 3235- AM51) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4725. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final rule -- Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits received June 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 4726. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's 2018 Actuarial Report on the Financial Outlook for Medicaid to Congress, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396 note; Public Law 111-3, Sec. 506(c); (123 Stat. 95); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4727. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Removal of Control of Emissions from Bakery Ovens [EPA-R07-OAR-2019- 0400; FRL-10011-87-Region 7] received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4728. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Wisconsin; Redesignation of the Shoreline Sheboygan, WI Area to Attainment of the 2008 Ozone Standards [EPA-R05-OAR-2020- 0097; EPA-R05-OAR-2020-0199; EPA-R05-OAR-2020-0200; FRL- 10011-90-Region 5] received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4729. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Wisconsin; Redesignation of the Wisconsin Portion of the Chicago- Naperville, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin Area to Attainment of the 2008 Ozone Standard [EPA-R05-OAR-2020-0030; EPA-R05-OAR- 2020-0101; FRL-10011-74-Region 5] received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4730. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New York; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS; Interstate Transport Provisions [EPA-R02-OAR- 2018-0647; FRL-10011-41-Region 2] received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4731. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Significant New Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (19-6.B) [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2019-0529; FRL- 10009-89] (RIN: 2070-AB27) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4732. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Office's report on Federal agencies' use of physicians' comparability allowances, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5948(j); Public Law 103-114, Sec. 2(a); (107 Stat. 1116); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4733. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Office of Inspector General, Semiannual Report to Congress, for the period ending March 31, 2020, pursuant to Public Law 95-452, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4734. A letter from the Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, transmitting the Board's direct final rule -- Correction of Administrative Errors; Required Minimum Distributions received June 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4735. A letter from the Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Obligations of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors: TRICARE Providers (RIN: 1250- AA08) received 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4736. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Little Rock, Arkansas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas (RIN: 3206-AN95) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4737. A letter from the General Counsel, Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting the Board's CY 2019 annual report, pursuant to Sec. 552b(j) of Title 5 of the U.S. Code; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4738. A letter from the Acting Director, Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- High-3 Calculation for Certain Privatized Senate Restaurants and House Food Services Employees and Annuitants Covered Under the Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees' Retirement System (RIN: 3206-AN90) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4739. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Education Contracts Under Johnson-O'Malley Act [201D0102DB/DS5A300000/DR.5A311.IA000520] (RIN: 1076-AF24) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Natural Resources. 4740. A letter from the Rules Administrator, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Video Visiting and Telephone Calls Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act [Docket No.: BOP-1177l] (RIN: 1120-AB77) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the Judiciary. 4741. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report entitled, ``Finalizing Medicare Rules under Section 902 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) for Calendar Year 2018'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395hh(a)(3)(D); Public Law 108-173, Sec. 902(a)(1); (117 Stat. 2375); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. 4742. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary of Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report to Congress on the Open Payments Program, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7h(d); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, Sec. 1128G (as added by Public Law 111-148, Sec. 6002); (124 Stat. 693); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. 4743. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's report entitled, ``Report to Congress: Social Risk Factors and Performance under Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395lll note; Public Law 113-185, Sec. 2(d)(1)(B)(ii); (128 Stat. 1967); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
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Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, our Nation stands at a crucial midway point in our battle against this terrible virus. The heroism of healthcare professionals, essential workers, and families from coast to coast got our Nation through a springtime like no other. Communities across America put normal life on pause to buy breathing room for our medical system. We essentially had to winterize the world's largest economy for weeks on end and spare our people as much of the resulting pain as possible. The task was historic, and so was the Senate's response. We wrote and passed the CARES Act--the largest rescue package in American history. Our legislation helped pull both our health system and our economy back from the brink. Tens of millions of jobs were saved. The hallways of our hospitals did not become Italy. The Senate's leadership helped the Nation endure the first phase of this, but this crisis is far from over. The virus that has claimed 140,000 American lives has not gone anywhere. As some places step back toward normalcy, infections are climbing again in hotspots across our country. The start of our economic recovery has been sharp and impressive, but in absolute terms, we still have just begun to pick up the pieces. Our progress so far has been encouraging, but it remains fragile and far from sufficient. I would argue that our country's job now is even more complex than it was back in March. Now, as then, we need to keep our health system robust, but now, instead of locking down the country to do it, we want to stand up a society that functions somewhat more normally at the same time. The American people cannot completely stop building their lives until the vaccine is available. The United States of America was not built for a defensive crouch. We need to stand up an educational system and an economy that works for workers and families in the meantime. We need to find the right sort of middle ground--middle ground that is smart and safe but also more sustainable. It is another historic set of challenges and another opportunity for the U.S. Senate to deliver. For weeks now, I have made it clear that further legislation out of the Senate will be a serious response to the crisis. We will not be wasting the American people's time like the House Democrats, with their multimillion-dollar proposal for high taxes on small businesses, cut taxes for blue-State millionaires, and send diversity detectives into the cannabis industry. I have said we will start with the facts and develop real, targeted solutions on the subjects that matter most to American families. It turns out that means three things: kids, jobs, and healthcare--kids, jobs, and healthcare. Surveys show the American people's top priorities for reopening are childcare and K-12 schools. This country wants its kids back in the classroom this fall--learning, exploring, making friends. Their educations depend on it. In some cases, their safety depends on it, and so do the livelihoods of working parents. The American Academy of Pediatrics stated unambiguously that our goal must be in-person--in-person instruction. But of course, parents, teachers, and doctors all agree it has to be as safe as possible. That is where the Senate comes in. This majority is preparing legislation that will send $105 billion so educators have the resources they need to safely reopen. That is more money than the House Democrats set aside for a similar fund, by the way, and that is in addition to support for childcare needs. It is amazing how you can find room to fund serious priorities when you take a pass on the far-left daydreams. Second, the economic slowdown has hurt millions and millions of Americans. Before this crisis, we had never had 7 million Americans receiving unemployment at the same time. Today, we have 17 million. More than a million people have filed new unemployment claims every single week for more than 4 months now. The American job market needs another shot of adrenaline. Senate Republicans are laser-focused on getting American workers their jobs back. Our bill takes several specific incentives to hire and retain workers and turn the dials on those policies way up. The legislation will help reimburse for safe workplaces so Main Street can afford the PPE, testing, cleaning, or remodeling to protect workers and entice customers. The ingenuity and spirit of America's small business isn't possible to overstate, but they still face a tough road. With the majority of businesses expected to exhaust their initial Paychecks Protection Funding this summer, we will also be proposing a targeted second round of the PPP with a special eye toward hard-hit businesses. Speaking of building on what worked in the CARES Act, we want another round of direct payments--direct payments to help American families keep driving our national comeback. Helping to create more Americans jobs is an urgent, moral priority, and these are just some of the policies we are discussing that will help that happen. In addition to kids and jobs, our third major focus is healthcare. The reason is obvious. The reason is obvious. If we lose control of the virus or if research stalls, then everything else will be window dressing. Our proposal will dedicate even more resources to the fastest race for a new vaccine in human history, along with diagnostics and treatments. Our bill will also protect seniors from a potential spike in premiums. And the Federal Government will continue to support hospitals, providers, and testing. These are just some of the elements that Senate Republicans are discussing among ourselves and with the administration. There is one more central proposal that ties kids, jobs, and healthcare all together. As I have said for months, the next recovery package will include strong legal protections for the healthcare workers who save strangers' lives and the schools, colleges, charities, and businesses that want to reopen. The American people will not see their historic recovery gobbled up by trial lawyers who are itching to follow this pandemic with a second epidemic of frivolous lawsuits. Gross negligence will still be actionable, but we are creating a safe harbor for institutions that make good-faith efforts to follow the guidelines available to them. Doctors and nurses clearly deserve this protection, and school districts, universities, nonprofits, and small businesses will need it, as well, if we want any genuine reopening at all. The legislation that I have begun to sketch out is neither another CARES Act to float the entire economy nor a typical stimulus bill for a nation that is ready to get back to normal. Our country is in a complex middle ground between those two things. We can't go back to April, and we can't snap our fingers and finish the vaccine overnight. We need to carve out a new normal. Senate Republicans are continuing to discuss these and other ideas among our conference and with the administration. The majority will be laying down another historic proposal very soon. Here in the Senate, an outcome will require bipartisan discussions. I do not believe there will be anything in our bill that our Democratic colleagues should not happily support, but we will stand ready and eager to work together and produce a bipartisan outcome. As I said yesterday, in March the Senate gave a historic master class in how to pass major bipartisan legislation. The CARES Act, the largest rescue package ever, was drafted by Republicans, promptly negotiated across the aisle with Democrats, and then passed urgently without a single dissenting vote. Last month, in June, we recorded a master class in how not to make a law. Instead of amending Senator Tim Scott's JUSTICE Act, our Democratic colleagues flat-out blocked him. They filibustered the issue of police reform altogether. Well, for the sake of America's kids, jobs, and healthcare, let's hope our Democratic friends bring their bipartisan urgency and good faith to the process and leave the partisan poses behind. The Senate has led every step of this crisis. We need to rise to the task one more time.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. McCONNELL
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Senate
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Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, our Nation stands at a crucial midway point in our battle against this terrible virus. The heroism of healthcare professionals, essential workers, and families from coast to coast got our Nation through a springtime like no other. Communities across America put normal life on pause to buy breathing room for our medical system. We essentially had to winterize the world's largest economy for weeks on end and spare our people as much of the resulting pain as possible. The task was historic, and so was the Senate's response. We wrote and passed the CARES Act--the largest rescue package in American history. Our legislation helped pull both our health system and our economy back from the brink. Tens of millions of jobs were saved. The hallways of our hospitals did not become Italy. The Senate's leadership helped the Nation endure the first phase of this, but this crisis is far from over. The virus that has claimed 140,000 American lives has not gone anywhere. As some places step back toward normalcy, infections are climbing again in hotspots across our country. The start of our economic recovery has been sharp and impressive, but in absolute terms, we still have just begun to pick up the pieces. Our progress so far has been encouraging, but it remains fragile and far from sufficient. I would argue that our country's job now is even more complex than it was back in March. Now, as then, we need to keep our health system robust, but now, instead of locking down the country to do it, we want to stand up a society that functions somewhat more normally at the same time. The American people cannot completely stop building their lives until the vaccine is available. The United States of America was not built for a defensive crouch. We need to stand up an educational system and an economy that works for workers and families in the meantime. We need to find the right sort of middle ground--middle ground that is smart and safe but also more sustainable. It is another historic set of challenges and another opportunity for the U.S. Senate to deliver. For weeks now, I have made it clear that further legislation out of the Senate will be a serious response to the crisis. We will not be wasting the American people's time like the House Democrats, with their multimillion-dollar proposal for high taxes on small businesses, cut taxes for blue-State millionaires, and send diversity detectives into the cannabis industry. I have said we will start with the facts and develop real, targeted solutions on the subjects that matter most to American families. It turns out that means three things: kids, jobs, and healthcare--kids, jobs, and healthcare. Surveys show the American people's top priorities for reopening are childcare and K-12 schools. This country wants its kids back in the classroom this fall--learning, exploring, making friends. Their educations depend on it. In some cases, their safety depends on it, and so do the livelihoods of working parents. The American Academy of Pediatrics stated unambiguously that our goal must be in-person--in-person instruction. But of course, parents, teachers, and doctors all agree it has to be as safe as possible. That is where the Senate comes in. This majority is preparing legislation that will send $105 billion so educators have the resources they need to safely reopen. That is more money than the House Democrats set aside for a similar fund, by the way, and that is in addition to support for childcare needs. It is amazing how you can find room to fund serious priorities when you take a pass on the far-left daydreams. Second, the economic slowdown has hurt millions and millions of Americans. Before this crisis, we had never had 7 million Americans receiving unemployment at the same time. Today, we have 17 million. More than a million people have filed new unemployment claims every single week for more than 4 months now. The American job market needs another shot of adrenaline. Senate Republicans are laser-focused on getting American workers their jobs back. Our bill takes several specific incentives to hire and retain workers and turn the dials on those policies way up. The legislation will help reimburse for safe workplaces so Main Street can afford the PPE, testing, cleaning, or remodeling to protect workers and entice customers. The ingenuity and spirit of America's small business isn't possible to overstate, but they still face a tough road. With the majority of businesses expected to exhaust their initial Paychecks Protection Funding this summer, we will also be proposing a targeted second round of the PPP with a special eye toward hard-hit businesses. Speaking of building on what worked in the CARES Act, we want another round of direct payments--direct payments to help American families keep driving our national comeback. Helping to create more Americans jobs is an urgent, moral priority, and these are just some of the policies we are discussing that will help that happen. In addition to kids and jobs, our third major focus is healthcare. The reason is obvious. The reason is obvious. If we lose control of the virus or if research stalls, then everything else will be window dressing. Our proposal will dedicate even more resources to the fastest race for a new vaccine in human history, along with diagnostics and treatments. Our bill will also protect seniors from a potential spike in premiums. And the Federal Government will continue to support hospitals, providers, and testing. These are just some of the elements that Senate Republicans are discussing among ourselves and with the administration. There is one more central proposal that ties kids, jobs, and healthcare all together. As I have said for months, the next recovery package will include strong legal protections for the healthcare workers who save strangers' lives and the schools, colleges, charities, and businesses that want to reopen. The American people will not see their historic recovery gobbled up by trial lawyers who are itching to follow this pandemic with a second epidemic of frivolous lawsuits. Gross negligence will still be actionable, but we are creating a safe harbor for institutions that make good-faith efforts to follow the guidelines available to them. Doctors and nurses clearly deserve this protection, and school districts, universities, nonprofits, and small businesses will need it, as well, if we want any genuine reopening at all. The legislation that I have begun to sketch out is neither another CARES Act to float the entire economy nor a typical stimulus bill for a nation that is ready to get back to normal. Our country is in a complex middle ground between those two things. We can't go back to April, and we can't snap our fingers and finish the vaccine overnight. We need to carve out a new normal. Senate Republicans are continuing to discuss these and other ideas among our conference and with the administration. The majority will be laying down another historic proposal very soon. Here in the Senate, an outcome will require bipartisan discussions. I do not believe there will be anything in our bill that our Democratic colleagues should not happily support, but we will stand ready and eager to work together and produce a bipartisan outcome. As I said yesterday, in March the Senate gave a historic master class in how to pass major bipartisan legislation. The CARES Act, the largest rescue package ever, was drafted by Republicans, promptly negotiated across the aisle with Democrats, and then passed urgently without a single dissenting vote. Last month, in June, we recorded a master class in how not to make a law. Instead of amending Senator Tim Scott's JUSTICE Act, our Democratic colleagues flat-out blocked him. They filibustered the issue of police reform altogether. Well, for the sake of America's kids, jobs, and healthcare, let's hope our Democratic friends bring their bipartisan urgency and good faith to the process and leave the partisan poses behind. The Senate has led every step of this crisis. We need to rise to the task one more time.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. McCONNELL
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Senate
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Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, our Nation stands at a crucial midway point in our battle against this terrible virus. The heroism of healthcare professionals, essential workers, and families from coast to coast got our Nation through a springtime like no other. Communities across America put normal life on pause to buy breathing room for our medical system. We essentially had to winterize the world's largest economy for weeks on end and spare our people as much of the resulting pain as possible. The task was historic, and so was the Senate's response. We wrote and passed the CARES Act--the largest rescue package in American history. Our legislation helped pull both our health system and our economy back from the brink. Tens of millions of jobs were saved. The hallways of our hospitals did not become Italy. The Senate's leadership helped the Nation endure the first phase of this, but this crisis is far from over. The virus that has claimed 140,000 American lives has not gone anywhere. As some places step back toward normalcy, infections are climbing again in hotspots across our country. The start of our economic recovery has been sharp and impressive, but in absolute terms, we still have just begun to pick up the pieces. Our progress so far has been encouraging, but it remains fragile and far from sufficient. I would argue that our country's job now is even more complex than it was back in March. Now, as then, we need to keep our health system robust, but now, instead of locking down the country to do it, we want to stand up a society that functions somewhat more normally at the same time. The American people cannot completely stop building their lives until the vaccine is available. The United States of America was not built for a defensive crouch. We need to stand up an educational system and an economy that works for workers and families in the meantime. We need to find the right sort of middle ground--middle ground that is smart and safe but also more sustainable. It is another historic set of challenges and another opportunity for the U.S. Senate to deliver. For weeks now, I have made it clear that further legislation out of the Senate will be a serious response to the crisis. We will not be wasting the American people's time like the House Democrats, with their multimillion-dollar proposal for high taxes on small businesses, cut taxes for blue-State millionaires, and send diversity detectives into the cannabis industry. I have said we will start with the facts and develop real, targeted solutions on the subjects that matter most to American families. It turns out that means three things: kids, jobs, and healthcare--kids, jobs, and healthcare. Surveys show the American people's top priorities for reopening are childcare and K-12 schools. This country wants its kids back in the classroom this fall--learning, exploring, making friends. Their educations depend on it. In some cases, their safety depends on it, and so do the livelihoods of working parents. The American Academy of Pediatrics stated unambiguously that our goal must be in-person--in-person instruction. But of course, parents, teachers, and doctors all agree it has to be as safe as possible. That is where the Senate comes in. This majority is preparing legislation that will send $105 billion so educators have the resources they need to safely reopen. That is more money than the House Democrats set aside for a similar fund, by the way, and that is in addition to support for childcare needs. It is amazing how you can find room to fund serious priorities when you take a pass on the far-left daydreams. Second, the economic slowdown has hurt millions and millions of Americans. Before this crisis, we had never had 7 million Americans receiving unemployment at the same time. Today, we have 17 million. More than a million people have filed new unemployment claims every single week for more than 4 months now. The American job market needs another shot of adrenaline. Senate Republicans are laser-focused on getting American workers their jobs back. Our bill takes several specific incentives to hire and retain workers and turn the dials on those policies way up. The legislation will help reimburse for safe workplaces so Main Street can afford the PPE, testing, cleaning, or remodeling to protect workers and entice customers. The ingenuity and spirit of America's small business isn't possible to overstate, but they still face a tough road. With the majority of businesses expected to exhaust their initial Paychecks Protection Funding this summer, we will also be proposing a targeted second round of the PPP with a special eye toward hard-hit businesses. Speaking of building on what worked in the CARES Act, we want another round of direct payments--direct payments to help American families keep driving our national comeback. Helping to create more Americans jobs is an urgent, moral priority, and these are just some of the policies we are discussing that will help that happen. In addition to kids and jobs, our third major focus is healthcare. The reason is obvious. The reason is obvious. If we lose control of the virus or if research stalls, then everything else will be window dressing. Our proposal will dedicate even more resources to the fastest race for a new vaccine in human history, along with diagnostics and treatments. Our bill will also protect seniors from a potential spike in premiums. And the Federal Government will continue to support hospitals, providers, and testing. These are just some of the elements that Senate Republicans are discussing among ourselves and with the administration. There is one more central proposal that ties kids, jobs, and healthcare all together. As I have said for months, the next recovery package will include strong legal protections for the healthcare workers who save strangers' lives and the schools, colleges, charities, and businesses that want to reopen. The American people will not see their historic recovery gobbled up by trial lawyers who are itching to follow this pandemic with a second epidemic of frivolous lawsuits. Gross negligence will still be actionable, but we are creating a safe harbor for institutions that make good-faith efforts to follow the guidelines available to them. Doctors and nurses clearly deserve this protection, and school districts, universities, nonprofits, and small businesses will need it, as well, if we want any genuine reopening at all. The legislation that I have begun to sketch out is neither another CARES Act to float the entire economy nor a typical stimulus bill for a nation that is ready to get back to normal. Our country is in a complex middle ground between those two things. We can't go back to April, and we can't snap our fingers and finish the vaccine overnight. We need to carve out a new normal. Senate Republicans are continuing to discuss these and other ideas among our conference and with the administration. The majority will be laying down another historic proposal very soon. Here in the Senate, an outcome will require bipartisan discussions. I do not believe there will be anything in our bill that our Democratic colleagues should not happily support, but we will stand ready and eager to work together and produce a bipartisan outcome. As I said yesterday, in March the Senate gave a historic master class in how to pass major bipartisan legislation. The CARES Act, the largest rescue package ever, was drafted by Republicans, promptly negotiated across the aisle with Democrats, and then passed urgently without a single dissenting vote. Last month, in June, we recorded a master class in how not to make a law. Instead of amending Senator Tim Scott's JUSTICE Act, our Democratic colleagues flat-out blocked him. They filibustered the issue of police reform altogether. Well, for the sake of America's kids, jobs, and healthcare, let's hope our Democratic friends bring their bipartisan urgency and good faith to the process and leave the partisan poses behind. The Senate has led every step of this crisis. We need to rise to the task one more time.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. McCONNELL
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Senate
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Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, I ask to have printed in the Record some of the finalist essays written by Vermont High School students as part of the 10th annual ``State of the Union'' essay contest conducted by my office. The material follows: Madelyn Trimpi, Woodstock Union High School, Junior Plastic is destroying the earth and a federal law to restrict single-use plastics must be developed. Plastic is a huge contributor to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the atmosphere. An article called ``How Plastics Contribute to Climate Change'' by Brooke Bauman from Yale Climate Connections states ``plastic originates as fossil fuels and emits greenhouse gasses from cradle to grave.'' At the beginning of its life cycle, gas and oil are fracked from the ground, then made into plastic releasing harmful pollutants like CO2 and nitrogen oxide that get stuck in the atmosphere and warm the earth. Along with greenhouse gas emissions, plastic pollutes the ecosystems by simply entering and never leaving. In the same article by Yale, scientists state ``plastics can break down into smaller pieces called microplastics through biodegradation or exposure to the sun, heat or water. These microplastics scatter to all comers of the globe and even to the depths of the oceans. Toxic chemicals can bind microplastics and create poison pills that marine animals eat'' When a foreign substance enters the ecosystem, it threatens all aspects of the life cycle; Including humans. Biodiversity is the root of life on earth and when exposed to something like plastic, everything feels an effect. For example, research shows that plastic has entered into the human body most likely through food like fish and other meats. Animals eat the microplastics thinking they are nutrients; we eat the fish, therefore consuming the plastic in them. This can lead to many health issues. Studies show that an average of 20 particles of microplastic has been found in 10 grams of human stool. ``If our findings are remotely representative, annual microplastic consumption could exceed several hundred thousand [particles],'' authors of the Environmental Science and Technology concludes. Even in cases when physical plastics pose little to no risk to human health, potentially harmful chemicals are added to plastics to modify appearance or functionality. Some of these chemicals include BPA and phthalates which have each been found to disrupt hormones in humans. BPA has been linked to increasing the risk of birth defects, metabolic diseases, and other health problems. Among other health risks, phthalate exposure has been found to reduce testosterone levels in male fetuses. Already, states including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New York, Oregon and Vermont--have successfully banned single-use plastic bags. In addition to banning plastic bags, Vermont's SB 113 will place restrictions on single-use straws and polystyrene containers. These few states are leading the initiative in a fight against an indestructible material. When it comes to plastic, there are plenty of realistic alternatives that we should be enforcing instead of fighting against it. Developing and making these alternative products affordable and more readily available is a necessary focus in working toward a more healthy environment. Plastic is a major contributor to climate change. A national ban on single-use plastic is a simple start and necessary step toward saving the future of our planet. Griffin Waryas, Bellows Falls Union High School, Senior Ninety-Seven years ago, Frederick Banting discovered insulin. However, he decided not to put his name on the patent; he believed it was against the Hippocratic Oath to profit at the expense of patients. So, his team sold the patent to the University of Toronto for a dollar, in hopes that anyone who needed the medicine could afford it. Yet, today, ninety-seven years since the patent was sold for one dollar, people are dying because they cannot afford the insulin they need to survive. Nicole Smith-Holt's son Alec died because of this. When his 26th birthday hit, he was no longer covered by his parent's insurance, and his monthly insulin costs skyrocketed to a staggering $1,300 a month. Alec could no longer afford his medicine and passed away shortly after. Unfortunately, this isn't an incredibly rare case. The costs of the most popular types of insulin have tripled over the past decade, the average cost per month has risen to $450 a month, and 1 in 4 diabetes patients now either is forced to take partial doses or skip over their life-saving medicine. Unfortunately, Insulin is not the only drug being used as a profit machine by corporate monsters. In 2007, Mylan bought the rights to the EpiPen device. At that time, the cost of a set of two injectors was $94. A little over a decade later, the cost is over $700. And with 3.6 million prescriptions being written last year, and the net price to make a set being $60, Mylan made about 2.3 BILLION dollars in profit. They know people will buy it regardless of price because they have to. This leaves the life of uninsured, poor individuals in the balance. To fix this, these large pharmaceutical companies need to be trust busted. They are buying off competition and abusing the broken American health care system to pad their pockets at the expense of the working class. Not to mention, they have teamed up with the insurance companies to ensure profit at every comer. While these companies are businesses and should be allowed to operate as such, there comes a time when the government must protect us from them. As the great Teddy Roosevelt once said, ``We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.'' We need to employ the trust-busting laws set up in this nation to prevent these monopolies from preying on our citizens. To do this, we need to take the corruption out of Washington. In the time between January 1st, 2017 and October 16th, 2018, 34 lawmakers received at least $100,000 including the House Republican majority leader. Drug companies should be banned from funding campaigns to prevent the purchasing of their economic safety. Another law that should be employed is a Sensible Drug Pricing Act. This would allow the companies to continue to make money but also allow poor Americans access to drugs that are relatively cheap to make, with a control on the pricing. Kyle Wilkin, Missisquoi Valley Union High School, Junior Every day people experience struggle of some sort; they struggle in a class or have to work harder than anticipated to complete a goal, but some people struggle more than others. Working hard, people may find it impossible to improve; there may be something blocking their way or restricting their ability to complete a task. In situations like that people search for help; they turn to the people around them hoping to find support, so oftentimes people either find support, or they find indifference. When people's basic needs aren't met, they are left to fend for themselves. In the United States there are a total of 552,830 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night in 2018. People who are homeless are in need of people to support them. The first potential solution could be to allocate more money to fund social workers to help homeless people. Working with people who are homeless, social workers will be able to help them find housing. According to the Congressional Budget Office, in 2018 $623 billion were spent on defense; if some amount of that money was given to the comparatively low amount of $93 billion spent on education, training, employment, and social services combined, more people could work with those who are homeless to find housing. By making more social workers available, people who are homeless will be able to more easily access support. The second solution would be to support Housing First. Housing First is centered on the belief that everyone can achieve stability in permanent housing directly from homelessness and that stable housing is the foundation for pursuing other health and social services goals. Housing First is a way to find people, who are in need of it, permanent housing while giving them the support they need. By helping people find permanent housing, they are able to continue their lives and pursue goals that will not be available if they did not have housing. The third potential solution is making mental health facilities more available for homeless people. According to a survey done in 2015 by The Department of Housing and Urban Development, 25 percent of the American homeless--140,000 individuals--were seriously mentally ill at any given point in time. Forty-five percent of the homeless--250,000 individuals--had any mental illness. A serious mental illness is defined as a disruption in normal thinking, feeling, mood, behavior, interpersonal interactions, or daily functioning by Merriam-Webster. By making mental health facilities more available and destigmatized for homeless people, they will be better equipped to live and be successful on their own. Homeless people need thy help and support of those around them; by giving people who are homeless options and the support they need they will be able to start to support themselves and find permanent.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. SANDERS
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Senate
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CREC-2020-07-21-pt1-PgS4344-3
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working class
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Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, I ask to have printed in the Record some of the finalist essays written by Vermont High School students as part of the 10th annual ``State of the Union'' essay contest conducted by my office. The material follows: Madelyn Trimpi, Woodstock Union High School, Junior Plastic is destroying the earth and a federal law to restrict single-use plastics must be developed. Plastic is a huge contributor to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the atmosphere. An article called ``How Plastics Contribute to Climate Change'' by Brooke Bauman from Yale Climate Connections states ``plastic originates as fossil fuels and emits greenhouse gasses from cradle to grave.'' At the beginning of its life cycle, gas and oil are fracked from the ground, then made into plastic releasing harmful pollutants like CO2 and nitrogen oxide that get stuck in the atmosphere and warm the earth. Along with greenhouse gas emissions, plastic pollutes the ecosystems by simply entering and never leaving. In the same article by Yale, scientists state ``plastics can break down into smaller pieces called microplastics through biodegradation or exposure to the sun, heat or water. These microplastics scatter to all comers of the globe and even to the depths of the oceans. Toxic chemicals can bind microplastics and create poison pills that marine animals eat'' When a foreign substance enters the ecosystem, it threatens all aspects of the life cycle; Including humans. Biodiversity is the root of life on earth and when exposed to something like plastic, everything feels an effect. For example, research shows that plastic has entered into the human body most likely through food like fish and other meats. Animals eat the microplastics thinking they are nutrients; we eat the fish, therefore consuming the plastic in them. This can lead to many health issues. Studies show that an average of 20 particles of microplastic has been found in 10 grams of human stool. ``If our findings are remotely representative, annual microplastic consumption could exceed several hundred thousand [particles],'' authors of the Environmental Science and Technology concludes. Even in cases when physical plastics pose little to no risk to human health, potentially harmful chemicals are added to plastics to modify appearance or functionality. Some of these chemicals include BPA and phthalates which have each been found to disrupt hormones in humans. BPA has been linked to increasing the risk of birth defects, metabolic diseases, and other health problems. Among other health risks, phthalate exposure has been found to reduce testosterone levels in male fetuses. Already, states including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New York, Oregon and Vermont--have successfully banned single-use plastic bags. In addition to banning plastic bags, Vermont's SB 113 will place restrictions on single-use straws and polystyrene containers. These few states are leading the initiative in a fight against an indestructible material. When it comes to plastic, there are plenty of realistic alternatives that we should be enforcing instead of fighting against it. Developing and making these alternative products affordable and more readily available is a necessary focus in working toward a more healthy environment. Plastic is a major contributor to climate change. A national ban on single-use plastic is a simple start and necessary step toward saving the future of our planet. Griffin Waryas, Bellows Falls Union High School, Senior Ninety-Seven years ago, Frederick Banting discovered insulin. However, he decided not to put his name on the patent; he believed it was against the Hippocratic Oath to profit at the expense of patients. So, his team sold the patent to the University of Toronto for a dollar, in hopes that anyone who needed the medicine could afford it. Yet, today, ninety-seven years since the patent was sold for one dollar, people are dying because they cannot afford the insulin they need to survive. Nicole Smith-Holt's son Alec died because of this. When his 26th birthday hit, he was no longer covered by his parent's insurance, and his monthly insulin costs skyrocketed to a staggering $1,300 a month. Alec could no longer afford his medicine and passed away shortly after. Unfortunately, this isn't an incredibly rare case. The costs of the most popular types of insulin have tripled over the past decade, the average cost per month has risen to $450 a month, and 1 in 4 diabetes patients now either is forced to take partial doses or skip over their life-saving medicine. Unfortunately, Insulin is not the only drug being used as a profit machine by corporate monsters. In 2007, Mylan bought the rights to the EpiPen device. At that time, the cost of a set of two injectors was $94. A little over a decade later, the cost is over $700. And with 3.6 million prescriptions being written last year, and the net price to make a set being $60, Mylan made about 2.3 BILLION dollars in profit. They know people will buy it regardless of price because they have to. This leaves the life of uninsured, poor individuals in the balance. To fix this, these large pharmaceutical companies need to be trust busted. They are buying off competition and abusing the broken American health care system to pad their pockets at the expense of the working class. Not to mention, they have teamed up with the insurance companies to ensure profit at every comer. While these companies are businesses and should be allowed to operate as such, there comes a time when the government must protect us from them. As the great Teddy Roosevelt once said, ``We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.'' We need to employ the trust-busting laws set up in this nation to prevent these monopolies from preying on our citizens. To do this, we need to take the corruption out of Washington. In the time between January 1st, 2017 and October 16th, 2018, 34 lawmakers received at least $100,000 including the House Republican majority leader. Drug companies should be banned from funding campaigns to prevent the purchasing of their economic safety. Another law that should be employed is a Sensible Drug Pricing Act. This would allow the companies to continue to make money but also allow poor Americans access to drugs that are relatively cheap to make, with a control on the pricing. Kyle Wilkin, Missisquoi Valley Union High School, Junior Every day people experience struggle of some sort; they struggle in a class or have to work harder than anticipated to complete a goal, but some people struggle more than others. Working hard, people may find it impossible to improve; there may be something blocking their way or restricting their ability to complete a task. In situations like that people search for help; they turn to the people around them hoping to find support, so oftentimes people either find support, or they find indifference. When people's basic needs aren't met, they are left to fend for themselves. In the United States there are a total of 552,830 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night in 2018. People who are homeless are in need of people to support them. The first potential solution could be to allocate more money to fund social workers to help homeless people. Working with people who are homeless, social workers will be able to help them find housing. According to the Congressional Budget Office, in 2018 $623 billion were spent on defense; if some amount of that money was given to the comparatively low amount of $93 billion spent on education, training, employment, and social services combined, more people could work with those who are homeless to find housing. By making more social workers available, people who are homeless will be able to more easily access support. The second solution would be to support Housing First. Housing First is centered on the belief that everyone can achieve stability in permanent housing directly from homelessness and that stable housing is the foundation for pursuing other health and social services goals. Housing First is a way to find people, who are in need of it, permanent housing while giving them the support they need. By helping people find permanent housing, they are able to continue their lives and pursue goals that will not be available if they did not have housing. The third potential solution is making mental health facilities more available for homeless people. According to a survey done in 2015 by The Department of Housing and Urban Development, 25 percent of the American homeless--140,000 individuals--were seriously mentally ill at any given point in time. Forty-five percent of the homeless--250,000 individuals--had any mental illness. A serious mental illness is defined as a disruption in normal thinking, feeling, mood, behavior, interpersonal interactions, or daily functioning by Merriam-Webster. By making mental health facilities more available and destigmatized for homeless people, they will be better equipped to live and be successful on their own. Homeless people need thy help and support of those around them; by giving people who are homeless options and the support they need they will be able to start to support themselves and find permanent.
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Mr. RUBIO. Madam President, today I honor Krista Stanley, the Okeechobee County Teacher of the year from Yearling Middle School in Okeechobee, FL. Krista is a sixth grade teacher and has taught at Yearling Middle School for the past 4 years. She serves as the school math representative, a mentor for new teachers, and facilitates professional development focusing on standards based instruction. Krista was previously named the Project One New Teacher of the Year for Okeechobee County in 2016. Krista believes that all students can learn if they are given the opportunity to do so in the classroom. She is appreciative of her students and cares for them, considering them to be the reason for her success as a teacher. Throughout the school year, Krista provides her students with the tools they need to be successful and dedicates each day to helping them in any way she can. Reflecting her commitment, in 2019, 86 percent of Krista's students earned a proficient score on the Florida State Assessment. I extend my best wishes to Krista for her tireless efforts and care she gives to her students. I look forward to hearing of her continued good work in the years to come.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the question on agreeing to the motion to concur in the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 1957) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes, offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva), on which the yeas and nays were ordered.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Thompson of Mississippi). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7573) to direct the Architect of the Capitol to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the United States Capitol with a bust of Thurgood Marshall to be obtained by the Joint Committee on the Library and to remove certain statues from areas of the United States Capitol which are accessible to the public, to remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America from display in the United States Capitol, and for other purposes, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.
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CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 116-137) The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Butterfield) laid before the House the following message from the President of the United States; which was read and, together with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed:To the Congress of the United States: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days before the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes inthe Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to transnational criminal organizations declared in Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, is to continue in effect beyond July 24, 2020. The activities of significant transnational criminal organizations have reached such scope and gravity that they threaten the stability of international political and economic systems. Such organizations are becoming increasingly sophisticated and dangerous to the United States; they are increasingly entrenched in the operations of foreign governments and the international financial system, thereby weakening democratic institutions, degrading the rule of law, and undermining economic markets. These organizations facilitate and aggravate violent civil conflicts and increasingly facilitate the activities of other dangerous persons. The activities of significant transnational criminal organizations continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13581 with respect to transnational criminal organizations. Donald J. Trump. The White House, July 22, 2020.
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Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 4744. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of General David L. Goldfein, United States Air Force, and his advancement to the grade of general on the retired list, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 (as amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. 502(b)); (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4745. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's report on the Social and Economic Conditions of Native Americans for FY 2017, Focusing on: Curbing Opioid Abuse in Native American Communities, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2992-1; Public Law 88-452, Sec. 811A (as added by Public Law 102-375, Sec. 822(12)); (106 Stat. 1299); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 4746. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Indian Education Discretionary Grant Programs; Professional Development Program (RIN: 1810-AB58) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 4747. A letter from the Program Analyst, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's Declaratory Ruling -- Promoting Broadcast Internet Innovation through ATSC 3.0 [MB Docket No.: 20-145] received June 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4748. A letter from the Program Analyst, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Authorizing Permissive Use of the ``Next Generation'' Broadcast Television Standard [GN Docket No.: 16-142] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4749. A letter from the Program Analyst, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's Declaratory Ruling -- Implementation of State and Local Governments' Obligation to Approve Certain Wireless Facility Modification Requests Under Section 6409(a) of the Spectrum Act of 2012 [WT Docket No.: 19-250] (RM-11849) received Jun 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4750. A letter from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's Small Entity Compliance Guide -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-07 [Docket No.: FAR-2020- 0051, Sequence No. 3) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4751. A letter from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments [FAC: 2020-07; Item VI; Docket No.: FAR-2020-0052; Sequence No. 2] received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4752. A letter from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Orders Issued via Fax or Electronic Commerce [FAC 2020-07; FAR Case 2018-022; Item V; Docket No.: FAR-2019- 0010; Sequence No. 1] (RIN: 9000-AN80) received July 16, 2020., pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4753. A letter from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Evaluation Factors for Multiple-Award Contracts [FAC 2020-07; FAR Case 2017-010; Item III; Docket No.: FAR- 2017-0010; Sequence No. 1] (RIN: 9000-AN54) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4754. A letter from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Modifications to Cost or Pricing Data Requirements [FAC 2020-07; FAR Case 2018-005; Item IV; Docket No.: FAR-2018-0006; Sequence No. 1] (RIN: 9000-AN69) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4755. A letter from the General Counsel, Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting the Board's Semiannual Inspector General Report for the period October 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020, pursuant to Public Law 95-452, as amended; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4756. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Administration for Community Living's Elder Justice Coordinating Council 2016-2018 Report to Congress, pursuant to Title XX of the Social Security Act, Subtitle B, the Elder Justice Act of 2009; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 4757. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's IRB only rule -- Guidance on Waiver of 2020 Required Minimum Distributions [Notice 2020- 51] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 4758. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final regulation -- Guidance Under Section 6033 Regarding the Reporting Requirements of Exempt Organizations [TD: 9898] (RIN: 1545-BN28) received June 11, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 4759. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's ``Report to Congress -- Annual Update: Identification of Quality Measurement Priorities and Associated Funding for the Consensus Based Entity (currently the National Quality Forum) and Other Entities'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395aaa(e); Aug. 14 1935, ch. 531, title XVIII, Sec. 1890(e) (as amended by Public Law 115-123, Sec. 50206(b)); (132 Stat. 184); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. 4760. A letter from the General Counsel, Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting a report on the actuarial status of the railroad retirement system, pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 231f-1; Public Law 98-76, Sec. 502 (as amended by Public Law 104-66, Sec. 2221(a)); (109 Stat. 733); jointly to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Ways and Means. 4761. A letter from the General Counsel, Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting the 2020 annual report on the financial status of the railroad unemployment insurance system, pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 369; Public Law 100-647, Sec. 7105; (102 Stat. 3772); jointly to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Ways and Means.
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Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, this week, the Senate will pass the 60th annual National Defense Authorization Act. Every year, this legislation lets the Senate make our top priorities for protecting our homeland, our allies, and our global interests into law, and, certainly, the recent behavior of our adversaries world over shows why this task is as urgent as ever. Even as our Nation is focused on fighting the pandemic at home, our servicemembers have contended with dangerous behavior from would-be competitors all around the world. The Russian military has kept probing the bounds of U.S. airspace, and Putin's regime has kept its sights on cyber war and destabilization by proxy. China continues to treat international commercial lanes like its own private pond, choke freedom and autonomy out of Hong Kong, and try to ethnically cleanse Xinjiang. Both countries continue to modernize their military capabilities from sea to space. And Iranian meddling, North Korean saber-rattling, and the persistent violence of terrorist groups like ISIS and al-Qaida demand our attention as well. Amid these threats and many others, the American people and the entire free world look to the men and women of the U.S. military to preserve order and peace. The open and bipartisan process led by Chairman Inhofe and Ranking Member Reed has produced strong legislation that will advance their missions. It is the product of intense committee work; it contains more than 200 bipartisan amendments; and it builds on the historic progress which this administration and this Republican Senate have secured over the past 3 years. After years of cuts to our military that weakened readiness, imperiled modernization, and called into question our commitment to preserving our global interests, we have reversed the tide. We have invested in strength. We built a new national defense strategy and are investing in rebuilding and modernizing our military to help achieve it. This legislation will carry the progress even further--more support for defense research and innovation, resources for military housing and healthcare, tools to deepen our commitments with regional partners in Europe and the Pacific. For most Americans, investing in the greatest fighting force in the world is not controversial. It is a no-brainer. But lest we forget, the radical energyon the far left is sparking some truly extraordinary behavior among our Democratic colleagues. Case in point, later today, we will vote on an amendment that was advertised in an opinion essay by the junior Senator from Vermont titled ``Defund the Pentagon: The Liberal Case.'' This is the junior Senator from Vermont--an essay titled ``Defund the Pentagon: The Liberal Case.'' You heard correctly. We have moved on from defunding local police to defunding the U.S. Armed Forces. Maybe we will be sending social workers on overseas deployments, when they aren't too busy responding to violent crimes. I am not sure. Senator Sanders' amendment would literally decimate the defense budget. It would rip 10 percent of it right out and pour the money into all the socialist fantasies--free rent, free college, free everything for everyone. Now, in light of the long-held views of our colleague from Vermont, a proposal like this may not be particularly shocking. What is remarkable is that the Democratic leader--the leader of their caucus--felt pressured into endorsing it. Let me say that again: The Democratic leader, who in almost every floor speech tries to accuse this administration of being too soft on America's adversaries, wants to literally decimate our defense budget to finance a socialist spending spree. This turns out to be something of a pattern. On the Democratic side, it sometimes seems like we have hawks when it comes to speeches but chickens when it comes time to make policy. When they are on the sidelines, there is plenty of bark, but whenever they actually call a shot, there is zero bite. Lots of bark, little bite; all hat, no cattle. That is how we end up with spectacles like the Democratic leader play-acting as a Russian hawk, when about a decade ago, he was publicly arguing we should cozy up to Putin, send Russia billions of dollars of cash, pull the plug on NATO missile defense pacts that hurt Putin's feelings, and concede to him, ``Russia's traditional role'' in the Caspian Sea region. That was the Democratic leader in 2008. Pay off Putin, and let him have his sphere of influence. And now today, he wants to decimate defense spending. But in between, he spent years insisting that Democrats want to get tough--want to get tough on foreign policy. You see how the game works: sound like hawks on television, act like chickens when making policy. Defense spending demonstrates our will to defend ourselves and our interests in a dangerous world. Keeping our Nation safe is our foremost constitutional duty. We cannot shirk it. My colleagues who profess concern over Putin's efforts to interfere in our politics, or Xi's efforts to rewrite the rules of the international system, must know that we will never--never be able to deter such behavior if we sell our own soldiers short and surrender our technological edge. I assure you, Beijing and Moscow will be watching this vote. I ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to reject this far-left fantasy. Defeat this amendment. Throughout the Cold War, we maintained a bipartisan commitment to American strength, American alliances, and a global peace built on American values. We will reinforce that stand when we sink--sink the reckless Sanders-Schumer amendment and again when we pass this bipartisan bill.
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Mr. LEE. Mr. President, when Americans see a ``Made in the U.S.A.'' label on a product, it is a source of great pride, and justifiably so. It represents the American virtues of entrepreneurialism and industriousness. It also alludes to the fact that, as Americans, we have a common sense of destiny and a common appreciation for the inherent dignity and eternal worth of the human soul. It is a symbol of support for American manufacturing jobs, for local communities, and for high-quality products. So it often spurs American consumers as well as foreign consumers to buy a particular product--a product lucky enough to have that label. The Federal Trade Commission currently enforces a difficult standard for all products that want to claim the ``Made in the U.S.A.'' label. It requires that ``all or virtually all'' of a product be made in the United States, and it has issued a lengthy legal guidance document--or a series thereof--establishing rules for who may and may not claim that title. However, one State holds a different standard--one that is nearly impossible for businesses to meet. Under California's law, if more than 5 percent of the components of a particular product are manufactured outside the United States--even if that means just a few bolts or a few screws--that product cannot lawfully be labeled ``Made in the U.S.A.'' Because of the flow of interstate and international commerce, in which most manufacturers sell wholesale to national and international distributors who then disperse products all throughout the country, the other 49 States are forced to comply with this one--the most rigid definition--in order to avoid costly litigation. For many practical purposes, this just means they can't use the label. It makes it impracticable as a business matter and not feasible as a legal matter for them to claim that label. Even though they could legally boast the ``Made in the U.S.A.'' claim in every other State in the country, California makes it more or less impossible for them to do so. In other words, a single State is effectively dictating a country-of-origin label. Think about that for a minute. If California or any other State in the Union, for that matter, would like to create a State-of-origin label, I have no issue with such a State doing that and wouldn't suggest that the Federal Government ought to undo those parameters. But as it currently stands, the California law undermines Congress's rightful authority to regulate interstate commerce and needlessly hurts American manufacturers. This is one of the reasons we are our own country. This is one of the reasons we fly the Stars and Stripes. It is one of the reasons the Constitution came into existence to begin with--to give Congress the power to regulate commerce between the several States with foreign nations and with Indians Tribes. Our previous form of government, under the Articles of Confederation, didn't create a Congress that had that power. As a result, in the early days following the American Revolution, States were engaging in activities amounting to economic Balkanization. We saw economic Balkanization among and between the States. That is why our Founding Fathers gathered in that hot, fateful, and sweltering summer of 1787 in Philadelphia--for this very reason. The Reinforcing American-Made Products Act would solve this very problem. It would simply ensure that the FTC has the exclusive authority to set the national standard for ``Made in the U.S.A.'' labeling. The legislation would provide clarity and consistency, helping American companies to avoid unnecessary hardships and frivolous lawsuits that would otherwise deter them from using this coveted and justifiably enviable label of ``Made in the U.S.A.'' Now more than ever, in the midst of the economic turmoil associated with the global pandemic, we ought to be doing all we can to support American jobs and to strengthen our local communities. This legislation would help us accomplish just that. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of it. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be discharged from further consideration of S. 4065 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
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Mr. LEE. Mr. President, when Americans see a ``Made in the U.S.A.'' label on a product, it is a source of great pride, and justifiably so. It represents the American virtues of entrepreneurialism and industriousness. It also alludes to the fact that, as Americans, we have a common sense of destiny and a common appreciation for the inherent dignity and eternal worth of the human soul. It is a symbol of support for American manufacturing jobs, for local communities, and for high-quality products. So it often spurs American consumers as well as foreign consumers to buy a particular product--a product lucky enough to have that label. The Federal Trade Commission currently enforces a difficult standard for all products that want to claim the ``Made in the U.S.A.'' label. It requires that ``all or virtually all'' of a product be made in the United States, and it has issued a lengthy legal guidance document--or a series thereof--establishing rules for who may and may not claim that title. However, one State holds a different standard--one that is nearly impossible for businesses to meet. Under California's law, if more than 5 percent of the components of a particular product are manufactured outside the United States--even if that means just a few bolts or a few screws--that product cannot lawfully be labeled ``Made in the U.S.A.'' Because of the flow of interstate and international commerce, in which most manufacturers sell wholesale to national and international distributors who then disperse products all throughout the country, the other 49 States are forced to comply with this one--the most rigid definition--in order to avoid costly litigation. For many practical purposes, this just means they can't use the label. It makes it impracticable as a business matter and not feasible as a legal matter for them to claim that label. Even though they could legally boast the ``Made in the U.S.A.'' claim in every other State in the country, California makes it more or less impossible for them to do so. In other words, a single State is effectively dictating a country-of-origin label. Think about that for a minute. If California or any other State in the Union, for that matter, would like to create a State-of-origin label, I have no issue with such a State doing that and wouldn't suggest that the Federal Government ought to undo those parameters. But as it currently stands, the California law undermines Congress's rightful authority to regulate interstate commerce and needlessly hurts American manufacturers. This is one of the reasons we are our own country. This is one of the reasons we fly the Stars and Stripes. It is one of the reasons the Constitution came into existence to begin with--to give Congress the power to regulate commerce between the several States with foreign nations and with Indians Tribes. Our previous form of government, under the Articles of Confederation, didn't create a Congress that had that power. As a result, in the early days following the American Revolution, States were engaging in activities amounting to economic Balkanization. We saw economic Balkanization among and between the States. That is why our Founding Fathers gathered in that hot, fateful, and sweltering summer of 1787 in Philadelphia--for this very reason. The Reinforcing American-Made Products Act would solve this very problem. It would simply ensure that the FTC has the exclusive authority to set the national standard for ``Made in the U.S.A.'' labeling. The legislation would provide clarity and consistency, helping American companies to avoid unnecessary hardships and frivolous lawsuits that would otherwise deter them from using this coveted and justifiably enviable label of ``Made in the U.S.A.'' Now more than ever, in the midst of the economic turmoil associated with the global pandemic, we ought to be doing all we can to support American jobs and to strengthen our local communities. This legislation would help us accomplish just that. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of it. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be discharged from further consideration of S. 4065 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
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Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, today I am pleased to recognize Whitney Jones, the Nassau County Teacher of the Year from Wildlight Elementary School in Yulee, FL. Whitney became a teacher to make a difference in the lives of students by helping them to develop a passion for learning. Her teaching philosophy is that students will work hard when they are shown love and respect. She finds it humbling to watch her students grow and successfully learn new class subjects throughout the school year. Whitney considers her role in her students' lives to be one that offers encouragement, guidance, and compassion. She works with her colleagues to implement new teaching strategies and plans standards-based lessons to ensure students are prepared for the third grade when they leave her classroom. Whitney began her teaching career at Yulee Primary School, teaching there for 5 years before becoming a second grade teacher at Wildlight Elementary School, where she has taught for the past 2 years as a team leader and grade level chair. She is also on her school's action plan team, which works to create plans to help the lowest quartile students improve in school. I extend my best wishes to Whitney for her good work as a teacher and look forward to hearing of her continued good work in the years to come.
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Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, today I recognize Jonathan Motta, the Osceola County Teacher of the Year at NeoCity Academy in Kissimmee, FL. Jonathan believes it is important that his students be prepared for life after high school and challenges them to apply the principles they learn after they leave his classroom. He works to incorporate upper level math into practical business models, technology, and other areas that are important to students. He considers this integration to be the most rewarding part of his work. Jonathan also seeks to fill what he views as a gap in the traditional teaching format by teaching his students other life skills, such as organization and public speaking. Jonathan finds the unique environment and approach to learning at NeoCity Academy to be a great place for his teaching style. He teaches mathematics and has incorporated a variety of concepts to students in Osceola County for the past 7 years. During his tenure, he developed a project-based learning curriculum that creates assignments involving real-world scenarios such as architecture, finance, design and manufacturing, and health. I thank Jonathan for his passion and creative efforts to implement a lifelong approach to learning. I wish him all the best in the years to come.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message from the President of the United States; which was read and, together with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed:To the Congress of the United States: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days before the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared with respect to the situation in Mali in Executive Order 13882 of July 26, 2019, is to continue in effect beyond July 26, 2020. The situation in Mali, including repeated violations of ceasefire arrangements made pursuant to the 2015 Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali; the expansion of terrorist activities into southern and central Mali; the intensification of drug trafficking and trafficking in persons, human rights abuses, and hostage-taking; and the intensification of attacks against civilians, the Malian defense and security forces, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), and international security presences, continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13882 with respect to the situation in Mali. Donald J. Trump. The White House, July 23, 2020.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message from the President of the United States; which was read and, together with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed:To the Congress of the United States: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days before the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared with respect to the situation in Mali in Executive Order 13882 of July 26, 2019, is to continue in effect beyond July 26, 2020. The situation in Mali, including repeated violations of ceasefire arrangements made pursuant to the 2015 Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali; the expansion of terrorist activities into southern and central Mali; the intensification of drug trafficking and trafficking in persons, human rights abuses, and hostage-taking; and the intensification of attacks against civilians, the Malian defense and security forces, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), and international security presences, continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13882 with respect to the situation in Mali. Donald J. Trump. The White House, July 23, 2020.
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Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 4762. A letter from the Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting the Bureau's interim final rule -- Treatment of Certain COVID-19 Related Loss Mitigation Options Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Regulation X; Interim Final Rule [Docket No. CFPB- 2020-0022] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4763. A letter from the Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting the Bureau's interpretive rule -- Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Determining ``Underserved'' Areas Using Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4764. A letter from the Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Section 232 Healthcare Facility Insurance Program--Updating Section 232 Program Regulations for Memory Care Residents [Docket No.: FR 6022-F- 02] (RIN: 2502-AJ46) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4765. A letter from the Program Specialist, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Employment Contracts, Mutual to Stock Conversions [Docket ID: OCC-2018-0041] (RIN: 1557-AE21) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4766. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget, transmitting A Supplemental Update of the Budget for Fiscal Year 2021, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1106(a); Public Law 97-258, Sec. 1106(a); (96 Stat. 911) (H. Doc. No. 116--139); to the Committee on the Budget and ordered to be printed. 4767. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Report to Congress on the Social and Economic Conditions of Native Americans: Fiscal Year 2016, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2992-1; Public Law 88-452, Sec. 811A (as added by Public Law 102-375, Sec. 822(12)); (106 Stat. 1299); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 4768. A letter from the President and Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, transmitting the Bank's Statement of the System of Internal Controls for 2019, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106(a)(1); Public Law 97-258 (as amended by Public Law 101-576, Sec. 306(a)); (104 Stat. 2854); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4769. A letter from the SVP/Chief Accounting Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, transmitting the Bank's 2019 Management Report, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106(a)(1); Public Law 97-258 (as amended by Public Law 101-576, Sec. 306(a)); (104 Stat. 2854); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4770. A letter from the President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, transmitting The Bank's Statement on the System of Internal Controls for 2019, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106(a)(1); Public Law 97-258 (as amended by Public Law 101-576, Sec. 306(a)); (104 Stat. 2854); ; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4771. A letter from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's summary presentation of final rules -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-07; Introduction [Docket No.: FAR-2020-0051, Sequence No. 3] received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4772. A letter from the President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, transmitting the Bank's Statement on the System of Internal Controls for 2019, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106(a)(1); Public Law 97-258 (as amended by Public Law 101-576, Sec. 306(a)); (104 Stat. 2854); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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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 Senate of the following titles: March 26, 2020: S. 760. An Act to enable registered apprenticeship programs to better serve veterans, and for other purposes. S. 1678. An Act to express United States support for Taiwan's diplomatic alliances around the world. April 10, 2020: S.J. Res. 66. A joint resolution providing for the appointment of Denise O'Leary as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. June 16, 2020: S. 2746. An Act to require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement, and for other purposes. S. 3414. An Act to authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes. S. 3744. An Act to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China.
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Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, faced with the greatest economic challenge in 75 years and the greatest public health threat in a century, we Senate Democrats have been waiting for months for our Republican colleagues in the Senate to get serious about another round of emergency relief for the American people. Now that Senate Republicans have finally woken up to the calamity in our country, they have given up wishing it would go away, following the President's wishing everything would go away, to the detriment of this country. Our Republican colleagues have been so divided, so disorganized, and so unprepared that they have to struggle to draft even a partisan proposal within their own conference. This is before they talk to a single Democrat. This is before they even consider what the House has done. It does seem that sometime soon, Republicans may finally unveil a legislative proposal, but because they are so disorganized and divided, they can't agree on a series of smaller bills that don't even amount to one coherent proposal. Even after all this time, it appears the Republican legislative response to COVID is ununified, unserious, unsatisfactory. Let me repeat that. Despite hitting the ``pause'' button on the Senate for 3 months, despite waiting more than 60 days after the House Democrats passed their plan to start work on their own, the Senate Republican response to COVID is ununified, unsatisfactory, and, fundamentally, unserious. From what we know, their proposal or series of proposals will not include food assistance for hungry kids. Families where the parent has lost a job through no fault of her or his own can't feed their kids in this proposal, as we hear about it. From what we know, it will not include rental assistance or extend the moratorium on evictions that is keeping tens of millions of Americans with a roof over their heads. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. They can't pay the rent or the mortgage, and our Republican friends say: Evict them. It will not provide hazard pay to our essential workers, who have been risking their lives and their families' lives ever since this crisis began. It will not make the necessary investments in communities of color that have been ravaged by this virus disproportionately so. It will not provide the new funding that State and local governments need to keep the busdrivers and sanitation workers, teachers, and so many others on the job. From what we know, it will not even include funding to ensure that our elections are safe this fall during this COVID crisis. Remarkably, the likely centerpiece of the Republican legislative response to COVID is not an aid package for the 20 to 30 million unemployed Americans or a massive influx of resources to test and trace and finally stop the spread of this evil disease. The centerpiece of the Republican proposal is a liability shield to protect big corporations from lawsuits if they put their workers at risk--seriously. As COVID continues to surge throughout our country and unemployment numbers rose again for the first time in weeks, Leader McConnell has made corporate immunity the centerpiece of this Republican response. Once again, the Republican Senate is far more comfortable providing relief to big corporations than relief to American workers and American families. How about instead of shielding corporations from liability, we shield renters from eviction? How about instead of shielding corporations from liability, we shield the unemployed from poverty? Even in those areas where the Senate Republicans seem to be moving a bit in our direction, it looks like they are coming up way short. Republicans aren't talking about providing enough resources for our schools to reopen safely. According to reports, the White House and Senate Republicans want to extend the enhanced unemployment benefits the Democrats secured in the CARES Act but only provide a percentage of a worker's former wage. That is right, America. If you have lost your job through no fault of your own and can't go back to work because this administration has mismanaged the crisis, Republicans want you to take a 30-percent pay cut in the middle of this crisis. Worse still, because Republicans dithered and delayed for so long, there will be an interruption in unemployment benefits. Eviction protections will expire no matter what we do because they waited until the last minute and, even at this last minute, can't seem to get their act together. Leader McConnell and Senate Republicans dismissed the House-passed Heroes Act because it included a few items that Republicans didn't think were absolutely necessary. Senate Republicans can't even get their act together to provide the basics--food for kids, keeping Americans in their homes, preventing the unemployed from going into poverty, and giving the economy the needed help so we can overcome this recession. You can't say you support essential workers and then refuse to give them hazard pay. You can't say you want to fix racial issues and then throw millions of Americans of color out of housing and off unemployment benefits during a pandemic. You can't say you want to honor John Lewis and then refuse to provide funding for safe elections. Congress needs to act quickly, but the developing Republican proposals are not going to get the job done. We need to immediately enter bipartisan, bicameral negotiations to develop a proposal that actually meets the moment and matches the scale of the crisis. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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Coronavirus On education, last week we heard two unbelievable and frankly horrifying statements from the Trump administration about its push to reopen our schools. On CNN's ``State of the Union,'' Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos claimed that ``there's nothing in the data that suggests that kids being in school is in any way dangerous.'' Later in the week, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany responded to criticism of the President's position on school reopenings and said: ``The science should not stand in the way of this.'' These comments reflect a President and an administration's disregard for the health and safety of our teachers, students, and families. The President and his enablers accuse Democrats of pushing back on his administration's reckless policies for political reasons. The truth is, if there is one thing President Trump has made clear time and again, it is that he doesn't do anything without a self-serving political motive. Come on. We all want our schools to open, including the teachers, parents, and the students I have spoken with. But, of course, we want schools to open safely, without risking exposure to the virus, and I really don't understand why Betsy DeVos doesn't get this. Reopening our schools safely in the midst of this pandemic would be challenging even with competent leadership in the White House and the Department of Education. Instead, we have a President and Secretary of Education who threaten to withhold funding for schools that refuse to reopen, who support sweeping mandates for schools to reopen before it is safe to do so, and who push the CDC to weaken its guidelines on schools reopening. The cavalier disregard for our students, teachers, principals, and administrative staff has produced considerable uncertainty in States and local communities already under tremendous stress during this pandemic. Increasingly, they are forced to create their own guidelines, leaving students, teachers, parents, and principals unsure about how to return to school safely. This uncertainty is contributing to a growing anxiety across our country, but it is a more proximate concern in Hawaii, where school districts are scheduled to reopen on August 4--less than 2 weeks away. Earlier this summer, the Hawaii Department of Education and the Hawaii State Teachers Association corroborated on a plan to provide individual schools a measure of freedom to decide how best to begin the school year. At the time, the low numbers of COVID cases provided optimism that some schools could reopen for at least some in-person instruction at the beginning of the school year. An evolving set of facts on the ground, including a rise in new COVID infections in our State, led the Hawaii State Teachers Association to announce its opposition to resuming in-person instruction on August 4. The Hawaii Government Employees Association, HGEA, and United Public Workers, UPW, represent school support staff. Both unions have joined HSTA in urging the State to delay students returning to classrooms, citing ``lack of health strategies to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus on public school campuses.'' Their position reflects the importance of relying on science and public health data to make decisions about our schools. If circumstances warrant, our policies should change to ensure a safe learning environment. As school districts confront difficult choices with painful tradeoffs, our students and educators deserve certainty, resources, and support from the Federal Government. I heard this message consistently in my conversations with educators and students in Hawaii over the last 2 weeks during our State work period. Teachers are particularly concerned about how looming budget shortfalls in Hawaii could lead to a massive round of teacher layoffs and furloughs and broader cuts to education programs. These layoffs and furloughs would have devastating consequences for educators, their families, and the students they teach. An elementary teacher in Kona on Hawaii Island told me how the threat of furloughs and budget cuts are impacting his life. He is the son of Central American immigrants and a first-generation college graduate. He and his fiance, who is also a teacher, would like to buy a home and start a family, but they can't proceed with their plans under the threat of being furloughed. He has been a teacher for 9 years and loves his job. Teachers are also concerned about being forced to return to school to teach without adequate childcare for their own school-age children, some of whom may be physically in classrooms or not. A middle school teacher in Ewa on Oahu had to quit her job and return to Maryland so her parents could care for her infant daughter. The school has been forced to fill the position with substitute teachers who are not certified. Another major concern for teachers is the learning loss that accelerates when students are not in class. A high school science teacher on Maui is worried that his students do not have the technology and devices they need to be successful in a distance learning model. Teachers must share computer carts because their school doesn't have enough laptops for each student. He is worried about how students will complete their assignments if they are learning from home 2 or more days a week. A teacher at my alma mater, Kaimuki High School, added that many of her students either share laptops or don't have access to a laptop or tablet at home. Student government leaders I have spoken with have also shared their concerns about learning loss and how the pandemic has transformed their education. A recent graduate headed to college in Boston commented that distance learning was difficult for her to navigate because she did not have access to technology growing up. She described the move to distance learning as ``frantic'' and explained that it was ``discouraging'' to continue her studies without the student-teacher interactions she previously had. A rising senior at Moanalua High School in Honolulu shared how difficult it was to stay motivated through distance learning, especially as his peers stopped participating. He acknowledged that he had probably experienced learning loss. Another senior found it harder to learn online because she is a visuallearner. Some of her teachers did not offer visual lessons, so she had to teach herself. She also found that less interaction with teachers made it more difficult for her to complete her assignments. These stories underscore the urgency and immediacy of the challenges we face in reopening our schools. It is time for the Senate to step up and confront this crisis in American education. The first thing we should do is pass the Heroes Act--legislation our colleagues in the House passed over 2 months ago. Heroes provides an additional $90 billion in an education-stabilization fund, but we should go even further. Recently, I joined 40 of my Democratic colleagues to request an additional $175 billion for K-12 schools through the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief Fund. These funds would help schools purchase cleaning supplies and laptop computers and implement programs to make sure we are meeting the social, emotional, and academic needs of our students. Hawaii's superintendent estimates this need would cost $234 million for our students just in Hawaii. We have a statewide school system with about 180,000 students K-12. These programs are especially important for our vulnerable students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, students with disabilities, English language learners, and others. We should also pass the Child Care is Essential Act, which would provide $50 billion for childcare providers who desperately need financial assistance to continue operating. How do we expect people to go back to work if they don't have childcare options? This crisis in American education requires a robust national effort to meet the needs. Instead of stepping up to meet this moment, we have a President and Education Secretary who have shown they do not care about our students and our teachers. That means the rest of us must care--the Senate. We are a separate, coequal branch of government. We need to step up in this enormous vacuum of leadership by putting the safety of our teachers and our children before the President's political self-interests. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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Coronavirus On education, last week we heard two unbelievable and frankly horrifying statements from the Trump administration about its push to reopen our schools. On CNN's ``State of the Union,'' Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos claimed that ``there's nothing in the data that suggests that kids being in school is in any way dangerous.'' Later in the week, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany responded to criticism of the President's position on school reopenings and said: ``The science should not stand in the way of this.'' These comments reflect a President and an administration's disregard for the health and safety of our teachers, students, and families. The President and his enablers accuse Democrats of pushing back on his administration's reckless policies for political reasons. The truth is, if there is one thing President Trump has made clear time and again, it is that he doesn't do anything without a self-serving political motive. Come on. We all want our schools to open, including the teachers, parents, and the students I have spoken with. But, of course, we want schools to open safely, without risking exposure to the virus, and I really don't understand why Betsy DeVos doesn't get this. Reopening our schools safely in the midst of this pandemic would be challenging even with competent leadership in the White House and the Department of Education. Instead, we have a President and Secretary of Education who threaten to withhold funding for schools that refuse to reopen, who support sweeping mandates for schools to reopen before it is safe to do so, and who push the CDC to weaken its guidelines on schools reopening. The cavalier disregard for our students, teachers, principals, and administrative staff has produced considerable uncertainty in States and local communities already under tremendous stress during this pandemic. Increasingly, they are forced to create their own guidelines, leaving students, teachers, parents, and principals unsure about how to return to school safely. This uncertainty is contributing to a growing anxiety across our country, but it is a more proximate concern in Hawaii, where school districts are scheduled to reopen on August 4--less than 2 weeks away. Earlier this summer, the Hawaii Department of Education and the Hawaii State Teachers Association corroborated on a plan to provide individual schools a measure of freedom to decide how best to begin the school year. At the time, the low numbers of COVID cases provided optimism that some schools could reopen for at least some in-person instruction at the beginning of the school year. An evolving set of facts on the ground, including a rise in new COVID infections in our State, led the Hawaii State Teachers Association to announce its opposition to resuming in-person instruction on August 4. The Hawaii Government Employees Association, HGEA, and United Public Workers, UPW, represent school support staff. Both unions have joined HSTA in urging the State to delay students returning to classrooms, citing ``lack of health strategies to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus on public school campuses.'' Their position reflects the importance of relying on science and public health data to make decisions about our schools. If circumstances warrant, our policies should change to ensure a safe learning environment. As school districts confront difficult choices with painful tradeoffs, our students and educators deserve certainty, resources, and support from the Federal Government. I heard this message consistently in my conversations with educators and students in Hawaii over the last 2 weeks during our State work period. Teachers are particularly concerned about how looming budget shortfalls in Hawaii could lead to a massive round of teacher layoffs and furloughs and broader cuts to education programs. These layoffs and furloughs would have devastating consequences for educators, their families, and the students they teach. An elementary teacher in Kona on Hawaii Island told me how the threat of furloughs and budget cuts are impacting his life. He is the son of Central American immigrants and a first-generation college graduate. He and his fiance, who is also a teacher, would like to buy a home and start a family, but they can't proceed with their plans under the threat of being furloughed. He has been a teacher for 9 years and loves his job. Teachers are also concerned about being forced to return to school to teach without adequate childcare for their own school-age children, some of whom may be physically in classrooms or not. A middle school teacher in Ewa on Oahu had to quit her job and return to Maryland so her parents could care for her infant daughter. The school has been forced to fill the position with substitute teachers who are not certified. Another major concern for teachers is the learning loss that accelerates when students are not in class. A high school science teacher on Maui is worried that his students do not have the technology and devices they need to be successful in a distance learning model. Teachers must share computer carts because their school doesn't have enough laptops for each student. He is worried about how students will complete their assignments if they are learning from home 2 or more days a week. A teacher at my alma mater, Kaimuki High School, added that many of her students either share laptops or don't have access to a laptop or tablet at home. Student government leaders I have spoken with have also shared their concerns about learning loss and how the pandemic has transformed their education. A recent graduate headed to college in Boston commented that distance learning was difficult for her to navigate because she did not have access to technology growing up. She described the move to distance learning as ``frantic'' and explained that it was ``discouraging'' to continue her studies without the student-teacher interactions she previously had. A rising senior at Moanalua High School in Honolulu shared how difficult it was to stay motivated through distance learning, especially as his peers stopped participating. He acknowledged that he had probably experienced learning loss. Another senior found it harder to learn online because she is a visuallearner. Some of her teachers did not offer visual lessons, so she had to teach herself. She also found that less interaction with teachers made it more difficult for her to complete her assignments. These stories underscore the urgency and immediacy of the challenges we face in reopening our schools. It is time for the Senate to step up and confront this crisis in American education. The first thing we should do is pass the Heroes Act--legislation our colleagues in the House passed over 2 months ago. Heroes provides an additional $90 billion in an education-stabilization fund, but we should go even further. Recently, I joined 40 of my Democratic colleagues to request an additional $175 billion for K-12 schools through the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief Fund. These funds would help schools purchase cleaning supplies and laptop computers and implement programs to make sure we are meeting the social, emotional, and academic needs of our students. Hawaii's superintendent estimates this need would cost $234 million for our students just in Hawaii. We have a statewide school system with about 180,000 students K-12. These programs are especially important for our vulnerable students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, students with disabilities, English language learners, and others. We should also pass the Child Care is Essential Act, which would provide $50 billion for childcare providers who desperately need financial assistance to continue operating. How do we expect people to go back to work if they don't have childcare options? This crisis in American education requires a robust national effort to meet the needs. Instead of stepping up to meet this moment, we have a President and Education Secretary who have shown they do not care about our students and our teachers. That means the rest of us must care--the Senate. We are a separate, coequal branch of government. We need to step up in this enormous vacuum of leadership by putting the safety of our teachers and our children before the President's political self-interests. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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Mr. LEAHY. Mr. Presient, the global community has lost one of our most active advocates for peace. On June 22, John Philip Dunfey passed away. Known as Jack to his many friends around the world, he was a World War II veteran, founder and CEO of Omni Hotels International, and the owner of Parker House. His impact, however, was far wider. Jack was an ardent supporter of social justice issues throughout his life. Jack lead human rights missions to many corners of the world, helping to free prisoners in Cuba, remove landmines in Angola and monitor the election in South Africa won by Nelson Mandela. Jack was the founder and chairman of the Global Citizens Circle, fosteringcross-cultural and intergenerational dialogue about important social change. Together with friends on both sides of the aisle, Dunfey was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the commission that founded the U.S. Institute for Peace. He was also a founding board member of the American Ireland Fund, an organization working to bring peace to Ireland. These important organizations will far outlive Jack, continuing his legacy and helping to improve lives across the globe. He lived a life true to his favorite saying, ``We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.'' Jack gave abundantly, and the world owes him a debt of gratitude. My thoughts are with Jack's wife, Lisa, and their family during this difficult time. I ask unanimous consent that the full obituary for John Philip Dunfey be printed in the Record.
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Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, on June 10, we lost an extraordinary advocate for children and families in Illinois. For more than four decades, Maria Whelan fought to ensure equal access to quality and affordable childcare. Today, we pay tribute to her hard work and life. Maria was born on December 4, 1950, in East Hampton, NY. She was the third of 12 children. Ten cousins lived just down the road. Maria went to Clarke College and completed her master's at the University of Chicago. She supported herself working as a waitress and a janitor. It was in Chicago that she met Jack Wuest. They married and raised three daughters in Chicago's North Side neighborhood of Rogers Park. In 1976, Maria was working with educators and advocates to help families when the local afterschool program's sponsoring agency closed. Maria and some of these folks formed what would later become the Carole Robertson Center for Learning. She served as the center's first executive director until 1989. Maria helped the center become a thriving center for quality early childhood education. Maria continued her fight for families as the director of children services for the Illinois Department of Human Services and then the senior program officer for the Chicago Community Trust. In 2000, she became the president and CEO for Illinois Action for Children, which provides 150,000 children and families every year access to high-quality early care and education opportunities. Under Maria's leadership, Illinois Action for Children expanded its scope. She helped create the Healthy Food Program, which helps families stretch their dollars by reimbursing childcare providers for the cost of feeding children with healthy food. Maria was instrumental in the development of Innovation Zones that connect critically important resources in some of Chicago's most underserved communities. The Innovation Zones led to the transformative Community Systems Statewide Supports Program, which helps communities improve early childhood services with training, planning, and collaboration. Maria also helped move Illinois Action for Children into direct early childhood services with its early learning program centers in Chicago's South and West suburbs. There was no one like Maria. Maria was tough, smart, passionate, and an authority on what needed to be done to best serve families in Illinois. I made it a point to meet with her. She made partnerships that mattered. Maria helped them launch the Lunch Bus with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to provide free summer meals to children. Maria enjoyed reading, classical music, and spending time with her family in Vermont. And she always loved a good laugh. We will miss her smile, her wit, and her heart. She is survived by her husband Jack; her three daughters, Catherine Mary, Ellen Rose, and Maeve Margaret; her three grandchildren, Teddy, Archie, and Evie; and her nine brothers and sisters.
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Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I rise to submit to the Senate the budget scorekeeping report for July 2020. This is my second scorekeeping report since I filed the deemed budget resolution for fiscal year 2021 on May 4, 2020, as required by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, BBA19. The report compares current-law levels of spending and revenues with the amounts agreed to in BBA19. In the Senate, this information is used to determine whether budgetary points of order lie against pending legislation. The Republican staff of the Budget Committee and the Congressional Budget Office prepared this report pursuant to section 308(b) of the Congressional Budget Act. The information included in this report is current through July 17, 2020. Since I filed the last scorekeeping report on June 4, 2020, three measures with significant enforceable budgetary effects have been enacted. Two of those measures, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, P.L. 116-142, and the Emergency Aid for Returning Americans Affected by Coronavirus Act, P.L. 116-148, were designated as emergencies by Congress and are not subject to budgetary enforcement. The third measure, the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, P.L. 116-149, increased both direct spending and revenues due to its imposed sanctions regime. Over the fiscal year 2021-2030 period, P.L. 116-149 would increase spending by $21 million and revenues by $28 million for a total deficit reduction of $7 million. Budget Committee Republican staff prepared Tables A-G. Table A provides the amount by which each Senate authorizing committee exceeds or falls below its allocations for budget authority and outlays under the fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2021 deemed budget resolutions. This information is used for enforcing committee allocations pursuant to section 302 of the CBA. Committee compliance with allocation remains consistent with last month's report with the exception of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. Passage of the Hong Kong Autonomy Act led to spending in excess of that committee's allowable levels over the fiscal year 2021-2025 and fiscal year 2021-2030 periods by $4 million and $21 million, respectively. Spending in this bill is largely due to increased receipts to the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund that are then spent without further appropriation. Tables B and C provide the amount by which the Senate Committee on Appropriations is below or exceeds the statutory spending limits. This information is used to determine points of order related to the spending caps found in sections 312 and 314 of the CBA. The tables show that the Appropriations Committee is compliant with spending limits for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. The figures included in Table C reflect advanced and permanent appropriations that have already been enacted but will become available for obligation in fiscal year 2021. Tables D and E display figures related to limits on the use of changes in mandatory programs, CHlMPs, in appropriations bills. These $15 billion limits, found in the fiscal year 2018 budget resolution for fiscal year 2020 and section 207 of BBA19 for fiscal year 2021, currently show the Appropriations Committee in compliance. Tables F and G provide the amount of budget authority enacted for 2020 and 2021, respectively, that have been designated as either for an emergency or for overseas contingency operations, OCO, pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. Funding that receives either of these designations results in cap adjustments to enforceable discretionary spending limits. There is no limit on either emergency or OCO spending; however, any Senator may challenge the designation with a point of order to strike the designation on the floor. In addition to the tables provided by Budget Committee Republican staff, Iam submitting CBO tables which I will use to enforce budget totals approved by Congress. Because legislation can still be enacted that have an effect on fiscal year 2020, CBO provided spending and revenue reports for both fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2021. This information is used to enforce aggregate spending levels in budget resolutions under CBA section 311. CBO's estimates show that current levels of spending for fiscal year 2020 exceed amounts in last year's budget resolution by $68.6 billion in budget authority and $55.1 billion in outlays--2020, Tables 1-2. Revenues are $114.8 billion below the revenue floor. As well, Social Security outlays are at levels assumed for 2020, while Social Security revenues are $16 million above levels assumed in budget. For fiscal year 2021, the current law levels are $1,180.0 billion and $667.8 billion in budget authority and outlays, respectively, below allowable levels--2021, Tables 1-2. This spending room will be spent down as regular appropriations bills are enacted for fiscal year 2021. Revenues and Social Security levels are at the levels assumed by the fiscal year 2021 deemed budget for this budget year. Over the fiscal year 2021-2025 and fiscal year 2021-2030 period, revenues are $5 million and $28 million, respectively, greater than revenue levels assumed in the deemed budget resolution. These revenue increases are due to the enactment of the Hong Kong Autonomy Act earlier this month. CBO's report also provides information needed to enforce the Senate pay-as-you-go, PAYGO, rule (2021, Table 3). This rule is enforced under section 4106 of the 2018 budget resolution. The Senate PAYGO scorecard currently shows an enacted deficit decrease of $1 million over the fiscal year 2020-2025 period and $7 million over the fiscal year 2020-2030 period due to passage of the Hong Kong Autonomy Act. The budgetary effects of P.L. 116-142 and P.L. 116-148 are not included in this table due to the emergency designations included in the acts based on authorities included in section 4112 of the fiscal year 2018 congressional budget resolution, H. Con. Res. 71, 115th Congress. This submission also includes a table tracking the Senate's budget enforcement activity on the floor since the enforcement filing on May 4, 2020. Since that filing, one point of order was raised. On June 15, 2020, I raised a PAYGO point of order against S. Amdt. 1617, the Great American Outdoors Act, which CBO estimated as increasing the on-budget deficit by more than $17 billion over the fiscal year 2020-2030 period. This point of order was waived by the Senate by a vote of 68-30. All years in the accompanying tables are fiscal years. I ask unanimous consent that the accompanying tables be printed in the Record. There being no ojbection, the material was ordered to be printed in
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The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5116. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Trichoderma atroviride strain SC1; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10008-04-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5117. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Long Chain Alcohols; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10011-33-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5118. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Hexythiazox; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10008-84-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5119. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Permethrin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10009- 45-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5120. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnesium sulfate; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10010-64-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5121. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Quinclorac; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10010- 91-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5122. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``S-metolachlor; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10011-10-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5123. A communication from the Associate General Counsel for Regulations and Legislation, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Section 232 Healthcare Facility Insurance Program-Updating Section 232 Program-Updating Section 232 Program Regulations for Memory Care Residents'' (RIN2502-AJ46) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5124. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 106th Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Board covering operations for calendar year 2019; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5125. A communication from the Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans'' (RIN3170-AA80) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5126. A communication from the Program Specialist, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Employment Contracts, Mutual to Stock Conversions'' (RIN1557-AE21) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5127. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (19-6.B)'' (FRL No. 10009-89-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5128. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Wisconsin; Redesignation of the Wisconsin Portion of the Chicago-Naperville, Illinois- Indiana-Wisconsin Area to Attainment of the 2008 Ozone Standard'' (FRL No. 10011-74-Region 5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5129. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New York; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS; Interstate Transport Provisions'' (FRL No. 10011-41- Region 2) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5130. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Removal of Control of Emissions from Bakery Ovens'' (FRL No. 10011-87-Region 7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5131. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Emissions From Lithographic and Letterpress Printing Operations'' (FRL No. 10012-10-Region 7) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5132. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Arizona; Control of Emissions from Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills'' (FRL No. 10001-01-Region 9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5133. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Idaho; Updates to Materials Incorporated by Reference'' (FRL No. 10007-42-Region 10) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5134. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (19-5.B)'' (FRL No. 10009-78-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5135. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to Appendix P to 40 CFR Part 51, Concerning Minimum Emission Reporting Requirements in SIPs'' (FRL No. 10011-71-OAR) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5136. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Maryland; 1997 8-hour Ozone NAAQS Limited Maintenance Plan for the Kent and Queen Anne's Counties Area'' (FRL No. 10011-80-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5137. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval and Designation of Areas; Kentucky; Redesignation of the Jefferson County 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area to Attainment'' (FRL No. 10011-97-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5138. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Minor Corrections to Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Regulations: Trade Secrecy Claims and Emergency Planning Notification; Amendment'' (FRL No. 10012- 00-OLEM) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5139. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; South Carolina; NOx SIP Call and Removal of CAIR'' (FRL No. 10012- 02-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5140. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Florida; Public Notice Procedures for Minor Operating Permits'' (FRL No. 10012-12- Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works . EC-5141. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Air Quality Control, VOC Definition'' (FRL No. 10012-13-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works . EC-5142. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Iron and Steel Foundries Major Source Residual Risk and Technology Review and Area Source Technology Review'' (FRL No. 10010-46-OAR) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5143. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Oregon; 2010 Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS Interstate Transport Requirements'' (FRL No. 10011-28- Region 10) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5144. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Clean Air Plans; 2006 Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area Requirements; San Joaquin Valley, California'' (FRL No. 10011-44-Region 9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5145. A communication from the Program Manager, Migratory Bird Office, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revision of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) Contest Regulations'' (RIN1018-BE20) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5146. A communication from the Associate Director for Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a rule entitled ``Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act'' (RIN0331-AA03) received during adjournment of the Senate in the office of the President of the Senate on July 15, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5147. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Treasury Decision (TD): Qualified Business Income Decision'' ((RIN1545-BP12) (TD 9899)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5148. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D2 Mushroom Powder'' (Docket No. FDA- 2018-F-3230) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 15, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5149. A communication from the Department Director, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records'' (RIN0930-AA32) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 17, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5150. A communication from the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Health, United States, 2018''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5151. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-08, Small Entity Compliance Guide'' (FAC 2020- 08) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5152. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2019-009, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Using Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment'' (RIN9000-AN92) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5153. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-08, Introduction'' (FAC 2020-08) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5154. A communication from the Executive Director, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's Seventy-Ninth Financial Statement for the period of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5155. A communication from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's fiscal year 2019 annual report relative to the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act); to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5156. A communication from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office's fiscal year 2019 annual report relative to the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act); to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5116. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Trichoderma atroviride strain SC1; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10008-04-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5117. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Long Chain Alcohols; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10011-33-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5118. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Hexythiazox; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10008-84-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5119. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Permethrin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10009- 45-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5120. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnesium sulfate; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10010-64-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5121. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Quinclorac; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10010- 91-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5122. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``S-metolachlor; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10011-10-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5123. A communication from the Associate General Counsel for Regulations and Legislation, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Section 232 Healthcare Facility Insurance Program-Updating Section 232 Program-Updating Section 232 Program Regulations for Memory Care Residents'' (RIN2502-AJ46) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5124. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 106th Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Board covering operations for calendar year 2019; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5125. A communication from the Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans'' (RIN3170-AA80) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5126. A communication from the Program Specialist, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Employment Contracts, Mutual to Stock Conversions'' (RIN1557-AE21) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5127. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (19-6.B)'' (FRL No. 10009-89-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5128. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Wisconsin; Redesignation of the Wisconsin Portion of the Chicago-Naperville, Illinois- Indiana-Wisconsin Area to Attainment of the 2008 Ozone Standard'' (FRL No. 10011-74-Region 5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5129. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New York; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS; Interstate Transport Provisions'' (FRL No. 10011-41- Region 2) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5130. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Removal of Control of Emissions from Bakery Ovens'' (FRL No. 10011-87-Region 7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5131. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Emissions From Lithographic and Letterpress Printing Operations'' (FRL No. 10012-10-Region 7) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5132. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Arizona; Control of Emissions from Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills'' (FRL No. 10001-01-Region 9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5133. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Idaho; Updates to Materials Incorporated by Reference'' (FRL No. 10007-42-Region 10) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5134. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (19-5.B)'' (FRL No. 10009-78-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5135. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to Appendix P to 40 CFR Part 51, Concerning Minimum Emission Reporting Requirements in SIPs'' (FRL No. 10011-71-OAR) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5136. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Maryland; 1997 8-hour Ozone NAAQS Limited Maintenance Plan for the Kent and Queen Anne's Counties Area'' (FRL No. 10011-80-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5137. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval and Designation of Areas; Kentucky; Redesignation of the Jefferson County 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area to Attainment'' (FRL No. 10011-97-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5138. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Minor Corrections to Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Regulations: Trade Secrecy Claims and Emergency Planning Notification; Amendment'' (FRL No. 10012- 00-OLEM) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5139. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; South Carolina; NOx SIP Call and Removal of CAIR'' (FRL No. 10012- 02-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5140. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Florida; Public Notice Procedures for Minor Operating Permits'' (FRL No. 10012-12- Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works . EC-5141. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Air Quality Control, VOC Definition'' (FRL No. 10012-13-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works . EC-5142. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Iron and Steel Foundries Major Source Residual Risk and Technology Review and Area Source Technology Review'' (FRL No. 10010-46-OAR) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5143. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Oregon; 2010 Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS Interstate Transport Requirements'' (FRL No. 10011-28- Region 10) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5144. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Clean Air Plans; 2006 Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area Requirements; San Joaquin Valley, California'' (FRL No. 10011-44-Region 9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5145. A communication from the Program Manager, Migratory Bird Office, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revision of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) Contest Regulations'' (RIN1018-BE20) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5146. A communication from the Associate Director for Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a rule entitled ``Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act'' (RIN0331-AA03) received during adjournment of the Senate in the office of the President of the Senate on July 15, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5147. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Treasury Decision (TD): Qualified Business Income Decision'' ((RIN1545-BP12) (TD 9899)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5148. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D2 Mushroom Powder'' (Docket No. FDA- 2018-F-3230) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 15, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5149. A communication from the Department Director, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records'' (RIN0930-AA32) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 17, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5150. A communication from the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Health, United States, 2018''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5151. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-08, Small Entity Compliance Guide'' (FAC 2020- 08) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5152. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2019-009, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Using Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment'' (RIN9000-AN92) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5153. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-08, Introduction'' (FAC 2020-08) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5154. A communication from the Executive Director, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's Seventy-Ninth Financial Statement for the period of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5155. A communication from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's fiscal year 2019 annual report relative to the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act); to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5156. A communication from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office's fiscal year 2019 annual report relative to the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act); to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5116. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Trichoderma atroviride strain SC1; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10008-04-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5117. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Long Chain Alcohols; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10011-33-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5118. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Hexythiazox; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10008-84-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5119. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Permethrin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10009- 45-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5120. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Magnesium sulfate; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10010-64-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5121. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Quinclorac; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10010- 91-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5122. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``S-metolachlor; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10011-10-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5123. A communication from the Associate General Counsel for Regulations and Legislation, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Section 232 Healthcare Facility Insurance Program-Updating Section 232 Program-Updating Section 232 Program Regulations for Memory Care Residents'' (RIN2502-AJ46) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5124. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 106th Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Board covering operations for calendar year 2019; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5125. A communication from the Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans'' (RIN3170-AA80) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5126. A communication from the Program Specialist, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Employment Contracts, Mutual to Stock Conversions'' (RIN1557-AE21) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5127. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (19-6.B)'' (FRL No. 10009-89-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5128. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Wisconsin; Redesignation of the Wisconsin Portion of the Chicago-Naperville, Illinois- Indiana-Wisconsin Area to Attainment of the 2008 Ozone Standard'' (FRL No. 10011-74-Region 5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5129. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New York; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS; Interstate Transport Provisions'' (FRL No. 10011-41- Region 2) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5130. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Removal of Control of Emissions from Bakery Ovens'' (FRL No. 10011-87-Region 7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5131. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Emissions From Lithographic and Letterpress Printing Operations'' (FRL No. 10012-10-Region 7) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5132. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Arizona; Control of Emissions from Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills'' (FRL No. 10001-01-Region 9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5133. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Idaho; Updates to Materials Incorporated by Reference'' (FRL No. 10007-42-Region 10) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5134. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (19-5.B)'' (FRL No. 10009-78-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5135. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to Appendix P to 40 CFR Part 51, Concerning Minimum Emission Reporting Requirements in SIPs'' (FRL No. 10011-71-OAR) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5136. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Maryland; 1997 8-hour Ozone NAAQS Limited Maintenance Plan for the Kent and Queen Anne's Counties Area'' (FRL No. 10011-80-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5137. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval and Designation of Areas; Kentucky; Redesignation of the Jefferson County 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area to Attainment'' (FRL No. 10011-97-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5138. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Minor Corrections to Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Regulations: Trade Secrecy Claims and Emergency Planning Notification; Amendment'' (FRL No. 10012- 00-OLEM) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5139. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; South Carolina; NOx SIP Call and Removal of CAIR'' (FRL No. 10012- 02-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5140. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Florida; Public Notice Procedures for Minor Operating Permits'' (FRL No. 10012-12- Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works . EC-5141. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Air Quality Control, VOC Definition'' (FRL No. 10012-13-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works . EC-5142. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Iron and Steel Foundries Major Source Residual Risk and Technology Review and Area Source Technology Review'' (FRL No. 10010-46-OAR) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5143. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Oregon; 2010 Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS Interstate Transport Requirements'' (FRL No. 10011-28- Region 10) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5144. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Clean Air Plans; 2006 Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area Requirements; San Joaquin Valley, California'' (FRL No. 10011-44-Region 9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5145. A communication from the Program Manager, Migratory Bird Office, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revision of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) Contest Regulations'' (RIN1018-BE20) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5146. A communication from the Associate Director for Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a rule entitled ``Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act'' (RIN0331-AA03) received during adjournment of the Senate in the office of the President of the Senate on July 15, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5147. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Treasury Decision (TD): Qualified Business Income Decision'' ((RIN1545-BP12) (TD 9899)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5148. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D2 Mushroom Powder'' (Docket No. FDA- 2018-F-3230) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 15, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5149. A communication from the Department Director, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records'' (RIN0930-AA32) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 17, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5150. A communication from the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Health, United States, 2018''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5151. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-08, Small Entity Compliance Guide'' (FAC 2020- 08) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5152. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2019-009, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Using Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment'' (RIN9000-AN92) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5153. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-08, Introduction'' (FAC 2020-08) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5154. A communication from the Executive Director, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's Seventy-Ninth Financial Statement for the period of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5155. A communication from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's fiscal year 2019 annual report relative to the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act); to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5156. A communication from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office's fiscal year 2019 annual report relative to the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act); to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The House will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time.
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Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 4791. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Major General David G. Bassett, United States Army, to wear the insignia of the grade of lieutenant general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4792. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Major General Roger L. Cloutier, Jr., United States Army, to wear the insignia of the grade of lieutenant general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4793. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Captain Cynthia A. Kuehner, United States Navy, to wear the insignia of the grade of rear admiral (lower half), pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4794. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Brigadier General Scott F. Benedict, USMC, to wear the insignia of the grade of major general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4795. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Brigadier General Douglas A. Sims II and Colonel Richard L. Zellmann to wear the insignia of the grade of major general or brigadiergeneral, respectively, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4796. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Colonel Keith C. Phillips to wear the insignia of the grade of brigadier general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4797. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Mark A. Holler, United States Army, to wear the insignia of the grade of brigadier general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4798. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of the five officers whose names appear on the enclosed list to wear the insignia of the grade of rear admiral or rear admiral (lower half), pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4799. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of the three officers whose names appear on the enclosed list to wear the insignia of the grade of rear admiral (lower half), pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4800. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of the six officers whose names appear on the enclosed list to wear the insignia of the grade of major general or brigadier general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4801. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Major interim final rule -- Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities [Docket No.: R-1721] (RIN: 7100-AF92) received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4802. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Major final rule -- Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities [Docket No.: R-1682] (RIN: 7100- AF62) received July21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4803. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's Major final rule -- Assessments, Mitigating the Deposit Insurance Assessment Effect of Participation in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the PPP Liquidity Facility, and the Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (RIN: 3064-AF53) received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4804. A letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Revising the Beryllium Standard for General Industry [Docket No.: OSHA-2018-0003] (RIN: 1218-AD20) received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 4805. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Approval of Single Source Order [EPA-R01-OAR-2020-0029; FRL-10007-63-Region 1] Withdrawl of Direct Final Rule received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4806. A letter from the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, transmitting the Bank's 2019 Management Report, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106(a)(1); Public Law 97-258 (as amended by Public Law 101-576, Sec. 306(a)); (104 Stat. 2854); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4807. A letter from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's Major final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Using Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment [FAC 2020-08; FAR Case 2019-009; Docket No.: FAR-2019-0009, Sequence No. 1] (RIN: 9000-AN92) received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4808. A letter from the transmitting Agency's final rule -- Texas: Final Authorization of State-Initiated Changes and Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program [EPA-R06-RCRA-2016-0549; FRL-10004-22- Region 6] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4809. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Revisions to NOx SIP Call and CAIR Rules [EPA-R05-OAR-20180634; FR:- 10007-66-Region5] Withdrawl of Direct Final Rule received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4810. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- Autographa californica Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus strain R3; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4811. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- Chemical Data Reporting; Extension of the 2020 Submission Period [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0321; FRL-10006- 39] (RIN 2070-AK33) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4812. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Cellulose Products Manufacturing Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0415] (RIN 2060-AU23) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4813. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Hydrocloric Acid Production Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0417] (RIN 2060-AT74) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4814. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Engine Test Cells/Stands Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0753] (RIN 2060- AT01) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4815. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards Residual Risk and Technology Review for Ethylene Production [EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0357] (RIN2060-AT02) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4816. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Organic Liquids Distribution (Non- Gasoline) Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR- 2018-0074] (RIN 2060-AT86) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4817. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Paper and Other Web Coatings Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0416] (RIN 20660-AU22) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4818. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Site Remediation Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0833; FRL-10006-94-OAR] (RIN 2060-AU19) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4819. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Surface Coating of Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks, Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products, Plastic Parts and Products, Large Appliances, and Metal Furniture; Printing, Coating, and Dyeing of Fabrics and Other Textiles Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR- 2019-0314, EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0312, EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0313, EPA-
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Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 4791. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Major General David G. Bassett, United States Army, to wear the insignia of the grade of lieutenant general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4792. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Major General Roger L. Cloutier, Jr., United States Army, to wear the insignia of the grade of lieutenant general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4793. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Captain Cynthia A. Kuehner, United States Navy, to wear the insignia of the grade of rear admiral (lower half), pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4794. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Brigadier General Scott F. Benedict, USMC, to wear the insignia of the grade of major general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4795. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Brigadier General Douglas A. Sims II and Colonel Richard L. Zellmann to wear the insignia of the grade of major general or brigadiergeneral, respectively, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4796. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Colonel Keith C. Phillips to wear the insignia of the grade of brigadier general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4797. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of Mark A. Holler, United States Army, to wear the insignia of the grade of brigadier general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4798. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of the five officers whose names appear on the enclosed list to wear the insignia of the grade of rear admiral or rear admiral (lower half), pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4799. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of the three officers whose names appear on the enclosed list to wear the insignia of the grade of rear admiral (lower half), pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4800. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of the six officers whose names appear on the enclosed list to wear the insignia of the grade of major general or brigadier general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4801. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Major interim final rule -- Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities [Docket No.: R-1721] (RIN: 7100-AF92) received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4802. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Major final rule -- Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities [Docket No.: R-1682] (RIN: 7100- AF62) received July21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4803. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's Major final rule -- Assessments, Mitigating the Deposit Insurance Assessment Effect of Participation in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the PPP Liquidity Facility, and the Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (RIN: 3064-AF53) received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4804. A letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Revising the Beryllium Standard for General Industry [Docket No.: OSHA-2018-0003] (RIN: 1218-AD20) received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 4805. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Approval of Single Source Order [EPA-R01-OAR-2020-0029; FRL-10007-63-Region 1] Withdrawl of Direct Final Rule received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4806. A letter from the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, transmitting the Bank's 2019 Management Report, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106(a)(1); Public Law 97-258 (as amended by Public Law 101-576, Sec. 306(a)); (104 Stat. 2854); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4807. A letter from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's Major final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Using Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment [FAC 2020-08; FAR Case 2019-009; Docket No.: FAR-2019-0009, Sequence No. 1] (RIN: 9000-AN92) received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4808. A letter from the transmitting Agency's final rule -- Texas: Final Authorization of State-Initiated Changes and Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program [EPA-R06-RCRA-2016-0549; FRL-10004-22- Region 6] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4809. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Revisions to NOx SIP Call and CAIR Rules [EPA-R05-OAR-20180634; FR:- 10007-66-Region5] Withdrawl of Direct Final Rule received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4810. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- Autographa californica Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus strain R3; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4811. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- Chemical Data Reporting; Extension of the 2020 Submission Period [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0321; FRL-10006- 39] (RIN 2070-AK33) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4812. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Cellulose Products Manufacturing Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0415] (RIN 2060-AU23) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4813. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Hydrocloric Acid Production Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0417] (RIN 2060-AT74) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4814. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Engine Test Cells/Stands Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0753] (RIN 2060- AT01) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4815. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards Residual Risk and Technology Review for Ethylene Production [EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0357] (RIN2060-AT02) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4816. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Organic Liquids Distribution (Non- Gasoline) Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR- 2018-0074] (RIN 2060-AT86) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4817. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Paper and Other Web Coatings Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0416] (RIN 20660-AU22) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4818. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Site Remediation Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0833; FRL-10006-94-OAR] (RIN 2060-AU19) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4819. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Surface Coating of Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks, Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products, Plastic Parts and Products, Large Appliances, and Metal Furniture; Printing, Coating, and Dyeing of Fabrics and Other Textiles Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR- 2019-0314, EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0312, EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0313, EPA-
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Coronavirus Madam President, on a very different subject, over the past several months, Senate Democrats have been appalled that our Republican colleagues have refused to work with us in any significant way to help defeat COVID-19 or provide relief to Americans during these unprecedented times. We do not understand how, faced with the greatest economic threat in 75 years and the greatest public health threat in a century, the Senate Republican majority was content to do almost nothing for 3 long months, as more people died, more were thrown out of work, more small businesses went under. Last week, finally, our Republican colleagues said they were coming out with a plan, but even after all the delay, even after Leader McConnell put the Senate on pause for 3 months, Senate Republicans and the White House were so unprepared and so divided, they couldn't even agree on a proposal among themselves. Ten weeks--ten weeks after Democrats passed a comprehensive bill through the House, Senate Republicans couldn't even agree on what to throw on the wall. Last week was a slow-motion train wreck on the Republican side. It couldn't have come at a worse time, and it will cause immense and, potentially, irrevocable damage to our country. Protections against evictions expired last week, at a time when over 12 million persons lived in households that missed the rent payment last month. Enhanced unemployment benefits for 20 to 30 million Americans out of work expire this week, without a proper solution. No matter what we do, States will not be able to quickly restart any enhanced unemployment benefits because Senate Republicans dithered for what seems like an eternity. We are on the precipice of several cliffs--destructive cliffs--for one reason and one reason only: The White House and Senate Republicans couldn't get their act together and wasted precious time. These issues could have been solved months ago, but the lack of any urgency and understanding and empathy for people who need help from Senate Republicans has led us to a very precarious moment. Today, it seems, we may finally see the Republican proposal on the next phase of COVID relief. Who knows if we will see legislative text or just an outline. It also appears the Republican proposal will not be an actual, coherent bill but rather a series of small, piecemeal ideas. That is a metaphor for their first 100 days: lack of unity. They can't even put one bill together--they are so divided--so a few Senators put in this one, a few Senators put in that one, a few Senators put in another one. Not only do we not know if the President supports any of these proposals, we don't even know if Senate Republicans fully support them. Yesterday, the Republican chairman of the Judiciary Committee said half of the Republican caucus will vote no on any additional stimulus. The greatest crisis America has faced in close to a century on health, 75 years on the economy, and our Republican colleagues can't even agree among themselves about what to do and have put out a few piecemeal pieces that don't come close to doing the job. We have waited months--months for the Republican COVID relief bill, and it turns out we will not even get a bill, and Republicans probably will not support it. Worse still, based on reports and Leader McConnell's speech just now, the Republican legislative response to COVID-19 is totally inadequate. It will not include food assistance for hungry kids--kids, whose parents can't feed them. They say no relief. How hard-hearted. How cruel. Is it that those wealthy, rightwing people who don't want to pay any taxes say kids shouldn't eat? Because the private sector ain't doing it. You need the government. Hazard pay for essential workers, risking their lives for us--what about funding for State and local and Tribal governments? Their budgets are in the tank. We are approaching a new month. Many, many, many essential workers will be laid off--busdrivers and sanitation workers and firefighters. The Republican proposal will ignore not one or two or three but scores of major crises in America right now. In addition, based on what the leader has said, the Republican proposal will not go nearly far enough, even in the pieces they try to do something with--the small number, the disparate number, the unaggregated number--since each piece seems to be separate because they can't seem to get agreement among themselves. When it comes to our schools, the Republican proposal does not provide enough resources for them to reopen safely. Major League Baseball, an organization with vastly more resources than the average school district, has taken great pains to restart its season safely, and yet we learned today that 13 players and staff on 1 team alone have contracted the coronavirus. How can Republicans ask our schools to protect the safety of our children without the necessary resources or guidance, when multibillion-dollar industries like baseball are having trouble doing it? And are they just afraid of President Trump, who wants the schools to open without any help, for whatever is in his own head, which isn't about the safety of America? The plan is totally inadequate. It appears that Senate Republicans have finally come around to the fact that the Democratic position on extending the moratorium on evictions or it may be just the moratorium on foreclosures--we will see what is in the proposal. They have come around to that, but they don't support helping Americans actually afford the rent or their next mortgage payment. That makes no sense. We can prevent landlords or banks from kicking Americans out of their homes for another 6 months, but what then? Those same Americans may be 6 months behind on their rent or mortgage. They will have no hope of making up the difference. And what will the landlords do? Not all landlords are big companies. Some of them, just like in my neighborhood, are landlords of a two- or three-family house. If no one can pay the rent, that hurts them too. How are they going to pay for heat or electricity? It is essential that we do what is in the Democratic Heroes Act and provide money to pay the rent or the mortgages for those thrown out of work, through no fault of their own, with no income. The Heroes Act provides $100 billion to help renters pay the rent; $75 billion to help homeowners pay the mortgage. The Heroes Act would prevent another housing crisis in America. The Republican proposal, assuming they even address housing issues, would only delay a catastrophe a few months. The greatest deficiency in the Republican proposal may be their plan for unemployment insurance. According to reports, the White House and Senate want to extend the enhanced unemployment benefits the Democrats secured in the CARES Act but only provide a percentage of a worker's former wage. There are four reasons this is a terrible policy. First, it would hurt the unemployed. If you lost your job through no fault of your own, Republicans want you to take a 30-percent pay cut. Can you believe that? You have lost your job; you can't get to work; the administration has bungled this crisis; and now they want to take $1,600 out of your pocket every single month, blaming the victim--blaming the victim. Maybe, again, some of those Republican, hard-right money people who don't want to pay taxes to help anybody, don't want the Federal Government to help anybody. Let me tell you, my Republican friends, you can't do this without the Federal Government and the Federal Government's resources. The private sector can't take care of this on their own. That is one reason. Second, it would exacerbate poverty. A recent study showed the enhanced benefits have prevented 12 million Americans from slipping into poverty. It has probably been the greatest anti-poverty program that we have had in a very, very long time. Why on Earth would we slash and burn benefits keeping American families out of poverty? Third, it will devastate our economy. One of the few things that has this economy not getting worse is that people have money in their pockets to buy goods. Consumer spending is going up. Do you know why, my Republican friends? In large part because of the generous benefit in the pandemic unemployment insurance. Mark Zandi and other great economists have said just that--just that. Consumer purchases are helping the economy from getting worse. There is money in the pockets of consumers to help them pay the bills and shop in stores and more. What do our Republican friends want to do? Cut the benefits to Americans who are spending the money as soon as they get it, taking one of the few policies stimulating the economy off the table. That is why an analysis from respected economic forecasters at Moody's--hardly a political organization--say that reducing these benefits or letting them expire could cost over a million jobs--a million more jobs this year. And fourth and finally, the ideologues here get together and come up with a plan, and it doesn't work. It is going to be impossible to implement. Republicans, at the last minute, while they waited and waited and waited--3 weeks ago Speaker Pelosi and I wrote to Leader McConnell and said: Sit down and talk to us now. We heard nothing. So they waited and waited and waited until they are up to the cliff, and now they come up with an entirely new system, where States would have to calculate a different benefit for each individual worker. Well, the implementations will be a nightmare. Let me read you--my office called some State unemployment offices about this Republican proposal. A medium-size State on the west coast: It would take months. We don't even have a way of calculating the wages of individuals. We are not equipped to do anything but a flat amount. Need a serious transition period. Even changing the dollar amount would take 2 to 4 weeks--2 to 4 weeks where people have no money. Another Southeastern State, medium size again: Very difficult. This State said: We need public statements from the Feds that people will not be able to get benefits for many weeks or months. Need to be realistic so our offices aren't overwhelmed. Even if you do a clean $600, you have to reapply in our State. From a small State in the Northeast--these are workers, people in the Governor's offices or the unemployment offices: Even clean extensions of FPUC [that is pandemic uninsurance] will take weeks to implement. Can't even speculate how long it would take to do wage replacement. Will not have to reapply for a clean $600, but it will take weeks to do retroactive payments. From three States--a very big State in the West, a big State in the Midwest, and a smaller State in the West: It would take many months. This would cause chaos with our constituents. From a Great Plains State: 2 months minimum to implement. From a big State in the Northeast, smaller State in the West: 8 weeks or more to implement. From a small State in the West: We have turned off the $600 FPUC effective benefit week ending July 25, per law. Any claims not decided prior to that date will still have benefit of [the] FPUC if found eligible. Any claims filed yesterday forward would not. As for options, another flat amount is best. From a large State in the East: Extension of $600, could be seamless. Lower flat, will take time. Percentage of wages is impossible. Chaos. Chaos. If you change the unemployment benefit, it is going to take weeks if not months for most people to get it. The economy crashes. People are hurt. They get kicked out of their homes, and they can't feed their kids. What are you doing? The Republican proposal on unemployment benefits, simply put, is unworkable. It will delay benefits for weeks, if not months, as we slide into a greater degree of recession. By the way, the idea that we need to drastically reduce these benefits because workers will stay home otherwise is greatly exaggerated. Most Americans are not going to quit their jobs, forgo benefits and a steady salary in order to receive temporary unemployment benefits. That is what leading economists have said. These benefits are a lifeline to tens of millions who want to work, are ready to work, but can't find work because there aren't jobs for them. The vast majority of these people don't have a job to go to. Let's face it, folks. Our country is in the middle of multiple crises. Tens of millions of Americans are jobless. American families are struggling to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads. Nearly 150,000 Americans have died--a stunning and heartbreaking loss of life--and, in response, Senate Republicans have presented us with a half-hearted, half-baked legislative proposal. In short, the Republican plan is too little, too late. The Republican plan is weak tea when our problems need a much stronger brew. I heard Leader McConnell's ``Alice in Wonderland'' interpretation of what happened in the last 3 months. The first bill, he says, was the way we should go. Well, let's remember what happened. Republicans put their own bill on the floor; Democrats said no. Then, finally, you folks came to the table, negotiated with us, and the bill is far more a Democratic bill than a Republican bill. You know that, and we know that. On the other hand, the other alternative, which the leader referred to as the Justice in Policing Act, was totally partisan. Sometimes I am amazed at the words the Republican leader can use. He says that he wants to be nonpartisan, and our bill is a socialist manifesto. Well, which one is it? Which one is it? Here is what we should do. Republicans should scrap their approach. We don't even know how many are for--and what pieces. They should use the Heroes Act--comprehensive, strong, and bold for negotiations--and start talking with Democrats in a serious way about the real problems our country is facing. Again, this is a serious, serious crisis. It is the biggest health crisis in 100 years, the biggest economic crisis in 75. The Republican mantra to let the private sector do it is just not going to work. You have to understand that the times are different. The crisis is real. We need an active, bold series of government programs--not just cutting and cutting and eliminating and eliminating--to solve our health problems and get the economy out of the morass. We Democrats have been waiting to negotiate with our Republican colleagues for more than 2 months. I ambitterly disappointed and frustrated by their delay and now by the inadequacy of their product. We need to immediately enter into bipartisan, bicameral negotiations to develop a bill that actually matches the scale of the crisis and the needs of the American people. Speaker Pelosi this morning called on Leader McConnell and Leader McCarthy and representatives of the President to join me and her in the Speaker's office half an hour after the Republican bill is released. Republicans in the House and Senate must join us. We are running out of time. The Senate Republicans just ran down the clock and tossed an air ball. I yield the floor.
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Coronavirus Madam President, on a very different subject, over the past several months, Senate Democrats have been appalled that our Republican colleagues have refused to work with us in any significant way to help defeat COVID-19 or provide relief to Americans during these unprecedented times. We do not understand how, faced with the greatest economic threat in 75 years and the greatest public health threat in a century, the Senate Republican majority was content to do almost nothing for 3 long months, as more people died, more were thrown out of work, more small businesses went under. Last week, finally, our Republican colleagues said they were coming out with a plan, but even after all the delay, even after Leader McConnell put the Senate on pause for 3 months, Senate Republicans and the White House were so unprepared and so divided, they couldn't even agree on a proposal among themselves. Ten weeks--ten weeks after Democrats passed a comprehensive bill through the House, Senate Republicans couldn't even agree on what to throw on the wall. Last week was a slow-motion train wreck on the Republican side. It couldn't have come at a worse time, and it will cause immense and, potentially, irrevocable damage to our country. Protections against evictions expired last week, at a time when over 12 million persons lived in households that missed the rent payment last month. Enhanced unemployment benefits for 20 to 30 million Americans out of work expire this week, without a proper solution. No matter what we do, States will not be able to quickly restart any enhanced unemployment benefits because Senate Republicans dithered for what seems like an eternity. We are on the precipice of several cliffs--destructive cliffs--for one reason and one reason only: The White House and Senate Republicans couldn't get their act together and wasted precious time. These issues could have been solved months ago, but the lack of any urgency and understanding and empathy for people who need help from Senate Republicans has led us to a very precarious moment. Today, it seems, we may finally see the Republican proposal on the next phase of COVID relief. Who knows if we will see legislative text or just an outline. It also appears the Republican proposal will not be an actual, coherent bill but rather a series of small, piecemeal ideas. That is a metaphor for their first 100 days: lack of unity. They can't even put one bill together--they are so divided--so a few Senators put in this one, a few Senators put in that one, a few Senators put in another one. Not only do we not know if the President supports any of these proposals, we don't even know if Senate Republicans fully support them. Yesterday, the Republican chairman of the Judiciary Committee said half of the Republican caucus will vote no on any additional stimulus. The greatest crisis America has faced in close to a century on health, 75 years on the economy, and our Republican colleagues can't even agree among themselves about what to do and have put out a few piecemeal pieces that don't come close to doing the job. We have waited months--months for the Republican COVID relief bill, and it turns out we will not even get a bill, and Republicans probably will not support it. Worse still, based on reports and Leader McConnell's speech just now, the Republican legislative response to COVID-19 is totally inadequate. It will not include food assistance for hungry kids--kids, whose parents can't feed them. They say no relief. How hard-hearted. How cruel. Is it that those wealthy, rightwing people who don't want to pay any taxes say kids shouldn't eat? Because the private sector ain't doing it. You need the government. Hazard pay for essential workers, risking their lives for us--what about funding for State and local and Tribal governments? Their budgets are in the tank. We are approaching a new month. Many, many, many essential workers will be laid off--busdrivers and sanitation workers and firefighters. The Republican proposal will ignore not one or two or three but scores of major crises in America right now. In addition, based on what the leader has said, the Republican proposal will not go nearly far enough, even in the pieces they try to do something with--the small number, the disparate number, the unaggregated number--since each piece seems to be separate because they can't seem to get agreement among themselves. When it comes to our schools, the Republican proposal does not provide enough resources for them to reopen safely. Major League Baseball, an organization with vastly more resources than the average school district, has taken great pains to restart its season safely, and yet we learned today that 13 players and staff on 1 team alone have contracted the coronavirus. How can Republicans ask our schools to protect the safety of our children without the necessary resources or guidance, when multibillion-dollar industries like baseball are having trouble doing it? And are they just afraid of President Trump, who wants the schools to open without any help, for whatever is in his own head, which isn't about the safety of America? The plan is totally inadequate. It appears that Senate Republicans have finally come around to the fact that the Democratic position on extending the moratorium on evictions or it may be just the moratorium on foreclosures--we will see what is in the proposal. They have come around to that, but they don't support helping Americans actually afford the rent or their next mortgage payment. That makes no sense. We can prevent landlords or banks from kicking Americans out of their homes for another 6 months, but what then? Those same Americans may be 6 months behind on their rent or mortgage. They will have no hope of making up the difference. And what will the landlords do? Not all landlords are big companies. Some of them, just like in my neighborhood, are landlords of a two- or three-family house. If no one can pay the rent, that hurts them too. How are they going to pay for heat or electricity? It is essential that we do what is in the Democratic Heroes Act and provide money to pay the rent or the mortgages for those thrown out of work, through no fault of their own, with no income. The Heroes Act provides $100 billion to help renters pay the rent; $75 billion to help homeowners pay the mortgage. The Heroes Act would prevent another housing crisis in America. The Republican proposal, assuming they even address housing issues, would only delay a catastrophe a few months. The greatest deficiency in the Republican proposal may be their plan for unemployment insurance. According to reports, the White House and Senate want to extend the enhanced unemployment benefits the Democrats secured in the CARES Act but only provide a percentage of a worker's former wage. There are four reasons this is a terrible policy. First, it would hurt the unemployed. If you lost your job through no fault of your own, Republicans want you to take a 30-percent pay cut. Can you believe that? You have lost your job; you can't get to work; the administration has bungled this crisis; and now they want to take $1,600 out of your pocket every single month, blaming the victim--blaming the victim. Maybe, again, some of those Republican, hard-right money people who don't want to pay taxes to help anybody, don't want the Federal Government to help anybody. Let me tell you, my Republican friends, you can't do this without the Federal Government and the Federal Government's resources. The private sector can't take care of this on their own. That is one reason. Second, it would exacerbate poverty. A recent study showed the enhanced benefits have prevented 12 million Americans from slipping into poverty. It has probably been the greatest anti-poverty program that we have had in a very, very long time. Why on Earth would we slash and burn benefits keeping American families out of poverty? Third, it will devastate our economy. One of the few things that has this economy not getting worse is that people have money in their pockets to buy goods. Consumer spending is going up. Do you know why, my Republican friends? In large part because of the generous benefit in the pandemic unemployment insurance. Mark Zandi and other great economists have said just that--just that. Consumer purchases are helping the economy from getting worse. There is money in the pockets of consumers to help them pay the bills and shop in stores and more. What do our Republican friends want to do? Cut the benefits to Americans who are spending the money as soon as they get it, taking one of the few policies stimulating the economy off the table. That is why an analysis from respected economic forecasters at Moody's--hardly a political organization--say that reducing these benefits or letting them expire could cost over a million jobs--a million more jobs this year. And fourth and finally, the ideologues here get together and come up with a plan, and it doesn't work. It is going to be impossible to implement. Republicans, at the last minute, while they waited and waited and waited--3 weeks ago Speaker Pelosi and I wrote to Leader McConnell and said: Sit down and talk to us now. We heard nothing. So they waited and waited and waited until they are up to the cliff, and now they come up with an entirely new system, where States would have to calculate a different benefit for each individual worker. Well, the implementations will be a nightmare. Let me read you--my office called some State unemployment offices about this Republican proposal. A medium-size State on the west coast: It would take months. We don't even have a way of calculating the wages of individuals. We are not equipped to do anything but a flat amount. Need a serious transition period. Even changing the dollar amount would take 2 to 4 weeks--2 to 4 weeks where people have no money. Another Southeastern State, medium size again: Very difficult. This State said: We need public statements from the Feds that people will not be able to get benefits for many weeks or months. Need to be realistic so our offices aren't overwhelmed. Even if you do a clean $600, you have to reapply in our State. From a small State in the Northeast--these are workers, people in the Governor's offices or the unemployment offices: Even clean extensions of FPUC [that is pandemic uninsurance] will take weeks to implement. Can't even speculate how long it would take to do wage replacement. Will not have to reapply for a clean $600, but it will take weeks to do retroactive payments. From three States--a very big State in the West, a big State in the Midwest, and a smaller State in the West: It would take many months. This would cause chaos with our constituents. From a Great Plains State: 2 months minimum to implement. From a big State in the Northeast, smaller State in the West: 8 weeks or more to implement. From a small State in the West: We have turned off the $600 FPUC effective benefit week ending July 25, per law. Any claims not decided prior to that date will still have benefit of [the] FPUC if found eligible. Any claims filed yesterday forward would not. As for options, another flat amount is best. From a large State in the East: Extension of $600, could be seamless. Lower flat, will take time. Percentage of wages is impossible. Chaos. Chaos. If you change the unemployment benefit, it is going to take weeks if not months for most people to get it. The economy crashes. People are hurt. They get kicked out of their homes, and they can't feed their kids. What are you doing? The Republican proposal on unemployment benefits, simply put, is unworkable. It will delay benefits for weeks, if not months, as we slide into a greater degree of recession. By the way, the idea that we need to drastically reduce these benefits because workers will stay home otherwise is greatly exaggerated. Most Americans are not going to quit their jobs, forgo benefits and a steady salary in order to receive temporary unemployment benefits. That is what leading economists have said. These benefits are a lifeline to tens of millions who want to work, are ready to work, but can't find work because there aren't jobs for them. The vast majority of these people don't have a job to go to. Let's face it, folks. Our country is in the middle of multiple crises. Tens of millions of Americans are jobless. American families are struggling to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads. Nearly 150,000 Americans have died--a stunning and heartbreaking loss of life--and, in response, Senate Republicans have presented us with a half-hearted, half-baked legislative proposal. In short, the Republican plan is too little, too late. The Republican plan is weak tea when our problems need a much stronger brew. I heard Leader McConnell's ``Alice in Wonderland'' interpretation of what happened in the last 3 months. The first bill, he says, was the way we should go. Well, let's remember what happened. Republicans put their own bill on the floor; Democrats said no. Then, finally, you folks came to the table, negotiated with us, and the bill is far more a Democratic bill than a Republican bill. You know that, and we know that. On the other hand, the other alternative, which the leader referred to as the Justice in Policing Act, was totally partisan. Sometimes I am amazed at the words the Republican leader can use. He says that he wants to be nonpartisan, and our bill is a socialist manifesto. Well, which one is it? Which one is it? Here is what we should do. Republicans should scrap their approach. We don't even know how many are for--and what pieces. They should use the Heroes Act--comprehensive, strong, and bold for negotiations--and start talking with Democrats in a serious way about the real problems our country is facing. Again, this is a serious, serious crisis. It is the biggest health crisis in 100 years, the biggest economic crisis in 75. The Republican mantra to let the private sector do it is just not going to work. You have to understand that the times are different. The crisis is real. We need an active, bold series of government programs--not just cutting and cutting and eliminating and eliminating--to solve our health problems and get the economy out of the morass. We Democrats have been waiting to negotiate with our Republican colleagues for more than 2 months. I ambitterly disappointed and frustrated by their delay and now by the inadequacy of their product. We need to immediately enter into bipartisan, bicameral negotiations to develop a bill that actually matches the scale of the crisis and the needs of the American people. Speaker Pelosi this morning called on Leader McConnell and Leader McCarthy and representatives of the President to join me and her in the Speaker's office half an hour after the Republican bill is released. Republicans in the House and Senate must join us. We are running out of time. The Senate Republicans just ran down the clock and tossed an air ball. I yield the floor.
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Coronavirus Madam President, on a very different subject, over the past several months, Senate Democrats have been appalled that our Republican colleagues have refused to work with us in any significant way to help defeat COVID-19 or provide relief to Americans during these unprecedented times. We do not understand how, faced with the greatest economic threat in 75 years and the greatest public health threat in a century, the Senate Republican majority was content to do almost nothing for 3 long months, as more people died, more were thrown out of work, more small businesses went under. Last week, finally, our Republican colleagues said they were coming out with a plan, but even after all the delay, even after Leader McConnell put the Senate on pause for 3 months, Senate Republicans and the White House were so unprepared and so divided, they couldn't even agree on a proposal among themselves. Ten weeks--ten weeks after Democrats passed a comprehensive bill through the House, Senate Republicans couldn't even agree on what to throw on the wall. Last week was a slow-motion train wreck on the Republican side. It couldn't have come at a worse time, and it will cause immense and, potentially, irrevocable damage to our country. Protections against evictions expired last week, at a time when over 12 million persons lived in households that missed the rent payment last month. Enhanced unemployment benefits for 20 to 30 million Americans out of work expire this week, without a proper solution. No matter what we do, States will not be able to quickly restart any enhanced unemployment benefits because Senate Republicans dithered for what seems like an eternity. We are on the precipice of several cliffs--destructive cliffs--for one reason and one reason only: The White House and Senate Republicans couldn't get their act together and wasted precious time. These issues could have been solved months ago, but the lack of any urgency and understanding and empathy for people who need help from Senate Republicans has led us to a very precarious moment. Today, it seems, we may finally see the Republican proposal on the next phase of COVID relief. Who knows if we will see legislative text or just an outline. It also appears the Republican proposal will not be an actual, coherent bill but rather a series of small, piecemeal ideas. That is a metaphor for their first 100 days: lack of unity. They can't even put one bill together--they are so divided--so a few Senators put in this one, a few Senators put in that one, a few Senators put in another one. Not only do we not know if the President supports any of these proposals, we don't even know if Senate Republicans fully support them. Yesterday, the Republican chairman of the Judiciary Committee said half of the Republican caucus will vote no on any additional stimulus. The greatest crisis America has faced in close to a century on health, 75 years on the economy, and our Republican colleagues can't even agree among themselves about what to do and have put out a few piecemeal pieces that don't come close to doing the job. We have waited months--months for the Republican COVID relief bill, and it turns out we will not even get a bill, and Republicans probably will not support it. Worse still, based on reports and Leader McConnell's speech just now, the Republican legislative response to COVID-19 is totally inadequate. It will not include food assistance for hungry kids--kids, whose parents can't feed them. They say no relief. How hard-hearted. How cruel. Is it that those wealthy, rightwing people who don't want to pay any taxes say kids shouldn't eat? Because the private sector ain't doing it. You need the government. Hazard pay for essential workers, risking their lives for us--what about funding for State and local and Tribal governments? Their budgets are in the tank. We are approaching a new month. Many, many, many essential workers will be laid off--busdrivers and sanitation workers and firefighters. The Republican proposal will ignore not one or two or three but scores of major crises in America right now. In addition, based on what the leader has said, the Republican proposal will not go nearly far enough, even in the pieces they try to do something with--the small number, the disparate number, the unaggregated number--since each piece seems to be separate because they can't seem to get agreement among themselves. When it comes to our schools, the Republican proposal does not provide enough resources for them to reopen safely. Major League Baseball, an organization with vastly more resources than the average school district, has taken great pains to restart its season safely, and yet we learned today that 13 players and staff on 1 team alone have contracted the coronavirus. How can Republicans ask our schools to protect the safety of our children without the necessary resources or guidance, when multibillion-dollar industries like baseball are having trouble doing it? And are they just afraid of President Trump, who wants the schools to open without any help, for whatever is in his own head, which isn't about the safety of America? The plan is totally inadequate. It appears that Senate Republicans have finally come around to the fact that the Democratic position on extending the moratorium on evictions or it may be just the moratorium on foreclosures--we will see what is in the proposal. They have come around to that, but they don't support helping Americans actually afford the rent or their next mortgage payment. That makes no sense. We can prevent landlords or banks from kicking Americans out of their homes for another 6 months, but what then? Those same Americans may be 6 months behind on their rent or mortgage. They will have no hope of making up the difference. And what will the landlords do? Not all landlords are big companies. Some of them, just like in my neighborhood, are landlords of a two- or three-family house. If no one can pay the rent, that hurts them too. How are they going to pay for heat or electricity? It is essential that we do what is in the Democratic Heroes Act and provide money to pay the rent or the mortgages for those thrown out of work, through no fault of their own, with no income. The Heroes Act provides $100 billion to help renters pay the rent; $75 billion to help homeowners pay the mortgage. The Heroes Act would prevent another housing crisis in America. The Republican proposal, assuming they even address housing issues, would only delay a catastrophe a few months. The greatest deficiency in the Republican proposal may be their plan for unemployment insurance. According to reports, the White House and Senate want to extend the enhanced unemployment benefits the Democrats secured in the CARES Act but only provide a percentage of a worker's former wage. There are four reasons this is a terrible policy. First, it would hurt the unemployed. If you lost your job through no fault of your own, Republicans want you to take a 30-percent pay cut. Can you believe that? You have lost your job; you can't get to work; the administration has bungled this crisis; and now they want to take $1,600 out of your pocket every single month, blaming the victim--blaming the victim. Maybe, again, some of those Republican, hard-right money people who don't want to pay taxes to help anybody, don't want the Federal Government to help anybody. Let me tell you, my Republican friends, you can't do this without the Federal Government and the Federal Government's resources. The private sector can't take care of this on their own. That is one reason. Second, it would exacerbate poverty. A recent study showed the enhanced benefits have prevented 12 million Americans from slipping into poverty. It has probably been the greatest anti-poverty program that we have had in a very, very long time. Why on Earth would we slash and burn benefits keeping American families out of poverty? Third, it will devastate our economy. One of the few things that has this economy not getting worse is that people have money in their pockets to buy goods. Consumer spending is going up. Do you know why, my Republican friends? In large part because of the generous benefit in the pandemic unemployment insurance. Mark Zandi and other great economists have said just that--just that. Consumer purchases are helping the economy from getting worse. There is money in the pockets of consumers to help them pay the bills and shop in stores and more. What do our Republican friends want to do? Cut the benefits to Americans who are spending the money as soon as they get it, taking one of the few policies stimulating the economy off the table. That is why an analysis from respected economic forecasters at Moody's--hardly a political organization--say that reducing these benefits or letting them expire could cost over a million jobs--a million more jobs this year. And fourth and finally, the ideologues here get together and come up with a plan, and it doesn't work. It is going to be impossible to implement. Republicans, at the last minute, while they waited and waited and waited--3 weeks ago Speaker Pelosi and I wrote to Leader McConnell and said: Sit down and talk to us now. We heard nothing. So they waited and waited and waited until they are up to the cliff, and now they come up with an entirely new system, where States would have to calculate a different benefit for each individual worker. Well, the implementations will be a nightmare. Let me read you--my office called some State unemployment offices about this Republican proposal. A medium-size State on the west coast: It would take months. We don't even have a way of calculating the wages of individuals. We are not equipped to do anything but a flat amount. Need a serious transition period. Even changing the dollar amount would take 2 to 4 weeks--2 to 4 weeks where people have no money. Another Southeastern State, medium size again: Very difficult. This State said: We need public statements from the Feds that people will not be able to get benefits for many weeks or months. Need to be realistic so our offices aren't overwhelmed. Even if you do a clean $600, you have to reapply in our State. From a small State in the Northeast--these are workers, people in the Governor's offices or the unemployment offices: Even clean extensions of FPUC [that is pandemic uninsurance] will take weeks to implement. Can't even speculate how long it would take to do wage replacement. Will not have to reapply for a clean $600, but it will take weeks to do retroactive payments. From three States--a very big State in the West, a big State in the Midwest, and a smaller State in the West: It would take many months. This would cause chaos with our constituents. From a Great Plains State: 2 months minimum to implement. From a big State in the Northeast, smaller State in the West: 8 weeks or more to implement. From a small State in the West: We have turned off the $600 FPUC effective benefit week ending July 25, per law. Any claims not decided prior to that date will still have benefit of [the] FPUC if found eligible. Any claims filed yesterday forward would not. As for options, another flat amount is best. From a large State in the East: Extension of $600, could be seamless. Lower flat, will take time. Percentage of wages is impossible. Chaos. Chaos. If you change the unemployment benefit, it is going to take weeks if not months for most people to get it. The economy crashes. People are hurt. They get kicked out of their homes, and they can't feed their kids. What are you doing? The Republican proposal on unemployment benefits, simply put, is unworkable. It will delay benefits for weeks, if not months, as we slide into a greater degree of recession. By the way, the idea that we need to drastically reduce these benefits because workers will stay home otherwise is greatly exaggerated. Most Americans are not going to quit their jobs, forgo benefits and a steady salary in order to receive temporary unemployment benefits. That is what leading economists have said. These benefits are a lifeline to tens of millions who want to work, are ready to work, but can't find work because there aren't jobs for them. The vast majority of these people don't have a job to go to. Let's face it, folks. Our country is in the middle of multiple crises. Tens of millions of Americans are jobless. American families are struggling to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads. Nearly 150,000 Americans have died--a stunning and heartbreaking loss of life--and, in response, Senate Republicans have presented us with a half-hearted, half-baked legislative proposal. In short, the Republican plan is too little, too late. The Republican plan is weak tea when our problems need a much stronger brew. I heard Leader McConnell's ``Alice in Wonderland'' interpretation of what happened in the last 3 months. The first bill, he says, was the way we should go. Well, let's remember what happened. Republicans put their own bill on the floor; Democrats said no. Then, finally, you folks came to the table, negotiated with us, and the bill is far more a Democratic bill than a Republican bill. You know that, and we know that. On the other hand, the other alternative, which the leader referred to as the Justice in Policing Act, was totally partisan. Sometimes I am amazed at the words the Republican leader can use. He says that he wants to be nonpartisan, and our bill is a socialist manifesto. Well, which one is it? Which one is it? Here is what we should do. Republicans should scrap their approach. We don't even know how many are for--and what pieces. They should use the Heroes Act--comprehensive, strong, and bold for negotiations--and start talking with Democrats in a serious way about the real problems our country is facing. Again, this is a serious, serious crisis. It is the biggest health crisis in 100 years, the biggest economic crisis in 75. The Republican mantra to let the private sector do it is just not going to work. You have to understand that the times are different. The crisis is real. We need an active, bold series of government programs--not just cutting and cutting and eliminating and eliminating--to solve our health problems and get the economy out of the morass. We Democrats have been waiting to negotiate with our Republican colleagues for more than 2 months. I ambitterly disappointed and frustrated by their delay and now by the inadequacy of their product. We need to immediately enter into bipartisan, bicameral negotiations to develop a bill that actually matches the scale of the crisis and the needs of the American people. Speaker Pelosi this morning called on Leader McConnell and Leader McCarthy and representatives of the President to join me and her in the Speaker's office half an hour after the Republican bill is released. Republicans in the House and Senate must join us. We are running out of time. The Senate Republicans just ran down the clock and tossed an air ball. I yield the floor.
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By Mr. ROMNEY (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Young, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Jones, Mr. Alexander, Mr. King, Mr. Portman, Mr. Warner, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. McSally, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Sullivan): S. 4323. A bill to save and strengthen critical social contract programs of the Federal Government; to the Committee on Finance.
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Mr. COONS. Mr. President, on the day that we are remembering our dear friend and colleague John Lewis, ``someone who got in good trouble, someone who got in the way,'' I rise to join with my colleague from the State of Rhode Island to offer tribute to a dear friend who also knew how to get in good trouble and get in the way. Our friend Steve Susman of Houston, TX, at age 79, passed away on July 14 after sustaining serious injuries from a cycling accident and suffering from COVID-19. Steve will be remembered by all he inspired as one of the greatest trial attorneys ever in the United States. Steve is someone who, with incredible skill, prepared painstakingly, mastering the facts, so that he could back up every single thing he said in front of a jury. When it came to courtrooms, it is said that Steve was the smartest guy in the room, but he also believed deeply in teaching young lawyers trial skills. And unlike many famous and leading trial attorneys, he was happy to share the spotlight with younger lawyers--in fact, insisted on it. Two of those younger lawyers happen to be friends of mine from law school, Jonathan Ross and Andrew Golub, who first introduced me to Steve and gave me the joy of getting to know him and all who practiced with him. Steve was passionate about law and justice. He spent his entire life thinking and talking about and working for ways to improve the system of civil justice in America. Motivated by a deep passion for the law, he fought to improve our system and was a crusader. Respected broadly for his leadership and his ability to achieve justice for his clients, Steve is someone who left a lasting impact on his community and our country. His incredible generosity to Yale University, to the University of Texas Law School, to the NYU Law School Civil Jury Project, and to the Anti-Defamation League, among many others, will be remembered for years and years to come. Steve had boundless energy, deep affection for his family, and a passionate commitment to the law. This is a difficult time for his family, his friends, his colleagues, and his loved ones. I want to give my special condolences to his wife, Ellen; his children, Harry, Stacy, Whitney, and Amanda; his brother, Tommy; and his eight grandchildren. I share with them my deepest and sincere condolences in the passing of this lion of the law. We will not see his like again. I yield the floor to my colleague from Rhode Island.
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Mr. McCONNELL. Yesterday, Senate Republicans put forward the HEALS Act, our framework for another round of historic relief for American workers and families. Our Nation stands at a challenging crossroads. We have one foot in this pandemic and one foot in the recovery. We can't go back to April, and until we have a vaccine, we can't go back to normal either. What the American people need is smart, safe, and sustainable middle ground, and they need Congress's help to construct it. That is exactly what our major proposal would do. Everyone knows that another rescue package will need to be bipartisan to pass the Senate. So the question before the country is now really quite simple: Are we going to see the versions of House and Senate Democrats that helped us unanimously pass the CARES Act back in March, or are we, instead, going to see the same Democrats who decided to block police reform in June and lash out at Senator Tim Scott's proposal instead of working with him to make law? In other words, do the Speaker of the House and the Democratic leader believe that struggling Americans deserve an outcome, or do they want to stay on the sidelines and recite talking points? Well, yesterday, even before the Democrats had seen our legislation,they began attacking it. All the tired, old partisan tropes were trotted out. Before releasing a proposal that wants to give schools even more reopening money than the House Democrats' bill and which would continue additional unemployment benefits at eight times the dollar amount Democrats established during the last crisis, we were informed here on the floor that ``those Republican hard-right money people . . . don't want the Federal Government to help anybody.'' This is beyond parody. Republicans put forward a trillion-dollar proposal for kids, jobs, and healthcare, including direct cash to households, and even more cash to unemployed people. And the Democrats say it proves we don't want to help people. They say it proves we don't want to help people. These are not serious statements. It is politics as usual, with talking points that went stale 20 years ago. But the week is young and the HEALS Act is full of provisions I would, frankly, dare my Democratic colleagues to actually say they oppose. Republicans want to extend supplemental unemployment insurance at hundreds of dollars per week. If Democrats block legislation, it will stop all together. Republicans want to send thousands of dollars more to American families through direct payments. If Democrats will not come to the table, they will get nothing. Republicans want to use tax incentives to encourage the rehiring of laid-off workers and the creation of safer workplaces through things like testing, remodeling, and PPE. If Democrats block action, workers will be on their own. Republicans want to specifically protect Medicare seniors from a spike in premiums because of COVID. If Democrats treat the HEALS Act the way they treated police reform, seniors will be on their own as well. Republicans want to pour money into K-12 schools and give greater flexibility to childcare providers so America's kids can have a safe but more normal school year. If Democrats block action, school districts will get none of us. Republicans want to create a second targeted round of PPE to keep small businesses above water. If Democrats will not negotiate, the ``now open'' signs will come down and the ``going out of business'' signs will replace them. Republicans want to proactively expand our domestic manufacturing capability for masks and PPE and medical countermeasures. If Democrats refuse to negotiate, we will be just as dependent on adversaries as competitors in the next crisis. Republicans want to protect doctors, nurses, school districts, and universities from a second epidemic of frivolous lawsuits. If Democrats don't come to the table, our Nation's reopening will be at the mercy of trial lawyers. Republicans want to go even further to backstop hospitals and healthcare providers and fuel the sprint for vaccines. If Democrats will not let us, Americans will just have to cross our fingers and hope the medical system remains stable. To be clear, Republicans are not proposing to ``cut'' any relief. Under current law, expanded UI expires and is replaced with nothing. Under current law, there are no more direct payments and no second PPP. Every single thing we put forward is a way to get more relief into people's hands. Our Democratic colleagues want to pretend it is controversial, somehow, that taxpayers should not pay people more not to work than people who do go back to work. They want to pretend it is controversial that taxpayers should not pay people more not to work than people who do go back to work? The American people don't call it a controversy. They call it common sense. They call it basic fairness. This is absolutely a time to be generous and provide additional Federal relief to people who have been laid off, but we should not be redistributing money away from the essential workers who have remained at their posts. We should not be taxing somebody who has been stocking shelves for months so the government can pay their neighbor more than she makes to sit at home. That is what we are talking about--taxing essential workers to pay their neighbors a bonus to stay home. One study by university economists just found these benefits can exceed people's previous incomes two-thirds of the time. They found a medium recipient earns 134 percent of their prior salary. That means half are making even more than that. That is just not fair. It is not compatible with a reopening economy and more than 6 in 10 Americans feel this creates a disincentive to work. Even the Democratic House majority leader said just this morning that our perspective ``has some validity to it and we have to deal with that . . . it's not $600 or bust.'' That was the majority leader in the House. The Democratic majority leader in the House said: ``It's not $600 or bust.'' So let's get past these partisan cheap shots and have an adult conversation. Look at it this way. Think about one street, one block in one neighborhood, anywhere in America. Think how they would benefit if this bill were signed into law. Right now, several families on that block probably have no idea whether their kids will be heading back to school in a few weeks. Our bill would provide the money and legal certainty for school districts to reopen safely. Let's talk about the families' pocketbooks. Likely, every mailbox on that street or each checking account would get another $1,200 per adult and $500 per dependent. For a family of four, we are talking about $3,400 in cash. Maybe some of these homeowners are among the millions of Americans who have been thrown into joblessness. As we discussed, they would get hundreds of dollars more every week in added unemployment. But because we are doing it smarter, if anyone on the street owns a coffee shop or a contracting business, they will not hear from workers that they are earning more by staying at home. Those unemployed workers will get back on the job faster when our bill supercharges incentives for rehiring and helps pay for health and safety in the workplace. Maybe some other people on the street have held onto their jobs because of the historic Paycheck Protection Program. Their employer is considering closing down with that relief nearly exhausted. Our targeted second round of PPP could keep their paycheck coming instead of a pink slip. Maybe a retired couple lives on this block. If our proposal for Medicare Part B premiums becomes law, this couple will be protected from a spike in costs due to this pandemic, and needless to say, every single person on that street would benefit from even stronger Federal investments in the diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines that will ultimately win this healthcare battle for all of us. So, look, it is very simple. Partisan histrionics will not get any American family any of the relief I just described. Calling names will not get school districts one dime. Washington finger-pointing will not add 1 cent to anyone's unemployment check. The Democrats face a simple choice. They can come to the table, work with the Republicans, and engage seriously to make law for the American people or they can stay on the sidelines, point fingers, and let another rescue package go the same way as the police reform bill they killed back in June. The Republicans are ready to govern. We just need the Democrats to decide whether they are serious about actually making law.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. McCONNELL
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Mr. McCONNELL. Yesterday, Senate Republicans put forward the HEALS Act, our framework for another round of historic relief for American workers and families. Our Nation stands at a challenging crossroads. We have one foot in this pandemic and one foot in the recovery. We can't go back to April, and until we have a vaccine, we can't go back to normal either. What the American people need is smart, safe, and sustainable middle ground, and they need Congress's help to construct it. That is exactly what our major proposal would do. Everyone knows that another rescue package will need to be bipartisan to pass the Senate. So the question before the country is now really quite simple: Are we going to see the versions of House and Senate Democrats that helped us unanimously pass the CARES Act back in March, or are we, instead, going to see the same Democrats who decided to block police reform in June and lash out at Senator Tim Scott's proposal instead of working with him to make law? In other words, do the Speaker of the House and the Democratic leader believe that struggling Americans deserve an outcome, or do they want to stay on the sidelines and recite talking points? Well, yesterday, even before the Democrats had seen our legislation,they began attacking it. All the tired, old partisan tropes were trotted out. Before releasing a proposal that wants to give schools even more reopening money than the House Democrats' bill and which would continue additional unemployment benefits at eight times the dollar amount Democrats established during the last crisis, we were informed here on the floor that ``those Republican hard-right money people . . . don't want the Federal Government to help anybody.'' This is beyond parody. Republicans put forward a trillion-dollar proposal for kids, jobs, and healthcare, including direct cash to households, and even more cash to unemployed people. And the Democrats say it proves we don't want to help people. They say it proves we don't want to help people. These are not serious statements. It is politics as usual, with talking points that went stale 20 years ago. But the week is young and the HEALS Act is full of provisions I would, frankly, dare my Democratic colleagues to actually say they oppose. Republicans want to extend supplemental unemployment insurance at hundreds of dollars per week. If Democrats block legislation, it will stop all together. Republicans want to send thousands of dollars more to American families through direct payments. If Democrats will not come to the table, they will get nothing. Republicans want to use tax incentives to encourage the rehiring of laid-off workers and the creation of safer workplaces through things like testing, remodeling, and PPE. If Democrats block action, workers will be on their own. Republicans want to specifically protect Medicare seniors from a spike in premiums because of COVID. If Democrats treat the HEALS Act the way they treated police reform, seniors will be on their own as well. Republicans want to pour money into K-12 schools and give greater flexibility to childcare providers so America's kids can have a safe but more normal school year. If Democrats block action, school districts will get none of us. Republicans want to create a second targeted round of PPE to keep small businesses above water. If Democrats will not negotiate, the ``now open'' signs will come down and the ``going out of business'' signs will replace them. Republicans want to proactively expand our domestic manufacturing capability for masks and PPE and medical countermeasures. If Democrats refuse to negotiate, we will be just as dependent on adversaries as competitors in the next crisis. Republicans want to protect doctors, nurses, school districts, and universities from a second epidemic of frivolous lawsuits. If Democrats don't come to the table, our Nation's reopening will be at the mercy of trial lawyers. Republicans want to go even further to backstop hospitals and healthcare providers and fuel the sprint for vaccines. If Democrats will not let us, Americans will just have to cross our fingers and hope the medical system remains stable. To be clear, Republicans are not proposing to ``cut'' any relief. Under current law, expanded UI expires and is replaced with nothing. Under current law, there are no more direct payments and no second PPP. Every single thing we put forward is a way to get more relief into people's hands. Our Democratic colleagues want to pretend it is controversial, somehow, that taxpayers should not pay people more not to work than people who do go back to work. They want to pretend it is controversial that taxpayers should not pay people more not to work than people who do go back to work? The American people don't call it a controversy. They call it common sense. They call it basic fairness. This is absolutely a time to be generous and provide additional Federal relief to people who have been laid off, but we should not be redistributing money away from the essential workers who have remained at their posts. We should not be taxing somebody who has been stocking shelves for months so the government can pay their neighbor more than she makes to sit at home. That is what we are talking about--taxing essential workers to pay their neighbors a bonus to stay home. One study by university economists just found these benefits can exceed people's previous incomes two-thirds of the time. They found a medium recipient earns 134 percent of their prior salary. That means half are making even more than that. That is just not fair. It is not compatible with a reopening economy and more than 6 in 10 Americans feel this creates a disincentive to work. Even the Democratic House majority leader said just this morning that our perspective ``has some validity to it and we have to deal with that . . . it's not $600 or bust.'' That was the majority leader in the House. The Democratic majority leader in the House said: ``It's not $600 or bust.'' So let's get past these partisan cheap shots and have an adult conversation. Look at it this way. Think about one street, one block in one neighborhood, anywhere in America. Think how they would benefit if this bill were signed into law. Right now, several families on that block probably have no idea whether their kids will be heading back to school in a few weeks. Our bill would provide the money and legal certainty for school districts to reopen safely. Let's talk about the families' pocketbooks. Likely, every mailbox on that street or each checking account would get another $1,200 per adult and $500 per dependent. For a family of four, we are talking about $3,400 in cash. Maybe some of these homeowners are among the millions of Americans who have been thrown into joblessness. As we discussed, they would get hundreds of dollars more every week in added unemployment. But because we are doing it smarter, if anyone on the street owns a coffee shop or a contracting business, they will not hear from workers that they are earning more by staying at home. Those unemployed workers will get back on the job faster when our bill supercharges incentives for rehiring and helps pay for health and safety in the workplace. Maybe some other people on the street have held onto their jobs because of the historic Paycheck Protection Program. Their employer is considering closing down with that relief nearly exhausted. Our targeted second round of PPP could keep their paycheck coming instead of a pink slip. Maybe a retired couple lives on this block. If our proposal for Medicare Part B premiums becomes law, this couple will be protected from a spike in costs due to this pandemic, and needless to say, every single person on that street would benefit from even stronger Federal investments in the diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines that will ultimately win this healthcare battle for all of us. So, look, it is very simple. Partisan histrionics will not get any American family any of the relief I just described. Calling names will not get school districts one dime. Washington finger-pointing will not add 1 cent to anyone's unemployment check. The Democrats face a simple choice. They can come to the table, work with the Republicans, and engage seriously to make law for the American people or they can stay on the sidelines, point fingers, and let another rescue package go the same way as the police reform bill they killed back in June. The Republicans are ready to govern. We just need the Democrats to decide whether they are serious about actually making law.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. McCONNELL
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of David Cleveland Joseph, of Louisiana, to be UnitedStates District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana.
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2020-01-06
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The PRESIDING OFFICER
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Nomination of Dana T. Wade Madam President, I rise to oppose the nomination of Dana Wade to serve as the Federal Housing Commissioner and Assistant Secretary for Housing. Mrs. Wade has a long record of public service--I credit her for that--both in the Senate and this administration. She worked at HUD and as staff to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. However, the policies that Mrs. Wade has supported during her work in the Trump administration led me to believe she is not the right person to lead HUD's housing and home ownership programs at this critical time. Just last year, Mrs. Wade held a senior political role at the Office of Management and Budget. During her tenure at OMB, Mrs. Wade signed off on budget proposals that would have slashed HUD's funding by billions, eliminated CDBG and HOME programs--programs critical to affordable housing and community development--and raised rents on the lowest income renters. She also signed off on rules that could displace more than 55,000 children from their homes. I don't think that is the person we want during the pandemic, when all the moratoria on evictions expire, when the majority party wants to cut $400 a week from unemployed workers--these are unemployed workers--and when eviction courts are open. I just question whether Mrs. Wade, even in this administration, is the right person to temper some of their actions that might end up with more people denied housing. She signed off on a rule that denied transgender individuals experiencing homelessness the right to seek shelter according to their gender identity. She signed off on a rule that cut HUD's affirmatively furthering fair housing regulation--an important civil rights protection required by the Fair Housing Act, an act written and pushed and initially implemented by the father of the Senator from Utah. I know he is really proud of his dad, and I know he is really proud of HUD's fair housing laws of the late 1960s. On Mrs. Wade's watch, HUD and OMB proposed to allow communities to ignore and exacerbate segregation evenas they spend Federal funds. That is not the only civil rights rollback that Mrs. Wade oversaw. During her tenure, OMB signed off on HUD's proposal to undermine the disparate impact standard under the Fair Housing Act--a proposal that the civil rights community, the largest mortgage lenders, the Mortgage Bankers Association, and the National Association of Realtors have all said should not be finalized because it could erode civil rights protections. All the groups that deal with housing: the conservative groups, the progressive groups, the civil rights groups, the firms that make their living from housing, the realtors, the mortgage bankers--all of them said: Don't move forward with this. She signed off on it with HUD's proposal. When I asked Mrs. Wade about her time at OMB, she wouldn't speak about the work she did, but she endorsed every one of these policies the Trump administration advanced during her tenure. Since Mrs. Wade returned to HUD in December, the Trump administration has doubled down on its assault on fair housing. Just last week, the Trump administration released its final rule, all but eliminating communities' legal obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. And now President Trump wants Mrs. Wade to oversee FHA and critical housing programs for low-income families, for seniors, and for persons with disabilities. HUD and FHA have an essential role to play in our housing system during this pandemic. FHA is designed to play a countercyclical role, stepping in to keep the market working during economic downturns like the one we are in. In the weeks and months ahead, families will need access to sustainable mortgages, and renters will need access to safe affordable apartments. Homeowners who are struggling to make their payments will need forbearance and help getting back on track. At the end of forbearance, if we want to avoid a wave of foreclosures--we know what is happening with evictions about to happen in a much more concerted tidal wave sort of way if Senate Republicans get their way by shrinking, by cutting $400 per unemployed worker--$400 a week--and the moratorium on evictions expiring and the eviction courts open. We know what will happen there. We are also, of course, concerned about the subsequent or, at the same time, wave of foreclosures. We need FHA to keep up its important work. They can do more. They must do more. Over the past several months, following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police and with racial and ethnic health and economic disparities exacerbated by COVID-19, our country has finally begun to talk about the systemic racism that exists throughout every system, including housing. It is the justice system. It is education. We know more and more about the huge digital divide. It is the justice system. It is education. It is healthcare. We know that African-Americans' life expectancies are considerably shorter than White Americans. We know the infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate are considerably higher. We know all of those things. The American public is finally recognizing them. This is an opportunity. With housing, it was Jim Crow; then it was redlining; and now it is these rules that the Trump administration is lacking in. Conversely to what Mrs. Wade has advocated for, argued for, and done, HUD and FHA must be a part of addressing that systemic racism now and after this pandemic. FHA could start by helping Black and Brown families stay in their homes so we don't repeat the mistakes of the 2008 crisis, where Black borrowers and Brown borrowers were more likely to lose their homes to foreclosure. At the end of this pandemic, FHA and HUD's rental programs can also help families recover financially and access affordable homeownership, maybe for the first time, but it will take a commitment from FHA and a commitment from HUD to address the massive inequity that still exists. This President, we know, actively undermines fairness in our housing system. We saw it again last week when he boasted that he would maintain segregation in our communities. It is a political act, of course. Just like sending Federal troops into Portland is a political act, just like his purporting to stand up to China, which he hasn't done for 4 years, is a political act, but we see it now as he divides people in the suburbs. Unfortunately, rather than working to fulfill the promise of the Fair Housing Act, HUD is aiding the President's effort. Based on Mrs. Wade's recent work and the policies she has helped to advance, I am concerned she will not stand up to the President's efforts to turn back the clock on fair housing. She will, instead, in all likelihood, help this administration take our housing system in the wrong direction. That is why I oppose her nomination. I hope, if she is confirmed, she proves me wrong. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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2020-01-06
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Nomination of Dana T. Wade Madam President, I rise to oppose the nomination of Dana Wade to serve as the Federal Housing Commissioner and Assistant Secretary for Housing. Mrs. Wade has a long record of public service--I credit her for that--both in the Senate and this administration. She worked at HUD and as staff to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. However, the policies that Mrs. Wade has supported during her work in the Trump administration led me to believe she is not the right person to lead HUD's housing and home ownership programs at this critical time. Just last year, Mrs. Wade held a senior political role at the Office of Management and Budget. During her tenure at OMB, Mrs. Wade signed off on budget proposals that would have slashed HUD's funding by billions, eliminated CDBG and HOME programs--programs critical to affordable housing and community development--and raised rents on the lowest income renters. She also signed off on rules that could displace more than 55,000 children from their homes. I don't think that is the person we want during the pandemic, when all the moratoria on evictions expire, when the majority party wants to cut $400 a week from unemployed workers--these are unemployed workers--and when eviction courts are open. I just question whether Mrs. Wade, even in this administration, is the right person to temper some of their actions that might end up with more people denied housing. She signed off on a rule that denied transgender individuals experiencing homelessness the right to seek shelter according to their gender identity. She signed off on a rule that cut HUD's affirmatively furthering fair housing regulation--an important civil rights protection required by the Fair Housing Act, an act written and pushed and initially implemented by the father of the Senator from Utah. I know he is really proud of his dad, and I know he is really proud of HUD's fair housing laws of the late 1960s. On Mrs. Wade's watch, HUD and OMB proposed to allow communities to ignore and exacerbate segregation evenas they spend Federal funds. That is not the only civil rights rollback that Mrs. Wade oversaw. During her tenure, OMB signed off on HUD's proposal to undermine the disparate impact standard under the Fair Housing Act--a proposal that the civil rights community, the largest mortgage lenders, the Mortgage Bankers Association, and the National Association of Realtors have all said should not be finalized because it could erode civil rights protections. All the groups that deal with housing: the conservative groups, the progressive groups, the civil rights groups, the firms that make their living from housing, the realtors, the mortgage bankers--all of them said: Don't move forward with this. She signed off on it with HUD's proposal. When I asked Mrs. Wade about her time at OMB, she wouldn't speak about the work she did, but she endorsed every one of these policies the Trump administration advanced during her tenure. Since Mrs. Wade returned to HUD in December, the Trump administration has doubled down on its assault on fair housing. Just last week, the Trump administration released its final rule, all but eliminating communities' legal obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. And now President Trump wants Mrs. Wade to oversee FHA and critical housing programs for low-income families, for seniors, and for persons with disabilities. HUD and FHA have an essential role to play in our housing system during this pandemic. FHA is designed to play a countercyclical role, stepping in to keep the market working during economic downturns like the one we are in. In the weeks and months ahead, families will need access to sustainable mortgages, and renters will need access to safe affordable apartments. Homeowners who are struggling to make their payments will need forbearance and help getting back on track. At the end of forbearance, if we want to avoid a wave of foreclosures--we know what is happening with evictions about to happen in a much more concerted tidal wave sort of way if Senate Republicans get their way by shrinking, by cutting $400 per unemployed worker--$400 a week--and the moratorium on evictions expiring and the eviction courts open. We know what will happen there. We are also, of course, concerned about the subsequent or, at the same time, wave of foreclosures. We need FHA to keep up its important work. They can do more. They must do more. Over the past several months, following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police and with racial and ethnic health and economic disparities exacerbated by COVID-19, our country has finally begun to talk about the systemic racism that exists throughout every system, including housing. It is the justice system. It is education. We know more and more about the huge digital divide. It is the justice system. It is education. It is healthcare. We know that African-Americans' life expectancies are considerably shorter than White Americans. We know the infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate are considerably higher. We know all of those things. The American public is finally recognizing them. This is an opportunity. With housing, it was Jim Crow; then it was redlining; and now it is these rules that the Trump administration is lacking in. Conversely to what Mrs. Wade has advocated for, argued for, and done, HUD and FHA must be a part of addressing that systemic racism now and after this pandemic. FHA could start by helping Black and Brown families stay in their homes so we don't repeat the mistakes of the 2008 crisis, where Black borrowers and Brown borrowers were more likely to lose their homes to foreclosure. At the end of this pandemic, FHA and HUD's rental programs can also help families recover financially and access affordable homeownership, maybe for the first time, but it will take a commitment from FHA and a commitment from HUD to address the massive inequity that still exists. This President, we know, actively undermines fairness in our housing system. We saw it again last week when he boasted that he would maintain segregation in our communities. It is a political act, of course. Just like sending Federal troops into Portland is a political act, just like his purporting to stand up to China, which he hasn't done for 4 years, is a political act, but we see it now as he divides people in the suburbs. Unfortunately, rather than working to fulfill the promise of the Fair Housing Act, HUD is aiding the President's effort. Based on Mrs. Wade's recent work and the policies she has helped to advance, I am concerned she will not stand up to the President's efforts to turn back the clock on fair housing. She will, instead, in all likelihood, help this administration take our housing system in the wrong direction. That is why I oppose her nomination. I hope, if she is confirmed, she proves me wrong. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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2020-01-06
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Unknown
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Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I come to the floor today as the Senate works on the next phase of pandemic relief and recovery legislation. The country is united in combating the coronavirus. The Senate's top priority is protecting the American people, and we are working together to save lives. America is fighting a war--a war against a deadly disease. There is no retreating, no giving up the American fighting spirit. We will finish the fight. The key to victory is to control the virus spread until we have a vaccine. A successful vaccine is vital to beat the virus and to return to normal life. The race for a COVID-19 vaccine is as important as putting a man on the Moon. We have made incredible progress. Vaccine development is well ahead of schedule. The administration's public-private partnership, Operation Warp Speed, has started phase 2 and phase 3 vaccine trials much sooner than expected. These are human trials. If all goes well, we hope to have a vaccine ready by the end of this year. Senate Republicans will make sure Americans have a safe, effective vaccine as soon as possible. It will be the most accessible vaccine in the history of the United States. Meanwhile, we should all do our part to slow the spread, and we know what that means. That means socially distancing, using good hygiene, and wearing a mask. This is the time for all of us to come together. But instead of fighting the virus, Democrats are waging a never-ending bidding war for more government spending. People want and people need and people deserve real leadership. They expect us to slow the spread of the virus and to protect the vulnerable. We have made tremendous progress on testing. We have tested over 50 million people already, and we are close to conducting 1 million tests--1 million tests--every day. We also have better treatments for the disease, and we are taking care of our most vulnerable citizens--seniors and people with chronic medical conditions. At the same time, the economy is bouncing back. We had record job growth in May, as well as in June. That is because the Senate responded quickly to the health and economic crisis. The Senate's historic CARES Act rescue package has helped this country weather the storm. We have come far since the spring lockdowns. Still, some believe that the worst of the virus may be yet to come. The Senate has put together a commonsense plan to aid the recovery. This week, Senate Republicans introduced a framework bill for the next coronavirus relief legislation. It is the capstone to our pandemic rescue operation. Our plan focuses on getting people back to work and kids back to school and doing it safely, as well as, of course, defeating the disease. The Senate proposal provides even more resources for testing and healthcare. This means more for hospitals, more for treatment, and more for vaccines. Our package includes over $100 billion for schools to open safely, plus funding for childcare. The Senate plan provides liability protection. We shield the medical community, K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and small businesses from frivolous lawsuits. Our plan includes another round of PPP loans, helping the hardest hit small businesses. We also send a targeted second round of direct payments to individuals. The Senate package extends unemployment benefits in a way that encourages, not discourages, work. We cannot continue to pay people more to stay home than they would make at work. So we end the $600 weekly benefit bonus. That is in contrast to Nancy Pelosi's $3 trillion-and-growing bill, her so-called Heroes Act. Her package actually makes it easier for the economy to stay closed and much harder for the economy to reopen fully. The Senate is focused on healthcare, on kids, and on jobs. Democrats, it seems, have other priorities--endless bonus checks for staying home, bloated bailouts for mismanaged cities and States, and runaway spending unrelated to the challenge before us. Pre-pandemic, we had a booming economy. We had record job growth, and we had record low unemployment. We are working to restore Americans' confidence. A solid majority of Americans now say they see their finances as stable. I urge my Senate Democratic colleagues to come to the table. It is time to find common ground and to finish the fight. Together, Madam President, we will make sure that America wins the war. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. BARRASSO
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Mr. PERDUE. Madam President, the word ``bipartisanship'' gets tossed around a lot in this town. Unfortunately, we don't often see bipartisanship put into action. However, as we have faced an unprecedented crisis recently, I believe we have seen the Senate prove that it can, in fact, get it done. People can come together, and real, bipartisan solutions can actually happen in this body. It is actually encouraging to me--and it is simply a function of what I have known since I was a kid--that Americans deal with a crisis better than anyone else. In many ways, we put things aside, and we get together for what is good for the people back home. Since the COVID-19 crisis began, we have passed three phases of relief packages to help our country weather this COVID-19 storm. In these three phases, we ramped up testing in support of our healthcare workers, we helped Americans who are struggling financially, and we created the Paycheck Protection Program, which has saved millions of jobs and many businesses. Today, as we debate a fourth COVID-19 relief package, it is absolutely critical that we continue to find common ground and bipartisan solutions to bring our country together again. The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act is a real, bipartisan solution to a serious problem our country faces today in our healthcare delivery system. This bill is first and foremost a healthcare bill that will help our hospitals deal with this COVID-19 crisis. It is absolutely critical that we include it in the next COVID-19 relief package. Today in America, many communities are facing severe shortages of doctors and nurses. Particularly, hospitals and clinics in rural areas and communities of color are badly understaffed and are struggling to fill crucial positions. My home State of Georgia has been especially impacted by this particular crisis. While Georgia is the 8th largest State by population, it ranks 39th in the number of active physicians per capita--39th. Over half of Georgia's 159 counties have been designated as primary care health professional shortage areas. The Georgia Department of Public Health has stated that Georgia's nursing shortage is a full-blown crisis. This is also true in most other States, actually. They have warned that Georgia is not able to recruit the nurses or doctors our hospitals need. But we can change that. The COVID-19 crisis did not start this shortage of healthcare workers, by the way, but it has exacerbated it dramatically. Since the beginning of this crisis, I have held conference calls with thousands of constituents across Georgia over the last 4\1/2\ months. I have heard directly from healthcare workers who have explained the dire situation they are facing. Nurses and doctors are working longer hours. Retirees are being asked to come back to work. Many healthcare workers have contracted the virus themselves. In fact,one study found that healthcare workers account for nearly one in five COVID-19 cases. In many areas, hospitals have simply not had enough staff to handle the COVID-19 patient increase. Albany, GA, was one of the first hardest hit areas in the country, right there in South Georgia. At one point, nurses and doctors from all over the country had to be flown in just to take care of all those who fell ill in Albany. In many cases, patients had to be exported to other hospitals in the State. As this virus continues to spread, many hospitals are in danger of being overwhelmed as we see this recent surge of COVID-19 cases, particularly in our younger people. Healthcare workers have been true heroes--there is no question about that. Right now, we have an opportunity to give them the support they desperately need. The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act is a bipartisan solution that gives our hospitals the support they need to get through this crisis. Our bill simply recaptures unused green cards to give highly skilled, foreign-born nurses and doctors the opportunity to work in our country and help solve this crisis. It will recapture approximately 25,000 unused visas for nurses and 15,000 unused visas for doctors. This bill would cut redtape and give our hospitals critical support quickly as America continues to reopen our economy. It will ease the pressure on healthcare providers and help save American lives. I want to emphasize that this bill will not increase current legal immigration limits, displace American workers, or negatively impact healthcare worker wages. I have always been a supporter of a merit-based immigration system, and many people on the other side of the aisle are as well. We all continue to work in that direction. We believe that a merit-based immigration system can strengthen our economy and protect American jobs at the same time. This is a policy that President Trump and the majority of Congress have long supported--on both sides of the aisle, actually. The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act is fully aligned with these merit-based policies. These immigrant nurses and doctors have already been hired and approved to work in our country. Many of them live here already. The only thing preventing them from saving lives is bureaucratic redtape and the backlog it creates. These folks are highly skilled, well qualified, and extremely motivated to be on the frontlines in the fight against COVID-19. They are all ready to go in the areas that need the most help. This bill is truly bipartisan. I am very proud to say that today. It has 36 cosponsors from both parties. I give the lead sponsor on the Democratic side, my friend from Illinois, Senator Durbin, a lot of credit for that. He has long been a champion for this sort of help in this area. This bill reflects what the American people want. It provides what our healthcare system needs. It has bipartisan support. Actually, in 2005, Congress passed a similar bill. That bill recaptured unused visas and helped address a nursing shortage that existed at the time across the country. It passed with overwhelming and nearly unanimous support. The coronavirus has put our country in a similar position today. There is no time to wait. The deeper our nurse and doctor shortage gets, the more Americans we are needlessly putting at risk. President John F. Kennedy once said: ``In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.'' I don't think that comment has been any more timely than it is today in the midst of this crisis. We are indeed in a time of crisis. We have already shown that we can unite and find meaningful solutions. It is time to do it again. Let's get this bill across the finish line and support our healthcare workers and save lives in America. Madam President, I yield the floor to my colleague from Illinois, Senator Durbin, the lead Democratic cosponsor on the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, and I want to thank him for his tireless efforts in this regard and his strong leadership to help the young men and women on the frontlines of our healthcare delivery system.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. PERDUE
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Senate
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CREC-2020-07-28-pt1-PgS4526-3
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merit-based immigration
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Mr. PERDUE. Madam President, the word ``bipartisanship'' gets tossed around a lot in this town. Unfortunately, we don't often see bipartisanship put into action. However, as we have faced an unprecedented crisis recently, I believe we have seen the Senate prove that it can, in fact, get it done. People can come together, and real, bipartisan solutions can actually happen in this body. It is actually encouraging to me--and it is simply a function of what I have known since I was a kid--that Americans deal with a crisis better than anyone else. In many ways, we put things aside, and we get together for what is good for the people back home. Since the COVID-19 crisis began, we have passed three phases of relief packages to help our country weather this COVID-19 storm. In these three phases, we ramped up testing in support of our healthcare workers, we helped Americans who are struggling financially, and we created the Paycheck Protection Program, which has saved millions of jobs and many businesses. Today, as we debate a fourth COVID-19 relief package, it is absolutely critical that we continue to find common ground and bipartisan solutions to bring our country together again. The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act is a real, bipartisan solution to a serious problem our country faces today in our healthcare delivery system. This bill is first and foremost a healthcare bill that will help our hospitals deal with this COVID-19 crisis. It is absolutely critical that we include it in the next COVID-19 relief package. Today in America, many communities are facing severe shortages of doctors and nurses. Particularly, hospitals and clinics in rural areas and communities of color are badly understaffed and are struggling to fill crucial positions. My home State of Georgia has been especially impacted by this particular crisis. While Georgia is the 8th largest State by population, it ranks 39th in the number of active physicians per capita--39th. Over half of Georgia's 159 counties have been designated as primary care health professional shortage areas. The Georgia Department of Public Health has stated that Georgia's nursing shortage is a full-blown crisis. This is also true in most other States, actually. They have warned that Georgia is not able to recruit the nurses or doctors our hospitals need. But we can change that. The COVID-19 crisis did not start this shortage of healthcare workers, by the way, but it has exacerbated it dramatically. Since the beginning of this crisis, I have held conference calls with thousands of constituents across Georgia over the last 4\1/2\ months. I have heard directly from healthcare workers who have explained the dire situation they are facing. Nurses and doctors are working longer hours. Retirees are being asked to come back to work. Many healthcare workers have contracted the virus themselves. In fact,one study found that healthcare workers account for nearly one in five COVID-19 cases. In many areas, hospitals have simply not had enough staff to handle the COVID-19 patient increase. Albany, GA, was one of the first hardest hit areas in the country, right there in South Georgia. At one point, nurses and doctors from all over the country had to be flown in just to take care of all those who fell ill in Albany. In many cases, patients had to be exported to other hospitals in the State. As this virus continues to spread, many hospitals are in danger of being overwhelmed as we see this recent surge of COVID-19 cases, particularly in our younger people. Healthcare workers have been true heroes--there is no question about that. Right now, we have an opportunity to give them the support they desperately need. The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act is a bipartisan solution that gives our hospitals the support they need to get through this crisis. Our bill simply recaptures unused green cards to give highly skilled, foreign-born nurses and doctors the opportunity to work in our country and help solve this crisis. It will recapture approximately 25,000 unused visas for nurses and 15,000 unused visas for doctors. This bill would cut redtape and give our hospitals critical support quickly as America continues to reopen our economy. It will ease the pressure on healthcare providers and help save American lives. I want to emphasize that this bill will not increase current legal immigration limits, displace American workers, or negatively impact healthcare worker wages. I have always been a supporter of a merit-based immigration system, and many people on the other side of the aisle are as well. We all continue to work in that direction. We believe that a merit-based immigration system can strengthen our economy and protect American jobs at the same time. This is a policy that President Trump and the majority of Congress have long supported--on both sides of the aisle, actually. The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act is fully aligned with these merit-based policies. These immigrant nurses and doctors have already been hired and approved to work in our country. Many of them live here already. The only thing preventing them from saving lives is bureaucratic redtape and the backlog it creates. These folks are highly skilled, well qualified, and extremely motivated to be on the frontlines in the fight against COVID-19. They are all ready to go in the areas that need the most help. This bill is truly bipartisan. I am very proud to say that today. It has 36 cosponsors from both parties. I give the lead sponsor on the Democratic side, my friend from Illinois, Senator Durbin, a lot of credit for that. He has long been a champion for this sort of help in this area. This bill reflects what the American people want. It provides what our healthcare system needs. It has bipartisan support. Actually, in 2005, Congress passed a similar bill. That bill recaptured unused visas and helped address a nursing shortage that existed at the time across the country. It passed with overwhelming and nearly unanimous support. The coronavirus has put our country in a similar position today. There is no time to wait. The deeper our nurse and doctor shortage gets, the more Americans we are needlessly putting at risk. President John F. Kennedy once said: ``In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.'' I don't think that comment has been any more timely than it is today in the midst of this crisis. We are indeed in a time of crisis. We have already shown that we can unite and find meaningful solutions. It is time to do it again. Let's get this bill across the finish line and support our healthcare workers and save lives in America. Madam President, I yield the floor to my colleague from Illinois, Senator Durbin, the lead Democratic cosponsor on the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, and I want to thank him for his tireless efforts in this regard and his strong leadership to help the young men and women on the frontlines of our healthcare delivery system.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. PERDUE
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Senate
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Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I rise this afternoon to talk about long-term care and a number of related challenges that confront our country, especially at this time. One of the most horrific numbers in all of the horror that we have seen in the aftermath of the onset of the virus and COVID-19 disease and the jobs and economic crisis that have followed it is the number of deaths in long-term care settings. When you combine the deaths of residents in nursing homes and other similar settings--sometimes called long-term care or even congregate settings--with the deaths of workers, we know that the number now exceeds 59,000 Americans. About 40 percent of all the deaths are either a resident of a long-term care facility or a worker in those facilities. So we are talking about those Americans today--those families--when we consider what we do next because no one here, I don't think--I don't care what side of the aisle, what point of view, who you are, what State you are from, no one in this body or in the House would want to accept the idea that, say, 4 months from today, or 5 months or 6 months, another 59,000 or 60,000 people will have died in those settings. We know a lot about how to get those numbers down. It is not one of those things where we can throw up our hands and say there is little that we can do. There is a lot we can do because Americans are smart, innovative, and caring, and a lot of smart people have figured out how to get those numbers down. So 59,000--more than 59,000--Americans is unacceptable. Also, 40 percent of all the deaths going forward is also unacceptable. About a month ago, I came to the floor with some of my colleagues, and we pressed for a vote on the solutions we need to save lives in nursing homes and also protect the workforce. The majority blocked the vote. Since then, the Senate has done nothing when it comes to this issue that has impacted so many families and so many communities. We have a chance now. I realize sometimes when a bill gets blocked that that isn't the end of the story and that the individual or the party blocking might have a different idea, a better idea, a different solution, a better approach. If that is the case with the majority, we need to hear it. I would hope that a solution, a remedy, a strategy to get the 59,000-death number down would include the resources to do it because this isn't a circumstance where you can just wish it away. This isn't a circumstance where you can just move a little bit of policy around. We need resources, and I will talk more about them. We know that yesterday Senate Republicans released their plan for the next piece of legislation relating to COVID-19 and the economy. This proposal is 2 months--a full 2 months--after the House passed the Heroes Act to bring relief to the millions of Americans who are suffering, families who are suffering, not only in the context of long-term care--having lost a loved one, a resident, or a worker in their family--but they are suffering for other reasons as well. We know the unemployment rate is intolerably too high. In my home State of Pennsylvania--just imagine this--the number was 1-plus million people out of work in April. Thankfully, that number went down in the month of May, but it only went down to 849,000 people out of work. I was hoping, as I know everyone was in the State, that the June number would fall precipitously and maybe by the same percentage, so 849,000 people would go well into the 700s and maybe even into the 600,000s and would keep going down from there. Unfortunately, in the month of June, it went from 849,000 to about 821,000 people out of work. I don't think I have seen unemployment numbers like that in my home State in my lifetime. The 13.4 percent unemployment in May dropped but only went down to 13 percent. Just by way of comparison, in the great recession of just roughly a decade ago, Pennsylvania's unemployment rate went way up, as it did in a lot of other States. It stopped at 10 percent. Some counties were above 10 percent, 11 percent, 12 percent or higher. Statewide, it never really went above 10 percent. We are now in our third month of unemployment rates well above 10 percent. It was 16 percent in April, almost 13.5 percent in May, and now 13 percent exactly now. We have a lot of work to do. For purposes of today's discussion, I wanted to talk about what we can do in the long-term care context. The Republican proposal of yesterday makes nomeaningful investment to save lives in nursing homes. The policies that address long-term care in this proposal are insufficient. I think that is an understatement, but I will let that go for now. There is no investment in home and community-based services, and there is no funding to reward the heroes on the frontlines. Some people might say: What do you mean by home and community-based services? I don't understand that. I am not sure what you mean. We know that in the United States we have a number of settings where care is delivered--care for older citizens, older Americans, and care for people with disabilities. In the nursing home context, of course, that is skilled care in a facility, in a so-called congregate setting. Depending on which number you believe, in the United States we have between 1.3 and 1.5 million Americans there. We also have a lot of Americans who are getting their care--very important care for a senior or for someone with a disability--in a home setting or in a community-based setting, but the funding doesn't flow in that direction very often. So we are trying to change that because, obviously, if you are an older American, you might have certain conditions that make you even more susceptible, more vulnerable in the context of COVID-19. In many cases, it will be preferable to have you in a home setting or community-based setting. But if you are in those settings, we have to invest in the workers who do that heroic work in both nursing homes, in homes, and in community-based settings, because the care is not going to be what it needs to be if we are not helping the workforce. I think most people agree with that. Just as we cannot allow another 3 or 4 months to go by with 59,000 people dying, we also cannot allow the conflict here in the Senate to stop us from making progress in long-term care. We have to help nursing homes at the same time as we demand more of them. We need to invest in what we know works. I have a bill, S. 3768, introduced with Senator Whitehouse. The name of the bill is the Nursing Home COVID-19 Protection and Prevention Act. It would dedicate $20 billion in emergency funding for proven practices. We would spend $20 billion to get that death number down and also to get the case number down. We are concerned, as well, about the high number of cases. We need to invest in best practices that some long-term care settings were investing in way back in early March, and some long-term care facilities got much better results. They had fewer cases and lower numbers of deaths because they were investing in these best practices. But to invest $20 billion in emergency funding for these proven best practices, I think, is a bargain to get the death number down and get the case number down. This bill will help nursing homes become a lot better and become more proficient at a practice called cohorting. It is real simple. That just means separating people in the nursing home. You separate the residents with COVID-19 from the residents who don't have it. When that basic practice is in place and when it is operative, it is something that a lot of places need help with. There are, obviously, costs involved in that. There may be costs because you have to do retrofitting. There may be costs in terms of needing additional staff. But that is only part of it. The bill also allows nursing homes to provide for their workers, these heroes who are on the frontlines every day. Obviously, if you are on the frontlines every day, you are an essential worker. There are all these phrases and descriptions of these workers. Those who are at the front of the frontline are those in healthcare, because they are not only going out every day and providing an essential service, but they are closest to the risk. That includes folks who work in hospitals and other settings, of course. That is for certain. But it also includes people who work in nursing homes and at home and in community-based service settings. Those are folks whom we call heroes, and it is nice to call them heroes. It is nice to say they are doing great work. It is nice to pat them on the back, but what we should be doing is paying them more for the sacrifice they make for the country. The analogy, of course, is the GI bill. I have a bill that would add similar education benefits to those frontline workers, those heroes. But at a minimum, they should get premium pay and overtime pay. They should also have essential benefits, and we should help them with childcare. You can't say: You have got to be on the frontlines; you have got to be on the front of the front lines, and you have to go to work every day because we need your essential skilled work to care for the most vulnerable, but you are on your own with childcare. Good luck. We haven't done much to help them with that. My bill also includes strong resident protections--``resident'' meaning residents of nursing homes--to prevent evictions to homeless shelters and to provide an extra check on nursing home quality. All these things I just recited in the bill, the Republican proposal doesn't have. I think the time is long overdue for Congress to take action to deal with what can only be described as an American tragedy--a preventable American tragedy. No one would argue--I certainly would not argue--that the 59,000-plus number could be zero. It is not what we are saying. What we are saying is you can bring the number down. If we bring the number down, even a little bit, it is worth it to save lives and to reduce the number of cases, but I think we can do a lot better than that. Last week, a coalition made up of representatives from the nursing home industry, direct service professionals, AARP, the Alzheimer's Association, Catholic Charities, The Arc, and the Service Employees International Union came together to write to Senate leadership to demand this action and more. Think about that group. That is not a group that is always on the same page. They have often direct conflicts on a lot of issues, but they have all come together to support the residents in nursing homes and those in other settings and the workers because that is how dire it is. Groups that are often in conflict on legislation are together on this. Here is part of what they wrote to the Senate leadership: ``The urgent need to save lives, prevent the spread of the virus, and address the services and support older adults and people with disabilities need cannot be overstated.'' In addition to nursing home supports, this coalition called for dedicated funds for home and community-based services under Medicaid that I described earlier. I have a bill to do that. The House-passed Heroes Act, in fact, does that. The Heroes Act passed 2 months ago, and here we are without a bill ready to vote on in the Senate. I sent a letter with 28 of my colleagues yesterday to urge Leader McConnell to move these policies forward. We know that over 2.5 million older adults and people with disabilities depend on these services to be able to continue living in their own homes. These 2.5 million seniors and people with disabilities are folks who are not in a nursing home or other congregate setting. They are, by definition, in their homes or in a community-based setting. They are receiving their supports and services in their homes, where they are less likely to be exposed to the virus and often are able to see their families. Just to give you one example, there is Michelle Mitchell of Allentown, PA--on the eastern side of our State, almost at the New Jersey border. Michelle is a person who benefits from the services. She has a lifelong disability--cerebral palsy--which affects the use of her arms and legs. She holds multiple degrees and is a full-time faculty member at a local college. Every single day, Michelle Mitchell has the benefit of a personal care attendant who helps Michelle get out of bed, helps her to bathe, helps her to dress, and helps her to eat. Without Medicaid home and community-based services, thousands of people with similar needs to Michelle would not be able to live at home and work and interact with neighbors and friends. Home and community-based services keep Michelle safe, they keep her healthy, and they keep her engaged. But the agencies that provide these vital services are facing barriers. A survey of home and community-basedservices providers conducted by the group ANCOR found that 68 percent of providers have had to close some of their services to people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. This same survey found that over half of the agencies had faced significant additional expenses because of pandemic expense. We know that life has changed for so many Americans and so many institutions. This is one of these agencies that do such good work. Some of the expenses they face include increased levels of overtime, purchases of personal protective equipment, and additional training for workers. Perhaps most unsettling is that the agencies that provide essential services to older adults and people with disabilities don't have sufficient funding to keep offering services for more than 1 month if payments stop. This lack of cash on hand illustrates how fragile the home and community-based services system is. Yesterday morning, administrators in Pennsylvania said that if home and community-based services were not available, thousands of additional people would need to enter nursing homes, which again, is a congregate setting, where the likelihood of contracting the virus is higher than a lot of other settings. That, of course, would put them at greater risk of contracting the virus and much greater risk of dying because of this horrible pandemic. When we talk about investing in home and community-based services, that is tied to the goal of getting not just the case number down but the death number down. The proposal by Republicans yesterday makes clear that they are not focused on this crisis. There is no investment in home and community-based services at all. The response to nursing homes is wholly insufficient. The level of funding provided in the proposal, in my judgment, is an insult to older Americans. It is an insult to people with disabilities and their families, and it is an insult to the workers who support them. Claiming that people with disabilities and seniors are supported in this legislation is just not true. On top of the lack of funding, the bill blows a hole in the protections provided by the ADA, or the Americans with Disabilities Act, for people with disabilities. To ensure that seniors and people with disabilities are kept safe and healthy during this public health crisis, we need to ensure that strong policies are in place to keep nursing homes safe, and we need to ensure that there is dedicated funding for home and community-based services. I am calling for an investment in both settings--home and community-based services--for seniors and people with disabilities, as well as investments in proven strategies that we know will help nursing homes and also get the death numbers down. To meet our responsibilities to those who are most at risk--the most vulnerable among us--the Senate should include these provisions that I have described in the next COVID-19 legislation.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. CASEY
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Senate
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Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I rise this afternoon to talk about long-term care and a number of related challenges that confront our country, especially at this time. One of the most horrific numbers in all of the horror that we have seen in the aftermath of the onset of the virus and COVID-19 disease and the jobs and economic crisis that have followed it is the number of deaths in long-term care settings. When you combine the deaths of residents in nursing homes and other similar settings--sometimes called long-term care or even congregate settings--with the deaths of workers, we know that the number now exceeds 59,000 Americans. About 40 percent of all the deaths are either a resident of a long-term care facility or a worker in those facilities. So we are talking about those Americans today--those families--when we consider what we do next because no one here, I don't think--I don't care what side of the aisle, what point of view, who you are, what State you are from, no one in this body or in the House would want to accept the idea that, say, 4 months from today, or 5 months or 6 months, another 59,000 or 60,000 people will have died in those settings. We know a lot about how to get those numbers down. It is not one of those things where we can throw up our hands and say there is little that we can do. There is a lot we can do because Americans are smart, innovative, and caring, and a lot of smart people have figured out how to get those numbers down. So 59,000--more than 59,000--Americans is unacceptable. Also, 40 percent of all the deaths going forward is also unacceptable. About a month ago, I came to the floor with some of my colleagues, and we pressed for a vote on the solutions we need to save lives in nursing homes and also protect the workforce. The majority blocked the vote. Since then, the Senate has done nothing when it comes to this issue that has impacted so many families and so many communities. We have a chance now. I realize sometimes when a bill gets blocked that that isn't the end of the story and that the individual or the party blocking might have a different idea, a better idea, a different solution, a better approach. If that is the case with the majority, we need to hear it. I would hope that a solution, a remedy, a strategy to get the 59,000-death number down would include the resources to do it because this isn't a circumstance where you can just wish it away. This isn't a circumstance where you can just move a little bit of policy around. We need resources, and I will talk more about them. We know that yesterday Senate Republicans released their plan for the next piece of legislation relating to COVID-19 and the economy. This proposal is 2 months--a full 2 months--after the House passed the Heroes Act to bring relief to the millions of Americans who are suffering, families who are suffering, not only in the context of long-term care--having lost a loved one, a resident, or a worker in their family--but they are suffering for other reasons as well. We know the unemployment rate is intolerably too high. In my home State of Pennsylvania--just imagine this--the number was 1-plus million people out of work in April. Thankfully, that number went down in the month of May, but it only went down to 849,000 people out of work. I was hoping, as I know everyone was in the State, that the June number would fall precipitously and maybe by the same percentage, so 849,000 people would go well into the 700s and maybe even into the 600,000s and would keep going down from there. Unfortunately, in the month of June, it went from 849,000 to about 821,000 people out of work. I don't think I have seen unemployment numbers like that in my home State in my lifetime. The 13.4 percent unemployment in May dropped but only went down to 13 percent. Just by way of comparison, in the great recession of just roughly a decade ago, Pennsylvania's unemployment rate went way up, as it did in a lot of other States. It stopped at 10 percent. Some counties were above 10 percent, 11 percent, 12 percent or higher. Statewide, it never really went above 10 percent. We are now in our third month of unemployment rates well above 10 percent. It was 16 percent in April, almost 13.5 percent in May, and now 13 percent exactly now. We have a lot of work to do. For purposes of today's discussion, I wanted to talk about what we can do in the long-term care context. The Republican proposal of yesterday makes nomeaningful investment to save lives in nursing homes. The policies that address long-term care in this proposal are insufficient. I think that is an understatement, but I will let that go for now. There is no investment in home and community-based services, and there is no funding to reward the heroes on the frontlines. Some people might say: What do you mean by home and community-based services? I don't understand that. I am not sure what you mean. We know that in the United States we have a number of settings where care is delivered--care for older citizens, older Americans, and care for people with disabilities. In the nursing home context, of course, that is skilled care in a facility, in a so-called congregate setting. Depending on which number you believe, in the United States we have between 1.3 and 1.5 million Americans there. We also have a lot of Americans who are getting their care--very important care for a senior or for someone with a disability--in a home setting or in a community-based setting, but the funding doesn't flow in that direction very often. So we are trying to change that because, obviously, if you are an older American, you might have certain conditions that make you even more susceptible, more vulnerable in the context of COVID-19. In many cases, it will be preferable to have you in a home setting or community-based setting. But if you are in those settings, we have to invest in the workers who do that heroic work in both nursing homes, in homes, and in community-based settings, because the care is not going to be what it needs to be if we are not helping the workforce. I think most people agree with that. Just as we cannot allow another 3 or 4 months to go by with 59,000 people dying, we also cannot allow the conflict here in the Senate to stop us from making progress in long-term care. We have to help nursing homes at the same time as we demand more of them. We need to invest in what we know works. I have a bill, S. 3768, introduced with Senator Whitehouse. The name of the bill is the Nursing Home COVID-19 Protection and Prevention Act. It would dedicate $20 billion in emergency funding for proven practices. We would spend $20 billion to get that death number down and also to get the case number down. We are concerned, as well, about the high number of cases. We need to invest in best practices that some long-term care settings were investing in way back in early March, and some long-term care facilities got much better results. They had fewer cases and lower numbers of deaths because they were investing in these best practices. But to invest $20 billion in emergency funding for these proven best practices, I think, is a bargain to get the death number down and get the case number down. This bill will help nursing homes become a lot better and become more proficient at a practice called cohorting. It is real simple. That just means separating people in the nursing home. You separate the residents with COVID-19 from the residents who don't have it. When that basic practice is in place and when it is operative, it is something that a lot of places need help with. There are, obviously, costs involved in that. There may be costs because you have to do retrofitting. There may be costs in terms of needing additional staff. But that is only part of it. The bill also allows nursing homes to provide for their workers, these heroes who are on the frontlines every day. Obviously, if you are on the frontlines every day, you are an essential worker. There are all these phrases and descriptions of these workers. Those who are at the front of the frontline are those in healthcare, because they are not only going out every day and providing an essential service, but they are closest to the risk. That includes folks who work in hospitals and other settings, of course. That is for certain. But it also includes people who work in nursing homes and at home and in community-based service settings. Those are folks whom we call heroes, and it is nice to call them heroes. It is nice to say they are doing great work. It is nice to pat them on the back, but what we should be doing is paying them more for the sacrifice they make for the country. The analogy, of course, is the GI bill. I have a bill that would add similar education benefits to those frontline workers, those heroes. But at a minimum, they should get premium pay and overtime pay. They should also have essential benefits, and we should help them with childcare. You can't say: You have got to be on the frontlines; you have got to be on the front of the front lines, and you have to go to work every day because we need your essential skilled work to care for the most vulnerable, but you are on your own with childcare. Good luck. We haven't done much to help them with that. My bill also includes strong resident protections--``resident'' meaning residents of nursing homes--to prevent evictions to homeless shelters and to provide an extra check on nursing home quality. All these things I just recited in the bill, the Republican proposal doesn't have. I think the time is long overdue for Congress to take action to deal with what can only be described as an American tragedy--a preventable American tragedy. No one would argue--I certainly would not argue--that the 59,000-plus number could be zero. It is not what we are saying. What we are saying is you can bring the number down. If we bring the number down, even a little bit, it is worth it to save lives and to reduce the number of cases, but I think we can do a lot better than that. Last week, a coalition made up of representatives from the nursing home industry, direct service professionals, AARP, the Alzheimer's Association, Catholic Charities, The Arc, and the Service Employees International Union came together to write to Senate leadership to demand this action and more. Think about that group. That is not a group that is always on the same page. They have often direct conflicts on a lot of issues, but they have all come together to support the residents in nursing homes and those in other settings and the workers because that is how dire it is. Groups that are often in conflict on legislation are together on this. Here is part of what they wrote to the Senate leadership: ``The urgent need to save lives, prevent the spread of the virus, and address the services and support older adults and people with disabilities need cannot be overstated.'' In addition to nursing home supports, this coalition called for dedicated funds for home and community-based services under Medicaid that I described earlier. I have a bill to do that. The House-passed Heroes Act, in fact, does that. The Heroes Act passed 2 months ago, and here we are without a bill ready to vote on in the Senate. I sent a letter with 28 of my colleagues yesterday to urge Leader McConnell to move these policies forward. We know that over 2.5 million older adults and people with disabilities depend on these services to be able to continue living in their own homes. These 2.5 million seniors and people with disabilities are folks who are not in a nursing home or other congregate setting. They are, by definition, in their homes or in a community-based setting. They are receiving their supports and services in their homes, where they are less likely to be exposed to the virus and often are able to see their families. Just to give you one example, there is Michelle Mitchell of Allentown, PA--on the eastern side of our State, almost at the New Jersey border. Michelle is a person who benefits from the services. She has a lifelong disability--cerebral palsy--which affects the use of her arms and legs. She holds multiple degrees and is a full-time faculty member at a local college. Every single day, Michelle Mitchell has the benefit of a personal care attendant who helps Michelle get out of bed, helps her to bathe, helps her to dress, and helps her to eat. Without Medicaid home and community-based services, thousands of people with similar needs to Michelle would not be able to live at home and work and interact with neighbors and friends. Home and community-based services keep Michelle safe, they keep her healthy, and they keep her engaged. But the agencies that provide these vital services are facing barriers. A survey of home and community-basedservices providers conducted by the group ANCOR found that 68 percent of providers have had to close some of their services to people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. This same survey found that over half of the agencies had faced significant additional expenses because of pandemic expense. We know that life has changed for so many Americans and so many institutions. This is one of these agencies that do such good work. Some of the expenses they face include increased levels of overtime, purchases of personal protective equipment, and additional training for workers. Perhaps most unsettling is that the agencies that provide essential services to older adults and people with disabilities don't have sufficient funding to keep offering services for more than 1 month if payments stop. This lack of cash on hand illustrates how fragile the home and community-based services system is. Yesterday morning, administrators in Pennsylvania said that if home and community-based services were not available, thousands of additional people would need to enter nursing homes, which again, is a congregate setting, where the likelihood of contracting the virus is higher than a lot of other settings. That, of course, would put them at greater risk of contracting the virus and much greater risk of dying because of this horrible pandemic. When we talk about investing in home and community-based services, that is tied to the goal of getting not just the case number down but the death number down. The proposal by Republicans yesterday makes clear that they are not focused on this crisis. There is no investment in home and community-based services at all. The response to nursing homes is wholly insufficient. The level of funding provided in the proposal, in my judgment, is an insult to older Americans. It is an insult to people with disabilities and their families, and it is an insult to the workers who support them. Claiming that people with disabilities and seniors are supported in this legislation is just not true. On top of the lack of funding, the bill blows a hole in the protections provided by the ADA, or the Americans with Disabilities Act, for people with disabilities. To ensure that seniors and people with disabilities are kept safe and healthy during this public health crisis, we need to ensure that strong policies are in place to keep nursing homes safe, and we need to ensure that there is dedicated funding for home and community-based services. I am calling for an investment in both settings--home and community-based services--for seniors and people with disabilities, as well as investments in proven strategies that we know will help nursing homes and also get the death numbers down. To meet our responsibilities to those who are most at risk--the most vulnerable among us--the Senate should include these provisions that I have described in the next COVID-19 legislation.
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Mr. CASEY
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Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, as I said, the number of COVID-19 cases has surged in recent weeks in the Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, and throughout the State as well. Just a couple of weeks ago, Texas reported more than 10,000 new cases in a single day, and that happened 5 days in a row. It certainly was a wake-up call for many who had not had taken the most effective precautions seriously--things like social distancing, good personal hygiene, the wearing of masks if you can't socially distance, and staying home if you are sick. It is amazing what we can do as individuals to stop the spread of this virus by doing those simple things. Unfortunately, some people let their guard down and didn't follow those protocols, so we saw a huge uptick in the number of cases. Thankfully, though, I think the message has been received and understood, and we have recently seen a gradual and encouraging decline in cases. Yet, as the war against COVID-19 wages on, we can't afford to lose any additional ground whether from a public health perspective or from an economic recovery perspective. So I believe it is time for Congress to pass additional legislation to strengthen our fight. That is why my colleagues and I introduced the HEALS Act yesterday. This legislation builds on the significant progress we have made already in four bipartisan bills that have already passed the Congress and have been signed into law by President Trump that will sustain our effort to defeat this virus and recover economically. This legislation will ensure that workers who had the rug pulled out from under them earlier this year will continue to receive enhanced unemployment benefits. It will provide funding to help K-12 schools, colleges, and universities safely and effectively educate their students this fall whether that means there being a combination of online or in-person instruction It will send additional and needed assistance to our farmers, ranchers, and producers who are keeping our families fed in the midst of the pandemic, and it will give States and local governments the flexibility they have requested and that they need to use CARES Act funding where it is needed the most. In the coming days, I will talk more about how this legislation supports the workers and institutions that have been hit the hardest by this virus, but, today, I would like to focus on the ways it bolsters our fight against the virus itself. One of the most important ways we can do that is through testing. The ability to identify positive cases as early as possible is the key to stopping the spread of the virus. Yet, as we have learned, there are massive numbers of people who have the virus who don't even know it and don't experience any symptoms. In short, they don't even feel sick. What we have seen, whether it be in multigenerational households or with the people who are most vulnerable to this virus--mainly, the elderly and the people with underlying health problems--is that they cannot be properly isolated unless we can identify the people who are carrying the virus even though they themselves may not be suffering any symptoms. The first coronavirus package we passed made testing free. It removed the cost barrier that could prevent those who needed a test from receiving one. At the time, if you were asymptomatic, the CDC--Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--didn't recommend your getting a test. Some of that was because of the constraints on the numbers of tests that were available. The fact is, if you are not suffering from any symptoms, you are probably not highly motivated to go get a test because you may not even know you have the virus, and you may not know you need one. We are testing a lot more now than we were back then. Congress has provided another $26 billion to scale up testing, and we have gone from conducting an average of 145,000 tests a day nationwide in early April to more than 780,000 per day in mid-July. So that has been a dramatic improvement. What we know is there is more we need to do. The HEALS Act, which we introduced yesterday, will provide an additional $16 billion to support testing efforts. When combined with the approximately $9 billion that still exists from the previous bills, it will make another $25 billion available to strengthen our testing nationwide. This will help to improve our testing strategy and capacity and reduce the backlog that has left some Texans waiting more than 2 weeks for test results. These tests are not very useful if it takes 2 weeks to get the results. Because we ramped up the number of people who were tested, the lab companies that were analyzing the tests ended up getting backlogged. Now we have taken corrective measures in cities like Dallas to make other testing available and bring that number down, but this has been a constant challenge. It needs to be as quick and easy as possible for folks not only to get tests but to get the results, and this funding helps to make sure there will be serious strides in support of that goal. I know there are testing protocols that are being analyzed right now that may make this easier and may even make the results quicker. I know, for example, in the Texas A&M University System, Chancellor Sharp said he has contracted for 15,000 tests a month for students who will return on campus. Now, in his view, he said those students will probably be safer on campus than they will be back home, especially if they end up going to bars or other social venues and do not properly social distance or wear masks. Beyond testing, we need additional support for the healthcare providers who have been on the frontlines. In my State, I know the Governor has asked a number of hospitals in the hardest hit areas to defer elective surgeries. As I have come to learn and as the Presiding Officer, no doubt, knows, that is how hospitals pay the bills. Many of the people who show up either get charity care or the payment through Medicaid or Medicare is less than that from private health insurance, so hospitals need a mix of elective surgeries and other treatments so they will have full insurance coverage in order to balance their books overall. Congress has already provided $175 billion for a healthcare provider relief fund, which has given hospitals, clinics, and physicians the resources they need to continue treating COVID-19 patients and stay afloat financially. So far, more than 20,000 hospitals and healthcare providers in my State alone have benefited from that funding, with over $4.1 billion coming to Texas. The HEALS Act will supplement that fund with an additional $25 billion to help these providers navigate the surge in cases and maintain critical supplies like masks, gloves, and ventilators. If our hospitals don't have the personal protective equipment to protect the frontline staff, the resources to treat patients, or the funding to keep their doors open, we will be in bad, bad shape. This legislation will go a long way to making sure we don't ever reach that point. In addition to supplementing the healthcare provider relief fund, this legislation will also support some of our most critical health resources. We know our community health centers are an important part of the safety net when it comes to accessing healthcare. This bill will provide $7.6 billion to our community health centers, which usually serve people on a sliding scale based on their ability to pay. Some people have full insurance coverage; others are covered by Medicare or Medicaid; and some simply don't have the means to pay at all, but all are welcome and are treated at our community health centers. We also send $4.5 billion to mental health, suicide prevention, and substance use disorder services. We all know that the mitigation efforts we have all been engaged in by staying in our homes and not leaving for a period of time, as instructed by public health and other government officials, has exacted a very difficult toll on families, particularly on people who have had nowhere to go to escape somebody who has been abusing them in domestic violence scenarios or on people who are simply feeling a sense of isolation and a challenge to their mental health as they wonder how they are going to pay the bills and take care of their families. Maybe they have loved ones who are in nursing homes--the elderly are particularly vulnerable--whom they haven't been able to see because of the isolation efforts. And then we know people will self-medicate with alcohol or drugs. So this$4.5 billion is important to help provide the mental health, suicide prevention, and substance use disorder services that are going to be needed not only right now but in the indefinite future. We also provide an additional $15 billion to the National Institutes of Health for research and an additional $26 billion for vaccine research. We know our frontline healthcare providers have gotten much, much better and saved many more lives by coming up with treatments that actually have been effective. Some of these are common prescription drugs that are used for other purposes that have been repurposed for treatment of COVID-19 symptoms. We know that convalescent plasma, taken from people who have had the virus, who have developed immunities, when they donate blood, that plasma can actually be used to help treat patients with serious COVID-19 symptoms. And we know that there are other treatments in progress, along with the race to get a vaccine. Ultimately, we know that the vaccine is going to be important to our ability to defeat and live with this virus. But in the meantime, we know we need to learn to live with this virus in a way that protects our public health and allows us to safely reopen our economy. So the last thing I want to mention is liability protection. Why is this so important? Well, as many nonprofits or businesses think about reopening, thinking about kids going back to school safely--whether online and then transitioning to in person, or colleges and universities--we know that there are going to be a lot of lawsuits filed, second guessing why people didn't do something different, when, in fact, this pandemic has surprised all of us in so many ways. And what this does is provide a safe harbor from legal liability for those individuals who followed government guidance in good faith. It can't be the fact that you would subject a frontline healthcare worker who had no choice but to put on personal protective equipment and go to work to treat patients--it would be a cruel joke to say: Now we are going to come back and file lawsuits against you and sue you for money damages because you didn't somehow know exactly what you were dealing with. We know that frontline healthcare workers are performing a physically and mentally taxing job, made only more difficult by the fact we didn't understand exactly what we were dealing with, with this novel virus, and we are still learning more. Well, I learned, for example, about a rural hospital where test kits are in short supply. In fact, it was especially true in the early days as testing infrastructure was being stood up, and I mentioned that a moment ago. I learned about a hospital in a rural community outside Wichita Falls that only had 12 tests available. Because of limited resources, a physician made the difficult decision not to test an ER patient for COVID-19 because the patient didn't meet the criteria set out by the Centers for Disease Control. The following day, that same patient went to Wichita Falls and received a test, and several days later found out that they tested positive. Now, imagine you are that physician. You followed the CDC guidelines for testing; you tried to conserve the limited resources available in your community; but there is nothing stopping the patient from heading to the nearest lawyer's office and filing a lawsuit against you for somehow refusing them a test. All of a sudden, you are scrambling to defend yourself in a lawsuit that, quite frankly, should not have been filed in the first place. But I have spent enough time in courtrooms to know that many times lawsuits are not filed with the goal of actually prevailing on the merits; they are filed in order to gain a settlement because the cost of defending yourself can be large, indeed. And, in fact, if you are a business that has been hanging on by a thread, just the threat of that kind of litigation and the expense and energy it takes to defend that case, even though it lacks merit, could well cause you to throw in the towel or put you out of business. So we have introduced, as part of this HEALS Act, legislation that will provide that safe harbor. It will not provide blanket immunity; it will not protect against intentional or reckless misconduct; but it would establish clear guardrails like those in a number of States. As a matter of fact, 30 different States have passed similar protections for their healthcare workers. Other States have done it in other categories, but it is important, I believe, for us to provide clear authority so people know what they are dealing with. I would note, for example, that some of these same guardrails are very similar to those enacted by Executive order in the minority leader's home State of New York. I know the legislature has now sent Governor Cuomo another bill, basically, with the same framework, and he has not yet made a decision to sign that. But overall the HEALS Act will help provide the resources Texas hospitals, clinics, and healthcare providers need to sustain and win this fight, while protecting our heroic healthcare workers from a second epidemic in the courtroom. So I hope both sides of the aisle will work together, as we have in the past on COVID-19 response legislation, and make sure we can get a bill to the President's desk on a timely basis that delivers these and other necessary changes at a critical time for our country I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. CORNYN
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Senate
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Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, as I said, the number of COVID-19 cases has surged in recent weeks in the Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, and throughout the State as well. Just a couple of weeks ago, Texas reported more than 10,000 new cases in a single day, and that happened 5 days in a row. It certainly was a wake-up call for many who had not had taken the most effective precautions seriously--things like social distancing, good personal hygiene, the wearing of masks if you can't socially distance, and staying home if you are sick. It is amazing what we can do as individuals to stop the spread of this virus by doing those simple things. Unfortunately, some people let their guard down and didn't follow those protocols, so we saw a huge uptick in the number of cases. Thankfully, though, I think the message has been received and understood, and we have recently seen a gradual and encouraging decline in cases. Yet, as the war against COVID-19 wages on, we can't afford to lose any additional ground whether from a public health perspective or from an economic recovery perspective. So I believe it is time for Congress to pass additional legislation to strengthen our fight. That is why my colleagues and I introduced the HEALS Act yesterday. This legislation builds on the significant progress we have made already in four bipartisan bills that have already passed the Congress and have been signed into law by President Trump that will sustain our effort to defeat this virus and recover economically. This legislation will ensure that workers who had the rug pulled out from under them earlier this year will continue to receive enhanced unemployment benefits. It will provide funding to help K-12 schools, colleges, and universities safely and effectively educate their students this fall whether that means there being a combination of online or in-person instruction It will send additional and needed assistance to our farmers, ranchers, and producers who are keeping our families fed in the midst of the pandemic, and it will give States and local governments the flexibility they have requested and that they need to use CARES Act funding where it is needed the most. In the coming days, I will talk more about how this legislation supports the workers and institutions that have been hit the hardest by this virus, but, today, I would like to focus on the ways it bolsters our fight against the virus itself. One of the most important ways we can do that is through testing. The ability to identify positive cases as early as possible is the key to stopping the spread of the virus. Yet, as we have learned, there are massive numbers of people who have the virus who don't even know it and don't experience any symptoms. In short, they don't even feel sick. What we have seen, whether it be in multigenerational households or with the people who are most vulnerable to this virus--mainly, the elderly and the people with underlying health problems--is that they cannot be properly isolated unless we can identify the people who are carrying the virus even though they themselves may not be suffering any symptoms. The first coronavirus package we passed made testing free. It removed the cost barrier that could prevent those who needed a test from receiving one. At the time, if you were asymptomatic, the CDC--Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--didn't recommend your getting a test. Some of that was because of the constraints on the numbers of tests that were available. The fact is, if you are not suffering from any symptoms, you are probably not highly motivated to go get a test because you may not even know you have the virus, and you may not know you need one. We are testing a lot more now than we were back then. Congress has provided another $26 billion to scale up testing, and we have gone from conducting an average of 145,000 tests a day nationwide in early April to more than 780,000 per day in mid-July. So that has been a dramatic improvement. What we know is there is more we need to do. The HEALS Act, which we introduced yesterday, will provide an additional $16 billion to support testing efforts. When combined with the approximately $9 billion that still exists from the previous bills, it will make another $25 billion available to strengthen our testing nationwide. This will help to improve our testing strategy and capacity and reduce the backlog that has left some Texans waiting more than 2 weeks for test results. These tests are not very useful if it takes 2 weeks to get the results. Because we ramped up the number of people who were tested, the lab companies that were analyzing the tests ended up getting backlogged. Now we have taken corrective measures in cities like Dallas to make other testing available and bring that number down, but this has been a constant challenge. It needs to be as quick and easy as possible for folks not only to get tests but to get the results, and this funding helps to make sure there will be serious strides in support of that goal. I know there are testing protocols that are being analyzed right now that may make this easier and may even make the results quicker. I know, for example, in the Texas A&M University System, Chancellor Sharp said he has contracted for 15,000 tests a month for students who will return on campus. Now, in his view, he said those students will probably be safer on campus than they will be back home, especially if they end up going to bars or other social venues and do not properly social distance or wear masks. Beyond testing, we need additional support for the healthcare providers who have been on the frontlines. In my State, I know the Governor has asked a number of hospitals in the hardest hit areas to defer elective surgeries. As I have come to learn and as the Presiding Officer, no doubt, knows, that is how hospitals pay the bills. Many of the people who show up either get charity care or the payment through Medicaid or Medicare is less than that from private health insurance, so hospitals need a mix of elective surgeries and other treatments so they will have full insurance coverage in order to balance their books overall. Congress has already provided $175 billion for a healthcare provider relief fund, which has given hospitals, clinics, and physicians the resources they need to continue treating COVID-19 patients and stay afloat financially. So far, more than 20,000 hospitals and healthcare providers in my State alone have benefited from that funding, with over $4.1 billion coming to Texas. The HEALS Act will supplement that fund with an additional $25 billion to help these providers navigate the surge in cases and maintain critical supplies like masks, gloves, and ventilators. If our hospitals don't have the personal protective equipment to protect the frontline staff, the resources to treat patients, or the funding to keep their doors open, we will be in bad, bad shape. This legislation will go a long way to making sure we don't ever reach that point. In addition to supplementing the healthcare provider relief fund, this legislation will also support some of our most critical health resources. We know our community health centers are an important part of the safety net when it comes to accessing healthcare. This bill will provide $7.6 billion to our community health centers, which usually serve people on a sliding scale based on their ability to pay. Some people have full insurance coverage; others are covered by Medicare or Medicaid; and some simply don't have the means to pay at all, but all are welcome and are treated at our community health centers. We also send $4.5 billion to mental health, suicide prevention, and substance use disorder services. We all know that the mitigation efforts we have all been engaged in by staying in our homes and not leaving for a period of time, as instructed by public health and other government officials, has exacted a very difficult toll on families, particularly on people who have had nowhere to go to escape somebody who has been abusing them in domestic violence scenarios or on people who are simply feeling a sense of isolation and a challenge to their mental health as they wonder how they are going to pay the bills and take care of their families. Maybe they have loved ones who are in nursing homes--the elderly are particularly vulnerable--whom they haven't been able to see because of the isolation efforts. And then we know people will self-medicate with alcohol or drugs. So this$4.5 billion is important to help provide the mental health, suicide prevention, and substance use disorder services that are going to be needed not only right now but in the indefinite future. We also provide an additional $15 billion to the National Institutes of Health for research and an additional $26 billion for vaccine research. We know our frontline healthcare providers have gotten much, much better and saved many more lives by coming up with treatments that actually have been effective. Some of these are common prescription drugs that are used for other purposes that have been repurposed for treatment of COVID-19 symptoms. We know that convalescent plasma, taken from people who have had the virus, who have developed immunities, when they donate blood, that plasma can actually be used to help treat patients with serious COVID-19 symptoms. And we know that there are other treatments in progress, along with the race to get a vaccine. Ultimately, we know that the vaccine is going to be important to our ability to defeat and live with this virus. But in the meantime, we know we need to learn to live with this virus in a way that protects our public health and allows us to safely reopen our economy. So the last thing I want to mention is liability protection. Why is this so important? Well, as many nonprofits or businesses think about reopening, thinking about kids going back to school safely--whether online and then transitioning to in person, or colleges and universities--we know that there are going to be a lot of lawsuits filed, second guessing why people didn't do something different, when, in fact, this pandemic has surprised all of us in so many ways. And what this does is provide a safe harbor from legal liability for those individuals who followed government guidance in good faith. It can't be the fact that you would subject a frontline healthcare worker who had no choice but to put on personal protective equipment and go to work to treat patients--it would be a cruel joke to say: Now we are going to come back and file lawsuits against you and sue you for money damages because you didn't somehow know exactly what you were dealing with. We know that frontline healthcare workers are performing a physically and mentally taxing job, made only more difficult by the fact we didn't understand exactly what we were dealing with, with this novel virus, and we are still learning more. Well, I learned, for example, about a rural hospital where test kits are in short supply. In fact, it was especially true in the early days as testing infrastructure was being stood up, and I mentioned that a moment ago. I learned about a hospital in a rural community outside Wichita Falls that only had 12 tests available. Because of limited resources, a physician made the difficult decision not to test an ER patient for COVID-19 because the patient didn't meet the criteria set out by the Centers for Disease Control. The following day, that same patient went to Wichita Falls and received a test, and several days later found out that they tested positive. Now, imagine you are that physician. You followed the CDC guidelines for testing; you tried to conserve the limited resources available in your community; but there is nothing stopping the patient from heading to the nearest lawyer's office and filing a lawsuit against you for somehow refusing them a test. All of a sudden, you are scrambling to defend yourself in a lawsuit that, quite frankly, should not have been filed in the first place. But I have spent enough time in courtrooms to know that many times lawsuits are not filed with the goal of actually prevailing on the merits; they are filed in order to gain a settlement because the cost of defending yourself can be large, indeed. And, in fact, if you are a business that has been hanging on by a thread, just the threat of that kind of litigation and the expense and energy it takes to defend that case, even though it lacks merit, could well cause you to throw in the towel or put you out of business. So we have introduced, as part of this HEALS Act, legislation that will provide that safe harbor. It will not provide blanket immunity; it will not protect against intentional or reckless misconduct; but it would establish clear guardrails like those in a number of States. As a matter of fact, 30 different States have passed similar protections for their healthcare workers. Other States have done it in other categories, but it is important, I believe, for us to provide clear authority so people know what they are dealing with. I would note, for example, that some of these same guardrails are very similar to those enacted by Executive order in the minority leader's home State of New York. I know the legislature has now sent Governor Cuomo another bill, basically, with the same framework, and he has not yet made a decision to sign that. But overall the HEALS Act will help provide the resources Texas hospitals, clinics, and healthcare providers need to sustain and win this fight, while protecting our heroic healthcare workers from a second epidemic in the courtroom. So I hope both sides of the aisle will work together, as we have in the past on COVID-19 response legislation, and make sure we can get a bill to the President's desk on a timely basis that delivers these and other necessary changes at a critical time for our country I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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2020-01-06
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Mr. CORNYN
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Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Madam President, today I rise to honor a leader, a fighter, and a hero: Congressman John Lewis. A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to travel to Selma, AL, with Congressman Lewis to commemorate ``Bloody Sunday,'' when the then 25-year-old activist helped to lead 600 people across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. At the end of the bridge, the marchers were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas. Congressman Lewis's skull was fractured. He bore the scars until the day he died. And that weekend, 48 years later, the White police chief of Montgomery handed his police badge to Congressman Lewis and publicly apologized for the police not protecting him and the Freedom Marchers. Forty-eight years is a long time for an apology, and it only happened because Congressman Lewis never quit fighting for progress, for civil rights, for economic justice, and for voting rights for every single American. It was because of that spirit of persistence and resilience that I will always be in awe of Congressman John Lewis. He never lost his faith that this country could be better, if only we put in the work. He never gave up on justice. He never stopped marching toward freedom. John Lewis was born to sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South and dedicated his life to the civil rights movement. As one of the original 13 Freedom Riders, he took on segregation. Despite being met by angry mobs, beatings, and arrests, Congressman Lewis didn't give up. Wise beyond his years, he was the youngest speaker at the 1963 March on Washington, which he also helped to organize. His words from that day have become a rallying cry for all those seeking equality. As Congressman Lewis explained, ``To those who have said, `Be patient and wait,' we must say that we cannot be patient. We do not want our freedom gradually but we want to be free now.'' In 1964, he coordinated efforts for the ``Mississippi Freedom Summer,'' recruiting college students from around the country, including Minnesota, to join the movement to register Black voters across the South. And still, he was far from done. In 1986, Congressman Lewis became the second African-American to be elected to Congress from Georgia since Reconstruction, propelled by the same Black voters he had helped to empower and mobilize. Once in Congress, John Lewis never stopped fighting, for voting rights, for basic human rights like healthcare, and for a more just and equal America. There are so many reasons that we will miss him dearly, his unwavering persistence being just one. But now, it is up to us. To honor his life and carry on his legacy, we must not quit. So let's pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and let's all try and get in some good trouble
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The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5157. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Ethalfluralin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10008-20-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5158. A communication from the Management Analyst, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Land Uses; Special Uses; Procedures for Operating Plans and Agreements for Powerline Facility Maintenance and Vegetation Management Within and Abutting the Linear Boundary of a Special Use Authorization for a Powerline Facility'' (RIN0596-AD36) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5159. A communication from the Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Mid- Session Review of the Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2021''; to the Committees on Appropriations; and the Budget. EC-5160. A communication from the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the mobilizations of selected reserve units, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 7, 2020; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5161. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of three (3) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of rear admiral (lower half) in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777, this will not cause the Department to exceed the number of frocked officers authorized; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5162. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report relative to the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that was originally declared in Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5163. A communication from the Director of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule - Assessments, Mitigating the Deposit Insurance Assessment Effect of Participation in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the PPP Liquidity Facility, and the Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility'' (RIN3064-AF53) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5164. A communication from the Director of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Matrix: Flood Act Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Calculation'' (RIN3064- AE71) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5165. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Fiscal Year 2019 Superfund Five-Year Review Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5166. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Lime Manufacturing Plants Residual Risk and Technology Review'' (FRL No. 10009-60-OAR) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5167. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing Residual Risk and Technology Review'' (FRL No. 10008-48-OAR) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5168. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Sulfur Emissions From Stationary Boilers'' (FRL No. 10012-77-Region 7) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5169. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Maintenance Plan and Redesignation Request for the Ajo PM10 Planning Area; Arizona'' (FRL No. 10012-54-Region 9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5170. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; Infrastructure State Implementation Plan Requirements for the 2015 Ozone Standard'' (FRL No. 10012-75-Region 1) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5171. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Revisions to NOX SIP Call and CAIR Rules'' (FRL No. 10012-07-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5172. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Illinois; Plan Elements for the Chicago Nonattainment Area for the 2008 Ozone Standard'' (FRL No. 10011-75-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5173. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``New Mexico: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference'' (FRL No. 10011-49-Region 6) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5174. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Attainment Plan for the Southwest Indiana Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 10012-09-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5175. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants Electronic Reporting Revisions'' (FRL No. 10011-53-OAR) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5176. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Ocean Dumping: Modification of an Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site Offshore of Mobile, Alabama'' (FRL No. 10012-27-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5177. A communication from the Director of the Peace Corps, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Early Termination of Peace Corps Volunteers: Fiscal Year 2019''; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5178. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Petition for an Administrative Stay of Action: Electrical Stimulation Devices for Self-Injurious or Aggressive Behavior'' (Docket No. FDA-2016-N-1111) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 23, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5179. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Exemptions From Premarket Notification: Class II Devices'' (Docket No. FDA-2019-N-2686) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 23, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5180. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Part 4022) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5181. A communication from the Deputy Director of the Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines'' (RIN1219-AB84) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5182. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine: Importation of Human Remains'' (RIN0920- AA72) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 17, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5183. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-07, Introduction'' (FAC 2020-07) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5184. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-07, Small Entity Compliance Guide'' (FAC 2020- 07) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5185. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-07, Technical Amendments'' (FAC 2020-07) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5186. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2015-002, Requirements for DD Form 254, Contract Security Classification Specification'' (RIN9000-AN40) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5187. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2018-004, Increased Micro-Purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds'' (RIN9000-AN65) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5188. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2017-010, Evaluation Factors for Multiple-Award Contracts'' (RIN9000- AN54) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5189. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2018-005, Modifications to Cost or Pricing Data Requirements'' (RIN9000-AN69) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5190. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2018-022, Orders Issued via Fax or Electronic Commerce'' (RIN9000-AN80) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5191. A communication from the Rules Administrator, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Video Visiting and Telephone Calls under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act'' (RIN1120- AB77) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 24, 2020; to the Committee on the Judiciary EC-5192. A communication from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Home Visits in Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers During COVID-19 National Emergency'' (RIN2900-AQ96) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-5193. A communication from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``VA Acquisition Regulation: Acquisition of Commercial Items and Simplified Acquisition Procedures'' (RIN2900-AP58) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 21, 2020; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-5194. A communication from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance - Definition of Member's Stillborn Child for Purposes of Coverage'' (RIN2900-AQ49) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 13, 2020; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-5195. A communication from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to actions taken during the COVID-19 outbreak to ensure continued service to Veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-5196. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Great Lakes Pilotage Rates - 2020 Annual Review and Revisions to Methodology'' ((RIN1625-AC56) (Docket No. USCG-2019-0736)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5197. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Upper Potomac River, National Harbor, Maryland'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2020-0143)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5198. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Pier 45 Fire Emergency Response and Marine Debris, San Francisco'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2020-0283)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5199. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Chartier Fireworks, St. Clair River, Michigan'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2020-0375)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5200. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Security Zone; HMS Medway, St. Johns River, Jacksonville, Florida'' ((RIN1625-AC56) (Docket No. USCG-2019-0736)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5201. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Highway 99 Partial Bridge Replacement, Stanislaus River, Ripon, California'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2019- 0890)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5202. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; San Juan Harbor, San Juan, Puerto Rico'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2019-0460)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5203. A communication from the Acting Chief of Regulations and Administrative law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Person in Charge of Fuel Transfers'' ((RIN1625-AC50) (Docket No. USCG-2018-0493)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5204. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Upper Potomac River, National Harbor, Maryland'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2020-0143)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5205. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone, Object Removal; Delaware River and Bay, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2020-0344)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5206. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Security Zone; Potomac River, Montgomery County, Maryland'' ((RIN1625- AA87) (Docket No. USCG-2017-0448)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5207. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Anchorage Grounds; Lower Chesapeake Bay, Cape Charles, Virginia'' ((RIN1625-AA01) (Docket No. USCG-2015-1118)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5208. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Anchorage Grounds; Lower Mississippi River below Baton Rouge, Louisiana, including South and Southwest Passes; New Orleans, Louisiana'' ((RIN1625-AA01) (Docket No. USCG-2014-0991)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5209. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Anchorage Grounds; Lower Chesapeake Bay, Cape Charles, Virginia'' ((RIN1625-AA01) (Docket No. USCG-2015-1118)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 8, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5210. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, Department of Transportation, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5211. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Inspector General, Department of Transportation, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 7, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5212. A communication from the Acting Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Standard for Hand-Held Infant Carriers'' (16 CFR Part 1225) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5213. A communication from the Program Analyst, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Leased Commercial Access; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative'' ((MB Docket No. 07-42, and 17-105) (FCC 20-95)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5214. A communication from the Chairman of the Office of Proceedings, Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Policy Statement on Factors Considered in Assessing Civil Monetary Penalties on Small Entities'' (Docket No. EP 764) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. King, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Smith, Mr. Coons, and Mrs. Murray) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 662 Whereas the week of April 6, 2020, is National Public Health Week; Whereas the theme for National Public Health Week in 2020 is ``NPHW @ 25: Looking Back, Moving Forward.''; Whereas the goal of National Public Health Week in 2020 is to recognize the contributions of public health in-- (1) improving the health of the people of the United States; and (2) achieving health equity; Whereas, as of the date of introduction of this resolution, the United States and the global community are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, which requires support for-- (1) a robust public health workforce; (2) State, territorial, local, and Tribal health departments, health care workers, public health laboratories, and first responders; (3) diagnostic testing of new and potential COVID-19 cases and activities related to epidemiology and public health data; (4) complying with appropriate social distancing and quarantine recommendations; (5) relieving financial burdens for individuals in the United States hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, including public health emergency leave; (6) State Medicaid programs and community health centers to ensure care for vulnerable populations; (7) collaboration between the Federal Government, State and local governments, schools, businesses, and employers to support public health measures to decrease community spread of COVID-19; and (8) investment in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which support infectious disease outbreak preparedness and critical public health infrastructure for State and local health departments and public health laboratories; Whereas, in 2018, the life expectancy for the population of the United States slightly increased for the first time in 4 years; Whereas many of the leading causes of death for individuals in the United States result from chronic conditions, which are among the most common, costly, and preventable of all health challenges; Whereas there are significant differences in the health status of individuals living in the most healthy States and those living in the least healthy States, including differences in obesity rates, the prevalence of chronic disease, and the prevalence of infectious disease; Whereas racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States continue to experience disparities in the burden of illness and death, as compared with the entire population of the United States; Whereas violence is a leading cause of premature death, and it is estimated that more than 7 individuals per hour die a violent death in the United States; Whereas deaths from homicides cost the economy of the United States billions of dollars, and the violence of homicides can cause social and emotional distress, community trauma, injury, disability, depression, anxiety, and post- traumatic stress disorder; Whereas emergency department visits for suicidal thoughts or self-harm increased 25.5 percent between January 2017 and December 2018, with substantial increases occurring in younger age groups; Whereas an estimated 1 in 7 children in the United States experiences child abuse and neglect, which imposes an annual lifetime economic burden of approximately $428,000,000,000 on the population of the United States; Whereas, despite significant progress in reducing the infant mortality rate in the United States to a historic low of 5.8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2017, the infant mortality rate in the United States greatly varies among States; Whereas women die from pregnancy-related complications in the United States at a higher rate than in many other developed countries, and an estimated 60 percent of maternal deaths in the United States are preventable; Whereas, although overall drug overdose deaths in the United States decreased 4.1 percent between 2017 and 2018, drug overdose deaths attributed to synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, increased by 10 percent during the same time period; Whereas cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, accounting for more than 480,000 deaths every year, including more than 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke; Whereas the percentage of adults in the United States who smoke cigarettes has decreased from 20.9 percent of the population in 2005 to 13.7 percent of the population in 2018; Whereas, according to data from the National Youth Tobacco Survey, between 2017 and 2019, e-cigarette use-- (1) more than doubled among high school students, rising from 11.7 percent to 27.5 percent; and (2) tripled among middle school students, rising from 3.3 percent to 10.5 percent; Whereas, in 2016, fine particulate air pollution led to more than 64,000 premature deaths in the United States, and Black and Hispanic minorities were disproportionately impacted; Whereas public health organizations use National Public Health Week to educate public policymakers and public health professionals on issues that are important to improving the health of the people of the United States; Whereas studies show that small strategic investments in disease prevention can result in significant savings in health care costs; Whereas vaccination is one of the most significant public health achievements in history and has resulted in substantial decreases in-- (1) the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths associated with vaccine-preventable diseases; and (2) health care costs associated with vaccine-preventable diseases; Whereas each 10 percent increase in local public health spending contributes to a-- (1) 6.9 percent decrease in infant deaths; (2) 3.2 percent decrease in deaths related to cardiovascular disease; (3) 1.4 percent decrease in deaths due to diabetes; and (4) 1.1 percent decrease in cancer-related deaths; Whereas public health professionals help communities prevent, prepare for, mitigate, and recover from the impact of a full range of health threats, including-- (1) disease outbreaks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) natural disasters, such as wildfires, flooding, and severe storms; and (3) others disasters, including disasters caused by human activity and public health emergencies; Whereas public health professionals collaborate with partners outside of the health sector, including city planners, transportation officials, education officials, and private sector businesses, recognizing that other sectors can influence health outcomes; Whereas, in communities across the United States, individuals are changing the way they care for their health by avoiding tobacco use, eating healthier, increasing physical activity, and preventing unintentional injuries at home and in the workplace; and Whereas efforts to adequately support public health and the prevention of disease and injury can continue to transform a health system focused on treating illness into a health system focused on preventing disease and injury and promoting wellness: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) supports the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week; (2) recognizes the efforts of public health professionals, the Federal Government, States, Tribes, municipalities, local communities, and individuals in preventing disease and injury; (3) recognizes the role of public health in-- (A) preventing and responding to infectious disease outbreaks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic; (B) mitigating short-term and long-term impacts of infectious disease outbreaks on the health and wellness of individuals in the United States; (C) addressing social and other determinants of health, including health disparities experienced by minority populations; and (D) improving the overall health of individuals and communities in the United States; (4) encourages increased efforts and resources to-- (A) improve the health of individuals in the United States; and (B) make the United States, in 1 generation, the healthiest nation in the world by-- (i) providing greater opportunities to improve community health and prevent disease and injury; and (ii) strengthening the public health system in the United States; and (5) encourages the people of the United States to learn about the role of the public health system in improving health across the United States.
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