Congressional Record, June 8, 2022: floor action on H.R. 7334 (COVID-19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022)
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The Congressional Record for Wednesday, June 8, 2022 (Vol. 168, No. 98) prints that day's House and Senate proceedings. House business included the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids Act, and a series of motions to suspend the rules and pass bills. One was H.R. 7334, the COVID–19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022, a bill to extend the statute of limitations for fraud by borrowers under certain COVID–19 economic injury disaster loans. On that recorded vote (Roll No. 247) there were yeas 416, nays 3, not voting 8. The Senate pages include debate on the Honoring our PACT Act of 2021.
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117 th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
United States
of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
Vol. 168 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2022 No. 98
House of Representatives
The House met at 10 a.m. and was letter that was published in The Dallas Pennsylvania (Mr. JOYCE) for 5 min-
called to order by the Speaker pro tem- Morning News that I would like the utes.
pore (Ms. MATSUI). share. I would like to read some ex- Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Madam
f cerpts from the letter. It is styled: ‘‘An Speaker, this past week, I joined a
Open Letter Supporting Senator JOHN group of 12 of my colleagues to visit
DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO CORNYN and Gun Safety Measures.’’ our southern border and to see first-
TEMPORE It reads in part: hand the crisis that President Biden’s
The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- We, the undersigned, are conservatives, open border policies have created.
fore the House the following commu- mostly from Texas and our friends from What we saw were massive gaps in
other States, outdoor and gun enthusiasts. our border wall that allow for the car-
nication from the Speaker:
We vote for Republican Senators. We believe tels to traffic money, drugs, and
WASHINGTON, DC, in the Second Amendment. human beings across our southern bor-
June 8, 2022.
I hereby appoint the Honorable DORIS O. It goes on to read: der. The Border Patrol agents whom we
MATSUI to act as Speaker pro tempore on We are especially encouraged that Senator spoke with told us that in the Rio
this day. CORNYN is focusing on two vital ways to im- Grande sector that they are encoun-
NANCY PELOSI, prove gun safety: red flag law and expanding tering nearly 10,000 migrants each
Speaker of the House of Representatives. background checks. month.
We are also hopeful that the momentum In the past year Border Patrol agents
f building for those two changes may also spur have apprehended people from 174 na-
MORNING-HOUR DEBATE consideration of raising the age to purchase tions attempting to cross our border.
a gun to 21, which we believe is another im-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- portant step in curbing gun violence.
And even more troubling, they have en-
ant to the order of the House of Janu- countered 42 individuals on the ter-
They close with: rorist watch list.
ary 10, 2022, the Chair will now recog- There are many of us across these great
nize Members from lists submitted by According to Border Patrol data,
United States. We are organizing. Please join over 1,200 pounds of fentanyl were
the majority and minority leaders for us.
morning-hour debate. seized in the month of April alone, and
I thank them, the conservatives, gun at a time when we have just seen over
The Chair will alternate recognition enthusiasts, and those who support
between the parties, with time equally 100,000 Americans killed by drug
Senators. I want to thank them for this overdoses, this spike in fentanyl traf-
allocated between the parties and each open letter because this issue of gun vi-
Member other than the majority and ficking has made each and every State
olence is one that we have to have a a border State.
minority leaders and the minority collective response to. The politicians It is time to address this crisis. It is
whip limited to 5 minutes, but in no alone will not solve this problem. time to finish our border wall—a wall
event shall debate continue beyond I respect my colleagues and the polit- that President Biden has refused to
11:50 a.m. ical order. I happen to be one of them. complete while $350 million of unused
f But I know that there has to be some border wall rust away underneath the
input from the influentials of the Texas sun.
AND STILL I RISE: THOSE WHO
world, the chambers of commerce and In his budget for this year, Joe Biden
TOLERATE GUN VIOLENCE PER-
the businesses communities. doesn’t even mention the crisis on the
PETUATE IT
So I encourage the business commu- border. Instead of giving our Border
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The nities to do as these businesspersons Patrol agents the tools that they need,
Chair recognizes the gentleman from have done: Take a stand, a public President Biden has proposed to cut
Texas (Mr. GREEN) for 5 minutes. stand. Take a stand for justice. Take a $800 million from the Department of
Mr. GREEN of Texas. Madam Speak- stand for these children. Take a stand Homeland Security budget. If Presi-
er, and still I rise. I rise today with a against mass murders. Please take a dent Biden were to visit the border, he
message of grave concern, especially stand. Those who tolerate this perpet- would see this crisis firsthand. But, in-
for those who have suffered in Uvalde, uate it. stead, he has chosen to hide from the
Texas, with reference to the slaughter f problem and continue to allow deadly
that took place there, the mass mur- drugs to flow into our communities and
ders. THE CRISIS AT THE BORDER kill our citizens.
But I do have something that gives The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The American people can’t afford to
me some degree of hope. I have an open Chair recognizes the gentleman from wait any longer. It is time for the
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President to order the completion of Signed—The Mecklenburg Board of County But the greater miracle of Ella Scar-
the border wall and finally—finally— Commissioners: borough was that after she counted her
keep all Americans safe. Chairman—George Dunlap, District 3. many blessings, she extended those
Vice Chair—Elaine Powell, District 1.
f Pat Cotham, At-Large.
blessings to others, both as a member
Leigh Altman, At-large. of her faith home, Friendship Mis-
REMEMBERING THE HONORABLE
Wilhelmenia I. Rembert, Temporary At- sionary Baptist Church, and then as an
ELLA SCARBOROUGH
Large. elected official and public servant.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Vilma D. Leake, District 2. Blessings are not just ours to have
Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Mark Jerrell, District 4. but to give.
North Carolina (Ms. ADAMS) for 5 min- Laura Meier, District 5. That was the lesson that I hope we
utes. Susan Rodriguez-McDowell, District 6. can all learn from Councilwoman,
Ms. ADAMS. Madam Speaker, I rise Ms. ADAMS. Madam Speaker, Ella’s Commissioner, and Chairwoman Ella
today to remember my friend who was loss is immeasurable in part because Scarborough as we honor and remem-
a champion for the people of Charlotte, she was a veteran of the civil rights ber her today.
Mecklenburg County, and North Caro- movement going all the way back to f
lina; a trailblazer for Black women, es- her youth in South Carolina. The con-
sciousness and her conscience of that GETTING GUN CRIMINALS OFF
pecially those in public service; and a
movement was seen in her work as a THE STREETS
sincere, authentic, and humble servant
of God who always looked out for ‘‘the pillar of our community who fought for The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
least of these’’: the Honorable Ella our vulnerable and marginalized. Chair recognizes the gentleman from
Butler Scarborough. She worked for equality and equity California (Mr. MCCLINTOCK) for 5 min-
I include in the RECORD, Madam not only for Black Americans but for utes.
Speaker, a remembrance from her col- every community. She worked for the Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Madam Speaker,
leagues on the Mecklenburg County homeless and unhoused; she worked for the mass shootings across our country
Commission that reads in part: ‘‘Com- youth literacy and public education. cry out for solutions that work. The
missioner Scarborough’s passion was Even as her health failed, she never good news is we know what works, and
limitless, and her loss is immeas- stopped fighting. we also know what doesn’t work.
urable.’’ Like many HBCU graduates from her We have been passing gun control
generation, she made history. She was laws for more than 50 years. The num-
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ber of American households with fire-
the first African-American woman
STATEMENT FROM THE MECKLENBURG BOARD OF
elected to the Charlotte City Council arms has dropped significantly in those
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS—ELLA SCAR- years.
BOROUGH, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD and the first to serve as the chair of
the Mecklenburg County Commission. So let me ask: Are things getting
The Mecklenburg Board of County Com- better or worse?
missioners was saddened to learn of the pass- Her leadership opened doors and in-
We know this from decades of experi-
ing of Commissioner Ella Butler Scar- spired others. She encouraged other
ence: Gun control laws are extremely
borough. Black women to run and serve.
effective at disarming law-abiding citi-
Commissioner Scarborough was more than But Ella was the kind of person who
a colleague or public figure. Throughout her zens. They are completely ineffective
was more concerned about the work
life, Commissioner Scarborough was a pillar at disarming criminals, madmen, and
she did than the history she made. She
in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community terrorists. They create a world where
was a true child of the civil rights gen-
who made an immense impact, especially on law-abiding citizens are defenseless and
the lives of our most vulnerable and
eration. She was the great-grandniece
the gunman is king.
marginalized citizens. of the legendary Mary McLeod Be- The day after the Uvalde massacre, a
Commissioner Scarborough was elected to thune. Her entire family was involved criminal with an AR–15-style rifle shot
the Mecklenburg Board of County Commis- in the movement. into a crowd that was gathered for a
sioners in 2014, and went on to serve as Chair When she was 17, she put her body graduation party in Charleston, West
from 2016 to 2018, making her the first Afri- and her life on the line to integrate a
can American woman to be elected to that Virginia. A woman with a concealed
segregated movie theater in her com- weapon shot him dead on the spot. No-
position. munity. Five years later, as a student
Prior to serving on the Board of County body else was hurt. Had that occurred
Commissioners, Commissioner Scarborough
at South Carolina State, she did the on a school property or other so-called
made history as the first African American same at a bowling alley in Orangeburg. gun-free zone, the death toll could eas-
woman to be elected to the Charlotte City This time the activists were not so ily have been counted by the dozens.
Council, serving from 1987 to 1997 (district lucky. South Carolina Highway Patrol The left scoffs at the notion that
and at-large). She was also a statewide can- officers fired into the crowd of stu- only a good guy with a gun can stop a
didate for U.S. Senate in 1998 and ran for dents—Ella’s friends—killing 3 and in-
Charlotte mayor in 1999 and 2001. In 2008, bad guy with a gun.
juring 10 times as many. Ella was spir- Well, do they know of any other way?
Commissioner Scarborough served as a ited away out of danger by a member of
North Carolina delegate at the Democratic There is none.
National Convention. In the 1960s, during her
the football team. The only question is how long it will
youth in South Carolina, she became known It is a blessing that Ella was spared take for that good guy with a gun to
for her activity in the civil rights movement. that day to continue her fight. Even show up. It has often been said that the
A fierce advocate for youth literacy, solu- when she was jailed in the fight to end police can be there in minutes when
tions to homelessness and equality, Commis- Jim Crow, she never stopped fighting, seconds count. And what we found time
sioner Scarborough’s tireless efforts and and she never forgot her blessings. and again is that even when the police
dedication to the community at-large was However, overcoming adversity and get there, they don’t always act.
exemplary and instrumental in eliminating integrating segregated spaces was Those who are directly threatened by
inequities that created challenges for many
in our community.
something she had done since the day a gunman are those who are in the best
Commissioner Scarborough was a member she was born. position to stop such an attack because
of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. As Charlotte’s Hannah Hasan wrote: they are there on the spot and their
She was the devoted mother to two children She has been fighting since birth. She was lives depend on it. And yet the left
and widow of Levern ‘‘Pete’’ Scarborough. born premature; 3 pounds. At that time won’t let them.
She graduated from South Carolina State Black babies weren’t guaranteed an incu- We think nothing of seeing an armed
University with a degree in library science bator, so her little body had to fight just to guard at a bank or a shopping mall.
education and earned a master’s degree from exist. They are there to protect our money
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the University of Charleston in West Vir- Indeed, when her father convinced and our merchandise by killing bad
ginia in organizational leadership.
the hospital to admit baby Ella to the guys with guns. Yet the left goes ber-
Commissioner Scarborough’s passion was
limitless. and her loss is immeasurable. Our ICU in Sumter, she became the first serk when anyone suggests that we do
prayers go out to her family, friends and the Black baby in that space. Perhaps that the same thing to protect our children.
entire Mecklenburg County community that miracle was why she was never afraid. What makes the left believe gun laws
is a better place today due to her dedication. It was a miracle. will be any more effective at keeping
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June 8, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5339
guns out of the hands of criminals than famed 100th Infantry Battalion of Ha- legacy alive. They have all been crit-
our drug laws have been at keeping waii, or the One Puka Puka. ical in recognizing the sacrifices of our
drugs out of the hands of addicts? This year, the fabled 100th celebrates Japanese Americans to defend a coun-
The difference is that drug laws don’t its 80th anniversary. The battalion was try that questioned their loyalty.
disarm law-abiding citizens from de- composed of 1,400 Americans of Japa- On the walls of the National Japa-
fending themselves, their children, and nese ancestry whose loyalty was ques- nese American Memorial, not far from
their fellow citizens. Gun laws do. tioned by our government following our U.S. Capitol, the late Senator
The President tells us that hardening the attacks on Pearl Harbor and much Spark Matsunaga’s words still ring
our schools isn’t the answer. Well, if he worse. Although much of the U.S. pub- true today: ‘‘We believed a threat to
actually meant that, he ought to dis- lic looked upon them with disdain and this Nation’s democracy was a threat
miss the Secret Service and open the skepticism, these soldiers simply per- to the American Dream and to all free
front door of the White House and be severed. Their story is one of patriot- peoples of the world.’’
sure to declare it a gun-free zone. ism, tenacity, and courage. Today, we renew our debt of grati-
Of course, hardening vulnerable Following the attacks on Pearl Har- tude to the Japanese Americans of the
venues like schools works. There is a bor, and when anti-Japanese hysteria One Puka Puka. May they live forever
reason why 98 percent of mass shoot- was at its peak, these young men in our hearts and minds.
ings occur in so-called gun-free zones: raised their hands and demanded the f
There is nobody there to shoot back, right to defend America.
With the support of U.S. military of- RECOGNIZING LINDSAY HOLCOMB,
and the criminals know that. The Buf-
ficers and others in Hawaii and else- JR., ON HIS 88TH BIRTHDAY
falo shooter noted precisely that in his
manifesto. where, the Federal Government even- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
The good news is we know what tually created an all-nisei, or second- Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from
works. Prosecuting gun criminals and generation Japanese-American Army North Carolina (Ms. FOXX) for 5 min-
putting them in prison until they are unit, the 100th Infantry Battalion. utes.
old and gray works. Yet woke district Just before their deployment in Au- Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I rise to
attorneys across the country refuse to gust of 1943, the men of the One Puka recognize and wish a happy 88th birth-
do so. Executing murderers works. Yet Puka selected the motto ‘‘Remember day to an exemplary North Carolinian,
the left has largely succeeded in all but Pearl Harbor’’ to reflect their anger at Lindsay Holcomb, Jr., of Winston-
abolishing the death penalty. the attack on their country. Salem, North Carolina. It has been my
Although the cloud of racism and un- honor and pleasure to know Lindsay
b 1015 derlying uncertainty hovered over for nearly 30 years, and I understand
And protecting the right of respon- these brave Americans, their perform- what a remarkable man he truly is.
sible citizens to return fire works. It ance was nothing less than exemplary. After graduating from Duke Univer-
stops an estimated half million to 2 In September 1943, the 100th arrived in sity in under 4 years, he went on to
million crimes in this country every North Africa, but soon transferred to serve in both the United States Army
year. central Italy, where it faced heavy and National Guard. Later, he became
The father of modern policing, Sir combat. It eventually became known president of Pine State Knitwear, a
Robert Peale, often observed that the as the Purple Heart Battalion because prominent textile manufacturer in
police are simply an extension of com- of its high casualty rate. Mount Airy, North Carolina.
munity; that, in reality, the commu- One of its members and casualties Additionally, he served on the Board
nity is the police and the police are the was Captain Spark Matsunaga, who of Trustees for Northern Surry Hos-
community. Every citizen, he said, has suffered grievous injuries in a mine pital for three decades, and was chair-
a right and duty to defend themselves field. He later became a Member of this man four of those years.
and to uphold the law. The police are hallowed House and, after that, a That is an impressive resume. But
there, not to replace private citizens, United States Senator, inspiring gen- there is more, much more to his story.
but to support them. erations, including me, who was privi- He served in pivotal leadership roles
So let me ask, is the surest path out leged to serve 3 years on his staff. His within the community as well and
of this violent chapter of our history own story is just one of countless we showed his generosity in many ways.
the quixotic quest to get 400 million can and should remember. He and his late brother, Smith, fund-
guns off the streets, or is it to get the In August, 1944, and after a year of ed a care wing at Arbor Acres, an inde-
criminals who use them off the streets? combat, the battalion integrated with pendent living community in Winston-
That is what we once did, before social the Japanese Americans of the 442nd Salem, in honor of their mother who
justice replaced criminal justice. Regimental Combat Team. They then suffered from dementia. They also do-
We prosecuted gun criminals to the continued to fight through Italy and nated the waiting room in the Perry
fullest measure of the law. We executed France. The men of the 100th spent 20 Clinic at Arbor Acres.
murderers. We identified the dan- months in Europe and fought in six He is the kind of person who would
gerously mentally ill and confined campaigns across Italy and France. give the shirt off his back to help
them so we could treat them. These They received six Distinguished Serv- someone in need, and his service to
measures worked until the left seized ice Crosses and earned three Presi- others speaks volumes about his char-
control of our cities and reversed them. dential Unit Citations. Along with the acter.
I think it is long past time to take 442nd, the 100th Infantry Battalion is God bless you, Lindsay, and happy
those streets back, get the criminals recognized as the most decorated 88th birthday. Here is to many more.
and dangerously mentally ill off of American unit in our history for its RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF WILLIAM
them, and protect our children with size and length of service. MORGAN, JR.
the same resolve and force as we use to The lineage and honors of the 100th Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I rise to
protect our money. and 442nd live on today and are pre- recognize William Morgan, Jr., of
f served by the 100th Battalion, 442d In- Statesville, North Carolina. For the
fantry, U.S. Army Reserve. Today, the last 81⁄2 years, he has served as a city
HONORING THE 100TH INFANTRY unit is staffed with reservists from Ha- council member and mayor pro tem of
BATTALION OF HAWAII waii, American Samoa, Guam, and Statesville. In these two roles, he has
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Saipan. These men and women carry on excelled tremendously.
Chair recognizes the gentleman from the legacy of the soldiers that endured I have had the pleasure of knowing
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Hawaii (Mr. CASE) for 5 minutes. so much before them 80 years ago. William for many years, and there is
Mr. CASE. Madam Speaker, I rise We all owe a debt of gratitude to no question about how dedicated he is
today with my colleagues to recognize groups like the Nisei Veterans Legacy to serving others.
and honor the selfless service of the and the Military Intelligence Service William, your tireless advocacy ef-
Japanese Americans who served our Education Society of Hawaii, and oth- forts, and record of accomplishments
country in World War II with the ers, for keeping the 100th Battalion’s for the city of Statesville and its many
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citizens has not gone unnoticed. Thank Over 50 percent of gun violence is at- b 1030
you for your service to our great State, tributable to people who use handguns RECOGNIZING STEVE MEINHAUSEN
and may God bless you and Tina as you to commit suicide. The remainder of
enter this new chapter of your life. those deaths and injuries are largely The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
IT IS TIME TO RE-EDUCATE WASHINGTON homicide and murder, such as wide- Chair recognizes the gentleman from
Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, Wash- spread street crime. Then there are Texas (Mr. CLOUD) for 5 minutes.
mass killings, which have been on an Mr. CLOUD. Madam Speaker, today,
ington needs to be re-educated on the
uptick in recent years. I rise to recognize an extraordinary
meaning of ‘‘shall not be infringed.’’
The Second Amendment insulates On May 24, in Texas, an 18-year old friend and great servant of the Texas
the American people from the Federal boy acted as a lone gunman in the sec- 27th Congressional District, Steve
Government exerting undue influence ond deadliest school shooting on Meinhausen.
over them; otherwise known as in- record. Armed with a semiautomatic Steve came to Texas in 2004 with his
fringement. rifle and 375 rounds of ammunition, he wife, Carrie, and four children: Mat-
When the Federal Government acts entered Robb Elementary School, thew, Makenna, Kacey, and Ellie.
in haste, the room for error is dras- opened fire, and laid waste to 19 chil- Steve and his family brought selfless
tically compounded; as is the case with dren and two teachers. The pervasive- hearts and an entrepreneurial spirit to
the Democrat gun control bills that are ness and regularity of such occurrences our part of south Texas.
before this very body. in the United States has reached epi- Steve opened many businesses during
Let me be very clear: The horrific demic levels. his time, the most famous being Stevie
tragedies that occurred in Uvalde and In 2020, 45,222 Americans died of gun- Lew’s BBQ. In 2017, when Hurricane
Buffalo are truly heartbreaking. I con- related injuries, more than any other Harvey hit Rockport, among his many
tinue to pray for our society and for year on record. That is a 14 percent in- generous community endeavors, Steve
the families of the men, women, and crease since 2019; a 25 percent increase graciously opened his restaurant to
children who were senselessly mur- since 2015; and a 43 percent increase feed over 12,000 meals to volunteers and
dered. since 2010. In this year alone, almost others in need.
Before proposals are put on the table, 19,000 people have already lost their Steve has built for his family a leg-
however, this problem must be diag- lives; a number, evidenced by the acy of generosity, a sincere love of
nosed in its entirety. events of the past couple of weeks, are God, and a strong work ethic. I thank
The Supreme Court has recognized only on the rise. Steve for all he has done for the many
This weekend alone, over a dozen people he has blessed in the Rockport-
the right of individual citizens to keep
mass shootings took place: Buffalo, Fulton area. He is truly a servant of
and bear arms under the Second
Texas, Philadelphia, South Carolina, God and an exemplary citizen.
Amendment.
Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma, so It is my honor to recognize Steve for
Further, the Court specifically recog-
many more. These mass killings are his outstanding service and dedication
nizes that the inherent right to self-de-
just the tip of the iceberg with respect to family, to community, and to our
fense is protected by the Second
to gun violence carnage in America. Nation.
Amendment as well. Firearms are the leading cause of
A study conducted in 2013 estimated f
death for children and teens in this Na-
that firearms are used in defense from tion. How many more children will be ENDING GUN VIOLENCE
half a million to 3 million times annu- sacrificed before action is taken? How
ally. Americans exercise their Second The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
many more schools will we allow to be- Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from
Amendment rights when protecting come battlefields and burial grounds
their family and property. It was not Minnesota (Ms. OMAR) for 5 minutes.
for the sake of the cloak that many are Ms. OMAR. Madam Speaker, it has
written so that one could go hunting. using the Constitution for.
As former Senator Tom Coburn once been 23 years since Columbine. It has
The time for action is now. We know been 15 years since Virginia Tech, 10
said, ‘‘It was to create a force to bal- that our gun violence epidemic can be
ance a tyrannical force here.’’ years since Sandy Hook, 4 years since
substantially curtailed with thought-
The Federal Government should not Parkland. We have offered prayer and
ful, reasonable commonsense gun legis-
be in the business of issuing edicts that thoughts for years with no real action.
lation. This includes raising the age, as
threaten the Second Amendment rights It has been 15 days since the school
we have done for so many things, for
of Americans. It is a right that cannot shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19
automatic purchases to 21, and devel-
be infringed. children were massacred. One of the
oping and implementing more com-
f students, a 10-year-old girl, survived
prehensive background checks to pre-
because she covered herself in the
GUN CONTROL vent situations like the Buffalo shoot-
blood of her dead classmate.
ing and the Uvalde massacre.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The We need to strengthen gun laws for We have trained kids to hide under
Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from gun trafficking, which is devastating their tables. We have trained teachers
the Virgin Islands (Ms. PLASKETT) for 5 our country. Areas with strong gun to barricade their doors. We have
minutes. laws cannot curtail the influx of illegal trained schools to lock down their
Ms. PLASKETT. Madam Speaker, I guns trafficked in from States with few campuses. Now, are we going to train
have shared before that my father was restrictions. Places like New York City kids to cover themselves with their
for many decades a New York City po- and Chicago cannot curtail the illegal friend’s blood in order to survive?
lice officer. He had to carry a firearm weapons coming from other places. When are we going to understand the
to protect himself and others, but was With higher unemployment rates, common denominator here is not just
acutely aware of individuals on the places like my home, the Virgin Is- criminals but making it easy for crimi-
street, often with guns illegally, who lands, has the second highest rate of nals to access deadly weapons?
could harm him and those he was guns smuggled across its borders and a Australia, New Zealand, the United
tasked to protect. homicide rate nine times higher than Kingdom, and Canada all dealt with
I do not oppose the right of American the 50 States. mass shootings, but there was a na-
citizens to own guns, or intend to rob As well as better establishing and tional outcry, and they put in place re-
any constitutional rights. But, we all regulating gun storage to prevent mi- strictions to stop mass carnage from
know that money, hatred, and power nors from acquiring deadly weapons, it happening again.
have used the Constitution to cover is necessary for Members on both sides We don’t have mental health issues
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themselves from showing the real in- of this debate to come together to pro- more than any other country. What we
tent that they have, the love of greed, tect the lives of our citizens. do have here are politicians who lack
desire for power, ignorance, racism, ha- Throw off the cloak that you are the moral courage to stand up to the
tred. That is what many are using that using, calling our Constitution to NRA. We have a society that is not
constitutional protection to cover hover and hide what you are really pro- willing to stand up to protect its citi-
themselves from. tecting: money, power, hatred. zens, especially its most vulnerable,
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which is our beautiful children. We HONORING THE LEGACY OF CAROL As we all know by now, on May 24, 21
have to be better than that. MARTINEAU BALDWIN children and teachers were senselessly
We also must remember, Madam The SPEAKER pro tempore. The murdered in Uvalde, Texas. Just 10
Speaker, it is not just mass shootings. Chair recognizes the gentleman from days earlier, 10 Black people were
It is white supremacists in Buffalo who New York (Mr. KATKO) for 5 minutes. killed in a racially motivated hate
massacre elders. It is gangs who car- Mr. KATKO. Madam Speaker, I rise crime.
today to honor the life of Carol For decades, the epidemic of gun vio-
nage our neighborhoods, who allow for
Martineau Baldwin, who passed away lence has gripped this country, depriv-
a 3-year-old in my district to get
on May 26, 2022, at the age of 92. ing Americans of their neighbors, sib-
mowed down by gunfire.
Carol was a beloved member of the lings, children, and friends. On average,
The problem is guns. The problem is central New York community and a de- over 38,000 people die from gun violence
our colleagues on the other side of the voted philanthropist. every year in this country, including,
aisle. We have to have the courage to A Syracuse native, Carol met her on average, over 1,600 children. That is
stand up to them and to stand up for husband, Alexander Baldwin, while at- roughly an average of five kids every
our country. tending Syracuse University. They day.
PROTECTING INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS were married in 1954 and had six chil- Think about that: Five children
dren. being murdered, committing suicide, or
Ms. OMAR. Madam Speaker, Roe v. The family lived in Long Island, being killed by the unintentional dis-
Wade is fundamentally about privacy. where Alexander taught at Massapequa charge of a weapon every day in Amer-
Fifty, 60, 70 years ago, in order for High School until his death from lung ica.
women to access abortion care, they cancer in 1983. Carol moved back to I do not pretend that this bill will
had to go to back-alley clinics and use Syracuse and, in 1990, was diagnosed save every one of those children or stop
wire hangers. with breast cancer. She nearly lost her racially motivated murder in our Na-
In 1973, it was decided that women battle with breast cancer but overcame tion, but the idea that we simply stand
have a right to make their own deci- it following a double mastectomy. back and do nothing and expect this
sions about their bodies. We have to be Following this experience, she dedi- problem to resolve itself is nonsense.
a country that refuses to go back. We cated her life to helping others fight It offends the tens of thousands of
have to be a country that refuses to breast cancer. In 1996, she founded the gun violence victims every year, their
have women in my generation and the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Re- families, and communities that are
generation before enjoy more freedoms search Fund on the campus of SUNY ravaged by unending tragedy. We can
than my daughter’s generation and the Stony Brook. Five years later, in con- and we must take steps, meaningful
next. junction with SUNY Upstate Medical steps, to reduce gun violence.
University, the Carol M. Baldwin Fund This bill will restrict the sale of as-
Republicans will say they are the sault-style weapons to those over the
of Central New York was established in
party of freedom and liberty, but they age of 21 years old. It will close long-
Syracuse.
are the party that doesn’t believe in To date, the Baldwin fund has pro- standing and dangerous loopholes in
liberty and freedom for women. Demo- vided more than 60 grants to support Federal law, require that firearms sold
crats are the party that is protecting research programs and has spurred in the United States be traceable, and
your freedom and expanding liberty, nearly $24 million in additional grant help prevent gun trafficking, among
which is why we introduced and passed funding. The fund supports numerous other steps. These are measured, com-
the Women’s Health Protection Act be- programs, including studies of contrib- monsense, and widely supported meas-
cause codifying Roe v. Wade into law is uting factors to breast cancer, edu- ures that would help reduce gun vio-
essentially about protecting the free- cation of medical professionals and the lence in our country.
doms for individuals to make their own general public, and studies of the out- As an American, as a Congress-
private decisions about their comes of detection and treatment on woman, and as a mother of two chil-
healthcare. patients and families. dren, I implore the Members of the
If you stand for freedom, if you stand Outside of her philanthropic work, House and the Senate to pass this bill.
for liberty, join us and reject an ex- Carol has been a prominent fixture in I am pleading with this Congress to set
tremist, fascist, misogynistic, back- our community, and many in her fam- aside partisanship, dogma, and reflex-
ward party that wants to take us back ily are dear friends to my wife, Robin, ive bickering. Now is the time to come
to the stone age where men dictated and me. together and act in unison to end the
what women do with their bodies. Help For the last two decades, breast can- violence in our schools and on our
us exist in a country where our values cer patients in central New York and streets.
of uplifting and advancing the rights of throughout the country have benefited f
individuals still stand. from the steadfast commitment of
RECOGNIZING KOREAN WAR
Carol Baldwin.
RAMPANT FOOD INSECURITY VETERANS
Carol is survived by her six children,
Ms. OMAR. Madam Speaker, one in 25 grandchildren, and 14 great-grand- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
six children in the United States children. While she will be dearly Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from
doesn’t have enough food to eat. It is missed in our community, central New New York (Ms. MALLIOTAKIS) for 5 min-
unconscionable that we allow 16 per- Yorkers will continue to honor her leg- utes.
cent of our children here in this coun- acy. Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Madam Speaker,
try to go hungry. Madam Speaker, I ask that my col- I rise today to recognize veterans of
leagues in the House join me in hon- the Korean war as this month marks
Right now, MITCH MCCONNELL and the 72nd anniversary of the war’s be-
Republicans are blocking funding to oring the life and legacy of Carol
Martineau Baldwin. May she rest in ginning.
continue the school waivers that allow Sadly, the Korean war is too often re-
for children to continue to eat in peace.
f ferred to as the forgotten war. I am
schools. Our inability to get these here today to recognize the 5.7 million
waivers and feed millions of children PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE American men and women who served
who are food insecure is inexcusable. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The in that war, along with seven Korean
Globally, there are 276 million people Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from war veterans our community lost in
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facing food insecurity around the Florida (Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK) the past year: Albert A. Fowler, Ralph
world, with countries in the Horn of for 5 minutes. M. Lanza, Thomas H. O’Rourke, Nich-
Africa teetering on the edge of famine. Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK. olas J. Matranga, Walter H. Zipf, Rob-
We have an opportunity to get people Madam Speaker, I rise today in support ert Klose, and Hermando J. Folla.
on board and rally around those who of H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids These veterans put their lives on the
are in need and starving. Act. line to defend our Nation and to fight
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communism, and we are forever grate- Schools earlier in the day. He was one health and public safety over political
ful for their service. of the very first people on the scene concerns.
This past weekend, I joined the Cor- helping to provide first aid to the Anything that we pass here in the
poral Allan Kivlehan Chapter of the young people that we lost. We talked House will need support in the Senate
Korean War Veterans Association and about the trauma and retrauma that to become law, so we want more of our
local members of the Korean-American sets in in communities where gun vio- Republican colleagues to join with us.
community to honor them. lence happens again and again. We want more brave individuals to
I may have a different angle on this cross the aisle and say: I am going to
b 1045
issue than most. Guns and firearms are do something about the thing that is
Last year, I also honored the life and part of our culture in the State of now the number one killer of young
legacy of Private First Class Raymond Michigan. I grew up with guns. I re- people in America. It is gun violence. It
Andrew Smith as his remains returned member very distinctly getting a four- is not car accidents. It is not drug
to Brooklyn 71 years after he was re- wheeler along with my brother when I overdoses, and it is not cancer. It is
ported missing in action. was 11, and my dad installing the gun gun violence.
While the return of Raymond’s re- racks when I was 12 so that my brother To my friends who are considering
mains is something to be celebrated, and I could go out shooting during the how to vote on some of the provisions
our Nation must not forget that more day. today, I encourage you to make a
than 81,600 Americans remain missing I am a CIA officer who was trained on choice. Do you care about dealing with
from World War II, the Korean war, the a Glock and an M4 semiautomatic for the leading cause of death of young
Vietnam war, the Cold War, the Gulf my three tours in Iraq alongside the people or not? I urge you to join us.
war, and other conflicts. military. My husband is a career Army f
On Monday, the anniversary of D- officer and carried a weapon every day WE NEED RELIEF
day, I was honored to receive a POW/ he was deployed. It is just something
MIA Chair of Honor from our local The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
that is normal among the 99 percent of
Rolling Thunder chapter to display in Chair recognizes the gentleman from
responsible gun owners in the State of
my office as a permanent tribute to the Michigan (Mr. WALBERG) for 5 minutes.
Michigan. Mr. WALBERG. Madam Speaker,
brave men and women who honorably It is because of that background that
served our Nation overseas, but sadly when President Biden took office, the
I fundamentally reject this idea that
never made it home. price of a gallon of gas stood at $2.39 a
either you care about gun ownership,
I urge my colleagues to consider gallon. Today, the national average is
or you care about school safety. That
doing the same because we all must do more than double, clocking in at $4.96
is a fundamentally false choice. per gallon.
more as a grateful Nation to raise at- In Michigan, as I said, we have re- Since the beginning of the travel sea-
tention to this issue and diligently sponsible gun owners everywhere. son, gas prices have reached a new
work to return all prisoners of war and Since the shooting, I have heard from record high every single day. The situ-
soldiers missing in action back to our more of them in the past 2 weeks than ation in my home State of Michigan is
homeland. I have in the previous 4 years; active even more dire and unaffordable. In the
f hunters and sportsmen who are strong- past week, gas prices spiked more in
ly in favor of things like commonsense Michigan, the motor capital of the
PRIORITIZING THE SAFETY OF
background checks so that mentally ill world, than any other State. Our State
OUR CHILDREN
people don’t get their hands on weap- average has skyrocketed up to $5.21.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ons, and certainly things like safe stor- In Jackson, in my district, gas prices
Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from age of weapons so that a child can’t get rose 20 cents overnight last week. In
Michigan (Ms. SLOTKIN) for 5 minutes. ahold of a parent’s weapon and use it Lenawee County, my home county,
Ms. SLOTKIN. Madam Speaker, I rise to kill their peers. they rose at an even quicker rate to
today almost exactly 6 months after I have a bill that is going in this $5.29, when I drove to the airport yes-
the shooting at Oxford High School in package today in the House. Safe Guns, terday morning. Michigan families are
Oxford, Michigan, in my district. I rep- Safe Kids Act is the name of it. It is struggling to pay these historic prices
resent Michigan’s Eighth District, part of protecting our kids in a serious, at the pump.
which includes Ingham County, Living- commonsense way. All it says is that if Robert from Tecumseh, Michigan,
ston County, and north Oakland Coun- you are an adult and you have a fire- told me that he along with many other
ty. Over the past couple of weeks, I arm in the house, and you also have seniors on a fixed income are simply
have been in meetings with survivors children, you have to take reasonable unable to use their cars because of the
and local officials. There are few issues steps to secure that weapon, and if the price of gas.
that link our urban areas to our subur- child gets ahold of that weapon and Another constituent wrote to me
ban areas to our rural areas more than uses it to commit a crime, like mass that someone drilled a hole in their
gun violence. murder, you can be criminally liable truck’s gas tank and stole their gas.
I also represent the east side of Lan- for that crime. This is the environment that Presi-
sing, Michigan, where, just in the past The bill doesn’t impact your decision dent Biden’s antienergy policies have
week, we have had gun violence be- to buy a gun. Instead, it asks that you created. Since day one, the Biden ad-
tween three young people. And I also act responsibly when you have it. This ministration has been hostile to Amer-
represent Oxford, where 6 months ago is not controversial. It is not partisan. ican energy. They canceled the Key-
we had the school shooting, the most It is basic common sense and what stone XL pipeline. They halted oil and
recent school shooting before Uvalde, most people do anyway, just like my gas leases on Federal lands. They reck-
Texas. dad. Personal responsibility is at the lessly depleted our strategic reserves,
I happened to be scheduled to speak heart of what it means to be an Amer- which is now at its lowest level since
at the Oxford Virtual Academy gradua- ican, and gun owners have a critical 1987. They have done everything pos-
tion, in-person graduation, the day role to play in making sure we can pro- sible to discourage investment in do-
after the Uvalde shooting. I spent the tect our communities. mestic production.
day in Oxford, as I have been doing While the provisions that the House At the same time, the administration
about every month, and you could hear will approve today are commonsense continues to beg Saudi Arabia and
the pain that people felt in being re- measures, I have no illusion on how other foreign countries to boost their
traumatized by watching what was partisan this is going to be. I know how oil supply. It simply makes no sense.
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going on in Uvalde. much the gun lobby has sway with my In Congress, just one side—House Re-
The students who I was speaking to peers, and I know that straight-up, publicans—has been proposing solu-
were a group of students who chose to selfish interest in being reelected is tions. We should pass the American En-
join school virtually, many of them in guiding my colleagues in this Chamber. ergy Independence from Russia Act to
the aftermath of the shooting. I had But I encourage my friends on both unleash our domestic production capa-
been with the Superintendent of Oxford sides of the aisle to prioritize public bility.
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We should pass the Strategic Produc- for groceries one afternoon. These are in 2023, I rise today to deliver the tenth
tion Response Act to transition supply things we can do, and we should do. installment of my farm bill impact se-
concerns from stopgap measures to per- As chair of the Congressional Crime ries where I am highlighting various
manent production solutions. Survivors and Justice Caucus, I am ad- aspects of the farm bill that deserve
And we should pass the PIPES Act, vocating for resources for survivors of this Congress’ awareness and support.
which I introduced, to prevent a sitting gun violence to cope with their trau- Rural Development programs exist
President from unilaterally attacking ma, whether it be in Sacramento or within the farm bill because the people
existing domestic energy infrastruc- Fresno or anywhere else around this of rural America, many of whom work
ture. country. to feed, fuel, and clothe us all, must re-
Let’s not forget: America was energy I support the Second Amendment for main connected to their families, local
independent just 2 short years ago. responsible gun ownership. Let that be communities, and the world to do their
There is a path to regaining that inde- clear. But America deserves better, and jobs.
pendence and bringing down prices at I call on all House Members to join me Communities are made up of fami-
the pump if President Biden will re- in this effort. Let’s put partisanship lies, and families in rural areas need
verse course and flip the switch on aside and take action to address the well-built affordable housing in order
American energy. gun epidemic once and for all. to thrive. USDA Rural Development’s
My constituents cannot afford $5-plus Madam Speaker, how much time do I Single Family Housing Programs en-
per gallon of gas. They need relief. We have remaining? able families and individuals to buy,
need relief. America needs relief, and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- build, or repair affordable homes lo-
fast. tleman has 2 minutes remaining. cated in rural America. Through these
f CELEBRATING DIA DE PORTUGAL programs, qualifying individuals can fi-
Mr. COSTA. Madam Speaker, I rise nance a new home with no money down
ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE or get financial assistance to repair
today also to celebrate Dia de Por-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The their wells, hookups to rural water,
tugal, which is a significant holiday for
Chair recognizes the gentleman from septic, plumbing, heating, air-condi-
Portuguese people all over the world.
California (Mr. COSTA) for 5 minutes. tioning, and electrical systems, insula-
My grandparents came to the United
Mr. COSTA. Madam Speaker, gun vi- tion, and storm shelters or safe rooms.
States from the Azore Islands in the
olence, as we know, is plaguing our Na- USDA Rural Development is also
late 19th century and the turn of the
tion. In 2022, this year, there have al- committed to helping improve the
20th century, 1897 to 1904. Illiterate,
ready been 200 mass shootings in the economy and quality of life in rural
non-English speaking, like immigrants
United States. Think about that. It is America, and every strong community
past and immigrants present, coming
absolutely horrific. needs strong local businesses. The
to America to have a better life for
We ask ourselves, when is enough Business and Industry Loan Guarantee
themselves. But they never, ever left
enough? program improves the economic health
their pride of their home country, Por-
Our constituents across the country of rural communities by increasing ac-
tugal, or their sense of culture, which
ask us, how many more innocent peo- cess to business capital through loan
lives in me today.
ple must die before any reasonable, guarantees, as well as enabling com-
Portugal is one of America’s longest
commonsense gun reform legislation mercial lenders to provide affordable
and strongest allies, as it was the first
can pass and add more protection for financing to rural businesses.
to recognize the United States as an
the American public? In Healy, Kansas, the Sharp Brothers
Let’s pass the Protecting Our Kids independent Nation after the Revolu-
Seed Company has sold native grass
Act, which raises the purchasing age tionary War.
seeds since 1958. They needed addi-
for semiautomatic weapons from 18 to I am proud to be an original cospon-
tional working capital to build up their
21, a commonsense idea. Let’s also deal sor of the AMIGOS Act, introduced by
inventory for a Conservation Reserve
with the subject of ghost gun purchases our colleague and Congressman DAVID
Program enrollment, so they used the
and background checks. Again, com- CICILLINE. It would create more Amer-
USDA Rural Development Business and
monsense ideas, and cracks down on ican jobs and increase investment in
Industry program to secure a $5 million
gun trafficking and straw purchases. the United States by strengthening our
guaranteed loan for additional working
If the combination of the Protecting bonds with Portugal. As the co-chair of
capital. This program helped make
Our Kids Act is something that you the Portuguese Caucus, I think it is
their operation stronger than ever be-
might find objectionable in some in- important that we continue to build on
fore, which is good for rural Kansas.
stance, we have individual pieces of this relationship and the trade that al- Finally, strengthening rural
legislation, resources for victims of ready exists today. broadband will help ensure that rural
gun violence, bipartisan background I urge the Senate to pass this bipar- Americans, agricultural producers in-
checks, assault weapons ban, legisla- tisan legislation and, again, we will cluded, can keep pace with an increas-
tion that would also go further to pro- continue to work with other colleagues ingly tech-driven society and inter-
vide protection in condemning the hor- of ours who are part of our Portuguese- national marketplace. I believe that
rific shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, and American Caucus to continue to advo- taxpayer dollars must be spent judi-
dealing with hate, bigotry, and vio- cate for mutual interests, not only for ciously on existing broadband pro-
lence against Asian-American and Pa- Portugal but for the United States and grams, and the goals set by the USDA
cific-Islander communities. the Portuguese-American community. and the FCC must be realistic.
We also have legislation that would ‘‘Happy Portugal Day.’’ ‘‘Feliz Dia de Last summer, the House Agriculture
designate June 4th National Gun Vio- Portugal.’’ Committee advanced the Broadband
lence Awareness Day. There is legisla- Let us celebrate and let us remember Internet Connections for Rural Amer-
tion that deals with disarming of hate, that America is a stronger country be- ica Act out of committee, which au-
and to try to provide extreme risk pro- cause of our welcoming of immigrants thorizes $43 billion toward critical in-
tection for Federal firearms sales to in- past and present, and this is a part of frastructure in rural communities. I
clude those who are subject to extreme that recognition. also joined several of my House Repub-
risk protection that we know red-flag f lican colleagues and introduced legisla-
legislation would help protect us b 1100 tion that would leverage the ReCon-
against. nect program with some of the 2018
So, there are a lot of things we can FARM BILL IMPACT SERIES rural broadband investments in rural
NUMBER 10: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
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do. Will we totally eliminate the areas with little or no internet access.
threats to the public? Of course not. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The ReConnect program is an exam-
But there are commonsense ideas we Chair recognizes the gentleman from ple of a successful public-private part-
can do to improve and increase safety Kansas (Mr. MANN) for 5 minutes. nership. Its matching grants help cover
for our schools, for our churches, and Mr. MANN. Madam Speaker, in prep- the cost of cable, implementation, and
for people who are just going to shop aration for reauthorizing the farm bill installment for broadband in rural
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communities. I support whatever di- rorists, and criminals from obtaining gether. What I will say is, this mental
rectly benefits the resilient people of weapons? Why don’t you work with us health crisis goes beyond those that
rural America, because they are the to pass commonsense legislation that, are looking to cause harm to them-
lifeblood of this country. That is why I in many cases, over 90 percent of the selves and others.
support the Rural Development pro- public supports? Madam Speaker, I would argue every-
grams within the farm bill, and why I So many gun owners that I have one in that community needs to sit
am bringing awareness to them now to talked to all across north Texas, people down with a mental health provider;
ensure that these programs remain that are on the opposite end of the po- my staff, included. Our team essen-
strong in the 2023 farm bill. litical spectrum to me, tell me that tially had turned into a mini FEMA of-
I will be back to the floor soon to de- they support this commonsense gun fice where we were answering all kinds
liver another installment of my farm safety legislation. of different claims every day and hav-
bill impact series and highlight more You continue to show inaction to the ing to hear these horrendous stories
programs and titles within the bill that American public. It is unacceptable. and having to hear the issues that our
I believe Congress must understand and We have got to do better. We have an community was dealing with.
support to ensure that agriculture and opportunity to get something done this So this crisis is very deep and it is
rural America thrives in this country. time around, and it is about time. The very sad. It is an issue that this body
CONGRATULATING DALE MOORE ON HIS American public is sick of seeing noth- needs to address. It needs to start early
RETIREMENT ing occur every time one of these mas- on, not wait until when an incident oc-
Mr. MANN. Madam Speaker, I rise sacres takes place in our country. curs. We have to start very early on.
today to recognize a great Kansan, Madam Speaker, I urge our Repub- This shooter, this gunman, was a trou-
Dale Moore, and to congratulate him lican colleagues to work with us on bled young man for a very long time. It
on his retirement from a career of dedi- passing legislation that is long overdue was no surprise to a lot of people what
cated service to farmers, ranchers, and and that the public is asking for. We occurred. If we could have got ahead of
agricultural producers. can’t continue to watch this happen the issue instead of waiting until the
Dale grew up on a livestock, hay, and and do nothing. We need to take ac- problem happened, I think that is crit-
grain farm in Copeland, Kansas, which tion. ical.
lies in my district, the Big First of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- Another thing a lot of people don’t
Kansas. He went to Fort Hays State bers are reminded to address their re- realize, the day of the shooting, there
University, worked for Kansas Pork marks to the Chair. was actually a young lady that had sui-
Producers Council, the National f cide ideations, and two of the local law
Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and Sen- enforcement officers had taken her to
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN OUR
ator Pat Roberts. San Antonio. This was hours before the
NATION
In 2001, President Bush appointed shooting.
Dale to serve as chief of staff at USDA, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The What does that mean? That means
after which he served as legislative di- Chair recognizes the gentleman from the community of Uvalde has a very
rector for the House Agriculture Com- Texas (Mr. TONY GONZALES) for 5 min- deep mental health issue that is pop-
mittee. Most recently, Dale has been utes. ping up every single day. And Uvalde
serving as executive vice president at Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas. isn’t unique. It isn’t just this one small
the American Farm Bureau Federation Madam Speaker, I rise today to raise town and this one incident. We have
where his presence will be deeply awareness for the severe mental health seen it happen all over the country.
missed. crisis in our country. Madam Speaker, I urge this body to
Dale has tirelessly advocated for ag- Two weeks ago, there was a terrible come together. I urge Congress to come
riculture for more than 40 years, and incident that occurred in Uvalde, together and use this terrible incident
he never forgot his southwest Kansas Texas; 19 innocent children were mur- to unite us in finding real, tangible so-
roots or the values he learned there: dered and two of their teachers along- lutions. Part of those solutions is iden-
hard work, others before self, and per- side them. Uvalde is in my district, tifying mental health resources which
sonal responsibility. Texas’ 23rd District. we can provide directly to the commu-
I am grateful for Dale’s leadership Over a year ago, after I got elected, I nities of need.
and service, and I offer him, his wife, visited Uvalde and I sat down with the f
Faith, and their entire family my best county judge, who is a Democrat, and
the mayor, who is a Republican, and BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE
wishes as they begin this new adven-
ture. the local sheriff. I sat down with them, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Congratulations, Dale. and I said, If I could do one thing, what Chair recognizes the gentleman from
f would that be, gentlemen? And they Tennessee (Mr. ROSE) for 5 minutes.
go: Tony, we need a mental health hos- Mr. ROSE. Madam Speaker, in late
COMMONSENSE GUN SAFETY pital. April and early May when parents and
REFORM They identified this crisis over a year Republicans in Congress began to
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ago. Last year, we appropriated over $2 sound the alarm about the unaccept-
Chair recognizes the gentleman from million toward that hospital. It is a able scarcity of baby formula, I
Texas (Mr. VEASEY) for 5 minutes. $25-million project, and I am working thought to myself, Well, this is just an-
Mr. VEASEY. Madam Speaker, I pose on the remaining $23 million to get other example of the compounding ef-
a few questions to my friends and col- that over the finish line. This is some- fect of the bad policies of the Biden ad-
leagues on the other side of the aisle. thing that that community asked for. ministration.
You certainly cannot be okay with There is so much division here in But at the time, the facts had not
criminals continuously being able to Congress. There is so much hate and come to light that the crisis is yet an-
access guns. rhetoric that gets spewed. I think men- other direct result of the mismanage-
You can’t be okay with terrorists tal health is an area that can bring us ment and misguided Biden Presidency;
being able to buy guns. together, that can unite us as we go a President focused on a woke, progres-
You can’t be okay with sociopaths forward, not only as we reflect on what sive agenda, while the basic functions
continuing to buy guns. happened in Uvalde, but across the of government are neglected or mis-
You certainly can’t be okay with country. managed.
what has happened in Uvalde; before COVID did something to this coun- The most critical fact that has come
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that, Buffalo; what just happened in try. We are coming out of that, and I to light is that Abbott Nutrition’s
Tulsa, Sandy Hook, Parkland. think part of the mental health crisis Sturgis plant supplied about one-fifth,
So if you are not okay with that, why that is going on in our country has to 20 percent, of all infant formula in the
the inaction? Why do you continue to be addressed. It is heartbreaking to see United States before it closed. Further-
prevent commonsense gun safety legis- what happened, to be there as the more, the company makes the majority
lation that would stop sociopaths, ter- Uvalde community heals and comes to- of the formula for infants in the
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Women, Infants, and Children program. avoid it. There is no doubt in my mind Ennis has encompassed many of our
That is more than 43 percent of babies that the February formula recall fol- Texan values, including community
in the United States. It is lowed by the Sturgis plant closure is and family, and has shown Texas pride
unfathomable that a facility this crit- the primary factor that turned an al- for the past 150 years. I am proud and
ical to the lives of our Nation’s ready increasing problem into a crisis. honored to represent the people of
newborns can somehow slip through There should have been more ur- Ennis in the Sixth Congressional Dis-
the cracks. gency. It should have been clear to the trict of Texas. I look forward to what
As of this past weekend, I am glad to Biden administration in February that the next 150 years brings to the great
see that the Sturgis plant is making we were going to have a problem. city of Ennis.
formula again, but it could take a cou- Maybe it was and they just didn’t want f
ple of months for supply to hit store to tell the President, or maybe he was
shelves. Currently, the Nation’s cur- busy that day. Who knows. I am sure RECESS
rent out-of-stock rate is 74 percent. In we will find out when Republicans take The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
Tennessee, it is 92 percent. This is in- back the majority and conduct proper ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair
deed a worst-case scenario for parents oversight of this administration. declares the House in recess until noon
and their vulnerable infant children. Put simply, the FDA and President today.
How did we get here? Let’s go Biden fumbled the ball for months, and Accordingly (at 11 o’clock and 17
through the timeline. families across this country are paying minutes a.m.), the House stood in re-
In September of 2019, inspectors the price. We cannot afford for this ad- cess.
found a handful of sanitary issues with ministration to take its eye off the ball f
the plant in Sturgis but allowed man- again. The President must do better.
agers to continue operating while they b 1200
f
implemented necessary changes. AFTER RECESS
Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, the b 1115
FDA conducted its first routine inspec- The recess having expired, the House
CELEBRATING THE SESQUI- was called to order by the Speaker at
tion of the Abbott Sturgis plant in 2 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
years in September of 2021. They found noon.
ENNIS, TEXAS
that the issues uncovered in the 2019 f
surveillance inspection had been re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Chair recognizes the gentleman from PRAYER
solved. At about the same time, in Sep-
tember 2021, the FDA receives the first Texas (Mr. ELLZEY) for 5 minutes. The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret
complaint that a child was hospitalized Mr. ELLZEY. Madam Speaker, I rise Grun Kibben, offered the following
with Cronobacter. Meanwhile, the Na- today to celebrate the sesquicentennial prayer:
tion’s out-of-stock rate for infant for- celebration of the city of Ennis, Texas, God of peace and author of our salva-
mula rose to 11 percent in November of founded on June 8, 1872. tion, we pause in prayer to You for the
2021, when Dr. Robert Califf was nomi- When the railroad was expanded from ongoing conflict overwhelming the
nated to serve as commissioner of the Houston to St. Louis in 1872, many of country of Ukraine and terrorizing its
FDA. the workers found solace and commu- people. After over 100 days of fighting,
December 1, the FDA received a sec- nity in what we know today as Ennis. O Lord, the people cry to You for deliv-
ond complaint related to the death of a The railroad workers were drawn to erance.
child. The Centers for Disease Control the area’s bluebonnets and cotton We pray to You on their behalf as
determined that Cronobacter could fields. The appreciation for the natural their voices grow weak with exhaus-
have been a contributing factor. beauty that surrounds this Texas town tion, their hope dim with each passing
In January of this year, the FDA re- still runs deep in the community. hour of unrelenting adversity.
ceives their third complaint of a child Through the years, Ennis has grown God, You are their refuge and their
hospitalized with Cronobacter, while at as an agricultural and industrial com- strength. Do not delay Your salvation
the same time The New York Times re- munity, attracting residents and visi- from them. You are their ever-present
ports that baby formula shortages are, tors, which has earned it the title of help in time of trouble. Do not deny
‘‘worsening throughout the United the ‘‘Official Bluebonnet City’’ of our them the strength of Your abiding spir-
States.’’ State. it.
On January 31, the FDA begins a de- Ennis is known for more than just its Though the Earth gives way to the
layed follow-up inspection of the Ab- bluebonnets. It is also the hosting city aggression of their foe, give them rea-
bott Sturgis plant. Thirteen days later, of the National Polka Festival. The son not to fear. Though the seas are en-
the nationwide out-of-stock rate of in- National Polka Festival began in 1967 snared with the adversary’s worst in-
fant formula rises to 26 percent. Two and attracts as many as 50,000 people to tentions, send Your spirit to brood over
days later, on February 15, Dr. Robert the town. these waters and disrupt their chaotic
Califf is confirmed by the U.S. Senate Ennis is also home to the Texas plans and bring the order of Your
as the new commissioner of the FDA. Motorplex, where national records have peace.
Two days after that, on the commis- been set and speed milestones have May Ukraine bear witness to Your
sioner’s second day on the job, Abbott been broken. My family and I have promises. God, You are within her, she
announces a voluntary recall and hold been able to witness some truly re- will not fall. God, You will help her at
of certain powdered infant formulas markable races there. break of day. Lord Almighty, You are
produced at the Sturgis plant. The It is places like these that make with them. You are their fortress.
same day, the FDA receives a fourth Texas proud. The events and venues of We pray with Ukraine by the power
Cronobacter complaint. Ennis, Texas proudly promote Texas of Your sovereign name.
Why does this timeline matter? Be- values by providing a family atmos- Amen.
cause President Biden said he wasn’t phere and cultivating community out- f
made aware of the issues with the reach.
stock of baby formula until late April. Strolling along the historic district THE JOURNAL
Now just imagine, on your second of Ennis, one can experience plentiful The SPEAKER. Pursuant to section
day on the job, a fire breaks out in restaurants and shopping options. 11(a) of House Resolution 188, the Jour-
your office, and you don’t call the When entering any store, you are kind- nal of the last day’s proceedings is ap-
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President to let him know? I don’t un- ly greeted. Families and neighbors wel- proved.
derstand. I truly don’t. come each other with open arms. The f
Again, this plant produces one-fifth hospitality of Ennis is seen through
of the Nation’s supply of baby formula. these interactions, and it becomes evi- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The crisis was foreseeable and extraor- dent why the citizens of Ennis take so The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman
dinary steps should have been taken to much pride in their town. from Minnesota (Mr. PHILLIPS) come
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forward and lead the House in the Whereas, in 1967, Norman Y. Mineta be- consultation with the Majority Leader,
Pledge of Allegiance. came the first person of color to serve on the announces the appointment of the fol-
Mr. PHILLIPS led the Pledge of Alle- San Jose City Council and, in 1971, was elect- lowing individuals to serve as members
ed as the 59th Mayor of San Jose, becoming
giance as follows: of the Library of Congress Trust Fund
the first Asian American to serve as mayor
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the of a major city in the United States; Board for a five year term:
United States of America, and to the Repub- Whereas Norman Y. Mineta was elected to Chris Long of New York.
lic for which it stands, one nation under God, the United States House of Representatives Kathleen Casey of Virginia.
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. in 1974, where he served as president of the The message also announced that
f freshman class and went on to spend more pursuant to Public Law 115–123, the
than 20 years, during which time he never Chair, on behalf of the Republican
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER forgot a name; Leader, appoints the following indi-
The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- Whereas Norman Y. Mineta was a cham-
vidual as a member of the Commission
tain up to 15 requests for 1-minute pion of civil rights and cosponsored the Civil
Liberties Act of 1988 (50 U.S.C. 4211 et seq.), on Social Impact Partnerships:
speeches on each side of the aisle. Ryan T.E. Martin of Virginia.
which—
f (1) was signed into law by President Ron- The message also announced that
GUN REFORM ald W. Reagan; and pursuant to Public Law 115–123, the
(2) expressed a formal apology to the thou- Chair, on behalf of the Majority Lead-
(Mr. PHILLIPS asked and was given sands of individuals of Japanese ancestry in
er, reappoints the following individual
permission to address the House for 1 the United States who were forced into in-
ternment camps during World War II and of- as a member of the Commission on So-
minute and to revise and extend his re-
fered $20,000 payments to each individual; cial Impact Partnerships:
marks.)
Whereas Norman Y. Mineta distinguished Carol B. Kellermann of New York.
Mr. PHILLIPS. Madam Speaker, Jim
himself as an expert on transportation issues
Ramstad represented Minnesota’s f
and an advocate for mass transit, serving as
Third District in Congress as a prin- Chairman of the Committee on Transpor-
cipled Republican from 1991 to 2009. tation and Infrastructure of the House of CONGRATULATING MASTER
His widow, Kathryn, a remarkable Representatives; SERGEANT SILVERINE JAMES
woman in her own right, wrote me last Whereas Norman Y. Mineta entered the
week and asked that I share her mes- private sector after leaving Congress, but (Mr. CLINE asked and was given per-
sage with the country: ‘‘Jim voted for continued to serve the United States as mission to address the House for 1
the 1994 crime bill and its gun control Chairman of the National Civil Aviation Re- minute and to revise and extend his re-
view Commission; marks.)
measures. He was one of only six Re-
Whereas Norman Y. Mineta was nominated Mr. CLINE. Madam Speaker, I rise
publicans to cast what was clearly a by President William J. Clinton in 2000 to be
difficult vote, but he felt so strongly the United States Secretary of Commerce;
today to congratulate retired Army
about the compelling need to act and Whereas Norman Y. Mineta was nominated Master Sergeant Silverine James on
believed it was consistent with his bi- by President George W. Bush in 2001 to serve the naming of the Salem VA Medical
partisan, pragmatic, and commonsense as the United States Secretary of Transpor- Center’s Women’s Health Clinic in her
approach to fighting crime. tation; honor.
‘‘After so many mass shootings, I Whereas, while serving as Secretary of Allowed to enlist by her mother,
Transportation on September 11, 2001, Nor- James joined the Army in 1949 and,
cannot understand why Congress does
man Y. Mineta secured the airspace of the after leaving in 1951, she eventually re-
not at the very least,’’ she wrote, ‘‘ban United States by ordering all civilian air
semiautomatic weapons like the AR–15 traffic to land immediately and implemented
turned to the service in 1953 as an ad-
that have been used in so many recent new security protocols to ensure the safety ministrative specialist at the New
mass shootings.’’ of air travelers; York Point of Embarkation.
She continued, ‘‘I feel very strongly Whereas Norman Y. Mineta was the loving Though the Army was still seg-
about this and ask sincerely, what can husband of Danealia Brantner Mineta, and regated at the time of her rejoining,
we do to legislate reasonable legisla- father of David Mineta, Stuart Mineta, Rob- Mrs. James was given an assignment
ert Brantner, and Mark Brantner; and that would help lead to the integration
tion like in 1994?’’
Whereas Norman Y. Mineta was known for of her company and later was a trail-
What can she do? She asks; she and his warm personality, commitment to public
the country ask, I might add. service, accessibility and accountability, and
blazer while serving at Camp Zama in
We all know what we can do. And I passion for his work: Now, therefore, be it Japan as the only African American in
say, let’s do it. Resolved, That the Senate— the Judge Advocate General section of
f (1) has heard with profound sorrow and the Far East Command.
deep regret the announcement of the death By the time she retired in 1973, Mas-
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE of the Honorable Norman Yoshio Mineta, ter Sergeant James had completed 22
former member of the United States House years of service. Taking a well-de-
A message from the Senate by Ms.
of Representatives, former Secretary of
Byrd, one of its clerks, announced that Commerce, and former Secretary of Trans-
served year off after retirement, James
the Senate has agreed to the following portation; began a job at the Salem VA, where she
resolution: (2) respectfully requests the Secretary of spent nearly 5 years before taking a job
S. RES. 660 the Senate communicate this resolution to with FEMA.
the House of Representatives and transmit In an article chronicling her life,
Whereas Norman Yoshio Mineta (referred an enrolled copy of this resolution to the
to in this preamble as ‘‘Norman Y. Mineta’’) Master Sergeant James said simply, ‘‘I
family of Norman Yoshio Mineta; and gave my country the best part of my
was born in San Jose, California on Novem- (3) when the Senate adjourns today, stands
ber 12, 1931; life.’’
adjourned as a further mark of respect to the
Whereas, as a young child during World memory of the Honorable Norman Yoshio
It was great to be with Mrs. James
War II, Norman Y. Mineta and his family Mineta. last week to name the center in her
were unjustly sent to Heart Mountain Relo- honor. She surely did give the VA the
cation Camp in Park County, Wyoming by The message also announced that the
Senate has passed a bill of the fol- best part of her life and her country
the United States Government due to their
lowing title in which the concurrence the best part of her life.
Japanese ancestry;
Whereas Norman Y. Mineta returned to of the House is requested: Congratulations on this well-de-
San Jose with his family after World War II, served honor.
S. 3499. An act to amend the Post-Katrina
graduated from San Jose High School, and Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006
went on to earn a degree in business admin- f
to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and
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istration from the University of California, for other purposes.
Berkeley; WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT
The message also announced that
Whereas Norman Y. Mineta honorably HOMOSEXUALITY
served as a United States Army intelligence pursuant to Public Law 68–541, as
officer in Japan and Korea before returning amended by the appropriate provisions (Mr. LIEU asked and was given per-
home and joining the insurance business run of Public Law 102–246, the Chair, on be- mission to address the House for 1
by his father; half of the Republican Leader, and in minute.)
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Mr. LIEU. Madam Speaker, in March We can act and must act, and that is tragic days since war criminal Putin’s
of this year, The Washington Post pub- why I am voting to pass the gun safety war of mass murder against the sov-
lished an article titled: ‘‘GOP law- laws. ereign country of Ukraine. Putin’s
makers push historic wave of bills tar- f merciless killing continues to horrify
geting rights of LGBTQ teens, children, the world, while the heroic fight by
and their families.’’ GAS PRICES
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and
In April, The Washington Post pub- (Mr. VALADAO asked and was given the brave Ukrainians continue to draw
lished another article titled: ‘‘Some permission to address the House for 1 inspiration.
Republicans fear party overreach on minute and to revise and extend his re- Ukrainians are front line in the glob-
LGBT measures.’’ marks.) al conflict of democracy’s rule of law,
I just thought I would now recite for Mr. VALADAO. Madam Speaker, gas opposed by authoritarian’s rule of gun.
you what Jesus Christ said about ho- prices across the country have reached I was grateful to be in Lithuania last
mosexuality: ‘‘. . . . ’’ yet another record-breaking high. The week meeting with members of the
f pain at the pump my constituents are NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Led
GUN CONTROL facing is a direct result of this adminis- by its president, GERRY CONNOLLY, the
tration’s war on American energy. bipartisan delegation welcomed Fin-
(Mr. ROSE asked and was given per- Unfortunately, the administration land and Sweden into NATO, which
mission to address the House for 1 continues to pass the blame for a crisis Putin has unintentionally unified for
minute and to revise and extend his re- of their own making. victory in Ukraine.
marks.) In California, we are suffering with
Mr. ROSE. Madam Speaker, I rise Putin is sacrificing Russian troops
out-of-control prices that reached over for his personal gain of oil, money, and
today to address the heartbreak Ameri- $6.30 per gallon this week. That is near-
cans continue to reel from, the horrible power. Ever resolute, President
ly $1.50 higher than the national aver- Zelenskyy has said, ‘‘We have defended
killing of 19 students and two teachers age; thanks, in part, to the State’s gas
by a demented teenager in Uvalde, Ukraine for 100 days already. Victory
tax. will be ours.’’
Texas. Central Valley families are strug-
As an elected Representative, as well America and the world support
gling to drive their kids to school, get Ukraine in its efforts to protect its
as a parent, I am eager to find solu-
themselves to work, and buy groceries citizens and defeat evil.
tions that make our kids safer. Those
to feed their families. Any reduction in In conclusion, God bless our troops
solutions must include strengthening
prices would provide much-needed re- who have successfully protected Amer-
mental health services and school secu-
lief. ica for 20 years in the global war on
rity across this country.
Democrats in Congress have a choice I am, once again, calling on the State terrorism as it continues moving from
to make. Do they want to focus yet to immediately suspend the 51 cent per the Afghanistan safe haven to America.
again on more gun control, which gallon tax. We need to unleash the f
won’t work and won’t pass the Senate, power of our domestic energy produc-
tion and suspend the gas tax to get HONORING DR. LIANG CHEE WEE
or do they want to focus on mental
health and school security improve- these prices under control for Central (Mrs. HINSON asked and was given
ments which will help, and on which we Valley residents. permission to address the House for 1
might be able to reach consensus and f minute and to revise and extend her re-
pass into law? SENSIBLE GUN SAFETY marks.)
Madam Speaker, I believe we can en- LEGISLATION Mrs. HINSON. Madam Speaker, I rise
hance protection for our children with- today to recognize and honor a dy-
out throwing away any of our hard-won (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and namic leader from Iowa’s First Con-
freedoms. The ball is in the Democrats’ was given permission to address the gressional District, Dr. Liang Chee
court. House for 1 minute.) Wee.
Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Madam Dr. Wee is retiring after serving as
f
Speaker, in the House Oversight and the president of Northeast Iowa Com-
GUN SAFETY LAWS Reform Committee this morning, we munity College for nearly 13 years. His
(Mrs. LEE of Nevada asked and was heard compelling testimony from indi- passion for inclusivity ensured that ev-
given permission to address the House viduals that had been directly affected eryone who stepped foot on the NICC
for 1 minute.) by gun violence. campus, students, educators, employ-
Mrs. LEE of Nevada. Madam Speak- The Buffalo Police Commissioner, ees, and members of the community all
er, I rise today as we mark the 159th Joseph Gramaglia, and also Zeneta felt at home.
day of this year, and more than 246 Everhart provided testimony that is Under his leadership, NICC became a
mass shootings; Columbine, Sandy clear and compelling. space for addressing challenges in the
Hook, Uvalde, Parkland. We cannot The Buffalo shooting that took place, community, and the college has made
pretend that we have not been here be- the shooting started at 2:30 in the great strides in promoting growth for
fore, and we cannot fail to act yet afternoon and ended 2 minutes and 3 minority-owned businesses in the area.
again. seconds later; one shooter, one weapon Dr. Wee always has a smile and a
I have heard from mothers in my dis- of mass destruction, 13 people shot, 10 kind word of encouragement for every-
trict who are frightened for their chil- people dead. one that he meets. His authentic serv-
dren’s safety. I have heard the horrors We need sensible gun safety legisla- ant leadership will be missed at NICC,
of the survivors of the October 1 shoot- tion in this country. When you look at but I know that his work to improve
ing in Las Vegas, and survivors of do- the need for background checks, that our community is far from over.
mestic violence and other daily gun vi- doesn’t violate anybody’s constitu- So thank you, Dr. Wee, and congratu-
olence that doesn’t always make the tional rights; but it affirms the right of lations on this exciting new chapter in
headlines. people to live freely, to live safely, to your retirement.
And I have heard the echoes of dec- live in a prosperous way in our neigh-
ades of disappointment and frustration f
borhoods and throughout the country.
as Congress has failed over and over f b 1215
again to do something.
This is not about politics. It is about 100 DAYS OF PUTIN’S WAR CELEBRATING DR. FREEMAN
HRABOWSKI’S RETIREMENT
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protecting our kids. This is about (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina
doing the jobs we were elected to do be- asked and was given permission to ad- (Mr. HOYER asked and was given
cause I refuse to accept that because dress the House for 1 minute and to re- permission to address the House for 1
we may not be able to prevent all gun vise and extend his remarks.) minute.)
violence, we should not prevent any Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, this
gun violence. Madam Speaker, last week marked 100 week, a champion for STEM education,
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and a dear friend of mine, will retire impact. He was the recipient of the he will continue to benefit Maryland
from his long-time role as president of Carnegie Corporation of New York’s and our country as an educator and a
the University of Maryland, Baltimore Academic Leadership Award in 2011, visionary for many years to come.
County, more affectionately known as one of the highest honors for an educa- Godspeed, Dr. Hrabowski.
UMBC. tor in this country. f
Over the past 30 years, Dr. Freeman He has been named as one of the 100
Hrabowski has transformed STEM edu- PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION
most influential people in the world, as
cation at UMBC, most notably by ex- OF H.R. 2377, FEDERAL EXTREME
one of America’s most impactful lead-
panding resources for women and stu- RISK PROTECTION ORDER ACT
ers, and as a top-tier university presi-
dents of color. OF 2021; PROVIDING FOR CONSID-
dent.
UMBC was barely 10 years old when ERATION OF H.R. 7910, PRO-
Indeed, many universities in the Big
Dr. Hrabowski arrived as vice provost TECTING OUR KIDS ACT; AND
Ten, many universities in the Ivy
in 1987. Later, he was chosen as execu- FOR OTHER PURPOSES
League, many universities in other
tive vice president and then named parts of our country have opportuned Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, by
president in 1992, helping make UMBC Dr. Hrabowski to come to be their direction of the Committee on Rules, I
a nationwide leader in STEM learning president. His love and commitment to call up House Resolution 1153 and ask
and a nationwide leader in education UMBC, however, kept him there and fo- for its immediate consideration.
generally as well. cused on developing it as an extraor- The Clerk read the resolution, as fol-
Over the last decade, UMBC has grad- dinary institution of higher learning. lows:
uated more African Americans with I believe that the last part is the one H. RES. 1153
doctorates in science and engineering of which Dr. Hrabowski is most proud; Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso-
than any other university in the that is, a top-tier university president. lution it shall be in order to consider in the
United States. The school also pro- House the bill (H.R. 2377) to authorize the
While he has been rightfully lauded as issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
duces the highest number of African- a global leader in STEM, first and fore-
American undergraduates who go on to All points of order against consideration of
most, he is an educator. the bill are waived. In lieu of the amendment
earn Ph.D.s in the natural sciences and Frederick Douglass once wrote that in the nature of a substitute recommended
engineering. it is easier to build strong children by the Committee on the Judiciary now
These achievements occurred in no than it is to repair broken men. Over printed in the bill, an amendment in the na-
small part thanks to Dr. Hrabowski’s ture of a substitute consisting of the text of
his long career in education, Dr.
leadership, which made a critical dif- Rules Committee Print 117-46, modified by
Hrabowski has laid the foundation for the amendment printed in the report of the
ference as UMBC grew and expanded its
many thousands of young people to be- Committee on Rules accompanying this res-
academic programs.
At UMBC and beyond, he has dedi- come the best version of themselves. olution, shall be considered as adopted. The
UMBC today graduates a diverse bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
cated his career to realizing the prom-
group of exceptionally bright and capa- All points of order against provisions in the
ise of students of color in STEM, and bill, as amended, are waived. The previous
students generally as well, no matter ble students who are quick to follow
their dreams in large part because of question shall be considered as ordered on
their background, are assured access to the bill, as amended, and on any further
high-quality science education. Dr. Hrabowski’s talent, focus, and ef-
amendment thereto, to final passage without
In 2011, Madam Speaker, Dr. fort. He has been working so hard to intervening motion except: (1) one hour of
Hrabowski chaired the National Acad- make his dream of educational oppor- debate equally divided and controlled by the
emies committee that produced a key tunity and excellence a reality, and he chair and ranking minority member of the
report on expanding minority partici- has succeeded in many ways. Committee on the Judiciary or their respec-
pation in science. In 2012, he was His legacy will surely be cemented in tive designees; and (2) one motion to recom-
the innumerable achievements of his mit.
tapped by President Obama to serve as SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it
the chair of the inaugural President’s students that they have made over the
shall be in order to consider in the House the
Advisory Commission on Educational last 30 years and will surely continue bill (H.R. 7910) to amend title 18, United
Excellence for African Americans. to do so for decades to come. States Code, to provide for an increased age
When the COVID–19 pandemic hit in Madam Speaker, as he prepares to limit on the purchase of certain firearms,
2020, Dr. Hrabowski sprang into action. leave UMBC at the end of this year, Dr. prevent gun trafficking, modernize the pro-
Not only did he work to ensure that Hrabowski has set the school on a path hibition on untraceable firearms, encourage
of success and continued innovation. the safe storage of firearms, and for other
UMBC was contributing to research
All Marylanders, and all Americans, purposes. All points of order against consid-
and taking safety measures, he and his eration of the bill are waived. In lieu of the
wife, Jacqueline, personally volun- can be proud of his unwavering com-
amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
teered for the phase 3 Moderna vaccine mitment to his students, to UMBC, and ommended by the Committee on the Judici-
trial. Together, they campaigned to re- to his unshakable belief in the power of ary now printed in the bill, an amendment in
duce vaccine hesitancy in Maryland, young people of color to achieve and the nature of a substitute consisting of the
particularly in communities of color. contribute in the fields of STEM. text of Rules Committee Print 117-48 shall be
Madam Speaker, one of the lead re- The future of science, technology, en- considered as adopted. The bill, as amended,
searchers who developed the Moderna gineering, and math education nation- shall be considered as read. All points of
wide is stronger not only at UMBC but order against provisions in the bill, as
vaccine, Dr. Corbett, was a UMBC grad- amended, are waived. The previous question
uate and the keynote speaker at our throughout this country as a result of
shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as
annual Maryland Fourth and Fifth Dis- his leadership. amended, and on any further amendment
tricts’ Black History Breakfast this Those of us fortunate enough to thereto, to final passage without intervening
year. count Dr. Hrabowski among our friends motion except: (1) two hours of debate equal-
In addition to his leadership of are all the better for knowing him. I ly divided and controlled by the chair and
UMBC, Dr. Hrabowski has authored nu- hope my colleagues in the House will ranking minority member of the Committee
merous books on STEM education and join me, Madam Speaker, in congratu- on the Judiciary or their respective des-
lifting up academically successful stu- lating Dr. Hrabowski on his retirement ignees; (2) proceedings under section 3 of this
this week and thanking him for his resolution; and (3) one motion to recommit.
dents of color so they can reach for SEC. 3. The proceedings referred to in sec-
success in their careers. groundbreaking work over the last 30 tion 2 of this resolution are as follows:
In a field where representation is years. (a) after debate pursuant to section 2 of
lacking and where opportunities have He is retiring from UMBC, Madam this resolution, the Chair shall put the ques-
not always been equitable, he has been Speaker, but I am sure that he is not tion on retaining each title of the bill, as
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at the forefront of the effort to ensure retiring from his life of advocacy for amended, in the order specified by the Chair;
those who seek opportunity and the re- (b) the yeas and nays shall be considered as
that all students, regardless of their
ordered on each of the questions under sub-
background, can pursue their dreams alization of the American Dream. section (a); and
and ambitions. He is an extraordinary individual, an (c) after disposition of the questions under
Dr. Hrabowski has been recognized extraordinary speaker, an extraor- subsection (a), the Chair shall put the ques-
nationally and internationally for his dinary human being. I am certain that tion on engrossment and third reading of the
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text comprising those portions of the bill re- school graduations stolen by a sense- setts for yielding me the customary 30
tained pursuant to subsection (a). less, unceasing drumbeat of gun vio- minutes, and I yield myself such time
SEC. 4. In the engrossment of H.R. 7910, the lence. The lives of innocent shoppers as I may consume.
Clerk shall conform title and section num-
bers and make related corrections to cross-
ended in a hate-fueled rampage of Let me be clear: House Republicans
references in the event a portion of the bill white supremacy. condemn the violence in Buffalo,
is not retained pursuant to section 3 of this It does not have to be this way. What Uvalde, Tulsa, and Philadelphia. We
resolution. kind of country are we if we let this stand ready to work with the majority
SEC. 5. House Resolution 1151 is hereby happen and do nothing? What does that to directly address school safety, men-
adopted. say about our values and our priorities tal health, and the root causes of gun
SEC. 6. House Resolution 1152 is hereby as a society? violence.
adopted. I am so deeply disappointed and frus-
SEC. 7. House Resolution 188, agreed to
Unfortunately, the bills we are con-
March 8, 2021 (as most recently amended by
trated as a Member of Congress, but sidering today under the rule are noth-
House Resolution 1097, agreed to May 10, even more as a parent. What happened ing more than an attempt by Demo-
2022), is amended by striking ‘‘June 10, 2022’’ in Uvalde is unconscionable. crats to try to push their antigun agen-
each place it appears and inserting (in each For God’s sake, the parents had to da.
instance) ‘‘June 17, 2022’’. submit DNA because the bodies of their H.R. 7910 is a grab bag full of far-left
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. fourth graders were unrecognizable. proposals that will not effectively ad-
MCBATH). The gentleman from Massa- They had to identify them by their dress gun violence but will severely
chusetts is recognized for 1 hour. shoes because the exit wounds pro- limit America’s Second Amendment
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, for duced by an AR–15 were so large that rights.
the purpose of debate only, I yield the their bodies were torn apart by the bul- There are a few provisions I would
customary 30 minutes to the gentle- lets. like to point out.
woman from Minnesota (Mrs. Madam Speaker, 18-year-olds can’t The bill raises the legal age of gun
FISCHBACH), pending which I yield my- even rent a car, but they can buy guns ownership to 21. This provision is very
self such time as I may consume. Dur- that can tear people apart. It just likely unconstitutional. Even a liberal
ing consideration of this resolution, all doesn’t make any sense. district court in California has already
time yielded is for the purpose of de- When I think of the trauma the par- determined that with regard to similar
bate only. ents had to go through, burying their restrictions.
GENERAL LEAVE
kids, knowing that this could have This bill broadens the definition of
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I been prevented if bills like the ones we ‘‘frame or receiver’’ that could define
ask unanimous consent that all Mem- are considering today were passed into multiple parts of the same gun as sepa-
bers may have 5 legislative days in law, it is beyond heartbreaking. rate firearms. Each of these parts
There are no words, just sadness, would need its own distinct serial num-
which to revise and extend their re-
when I think of my kids. Then, I think ber or risk becoming a classified ghost
marks.
of all the parents who won’t get to gun. This could turn millions of legal
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
watch their own kids grow up. guns into contraband, and law-abiding
objection to the request of the gen- For Uvalde, for Parkland, for Sandy
tleman from Massachusetts? gun owners into felons.
Hook, for Buffalo, and all the mass H.R. 2377 is another reminder the
There was no objection.
shootings that have torn apart commu- Democrats fundamentally have no re-
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I
nities all across this country, I am spect for Second Amendment rights. It
yield myself such time as I may con-
pleading with my colleagues: Do not shows their lack of respect for Fourth
sume.
Madam Speaker, yesterday, the throw away this opportunity to get Amendment rights also. This bill de-
Rules Committee met and reported a something done. Do not let partisan stroys the presumption of innocence
rule, House Resolution 1153, for two talking points get in the way of reason- that is the bedrock of our justice sys-
measures. able gun safety measures. tem.
First, it provides for consideration of b 1230 It does away with the notion that an
H.R. 2377 under a closed rule. The rule None of these ideas are extreme. In individual is innocent until proven
self-executes a manager’s amendment, fact, they are what the vast majority guilty, and instead makes anyone sub-
provides 1 hour of general debate equal- of people in this country want us to do. ject to an extreme risk protection
ly divided and controlled by the chair This vote will unequivocally show order guilty until proven innocent with
and ranking member of the Judiciary where each and every one of us stands: what amounts to another version of a
Committee, and provides one motion to on red flag laws, on raising the age to red flag law.
recommit. purchase a semiautomatic rifle from 18 They also want to mandate a system
Second, the rule provides for consid- to 21, on gun trafficking and straw pur- for gun storage in private homes,
eration of H.R. 7910 under a closed rule. chases, on ghost guns, on the safe stor- which is unconstitutional, and almost
The rule provides 2 hours of general de- age of firearms, particularly when a impossible to enforce without stripping
bate equally divided and controlled by minor is likely to gain access to them, even more rights from law-abiding citi-
the chair and ranking member of the on bump stocks, and on large-capacity zens. Democrats are picking and choos-
Judiciary Committee. It provides that magazines. ing legal standards to deprive citizens
following debate the House will vote We will have separate votes on all of of their constitutional rights based on
separately on retaining each title of these issues. This week there will be no how closely those rights are aligned
the bill and provides one motion to re- excuses. with their political agenda.
commit. Really, think about that list. None of Furthermore, the universe of individ-
Additionally, the rule deems passage these proposals are aimed at taking uals who can petition a court for an ex-
of H. Res. 1151 and H. Res. 1152. firearms away from law-abiding gun treme risk protection order under this
Finally, the rule extends recess in- owners. They are aimed at stopping bill is far too broad, and it creates a
structions, suspension authority, and people from getting slaughtered in process that is ripe for abuse. This bill
same-day authority through June 17. their schools, in churches, in grocery would create an opportunity for a dis-
Madam Speaker, I am struggling to stores, in homes. gruntled ex-roommate or predatory do-
put into words right now the tremen- These bills would have stopped the mestic partner to use the judicial sys-
dous pain that so many Americans feel shooters in Buffalo and Uvalde from tem to harass and burden an individual
in the wake of the mass shootings in buying their guns. by requiring law enforcement to seize
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Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, Madam Speaker, I am pleading with that individual’s firearms and ammuni-
pain because, once again, we are bury- my colleagues on the other side of the tion.
ing America’s children. aisle to work with us, and I reserve the Federal law already prohibits dan-
The hopes and dreams and futures of balance of my time. gerous and unfit individuals from pur-
our kids, birthday parties and bar Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I chasing or possessing firearms. An in-
mitzvahs, and summer breaks and high thank the gentleman from Massachu- dividual with a misdemeanor domestic
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violence conviction, an individual in- ‘‘We consider what we did in 2019 to be one but it’s one strategy that needs to be strictly
voluntarily committed to a mental in- of the most profound legislative sessions not enforced.
stitution or adjudicated mentally de- just in Texas but in any state to address ‘‘Sometimes convenience can take priority
school shootings,’’ Abbott said inside a over safety and you can have a plan in place,
fective, or an individual who is an un- you can have policies in place,’’ said Kathy
Uvalde auditorium Wednesday as he sat
lawful user of controlled substances are flanked by state and local officials. ‘‘But to Martinez Prather, director of the Texas
all prohibited from possessing or pur- be clear, we understand our work is not done, School Safety Center at Texas State Univer-
chasing a firearm under current law. our work must continue.’’ sity. ‘‘They’re only as effective as they’re
Democrats rejected an amendment Throughout the 60-minute news con- being implemented.’’
that will allow for transfers of a fire- ference, he and other Republican leaders said At Wednesday’s press conference, Abbott
arm to a victim of domestic violence a 2019 law allowed districts to ‘‘harden’’ emphasized that the package of school safety
for self-defense. Under this bill, a schools from external threats after a deadly laws passed in 2019 required school districts
shooting inside an art classroom at Santa Fe to submit emergency operations plans to the
friend or neighbor trying to help a vic- High School near Houston the year before. Texas School Safety Center and make sure
tim would be charged with gun traf- After the Uvalde gunman was reportedly they have adequate active shooter strategies
ficking. able to enter Robb Elementary School to employ in an emergency.
These bills are not about public safe- through a back door this week, their calls to State law dictates that districts must be
ty, they are about the left’s antigun secure buildings resurfaced yet again. able to show how they will prepare for, re-
agenda. But a deeper dive into the 2019 law revealed spond to and recover from disasters like ac-
During the Judiciary Committee’s many of its ‘‘hardening’’ elements have fall- tive threats, but also extreme weather and
consideration of this bill, the chairman en short. Schools didn’t receive enough state communicable disease. These plans must in-
money to make the types of physical im- clude training mechanisms, communication
of the committee conceded that the provements lawmakers are touting publicly. plans and mandatory drills. Schools must
strict gun laws in liberal jurisdictions Few school employees signed up to bring create safety committees and establish a
don’t work because criminals are able guns to work. And many school districts ei- way to assess threats.
to obtain guns elsewhere illegally. A ther don’t have an active shooting plan or But a three-year audit by the center in 2020
Member from Tennessee on that com- produced insufficient ones. found that out of the 1,022 school districts in
mittee admitted that the Democrats’ In January 2020, the Uvalde Consolidated the state, just 200 had active shooter poli-
bills will make it harder for law-abid- Independent School District received $69,000 cies, even though most districts reported
ing Americans to exercise their Second from a one-time, $100 million state grant to having one. The audit revealed 626 districts
enhance physical security in Texas public did not have active shooter policies in place
Amendment rights. Another Member, schools, according to a dataset detailing the and 196 districts had insufficient policies.
one from New York, threatened to Texas Education Agency grants. The funds Just 67 school districts had viable emer-
abolish the filibuster and pack the Su- were comparable to what similarly sized dis- gency operations plans overall, the report
preme Court if any of our Nation’s tricts received. found.
checks and balances stood in the way Even with more funds and better enforce- Martinez Prather wouldn’t say if Uvalde’s
of the Democrats’ agenda to trample ment of policies, experts have said there is emergency plan was considered adequate be-
the Second Amendment. no indication that beefing up security in cause of ongoing investigations into the
schools has prevented any violence. Plus, shooting. But said the center’s review did
The majority will argue that these
they said, it can be detrimental to children, not find any areas of noncompliance.
are commonsense proposals, but they especially children of color. The audit reviewed school districts’ emer-
fail to explain the details and the real ‘‘This concept of hardening, the more it gency plans in June 2020, and Martinez
effects of these provisions. has been done, it’s not shown the results,’’ Prather said she was ‘‘absolutely’’ surprised
And what are law-abiding gun owners said Jagdish Khubchandani, a public health that so many schools did not have clear-cut
concerned about? They are concerned professor at New Mexico State University plans, especially after the Santa Fe shooting
about the attack on their constitu- who studies school security practices and and others around the country.
tional rights provided in the Second their effectiveness. ‘‘Our attention to this issue should not be
Khubchandani said the majority of public as close to the nearest and latest school
Amendment.
schools in the United States already imple- shooting,’’ she said. ‘‘We need to keep send-
All of us recognize the recent trage- ment the security measures most often pro- ing that message that this can happen at any
dies, and our heart goes out to the par- moted by public officials, including locked point in time and to anybody.’’
ents, the families, and communities, doors to the outside and in classrooms, ac- She said the center has spent the last year
but the root causes must be addressed. tive shooter plans and security cameras. and a half following up with schools to get
Simply attacking law-abiding gun own- After a review of 18 years of school secu- their plans up to standard.
ers will not solve the problem. Address- rity measures, Khubchandani and James ARMING TEACHERS AND STAFF WITH GUNS
ing the causes will. Price from the University of Toledo did not
Texas leaders have already shunned the
find any evidence that such tactics or more
House Republicans stand ready to ad- idea of restricting gun access in the after-
armed teachers reduced gun violence in
dress the root causes of these senseless math of the Uvalde shooting. In fact, in re-
schools.
acts of violence, but not at the cost of cent years, Texas lawmakers have loosened
‘‘It’s not just guns. It’s not just security,’’
America’s constitutional rights. gun laws after mass shootings.
Khubchandani said. ‘‘It’s a combination of
Instead, lawmakers point to the nearly
Madam Speaker, I oppose the rule, issues, and if you have a piecemeal approach,
decade-old school marshal program in Texas
and I ask Members to do the same. I re- then you’ll never succeed. You need a com-
as another measure to deter and prevent
serve the balance of my time. prehensive approach.’’
mass shootings. That program was created in
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I INSUFFICIENT ACTIVE SHOOTER PLANS response to the deadly shooting at an ele-
yield myself such time as I may con- Since the shooting, GOP lawmakers have mentary school in Newtown, Connecticut,
sume. repeatedly suggested limiting access to that left 26 people dead, including 20 first-
The gentlewoman said Republicans schools to one door. graders.
stand ready to address school safety ‘‘We’ve got to, in our smaller schools Designated school employees who take an
where we can, get down to one entrance,’’ Lt. 80-hour training course and pass a psycho-
and other root causes of gun violence.
Gov. Dan Patrick offered at the press con- logical exam are allowed to keep a firearm in
I include in the RECORD a May 26, ference Wednesday. ‘‘One entrance might be a lockbox on school grounds, an idea most
2022, article from The Texas Tribune one of those solutions. If he had taken three attractive to rural schools in areas where
entitled: ‘‘Texas already ‘hardened’ more minutes to find that open door . . . the law enforcement response can take longer.
schools. It didn’t save Uvalde.’’ police were there pretty quickly.’’ After the school shooting in Santa Fe,
[From The Texas Tribune, May 26, 2022] There are still questions about the timing state lawmakers removed the cap that lim-
and details of the tragedy, however, includ- ited schools to one marshal per 200 students.
TEXAS ALREADY ‘‘HARDENED’’ SCHOOLS. IT
ing whether the shooter busted a lock to get Today, according to the Texas Commission
DIDN’T SAVE UVALDE.
into the school or if a door was unlocked. A on Law Enforcement, which oversees the
(By Jolie McCullough and Kate McGee) state police official reported Thursday that training for the program, there are 256 mar-
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Four years after an armed 17-year-old the door appeared to be unlocked but that it shals across the state.
opened fire inside a Texas high school, kill- was still under investigation. While lawmakers tout it as a potential tool
ing 10, Gov. Greg Abbott tried to tell another Khubchandani and education advocates to prevent mass shootings, just 6% of school
shell-shocked community that lost 19 chil- said locking doors and routing everyone districts use it, according to a report from
dren and two teachers to a teen gunman through one entrance is already standard the Texas School Safety Center. Martinez
about his wins in what is now an ongoing ef- practice in most districts. And safety leaders Prather at the Texas School Safety Center
fort against mass shootings. said locking exterior doors is a best practice, said many school districts say it’s expensive
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and the training is time-consuming for edu- Other remote town school districts re- sense suggests a mass shooting, especially of
cators. ceived comparable grants per their student children, is not the act of a person who is
Meanwhile, 280 schools are utilizing an un- population, according to an analysis by The mentally well.
regulated option known as the Guardian Pro- Texas Tribune. For example, the Sulphur While reporting from Texas following the
gram, which allows local school boards to ap- Springs Independent School District in East May 24 shooting makes clear the Uvalde gun-
prove individuals in schools to carry con- Texas has only a slightly larger student pop- man, Salvador Ramos, was a deeply troubled
cealed weapons. Each ‘‘guardian’’ must have ulation and received about $71,000 in grant individual, state officials have said he had no
a handgun license and take 15 to 20 hours of funds. documented mental health issues. Research
specialized training by the Texas Depart- According to a district document, Uvalde shows that only a very small percentage of
ment of Public Safety. CISD, which enrolls around 4,100 students, violent behavior is connected to mental ill-
Nicole Golden, executive director of Texas had a variety of so-called hardening meas- ness.
Gun Sense, said she’s concerned by the ures in place that lawmakers and school ‘‘If we magically cured all these serious
‘‘minimal’’ level of training school staff go safety leaders recommend. mental illnesses tomorrow, which would be
through before they are approved to have a The district employed four district police wonderful—imagine the alleviation of suf-
weapon in the classroom. officers, installed perimeter fencing meant fering—our violence problem would go down
‘‘These aren’t law enforcement officers,’’ to limit access around schools, including by about 4%,’’ said Jeffrey Swanson, a pro-
she said. ‘‘These are school staff who have Robb, and instituted a policy that all class- fessor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences
some training, and there’s really not a lot of room doors remain locked during the day. at Duke University.
data to support that that’s the safe direction There are campus teams that identify and Firearm violence is a greater risk for
to go in.’’ address potential threats, and schools hold young males, individuals with a violent
Plus, Golden said, placing more guns on emergency drills for students ‘‘regularly.’’ childhood and those who abuse drugs and al-
school grounds can be problematic when data The district employed a threat reporting sys- cohol. While mental illness can contribute to
shows students of color are disproportion- tem for community members to raise con- gun violence, the vast majority of those suf-
ately disciplined. cerns. Some schools had security vestibules fering from mental illness will never engage
When lawmakers decided to expand the at their entrances and buzz-in systems to get in violent acts, Swanson said.
number of marshals in Texas schools in 2019, inside from the outdoors. Attributing school shootings to mental ill-
Black students and parents said the idea But a security vestibule, which is basically
ness, meanwhile, increases the stigma
made them feel less safe in school, knowing a secure lobby to the school, can be a huge
around such conditions, which include de-
they are disciplined more than other stu- expense for school districts already tight on
pression, schizophrenia and psychosis, ac-
dents. money. In 2019, the Waller Independent
cording to experts.
The study from Khubchandani and Price School District estimated that the addition
of two of these entrances to the junior high GUN DEATHS
pointed to a 2018 shooting at a high school in
Kentucky where the shooter killed two and school would cost $345,000. Security cameras National Rifle Association leaders are ex-
injured 14 students in 10 seconds. at a small elementary school can cost more pected to shift the focus away from gun poli-
‘‘Armed school personnel would have need- than $20,000, according to industry experts. cies that put deadly weapons in the hands of
ed to be in the exact same spot in the school In recent years—even before the Santa Fe the public when their national convention
as the shooter to significantly reduce this shooting—school districts have begun to rely kicks off in Houston on Friday. The organi-
level of trauma,’’ the researchers wrote. on bond proposals to find the money to im- zation called the Uvalde massacre ‘‘the act
‘‘Ten seconds is too fast to stop a school plement some of these changes. of a lone, deranged criminal’’ in a statement.
shooter with a semiautomatic firearm when But Texas voters have expressed hesitancy Around 45,000 people died from gun-related
the armed school guard is in another place in at the ballot box to approve such bonds in re- deaths in the US in 2020, according to the
the school.’’ cent years, which the Texas Association of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
School Boards attributed to the lingering More than half those deaths were suicides,
$10 PER STUDENT FOR SAFETY
pandemic and political polarization. Recent and many of the remainder were murders.
Big changes often take big money, and offi- changes by the Texas Legislature have also Guns are also now the leading cause of
cials have noted that the 2019 school safety complicated bond requests for schools after death among children and adolescents, sur-
bill gives about $100 million per biennium to it started to require districts to write, ‘‘This passing car crashes, drug overdoses and
the Texas Education Agency. The agency is a property tax increase,’’ on bond project drownings, according to recent CDC data.
then distributes the money to school dis- signs, even when the proposals wouldn’t af- Texas is fiercely pro-gun rights, and Ab-
tricts to use on equipment, programs and fect the tax rate. bott last year signed legislation allowing
training related to school safety and secu- Overall, Monty Exter, a senior lobbyist Texans to carry handguns without a license.
rity, a little less than $10 per student based with the Association of Texas Professional Abbott, at a press conference in Uvalde,
on average daily attendance. The money can Educators, said the per-student allotment suggested that access to guns isn’t the issue.
be used broadly, ranging from physical secu- and one-time grants set aside for school se- ‘‘We haven’t had episodes like this before,’’
rity enhancements to suicide prevention pro- curity could never pay for the types of con- Abbott said. ‘‘One thing that has substan-
grams. struction projects lawmakers have touted tially changed is the status of mental health
According to a self-reported survey of dis- publicly in the wake of the shooting. in our communities.’’
tricts by the Texas School Safety Center, ‘‘Thinking about making significant In truth, shooters in the US have tried to
more than two thirds of school districts have changes to 8,000-plus campuses, $100 million kill in places like schools, malls and bars for
used this money for security cameras. 20% doesn’t necessarily go that far,’’ he said. decades.
used it for active shooter response training. Cruz, who is expected to be at the NRA
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, we
Nearly 40% of districts installed physical event, has described the shooting as the ac-
barriers with the allotment. keep hearing that the epidemic of mass
school shootings can be solved by hard- tions of a ‘‘violent psychopath.’’ He also said
But Zeph Capo, president of the Texas
none of the gun-law proposals made by
chapter of the American Federation of ening schools. Guess what? Robb Ele-
Democrats would have stopped it.
Teachers, said that money wasn’t enough to mentary had been hardened. We can Democrats have been quick to dispute
pay for the more expensive projects law- harden schools all we want, we can those claims. ‘‘Spare me the bull,’’ Democrat
makers were suggesting. turn them into fortresses, but unless Chris Murphy of Connecticut said to report-
‘‘Districts ended up spending money on
some programs, some electronic AV equip-
we deal with the underlying issue, it is ers after urging his colleagues to take action
going to keep happening. against gun violence.
ment, but I don’t think it was nearly enough
The gentlewoman from Minnesota Other countries have mental health prob-
to do what needs to be done in most of the
also said mental health is a root cause. lems too but rarely have mass shootings,
schools, which is really change the struc-
President Joe Biden said in a May 24 speech
tures of the buildings so there’s better con- I include in the RECORD a Bloomberg
in which he pleaded for gun reform and
trol over entrance and egress,’’ he said, not- article published May 27, 2022, entitled: called for standing up to gun manufacturers.
ing that AFT believes more gun restrictions ‘‘Republicans Push Unfounded Mental ‘‘They have mental health problems. They
is a better solution. Health Claim for Gun Violence.’’ have domestic disputes in other countries.
The TEA also received a separate one-time
[From Bloomberg, May 27, 2022] They have people who are lost,’’ Biden said.
$100 million pool of money to provide grants
REPUBLICANS PUSH UNFOUNDED MENTAL ‘‘But these kinds of mass shootings never
to districts specifically for physical security
HEALTH CLAIM FOR GUN VIOLENCE happen with the kind of frequency they hap-
enhancements, like metal detectors, door-
(By Emma Court) pen in America.’’
locking systems or bullet-resistant glass.
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It’s unclear how Uvalde CISD spent the Republican politicians from Senator Ted WIDESPREAD MISCONCEPTION
$69,000 it received from the state to enhance Cruz to Texas Governor Greg Abbott have Many people associate mental illness with
its physical security. School officials did not been quick to blame mental illness following violence, likely because of how these condi-
respond to questions Wednesday. As of the a deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, tions are portrayed in the media, including
May 2 report, the district had spent about that killed 19 children and two teachers. in reporting about shootings like Uvalde.
$48,000 of the grant, which is set to end at the The problem with that thinking is that the Mental illness can also be an easy scape-
end of the month. evidence doesn’t support it—even if common goat for making sense of tragedies like
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Uvalde, which are devastating and hard to man HIGGINS. We are joined by more Second Amendment by means of de-
comprehend, said Lynsay Ayer, a senior be- than 140 of our Democratic colleagues stroying the Fifth.
havioral scientist at Rand Corp., a nonprofit as original cosponsors. However, I would like to direct my
research organization.
On May 14, a self-described white su- argument against the bill towards an-
‘‘People want to explain it, to say ‘this
person wasn’t thinking rationally, wasn’t premacist and anti-Semite drove more other amendment, the Tenth, which re-
thinking like you and me, something went than 200 miles to Buffalo, New York, serves powers to the States. Nineteen
wrong in their brain wiring,’ ’’ she said. where he killed 10 people and injured 3 States have already enacted red flag
Blaming mental illness is ‘‘convenient, but others, 11 of which were Black. laws in some form or another, and all
it’s overly simplistic and runs the risk of In a 180-page manifesto that he post- 31 additional States have the authority
hurting people who have mental health prob- ed publicly online, he cites the great to do so.
lems.’’ replacement myth as his motivation The Federal Government must ask
People with mental health disorders are, in
and cause to target Black people. The itself whether this bill will add any
fact, more likely to be the victims of vio-
lence than a perpetrator, Ayer said. great replacement myth is a racist, measure of additional security the
Using mental illness as an explanation for anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, States are not already able to make for
such events also plays into outdated tropes, xenophobic, nativist, and hateful lie. themselves. The Federal Government
like the idea that ‘‘something is wrong with’’ It is 2022, and Black people are still must also look to these States to gauge
those individuals, said Hannah Wesolowski, being hunted down and killed in Amer- whether red flag laws have any effect
chief advocacy officer for the National Alli- ica. The same goes for every person of on gun violence at all.
ance on Mental Illness. color, Jewish people, the LGBTQ-plus It is certainly not the case in Chi-
‘‘I think people confuse having a mental
community, and every marginalized cago, Illinois, a city subject to State
health condition with being troubled, and
they are not one and the same,’’ she said. person in this country. We remember red flag laws, which leads all American
Mental illness is defined by specific medical the lives of Aaron Salter, Ruth Whit- cities in the number of persons killed
guidelines. It’s also widespread, affecting one field, Pearl Young, Katherine ‘‘Kat’’ and injured in mass shootings over the
in five US adults every year. Massey, Heyward Patterson, Celestine past 4 years. Red flag laws have saved
Gun violence remains poorly understood. Chaney, Roberta Drury, Margus D. no lives in Chicago.
One reason: Since 1996, Congress has limited Morrison, Andre Mackneil, and Geral- This bill is redundant, not to men-
federal funding of research into the subject. dine Talley, all who should still be here tion likely ineffective. Americans de-
While that’s now changing, gaps in under-
with us today. serve better than this.
standing remain. Studying mass shootings is
also challenging because such events are rel-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I
atively rare, Ayer said. time of the gentleman has expired. yield myself such time as I may con-
(Everytown for Gun Safety, which advo- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I sume.
cates for universal background checks and yield the gentleman an additional 30 Madam Speaker, the gentlewoman
gun-safety measures, is backed by Michael seconds. from Minnesota made a reference to
Bloomberg, founder and majority owner of Mr. BOWMAN. Madam Speaker, our the United States in comparison to
Bloomberg News parent company Bloomberg Nation has been mourning since this other countries. I am holding this
LP.) country was founded. We cannot con- chart up here. You may not be able to
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, let tinue to carry on as if this hatred is an see, but this is the number of gun
me set the record straight. undeniable part of American culture deaths. The U.K. is way down here,
Yes, we have people with mental and cannot change. We must combat France, Germany, Denmark, Switzer-
health issues in America. So do other white supremacy. I refuse to be land, all free countries. You may not
countries. Only here in America do we complicit in this hatred because we be able to see because it is so small,
have widespread, fatal gun violence to have failed to take a stand as a Nation. compared to the United States. You
the extent that we do, so spare us the I urge my colleagues on both sides of sure as hell can see the number of gun
lectures. the aisle to stand together and con- deaths here in the United States. It is
I should say, under GOP Governor demn this myth as the white suprema- unacceptable. It is unacceptable. And
Greg Abbott, Texas is last—last—in the cist conspiracy theory that it is and it is about time that Democrats and
Nation for mental health access. vote ‘‘yes’’ on the rule. Republicans all agree that it is unac-
Just one final thing. We keep hearing Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I ceptable, and that is what this debate
about the inconveniences of these pro- yield myself such time as I may con- is about.
posals: safe storage, background sume. If we want to talk about other coun-
checks, waiting lists. I get it. There Madam Speaker, I just want to make tries around the world that are free,
may be some inconvenience here, but a couple of comments. The gentleman lots of countries that enjoy freedom do
stack that up against the carnage, from Massachusetts, with all due re- not have the number of gun deaths and
stack that up against the mass shoot- spect, mentioned other countries. I will massacres. Their parliaments and their
ings, the daily killings in this country. just point out that other countries Congresses are not meeting to grieve
I mean, for once, can we put that first don’t have the freedoms and don’t live over the execution and the mass killing
over the inconvenience of going the way we do in our great democracy of little children in schools like we do
through a background check? This is a or Republic, whichever, and they don’t on a regular basis.
moment I hoped that we could actually have the constitutional rights that we
do something, but instead we are com- have under the Second Amendment. b 1245
plaining about inconveniences. Give Our citizens ask to have that Con- The only question for people here is
me a break. stitution respected, and I don’t believe whether we are going to do anything or
Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to I used the word ‘‘inconvenient’’ at all. whether this is going to be business as
the gentleman from New York (Mr. What I used are the words, ‘‘trampling usual: Take the money from the gun
BOWMAN). our constitutional rights,’’ and that is lobby and do nothing.
Mr. BOWMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise what I think is important here, that we Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to
today in support of my resolution, H. do not talk about the gentleman from the gentlewoman from North Carolina
Res. 1152, to condemn the great re- Massachusetts mentioning these incon- (Ms. ROSS), a distinguished member of
placement myth, which is a delusional venient things. I am talking about our the Committee on Rules.
white supremacist conspiracy theory. citizens’ constitutional rights under Ms. ROSS. Madam Speaker, I thank
I am honored to be joined by my co- the Second Amendment. the chairman for yielding.
leads: CBC Chairwoman BEATTY, CHC Madam Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 minutes Madam Speaker, I rise today because
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Chairman RUIZ, CAPAC Chairwoman to the gentlewoman from North Caro- there is no greater moral imperative
CHU, LGBTQ-plus Equality Caucus lina (Ms. FOXX). for us as Representatives than pro-
Chairman CICILLINE, CPC Chairwoman Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I rise tecting the safety of our children and
JAYAPAL, Congressman TAKANO, Con- today in opposition to H.R. 2377, the our residents.
gressman RASKIN, and the Representa- Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. In recent weeks, our Nation has been
tive from Buffalo, New York, Congress- Simply put, this bill tramples upon the yet again shaken to its core by the
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senseless attack on our most vulner- rampant for the sake of woke idealism. In the Bronx, more than 60 percent of
able. Heartbreakingly, mass shootings This legislation will ensure the Depart- arrestees had their charges dropped,
have become a steady drumbeat in ment of Justice and the American pub- and of the 485 rioters arrested in Man-
American life, striking community lic have the data and information nec- hattan, 222 individuals had their
after community, and instilling fear in essary to hold those responsible for charges dropped entirely, while 73 re-
the American people as we drop our keeping our streets safe accountable. ceived lesser counts.
kids off at school, go to the grocery Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to The same goes for Federal prosecu-
store, or enter a house of worship. the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. tors in Portland, Oregon, who dis-
Madam Speaker, after each of these MALLIOTAKIS) to further explain this missed roughly half the cases charged
terrifying events, after the vigils have amendment. in connection with violence and anti-
been held and the new cycle has moved Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Madam Speaker, police protests.
on, there is one thing that never fades. I rise today to oppose the previous In Philadelphia, 23-year-old Police
Every person who has had a friend, question so that we can immediately Corporal James O’Connor was gunned
neighbor, spouse, or child taken by vio- consider my bill, H.R. 7967, the Pros- down and killed in 2020 by a career
lence, carries with them the heart- ecutors Need to Prosecute Act. felon and wanted gangbanger because
breaking pain of that incomprehensible My legislation will hold prosecutors the DA’s office allowed him to freely
loss. accountable and create transparency roam the streets. Perhaps if the DA’s
So what will it take for Republican by letting the public know how many office had done its job, Corporal O’Con-
leaders to join us in taking action? So cases prosecutors are declining to pros- nor would be alive today. We had a
many Republicans agree with us. How ecute, the number of offenses com- similar story in my city of New York
many kids need to die? How many fam- mitted by career criminals, and the as well.
ilies need to suffer before they finally number of criminals released. In NANCY PELOSI’s San Francisco, on
say enough is enough? Over the past 2 years, we have seen a New Year’s Eve 2020, a man slammed a
I have spent much of my public life disturbing trend in progressive district stolen car into two women crossing the
in public service, and I believe in attorneys in cities across the country street, killing them both. The man,
American democracy. And I still be- who are refusing to prosecute violent who had a lengthy criminal rap sheet,
lieve in the ability of men and women criminal offenders. was out on parole, thanks to San Fran-
in this Chamber to set their differences Look no further than my city of New cisco’s soft-on-crime DA Chesa Boudin,
aside, to make transformative change York, where Manhattan DA Alvin the son of a domestic terrorist cop-kill-
for the public good. Bragg released a ‘‘Day One’’ memo ini- er associated with the far-left militant
Madam Speaker, my plea to my col- tially directing his staff not to pros- group, Weather Underground.
leagues across the aisle is to stand up ecute certain crimes, including: drug Well, you know what? Voters have
for what is right. Let’s start the hard had enough of the violence and crime
possession, trespassing, driving with a
work of building a safer America. I plaguing our communities and endan-
suspended license, sex trading, resist-
come from a southern State with plen- gering their families. In fact, just last
ing arrest, and public obscenity.
ty of law-abiding gun owners, but peo- He even directed his staff to down- night, when San Francisco voters re-
ple from across North Carolina have called Boudin, they sent a clear mes-
grade felony charges filed by our po-
been reaching out to me and my office, sage that prosecutors who fail to do
lice, including armed robbery, weapons
including several Republicans and gun their job will be removed from office.
charges, and drug dealing. Worst of all,
owners. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Madam Speaker, I support the rule his office will no longer seek life sen-
time of the gentlewoman has expired.
and commend it to this body. tences without parole, which means Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I the most heinous murderers, including yield an additional 30 seconds to the
yield myself such time as I may con- terrorists, serial killers, cop killers, gentlewoman.
sume. and perps who kill young children in Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Madam Speaker,
Madam Speaker, if we defeat the pre- connection with sex crimes will be re- our Nation is under attack by crimi-
vious question, I will offer an amend- leased back on to our streets in 20 nals with no regard for property and
ment to the rule to immediately con- years or less. life, and rogue district attorneys who
sider the Prosecutors Need to Pros- These policies have sent a clear mes- allow them to wreak havoc on our
ecute Act, legislation authored by Rep- sage to criminals, and that message is: streets.
resentatives MALLIOTAKIS and TIFFANY Go ahead, commit crime, break the Madam Speaker, I close with the
that ensures accountability for those law, because we will not enforce it. words of the late Democrat Senator
charged with keeping our streets, our What is the point of creating laws if Robert Kennedy: ‘‘Every society gets
schools, and our communities safe. the ones currently on the books are not the kind of criminal it deserves. What
Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous enforced? is equally true is that every commu-
consent to insert the text of my With prosecutors that refuse to pros- nity gets the kind of law enforcement
amendment along with extraneous ma- ecute, it is no surprise that crime is it insists on.’’
terials immediately prior to the vote surging in cities across America. In Let’s stop siding with the criminals
on the previous question. Boston and Los Angeles, if you want a preying on our cities. Let’s stop
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there designer purse, toiletries, or food, you emboldening the district attorneys to
objection to the request of the gentle- can break into any store and take it. lay idly by as crime plagues our
woman from Minnesota? No questions asked. streets.
There was no objection. This week, LA’s District Attorney Madam Speaker, I urge my col-
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, George Gascon doubled down on the leagues on both sides of the aisle to
while my colleagues in the majority light sentence given to a teen driver support my legislation today. It is time
believe that the best approach to ad- who mowed down a mother and her to support our citizens, not criminals.
dressing violence is to strip away newborn baby last summer. The teen Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I
American’s constitutional rights, Re- only received juvenile probation, which yield myself such time as I may con-
publicans stand with parents and com- authorities say is less than military sume.
munities in ensuring those who com- school and a little bit tougher than Madam Speaker, I began this debate
mit crimes are prosecuted to the full- summer camp. by appealing to my colleagues to try to
est extent of the law. And those who In 2020, defund the police rioters and find common ground and come to-
don’t, will be held accountable. Just looters created chaos in my city of New gether and do something about this
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last night, families in San Francisco York, destroying storefronts; they as- gun violence epidemic. And yet, we
ousted their district attorney for fail- saulted police officers, and they even hear the same old tired red State
ing to keep their streets free from put police cars on fire. While police versus blue State talking points di-
criminals. made hundreds of arrests, New York rectly from the gun lobby.
Americans are fed up with liberal City district attorneys dismissed the Madam Speaker, since it was brought
prosecutors letting criminals run majority of those charges filed. up, I include in the RECORD an April 4,
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2022, Yahoo News article entitled, ‘‘Re- those factors contribute to people engaging and 2020, the murder rate jumped from 6
publican-controlled States have higher in criminal behavior.’’ homicides per 100,000 people to 7.8 homicides
‘‘I thought that was a very good study,’’ per 100,000, but that was still 22 percent
murder rates than Democratic ones,’’
Richard Rosenfeld, a professor of crimi- below the rate in 1991 of 10 homicides per
according to the study. nology at the University of Missouri-St. 100,000.
[From Yahoo! News, April 4, 2022] Louis and former president of the American Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker,
REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED STATES HAVE HIGH- Society of Criminology, told Yahoo News
about the Third Way report. ‘‘In Republican
Republicans would rather point fingers
ER MURDER RATES THAN DEMOCRATIC ONES:
states, states with Republican governors, than look in the mirror, but a recent
STUDY
crime rates tend to be higher. I’m not cer- study found that the highest murder
(By Ben Adler) rates are often in conservative, rural
tain that’s related to the fact that the gov-
Republican politicians routinely claim ernor is a Republican, but it’s a fact none- States. The five States with the high-
that cities run by Democrats have been expe- theless.’’ est per capita murder rate: Mississippi,
riencing crime waves caused by failed gov- (While the Third Way study divided states
ernance, but a new study shows murder rates Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Mis-
by presidential vote in 2020, using guber-
are actually higher in states and cities con- souri—all lean Republican.
natorial party affiliation leads to similar re-
trolled by Republicans. sults because most states have recently cho-
Madam Speaker, I include in the
‘‘We’re seeing murders in our cities, all sen the same party for governor and for RECORD the summary of a December 16,
Democrat-run,’’ former President Donald president. Based on presidential vote, eight 2021, report from Everytown Research
Trump asserted at a March 26 rally in Geor- of the 10 states with the highest murder & Policy, entitled, ‘‘City Dashboard:
gia. ‘‘People are afraid to go out.’’ rates lean Republican, versus seven of the Murder and Gun Homicide Report.’’
In February, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., top 10 if one uses the governor’s party.) [From Everytown Research, Dec. 16, 2021]
blamed Democrats for a 2018 law that re- Although murder rates tend to be highest
duced some federal prison sentences—even SUMMARY: CITY DASHBOARD: MURDER AND
in the South, the biggest increases in 2020
though it was signed by Trump after passing GUN HOMICIDE REPORT
were found in the Great Plains and Midwest,
a GOP-controlled Congress. ‘‘It’s your party according to Third Way. The largest jumps (By Everytown Research & Policy)
who voted in lockstep for the First Step Act were in Wyoming (91.7 percent higher than in In the midst of one public health epidemic,
that let thousands of violent felons on the 2019), South Dakota (69 percent), Wisconsin COVID–19, 2021 and 2020 were also two of the
street who have now committed innumerable (63.2 percent), Nebraska (59.1 percent) and deadliest years on record for another public
violent crimes,’’ Cotton said during a speech Minnesota (58.1 percent). Wyoming, South health crisis—gun violence. The United
in the Senate. Dakota and Nebraska all voted for Trump States saw a 33 percent increase from 2019 to
Last December, Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R– and have Republican governors. Wisconsin 2020 in the rate of gun homicides. This up-
Texas, told Fox News viewers, ‘‘America’s and Minnesota voted for Biden and are led by ward trend continued—but slowed—through
most beautiful cities are indeed being ruined Democrats. the end of 2021 during which time there was
by liberal policies: There’s a direct line be- Few large cities are governed by Repub- an additional 7 percent increase in gun homi-
tween death and decay and liberal policies.’’ licans—only 26 of the 100 largest U.S. cities cides relative to 2020.
But a comparison of violent crime rates in have Republican mayors—making apples-to- Due to limited funding and inconsistent
jurisdictions controlled by Democrats and apples comparisons difficult. But cities that data collection, data on city gun violence is
Republicans tells a very different story. In do have Republican mayors do not have too often old, incomplete, and conflicting
fact, a new study from the center-left think lower murder rates than similarly sized from one federal agency to another. Below is
tank Third Way shows that states won by Democratic-led cities, the study found. the most recent, available, reliable data on
Trump in the 2020 election have higher mur- Some experts warn against the impulse to murders (firearm and non-firearm) from 2016
der rates than those carried by Joe Biden. use crime data to score quick political to the first three quarters of 2021 and on gun
The highest murder rates, the study found, points. homicides from 2016 to 2020 in nearly 500 cit-
are often in conservative, rural states. ‘‘Being a Republican or Democratic state ies.
The study found that murder rates in the or city is correlated with many other Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I
25 states Trump carried in 2020 are 40 percent issues,’’ David Weisburd, a professor of crim-
higher overall than in the states Biden won. inology and executive director of the Center
will debunk some myths. Chicago, New
(The report used 2020 data because 2021 data for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco
is not yet fully available.) The five states Mason University, wrote in an email to do not have the highest gun violence
with the highest per capita murder rate— Yahoo News. ‘‘That means that the murder rates in the country.
Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama rate may be due to the state being Repub- You don’t measure gun violence rates
and Missouri—all lean Republican and voted lican, or it may be due to the fact that Re- by the raw number. These are big cit-
for Trump. publican states have many other risk factors ies. Of course, they are going to have
There are some examples of states Biden related to crime or murder rates. Even with more gun deaths than other places.
won in 2020 that also have high per capita a very comprehensive modeling of all of
murder rates, including New Mexico and You measure these rates by measuring
these factors, it is very difficult to get a
Georgia, which have the seventh- and eighth- valid causal result for explaining crime per 100,000 people. When you do that,
highest murder rates, respectively. And rates.’’ these cities aren’t even in the top 20.
there are Trump-supporting states with low That argument cuts both ways, however. Jackson, Mississippi; Gary, Indiana;
murder rates, such as Idaho and Utah. Broad- Weisburd also thinks the claims of Trump St. Louis, Missouri; New Orleans; Mem-
ly speaking, the South, and to a lesser ex- and other Republicans who say Democrats phis—the list goes on and on. Find a
tent the Midwest, has more murders per cap- have caused a crime wave in the cities and new talking point.
ita than the Northeast, interior West and states they govern are unfounded. ‘‘I don’t Madam Speaker, I include in the
West Coast, the study found. think this argument can be supported no
Those findings are consistent with a pat-
RECORD a February 28, 2018, piece from
matter which way you go,’’ Weisburd said.
tern that has existed for decades, in which Murder rates in the U.S. rose dramatically ABC News entitled, ‘‘Trump calls for
the South has had higher rates of violent in 2020 from record lows, and the increases raising minimum age to buy all guns to
crime than the nation as a whole. are similar across states—regardless of par- 21.’’
‘‘We as criminologists have known this for tisan preference. For homicides in 2020, [From ABC News, Feb. 28, 2018]
quite some time,’’ Jennifer Ortiz, a professor Third Way found a 32.2 percent uptick in
of criminology at Indiana University South- Trump-backing states versus a 30.8 percent TRUMP CALLS FOR RAISING MINIMUM AGE TO
east, told Yahoo News. ‘‘States like Mis- rise in those that voted for Biden. Some BUY ALL GUNS TO 21
sissippi, Louisiana and Alabama have his- states with large cities, such as New York (By Jordyn Phelps)
torically had high crime rates.’’ and Pennsylvania, saw larger-than-average President Trump again called for raising
Criminologists say research shows higher increases: New York went up 47 percent and the minimum legal age to purchase all guns
rates of violent crime are found in areas that Pennsylvania is up 39 percent. But the larg- to age 21 during a meeting with lawmakers
have low average education levels, high rates est increases were in rural, Republican-led on guns and school safety Wednesday, while
of poverty and relatively modest access to states, including Montana (+84 percent and suggesting that those who are staying silent
government assistance. Those conditions South Dakota (+81 percent). on the topic are ‘‘afraid’’ to come up against
characterize some portions of the American The higher national murder rate is natu- the NRA,
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South. rally causing public concern, although vio- ‘‘I’m going to give it a lot of consider-
‘‘They are among the poorest states in our lent crime does remain far below its early ation,’’ Trump said. ‘‘People aren’t bringing
union,’’ Ortiz said of the Deep South. ‘‘They 1990s high point. ‘‘Using the FBI data, the it up because they’re afraid to bring it up.
have among the highest rates of child pov- violent crime rate fell 49 percent between You can’t buy a handgun at 18, 19 or 20. You
erty. They are among the least-educated 1993 and 2019,’’ from 757 incidents per 100,000 have to wait until you’re 21. You could buy
states. They are among the states with the people to 379 per 100,000, the Pew Research the weapon used in this horrible shooting at
highest levels of substance abuse. All of Center noted last November. Between 2019 18. You are going to decide—the people in
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this room pretty much—are going to decide. take on, so frightened of, says that we Madam Speaker, it doesn’t stop here.
I would give very serious thought to it.’’ should raise the age to 21. I will continue pushing to ban assault
While noting the NRA’s opposition to pro- Madam Speaker, former President weapons, combat gun trafficking so we
posals to raise the minimum age to purchase Donald Trump said it himself: ‘‘You
firearms, the president made the case that
can put a stop to this devastating and
raising the minimum age is common sense.
can’t buy a handgun at 18, 19, or 20. maddening cycle of violence. Because
‘‘The NRA is opposed to it and I’m a fan of You have to wait until you’re 21. You the absolute worst thing we can do is
the NRA. No bigger fan. I’m a big fan of the could buy the weapon,’’ meaning an nothing at all.
NRA. These are great people. Great patriots. AR–15, ‘‘used in this horrible shooting Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I
They love our country but that doesn’t mean at 18 . . . It doesn’t make sense.’’ yield 3 to the gentleman from Wis-
we have to agree on everything,’’ Trump I mean, come on. Trump said this in consin (Mr. TIFFANY).
said. ‘‘It doesn’t make sense that I have to 2018, and these guys here are telling us
wait till I’m 21 to get a handgun but I can that somehow this is a violation of the b 1300
get this.’’ Constitution? Give me a break. Mr. TIFFANY. Madam Speaker, I
The president also signaled his support for We are here to try to save the lives of rise to oppose the previous question so
the Manchin-Toomey proposal that was de-
feated back in 2013, and is in the process of
America’s kids. And there should be that the House can consider the Pros-
being reworked, that calls for expanding more outrage on the other side of the ecutors Need to Prosecute Act.
background checks on guns sales to include aisle, not the usual talking points that Madam Speaker, it is no secret that
firearms sold at gun shows and on the inter- we hear over and over and over again crime is out of control in this country.
net. from the gun lobby. If this isn’t impor- Annual homicide records have been
The president suggested that the measure tant, then nothing is. broken in at least a dozen major cities.
failed back in 2013 because President Barack Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to Brazen smash-and-grab robberies in
Obama was in office at the time, saying the gentleman from New York (Mr. broad daylight are a daily occurrence.
‘‘that was your problem,’’ in reference to MORELLE), a distinguished member of
Obama. But in fact, Obama backed the bill at Killing, severe beatings, armed rob-
the Committee on Rules. beries, carjackings, sexual assaults,
the time.
He asked Sen. Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania
Mr. MORELLE. Madam Speaker, I arson, and looting have become a com-
Republican, if the bill he’s sponsoring with thank Mr. MCGOVERN, my colleague mon feature on the evening news.
Senator Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Demo- and friend, the distinguished chair of Yet, rogue prosecutors in cities like
crat, would proposing raising the purchasing the Committee on Rules, for yielding. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadel-
age for certain guns. Madam Speaker, I rise today in sup- phia, New York City, and Milwaukee
‘‘We don’t address it,’’ Toomey told the port of the rule and the underlying leg- continue to release predators from cus-
president. islation, the Protecting Our Kids Act
‘‘You know why, because you’re afraid of tody almost as fast as the police can
and the Federal Extreme Risk Protec-
the NRA,’’ the president said in reply. arrest them.
tion Order Act.
Wednesday evening, the NRA responded to The use of no-cash bail policies, plea
It is hard to find words to describe
Trump’s proposals. bargains, and a complete refusal to put
In a statement, spokesperson Jennifer
the despair we feel in the wake of the
recent series of senseless mass shoot- dangerous repeat offenders behind bars
Baker said: ‘‘While today’s meeting made for has demoralized our police and endan-
great tv, the gun-control proposals discussed ings in Buffalo, Uvalde, Tulsa, and too
many neighborhoods across our coun- gered our communities, and America’s
would make for bad policy that would not
keep our children safe. Instead of punishing try. For the sake of the victims, their most iconic cities resemble a Third
law-abiding gun owners for the acts of a de- families, and all Americans, we cannot World country.
ranged lunatic our leaders should pass mean- rest until we put an end to this vicious I will give you an example in my
ingful reforms that would actually prevent cycle. home State. In Milwaukee County, we
future tragedies.’’ Madam Speaker, there have been witnessed back at Christmas a mas-
‘‘They can start by fixing the broken men- sacre at the Waukesha County Christ-
tal health system,’’ her statement contin-
more than 200 mass shootings already
in 2022. That is more shootings than mas Parade, 6 people dead, 60 injured.
ued, ‘‘strengthening background checks to How? With a guy that had a rap sheet
ensure the records of people who are prohib- there have been days of the year. And
ited from possessing firearms are in the according to a recent analysis pub- that had felonies, misdemeanors, statu-
NICS system, securing our schools and pre- lished in the New England Journal of tory rape, resisting arrest, and stran-
venting the dangerously mentally ill from Medicine, firearm deaths have now re- gulation, and he was out on $1,000 bail.
accessing firearms.’’ placed motor vehicle accidents as the Here is the worst part, though: That
At the White House meeting, the president leading cause of death for children in district attorney, John Chisholm in
repeatedly expressed his support for legisla- Milwaukee County, here is what he
this country. I know the insurmount-
tion to improve the nation’s background said years ago about his philosophy.
check system but said such a measure should able pain of losing a child all too well,
but losing a child to something en- ‘‘Is there going to be an individual I di-
not also include a provision to expand con-
cealed carry law to allow people with con- tirely avoidable, that is a uniquely dev- vert, or I put into treatment program,
cealed carry licenses to carry their firearms astating kind of tragedy. who is going to go out and kill some-
across state line. Madam Speaker, June is gun violence body? You bet. Guaranteed. It is guar-
‘‘I’m with you but let it be a separate bill,’’ awareness month, but we are already anteed to happen. It does not invali-
Trump told Louisiana Republican Rep. Steve painfully, brutally aware. What we date the overall approach.’’
Scalise, who was gunned down during a con- need now is action. That is why this That is what we have for district at-
gressional baseball practice last year. torneys around the United States.
week we are passing legislation to
‘‘You’ll never get this passed if you add con-
strengthen red flag laws, raise the age Americans are sick and tired of the
cealed carry to this, you’ll never get it
passed. I don’t think—again, you’ll never get for semiautomatic gun purchases, ban lawlessness, and they are demanding
it passed. We want to get something done.’’ bump stocks and high-capacity maga- accountability.
The president also vowed to ban bump zines, and promote safe storage of fire- Madam Speaker, each year, jurisdic-
stocks through executive action, telling the arms. tions across the United States benefit
lawmakers that the rapid-fire devices are This builds on action we have already from the Edward Byrne Memorial Jus-
‘‘gone.’’ taken to enact universal background tice Assistance Grant program, which
‘‘I’m going to write that out. We can do provides funding to States, Tribes, and
checks and marks a critical step for-
that by executive order,’’ the president said,
ward in keeping dangerous weapons out local governments to support a range
noting that ‘‘the lawyers’’ are working on
the language. of the wrong hands. of justice-related programs.
Last week, Trump said he ordered the Jus- In the midst of so much pain and suf- If we defeat the previous question, I
tice Department to move to ban the rapid- fering, it is astonishing that there are will offer an amendment to the rule,
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fire devices that were used in the Las Vegas those who still refuse to act. If my col- calling for immediate consideration of
massacre last year. Bump stocks were not leagues on the other side of the aisle the Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act.
used in the Parkland shooting. are not willing to be part of the solu- It would, among other things, mandate
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, tion, then please, please, please, stand that district attorneys report to Con-
the very person that everybody on the aside so you are not part of the prob- gress on how often they follow through,
other side of the aisle is so afraid to lem. holding criminals charged with violent
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crimes, like murder, rape, arson, against all mental health bills. I don’t the budget, but to talk about saving
crimes involving illegal guns, and know where that concept comes from. lives.
motor vehicle theft accountable. Republicans passed into law the 21st I also remind them that the shooter
They would also be required to dis- Century Cures Act, which represents in Buffalo and the shooter in Uvalde
close how often they prosecute the ini- the most significant reform to the went in and legally purchased an AR–15
tial charges, how often they secure mental health system in several dec- at 18 years old.
convictions, whether or not those ades. Our bill that we are talking about
charged were already on probation or Republicans have also taken steps to here today would have prevented that.
parole, and how many offenders were reform the National Instant Criminal Whatever they are doing for the pre-
released without bail. Background Check System with the so- vious question—I don’t know what it
Madam Speaker, the American peo- called Fix NICS Act of 2017, which im- is—would not.
ple need to know if the people they proved reporting to the database. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman
have entrusted to keep their neighbor- Unfortunately, we also know the De- from Pennsylvania (Ms. SCANLON), a
hoods safe are actually using their tax partment of Justice inspector general member of the Rules Committee.
dollars to finance this crime wave. reported that only 1 percent of individ- Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker,
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The uals who try to purchase a firearm ille- since the Judiciary Committee marked
time of the gentleman has expired. gally, and it is known they are trying up the Protecting Our Kids Act last
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I to purchase a firearm illegally, are Thursday, dozens more Americans have
yield an additional 10 seconds to the prosecuted. been killed or wounded in shootings,
gentleman. So, I have introduced a bill, H.R. 194, including in Philadelphia.
Mr. TIFFANY. It is time to end the Saturday night was a beautiful sum-
to require the Department of Justice to
policy of underwriting progressive poli- mer evening in the South Street enter-
recommence this reporting to Congress
cies that endanger the lives and liveli- tainment district when a fistfight
so that Congress can have a better idea
hoods of decent, hardworking Ameri- broke out. It ended with 3 deaths and 11
of how many guns exist illegally in
cans, and that starts with trans- injured after multiple people pulled
commerce and, ultimately, to ensure
parency. guns and fired into the bustling crowd.
that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
I urge my colleagues to stand with us Most of those gun owners were licensed
Firearms and Explosives recovers these
for safer communities and oppose the to carry. One had a ghost gun, which,
illegal firearms.
previous question. of course, is the subject of our legisla-
Republicans would have also engaged
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I tion today.
on the issue of the age of purchase, but The point is that the current ap-
yield 1 minute to the gentleman from honestly, as brought up by Representa-
California (Mr. TAKANO). proach to gun violence in this country,
tive MASSIE yesterday during the Rules which has encouraged a flood of guns
Mr. TAKANO. Madam Speaker, I rise
Committee hearing, let’s examine all to our streets, is not working. We need
in support of the rule, which would
the data points to determine whether to do more, and we need to do it now.
deem and pass a resolution condemning
the age for law enforcement officers, This isn’t about being progun or
great replacement theory and white su-
military service, and the Selective antigun. Gun violence is not a partisan
premacy.
The recent mass shooting in Buffalo, Service should also be considered. But issue. It is a sickness infecting this en-
New York, that claimed the lives of 10 that was not on the table. tire country.
Americans was committed by a self-de- Then, as if to underscore just how Whether Philadelphia, Uvalde, Tulsa,
scribed white supremacist who ref- partisan and one-sided this rule is Buffalo, or anywhere else in between,
erenced great replacement theory in a today, there is a provision in the rule none of us should sit idly by and watch
manifesto. that deems a $1.6 trillion budget reso- preventable gun deaths happen every
The perpetuation of xenophobia, rac- lution for fiscal year 2023. Madam single day, and I know that I, for one,
ism, and anti-Semitism by rightwing Speaker, I am a member of the Budget cannot.
extremists who believe in a grand con- Committee, and during the Rules Com- We are not helpless. We can change
spiracy theory that minorities, some- mittee hearing yesterday was the first this. The needle on this issue has
how facilitated by Jews, are actively time I heard about this budget resolu- moved, and it is not going back. The
seeking to diminish the political and tion. It is a 9 percent increase over fis- only question is whether Republican
cultural power of White voters must be cal year 2022 and $21 billion over Presi- Members of Congress and the Senate
condemned. dent Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget will listen to their constituents or the
Notably absent is the condemnation proposal. NRA.
of our leaders on the right, who refuse We have a problem with inflation in Our fellow Americans are demanding
to speak out against this senseless vio- this country. We have a problem with action. There is nothing unconstitu-
lence and call it what it is: hate speech inflation because the Federal Govern- tional about the bills we consider
meant to divide us and not unite us. ment and congressional Democrats and today, and they will help stop the rou-
This departure from logic and reason, the Biden administration are over- tine slaughter of children, neighbors,
and cozying up to fear, is leading peo- spending what the economy can tol- teachers, doctors, and seniors in our
ple to violence and extremism in com- erate. Yet, here we are, adding a 9 per- schools, neighborhoods, churches, tem-
munities all across this country, and it cent increase on a resolution that is ples, mosques, and supermarkets.
must be stopped. deemed passed when the rule is voted I refuse to tell our children that they
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I on. We don’t even get to debate the must be sacrificial lambs to a radical,
yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from pros and cons in the committee. It is twisted theory of armed Second
Texas (Mr. BURGESS). just deemed passed when the rule is Amendment liberty that is decoupled
Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I passed. I have to ask: When will this from personal responsibility and re-
thank the gentlewoman for yielding. partisan policymaking end? fuses to recognize the overriding pur-
We learned in the Rules Committee Half the country represented by Re- poses of the Constitution, to ensure do-
yesterday—in fact, the gentlewoman publicans deserve—and we have a man- mestic tranquility and promote the
from Minnesota pointed out—how Re- date from our constituents—to be part general welfare, and that also refuses
publicans had little opportunity to pro- of the legislative process. to recognize that there are constitu-
vide any input into these bills that are Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I tional limits to the Second Amend-
going to be provided for in this rule. yield myself such time as I may con- ment. Our Constitution is not a suicide
Unfortunately, the Speaker has no in- sume. pact.
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terest in involving half of the Rep- Let me remind everybody that 21 Our children know as well as we do
resentatives in this country in address- people were killed in Uvalde, 19 chil- that we can do something. We have the
ing an issue we all care about: Keeping dren. Ten people were killed in Buffalo. power to pass this bill, and we must.
Americans safe. I say that because I think my col- Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I
Yesterday, in the Rules Committee, leagues need to be reminded about why yield myself such time as I may con-
it was stated that Republicans vote we are here today, not to talk about sume.
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My colleague from Massachusetts Instead of hiding, I urge my col- [From Insider, June 8, 2022]
continues to use his talking points and leagues to be crystal clear with the HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERS TOLD THEIR
mentions the gun lobby, and I want to American people about exactly what MEMBERS TO VOTE AGAINST 8 GUN-SAFETY
point out that I hear from many of my they have in store for them: tax in- BILLS, CITING OPPOSITION FROM THE NRA
AND GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA
constituents who are law-abiding gun creases, high inflation, open borders,
owners and who are extremely con- energy dependence, and an ever-grow- (By Bryan Metzger)
cerned and oppose this bill. ing mountain of debt. House Republicans are poised to vote
As a matter of fact, I met with a against eight bills aimed at preventing gun
violence on Tuesday, in part due to opposi-
group of students from my district this b 1315 tion from powerful pro-gun groups on the
morning who oppose this legislation. right.
Even students know that this bill will Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I
House Democratic leaders have scheduled
do nothing to stop gun violence, but yield myself such time as I may con- votes for Wednesday evening on the ‘‘Pro-
they do understand it will trample Sec- sume. tecting Our Kids Act’’—a package of seven
ond Amendment rights. Madam Speaker, you got to be kid- gun violence-related measures that includes
Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to ding me. The gentleman from Missouri raising the age for legal purchase of semi-
the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. comes down here for 3 minutes and un- automatic rifles and shotguns to 21, closing
loads on everybody here about a tech- the ‘‘bump stock’’ loophole, and other meas-
SMITH).
nical provision that doesn’t even spend ures aimed at preventing the illegal traf-
Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Madam ficking of guns.
Speaker, today’s rule is an all-too-fa- any money. It is a technical provision The House will also vote on the ‘‘Federal
miliar pattern of the legislative lazi- to allow us to go forward with our ap- Extreme Risk Protection Order Act,’’ a fed-
ness from my Democrat colleagues. propriations work. eral ‘‘red flag’’ bill that would allow family
Once again, Washington Democrats Not a mention of the children who members and law enforcement officials to
are hiding their spending from the were killed in Uvalde or the people who temporarily block firearm access to those
American people. They are smuggling were killed in Buffalo—not a mention. who a court determines pose a danger to
What the hell is wrong with this place? themselves or others.
their spending levels for the upcoming
In a ‘‘whip notice’’ sent to rank-and-file
appropriations process into a rule for a Madam Speaker, I include in the members on Tuesday afternoon, House GOP
totally unrelated bill so they don’t RECORD—since the gentleman didn’t leadership urged a ‘‘no’’ vote on all eight
have to debate or defend their out-of- have the dignity to acknowledge those bills, referring to the seven-bill package as
control spending habits. who were killed—the names of those the ‘‘Unconstitutional Gun Restrictions
Last year, Democrats did the exact who were murdered in Uvalde and Buf- Act.’’ They wrote that House Democrats had
same thing. The chairman of the Budg- falo. ‘‘thrown together this reactionary package
et Committee drafts a spending resolu- comprised of legislation that egregiously
Robb Elementary School—Uvalde, TX (May violates law-abiding citizens’ 2nd Amend-
tion; he skips over his committee; and 24, 2022) ment rights and hinders Americans’ ability
then they toss it into a rule, hoping no 19 CHILDREN, 2 TEACHERS—21 TOTAL to defend and protect themselves and their
one notices. FATALITIES, 18 INJURED families.’’
At no point in the last 4 years of the The email also noted the opposition of the
Makenna Lee Elrod, age 10;
majority have House Democrats actu- National Rifle Association and Gun Owners
Layla Salazar, age 11;
ally marked up a budget in the Budget Maranda Mathis, age 11;
of America, including links to talking points
Committee. Time and again, House from the NRA about both the gun package
Nevaeh Bravo, age 10;
Democrats have acted with as little and the red flag law. Leaders also noted the
Jose Manuel Flores Jr., age 10; opposition of Heritage Action for America,
sunlight as possible because they don’t Xavier Lopez; age 10; an advocacy group tied to the conservative
want to be held accountable for their Tess Marie Mata, age 10; Heritage Foundation.
record. Rojelio Torres, age 10; ‘‘Due to the importance of this issue, votes
Americans know that Washington Eliahna ‘‘Ellie’’ Amyah Garcia, age 9; on this legislation will be considered in fu-
spending is driving inflation, and now Eliahna A. Torres, age 10: ture candidate ratings and endorsements by
Democrats are calling for even more. Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, age 10; the NRA Political Victory Fund,’’ declares
Last year alone, House Democrats Jackie Cazares, age 9; one of the memos shared by party leaders.
voted for $7.5 trillion in new spending, Uziyah Garcia, age 10; It’s not uncommon for party leaders to
Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, age 10; note the opposition of outside groups to
including the $2 trillion so-called res-
Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, age 10; major pieces of legislation. For example, in a
cue plan that ignited the highest infla- February whip notice urging Republicans to
Jailah Nicole Silguero, age 10;
tion in four decades. vote against a major piece of legislation
Amerie Jo Garza, 10;
Since President Biden took office and aimed at boosting the US semiconductor in-
Alexandria ‘‘Lexi’’ Aniyah Rubio, age 10;
one-party Democrat control of Con- Alithia Ramirez, age 10; dustry, GOP leaders noted the opposition of
gress took over in Washington, infla- Irma Garcia, age 48; and
the Federation for American Immigration
tion is up 11 percent. Gas prices are up Reform, National Taxpayers Union, and
Eva Mireles, age 44.
110 percent on their watch. President Americans for Prosperity.
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But the two gun groups’ inclusion—and the
Biden’s 2021 deficit was the second Supermarket Shooting—Buffalo, NY (May 14, NRA’s threat to downgrade candidate rat-
highest in history, $517 billion more 2022) ings or withhold endorsements should any
than the CBO said it should have been. 10 TOTAL FATALITIES, 3 INJURED Republicans back the measures—underscores
Democrats don’t want to debate Pearl Young, age 77; the enduring influence of pro-second amend-
budgets. They certainly don’t want to Ruth Whitfield, age 86; ment groups on the right, despite the NRA’s
debate the President’s budget, which Andre Mackniel, age 53; recent financial troubles and shrinking
would spend $73 trillion over the next Katherine ’Kat’ Massey, age 72; membership.
decade, a 66 percent increase over the Celestine Chaney, age 65; Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I
past decade. It would add $16 trillion in Margus D. Morrison, age 52; yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
new debt with well over $1 trillion an- Heyward Patterson, age 67; Maryland (Mr. RASKIN), a member of
nual deficits every year. Aaron Salter Jr., age 55; the Rules Committee.
Democrats don’t want to talk about Roberta Drury, age 32; and Mr. RASKIN. Madam Speaker, the
budgets because they are spending like Geraldine Talley, age 62. blood bath continues. Gun violence has
they simply don’t exist. If Democrats Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I now become the number one cause of
won’t show their cards, allow me. The will respond to the gentlewoman from death of children in the United States.
resolution that is tucked away in this Minnesota. We have rates of gun violence and gun
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rule has over $1.6 trillion in discre- Madam Speaker, I include in the deaths 20 times higher than any other
tionary spending next year, a $132 bil- RECORD this Business Insider article industrialized nations like France, the
lion, or 9 percent, increase over the entitled ‘‘Host Republican leaders told United Kingdom, Japan, and Israel. No
most recent fiscal year 2022 omnibus. It their Members to vote against eight other nation comes close to what we
is $21 billion more in spending than gun-safety bills, citing opposition from are seeing. That is 200 percent higher
even Biden’s budget proposal. the NRA and Gun Owners of America.’’ than our peer countries.
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The American people want change September 1, 2021 through August 31, defined as a planting, harvesting or post-har-
and action, but the minority invites us 2022. vest manipulation conducted in accordance
to believe that the bloody carnage pil- with official recommendations of State Ex-
[From the Texas Parks & Wildlife, Sept. 1,
tension Specialists of the Cooperative Exten-
ing up around the country from Buffalo 2021]
sion Service of the USDA. Does not include
to Uvalde, from Newtown to Las Vegas MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING METHODS the brocast spreading of seed that is nor-
is a necessary feature of our Second (By Texas Parks & Wildlife) mally drill-planted;
Amendment. HARVEST INFORMATION PROGRAM (HIP) over crops or natural vegetation where
We are invited to believe that all of No person shall hunt migratory game birds
grain has been inadvertently scattered as a
the lost sons, daughters, mothers, fa- result of entering or leaving a hunting area,
in this state unless that person is HIP-cer-
thers, brothers, and sisters of America placing decoys or retrieving downed birds;
tified in Texas. The federally-mandated Har-
are the necessary collateral damage of using natural vegetation or crops to con-
vest Information Program (HIP) improves
ceal a blind, provided that if crops are used
their fidelity to the Second Amend- harvest information for all migratory game
to conceal a blind, no grain or other feed is
ment. birds. Hunters who buy a Migratory Game
exposed, deposited, distributed or scattered
Our family members must be sac- Bird Hunting Endorsement, including Super
in the process.
rificed to a completely false vision of Combos, will be asked a few simple questions A person may hunt doves over planted
about their migratory bird hunting activi-
the Second Amendment. It is a lie. It is crops that have been manipulated for the
ties. purpose of hunting. Waterfowl and sandhill
a lie based on a totally bogus Please report Migratory Game Bird bands.
misreading of the Second Amendment cranes may not be hunted where grain or
Check migratory game birds harvested (espe- feed has been distributed or scattered as a
and what the Supreme Court has actu- cially doves) for leg bands and report them result of manipulation or livestock feeding.
ally said about it. to reportband.gov.
UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES
Read Justice Scalia in Heller v. Dis- MEANS AND METHODS
trict of Columbia. No, he says, the It is unlawful to:
Shotguns, lawful archery equipment, fal- hunt migratory birds with the aid of bait,
right to guns is not an unlimited right. conry, dogs, artificial decoys, and manual or or on or over any baited area;
No, he says, the Second Amendment mouth-operated bird calls are legal. hunt over any baited area until 10 days
right is not a right to keep and carry A shotgun is the only legal firearm for after all baiting materials have been re-
any weapon whatsoever, in any manner hunting migratory game birds. Shotguns moved and a game warden has confirmed re-
whatsoever, and for whatever purpose. must not be larger than 10-gauge, must be moval of baiting materials;
fired from the shoulder, and must be incapa- place or allow the placement of bait on or
No.
ble of holding more than three shells. Shot- adjacent to any area where migratory game
The Second Amendment is not the guns capable of holding more than three birds could be attracted for the purpose of
only right in the Bill of Rights that is shells must be plugged with a one-piece filler hunting migratory game birds by any per-
not subject to reasonable regulation in which cannot be removed without disassem- son;
the interest of public safety and public bling the gun, so the gun’s total capacity hunt waterfowl or sandhill cranes over ma-
security. He specifically upheld reason- does not exceed three shells. nipulated planted millet in the first year
able gun safety regulations, including Hunting is permitted in the open or from a after planting;
bans on carrying a concealed weapon, blind or other type of concealment or from hunt waterfowl or sandhill cranes over
floating craft or motor boat provided that all crops that have been manipulated, unless the
the possession of firearms by felons and
motion resulting from sail or motor has manipulation is a normal agricultural post-
other people who shouldn’t have guns; ceased. Sails must be furled and motor harvesting manipulation in accordance with
laws forbidding carrying firearms in turned off before shooting starts. official recommendations of State Extension
schools and government buildings; laws A craft under power may be used to re- Specialists of the Cooperative Extension
imposing conditions and qualifications trieve dead or crippled birds; however, crip- Service of the USDA;
on the sale and purchase of firearms. pled birds may not be shot from such craft use any firearm other than a legal shot-
Stop hiding behind the Second under power. gun; use a trap, snare, net, fishhook, poison,
Amendment. Take responsibility for No person, while hunting waterfowl any- drug, explosive or stupefying substance; use
where in the state, may possess shotgun live birds as decoys; use recorded or elec-
your irresponsible position.
shells containing lead shot or loose lead shot tronically amplified bird calls or sounds; or
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- for use in muzzleloaders. Approved shot in- use a sinkbox;
bers are reminded to direct their re- cludes steel (including copper, nickel or zinc- hunt from or by means of motor vehicles
marks to the Chair. coated steel), bismuth-tin, tungsten-iron, or aircraft of any kind (including stationary)
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I tungsten-polymer (e.g. moly-shot), and any except paraplegics and single or double am-
yield myself such time as I may con- other nontoxic material approved by the Di- putees of legs may hunt from stationary
sume. rector of the USFWS. motor-driven conveyances;
Madam Speaker, we already have gun BAITING REGULATIONS use motor-driven land, water or air con-
laws in this country and yet those laws Directly or indirectly placing, exposing, veyances or sailboats to concentrate, drive,
continue to be broken. If Democrats depositing, distributing or scattering of salt, rally or stir up any migratory game bird; or
hunt where tame or captive live ducks or
want to talk about common sense, how grain, or other feed that could serve as a lure
geese are present unless such birds are or
about we talk about enforcing the laws or attraction for migratory game birds to, on
have been for a period of 10 consecutive days
that already exist. or over areas where hunters are attempting
prior to such taking confined within an en-
to take them is prohibited by federal law.
Communities across the country are closure which substantially reduces the audi-
Hunters are responsible for knowing whether
making it clear that they want people an area is baited or not.
bility of their calls and totally conceals such
who commit crimes to be prosecuted to birds from the sight of wild migratory game
For further information on federal regula-
the fullest extent of the law; yet, lib- birds.
tion regarding baiting:
eral prosecutors are letting criminals USFWS Dove Hunting and Baiting. Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker,
go free with minimal punishment. This USFWS Waterfowl Hunting and Baiting. shotguns used for duck hunting can’t
is not woke. This is dangerous. A hunter may hunt migratory game birds hold more than three shells. Let me re-
Criminals need to be held account- including waterfowl, coots and sandhill peat: In order to protect the duck pop-
cranes: ulation in Texas, shotguns cannot hold
able for their actions, and that is why
on or over standing crops, standing flooded
we offered the PQ we did. crops and flooded harvested crops;
more than three shells. Imagine if our
Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- over natural vegetation that has been ma- Republican friends could muster the
ance of my time. nipulated; same courage to protect America’s
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I on or over a normal soil stabilization prac- children.
yield myself such time as I may con- tice that is defined as a planting for agricul- Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to
sume. tural soil erosion control or post-mining the gentleman from New York (Mr.
Madam Speaker, the gentlewoman land reclamation conducted in accordance HIGGINS).
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mentioned our gun laws, and just to with official recommendations of State Ex- Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Madam
tension Specialists of the Cooperative Exten-
demonstrate the absurdity of the gun Speaker, I rise today in support of the
sion Service of the U.S. Department of Agri-
laws that are in place, I include in the culture (USDA); rule for the House to consider common-
RECORD the Texas Parks & Wildlife on or over lands or areas where seeds or sense measures to protect our commu-
‘‘Migratory Game Bird Hunting Meth- grains have been scattered solely as a result nities and our kids from massacres
ods’’ list of regulations, which is valid of a normal agricultural practice which is caused by weapons of mass destruction.
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In Buffalo, on May 14, the shooting over and over again: Is doing nothing They should be ashamed of them-
started at 2:30 in the afternoon. In 2 really going to save lives? Is it going to selves for putting us through this polit-
minutes and 3 seconds it was over: 10 actually result in change? How many ical show rather than working with Re-
people were killed, 3 injured, 11 African more of our children have to die? publicans on a bipartisan solution to
Americans, 1 shooter with a weapon of How many more school children’s lit- gun violence.
mass destruction. tle pink shoes will be left behind Madam Speaker, I oppose the rule
I don’t want anybody’s guns, but we stained with blood before some of the and I ask Members to do the same. I
should at least be able to be supportive electeds in this room put the lives of yield back the balance of my time.
of background checks to ensure that people ahead of the profits of their po- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker,
people that shouldn’t have a gun pos- litical donors? how much time do I have remaining?
sess a gun. That uplifts the integrity of In my district, in River Rouge, a 6- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen-
gun ownership by taking a responsible year-old girl was caught in a crossfire tleman has 21⁄4 minutes.
position and does nothing relative to and shot by a high-powered assault Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I
constitutional rights, and represents a rifle. include in the RECORD Newsweek’s May
collective responsibility. The measures in the Protecting Our 27, 2022, article entitled ‘‘More Children
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I Kids package that we are set to vote on Have Been Shot Dead in 2022 Than Po-
yield myself such time as I may con- today is essential and it does save lice in the Line of Duty.’’
sume. lives. Let’s just be very clear though: [From Newsweek, May 27, 2022]
Madam Speaker, why are we here de- Our kids need way more than this.
MORE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SHOT DEAD IN
bating legislation we know will never They need an assault weapon ban. They 2022 THAN POLICE IN THE LINE OF DUTY
become law, and when there are—com- need far stricter regulations on hand- (By Gerrard Kaonga)
pletely separate from this proposal—bi- guns and bold initiatives to reduce the
More children have been shot and killed in
partisan efforts going on in the Senate? number of firearms in our commu- the U.S. this year than police while on duty,
We know this is not a genuine effort by nities. according to new data.
the Democrats as they went right to Most of all, they need accountability The Officer Down Memorial Page website
extremes of what they know will divide from us—from all of us. records the death of police officers across the
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The country and honors them for their service.
this country, and would not work with As well as showing a picture of the de-
time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Republicans or accept any of the rea- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I ceased officer, it also shows where they were
sonable amendments that were put for- yield the gentlewoman an additional 15 stationed, the date of their death and the
ward in committee. seconds. cause.
This is a political ploy being put on According to the website, in 2022, 20 offi-
Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, they cers have been killed after being involved in
by the Democrats for them to use as need accountability from those of us
talking points, and it is at the expense a shooting.
who are enabling the mass murder of In comparison, in 2022, 24 students have
of a tragedy and the heartache of so millions of Americans so they can prof- been killed as a result of shootings at school,
many across this country. it from our pain, and that the people according to data collected by Education
Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- that enable their slaughter-for-profit Week.
ance of my time. scheme are here in our government. ‘‘School shootings, terrifying to students,
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I Madam Speaker, I look forward to educators, parents and communities, always
yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman reignite polarizing debates about gun rights
supporting this and so much more be- and school safety,’’ the Education Week re-
from Massachusetts (Mrs. TRAHAN). cause our kids deserve it.
Mrs. TRAHAN. Madam Speaker, port read.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I ‘‘To bring context to these debates, Edu-
many of us in this Chamber have young reserve the balance of my time. cation Week journalists began tracking
children. For us, today’s vote comes Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, we shootings on K–12 school property that re-
down to simple questions: Can you as a have no further requests for time on sulted in firearm-related injuries or deaths.’’
mom or dad imagine getting a call that our side, and I am ready to close. I re- According to the Education Week report,
your child’s school was locked down be- serve the balance of my time. there have been 27 school shootings in 2022
cause of an active shooter? Can you Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I and 119 in total since 2018, when they began
imagine standing helplessly behind a tracking such incidents.
yield myself such time as I may con- The Robb Elementary School shooting,
police line as gunshots are fired near sume. which resulted in 21 people being killed—19
your daughter’s classroom? Can you Madam Speaker, these bills are not children and two adult staff, lifted the num-
imagine having to identify the unrec- about keeping kids and communities ber of children killed in school shootings
ognizable body of your missing baby safe from violent criminals, they are above the number of police officers shot dead
boy by his favorite shoes? Can you about furthering a blanket anti-gun in the line of duty.
imagine standing in line for a DNA test agenda. This is one-size-fits-all gun re- The other school shootings that brought
praying to God that it does not come striction legislation that would punish the total number to 24 deaths included an at-
tack at Tanglewood Middle School, Green-
back a match? law-abiding gun owners and fail to im- ville, South Carolina, on March 31.
I ask those questions because that is prove public safety. My colleagues on A 12–year old student was shot and killed
what 19 families in Uvalde just had to the left know it. at the school. At the time, this was the
do. That is their reality and it has been This was not a bipartisan effort and youngest age a student had been killed in a
the reality for 14 families in Parkland, these bills will never make it through school shooting in 2022.
20 families in Sandy Hook, 12 families the Senate. With very real problems to Another incident that contributed was the
in Columbine, and the list goes on. solve, why are Democrats wasting pre- Eisenhower High School shooting, Yakima,
If you imagine that reality, then do cious time on something that will Washington, on March 15, that resulted in
one student being killed and another injured.
today what should have been done 25 never make it into law? If Democrats There was also a shooting at East High
years ago. Pass the legislation so no were serious about addressing gun vio- School in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 7 that
parent in America ever experiences lence, they would engage in meaningful resulted in a 15-year-old boy being killed and
this horrific reality again. Our children conversation about public safety in- two female students getting injured.
are counting on us and they are watch- stead of this agenda-driven political The second shooting of 2022 that resulted
ing. theater. in a fatality of a student was at the South
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I The sad fact is that the Democrats’ Education Center, Richfield, Minnesota, on
approach demonstrates that these bills February 1.
reserve the balance of my time.
LARGE NUMBER OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I and the issue of gun violence on the
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yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman whole are nothing more than political A shooting outside the South Education
talking points in an election year. This Center left a 15–year-old student dead and a
from Michigan (Ms. TLAIB).
17–year-old student critically wounded.
Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, it is in- is designed to advance the radical The first incident of 2022 that resulted in a
humane, colleagues, to allow the kill- Democrat base that believes no private student’s death was at Oliver Citywide Acad-
ing of children. I do have one more citizen should ever be able to own a emy, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Janu-
question for so many that I have asked gun. ary 19. This resulted in a 15–year-old boy
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being shot and killed as he waited to go buy an AR–15 and smaller magazine ca- Costa Kirkpatrick Quigley
home. Courtney Krishnamoorthi Raskin
pacity may seem like an inconvenience Craig Kuster Rice (NY)
President Joe Biden addressed the issue in
to some people. But when stacked up Crist Lamb Ross
a speech on Tuesday and said it was time
America stood up to the gun manufacturing against the carnage we have seen in Crow Langevin Roybal-Allard
this country, I think we can all live Cuellar Larsen (WA) Ruiz
industry. Biden also reflected on the fre- Davids (KS) Larson (CT) Ruppersberger
quency of mass shootings in America in his with a little inconvenience. Davis, Danny K. Lawrence Rush
speech. Madam Speaker, I cannot be any Dean Lawson (FL) Ryan
‘‘It’s been 3,448 days—10 years since I stood clearer. These bills will keep people DeFazio Lee (CA) Sánchez
up at a high school in Connecticut—a grade from dying, but only if they become DeGette Lee (NV)
Sarbanes
school in Connecticut, where another gun- DeLauro Leger Fernandez
law or if similar bills become law. Scanlon
man massacred 26 people, including 20 first- DelBene Levin (CA)
Schakowsky
graders, at Sandy Hook Elementary School,’’ I know that everybody hates Con- Demings Levin (MI)
Schiff
gress. Hell, I even hate Congress some- DeSaulnier Lieu
he said. Deutch Lofgren Schneider
‘‘Since then, there have been over 900 inci- times. But, Madam Speaker, don’t lis- Dingell Lowenthal Schrader
dents of gunfire reported on school grounds. ten to the NRA or extremists on this Doggett Luria Schrier
Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Doyle, Michael Lynch Scott (VA)
bill. Vote your conscience. Scott, David
Parkland, Florida. Santa Fe High School in F. Malinowski
Madam Speaker, I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote Escobar Maloney, Sewell
Texas. Oxford High School in Michigan. The
list goes on and on,’’ Biden said. ‘‘And the on the rule and the previous question. Eshoo Carolyn B. Sherman
The material previously referred to Espaillat Maloney, Sean Sherrill
list grows when it includes mass shootings at
Evans Manning Sires
places like movie theaters, houses of wor- by Mrs. FISCHBACH is as follows: Slotkin
Fletcher Matsui
ship, and, as we saw just 10 days ago, at a AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 1153 Foster McBath Smith (WA)
grocery store in Buffalo, New York.’’ Frankel, Lois McCollum Soto
‘‘I am sick and tired of it. We have to act. At the end of the resolution, add the fol- Gallego McEachin Spanberger
And don’t tell me we can’t have an impact lowing: Garamendi McGovern Speier
on this carnage,’’ Biden said. SEC. 8. Immediately upon adoption of this Garcı́a (IL) McNerney Stansbury
resolution, the House shall proceed to the Garcia (TX) Meeks Stanton
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I Golden Meng
consideration in the House of the bill (H.R. Stevens
yield myself the remainder of my time. 7967) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control Gomez Mfume Strickland
Madam Speaker, will the bills before and Safe Streets Act to direct district attor- Gonzalez, Moore (WI) Suozzi
us pass the Senate? I sure as hell hope Vicente Morelle Swalwell
ney and prosecutors offices to report to the Gottheimer Moulton
so. None of these proposals are ex- Attorney General, and for other purposes. Green, Al (TX) Mrvan
Takano
treme. Quite the opposite. In fact, they Thompson (CA)
All points of order against consideration of Grijalva Murphy (FL)
Thompson (MS)
are what the vast majority of people in the bill are waived. The bill shall be consid- Harder (CA) Nadler
Titus
this country—Democrats, Republicans, ered as read. All points of order against pro- Hayes Napolitano
Tlaib
visions in the bill are waived. The previous Himes Neal
Independents—want us to do. Maybe Horsford Neguse
Tonko
they will get changed in the Senate. question shall be considered as ordered on Torres (CA)
Hoyer Newman
the bill and on any amendment thereto to Torres (NY)
Even if our Senate colleagues do not final passage without intervening motion ex-
Huffman Norcross
Trahan
take up these exact bills, I will tell you Jackson Lee O’Halleran
cept: (1) one hour of debate equally divided Jacobs (CA) Ocasio-Cortez Trone
what this process we are going through and controlled by the chair and ranking mi- Jayapal Omar Underwood
will absolutely do and why our efforts Jeffries Pallone Vargas
nority member of the Committee on the Ju-
Johnson (GA) Panetta Veasey
here are worthwhile. diciary; and (2) one motion to recommit. Velázquez
This process will unequivocally show SEC. 9. Clause l(c) of rule XIX shall not Johnson (TX) Pappas
Jones Pascrell Wasserman
where each and every one of us stand in apply to the consideration of H.R. 7967. Kahele Payne Schultz
the wake of this unspeakable tragedy. Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I Kaptur Perlmutter Waters
More importantly, it will demonstrate Keating Peters Watson Coleman
yield back the balance of my time, and Welch
Kelly (IL) Phillips
which of the solutions we are putting I move the previous question on the Khanna Pingree Wexton
forward have majority support in this resolution. Kildee Pocan Wild
half of the Congress. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Kilmer Porter Williams (GA)
As our Senate colleagues discuss gun Kim (NJ) Pressley Wilson (FL)
question is on ordering the previous Kind Price (NC) Yarmuth
violence solutions, they will have no question.
doubt as to where the House of Rep- The question was taken; and the NAYS—205
resentatives stands on red flag laws; Speaker pro tempore announced that Allen Clyde Gosar
raising the age to purchase a semiauto- Amodei Cole Granger
the ayes appeared to have it. Armstrong Comer Graves (LA)
matic rifle from 18 to 21; gun traf- Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, Arrington Crawford Graves (MO)
ficking and straw purchases; ghost on that I demand the yeas and nays. Babin Crenshaw Green (TN)
guns; safe storage of firearms, particu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bacon Curtis Greene (GA)
larly when a minor is likely to gain ac- Baird Davidson Griffith
ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Balderson Davis, Rodney Grothman
cess; bump stocks; and large-capacity 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Banks DesJarlais Guest
magazines. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Barr Diaz-Balart Guthrie
We will have separate votes on all of Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the min- Bentz Donalds Harris
Bergman Duncan Harshbarger
these issues. This is on top of the back- imum time for any electronic vote on Bice (OK) Dunn Hartzler
ground check bill and the Charleston the question of adoption of the resolu- Biggs Ellzey Hern
loophole bills we have already sent tion. Bilirakis Emmer Herrell
them. Bishop (NC) Estes Herrera Beutler
The vote was taken by electronic de- Boebert Fallon Hice (GA)
b 1330 vice, and there were—yeas 217, nays Bost Feenstra Higgins (LA)
205, not voting 5, as follows: Brady Ferguson Hill
This week there will be no excuses. Brooks Fischbach Hinson
We will vote on these ideas one issue at [Roll No. 235] Buchanan Fitzgerald Hudson
a time. None of these proposals are YEAS—217 Buck Fitzpatrick Huizenga
Bucshon Fleischmann Issa
aimed at taking guns away from law- Adams Bowman Casten Budd Foxx Jackson
abiding citizens. They are aimed at Aguilar Boyle, Brendan Castor (FL) Burchett Franklin, C. Jacobs (NY)
Allred F. Castro (TX)
stopping people from getting slaugh- Auchincloss Brown (MD) Cherfilus-
Burgess Scott Johnson (LA)
tered in their schools, in their church- Calvert Fulcher Johnson (OH)
Axne Brown (OH) McCormick Cammack Gaetz Johnson (SD)
es, in grocery stores, and in their Barragán Brownley Chu Carey Gallagher Jordan
homes. These ideas won’t solve every Bass Bush Cicilline Carl Garbarino Joyce (OH)
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Beatty Bustos Clark (MA)
problem or stop every shooting, but no Carter (GA) Garcia (CA) Joyce (PA)
Bera Butterfield Clarke (NY) Carter (TX) Gibbs Katko
sane person can come to the conclusion Beyer Carbajal Cleaver Cawthorn Gimenez Keller
that these proposals would not save Bishop (GA) Cárdenas Clyburn Chabot Gohmert Kelly (MS)
Blumenauer Carson Cohen
lives. Blunt Rochester Carter (LA) Connolly
Cheney Gonzales, Tony Kelly (PA)
I know that things like background Cline Gonzalez (OH) Kim (CA)
Bonamici Cartwright Cooper Cloud Gooden (TX) Kinzinger
checks and waiting until you are 21 to Bourdeaux Case Correa
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Kustoff Mullin Smucker Bass Gottheimer Omar Gonzales, Tony Latta Rouzer
LaHood Murphy (NC) Spartz Beatty Green, Al (TX) Pallone Gonzalez (OH) LaTurner Roy
LaMalfa Nehls Stauber Bera Grijalva Panetta Good (VA) Lesko Rutherford
Lamborn Newhouse Steel Beyer Harder (CA) Pappas Gooden (TX) Letlow Salazar
Latta Norman Stefanik Bishop (GA) Hayes Pascrell Gosar Long Scalise
LaTurner Obernolte Steil Blumenauer Higgins (NY) Payne Granger Loudermilk Schweikert
Lesko Owens Steube Blunt Rochester Himes Pelosi Graves (LA) Lucas Scott, Austin
Letlow Palazzo Stewart Bonamici Horsford Perlmutter Graves (MO) Luetkemeyer Sessions
Long Palmer Taylor Bourdeaux Houlahan Peters Green (TN) Mace Simpson
Loudermilk Pence Tenney Bowman Hoyer Phillips Greene (GA) Malliotakis Slotkin
Lucas Perry Boyle, Brendan Huffman Pingree Griffith Mann Smith (MO)
Thompson (PA)
Luetkemeyer Pfluger F. Jackson Lee Pocan Grothman Massie Smith (NE)
Tiffany
Mace Posey Brown (MD) Jacobs (CA) Porter Guest McCarthy Smith (NJ)
Timmons
Malliotakis Reschenthaler Brown (OH) Jayapal Pressley Guthrie McCaul Smucker
Turner
Mann Rice (SC) Brownley Jeffries Price (NC) Harris McClain Spartz
Upton
Massie Rodgers (WA) Bush Johnson (GA) Quigley Harshbarger McClintock
Valadao Stauber
Mast Rogers (AL) Bustos Johnson (TX) Raskin Hartzler McHenry
Van Drew Steel
McCarthy Rogers (KY) Butterfield Jones Rice (NY) Hern McKinley
Van Duyne Stefanik
McCaul Rose Carbajal Kahele Ross Herrell Meijer
Wagner Steil
McClain Rosendale Cárdenas Kaptur Roybal-Allard Herrera Beutler Miller (IL)
Walberg Steube
McClintock Rouzer Carson Keating Ruiz Hice (GA) Miller (WV)
McHenry Roy Walorski Higgins (LA) Miller-Meeks Stewart
Carter (LA) Kelly (IL) Ruppersberger
McKinley Rutherford Waltz Hill Moolenaar Taylor
Cartwright Khanna Rush
Meijer Salazar Weber (TX) Case Kildee Hinson Mooney Tenney
Webster (FL) Ryan Thompson (PA)
Meuser Scalise Casten Kilmer Sánchez Hudson Moore (AL)
Miller (IL) Schweikert Wenstrup Castor (FL) Kim (NJ) Huizenga Moore (UT) Tiffany
Sarbanes Timmons
Miller (WV) Scott, Austin Westerman Castro (TX) Kind Issa Mullin
Scanlon Turner
Miller-Meeks Sessions Williams (TX) Cherfilus- Kirkpatrick Jackson Murphy (NC)
Schakowsky Upton
Moolenaar Simpson Wilson (SC) McCormick Krishnamoorthi Jacobs (NY) Nehls
Schiff Valadao
Mooney Smith (MO) Wittman Chu Kuster Johnson (LA) Newhouse
Schneider Van Drew
Moore (AL) Smith (NE) Womack Cicilline Lamb Johnson (OH) Norman
Schrader Van Duyne
Moore (UT) Smith (NJ) Zeldin Clark (MA) Langevin Johnson (SD) Obernolte
Schrier Wagner
Clarke (NY) Larsen (WA) Jordan Owens
NOT VOTING—5 Scott (VA) Walberg
Cleaver Larson (CT) Joyce (OH) Palazzo
Scott, David Walorski
Aderholt Higgins (NY) Houlahan Clyburn Lawrence Joyce (PA) Pence
Sewell Waltz
Good (VA) Hollingsworth Cohen Lawson (FL) Katko Perry
Sherman Weber (TX)
Connolly Lee (CA) Keller Pfluger
Sherrill Webster (FL)
Cooper Lee (NV) Kelly (MS) Posey
b 1410 Correa Leger Fernandez
Sires Kelly (PA) Reschenthaler Wenstrup
Smith (WA) Kim (CA) Rice (SC) Westerman
Mr. MULLIN, Ms. TENNEY, Mrs. Costa Levin (CA)
Soto Kinzinger Rodgers (WA) Williams (TX)
Courtney Levin (MI)
HARTZLER, and Mr. KATKO changed Craig Lieu
Spanberger Kustoff Rogers (AL) Wilson (SC)
their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Crist Lofgren Speier LaHood Rogers (KY) Wittman
Stansbury
So the previous question was ordered. Crow Lowenthal
Stanton
LaMalfa Rose Womack
The result of the vote was announced Cuellar Luria Lamborn Rosendale Zeldin
Davids (KS) Lynch Stevens
as above recorded. Davis, Danny K. Malinowski Strickland NOT VOTING—5
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Dean Maloney, Suozzi Aderholt Mast Palmer
DeFazio Carolyn B. Swalwell Hollingsworth Meuser
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
DeGette Maloney, Sean Takano
Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Sánchez (Garcia Thompson (CA)
Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) (TX))
DeLauro Manning
Thompson (MS) b 1430
DelBene Matsui
Rochester) Kim (CA) Sewell (Kelly Demings McBath Titus So the resolution was agreed to.
Brooks (Valadao) (IL)) DeSaulnier McCollum Tlaib
(Fleischmann) Kirkpatrick Sherman (Beyer) Tonko The result of the vote was announced
Deutch McEachin
Brown (OH) (Pallone) Sires (Pallone) Dingell McGovern Torres (CA) as above recorded.
(Beatty) Lamb (Blunt Spartz (Banks) Doggett McNerney Torres (NY) A motion to reconsider was laid on
Calvert Rochester) Doyle, Michael Meeks Trahan
(Valadao) Leger Fernandez
Strickland the table.
(Takano) F. Meng Trone
Cárdenas (Soto) (Neguse) Escobar Mfume Underwood MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Suozzi (Beyer)
Cawthorn (Gaetz) Loudermilk Eshoo Moore (WI) Vargas RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Crist (Fleischmann) Swalwell
(Veasey) Espaillat Morelle Veasey Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Sánchez (Garcia
(Wasserman Lowenthal Evans Moulton Velázquez
Taylor (Fallon) Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) (TX))
Schultz) (Beyer) Fletcher Mrvan Wasserman
Tonko (Pallone) Rochester) Kim (CA) Sewell (Kelly
Evans (Beyer) Mace (Donalds) Foster Murphy (FL) Schultz
Torres (NY) Brooks (Valadao) (IL))
Frankel, Lois McEachin Frankel, Lois Nadler Waters
(Blunt (Fleischmann) Kirkpatrick Sherman (Beyer)
(Wasserman (Beyer) Gallego Napolitano Watson Coleman
Rochester) Brown (OH) (Pallone) Sires (Pallone)
Schultz) Moore (WI) Garamendi Neal Welch
Vargas (Takano) (Beatty) Lamb (Blunt Spartz (Banks)
Gomez (Garcia (Beyer) Garcı́a (IL) Neguse Wexton Calvert Rochester) Strickland
(TX)) Moulton Walorski (Banks) Garcia (TX) Newman Wild (Valadao) Leger Fernandez
Guest (Neguse) Waters (Garcia Gomez Norcross Williams (GA) (Takano)
Cárdenas (Soto) (Neguse)
(Fleischmann) Payne (Pallone) (TX)) Gonzalez, O’Halleran Wilson (FL) Suozzi (Beyer)
Cawthorn (Gaetz) Loudermilk
Jacobs (CA) Price (NC) Welch (Pallone) Vicente Ocasio-Cortez Yarmuth Swalwell
Crist (Fleischmann)
(Correa) (Manning) Wilson (FL) (Veasey)
(Wasserman Lowenthal
Johnson (SD) Ruiz (Correa) (Neguse) Taylor (Fallon)
(LaHood) Ryan (Beyer)
NAYS—205 Schultz) (Beyer)
Evans (Beyer) Mace (Donalds) Torres (NY)
Allen Burchett Duncan (Blunt
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Amodei Frankel, Lois McEachin
Burgess Dunn
(Wasserman (Beyer) Rochester)
question is on the resolution. Armstrong Calvert Ellzey
Schultz) Moore (WI) Vargas (Takano)
Arrington Cammack Emmer
The question was taken; and the Babin Carey Estes
Gomez (Garcia (Beyer) Walorski (Banks)
Speaker pro tempore announced that Bacon (TX)) Moulton Waters (Garcia
Carl Fallon
Guest (Neguse) (TX))
the ayes appeared to have it. Baird Carter (GA) Feenstra
(Fleischmann) Payne (Pallone)
Balderson Carter (TX) Ferguson Welch (Pallone)
Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, on Jacobs (CA) Price (NC) Wilson (FL)
Banks Cawthorn Fischbach
that I demand the yeas and nays. Barr Chabot Fitzgerald
(Correa) (Manning) (Neguse)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bentz Johnson (SD) Ruiz (Correa)
Cheney Fitzpatrick
Bergman (LaHood) Ryan (Beyer)
ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Cline Fleischmann
Bice (OK) Cloud Foxx
8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Biggs Clyde Franklin, C.
f
This is a 5-minute vote. Bilirakis Cole Scott
The vote was taken by electronic de- Bishop (NC) Comer Fulcher PROVIDING FOR BUDGET ALLOCA-
TIONS, AND FOR OTHER PUR-
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vice, and there were—yeas 218, nays Boebert Crawford Gaetz
Bost Crenshaw Gallagher POSES
205, not voting 5, as follows: Brady Curtis Garbarino
[Roll No., 236] Brooks Davidson Garcia (CA) Pursuant to section 5 of House Reso-
Buchanan Davis, Rodney Gibbs lution 1153, H. Res. 1151 is adopted.
YEAS—218 Buck DesJarlais Gimenez
Adams Allred Axne Bucshon Diaz-Balart Gohmert The text of the resolution is as fol-
Aguilar Auchincloss Barragán Budd Donalds Golden lows:
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H. RES. 1151 budget authority and outlays or reducing tions, aggregates, and other budgetary levels
Resolved, revenue, and a designation of such provision included in the statement referred to in sub-
SECTION 1. BUDGET MATTERS. as an emergency requirement, the chair of section (b) as follows:
the Committee on the Budget shall not (1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution,
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2023.—For the purpose of
count the budgetary effects of such provision amendment, or conference report making
enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of
for any purpose in the House. discretionary appropriations for fiscal year
1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) for fiscal year 2023,
(2)(A) A proposal to strike a designation 2023 specifies an amount for the health care
the allocations, aggregates, and other budg-
under paragraph (1) shall be excluded from fraud abuse control program at the Depart-
etary levels provided for in subsection (b)
an evaluation of budgetary effects for any ment of Health and Human Services (75–8393–
shall apply in the House of Representatives
purpose in the House. 0–7–571), then the adjustment shall be the ad-
in the same manner as for a concurrent reso-
(B) An amendment offered under subpara- ditional new budget authority specified in
lution on the budget for fiscal year 2023 with
graph (A) that also proposes to reduce each such measure for such program for fiscal
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year
amount appropriated or otherwise made year 2023, but shall not exceed $576,000,000.
2023 and for fiscal years 2024 through 2032. (2) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection,
available by the pending measure that is not
(b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES,
required to be appropriated or otherwise the term ‘‘additional new budget authority’’
AND LEVELS.—The chair of the Committee on
made available shall be in order at any point means the amount provided for fiscal year
the Budget shall submit a statement for pub- 2023, in excess of $323,000,000, in a bill, joint
in the reading of the pending measure.
lication in the Congressional Record as soon (f) ADJUSTMENT FOR DISASTER RELIEF.— resolution, amendment, or conference report
as practicable containing— The chair of the Committee on the Budget making discretionary appropriations and
(1) committee allocations for the Com- may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and specified to pay for the costs of the health
mittee on Appropriations for fiscal year 2023 other budgetary levels included in the state- care fraud and abuse control program.
for new discretionary budget authority of ment referred to in subsection (b) as follows: (i) ADJUSTMENT FOR CONTINUING DISABILITY
$1,602,901,000,000 and the outlays flowing (1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution, REVIEWS AND REDETERMINATIONS.—The chair
therefrom, and for current law mandatory amendment, or conference report making of the Committee on the Budget may adjust
budget authority and outlays, for the pur- discretionary appropriations for fiscal year the allocations, aggregates, and other budg-
pose of enforcing section 302 of the Congres- 2023 specifies an amount that Congress des- etary levels included in the statement re-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); ignates as being for disaster relief, the ad- ferred to in subsection (b) as follows:
(2) for all committees other than the Com- justment for fiscal year 2023 shall be the (1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution,
mittee on Appropriations, committee alloca- total of such appropriations for fiscal year amendment, or conference report making
tions for fiscal year 2023 and for the period of 2023 designated as being for disaster relief, discretionary appropriations for fiscal year
fiscal years 2023 through 2032 consistent with but not to exceed the total of— 2023 specifies an amount for continuing dis-
the most recent baseline of the Congres- (A) the average over the previous 10 fiscal ability reviews under titles II and XVI of the
sional Budget Office, as adjusted, to the ex- years (excluding the highest and lowest fis- Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.,
tent practicable, for the budgetary effects of cal years) of the sum of the funding provided 1381 et seq.), for the cost associated with con-
any provision of law enacted during the pe- for disaster relief (as that term is defined on ducting redeterminations of eligibility under
riod beginning on the date such baseline is the date immediately before March 23, 2018); title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the
issued and ending on the date of submission (B) 5 percent of the total appropriations cost of co-operative disability investigation
of such statement, for the purpose of enforc- provided in the previous 10 fiscal years, net units, and for the cost associated with the
ing section 302 of the Congressional Budget of any rescissions of budget authority en- prosecution of fraud in the programs and op-
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); acted in the same period, with respect to erations of the Social Security Administra-
(3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year amounts provided for major disasters de- tion by Special Assistant United States At-
2023 in accordance with the allocations es- clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford torneys, then the adjustment shall be the ad-
tablished under paragraphs (1) and (2), for Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance ditional new budget authority specified in
the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and designated by such measure for such expenses for fiscal
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. the Congress as an emergency; and year 2023, but shall not exceed $1,511,000,000.
642); and (C) the cumulative net total of the unused (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub-
(4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal year carryover for fiscal year 2018 and all subse- section—
2023 and for the period of fiscal years 2023 quent fiscal years, where the unused carry- (A) the term ‘‘continuing disability re-
through 2032 consistent with the most recent over for each fiscal year is calculated as the views’’ means continuing disability reviews
baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, sum of the amounts in subparagraphs (A) and under sections 221(i) and 1614(a)(4) of the So-
as adjusted, to the extent practicable, for the (B) less the enacted appropriations for that cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 421(i),
budgetary effects of any provision of law en- fiscal year that have been designated as 1382c(a)(4)), including work-related con-
acted during the period beginning on the being for disaster relief. tinuing disability reviews to determine
date such baseline is issued and ending on (2) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection, whether earnings derived from services dem-
the date of submission of such statement, for the term ‘‘disaster relief’’ means activities onstrate an individual’s ability to engage in
the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the carried out pursuant to a determination substantial gainful activity;
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. under section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford (B) the term ‘‘redetermination’’ means re-
642). Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance determination of eligibility under sections
(c) ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair of the Com- Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)). 1611(c)(1) and 1614(a)(3)(H) of the Social Secu-
mittee on the Budget may adjust the alloca- (g) ADJUSTMENT FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRES- rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(c)(1), 1382c(a)(3)(H));
tions, aggregates, and other budgetary levels SION.—The chair of the Committee on the and
included in the statement referred to in sub- Budget may adjust the allocations, aggre- (C) the term ‘‘additional new budget au-
section (b)— gates, and other budgetary levels included in thority’’ means the amount provided for fis-
(1) to reflect changes resulting from the the statement referred to in subsection (b) as cal year 2023, in excess of $288,000,000, in a
Congressional Budget Office’s updates to its follows: bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con-
baseline for fiscal years 2023 through 2032; (1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution, ference report and specified to pay for the
(2) upon the enactment of a bill or joint amendment, or conference report making costs of continuing disability reviews, rede-
resolution providing for a change in concepts discretionary appropriations for fiscal year terminations, co-operative disability inves-
or definitions; or 2023 specifies an amount for wildfire suppres- tigation units, and fraud prosecutions under
(3) for any bill, joint resolution, amend- sion operations in the Wildland Fire Manage- the heading ‘‘Limitation on Administrative
ment, or conference report by the amounts ment accounts at the Department of Agri- Expenses’’ for the Social Security Adminis-
provided in such measure if such measure culture or the Department of the Interior, tration.
would not increase the deficit for either of then the adjustment shall be the additional (j) ADJUSTMENT FOR REEMPLOYMENT SERV-
the following time periods: fiscal year 2023 to new budget authority specified in such meas- ICES AND ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENTS.—The
fiscal year 2027 or fiscal year 2023 to fiscal ure as being for wildfire suppression oper- chair of the Committee on the Budget may
year 2032. ations for fiscal year 2023, but shall not ex- adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other
(d) APPLICABILITY OF SECTION 251 ADJUST- ceed $2,550,000,000. budgetary levels included in the statement
MENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.— (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub- referred to in subsection (b) as follows:
Except as expressly provided otherwise, the section, the terms ‘‘additional new budget (1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution,
adjustments provided by section 251(b) of the authority’’ and ‘‘wildfire suppression oper- amendment, or conference report making
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit ations’’ have the meanings specified in sub- discretionary appropriations for fiscal year
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Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)) shall not clauses (I) and (II), respectively, of section 2023 specifies an amount for grants to States
apply to allocations, aggregates, and other 251(b)(2)(F)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and under section 306 of the Social Security Act
budgetary levels established pursuant to this Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 (42 U.S.C. 506) for claimants of regular com-
resolution. U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) and (II)). pensation, as defined in such section, includ-
(e) EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS.—(1) If a bill, (h) ADJUSTMENT FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD ing those who are profiled as most likely to
joint resolution, amendment, or conference AND ABUSE CONTROL.—The chair of the Com- exhaust their benefits, then the adjustment
report contains a provision providing new mittee on the Budget may adjust the alloca- shall be the additional new budget authority
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specified in such measure for such grants for tions’’ in an aggregate amount not to exceed leged gunman murdered 10 Black people, and
fiscal year 2023, but shall not exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority, and injured 1 Black person and 2 White people;
$258,000,000. for fiscal year 2025, accounts separately iden- (2) the murder of 9 Black worshipers at the
(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub- tified under the same heading; and Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal
section, the term ‘‘additional new budget au- (2) for fiscal year 2024, under the heading Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in
thority’’ means the amount provided for fis- ‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance 2015;
cal year 2023, in excess of $117,000,000, in a Appropriations’’. (3) the White nationalist Unite the Right
bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con- (c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘advance appro- rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 that
ference report making discretionary appro- priation’’ means any new discretionary budg- resulted in 9 wounded and in the murder of
priations and specified to pay for grants to et authority provided in a general appropria- Heather Heyer;
States under section 306 of the Social Secu- tion bill or bill or joint resolution con- (4) the murder of 11 people and wounding of
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 506) for claimants of reg- tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2023, or 6 in an antisemitic attack on the Tree of Life
ular compensation, as defined in such sec- any amendment thereto or conference report L’Simcha synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
tion, including those who are profiled as thereon, that first becomes available fol- vania, in 2018;
most likely to exhaust their benefits. lowing fiscal year 2023. (5) the targeting of Muslim worshippers, in
(k) BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRA- SEC. 4. EXPIRATION. which a gunman murdered 50 people at the
TIVE EXPENSES.— The provisions of this resolution shall ex- Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section pire upon the adoption of a concurrent reso- in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019;
302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of lution on the budget for fiscal year 2023 by (6) the targeting of a Walmart in a pre-
1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(1)), section 13301 of the the House of Representatives and the Senate. dominantly Hispanic neighborhood in El
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 Paso, Texas, in 2019, in which a gunman mur-
note), and section 2009a of title 39, United f dered 23 people and injured 3; and
States Code, the statement filed pursuant to CONDEMNING THE ATROCITY (7) the targeting of 3 Asian-owned spas in
subsection (b) shall include in an allocation THAT OCCURRED IN BUFFALO, the Atlanta, Georgia, metro area on March
under section 302(a) of the Congressional 16, 2021, in which a gunman killed 8 people,
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the
NEW YORK, ON MAY 14, 2022, IN
including 6 Asian women;
Committee on Appropriations of amounts for WHICH 10 AMERICANS WERE Whereas this hateful conspiracy theory
the discretionary administrative expenses of KILLED AND 3 WERE INJURED, and White supremacy inflicts harm to indi-
the Social Security Administration and the AND IN WHICH 11 OF THE 13 VIC- viduals and communities in addition to phys-
United States Postal Service. TIMS WERE BLACK AMERICANS, ical injuries and death;
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of enforc- CONDEMNING THE GREAT RE- Whereas many individuals in positions of
ing section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget PLACEMENT THEORY AS A power and media institutions with widely
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), estimates of the WHITE SUPREMACIST CON- viewed public platforms have contributed to
level of total new budget authority and total the normalization and legitimization of the
outlays provided by a measure shall include
SPIRACY THEORY, AND RE-
underlying principles of the Great Replace-
any discretionary amounts described in para- AFFIRMING THE HOUSE OF REP- ment Theory; and
graph (1). RESENTATIVES COMMITMENT TO Whereas the people of the United States
SEC. 2. APPLICATION. COMBATING WHITE SUPREMACY, stand in solidarity with those harmed by
(a) BUDGETARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair HATRED, AND RACIAL INJUSTICE this hateful, senseless tragedy: Now, there-
of the Committee on the Budget may make fore, be it
Pursuant to section 6 of House Reso-
appropriate budgetary adjustments of new Resolved, That the House of Representa-
lution 1153, H. Res. 1152 is adopted. tives—
budget authority and the outlays flowing
The text of the resolution is as fol- (1) condemns in the strongest terms the
therefrom pursuant to the adjustment au-
thorities provided by section 1. lows: Great Replacement Theory, a White su-
(b) APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN H. RES. 1152 premacist conspiracy theory that has been
ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND OTHER BUDG- Whereas, on May 14, 2022, in Buffalo, New used to falsely justify racially motivated,
ETARY LEVELS.— York, 10 Americans were killed and 3 were violent acts of terrorism domestically and
(1) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allo- injured by a self-described White suprema- internationally;
cations, aggregates, and other budgetary lev- cist who drove more than 200 miles to carry (2) honors the memory and legacy of the
els made pursuant to this resolution shall— out this racist, violent mass shooting with victims and acknowledges the lasting impact
(A) apply while that measure is under con- an assault-style rifle at a supermarket in a that this White supremacist act of violent
sideration; predominantly Black neighborhood; extremism will have on the Black commu-
(B) take effect upon the enactment of that Whereas the self-described White suprema- nity of Buffalo, New York, the United
measure; and cist and antisemite who allegedly carried States, and globally;
(C) be published in the Congressional out this racially motivated, anti-Black mas- (3) encourages all Americans to remember
Record as soon as practicable. sacre with a firearm reportedly wrote a the victims of racially motivated hate
(2) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS, AG- manifesto citing the White supremacist crimes connected to White supremacist con-
GREGATES, AND OTHER BUDGETARY LEVELS.— Great Replacement Theory; spiracy theories such as the Great Replace-
Revised adjustments of allocations, aggre- Whereas the alleged gunman livestreamed ment Theory; and
gates, and other budgetary levels resulting the mass shooting on Twitch; (4) reaffirms the commitment of the Fed-
from these adjustments shall be considered Whereas the victims who tragically died eral Government to combat White suprem-
for the purposes of the Congressional Budget were Aaron Salter, Ruth Whitfield, Pearly acy in all forms by developing the coordi-
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) as the adjust- Young, Katherine ‘‘Kat’’ Massey, Heyward nated, whole-of-government approach to ad-
ments of allocations, aggregates, and other Patterson, Celestine Chaney, Roberta Drury, dress White supremacist violence.
budgetary levels contained in this resolu- Margus D. Morrison, Andre Mackneil, and
tion. f
Geraldine Talley;
(3) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.— Whereas the victims who were injured were
For purposes of this resolution, adjustments PROTECTING OUR KIDS ACT
Zaire Goodman, Jennifer Warrington, and
of allocations, aggregates, and other budg- Christopher Braden; Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, pur-
etary levels shall be determined on the basis Whereas the ‘‘Great Replacement Theory’’ suant to House Resolution 1153, I call
of estimates made by the chair of the Com- is a White supremacist conspiracy theory up the bill (H.R. 7910) to amend title 18,
mittee on the Budget. that perpetuates the racist, xenophobic, na- United States Code, to provide for an
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIA- tivist, Islamophobic, and antisemitic false-
TIONS.
increased age limit on the purchase of
hood that non-White immigrants are being
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in brought into the United States and other certain firearms, prevent gun traf-
subsection (b), any general appropriation bill Western countries to repopulate majority ficking, modernize the prohibition on
or bill or joint resolution continuing appro- White countries and disempower White vot- untraceable firearms, encourage the
priations, or amendment thereto or con- ers to achieve a political agenda, and to spe- safe storage of firearms, and for other
ference report thereon, may not provide an cifically bring upon the genocide of White purposes, and ask for its immediate
advance appropriation. people; consideration in the House.
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(b) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation Whereas this hateful conspiracy theory has The Clerk read the title of the bill.
may be provided for programs, activities, or been cited as a motivation for White su-
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms.
accounts identified in lists submitted for premacist terrorist attacks domestically and
printing in the Congressional Record by the internationally, including— DEGETTE). Pursuant to House Resolu-
chair of the Committee on the Budget— (1) the targeting of a Tops Friendly Market tion 1153, in lieu of the amendment in
(1) for fiscal year 2024, under the heading in a predominantly Black neighborhood in the nature of a substitute rec-
‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropria- Buffalo, New York, in 2022, in which the al- ommended by the Committee on the
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Judiciary printed in the bill, an amend- centerfire shotgun described in subparagraph selling or transferring the firearm to a third
ment in the nature of a substitute con- (B) and is other than a shotgun or rifle, or am- party.
sisting of the text of Rules Committee munition for a shotgun or rifle, to any indi- ‘‘(c) The Attorney General shall ensure that
vidual who the licensee knows or has reasonable the firearm transaction record form required to
Print 117–48 is adopted and the bill, as be completed in connection with a firearm trans-
cause to believe has not attained 21 years of
amended, is considered read. age;’’. action includes a statement outlining the pen-
The text of the bill, as amended, is as (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section alties that may be imposed for violating sub-
follows: 922(c)(1) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘in section (a).
H.R. 7910 the case of any firearm’’ and all that follows ‘‘(d) This section shall not apply to any fire-
through ‘‘eighteen years or more of age’’ and in- arm, if the purchaser or person acquiring the
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
serting ‘‘(1) in the case of a semiautomatic firearm has no reason to believe that the recipi-
resentatives of the United States of America in
centerfire rifle or semiautomatic centerfire shot- ent of the firearm will use or intends to use the
Congress assembled,
gun that has, or has the capacity to accept, an firearm in a crime or is prohibited from pur-
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ammunition feeding device with a capacity ex- chasing or possessing firearms under State or
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as ceeding 5 rounds, I am at least 21 years of age Federal law and the firearm—
the ‘‘Protecting Our Kids Act’’. or a qualified individual (as defined in section ‘‘(1) is purchased or acquired by any person,
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- 921(a)(30) of title 18, United States Code), (2) in or that any person attempts to purchase or ac-
tents for this Act is as follows: the case of a firearm other than a shotgun, a quire, as a bona fide gift between family mem-
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. rifle, or such a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or bers; or
TITLE I—RAISE THE AGE semiautomatic centerfire shotgun, I am at least ‘‘(2) is purchased or acquired by an agent of
21 years of age, or (3) in the case of any other a lawful business, or that an agent of a lawful
Sec. 101. Prohibition on Federal firearms li- business attempts to purchase or acquire, for the
censee selling or delivering certain shotgun or rifle, I am at least 18 years of age’’.
(c) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—Section purpose of transferring to another agent of the
semiautomatic centerfire rifles or business, for lawful use in the business.’’.
921(a) of such title is amended by inserting after
semiautomatic centerfire shotguns (b) FORFEITURE.—Section 982(a)(5) of such
paragraph (29) the following:
to a person under 21 years of age, title is amended—
‘‘(30) The term ‘qualified individual’ means—
with exceptions. (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ at
‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces on active
Sec. 102. Operation of the Federal Bureau of the end; and
duty; and
Investigation’s public access line. ‘‘(B) a full-time employee of the United States, (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the
TITLE II—PREVENT GUN TRAFFICKING a State, or a political subdivision of a State who following:
Sec. 201. Prohibition on straw purchases of fire- in the course of his or her official duties is au- ‘‘(F) section 922(a)(1)(A) (related to unlicensed
arms; prohibition on gun traf- thorized to carry a firearm. firearms sales);
‘‘(31) The term ‘ammunition feeding device’ ‘‘(G) section 922(d) (relating to illegal gun
ficking.
means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or transfers); or
Sec. 202. Prohibition on disposition of firearm
similar device, but does not include an attached ‘‘(H) section 932 (relating to gun traf-
to person intending unlawful fur-
tubular device which is only capable of oper- ficking),’’.
ther disposition. (c) MONEY LAUNDERING AMENDMENT.—Section
Sec. 203. Penalties. ating with .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.’’.
1956(c)(7)(D) of such title is amended by striking
Sec. 204. Firearms subject to forfeiture. SEC. 102. OPERATION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU
‘‘section 924(n)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
OF INVESTIGATION’S PUBLIC AC-
TITLE III—UNTRACEABLE FIREARMS 922(a)(1)(A), 922(d), 924(n), or 932’’.
CESS LINE.
Sec. 301. Requirement that all firearms be trace- (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the
able. tions for such chapter is amended by adding at
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director
Sec. 302. Modernization of the prohibition on the end the following:
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (in this
undetectable firearms. section referred to as the ‘‘FBI’’) shall submit to ‘‘932. Gun trafficking.’’.
TITLE IV—SAFE STORAGE the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate SEC. 202. PROHIBITION ON DISPOSITION OF FIRE-
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the ARM TO PERSON INTENDING UNLAW-
Sec. 401. Ethan’s Law. FUL FURTHER DISPOSITION.
Sec. 402. Safe guns, safe kids. House of Representatives a report regarding op-
eration of the FBI’s public access line. Section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code,
Sec. 403. Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Stor- is amended in the 1st sentence—
age. (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report required
by subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
TITLE V—CLOSING THE BUMP STOCK end;
the following:
LOOPHOLE (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at
(1) A description of the protocols and proce-
Sec. 501. Bump stocks. the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
dures in effect with respect to information-shar-
(3) by inserting after and below paragraph (9)
TITLE VI—KEEP AMERICANS SAFE ing between the public access line and the field
the following:
Sec. 601. Definitions. offices of the FBI. ‘‘(10) intends to sell or otherwise dispose of
Sec. 602. Restrictions on large capacity ammu- (2) Recommendations for improving the proto-
the firearm or ammunition in violation of a Fed-
nition feeding devices. cols and procedures to improve the information-
eral law, or to sell or otherwise dispose of the
Sec. 603. Penalties. sharing.
firearm or ammunition to a person in another
Sec. 604. Use of Byrne grants for buy-back pro- TITLE II—PREVENT GUN TRAFFICKING State in violation of a law of that State.’’.
grams for large capacity ammuni- SEC. 201. PROHIBITION ON STRAW PURCHASES SEC. 203. PENALTIES.
tion feeding devices. OF FIREARMS; PROHIBITION ON GUN Section 924(a) of title 18, United States Code,
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS TRAFFICKING.
is amended by adding at the end the following:
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, ‘‘(8) Whoever knowingly violates section
Sec. 701. NICS Report.
United States Code, is amended— 922(a)(1)(A) or 932 shall be fined under this title,
TITLE I—RAISE THE AGE (1) in section 921(a), by adding at the end the imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.’’.
SEC. 101. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FIREARMS following: SEC. 204. FIREARMS SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE.
LICENSEE SELLING OR DELIVERING ‘‘(37) The term ‘family members’ means
CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC
Section 924(d) of title 18, United States Code,
spouses, domestic partners, parents and their is amended—
CENTERFIRE RIFLES OR SEMIAUTO- children, including step-parents and their step-
MATIC CENTERFIRE SHOTGUNS TO A (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 932’’
PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE,
children, siblings, aunts or uncles and their after ‘‘section 924’’; and
WITH EXCEPTIONS. nieces or nephews, or grandparents and their (2) in paragraph (3)—
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, grandchildren.’’; and (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
United States Code, is amended to read as fol- (2) by adding at the end the following: the end;
lows: ‘‘§ 932. Gun trafficking (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the pe-
‘‘(1)(A) any firearm or ammunition to any in- ‘‘(a) It shall be unlawful for any person riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
dividual who the licensee knows or has reason- (other than a licensee under this chapter), in or (C) by adding at the end the following:
able cause to believe has not attained 18 years otherwise affecting interstate or foreign com- ‘‘(G) any offense under section 932.’’.
of age; merce, to knowingly purchase or acquire, or at- TITLE III—UNTRACEABLE FIREARMS
‘‘(B) any semiautomatic centerfire rifle or tempt to purchase or acquire, a firearm for the SEC. 301. REQUIREMENT THAT ALL FIREARMS BE
semiautomatic centerfire shotgun that has, or possession of a third party. TRACEABLE.
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has the capacity to accept, an ammunition feed- ‘‘(b) It shall be unlawful for any person (other (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 921(a) of title 18,
ing device with a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, than a licensee under this chapter), in or other- United States Code, as amended by this Act, is
to any individual who the licensee knows or has wise affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to further amended—
reasonable cause to believe has not attained 21 hire, solicit, command, induce, or otherwise en- (1) in paragraph (10), by adding at the end
years of age and is not a qualified individual; or deavor to persuade another person to purchase, the following: ‘‘The term ‘manufacturing fire-
‘‘(C) if the firearm or ammunition is not a or attempt to purchase, any firearm for the pur- arms’ shall include assembling a functional fire-
semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic pose of obtaining the firearm for the person or arm or molding, machining, or 3D printing a
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frame or receiver, and shall not include making ‘‘(4) Beginning on the date that is 30 months that person, regardless of whether the func-
or fitting special barrels, stocks, or trigger mech- after the date of enactment of this subsection, it tional firearm is directly visible to that person.’’;
anisms to firearms.’’; and shall be unlawful for any person other than a (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘or (k)’’
(2) by adding at the end the following: licensed manufacturer or importer to possess a and inserting ‘‘(k), (aa)(1), (aa)(2), (aa)(4), or
‘‘(38) The term ‘ghost gun’— ghost gun in or affecting interstate or foreign (aa)(5)’’;
‘‘(A) means a firearm, including a frame or re- commerce with the intent to sell or transfer the (4) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting ‘‘through
ceiver, that lacks a unique serial number en- ghost gun with or without further manufac- the possession of a functional firearm’’ before
graved or cast on the frame or receiver by a li- turing or to manufacture a firearm with the ‘‘and has three’’; and
censed manufacturer or importer in accordance ghost gun. (5) by adding at the end the following:
with this chapter; and ‘‘(5)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to ‘‘(q) A person who violates section 922(aa)(3)
‘‘(B) does not include— sell, offer to sell, or transfer, in or affecting shall—
‘‘(i) a firearm that has been rendered perma- interstate or foreign commerce, to any person ‘‘(1) in the case of the first violation by the
nently inoperable; other than a licensed manufacturer a machine person, be fined under this title, imprisoned not
‘‘(ii) a firearm that, not later than 30 months that has the sole or primary function of manu- more than 1 year, or both; or
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, facturing firearms. ‘‘(2) in the case of any subsequent violation
has been identified by means of a unique serial ‘‘(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (A), by the person, be fined under this title, impris-
number, assigned by a State agency, engraved beginning on the date that is 180 days after the oned not more than 5 years, or both.’’.
or cast on the receiver or frame of the firearm in date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be SEC. 302. MODERNIZATION OF THE PROHIBITION
accordance with State law; unlawful for any person other than a licensed ON UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS.
‘‘(iii) a firearm manufactured or imported be-
manufacturer to possess, purchase, or receive, in Section 922(p) of title 18, United States Code,
fore December 16, 1968; or
or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a is amended—
‘‘(iv) a firearm identified as provided for
machine that has the sole or primary function (1) in paragraph (1)—
under section 5842 of the Internal Revenue Code
of manufacturing firearms. (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
of 1986.
‘‘(39) The term ‘fire control component’— ‘‘(C) Subparagraph (B) shall not apply to a by striking ‘‘any firearm’’;
‘‘(A) means a component necessary for the person who is engaged in the business of selling (B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as
firearm to initiate or complete the firing se- manufacturing equipment to a licensed manu- follows:
quence; and facturer who possesses a machine with the in- ‘‘(A) an undetectable firearm; or’’; and
‘‘(B) includes a hammer, bolt or breechblock, tent to sell or transfer the machine to a licensed (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘any
cylinder, trigger mechanism, firing pin, striker, manufacturer.’’. major component of which, when subjected to
and slide rails. (c) REQUIREMENTS.— inspection by the types of x-ray machines com-
‘‘(40)(A) The term ‘frame or receiver’— (1) REMOVAL OF SERIAL NUMBERS.—Section monly used at airports, does not generate’’ and
‘‘(i) means a part of a weapon that provides 922(k) of title 18, United States Code, is amend- inserting the following: ‘‘a major component of
or is intended to provide the housing or struc- ed— a firearm which, if subjected to inspection by
ture to hold or integrate 1 or more fire control (A) by striking ‘‘importer’s or manufacturer’s’’ the types of detection devices commonly used at
components, even if pins or other attachments each place it appears; and airports for security screening, would not gen-
are required to connect those components to the (B) by inserting ‘‘authorized by this chapter erate’’;
housing or structure; or under State law’’ before ‘‘removed’’ each (2) in paragraph (2)—
‘‘(ii) includes a frame or receiver, blank, cast- place it appears. (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as
ing, or machined body, that requires modifica- (2) LICENSED IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTUR- follows:
tion, including machining, drilling, filing or ERS.—Section 923(i) of title 18, United States ‘‘(A) the term ‘undetectable firearm’ means a
molding, to be used as part of a functional fire- Code, is amended— firearm, as defined in section 921(a)(3)(A), of
arm, and which is designed and intended to be (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)(A)’’ before ‘‘Licensed’’; which no major component is wholly made of
used in the assembly of a functional firearm, and detectable material;’’;
unless the piece of material has had— (B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and insert-
‘‘(I) its size or external shape altered solely to serial number shall be engraved or cast on the ing the following:
facilitate transportation or storage; or frame or receiver in a manner sufficient to iden- ‘‘(B) the term ‘major component’, with respect
‘‘(II) solely its chemical composition altered. tify the firearm and the manufacturer or im- to a firearm—
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), if a porter that put the serial number on the firearm. ‘‘(i) means the slide or cylinder or the frame or
weapon with more than 1 part that provides the ‘‘(2)(A) Not later than 180 days after the date receiver of the firearm; and
housing or a structure designed to hold or inte- of enactment of this paragraph, the Attorney ‘‘(ii) in the case of a rifle or shotgun, includes
grate 1 or more fire control or essential compo- General shall prescribe regulations for engrav- the barrel of the firearm; and’’; and
nents, each such part shall be considered a ing a unique serial number onto a ghost gun. (C) by striking subparagraph (C) and all that
frame or receiver, unless the Attorney General ‘‘(B) The regulations prescribed under sub- follows through the end of the undesignated
has provided otherwise by regulation or other paragraph (A) shall— matter following subparagraph (C) and insert-
formal determination with respect to the specific ‘‘(i) allow an owner of a firearm described in ing the following:
make and model of weapon on or before Janu- subparagraph (A) to have a unique serial num- ‘‘(C) the term ‘detectable material’ means any
ary 1, 2023.’’. ber engraved on the firearm by a licensed manu- material that creates a magnetic field equivalent
(b) PROHIBITION; REQUIREMENTS.—Section 922 facturer or importer; and to or more than 3.7 ounces of 17–4 pH stainless
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by ‘‘(ii) require that a serial number be engraved steel.’’;
adding at the end the following: on the frame or receiver in a manner sufficient (3) in paragraph (3)—
‘‘(aa)(1)(A) Except as provided in subpara- to identify the firearm and the licensed manu- (A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, in-
graph (B), it shall be unlawful for any person facturer or importer that put the serial number cluding a prototype,’’ after ‘‘of a firearm’’; and
to manufacture, sell, offer to sell, transfer, pur- on the firearm. (B) by striking the second sentence; and
chase, or receive a ghost gun in or affecting ‘‘(C) The regulations authorized under this (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘shall not
interstate or foreign commerce. paragraph shall expire on the date that is 30 apply to any firearm which’’ and all that fol-
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to— months after the date of enactment of this para- lows and inserting the following: ‘‘shall not
‘‘(i) the manufacture of a firearm by a li- graph.’’. apply to—
censed manufacturer if the licensed manufac- (d) PENALTIES.—Section 924 of title 18, United ‘‘(A) any firearm received by, in the posses-
turer complies with section 923(i) before selling States Code, is amended— sion of, or under the control of the United
or transferring the firearm to another person; (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘or (q)’’ States; or
‘‘(ii) the offer to sell, sale, or transfer of a fire- and inserting ‘‘(q), (aa)(1), (aa)(2), (aa)(4), or ‘‘(B) the manufacture, importation, posses-
arm to, or purchase or receipt of a firearm by, (aa)(5)’’; sion, transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of a
a licensed manufacturer or importer before the (2) in subsection (c) firearm by a licensed manufacturer or licensed
date that is 30 months after the date of enact- (A) in paragraph (1)— importer pursuant to a contract with the United
ment of this subsection; or (i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter pre- States.’’.
‘‘(iii) transactions between licensed manufac- ceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘functional’’ be-
turers and importers on any date. fore ‘‘firearm’’ each place it appears; TITLE IV—SAFE STORAGE
‘‘(2) It shall be unlawful for a person other (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the matter pre- SEC. 401. ETHAN’S LAW.
than a licensed manufacturer or importer to en- ceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘functional’’ be- (a) SECURE GUN STORAGE OR SAFETY DE-
grave or cast a serial number on a firearm in or fore ‘‘firearm’’; and VICE.—Section 922(z) of title 18, United States
affecting interstate or foreign commerce unless (iii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by inserting Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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specifically authorized by the Attorney General. ‘‘functional’’ before ‘‘firearm’’; and lowing:
‘‘(3) Beginning on the date that is 30 months (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘all or part ‘‘(4) SECURE GUN STORAGE BY OWNERS.—
after the date of enactment of this subsection, it of the firearm’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(A) OFFENSE.—
shall be unlawful for any person other than a ‘‘person.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘all or ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
licensed manufacturer or importer to knowingly part of the functional firearm, or otherwise clause (ii), it shall be unlawful for a person to
possess a ghost gun in or affecting interstate or make the presence of the functional firearm store or keep any firearm that has moved in, or
foreign commerce. known to another person, in order to intimidate that has otherwise affected, interstate or foreign
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commerce on the premises of a residence under State or Indian Tribe that has enacted legisla- ‘‘(b) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Each ap-
the control of the person if the person knows, or tion functionally identical to section 922(z)(4) of plicant for a grant under this section shall—
reasonably should know, that— title 18, United States Code.’’. ‘‘(1) submit to the Attorney General an appli-
‘‘(I) a minor is likely to gain access to the fire- SEC. 402. SAFE GUNS, SAFE KIDS. cation at such time, in such a manner, and con-
arm without the permission of the parent or Paragraph (4)(B) of section 922(z) of title 18, taining such information as the Attorney Gen-
guardian of the minor; or United States Code, as added by this Act, is eral may require; and
‘‘(II) a resident of the residence is ineligible to amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) to the extent practicable, identify State,
possess a firearm under Federal, State, or local ‘‘(iii) ENHANCED PENALTY.—If a person vio- local, Tribal, and private funds available to
law. lates subparagraph (A) and a minor or a resi- supplement the funds received under this sec-
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—Clause (i) shall not apply to dent who is ineligible to possess a firearm under tion.
a person if— Federal, State, or local law obtains the firearm ‘‘(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(I) the person— and causes injury or death to such minor, resi- ‘‘(1) GRANTEE REPORT.—A recipient of a grant
‘‘(aa) keeps the firearm— dent, or any other individual, the person shall under this section shall submit to the Attorney
‘‘(AA) secure using a secure gun storage or be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more General an annual report, which includes the
safety device; or than 5 years, or both.’’. following information:
‘‘(BB) in a location which a reasonable per- SEC. 403. KIMBERLY VAUGHAN FIREARM SAFE
‘‘(A) The amount distributed to each Safe
son would believe to be secure; or STORAGE. Firearm Storage Assistance Program in the ju-
‘‘(bb) carries the firearm on his or her person (a) BEST PRACTICES FOR SAFE FIREARM STOR- risdiction.
or within such close proximity thereto that the AGE.—
‘‘(B) The number of safe firearm storage de-
person can retrieve and use the firearm as read- (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— vices distributed by each such Safe Firearm
ily as if the person carried the firearm on his or (A) IN GENERAL.— Storage Assistance Program.
her person; or (i) Not later than 180 days after the enactment A recipient of a grant under this section may
‘‘(II) another individual unlawfully enters the of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish not include any personally identifying informa-
premises under the control of the person and voluntary best practices relating to safe firearm tion of recipients of safe firearms storage devices
thereby gains access to the firearm. storage solely for the purpose of public edu- pursuant to a Safe Firearm Storage Assistance
‘‘(B) PENALTY.— cation. Program that received funding pursuant to this
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro- (ii) The Attorney General shall give not less section.
vided in this subparagraph, any person who than ninety days public notice, and shall afford ‘‘(2) ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORT.—Beginning
violates subparagraph (A) shall be fined $500 interested parties opportunity for hearing, be- 13 months after the first grants are awarded
per violation. fore establishing such best practices. under this section, and annually thereafter, the
‘‘(ii) FORFEITURE OF IMPROPERLY STORED (B) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the best Attorney General shall submit to Congress a re-
FIREARM.—Any firearm stored in violation of practices required under subparagraph (A), the port, which shall include following information:
subparagraph (A) shall be subject to seizure and Attorney General shall outline such best prac- ‘‘(A) A list of grant recipients during the pre-
forfeiture in accordance with the procedures de- tices for preventing firearm loss, theft, and other vious year, including the funds awarded, cumu-
scribed in section 924(d). unauthorized access for the following locations: latively and disaggregated by grantee.
‘‘(C) MINOR DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the (i) Businesses. ‘‘(B) The information collected pursuant to
term ‘minor’ means an individual who has not (ii) Vehicles. subsection (d)(1).
attained 18 years of age.’’. (iii) Private homes. ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(b) FIREARM SAFE STORAGE PROGRAM.—Title I (iv) Off-site storage facilities. There is authorized to be appropriated to the
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets (v) Any other such place the Attorney General Attorney General to carry out this section
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended deems appropriate to provide such guidance. $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through
by adding at the end the following: (C) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 1 year after 2033, to remain available until expended.
the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under
‘‘PART PP—FIREARM SAFE STORAGE this section shall be allocated as follows:
PROGRAM shall publish, in print and on a public website,
the best practices created pursuant to subpara- ‘‘(1) Not less than 75 percent of the funds re-
‘‘SEC. 3061. FIREARM SAFE STORAGE PROGRAM. graph (A) and shall review such best practices ceived by a grantee shall be used to create or to
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Attorney and update them not less than annually. provide resources for Safe Firearm Storage As-
General shall make grants to an eligible State or (b) PROMOTION OF SAFE FIREARM STORAGE.— sistance Programs in the jurisdiction.
Indian Tribe to assist the State or Indian Tribe (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 923 of title 18, United ‘‘(2) Not more than 25 percent of the funds re-
in carrying out the provisions of any State or States Code, is amended by adding at the end ceived by a grantee may be made available to
Tribal law that is functionally identical to sec- the following: nonprofit organizations to partner with units of
tion 922(z)(4) of title 18, United States Code. ‘‘(m) Beginning on January 1, 2025, licensed local government to purchase and distribute safe
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE STATE OR INDIAN TRIBE.— manufacturers and licensed importers that seri- firearm storage devices.
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- alize not less than 250 firearms annually pursu- ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
graph (2), a State or Indian Tribe shall be eligi- ant to subsection (i) shall provide a clear and tion:
ble to receive grants under this section on and conspicuous written notice with each manufac- ‘‘(1) The term ‘safe firearm storage device’
after the date on which the State or Indian tured or imported handgun, rifle, or shotgun means a device that is—
Tribe enacts legislation functionally identical to that— ‘‘(A) designed and marketed for the principal
section 922(z)(4) of title 18, United States Code. ‘‘(1) is attached or adhered to, or appears on purpose of denying unauthorized access to, or
‘‘(2) FIRST YEAR ELIGIBILITY EXCEPTION.— or within any packaging of, each handgun, rendering inoperable, a firearm or ammunition;
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A covered State or Indian rifle, or shotgun; and and
Tribe shall be eligible to receive a grant under ‘‘(2) states ‘SAFE STORAGE SAVES LIVES’ ‘‘(B) secured by a combination lock, key lock,
this section during the 1-year period beginning followed by the address of the public website es- or lock based on biometric information which,
on the date of enactment of this part. tablished by the Attorney General pursuant to once locked, is incapable of being opened with-
‘‘(B) COVERED STATE OR INDIAN TRIBE.—In section 403(a) of the Protecting Our Kids Act.’’. out the combination, key, or biometric informa-
this paragraph, the term ‘covered State or In- (c) SAFE STORAGE DEVICES FOR ALL FIREARM tion, respectively.
dian Tribe’ means a State or Indian Tribe that, SALES.— ‘‘(2) The term ‘Safe Firearm Storage Assist-
before the date of enactment of this part, en- (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(z) of title 18, ance Program’ means a program—
acted legislation that is functionally identical to United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘(A) carried out by a unit of local government
section 922(z)(4) of title 18, United States Code. ‘‘handgun’’ each place it appears and inserting or an Indian tribe; and
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under ‘‘handgun, rifle, or shotgun’’. ‘‘(B) solely for the purpose of acquiring and
this section may be used by a State or Indian (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the distributing safe firearm storage devices to the
Tribe to assist law enforcement agencies or the amendments made by this section shall take ef- public.’’.
courts of the State or Indian Tribe in enforcing fect on the date that is 180 days after the enact- TITLE V—CLOSING THE BUMP STOCK
and otherwise facilitating compliance with any ment of this Act. LOOPHOLE
State law functionally identical to section (d) KIMBERLY VAUGHAN SAFE FIREARM STOR- SEC. 501. BUMP STOCKS.
922(z)(4), of title 18, United States Code. AGE GRANT PROGRAM.—Part PP of title I of the (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5845 of the Internal
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An eligible State or In- Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
dian Tribe desiring a grant under this section 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.), as added by this (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and (8) a
shall submit to the Assistant Attorney General Act, is amended by adding at the end the fol- destructive device.’’ and inserting ‘‘(8) a de-
an application at such time, in such manner, lowing: structive device; and (9) a bump stock.’’; and
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and containing or accompanied by such infor- ‘‘SEC. 3062. KIMBERLY VAUGHAN FIREARM SAFE (2) by adding at the end the following new
mation, as the Assistant Attorney General may STORAGE GRANT PROGRAM. subsections:
reasonably require. ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General ‘‘(n) BUMP STOCK.—The term ‘bump stock’
‘‘(e) INCENTIVES.—For each of fiscal years 2023 may award grants to States and Indian Tribes means any of the following:
through 2027, the Attorney General shall give for the development, implementation, and eval- ‘‘(1) Any manual, power-driven, or electronic
affirmative preference to all Bureau of Justice uation of Safe Firearm Storage Assistance Pro- device that is designed such that when the de-
Assistance discretionary grant applications of a grams. vice is attached to a semiautomatic weapon, the
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device eliminates the need for the operator of a ‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— (2) in paragraph (2)—
semiautomatic weapon to make a separate move- ‘‘(A) the importation for, manufacture for, (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or
ment for each individual function of the trigger sale to, transfer to, or possession by the United large capacity ammunition feeding device’’ after
and— States or a department or agency of the United ‘‘firearms or ammunition’’; and
‘‘(A) materially increases the rate of fire of States or a State or a department, agency, or po- (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or
the semiautomatic weapon, or litical subdivision of a State, or a sale or trans- large capacity ammunition feeding devices’’
‘‘(B) approximates the action or rate of fire of fer to or possession by a qualified law enforce- after ‘‘firearms or quantities of ammunition’’;
a machinegun. ment officer employed by the United States or a and
‘‘(2) Any part or combination of parts that is department or agency of the United States or a (3) in paragraph (3)(E), by inserting ‘‘922(v),’’
designed and functions to eliminate the need for State or a department, agency, or political sub- after ‘‘922(n),’’.
the operator of a semiautomatic weapon to make division of a State for purposes of law enforce- SEC. 603. PENALTIES.
a separate movement for each individual func- ment (whether on or off-duty), or a sale or
Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United States
tion of the trigger and— transfer to or possession by a campus law en-
Code, as amended by this Act, is further amend-
‘‘(A) materially increases the rate of fire of a forcement officer for purposes of law enforce-
ed by inserting ‘‘(v),’’ after ‘‘(q),’’.
semiautomatic weapon, or ment (whether on or off-duty);
‘‘(B) the importation for, or sale or transfer to SEC. 604. USE OF BYRNE GRANTS FOR BUY-BACK
‘‘(B) approximates the action or rate of fire of PROGRAMS FOR LARGE CAPACITY
a machinegun. a licensee under title I of the Atomic Energy Act
AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.
‘‘(3) Any semiautomatic weapon that has been of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for purposes of es-
tablishing and maintaining an on-site physical Section 501(a)(1) of title I of the Omnibus
modified in any way that eliminates the need Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34
for the operator of the semiautomatic weapon to protection system and security organization re-
quired by Federal law, or possession by an em- U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the
make a separate movement for each individual end the following:
function of the trigger and— ployee or contractor of such licensee on-site for
such purposes or off-site for purposes of li- ‘‘(I) Compensation for surrendered large ca-
‘‘(A) materially increases the rate of fire of pacity ammunition feeding devices, as that term
the semiautomatic weapon, or censee-authorized training or transportation of
nuclear materials; is defined in section 921 of title 18, United States
‘‘(B) approximates the action or rate of fire of
‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is Code, under buy-back programs for large capac-
a machinegun.
retired in good standing from service with a law ity ammunition feeding devices.’’.
‘‘(o) SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPON.—The term
‘semiautomatic weapon’ means any repeating enforcement agency and is not otherwise prohib- TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS
weapon that— ited from receiving ammunition, of a large ca- SEC. 701. NICS REPORT.
‘‘(1) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing pacity ammunition feeding device—
‘‘(i) sold or transferred to the individual by Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
cartridge or shell to extract the fired cartridge ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
the agency upon such retirement; or
case or shell casing and chamber the next ‘‘(ii) that the individual purchased, or other- Attorney General shall submit to the Committee
round, and wise obtained, for official use before such retire- on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com-
‘‘(2) requires a separate function of the trigger ment; or mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
to fire each cartridge or shell.’’. ‘‘(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, resentatives a report that includes, with respect
(b) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES transfer, or possession of any large capacity am- to the preceding year, the demographic data of
CODE.— munition feeding device by a licensed manufac- persons who were determined to be ineligible to
(1) Section 921(a) of title 18, United States turer or licensed importer for the purposes of purchase a firearm based on a background
Code, as amended by this Act, is further amend- testing or experimentation authorized by the At- check performed by the National Instant Crimi-
ed— torney General. nal Background Check System, including race,
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘muffler or ‘‘(4) For purposes of paragraph (3)(A), the ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, age, dis-
firearm silencer’’ and inserting ‘‘muffler, firearm term ‘campus law enforcement officer’ means an ability, average annual income, and English
silencer, or bump stock’’; and individual who is— language proficiency, if available.
(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(A) employed by a private institution of
‘‘(41) The term ‘bump stock’ has the meaning higher education that is eligible for funding
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill,
given such term in section 5845(n) of the Na- under title IV of the Higher Education Act of as amended, shall be debatable for 2
tional Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. 5845(n)).’’. 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.); hours, equally divided and controlled
(2) Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, ‘‘(B) responsible for the prevention or inves- by the chair and ranking minority
is amended— tigation of crime involving injury to persons or member of the Committee on the Judi-
(A) in each of subsections (a)(4) and (b)(4), by property, including apprehension or detention ciary or their respective designees.
inserting ‘‘bump stock,’’ before ‘‘machinegun’’; of persons for such crimes; The gentleman from New York (Mr.
and ‘‘(C) authorized by Federal, State, or local
law to carry a firearm, execute search warrants, NADLER), and the gentleman from Ohio
(B) in subsection (o)(1) , by inserting ‘‘or
bump stock’’ before the period. and make arrests; and (Mr. JORDAN), will each control 1 hour.
‘‘(D) recognized, commissioned, or certified by The Chair recognizes the gentleman
TITLE VI—KEEP AMERICANS SAFE
a government entity as a law enforcement offi- from New York.
SEC. 601. DEFINITIONS. cer.’’. GENERAL LEAVE
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, (b) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR LARGE CA-
as amended by this Act, is further amended by PACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I ask
adding at the end the following: 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, as amended unanimous consent that all Members
‘‘(42) The term ‘large capacity ammunition by this Act, is further amended by inserting may have 5 legislative days in which to
feeding device’— after subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) the fol- revise and extend their remarks and in-
‘‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, lowing: sert extraneous material on H.R. 7910.
helical feeding device, or similar device, includ- ‘‘(B) A large capacity ammunition feeding de-
vice manufactured after the date of enactment The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
ing any such device joined or coupled with an-
other in any manner, that has an overall capac- of this subparagraph shall be identified by a se- objection to the request of the gen-
ity of, or that can be readily restored, changed, rial number and the date on which the device tleman from New York?
or converted to accept, more than 15 rounds of was manufactured or made, legibly and con- There was no objection.
ammunition; and spicuously engraved or cast on the device, and Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular de- such other identification as the Attorney Gen- yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman
vice designed to accept, and capable of oper- eral shall by regulations prescribe.’’. from California (Ms. PELOSI), the dis-
ating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. (c) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF LARGE CA-
PACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section tinguished Speaker of the House.
‘‘(43) The term ‘qualified law enforcement of-
924(d) of title 18, United States Code, as amend- Ms. PELOSI. Madam Speaker, I
ficer’ has the meaning given the term in section
926B.’’. ed by this Act, is further amended— thank the gentleman for yielding, and
(1) in paragraph (1)— I commend him for his leadership in
SEC. 602. RESTRICTIONS ON LARGE CAPACITY (A) in the first sentence—
AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. bringing this important legislation to
(i) by striking ‘‘Any firearm or ammunition
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, involved in’’ and inserting ‘‘Any firearm or am- the floor. Protecting our kids; what
United States Code, is amended by inserting munition or large capacity ammunition feeding could be more important than that? I
after subsection (u) the following: device involved in’’; thank the gentleman for channeling
‘‘(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to im- (ii) by inserting ‘‘(v),’’ after ‘‘(k),’’; and the ideas and enthusiasms of so many
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port, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in (iii) by striking ‘‘any firearm or ammunition Members on both sides of the aisle as
or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a intended’’ and inserting ‘‘any firearm or ammu- he brings this bipartisan legislation to
large capacity ammunition feeding device. nition or large capacity ammunition feeding de-
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the pos- vice intended’’; and
the floor.
session of any large capacity ammunition feed- (B) by inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammuni- I thank Mr. NADLER for his leader-
ing device otherwise lawfully possessed on or be- tion feeding device’’ after ‘‘firearms or ammuni- ship, and I thank the task force led by
fore the date of enactment of this subsection. tion’’ each place the term appears; Mr. MIKE THOMPSON of California for
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his important work advancing the the children by the children and of the Tomorrow, thanks again to Congress-
background check partisan legislation, children in terms of our motivation to woman MCBATH and Congressman
as well as Mr. CLYBURN for his legisla- stop this for our precious children. CARBAJAL, we will pass the Federal Ex-
tion that is already over on the Senate Indeed, America had lost more chil- treme Risk Protection Act, otherwise
side. dren from gun violence than any other known as the Red Flag Act. This will
Madam Speaker, but today, we are cause. help keep guns out of the hands of
doing more. Today, we were called to Does that embarrass you to think those who pose a threat to themselves
action by our colleague, LUCY MCBATH, that in our country more children have or others.
who told us that today we must make died from gun violence than any other Soon, we will vote for Mr. CICILLINE’s
history to protect the children, and we cause? Active Shooter Alert Act to create an
are going to make history by making These stories are tragically all too AMBER alert-style notification during
progress. common in America today. Countless a mass shooting, a measure widely sup-
So I thank all of our Members, so more than those who died are forever ported by law enforcement.
many Members who have been so im- changed by the horrors of gun violence And the House will continue to con-
portant to this legislation. I thank that they saw firsthand or that they sider additional actions we can take
them on behalf of the courageous sur- experienced in their families. that have a proven record of saving
vivors of gun violence who have spoken It is sickening that our children are lives. When I talk about these different
out, out of respect for those who lost forced to live in this constant fear. And things, people say, well, what dif-
their lives and with appreciation for make no mistake, these gunmen who ference is that going to make?
the gravity of this issue that we come choose to shoot at innocent children Well, the cumulative effect is a big
to be on this floor. are desecrating, again, our culture—a one. We know there are negotiations
Madam Speaker, as the families from culture where all of us, all of our kids going on in the Senate and we are
Buffalo to Uvalde bury their loved must and should feel safe, whether it is prayerful, we are prayerful about
ones, even more communities have in school, in church, the movies, or any those. Hopefully, we can make some
been hit by gun violence. Just last other place. advancement.
weekend, Americans watched in horror Madam Speaker, protecting our chil- Because for all of us who have met
as at least 13 mass shootings unfolded dren can and must be a unifying mis- again and again and again with the
across the country: from Philadelphia sion for our Nation because they are survivors of gun violence, some coming
to Chattanooga to Phoenix to Grand our, as I said, our national treasure. time and again to check up on what is
Rapids. That is why, under the unyielding lead- happening, others new to that horrible
As the data shows, the challenge of ership of our chairman, Mr. NADLER, club that none of us wants to be a
gun violence goes much further than the House will pass the Protecting Our member of, they just want something
these mass killings. Every night on our Kids Act today. This bold package in- to happen.
streets, Americans are being killed in cludes commonsense measures that
gun crimes. And every day, our Nation b 1445
will make an enormous difference to
loses Americans to suicides and acci- save lives. Years ago, when I met with the sur-
dents. This is a tragic daily massacre, Who wouldn’t vote to raise the age vivors of Pulse, I said: What can we do
which rarely makes the headlines or from 18 to 21 for a person to have a to be of comfort to you? They said:
the evening news, but it is there. weapon of war? Just make sure it doesn’t happen to
So here we are, for the children. Who wouldn’t vote to raise the age to someone else.
When those who were advocating gun take weapons of war out of the hands That is what they said. They didn’t
violence or perpetrating it went into of teenagers? say: I need this; I need that. They said:
the classrooms, they crossed a line. It Who wouldn’t vote to get illegal guns Just make sure it doesn’t happen to
is terrible the gun violence that we off of our streets by cracking down on someone else.
have had in our country. But that they gun trafficking which is a danger to Right now, in the eyes of survivors
would go into Newtown and shoot little people but also to law enforcement? and indeed all Americans, their eyes
children who are barely out of diapers; Who wouldn’t vote for background are on us in the Congress to see wheth-
and again now in Texas, these beautiful checks on ghost gun purchases which er we have the courage, the commit-
children in elementary school, and ev- our law enforcement tells us is a major ment, and the conviction to protect the
erything that happened in between, it concern out there? children.
was an assault on the culture of our Who wouldn’t vote to protect chil- For some in Congress, a moment of
country that our children would not be dren from stolen weapons or accidental silence is good enough for them, a mo-
able to go to school without fear or shootings with safe storage require- ment of silence. As Mr. HIGGINS said
concern about their safety. ments? when he talked about Buffalo, a mo-
Our children are, as President Ken- Who wouldn’t vote to ban bump ment of silence now, but action after.
nedy said, our greatest resource and stocks—that was President Trump’s Now, we are taking that action.
our best hope for the future. They are executive order—bump stocks from ci- So many of our colleagues have
our precious treasure. Everything we vilian use or outlawing high-capacity talked about incidents in their district,
do is for the children. And for the chil- magazines designed for massacres not personal experiences shared by people
dren, we must stop this gun violence in for killing varmints. who have been victims of gun violence.
our country and restore their con- These measures will not only help Mr. ESPAILLAT talked about what hap-
fidence in their safety, wherever they stem the tide of mass murder but ad- pened in his district.
may be. So we are on a crusade for the dress the equally urgent and wide Again, so many of you have come
children, and sadly now, by the chil- range of daily gun deaths. Let us salute speaking of the horror of it all, and
dren. the many Members who have worked every time it happens, it is as if it has
Children testifying in committee. persistently to craft this strong legis- happened for the first time because the
Children coming to events. Last week, lation, written to earn bipartisan sup- horror is so fresh. But it is not the first
I had a 5th grader come to a Wear Or- port that the American people expect time for the victims who have to relive
ange rally that we had in California, and deserve. so much of the experience.
where she said she lost both her moth- Today’s package is just one step in To those who a moment of silence is
er and her father in separate gun vio- the House’s relentless fight to stop the good enough because you don’t have
lence incidents. In 5th grade, speaking bloodshed. Our Democratic majority, the courage to take a vote to protect
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at the podium so courageously. Chil- as I mentioned earlier, has twice the children, I would say your political
dren turning their grief, their experi- passed the Bipartisan Background survival is totally insignificant com-
ence now, not just—it would be enough Checks Act and the Enhanced Back- pared to the survival of our children.
to end the violence of losing a loved ground Checks Act, which together I urge my colleagues on both sides of
one, but to witness it and be a victim would put our Nation on a path toward the aisle to come together with a
of it in the classroom. A crusade for universal background checks. strong ‘‘aye’’ vote on all the provisions
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in the bill for the final package and to What this bill does is takes away children from school right now but
do so as part of a crusade of, by, and for Second Amendment rights, God-given who, instead, are picking up the pieces
the children. I urge an ‘‘aye’’ vote on rights protected by our Constitution, of their lives shattered by this un-
the Protecting Our Kids legislation. from law-abiding American citizens. imaginable loss.
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I That is what this legislation does, and But the question today is: Who
yield myself such time as I may con- that is why we should oppose it. among us will have the courage to do
sume. Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- something about it? Who will be able
What happened in Uvalde, Buffalo, ance of my time. to tell mothers and fathers that their
and Tulsa is as wrong as wrong could Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I children need not go to school in a for-
be, and our hearts go out to those com- yield myself such time as I may con- tress just to keep them safe? Who will
munities and those families who have sume. be able to tell children that they did
been impacted in such a terrible way. Madam Speaker, our Nation has been all they could today to ensure that
The answer is not to destroy the Sec- through trying times these last few their parents will return safely from
ond Amendment, but that is exactly weeks as we have tried to process the the supermarket or their office or an
where the Democrats want to go. mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, evening out? Who will be able to tell
Don’t take my word for it. Just look Tulsa, and all too many other cities. their constituents that they stood with
at what they said. The President of the Just this past weekend, we learned of them and not with the gun lobby?
United States said last week that he yet another horrific incident in Phila-
wants to get rid of the most popular Americans are watching. They are
delphia and yet more carnage in Ten- begging us to protect them and their
handgun in the country. Michael nessee, Arizona, Virginia, and South
Moore, a Democrat—not a Member of loved ones from gun violence. Who
Carolina. And those are just the stories among us will answer their call?
Congress but a Democrat—said it is we saw in the news.
time to repeal the Second Amendment. I urge all of my colleagues to join me
Day after day, we see more lives lost in supporting this Protecting Our Kids
During our 10-hour markup last to gun violence in our schools, on our
Thursday in the committee hearing, Act, and I reserve the balance of my
streets, in our houses of worship, and time.
Representative JACKSON Lee said if this
in our homes, touching every region of Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
bill passes, we are not finished. Rep-
the country. And we hear the urgent yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
resentative JONES said if this bill
calls from our constituents crying out Ohio (Mr. CHABOT).
doesn’t pass, we will end the filibuster;
for us to take action. Today, we heed
we will expand the Supreme Court; we Mr. CHABOT. Madam Speaker, this
that call.
will do whatever it takes to get law- legislation represents an unfortunate
H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids
abiding citizens’ guns. missed opportunity. After witnessing
Today, we have this hodgepodge of Act, is comprehensive legislation to
the horrible tragedy that occurred at
six bills thrown together. Many of the address the scourge of gun violence, a
Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,
elements in these bills are unconstitu- blight that killed nearly 45,000 Ameri-
Texas, we should be coming together
tional. Even the Ninth Circuit has said cans in 2020 alone.
and working in a bipartisan manner to
it is unconstitutional what they want It builds on the work of several of
take every constitutionally permissive
to do on the age limit. These bills our colleagues, including:
ANTHONY BROWN’s Raise the Age Act, step to make our schools safer and
would say when you can buy a firearm, more secure and to protect our most
what kind of firearm you can get, and which would raise the lawful age to
purchase an AR–15 styled semiauto- valuable resources, our children.
where and how you have to store that That is what we did after the tragic
firearm in your own darn home. matic assault rifle from 18 to 21 years
old; shooting in Parkland, Florida. Back in
Of course, tomorrow, they are bring- 2018, Congressman JOHN RUTHERFORD, a
ing the so-called red flag law to the ROBIN KELLY’s Prevent Gun Traf-
ficking Act, which would establish new former sheriff, led a bipartisan group of
floor. Someone who doesn’t like you Members, myself included, in reauthor-
can file a complaint. Within 24 hours, Federal offenses for gun trafficking
and straw purchasing; izing the COPS Secure Our Schools
there is a hearing that you are not al- grant program. The legislation we
lowed to be at—you can’t confront DAVID CICILLINE’s Untraceable Fire-
arms Act, which would ensure that passed increased Federal funding for
your accuser—and they can take away school security and expanded the safe-
your Second Amendment liberty. That ghost guns are subject to existing Fed-
eral firearms regulations; ty measures for which the money could
is the bill they are going to pass to- be used.
morrow. A trio of gun storage proposals—
Frankly, this shouldn’t surprise us. ROSA DELAURO’s Ethan’s Law, ELISSA As a result, the Department of Jus-
For 18 months, Democrats have as- SLOTKIN’s Safe Guns, Safe Kids Act, tice announced over $125 million in
saulted the First Amendment. It and SHEILA JACKSON LEE’s Kimberly grants last year to help improve secu-
shouldn’t surprise us now that they are Vaughan Firearms Safe Storage Act— rity at local schools. Overall, it is a
coming after the Second. Every right which would establish storage regula- good program that will benefit millions
we enjoy as Americans under the First tions that keep guns out of the hands of students and teachers, but there is
Amendment—your right to practice of children and award grants for fire- always room for improvement.
your faith, your right to assemble, arm storage assistance programs; That is why we should be looking for
your right to petition your govern- DINA TITUS’ Closing the Bump Stock ways to get more money to schools to
ment, freedom of the press—heck, some Loophole Act, which would build on ex- increase security, but the legislation
of them call for outlawing certain net- isting regulations banning the manu- before us today contains nothing that
works. facture, sale, or possession of bump will really help make our schools safer.
And freedom of speech, just a few stocks for civilian use; In fact, efforts to add school security
weeks ago, the Biden administration And TED DEUTCH’s Keep Americans provisions to the bill were rejected by
tried to put together the Safe Act, which would ban the sale, the majority.
Disinformation Governance Board. Oh, manufacture, and illegal possession of For example, during the Judiciary
my goodness. gun magazines that hold more than 15 Committee markup, I offered an
The attacks on the First Amendment rounds of ammunition. amendment to encourage the hiring of
have been sustained. They have been I thank each of them for their con- retired police officers and honorably
going on for 18 months, and now here tributions to this bill and for making discharged military personnel as
they come, going after law-abiding this country safer for all Americans. school resource officers. After all, no
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citizens’ Second Amendment liberties. Madam Speaker, all of us in this one is better trained and better pre-
The Speaker started by saying this Chamber were shaken by the images of pared to protect our schools. Unfortu-
bill is about protecting our kids. That parents in Uvalde standing in line to nately, the majority rejected this com-
is important. Sure is. That is what she match their DNA to the remains of monsense proposal to help improve
said, protecting our kids is important. their 9- and 10-year-old children, par- safety and security at schools across
Yes, it is. But this bill doesn’t do it. ents who should be picking up their the country.
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Then, at Rules Committee, I offered er was shot dead, she marked herself made available at the point of sale—for both
an amendment to allow unspent Amer- with blood because she was attempting rifles and shotguns—which will train new gun
ican Rescue Plan funds to be used on to save her life. owners on the value of safe storage and re-
school security programs. Billions set These children, these Americans, our mind seasoned gun owners that safe storage
aside for schools under that legislation loved ones, this should not happen goes hand-in-hand with responsible gun own-
hasn’t been spent and could be lost for- again. So, this bill that has a package ership.
ever if schools don’t meet certain dead- of storage bills, that has a package of There are now more guns held legally and
lines. munitions, that deals with the age, illegally in the U.S. than there are people.
While we do, or did, need to protect deals with a number of items, traf- While gun violence touches every corner of
students and teachers from COVID, ficking, ghost guns, bump stocks, this America, Texas has suffered some of the
more children under 11 died at Robb El- is a way to go. deadliest mass shootings in history.
ementary in 1 hour than have died Despite the escalating gun violence statis-
b 1500
from COVID in the entire State of tics, which have left innumerable families and
Texas this year. Yet, we have $100 bil- I hope, as we go in the future, we are communities broken and afraid, Congress has
lion—billion with a b—in unspent edu- not afraid of a 7-day waiting period or still failed to act.
cation funds to fight COVID while only an assault weapon ban. This is the way Instead, lawmakers in several states, includ-
$125 million—million with an m—avail- to go. ing in my state of Texas, have reconvened
able for school security. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The after mass shootings to soften gun laws, most
It seems logical that we should allow time of the gentlewoman has expired. notably, passing permit-less carry legislation.
these unspent funds to be spent to pro- Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I I have been dismayed by those who repeat-
tect our children and our teachers. The yield the gentlewoman an additional 15 edly offer thoughts and prayers, then fail to
money could be used for metal detec- seconds. act. Our top priority as lawmakers should be
tors, to adopt security plans, to train Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, protecting our communities. Yet, we have re-
school officials, to hire school resource this is the way to go. linquished that duty through inaction.
officers, including, as I mentioned, re- I thank Chairman THOMPSON and Now is the time for action. We cannot wait
tired police officers, and to help iden- Chairman NADLER. any longer. I call upon each of my colleagues,
tify students with mental health issues This is the way to go. Should they be on both the right and left, to muster your cour-
and get those students the treatment given a death sentence? Where is the age and join me in support of H.R. 7910—life-
that they need. responsible gun owner that can stand saving legislation, which represents the hard
Yet, this commonsense amendment, with me and declare that they should work of so many dedicated members of Con-
too, was rejected by the majority. live? You are out there. gress.
Instead of school security measures, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The I thank House Judiciary Committee Chair-
we, unfortunately, have a bill full of time of the gentlewoman has again ex- man NADLER and Representative MIKE THOMP-
likely unconstitutional provisions that pired. SON, Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention
won’t pass the Senate anyway. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, Task Force, for working with me on this bill
The crux of my argument against we need humanity and courage. and recognizing the urgency and necessity of
this legislation is the majority is act- Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. bringing it to the floor.
ing quickly when they ought to be 7910, the ‘‘Protecting Our Kids Act.’’ Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
doing the right thing. Our country is experiencing a crisis of gun yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I violence. It is critical that Congress act now to Florida (Mr. GAETZ).
yield 2 minutes to the distinguished protect our children and our communities by Mr. GAETZ. Madam Speaker, Speak-
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON supporting H.R. 7910. This multifaceted legis- er PELOSI tells us she is on a crusade
LEE), the cosponsor of the bill and a lation is a combination of humanity, courage, for the children. Someone should
member of the Judiciary Committee. decency, and action. maybe remind the Speaker the Cru-
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I traveled to Uvalde and listened to the sades did not always end well when
no 9-year-old should be sentenced to a grieving parents and families of children and they were reflexively driven by emo-
death sentence. No grandmother shop- teachers slaughtered at Robb Elementary. We tion and riddled with poor planning.
ping at a grocery store should get a can no longer standby idly as our children suf- No, this is no crusade for the chil-
death sentence. No mother who testi- fer such life-changing trauma. dren. If it were, you wouldn’t leave our
fied today should lose her son. As I stand here today, I am reminded of the children as sitting ducks in gun-free
Vicious gun violence that has no immortal words of the conscience of Con- zones when they go to school every
rhyme and no reason. Yes, I am excited gress, Representative John Lewis, following day.
about this historic moment. H.R. 7910, the 2016 Pulse Nightclub massacre. He said: The Speaker says we need action. We
the Protecting Our Kids Act, is, in fact, ‘‘This is the fight. It is not an opinion. We are for action. How about the action of
a solution to horrible and vicious prob- must remove the blinders, the time for silence my bill to create a national stand-
lems. and patience is long gone.’’ your-ground law to strengthen self-de-
It is clear, as I stand next to the chil- He asked—‘‘Where is the heart of this fense, or RICHARD HUDSON’s bill for na-
dren, they should not have died. As I body? Where is our soul? Where is our moral tional concealed carry, or any number
stand next to those from Buffalo, they leadership? Where is our courage?’’ of proposals Republicans have offered
should not have died. As we know Far too many have died by gunfire since to unlock the safe and secure environ-
about those who were seeking medical Representative Lewis asked, ‘‘Are we blind?’’ ment when we have our military vet-
care in Tulsa, they should not have I ask this body today: Where is our courage? erans and our former members of law
died. Are we still blind to this horror? What will it enforcement able to carry a firearm re-
I have no problem with saying that take for us to act? sponsibly in schools to be able to re-
we build on this, and as Ronald Reagan As a Texan, I understand how deeply guns spond to these acts of violence?
said to us, he at the time saw no reason are embedded in our culture. Though, I equal- No, their version of action is more
for an AK–47 to be used for hunting or ly understand how our children are impacted gun control and raising the age to be
defending one’s home. by the presence of guns in our communities. able to buy certain firearms. Well, on
Dr. Guerrero, a pediatrician, said My heart was touched by Kimberly November 25, 2021, a crazed lunatic
that he raced to the hospital, and as he Vaughan, a 14-year-old student, was the with a knife broke into a home in El
raced to the hospital, he found parents youngest victim to die along with eight school- Paso and began assaulting a woman in-
outside yelling children’s names in des- mates and two teachers, at Santa Fe High side. The 20-year-old homeowner
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peration, sobbing as they begged for School in Texas in 2018. The shooter gained grabbed his rifle and killed the assail-
news of their related children. Or the access to his father’s shotgun and pistol, kept ant. That is action.
mother who ran barefoot all the way to in a closet, to carry out the murders. In 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas,
Robb Elementary School, begging and To commemorate Kimberly Vaughan, I intro- a gunman open fired inside the First
crying for a child. Or Miah, who had duced a provision of H.R. 7910 that expands Baptist Church. A Good Samaritan
the wherewithal to watch as her teach- the requires safe firearm storage devices to be grabbed his AR–15 and engaged the
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shooter, stopping him from further car- violence. None of our careers are worth me to intervene with students in a
nage—a good use for an AR–15. more than the lives of the children in mental health crisis before they reach
In 2019, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, this country. We need to pass this bill, a breaking point.
a 19-year-old killed three would-be bur- and I hope we do it with strong bipar- Imagine the impact if we had inter-
glars who broke into his home. tisan support. vened and gotten the help that this
These situations happen every day. Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, the young man in Uvalde needed before he
There would be more death and more previous speaker said ‘‘nonsense.’’ It is dropped out of high school. Help me
bloodshed if we were to accept these not nonsense to defend the Second protect our children and teachers to
proposals from the Democrats. Amendment. The Second Amendment make sure tragedies like this never
The Second Amendment isn’t about protects our God-given right to protect happen again.
hunting or about self-defense; it is ourselves, our family, our property, Madam Speaker, if we adopt the mo-
about power. It is about the power that and our freedom. That is not nonsense. tion to recommit, we will instruct the
is reserved in the citizenry to curate a That is essential is what it is, and it is Committee on the Judiciary to con-
balance so that Americans are not a critical part of the Constitution. sider my amendment to H.R. 7910 to
overrun by tyranny. Thank God we Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to provide needed resources to schools for
haven’t had to use the Second Amend- the gentleman from North Carolina safety and security and mental health
ment for the purpose that some might (Mr. HUDSON). intervention and counseling.
have envisioned necessary when our Mr. HUDSON. Madam Speaker, as Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous
Founders were creating the Constitu- the father of an elementary school consent to insert the text of the
tion. child, I am devastated every time we amendment in the RECORD imme-
That power belongs to the people, not have a school shooting. That is why diately prior to the vote on the motion
to the Democrats trying to take their identifying solutions to stop these to recommit.
rights away. tragedies is so important to me. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I There are only two significant gun objection to the request of the gen-
yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from safety bills to pass Congress recently. tleman from North Carolina?
California (Mr. THOMPSON), a cosponsor Both were Republican bills passed by a There was no objection.
of the bill and the chairman of the Gun Republican majority and signed by a Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
Violence Prevention Task Force. Republican President. yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Mr. THOMPSON of California. The Democrats’ mantra has been ‘‘do Tennessee (Mr. COHEN), a member of
Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- something.’’ My Republican colleagues the Judiciary Committee.
port of this bill, the Protecting Our and I know that the American people Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I rise
Kids Act. I point out that every argu- expect us to do something that mat- in strong support of this bill and would
ment we have heard against it so far is ters. like to see a bill that is even stronger.
nonsense. That is why I introduced H.R. 7966, There is no question that children—
Every student deserves to feel safe in the STOP II, Secure Every School and and that is what they are—should not
school, and every parent should know Protect our Nation’s Children Act. It be buying AR–15s before they are 21. In
that their child is safe when they walk builds on the STOP School Violence fact, I don’t think they should be buy-
out of their house in the morning. Act signed into law in 2018 and redi- ing them at all. But until they are 21,
After each mass shooting, too many rects unused COVID–19 funding to pro- they shouldn’t be buying them.
people are content to offer their vide $1 billion to hire school resource It has been proven scientifically that
thoughts and prayers. The Protecting officers, and it provides $1 billion to the male brain is not developed to a
Our Kids Act is more than thoughts hire mental health guidance coun- certain point to be trusted at that time
and prayers. selors. with that type of weapon. Those are
I was proud to work on this bill with Our guidance counselors are wonder- weapons of war. Those weapons tore
Chairman NADLER, Chairwoman JACK- ful, caring people who are stretched too apart those children, decapitated them,
SON LEE, and all of our colleagues who thin. They may not always have the and made them unidentifiable. That
have contributed bills and input that time they need to reach all the chil- was the purpose of those weapons, and
have made this bill the important bill dren who need help. There is $5 billion that is what happened. There is no rea-
that it is. included to fund STOP School Violence son for that to occur.
As a lifelong hunter, gun owner, and programs that harden schools, expand The opinion in 2008 that gave the
as a combat veteran, I believe in law- active shooter training, and provide re- right to carry a gun was not unlimited.
abiding citizens’ ability and right to sources for law enforcement, school of- It said you can have reasonable restric-
own firearms. As a gun owner, I believe ficials, and students to intervene be- tions. That is what Justice Scalia said.
that all responsible gun owners have fore someone reaches a breaking point. These are reasonable restrictions.
that responsibility to support efforts to Under my legislation, schools can As far as my friend, Mr. HUDSON, I
help keep our schools, streets, and also apply for threat assessments to have great respect for him. One of the
communities safe from mass shootings identify weaknesses in security and in teachers at Uvalde who was hit and
and from the everyday gun violence mental health services. A clearing- lost all 11 children said: We trained.
that often goes unreported by the house is also codified under Homeland There is no training that can prepare
media. Security to share best practices for you for this. There is nothing you can
Each provision in this bill helps re- school safety. be prepared for.
duce gun violence, and it saves lives. My STOP II Act is one of 12 bills that If you get more school counselors,
Raising the age to buy an assault House Republicans are bringing for- does that help people in the movie the-
weapon saves lives. Limiting magazine ward that actually solve problems and aters and in Columbine? No. Movie the-
capacity will limit the carnage of mass actually save lives, all without threat- aters, churches, grocery stores all need
shootings, and it saves lives. Going ening the Second Amendment rights of to be protected. This country is wild
after traffickers keeps guns out of the law-abiding citizens. If gun control with guns, and we need to restrict
hands of people who shouldn’t have worked, Chicago would be one of the them.
them, and it saves lives. Safe storage safest cities in America. Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
helps reduce suicides and keeps kids My colleagues across the aisle have yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
safe at home and school, and it saves so far refused to work with us where Texas (Mr. GOHMERT).
lives. The unregulated sales of bump there is common ground on this issue. Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, it
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stocks and ghost guns is tearing up our They and the media know the bills we has been difficult in debate last week
communities; regulating ghost guns are considering today have no chance and even today to be told that we have
and regulating bump stocks saves lives. of becoming law. no courage. We were told in debate last
This bill respects the Second Amend- I ask my colleagues across the aisle week: We don’t want to hear anymore
ment while taking steps to protect our to set aside this partisan agenda. In- about social media, violent video
communities from the epidemic of gun stead, help me to harden schools. Help games, Hollywood, mental illness. And
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they sure don’t want to hear any more way to stop a bad guy is a good guy Yes. The idea is to prevent the holes in the
about prayers. They are disgusted with a gun, has not and will not work. policies from lining up. But if we rank the
hearing about prayers. They don’t want In Uvalde, 19 good guys with guns states, California’s rate of firearm violence
ranks 29th out of 50 states for homicides and
to hear any more about fatherlessness didn’t stop the killer of 19 school kids
44th for suicides.
and drug use. and two teachers. Can you share some examples?
Maybe if we heard more prayers from We have done it the Republican way California has done a lot to prevent high-
leaders of this country instead of tak- for far too long now, and for the sake risk people from purchasing firearms. We’ve
ing God’s name in vain, we wouldn’t of the kids, it is time to do something broadened the criteria for keeping guns out
have the mass killings like we didn’t different. of the hands of people who pose a danger to
have before prayer was eliminated Today, the good guys in the House themselves or others due to mental illness. If
from school. will stand up to the NRA and pass the you’re convicted of a violent misdemeanor in
It is not like we are not willing to commonsense Protecting Our Kids Act. California, you can’t have a gun for the next
10 years; that offense has to be a felony in
consider the best way to stop mass b 1515 most states.
shootings, but if you look at the plans Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- We require background checks, and not
being proposed in these bills, you can serve the balance of my time just from licensed retailers; in most states,
find these things in cities controlled by Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I in- purchases from private parties require no
Democrats. clude in the RECORD an article dated background checks or record keeping of any
If you look at the 16 cities that were kind. We have a system, that we’re evalu-
May 31, 2022, from The New York Times ating now, for getting guns back from ‘‘pro-
hit with record homicide rates, they all titled ‘‘California has America’s
had Democrats at the top controlling hibited persons’’—people who have been con-
Toughest Gun Laws, and They Work.’’ victed of violent crimes or who are facing do-
things: Philadelphia, 524 murders last mestic violence restraining orders. And we
[From the New York Times, May 31, 2022]
year; Austin, Texas, had a record 88; In- enforce these policies, unlike a lot of other
CALIFORNIA HAS AMERICA’S TOUGHEST GUN
dianapolis, 258; Albuquerque, 107; Co- states.
LAWS, AND THEY WORK
lumbus, Ohio, 179; Jackson, Mississippi, What else?
(By Shawn Hubler)
129; and Atlanta, Georgia, 150. In the early 1990s, cheap handguns—‘‘Sat-
The grotesque toll of gun violence is again urday Night Specials’’—were almost entirely
If you look at the Speaker’s own
being debated in Congress. As Luis Ferré- manufactured around Los Angeles. It was a
State—as this article by AWR Hawkins Sadurnı́ and I reported over the long week-
said this week, an FBI report on active few companies making upward of 800,000
end, states are not holding their breath. cheap handguns a year. So the state imposed
shooter incidents in 2021 shows Cali- Particularly this state: In ways that have
standards for design and safety. One of the
fornia was the number one State for tended to be underreported, California has
companies has since gone to Nevada. The
such incidents, with 6 incidents out of significantly lowered gun deaths, Dr. Garen
rest went belly-up and no one else has come
the 12 that met the definition of mass J. Wintemute, an emergency room doctor
in to fill the gap.
and longtime firearm violence researcher,
killing. told me this week.
What about gaps?
In California, universal background ‘‘For the last 20, maybe even 25 years—ex- Every time California sets a new standard,
checks, assault weapons ban, high-ca- cept for the two years of the pandemic, the gun industry tries to outwit it. Unregu-
pacity magazine ban, 10-day waiting which have increased homicides and suicides lated ghost guns have become immensely
across the country—our rates of firearm vio- popular here, precisely because we’re such a
period on gun purchases, red flag laws,
lence have trended downward,’’ said Dr. tightly regulated market. And the state pro-
gun registration requirements, good gram to recover guns from prohibited people
cause requirement for concealed Wintemute, who directs the Violence Pre-
vention Research Program at the University has never had the level of funding it needs to
carry—and what is the response we got of California, Davis, Medical Center in Sac- do the whole job—there are only about 40
in debate last week about? You ought ramento. ‘‘And this has been at a time when trained agents for the whole state and a
to have due process. We are told: Oh, most of the rates in the rest of the country backlog of at least 10,000 people whose guns
they get due process. Look at the bill. have gone up.’’ need to be taken.
What the Democrats call due process California’s rate of firearm mortality is Overall, what could the rest of the country
is just like the January 6th Com- among the nation’s lowest, with 8.5 gun learn from California?
deaths per 100,000 people in 2020, compared The lower the prevalence of ownership, the
mittee. It is not due process. It is not lower the rate of firearm violence—that’s
with 13.7 per 100,000 nationally and 14.2 per
bipartisan. They have only one side 100,000 in Texas, the Centers for Disease Con- been one of the most robust research find-
that is heard at the hearing. The peo- trol and Prevention has reported. And Cali- ings for decades. Rates of gun ownership are
ple, when they want to take away your fornians are about 25 percent less likely to lower here, in part because of this bundle of
gun, they don’t get to be there. The die in mass shootings, compared with resi- state measures. In the United States overall,
husband can rush in and claim the bat- dents of other states, according to a recent something like 25 percent to 30 percent of in-
tered wife is a threat. That is enough Public Policy Institute of California anal- dividuals own guns. In California, it’s about
to get her eliminated from being able ysis. 15 percent to 18 percent.
I asked Dr. Wintemute how California is Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, the
to use a weapon or have a weapon. different. Here’s a lightly edited excerpt
These are not the ways to fix things. from our conversation, which took place on evidence doesn’t lie. California’s rate
For people who are okay with late- Memorial Day after his emergency room of firearm mortality is among the Na-
term abortions and ripping the arms shift: tion’s lowest, with 8.5 gun deaths per
and legs off of children that feel the Just a couple of weeks ago, California had 100,000 people in 2020, compared with
pain and then crushing the skulls, it is a mass shooting. By what measures are our 13.7 per 100,000 nationally and 14.2 per
policies a success? 100,000 in Texas. Gun safety laws work.
desensitizing. You have to look at it on a population
Madam Speaker, it is not well re- basis. We do have more mass shootings in It is that simple.
ceived. California, but we’re also by far the largest Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I state. I looked a while ago at the rates of the distinguished gentleman from
yield 1 minute to the gentleman from firearm violence across the 21st century— Maryland (Mr. HOYER).
Georgia (Mr. JOHNSON), a member of homicide and suicide together—and the rest Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I
the Judiciary Committee. of the country was up, but California’s rates thank the gentleman for yielding.
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Madam were so far down that the average was flat. This is an emotional debate. It is an
We always hear that nothing works, that
Speaker, how free are we as Americans even California’s strict gun laws are ineffec-
emotional debate because we lose, on a
if we are holed up in our homes, shell- tive. daily basis, family members, neigh-
shocked by gun violence? We should That’s because we evaluate policies one at bors, friends, and fellow citizens to a
not have to live like that. We shouldn’t a time, in isolation. The results for one pol- bullet or multiple bullets—killed by
have to live tormented by the need to icy might be mixed or even negative. But gun.
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buy yet another gun more powerful what California has done over a number of I do not subscribe to the theory that
than the one our neighbor purchased decades has been to enact a whole bundle of some promote that the more guns we
policies that I think work in synergy, to
last week. That is not freedom. Our measurable effect.
have, the safer we will be. I believe
kids deserve better. It sounds like the ‘‘Swiss cheese model’’ that is somewhat like the O.K. Corral
The old and tired NRA Republican public health experts have used to address theory that if you have a faster gun,
Party philosophy, which is the only Covid. then you will be safe. Eventually,
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somebody will have a faster, bigger, obviously, with passion, hate, and may be possible. I surely hope it is. But
and more surprising gun than we. anger at the pain that he apparently this House will not and should not wait
Madam Speaker, like all Americans, was suffering physically and perhaps to act. That is why we are voting on
I found the mass shooting at Uvalde, emotionally. this Protecting Our Kids Act today.
Texas, heart-wrenching, tragic, and un- So what did he do? This legislation is, in my view, long
acceptable. Although the news was ex- He went down and quickly got a overdue. I participated in a sit-in on
cruciating to watch, it was anything gun—an AR–15 to be exact—and went this floor to try to galvanize the Con-
but surprising given our history with and shot not only Dr. Phillips but three gress. It didn’t work. Sadly, it didn’t
deadly firearms. Sadly, we didn’t even other people in the process. Those are work. To the disappointment of the
have time to mourn the 19 children and 285 deaths we could have prevented if American people, it didn’t work.
two teachers who were killed in Uvalde we had commonsense gun laws in place. This comprehensive bill is the prod-
before news broke of another mass Of the 45,000 people who died from uct of tireless efforts by many of our
shooting—over and over and over and gun violence last year alone—we are colleagues to address issues that con-
over and over and over again. talking about making people safe— tribute to our gun violence epidemic.
At some point these statistics have 45,000 deaths—they are not safe—how Thanks to ROBIN KELLY, the Pro-
to move us to respond in an effective many would have also been spared had tecting Our Kids Act will crack down
way. My friend from North Carolina our laws been stronger? on gun traffickers who take guns,
suggested hardening the schools. We Frankly, I, myself, would favor re- where? Into the big cities and spread
have hardened this Chamber over the instituting the 1994 assault weapons them around. Now, they sell them;
objections of some when we know that ban for which I voted. And I lamented they don’t give them away for free. But
the fact that when my Republican col- it is the traffickers who break the
no gun should be in this Capitol other
leagues were in charge of the House, laws—not of Chicago, but perhaps don’t
than those possessed by law enforce-
Senate, and the Presidency, they al- break the laws of where they bought
ment, Capitol Police.
According to the nonpartisan Gun lowed that law to go out of existence. multiple guns for those who can’t buy
None of us can speculate what the cost
Violence Archive, there have been as guns.
of that was, but there is no doubt in Similarly, Representatives Cicilline
many as 33 mass gun violence incidents
my mind there was a cost. In fact, that and Espaillat pushed to include provi-
in the 14 days since the attack on Robb
bill reduced mass shootings then, and sions that would regulate elusive ghost
Elementary. We have more guns in this
it would do so again now.
country than any other nation on guns. Now, I chaired the Subcommittee
There is much I believe we ought to
Earth. The Second Amendment guaran- on Treasury, Postal Service, and Gen-
do as the Representatives of the Amer-
tees that we have a right to a gun, but ican people in this House. The House, eral Government that oversaw the Al-
the Supreme Court in Heller said: But though, has already taken action on cohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division,
there are limitations to that right. two very critical gun safety measures and we couldn’t even make sure that
I strongly support an individual supported by 9 out of 10 Americans. We ordnance—bullets—could be traced be-
American’s right to have a gun in his don’t have 9 out of 10 Americans who cause the NRA was opposed.
or her home—their home—to protect are Democrats in this country. Neither Representative TITUS ensured that
themselves and their business. But the side does. But if you have any credence we would ban bump stocks, a weapon
Court said: Be reasonable. in polling data that says what Ameri- component that allowed a gunman to
In the past week alone, 7 days, we cans think, 9 out of 10 think that com- kill 60 people in Las Vegas in 2017 and
have seen mass shootings in Chat- prehensive background checks should wound hundreds more.
tanooga, Tennessee, in Philadelphia, be the law of the land. I don’t know a Was he a hunter? Was he a sports-
Pennsylvania; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. commonsense argument against that. man?
Not even 10 days before the shooting in We passed the Charleston loophole. Additionally, this bill will restrict
Robb Elementary, a domestic terrorist This gentleman who bought that gun 3 high-capacity magazines which enable
killed 13 people in a grocery store in hours or thereabouts before he killed shooters to inflict maximum destruc-
Buffalo, New York. Dr. Phillips would have had time to tion in the minimum amount of time,
In every corner of this country, cool off and to perhaps have second thanks to language included by Rep-
Americans are begging—begging—Con- thoughts, to perhaps have saved the resentative DEUTCH. Because of Chair-
gress to protect our kids and our peo- life of a doctor whose job it was to save woman DELAURO, Chairwoman JACK-
ple. Many of us like to say, This is the lives. We sent those bills over, and Sen- SON LEE, and Representative SLOTKIN,
people’s House. ate Republicans, however, have refused this bill also protects our kids from
The people are speaking to us and to allow even debate on either of these gun violence at home by implementing
crying out for action. bills—even debate on either of these gun storage safety standards.
A gentleman who spoke before me bills that are overwhelmingly sup- Common sense and common purpose
said something about saying prayers. I ported by the American people. protects our kids.
believe in prayer. But I also believe the I know that my Republican col- This act also includes Representative
admonition that JOHN KENNEDY said leagues are as disturbed by the murder ANTHONY BROWN’s measure to raise the
when he said: ‘‘Let us go forth to lead of children as Democrats are. I believe legal age for purchasing assault weap-
the land we love, asking His blessing that. I hope that is the case, but I be- ons and shotguns from 18 to 21. You can
and His help, but knowing that here on lieve it. But I am confounded by the buy an AR–15, apparently, or some
Earth, God’s work must truly be our unwillingness to respond in an effective other multiple-shot, quick-shot weap-
own.’’ way even on asking that everybody get on, but you can’t buy a drink in many
Today, in this House—the people’s checked out, so we know they are not jurisdictions.
House—we need to act to protect the criminally insane or a felon or an Is that common sense?
people. abuser or on the terrorist watch list; This legislation never would have
Madam Speaker, I want to direct but it is no to comprehensive back- come together without the leadership
your attention to this chart again. ground checks just to see if somebody of Chairman NADLER. I thank the
Look at the numbers—hundreds of is a danger to themselves or others. chairman for his leadership, and I
deaths. In addition to the unconscion- I know that our colleagues across the thank the committee for their work on
able trauma these attacks inflicted on aisle shed tears when their constitu- this bill. I thank Chairwoman JACKSON
the parents, children, wives, husbands, ents die from gun violence, as we do. LEE of the Subcommittee on Crime,
brothers, sisters, and other loved ones This should not be a Democratic or Re- Terrorism and Homeland Security, and
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of the victims, they have one thing in publican issue but an issue of our com- I thank Chairman THOMPSON of the
common: the perpetrator got the gun mon humanity and our common sense. Gun Violence Task Force.
legally. If we work together, we can achieve a This bill, as well as additional legis-
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, the perpetrator safer America. lation from Representatives MCBATH
got the gun approximately 3 hours be- We have seen promising signs from and CARBAJAL that will be considered
fore he shot Dr. Phillips. He was filled, the Senate that a bipartisan agreement subsequently on Thursday, takes major
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steps forward to make our commu- It is not okay that mass murder has she left it in her car because she knew
nities and our children safer. become a way of life in the United the law said not to bring it in there;
Is it perfect? States of America. That is why we but her stalker knew she wasn’t going
Will it stop all the killing? must pass comprehensive gun violence to have a gun. Her stalker murdered
No, it won’t. We know that. prevention legislation, address this epi- her husband in front of her.
Is there a perfect answer? demic decisively, and allow America to Criminals don’t follow the law. So
No. be the best version of itself. let’s do the one serious thing we could
Is making schools safer bad? Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I do.
No. We support that. yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Why must children keep dying? Let’s
I don’t know that we support making Kentucky (Mr. MASSIE). quit advertising our schools as soft tar-
them into armed camps, as some would Mr. MASSIE. Madam Speaker, today gets. Let’s quit saying that these are
suggest, because I think that would we are debating six gun control provi- gun-free zones, and that these kids are
make them less safe in many respects. sions in one. Why are there six bills in sitting ducks.
b 1530 here? Because none of them work. In 1990, Congress did another knee-
But you can’t take six bills that jerk reaction that has cost more lives
So I urge all of my colleagues to put than it saved. It is called the 1990 Gun-
our country, our constituents, and our don’t work and put them together and
make one that does. It doesn’t work Free School Zones Act.
kids first. Let us rise above party and Fortunately, some States and school
partisanship and special interests as we that way.
These are unserious, unconstitu- districts have had the wisdom to over-
seek to do what is right, what is nec- ride this provision. And guess what?
essary, and what an overwhelming ma- tional and, most troubling, dangerous
provisions; six titles in this bill, and We don’t have to guess.
jority of the American people are look- Does hardening our schools work?
ing to Congress to achieve. they all suffer the same inherent prob-
Does letting trained teachers and pro-
Isn’t that what we are supposed to lem that gun control suffers when we
fessional staff carry, does it protect
do, represent the people? pass it here in these legislatures, and
children? We know it does. Because in
I am hopeful we can find a bipartisan that problem is, criminals do not obey
every single school district, every
path forward to enact long-overdue re- the law. They are going to love some of
school that has allowed them to carry,
forms to make our communities safer these laws, though.
Let’s take, for instance, the so-called there hasn’t just been no mass shoot-
from gun violence because a bullet ings, there hasn’t been a single shoot-
doesn’t care about your race, your safe storage provisions in here. Home
invaders are going to love the fact that ing. Why?
faith, your age, your orientation, or Because these insane individuals,
any other factor. Congress has now told you you need to
they seek one thing. They seek some
And yes, people do care about those lock up your gun in your house. How
twisted version of glory, which in-
things and manifest it in the worst way are you going to defend yourself when
volves a body count. And they know
possible. But they do it with an instru- your guns are locked up? This is dan-
they will not achieve that if they walk
ment that will allow them to kill a lot gerous. It is also unconstitutional.
into that school and the first thing
of people very quickly. The Supreme Court already ruled in
they see when they whip out their gun
The American people care what we do Heller that it is unconstitutional to re-
is a staff member who is armed and
here today. The American people care quire Dick Heller to keep his gun dis-
trained, and they die unceremoniously.
that their Congress is doing everything assembled and unloaded in his house.
That is what they deserve.
possible to keep them safe, to keep our That violates the Second Amendment.
Put three of those on the news, and
children safe. The American people Think about the provision to raise
you could stop this.
care. the age to 21 to buy a long gun. That So we should quit advertising our
Each of us today has a chance to includes rifles and shotguns, not just a schools. Quit making that the Federal
show that we care. God’s work on handgun, which is already impermis- default that they are sitting ducks.
Earth must truly be our own. Vote for sible. This is unconstitutional, and it is Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
this bill. Make our kids and commu- immoral. yield 2 minutes to the distinguished
nities and people safer. Why is it immoral? Because we are gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr.
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- telling 18-, 19-, and 20-year olds to reg- CICILLINE), a member of the Judiciary
serve the balance of my time. ister for the draft. You can go die for Committee.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I your country. We expect you to defend Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, al-
yield 1 minute to the gentleman from us, but we are not going to give you the most 6 years ago I sat down right here
New York (Mr. JEFFRIES), a member of tools to defend yourself and your fam- on this floor with the late, great John
the Judiciary Committee. ily. Lewis and so many colleagues to pro-
Mr. JEFFRIES. Madam Speaker, I offered an amendment in com- test the Republicans’ unwillingness to
America is in the midst of a shocking mittee that would let the spouse of take up gun safety legislation after the
gun violence epidemic that should somebody in the armed services serving Orlando shooting at the Pulse night-
shock the conscience of everyone, and overseas acquire the means of self-de- club.
has devastated children, families, and fense while her husband is serving We promised to the American people
communities. We must address it with overseas; let her defend her and her that if we were given the majority, we
the fierce urgency of now. children. Just because she is 18, 19, or would deliver on gun safety legislation.
But there are some in this Chamber 20, and her husband is serving, she Last year, we passed bills for ex-
who would rather bury their heads in shouldn’t be defenseless. The Demo- panded criminal background checks
the sand and act like everything is crats voted it down in committee. and to close the Charleston loophole to
okay. I offered an amendment to say that ensure criminals can’t buy firearms.
It is not okay that Black folks were we won’t treat domestic violence vic- And today, we will pass
gunned down in Buffalo, New York, tims as gun traffickers if they happen groundbreaking legislation to address
simply because of the color of their to get a gun from a neighbor instead of gun violence and the epidemic of gun
skin. getting it from the gun store. Every violence in our country.
It is not okay that members of the Democrat but one voted against pro- Gun violence is the crisis of this gen-
Jewish community were gunned down tecting domestic violence victims. eration. There isn’t a person or a com-
in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pitts- Let me give you one that is not a hy- munity in this country that isn’t af-
burgh simply because of their religious pothetical. My dear friend Nikki fected by gun violence. It doesn’t mat-
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beliefs. Goeser, who worked in my congres- ter if you are rich or poor, in a city or
It is not okay that children were sional office, watched her husband suburb, young or old. We are all a text
gunned down and shredded in Uvalde, murdered in front of her in a gun-free message away from this happening to
Texas, by an 18-year old who should zone because she followed the law. She any one of us.
never have had access to a weapon of had a licensed registered firearm and, In the last 159 days alone, we have
war. in a moment she regrets to this day, had more than 240 mass shootings in
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this country; almost 19,000 dead from Amendment right, and declares only gentlewoman from Washington (Ms.
guns, and 27 school shootings. Children that it shall not be infringed. This is JAYAPAL), a member of the Judiciary
killed in Uvalde, Parkland, Sandy not a right granted by the Constitu- Committee.
Hook, and many more places across the tion. Neither is it in any manner de- Ms. JAYAPAL. Madam Speaker, the
country. pendent upon that instrument for its Protecting Our Kids Act is about say-
Enough is enough. It is time to do existence. ing no more to mass shootings, no
something. Every minute we wait, The Second Amendment simply de- more to children murdered in schools,
every minute we fail to act, we sen- clares that it shall not be infringed, no more to Black people murdered at
tence more Americans and more chil- but that is exactly what your bills do. the grocery store, no more to doctors
dren to death by guns in this country. The Republicans have also said, let’s being murdered in hospitals, no more
The Protecting Our Kids Act is a harden the schools. Look, you have got to losing our children, our fathers,
smart, commonsense package that will $122 billion that you gave in relief, mothers, siblings, and friends in this
save lives. I urge my colleagues to take COVID relief to K–12. More than 90 per- uniquely American epidemic of gun vi-
this first step with us. Help reduce gun cent of it remains unused. olence.
violence in this country. Protect your And you say, well, we don’t want to The families who have lost loved ones
constituents from the gun violence talk about doors. What do we do? We know that these deaths are not inevi-
that is ravaging communities all hide behind doors because they work. table. We need to act now.
across America. You can harden schools and make This bill has simple but effective so-
And we can’t stop here. This is a them work. You can arm guards and lutions: Raise the minimum age to 21
great bill. There is a lot more work to make them work and make children to buy a semiautomatic rifle, prohibit
be done to make certain that kids and safer. gun trafficking and high-capacity mag-
all the members of our communities We all condemn the acts of violence azines, require safe storage, and crack
are safe. that have occurred throughout our down on ghost guns and bump stocks.
But have the courage to stand up. country, but the answer cannot be re- Had these protections been enacted
Actually, it doesn’t take a lot of cour- stricting America’s right to protect in 1999, they would have stopped at
age. Do your job. Protect your con- themselves. Every day, Americans use least 35 recent mass shootings and
stituents from these horrific acts of guns to protect themselves and their saved over 400 lives.
gun violence. families. This bill will make it harder Today, we can choose to mean it
Vote ‘‘yes’’ on this legislation. for Americans to do this. That is an in- when we say ‘‘never again.’’ Vote
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- convenient fact that my colleagues ‘‘yes.’’ Save lives. Save children. Save
bers are directed to address their re- across the aisle simply can’t and our communities.
marks to the Chair. choose not to address. Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I Last week, at markup, Democrats re- serve the balance of my time.
yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from peatedly claimed that good guys with Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
Arizona (Mr. BIGGS). guns do not stop bad guys with guns. yield 1 minute to the distinguished
Mr. BIGGS. Madam Speaker, I thank But Congressman MASSIE read a long gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs.
the gentleman for yielding. list of incidents of good guys using DEMINGS), a member of the Judiciary
I oppose H.R. 7910, the Democrats’ guns to stop bad guys. But that list Committee.
latest gun control effort. Supporters of was ignored. Mrs. DEMINGS. Madam Speaker, as
this bill do not want to protect Amer- I will give you one. In Charleston, a police chief, I was expected to get
ica’s Second Amendment rights be- West Virginia, a woman with a 9-milli- things done, to do everything within
cause they don’t care about Second meter handgun stopped a shooter my power to keep people safe.
shooting into a crowd with an AR–15. Offering thoughts and prayers is fine.
Amendment rights.
Here is one. Stephen Willeford My grandchildren do that. But if that
Instead of addressing the societal
stopped a shooting at a church in Suth- was all I did as a police chief after
issues that have been caused by dec-
erland Springs. mass shootings, no one would have let
ades of progressive leftwing policies
I urge you to vote ‘‘no.’’ me get away with that. Well, there is
that have assaulted the American fam-
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I an expectation for Congress, too, to do
ily and American society, they want to
yield 1 minute to the distinguished more.
ban guns. Madam Speaker, what is painfully
They ignore the fact that many of gentleman from California (Mr. LIEU),
a member of the Judiciary Committee. wrong with this tragic moment in our
the cities with the most restrictive gun
Mr. LIEU. Madam Speaker, when I history are the people who want the
control laws also have the highest lev-
served in the U.S. military, I was power of the position but not really the
els of crime. They simply do not ac-
trained on firearms. responsibility.
knowledge that they don’t believe in Congress failed that little girl who
Let me tell you what a bullet from
the Second Amendment. could only be identified by her green
an AR–15 does to you. The bullet leaves
But let’s talk about what Repub- tennis shoes. Congress failed the loved
the muzzle of the AR–15 at a speed
licans have proposed because Repub- ones in Buffalo, at the Pulse nightclub,
three times higher than that of a hand-
licans have proposed many efforts. You and in Newtown.
gun. The energy is so strong that the
just heard from Mr. MASSIE one of his. After the Parkland shooting in Flor-
Well, here is what you don’t hear. I bullet will disintegrate 3 inches of your
bone. ida, Republican legislators helped pass
listened very carefully to the majority red flag laws and other meaningful leg-
A person shot with an AR–15 looks
leader. He was enumerating through islation to keep guns out of the hands
like a grenade exploded in their body.
polls. But guess what? The majority of of dangerous people.
The bullet also causes your human
Americans believe schools would be Will we do something? Haven’t we
flesh to ripple violently, so that even if
safer if teachers were given options to had enough, or is it just too scary to do
the bullet misses your artery, the
carry a firearm. That comes from The the right thing?
human flesh, the ripples can burst arte-
Economist, the latest Economist poll Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
ries anyway.
last week. serve the balance of my time.
In Uvalde, Texas, little kids were de-
A similar poll: 26 percent are safer Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
capitated and had their faces blown off.
with an armed guard. Utah allows A person under 21 cannot buy a yield 1 minute to the distinguished
teachers to carry a concealed weapon. Budweiser. We should not let a person gentleman from California (Mr.
They not only have not had a mass under 21 buy an AR–15 weapon of war. CORREA), a member of the Judiciary
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shooting, they have never had a shoot- Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- Committee.
ing since that law has been in place. serve the balance of my time. Mr. CORREA. Madam Speaker, I rise
Justice Scalia said in his Heller opin- in strong support of the Protecting Our
ion that the very text of the Second b 1545 Kids Act.
Amendment implicitly recognizes the Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Over the last 20 years, we have lost
pre-existence of the right, the Second yield 1 minute to the distinguished thousands of lives—thousands of lives—
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to mass shootings. Gun violence is now As Tom said to me today, what has teachers massacred in their school,
the leading cause of death of children Congress really done to protect our only to have parents who had dropped
in America. Let me repeat: Gun vio- precious children from gun violence in their children off in the morning wait
lence is now the top cause of death of those 23 years? Shamefully, nothing. in some horror line to offer DNA sam-
children in America. It is time for Congress to do its job. ples. At least 15 people murdered in
This legislation is not perfect, but if It is time to act and to demonstrate mass shootings just this weekend, in-
we can save one, two, three lives by that you give a damn about our chil- cluding in my home city, Philadelphia.
passing this legislation, then it is dren. TOM is right. I beg my colleagues, Outrage. We must feel the outrage.
worth our effort. support this commonsense bill. Do these tragedies from guns in the
It is our obligation to pass this legis- Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I hands of bad actors sound like the well-
lation. Our thoughts and prayers are yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from regulated militia explicitly mentioned
not enough. We have to act and act Wisconsin (Mr. FITZGERALD). in the Second Amendment? Of course
now, and I call on my colleagues to Mr. FITZGERALD. Madam Speaker, not. It is outrageous.
join us in voting in favor of protecting I rise today in opposition to H.R. 7910. We want to save our children. We
our kids. I thought I would take this oppor-
want to save our babies. We want to
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- tunity to do my own fact check on
save our families, the elderly who live
serve the balance of my time. some of the inaccurate claims my col-
leagues on the other side of the aisle in constant fear.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Yet, did you hear, Madam Speaker,
yield 1 minute to the distinguished presented at last week’s markup.
My Democrat colleagues will often the argument on the other side of the
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. GARCIA), aisle? A God-given right for an 18-year-
claim there are loopholes in the cur-
a member of the Judiciary Committee. old to slaughter children in a school?
Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speak- rent background check system, some-
times specifically citing the Charleston Enough is enough.
er, I rise today in strong support of Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
loophole. This is simply not true. Fed-
H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids Act, serve the balance of my time.
eral firearms licensees cannot transfer
and H.R. 2377, the Federal Extreme Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
a firearm without performing a back-
Risk Protection Order Act. yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman
ground check on the purchaser.
In Texas, our souls are crushed, and from Georgia (Mrs. MCBATH), a member
The FBI is notified immediately if a
our hearts are still broken. We stand in of the Judiciary Committee who knows
prohibited person attempts to purchase
solidarity with our friends and neigh- a weapon, and the FBI has 3 days to the tragedy of gun violence personally.
bors in Uvalde and communities across follow up. The 3 days for follow-up pre- Mrs. MCBATH. Madam Speaker, I
the Nation, mourning the lives of those vent the FBI from sitting on their rise today in support of the Protecting
who have lost their lives to gun vio- hands and not following through with Our Kids Act, a chance for us to keep
lence. background checks as a way to deny a our families healthy and whole and
Empathy, love, and morality are call- person a firearm by bureaucracy and, safe.
ing upon us to pass these bills that are therefore, take away their Second Day after day, hour after hour, the
commonsense legislation to reduce gun Amendment rights. American people have felt the pain and
violence and save children’s lives. Another claim frequently made by the horror and the despair of yet an-
Let’s not be deceived by the absurd my colleagues is that banning so-called other mass shooting, another family
proposition to arm our teachers in assault weapons, a term they rarely de- torn apart, another community bro-
schools. Let’s let schools be schools. A fine, would reduce mass shootings. De- ken.
teacher should be armed with books, spite automatic weapons already being
not guns. Children need to focus on I know that feeling. You know my
illegal to the general public, the left story. My son, Jordan, was just 17
learning the ABCs, not how to dodge uses the term ‘‘assault weapons’’ to de-
bullets. years old when he was shot by a man
scribe scary-looking guns, regardless of who simply didn’t like the loud music
I urge my colleagues across the aisle the actual characteristics of the fire-
to consult their conscience, not the that he was playing in his car.
arm. Even weapons mischaracterized as How long do we let American fami-
NRA, and vote ‘‘yes’’ on these meas- assault weapons are used in less than 1
ures. lies in this country keep suffering this
percent of all homicides. pain?
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- Many of my colleagues claim man-
serve the balance of my time. That is why we must pass this com-
dating so-called safe storage of fire-
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, how monsense legislation, why we must
arms is a commonsense approach to re-
much time remains on each side. take this step toward ensuring that we
ducing gun violence. Not only does a
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- are creating true progress for the next
requirement to keep a firearm within
tleman from New York has 401⁄2 min- generation.
the home unloaded or locked up not
utes remaining. The gentleman from Americans deserve better, and shame
comply with Supreme Court precedent,
Ohio has 381⁄2 minutes remaining. on us if we do not take action.
but it also puts them at a disadvan-
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
tage.
yield 1 minute to the distinguished Listen, if you want to accomplish serve the balance of my time.
gentleman from Colorado (Mr. something today, pass what many Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
NEGUSE), a member of the Judiciary States have done, and that is to make yield 1 minute to the distinguished
Committee. resources available to secure schools. gentlewoman from Texas (Ms.
Mr. NEGUSE. Madam Speaker, I rise Madam Speaker, $100 million, and over ESCOBAR), a member of the Judiciary
today not to offer my words but the 1,300 Wisconsin schools have removed Committee.
words of a brave Coloradan, Tom Mau- themselves from the list of the most Ms. ESCOBAR. Madam Speaker, on
ser. Tom’s son, Daniel, was murdered vulnerable with State dollars. Let’s do August 3, 2019, in El Paso, a white su-
at Columbine High School 23 years ago that today and really accomplish some- premacist massacred 23 innocent peo-
in 1999. He was 15 years old, the same thing. ple at Walmart. Our red flag bill might
age as me. Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I have saved them.
Tom shared with me that in the yield 1 minute to the distinguished On August 31, 2019, eight people were
weeks before his death, Daniel asked gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. killed in Midland-Odessa by a man who
him, ‘‘Dad, did you know there are DEAN), the vice chair of the Judiciary failed his background check and pur-
loopholes in the Brady Bill?’’ Committee. chased a gun through a private sale.
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At 15 years old, Daniel was able to Ms. DEAN. Madam Speaker, it is said Our bill on private firearm sales might
see the gaping holes in our Nation’s that a civilized society that can no have saved them.
gun laws. Tragically, so were the two longer feel outrage can no longer be On May 18, 2018, at Santa Fe High
18-year-old killers, teenagers that, in civilized. School, a 17-year-old used his father’s
Tom’s words, ‘‘saw loopholes big Ten people slaughtered in their gro- gun to kill 10 people. Our safe storage
enough to drive a truck through.’’ cery store. Nineteen children and two bill might have saved them.
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In Uvalde, parents are burying their solution is included in the Protecting cemetery, and she ran across it yelling,
babies today after an 18-year-old pur- Our Kids Act. This is a simple, com- ‘‘Ethan, we did it. Your lifesaving leg-
chased an AR–15-style rifle and slaugh- monsense solution. Making straw pur- islation will be heard, it will get a
tered 21 individuals. Our bill raising chasing a Federal crime will help stop vote.’’
the age to 21 might have saved them. the flow of guns into our communities Madam Speaker, I am voting in favor
These are just the recent Texas mass from out of State. Most importantly, it of this legislation. I urge my col-
shootings. will save lives. leagues to do the same.
It is not the teachers, the schools, or Stopping gun trafficking and straw We love you, Ethan.
the doors. It is the guns. purchasing is just one step we can take Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
We can’t save every life, but my God, to eliminate gun violence. The Pro- yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from
shouldn’t we try? tecting Our Kids Act is a smart, broad California (Mr. MCCLINTOCK).
We hear Americans, and today in the approach to a complex issue. Passing Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Madam Speaker,
House, we are taking the action you this bill is the next step forward in sav- this is called the Protecting Our Kids
are demanding. Take note of who is ing children, and we cannot wait. Act, but sadly it does no such thing.
with you and who is not. I am proud to Madam Speaker, I urge my col- The one thing that we could do imme-
remain El Paso Strong. leagues to support this bill. diately to protect our kids is the one
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- thing that the Democrats refuse even
serve the balance of my time. serve the balance of my time. to consider.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I We think nothing of it when we see
yield 1 minute to the distinguished yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman an armed guard at a bank. Well, they
gentleman from New York (Mr. JONES), from Connecticut (Ms. DELAURO), the are there for one purpose—to stop any-
a member of the Judiciary Committee. distinguished chairwoman of the Ap- one who is trying to steal our money.
Mr. JONES. Madam Speaker, I rise propriations Committee. And, yet, when we suggest that we
because we find ourselves on a path Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I should use the same force and resolve
that we have traveled before, a path rise in support of the Protecting Our to stop someone from killing our chil-
that the American people were prom- Kids Act, a comprehensive package to dren, the left goes berserk. I simply do
ised they would never have to meet address gun violence in the United not understand such a screwed-up
again after Columbine, after Sandy States. I am pleased that it includes value system as that.
Hook, after Parkland, and now after my legislation, Ethan’s Law, which President Biden’s press secretary
Uvalde. will keep kids across the country safe says that hardening our schools is not
For two decades—two decades—Re- by ensuring that firearms are safely something he supports. Think about
publicans bought by the NRA have stored and secured. that. The most heavily guarded person
blocked every attempt to pass legisla- I introduced Ethan’s Law in the in the world in the most hardened for-
tion that would stop children from House over 3 years ago in memory of tress in the country is telling us that
being massacred in their classrooms. Ethan Song, a Guilford, Connecticut, we cannot protect our children and our
Why? Because nothing is easier than teenager, 15 years old, who acciden- schools as seriously as we protect our
buying an AR–15 in this country except tally shot himself with an unsecured money in our banks. Of course, hard-
buying a Republican Member of Con- gun in 2018. The firearm was improp- ening the schools works.
gress. erly stored in a Tupperware box with Listen to the sick mind that pro-
Today, Democrats in the House will the gun lock keys and the ammunition duced the massacre in Buffalo. He
pass the Protecting Our Kids Act, and nearby. wrote, ‘‘Attacking in a weapon-re-
we need the Senate to abolish the fili- Before I had the honor of introducing stricted area may decrease the chance
buster to do the same. Ethan’s Law in Congress, it passed the of civilian backlash. Schools, courts, or
Connecticut General Assembly and the areas where CCW are outlawed or pro-
b 1600 State senate with broad bipartisan sup- hibited may be good areas of attack.
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- port, signed into law in 2019. Today, we Areas where CCW permits are low may
serve the balance of my time. take a critical step to make Ethan’s also fit in this category. Areas with
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Law the national standard in safe stor- strict gun laws are also great places of
yield 2 minutes to the distinguished age. attack.’’ That is the Buffalo shooter.
gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Ethan’s Law will set a Federal stand- Criminals understand that even if the
KELLY). ard for safe gun storage and incentivize Democrats in this House do not.
Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Madam States to create and implement safe In committee, I offered an amend-
Speaker, for years I have heard that gun storage laws. This legislation is a ment to require schools receiving Fed-
tired argument that gun violence pre- child safety bill, first and foremost, be- eral security funds to have at least one
vention legislation won’t work. ‘‘Just cause losing just one child to acci- armed guard on every campus and to
look at Chicago,’’ they say, ‘‘where dental gun violence is too many. allow school officials who have met the
residents have some of the strictest What happened to Ethan was tragic. requirements of their State to carry a
gun laws but the highest rates of gun No parent should have to lose their concealed weapon to have it on campus
violence.’’ child because of an unsecured gun. It is to protect their students if they want
The reason for that is simple—gun time for Congress to act. to. This is something that can be im-
trafficking. More than 60 percent of In the words of Ethan Song’s parents, plemented immediately and that could
guns used in crimes in Chicago come Mike and Kristin Song, whose relent- well have stopped the massacre at
from out of State, and we are not the less advocacy led us to this moment: Uvalde.
only city where this happens. ‘‘Not a single person on Earth can It doesn’t depend on criminals obey-
According to the ATF, from just 2016 change the past, but every one of us ing the law, as this bill does. It doesn’t
to 2020, one-third of the more than 1.3 can change the future.’’ Let’s change depend on someday, maybe, reducing
million crime guns recovered and the future while saving countless lives possibly the 400 million firearms in this
traced by law enforcement were by passing the Protecting Our Kids country. It doesn’t make self-defense
brought in across State lines. These Act. harder for honest and decent people. In
guns are purchased in States with lax When Kristin Song found out that fact, it makes self-defense easier for
laws, trafficked across State lines, and Ethan’s Law was included in the Pro- honest and decent people. It would
then sold to people in our State who we tecting Our Kids Act, she said that the make future attacks on our schools
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know should not have a gun. first person she wanted to tell was much less likely to succeed and infi-
In Illinois, we are doing everything Ethan, her beautiful boy, that she has nitely more dangerous to those con-
we can to protect our residents. Our fearlessly fought for since the day she templating such an act. Yet, the Demo-
neighbors are failing us. That is why I was forced to watch him be lowered crats refuse to even consider it.
introduced the Prevent Gun Traf- into the ground. Upon hearing the We know how to reduce gun violence.
ficking Act, and why I am so glad this news, she immediately drove to the Harden our schools and protect our
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children with the same seriousness as it just a little harder for someone to this country. We must get illegal guns
we protect our money. Prosecute gun get their hands on these deadly weap- off our streets. We must pass red flag
criminals. Send them to prison for the ons, if we can save just one life or one laws to keep guns out of the wrong
rest of their lives. Execute murderers. community from this carnage and hands. We must raise the minimum age
Confine the dangerously mentally ill so grief, it will be worth it. to buy a semiautomatic assault weapon
that we can treat them. Stop letting Madam Speaker, I urge my col- to 21, and we can.
terrorists into the country across our leagues to support this legislation. These are commonsense policies,
southern border. Raise the age to buy these deadly backed by broad, bipartisan majorities
Yet, woke district attorneys often weapons. Enough is enough. of Americans. But instead, some of my
refuse to prosecute gun criminals or Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I colleagues have the audacity to sug-
they quickly drop gun charges to re- yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman gest that we turn our schools into
duce their sentences. The Democrats from Michigan (Mr. WALBERG). armed fortresses.
have all but abolished the death pen- Mr. WALBERG. Madam Speaker, the What is next? Armed churches?
alty. They have released dangerous despicable violence that took place in Armed movie theaters? Is this the
criminals from our prisons, released Uvalde and other places was horrific, country you want to leave to your chil-
dangerous criminal, illegal aliens into and we mourn the loss of innocent life. dren and grandchildren? I certainly
our communities, flooded our streets The thought of losing my fourth-grade don’t.
with the dangerously mentally ill, and grandson in this way shakes me to the Madam Speaker, guns are now the
turned a blind eye as terrorists come core. leading cause of death for children in
There are steps we can take to pre- this country. No other developed coun-
across the border that they have left
vent tragedies from occurring without try on Earth would ever tolerate this
wide open. And then they wonder why
endangering and infringing upon the level of gun violence, and we shouldn’t,
we are plagued with violent criminals.
rights of law-abiding citizens. I will not either.
Maybe it is time to get serious about
Those children in Uvalde deserved to
removing criminals from our streets support legislation taking away the
grow up.
and fortifying our schools. That is Second Amendment rights of my con- The victims in Buffalo deserved to
something we could do today that will stituents. We must focus on root return home safe.
have an immediate effect today. causes of violent crimes and the many And the 40,000 Americans who die
Protecting Our Kids Act. It does no cultural issues plaguing our society. from guns every year deserved to live.
such thing. It is a tale told by an idiot As a Nation, we face a severe mental The American people are counting on
full of sound and fury signifying noth- health crisis, fatherless homes, break- us to deliver change. I pray that we
ing. down of families, glorification of vio- won’t let them down.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I lence that permeates our culture at Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
yield 2 minutes to the distinguished every level, even to the devaluation of yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
gentleman from Maryland (Mr. 63 million innocent babies’ lives taken Utah (Mr. OWENS).
BROWN). in the last 50 years. It must be all-
b 1615
Mr. BROWN of Maryland. Madam hands-on-deck—in our homes, our
Speaker, again and again we hear a schools, and our churches—to address Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, I rise
common refrain when a mass shooting the foundational issues that keep our in opposition to H.R. 7910. The violence
happens, a young man, typically under kids and communities safe. that occurred in Uvalde, Texas, was
the age of 21, legally purchases a semi- Madam Speaker, let’s not just do horrific. As we consider the pain these
automatic rifle and murders innocent something. Harden our schools. Tackle families are experiencing, we can do
people. We saw this in Uvalde; we saw them with real solutions. Oppose this more now. Let us focus today like a
this in Buffalo; we saw this in Indian- legislation and do the right thing to laser beam on protecting our precious
apolis in 2021; and we saw this in Park- save innocent lives. children.
land in 2019. In fact, six of the nine Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I My friends on the other side of the
deadliest mass shootings since 2018 yield 2 minutes to the distinguished aisle want us to vote on a hasty, par-
were by young men who should never gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. tisan, and overreaching package of
LANGEVIN). bills they developed in the middle of
have been allowed to purchase these
Mr. LANGEVIN. Madam Speaker, I the night without any Republican
weapons in the first place.
Right now, you must be 21 in this rise today to plead with my colleagues input.
The legislation we are considering
country to buy a handgun but only to support H.R. 7910, the Protecting
today is clearly designed to strip law-
need to be 18 years old to buy a semi- Our Kids Act.
abiding Americans of their constitu-
automatic rifle capable of committing We gather just days after an 18-year-
tional rights. In a town hall meeting
unspeakable tragedies. I served in the old mowed down 19 schoolchildren and
last summer, President Biden himself
military. I trained with these weapons. two of their teachers with an AR–15.
said he would like to ban the sale of
I know what they can do. Just days earlier, a racist conspiracy
handguns and rifles, full stop. It is no
These weapons of war have no place theorist used that same type of weapon
wonder law-abiding Americans see this
in our neighborhoods, let alone in the of war to murder 10 Americans, turning
legislation as central Federal over-
hands of an untrained 18-year-old boy. a grocery store into a bloody battle-
reach.
The answer is simple—raise the age field. Nineteen families in Uvalde and History has taught us some great les-
needed to purchase these weapons to 10 families in Buffalo are permanently sons. One is that, ‘‘Liberty, once lost,
21, in line with the age to purchase shattered, never to be the same again. is lost forever.’’
handguns. We have bipartisan support On average, more than 110 Americans I grew up in the Deep South where,
for this: Democrats, Republicans, gun suffer the same fate, death by gun, for a time, Black Americans were un-
safety advocates, law-abiding citizens every single day. able to defend themselves. After the
and responsible gun owners, teachers, Madam Speaker, no one can tell me Civil War, Democrat Black Codes and
and veterans, because it is common that I don’t know what I am talking Jim Crow laws prohibited people of
sense. about when it comes to damage that color from owning firearms.
Shooting after shooting, we ask our- guns can do. Forty-two years ago, I was Most people have heard the phrase,
selves what more could we have done. a sixteen-year-old police cadet when a ‘‘40 acres and a mule,’’ the order issued
We debate whether one action could gun misfired, severing my spinal cord, in 1865 that allowed 40,000 former slaves
have saved the lives of those children, and changing my life forever. to live on hundreds of thousands of
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those mothers, fathers, grandmothers, Of course, we will never be able to acres.
and neighbors. I am done with that. It stop every single gun injury or death, After the assassination of Abraham
is time for action. but we have the power to act, to pass Lincoln, the Democrat President, An-
Raising the age to buy these weapons commonsense gun safety laws that re- drew Johnson, a Confederate sym-
won’t solve our Nation’s gun violence duce the preventable heartbreak expe- pathizer, confiscated this land, dis-
epidemic overnight, but if we can make rienced by far too many families in placing thousands of Black Americans
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and families. This is an example of why Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I Uvalde on a map—while allowing dan-
the right to bear arms is necessary to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from gerous cartels operating hundreds of
safeguard and protect our life, liberty, Texas (Mr. ROY). miles into Texas, allowing fentanyl to
and property. Mr. ROY. Madam Speaker, I thank pour into our communities and kill
The Democrats’ proposals are the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. tens of thousands of children—the very
unhelpful in protecting our kids and go Why do we have guns? children my colleagues say they wish
against all common sense. They ignore Why do we have the Second Amend- to protect.
real solutions that will keep our chil- ment? In order to do this, Democrats in this
dren safe and help prevent future acts Is it to hunt? Sure. body are willing to take away citizens’
of senseless violence. Self defense? That is even more im- God-given right—yes, the God-given
Most importantly, they are not pro- portant. right that was mocked earlier—to pro-
posing anything that protects our chil- The fact is, if you read the founders— tect himself or herself, or her family or
dren now. We don’t need to spend an- Federalist No. 46, James Madison con- his family, from harm—the very harm
other 2 years fighting over solutions. trasts us with the tyrannical govern- they foster by appeasing lawlessness,
We have solutions available imme- ments of Europe who are, ‘‘afraid to and importantly, from the very tyr-
diately. The Securing Our Students trust the people with arms.’’ anny being applied to them to deny
Act, my legislation, would empower Joseph Story in his Commentaries on that right.
local school districts to immediately the Constitution in 1833: ‘‘The right of That is what is at stake, this bill;
receive unspent funds from the Amer- the citizens to keep and bear arms has and it gets brushed aside, raise the age
ican Rescue Plan and implement secu- justly been considered as the palladium limit. Well, there are constitutional
rity measures in their schools now. of the liberties of a republic. Since it questions to that, in the 4th Circuit,
Of the $122 billion appropriated to the offers a strong moral check against the 9th Circuit, and other circuits.
America’s K–12 schools in last year’s usurpation and arbitrary power of rul- The second title in straw purchases,
$1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, ers; and will generally, even if these the very straw purchases the Democrat
roughly 93 percent remains unspent. I were successful in the first instance, DAs don’t even want to really pros-
invite my colleagues to join me in de- enable the people to resist and triumph ecute, would prohibit a law-abiding cit-
manding these hundreds of billions of over them.’’ izen from giving a gun to a friend as a
dollars be immediately used to help We have a Second Amendment be- gift.
local schools determine and implement cause we understand in this country Safe storage would make it unlawful
the safety measures that best fit their that there are some things, inalienable for me to have the 22- and the 20-gauge,
communities. We can harden our rights, that you cannot justly take propped up by my door right now in
schools and protect our children at away from a free and equal human Texas, to kill coyotes and snakes. It
school now. being. Tyrants disarm the people they would make it unlawful.
We can never bring back those pre- intend to oppress. Those are the facts. This will not do any good. It will
cious children we lost, but we can, and Jewish people in Germany were pro- harm Americans, and it undermines
we must, work together to prevent fu- hibited from owning firearms; 13 mil- our foundational liberties that are cru-
ture tragedies. lion Jews were exterminated by the
This is a solution that will harness cial for a free state.
Nazis. Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
the full weight of American innovation
The Soviets instituted gun control yield 1 minute to the distinguished
and technology and keep our schools
and millions were killed; 20 million dis- gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms.
safe now to ensure that no child, edu-
sidents were rounded up and MANNING).
cator, or family has to say goodbye to
exterminated. Ms. MANNING. Madam Speaker, so
a loved one because of any kind of vio-
Mao disarmed the Chinese people; 20 far this year, our country has experi-
lence.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I million dissidents were exterminated. enced more than 250 mass shootings.
yield 1 minute to the distinguished In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge was And it is only June. Gun violence is
gentleman from Michigan, (Mr. LEVIN). able to take advantage of the fact that now the number one cause of death of
Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam limited gun ownership to just hunters children in this country. We cannot let
Speaker, I thank Chairman NADLER for and killed 1.5 million to 3 million Cam- this continue.
pulling this vital package together. bodians. The Protecting Our Kids Act is an
I speak as a father of four who is Turkey disarmed Armenians, and 1.5 important step toward curbing gun vio-
heartbroken and still processing million Armenians were killed in the lence by limiting high-capacity maga-
Uvalde, Buffalo, and the unending Armenian Genocide. zines, raising the minimum age to buy
string of mass shootings; a longtime The South disarmed slaves and ac- assault weapons to 21, and encouraging
gun reform advocate and a member of tively fought against their arming. safe storage practices.
the Gun Violence Prevention Task And then in the 20th century, armed If these measures had been in place,
Force who demands real, commonsense Black Army veterans, for example, in the 18-year-old gunman in Uvalde,
gun reform to save lives now. Louisiana, were able to defend against Texas, would not have been able to buy
That is why I support the Protecting the KKK. the two assault weapons he used to
Our Kids Act in this moment of pro- Even fact-checking organization murder 19 children and two teachers.
found grief and collective loss. When it Snopes said: ‘‘We find it reasonable to The Dayton, Ohio, shooter would not
comes to the epidemic of gun deaths, conclude that gun confiscations, facili- have been able to buy the high-capac-
there is no panacea. We must pass tated by laws requiring the registra- ity magazine that allowed him to shoot
meaningful reforms, evaluate our tion and/or licensing of firearms, 26 people in 30 seconds.
work, and then keep on passing more played a crucial role in carrying out of Madam Speaker, we can’t solve this
legislation. 20th-century genocides.’’ complex problem at once, but neither
Though I am extremely supportive of This is not fiction. This is in our life- can we desist from taking common-
this long-overdue package, I am con- time. This is in our grandparents’ life- sense measures to help make this coun-
cerned about criminal penalties for time. This is in our recent history. try safer for our children. Let’s honor
safe storage violations. Over-criminal- This is why the Second Amendment our oath. Let’s do our job to keep the
ization too often harms Black and matters. It is not trivial. It is not American people safe. Vote ‘‘yes’’ on
Brown communities. something you just brush aside. This is this bill. It is the least we can do for
As a warrior for racial justice, I urge a foundation of liberty. It is who we our constituents.
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all of us to investigate how disparate are. But in order to sell a lie to the Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
communities would be impacted before American people that the government serve the balance of my time.
this bill heads to the President’s desk. will protect them from all manners of Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
Madam Speaker, I urge my col- evil, while defunding the police, leav- yield 1 minute to the distinguished
leagues on both sides of the aisle to ing our borders wide open—I am glad gentlewoman from California (Ms.
support this bill. my colleagues can suddenly find SPEIER).
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Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I be- Think of yourselves and your own chil- weaker gun laws have higher rates of
lieve I am the only Member of this dren. They deserve solutions to this. firearm related homicides and suicides,
House that is a victim of gun violence. There has to be more from you than study finds.’’
My body is riddled with bullets. I have damning the Democratic Party. [From CNN, May 27, 2022]
a divot in my leg that is the size of a Come on. We are Members of Con- STATES WITH WEAKER GUN LAWS HAVE HIGH-
football. I have skin grafts on all parts gress. ER RATES OF FIREARM RELATED HOMICIDES
of my body. I live with that every sin- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The AND SUICIDES, STUDY FINDS
gle day. time of the gentlewoman has expired. (By Emma Tucker and Priya Krishnakumar)
A victim of gun violence is trauma- Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I A new study published Thursday by a lead-
tized over and over again. I implore my yield an additional 10 seconds to the ing non-profit organization that focuses on
colleagues on the other side of the gentlewoman. gun violence prevention found that there is a
aisle, if we had a 737 that crashed every Ms. ESHOO. Many of us say a prayer, direct correlation in states with weaker gun
month for 12 months in this country, the Lord’s prayer. And at the end we laws and higher rates of gun deaths, includ-
we would do something about it. And say: And lead us not into temptation ing homicides, suicides and accidental
that is what is happening to children in but deliver us from evil. Amen. killings.
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I The study by Everytown for Gun Safety de-
this country.
termined that California had the strongest
Madam Speaker, 1,500 kids die of gun yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from gun laws in the country. Hawaii topped the
violence every single year. We have to Wisconsin (Mr. TIFFANY). list with the lowest rate of gun deaths in the
do something about it. All we are say- Mr. TIFFANY. Madam Speaker, not country while Mississippi led the country
ing is don’t let them purchase an as- one word from our colleagues when it with both the weakest gun laws and highest
sault weapon until they are 21. We al- comes to the crime waves in cities like rate of gun deaths.
ready say you can’t purchase a hand- Chicago, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Min- ‘‘What this project does, is show what
gun until you are 21. Dr. Guerrero this neapolis, New York, San Francisco, we’ve been saying for years: Gun laws save
lives,’’ said Nick Suplina, senior vice presi-
morning talked about decapitated and Philadelphia.
dent of law and policy at Everytown for Gun
heads. To do so would be to criticize their Safety Support Fund. ‘‘We think this is
Madam Speaker, I urge my col- own soft-on-crime policies. It has been going to be a really important tool for law-
leagues—I am leaving this institu- going on for a decade now. They hope makers, reporters and advocates that have
tion—to please do something. Americans ignore the inconvenient been looking for the kind of visual tool that
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- truth. Criminals don’t get background can make that case clearly.’’
serve the balance of my time. checks, and they don’t fear laws be- To compile its list, the group used data
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I cause rogue prosecutors financed by from the Centers for Disease Control and
yield 1 minute to the distinguished Prevention, looked at each state’s rate of
progressive dark money groups don’t
gun deaths in 2020 and compared those rates
gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. SCHA- enforce our laws. with 50 policies that they say are scientif-
KOWSKY).
b 1630 ically proven to be effective in preventing
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, gun violence, Suplina said.
I thank the chairman for yielding. These criminal strongholds and The research team then weighed the list of
Madam Speaker, I will share a con- Washington, D.C., have one thing in gun safety policies based on their efficacy,
versation that I had with Anna Kate, common: They are run by Democrats ranked each state on its implementation of
who is a constituent of mine in my dis- who refuse to enforce our laws. those policies and compared that score with
trict. She called my office absolutely This administration, responsible for the rates of gun deaths in each state, he said.
a 40-year inflation high, erasing our The CDC’s data includes homicides, acci-
distraught; this was late in the day of dental killings and suicides committed by
the shooting. She said that parents border, and a shrinking economy, will
guns. According to the CDC, over 45,000 peo-
have really reached their breaking say anything to distract from their ple in the United States were killed with a
point right now and that she is afraid, own failures. Jimmy Carter says thank firearm in 2020—more than half died by sui-
and she is afraid for her 7-year-old son. you for making the seventies look cide.
She said, I want to tell my child, you good. The analysis, first reported by CNN, put
will be safe in school. Week after week, we hear about vio- California at the top of the list for gun law
What a simple sentence that most lent criminals revictimizing commu- strength—a composite score of 84.5 out of 100,
nities without being held accountable. with one of the lowest rates of gun deaths
parents—any parent—would want to
The people furthering these policies per 100,000 residents, at 8.5 out of 30 and
say. ‘‘You will be safe in school.’’ below the national average of 13.6. Hawaii
But I can’t, she said. and making our communities less safe has the lowest rate of gun deaths in the
Children continue to die, and this is are the same people who are fervently country with the second strongest gun law
on all of us, all of our conscience. arguing to disarm Americans and score. It also has the lowest rate of gun own-
There is no issue more important than defund the police. They are the same ership, with firearms in 9 percent of house-
this. people weaponizing the FBI against holds, the data shows.
We can do something starting today, their political opponents and the same As state legislatures begin to convene for
people who want to repeal the Second their 2022 legislative sessions, lawmakers
something real. We can finally pass
will consider a breadth of bills that either
this legislation. Let’s do it. Amendment. I wish they would just
loosen or expand gun protections across var-
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- tell the American people the truth in- ious states.
serve the balance of my time. stead of deploying Trojan horses. ‘‘I have seen firsthand in California that
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Whether it is rifle bans, 9-mm bans, the work we have done to strengthen gun
yield 1 minute to the distinguished Federal red flag laws, one thing is cer- laws has been both life-saving and effective,’’
gentlewoman from California (Ms. tain: They will not change the out- said Rep. Mike Thompson (D–CA). chair of
ESHOO). comes for the people in those cities. the House Gun Violence Prevention Task
Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I thank As some Members of this body have Force. ‘‘Gun laws work, and we need them
across the board to ensure that felons, do-
the chairman for yielding. said in the last few weeks: This is just
mestic abusers, and those with mental
Madam Speaker, where is the soul of the beginning. We will not stop. health issues can’t simply go to the next
America in this Chamber? I have lis- They will continue to erode our state over to circumvent the very laws
tened to every speaker since the debate rights because they believe in a nanny- meant to keep guns out of their hands.’’
began. state government, not a government of CNN has reached out to the National Rifle
I think that Shakespeare would say: the people. Association (NRA) to comment on the re-
Thou dost protest too much. What Americans need is the enforce- search, but it declined to do so before seeing
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We have simple, profound facts. Our ment of our laws holding criminals ac- the data.
Mississippi has the weakest gun laws with
children are being blown away. Last countable and protecting our constitu-
a score of 3 out of 100 and has the highest
week, the first funeral, that casket tional rights. rate of gun deaths per 100,000 residents—28.6
could not be opened. Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I in- out of 30, the research shows.
I think every single Member here is a clude in the RECORD a May 27, 2022, Massachusetts has adopted 37 of the 50
parent. Walk behind that casket. piece from CNN titled ‘‘States with policies and has the second-lowest rate of
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gun deaths, while Missouri has only eight of manslaughter in the same incident. All three If Republicans take the majority in
the gun safety policies and the fourth high- have pleaded not guilty. the next Congress, they could elimi-
est rate of gun deaths in the US. Louisiana Prosecutors allege that James Crumbley, nate D.C.’s gun violence prevention
and Wyoming are among the top five states the father of the suspected shooter, bought
laws, which they have repeatedly tried
with the highest gun deaths and the weakest the gun used in the shooting four days ear-
gun safety laws. lier. The incident prompted outrage over to do, including its ban on assault
‘‘Lawmakers in the states at the bottom Ethan’s alleged accessibility to the gun, ar- weapons and high-capacity magazines
can’t pretend to be ignorant about the im- guing that the shooting could have been pre- and its universal background checks.
portance of gun laws after looking at this re- vented. At least seven current Republican
port,’’ said Shannon Watts, the founder of Only 23 states currently have some sem- Members of Congress have introduced
Moms Demand Action, which has been fight- blance of a secure storage requirement, such bills. I have defeated each effort
ing for gun safety measures since the 2012 Watts said. in Congress to overturn D.C. gun vio-
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Last year, Everytown successfully worked lence prevention laws, and I vow to do
Connecticut that killed 20 children and six to pass secure storage laws in Maine, Colo-
so again, but the ultimate remedy for
educators. rado, and Oregon, among others, according
Mother and activist DeAndra Dycus said to Watts. congressional interference in local D.C.
the gun violence problem in Indianapolis is During this year’s legislative session, matters, of course, is D.C. statehood.
‘‘tearing our community apart.’’ Watts said the organization will work with Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
Nearly eight years ago, her 13-year-old son, lawmakers in hopes of passing such laws in serve the balance of my time.
DeAndre ‘‘Dre’’ Knox, was shot in the back at least 14 states. States such as California, Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
left side of his head at a birthday party in Michigan and New Jersey are working on yield 1 minute to the distinguished
Indianapolis when shots were fired during a first-of-its kind legislation that requires par- gentleman from Texas (Mr. CASTRO).
confrontation between two boys. DeAndre, ents to be notified about secure storage. Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Madam
now 21, survived after being on life support Everytown’s research shows that 21 of the Speaker, I rise to vote to do something.
for several days, Dycus said, and he cur- country’s states have rejected Stand Your It is too easy for dangerous people to
rently lives in a facility with non-verbal Ground laws, which allow individuals to use
quadriplegic paralysis.
get dangerous weapons in this country,
deadly force in public as self-defense even if
‘‘As a mother, when I look at him, I see ev- they can safely walk away from the situa- and we are either going to do some-
erything that was taken away,’’ Dycus said. tion. thing about it or we are not.
‘‘My son was a dreamer. He was a scholar. He Despite strong gun laws, some states still I want you to imagine for a second
was on this road to being something great.’’ feel the effects of being close to a state with that a shooter with an AR–15 goes into
‘‘But on the flip side, I see this little boy more lax regulations. For example, Illinois your child’s or grandchild’s school to-
who has made such an impact, not just on has the sixth-strongest gun safety laws in morrow or next fall and leaves a hole
our city but our country, as it pertains to the country, but its neighboring state of In- the size of a basketball in their chest
what it looks like to survive,’’ she said. ‘‘Dre diana has much weaker gun laws, Suplina or leaves their head decapitated off
has embodied that.’’ says.
Everytown designated a list of five their body. Ask yourself what you
According to Suplina, this could explain
foundational laws that have proven to be the why such a high number of guns purchased in would ask of the people who represent
most effective in lowering gun violence Indiana have ended up in Chicago. Last year, you. Would their thoughts and prayers
rates. These include requirements for a back- the U.S. Department of Justice charged six be good enough for you if that hap-
ground check and/or permits to purchase Indianapolis residents related to the straw pened to your child? Would they being
handguns; a permit to carry concealed guns purchasing of firearms. Prosecutors said worried about their primary election
in public; the secure storage of firearms; the more than 20 of the guns were recovered in be okay with you?
rejection of ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws; and Chicago after being used in violent crimes, The people of Uvalde, when I spoke to
the enactment of ‘extreme risk’ laws that including murder.
temporarily remove a person’s access to fire- them, asked me how it is that some-
Gun violence overall has risen during the
arms when there is evidence that they pose pandemic. More than two-thirds of the coun-
body who is 18 can’t buy beer or ciga-
a serious risk to themselves or others, ac- try’s 40 most populous cities saw more homi- rettes, but they can go into a gun store
cording to Everytown. cides last year than in 2020, and most of and buy two AR–15s and go kill 20 peo-
Last year, several conservative states— them were a result of gun violence, accord- ple.
such as Texas, Iowa, Tennessee, Montana, ing to a CNN analysis of police department The teachers who died, the cops who
Utah and Wyoming—passed legislation al- data. For many cities, the elevated rates of died, the children who died cannot vote
lowing some form of permitless carry as homicide continued into 2021. to change the law. Only we can do that.
President Joe Biden pushed forward execu- While experts say the reasons for the rise
tive actions to address gun violence fol-
This is our legacy. Vote ‘‘yes.’’
in homicides are varied, murders are increas- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem-
lowing several high-profile mass shootings. ingly carried out with guns. The increase in
In Texas, the controversial ‘‘constitutional bers are reminded to direct their re-
gun violence was underscored in the FBI’s
carry’’ legislation went into effect in Sep- 2020 Uniform Crime Report, which stated marks to the Chair.
tember that allows most Texans who legally that about 77 percent of reported murders in Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
own a firearm to carry it openly in public 2020 were committed with a gun, up from 74 serve the balance of my time.
without obtaining a permit or training. percent in 2019. The agency reported that the Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
Supporters of the bill have argued that by number of homicides increased by nearly 30 yield 1 minute to the distinguished
removing the licensing requirement they are percent from 2019, the largest single-year gentlewoman from Florida (Ms.
removing an ‘‘artificial barrier’’ to residents’ jump the agency has recorded. There is no WASSERMAN SCHULTZ).
right to bear arms under the Constitution federal database of gun sales, but other inde-
and ensuring more Texans have access to
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ.
pendent surveys have found that gun sales Madam Speaker, I rise to confront the
‘‘the protection of themselves or their fami- have soared during the Covid–19 pandemic.
lies’’ in public. But law enforcement officials Nation’s leading child killer: gun vio-
and experts have expressed concerns that the Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I lence.
open carrying of firearms makes it more dif- yield 1 minute to the distinguished Passing the Protecting Our Kids Act
ficult for police to quell violence. gentlewoman from the District of Co- does that by raising the legal age to
‘‘As we’ve seen gun extremism continue to lumbia (Ms. NORTON). buy certain semiautomatic rifles and
rise in this country, we’ve also seen people Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I rise closing the ghost gun loophole. It
who open carry start out at marches and ral- in strong support of the package of gun strengthens safe storage rules at home
lies and then show up in elected officials’
homes, in polling places, statehouses and
violence prevention bills we are consid- and clamps down on bump stocks and
then on January 6th at the US Capitol,’’ ering today. high-capacity magazines.
Watts said. Gun violence is at unseen epidemic Once more, House Democrats will do
According to Watts, the shooting in a levels in this country. We need to com- something meaningful to address this
Michigan high school in December that bat the source of the epidemic: easy ac- carnage while House Republicans do
killed four students is a ‘‘textbook example’’ cess to guns. nothing. Yes, a few Senate Republicans
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of why laws that require the secure storage I will address, however, the impact of may do the absolute minimum, but
of firearms are essential to gun safety. the lack of statehood for the residents when an 11-year-old tells Congress that
The alleged gunman in that shooting, 15-
year-old Ethan Crumbley, is accused of fa- of the District of Columbia on their she smeared her murdered friend’s
tally shooting four classmates and wounding ability to pass and maintain their own blood on her own body to play dead and
several others on November 30. His parents commonsense gun violence prevention stay alive in Uvalde, I will take baby
were charged with four counts of involuntary laws. steps over no steps.
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From Uvalde and Buffalo to Park- loved ones. I oppose this bill, and I urge If we really want to be serious about
land, Orlando, and Las Vegas, America my colleagues to vote ‘‘no.’’ protecting our kids here in America,
is bleeding. While this legislation will Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I we will repeal the Gun-Free School
not end gun violence, it is a tour- yield 1 minute to the distinguished Zones Act, and we will put into action
niquet. gentlewoman from California (Ms. real legislation that protects children
The deaths, suicides, and astronom- CHU). in schools everywhere, all over Amer-
ical health costs are too high, and we Ms. CHU. Madam Speaker, we cannot ica, with good guys with guns, the
cannot continue to forsake our na- let America be like this. same way we are being protected.
tional freedoms to learn, work, and Children shouldn’t be texting their Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
worship without fear. family good-bye as they lay barricaded yield 11⁄2 minutes to the distinguished
Let’s pass this legislation and re- behind desks. Parents shouldn’t dread gentleman from Florida (Mr. DEUTCH),
claim America’s values and confront having to drop a child off at school, a member of the Judiciary Committee.
this Nation’s leading killer of children: wondering if this is a death sentence. Mr. DEUTCH. Madam Speaker, I am
gun violence. And a grandmother shouldn’t have to disappointed in the way that our col-
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I fear being murdered as she goes into a leagues are so cavalierly avoiding the
yield 21⁄2 minutes to the gentleman grocery store to get dinner. facts.
The U.S. is the only country in the These commonsense measures, had
from Virginia (Mr. CLINE).
world with more civilian-owned fire- we passed them before, could have
Mr. CLINE. Madam Speaker, I thank
arms than people, and it is costing us saved over 400 people killed in mass
the gentleman from Ohio for yielding.
shootings since Columbine.
I rise in opposition to the so-called our loved ones’ lives.
I am disappointed in the cavalier
Protecting Our Kids Act. What we saw Thoughts and prayers are not
mischaracterization of jurisprudence.
2 weeks ago in Uvalde, Texas, was trag- enough. They never were. We have to
Justice Scalia said that the rights se-
ic and horrific, and we should take ac- take action. This is what we were sent cured by the Second Amendment are
tion to prevent future tragedies such as to Congress to do, to act. not unlimited. My colleagues know
this one, but this bill is not the solu- The bill before us today, H.R. 7910, that the changes in this law that we
tion for several reasons. the Protecting Our Kids Act, will save are proposing today will not undermine
First, the bill restricts the Second lives. We can no longer act like we are the Second Amendment in any way.
Amendment rights of law-abiding powerless to stop mass murders in our Madam Speaker, I have two docu-
adults. With very limited exceptions, communities when it is clear there is ments that inform everything I do
the bill would prohibit 18- to 20-year- so much we can do. here. One is the Constitution of the
olds from buying nearly all semiauto- Pass this bill. Enough is enough. United States, and the other is this list
matic rifles and shotguns. Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I that I wrote on February 14, 2018, of
During the markup of this bill, the yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman every one of the 17 members of my
Judiciary Committee chairman argued from Georgia (Mrs. GREENE). community slaughtered by a killer
that this is applicable because these Mrs. GREENE of Georgia. In 1990, our with an AR–15 in his high school.
young adults don’t have fully formed schools became gun-free school zones, We have heard a lot about
brains. Yet, we entrust these same and on September 6, 1990, when I was 16 foundational rights, foundational lib-
young adults to serve our country in years old, my high school went on erties, as if the Second Amendment is
the military and die for our country. lockdown because one of the students the sum total of the Constitution.
We trust these young adults to vote in at my school brought three guns to Madam Speaker, the First Amendment
our elections. school in a duffel bag on the school matters as well, and for these 17, they
What is even more interesting is bus, brought the guns into our school, have no right to practice religion and
while Democrats believe that these and proceeded to take control of our to pray for themselves or all of those
young adults don’t have fully formed high school. And he was the only per- who are killed every time we offer
brains, they certainly are more than son in the school who had guns. That is thoughts and prayers. And for these 17
willing to try to reduce the age at why that happened. and everyone killed by gun violence,
which a person can vote to 16. There was no one to protect us who they cannot peaceably assemble as the
Second, the bill makes it more dif- had a gun that day. The only person First Amendment gives the right to all
ficult for a domestic violence victim to with guns was the very mentally ill, Americans. And, Madam Speaker, most
keep a firearm for protection. As draft- upset teenager who had brought guns of all, they cannot petition the govern-
ed, the bill would criminalize a domes- to school that day to kill other stu- ment for redress of their grievances,
tic violence victim’s attempt to seek dents. I know that fear. As a matter of not these 17, not the 19 from Uvalde, no
help from a friend or neighbor in ob- fact, I think I am the only Member of one killed by gun violence.
taining a firearm. Congress that that has actually hap- Today, we can help redress the griev-
The safe storage requirements of the pened to. ances of all those lost to gun violence
bill make it harder for people to access I am also a mom. I have dropped off by passing this important legislation.
a firearm in an emergency by man- my kids at school for years, wondering We must, and we will.
would this happen at my children’s Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
dating a one-size-fits-all approach for
school. Would they face a terrible fate yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman
firearm storage.
from Florida (Mr. RUTHERFORD).
Finally, the bill’s limits on magazine like the poor children in Uvalde? This
Mr. RUTHERFORD. Madam Speaker,
capacity will essentially ban many should never happen to our children, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 7910
common firearms, some of which may and I can’t help but point out to all of because this bill does nothing to stop
accommodate between 15 and 30 rounds us here, while we are debating how to human violence, which is the real prob-
of ammunition. protect our kids in school and we are lem at hand here.
Overall, this bill is an attempt to re- debating our Second Amendment gun Straw purchases are already illegal.
strict the constitutional rights of law- rights, I want to point out that we are You can’t buy a gun for someone else
abiding citizens while ignoring the all so privileged to be in this building to get around the background check.
broader problems of why these trage- being protected by armed guards with Bump stocks are already regulated like
dies are happening. guns who are protecting our lives. automatic weapons, thanks to the
Let’s talk about school resource offi- It is shocking to me that this body of Trump administration.
cers in our schools. Let’s talk about Congress won’t do the same thing for Infringing on the Second Amendment
fortifying school buildings. Let’s talk children in schools all over America rights of law-abiding Americans is not
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about ending the dangerous mirage of because we know one thing works. We the answer. In fact, the bill before us
gun-free zones. And yes, let’s talk know that a gun is a tool, and it is a will even make criminals out of legal
about mental health. weapon that can be used to defend gun owners.
We have to look for commonsense so- yourself or defend others. We are all This bill would put the Federal Gov-
lutions that make it easier for Ameri- lucky enough to have that privilege, ernment in charge of law-abiding citi-
cans to protect themselves and their but our schoolchildren aren’t. zens and how they store their firearms
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inside their own homes. This bill puts of 5.56-caliber ammunition. Days later, on May We must be as brave as those children and
firearms storage over and above self- 24, 2022, he entered Robb Elementary School teachers in that classroom last month. We
defense. in Uvalde, Texas, and murdered 19 fourth- must stand up to the NRA and its supporters.
Instead, let’s work together to ad- grade children and two teachers. America was Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
dress human violence problems by bol- left heartbroken and appalled by the horrific serve the balance of my time.
stering our mental health system, mass shooting and is asking how a youth who Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
identifying individuals before they be- could not buy a beer was able to buy and pos- yield 1 minute to the distinguished
come active shooters and mass mur- sess more weapons of war than a trained Ma- gentlewoman from New York (Mrs.
derers, and improving our school safety rine would carry into a deadly conflict. CAROLYN B. MALONEY).
through crime prevention through en- Unfortunately, the horror witnessed in Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New
vironmental design, CPTED. It can be Uvalde is not an isolated incident in today’s York. Madam Speaker, I rise in support
done. America. There have been over 20 mass of the Protecting Our Kids Act.
shootings in America since the tragedy at Today, the victims’ families and
b 1645 Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. Mothers, community members from the mass
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I fathers, children, and grandparents have all shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde ap-
yield 1 minute to the distinguished had their lives cut short and left behind friends peared before the Oversight Committee
gentleman from California (Mr. and family to mourn their loss. America is ex- demanding action. These communities
GARAMENDI). periencing a gun violence epidemic, and we have faced unspeakable tragedy.
Mr. GARAMENDI. Madam Speaker, I are foolish to think anything will change with- It is our duty as lawmakers to listen
have heard over and over again we out immediate action locally and nationally. It to them and work to build a world
ought to harden our schools. We ought is estimated that over 20 million AR–15-style where they will never have to see these
to let every teacher have a gun. assault rifles are in the homes and streets of horrific events repeated. This legisla-
One question that needs to be asked America. There have already been 233 mass tion will save countless lives from the
as that argument goes forward: Why? shootings in America since January 2022. We violence these families have had to en-
Why do we need to do that? have to act to change this. dure.
We need to do that because an 18- During the 10 years America had a federal We must support every title in this
year-old was able to buy two AR–15s, assault weapons ban, gun homicide rates de- bill, especially title II, cracking down
go to the school in Uvalde, and shoot clined 49% nationally. Sadly, mass shootings on interstate gun trafficking. I have
up all of the students and teachers—19. and gun homicides have become more fre- spent over a decade fighting for gun
That is presumably why we have to quent and deadly since the ban expired. There trafficking and straw purchases to be
harden our schools. have been more mass shootings in the last made a Federal offense. The illegal
Maybe it is time for us to come to two years than in the 10 years under the fed- interstate movement of firearms into
the reality that it is time for us to pass eral assault weapons ban. New York, known as the ‘‘Iron Pipe-
commonsense gun safety legislation. It’s time for Congress to reinstate the fed- line’’ has caused countless firearms to
This particular piece of legislation eral assault weapons ban. H.R. 1808, the As- enter our State unlawfully. Preventing
does just that. It doesn’t take away the sault Weapons Ban Act, would do just that gun trafficking across State lines
Second Amendment rights. and institute a buy-back program to remove should be a bipartisan goal.
What it does is to provide every many of these deadly weapons from our com- As a mother and teacher, I am horri-
American with the right to life, lib- munities. Congress also must also institute a fied by these attacks on our schools,
erty, and the pursuit of happiness, and universal background check system with a grocery stores, and our communities. I
not having to worry about whether waiting period, establish a national Red Flag urge my colleagues to support this bill.
their school has been hardened suffi- law, ban ghost guns, limit magazine sizes, Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
ciently to prevent an 18-year-old with allow civil lawsuits against gun manufacturers, yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman
two military-style weapons to enter and institute a stiff tax on all gun sales and from Florida (Mrs. CAMMACK).
assault weapons ammunition. This tax should Mrs. CAMMACK. Madam Speaker, I
that school. It is time for us to act.
be used to compensate gun violence victims came here today to speak on behalf of
Pass this legislation.
and increase investments in gun violence re- women and the parents of my district—
Mr. GARAMENDI. Madam Speaker, it is heck, honestly, I came to speak on be-
search.
time to act. The Democratic House of Representatives, half of all Americans who want their
On January 19, 1989, my wife Patti and I with no support from Republicans, has already kids to be safe and secure in their
entered the ICU at San Joaquin General Hos- voted twice this session to pass gun safety schools, and for people to be safe in
pital. We were there to see a five-year-old boy legislation. This month, House Democrats will their communities.
and his parents, who recently fled from war- take further action by voting for legislation to I came here today to say that we all
torn Laos. The boy was fighting for his life. A protect our communities from gun-wielding want these things because our hearts
day earlier, a gunman, armed with an AK 47c, men and women bent on murder and violence. collectively break when any life is lost.
walked onto the playground at Cleveland Park The tragic fact is that the Senate Republicans, We mourn for those lives lost need-
Elementary School in Stockton California and like their House colleagues, have refused to lessly.
started shooting, killing five children and injur- vote for even the most minimal gun safety leg- We need to do better, and we can do
ing thirty-two. ‘‘We came here to escape war,’’ islation and are using the filibuster to block better, which is why every single Mem-
the boy’s parents pleaded. ‘‘How could this commonsense reforms that will save lives. ber of this Chamber must, without hes-
happen in America?’’ The gun violence epidemic cannot be toler- itation, denounce, decline, decide, and
I represented Stockton in the California Sen- ated. It cannot be normalized. We must not re- oppose against H.R. 7910, the politics
ate in 1989 during the Cleveland Park Ele- elect lawmakers and candidates who would over our kids act.
mentary shooting. After hearing from first re- rather protect the NRA and their gun-ob- This is common sense. Taking legal
sponders and victims, I introduced legislation sessed donors than innocent children and firearms out of the hands of law-abid-
that would become California’s assault weap- teachers. These shooters are cowards going ing citizens does nothing but empower
ons ban—the first of its kind in the nation. after the most vulnerable. criminals.
Senator Dianne Feinstein bravely took up the As I write this, the memory of that family It is already illegal to commit mur-
case in Washington, and in 1994 Congress gathered around that hospital bed at San Joa- der. Has that stopped murder? Has that
passed and President Clinton signed the fed- quin General Hospital haunts me as I envision stopped violence? No.
eral assault weapons ban into law. Unfortu- hundreds of families gathered around hospital Madam Speaker, you said in your
nately, the federal ban expired in 2004 when beds and coffins weeping and asking, ‘‘How opening remarks: ‘‘Protecting our
the Republican-led Congress refused to ex- could this happen in America?’’ It happens be- kids—what could be more important
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tend the ban. cause our courts and too many politicians than that?’’ You said: ‘‘We are here for
Tragically, mass shootings have been on have chosen to protect gun manufacturers, the children.’’ You went on to say:
the rise ever since Congress let the assault gun sellers, and gun owners rather than chil- ‘‘Everything we do is for the children,’’
weapons ban expire. Last month in Texas, dren, teachers, worshipers, and shoppers. In and that today’s effort to strip our con-
days after his 18th birthday, a man purchased the fall mid-term elections, America must elect stitutional rights is a ‘‘crusade for the
two AR–15-style assault rifles and 375 rounds candidates who will vote for gun control. children.’’
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You must have forgotten the nearly across the country, and I expected to JONES made it clearer than anyone. If
60 million children that have been mur- hear then that they were going to talk the filibuster obstructs us, we will
dered through some of the most hor- about passing universal background abolish it. If the Supreme Court ob-
rific means during an abortion. All on checks because we know that 88 per- jects, we will expand it.
your watch. cent of the country wants to see uni- Do something, is the mantra. It is
You invoke JFK, and say: ‘‘Our chil- versal background checks passed. I am probably worth remembering that that
dren are our best resource and our best sorry, I must have missed that in their is short for the commonly heard
hope for the future.’’ conversation. phrase, ‘‘do something, even if it is
Is that so? When I heard how devastated my col- wrong.’’ The last thing we need is
Why do you deny them their future leagues are for the little children that something that is wrong. What is need-
by killing them in the womb? It sounds have been dying, like I am, I thought, ed is an answer. You are not pursuing
a bit hypocritical, if you ask me. well, great, maybe we will hear some- an answer because, frankly, you are
You also made the statement that thing about passing a law that restricts not grappling with the problem.
the leading cause of death for children people 21 and under from purchasing Could we begin with candor? Are
is firearms. Then why does the data re- guns, like MITCH MCCONNELL said he is these disasters enough to prompt can-
fute that? ‘‘NBC News’’ reported that willing to consider. I must have missed dor? Could we have some truth? You
motor vehicle deaths of kids from age 1 that, too. have been doing gun control since 1968.
to 17 continues to be the number one I have to tell you, we know these gun Has it worked to your satisfaction?
cause of death. safety legislation pieces work because The gentlewoman from Pennsylvania
Spare me, Madam Speaker, that you in New Jersey, we have passed most of said earlier: The country is sick. She
are here fighting for the children be- them, and we have made major has misdiagnosed the problem.
cause your three decades in Congress progress. In fact, while the rest of the They say it is the guns. Madam
reflect a record of anything but a fight country has seen gun rate deaths in- Speaker, guns have been prevalent in
for children. crease by 33 percent, in New Jersey the United States of America since be-
Certainly not the kids being traf- fore our founding. We did not suffer the
they fell by 10 percent.
ficked at the border. Not the kids being mass shootings. We did not suffer the
Again, I am hoping, as we speak for
abused. Not the kids fighting for their chaos in the cities like she described.
mothers and women and children and
life in the womb, or the kids whose fu- Why do we have this now?
families across New Jersey, we start to
ture is being stolen by abusive Big Chesterton, a British gentleman,
hear about how we are going to pass
Government policies. came closest, he said: ‘‘The disintegra-
this great legislation.
If this were about protecting kids,
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I tion of rational society started in the
then why does this bill do nothing to
yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from drift from the hearth and the family;
secure or harden our schools? Why
North Carolina (Mr. BISHOP). the solution must be a drift back.’’ Ev-
were there no bipartisan efforts as part
Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina. erybody knows it is true.
of this package? Why do these bills do If there is a sickness in the country,
Madam Speaker, it is repeated over and
nothing to address the mental health it is the product of 60 years of disinte-
over again that the Second Amend-
crisis that we are facing that is driving gration of American culture by the lib-
ment is not unlimited, it has limits. No
the violence? It is not the guns; it is eral project: Assaults on the family;
one contends otherwise.
the people. What are the limits? Wouldn’t it be hostility to God; cheapening life; per-
People who are intent on committing
nice to hear that in the debate? vasive expansion of the welfare state;
acts of evil and violence will do so by
The limits as set forth in Heller and ridicule for individual and parental re-
any means necessary. That is a fact.
While you have conveniently forgot- McDonald is that it is improper, and sponsibility; Soros DAs ending punish-
ten so much, I certainly do not want to you cannot ban weapons that are ‘‘in ment for crime; delegitimizing,
forget how many victims of domestic common use at the time.’’ You cannot defunding, and abolishing police.
violence will be left without options to require that firearms in the home be Behold your handiwork. Stripping
protect themselves if this garbage bill ‘‘rendered and kept inoperable.’’ Americans of constitutional rights
The Ninth and Fourth Circuits have won’t cure what ails us. Not the Second
becomes law.
The same party screaming to defund said that, like other constitutional Amendment, not the First Amendment
our police is the same party screaming rights, all of them, the Second Amend- to which you are hostile, not the
about how you—a law-abiding citizen— ment protections apply to 18- to 20- Fourth Amendment, not the Fifth
should not be able to defend yourself. year-olds. The dissenting judge in that Amendment. Join us to solve the prob-
Finally, I would be remiss if I didn’t opinion in the Fourth Circuit acknowl- lems you have caused. We can find an-
mention that you have clearly all for- edged that there is ‘‘persuasive evi- swers together.
gotten your oath. An oath that we took dence of that.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
here on this Chamber floor to uphold This bill bans for 18- to 20-year-old Chair will, once again, admonish Mem-
and defend the United States Constitu- adults guns that are in common use. It bers to direct their remarks to the
tion, and the Second Amendment is bans for everyone ammo magazines Chair.
part of that. that are in pervasive use. It requires Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
Madam Speaker, and to all my col- that weapons be disabled in the home. yield 1 minute to the distinguished
leagues, the Constitution is not a la This one doesn’t violate the Constitu- gentleman from New York (Mr.
carte, you can either accept it all or tion, I admit, but it even criminalizes a ESPAILLAT).
none of it, but you cannot cherry-pick. neighbor who buys a gun for self-pro- Mr. ESPAILLAT. Madam Speaker, I
If you cannot uphold your oath, then tection for a victim of domestic vio- rise in strong support of the Protecting
you should resign. lence. Our Kids Act. This overdue legislation
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All The Democrats say more is coming. will tighten gun regulations.
Members are reminded, once again, to They use the terminology ‘‘weapon of Unfortunately, in the world’s
address their remarks to the Chair. war.’’ They intend to ban this class of wealthiest country, we have the 32nd
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I weapons entirely. You have made it highest rate of death from gun violence
yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman clear in the House Judiciary Com- across the planet. This is a horrific sta-
from New Jersey (Ms. SHERRILL). mittee. tistic that is impacting all of our dis-
Ms. SHERRILL. Madam Speaker, Ms. JACKSON LEE: Madam Speaker, tricts—blue districts and red districts.
like so many parents across the Na- will the gentleman yield? In my district, gun violence has
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tion, when I sent my four kids off to Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina. taken far too many lives, including the
school this past week, I worried that Madam Speaker, I will not yield. She young life and brutal murder of
they wouldn’t be coming home, like so has had a lot of time. Krystal Bayron-Nieves, working the
many children across the country. Madam Speaker, you made it clear midnight shift in an East Harlem Burg-
I got a bit hopeful when I heard that that you will proceed regardless of er King. The brutal murder of two po-
my colleagues are speaking for women what the Second Amendment says. Mr. lice officers in Harlem’s 32nd Precinct.
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An 11-month-old gunshot victim in the After events in Oregon, I met with Seventy-five percent of most cited
Bronx. Yes, Madam Speaker, only 11 victims of gun violence, and they de- school shooters in America are father-
months old. veloped a package that looks a lot like less; 60 percent of America’s rapists
Madam Speaker, I am here to tell my what we are voting on today. grew up without fathers; 63 percent of
colleagues on the other side of the aisle It is no longer acceptable for gun vio- teenagers who commit suicide don’t
that this epidemic is serious. In fact, it lence enablers to hide behind thoughts have a father in their life; 72 percent of
is a public health crisis. For this rea- and prayers. If other countries can pro- adolescent murderers are fatherless.
son, Congresswoman ESCOBAR and I tect their families, then so can we. The same was true for the murderer at
urge our colleagues to join us in a reso- Madam Speaker, pass this package. Robb Elementary. And I could go on.
lution declaring gun violence a na- Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- Why isn’t the majority talking about
tional public health crisis. serve the balance of my time. that?
This is just the beginning, Madam Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Why isn’t the majority talking about
Speaker. We will continue to pass more yield 1 minute to the distinguished solutions to have role models in chil-
gun regulations. gentleman from Nevada (Mr. dren’s lives?
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- HORSFORD). Because that doesn’t accomplish a
serve the balance of my time. Mr. HORSFORD. Madam Speaker, policy objective for them.
later this month, 30 years to the day, This bill, nor any bill before us this
b 1700 my father was shot and killed by sense- week, will stop mass shootings. This
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, may I less gun violence. bill won’t even decrease gun violence,
inquire how much time each side has And so I rise today with a heavy and the facts and evidence from the ju-
remaining? heart for those who have been mur- risdictions with similar policies make
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- dered by gun violence and the survivors that clear. Just look at any holiday
tleman from New York has 131⁄4 min- who now must live with that trauma weekend in Chicago and see how many
utes remaining. The gentleman from every single day. people have been shot with many of
Ohio has 10 minutes remaining. I have a heavy heart for the 58 vic- these policies already in place.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I tims and survivors in my hometown of This bill is simply a step further to
yield 1 minute to the distinguished Las Vegas who experienced the worst restrict the ability of law-abiding citi-
gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. mass shooting in U.S. history. zens to own firearms and defend them-
CLARK). I have a heavy heart for the parents selves while doing nothing to address
Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. and families in Uvalde, Texas, whose the cultural rot that leads to these
Madam Speaker, today in our country children were murdered while at acts.
321 people will be shot, and 111 of them school. This bill seeks to take the Second
will die from those gunshots. Twenty- I have a heavy heart for the Black Amendment rights away from 18- to 20-
two of the people who are shot every Americans who were murdered at a year-olds by taking away their ability
day in this country are kids, just like grocery store in Buffalo, New York. to purchase a firearm.
the 19 fourth graders sitting in their I have a heavy heart for the doctors
Comparing Census data on the total
classroom while they were massacred and nurses who were killed at a hos-
18- to 20-year-old population with De-
in Uvalde. pital in Tulsa.
partment of Justice data on violent
So I ask my colleagues: How many I have a heavy heart. But I also have
crimes committed by that age group—
more? the courage to protect our children,
How many more innocent people need and this includes violent crimes not in-
and I will continue to work to break
to die? volving guns—only 0.3 percent of 18- to
the cycle of violence.
How many more elders will be mur- The question is: Do my colleagues 20-year-olds commit violent crimes in a
dered at a grocery store or in their have the courage to protect our kids? year.
houses of worship? Vote ‘‘yes’’ on this legislation. Madam Speaker, when you look at
How many more children, slaugh- Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I murder, including murder without
tered in their classroom, will be yield 31⁄2 minutes to the gentleman guns, only 0.013 percent of 18- to 20-
enough to do something to save lives? from Florida (Mr. STEUBE). year-olds commit murder in a year. So
We are considering the most basic Mr. STEUBE. Madam Speaker, guns today Democrats are going to take
measures to keep people safe from gun are not the cause of evil, just like the away the lawful right for 99.7 percent
violence and to keep families from hav- vehicle used by the domestic terrorist of adult Americans between the ages of
ing to I.D. their children by DNA after in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to mow down 18 and 20 for the acts of a few wicked
their bodies were destroyed by a weap- innocent people in a parade killing six people.
on of war. was not the cause of that evil. The per- Now, think about that, Madam
Raising the age to 21 to buy assault son driving it was. Speaker. So the daughter off to college
rifles, safe gun storage, and cracking Why aren’t the pictures of the vic- and living by herself can’t buy a shot-
down on gun trafficking are obvious so- tims of that heinous act being shown gun to keep in her home to protect her-
lutions. Vote ‘‘yes’’ to protect families. by the Democrats on the floor today, self against a rapist all because of 0.3
Vote ‘‘yes’’ to save our children. like those victims in Uvalde? percent of that age group has com-
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- Where was the left’s cry to ban vehi- mitted a violent crime.
serve the balance of my time. cles that killed those innocent lives in The magazine limits in the bill are
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Waukesha? even more egregious because it affects
yield 1 minute to the distinguished There are no cries to ban cars be- all Americans and all firearms, not just
gentleman from Oregon (Mr. BLU- cause that is not on the left’s agenda. rifles, and will effectively serve as a
MENAUER). Banning guns is. And Democrats use ban on most commonly used handguns.
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker, these heinous crimes to further the As I demonstrated in the Judiciary
it has been heart-wrenching hearing long sought-after political objective of Committee last week, numerous fire-
the stories on the floor today. disarming America, and many Demo- arms that millions of Americans use
America is not unique with gun vio- crats in this Chamber have called for every single day to protect themselves
lence. What is unique is that America outright bans on certain firearms. and their families could be rendered
has accepted the slaughter. Unlike There is a moral decay in our coun- useless by a 15-round magazine limit.
Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zea- try that has been created by the left. And those 15-round magazine limits
land, and Norway, after horrific events They have torn down traditional insti- have absolutely no effect on solving
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they acted decisively to reduce gun vi- tutions, taken God out of our class- mass shootings.
olence, and it worked. rooms, and systematically destroyed Madam Speaker, I urge my col-
We have stood by while the carnage the notion of traditional families and leagues to stand for freedom, to stand
continues to our shame. America values. for the Constitution, and to stand for
should not be the only rich country Just look at these numbers in a re- the right of law-abiding citizens to de-
that cannot protect our children. cent article from The Christian Post: fend themselves.
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Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I lives and for the Senate to finally act The reality is the anti-Second
yield 1 minute to the distinguished and to join us in trying to end this cri- Amendment lobby has vastly outspent
gentlewoman from California (Ms. sis. all of the pro-Second Amendment
LEE). Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- groups put together in the last several
Ms. LEE of California. Madam serve the balance of my time. elections.
Speaker, I rise in strong support of Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Who is in the pocket of whom?
H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids Act. yield 1 minute to the distinguished So the red flag laws take all of the
I thank Chairman NADLER for bringing gentlewoman from New York (Ms. guns from some of the people, and the
these bills to the floor. VELÁZQUEZ). bill that will pass tonight, if the Demo-
Gun violence is responsible for more Ms. VELÁZQUEZ. Madam Speaker, crats are fortunate enough to do so,
than 32,000 deaths each year. This is a we are here today because for the vic- will take some of the guns from all of
heartbreaking moment for so many of tims of Uvalde, it is too late; for the the people.
us. This is a public health crisis in our victims of Parkland, it is too late; for Now, why are the gun owners who
country. It is an epidemic. the victims of Sandy Hook, it is too don’t own so-called high-capacity mag-
The victims of Buffalo, Uvalde, late; and for the victims of Columbine, azines, for instance, concerned?
Tulsa, and other mass shootings de- it is too late. Why are the gun owners who don’t
serve more than our thoughts and Constituents from my district are own, for instance, AR–15-style weapons
prayers. still reeling from recent gun violence concerned about this legislation?
Last week, I met with young, gun vi- incidents. We all saw the images of Because they know the legislation
olence survivors in my district. They people running desperately away from won’t work, and the response to this
spoke powerfully about the cycle of vi- the shooter at the subway station in unserious and unconstitutional legisla-
olence and the easy access to guns, es- Sunset Park. I am tired of watching tion that will allow the school shoot-
pecially ghost guns. They talked about again and again my constituents suffer ings to continue will be more gun con-
the trauma they endured by them- from horrific acts of gun violence. trol from the Democrats.
selves, their families, and their com- This legislation is a necessary step to Let me give you an example, Madam
munities. This is nothing new. This has prevent gun violence from happening in Speaker. They have a high-capacity
been going on for so many years, and our schools, places of worship, grocery magazine ban in here that bans any
they are asking us to take action to stores, malls, and public transpor- magazine that can accept over 15
save lives. tation. Moreover, it imposes stronger rounds.
This bill responds to their call by regulations on those who can buy these Well, guess what?
raising the age for purchase of certain weapons of war. At Virginia Tech, the shooter carried
firearms. Congress cannot be too late anymore.
17 magazines none of which held more
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Enough is enough.
than 15 rounds and most of which held
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
time of the gentlewoman has expired. 10 rounds. The shooter at Columbine
serve the balance of my time.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I carried 13 magazines, each of which
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
yield the gentlewoman an additional 15 held 10 rounds. This legislation would
yield 1 minute to the distinguished
seconds. have done absolutely nothing.
gentlewoman from Washington (Ms.
Ms. LEE of California. All I am say- It is not about how many rounds a
DELBENE).
ing is, all of our children who have died Ms. DELBENE. Madam Speaker, I rise magazine holds. It is about the evil in-
through gun violence had a right to today in support of the Protecting Our tent of the shooter and is there some-
live, and they had a right to life. Kids Act. I am a parent of two great body there with the capacity to stop
So I urge all of my colleagues to vote kids. When they were young, my hus- that shooter before they can get going.
‘‘yes’’ and to take action so that we band or I would drop them off at b 1715
can save countless lives. Let’s protect school, and we were confident that
our kids. I thank the chairman again Why is this legislation dead on ar-
they were in a safe space. But for so rival in the Senate?
for yielding. many parents, that is no longer the
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- Why is it dead on arrival in the Su-
case. preme Court?
serve the balance of my time. I recently hosted a roundtable with
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I One of my colleagues has already ac-
some of the over 1,000 constituents who
yield 1 minute to the distinguished knowledged they know this is uncon-
have written or called into my office
gentleman from Texas (Mr. ALLRED). stitutional, and they will pack the
following the tragedies in Uvalde and
Mr. ALLRED. Madam Speaker, after Court if they have to. They said it in
Buffalo and the over 240 mass shootings
the mass shooting in El Paso in 2019, I the Judiciary Committee, to keep this
in 2022.
received a letter from then 6-year-old It is heartbreaking to hear how par- legislation alive after it should long
Cal from Rowlett, Texas. ents have to explain to their kids what since die.
He wrote: to do if there is an active shooter, as if But why is it dead? Because Ameri-
When kids get shot, that is less friends to it is inevitable. cans don’t support it.
play with. When I grow up I don’t want to We know what we can do to help pre- You have quoted statistics. Those
hear any more on the news about people vent future tragedies like Uvalde. We statistics are fake. If they were true,
being killed with guns. this would breeze through the Senate.
can pass commonsense gun safety poli-
He was 6, and he had to write that to cies like this legislation. Enough is But they are not.
his Congressman. Today, just 3 years enough. We have to end the senseless And so I urge my colleagues to re-
later, he is the same age as some of the deaths of our children and our neigh- spect the Constitution; respect the will
kids murdered in Uvalde. bors. Vote ‘‘yes.’’ of the American people; to respect the
I refuse to accept that there is noth- Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I safety of American citizens and, most
ing that we can do, and I refuse to say yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from of all, the safety of children. Let’s do
there is nothing we can do to protect Kentucky (Mr. MASSIE). something to protect them instead of
kids like Cal or my sons in their Mr. MASSIE. Madam Speaker, I these fake virtue signals that will do
schools. thank the gentleman from Ohio for nothing but to curtail the Second
We have to act by passing common- yielding. Amendment rights of Americans.
sense measures, like raising the age to The Democrats today say they don’t Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
21 to buy an assault-style weapon, ban- want to take your guns away. Well, yield 1 minute to the distinguished
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ning high-capacity magazines, and in- then why does the legislation do just gentleman from Illinois (Mr. DANNY K.
creasing safe storage. That will save that? DAVIS).
lives. This legislation, the Protecting What they should say today is: We Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois.
Our Kids Act, will save lives. don’t want to take all of the guns away Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup-
Madam Speaker, I urge my col- from all of the people just yet because port of H.R. 7910, Protecting Our Kids
leagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ to help us save we know we can’t get away with that. Act.
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You know, I am so tired of hearing Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I re- all guns from some people and they do
about Chicago and other big cities. serve the balance of my time. I am pre- so without due process. This bill takes
Local governments do what they can, pared to close. some guns from all people. But Demo-
do what they will. But this is not a Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I crats say, don’t worry. We are not out
local issue. This is a national issue. It yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman to get the Second Amendment. Really?
is a national problem and it requires a from Florida (Mr. GAETZ). Here is what Representative
national solution. Mr. GAETZ. Madam Speaker, I thank CICILLINE said in committee last week:
And so I urge all of my colleagues, no the gentleman for yielding. Spare me the B.S. about constitutional
matter where you are from, make sure Well, we have heard the plan from rights.
that you vote to protect our kids. And Democrats. This is not a modest, trim- Here is what Representative JONES
the only way to do that is get rid of ming around the edges of gun laws. It said last week in committee: If the fili-
these assault weapons and seriously re- has been a full-throated assault on the buster obstructs us, we will abolish it.
duce the number of guns in our society. Second Amendment; a desire to deprive If the Supreme Court objects, we will
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I con- people of the weapons that they choose expand. We will not rest until we have
tinue to reserve the balance of my at the age that they achieve majority. taken weapons out of circulation in our
time. And we have heard countless exam- communities. Each and every day, we
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I ples of where the good guy with the will do whatever it takes; whatever it
yield 1 minute to the distinguished gun has been the difference between takes.
gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. DIN- more or less bloodshed. They are out to get the Second
GELL).
But this is particularly an aggrieved Amendment.
Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, as a time to bring this legislation forward The right of the American people, the
child, I lived with a man, my father, because we heard the Speaker of the right of we, the people, to keep and
who should not have had access to a House recently say that members of bear arms, shall not be infringed. That
gun. When his temper flared, we would the Republican Party were members of is what bothers them. They don’t trust
hide in the closet, my brothers and sis- a cult. So you now have House Demo- we, the people. They are smarter than
ters, praying we would see the morn- crats demeaning, defaming, calling ex- us. They are better than us. They don’t
ing. My baby sister never recovered tremists, tens of millions of Ameri- trust law-abiding American citizens.
from those fears and ultimately died by cans, while they try to disarm you and They do not trust them.
suicide, haunted by the memories. then subsequently defund the police. And that is what is so wrong with the
Too many children are living with And so no good guys are coming when direction we are going with this legis-
those fears today, in classrooms, and in the woke mob ends up at your door. lation and the legislation they are
their homes. We cannot afford to look That is their plan for America. going to bring to the floor tomorrow.
And gun control, unrestrained gun We have seen they don’t trust Ameri-
away, once again, and do nothing.
control is a key part of it. And just cans to exercise their First Amend-
Twenty-eight years ago, when the as-
like they said, they will pack the ment liberties. Now they are going
sault weapons ban was debated, my
Court; they will blow up the filibuster; after their Second Amendment lib-
husband, then an NRA board member,
they will abuse every mores of this erties. And that red flag law they are
and who, by the way, slept with a gun
place for the opportunity to take down going to bring up tomorrow goes after
under his pillow until the day he died,
the Second Amendment. That is what the Fifth Amendment due process
made one of the toughest votes of his
is at issue. That is what we are fight- rights that we enjoy as American citi-
career. He supported the bill, though
ing for. zens. That is why we should oppose this
he didn’t agree with everything in it.
And Republicans in the United States
We all have a job to do for our coun- legislation and the legislation tomor-
Senate should not sign up for this cha-
try. I don’t want to take the guns away row.
rade. They should stand with our fel-
from any responsible gun owner. But And I hope, as my friend from Flor-
low Americans for the Constitution
the clock is ticking. ida said, I hope the United States Sen-
and with American gun owners.
Who will be the next mass shooting? Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I ate doesn’t go down this red flag trail
Who is the next target? yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman that they are now on and further take
What do we want our American story away liberties from law-abiding Amer-
from Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE).
to be? Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, ican people.
We need to act now. I could not sit idly by to hear the abuse Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal-
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I con- of the Second Amendment that Judge ance of my time.
tinue to reserve the balance of my Scalia would not recognize; and that is, Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
time. that there are no restrictions. yield myself such time as I may con-
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I I believe Judge Scalia would look at sume.
yield 1 minute to the distinguished these dead babies and realize that the Too many cities in this country have
gentlewoman from Nevada (Ms. TITUS). Constitution and the Second Amend- become a shorthand for mass shooting:
Ms. TITUS. Madam Speaker, I had ment that is protected, untouched, Newtown, San Bernardino, Charleston,
intended to stand up here and speak would ask you the question, is there no Las Vegas, Parkland, Santa Fe, El
about my provision preventing bump sense of responsibility to be able to Paso, Buffalo, Uvalde. The list goes on.
stocks being added to guns but, after provide restrictions to save lives? How many more communities must
sitting here and listening for several How dare you suggest that we cannot be visited by tragedy before we take
hours, my colleagues across the aisle, provide the kind of laws in Protecting action?
they have been misrepresenting the Our Kids Act that provides the incen- How many more parents need to bury
Second Amendment. They have been tives and guidelines to save lives? their own children because an 18-year
pretending to care about children, and Ask the mothers and fathers of these old with an AR–15 assault rifle stormed
they have been blubbering about their babies. The Second Amendment is not into their school?
need for big guns to protect them- absolute. It does allow restrictions; How many more children must grow
selves. just as President Reagan said: He sees up without a parent because a high-ca-
I have just got to say one thing. no reason for an AK–47, at that time, to pacity magazine allowed a shooter to
America is listening, and it will re- be used for sport or to be used for any- spray dozens of bullets through a su-
member who allowed this plague to thing else. permarket?
continue to kill our loved ones and Support our babies and vote for this Let today be the day that we begin to
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spread disaster around our country. act. Where is your responsibility and end this cycle of gun violence and we
They are listening, and they will re- courage? take meaningful action to protect our
member who it was. Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I communities and, most of all, to pro-
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I con- yield myself the balance of my time. tect our kids.
tinue to reserve the balance of my Representative MASSIE was right on You know, the Republicans tell us
time. target when he said red flag laws take that we want to defund the police. We
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don’t want to defund the police. Presi- We must pass this legislation and the Sen- Kim (NJ) Nadler Sewell
Kind Napolitano Sherman
dent Biden just said the other day we ate must get it to the President’s desk, without Kinzinger Neal Sherrill
want to fund the police. delay. Kirkpatrick Neguse Sires
They want to defund the police. They I urge my colleagues to make our children’s Krishnamoorthi Newman Slotkin
want to disarm the police. What chance lives a priority and support this commonsense Kuster Norcross Smith (NJ)
Lamb O’Halleran Smith (WA)
does a policeman, with a regular serv- legislation. Langevin Ocasio-Cortez Soto
ice revolver, have against someone The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Larsen (WA) Omar Spanberger
with an AR–15 assault rifle? None at House Resolution 1153, the previous Larson (CT) Pallone Speier
Lawrence Panetta Stansbury
all. question is ordered. Lawson (FL) Pappas Stanton
They want to make sure that our po- Pursuant to section 3(a) of House Lee (CA) Pascrell Stevens
lice have no chance at all to resist the Resolution 1153, the Chair will put the Lee (NV) Payne Strickland
dishonest people who use weapons of question on retaining each title of the Leger Fernandez Pelosi Suozzi
Levin (CA) Perlmutter Swalwell
war because weapons of war overwhelm bill, as amended. Levin (MI) Peters Takano
whatever any policeman may have. The Chair will put the question on Lieu Phillips Thompson (CA)
That is the problem here. retaining title I of the bill. The ques- Lofgren Pingree Thompson (MS)
The problem here is that they want Lowenthal Pocan Titus
tion is: Shall title I be retained? Luria Porter Tlaib
to defund—or I shouldn’t say defund. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this Lynch Pressley Tonko
They want to disarm our police, com- 15-minute vote on retaining title I of Malinowski Price (NC) Torres (CA)
pared to the crooks and the murderers H.R. 7910 will be followed by 5-minute Malliotakis Quigley Torres (NY)
Maloney, Raskin Trahan
who have the weapons of war which can votes on: Carolyn B. Rice (NY) Trone
outweigh the service revolvers that Retaining title II; Maloney, Sean Ross Turner
any police officer will have. Retaining title III; Manning Roybal-Allard Underwood
So we want to protect the police offi- Matsui Ruiz Upton
Retaining title IV; McBath Ruppersberger Vargas
cers. We want them to not be Retaining title V; McCollum Rush Veasey
outgunned by the murderers. That is Retaining title VI; McEachin Ryan Velázquez
where we are. That is what this bill Retaining title VII; McGovern Salazar Wasserman
McNerney Sánchez Schultz
does. That is perhaps why they are The motion to recommit, if offered; Meeks Sarbanes Waters
afraid of this bill. Passage of the bill, if ordered; and Meng Scanlon Watson Coleman
But we must pass this bill to save our Motions to suspend the rules and Mfume Schakowsky Welch
police officers, to save our commu- Moore (WI) Schiff Wexton
pass: Morelle Schneider Wild
nities, to save our children. H.R. 7352; Moulton Schrier Williams (GA)
Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- H.R. 7334; Mrvan Scott (VA) Wilson (FL)
ance of my time. H.R. 5879; Murphy (FL) Scott, David Yarmuth
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Madam Speaker, H.R. 7622; NAYS—199
we have a gun epidemic which is unique to H.R. 7664;
America. Aderholt Feenstra LaHood
H.R. 7670; Allen Ferguson LaMalfa
As a mother and grandmother, like the rest H.R. 7694; Amodei Fischbach Lamborn
of the nation, I am heartbroken by the horri- H.R. 7776; and Armstrong Fitzgerald Latta
fying killings of innocent Americans, especially H.R. 7667. Arrington Fleischmann LaTurner
Babin Foxx Lesko
our children. Pursuant to section 3(b) of House Bacon Franklin, C. Letlow
In 2021, homicides hit a 15 year high in Los Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are Baird Scott Long
Angeles. And this year, according to the Los ordered. Members will record their Balderson Fulcher Loudermilk
Angeles Police Department, people are being Banks Gaetz Lucas
votes by electronic device, and this Barr Gallagher Luetkemeyer
killed at a faster pace than last year. will be a 15-minute vote. Bentz Garbarino Mace
According to the Centers for Disease Con- The vote was taken by electronic de- Bergman Garcia (CA) Mann
trol (CDC), in 2020, 45,222 people died from vice, and there were—yeas 228, nays Bice (OK) Gibbs Massie
gun-related injuries. Of these, 19,384, died Biggs Gimenez Mast
199, not voting 1, as follows: Bilirakis Gohmert McCarthy
violently. [Roll No. 237] Bishop (NC) Golden McCaul
These are not just numbers. They represent Boebert Gonzales, Tony McClain
YEAS—228 Bost Good (VA) McClintock
individuals whose lives were cut short as a re-
Adams Cicilline Frankel, Lois Brady Gooden (TX) McHenry
sult of gun violence. They were moms, dads, Aguilar Clark (MA) Gallego Brooks Gosar McKinley
sons, and daughters. They belonged to a fam- Allred Clarke (NY) Garamendi Buchanan Granger Meijer
ily, they were loved, and will forever be Auchincloss Cleaver Garcı́a (IL) Buck Graves (LA) Meuser
missed. Axne Clyburn Garcia (TX) Bucshon Graves (MO) Miller (IL)
Barragán Cohen Gomez Budd Green (TN) Miller (WV)
They should be here today. Bass Connolly Gonzalez (OH) Burchett Greene (GA) Miller-Meeks
Mass shootings must not be an acceptable Beatty Cooper Gonzalez, Burgess Griffith Moolenaar
norm. Bera Correa Vicente Calvert Grothman Mooney
Changing our culture of gun violence will not Beyer Costa Gottheimer Cammack Guest Moore (AL)
Bishop (GA) Courtney Green, Al (TX) Carey Guthrie Moore (UT)
happen overnight. We must start the process Blumenauer Craig Grijalva Carl Harris Mullin
now. There is no excuse for failing to try. Blunt Rochester Crist Harder (CA) Carter (GA) Harshbarger Murphy (NC)
I urge my Republican colleagues to put par- Bonamici Crow Hayes Carter (TX) Hartzler Nehls
Bourdeaux Cuellar Higgins (NY) Cawthorn Hern Newhouse
tisan politics and special interests aside and Bowman Davids (KS) Himes Chabot Herrell Norman
join us in support of this commonsense legis- Boyle, Brendan Davis, Danny K. Horsford Cheney Herrera Beutler Obernolte
lation to help keep our children and fellow F. Dean Houlahan Cline Hice (GA) Owens
Americans safe. Brown (MD) DeFazio Hoyer Cloud Higgins (LA) Palazzo
Brown (OH) DeGette Huffman Clyde Hill Palmer
Our thoughts and prayers are not enough if Brownley DeLauro Jackson Lee Cole Hinson Pence
we fail to act and continue to ignore the gun Bush DelBene Jacobs (CA) Comer Hudson Perry
violence which forever shatters the hearts of Bustos Demings Jacobs (NY) Crawford Huizenga Pfluger
Butterfield DeSaulnier Jayapal Crenshaw Issa Posey
families across our nation. Carbajal Deutch Jeffries Curtis Jackson Reschenthaler
Martin Luther King Jr., reminded us that Cárdenas Dingell Johnson (GA) Davidson Johnson (LA) Rice (SC)
‘‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it Carson Doggett Johnson (TX) Davis, Rodney Johnson (OH) Rodgers (WA)
bends toward justice.’’ Carter (LA) Doyle, Michael Jones DesJarlais Johnson (SD) Rogers (AL)
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Cartwright F. Kahele Diaz-Balart Jordan Rogers (KY)
To my Republican colleagues, you do not Case Escobar Kaptur Donalds Joyce (OH) Rose
need more time. Americans need you to bend Casten Eshoo Katko Duncan Joyce (PA) Rosendale
towards justice now and help us to prevent Castor (FL) Espaillat Keating Dunn Keller Rouzer
Castro (TX) Evans Kelly (IL) Ellzey Kelly (MS) Roy
another Uvalde, another Buffalo, Tulsa, El Cherfilus- Fitzpatrick Khanna Emmer Kelly (PA) Rutherford
Paso, Parkland, Sandy Hook, and Columbine. McCormick Fletcher Kildee Estes Kim (CA) Scalise
Enough is enough. Chu Foster Kilmer Fallon Kustoff Schrader
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Schweikert Steube Walorski DelBene Larsen (WA) Rice (NY) Lesko Norman Stauber
Scott, Austin Stewart Waltz Demings Larson (CT) Ross Letlow Obernolte Steel
Sessions Taylor Weber (TX) DeSaulnier Lawrence Roybal-Allard Long Owens Stefanik
Simpson Tenney Webster (FL) Deutch Lawson (FL) Ruiz Loudermilk Palazzo Steil
Smith (MO) Thompson (PA) Wenstrup Dingell Lee (CA) Ruppersberger Lucas Palmer Steube
Smith (NE) Tiffany Westerman Doggett Lee (NV) Rush Luetkemeyer Pence Stewart
Smucker Timmons Williams (TX) Doyle, Michael Leger Fernandez Ryan Mann Perry Taylor
Spartz Valadao Wilson (SC) F. Levin (CA) Salazar Massie Pfluger Tenney
Stauber Van Drew Escobar Levin (MI) Sánchez Mast Posey Thompson (PA)
Wittman
Steel Van Duyne Eshoo Lieu Sarbanes McCarthy Reschenthaler Tiffany
Womack
Stefanik Wagner Espaillat Lofgren McCaul Rice (SC) Timmons
Zeldin Scanlon
Steil Walberg Evans Lowenthal McClain Rogers (AL) Turner
Schakowsky
Fitzpatrick Luria McClintock Rogers (KY) Upton
NOT VOTING—1 Schiff
McHenry Rose Valadao
Fletcher Lynch Schneider
Hollingsworth Foster Malinowski McKinley Rosendale Van Drew
Schrader Meijer Rouzer Van Duyne
Frankel, Lois Malliotakis
Schrier Meuser Roy Wagner
b 1805 Gallego Maloney,
Scott (VA) Miller (IL) Rutherford Walberg
Garamendi Carolyn B.
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri and Mrs. Scott, David Miller (WV) Scalise Walorski
Garcı́a (IL) Maloney, Sean
Garcia (TX) Manning Sewell Miller-Meeks Schweikert Waltz
MCCLAIN changed their vote from Sherman
Gomez Matsui Moolenaar Scott, Austin Weber (TX)
‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Gonzalez (OH) McBath Sherrill Mooney Sessions Webster (FL)
Mses. LEE of California and ROY- Gonzalez, McCollum Sires Moore (AL) Simpson Wenstrup
BAL-ALLARD changed their vote from Vicente McEachin Slotkin Moore (UT) Smith (MO) Westerman
‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Gottheimer McGovern Smith (WA) Mullin Smith (NE) Williams (TX)
Green, Al (TX) McNerney Soto Murphy (NC) Smith (NJ) Wilson (SC)
So the question was decided in the af- Nehls Smucker Wittman
Grijalva Meeks Spanberger
firmative, and title I of the bill was re- Harder (CA) Meng Speier Newhouse Spartz Womack
tained. Hayes Mfume Stansbury
The result of the vote was announced Higgins (NY) Moore (WI) Stanton NOT VOTING—5
as above recorded. Himes Morelle Stevens Donalds Mace Zeldin
Horsford Moulton Strickland Hollingsworth Rodgers (WA)
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Houlahan Mrvan Suozzi
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Hoyer Murphy (FL) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
Swalwell
Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Sánchez (Garcia Huffman Nadler Takano The SPEAKER pro tempore (during
Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) (TX)) Jackson Lee Napolitano Thompson (CA)
Rochester) Kirkpatrick Jacobs (CA) Neal the vote). There are 2 minutes remain-
Sewell (Beatty) Thompson (MS)
Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) Sherman (Beyer) Jacobs (NY) Neguse Titus
ing.
Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sires (Pallone) Jayapal Newman Tlaib
Jeffries Norcross
(Fleischmann)
Brown (OH)
(Garcı́a (IL))
Lamb (Blunt
Spartz (Banks)
Johnson (GA) O’Halleran
Tonko b 1819
Strickland Torres (CA)
(Beatty) Rochester) Johnson (TX) Ocasio-Cortez So the question was decided in the af-
(Takano) Torres (NY)
Buchson (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez Jones Omar
Cárdenas (Neguse)
Suozzi (Beyer) Kahele Pallone Trahan firmative, and title II of the bill was
Swalwell Kaptur Panetta Trone retained.
(Correa) Loudermilk
(Correa) Katko Pappas Underwood
Cawthorn (Gaetz) (Fleischmann)
Taylor (Fallon) Vargas The result of the vote was announced
Crist Lowenthal Keating Pascrell
(Wasserman (Beyer) Thompson (PA) Kelly (IL) Payne Veasey as above recorded.
Schultz) Mace (Donalds) (Keller) Khanna Pelosi Velázquez MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Torres (NY) Kildee Perlmutter Wasserman
DeFazio McEachin RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
(Stanton) (Beyer) (Blunt Kilmer Peters Schultz
Rochester) Kim (NJ) Phillips Waters Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Sánchez (Garcia
Evans (Beyer) Moore (WI)
Kind Pingree Watson Coleman Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) (TX))
Frankel, Lois (Beyer) Vargas (Takano)
Kinzinger Pocan Welch Rochester) Kirkpatrick Sewell (Beatty)
(Wasserman Moulton Walorski (Banks)
Kirkpatrick Porter Wexton Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) Sherman (Beyer)
Schultz) (Neguse) Waters (Garcia
Krishnamoorthi Pressley Wild Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sires (Pallone)
Gomez (Garcia Payne (Pallone) (TX))
Kuster Price (NC) Williams (GA) (Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Spartz (Banks)
(TX)) Price (NC) Welch (Pallone)
Lamb Quigley Wilson (FL) Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Strickland
Guest (Manning) Wilson (FL)
Langevin Raskin Yarmuth (Beatty) Rochester) (Takano)
(Fleischmann) Ruiz (Correa) (Neguse) Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez
Johnson (SD) Rush (Jeffries) Suozzi (Beyer)
NAYS—197 Cárdenas (Neguse)
(LaHood) Ryan (Beyer) Swalwell
(Correa) Loudermilk
(Correa)
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Aderholt Clyde Graves (LA) Crist (Fleischmann)
Taylor (Fallon)
Allen Cole Graves (MO) (Wasserman Lowenthal
DEGETTE). The Chair will now put the Amodei Comer Green (TN) Thompson (PA)
Schultz) (Beyer)
question on retaining title II of the Armstrong Crawford Greene (GA) DeFazio McEachin (Keller)
bill. Arrington Crenshaw Griffith (Stanton) (Beyer) Torres (NY)
The question is, Shall title II be re- Babin Curtis Grothman Evans (Beyer) Moore (WI) (Blunt
tained? Bacon Davidson Guest Frankel, Lois (Beyer) Rochester)
Baird Davis, Rodney Guthrie (Wasserman Moulton Vargas (Takano)
Pursuant to section 3(b) of House Balderson DesJarlais Harris Schultz) (Neguse) Walorski (Banks)
Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are Banks Diaz-Balart Harshbarger Gomez (Garcia Payne (Pallone) Waters (Garcia
ordered. Barr Duncan Hartzler (TX)) Price (NC) (TX))
This will be a 5-minute vote. Bentz Dunn Hern Guest (Manning) Welch (Pallone)
The vote was taken by electronic de- Bergman Ellzey Herrell (Fleischmann) Ruiz (Correa) Wilson (FL)
Bice (OK) Emmer Herrera Beutler Johnson (SD) Rush (Jeffries)
vice, and there were—yeas 226, nays (Neguse)
Biggs Estes Hice (GA) (LaHood) Ryan (Beyer)
197, not voting 5, as follows: Bilirakis Fallon Higgins (LA)
[Roll No. 238] Bishop (NC) Feenstra Hill The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Boebert Ferguson Hinson
YEAS—226 Bost Fischbach Hudson
Chair will now put the question on re-
Adams Brown (OH) Clarke (NY) Brady Fitzgerald Huizenga taining title III of the bill.
Aguilar Brownley Cleaver Brooks Fleischmann Issa The question is, Shall title III be re-
Allred Bush Clyburn Buchanan Foxx Jackson tained?
Auchincloss Bustos Cohen Buck Franklin, C. Johnson (LA)
Axne Butterfield Connolly Bucshon Scott Johnson (OH) Pursuant to section 3(b) of House
Barragán Carbajal Cooper Budd Fulcher Johnson (SD) Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are
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Bass Cárdenas Correa Burchett Gaetz Jordan ordered.
Beatty Carson Costa Burgess Gallagher Joyce (OH)
Bera Carter (LA) Courtney Calvert Garbarino Joyce (PA) This will be a 5-minute vote.
Beyer Cartwright Craig Cammack Garcia (CA) Keller The vote was taken by electronic de-
Bishop (GA) Case Crist Carey Gibbs Kelly (MS) vice, and there were—yeas 226, nays
Blumenauer Casten Crow Carl Gimenez Kelly (PA)
Blunt Rochester Castor (FL) Cuellar Carter (GA) Gohmert Kim (CA)
194, not voting 8, as follows:
Bonamici Castro (TX) Davids (KS) Carter (TX) Golden Kustoff [Roll No. 239]
Bourdeaux Cherfilus- Davis, Danny K. Cawthorn Gonzales, Tony LaHood
Bowman McCormick Dean Chabot Good (VA) LaMalfa
YEAS—226
Boyle, Brendan Chu DeFazio Cheney Gooden (TX) Lamborn Adams Auchincloss Bass
F. Cicilline DeGette Cline Gosar Latta Aguilar Axne Beatty
Brown (MD) Clark (MA) DeLauro Cloud Granger LaTurner Allred Barragán Bera
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Beyer Grijalva Pallone Gimenez LaTurner Rose Torres (NY) Walorski (Banks) Wilson (FL)
Bishop (GA) Harder (CA) Panetta Gohmert Lesko Rosendale (Blunt Waters (Garcia (Neguse)
Blumenauer Hayes Pappas Golden Letlow Rouzer Rochester) (TX))
Blunt Rochester Higgins (NY) Pascrell Gonzales, Tony Long Roy Vargas (Takano) Welch (Pallone)
Bonamici Himes Payne Good (VA) Loudermilk Rutherford
Bourdeaux Horsford Pelosi Gooden (TX) Lucas Salazar The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Bowman Houlahan Perlmutter Gosar Luetkemeyer Scalise Chair will now put the question on re-
Boyle, Brendan Hoyer Peters Granger Mann Schweikert
F. Huffman Phillips Graves (MO) Massie taining title IV of the bill.
Scott, Austin
Brown (MD) Jackson Lee Pingree Green (TN) Mast The question is, Shall title IV be re-
Sessions
Brown (OH) Jacobs (CA) Pocan Greene (GA) McCarthy tained?
Griffith McCaul Simpson
Brownley Jacobs (NY) Porter
Bush Jayapal Grothman McClain Smith (MO) Pursuant to section 3(b) of House
Pressley
Bustos Jeffries Price (NC) Guest McClintock Smith (NE) Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are
Butterfield Johnson (GA) Guthrie McHenry Smucker ordered.
Quigley
Carbajal Johnson (TX) Harris McKinley Spartz
Raskin This is a 5-minute vote.
Cárdenas Jones Rice (NY) Harshbarger Meijer Stauber
Carson Kahele Ross Hartzler Meuser Steel The vote was taken by electronic de-
Carter (LA) Kaptur Roybal-Allard Hern Miller (IL) Stefanik vice, and there were—yeas 220, nays
Cartwright Katko Ruiz Herrell Miller (WV) Steil 205, not voting 3, as follows:
Case Kelly (IL) Ruppersberger Herrera Beutler Miller- Steube
Casten Khanna Hice (GA) Meeks Stewart [Roll No. 240]
Rush
Castor (FL) Kildee Ryan Higgins (LA) Moolenaar Taylor YEAS—220
Castro (TX) Kilmer Sánchez Hill Mooney Tenney
Cherfilus- Kim (NJ) Hinson Moore (AL) Adams Garcia (TX) O’Halleran
Sarbanes Thompson (PA)
McCormick Kind Hudson Moore (UT) Aguilar Gomez Ocasio-Cortez
Scanlon Tiffany
Chu Kinzinger Huizenga Mullin Allred Gonzalez, Omar
Schakowsky Timmons Auchincloss Vicente
Cicilline Kirkpatrick Issa Murphy (NC) Pallone
Schiff Turner Axne Gottheimer
Clark (MA) Krishnamoorthi Jackson Nehls Panetta
Schneider Valadao Barragán Green, Al (TX)
Clarke (NY) Kuster Johnson (LA) Newhouse Pappas
Schrader Van Drew Bass Grijalva
Cleaver Lamb Johnson (OH) Norman Pascrell
Schrier Van Duyne Beatty Harder (CA)
Clyburn Langevin Johnson (SD) Obernolte Payne
Scott (VA) Wagner Bera Hayes
Cohen Larsen (WA) Jordan Owens Pelosi
Scott, David Walorski Beyer Higgins (NY)
Connolly Larson (CT) Joyce (OH) Palazzo Perlmutter
Sewell Waltz Bishop (GA) Himes
Cooper Lawrence Joyce (PA) Palmer Peters
Sherman Weber (TX) Blumenauer Horsford
Correa Lawson (FL) Keller Pence Phillips
Sherrill Webster (FL) Blunt Rochester Houlahan
Costa Lee (CA) Kelly (MS) Perry Pingree
Sires Wenstrup Bonamici Hoyer
Courtney Lee (NV) Kelly (PA) Pfluger Pocan
Slotkin Westerman Bourdeaux Huffman
Craig Leger Fernandez Kim (CA) Posey Porter
Smith (NJ) Kustoff Williams (TX) Bowman Jackson Lee
Crist Levin (CA) Reschenthaler Pressley
Smith (WA) LaHood Rice (SC) Wilson (SC) Boyle, Brendan Jacobs (CA)
Crow Levin (MI) Price (NC)
Soto LaMalfa Rodgers (WA) Wittman F. Jacobs (NY)
Cuellar Lieu Quigley
Spanberger Lamborn Rogers (AL) Womack Brown (MD) Jayapal
Davids (KS) Lofgren Raskin
Davis, Speier Latta Rogers (KY) Zeldin Brown (OH) Jeffries
Lowenthal Rice (NY)
Danny K. Luria Stansbury Brownley Johnson (GA)
Stanton NOT VOTING—8 Bush Johnson (TX) Ross
Dean Lynch Roybal-Allard
DeFazio Malinowski Stevens Bustos Jones
Cammack Graves (LA) Mace Ruiz
DeGette Malliotakis Strickland Butterfield Kahele
Carl Hollingsworth Walberg Ruppersberger
DeLauro Maloney, Suozzi Carbajal Kaptur
Donalds Keating Rush
DelBene Carolyn B. Swalwell Cárdenas Keating
Takano ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Carson Kelly (IL) Ryan
Demings Maloney, Sean Sánchez
DeSaulnier Manning Thompson (CA) Carter (LA) Khanna
Thompson (MS)
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Cartwright Kildee Sarbanes
Deutch Matsui
Dingell McBath Titus the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Case Kilmer Scanlon
Tlaib ing. Casten Kim (NJ) Schakowsky
Doggett McCollum
Tonko Castor (FL) Kinzinger Schiff
Doyle, Michael McEachin
Torres (CA) Castro (TX) Kirkpatrick Schneider
F. McGovern
Escobar McNerney Torres (NY) b 1826 Cherfilus- Krishnamoorthi Schrier
Eshoo Meeks Trahan McCormick Kuster Scott (VA)
So the question was decided in the af- Chu Lamb Scott, David
Espaillat Meng Trone
Evans Mfume Underwood firmative, and title III of the bill was Cicilline Langevin Sewell
Fitzpatrick Moore (WI) Upton retained. Clark (MA) Larsen (WA) Sherman
Fletcher Morelle Vargas The result of the vote was announced Clarke (NY) Larson (CT) Sherrill
Foster Moulton Veasey Cleaver Lawrence Sires
Velázquez
as above recorded. Clyburn Lawson (FL) Slotkin
Frankel, Lois Mrvan
Gallego Murphy (FL) Wasserman Stated against: Cohen Lee (CA) Smith (WA)
Garamendi Nadler Schultz Mrs. CAMMACK. Madam Speaker, I was Connolly Lee (NV) Soto
Garcı́a (IL) Napolitano Waters Cooper Leger Fernandez Spanberger
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I Correa Levin (CA)
Garcia (TX) Neal Watson Coleman Speier
Gomez Neguse Welch would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 239. Costa Levin (MI) Stansbury
Gonzalez (OH) Newman Wexton Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Madam Speaker, Courtney Lieu Stanton
Gonzalez, Norcross Wild I was in a meeting during this vote. Had I Craig Lofgren Stevens
Vicente O’Halleran Williams (GA) Crist Lowenthal Strickland
been present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on Crow Luria
Gottheimer Ocasio-Cortez Wilson (FL) Suozzi
Green, Al (TX) Omar Yarmuth rollcall No. 239. Cuellar Lynch Swalwell
Davids (KS) Malinowski
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Takano
Davis, Danny K. Maloney,
NAYS—194 RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Dean Carolyn B.
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Aderholt Buck DesJarlais Barragán (Beyer) Guest Moulton DeFazio Maloney, Sean
Titus
Allen Bucshon Diaz-Balart Bass (Blunt (Fleischmann) (Neguse) DeGette Manning
Tlaib
Amodei Budd Duncan Rochester) Johnson (SD) Payne (Pallone) DeLauro Matsui
Armstrong Burchett Dunn Boebert (Gaetz) (LaHood) Price (NC) DelBene McBath Tonko
Arrington Burgess Ellzey Brooks Johnson (TX) (Manning) Demings McCollum Torres (CA)
Babin Calvert Emmer (Fleischmann) (Jeffries) Ruiz (Correa) DeSaulnier McEachin Torres (NY)
Bacon Carey Estes Brown (OH) Kirkpatrick Rush (Jeffries) Deutch McGovern Trahan
Baird Carter (GA) Fallon (Beatty) (Pallone) Ryan (Beyer) Dingell McNerney Trone
Balderson Carter (TX) Feenstra Bucshon (Gibbs) Krishnamoorthi Sánchez (Garcia Doggett Meeks Underwood
Banks Cawthorn Ferguson Cárdenas (Garcı́a (IL)) (TX)) Doyle, Michael Meng Vargas
Barr Chabot Fischbach (Correa) Lamb (Blunt Sewell (Beatty) F. Mfume Veasey
Bentz Cheney Fitzgerald Crist Rochester) Sherman (Beyer) Escobar Moore (WI) Velázquez
Bergman Cline Fleischmann (Wasserman Leger Fernandez Sires (Pallone) Eshoo Morelle Wasserman
Bice (OK) Cloud Foxx Schultz) (Neguse) Spartz (Banks) Espaillat Moulton Schultz
Waters
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Biggs Clyde Franklin, C. DeFazio Loudermilk Strickland Evans Mrvan
Bilirakis Cole Scott (Stanton) (Fleischmann) (Takano) Fitzpatrick Murphy (FL) Watson Coleman
Bishop (NC) Comer Fulcher Evans (Beyer) Lowenthal Suozzi (Beyer) Fletcher Nadler Welch
Boebert Crawford Gaetz Frankel, Lois (Beyer) Swalwell Foster Napolitano Wexton
Bost Crenshaw Gallagher (Wasserman McEachin (Correa) Frankel, Lois Neal Wild
Brady Curtis Garbarino Schultz) (Beyer) Taylor (Fallon) Gallego Neguse Williams (GA)
Brooks Davidson Garcia (CA) Gomez (Garcia Moore (WI) Thompson (PA) Garamendi Newman Wilson (FL)
Buchanan Davis, Rodney Gibbs (TX)) (Beyer) (Keller) Garcı́a (IL) Norcross Yarmuth
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NAYS—205 Johnson (SD) McEachin Strickland Sánchez Spanberger Turner
(LaHood) (Beyer) (Takano) Sarbanes Speier Underwood
Aderholt Gohmert Miller-Meeks
Johnson (TX) Moore (WI) Suozzi (Beyer) Scanlon Stansbury Upton
Allen Golden Moolenaar
(Jeffries) (Beyer) Swalwell Schakowsky Stanton Valadao
Amodei Gonzales, Tony Mooney
Kirkpatrick Moulton (Correa) Schiff Stevens Vargas
Armstrong Gonzalez (OH) Moore (AL)
(Pallone) (Neguse) Taylor (Fallon) Schneider Strickland Veasey
Arrington Good (VA) Moore (UT)
Krishnamoorthi Payne (Pallone) Thompson (PA) Schrader Suozzi Velázquez
Babin Gooden (TX) Mullin
(Garcı́a (IL)) Price (NC) (Keller) Schrier Swalwell Wasserman
Bacon Gosar Murphy (NC) (Manning) Torres (NY) Scott (VA) Takano
Baird Granger Nehls Lamb (Blunt Schultz
Ruiz (Correa) (Blunt Scott, David Thompson (CA)
Balderson Graves (LA) Newhouse Rochester) Waters
Rush (Jeffries) Rochester) Sewell Thompson (MS)
Banks Graves (MO) Norman Leger Fernandez Watson Coleman
Ryan (Beyer) Vargas (Takano) Sherman Titus
Barr Green (TN) Obernolte (Neguse) Welch
Sánchez (Garcia Walorski (Banks) Sherrill Tlaib
Bentz Greene (GA) Owens Loudermilk Wexton
(TX)) Waters (Garcia Sires Tonko
Bergman Griffith Palazzo (Fleischmann) Wild
Sewell (Beatty) (TX)) Slotkin Torres (CA)
Bice (OK) Grothman Palmer Lowenthal Williams (GA)
Sherman (Beyer) Welch (Pallone) Smith (NJ) Torres (NY)
Biggs Guest Pence (Beyer) Wilson (FL)
Sires (Pallone) Wilson (FL) Smith (WA) Trahan
Bilirakis Guthrie Perry Mace (Donalds) Yarmuth
Spartz (Banks) (Neguse) Soto Trone
Bishop (NC) Harris Pfluger
Boebert Harshbarger Posey The SPEAKER pro tempore. The NAYS—194
Bost Hartzler Reschenthaler
Brady Hern
Chair will now put the question on re- Aderholt Garbarino Miller (IL)
Rice (SC) Allen Garcia (CA) Miller (WV)
Brooks Herrell Rodgers (WA)
taining title V of the bill.
Amodei Gibbs Miller-Meeks
Buchanan Herrera Beutler Rogers (AL) The question is, Shall title V be re- Armstrong Gimenez Moolenaar
Buck Hice (GA)
Bucshon Higgins (LA)
Rogers (KY) tained? Arrington Gohmert Mooney
Rose Babin Gonzales, Tony Moore (AL)
Budd Hill Rosendale
Pursuant to section 3(b) of House
Bacon Good (VA) Moore (UT)
Burchett Hinson Rouzer Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are Baird Gooden (TX) Mullin
Burgess Hudson Roy ordered. Balderson Gosar Murphy (NC)
Calvert Huizenga
Rutherford This is a 5-minute vote. Banks Granger Nehls
Cammack Issa
Salazar Barr Graves (LA) Newhouse
Carey Jackson
Scalise The vote was taken by electronic de- Bentz Graves (MO) Norman
Carl Johnson (LA) vice, and there were—yeas 233, nays
Schweikert Bergman Green (TN) Obernolte
Carter (GA) Johnson (OH)
Scott, Austin 194, not voting 1, as follows: Bice (OK) Greene (GA) Owens
Carter (TX) Johnson (SD)
Sessions Biggs Griffith Palazzo
Cawthorn Jordan [Roll No. 241]
Simpson Bilirakis Grothman Palmer
Chabot Joyce (OH)
Smith (MO) YEAS—233 Bishop (NC) Guest Pence
Cheney Joyce (PA)
Smith (NE) Boebert Guthrie Perry
Cline Katko Adams Dingell Lee (NV)
Smith (NJ) Bost Harris Pfluger
Cloud Keller Aguilar Doggett Leger Fernandez
Smucker Brady Harshbarger Posey
Clyde Kelly (MS) Allred Doyle, Michael Levin (CA)
Spartz Brooks Hartzler Reschenthaler
Cole Kelly (PA) Auchincloss F. Levin (MI)
Stauber Buchanan Hern Rice (SC)
Comer Kim (CA) Axne Escobar Lieu
Steel Buck Herrell Rodgers (WA)
Crawford Kind Barragán Eshoo Lofgren
Stefanik Bucshon Herrera Beutler Rogers (AL)
Crenshaw Kustoff Bass Espaillat Lowenthal
Steil Budd Hice (GA) Rogers (KY)
Curtis LaHood Beatty Evans Luria
Steube Burchett Higgins (LA) Rose
Davidson LaMalfa Bera Fitzpatrick Lynch
Stewart Burgess Hill Rosendale
Davis, Rodney Lamborn Beyer Fletcher Malinowski
Taylor Cammack Hinson Rouzer
DesJarlais Latta Bishop (GA) Foster Malliotakis
Tenney Carey Hudson Roy
Diaz-Balart LaTurner Blumenauer Frankel, Lois Maloney,
Thompson (PA) Carl Huizenga Rutherford
Donalds Lesko Blunt Rochester Gallego Carolyn B.
Tiffany Carter (GA) Issa Scalise
Duncan Letlow Bonamici Garamendi Maloney, Sean
Timmons Carter (TX) Jackson Schweikert
Dunn Long Bourdeaux Garcı́a (IL) Manning
Turner Cawthorn Johnson (LA) Scott, Austin
Ellzey Loudermilk Bowman Garcia (TX) Matsui
Upton Chabot Johnson (OH) Sessions
Emmer Lucas Boyle, Brendan Golden McBath
Valadao Cheney Johnson (SD) Simpson
Estes Luetkemeyer F. Gomez McCollum
Van Drew Cline Jordan Smith (MO)
Fallon Mace Brown (MD) Gonzalez (OH) McEachin
Van Duyne Cloud Joyce (PA) Smith (NE)
Feenstra Malliotakis Brown (OH) Gonzalez, McGovern
Wagner Clyde Keller Smucker
Fischbach Mann Brownley Vicente McNerney
Walberg Cole Kelly (MS) Spartz
Fitzgerald Massie Bush Gottheimer Meeks
Walorski Comer Kelly (PA) Stauber
Fleischmann Mast Bustos Green, Al (TX) Meng
Waltz Crawford Kim (CA) Steel
Foxx McCarthy Butterfield Grijalva Mfume
Weber (TX) Crenshaw Kustoff Stefanik
Franklin, C. McCaul Calvert Harder (CA) Moore (WI)
Webster (FL) Curtis LaHood Steil
Scott McClain Carbajal Hayes Morelle
Wenstrup Davidson LaMalfa Steube
Fulcher McClintock Cárdenas Higgins (NY) Moulton Davis, Rodney Lamborn Stewart
Gaetz McHenry Westerman Carson Himes Mrvan DesJarlais Latta Taylor
Gallagher McKinley Williams (TX) Carter (LA) Horsford Murphy (FL) Diaz-Balart LaTurner Tenney
Garbarino Meijer Wilson (SC) Cartwright Houlahan Nadler Donalds Lesko Thompson (PA)
Garcia (CA) Meuser Wittman Case Hoyer Napolitano Duncan Letlow Tiffany
Gibbs Miller (IL) Womack Casten Huffman Neal Dunn Long Timmons
Gimenez Miller (WV) Zeldin Castor (FL) Jackson Lee Neguse Ellzey Loudermilk Van Drew
Castro (TX) Jacobs (CA) Newman Emmer Lucas Van Duyne
NOT VOTING—3 Cherfilus- Jacobs (NY) Norcross Estes Luetkemeyer Wagner
Ferguson Hollingsworth Schrader McCormick Jayapal O’Halleran Fallon Mace Walberg
Chu Jeffries Ocasio-Cortez Feenstra Mann Walorski
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Cicilline Johnson (GA) Omar Ferguson Massie Waltz
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Clark (MA) Johnson (TX) Pallone Fischbach Mast Weber (TX)
the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Clarke (NY) Jones Panetta Fitzgerald McCarthy Webster (FL)
Cleaver Joyce (OH) Pappas Fleischmann McCaul Wenstrup
ing. Clyburn Kahele Pascrell Foxx McClain Westerman
Cohen Kaptur Payne Franklin, C. McClintock Williams (TX)
b 1834 Connolly Katko Pelosi Scott McHenry Wilson (SC)
Cooper Keating Perlmutter Fulcher McKinley Wittman
So the question was decided in the af- Correa Kelly (IL) Peters Gaetz Meijer Womack
firmative, and title IV of the bill was Costa Khanna Phillips Gallagher Meuser Zeldin
retained. Courtney Kildee Pingree
Craig Kilmer Pocan NOT VOTING—1
The result of the vote was announced Crist Kim (NJ) Porter Hollingsworth
as above recorded. Crow Kind Pressley
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Cuellar Kinzinger Price (NC) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
Davids (KS) Kirkpatrick Quigley The SPEAKER pro tempore (during
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Davis, Danny K. Krishnamoorthi Raskin
the vote). There are 2 minutes remain-
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Barragán (Beyer) Bucshon (Gibbs) Evans (Beyer) Dean Kuster Rice (NY)
Bass (Blunt Cárdenas Frankel, Lois DeFazio Lamb Ross ing.
Rochester) (Correa) (Wasserman DeGette Langevin Roybal-Allard
Boebert (Gaetz) Crist Schultz) DeLauro Larsen (WA) Ruiz b 1843
Brooks (Wasserman Gomez (Garcia DelBene Larson (CT) Ruppersberger So the question was decided in the af-
(Fleischmann) Schultz) (TX)) Demings Lawrence Rush
Brown (OH) DeFazio Guest DeSaulnier Lawson (FL) Ryan firmative, and title V of the bill was re-
(Beatty) (Stanton) (Fleischmann) Deutch Lee (CA) Salazar tained.
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The result of the vote was announced Neal Ruppersberger Takano NOT VOTING—1
Neguse Rush Thompson (CA)
as above recorded. Newman Ryan Thompson (MS)
Hollingsworth
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Norcross Sánchez Titus ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS O’Halleran Sarbanes Tlaib
Ocasio-Cortez Scanlon The SPEAKER pro tempore (during
Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Ryan (Beyer) Tonko
Omar Schakowsky Torres (CA) the vote). There are 2 minutes remain-
Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Sánchez (Garcia
Pallone Schiff Torres (NY) ing.
Rochester) Kirkpatrick (TX)) Panetta Schneider Trahan
Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) Sewell (Beatty) Pappas Schrier
Trone
Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sherman (Beyer) Pascrell Scott (VA) b 1851
(Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sires (Pallone) Underwood
Payne Scott, David
Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Spartz (Banks) Pelosi Sewell Upton So the question was decided in the af-
(Beatty) Rochester) Strickland Vargas firmative.
Perlmutter Sherman
Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez (Takano) Veasey
Peters Sherrill The result of the vote was announced
Cárdenas (Neguse) Velázquez
Suozzi (Beyer) Phillips Sires
(Correa) Loudermilk
Swalwell Pingree Slotkin Wasserman as above recorded.
Crist (Fleischmann) Schultz MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
(Correa) Pocan Smith (WA)
(Wasserman Lowenthal Waters
Taylor (Fallon) Porter Soto RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Schultz) (Beyer)
Thompson (PA) Pressley Spanberger Watson Coleman
DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Ryan (Beyer)
(Keller) Price (NC) Speier Welch
(Stanton) McEachin Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Sánchez (Garcia
Torres (NY) Quigley Stansbury Wexton
Evans (Beyer) (Beyer) Rochester) Kirkpatrick (TX))
(Blunt Raskin Stanton Wild
Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) Sewell (Beatty)
Rochester) Rice (NY) Stevens Williams (GA)
(Wasserman (Beyer) Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sherman (Beyer)
Vargas (Takano) Ross Strickland Wilson (FL)
Schultz) Moulton (Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sires (Pallone)
Walorski (Banks) Roybal-Allard Suozzi Yarmuth
Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Spartz (Banks)
Waters (Garcia Ruiz Swalwell
(TX)) Payne (Pallone) (Beatty) Rochester) Strickland
Guest Price (NC) (TX)) Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez
NAYS—207 (Takano)
(Fleischmann) (Manning) Welch (Pallone) Cárdenas (Neguse)
Suozzi (Beyer)
Johnson (SD) Ruiz (Correa) Wilson (FL) Aderholt Gimenez Miller-Meeks (Correa) Loudermilk
Swalwell
(LaHood) Rush (Jeffries) (Neguse) Allen Gohmert Moolenaar Crist (Fleischmann)
(Correa)
Amodei Golden Mooney (Wasserman Lowenthal
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Armstrong Gonzales, Tony Moore (AL) Schultz) (Beyer)
Taylor (Fallon)
Chair will now put the question on re- DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA)
Arrington Gonzalez (OH) Moore (UT)
(Stanton) McEachin (Keller)
taining title VI of the bill. Babin Good (VA) Mullin Torres (NY)
Bacon Gooden (TX) Evans (Beyer) (Beyer)
The question is, Shall title VI be re- Murphy (NC)
Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) (Blunt
Baird Gosar Nehls
tained? Balderson Granger (Wasserman (Beyer) Rochester)
Newhouse Vargas (Takano)
Pursuant to section 3(b) of House Banks Graves (LA) Norman
Schultz) Moulton
Barr Graves (MO) Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Walorski (Banks)
Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are Obernolte Waters (Garcia
Bentz Green (TN) (TX)) Payne (Pallone)
ordered. Bergman Greene (GA)
Owens
Guest Price (NC) (TX))
This will be a 5-minute vote. Palazzo (Fleischmann) (Manning) Welch (Pallone)
Bice (OK) Griffith
Palmer Johnson (SD) Ruiz (Correa) Wilson (FL)
The vote was taken by electronic de- Biggs Grothman
Pence
Bilirakis Guest (LaHood) Rush (Jeffries) (Neguse)
vice, and there were—yeas 220, nays Perry
Bishop (NC) Guthrie
207, not voting 1, as follows: Boebert Harris
Pfluger The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Bost Harshbarger Posey Chair will now put the question on re-
[Roll No. 242] Reschenthaler
YEAS—220
Brady Hartzler
Rice (SC)
taining title VII of the bill.
Brooks Hern The question is, Shall title VII be re-
Adams Crow Kahele Buchanan Herrell Rodgers (WA)
Aguilar Davids (KS) Kaptur Buck Herrera Beutler Rogers (AL) tained?
Allred Davis, Danny K. Keating Bucshon Hice (GA) Rogers (KY) Pursuant to section 3(b) of House
Auchincloss Dean Kelly (IL) Budd Higgins (LA) Rose
Rosendale
Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are
Axne DeFazio Khanna Burchett Hill
Barragán DeGette Kildee Burgess Hinson Rouzer ordered.
Bass DeLauro Kilmer Calvert Hudson Roy This will be a 5-minute vote.
Beatty DelBene Kim (NJ) Cammack Huizenga Rutherford The vote was taken by electronic de-
Bera Demings Kinzinger Carey Issa Salazar
Scalise
vice, and there were—yeas 380, nays 47,
Beyer DeSaulnier Kirkpatrick Carl Jackson
Bishop (GA) Deutch Krishnamoorthi Carter (GA) Johnson (LA) Schrader not voting 1, as follows:
Blumenauer Dingell Kuster Carter (TX) Johnson (OH) Schweikert [Roll No. 243]
Blunt Rochester Doggett Lamb Cawthorn Johnson (SD) Scott, Austin
Bonamici Doyle, Michael Langevin Chabot Jordan Sessions
YEAS—380
Bourdeaux F. Larsen (WA) Cheney Joyce (OH) Simpson Adams Brown (OH) Cloud
Bowman Escobar Larson (CT) Cline Joyce (PA) Smith (MO) Aguilar Brownley Clyburn
Boyle, Brendan Eshoo Lawrence Cloud Katko Smith (NE) Allen Buchanan Clyde
F. Espaillat Lawson (FL) Clyde Keller Smith (NJ) Allred Buck Cohen
Brown (MD) Evans Lee (CA) Cole Kelly (MS) Smucker Amodei Bucshon Cole
Brown (OH) Fitzpatrick Lee (NV) Comer Kelly (PA) Spartz Armstrong Budd Connolly
Brownley Fletcher Leger Fernandez Crawford Kim (CA) Stauber Auchincloss Burchett Cooper
Bush Foster Levin (CA) Crenshaw Kind Steel Axne Bush Correa
Bustos Frankel, Lois Levin (MI) Cuellar Kustoff Stefanik Bacon Bustos Costa
Butterfield Gallego Lieu Curtis LaHood Steil Baird Butterfield Courtney
Carbajal Garamendi Lofgren Davidson LaMalfa Steube Balderson Calvert Craig
Cárdenas Garcı́a (IL) Lowenthal Davis, Rodney Lamborn Stewart Barr Cammack Crawford
Carson Garcia (TX) Luria DesJarlais Latta Taylor Barragán Carbajal Crenshaw
Carter (LA) Gomez Lynch Diaz-Balart LaTurner Bass Cárdenas Crist
Tenney
Cartwright Gonzalez, Malinowski Donalds Lesko Beatty Carey Crow
Thompson (PA)
Case Vicente Maloney, Duncan Letlow Bentz Carl Cuellar
Tiffany
Casten Gottheimer Carolyn B. Dunn Long Bera Carson Curtis
Timmons
Castor (FL) Green, Al (TX) Maloney, Sean Ellzey Loudermilk Bergman Carter (GA) Davids (KS)
Turner
Castro (TX) Grijalva Manning Emmer Lucas Beyer Carter (LA) Davidson
Cherfilus- Harder (CA) Matsui Estes Luetkemeyer Valadao Bice (OK) Carter (TX) Davis, Danny K.
McCormick Hayes McBath Fallon Mace Van Drew Biggs Cartwright Davis, Rodney
Chu Higgins (NY) McCollum Feenstra Malliotakis Van Duyne Bilirakis Case Dean
Cicilline Himes McEachin Ferguson Mann Wagner Bishop (GA) Casten DeFazio
Clark (MA) Horsford McGovern Fischbach Massie Walberg Bishop (NC) Castor (FL) DeGette
Clarke (NY) Houlahan McNerney Fitzgerald Mast Walorski Blumenauer Castro (TX) DeLauro
Cleaver Hoyer Meeks Fleischmann McCarthy Waltz Blunt Rochester Cawthorn DelBene
Clyburn Huffman Meng Foxx McCaul Weber (TX) Boebert Chabot Demings
Webster (FL)
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Cohen Jackson Lee Mfume Franklin, C. McClain Bonamici Cheney DeSaulnier
Connolly Jacobs (CA) Moore (WI) Scott McClintock Wenstrup Bost Cherfilus- Deutch
Cooper Jacobs (NY) Morelle Fulcher McHenry Westerman Bourdeaux McCormick Diaz-Balart
Correa Jayapal Moulton Gaetz McKinley Williams (TX) Bowman Chu Dingell
Costa Jeffries Mrvan Gallagher Meijer Wilson (SC) Boyle, Brendan Cicilline Doggett
Courtney Johnson (GA) Murphy (FL) Garbarino Meuser Wittman F. Clark (MA) Donalds
Craig Johnson (TX) Nadler Garcia (CA) Miller (IL) Womack Brooks Clarke (NY) Doyle, Michael
Crist Jones Napolitano Gibbs Miller (WV) Zeldin Brown (MD) Cleaver F.
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Dunn LaHood Rice (NY) Duncan Kelly (MS) Pfluger SEC. 2. INCREASED AUTHORIZATION OF FUND-
Escobar LaMalfa Rice (SC) Ellzey Kelly (PA) Rose ING FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS.
Eshoo Lamb Rodgers (WA) Emmer Kustoff Roy (a) BYRNE-JAG.—For fiscal year 2023, there
Espaillat Lamborn Rogers (AL) Estes Lucas Smith (MO) is authorized to be appropriated to the At-
Evans Langevin Rogers (KY) Feenstra Mann Smith (NE) torney General to carry out the grant pro-
Fallon Larsen (WA) Rosendale Fitzgerald McCaul Stefanik
Ferguson Larson (CT) Ross Gohmert McClintock gram under subpart 1 of part E of title I of
Thompson (PA) the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Fischbach Latta Rouzer Good (VA) McHenry Wagner
Fitzpatrick LaTurner Roybal-Allard Gooden (TX) Moolenaar Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), in addi-
Walorski
Fleischmann Lawrence Ruiz Hartzler Mullin
Weber (TX)
tion to any amounts made available for such
Fletcher Lawson (FL) Ruppersberger Jackson Nehls purpose, $500,000,000, to remain available
Joyce (PA) Westerman
Foster Lee (CA) Rush Palmer until expended: Provided, That such amounts
Foxx Keller Pence Williams (TX)
Lee (NV) Rutherford shall be used for additional personnel.
Frankel, Lois Leger Fernandez Ryan
NOT VOTING—1 (b) COPS.—For fiscal year 2023, there is au-
Franklin, C. Lesko Salazar
Scott Letlow Sánchez Hollingsworth
thorized to be appropriated to the Attorney
Fulcher Levin (CA) Sarbanes General to carry out the grant program
Gaetz Levin (MI) Scalise ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime
Gallagher Lieu Scanlon The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34
Gallego Lofgren Schakowsky the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- U.S.C. 10381 et seq.), in addition to any
Garamendi Long Schiff amounts made available for such purpose,
Garbarino Loudermilk Schneider ing.
$500,000,000, to remain available until ex-
Garcia (CA)
Garcı́a (IL)
Lowenthal
Luetkemeyer
Schrader
Schrier
b 1901 pended: Provided, That such amounts shall be
Garcia (TX) Luria Schweikert Ms. STEFANIK, Messrs. KELLY of used as provided under paragraphs (1) and (2)
Gibbs Lynch Scott (VA) of section 1701(b) of such Act (34 U.S.C.
Mississippi, ELLZEY, and DUNCAN
Gimenez Mace Scott, Austin 10381(b)).
Golden Malinowski Scott, David changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to (c) STOP SCHOOL VIOLENCE.—Subsection
Gomez Malliotakis Sessions ‘‘nay.’’ (a) of section 2705 of title I of the Omnibus
Gonzales, Tony Maloney, Sewell Messrs. LAHOOD and VAN DREW Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Gonzalez (OH) Carolyn B. Sherman
Gonzalez, Maloney, Sean Sherrill
changed their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to (34 U.S.C. 10555) is amended to read as fol-
Vicente Manning Simpson ‘‘yea.’’ lows:
Gosar Massie Sires So the question was decided in the af- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to
Gottheimer Mast Slotkin firmative, and title VII of the bill was be appropriated $833,000,000 for each of fiscal
Granger Matsui Smith (NJ) years 2023 through 2028, of which—
Graves (LA) McBath Smith (WA) retained. ‘‘(1) $555,333,334 shall be made available to
Graves (MO) McCarthy Smucker The result of the vote was announced the BJA Director to carry out this part; and
Green (TN) McClain Soto as above recorded. ‘‘(2) $277,666,666 shall be made available to
Green, Al (TX) McCollum Spanberger
Greene (GA) McEachin Spartz
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE the COPS Director to carry out this part.’’.
Griffith McGovern Speier RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS (d) GRANTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH GUIDANCE
Grijalva McKinley Stansbury Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Ryan (Beyer) COUNSELORS.—Section 4112 of the Elemen-
Grothman McNerney Stanton Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Sánchez (Garcia tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
Guest Meeks Stauber Rochester) Kirkpatrick (TX)) U.S.C. 7122) is amended—
Guthrie Meijer Steel Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) Sewell (Beatty) (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, other
Harder (CA) Meng Steil Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sherman (Beyer) than subsection (c),’’ after ‘‘this subpart’’;
Harris Meuser Steube (Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sires (Pallone) and
Harshbarger Mfume Stevens Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Spartz (Banks)
Hayes Miller (IL) Stewart (2) by adding at the end the following:
(Beatty) Rochester) Strickland
Hern Miller (WV) Strickland Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez
‘‘(c) MENTAL HEALTH GUIDANCE COUN-
(Takano) SELORS.—There authorized to be appro-
Herrell Miller-Meeks Suozzi Cárdenas (Neguse)
Suozzi (Beyer) priated for the hiring of mental health guid-
Herrera Beutler Mooney Swalwell (Correa) Loudermilk
Swalwell
Hice (GA) Moore (AL) Takano Crist (Fleischmann) ance counselors by State and local edu-
Higgins (LA) Moore (UT) Taylor (Correa)
(Wasserman Lowenthal
Taylor (Fallon)
cational agencies $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year
Higgins (NY) Moore (WI) Tenney Schultz) (Beyer) 2023.’’.
Hill Morelle Thompson (CA) DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA)
(Keller) (e) OFFSET.—Of the unobligated balances
Himes Moulton Thompson (MS) (Stanton) McEachin
Hinson Mrvan Tiffany Torres (NY) from amounts made available under sections
Evans (Beyer) (Beyer)
Horsford Murphy (FL) Timmons Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) (Blunt 602(a)(1) and 603(a) of the Social Security Act
Houlahan Murphy (NC) Titus (Wasserman (Beyer) Rochester) (42 U.S.C. 802(a)(1), 803(a)) on the date of en-
Hoyer Nadler Tlaib Schultz) Moulton Vargas (Takano) actment of this Act, $7,055,000,000 is re-
Hudson Napolitano Tonko Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Walorski (Banks) scinded as of such date: Provided, That such
Huffman Neal Torres (CA) (TX)) Payne (Pallone) Waters (Garcia rescission shall be applied first on a pro rata
Huizenga Neguse Torres (NY) Guest Price (NC) (TX)) basis to the unobligated balances of the pay-
Issa Newhouse Trahan (Fleischmann) (Manning) Welch (Pallone)
Jackson Lee Newman Trone
ment amounts allocated by the Secretary of
Johnson (SD) Ruiz (Correa) Wilson (FL)
Jacobs (CA) Norcross Turner (LaHood) Rush (Jeffries) (Neguse)
the Treasury pursuant to subsection (b)(3)(B)
Jacobs (NY) Norman Underwood of section 602 of the Social Security Act (42
Jayapal O’Halleran Upton The SPEAKER pro tempore. The U.S.C. 802): Provided further, That any re-
Jeffries Obernolte Valadao question is on the engrossment and maining amounts to be rescinded shall be ap-
Johnson (GA) Ocasio-Cortez Van Drew plied next on a pro rata basis to the unobli-
Johnson (LA) Omar Van Duyne third reading of the bill.
gated balances of the payment amounts allo-
Johnson (OH) Owens Vargas The bill was ordered to be engrossed
cated by the Secretary of the Treasury pur-
Johnson (SD) Palazzo Veasey and read a third time, and was read the suant to subsection (b)(1)(B) and (b)(2)(B) of
Johnson (TX) Pallone Velázquez
Jones Panetta Walberg
third time. section 602 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 802): Pro-
Jordan Pappas Waltz MOTION TO RECOMMIT vided further, That any remaining amounts
Joyce (OH) Pascrell Wasserman Mr. HUDSON. Madam Speaker, I to be rescinded shall be applied on a pro rata
Kahele Payne Schultz basis to the unobligated balances of the pay-
Kaptur Pelosi Waters
have a motion to recommit at the
desk. ment amounts allocated by the Secretary of
Katko Perlmutter Watson Coleman
the Treasury for each of the entities author-
Keating Perry Webster (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Kelly (IL) Peters Welch ized to receive payments under section 603 of
Clerk will report the motion to recom- such Act (42 U.S.C. 803).
Khanna Phillips Wenstrup
Kildee Pingree Wexton mit. SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF STOP
Kilmer Pocan Wild The Clerk read as follows: SCHOOL VIOLENCE GRANTS.
Kim (CA) Porter Williams (GA) Mr. Hudson moves to recommit the bill Section 2701 of title I of the Omnibus
Kim (NJ) Posey Wilson (FL) Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
H.R. 7910 to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Kind Pressley Wilson (SC)
(34 U.S.C. 10151) is amended—
Kinzinger Price (NC) Wittman The material previously referred to
Kirkpatrick Quigley Womack (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘para-
by Mr. HUDSON is as follows:
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Krishnamoorthi Raskin Yarmuth graphs (5) through (9)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
Kuster Reschenthaler Zeldin Strike the text of the bill and insert the graphs (5) through (10)’’; and
following: (2) in subsection (b)—
NAYS—47 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (A) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para-
Aderholt Banks Cline This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure graph (10); and
Arrington Brady Comer Every School and Protect Our Nation’s Chil- (B) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
Babin Burgess DesJarlais dren Act’’ or as the ‘‘STOP II Act’’. lowing:
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‘‘(9) Assessment of a school to find weak- mining best practices and recommendations ‘‘(4) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The
nesses in security and identify any lack of to improve the safety posture of a school, in- term ‘local educational agency’ has the
coverage in mental health support staff for cluding relating to the health, safety, and meaning given such term in section 8101 of
students.’’. welfare of persons in school settings; and the Elementary and Secondary Education
SEC. 4. FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON SCHOOL ‘‘(C) include information on Federal grant Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
SAFETY BEST PRACTICES. programs for which implementation of such ‘‘(5) PARENT.—The term ‘parent’ has the
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XXII of best practices or recommendations is an eli- meaning given such term in section 8101 of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. gible use for any such program. the Elementary and Secondary Education
651 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘(3) OTHER BEST PRACTICES AND REC- Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
the following new section: OMMENDATIONS.—To the greatest extent prac- ‘‘(6) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘sec-
‘‘SEC. 2220D. FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON ticable, in identifying and publishing best ondary school’ has the meaning given such
SCHOOL SAFETY BEST PRACTICES. practices and recommendations pursuant to term in section 8101 of the Elementary and
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— subsection (a)(2), the Clearinghouse shall so Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordi- identify and publish, as appropriate, best 7801).
nation with the Secretary of Education, the practices and recommendations to improve ‘‘(7) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The
Attorney General, and the Secretary of the safety posture of a school, including re- term ‘State educational agency’ has the
Health and Human Services, shall establish lating to the health, safety, and welfare of meaning given such term in section 8101 of
in the Department a Federal Clearinghouse persons in school settings, adopted by a Fed- the Elementary and Secondary Education
on School Safety Best Practices (in this sec- eral, State, local, Tribal, or private sector Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’.
tion referred to as the ‘Clearinghouse’). entity or nongovernmental organization. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The Clearinghouse shall be
‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—The Sec- contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Se-
the primary resource of the Federal Govern-
retary, acting through the Clearinghouse, curity Act of 2002 is amended by inserting
ment to identify and publish online through
may publish materials to assist and train after the item relating to section 2220C the
SchoolSafety.gov, or any successor website,
State educational agencies and local edu- following new item:
best practices and recommendations relating
cational agencies and State and local law en-
to school safety for use by State educational ‘‘Sec. 2220D. Federal Clearinghouse on
forcement agencies regarding the implemen-
agencies and local educational agencies, in- School Safety Best Practices.’’.
tation of best practices and recommenda-
stitutions of higher education, State and SEC. 5. NOTIFICATION OF FEDERAL CLEARING-
tions identified and published pursuant to
local law enforcement agencies, health pro- HOUSE ON SCHOOL SAFETY BEST
fessionals, and the general public. subsection (a)(2).
PRACTICES.
‘‘(3) PERSONNEL.— ‘‘(d) CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall— (a) NOTIFICATION BY THE SECRETARY OF
‘‘(A) ASSIGNMENTS.—The Clearinghouse EDUCATION.—The Secretary of Education
shall be assigned such personnel and re- ‘‘(1) collect for the purpose of continuous
improvement of the Clearinghouse— shall provide written notification of the pub-
sources as the Secretary considers appro- lication of the Federal Clearinghouse on
priate to carry out this section. ‘‘(A) data analytics;
‘‘(B) user feedback on the implementation School Safety Best Practices (referred to in
‘‘(B) DETAILEES.—The Secretary of Edu- this section as the ‘‘Clearinghouse’’) under
cation, the Attorney General, and the Sec- of best practices and recommendations iden-
tified and published pursuant to subsection section 2220D of the Homeland Security Act
retary of Health and Human Services may
(a)(2); and of 2002, as added by section 4, to—
detail personnel to the Clearinghouse.
‘‘(C) any evaluations conducted on imple- (1) every State educational and local edu-
‘‘(4) EXEMPTIONS.—
mentation of such best practices and rec- cational agency; and
‘‘(A) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT.—Chapter
ommendations; and (2) other Department of Education part-
35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly
‘‘(2) in coordination with the Secretary of ners in the implementation of the best prac-
known as the ‘Paperwork Reduction Act’)
Education, the Attorney General, and the tices and recommendations of the Clearing-
shall not apply to any rulemaking or infor-
Secretary of Health and Human Services— house, as determined appropriate by the Sec-
mation collection required under this sec-
‘‘(A) regularly assess best practices and retary of Education.
tion.
‘‘(B) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— recommendations identified and published (b) NOTIFICATION BY THE SECRETARY OF
The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 pursuant to subsection (a)(2) with respect to HOMELAND SECURITY.—The Secretary of
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply for the purposes which there are no resources available Homeland Security shall provide written no-
of carrying out this section. through Federal Government programs for tification of the publication of the Clearing-
‘‘(b) CLEARINGHOUSE CONTENTS.— implementation; and house under section 2220D of the Homeland
‘‘(1) CONSULTATION.—In identifying and ‘‘(B) establish an external advisory board Security Act of 2002, as added by section 4,
publishing best practices and recommenda- comprised of appropriate State, local, Tribal, to—
tions pursuant to subsection (a)(2), the and private sector entities and nongovern- (1) every State homeland security advisor;
Clearinghouse may consult with appropriate mental organizations, including organiza- (2) every State department of homeland se-
Federal, State, local, Tribal, and private sec- tions representing parents of students at- curity; and
tor entities, and nongovernmental organiza- tending elementary schools or secondary (3) other Department of Homeland Secu-
tions. schools, to— rity partners in the implementation of the
‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—Best practices and rec- ‘‘(i) provide feedback on the implementa- best practices and recommendations of the
ommendations of the Clearinghouse identi- tion of best practices and recommendations Clearinghouse, as determined appropriate by
fied and published pursuant to subsection identified and published pursuant to sub- the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(a)(2) shall, at a minimum— section (a)(2); and (c) NOTIFICATION BY THE SECRETARY OF
‘‘(A) incorporate comprehensive school ‘‘(ii) propose additional recommendations HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.—The Sec-
safety measures, including threat preven- for best practices for inclusion in the Clear- retary of Health and Human Services shall
tion, preparedness, protection, mitigation, inghouse. provide written notification of the publica-
incident response, and recovery to improve ‘‘(e) PARENTAL ASSISTANCE.—The Clearing- tion of the Clearinghouse under section
the safety posture of a school, including re- house shall produce materials to assist par- 2220D of the Homeland Security Act of 2002,
lating to the health, safety, and welfare of ents of students with identifying relevant as added by section 4, to—
persons in school settings; Clearinghouse resources related to sup- (1) every State department of public
‘‘(B) include any evidence or research ra- porting the implementation of Clearinghouse health; and
tionale supporting the determination of the best practices and recommendations identi- (2) other Department of Health and Human
Clearinghouse that the best practice or rec- fied and published pursuant to subsection Services partners in the implementation of
ommendation at issue has been shown to (a)(2). the best practices and recommendations of
have a significant effect on improving the ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: the Clearinghouse, as determined appro-
safety posture of a school, including relating ‘‘(1) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘ele- priate by the Secretary of Health and Human
to the health, safety, and welfare of persons mentary school’ has the meaning given such Services.
in school settings, including— term in section 8101 of the Elementary and (d) NOTIFICATION BY THE ATTORNEY GEN-
‘‘(i) relevant research that is evidence- Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. ERAL.—The Attorney General shall provide
based supporting such best practice or rec- 7801). written notification of the publication of the
ommendation; ‘‘(2) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘evidence- Clearinghouse under section 2220D of the
‘‘(ii) findings and data from previous Fed- based’ has the meaning given such term in Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by
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eral or State commissions recommending section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec- section 4, to—
improvements to the safety posture of a ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). (1) every State department of justice; and
school, including relating to the health, safe- ‘‘(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— (2) other Department of Justice partners in
ty, and welfare of persons in school settings; The term ‘institution of higher education’ the implementation of the best practices and
or has the meaning given such term in section recommendations of the Clearinghouse, as
‘‘(iii) other supportive evidence or findings 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 determined appropriate by the Attorney
relied upon by the Clearinghouse in deter- U.S.C. 1001). General.
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SEC. 6. GRANT PROGRAM REVIEW. [Roll No. 244] Gohmert Lynch Rush
Golden Malinowski Ryan
(a) FEDERAL GRANTS AND RESOURCES.—The YEAS—198 Gomez Maloney, Sánchez
Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Gonzalez, Carolyn B. Sarbanes
Aderholt Gonzalez (OH) Moolenaar
Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health Allen Vicente Maloney, Sean Scanlon
Good (VA) Mooney
and Human Services, and the Attorney Gen- Amodei Gooden (TX) Moore (AL) Gosar Manning Schakowsky
eral shall each— Armstrong Granger Moore (UT) Gottheimer Massie Schiff
(1) review grant programs administered by Arrington Graves (LA) Mullin Green, Al (TX) Matsui Schneider
their respective agency and identify any Babin Graves (MO) Grijalva McBath Schrader
Murphy (NC)
Bacon Green (TN) Harder (CA) McCollum Schrier
grant program that may be used to imple- Nehls
Baird Greene (GA) Hayes McEachin Scott (VA)
ment best practices and recommendations of Newhouse
Balderson Griffith Higgins (NY) McGovern Scott, David
the Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Norman
Banks Grothman Himes McNerney Sewell
Obernolte
Best Practices (referred to in this section as Barr Guest Horsford Meeks Sherman
Owens
the ‘‘Clearinghouse’’) under section 2220D of Bentz Guthrie Palazzo
Houlahan Meng Sherrill
the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added Bergman Harris Hoyer Mfume Sires
Palmer
by section 4; Bice (OK) Harshbarger Huffman Moore (WI) Slotkin
Pence
Bilirakis Hartzler Jackson Lee Morelle Smith (WA)
(2) identify any best practices and rec- Perry
Bishop (NC) Hern Jacobs (CA) Moulton Soto
ommendations of the Clearinghouse for Pfluger Jayapal Mrvan Spanberger
Bost Herrell Posey
which there is not a Federal grant program Jeffries Murphy (FL) Speier
Brady Herrera Beutler Reschenthaler
that may be used for the purposes of imple- Brooks Hice (GA) Johnson (GA) Nadler Stansbury
Rice (SC)
menting the best practice or recommenda- Buchanan Higgins (LA) Johnson (TX) Napolitano Stanton
Rodgers (WA) Jones Neal Stevens
tion as applicable to the agency; and Bucshon Hill Rogers (AL)
(3) periodically report any findings under Budd Hinson Kahele Neguse Strickland
Rogers (KY) Kaptur Newman Suozzi
paragraph (2) to the appropriate committees Burchett Hudson Rose
Burgess Huizenga Keating Norcross Swalwell
of Congress. Rosendale Kelly (IL) O’Halleran Takano
Calvert Issa Rouzer
(b) STATE GRANTS AND RESOURCES.—The Cammack Jackson Khanna Ocasio-Cortez Thompson (CA)
Clearinghouse shall, to the extent prac- Rutherford Kildee Omar Thompson (MS)
Carey Jacobs (NY)
Salazar Kilmer Pallone Titus
ticable, identify, for each State— Carl Johnson (LA)
Scalise
(1) each agency responsible for school safe- Carter (GA) Johnson (OH) Kim (NJ) Panetta Tlaib
Schweikert Kind Pappas Tonko
ty in the State, or any State that does not Carter (TX) Johnson (SD)
Scott, Austin Kirkpatrick Pascrell Torres (CA)
have such an agency designated; Chabot Jordan
Sessions Krishnamoorthi Payne Torres (NY)
Cheney Joyce (OH)
(2) any grant program that may be used for Cline Joyce (PA)
Simpson Kuster Perlmutter Trahan
the purposes of implementing best practices Smith (MO) Lamb Peters Trone
Cloud Katko
and recommendations of the Clearinghouse; Smith (NE) Langevin Phillips Underwood
Clyde Keller
Smith (NJ) Larsen (WA) Pingree Vargas
and Cole Kelly (MS)
Comer Kelly (PA) Smucker Larson (CT) Pocan Veasey
(3) any resources other than grant pro- Spartz
Crawford Kim (CA) Lawrence Porter Velázquez
grams that may be used to assist in imple- Stauber Lawson (FL) Pressley Wasserman
mentation of best practices and rec- Crenshaw Kinzinger
Curtis Kustoff Steel Lee (CA) Price (NC) Schultz
ommendations of the Clearinghouse. Davidson LaHood Stefanik Lee (NV) Quigley Waters
SEC. 7. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. Davis, Rodney LaMalfa Steil Leger Fernandez Raskin Watson Coleman
DesJarlais Lamborn Steube Levin (CA) Rice (NY) Welch
(a) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS.—Nothing in Diaz-Balart Latta Stewart Levin (MI) Ross Wexton
this Act or the amendments made by this Donalds LaTurner Taylor Lieu Roy Wild
Act shall be construed to create, satisfy, or Duncan Lesko Tenney Lofgren Roybal-Allard Williams (GA)
waive any requirement under— Dunn Letlow Thompson (PA) Lowenthal Ruiz Wilson (FL)
(1) title II of the Americans With Disabil- Ellzey Long Tiffany Luria Ruppersberger Yarmuth
Emmer Loudermilk Timmons
ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq.); Turner NOT VOTING—1
(2) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Estes Lucas
Fallon Luetkemeyer Upton Hollingsworth
701 et seq.); Feenstra Mace Valadao
(3) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Van Drew ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
Ferguson Malliotakis
(42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.); Fischbach Mann Van Duyne The SPEAKER pro tempore (during
(4) title IX of the Education Amendments Fitzgerald Mast Wagner
Walberg
the vote). There are 2 minutes remain-
of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); or Fitzpatrick McCarthy
Fleischmann McCaul Walorski ing.
(5) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42
Foxx McClain Waltz
U.S.C. 6101 et seq.).
(b) PROHIBITION ON FEDERALLY DEVELOPED,
Franklin, C. McClintock Weber (TX) b 1911
Scott McHenry Webster (FL)
MANDATED, OR ENDORSED CURRICULUM.— Fulcher McKinley Wenstrup Mr. GALLEGO changed his vote from
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made Gallagher Meijer Westerman ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’
by this Act shall be construed to authorize Garbarino Meuser Williams (TX)
Garcia (CA) Miller (IL) Wilson (SC) So the motion to recommit was re-
any officer or employee of the Federal Gov- jected.
Gibbs Miller (WV) Wittman
ernment to engage in an activity otherwise
prohibited under section 103(b) of the Depart-
Gimenez Miller- Womack The result of the vote was announced
Gonzales, Tony Meeks Zeldin as above recorded.
ment of Education Organization Act (20
U.S.C. 3403(b)). NAYS—228 MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Adams Carbajal Cuellar
Aguilar Cárdenas Davids (KS) Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Ryan (Beyer)
ant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the pre- Allred Carson Davis, Danny K. Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Sánchez (Garcia
vious question is ordered on the motion Auchincloss Carter (LA) Dean Rochester) Kirkpatrick (TX))
to recommit. Axne Cartwright DeFazio Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) Sewell (Beatty)
Barragán Case DeGette Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sherman (Beyer)
The question is on the motion to re- Bass Casten DeLauro (Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sires (Pallone)
commit. Beatty Castor (FL) DelBene Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Spartz (Banks)
The question was taken; and the Bera Castro (TX) Demings (Beatty) Rochester) Strickland
Beyer Cawthorn DeSaulnier Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez (Takano)
Speaker pro tempore announced that Biggs Cherfilus- Deutch Cárdenas (Neguse)
Suozzi (Beyer)
the noes appeared to have it. Bishop (GA) McCormick Dingell (Correa) Loudermilk
Swalwell
Blumenauer Chu Doggett Crist (Fleischmann)
Mr. HUDSON. Madam Speaker, on Blunt Rochester Cicilline Doyle, Michael (Wasserman Lowenthal
(Correa)
that I demand the yeas and nays. Taylor (Fallon)
Boebert Clark (MA) F. Schultz) (Beyer)
Bonamici Clarke (NY) Escobar DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- (Keller)
Bourdeaux Cleaver Eshoo (Stanton) McEachin
ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Bowman Clyburn Espaillat Evans (Beyer) (Beyer) Torres (NY)
8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Boyle, Brendan Cohen Evans Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) (Blunt
Rochester)
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Members will record their votes by F. Connolly Fletcher (Wasserman (Beyer)
Brown (MD) Cooper Foster Schultz) Moulton Vargas (Takano)
electronic device, and this will be a 5- Brown (OH) Correa Frankel, Lois Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Walorski (Banks)
minute vote. Brownley Costa Gaetz (TX)) Payne (Pallone) Waters (Garcia
Buck Courtney Gallego Guest Price (NC) (TX))
The vote was taken by electronic de- Welch (Pallone)
Bush Craig Garamendi (Fleischmann) (Manning)
vice, and there were—yeas 198, nays Bustos Crist Garcı́a (IL) Johnson (SD) Ruiz (Correa) Wilson (FL)
228, not voting 1, as follows: Butterfield Crow Garcia (TX) (LaHood) Rush (Jeffries) (Neguse)
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H5396 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2022
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The NAYS—204 McEachin Sánchez (Garcia Thompson (PA)
(Beyer) (TX)) (Keller)
question is on the passage of the bill. Aderholt Gimenez Moolenaar Moore (WI) Sewell (Beatty) Torres (NY)
Allen Gohmert Mooney
The question was taken; and the Amodei Golden
(Beyer) Sherman (Beyer) (Blunt
Moore (AL) Moulton Sires (Pallone) Rochester)
Speaker pro tempore announced that Armstrong Gonzales, Tony Moore (UT) (Neguse) Spartz (Banks) Vargas (Takano)
the ayes appeared to have it. Arrington Good (VA) Mullin Payne (Pallone) Strickland Walorski (Banks)
Babin Gooden (TX) Murphy (NC)
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, on Bacon Gosar
Price (NC) (Takano) Waters (Garcia
Nehls (Manning) Suozzi (Beyer) (TX))
that I demand the yeas and nays. Baird Granger Newhouse Ruiz (Correa) Swalwell Welch (Pallone)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Balderson Graves (LA) Norman Rush (Jeffries) (Correa) Wilson (FL)
Banks Graves (MO) Obernolte
ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Barr Green (TN)
Ryan (Beyer) Taylor (Fallon) (Neguse)
Owens
8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Bentz Greene (GA)
Palazzo f
This will be a 5-minute vote. Bergman Griffith
Palmer
Bice (OK) Grothman
The vote was taken by electronic de- Pence PPP AND BANK FRAUD ENFORCE-
Biggs Guest
Perry
vice, and there were—yeas 223, nays Bilirakis Guthrie
Pfluger MENT HARMONIZATION ACT OF
Bishop (NC) Harris 2022
204, not voting 1, as follows: Boebert Harshbarger Posey
Reschenthaler
[Roll No. 245] Bost Hartzler
Rice (SC)
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. WIL-
Brady Hern LIAMS of Georgia). Pursuant to clause 8
YEAS—223 Brooks Herrell Rodgers (WA)
Adams Gomez O’Halleran Buchanan Herrera Beutler Rogers (AL) of rule XX, the unfinished business is
Aguilar Gonzalez (OH) Buck Hice (GA) Rogers (KY) the vote on the motion to suspend the
Ocasio-Cortez
Bucshon Higgins (LA) Rose
Allred Gonzalez, Omar
Rosendale
rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7352) to
Auchincloss Vicente Pallone Budd Hill
Burchett Hinson Rouzer amend the Small Business Act to ex-
Axne Gottheimer Panetta
Barragán Green, Al (TX) Pappas Burgess Hudson Roy tend the statute of limitation for fraud
Bass Grijalva Calvert Huizenga Rutherford by borrowers under the Paycheck Pro-
Pascrell
Beatty Harder (CA) Cammack Issa Salazar
Payne
Scalise
tection Program, and for other pur-
Bera Hayes Pelosi Carey Jackson
Beyer Higgins (NY) Carl Johnson (LA) Schrader poses, on which the yeas and nays were
Perlmutter
Bishop (GA) Himes Peters
Carter (GA) Johnson (OH) Schweikert ordered.
Blumenauer Horsford Carter (TX) Johnson (SD) Scott, Austin The Clerk read the title of the bill.
Phillips
Blunt Rochester Houlahan Cawthorn Jordan Sessions
Pingree
Chabot Joyce (OH) Simpson
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Bonamici Hoyer Pocan
Bourdeaux Huffman Cheney Joyce (PA) Smith (MO) question is on the motion offered by
Porter
Bowman Jackson Lee
Pressley
Cline Katko Smith (NE) the gentlewoman from New York (Ms.
Boyle, Brendan Jacobs (CA) Cloud Keller Smith (NJ) VELÁZQUEZ) that the House suspend the
Price (NC) Clyde Kelly (MS)
F. Jacobs (NY) Smucker
Brown (MD) Jayapal
Quigley Cole Kelly (PA) Spartz
rules and pass the bill.
Raskin Comer Kim (CA) This will be a 5-minute vote.
Brown (OH) Jeffries Stauber
Rice (NY) Crawford Kustoff
Brownley Johnson (GA)
Ross
Steel The vote was taken by electronic de-
Bush Johnson (TX) Crenshaw LaHood Stefanik
Roybal-Allard Curtis LaMalfa
vice, and there were—yeas 421, nays 0,
Bustos Jones Steil
Butterfield Kahele Ruiz Davidson Lamborn Steube
not voting 6, as follows:
Carbajal Kaptur Ruppersberger Davis, Rodney Latta Stewart [Roll No. 246]
Cárdenas Keating Rush DesJarlais LaTurner Taylor YEAS—421
Carson Kelly (IL) Ryan Diaz-Balart Lesko
Tenney
Carter (LA) Khanna Sánchez Donalds Letlow Adams Butterfield DeGette
Thompson (PA)
Cartwright Kildee Sarbanes Duncan Long Aderholt Calvert DeLauro
Tiffany
Case Kilmer Scanlon Dunn Loudermilk Aguilar Cammack DelBene
Timmons
Casten Kim (NJ) Schakowsky Ellzey Lucas Allen Carbajal Demings
Turner
Castor (FL) Kind Schiff Emmer Luetkemeyer Allred Cárdenas DeSaulnier
Estes Mace Valadao
Castro (TX) Kinzinger Schneider Amodei Carey DesJarlais
Fallon Malliotakis Van Drew
Cherfilus- Kirkpatrick Schrier Armstrong Carl Deutch
Feenstra Mann Van Duyne
McCormick Krishnamoorthi Scott (VA) Arrington Carson Diaz-Balart
Ferguson Massie Wagner
Chu Kuster Scott, David Auchincloss Carter (GA) Dingell
Fischbach Mast Walberg
Cicilline Lamb Sewell Axne Carter (LA) Doggett
Clark (MA) Langevin Fitzgerald McCarthy Walorski Babin Carter (TX) Donalds
Sherman
Clarke (NY) Larsen (WA) Fleischmann McCaul Waltz Bacon Cartwright Duncan
Sherrill
Cleaver Larson (CT) Foxx McClain Weber (TX) Baird Case Dunn
Sires
Clyburn Lawrence Franklin, C. McClintock Webster (FL) Balderson Casten Ellzey
Slotkin
Cohen Lawson (FL) Scott McHenry Wenstrup Banks Castor (FL) Emmer
Smith (WA)
Connolly Lee (CA) Fulcher McKinley Westerman Barr Castro (TX) Escobar
Soto
Cooper Lee (NV) Gaetz Meijer Williams (TX) Barragán Cawthorn Eshoo
Spanberger
Correa Leger Fernandez Gallagher Meuser Wilson (SC) Bass Chabot Espaillat
Speier
Costa Levin (CA) Garbarino Miller (IL) Wittman Beatty Cherfilus- Estes
Stansbury
Courtney Levin (MI) Garcia (CA) Miller (WV) Womack Bentz McCormick Evans
Stanton
Craig Lieu Gibbs Miller-Meeks Zeldin Bera Chu Fallon
Stevens
Crist Lofgren Strickland Bergman Cicilline Feenstra
Crow Lowenthal
NOT VOTING—1 Beyer Clark (MA) Ferguson
Suozzi
Cuellar Luria Swalwell Hollingsworth Bice (OK) Clarke (NY) Fischbach
Davids (KS) Lynch Biggs Cleaver Fitzgerald
Takano
Davis, Danny K. Malinowski
Thompson (CA) b 1920 Bilirakis Cline Fitzpatrick
Dean Maloney, Bishop (GA) Cloud Fleischmann
Thompson (MS) So the bill was passed.
DeFazio Carolyn B. Bishop (NC) Clyburn Fletcher
Titus
DeGette Maloney, Sean
Tlaib The result of the vote was announced Blumenauer Clyde Foster
DeLauro Manning as above recorded. Blunt Rochester Cohen Foxx
DelBene Matsui Tonko Boebert Cole Frankel, Lois
Demings McBath Torres (CA) A motion to reconsider was laid on Bonamici Comer Franklin, C.
DeSaulnier McCollum Torres (NY) the table. Bost Connolly Scott
Deutch McEachin Trahan Bourdeaux Cooper Fulcher
Trone MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Dingell McGovern Bowman Correa Gaetz
Underwood RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Doggett McNerney Boyle, Brendan Costa Gallagher
Doyle, Michael Meeks Upton Barragán (Beyer) DeFazio Kirkpatrick F. Courtney Gallego
F. Meng Vargas Bass (Blunt (Stanton) (Pallone) Brady Craig Garamendi
Escobar Mfume Veasey Rochester) Evans (Beyer) Krishnamoorthi Brooks Crawford Garbarino
Eshoo Moore (WI) Velázquez Boebert (Gaetz) Frankel, Lois (Garcı́a (IL)) Brown (MD) Crenshaw Garcia (CA)
Espaillat Morelle Wasserman Brooks (Wasserman Lamb (Blunt Brown (OH) Crist Garcı́a (IL)
Evans Moulton Schultz (Fleischmann) Schultz) Rochester) Brownley Crow Garcia (TX)
Waters
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Fitzpatrick Mrvan Brown (OH) Gomez (Garcia Leger Fernandez Buchanan Cuellar Gibbs
Fletcher Murphy (FL) Watson Coleman (Beatty) (TX)) Buck Curtis Gimenez
(Neguse)
Foster Nadler Welch Bucshon (Gibbs) Guest Bucshon Davids (KS) Gohmert
Loudermilk
Frankel, Lois Napolitano Wexton Cárdenas (Fleischmann) Budd Davidson Gomez
(Fleischmann)
Gallego Neal Wild (Correa) Johnson (SD) Burchett Davis, Danny K. Gonzales, Tony
Williams (GA) Crist Lowenthal
Garamendi Neguse (LaHood) Burgess Davis, Rodney Gonzalez (OH)
Garcı́a (IL) Newman Wilson (FL) (Wasserman Johnson (TX) (Beyer) Bush Dean Gonzalez,
Garcia (TX) Norcross Yarmuth Schultz) (Jeffries) Mace (Donalds) Bustos DeFazio Vicente
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June 8, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5397
Good (VA) Luetkemeyer Rush ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Carbajal Gottheimer Massie
Gooden (TX) Luria Rutherford Cárdenas Granger Mast
Gosar Lynch Ryan
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Carey Graves (LA) Matsui
Gottheimer Mace Salazar the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Carl Graves (MO) McBath
Granger Malinowski Sánchez ing. Carson Green (TN) McCarthy
Graves (LA) Malliotakis Sarbanes Carter (GA) Green, Al (TX) McCaul
Graves (MO) Maloney, Scalise b 1928 Carter (LA) Greene (GA) McClain
Green (TN) Carolyn B. Scanlon Carter (TX) Griffith McClintock
Green, Al (TX) Maloney, Sean Schiff So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Cartwright Grijalva McCollum
Greene (GA) Mann Schneider tive) the rules were suspended and the Case Grothman McEachin
Griffith Manning Castor (FL) Guest McGovern
Massie
Schrader bill was passed.
Grijalva Schrier Castro (TX) Guthrie McHenry
Grothman Mast The result of the vote was announced Cawthorn Harder (CA) McKinley
Schweikert
Guest Matsui Scott (VA) as above recorded. Chabot Harris McNerney
Guthrie McBath Scott, Austin A motion to reconsider was laid on Cherfilus- Harshbarger Meeks
Harder (CA) McCarthy McCormick Hartzler Meijer
Harris McCaul
Scott, David the table. Chu Hayes Meng
Sessions
Harshbarger McClain MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Cicilline Hern Meuser
Sewell
Hartzler McClintock RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Clark (MA) Herrell Mfume
Sherman
Hayes McCollum Clarke (NY) Herrera Beutler Miller (IL)
Sherrill Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Rush (Jeffries)
Hern McEachin Cleaver Hice (GA) Miller (WV)
Simpson Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Ryan (Beyer)
Herrell McGovern Cline Higgins (LA) Miller-Meeks
Sires Rochester) Kirkpatrick Sánchez (Garcia
Herrera Beutler McHenry Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) (TX)) Cloud Higgins (NY) Moolenaar
Hice (GA) McKinley Slotkin Clyburn Hill Mooney
Smith (MO) Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sewell (Beatty)
Higgins (LA) McNerney (Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sherman (Beyer) Clyde Himes Moore (AL)
Higgins (NY) Meeks Smith (NE) Cohen Hinson Moore (UT)
Smith (NJ) Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Sires (Pallone)
Hill Meijer (Beatty) Rochester) Spartz (Banks) Cole Horsford Moore (WI)
Himes Meng Smith (WA) Comer Houlahan Morelle
Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez Strickland
Hinson Meuser Smucker Connolly Hudson Moulton
Cárdenas (Neguse) (Takano)
Horsford Mfume Soto Cooper Huffman Mrvan
(Correa) Loudermilk Suozzi (Beyer)
Houlahan Miller (IL) Spanberger Correa Huizenga Mullin
Crist (Fleischmann) Swalwell
Hoyer Miller (WV) Spartz Costa Issa Murphy (FL)
(Wasserman Lowenthal (Correa)
Hudson Miller-Meeks Speier Schultz) (Beyer) Taylor (Fallon) Courtney Jackson Murphy (NC)
Huffman Moolenaar Stansbury DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA) Craig Jackson Lee Nadler
Huizenga Mooney Stanton (Stanton) McEachin (Keller) Crawford Jacobs (CA) Napolitano
Issa Moore (AL) Stauber Evans (Beyer) (Beyer) Torres (NY) Crenshaw Jayapal Neal
Jackson Moore (UT) Steel Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) (Blunt Crist Jeffries Neguse
Jackson Lee Moore (WI) Stefanik (Wasserman (Beyer) Rochester) Crow Johnson (GA) Nehls
Jacobs (CA) Morelle Steil Schultz) Moulton Vargas (Takano) Cuellar Johnson (LA) Newhouse
Jacobs (NY) Moulton Steube Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Walorski (Banks) Curtis Johnson (OH) Newman
Jayapal Mrvan Stevens (TX)) Neal (Beyer) Waters (Garcia Davids (KS) Johnson (SD) Norcross
Jeffries Mullin Stewart Guest Payne (Pallone) (TX)) Davidson Johnson (TX) Norman
Johnson (GA) Murphy (FL) Strickland (Fleischmann) Price (NC) Welch (Pallone) Davis, Danny K. Jones O’Halleran
Johnson (LA) Murphy (NC) Suozzi Johnson (SD) (Manning) Wilson (FL) Davis, Rodney Jordan Obernolte
Johnson (OH) Nadler Swalwell (LaHood) Ruiz (Correa) (Neguse) Dean Joyce (OH) Ocasio-Cortez
Johnson (SD) Napolitano Takano DeFazio Joyce (PA) Omar
Johnson (TX) Neal Taylor f DeGette Kahele Owens
Jones Neguse Tenney DeLauro Kaptur Palazzo
Jordan Nehls Thompson (CA) COVID–19 EIDL FRAUD STATUTE DelBene Katko Pallone
Joyce (OH) Newhouse Thompson (MS) OF LIMITATIONS ACT OF 2022 Demings Keating Palmer
Joyce (PA) Newman Thompson (PA) DeSaulnier Keller Panetta
Kahele Norcross Tiffany The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- DesJarlais Kelly (IL) Pappas
Kaptur Norman Timmons ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin- Deutch Kelly (MS) Pascrell
Katko O’Halleran Titus Diaz-Balart Kelly (PA) Payne
Keating Obernolte
ished business is the vote on the mo- Dingell Khanna Pence
Tlaib
Keller Ocasio-Cortez Tonko
tion to suspend the rules and pass the Doggett Kildee Perry
Kelly (IL) Omar Torres (CA) bill (H.R. 7334) to extend the statute of Donalds Kilmer Peters
Kelly (MS) Owens Duncan Kim (CA) Pfluger
Torres (NY) limitations for fraud by borrowers Dunn Kim (NJ) Phillips
Kelly (PA) Palazzo Trahan
Khanna Pallone under certain COVID–19 economic in- Ellzey Kind Pingree
Trone
Kildee Palmer Turner
jury disaster loan programs of the Emmer Kirkpatrick Pocan
Kilmer Panetta Small Business Administration, and for Escobar Krishnamoorthi Porter
Underwood
Kim (CA) Pappas Eshoo Kuster Posey
Upton other purposes, on which the yeas and Espaillat Kustoff Pressley
Kim (NJ) Pascrell Valadao
Kind Payne nays were ordered. Estes LaHood Price (NC)
Van Drew
Kirkpatrick Pence
Van Duyne
The Clerk read the title of the bill. Evans LaMalfa Quigley
Perlmutter Fallon Lamb Raskin
Krishnamoorthi Vargas The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Feenstra Lamborn Reschenthaler
Kuster Perry
Kustoff Peters
Veasey question is on the motion offered by Ferguson Langevin Rice (NY)
Velázquez the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Fischbach Larsen (WA) Rice (SC)
LaHood Pfluger
Wagner Fitzgerald Larson (CT) Rodgers (WA)
LaMalfa Phillips
Walberg
VELÁZQUEZ) that the House suspend the
Lamb Pingree Fitzpatrick Latta Rogers (AL)
Walorski rules and pass the bill. Fleischmann LaTurner Rogers (KY)
Lamborn Pocan
Langevin Porter
Waltz This is a 5-minute vote. Fletcher Lawrence Rose
Wasserman The vote was taken by electronic de- Foster Lawson (FL) Rosendale
Larsen (WA) Posey
Schultz Foxx Lee (CA) Ross
Larson (CT) Pressley
Waters
vice, and there were—yeas 416, nays 3, Frankel, Lois Lee (NV) Rouzer
Latta Price (NC) not voting 8, as follows:
LaTurner Quigley Watson Coleman Franklin, C. Leger Fernandez Roy
Lawrence Raskin Weber (TX) [Roll No. 247] Scott Lesko Roybal-Allard
Lawson (FL) Reschenthaler Webster (FL) Fulcher Letlow Ruiz
Welch YEAS—416 Gaetz Levin (CA) Ruppersberger
Lee (CA) Rice (NY)
Lee (NV) Rice (SC) Wenstrup Adams Beatty Boyle, Brendan Gallagher Levin (MI) Rush
Leger Fernandez Rodgers (WA) Westerman Aderholt Bentz F. Gallego Lieu Rutherford
Lesko Rogers (AL) Wexton Aguilar Bera Brady Garamendi Lofgren Ryan
Letlow Rogers (KY) Wild Allen Bergman Brooks Garbarino Long Salazar
Levin (CA) Rose Williams (GA) Allred Beyer Brown (MD) Garcia (CA) Loudermilk Sánchez
Levin (MI) Rosendale Williams (TX) Amodei Bice (OK) Brown (OH) Garcı́a (IL) Lowenthal Sarbanes
Lieu Ross Wilson (FL) Armstrong Biggs Brownley Gibbs Lucas Scalise
Lofgren Rouzer Wilson (SC) Arrington Bilirakis Buchanan Gimenez Luetkemeyer Scanlon
Long Roy Wittman Auchincloss Buck Gohmert Luria Schakowsky
Bishop (GA)
Loudermilk Roybal-Allard Womack Axne Bucshon Golden Lynch Schiff
Bishop (NC)
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Lowenthal Ruiz Yarmuth Babin Budd Gomez Mace Schneider
Blumenauer
Lucas Ruppersberger Zeldin Bacon Burchett Gonzales, Tony Malinowski Schrader
Baird Blunt Rochester Burgess Gonzalez (OH) Malliotakis Schrier
Balderson Boebert Bush Gonzalez, Maloney, Schweikert
NOT VOTING—6 Banks Bonamici Bustos Vicente Carolyn B. Scott (VA)
Cheney Golden Schakowsky Barr Bost Butterfield Good (VA) Maloney, Sean Scott, Austin
Doyle, Michael Hollingsworth Barragán Bourdeaux Calvert Gooden (TX) Mann Scott, David
F. Kinzinger Bass Bowman Cammack Gosar Manning Sessions
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H5398 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2022
Sewell Strickland Vargas The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Omar Scanlon Thompson (PA)
Sherman Suozzi Veasey Owens Schakowsky Titus
Sherrill Swalwell Velázquez
question is on the motion offered by Palazzo Schiff Tlaib
Simpson Takano Walberg the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Pallone Schneider Tonko
Sires Taylor Walorski VELÁZQUEZ) that the House suspend the Palmer Schrader Torres (CA)
Slotkin Tenney Waltz rules and pass the bill. Panetta Schrier Torres (NY)
Smith (MO) Thompson (CA) Wasserman Pappas Scott (VA) Trahan
Smith (NE) Thompson (MS) Schultz This is a 5-minute vote. Pascrell Scott, Austin Trone
Smith (NJ) Thompson (PA) Watson Coleman The vote was taken by electronic de- Payne Scott, David Turner
Smith (WA) Tiffany Weber (TX) Perlmutter Sewell Underwood
Smucker Timmons Webster (FL) vice, and there were—yeas 359, nays 61, Peters Sherman Upton
Soto Titus Welch not voting 7, as follows: Pfluger Sherrill Valadao
Spanberger Tlaib Wenstrup Phillips Simpson Van Drew
Spartz Tonko Westerman [Roll No. 248] Pingree Sires Vargas
Speier Torres (CA) Wexton YEAS—359 Pocan Slotkin Veasey
Stansbury Torres (NY) Wild Porter Smith (MO)
Adams DeLauro Kelly (IL) Velázquez
Stanton Trahan Williams (GA) Pressley Smith (NJ)
Aderholt DelBene Kelly (MS) Wagner
Stauber Trone Williams (TX) Price (NC) Smith (WA)
Aguilar Demings Kelly (PA) Walberg
Steel Turner Wilson (FL) Quigley Soto
Allred DeSaulnier Khanna Walorski
Stefanik Underwood Wilson (SC) Raskin Spanberger
Amodei Diaz-Balart Kildee Waltz
Steil Upton Wittman Reschenthaler Spartz
Steube Valadao Womack Armstrong Dingell Kilmer Rice (NY) Speier Wasserman
Stevens Van Drew Yarmuth Auchincloss Doggett Kim (CA) Rice (SC) Stansbury Schultz
Stewart Van Duyne Zeldin Axne Donalds Kim (NJ) Rodgers (WA) Stanton Waters
Bacon Dunn Kind Rogers (AL) Stauber Watson Coleman
NAYS—3 Baird Ellzey Kirkpatrick Rogers (KY) Steel Welch
Casten Garcia (TX) Waters Balderson Emmer Krishnamoorthi Rose Stefanik Wenstrup
Barr Escobar Kuster Ross Steil Westerman
NOT VOTING—8 Barragán Eshoo Kustoff Roybal-Allard Stevens Wexton
Bass Espaillat LaHood Ruiz Stewart Wild
Cheney Hollingsworth Kinzinger
Beatty Estes LaMalfa Ruppersberger Strickland Williams (GA)
Doyle, Michael Hoyer Perlmutter
Bentz Evans Lamb Rush Suozzi Williams (TX)
F. Jacobs (NY) Wagner
Bera Feenstra Lamborn Rutherford Swalwell Wilson (FL)
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Bergman Ferguson Langevin Ryan Takano Wilson (SC)
Beyer Fischbach Larsen (WA) Salazar Taylor Wittman
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Bice (OK) Fitzgerald Larson (CT) Sánchez Tenney Womack
the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Bilirakis Fitzpatrick Latta Sarbanes Thompson (CA) Yarmuth
ing. Bishop (GA) Fleischmann LaTurner Scalise Thompson (MS) Zeldin
Blumenauer Fletcher Lawrence
b 1934 Blunt Rochester Foster Lawson (FL) NAYS—61
Bonamici Foxx Lee (CA) Allen Gohmert
So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Nehls
Bost Frankel, Lois Lee (NV) Arrington Good (VA) Norman
tive) the rules were suspended and the Bourdeaux Franklin, C. Leger Fernandez Babin Gooden (TX) Obernolte
bill was passed. Bowman Scott Letlow Banks Granger
Boyle, Brendan Fulcher Levin (CA) Pence
The result of the vote was announced F. Gallagher Levin (MI)
Biggs Green (TN) Perry
as above recorded. Bishop (NC) Greene (GA) Posey
Brady Gallego Lieu Boebert Grothman
A motion to reconsider was laid on Brown (MD) Garamendi Lofgren Rosendale
Brooks Harris Rouzer
the table. Brown (OH) Garbarino Long Buck Harshbarger
Brownley Garcia (CA) Loudermilk Roy
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO THOUSE Burchett Hern
Buchanan Garcı́a (IL) Lowenthal Schweikert
Burgess Hice (GA)
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Bucshon Garcia (TX) Lucas Sessions
Carter (TX) Higgins (LA)
Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Rush (Jeffries) Budd Gibbs Luetkemeyer Cline Jackson Smith (NE)
Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Ryan (Beyer) Bush Gimenez Luria Cloud Jordan Smucker
Rochester) Kirkpatrick Sánchez (Garcia Bustos Gomez Lynch Clyde Joyce (PA) Steube
Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) (TX)) Butterfield Gonzales, Tony Mace Comer Lesko Tiffany
Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sewell (Beatty) Calvert Gonzalez (OH) Malinowski Davidson Massie Timmons
(Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sherman (Beyer) Cammack Gonzalez, Malliotakis DesJarlais Mast Van Duyne
Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Sires (Pallone) Carbajal Vicente Maloney, Duncan McCaul Weber (TX)
(Beatty) Rochester) Spartz (Banks) Cárdenas Gosar Carolyn B. Fallon McClintock Webster (FL)
Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez Strickland Carey Gottheimer Maloney, Sean Gaetz Miller (IL)
Cárdenas (Neguse) (Takano) Carl Graves (LA) Mann
(Correa) Loudermilk Suozzi (Beyer) Carson Graves (MO) Manning NOT VOTING—7
Crist (Fleischmann) Swalwell Carter (GA) Green, Al (TX) Matsui
Cheney Doyle, Michael Hollingsworth
(Wasserman Lowenthal (Correa) Carter (LA) Griffith McBath
Deutch F. Hoyer
Schultz) (Beyer) Taylor (Fallon) Cartwright Grijalva McCarthy
Golden Kinzinger
DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA) Case Guest McClain
(Stanton) McEachin (Keller) Casten Guthrie McCollum
Evans (Beyer) (Beyer) Torres (NY) Castor (FL) Harder (CA) McEachin b 1943
Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) (Blunt Castro (TX) Hartzler McGovern
Cawthorn Hayes McHenry Mr. PFLUGER changed his vote from
(Wasserman (Beyer) Rochester)
Schultz) Moulton Vargas (Takano) Chabot Herrell McKinley ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’
Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Walorski (Banks) Cherfilus- Herrera Beutler McNerney So (two-thirds being in the affirma-
(TX)) Neal (Beyer) Waters (Garcia McCormick Higgins (NY) Meeks
Chu Hill Meijer
tive) the rules were suspended and the
Guest Payne (Pallone) (TX))
(Fleischmann) Price (NC) Welch (Pallone) Cicilline Himes Meng bill was passed.
Johnson (SD) (Manning) Wilson (FL) Clark (MA) Hinson Meuser The result of the vote was announced
(LaHood) Ruiz (Correa) (Neguse) Clarke (NY) Horsford Mfume as above recorded.
Cleaver Houlahan Miller (WV)
f Clyburn Hudson Miller-Meeks A motion to reconsider was laid on
Cohen Huffman Moolenaar the table.
HUBZONE PRICE EVALUATION Cole Huizenga Mooney MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
PREFERENCE CLARIFICATION Connolly Issa Moore (AL)
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
ACT OF 2021 Cooper Jackson Lee Moore (UT)
Correa Jacobs (CA) Moore (WI) Barragán (Beyer) Evans (Beyer) Lamb (Blunt
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Costa Jacobs (NY) Morelle Bass (Blunt Frankel, Lois Rochester)
ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin- Courtney Jayapal Moulton Rochester) (Wasserman Leger Fernandez
Craig Jeffries Mrvan Boebert (Gaetz) Schultz) (Neguse)
ished business is the vote on the mo- Crawford Johnson (GA) Mullin Brooks Gomez (Garcia Loudermilk
tion to suspend the rules and pass the Crenshaw Johnson (LA) Murphy (FL) (Fleischmann) (TX)) (Fleischmann)
bill (H.R. 5879) to amend the Small Crist Johnson (OH) Murphy (NC) Brown (OH) Guest Lowenthal
Business Act to clarify the application Crow Johnson (SD) Nadler (Beatty) (Fleischmann) (Beyer)
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Cuellar Johnson (TX) Napolitano Bucshon (Gibbs) Johnson (SD) Mace (Donalds)
of the price evaluation preference for Curtis Jones Neal Cárdenas (LaHood) McEachin
qualified HUBZone small business con- Davids (KS) Joyce (OH) Neguse (Correa) Johnson (TX) (Beyer)
cerns to certain contracts, and for Davis, Danny K. Kahele Newhouse Crist (Jeffries) Moore (WI)
Davis, Rodney Kaptur Newman (Wasserman Kirkpatrick (Beyer)
other purposes, on which the yeas and Dean Katko Norcross Schultz) (Pallone) Moulton
nays were ordered. DeFazio Keating O’Halleran DeFazio Krishnamoorthi (Neguse)
The Clerk read the title of the bill. DeGette Keller Ocasio-Cortez (Stanton) (Garcı́a (IL)) Neal (Beyer)
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Payne (Pallone) Sires (Pallone) Torres (NY) Johnson (SD) Mfume Sessions ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
Price (NC) Spartz (Banks) (Blunt Johnson (TX) Miller (WV) Sewell
(Manning) Strickland Rochester) Jones Miller-Meeks Sherman
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during
Ruiz (Correa) (Takano) Vargas (Takano) Joyce (OH) Moolenaar Sherrill the vote). There are 2 minutes remain-
Rush (Jeffries) Suozzi (Beyer) Walorski (Banks) Kahele Mooney Simpson ing.
Ryan (Beyer) Swalwell Waters (Garcia Kaptur Moore (AL) Sires
Sánchez (Garcia (Correa) (TX)) Katko Moore (UT) Slotkin b 1950
(TX)) Taylor (Fallon) Welch (Pallone) Keating Moore (WI) Smith (MO)
Sewell (Beatty) Thompson (PA) Wilson (FL) Keller Morelle Smith (NE) So (two-thirds being in the affirma-
Sherman (Beyer) (Keller) (Neguse) Kelly (IL) Moulton tive) the rules were suspended and the
Smith (NJ)
f Kelly (MS) Mrvan Smith (WA) bill was passed.
Kelly (PA) Mullin Smucker The result of the vote was announced
SMALL BUSINESS WORKFORCE Khanna Murphy (FL) Soto
Kildee Murphy (NC) Spanberger
as above recorded.
PIPELINE ACT OF 2022
Kilmer Nadler Spartz A motion to reconsider was laid on
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Kim (CA) Napolitano Speier the table.
ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin- Kim (NJ) Neal Stansbury MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Kind Neguse Stanton
ished business is the vote on the mo- Kirkpatrick Newhouse RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Stauber
tion to suspend the rules and pass the Krishnamoorthi Newman Steel Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Rush (Jeffries)
bill (H.R. 7622) to amend the Small Kuster Norcross Stefanik Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Ryan (Beyer)
Business Act to include requirements Kustoff O’Halleran Steil Rochester) Kirkpatrick Sánchez (Garcia
LaHood Obernolte Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) (TX))
relating to apprenticeship program as- LaMalfa Ocasio-Cortez
Stevens
Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sewell (Beatty)
sistance for small business develop- Stewart
Lamb Omar (Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sherman (Beyer)
Strickland
ment centers, and for other purposes, Lamborn Owens Suozzi
Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Sires (Pallone)
on which the yeas and nays were or- Langevin Palazzo (Beatty) Rochester) Spartz (Banks)
Swalwell Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez Strickland
dered. Larsen (WA) Pallone Takano
Larson (CT) Palmer Cárdenas (Neguse) (Takano)
The Clerk read the title of the bill. Taylor (Correa) Loudermilk Suozzi (Beyer)
Latta Panetta Tenney
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Pappas Crist (Fleischmann) Swalwell
LaTurner
Thompson (CA) (Wasserman Lowenthal (Correa)
question is on the motion offered by Lawrence Pascrell
Thompson (MS) Schultz) (Beyer) Taylor (Fallon)
the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Lawson (FL) Payne
Thompson (PA) DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA)
Lee (CA) Perlmutter
VELÁZQUEZ) that the House suspend the Lee (NV) Peters
Titus (Stanton) McEachin (Keller)
rules and pass the bill. Tlaib Evans (Beyer) (Beyer) Torres (NY)
Leger Fernandez Pfluger
Tonko Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) (Blunt
This is a 5-minute vote. Letlow Phillips
Torres (CA) (Wasserman (Beyer) Rochester)
The vote was taken by electronic de- Levin (CA) Pingree Schultz) Moulton Vargas (Takano)
Pocan Torres (NY)
Levin (MI) Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Walorski (Banks)
vice, and there were—yeas 368, nays 52, Lieu Porter Trahan
Trone (TX)) Neal (Beyer) Waters (Garcia
not voting 7, as follows: Lofgren Pressley Guest Payne (Pallone) (TX))
Long Price (NC) Turner
[Roll No. 249] Underwood (Fleischmann) Price (NC) Welch (Pallone)
Loudermilk Quigley Johnson (SD) (Manning) Wilson (FL)
YEAS—368 Lowenthal Raskin Upton
(LaHood) Ruiz (Correa) (Neguse)
Adams Castor (FL) Fitzpatrick Lucas Reschenthaler Valadao
Van Drew
Aderholt Castro (TX) Fletcher Luetkemeyer Rice (NY) f
Aguilar Chabot Foster Luria Rice (SC) Van Duyne
Allen Cherfilus- Foxx Lynch Rodgers (WA) Vargas
Veasey SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS
Allred McCormick Frankel, Lois Mace Rogers (AL)
Amodei Chu Franklin, C. Malinowski Rogers (KY) Velázquez AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL
Armstrong Cicilline Scott Malliotakis Ross Wagner EDUCATION ACT OF 2022
Auchincloss Clark (MA) Fulcher Maloney, Rouzer Walberg
Axne Clarke (NY) Gallagher Carolyn B. Roybal-Allard Walorski The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
Bacon Cleaver Gallego Maloney, Sean Ruiz Waltz ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin-
Baird Clyburn Garamendi Manning Ruppersberger Wasserman ished business is the vote on the mo-
Balderson Clyde Garbarino Mast Rush Schultz
Barr Cohen Garcia (CA) Waters
tion to suspend the rules and pass the
Matsui Rutherford
Barragán Cole Garcı́a (IL) McBath Ryan Watson Coleman bill (H.R. 7664) to amend the Small
Bass Comer Garcia (TX) McCarthy Salazar Welch Business Act to include requirements
Beatty Connolly Gibbs McClain Sánchez Wenstrup relating to graduates of career and
Bentz Cooper Gimenez McClintock Sarbanes Westerman
Bera Correa Golden technical education programs or pro-
McCollum Scalise Wexton
Bergman Costa Gomez
McEachin Scanlon Wild grams of study for small business de-
Beyer Courtney Gonzales, Tony Williams (GA) velopment centers and women’s busi-
McGovern Schakowsky
Bice (OK) Craig Gonzalez (OH)
Bilirakis Crawford Gonzalez,
McHenry Schiff Williams (TX) ness centers, and for other purposes, on
McKinley Schneider Wilson (FL) which the yeas and nays were ordered.
Bishop (GA) Crenshaw Vicente
McNerney Schrader Wilson (SC)
Blumenauer Crist Gottheimer
Meeks Schrier Wittman The Clerk read the title of the bill.
Blunt Rochester Crow Graves (LA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Bonamici Cuellar Graves (MO) Meijer Scott (VA) Womack
Bost Curtis Green, Al (TX) Meng Scott, Austin Yarmuth question is on the motion offered by
Bourdeaux Davids (KS) Grijalva Meuser Scott, David Zeldin the gentlewoman from New York (Ms.
Bowman Davidson Guest VELÁZQUEZ) that the House suspend the
Boyle, Brendan Davis, Danny K. Guthrie NAYS—52
F. Davis, Rodney Harder (CA)
rules and pass the bill.
Arrington Gohmert McCaul
Brady Dean Hartzler Babin Good (VA) Miller (IL)
This is a 5-minute vote.
Brown (MD) DeFazio Hayes Banks Gooden (TX) Nehls The vote was taken by electronic de-
Brown (OH) DeGette Hern Biggs Gosar vice, and there were—yeas 399, nays 18,
Norman
Brownley DeLauro Herrell Bishop (NC) Granger
Buchanan DelBene Herrera Beutler
Pence not voting 10, as follows:
Boebert Green (TN) Perry
Bucshon Demings Higgins (LA) Brooks Greene (GA) [Roll No. 250]
Budd DeSaulnier Higgins (NY) Posey
Buck Griffith Rose YEAS—399
Burgess DesJarlais Hill Burchett Grothman
Bush Diaz-Balart Himes Rosendale Adams Barragán Bowman
Carter (TX) Harris
Bustos Dingell Hinson Roy Aderholt Bass Boyle, Brendan
Cawthorn Harshbarger
Butterfield Doggett Horsford Cline Schweikert Aguilar Beatty F.
Hice (GA)
Calvert Donalds Houlahan Cloud Jackson Steube Allen Bentz Brady
Cammack Dunn Hudson Duncan Jordan Tiffany Allred Bera Brooks
Carbajal Ellzey Huffman Estes Joyce (PA) Timmons Amodei Bergman Brown (MD)
Cárdenas Emmer Huizenga Fallon Lesko Weber (TX) Armstrong Beyer Brown (OH)
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Carey Escobar Issa Fleischmann Mann Webster (FL) Auchincloss Bice (OK) Brownley
Carl Eshoo Jackson Lee Gaetz Massie Axne Bilirakis Buchanan
Carson Espaillat Jacobs (CA) Babin Bishop (GA) Bucshon
Carter (GA) Evans Jayapal Bacon Blumenauer Budd
Carter (LA) Feenstra Jeffries
NOT VOTING—7 Baird Blunt Rochester Burchett
Cartwright Ferguson Johnson (GA) Cheney Doyle, Michael Hoyer Balderson Bonamici Burgess
Case Fischbach Johnson (LA) Deutch F. Jacobs (NY) Banks Bost Bush
Casten Fitzgerald Johnson (OH) Hollingsworth Kinzinger Barr Bourdeaux Bustos
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Butterfield Green (TN) McClintock Smucker Thompson (MS) Walorski The vote was taken by electronic de-
Calvert Green, Al (TX) McCollum Soto Thompson (PA) Waltz
Cammack Griffith McEachin Spanberger Tiffany
vice, and there were—yeas 402, nays 19,
Wasserman
Carbajal Grijalva McGovern Spartz Timmons Schultz
not voting 6, as follows:
Cárdenas Grothman McHenry Speier Titus Watson Coleman
Stansbury Tonko
[Roll No. 251]
Carey Guest McKinley Weber (TX)
Carl Guthrie McNerney Stanton Torres (CA) Webster (FL) YEAS—402
Carson Harder (CA) Meeks Stauber Torres (NY) Welch
Carter (GA) Harris Meijer Steel Trahan Adams Dean Jones
Wenstrup
Carter (LA) Harshbarger Meng Stefanik Trone Aderholt DeFazio Jordan
Westerman Aguilar DeGette Joyce (OH)
Carter (TX) Hartzler Meuser Steil Turner
Wexton Allen DeLauro Joyce (PA)
Cartwright Hayes Mfume Steube Underwood
Stevens Upton Wild Allred DelBene Kahele
Case Hern Miller (IL)
Stewart Valadao Williams (GA) Amodei Demings Kaptur
Castor (FL) Herrell Miller (WV)
Strickland Van Drew Williams (TX) Armstrong DeSaulnier Katko
Castro (TX) Herrera Beutler Miller-Meeks
Suozzi Van Duyne Wilson (FL) Auchincloss DesJarlais Keating
Cawthorn Higgins (LA) Moolenaar
Chabot Higgins (NY) Mooney Swalwell Vargas Wilson (SC) Axne Deutch Keller
Cherfilus- Hill Moore (AL) Takano Veasey Wittman Babin Diaz-Balart Kelly (IL)
McCormick Himes Moore (UT) Taylor Velázquez Womack Bacon Dingell Kelly (MS)
Chu Hinson Moore (WI) Tenney Wagner Yarmuth Baird Doggett Kelly (PA)
Cicilline Horsford Morelle Thompson (CA) Walberg Zeldin Balderson Donalds Khanna
Clark (MA) Banks Duncan Kildee
Houlahan Moulton NAYS—18 Barr Dunn Kilmer
Clarke (NY) Hudson Mrvan
Arrington Gaetz Massie Barragán Ellzey Kim (CA)
Cleaver Huffman Mullin
Biggs Garcia (TX) Norman Bass Emmer Kim (NJ)
Cline Huizenga Murphy (FL)
Bishop (NC) Good (VA) Pence Beatty Escobar Kind
Cloud Issa Murphy (NC)
Boebert Gosar Perry Bentz Eshoo Kirkpatrick
Clyburn Jackson Nadler
Buck Greene (GA) Roy Bera Espaillat Krishnamoorthi
Clyde Jackson Lee Napolitano
Casten Hice (GA) Waters Bergman Estes Kuster
Cohen Jacobs (CA) Neal
Beyer Evans Kustoff
Cole Jacobs (NY) Neguse
NOT VOTING—10 Bice (OK) Fallon LaHood
Comer Jayapal Nehls
Cheney Gohmert Hoyer Bilirakis Feenstra LaMalfa
Connolly Jeffries Newhouse
Deutch Gonzalez, Kinzinger Bishop (GA) Ferguson Lamb
Cooper Johnson (GA) Newman Blumenauer Fischbach Lamborn
Correa Johnson (LA) Norcross Doyle, Michael Vicente LaHood
F. Hollingsworth Tlaib Blunt Rochester Fitzgerald Langevin
Costa Johnson (OH) O’Halleran Bonamici Fitzpatrick Larsen (WA)
Courtney Johnson (SD) Obernolte Bost Fleischmann Larson (CT)
Craig Johnson (TX) Ocasio-Cortez b 1957 Bourdeaux Fletcher Latta
Crawford Jones Omar Bowman Foster LaTurner
Crenshaw Jordan Owens So (two-thirds being in the affirma-
Boyle, Brendan Foxx Lawrence
Crist Joyce (OH) Palazzo tive) the rules were suspended and the F. Frankel, Lois Lawson (FL)
Crow Joyce (PA) Pallone bill was passed. Brady Franklin, C. Lee (CA)
Cuellar Kahele Palmer The result of the vote was announced Brooks Scott Lee (NV)
Curtis Kaptur Panetta Brown (MD) Gallagher Leger Fernandez
Davids (KS) Katko Pappas as above recorded.
Brown (OH) Gallego Lesko
Davidson Keating Pascrell A motion to reconsider was laid on Brownley Garamendi Letlow
Davis, Danny K. Keller Payne the table. Buchanan Garbarino Levin (CA)
Davis, Rodney Kelly (IL) Perlmutter Buck Garcia (CA) Levin (MI)
Dean Kelly (MS) Peters MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Bucshon Garcı́a (IL) Lieu
DeFazio Kelly (PA) Pfluger Budd Garcia (TX) Lofgren
DeGette Khanna Phillips Barragán (LaHood) Rush (Jeffries) Burgess Gibbs Long
DeLauro Kildee Pingree (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Ryan (Beyer) Bush Gimenez Loudermilk
DelBene Kilmer Pocan Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Sánchez (Garcia Bustos Gohmert Lowenthal
Demings Kim (CA) Porter Rochester) Kirkpatrick (TX)) Butterfield Golden Lucas
DeSaulnier Kim (NJ) Posey Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) Sewell (Beatty) Calvert Gomez Luetkemeyer
DesJarlais Kind Pressley Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sherman (Beyer)
(Garcı́a (IL)) Cammack Gonzales, Tony Luria
Diaz-Balart Kirkpatrick Price (NC) (Fleischmann) Sires (Pallone) Carbajal Gonzalez (OH) Lynch
Dingell Krishnamoorthi Quigley Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Spartz (Banks)
Rochester) Cárdenas Gonzalez, Mace
Doggett Kuster Raskin (Beatty) Strickland Carey Vicente Malinowski
Leger Fernandez (Takano)
Donalds Kustoff Reschenthaler Bucshon (Gibbs) (Neguse) Carl Gottheimer Malliotakis
Duncan LaMalfa Rice (NY) Cárdenas Suozzi (Beyer) Carson Granger Maloney,
Loudermilk
Dunn Lamb Rice (SC) (Correa) (Fleischmann) Swalwell Carter (GA) Graves (LA) Carolyn B.
Ellzey Lamborn Rodgers (WA) Crist (Correa)
Lowenthal Carter (LA) Graves (MO) Maloney, Sean
Emmer Langevin Rogers (AL) (Wasserman (Beyer) Taylor (Fallon) Carter (TX) Green (TN) Mann
Escobar Larsen (WA) Rogers (KY) Schultz) Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA) Cartwright Green, Al (TX) Manning
Eshoo Larson (CT) Rose DeFazio McEachin (Keller)
Case Griffith Mast
Espaillat Latta Rosendale (Stanton) (Beyer) Torres (NY)
Casten Grijalva Matsui
Estes LaTurner Ross Evans (Beyer) Moore (WI) (Blunt
Rochester) Castor (FL) Grothman McBath
Evans Lawrence Rouzer Frankel, Lois (Beyer)
Vargas (Takano) Castro (TX) Guest McCarthy
Fallon Lawson (FL) Roybal-Allard (Wasserman Moulton
Schultz) (Neguse) Walorski (Banks) Cawthorn Guthrie McCaul
Feenstra Lee (CA) Ruiz Chabot Harder (CA) McClain
Gomez (Garcia Neal (Beyer) Waters (Garcia
Ferguson Lee (NV) Ruppersberger (TX)) Cherfilus- Harshbarger McClintock
(TX)) Payne (Pallone)
Fischbach Leger Fernandez Rush Welch (Pallone) McCormick Hartzler McCollum
Guest Price (NC)
Fitzgerald Lesko Rutherford (Fleischmann) Wilson (FL) Chu Hayes McEachin
(Manning)
Fitzpatrick Letlow Ryan Cicilline Hern McGovern
Johnson (SD) Ruiz (Correa) (Neguse)
Fleischmann Levin (CA) Salazar Clark (MA) Herrell McHenry
Fletcher Levin (MI) Sánchez f Clarke (NY) Herrera Beutler McKinley
Foster Lieu Sarbanes Cleaver Higgins (LA) McNerney
Foxx Lofgren Scalise WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS Cline Higgins (NY) Meeks
Frankel, Lois Long Scanlon PROGRAM TRANSPARENCY ACT Cloud Hill Meijer
Franklin, C. Loudermilk Schakowsky The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Clyburn Himes Meng
Scott Lowenthal Schiff Cohen Hinson Meuser
Fulcher Lucas Schneider
ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin-
ished business is the vote on the mo- Cole Horsford Mfume
Gallagher Luetkemeyer Schrader Comer Houlahan Miller (IL)
Gallego Luria Schrier tion to suspend the rules and pass the Connolly Hudson Miller (WV)
Garamendi Lynch Schweikert bill (H.R. 7670) to amend the Small Cooper Huffman Miller-Meeks
Garbarino Mace Scott (VA) Business Act to require a report on Correa Huizenga Moolenaar
Garcia (CA) Malinowski Scott, Austin small business concerns owned and Costa Issa Mooney
Garcı́a (IL) Malliotakis Scott, David controlled by women, and for other Courtney Jackson Moore (AL)
Gibbs Maloney, Sessions Craig Jackson Lee Moore (UT)
Gimenez Carolyn B. Sewell
purposes, on which the yeas and nays
were ordered. Crawford Jacobs (CA) Moore (WI)
Golden Maloney, Sean Sherman Crenshaw Jacobs (NY) Morelle
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
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Gomez Mann Sherrill Crist Jayapal Moulton
Gonzales, Tony Manning Simpson The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Crow Jeffries Mrvan
Gonzalez (OH) Mast Sires question is on the motion offered by Cuellar Johnson (GA) Mullin
Gooden (TX) Matsui Slotkin Curtis Johnson (LA) Murphy (FL)
Gottheimer McBath Smith (MO)
the gentlewoman from New York (Ms.
VELÁZQUEZ) that the House suspend the Davids (KS) Johnson (OH) Murphy (NC)
Granger McCarthy Smith (NE) Davis, Danny K. Johnson (SD) Nadler
Graves (LA) McCaul Smith (NJ) rules and pass the bill. Davis, Rodney Johnson (TX) Napolitano
Graves (MO) McClain Smith (WA) This is a 5-minute vote.
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Neal Ryan Tenney STRENGTHENING SUBCON- Keating Moore (AL) Sherman
Neguse Salazar Thompson (CA) Keller Moore (UT) Sherrill
Nehls Sánchez Thompson (MS)
TRACTING FOR SMALL BUSI- Kelly (IL) Moore (WI) Simpson
Newhouse Sarbanes Thompson (PA) NESSES ACT OF 2022 Kelly (MS) Morelle Sires
Newman Scalise Tiffany Kelly (PA) Moulton Slotkin
Norcross Scanlon Timmons The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Khanna Mrvan Smith (MO)
O’Halleran Schakowsky Titus ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin- Kildee Mullin Smith (NE)
Obernolte Schiff Tlaib ished business is the vote on the mo- Kilmer Murphy (FL) Smith (NJ)
Ocasio-Cortez Schneider Tonko Kim (CA) Murphy (NC) Smith (WA)
Omar Schrader Torres (CA)
tion to suspend the rules and pass the Kim (NJ) Nadler Smucker
Owens Schrier Torres (NY) bill (H.R. 7694) to amend the Small Kind Napolitano Soto
Palazzo Schweikert Trahan Business Act to modify the require- Kirkpatrick Neal Spanberger
Pallone Scott (VA) Trone ments relating to the evaluation of the Krishnamoorthi Neguse Spartz
Palmer Scott, Austin Turner Kuster Nehls Speier
Panetta Scott, David Underwood subcontracting plans of certain Kustoff Newhouse Stansbury
Pappas Sessions Upton offerors, and for other purposes, on LaHood Newman Stanton
Pascrell Sewell Valadao which the yeas and nays were ordered. LaMalfa Norcross Stauber
Payne Sherman Van Drew Lamb O’Halleran Steel
Perlmutter Sherrill Van Duyne
The Clerk read the title of the bill. Lamborn Obernolte Stefanik
Perry Simpson Vargas The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Langevin Ocasio-Cortez Steil
Peters Sires Veasey question is on the motion offered by Larsen (WA) Omar Steube
Pfluger Slotkin Velázquez Larson (CT) Owens Stevens
Phillips Smith (MO) Wagner
the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Latta Palazzo Stewart
Pingree Smith (NE) Walberg VELÁZQUEZ) that the House suspend the LaTurner Pallone Strickland
Pocan Smith (NJ) Walorski rules and pass the bill. Lawrence Palmer Suozzi
Porter Smith (WA) Waltz This is a 5-minute vote. Lawson (FL) Panetta Swalwell
Posey Smucker Wasserman Lee (CA) Pappas Takano
Pressley Soto Schultz The vote was taken by electronic de- Lee (NV) Pascrell Taylor
Price (NC) Spanberger Waters vice, and there were—yeas 411, nays 11, Leger Fernandez Payne Tenney
Quigley Spartz Watson Coleman not voting 5, as follows: Lesko Pence Thompson (CA)
Raskin Speier Weber (TX) Letlow Perlmutter Thompson (MS)
Reschenthaler Stansbury Webster (FL) [Roll No. 252] Levin (CA) Peters Thompson (PA)
Rice (NY) Stanton Welch YEAS—411 Levin (MI) Pfluger Tiffany
Rice (SC) Stauber Wenstrup Lieu Phillips Timmons
Rodgers (WA) Steel Westerman Adams Cherfilus- Gaetz Lofgren Pingree Titus
Rogers (AL) Stefanik Wexton Aderholt McCormick Gallagher Long Pocan Tlaib
Rogers (KY) Steil Wild Aguilar Chu Gallego Loudermilk Porter Tonko
Rose Steube Williams (GA) Allen Cicilline Garamendi Lowenthal Posey Torres (CA)
Ross Stevens Williams (TX) Allred Clark (MA) Garbarino Lucas Pressley Torres (NY)
Rouzer Stewart Wilson (FL) Amodei Clarke (NY) Garcia (CA) Luetkemeyer Price (NC) Trahan
Roybal-Allard Strickland Wilson (SC) Armstrong Cleaver Garcı́a (IL) Luria Quigley Trone
Ruiz Suozzi Wittman Arrington Cline Garcia (TX) Lynch Raskin Turner
Ruppersberger Swalwell Womack Auchincloss Cloud Gibbs Mace Reschenthaler Underwood
Rush Takano Yarmuth Axne Clyburn Gimenez Malinowski Rice (NY) Upton
Rutherford Taylor Zeldin Babin Clyde Gohmert Malliotakis Rice (SC) Valadao
Bacon Cohen Golden Maloney, Rodgers (WA) Van Drew
NAYS—19 Baird Cole Gomez Carolyn B. Rogers (AL) Van Duyne
Arrington Fulcher Massie Balderson Comer Gonzales, Tony Maloney, Sean Rogers (KY) Vargas
Biggs Good (VA) Banks Connolly Gonzalez (OH) Mann Rose Veasey
Norman
Bishop (NC) Gooden (TX) Barr Cooper Gonzalez, Manning Ross Velázquez
Pence
Boebert Gosar Barragán Correa Vicente Mast Rouzer Wagner
Rosendale Bass Costa Good (VA)
Burchett Greene (GA) Roy Matsui Roybal-Allard Walberg
Clyde Harris Beatty Courtney Gooden (TX) McBath Ruiz Walorski
Davidson Hice (GA) Bentz Craig Gottheimer McCarthy Ruppersberger Waltz
Bera Crawford Granger McCaul Rush Wasserman
NOT VOTING—6 Bergman Crenshaw Graves (LA) McClain Rutherford Schultz
Beyer Crist Graves (MO) McClintock Ryan Waters
Cheney Gaetz Kinzinger
Bice (OK) Crow Green (TN) McCollum Salazar Watson Coleman
Doyle, Michael Hollingsworth
Bilirakis Cuellar Green, Al (TX) McEachin Sánchez Weber (TX)
F. Hoyer
Bishop (GA) Curtis Griffith McGovern Sarbanes Webster (FL)
Bishop (NC) Davids (KS) Grijalva
b 2004 Blumenauer Davidson Grothman
McHenry Scalise Welch
McKinley Scanlon Wenstrup
So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Blunt Rochester Davis, Danny K. Guest McNerney Schakowsky Westerman
Boebert Davis, Rodney Guthrie Meeks Schiff Wexton
tive) the rules were suspended and the Bonamici Dean Harder (CA) Meijer Schneider Wild
bill was passed. Bost DeFazio Harshbarger Meng Schrader Williams (GA)
The result of the vote was announced Bourdeaux DeGette Hartzler Meuser Schrier Williams (TX)
as above recorded. Bowman DeLauro Hayes Mfume Schweikert Wilson (FL)
Boyle, Brendan DelBene Hern Miller (IL) Scott (VA) Wilson (SC)
A motion to reconsider was laid on F. Demings Herrell Miller (WV) Scott, Austin Wittman
the table. Brady DeSaulnier Herrera Beutler Miller-Meeks Scott, David Womack
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Brooks DesJarlais Higgins (LA) Moolenaar Sessions Yarmuth
Brown (MD) Deutch Higgins (NY) Mooney Sewell Zeldin
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Brown (OH) Diaz-Balart Hill
Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Rush (Jeffries) Brownley Dingell Himes NAYS—11
Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Ryan (Beyer) Buchanan Doggett Hinson Biggs Harris Perry
Rochester) Kirkpatrick Sánchez (Garcia Bucshon Donalds Horsford Buck Hice (GA) Rosendale
Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) (TX)) Budd Duncan Houlahan Gosar Massie Roy
Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sewell (Beatty) Burchett Dunn Hudson Greene (GA) Norman
(Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sherman (Beyer) Burgess Ellzey Huffman
Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Sires (Pallone) Bush Emmer Huizenga NOT VOTING—5
(Beatty) Rochester) Spartz (Banks) Bustos Escobar Issa Cheney Hollingsworth
Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez Strickland Butterfield Eshoo Jackson Doyle, Michael Hoyer
Cárdenas (Neguse) (Takano) Calvert Espaillat Jackson Lee F. Kinzinger
(Correa) Loudermilk Suozzi (Beyer) Cammack Estes Jacobs (CA)
Crist (Fleischmann) Swalwell Carbajal Evans Jacobs (NY) b 2011
(Wasserman Lowenthal (Correa) Cárdenas Fallon Jayapal
Schultz) (Beyer) Taylor (Fallon) Carey Feenstra Jeffries So (two-thirds being in the affirma-
DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA) Carl Ferguson Johnson (GA) tive) the rules were suspended and the
(Stanton) McEachin (Keller) Carson Fischbach Johnson (LA) bill was passed.
Evans (Beyer) (Beyer) Torres (NY) Carter (GA) Fitzgerald Johnson (OH) The result of the vote was announced
Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) (Blunt Carter (LA) Fitzpatrick Johnson (SD)
as above recorded.
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(Wasserman (Beyer) Rochester) Carter (TX) Fleischmann Johnson (TX)
Schultz) Moulton Vargas (Takano) Cartwright Fletcher Jones A motion to reconsider was laid on
Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Walorski (Banks) Case Foster Jordan the table.
(TX)) Neal (Beyer) Waters (Garcia Casten Foxx Joyce (OH) Stated for:
Guest Payne (Pallone) (TX)) Castor (FL) Frankel, Lois Joyce (PA)
(Fleischmann) Price (NC) Welch (Pallone) Castro (TX) Franklin, C. Kahele
Mr. PERRY. Madam Speaker, on Roll Call
Johnson (SD) (Manning) Wilson (FL) Cawthorn Scott Kaptur No. 252, I mistakenly voted ‘‘no’’ when I in-
(LaHood) Ruiz (Correa) (Neguse) Chabot Fulcher Katko tended to vote ‘‘yes’’.
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H5402 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2022
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Ellzey Lamb Rice (SC) Cline Grothman Perry
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Emmer Lamborn Rodgers (WA) Clyde Harris Rosendale
Escobar Langevin Rogers (AL) Davidson Harshbarger Roy
Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Rush (Jeffries) Eshoo Larsen (WA) Rogers (KY) Estes Hice (GA) Schweikert
Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Ryan (Beyer) Espaillat Larson (CT) Rose Fallon Jordan Steube
Rochester) Kirkpatrick Sánchez (Garcia Evans Latta Ross Fitzgerald Lesko
Boebert (Gaetz) Taylor
(Pallone) (TX)) Feenstra LaTurner Rouzer Good (VA) Massie
Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sewell (Beatty) Tiffany
Ferguson Lawrence Roybal-Allard Gooden (TX) Moore (AL) Timmons
(Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sherman (Beyer) Fischbach Lawson (FL) Ruiz Gosar Nehls
Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Sires (Pallone) Wilson (SC)
Fitzpatrick Lee (CA) Ruppersberger Green (TN) Norman
(Beatty) Rochester) Spartz (Banks) Fleischmann Lee (NV) Rush Greene (GA) Pence
Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez Strickland Fletcher Leger Fernandez Rutherford
Cárdenas (Neguse) (Takano) Foster Letlow Ryan NOT VOTING—6
(Correa) Loudermilk Suozzi (Beyer) Foxx Levin (CA) Salazar Doyle, Michael Hoyer Spanberger
Crist (Fleischmann) Swalwell Frankel, Lois Levin (MI) Sánchez F. Kinzinger
(Wasserman Lowenthal (Correa) Franklin, C. Lieu Sarbanes Hollingsworth Murphy (FL)
Schultz) (Beyer) Taylor (Fallon) Scott Lofgren Scalise
DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA) Fulcher Long Scanlon ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
(Stanton) McEachin (Keller) Gaetz Loudermilk Schakowsky The SPEAKER pro tempore (during
Evans (Beyer) (Beyer) Torres (NY) Gallagher Lowenthal Schiff
Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) (Blunt the vote). There are 2 minutes remain-
Gallego Lucas Schneider
(Wasserman (Beyer) Rochester) Garamendi Luetkemeyer Schrader ing.
Schultz) Moulton Vargas (Takano)
Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Walorski (Banks)
Garbarino Luria Schrier b 2019
Garcia (CA) Lynch Scott (VA)
(TX)) Neal (Beyer) Waters (Garcia Garcı́a (IL) Mace Scott, Austin Mr. TAYLOR changed his vote from
Guest Payne (Pallone) (TX)) Garcia (TX) Malinowski Scott, David
(Fleischmann) Price (NC) Welch (Pallone) ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’
Gibbs Malliotakis Sessions
Johnson (SD) (Manning) Wilson (FL) Gimenez Maloney, Sewell
Mr. FULCHER changed his vote from
(LaHood) Ruiz (Correa) (Neguse) Gohmert Carolyn B. Sherman ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’
f
Golden Maloney, Sean Sherrill So (two-thirds being in the affirma-
Gomez Mann Simpson tive) the rules were suspended and the
Gonzales, Tony Manning Sires
WATER RESOURCES Gonzalez (OH) Mast Slotkin bill, as amended, was passed.
DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2022 Gonzalez, Matsui Smith (MO) The result of the vote was announced
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
Vicente McBath Smith (NE) as above recorded.
Gottheimer McCarthy Smith (NJ) A motion to reconsider was laid on
ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin- Granger McCaul Smith (WA)
ished business is the vote on the mo- Graves (LA) McClain Smucker the table.
Graves (MO) McClintock Soto MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
tion to suspend the rules and pass the Green, Al (TX) McCollum Spartz RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
bill (H.R. 7776) to provide for improve- Griffith McEachin Speier
Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Rush (Jeffries)
ments to the rivers and harbors of the Grijalva McGovern Stansbury
Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Ryan (Beyer)
United States, to provide for the con- Guest McHenry Stanton
Guthrie McKinley Stauber Rochester) Kirkpatrick Sánchez (Garcia
servation and development of water Harder (CA) McNerney Steel Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) (TX))
and related resources, and for other Hartzler Meeks Stefanik Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sewell (Beatty)
Hayes Meijer Steil (Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sherman (Beyer)
purposes, as amended, on which the Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Sires (Pallone)
Hern Meng Stevens
yeas and nays were ordered. Herrell Meuser Stewart (Beatty) Rochester) Spartz (Banks)
The Clerk read the title of the bill. Herrera Beutler Mfume Strickland Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez Strickland
Cárdenas (Neguse) (Takano)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Higgins (LA) Miller (IL) Suozzi
(Correa) Loudermilk Suozzi (Beyer)
question is on the motion offered by Higgins (NY) Miller (WV) Swalwell
Hill Miller-Meeks Takano Crist (Fleischmann) Swalwell
the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DEFA- Himes Moolenaar Tenney (Wasserman Lowenthal (Correa)
ZIO) that the House suspend the rules Hinson Mooney Thompson (CA) Schultz) (Beyer) Taylor (Fallon)
Horsford Moore (UT) Thompson (MS) DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA)
and pass the bill, as amended. (Stanton) McEachin (Keller)
Houlahan Moore (WI) Thompson (PA)
This is a 5-minute vote. Hudson Morelle Titus Evans (Beyer) (Beyer) Torres (NY)
The vote was taken by electronic de- Huffman Moulton Tlaib Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) (Blunt
(Wasserman (Beyer) Rochester)
vice, and there were—yeas 384, nays 37, Huizenga Mrvan Tonko
Schultz) Moulton Vargas (Takano)
not voting 6, as follows: Issa Mullin Torres (CA)
Jackson Murphy (NC) Torres (NY) Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Walorski (Banks)
[Roll No. 253] Jackson Lee Nadler Trahan (TX)) Neal (Beyer) Waters (Garcia
Jacobs (CA) Napolitano Trone Guest Payne (Pallone) (TX))
YEAS—384 (Fleischmann) Price (NC) Welch (Pallone)
Jacobs (NY) Neal Turner
Adams Brown (OH) Cloud Jayapal Neguse Underwood Johnson (SD) (Manning) Wilson (FL)
Aderholt Brownley Clyburn Jeffries Newhouse Upton (LaHood) Ruiz (Correa) (Neguse)
Aguilar Buchanan Cohen Johnson (GA) Newman Valadao f
Allen Bucshon Cole Johnson (LA) Norcross Van Drew
Allred Budd Comer Johnson (OH) O’Halleran Van Duyne FOOD AND DRUG AMENDMENTS OF
Amodei Burchett Connolly
Armstrong Burgess Cooper
Johnson (SD) Obernolte Vargas 2022
Johnson (TX) Ocasio-Cortez Veasey
Arrington Bush Correa Jones Omar Velázquez The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
Auchincloss Bustos Costa
Axne Butterfield Courtney
Joyce (OH) Owens Wagner ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin-
Joyce (PA) Palazzo Walberg ished business is the vote on the mo-
Babin Calvert Craig Kahele Pallone Walorski
Bacon Cammack Crawford Kaptur Palmer Waltz tion to suspend the rules and pass the
Baird Carbajal Crenshaw Katko Panetta Wasserman bill (H.R. 7667) to amend the Federal
Balderson Cárdenas Crist Keating Pappas Schultz
Barr Carey Crow Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise
Keller Pascrell Waters
Barragán Carl Cuellar Kelly (IL) Payne Watson Coleman
and extend the user-fee programs for
Bass Carson Curtis Kelly (MS) Perlmutter Weber (TX) prescription drugs, medical devices, ge-
Beatty Carter (GA) Davids (KS)
Bera Carter (LA) Davis, Danny K.
Kelly (PA) Peters Webster (FL) neric drugs, and biosimilar biological
Khanna Pfluger Welch products, and for other purposes, as
Bergman Carter (TX) Davis, Rodney Kildee Phillips Wenstrup
Beyer Cartwright Dean Kilmer Pingree Westerman amended, on which the yeas and nays
Bice (OK) Case DeFazio Kim (CA) Pocan Wexton were ordered.
Bilirakis Casten DeGette Kim (NJ) Porter
Bishop (GA) Castor (FL) DeLauro
Wild The Clerk read the title of the bill.
Kind Posey Williams (GA)
Blumenauer Castro (TX) DelBene Kirkpatrick Pressley Williams (TX)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Blunt Rochester Cawthorn Demings Krishnamoorthi Price (NC) Wilson (FL) question is on the motion offered by
Bonamici Chabot DeSaulnier Kuster Quigley Wittman the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr.
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Bost Cheney DesJarlais Kustoff Raskin Womack
Bourdeaux Cherfilus- Deutch PALLONE) that the House suspend the
LaHood Reschenthaler Yarmuth
Bowman McCormick Diaz-Balart LaMalfa Rice (NY) Zeldin rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Boyle, Brendan Chu Dingell This will be a 5-minute vote.
F. Cicilline Doggett The vote was taken by electronic de-
Brady Clark (MA) Donalds
NAYS—37
Brooks Clarke (NY) Duncan Banks Biggs Boebert vice, and there were—yeas 392, nays 28,
Brown (MD) Cleaver Dunn Bentz Bishop (NC) Buck not voting 7, as follows:
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June 8, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5403
[Roll No. 254] Phillips Scott, David Torres (CA) b 2030
Pingree Sessions Torres (NY)
YEAS—392 Pocan Sewell Trahan PERMISSION FOR MEMBER TO BE
Adams DeSaulnier Kilmer Porter Sherman Trone CONSIDERED AS FIRST SPONSOR
Aderholt DesJarlais Kim (CA) Posey Sherrill Turner
Pressley Simpson Underwood
OF H.RES. 921
Aguilar Diaz-Balart Kim (NJ)
Allen Dingell Kind Price (NC) Sires Upton Mr. NORMAN. Madam Speaker, I ask
Quigley Slotkin Valadao
Allred Doggett Kirkpatrick
Raskin Smith (MO)
unanimous consent that I may here-
Amodei Duncan Krishnamoorthi Van Drew
Armstrong Reschenthaler Smith (NE) Van Duyne
after be considered to be the first spon-
Dunn Kuster
Arrington Ellzey Kustoff Rice (NY) Smith (NJ) Vargas sor of H. Res. 921, a resolution origi-
Auchincloss Emmer LaHood Rice (SC) Smith (WA) Veasey nally introduced by Representative
Axne Escobar LaMalfa Rodgers (WA) Smucker
Rogers (AL) Soto
Velázquez Hagedorn of Minnesota, for the purpose
Babin Eshoo Lamb Wagner
Bacon Espaillat Lamborn Rogers (KY) Spanberger of adding cosponsors and requesting
Walberg
Baird Estes Langevin Rose Spartz
Walorski reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule
Balderson Evans Larsen (WA) Ross Speier XII.
Waltz
Banks Fallon Larson (CT) Rouzer Stansbury
Roybal-Allard Stanton
Wasserman The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
Barr Feenstra Latta Schultz
Barragán Ferguson LaTurner Ruiz Stauber objection to the request of the gen-
Waters
Bass Fischbach Lawrence Ruppersberger Steel
Watson Coleman tleman from South Carolina?
Rush Stefanik
Beatty Fitzgerald Lawson (FL) Weber (TX) There was no objection.
Bentz Fitzpatrick Lee (CA) Rutherford Steil
Ryan Stevens Webster (FL) f
Bera Fleischmann Lee (NV)
Salazar Stewart Welch
Bergman Fletcher Leger Fernandez
Sánchez Strickland Wenstrup RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF
Beyer Foster Lesko
Westerman
Bice (OK) Foxx Letlow Sarbanes Suozzi COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SE-
Scalise Swalwell Wexton
Bilirakis Frankel, Lois Levin (CA) CURITY
Bishop (GA) Franklin, C. Levin (MI) Scanlon Takano Wild
Blumenauer Scott Lieu Schakowsky Tenney Williams (GA) The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be-
Blunt Rochester Fulcher Lofgren Schiff Thompson (CA) Williams (TX)
Wilson (FL)
fore the House the following resigna-
Bonamici Gallagher Long Schneider Thompson (MS)
Bost Gallego Loudermilk Schrader Thompson (PA) Wilson (SC) tion as a member of the Committee on
Bourdeaux Garamendi Lowenthal Schrier Timmons Wittman Homeland Security:
Bowman Garbarino Lucas Schweikert Titus Womack CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Boyle, Brendan Garcia (CA) Luetkemeyer Scott (VA) Tlaib Yarmuth
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
F. Garcı́a (IL) Luria Scott, Austin Tonko Zeldin
Brady Garcia (TX) Lynch
Washington, DC, June 8, 2022.
Brown (MD) Gibbs Mace NAYS—28 Hon. NANCY PELOSI,
Brown (OH) Gimenez Malinowski Speaker, House of Representatives,
Brownley Golden Malliotakis Biggs Gohmert Mooney Washington, DC.
Buchanan Gomez Maloney, Bishop (NC) Good (VA) Norman
Boebert Gooden (TX)
DEAR SPEAKER PELOSI: I write to respect-
Bucshon Gonzales, Tony Carolyn B. Perry
Brooks Gosar fully tender my resignation as a member of
Budd Gonzalez (OH) Maloney, Sean Rosendale
Buck Greene (GA) Roy
the Committee on Homeland Security. It has
Burchett Gonzalez, Mann
Burgess Vicente Manning Cawthorn Harris Steube been an honor to serve in this capacity.
Bush Gottheimer Matsui Cloud Higgins (LA) Taylor Sincerely,
Bustos Granger McBath Davidson Massie Tiffany RALPH NORMAN,
Butterfield Graves (LA) McCarthy Donalds Mast Member of Congress.
Calvert Graves (MO) McCaul Gaetz Miller (IL)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without
Cammack Green (TN) McClain
Carbajal Green, Al (TX) McClintock NOT VOTING—7 objection, the resignation is accepted.
Cárdenas Griffith McCollum Cheney Doyle, Michael Hoyer
There was no objection.
Carey Grijalva McEachin Deutch F. Keller f
Carl Grothman McGovern Hollingsworth Kinzinger
Carson Guest McHenry RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF
Carter (GA) Guthrie McKinley
Carter (LA) Harder (CA) McNerney b 2027 COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL
Carter (TX) Harshbarger Meeks SERVICES
Cartwright Hartzler Meijer So (two-thirds being in the affirma-
Case Hayes Meng The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be-
Casten Hern Meuser tive) the rules were suspended and the fore the House the following resigna-
Castor (FL) Herrell Mfume bill, as amended, was passed. tion as a member of the Committee on
Castro (TX) Herrera Beutler Miller (WV)
Chabot Hice (GA) Miller-Meeks The result of the vote was announced Financial Services:
Cherfilus- Higgins (NY) Moolenaar as above recorded. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
McCormick Hill Moore (AL) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Chu Himes Moore (UT) A motion to reconsider was laid on Washington, DC, June 8, 2022.
Cicilline Hinson Moore (WI) the table. Hon. NANCY PELOSI,
Clark (MA) Horsford Morelle
Speaker, House of Representatives,
Clarke (NY) Houlahan Moulton MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Cleaver Hudson Mrvan Washington, DC.
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS DEAR SPEAKER PELOSI, I write to respect-
Cline Huffman Mullin
Clyburn Huizenga Murphy (FL) Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Rush (Jeffries) fully tender my resignation as a member of
Clyde Issa Murphy (NC) Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Ryan (Beyer) the House Financial Services Committee. It
Cohen Jackson Nadler Rochester) Kirkpatrick Sánchez (Garcia has been an honor to serve in this capacity.
Cole Jackson Lee Napolitano Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) (TX)) Sincerely,
Comer Jacobs (CA) Neal Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sewell (Beatty)
DAVID KUSTOFF,
Connolly Jacobs (NY) Neguse (Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sherman (Beyer)
Cooper Jayapal Nehls Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Sires (Pallone) Member of Congress.
Correa Jeffries Newhouse (Beatty) Rochester) Spartz (Banks) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without
Costa Johnson (GA) Newman Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez Strickland objection, the resignation is accepted.
Courtney Johnson (LA) Norcross Cárdenas (Neguse) (Takano)
Craig Johnson (OH) O’Halleran (Correa) Loudermilk Suozzi (Beyer)
There was no objection.
Crawford Johnson (SD) Obernolte Crist (Fleischmann) Swalwell f
Crenshaw Johnson (TX) Ocasio-Cortez (Wasserman Lowenthal (Correa)
Crist Jones Omar Schultz) (Beyer) Taylor (Fallon) ELECTING MEMBERS TO CERTAIN
Crow Jordan Owens DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA) STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE
Cuellar Joyce (OH) Palazzo (Stanton) McEachin (Keller)
Curtis Joyce (PA) Pallone Evans (Beyer) (Beyer) Torres (NY)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Davids (KS) Kahele Palmer Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) (Blunt Mr. MCCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, by di-
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Davis, Danny K. Kaptur Panetta (Wasserman (Beyer) Rochester)
Davis, Rodney Katko Pappas Schultz) Moulton Vargas (Takano)
rection of the Republican Conference, I
Dean Keating Pascrell Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Walorski (Banks) send to the desk a privileged resolution
DeFazio Kelly (IL) Payne (TX)) Neal (Beyer) Waters (Garcia and ask for its immediate consider-
DeGette Kelly (MS) Pence Guest Payne (Pallone) (TX)) ation.
DeLauro Kelly (PA) Perlmutter (Fleischmann) Price (NC) Welch (Pallone)
DelBene Khanna Peters Johnson (SD) (Manning) Wilson (FL) The Clerk read the resolution, as fol-
Demings Kildee Pfluger (LaHood) Ruiz (Correa) (Neguse) lows:
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H5404 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2022
H. RES. 1159 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The from Democrats as they attack the
Resolved, That the following named Mem- time of the gentleman has expired. Constitution and the rights of Ameri-
bers be, and are hereby, elected to the fol- cans.
f
lowing standing committees of the House of A Member from Rhode Island re-
Representatives: WILBUR DUMAS’ 100TH BIRTHDAY cently said that the constitutional
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS: Mr.
Kustoff. (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and rights of the American people are BS.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES: Mr. was given permission to address the President Biden claimed that the Sec-
Norman. House for 1 minute and to revise and ond Amendment was not absolute.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there extend his remarks.) This is a new and dangerous standard
objection to the request of the gen- Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- that is being set—that the Constitu-
tleman from California? er, I rise today in honor of the 100th tion is merely a doormat that a Mem-
There was no objection. birthday of Wilbur Dumas, a veteran ber of Congress wipes his or her feet on.
The resolution was agreed to. and a well-accomplished Georgian. It will surely pain my Democrat col-
A motion to reconsider was laid on Wilbur was born in McRae, Georgia, leagues to hear this, but I will say it
the table. in 1922 to James and Effie Dumas. In anyway: the Constitution is absolute.
f 1943, he married the love of his life, If they have a problem respecting our
REQUEST TO CONSIDER S. 4160, SU- Pollie Snow, in Morven, Georgia. founding document, then why did they
PREME COURT POLICE PARITY Following his marriage, he was draft- take a take an oath to protect and de-
ACT ed into the Army in 1944 during World fend it in the first place?
War II and served in the Pacific. Wilbur Perhaps they need to do some soul
(Mr. MCCARTHY asked and was searching.
given permission to address the House was in the Tokyo Bay on September 2,
1945, when the official instrument of f
for 1 minute and to revise and extend
his remarks.) surrender was signed by the Japanese NUCLEAR ENERGY IS RENEWABLE
Mr. MCCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, earlier on the USS Missouri. ENERGY
today, a man was arrested for plotting After the war, he and Pollie moved to
Port Wentworth where they raised a (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given
to kill Justice Kavanaugh. permission to address the House for 1
Over a month ago, the Senate unani- daughter and two sons. They bought a
house on Commonwealth Avenue in minute and to revise and extend his re-
mously passed a bill to provide more marks.)
security for Supreme Court Justices 1951 where Wilbur still resides to this
day. Wilbur retired from Kaiser Agri- Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, it is not
and their families, but House Demo- just American oil and natural gas ener-
crats have let that bill gather dust. cultural Chemical Plant in Port Went-
worth in 1984. gies that are under attack. Another
This is the same party whose heated one of the Nation’s top sources of en-
rhetoric has encouraged political pres- Unlike many, Wilbur lived to see his
100th birthday this past May, and it ergy, nuclear generation, has faced re-
sure on conservative Justices. peated operational obstacles and is fac-
Former White House Press Secretary was an honor and a privilege to cele-
brate his birthday with him at our ing threats of extinction.
Jen Psaki said: Nuclear power is one of the best
I know that there is an outrage right now, home church at Port Wentworth
choices for renewable energy we have.
I guess, about protests that have been peace- United Methodist Church.
It is consistent, it runs 24/7, and it isn’t
ful to date, and we certainly do continue to I wish Mr. Dumas a happy 100th
encourage that, outside judges’ homes, and intermittent or dependent on the
birthday.
that is the President’s position. weather like wind or solar. It takes up
What an amazing achievement.
And Majority Leader SCHUMER said: a small physical footprint, such as
f California’s sole remaining reactors at
I want to tell you, Justice Kavanaugh and
Justice Gorsuch, you have unleashed a whirl- REQUEST TO CONSIDER S. 4160, SU- Diablo Canyon, take up only 900 acres
wind, and you will pay the price. You won’t PREME COURT POLICE PARITY of land and provides nearly 10 percent
know what hit you if you go forward with ACT of California’s energy portfolio and 23
these awful decisions. percent of our carbon-free generation
(Mrs. MCCLAIN asked and was given that everybody is so worried about.
Mr. Speaker, with words like that
permission to address the House for 1 It is affordable. Although power
and threats like these, Congress cannot
minute.) plants are expensive to build, like most
afford to wait. We have a duty to pro-
Mrs. MCCLAIN. Mr. Speaker, today things are, they are relatively cheap to
tect the Court, the Justices, and their
an armed man with the intent to kill run.
families from political violence and in-
justice Kavanaugh was arrested near Interestingly, nuclear generation has
timidation. And we can meet that duty
the Justice’s home. The Senate unani- recently garnered widespread bipar-
tonight before the House adjourns by
mously passed a bipartisan bill that tisan support. Recently, last month,
sending this bill to the President’s
would provide security to the Justices the Biden administration launched a $6
desk.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- and their families. Yet House Demo- billion Federal effort to keep nuclear
sent to take from the Speaker’s table crats have refused to act on it. power plants open that are at risk of
S. 4160, Supreme Court Police Parity Unlike the bills we voted on today, closing. Even California Governor
Act, and ask for its immediate consid- we actually have a bipartisan, com- Gavin Newsom seems to have reversed
eration in the House. monsense solution to protect one of his opinion on nuclear energy and has
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under our Nation’s most sacred institutions. expressed some level of support to keep
guidelines consistently issued by suc- Therefore, I ask unanimous consent to Diablo Canyon open.
cessive Speakers, as recorded in sec- take from the Speaker’s table S. 4160 Nuclear energy has had an unfair bad
tion 956 of the House Rules and Man- and ask for its immediate consider- rap from past incidents, most notably
ual, the Chair is constrained not to en- ation in the House. Chernobyl. Well, this isn’t the 1980s So-
tertain the request unless it has been The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the viet Union. This is the United States.
cleared by the bipartisan floor and Chair previously advised, that request We have the innovation and techno-
committee leaderships. cannot be entertained absent appro- logical advances to make nuclear en-
Mr. MCCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, it is priate clearance. ergy a cornerstone of our future in en-
cleared on the Republican side. f ergy independence. We need to hang on
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the to it.
THE CONSTITUTION IS ABSOLUTE
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gentleman stating a parliamentary in- f
quiry? (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per-
Mr. MCCARTHY. No. I am just stat- mission to address the House for 1 PAYING TRIBUTE
ing there is no objection on the Repub- minute.) (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was
lican side, so that would only be the Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, we have cer- given permission to address the House
Democrats holding the bill up. tainly heard our fair share of hot air for 1 minute.)
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Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I about the number of people who have am a ranking member. The people who
come tonight to pay tribute to the contact with the Border Patrol. 183,000 showed me the Rio Grande pointed out
Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in is the number who actually came in at the bend of a river, here is where we
Houston, Texas, celebrating its 60th the country. A year ago in April, that have a lot of Chinese come across.
anniversary—its diamond anniver- number was 66,000. And 2 years ago it Again, I think people are under the
sary—and to thank the senior pastor, was 6,000. So we have gone from 6,000 impression these are largely Mexican,
Dr. Marcus Cosby, and, of course, the let in the country in April of 2020, April Central American folks. I was surprised
pastor emeritus, the world renowned of 2021, 66,000 and, most recently, to hear from my guide that they point-
Rev. Dr. William A. Lawson. 183,000. ed out this is the bend where we see a
The leadership of Pastor Cosby is These numbers are staggering. The lot of Chinese coming across; which is,
founded in his own spiritual grounding press should be reporting every month- by the way, typical of what I have seen
and as well his commitment, dedica- ly number with banner headlines. Per- in other regions. This is people from all
tion, and respect for Pastor Lawson haps, because the story seems old, they around the world.
and his family. get tired of reporting it. But it is a They also pointed out that one of the
It is an interesting church now called more significant story every month. reasons so many people are coming
the cathedral, and it is a place where Of those 183,000, about 60,000 are what here, they come here because the drug
people can come for refuge. It is a place we refer to as gotaways; that is, not cartels are making money off them and
of intellect and genius because of its people who checked in at the Border advertising on social media all around
many members of great talent. Patrol and got a cursory review. They the world, be it Central America, be it
But, oh, they are the Good Samari- are people who did not touch the Bor- Brazil, be it Peru, be it India, or Paki-
tans. They are reminded as a church der Patrol at all. We don’t know stan, or Bangladesh, the drug cartels
body that it is their goal and their re- whether they were sneaking in this are making money on these folks.
sponsibility to feed the hungry and country with drugs. We don’t know The further you come, the more they
those without clothes, those who need whether they had diseases. We don’t make per person. Maybe they are get-
housing, and as well to open its doors know whether they have criminal ting six or $7,000 for Mexican, maybe 9
to civic participation. background problems. We don’t know. or 10,000 for Central American, maybe
This is a place that was founded by So from 6,000 to 66,000 to 183,000. Who 15 or $20,000 from Asia.
Pastor Lawson and his wife, the late knows what it is going to be by this One more time—and I repeat things
Audrey Lawson, in their living room 60 time next year. Obviously, it is chang- up here I find almost hard to believe.
years ago as Pastor Lawson was, in ing America dramatically. But one more time, I was told by the
fact, being the Pastor for TSU’s, Texas We do have ways to come in this Border Patrol that right now the Mexi-
Southern University, students. country legally. We like to make sure can drug cartels make more money
Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Wheeler that the future America is people who smuggling people across the border
Avenue Baptist Church because they have proved themselves, law-abiding, than drugs, and that is really saying
are a church of action, service, and hardworking. Here we have no idea who something.
love of God. Bless them for their 60th we are getting. So, in addition to the other problems,
anniversary. I point out that one of the reasons we are strengthening the financial hold
f
more people are sneaking across the the drug cartels have on Mexico and, to
border is that, as we have approxi- a lesser degree, on the United States.
CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN mately 120,000 people who check in It is not rocket science how to stop
BORDER with the Border Patrol, the Border Pa- this. You stop it by going back to the
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under trol has to spend more of their time migrant protection protocol in which
the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- doing paperwork and not doing what people coming here were held in Mex-
uary 4, 2021, the gentleman from Wis- they want to do, which is guard the ico pending a hearing.
consin (Mr. GROTHMAN) is recognized border. That is why we are having a When I talk about the non getaways,
for 60 minutes as the designee of the much more significant number of peo- about 120,000 a month, these folks are
minority leader. ple come here without any contact let in the United States and told to
Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, there whatsoever. show up for a hearing at some time.
are a variety of topics that I think The Biden administration says they They rarely show up.
have not been discussed enough lately inherited a mess. They inherited 6,000 a When people are paying 10 or $15,000
but I think should be addressed on the month; and now we are at 183,000 a to get this far, they would not come
floor. month. here in the first place if they were on
We have been gone for 2 weeks prior As far as other observations along the Mexican side of the border. People
to reconvening this week, and in that the Rio Grande, the heartlessness of are not going to pay $15,000 to sit in
time I took one more trip to the south- the Mexican drug cartels continues to Mexico and hope a hearing goes their
ern border. I took the trip to the bor- be shown. When they want to get drugs way.
der because other than arguably the here, because they know the Border So we should go back to the common
threat of an absolute catastrophe over Patrol is understaffed, what they do is sense provisions we had just a year and
the Ukraine, it is easily the biggest they send a group of people across the a half ago, and we would quickly get
cause for concern in this country at river, and they know the Border Patrol back down to the six or 10 or 15,000 a
this time. will be obligated to deal with that month, rather than the massive
group of people. And then they send an- amount that is coming across the bor-
b 2045 other group of people, say, a mile or 2 der.
I went down to McAllen, Texas, with miles further on down or further up Another benefit of not having so
11 other Congressmen. Rather than river, where they know they can get many people cross the border, is we
having a trip of twelve which, as I un- across with their drugs. would decrease the number, the
derstand, is the biggest group that has They also know the cartels are so horrifically high number of drug
been at the border since COVID, we brutal and heartless that they will overdoses we have in America. These
should have had 80 or 90 people there to throw a young child overboard in the numbers have been repeated, but it is
see what is going on. Rio Grande because they know our eth- another story that I think the press is
Prior to talking about things that I ical Border Patrol will save that child, dropping the ball on because they
saw on the trip, I will talk about the rather than deal with the people who think because it is an old story it is
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size of the problem, because the num- are sneaking across, perhaps sneaking not an important story.
bers tell the story. In the most recent across with drugs. When I was elected to this job 7 years
April, we let 183,000 people in the coun- For the first time since I have been ago, about 47,000 Americans were dying
try. at the border—I have been down there every year of drug overdoses. That is
Frequently, the press, for whatever several times, in part, due to my sub- now over 110,000. By comparison, 57,000
reason, and some politicians, talk committee assignment, the fact that I American troops died in Vietnam. Over
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twice as many Americans die every Soon thereafter, they added to that the border, which maybe is nudged by
year from drug overdoses in this coun- an over $1 trillion infrastructure bill it, or the threat of some catastrophic
try as died in 12 years in Vietnam. which was bipartisan because they got war in Europe, and that is the role that
The apathy of the Biden administra- a few irresponsible Republican Sen- the Federal government has played in
tion on these numbers and, quite ators to vote for it. But, again, outside the breakdown of the American family.
frankly, the apathy from the people in of regular budget process, these mas- The number of children born without
this Chamber is stunning. 110,000 peo- sive bills. a father in the home was under 5 per-
ple are dying. Not only does that, by And predictably, what happened is cent before World War II, and kind of
itself, mean we have to do a lot more what Larry Summers and, quite frank- in the golden age of America, that is
at the border, we should greatly in- ly, me and many Republicans said was what was the norm.
crease the penalties for people who going to happen, dramatic increase in It is hard to believe anybody would
smuggle fentanyl or sell fentanyl in inflation; huge increases in the money not want the nuclear family to be the
this country. supply; increases in the money supply standard that American children grow
Think about that. 110,000 people. even greater than what we saw in the up in.
Think about their parents. Think 1970s under the Carter inflation. b 2100
about their children. Think about their It is such a dangerous path we are
siblings as, for the rest of their life, taking. And I think, in the future, as However, we do know that Karl
they are going to carry that death with President Biden continues to ask for Marx—and there is this romance with
them. more spending, and I think the level of socialism that permeates part of the
And what do we get from this admin- spending he asked for in the regular Democrat Party, permeates a lot of our
istration? Nothing. The border is not a budget is excessive in its own right; academic institutions. Karl Marx felt
priority. We don’t care how much over 12 percent increase in nondefense that we had to destroy the American
fentanyl comes here. spending there. It would be good if not family.
So again, my request to this body just the Republicans, because we are in As I have said many times before,
and the request from the Biden admin- the minority, but the Democrats as Black Lives Matter, on their website
istration, show a little bit of sympathy well would stand up to President Biden around the time of the last campaign,
for the families, where the people who and say no. said that they wanted to get rid of the
use these drugs die, and care a little bit We cannot have any more inflation. Western-proscribed nuclear family.
about the future of America. Inflation used to be known—and what First of all, it is an insult to the rest
In some years, over 800,000 people are it is is a regressive tax on the public. of the world because families with
sworn in as new citizens. Nobody com- The average person spends more on mothers and fathers at home are com-
plains. They have been in the country gas—the average middle-class person mon in Asia, common in Africa, com-
5 or 6 years. They have proven they are spends more on gas than the wildly mon everywhere.
not going to go on welfare. They have well-off person. They spend more on But in any event, it is apparent that
proven they are not going to commit housing. They spend more on food. the powerful Black Lives Matter at
crimes. I have attended their cere- This is a policy that harms the mid- least said they wanted to get rid of the
monies. They make one feel very good dle class and harms the poor, quite nuclear family. Karl Marx wanted to
about being an American. I don’t know frankly, far more than the billionaires get rid of the nuclear family.
why we wouldn’t want to have every- which have such influence politically What happened in America that we
body come here under those cir- and get so involved in the last election. went from very few children not having
cumstances, rather than this massive I know there were times where Re- a mom and dad at home to working our
increase of people coming across the publicans stood up to President Trump way to 40 percent of the children born
border. when he wanted to issue new checks on in America without mom and dad at
The next topic which should be dis- some of this COVID bills and voted home?
cussed, and every Congressman who ‘‘no.’’ It would be refreshing in the fu- It didn’t just happen. It happened be-
didn’t spend the last 2 weeks in their ture if we had some Democrats stand cause this institution, beginning with
house heard about it, is the dramatic up and say, I voted for you President who I think is the worst President in
amount of inflation that is out here. Biden, but this spending was just irre- the country’s history until now, Lyn-
One thing that bothers me, and it sponsible and out of control, and I can- don Johnson, began a war on the fam-
bothers me about my own party, is I not stand with you. ily. I guess he called it a war on pov-
don’t think we spend enough time talk- I would love it, in the appropriation erty. He really should have called it a
ing about where the inflation came bills, if we pass—in the current fiscal war on the family.
from. It came from excessive govern- year, had no increase at all. That is not He began to put the government in a
ment spending and the need of the Fed- a dramatic thing. They should be cut position in which they would take care
eral Reserve to, in essence, print dramatically. But it would be good if of the children instead of both par-
money to deal with that spending. both the Republicans and Democrats ents—traditionally, the father. So, in
I point out that this was not a sur- got together and said we are going to other words, they substituted the gov-
prise. I personally—I could say who am go back to sequester sort of increases; ernment for the father in the home.
I—personally pointed out at the time things that we saw under Barack Quickly, we reached the point where
the original stimulus package that Obama even, and try to hold the in- it ramped up from the middle sixties to
President Biden signed almost imme- creases into under 1 percent, or perhaps the nineties, then dipped a little with
diately upon getting—coming into of- nothing, because it is going to take welfare reform in the sixties, and now
fice, the $1.9 trillion stimulus package, quite a while to recover for the exces- is on the upward climb. Forty percent
predictably caused this dramatic in- sive COVID spending, as well as the of children go home to one parent.
crease in cost of food, cost of oil, cer- huge stimulus package that President There are some parents who are able
tainly, cost of housing. Biden led off with. to swing it and do a good job, but let’s
I remind people that Larry Summers, This is not something that was a sur- face it: It is much more difficult to
key economist, key economic adviser prise. It was not something that was raise kids in that circumstance, and
to Barack Obama, said at the time that caused by Ukraine. It was something the statistics show it.
this was the least responsible economic that every middle schooler should So, how has this body responded? It
policy in 40 years. That is what Barack know. You cannot just print money has responded by increasing the incen-
Obama’s economic adviser said. and not have a huge impact on infla- tives to not form a nuclear family.
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But, instead, we got from the other tion. Right now, all the government transfer
side of the aisle, they ignored Mr. Sum- The next thing we are going to look payments, be it medical care, be it food
mers’ concerns. They ignored the con- at here tonight is, quite frankly, the stamps, be it low-income housing, be it
cerns of Republicans. And upon Presi- reason I ran for the job, and what I the earned income tax payment, be it
dent Biden taking office, whoosh, a thought was the major problem in the TANF payments, are all condi-
new $1.9 trillion stimulus package. America, and still believe, other than tioned upon families being in poverty.
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A lot of people considered in poverty income housing. I asked them: What strength of the American family back
I don’t think we would consider in pov- about the program don’t you like? where it was in the 1960s, back where it
erty. They maybe have an air-condi- Well, it is a good program I am glad was in the 1950s where our schools
tioned apartment. They may have to be part of here, but these people are seemed to be doing a better job, where
iPhones. They may have cars. But you getting nicer housing than I am get- it didn’t seem like the crime was any-
are considered in poverty if you are not ting. where near as great as today.
earning a great deal of money. And the It kind of reminds me like when you By the way, things like the murder
bag of things you are getting can, in talk to the clerk at the grocery store. rate should be falling precipitously be-
many cases, exceed that of what a The people in the system are getting cause of improved medical care, but we
working parent, frequently a father, in nicer groceries than the people not. still have a higher murder rate today,
the home can provide. The people getting the low-income last year, than we did in the fifties,
The government says provided you housing, once they get off the waiting which is just preposterous but one of
don’t get married to a guy with an in- list, are sometimes getting better ac- the effects of Lyndon Johnson’s war on
come or much of an income, we are commodations than people who are off the family.
going to give you a free apartment, fre- on their own, particularly couples I leave that goal for both the Repub-
quently a nicer apartment than people starting out. licans and Democrats, to stop and
who are not in the system yet. We are In any event, I think if there is one think what they can do to get the
going to give you free food. thing I would like to have the Repub- American family back where it was 60
When I talk to the clerks at the gro- lican Party do, if we ever do get both years ago.
cery stores and such, they frequently Houses and the Presidency again, is to Those are some of what I consider
say the food one gets is more expensive make a concerted effort to change the major issues in America, issues
than the clerks who work at the gro- these welfare programs so never again that should be talked about today and
cery stores can afford. will the United States be in the busi- are, quite frankly, of more significance
When you give free healthcare, when ness of encouraging families without than some of the things that the media
you give additional checks of some both parents, particularly encouraging talks about.
basis, TANF checks, you can quickly families without a father at home. I hope when we get done taking our
wind up in a situation in which, like I The results of Lyndon Johnson’s poli- break near the end of June that we do
said, you are better off financially not cies have been written about for 50 something to address the border, or
getting married. years now. Whether we are talking President Biden would address it im-
This was, I think, the biggest policy about Daniel Moynihan or George Gild- mediately, that we do something to ad-
mistake we have seen in America, per- er or Robert Rector, everybody points dress the huge number of drug
haps in hundreds of years, the decision it out. overdoses and all the broken hearts out
in the 1960s to, in essence, have the This breakdown in the family, which there of the people who died because of
government replace the husband. everybody knows is ruining America or this problem.
I think so many of the problems in is largely responsible for causing the I hope we begin to address the break-
America today, including the crime moral decline in America, it didn’t just down of the family that didn’t just
problems that we addressed or tried to happen. It happened because the U.S. happen. It happened almost by design
address in the gun bills that were Government and people in this body of the government. I hope we do some-
passed earlier today, actually wouldn’t wanted to take money and give it to thing about the excessive spending,
be anywhere near the problem they are people living a certain lifestyle and which results in this inflation that
had we not done what we could to de- take it from the tax dollars of people makes it difficult for people at all ages
stroy the American family as Karl living the nuclear family lifestyle. of life. But I think it must make it so
Marx wanted. I strongly encourage people in this
difficult for the youngest people as
It is the bag of things one gets. Ef- body, including Republican leadership,
they look forward: Can we buy a home?
forts have been made throughout the if we take control of this House 2 years
Can we have children?
last year and a half, some successful, from now with the Presidency, to make
some not, to push more and more their number one priority flipping f
money in the system for people or for around these welfare programs which
single parents—could be a man, could have done so much to lead to the moral
be a woman—who are not married to ADJOURNMENT
decline that we have in America today.
someone with much of an income, the I realize it means standing up to the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
efforts made to increase the earned in- media. It is standing up to—a former ant to section 11(b) of House Resolu-
come tax credit, the increases in the Democrat mayor of Milwaukee used to tion 188, the House stands adjourned
food stamps, the efforts made to put refer to the poverty pimps. I don’t until 9 a.m. tomorrow.
more low-income housing out there. know whether they use that word any- Thereupon (at 9 o’clock and 10 min-
I remember, too, as I mentioned, I more. utes p.m.), under its previous order, the
talked to some of the admittedly more It will take standing up to the pov- House adjourned until tomorrow,
liberal people who administer the low- erty pimps and finally getting the Thursday, June 9, 2022, at 9 a.m.
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BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF PAYGO MUTH hereby submits, prior to the vote amended, for printing in the CONGRES-
LEGISLATION on passage, the attached estimate of SIONAL RECORD.
Pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As- the costs of H.R. 7776, the Water Re-
You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO), Mr. YAR- sources Development Act of 2022, as
ESTIMATE OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO EFFECTS FOR H.R. 7776
By fiscal year, in millions of dollars—
2022– 2022–
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2027 2032
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EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, EC–4319. A letter from the Associate Direc- gency with respect to COVID-19 to be made
ETC. tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi- available for school security measures, and
ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting for other purposes; to the Committee on
Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive the Agency’s final rule — Air Quality State Oversight and Reform.
communications were taken from the Implementation Plans; Approvals and Pro- By Ms. DEAN:
Speaker’s table and referred as follows: mulgations: California; Opacity Testing of H.R. 7980. A bill to amend the Higher Edu-
EC–4312. A letter from the Associate Direc- Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles [EPA-R09-OAR- cation Act of 1965 to provide for deferment
tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi- 2021-0452; FRL-8834-02-R9] received May 10, on the repayment of loans for borrowers who
ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public are victims of sexual violence, and for other
the Agency’s final rule — Uniform Adminis- Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the purposes; to the Committee on Education
trative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Committee on Energy and Commerce. and Labor.
Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, EC–4320. A letter from the Associate Direc- By Ms. DEAN (for herself, Mr. EVANS,
Participation by Disadvantaged Business En- tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi- Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. SCANLON, and
terprises in United States Environmental ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl-
Protection Agency Programs, State and the Agency’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; vania):
Local Assistance, Research and Demonstra- SC; 2018 General Assembly Miscellaneous Re- H.R. 7981. A bill to require qualifying
tion Grants, National Environmental Edu- visions [EPA-R04-OAR-2020-0445; FRL-9621-02- smoke alarms in certain federally assisted
cation Act Grants [EPA-HQ-OMS-2020-0018; R4] received May 10, 2022, pursuant to 5 housing, and for other purposes; to the Com-
7573-01-OMS] received May 10, 2022, pursuant U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. mittee on Financial Services.
to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- By Mr. FOSTER:
Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on ergy and Commerce. H.R. 7982. A bill to amend the Higher Edu-
Energy and Commerce. EC–4321. A letter from the Chairman, cation Act of 1965 to allow certain Federal
EC–4313. A letter from the Associate Direc- Council of the District of Columbia, trans- student loans to be transferred from a parent
tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi- mitting D.C. Act 24-434, ‘‘Fiscal Year 2022 Re- to a child, and for other purposes; to the
ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting vised Local Budget Adjustment Temporary Committee on Education and Labor.
the Agency’s final rule — National Emission Act of 2022’’, pursuant to Public Law 93-198, By Mr. GOODEN of Texas (for himself,
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee Mr. JACKSON, Mr. DONALDS, Mr.
Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants Residual on Oversight and Reform. WEBER of Texas, Mr. ELLZEY, Mrs.
Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR- EC–4322. A letter from the Chairman, MILLER of Illinois, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr.
2020-0560; FRL-7546-02-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AU59) Council of the District of Columbia, trans- BABIN, Mr. BUCK, and Ms. FOXX):
received May 10, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. mitting D.C. Act 24-435, ‘‘Removal and Dis- H.R. 7983. A bill to amend the Immigration
801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 position of Abandoned and Other Unlawfully and Nationality Act to expand the require-
Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Parked Vehicles Reform Amendment Act of ments for the collection of biometric data,
Commerce. 2022’’, pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. and for other purposes; to the Committee on
EC–4314. A letter from the Associate Direc- 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi- Oversight and Reform. mittee on Homeland Security, for a period to
ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting EC–4323. A letter from the Chairman, be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
the Agency’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Council of the District of Columbia, trans- in each case for consideration of such provi-
NC: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, mitting D.C. Act 24-436, ‘‘Department of sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill and Rocky Motor Vehicles Extension of Deadlines committee concerned.
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the 1997 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS [EPA-R04- Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the PERRY, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mrs. MCCLAIN,
OAR-2021-0062; FRL-9504-02-R4] received May Committee on Oversight and Reform. Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr.
10, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); MOOLENAAR, and Ms. TENNEY):
Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to f H.R. 7984. A bill to nullify Executive Order
the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 14019 relating to promoting voter access; to
EC–4315. A letter from the Associate Direc- CONSENSUS CALENDAR the Committee on House Administration,
tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi- Under clause 7 of the rule XV, the and in addition to the Committees on the Ju-
ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting following motion was filed with the diciary, Oversight and Reform, and Science,
the Agency’s interim final determination — Clerk: Motion No. 5, June 8, 2022 by Ms. Space, and Technology, for a period to be
Determination to Defer Sanctions; Cali- subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
SCHAKOWSKY on H.R. 3630.
fornia; San Diego County Air Pollution Con- each case for consideration of such provi-
trol District [EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0306; FRL- f sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
9713-02-R9] received May 10, 2022, pursuant to committee concerned.
5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS By Mrs. MURPHY of Florida:
251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- Under clause 2 of rule XII, public H.R. 7985. A bill to require the Secretary of
ergy and Commerce. bills and resolutions of the following the Treasury to submit a report on the infla-
EC–4316. A letter from the Associate Direc- tionary impact of certain tariffs, and for
titles were introduced and severally re-
tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi- other purposes; to the Committee on Ways
ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting
ferred, as follows: and Means.
the Agency’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; By Mr. CÁRDENAS: By Ms. PORTER (for herself and Mrs.
Kentucky; Fugitive Emissions Rule [EPA- H.R. 7976. A bill to amend the Juvenile Jus- STEEL):
R04-OAR-2021-0686; FRL-9124-02-R4] received tice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 H.R. 7986. A bill to award a Congressional
May 10, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. to eliminate the use of valid court orders to Gold Medal posthumously to Dr. John
801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 secure lockup of status offenders, and for Cheng, a hero who died protecting others on
Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and other purposes; to the Committee on Edu- May 15, 2022; to the Committee on Financial
Commerce. cation and Labor. Services.
EC–4317. A letter from the Associate Direc- By Ms. WATERS: By Mrs. RODGERS of Washington (for
tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi- H.R. 7977. A bill to amend the Securities herself, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mrs. WAGNER,
ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting Exchange Act of 1934 to require the Advocate Mr. TRONE, Mr. BACON, and Mr. PA-
the Agency’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; for Small Business Capital Formation to pro- NETTA):
GA; Updates to References to Appendix W vide educational resources and host events H.R. 7987. A bill to require the Secretary of
Modeling Guidelines [EPA-R04-OAR-2022- to promote capital raising options for tradi- Defense to seek cooperation with allies and
0187; FRL-9606-02-R4] received May 10, 2022, tionally underrepresented small businesses, partners in the Middle East to identify an ar-
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law and for other purposes; to the Committee on chitecture and develop an acquisition ap-
104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- Financial Services. proach for certain countries in the Middle
mittee on Energy and Commerce. By Ms. WATERS: East to implement an integrated air and
EC–4318. A letter from the Associate Direc- H.R. 7978. A bill to make reforms to pro- missile defense capability to protect the peo-
tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi- vide support for minority depository institu- ple, infrastructure, and territory of such
ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting tions, community development financial in- countries from cruise and ballistic missiles,
the Agency’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; stitutions, and minority lending institutions manned and unmanned aerial systems, and
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California; Mojave Desert Air Quality Man- to promote and advance communities of rocket attacks from Iran, and for other pur-
agement District, Placer County Air Pollu- color through inclusive lending, and for poses; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
tion Control District [EPA-R09-OAR-2020- other purposes; to the Committee on Finan- By Mr. RUIZ (for himself, Mr.
0573; FRL-9453-01-R9] received May 10, 2022, cial Services. LAMALFA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr.
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law By Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS: GARAMENDI, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr.
104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- H.R. 7979. A bill to allow certain funds pro- THOMPSON of California, Mr. BERA,
mittee on Energy and Commerce. vided in response to the public health emer- Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr.
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June 8, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5409
HARDER of California, Mr. By Mr. FITZPATRICK: common Defense and general welfare of the
DESAULNIER, Ms. LEE of California, H. Res. 1160. A resolution commending United States, as enumerated in Article I,
Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. COSTA, Ms. Sewa International USA and all its volun- Section 8, Clause 1. Thus, Congress has the
ESHOO, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. PANETTA, teers in chapters across America for their authority not only to increase taxes, but
Mr. VALADAO, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. critical role in combating the COVID-19 pan- also, to reduce taxes to promote the general
CHU, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. PETERS, Ms. demic in the United States, India, and sev- welfare of the United States of America and
JACOBS of California, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. eral other countries; to the Committee on her citizens. Additionally, Congress has the
WATERS, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com- Constitutional authority to regulate com-
CÁRDENAS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. mittees on Energy and Commerce, and For- merce among the States and with Indian
AGUILAR, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. LIEU, eign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently Tribes, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8,
Mr. GOMEZ, Mrs. TORRES of Cali- determined by the Speaker, in each case for Clause 3.
fornia, Ms. BASS, Mrs. KIM of Cali- consideration of such provisions as fall with- By Mr. MOONEY:
fornia, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. in the jurisdiction of the committee con- H.R. 7984.
TAKANO, Mr. CALVERT, Ms. cerned. Congress has the power to enact this legis-
BARRAGÁN, Ms. PORTER, Mr. CORREA, By Ms. LEE of California (for herself lation pursuant to the following:
Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. LEVIN of Cali- and Ms. CLARKE of New York): Article I, Section 4, Clause 1
fornia, Mr. ISSA, Mr. VARGAS, and Ms. H. Res. 1161. A resolution recognizing the
SÁNCHEZ): ‘‘The Times, Places and Manner of holding
significance of National Caribbean American Elections for Senators and Representatives,
H.R. 7988. A bill to designate the facility of Heritage Month; to the Committee on Over-
the United States Postal Service located at shall be prescribed in each State by the Leg-
sight and Reform. islature thereof; but the Congress may at
79125 Corporate Centre Drive in La Quinta,
California, as the ‘‘Corporal Hunter Lopez f any time by Law make or alter such Regula-
Memorial Post Office Building‘‘; to the Com- tions, except as to the Places of chusing Sen-
CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
mittee on Oversight and Reform. ators.’’
STATEMENT By Mrs. MURPHY of Florida:
By Ms. SCHRIER (for herself, Mrs.
HAYES, and Ms. WASSERMAN Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of H.R. 7985.
SCHULTZ): the Rules of the House of Representa- Congress has the power to enact this legis-
H.R. 7989. A bill to amend the Federal tives, the following statements are sub- lation pursuant to the following:
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent mitted regarding the specific powers Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which gives
food shortages, including shortages of infant Congress the power to lay and collect taxes
formula and certain medical foods; to the granted to Congress in the Constitu-
and provide for the general welfare of the
Committee on Energy and Commerce. tion to enact the accompanying bill or
United States.
By Ms. SEWELL (for herself, Mr. joint resolution. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, which gives
WENSTRUP, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Il- By Mr. CÁRDENAS: Congress the power to regulate commerce
linois, and Mr. MURPHY of North H.R. 7976. with foreign nations.
Carolina): Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. PORTER:
H.R. 7990. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 7986.
enue Code of 1986 to temporarily expand the Article 1, Section 1.
low-income housing tax credit for Congress has the power to enact this legis-
All legislative powers herein granted shall
healthcare-oriented housing; to the Com- lation pursuant to the following:
be vested in a Congress of the United States,
mittee on Ways and Means. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu-
which shall consist of a Senate and House of
By Mr. WALTZ (for himself, Mr. CROW, tion
Representative.
Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. BACON, Mr. By Mrs. RODGERS of Washington:
By Ms. WATERS:
GARAMENDI, Miss GONZÁLEZ-COLÓN, H.R. 7977. H.R. 7987.
Ms. NORTON, Mrs. KIM of California, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis-
and Mr. FITZPATRICK): lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following:
H.R. 7991. A bill to prohibit contracting Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Con- The constitutional authority on which this
with persons that have business operations gress with the power to ‘‘regulate commerce bill rests is the power of Congress to ‘‘pro-
with the Government of the Russian Federa- with foreign nations, and among the several vide for the common Defence’’, ‘‘to raise and
tion or the Russian energy sector, and for states, and with the Indian tribes.’’ support Armies’’, and ‘‘to make Rules for the
other purposes; to the Committee on Over- By Ms. WATERS: Government and Regulation of the land and
sight and Reform. naval Forces’’ as enumerated in Article I,
H.R. 7978.
By Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for her- Congress has the power to enact this legis- section 8 of the United States Constitution.
self, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. BOURDEAUX, lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. RUIZ:
Ms. SEWELL, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. SCOTT Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Con- H.R. 7988 .
of Virginia, Ms. JACOBS of California, gress with he power to ‘‘regulate commerce Congress has the power to enact this legis-
Ms. NORTON, Ms. PLASKETT, Ms. with foreign nations, and among the several lation pursuant to the following:
ADAMS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. CÁRDENAS, states, and with the Indian tribes.’’ Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the
Mr. TONKO, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. CARO- By Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS: United States Constitution, to provide for
LYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr.
R.R. 7979. the general welfare and make all laws nec-
BEYER, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- essary and proper to carry out the powers of
SARBANES, Ms. MANNING, Mr. CARSON, lation pursuant to the following: Congress.
Ms. SÁNCHEZ, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S.C By Ms. SCHRIER:
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CLEAVER, By Ms. DEAN: H.R. 7989.
Mr. LIEU, and Mr. SCHIFF): H.R. 7980.
H.R. 7992. A bill to establish a democracy Congress has the power to enact this legis-
Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following:
advancement and innovation program, and
lation pursuant to the following: Article I
for other purposes; to the Committee on
Section I, Article 8 By Ms. SEWELL:
House Administration.
By Ms. DEAN: H.R. 7990.
By Ms. BONAMICI (for herself, Miss
H.R. 7981.
GONZÁLEZ-COLÓN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis-
Congress has the power to enact this legis-
LANGEVIN, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. KILMER, lation pursuant to the following:
lation pursuant to the following:
Ms. MATSUI, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. BLU- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S.
Article I, Section 8
MENAUER, Ms. BARRAGÁN, Mr. CASE, Constitution
By Mr. FOSTER:
and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER): ByMr. WALTZ:
H. Res. 1158. A resolution recognizing H.R. 7982.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 7991.
World Oceans Day and the necessity to pro- Congress has the power to enact this legis-
tect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild our lation pursuant to the following:
This bill is enacted pursuant to the power lation pursuant to the following:
ocean and its resources; to the Committee on
granted to Congress under Article I, Section Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the
Natural Resources, and in addition to the
8 of the United States Constitution. United States Constitution, which provides
Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
By Mr. GOODEN of Texas: Congress with the ability to enact legisla-
nology, for a period to be subsequently deter-
tion necessary and proper to effectuate its
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mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- H.R. 7983.
sideration of such provisions as fall within Congress has the power to enact this legis- purposes in taxing and spending.
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. lation pursuant to the following: By Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia:
By Mr. MCCARTHY: The Constitutional authority on which H.R. 7992.
H. Res. 1159. A resolution electing Members this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay Congress has the power to enact this legis-
to certain standing committees of the House and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and ex- lation pursuant to the following:
of Representatives; considered and agreed to. cises to pay the debts and provide for the Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
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H5410 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2022
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 3517: Mr. YARMUTH. H.R. 6801: Mr. CASTEN.
H.R. 3573: Ms. NORTON, Ms. MENG, and Mr. H.R. 6852: Mr. RUTHERFORD and Mr.
Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors BEYER. CÁRDENAS.
were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 3611: Ms. SCANLON. H.R. 6872: Mr. SCHIFF.
tions, as follows: H.R. 3630: Ms. HERRELL. H.R. 6941: Ms. BARRAGÁN.
H.R. 72: Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. H.R. 3733: Mr. MAST, Ms. MANNING, Mr. H.R. 7002: Mr. RYAN.
H.R. 369: Mr. QUIGLEY. OBERNOLTE, and Ms. ROSS. H.R. 7011: Mr. FEENSTRA.
H.R. 432: Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. H.R. 3748: Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. H.R. 7030: Mr. PAYNE and Mrs. TRAHAN.
H.R. 475: Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma. H.R. 3780: Mr. SCHIFF. H.R. 7051: Mr. TRONE and Mr. BUTTERFIELD.
H.R. 541: Mr. STEIL. H.R. 3829: Mr. PANETTA. H.R. 7053: Mrs. STEEL and Mr. RUTHERFORD.
H.R. 623: Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia. H.R. 3865: Mr. TAKANO, Mr. GARCÍA of Illi- H.R. 7061: Mr. LANGEVIN.
H.R. 750: Mr. WOMACK, Mr. BENTZ, Ms. nois, and Mr. SUOZZI. H.R. 7078: Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. STANTON,
MALLIOTAKIS, and Mr. MANN. H.R. 3897: Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas and Mr. Ms. TITUS, and Ms. MANNING.
H.R. 807: Mr. O’HALLERAN. KELLY of Mississippi. H.R. 7174: Mr. CASE.
H.R. 825: Ms. BROWN of Ohio, Ms. SHERRILL, H.R. 3906: Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. H.R. 7213: Ms. ROSS, Mr. KATKO, Mr. BILI-
and Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ. H.R. 3907: Ms. BUSH. RAKIS, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. ARMSTRONG.
H.R. 962: Mrs. BEATTY and Ms. WEXTON. H.R. 3932: Mr. GARAMENDI and Mr. AUSTIN H.R. 7217: Ms. NEWMAN.
H.R. 1011: Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia. H.R. 7219: Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI.
GREEN of Tennessee, and Mr. WEBSTER of H.R. 3962: Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas and Mr. H.R. 7236: Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. TITUS, Mr.
Florida. RUTHERFORD. JONES, and Mr. STANTON.
H.R. 1016: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of H.R. 4077: Ms. PLASKETT. H.R. 7240: Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr.
New York. H.R. 4108: Mrs. MCBATH. KHANNA, Ms. MENG, Mrs. LAWRENCE, and Mr.
H.R. 1229: Mr. BENTZ. H.R. 4141: Ms. CRAIG and Mr. LAHOOD. MEEKS.
H.R. 4151: Mrs. NAPOLITANO and Mr. H.R. 7279: Mr. LIEU.
H.R. 1321: Mr. KAHELE.
H.R. 7283: Mrs. BUSTOS, Mrs. MILLER of
H.R. 1352: Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. SARBANES, AGUILAR.
West Virginia, and Mr. RASKIN.
Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Ms. KUSTER. H.R. 4271: Ms. DELBENE and Ms. MANNING.
H.R. 7305: Mr. DEFAZIO.
H.R. 1361: Mr. LANGEVIN. H.R. 4277: Ms. BARRAGÁN.
H.R. 7350: Mr. LIEU.
H.R. 1456: Mr. EVANS. H.R. 4390: Mr. FITZPATRICK.
H.R. 7365: Mr. TIFFANY.
H.R. 1518: Mr. MANN and Mr. THOMPSON of H.R. 4436: Mr. CICILLINE. H.R. 7379: Ms. SHERRILL.
Pennsylvania. H.R. 4479: Mr. FERGUSON. H.R. 7431: Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. BISHOP of
H.R. 1560: Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin and Ms. H.R. 4546: Ms. ROSS. Georgia, and Mr. TRONE.
BONAMICI. H.R. 4602: Ms. PINGREE. H.R. 7435: Mr. FEENSTRA.
H.R. 1567: Mr. DIAZ-BALART. H.R. 4750: Ms. TITUS and Mr. LEVIN of H.R. 7468: Ms. BROWNLEY and Mr. BILI-
H.R. 1604: Mr. WOMACK, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Michigan. RAKIS.
Mr. OBERNOLTE, and Mr. BENTZ. H.R. 4833: Ms. JAYAPAL. H.R. 7477: Mr. KILMER, Ms. OMAR, Mr.
H.R. 1642: Mr. DIAZ-BALART. H.R. 4853: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER and Ms. MCKINLEY, and Mr. VAN DREW.
H.R. 1758: Mr. GOHMERT and Mr. MULLIN. CRAIG. H.R. 7533: Mr. HIGGINS of New York.
H.R. 1800: Ms. PORTER and Mrs. CAROLYN B. H.R. 4859: Mr. RUTHERFORD. H.R. 7537: Mr. VEASEY.
MALONEY of New York. H.R. 5244: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY and Ms. KAP- H.R. 7539: Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois.
H.R. 1933: Mr. GALLEGO. TUR. H.R. 7541: Mr. AUCHINCLOSS and Mr. HIG-
H.R. 1941: Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. H.R. 5261: Mr. DEUTCH. GINS of New York.
H.R. 1990: Mr. FEENSTRA, Ms. SEWELL, and H.R. 5273: Ms. TITUS. H.R. 7543: Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. NEWMAN,
Ms. NORTON. H.R. 5407: Mr. CASTEN. and Ms. TITUS.
H.R. 2161: Ms. STEVENS, Mr. PAPPAS, and H.R. 5503: Ms. KELLY of Illinois. H.R. 7585: Mr. SHERMAN and Mr. SOTO.
Mr. BOWMAN. H.R. 5562: Mr. GOTTHEIMER. H.R. 7603: Mr. GRIJALVA.
H.R. 2238: Mr. MCNERNEY and Ms. KUSTER. H.R. 5568: Mr. MCNERNEY. H.R. 7641: Mr. GRIFFITH.
H.R. 2271: Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas. H.R. 5581: Mr. PASCRELL. H.R. 7651: Mr. GRIFFITH and Mr. BARR.
H.R. 2282: Mr. CASTEN. H.R. 5585: Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia and Ms. H.R. 7705: Mrs. MCCLAIN.
H.R. 2376: Mr. KATKO. BROWN of Ohio. H.R. 7713: Mr. BANKS.
H.R. 2415: Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. H.R. 5606: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. H.R. 7738: Mr. KILMER.
H.R. 2447: Ms. NEWMAN and Mr. SUOZZI. H.R. 5611: Ms. TITUS. H.R. 7775: Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. SÁNCHEZ, Mr.
H.R. 2448: Mrs. HINSON. H.R. 5684: Mr. WELCH, Mr. HUFFMAN, and KILMER, Ms. VELÁZQUEZ, Mr. COLE, Ms. SALA-
H.R. 2509: Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. PAPPAS. ZAR, and Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK.
H.R. 2525: Ms. MANNING and Mr. GALLEGO. H.R. 5726: Ms. TITUS. H.R. 7803: Ms. STRICKLAND.
H.R. 2544: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of H.R. 5750: Mr. BACON. H.R. 7830: Mr. RUTHERFORD.
New York and Ms. TITUS. H.R. 5775: Mr. EVANS and Mr. NADLER. H.R. 7832: Mr. CÁRDENAS and Mr. RUIZ.
H.R. 2717: Mr. HUDSON and Mr. DIAZ- H.R. 5828: Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. H.R. 7853: Mr. QUIGLEY and Mr. CASTEN.
BALART. H.R. 5905: Mr. JONES. H.R. 7861: Mr. BLUMENAUER.
H.R. 2750: Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. H.R. 5919: Mr. GOTTHEIMER and Ms. ROY- H.R. 7871: Mr. LEVIN of California.
H.R. 2773: Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. KEATING, Mr. BAL-ALLARD. H.R. 7887: Mr. DIAZ-BALART.
GOLDEN, and Mr. GOTTHEIMER. H.R. 5981: Mr. DEUTCH. H.R. 7892: Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS.
H.R. 2814: Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. H.R. 6026: Ms. PINGREE. H.R. 7925: Mr. PETERS and Mr. OBERNOLTE.
DELBENE, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. MANNING, Mr. H.R. 6094: Mr. AUCHINCLOSS and Mr. NAD- H.R. 7942: Mr. LATURNER, Mr. HUIZENGA,
JONES, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, and Mr. LER. Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. STAUBER, and Mr. DIAZ-
MORELLE. H.R. 6109: Mr. GROTHMAN. BALART.
H.R. 2828: Mr. FITZGERALD. H.R. 6121: Ms. TITUS. H.R. 7945: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia.
H.R. 2903: Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn- H.R. 6161: Ms. CHU and Mr. BUCHANAN. H.R. 7946: Mr. BROWN of Maryland.
sylvania and Mr. LATURNER. H.R. 6219: Ms. SCANLON. H.R. 7949: Mr. ESPAILLAT.
H.R. 2907: Mr. TONKO. H.R. 6223: Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana. H.R. 7961: Mr. O’HALLERAN.
H.R. 3031: Mr. CLEAVER. H.R. 6238: Ms. DEGETTE. H.R. 7966: Mrs. WAGNER, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS,
H.R. 3077: Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. H.R. 6272: Mr. POCAN. Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. DIAZ-
H.R. 3087: Ms. SEWELL. H.R. 6290: Mrs. DINGELL. BALART, Ms. SALAZAR, Mrs. KIM of Cali-
H.R. 3089: Ms. CRAIG, Ms. CASTOR of Flor- H.R. 6370: Mr. SUOZZI. fornia, Mr. MANN, Mr. WITTMAN, Mrs.
ida, and Mr. WELCH. H.R. 6398: Mr. PASCRELL. CAMMACK, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mrs.
H.R. 3109: Ms. ROSS. H.R. 6411: Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Ms. WIL- MCCLAIN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr.
H.R. 3159: Mr. ESPAILLAT. LIAMS of Georgia, and Mr. CASTEN. BILIRAKIS, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. LATURNER, Ms.
H.R. 3165: Ms. CASTOR of Florida and Mr. H.R. 6493: Mr. CASTEN and Mrs. CHERFILUS- TENNEY, Mr. BENTZ, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr.
BROWN of Maryland. MCCORMICK. DUNN, Mr. CAWTHORN, Mr. GRAVES of Lou-
H.R. 3183: Mr. BUTTERFIELD. H.R. 6519: Miss GONZÁLEZ-COLÓN. isiana, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr.
H.R. 3215: Mr. WALTZ. H.R. 6532: Ms. NEWMAN and Mr. GRIJALVA. STAUBER, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr.
H.R. 3294: Mr. COSTA. H.R. 6567: Mr. STAUBER. BALDERSON, Mr. HILL, and Mr. JOHNSON of
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H.R. 3297: Mr. PERLMUTTER and Mr. BACON. H.R. 6571: Mr. STAUBER. Ohio.
H.R. 3402: Ms. MANNING. H.R. 6580: Ms. SCANLON and Ms. BUSH. H.R. 7967: Ms. STEFANIK.
H.R. 3480: Mr. PETERS, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. H.R. 6589: Ms. CHU. H.R. 7969: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia and Ms.
CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. H.R. 6643: Mr. RESCHENTHALER. ROSS.
SIRES, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. H.R. 6678: Mrs. NAPOLITANO. H.R. 7970: Mr. HUFFMAN.
RUSH, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. NEWMAN, Mr. LAN- H.R. 6681: Mr. GARAMENDI. H.J. Res. 81: Mr. MULLIN and Mrs.
GEVIN, Mr. KAHELE, and Mr. VARGAS. H.R. 6733: Mrs. LESKO. CAMMACK.
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H.J. Res. 87: Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. H. Res. 1009: Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. THOMP- H. Res. 1141: Ms. TITUS, Mr. DESAULNIER,
NEGUSE, Ms. BUSH, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, SON of Mississippi, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia,
Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. POSEY. Mr. KHANNA, Ms. PORTER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. Mr. CROW, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr.
H. Con. Res. 65: Mr. ARMSTRONG, Ms. CRAIG, WELCH, and Mr. PASCRELL. ALLRED, Ms. NEWMAN, and Ms. BLUNT ROCH-
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. GARCIA of H. Res. 1061: Mr. MOONEY. ESTER.
Texas, and Mr. EVANS. H. Res. 1074: Mr. MOONEY. H. Res. 1148: Mr. LATTA, Mr. WALBERG, Mr.
H. Res. 434: Ms. Sánchez, Ms. STANSBURY, H. Res. 1129: Mr. TRONE and Ms. NEWMAN. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. KELLY of
and Miss GONZÁLEZ-COLÓN. H. Res. 1132: Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. NADLER, Pennsylvania, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr.
H. Res. 517: Mr. HOYER. Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mrs. FLETCHER. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. KELLER, and Mr. DAVID-
H. Res. 633: Mr. MOONEY. H. Res. 1137: Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. SON.
H. Res. 682: Mr. NORCROSS. KHANNA, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCOR- H. Res. 1149: Ms. JACKSON LEE.
H. Res. 891: Mr. LANGEVIN. MICK, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, and Mr. GRI- H. Res. 1152: Ms. PINGREE, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
H. Res. 968: Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana. JALVA. NEGUSE, and Ms. SLOTKIN.
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117 th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
United States
of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
Vol. 168 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2022 No. 98
Senate
(Legislative day of Tuesday, June 7, 2022)
The Senate met at 10 a.m., on the ex- here on the Senate floor to talk about I am with my fellow Vermonters. I
piration of the recess, and was called to guns. In a world in chaos, we cannot am a lifelong gun owner. I was on the
order by the President pro tempore forget about the chaos right here at target shooting team at St. Michael’s
(Mr. LEAHY). home. Gun violence is killing our chil- College in Vermont, my alma mater—
f dren: 19 students and two of their earned my letter in that. Millions of
teachers in Uvalde 2 weeks ago; 20 chil- other Americans like myself, lifelong
PRAYER dren, and 7 others, in Newtown, CT— gun owners, are responsible gun owners
The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- nearly 10 years ago; 12 students and a and honor Americans’ rights to own
fered the following prayer: teacher at Columbine—23 years ago. In firearms and choose to own firearms to
Eternal God, robed with honor and between? Las Vegas, 58 dead; the Pulse defend their families, or to hunt—but
majesty, we praise You for the mar- nightclub, 49 dead; Marjory Stoneman not to commit battlefield-style mur-
velous things You have done through- Douglas High School, 17 dead—all vic- ders. To most Americans, firearms are
out our Nation’s history. Lord, tims of gun violence. And this is just a valued for defensive purposes and not
thoughts about Your mighty deeds con- snapshot of the epidemic of gun vio- for murder and mayhem.
tinue to fill us with joy. You are Alpha lence in our country. There are ways that we can use our
and Omega, the beginning and the end- I look back at my 48 years here in common sense to keep our commu-
ing. the Senate and say, When will we say nities safe and keep guns out of the
Lord, in these tumultuous times, we enough? We hadn’t yet finished hon- hands of people who are dangerous.
continue to trust You to compel evil oring and celebrating the lives of the 10 Let’s start with background checks.
victims in Buffalo before news broke of They are a quick and easy way to help
forces to retreat. Surround this Nation
the tragedy unfolding in Uvalde—19 accomplish that goal. There is bipar-
with the shield of Your divine favor as
children, 2 teachers, massacred in their tisan support to require background
You execute judgment from Your
school, where they learn and work, checks for commercial firearms sales.
throne. Lord, continue to remind our
where they should be safe—safe to just Now, I think we should go further, but
lawmakers of their accountability to be children.
You. we have to start somewhere, and com-
This weekend, at least a dozen people
And Lord, bless Ukraine. mercial sales background checks are a
were killed and 60 more injured in
We pray in the Name of our Savior. shooting incidents across the country. good start; background checks would
Amen. When is it enough? help to bring common sense back into
f After Sandy Hook, well over decade this discussion.
after Columbine shook the Nation, the How about extreme risk laws, also
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE called ‘‘red flag’’ laws? We should en-
conscience of the country was stirred.
The President pro tempore led the Now, we said, now we must look at our courage more States to enact these
Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: gun laws. Now, we must think about laws to allow loved ones or law enforce-
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the what simply makes sense and what ment agencies to petition a court for
United States of America, and to the Repub- does not. The Judiciary Committee an order that would temporarily pre-
lic for which it stands, one nation under God, acted. I was proud to lead that, but the vent an individual in crisis from ac-
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Senate did not. There were bipartisan cessing firearms. People who are in cri-
f proposals—proposals that I believe can sis and are a danger to themselves or
muster bipartisan support again today, others should not have ready access to
RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME firearms. This, again, is practical com-
support that acknowledges that there
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under is a problem and acknowledges that we mon sense.
the previous order, the leadership time can and must do something about it. We have seen where criminal gangs
is reserved. The problem is not the Second Amend- will send people into other States to
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ment. The problem is the view that the make straw purchases of weapons that
LUJÁN). The Senator from Vermont. Second Amendment is itself absolute. are then sold back to them. There is no
f I was in Vermont last week, and peo- criminal statute specifically prohib-
ple would say to me, Of course, we pray iting straw purchasing, so prosecutors
GUN VIOLENCE for the victims, but we also pray that have to rely on laws that prohibit mak-
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, it is hard Congress will finally stand up and do ing false statements in connection with
really to know where to start. I am something. the purchase of a firearm—a paperwork
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offense. There is bipartisan agreement or me, Mr. President. This is about the Over the past week and a half, my
that we should strengthen the pen- thousands of people who are killed Democratic colleagues, led by the ef-
alties for straw purchasers to deter through gun violence every year and forts of Senators MURPHY, SINEMA,
this dangerous conduct. This, again, is the countless family members forced to BLUMENTHAL, MANCHIN, COONS, HEIN-
practical common sense. sorrowfully move on in their absence, RICH, and others, have been holding
We should also add common sense saying, Why our family? Why our loved good faith talks with Republicans to
and consistency to minimum age re- one? Why my parents? Why my chil- see if we can arrive at an agreement on
quirements to purchase guns. You have dren? Why my brother? Or why my sis- gun violence legislation.
to be 21 to buy a handgun. You also ter? Why? In this, the greatest country As I have said, these bipartisan talks
have to be 21 to purchase alcohol or on earth, our horrific record of gun vio- deserve the space they need to produce
even cigarettes. But under our Federal lence. meaningful results, and so I hope my
laws? Just 18 to buy a shotgun or rifle, In no way is this about revoking the colleagues continue to make progress
including an automatic rifle like those Second Amendment, but about apply- toward an effective agreement—hope-
used on battlefields, like the ones used ing practical common sense safeguards fully, by the end of the week.
in Buffalo and Uvalde. And if we can- to help mitigate the violence. The overwhelming consensus of our
not find enough common ground to ban Yet again, I ask, as I have since I caucus, among the gun safety violence
military-style assault rifles, we should have been in the Senate, and the Amer- prevention advocates and among the
at least raise the age at which they can ican people ask: When is it enough? American people, is that even if we
be purchased from 18 to 21. When is it enough? I join those who can’t get everything done, that getting
All of these proposals are practical pray for the victims, but I especially something real done is worth pursuing.
common sense; they should be the least join those who pray that Congress will Let me repeat that. It is an over-
that Congress can do to help prevent have the courage, Democrats and Re- whelming consensus in this caucus,
the next mass shooting. But we have a publicans alike, to finally do some- among the broad panoply of gun
problem. We have a problem in the thing meaningful. groups, gun safety groups, and among
United States when the leading cause I yield the floor. the American people: Get something
of childhood death in 2020 was firearms. I suggest the absence of a quorum. done. Get something real done, even if
Think of that. Our children and our The PRESIDING OFFICER. The it is not everything that many of us
grandchildren—and the leading cause clerk will call the roll. would wish for.
of death is firearms. The senior assistant legislative clerk Given the other side’s long-held re-
We have a problem when we cannot proceeded to call the roll. fusal to do anything meaningful on gun
stand up—and together—to respond to Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask violence, we know how difficult this is.
the fears of our children. We have a unanimous consent that the order for But that is all the more reason for us
problem when we cannot push aside the the quorum call be rescinded. to explore every realistic opportunity
interests of the NRA and the gun in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without to getting something real done.
dustry or of the Gun Owners of Amer- objection, it is so ordered. We know we won’t get everything we
ica or other pressure groups that tell f want. The debate for gun safety will
us that Democrats are ‘‘coming for continue after this moment, but we
your guns.’’ Of course, some of the gun RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY have a moral obligation right now to
industry will say that because it boosts LEADER try and get something meaningful—
their sales. It boosts their sales, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- something meaningful—done for the
children die. jority leader is recognized. American people in the name of those
I am a Democrat. I am a gun owner. f who have died.
I have been both, nearly my entire life. This is not a partisan issue. Gun safe-
GUN VIOLENCE
I have also been a prosecutor and pros- ty is overwhelmingly backed by a large
ecuted cases and went to death scenes Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, today, majority of Americans, a majority of
at 3 in the morning and seeing people the House oversight and reform com- Democrats, Republicans, Independents.
shot. I am also parent and a grand- mittee heard from a witness who, by It is bipartisan because all Americans
parent. I am a U.S. Senator. I am the all means, should never ever have had know the same thing: We stand alone
Dean of the Senate, and I am a proud to come before the Congress, Miah in the developed world in the number
Vermonter. In my home State, we have Cerrillo, an 11-year-old girl who sur- of mass shootings that take place
a long tradition, dating back to our vived the shooting in Uvalde, TX. every year. We stand alone among the
founding, of hunting the land. Owner- Our House colleagues will also hear developed nations in the world in that
ship of our firearms is part of that. I from Felix and Kimberly Rubio, the on any given day, another school, an-
have also heard from more than 1,000 parents of 10-year-old Lexi, who was other grocery store, another hospital,
Vermonters since Uvalde, urgently killed in the shooting. You can just another concert, another neighborhood
telling me that something must be imagine their broken hearts. can suddenly become a site of unimagi-
done. They will also hear from the only pe- nable tragedy.
When is it enough? Everywhere diatrician in Uvalde available to treat Americans, many for the first time,
Marcelle and I went last week in the victims on that awful, awful, awful are thinking: I am going to be shot,
Vermont, we heard, When is enough day. whether they are in a supermarket,
enough? I hope every single Member of the their kids are in a school, or anywhere
I have spent months—or actually House and Senate pays attention to else.
years—listening to my friends on the these proceedings. God knows, many in And we stand alone in that year after
Republican side in Congress talk about Congress need to listen to what these year, the plague of mass shootings in
protecting children. Who will step up witnesses have to say. this country has been met by inaction.
now and who will step in to say We need to listen, and Congress needs When other countries have faced these
enough? If we are to protect our chil- to act, because across every neighbor- mass shootings, they have acted, and
dren, we must be the adults with the hood, every school, every city, every they have acted well.
courage to listen to their fears and to town—urban, suburban, rural—Ameri- Why aren’t we?
act to alleviate them. We are the cans are wondering the same thing: The American people are tired and
adults who must protect our children. When is Congress going to act to stop angry of the same thing happening
We must protect our children. If we do the violence? again and again. They are tired of
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nothing, we are not protecting them. Now, that is precisely what we are nothing getting done. They are tired of
This isn’t about politics. This isn’t working on right now in the Senate. It the greatest country in the world being
about the moneyed interests of pres- will be hard to believe, after hearing paralyzed and not acting in a right
sure groups, lobbying Congress without what these witnesses have to say, that way, mainly because people on the
acknowledging the tragedies in our the Senate cannot find a way to come other side of the aisle haven’t joined
world today. This isn’t even about you together and act on gun violence. us.
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But I urge my colleagues now, let’s HONORING OUR PACT ACT OF 2021 The question is on agreeing to the
get something done. The sooner we act, Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, fi- motion.
the greater chance we have of pre- nally, on the PACT Act, today, the The motion was agreed to.
venting another senseless mass shoot- Senate is going to adopt a motion to f
ing in America. Let’s break this cycle proceed to Honoring our PACT Act, HONORING OUR PROMISE TO AD-
of gun violence, and let’s end the days and my colleague from Montana, chair DRESS COMPREHENSIVE TOXICS
when parents, doctors, and children of our Veterans’ Committee, who has ACT OF 2021
have to come to the U.S. Capitol in worked so hard on this, will speak
order to beg their elected representa- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
about that shortly, in a moment.
tives to take action. The PACT Act is one of the most im- clerk will report the bill by title.
f The senior assistant legislative clerk
portant veteran healthcare bills this
read as follows:
JANUARY 6 HEARINGS Chamber has considered in decades.
Yesterday, the Senate invoked cloture A bill (H.R. 3967) to improve health care
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now, on the motion to proceed by a whop-
and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic
on FOX News and January 6. substances, and for other purposes.
ping 86 votes.
Tomorrow evening, the House Select Three and a half million veterans— The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Committee will hold its first public three and a half million—have been ator from Montana.
hearings on the insurrection of Janu- likely exposed to toxic chemicals in AMENDMENT NO. 5051
ary 6. It will be a watershed moment the line of duty since 2001. Over the (Purpose: In the nature of a sub-
for what has now been a 10-month in- years, these toxic exposures have led to stitute.)
vestigation to uncover the truth of terrible healthcare complications that Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, I call up
what happened on that terrible, ter- have cut too many lives short and bur- amendment No. 5051.
rible day in our Nation’s history. dened far too many of our Nation’s he- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
The American people need to see Jan- clerk will report the amendment by
roes.
uary 6 for what it was—a deliberate, Tragically, many of our Nation’s vet- number.
organized, and violent attempt to re- erans have been unable to access the The senior assistant legislative clerk
verse a free and fair election. It was a care they need because of outdated VA read as follows:
profane and grotesque assault upon rules that dictate eligibility for bene- The Senator from Montana [Mr. TESTER]
American democracy. Worst of all, it fits. The PACT Act would fix that for proposes an amendment numbered 5051.
was part of a larger effort from the some of the biggest reforms to the VA Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, I ask to
hard right to erode our constitutional ever. dispense with any further reading of
order from within. It is a no-brainer to move forward on the amendment.
Just a couple of days ago, someone a bill to take care of veterans who have The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
was arrested who said he was within 20 been exposed to toxins in the line of objection, it is so ordered.
feet of me and was trying to get me as duty. We cannot let dilatory or de- (The amendment is printed in the
we left this Chamber. structive amendments stand in the way RECORD of June 7, 2022, under ‘‘Text of
These hearings will be essential view-
of the need of our veterans’ dire and Amendments.’’)
ing. They are a direct look into the
crucial needs. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma-
dark soul of the hard right, and every Again, last night’s vote was over- jority leader.
single American needs to know the whelmingly bipartisan. There is no rea- AMENDMENT NO. 5065 TO AMENDMENT NO. 5051
truth of what happened that day. son for us not to pass this important,
Every major broadcast and cable net- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I call
vital, sensible bill A-S-A-P. Every one up amendment No. 5065.
work will cover these proceedings of us in this Chamber has heard from a
live—every network except one, that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
military servicemember who is strug- clerk will report the amendment by
is: FOX News. gling to afford quality healthcare, and
In one of the most cowardly journal- number.
this is one of the best steps the Senate The senior assistant legislative clerk
istic decisions in modern memory, FOX
can take to improve the lives of those read as follows:
News, one of main amplifiers of the Big
who have given their all for our coun- The Senator from New York [Mr. SCHUMER]
Lie about January 6 and about the
try. proposes an amendment numbered 5065 to
election, has stated they will not Veterans service organizations across amendment No. 5051.
broadcast Thursday’s hearing. the country are urging the Senate to
After giving the likes of Tucker Carl- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask
act, so let’s get this bill passed with to dispense with further reading of the
son a blank check to spread conspiracy
the same bipartisan good will that has amendment.
theories and White supremacist views
characterized the negotiations to date. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
night after night, it is beyond repug- I yield the floor.
nant that FOX News refuses to cover objection, it is so ordered.
f The amendment is as follows:
the investigation into the deadliest at-
tack on our democracy in modern his- LEGISLATIVE SESSION (Purpose: To add an effective date)
tory. At the end add the following:
It is a disgusting and treacherous de-
--- SEC. ll. EFFECTIVE DATE.
cision, one that will gravely harm our HONORING OUR PROMISE TO AD- This Act shall take effect on the date that
democracy, one that deliberately will DRESS COMPREHENSIVE TOXICS is 1 day after the date of enactment of this
conceal the truth from a large portion ACT OF 2021—MOTION TO PRO- Act.
of the viewing public. CEED—Resumed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Let me say it once again. FOX’s deci- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under ator from Montana.
sion not to air live proceedings on Jan- the previous order, the Senate will re- Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, the Sen-
uary 6 is cowardly and is tantamount sume consideration of the motion to ate is on the verge of honoring our
to hiding the truth from the American proceed to H.R. 3967, which the clerk commitment to our country’s toxic-ex-
people. will report. posed veterans and their families
FOX News has an obligation to report The senior assistant legislative clerk through the Sergeant First Class Heath
the facts of the January 6 investigation read as follows: Robinson Honoring our PACT Act.
so their viewers can learn the truth, es- Motion to proceed to H.R. 3967, a bill to Look, generation after generation of
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pecially after FOX News was one of the improve health care and benefits for vet- veterans have been exposed to toxic
main propagators of so many of the Big erans exposed to toxic substances, and for substances during their time in service,
Lies. other purposes. dating all the way back to World War
Are they a real news station? They The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under I and every conflict since then.
don’t seem to be. I hope they reverse the previous order, all postcloture time And they have returned only to face
this awful decision. has expired. yet another battle here at home when
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they seek care and benefits because of our veterans and also meets the needs to security for Supreme Court Justices.
the impact of toxic exposure on their of our taxpayers. The House’s Democrats have refused to
lives. This is the right thing to do, and it is take it up.
In the worst care scenarios, folks are the right thing to get done today be- Now, look, that needs to change, and
paying the price with their lives—vet- cause right now our veterans are pay- it needs to change right now. Right
erans and heroes like Sergeant First ing the cost. They are the only ones now. House Democrats must pass this
Class Robinson, for whom this bill is paying the cost, and they cannot afford bill and they need to do it today. No
named after. to wait any longer. more fiddling around with this. They
Look, we have made some incredible I yield the floor. need to pass it today. They need to
advances as a country over our history f stop their multiweek blockade against
when it comes to taking care of our the Supreme Court security bill and
servicemembers both in-theater and EXECUTIVE SESSION pass it before the sun sets today.
after they get back home. The survival I will have more to say on this sub-
on the battlefield now compared to 50
--- ject as the facts continue to unfold.
years ago has been improved amaz- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR INFLATION
ingly. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Mr. President, on a completely dif-
Prosthetics—we have done some the previous order, the Senate will pro- ferent matter, rising food prices have
amazing work with prosthetics for the ceed to executive session and resume been one of the most relentless and
folks who have come back who are consideration of the following nomina- painful aspects of the historic inflation
missing limbs. We have been working tion, which the clerk will report. unfolding on Democrats’ watch.
hard on mental health. We are not The senior assistant legislative clerk One year ago, President Biden’s
where we need to be, but we are mak- read the nomination of Lisa M. Gomez, White House bragged—bragged—that
ing some advances. We have got more of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Sec- the cost of an Independence Day cook-
stuff to do, particularly in the area of retary of Labor. out would be 16-cents cheaper than the
transition and implementation of al- Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, I sug- year before. Well, in the past year food
ternate forms of mental healthcare. gest the absence of a quorum. prices have jumped more than 9 per-
But the fact is, with toxic exposure, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cent. So that same spread won’t be
we have never done a good job. This clerk will call the roll. cents cheaper, it will be dollars more
bill will put the VA and put this Nation The senior assistant legislative clerk expensive.
on the right track to addressing dec- proceeded to call the roll. Grocery store prices have risen at
ades of inaction and failure by our gov- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I their fastest rate since 1980, and at full-
ernment—by us—to pay for the cost of ask unanimous consent that the order service restaurants, prices have jumped
the war. for the quorum call be rescinded. more in the past 12 months than any
So what does it do? It expands eligi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without year on record. Any year on record.
bility—expands eligibility—for VA objection, it is so ordered. There has been 17 straight months of
healthcare to more than 31⁄2 million RECOGNITION OF MINORITY LEADER
rising food prices.
combat veterans exposed to burn pits So this is not a ‘‘Putin’’ price hike.
The Republican leader is recognized.
since 9/11. As one of my constituents in Nancy,
It supports our post-9/11 and Viet- U.S. SUPREME COURT
KY, put it a few months back, ‘‘Many
nam-era veterans by removing the bur- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, 6 people are scared that they might have
den of proof for 23 presumptive condi- months ago, the Washington Post pub- to choose between eating and heating
tions caused by toxic exposure, from lished an extremely disturbing report. the house.’’
cancers to lung diseases. According to the report, a man in his Democrats’ failed policies have made
It establishes a framework for the es- mid-20s was stopped near the house of a it harder to feed a family in America,
tablishment of future presumptions of Supreme Court Justice carrying a but the pain isn’t limited to the super-
service connection related to toxic ex- weapon and burglary tools. He report- market or to the dinner table, it in-
posure. So why is this important? Well, edly told police he intended to murder cludes producers at every step of the
you know how the Senate works. Of- the Justice. Reportedly, he indicated supply chain.
tentimes, it takes a long time to get he was angry at the decision he thinks According to the owner of Jot ‘Em
much done, and it has taken an act of the Court may reach in an upcoming Down Store, which boasts the oldest
Congress—literally, an act of Con- case in light of the unconscionable lunch counter in Lexington, rising
gress—to get these presumptives ap- leak from a few weeks back. costs have come from all directions.
proved in the past. So this is where we are. This is where ‘‘This year, we’ve been hampered by
Now the VA is going to have a struc- we are. If these reports are correct, it supply chain issues, rising gas prices
ture where they can follow the science was an assassination attempt against a [and] inflation . . .’’
and get these toxic exposures covered, sitting Justice, or something close to In my hometown of Louisville, the
the ones that are going to happen in it. operator of one stand at the local farm-
the future—and, unfortunately, I am This is exactly—exactly—the kind of ers market elaborated, ‘‘The feed to
afraid that they will happen in the fu- event that many feared that the ter- feed animals has gone up. Packaging,
ture so this structure is important. rible breach of the Court’s rules and processing has gone up. . . . Butter has
This bill also gives the VA the tools norms could fuel. This is exactly the gone up three times in the last 4
it needs to bolster its workforce, to es- kind of event that many worried the weeks.’’ Our food producers are feeling
tablish more healthcare facilities, to unhinged, reckless, apocalyptic rhet- the pinch.
improve claims processing, which will oric from prominent figures toward the A soybean farmer in Muhlenberg
better meet the immediate and future Court going back many months and es- County put it this way: ‘‘I can put out
needs of every veteran that the VA pecially in recent weeks could make two, maybe three crops in years past
serves. more likely. for what it’s costing this year.’’
I have talked about the costs. The This is exactly—exactly—why the A corn grower in Christian County
costs are $287 billion over 10—signifi- Senate passed legislation very shortly says rising prices are ‘‘crippling family
cant, very significant, but it is a cost after the leak to enhance the police farms like mine.’’
of war. protection for Justices and their fami- Of course, Kentucky farmers are not
Keep in mind that this substitute— lies. This is commonsense, non- alone. Across America, farm country
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because of the work that the staffs controversial legislation that passed in has been absolutely hammered on
have done in a bipartisan way—is $50 this Chamber—in this Chamber—unani- Democrats’ watch. And by the Biden
billion less than the House-passed toxic mously. administration’s own data, farm pro-
exposure bill. But House Democrats have spent duction expenses from animal feed to
So we have done our best to make weeks blocking—blocking the measure diesel fuel are climbing even higher
sure that this bill meets the needs of that passed here unanimously related this year than last year.
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It is a really hard time to be in the begging, he has promised to stay at U from? Most of it is being trafficked
business of feeding America. But it of L in a reduced capacity. across our southern border; and when
didn’t have to be this way. It didn’t So we all wish him the best in the more and more of our Customs and
have to be this way. Washington Demo- next chapter of his extraordinary life. Border Protection agents have been
crats didn’t have to ram through a I suggest the absence of a quorum. pulled off the border to process mi-
multitrillion-dollar wish list of infla- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The grants, it is pretty much a guarantee
tionary spending last spring. The Biden clerk will call the roll. that drug smugglers are having a much
administration didn’t have to declare The senior assistant legislative clerk easier time in getting their product
war on affordable American energy on proceeded to call the roll. into the country.
day one. Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask I mentioned that Customs and Border
Needless to say, millions of working unanimous consent that the order for Protection encountered more than
American families sit down for dinner the quorum call be rescinded. 234,000 individuals who were attempt-
these days wondering why on Earth The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ing to cross our southern border ille-
they did. objection, it is so ordered. gally in the month of April, but that
TRIBUTE TO KENNY KLEIN TITLE 42 number only reflects individuals the
Mr. President, now finally, on one to- Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, 3 weeks CBP has actually apprehended. In
tally different matter, it is my privi- ago, a Federal judge blocked the Biden April, Homeland Security Secretary
lege today to pay honor to an iconic Administration from lifting title 42 Mayorkas testified that, in addition to
Kentuckian. COVID restrictions. It was a welcome the 1.7 million apprehensions at the
The NCAA basketball season may decision that will hopefully stave off southern border in fiscal year 2021,
only last 5 months, but for our out- an additional flood of illegal immigra- there were more than 389,000 ‘‘got-
going University of Louisville media tion on our southern border. But it has aways’’—individuals the Border Patrol
relations manager and Senior Asso- been pretty much the only bit of good saw but was unable to apprehend.
news on this front, because the situa- The Economist recently reported:
ciate Athletic Director Kenny Klein,
tion at our southern border is out of One border expert estimates that less than
the game has been a four-decade odys- 20 percent of people trying to cross the bor-
sey. control. der undetected are stopped.
When Kenny joined the U of L pro- In April, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection encountered 234,088 individ- The administration has attempted to
gram in 1983, he was the youngest
uals attempting to cross our border il- suggest that the surge in illegal immi-
Sports Information Director at an
gration that we have been experiencing
NCAA Division I football school. Now legally—234,088. That is the highest
since President Biden took office is, in
some might have doubted this young number ever recorded.
The Border Patrol is stretched thin. large part, a function of conditions in
Tennessean could manage U of L’s im-
A recent article reported that ‘‘around other countries; but while these factors
passioned fan base or Louisville’s
exist—and there are legitimate asylum
prickly sports reporters, but he proved 60 percent of CBP agents have been as-
claims at the border—that doesn’t
them all wrong. Long after games signed to process migrants, taking
mean there is nothing the President
ended, after players went back to the them away from field work.’’ Sixty per-
can do about our out-of-control border
locker rooms, after fans returned cent. Detention facilities are over-
situation. Better border security is
home, Kenny would stay in his office flowing and massive numbers of illegal
well within the President’s control. He
well into the night. He would pore over immigrants are being released into the
is just not interested in putting it in
notes and statistics to perfect his an- country, many of whom will never re-
place, and his Vice President has all
swers to journalists’ questions, and he port to an immigration office as or-
but formally abandoned her role as bor-
would stash a cold beer in his desk for dered.
der czar.
any reporter who spent the long nights In short, our southern border is in In fact, since taking office, the Presi-
with him. chaos, and if title 42 is lifted, the situa- dent has invited increased illegal im-
He was there for the team’s highs— tion is almost guaranteed to become migration with the policy decisions
888 wins, two NCAA titles—and he much worse. that he has made. On his very first day
deftly managed the team’s lows as The Department of Homeland Secu- in office, President Biden rescinded the
well. Referring to Kenny’s flawless rity has estimated that as many as declaration of a national emergency at
handling of media frenzies, one former 18,000 migrants per day could attempt our southern border; he halted con-
Courier-Journal sports journalist sug- to cross our southern border if the pol- struction of the border wall; he re-
gested Kenny could run a course in cri- icy is lifted. Eighteen thousand per voked a Trump administration order
sis management in his retirement. day—that is more than double the that called for the government to
That kind of sterling praise from an number we are currently experiencing, faithfully execute our immigration
adversarial journalist, no less, is proof and the administration has yet to im- laws; and his Department of Homeland
of Kenny’s magic touch with the plement any plan for dealing with such Security issued guidelines pausing de-
media. a situation. portations except under certain condi-
Over the course of his long career, he Illegal immigration, especially the tions. That was all—all—on his first
became the face U of L basketball to kind of out-of-control illegal immigra- day in office.
fans spanning generations. As an exam- tion we are now experiencing, has seri- Needless to say, the effect of all of
ple, the star player of the 1986 cham- ous consequences. Criminals, including this was to declare to the world that
pionship squad Kenny Payne arrived on human traffickers, drug smugglers, and the U.S. borders were effectively open.
campus during Klein’s second year on gang members, regularly attempt to And, of course, the President’s anti-
the job. And next year, Payne will be cross our southern border. The worse border security efforts didn’t end there.
on the court coaching the school’s bas- the situation at our border gets, the The President has significantly lim-
ketball program. So students, athletes, easier it is for those individuals to ited the ability of Immigration and
and administrators came and went, but make their way into the United States, Customs Enforcement to enforce immi-
they could always count on Kenny and that has consequences for our en- gration laws. Deportations dropped
Klein’s constant presence. tire country. precipitously during fiscal year 2021, as
Since announcing his retirement, South Dakota law enforcement offi- did arrests in the interior of the coun-
Kenny has received an outpouring of cials tell me that they are seizing try. In March, the administration re-
support from across the country, in- drugs that they can trace directly back scinded a 2019 rule expanding the expe-
cluding a Lifetime Achievement Award to the cartels who smuggle these drugs dited removal for individuals here ille-
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from the College Sports Information across our border. Our country is cur- gally; and as I have mentioned, of
Directors of America. rently in the midst of a fentanyl crisis. course, the administration is attempt-
Everyone, from Louisville’s newest In fact, right now, fentanyl overdose is ing to remove title 42 COVID–19 re-
students to Kenny’s biggest fan in the the leading cause of death for U.S. strictions with no visible plan to con-
U.S. Capitol, is sad to see him leave his adults between the ages of 18 and 45. trol the resulting surge in illegal im-
post. And we are glad that, after some And where is all this fentanyl coming migration.
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President Biden has made it known The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without State veterans who are in Seattle or
that he wants to create a ‘‘fair, or- objection, it is so ordered. Spokane or Walla Walla or anywhere,
derly, and humane’’ immigration sys- HONORING OUR PACT ACT OF 2021 and that is a job I take seriously. That
tem. Well, he is failing on all fronts. I Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, every is why I have been continually pressing
don’t need to tell anyone that the situ- Senator here has a serious responsi- the VA Secretary to cut redtape and
ation at the southern border, right bility to make sure that our veterans make sure the VA caregivers program
now, is far from orderly, but it is also get the support and help they are works for everyone who needs it, the
not humane. The President and other promised after their service to our way we wrote it. It is why I introduced
members of his party tend to convey an country, and that includes making sure the Helping Heroes Act to get families
attitude that strong border security that those who have been harmed by and kids of disabled veterans the as-
and the enforcement of our Nation’s toxic exposures during their service get sistance they need. It is why I will
immigration laws are somehow not the service and care they deserve. It keep doing everything in my power to
compassionate or humane. Well, they seems pretty simple, but I hope we can hold the VA accountable for its really
are wrong. We are seeing the effects of hold up our end of the bargain today. unacceptable rollout of the electronic
the President’s anti-border security My dad was a World War II veteran— health record system in Washington
policies at our southern border right he was a Purple Heart recipient—and State.
now, and the results are neither com- when he got really sick with multiple There is a lot we need to do to really
passionate nor humane. sclerosis, help from the VA made a make sure the VA works for veterans,
Encouraging individuals to make the huge difference for my family. So I but passing the PACT Act, getting this
oftentimes dangerous journey to our want to really thank Senators TESTER done, is an important and meaningful
southern border in the hopes they will and MORAN for their persistent work on process.
be able to slip across illegally is not this bill. I am glad we have come to a Washington State veterans deserve
humane. Encouraging families and, at bipartisan agreement on the PACT Act the very best the VA has to offer, and
times, unaccompanied children to ex- because it does matter, it will help peo- there should be absolutely nothing con-
pose themselves to the dangers of heat ple, and it will save lives. troversial about making sure all vet-
and the elements and human traf- Right now, the reality is that too erans across all generations who are
ficking is not compassionate. At least many veterans are living with chronic suffering from chronic illness get the
557 migrants died while attempting to illness and respiratory diseases as a re- care they have earned.
cross the southern border during fiscal sult of toxic exposures from their time I am glad to see we have bipartisan
year 2021. That, too, was a record num- serving our country in uniform. I have support for this bill. Let’s get it done
ber. How many of them were encour- heard countless stories about the chal- and to the President’s desk.
aged to make the journey by the Presi- lenges they have faced struggling to I yield the floor.
dent’s lax border policies? get access to VA care and benefits they I suggest the absence of a quorum.
And I haven’t even mentioned the have earned, and that is unacceptable. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
lack of compassion and humanity the I believe very strongly that no one clerk will call the roll.
President displays for Americans af- who put their life or health on the line The legislative clerk proceeded to
fected by the illegal immigration cri- for our Nation should face hurdles get- call the roll.
sis. Straining the resources of U.S. bor- ting the care or medical treatment Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I
der communities by smoothing the way they need as a result of that sacrifice. ask unanimous consent that the order
for illegal immigration and cross-bor- When they signed up to serve, we told for the quorum call be rescinded.
der criminal activity is not compas- them we would have their backs long The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
sionate. Making it easier for cartels to after their service, so if we are going to objection, it is so ordered.
live up to our promise, then we need to HEALTH INSURANCE
flood our Nation with fentanyl is not
humane. pass comprehensive legislation to en- Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I
The President of the United States— sure all veterans have access to the VA come to the floor today on behalf of 9
any President—has a special responsi- services they deserve. Simply put, we million Americans who directly bene-
bility for our Nation’s security, and need to pass this PACT Act. fited from very important health insur-
that includes securing our Nation’s With this bill, generations of toxic- ance credits in the American Rescue
border. So far, President Biden has exposed veterans would finally be able Plan—credits that are set to expire at
spectacularly failed to meet that re- to get the high-quality care they need, the end of the year if Congress doesn’t
sponsibility. This week, a caravan of and the VA will get the resources need- act. I don’t believe enough attention
thousands has reportedly started work- ed to process claims efficiently and has been focused on this issue.
ing its way north, through Mexico, better serve our veterans. Last year, in March of 2021, we came
aligning with the Summits of the I remember, back when I was 22 years to this very Chamber and passed the
Americas. old, I interned at the Seattle veterans American Rescue Plan, which provided
It is long past time for the President hospital. I have visited with and met a crucial lifeline for so many families.
to get serious about the border crisis with VA staff in every part of Wash- We eliminated health insurance pre-
that he has created, and this summit ington State. The doctors, the nurses, miums for low-wage workers making
could be an opportunity for him to fi- and everyone else working at our VA less than 150 percent of the Federal
nally take action. I hope that he will medical centers really care about this poverty level, expanded eligibility for
reverse his current course before his work, they care about this Nation, and health insurance tax credits to middle-
administration’s signature accomplish- they care about their mission, but they class families, and guaranteed that
ment ends up being a legacy of chaos at need us here in Congress to care just as health coverage would not cost more
our southern border. much and fight just as hard for their than 8.5 percent of a person’s income.
I yield the floor. patients, our veterans. That is really The American Rescue Plan also in-
I suggest the absence of a quorum. what this bill is about. creased the size of the tax credit for all
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The When VA was considering closing or eligible income brackets, putting more
clerk will call the roll. reducing services in Walla Walla, I money in workers’ pockets.
The senior assistant legislative clerk fought back to make sure that our vet- As a result, ACA health insurance
proceeded to call the roll. erans in rural Washington were able to premiums were brought down by an av-
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask see a doctor without having to drive 2 erage of $50 per person per month, and
unanimous consent that the order for hours or longer, sometimes through a people in both New Mexico and in Min-
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the quorum call be rescinded. lot of rain and snow. nesota took great advantage of that.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without About 1 in every 10 residents in As a result, a record number of Ameri-
objection, it is so ordered. Washington State is a veteran, and I cans—14.5 million Americans—are en-
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask am privileged enough to serve on the rolled in the Affordable Care Act
unanimous consent to speak as if in Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. It health insurance plans. That is 2.5 mil-
morning business. is my job to be a voice for Washington lion more people who signed up in a
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single year than ever before. In my Post called a ‘‘ticking time bomb’’—we Durbin Manchin Shaheen
Feinstein Markey Sinema
home State, that translated to a also must act when it comes to phar- Gillibrand Menendez Smith
record-low uninsured rate of just 4 per- maceuticals because those prices are Hassan Merkley Stabenow
cent. That means 96 percent of Min- also going up. Heinrich Murphy Tester
nesotans have health insurance, which Hickenlooper Murray
I have just presented two really Hirono Ossoff
Van Hollen
is a great improvement over where it straightforward ways that we can help Warner
Kaine Padilla Warnock
was. families with costs when it comes to Kelly Peters
Warren
Millions more Minnesotans and healthcare. One is making sure we keep King Reed
Whitehouse
Klobuchar Rosen
Americans now have the peace of mind in place the tax credits that protect Leahy Sanders
Wyden
that comes with affordable, quality middle-class families in this country, Luján Schatz
health coverage. Eligible households in and the second is to make sure we NAYS—51
Minnesota have an annual average allow Medicare to negotiate better
Barrasso Graham Portman
ACA tax credit of $3,600. That is $3,600 prices under Medicare Part D because Blackburn Grassley Risch
freed up for housing, gas, and groceries, when you look at what is happening Blunt Hagerty Romney
while maintaining access to right now, we continue to see major Boozman Hawley Rounds
healthcare. But unless Congress acts to Braun Hoeven Rubio
drugs—major drugs—go up, doubling, Burr Hyde-Smith Sasse
make the enhanced, family-friendly go up 200 percent, 300 percent, to the Capito Inhofe Schumer
tax credits currently set to expire at point where we are already paying dou- Cassidy Johnson Scott (FL)
the end of 2022 permanent, millions of ble what they pay in Canada for a sig- Collins Kennedy Scott (SC)
Cornyn Lankford Shelby
Americans will have the rug pulled out nificant number of drugs. For Min- Cotton Lee Sullivan
from under them, likely seeing a dou- nesota, that is right across the border. Cramer Lummis Thune
ble-digit hike on their health insurance We must allow, in my mind, re- Crapo Marshall Tillis
premiums. Karen Tumulty, a col- Cruz McConnell Toomey
importation of less expensive drugs, Daines Moran Tuberville
umnist for the Washington Post, called but the biggest game changer would be Ernst Murkowski Wicker
it a ‘‘ticking time bomb.’’ to lift the ban that the pharmaceutical Fischer Paul Young
If these tax credits are not made per- companies got in place in law that says The nomination was rejected.
manent, 70,000 Minnesotans—or 61 per- Medicare, representing tens of millions The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
cent of Minnesota families—purchasing of seniors, is not allowed to negotiate HICKENLOOPER). The majority leader.
health insurance on their own could cheaper prices. That is what the VA MOTION TO RECONSIDER
see a 35- to 41-percent increase in their does, and it has been really good for
health insurance premiums, and over Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I
our veterans. We should allow the same
10,000 Minnesotans could lose their enter a motion to reconsider.
help for 46 million seniors. It will be
health insurance tax credits in 2023 un- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mo-
good for all Americans because it will
less Congress acts. tion is entered.
bring down the taxpayer expense in
In my State, Americans between the part of the payment of drugs, and it f
ages of 55 and 64 would be most af- will be good for individual consumers.
fected, and you think about this with EXECUTIVE CALENDAR
So let’s get these two things done.
cost issues and inflation and all the I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
things people are already facing. Right I suggest the absence of a quorum. clerk will report the next nomination.
now, a 60-year-old Minnesota couple The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The senior assistant legislative clerk
with a household income of $75,000 is clerk will call the roll. read the nomination of Nina Morrison,
saving $773 in monthly premiums. Tak- The legislative clerk proceeded to of New York, to be United States Dis-
ing away those tax credits would in- call the roll. trict Judge for the Eastern District of
crease their annual health spending by New York.
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask
at least $9,000. That is like taking away unanimous consent that the order for VOTE ON MORRISON NOMINATION
multiple paychecks. the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
It is no wonder that Americans over- question is, Will the Senate advise and
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
whelmingly support making these tax consent to the Morrison nomination?
objection, it is so ordered.
credits permanent. Doctors and pa- Ms. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask for
tients have called on us to protect Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I just
want to say I know many of us recog- the yeas and nays.
these historic gains in affordability, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
coverage, and equity. Families can’t nized your enormous service yesterday,
and we really appreciate it and so sufficient second?
afford to go back to paying upwards of There appears to be a sufficient sec-
20 percent or more of their monthly in- much today, the day after your 50th
birthday, appreciate the fact that you ond.
come toward healthcare premiums. The clerk will call the roll.
This is important for patients, and it are presiding over this august body.
I yield the floor. The senior assistant legislative clerk
is also important for providers. We called the roll.
know—hearing when we are back VOTE ON GOMEZ NOMINATION
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
home—that many hospitals are The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under necessarily absent: the Senator from
stretched thin right now, and putting the previous order, the question is, Will Utah (Mr. ROMNEY).
millions of Americans’ healthcare in the Senate advise and consent to the The result was announced—yeas 53,
jeopardy is going to create a lot of vol- Gomez nomination? nays 46, as follows:
atility as patients are forced to disrupt Ms. BALDWIN. I ask for the yeas and
[Rollcall Vote No. 220 Ex.]
their care and cancel procedures. nays.
YEAS—53
At a time when so many families are The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
struggling to make ends meet, we just Baldwin Graham Murphy
sufficient second? Bennet Hassan Murray
can’t sit back and let those ACA tax There appears to be a sufficient sec- Blumenthal Heinrich Ossoff
credits expire. More Americans insured ond. Booker Hickenlooper Padilla
is good for patients, good for families, The clerk will call the roll. Brown Hirono Peters
Cantwell Kaine Reed
good for communities, and good for our The legislative clerk called the roll. Cardin Kelly Rosen
country. The result was announced—yeas 49, Carper King Sanders
I would note one other thing I would nays 51, as follows: Casey Klobuchar
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Schatz
do when it comes to healthcare, and Collins Leahy
[Rollcall Vote No. 219 Ex.] Schumer
Coons Luján
that is making sure that we allow Cortez Masto Manchin
Shaheen
YEAS—49 Sinema
Medicare to negotiate prices under Duckworth Markey
Baldwin Brown Casey Smith
Medicare Part D for pharmaceuticals. Durbin Menendez
Bennet Cantwell Coons Feinstein Merkley Stabenow
While our communities are facing the Blumenthal Cardin Cortez Masto Tester
Gillibrand Murkowski
potential of this—what the Washington Booker Carper Duckworth
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Van Hollen Warnock Whitehouse In 22 days—22 days—healthy meals For example, 357,000 students get
Warner Warren Wyden
for many American children will stop if their meals at a school in the Miami-
NAYS—46 we can’t get the bipartisan support Dade school district. It is the fourth
Barrasso Grassley Risch necessary to extend the flexibilities largest school district in the country
Blackburn Hagerty Rounds and the funding that allows schools serving more than 35 million meals
Blunt Hawley Rubio
Boozman Hoeven
and summer programs to keep feeding each year to young people. But because
Sasse
Braun Hyde-Smith Scott (FL)
our children healthy meals—22 days. of the uncertainty in the supply
Burr Inhofe Scott (SC) Again, critical funding will stop in 22 chains, Miami-Dade has struggled to
Capito Johnson days. That is not very far. Summer
Cassidy Kennedy
Shelby find a single distributor to serve their
Cornyn Lankford
Sullivan programs need to be planning right school district.
Thune now. And many children are already
Cotton Lee
Tillis
While this contract has since been
Cramer Lummis
Toomey
starting those summer programs. Crit- addressed, many districts have not
Crapo Marshall ical funding is going to stop in 22 days,
Cruz McConnell Tuberville been so lucky, because if we go back to
Daines Moran Wicker even though supply chains are still bro- low reimbursements in the fall, they
Ernst Paul Young ken and costs are still rising. are finding they can’t find vendors,
Fischer Portman In July 2020, with bipartisan changes providers, that will bid for those con-
NOT VOTING—1 we made in the middle of the pan- tracts.
Romney
demic, almost 6 million children re- Issues are popping up all over the
ceived summer meals, and that was country. In Fort Worth, TX, kids have
The nomination was confirmed. double the year before. This was a increasingly limited options for food.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under great thing for children and families Again, supply chains have broken
the previous order, the motion to re- across the country. down; food supply chains have broken
consider is considered made and laid During the school year, the roughly down. The school district is reporting
upon the table and the President will 30 million children who participate in over 400 options out of stock, things as
be immediately notified of the Senate’s school meals knew that they could simple as orange juice or chicken
action. count on breakfast and lunch each day.
The Senator from Michigan. wings.
They may not get supper, they may not In a Cleveland school nutrition pro-
UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT—EXECUTIVE get other food, but they could count on gram, they have got 67 open positions
CALENDAR breakfast and lunch. they are trying to fill, which is the
Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I ask These are real kids, the same as my
other issue right now coming out of the
unanimous consent that the Senate re- grandchildren and yours, and they need
pandemic as we look at our labor
sume consideration of Executive Cal- our continued support to be healthy
shortage.
endar No. 675, the nomination of Todd and to be successful. That is what this
Outside Portland, OR, school food
Harper, and that upon disposition of is about. They want to spend their
staff are going to grocery stores to get
the Harper nomination, the Senate re- summers playing with their friends and
the food and supplies they need when
sume consideration of the Loyd nomi- their school days focusing on learning,
their distributor cancels their order,
nation, as provided under the previous not just trying to ignore a headache
and they are paying up to 10 times
order. and a growling tummy.
There is a little boy in Coopersville, more doing that in a retail store.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Starting this month, kids will have
objection, it is so ordered. MI, who got summer meals for the first
time because his school district could fewer options for healthy milk and
f other dairy products when the main
deliver to his neighborhood. If local
EXECUTIVE CALENDAR sites can’t open or flexibility doesn’t dairy serving Northern Virginia
happen, if these options end at the end schools is going out of business. There
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
of the month in just 22 days, 20 percent are a lot of challenges.
clerk will report the nomination.
of the meal providers in Michigan will When Senator MCCONNELL, Leader
The senior assistant legislative clerk
likely no longer be able to provide that MCCONNELL, said he didn’t want to ex-
read the nomination of Todd M. Har-
healthy food in the summer. tend the funding and flexibilities be-
per, of Virginia, to be a Member of the
Kids have always been able to count cause the pandemic is over—the effects
National Credit Union Administration
on healthy meals at school, but next of the pandemic are not over, nor is the
Board for a term expiring April 10, 2027
year is going to bring new challenges pandemic. We are managing it better.
(Reappointment).
for children, for families, for schools. Thank you to the President’s leader-
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Take the little girl in Port Huron, ship and all of our hard work to make
Ms. STABENOW. For the informa- sure we have the vaccines, and the
MI, whose family is doing their very
tion of Senators, at 4:30 p.m. today, the testing, and the therapeutic medicines,
best to make ends meet as they recover
Senate will vote on confirmation of the and so on, but the supply chains that
from the pandemic. Over the past 2
Harper and Loyd nominations, in the broke down when you shut down an en-
years, she has been able to get school
order listed. tire economy—not just an American
meals without her parents and her
NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM economy, by the way, but global econ-
school having to worry about lots and
Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, in lots of paperwork and redtape. But omy. These are still trying to be fixed
1946, the National School Lunch Pro- when the flexibilities end, schools will in so many different ways to try to get
gram was signed into law by President be right back at it, having mounds of things up and going, which, of course,
Truman—broadly supported in a bipar- paperwork for too many families, has led to the increased cost in infla-
tisan manner. And for 76 years, we have which, too often, result in kids who tion.
been providing food for our children’s need help being missed or left hungry. So we are in a situation where our
schools so they have every opportunity Schools may also be forced to increase schools, going into next year—not only
to learn and to be successful. Over the the price of meals for children, and this summer but next year—are going
years, we have added school breakfast, that is going to be very difficult for to have a very, very difficult time
and then summer meals, and other sup- many working families. making sure they can provide healthy
port. This lack of action is not only about meals to our children, and there is no
At the beginning of COVID, we our children, which, of course, that excuse for that to be happening if we
worked together on a bipartisan basis should be enough that this is about our come together and act.
to make sure our children still had ac- children; but, too often, when we talk The fact is, we are seeing shortages
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cess to healthy meals, even though about the budgets and the programs, across the board. Healthy options are
they weren’t able to physically be in we lose sight of the people who are hard to find, and there are delays for
school. We have worked together to doing the work to feed our children, new equipment so schools could safely
provide critical funding and flexibility and they have to make the hard store prepared food. What happens
until now. Our kids are counting on us choices on how they are going to con- when school food staff are faced with
to do this again. tinue to do that. challenges like this? Kids don’t eat;
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that is what happens. And that is not I yield the floor. dealing with the consequences of these
OK. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
dangerous and deadly actions.
Nationwide, 90 percent of our schools WHITEHOUSE). The Senator from
So the bottom line is, I am deeply
and summer programs count on the Vermont. supportive of this legislation. It is a
funding and flexibility that is cur- HONORING OUR PACT ACT OF 2021 step forward. But we can significantly
rently in place—90 percent of our Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I rise improve this bill, and that is why I
schools. All of this in red, 90 percent— today in strong support of the PACT have introduced four amendments to
over 90 percent—count on the flexibili- legislation that we are now consid- this important bill that I hope will be
ties, they count on the funding that we ering. supported by the Senate.
put in place during the pandemic that As a former chair and longtime mem- First, this first amendment that I
is still needed because of the chal- ber of the Senate Veterans’ Committee, have offered will expand permanent ac-
lenges going on. This is who is count- one of my highest priorities is to make cess to VA healthcare to members of
ing on us to act to be able to help them certain that every veteran in this the National Guard and Reserve who
feed children. country, people who have put their are not otherwise eligible. Right now,
Starting July 1, 22 days from now, lives on the line to defend us, get the National Guard men and women who
that is going to stop for many schools. quality healthcare and benefits that are activated on Presidential orders
I have been told that if we don’t act, they have deserved. are eligible for VA healthcare, and that
one-third of our schools will be in such This is an important piece of legisla- is good, but that turns out to be only a
a dire situation that they may not be tion, and I want to congratulate Sen- very small percentage of people who
able to continue the National School ator TESTER, chair of the committee, are in the National Guard and Reserve.
Lunch Program at all. Let me repeat and Ranking Member MORAN for their And I happen to believe that if you are
that. One-third of our schools may not hard work on this. This legislation will in the National Guard or Reserve and
be able to provide healthy meals to our improve healthcare, research, and re- you could be called up at any moment
most at-risk children through the sources for veterans who were exposed to put your life on the line, I think you
school lunch program at all if we don’t to deadly toxic substances and environ- should be entitled to VA healthcare.
come together and do something to mental hazards, including open-air And that is what that amendment does.
help them. And we know what to do. burn pits, during their military serv- The second amendment deals with—
We just need the bipartisan support to ice. This legislation will finally recog- what can I say—a pathetic and laugh-
do it. This is a shocking failure of our nize and treat toxic exposure as a cost able bureaucratic nightmare that cur-
country’s responsibility to provide for of war for the millions of veterans Con- rently exists in the VA. And Rube
our children and set them up for suc- gress has ignored for far too long. And Goldberg would have a hard time com-
cess. we do that by adding 23 burn pit and ing up with a system like this. This is
Throughout the pandemic, Demo- toxic exposure-related conditions to really quite amazing. And that is,
crats and Republicans have come to- the VA’s list of service presumptions. within the VA bureaucracy, which is
gether to make sure that schools and This will mean that some 3.5 million itself difficult to overcome for many
summer meal programs have the tools veterans will now be eligible for VA veterans, you have a system which now
they need to feed hungry kids. We need healthcare, and that is very, very im- has over 3,000 income eligibility stand-
Republicans to join us again. We are portant. ards based on ZIP Codes.
working to return to normal, but we It goes without saying that in the So a veteran out there watching this
aren’t there yet. It is so urgent that we wealthiest country on Earth, where we says: You know, I would like to apply
pass my Support Kids Not Red Tape spend more on defense than the next 11 for VA healthcare. I served my country
Act right now. I am extremely grateful nations combined, no veteran should be honorably. How do I do it?
that we have every Democratic Mem- without the healthcare that they are, Well, it turns out that, depending on
ber of the U.S. Senate and Independent in my view, entitled to. I understand your income and depending on the ZIP
Members and two of our Republican there is not the political support for Code that you live in, you may or may
colleagues leading the way: Senator this in Congress right now, but I hap- not be eligible for VA healthcare. So,
MURKOWSKI and Senator COLLINS. It is pen to believe that in a world in which in other words, in Vermont you can
a bipartisan, broadly supported way to nation after nation guarantees have one veteran with an income of X
make sure our kids aren’t going hun- healthcare to all of their people as a living across the street from another
gry. But time is running out, and we right—in fact, we are the only major veteran who has an income of Y, $3,000
only need eight more Republican col- country on Earth not to do that—that more or less. One veteran will be eligi-
leagues to join us. We have 52; we need the very least we could do is to make ble for VA healthcare; another will not.
8. We need eight more Republican col- certain that every man and woman In a large State like California, you
leagues to join us to be able to provide who has put the uniform of the United have literally hundreds of different in-
support for our children and support States of America on, put their lives on come eligibility standards that vet-
for our schools throughout the next the line, are, in fact, entitled to erans are going to have to overcome.
year as we are working our way healthcare because they served our So if people go to a service officer in
through all of these supply chain issues country. That is my view. This bill does the VFW or the American Legion and
and so on that are getting in the way. not do that, but this bill does at least ask: Am I eligible, it takes a lot of re-
Our kids are counting on us. Twenty- enroll 3.5 million more people for VA search to determine whether you are
two days—twenty-two days—that is healthcare, and it is a step forward. eligible. Look at the eligibility stand-
what we are talking about. We have In terms of this bill, clearly, it is un- ards for San Francisco versus Los An-
got 22 days before all of the support, all acceptable that we have exposed our geles, for example. There are many,
of the funding to be able to make sure military members to toxic burn pits many thousands of dollars in differen-
that as many children are getting and other dangerous substances on the tial. So you could be eligible in San
healthy food in the summer as possible, battlefield. For decades, the Pentagon Francisco—rather, eligible in Los An-
the children who need it—and in the has utilized open-air burn pits to dis- geles and not in San Francisco. It real-
schools that we have a school lunch pose of a wide variety of waste, includ- ly makes no sense. It is a nightmare.
program and that we are able to pro- ing medical, human, and hazardous This amendment simplifies it. It sim-
vide healthy meals so that kids can waste. ply says that every State in the coun-
focus on learning, they can focus on Way back in 2009, when he led the try takes the highest level of income
being kids, they can focus on being suc- U.S. Central Command, GEN David eligibility and that is the standard. So
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cessful—not just how they are going to Petraeus sounded the alarm ‘‘about the you will have 50 standards rather than
manage their hunger through another effects of burn pits and airborne toxins 3,000 standards, and I think that will
day. on our servicemembers and civilians.’’ make it a lot easier for veterans to ac-
Twenty-two days, Mr. President. Our Despite those concerns, DOD continued cess VA healthcare.
kids are counting on us. We need to to expose U.S. forces to burn pits, leav- My third amendment is a pretty sim-
act. ing the VA with the responsibility of ple one. It says that the VA should
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maintain a dental clinic in every State . . . the provision of dental services could and our National Guard hard at work
in the country to provide necessary result in some reduction in total health care with some 30 migrants in line waiting
dental services for veterans. Right costs. to be processed. They had turned them-
now, there are very few States that do Neglecting oral health can contribute to
health problems including bacterial pneu-
selves in. And within moments, within
not have at least one dental clinic. My monia, cardiovascular disease, and oral can- minutes, that line was over 100 people.
own State of Vermont is one of those cer. And at the front of the line were two
States, and I think every State should beautiful young sisters, ages 7 and 9.
have that. In other words, when you treat oral
problems, you are treating overall They were unaccompanied—no parents
My fourth amendment again deals and no families. I can only imagine
with the issue of dental care. One of health issues; and you can keep people
healthier and not have to expend a what it would have been like traveling
the many, many crises facing the over 1,000 miles from Central America
American dysfunctional healthcare whole lot of money dealing with the
health problems of those veterans. to the Rio Grande River without your
system is that, by and large, we do not parents or without a family member. I
recognize dental care as being During a VA briefing earlier this
month, the VA’s office of dentistry can only imagine what might have hap-
healthcare, and the result of that in pened to them on that trek.
the general public is there are many, stated unequivocally that ‘‘dental care
From the river, we traveled to a de-
many, many millions of people who is essential to overall health care’’
tention center where the migrants
cannot afford the outrageously high while simultaneously advocating to
were held for 2 to 3 days.
cost of dental care. These are people, maintain VA’s dental eligibility status
I have to again compliment our Bor-
including many seniors, who literally quo.
der Patrol; they are doing an incredible
lose all of the teeth in their mouth; The bottom line is that it is not com-
job in a humanitarian crisis by pro-
they can’t chew their food properly. plicated; dental care is healthcare. By
viding showers, shelter, clothing,
For younger people, they can’t go out ignoring dental care, we cause other
healthcare, and meals. The challenge is
and get a job successfully because if healthcare problems and we increase
80 percent of our Border Patrol officers
you open your mouth and you don’t expenses to the VA.
are having to function like they are
have any teeth in it, it is kind of hard So those are the four amendments,
like running a restaurant, like running
to get hired under those conditions. and I hope the Senate will give them
a hotel, functioning as social workers
Currently, out of the 8.9 million vet- serious consideration.
while our borders are left unguarded.
erans enrolled in VA healthcare, only Mr. President, I yield the floor. And the get-aways—we haven’t
16 percent—or 1.4 million veterans—are The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- talked about the get-aways. Let me
eligible for dental care, and that is be- ator from Kansas. tell you the story of one young lady I
cause, within the VA, almost the only BORDER SECURITY
met. Let’s say she was probably 17
people eligible for dental care are those Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. President, I years of age from Central America. She
with service-connected problems. In want to talk today about one of the or her family paid the cartel some
other words, if you have a service-con- most disturbing human catastrophes in
nected issue with your mouth, with $3,000 to get from Central America
the world. Now, I have recently visited through Mexico across the river and
your teeth, you are eligible for VA the Ukraine border, and I have done
healthcare, but if you don’t, if you are into the United States. Now, I don’t
medical mission work around the world know if she was raped or violated, but
simply a veteran whose teeth are rot- from Haiti to Honduras to Africa. I
ting in his or her mouth, sorry, you are this certainly is a very common situa-
have seen malnutrition and starvation. tion—all too common during this trek.
not eligible. I have seen trauma. I have seen the
And the limitations of that approach We do know that some people in her
consequences of the lack of potable group were asked to smuggle drugs
are not only that dental care should be
water and sewage. across the border as part of their thor-
considered as healthcare in general; if
I describe this so when I say our oughfare.
somebody is suffering with poor dental
southern border—yes, our own south- Now, after crossing this treacherous
care, we should take care of that per-
ern border—is a humanitarian crisis, river, she was abandoned by her coy-
son because it is healthcare. But there
you know I am not speaking in igno- ote. She was already dehydrated, had
is no question that dental problems,
rance or hyperbole. And this crisis, this dysentery. She was malnourished. She
oral problems—infections, et cetera—
humanitarian nightmare, has been cre- hadn’t slept for days. And she was no
have an impact on our overall health.
According to the VA, there are ated by our own President’s policies. doubt frightened. Eventually she found
roughly 3.9 million veterans who have You see, when he was elected, he sent refuge at a cartel stash house on the
chronic diabetes and heart disease who a loud invitation to the whole world; Texas side of the border. Yes, now the
are enrolled in the VA—3.9 million. and more recently, when he said he was cartel has cartel members living in
Most of the veterans diagnosed with di- ending title 42, it was like turning on a America along the river and, as I later
abetes were exposed to Agent Orange stronger magnet. It was like sending a found out, all across America.
during their service in the Vietnam flare, a signal. It was like a giant Next the cartel arranged—of course,
war. Furthermore, the overwhelming Times Square billboard telling all the for a price—for her to be smuggled via
healthcare consensus is that poor oral world: Come now, come to the United car from a border city to a checkpoint
health worsens the symptoms of diabe- States. Amnesty is waiting for every- some 60 miles away. Now these jour-
tes and heart disease. So what that one. neys, too, are treacherous, as migrants
means in English is that you have vet- As for the cartels—the people trav- are often placed in containers, in the
erans out there who are struggling eling, they paid no mind to the court backs of trucks, or in the trunks of
with diabetes, struggling with heart ruling. Instead, they kept coming. And cars. And when they are chased by
disease, and their problem is exacer- as we speak, the largest caravan to sheriffs, the drivers recklessly place
bated by poor dental health, poor oral date is on its way, with more than their own human cargo in peril.
health; and yet they can’t get the den- 15,000 people—bigger than my home- But this person wasn’t done yet.
tal care they need, which not only town of Great Bend. About 5 miles short of the checkpoint,
should be an end in itself, but it also This invitation, this magnet has the human smugglers let her out of the
impacts their overall health. made an already treacherous, inhu- car. Then she had to walk around the
So, without going into great detail, I mane situation worse. Our President is, checkpoint—probably a journey of 15 to
would say that providing dental care to indeed, inviting people to their own 20 miles—through the Texas heat,
veterans not only eases pain, not only peril, to their own harrowing, life- scrub brush, and rattlesnakes. In fact,
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addresses overall healthcare concerns, threatening journey. many days now Texas Rangers find
but it ends up being a very cost effec- Let me share with you what I saw dead, decayed bodies of migrant work-
tive approach. In a 2019 report to Con- just 16 days ago on my fourth visit to ers or migrant folks who had not made
gress on the cost of expanding dental the border. the trek successfully.
care—something that I asked for—the Upon our arrival and a short drive to So this journey around the check-
VA stated—and I quote: the river, we found the Border Patrol point would take 3 to 4 days. She was
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given 2 days’ worth of water—a milk President Biden knew we didn’t have Biden’s border policies—or in this case,
jug full of water. the detention space, the enforcement lack thereof.
A couple miles beyond the check- capacity, or the administrative staff to To paraphrase a well-known
point, a new human smuggler, hired follow the law, but he encouraged peo- quotation in Iowa, if you build it, they
and coordinated by the cartel to pick ple to come, and they listened. will come. Let’s paraphrase: If you
her up, awaits. This is where I met our If the illegal immigrants who have don’t build it, they will come.
young lady. We watched as she and entered the United States since Presi- Folks, America is and always has
four others packed into a small car, dent Biden took office establish a new been a welcoming nation, but those
and a fifth hopped in the trunk. After a city, it would be the ninth largest city seeking a better life here have an obli-
short, high-speed chase, the car finally in the country, with a population of gation to respect our laws, and the
pulled over and the riders fled on foot. 1.34 million. And they are still coming. President has a sworn duty to enforce
Now, most were apprehended very Just this week, we learned that what them. That is why I introduced the
shortly, including the young lady in might be the largest caravan ever— Border’s Unused Idle and Lying Dor-
this photo. nearly 15,000 migrants—is headed to mant Inventory Transfer Act, or the
This is when I met the woman in the our southern border. This is unaccept- BUILD IT Act, which would turn over
story for the first time. Again, she able and unsustainable, and it was the unused materials already pur-
hadn’t had water for 2 days. Her left completely avoidable. chased by taxpayers to construct the
knee was swollen and painful. She had This manufactured border crisis is southern border barrier to any State
multiple cuts that were infected, mul- also a boon for the deadly drug cartels. wishing to finish the job.
tiple bruises, and she was semicoma- Customs and Border Protection esti- President Biden’s refusal to secure
tose, fading in and out. She had cer- mates that smuggling migrants into our border is causing chaos and allow-
tainly heat exhaustion and was bor- the United States earns cartels up to— ing cartels to smuggle drugs into com-
dering on a heatstroke. Now, we were get this, folks—$6 billion a year. And in munities in Iowa and across the coun-
fortunate. With some minor first aid, the first 3 months of 2022, Border Pa- try, while costing taxpayers billions of
giving her hydration, cooling her down, trol seized over 150 pounds of drugs on dollars for nothing.
she is going to make it and she is going the southern border. Our country has Here is a simple solution: President
to be fine. But for many making this been struggling with an opioid epi- Biden, please enforce current immigra-
treacherous journey across the south- demic for far too long, and the Biden tion laws, curb cartel activity, and put
ern border, this story ends much more administration’s solution is an open these materials to use. Let’s end the
differently and much more tragically. taxpayer-funded waste, and let’s stop
border that will allow some of the
I am asking—I am begging our Presi- the unprecedented flow of illegal mi-
deadliest drugs to be transported
dent to turn off the magnet, to turn off grants, and let’s build it.
across the country, turning every I yield the floor.
the billboards that advertise for these State into a border State. In fact, in
people to risk their lives, to stop invit- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
2021, more than 100,000 Americans died ator from Missouri.
ing them to their peril and perhaps from drug overdoses—the highest num-
their death. Mr. BLUNT. Madam President, nor-
ber ever recorded—with opioids such as mally I don’t like to use numbers in
I yield the floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. fentanyl responsible for 3 out of 5 of speeches because I think numbers get
ROSEN). The Senator from Iowa. those deaths. Not to mention the hor- lost in people’s minds as they are try-
Ms. ERNST. Madam President, rific abuses many young girls and ing to wrap their heads around num-
today, America looks like a country women face at the hands of their smug- bers, but I do want to use some num-
governed by teenagers who grew up glers. bers today because the numbers are
reading ‘‘Choose Your Own Adventure’’ Folks, don’t miss this: The Biden ad- just so incredible.
books. They got some authority and ministration is aiding and abetting il- During President Biden’s time in of-
decided they could govern under a sys- legal immigration and all the criminal fice, the Department of Homeland Se-
tem of choose-your-own-laws. But a activity that comes with it. They have curity has encountered illegal immi-
government that derives its power the tools in their toolbox to curb the grants crossing our border more than
from the people cannot endure if its flow of drugs and human trafficking 2.8 million times. In not quite a year
laws change every few years based on and to stop the historic record of ille- and a half, 2.8 million people were en-
the whims of a select few in positions gal border crossings, but they refuse to countered crossing the border. Last
of power. That is, after all, why John use them. month alone, they caught people try-
Adams said we are ‘‘a government of On his first day in office, the Presi- ing to cross the southern border ille-
laws, not men.’’ dent canceled the construction of the gally 234,088 times. So a quarter of a
Folks, our laws are not a buffet. You barrier along our southern border, call- million people just last month were
can’t pick and choose which ones to up- ing it ‘‘a waste of money.’’ Ironically, caught trying to cross the border. That
hold and which to overlook based on his decision to not build the wall is the is the highest number in the Depart-
your desires. But that is exactly what real waste of money because, while it is ment’s history. It is more than four
we are experiencing today under Demo- not providing any security, it is still times the average monthly number
cratic control. This is a political party costing taxpayers. Since pulling the from 2018 to 2020. If you have a problem
that wants to rule but do so without plug on the project, Biden has contin- that is four times bigger than it was in
following the rules. They want to ued paying contractors upwards of $3 the 3 preceding years, it is probably
break our institutions, rig the system million a day—yes, you heard it right, time to ask, what were they doing in
in their favor, and fundamentally folks: $3 million a day—to watch over those 3 preceding years that we are not
transform our country. the unused materials that are lying in doing now?
Today, we are seeing the result of the desert. Taxpayers are being billed Some of the people who cross the bor-
this radical agenda. Look no further to babysit piles of surplus materials. der got sent back and may have gotten
than the Biden border crisis. U.S. law But some States being overrun by caught later in the month. They may
requires that immigrants be deported the influx of illegal immigrants would have been a catch-and-release, and
or detained pending determination if still like to set up barriers to control then they come back. But some people
they don’t have a legal right to be who is coming across the border from who cross the border didn’t get caught
here, but under this administration, Mexico. Taxpayers have already paid at all. I am not sure that number is not
enforcement simply no longer exists. $350 million for the concrete, the steel, bigger than the other number. But
In September 2019, on the campaign and the fencing that is now sitting idle, even if you had double-counting, it is
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trail, Joe Biden proudly said to those collecting dust and dollars. Why not let still an incredible number: a quarter of
seeking asylum in America: States that want to build the wall ac- a million people coming across the bor-
You should come. cess these unused materials? It would der illegally in 1 month who were
In March 2020, he said: save taxpayers money and deter the caught—not who were coming across
The only deportations that will take place unprecedented number of border cross- the border but who were caught coming
are commissions of felonies. ings that we have seen as a result of across the border.
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We have never seen such a massive or known as title 42, which allows au- have their operational funding diverted
prolonged effort by people to illegally thorities to turn back many of the peo- to process paperwork for illegal immi-
enter our country as we are seeing now. ple caught crossing the border ille- grants at the border.
It has created a giant humanitarian gally. A Federal judge issued a prelimi- The human tragedy unfolding on our
crisis at the border. Ask anyone who nary injunction blocking the efforts to border is due, in large part, to the poli-
lives in a border community the prob- eliminate title 42, but the administra- cies of this administration, a massive
lem that has been created by this. tion immediately decided they would turnaround that occurred on day 1 and
The Biden administration’s response appeal that decision. hasn’t stopped since.
has actually been to tie their own Now, that is exactly the wrong deci- We need that act—and they need to
hands by removing the most effective sion at this moment, particularly when act on border security effectively and
tools we have to try to manage the sit- the administration is arguing that we restore order to our immigration proc-
uation. We developed a reasonable ap- need billions of dollars of more money ess.
proach to the border based on lessons to fight COVID, and I think there is It is long past time for the adminis-
we learned from previous surges—one some merit to that argument, but you tration people to be honest with the
in 2014 when President Biden was Vice can’t argue that we need billions of American people about the crisis it has
President and one in 2019. These poli- dollars to fight COVID and COVID is created and to do something about it.
cies helped cut the number of people over at the border and is no longer a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
trying to cross the border illegally. problem there. ator from North Dakota.
Mr. HOEVEN. Madam President, I
They allowed us to deal with legiti- In fact, just the latest example of the
rise today, again, regarding the need to
mate cases of people seeking asylum in administration over and over again re-
secure our southern border. Right now
a much more responsible way. sponding to the crisis at the border
there is a caravan of migrants making
People who actually qualify for asy- with the wrong decision. Time after
its way to Mexico through the south-
lum come to the United States like time, the White House could have
ern border.
people don’t come to any other country looked at problems that it was causing Media reports that it could be the
in the world. We are still the most wel- with its immigration policies and re- largest caravan ever, growing to 15,000
coming country in the world for people verse course. And time after time, it migrants by the time it reaches the
who have a legitimate request for asy- responded by going ahead anyway, dou- U.S. border. The unprecedented and
lum, but that doesn’t include every- bling down on more than one occasion. growing crisis at the southern border is
body who lives in a poor and dangerous According to the New York Times, due to the Biden administration’s mis-
place. there are tens of thousands of people guided immigration policies.
In contrast to what we have been who have been waiting in the border re- This includes the lack of enforce-
doing to make it easier for people to gion for title 42 to be lifted. They are ment of key tools, including the ‘‘Re-
seek asylum and harder for people to watching the Biden administration and main in Mexico’’ policy, the safe third
illegally cross the border, the Biden ad- the signals it is sending now and how it country agreements, and the title 42
ministration has over and over again intends to deal with them the next public health order.
reversed the progress that is being time they cross the border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
made. Most of them will be allowed to stay reported that in April of this year, over
As Senator ERNST just well pointed in the country while they go through 234,000 individuals were encountered at-
out, on their first day, they halted the immigration proceedings, many of tempting to illegally cross the south-
construction of the border wall. The which can take years to just get a ern border—234,000 in the month of
logical debate to have there was finish hearing. That is why waiting in an- April.
the wall in progress and then have a other country like Mexico was a policy This is an increase of 31 percent from
debate with the new administration that we should have continued to im- April of 2021, last year, and a stag-
about whether you needed more border prove and move forward with because gering 1,268-percent increase from April
wall, but they halted construction of most people, when they are waiting, of 2020, 2 years ago. There are 234,000
the border wall. The material was would find out that they didn’t have a individuals attempting to cross the
there. The wall was in progress. In fact, legitimate asylum claim; that they border illegally in just 1 month—just 1
the wall, in some places, had been re- weren’t going to successfully get into month.
moved so you could put the more effec- the United States and disappear into I was recently in Del Rio and Eagle
tive wall up, so now there is no wall. the country that we live in. And they Pass, TX, to draw attention to the
There were places where we had known would wind up going back and making challenges at the border and to meet
for several years now that people would it easier for other people who had a le- with the North Dakota Army National
come across if they could where there gitimate asylum claim to have that Guard soldiers. Our Guard members are
was no wall and there was no building asylum here. providing support to Customs and Bor-
the wall. They revoked a 2017 Execu- What makes it worse, the adminis- der Protection in light of the immigra-
tive order calling for stricter enforce- tration has proposed taking away es- tion crisis.
ment of the immigration laws. They sential resources to enforce immigra- Our dedicated CBP officers and
canceled the Migrant Protection Pro- tion law. With the budget that they re- agents are working tirelessly to try to
tocols. They suspended asylum co- quested for this year, the Department fulfill their mission of securing the
operation agreements known as safe of Homeland Security specified cutting border, with the added pressure and
third party agreements, third country the enforcement and removal budgets stress of addressing the humanitarian
agreements. If someone is unsafe where to U.S. Immigration and Customs En- crisis occurring with the continuing
they live and has a legitimate claim forcement by $614 million. It doesn’t surge of migrants seeking to cross the
for asylum, this is not a legitimate sound like, to me, that that is the way border illegally.
claim for entry into the United States; to deal with a problem that is the size While they do everything they can,
it is a legitimate claim to get to a of the problem that almost every they face an impossible task that the
safer place for them. Guatemala, Hon- American has a sense of. Biden administration’s actions are ex-
duras, and El Salvador all had agreed In April, the Homeland Security Sec- acerbating. As I mentioned earlier, the
to those third party, third country retary said that he will need to repro- current crisis at the southern border is
agreements. gram funding from other DHS accounts the result of the Biden administra-
Even the leaders of even Guatemala to respond to increased activity at the tion’s policies.
and Mexico said that President Biden’s border, while the administration—his Notably, the Biden administration is
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policies are incentivizing illegal cross- administration—is asking for $614 mil- now attempting to end the use of pub-
ings at our southern border, which, of lion in cuts. lic health order 42—just last month.
course, create a lot of illegal transit Other parts of the Department, like Those efforts failed when a Federal
through their country as well. the Coast Guard, the Transportation judge correctly issued an injunction
Now the administration seems intent Security Administration, the Federal preventing the Biden administration
on ending the public health policy Emergency Management Agency, could from ending title 42.
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The Federal injunction noted that re- First, they say this is a massive na- site. If the cartels guaranteed good
scinding title 42 will result in a signifi- tional security and safety concern. It outcomes, no one would be left for dead
cant increase in illegal immigration at makes common sense that you would in the desert or die of heatstroke in an
the southern border. This includes an try to stop this, but more importantly overcrowded truck. No one would have
anticipated tripling of illegal border because they know that this President to work off their debt as a prostitute or
crossings at the border, increasing isn’t just abandoning the border; he is a drug runner after they got here. But
from 7,000 per day to 18,000 per day, intentionally giving control of that the cartels are after money. They are
should public health order 42 end. border to international criminals, to not providing humanitarian aid. So
At the same time, the ongoing crisis cartels, to gangs, to people who do not what do they do? They look at the
at the southern border is creating sig- wish us well. ‘‘welcome’’ mat, and they see it as a
nificant challenges for northern border Now, what it appears to be is that for way to cash in.
operations and the security of our many of my Democratic colleagues and In 2020, the National Human Traf-
northern border. Northern border per- for this administration, this action of ficking Hotline reported more than
sonnel and resources continue to be de- intentionally leaving the border open 10,000 unique cases of potential human
pleted because of the surge at the is there to keep the radical left happy. trafficking in the United States. Only 6
southern border. That is unacceptable. This is what they want, an open bor- percent of those victims reported
We need to address the ongoing crisis der policy. But that open border policy themselves as being U.S. citizens or
at the southern border and ensure that for terrorist organizations, fugitives, legal permanent residents. That is cor-
we have the resources we need at our cartel mules, this is to them all about rect—10,000 cases and only 6 percent
northern border as well. exploiting Joe Biden’s terrible choices were citizens or legal residents. About
Border security is vital to national and making the chaos work in their 60 percent of those victims were fe-
security, and we need to secure them favor. male. More than 72 percent of them re-
both. President Biden’s actions have They will continue to push until they vealed that they had been forced into
incentivized migrants to take the dan- are stopped. And right now they are prostitution or some other form of sex
gerous journey to the U.S. border. We using this to turn these cartels into work. Eighty-four percent of those sex
need to change those policies to get the international organizations. Last year, trafficking victims were female.
border crisis under control. 160 different countries came to that This problem doesn’t begin and end
That means we need to do three border. at the border. End Slavery Tennessee
things to ensure that we have a secure The drug dealers, they are all very reported that they just helped 207 po-
border. We need to make sure that we happy with the way it is operating. In tential trafficking victims in 2021.
continue the border wall, along with April, Customs and Border Protection Now, that is one organization in Middle
personnel and technology to make sure intercepted more than 50,000 pounds of Tennessee—one. Two hundred and
that we secure the border; we need to drugs—37 percent more than in March. seven trafficking victims in Middle
reinstate key immigration policies like Now, think about that, 1 month, a 37- Tennessee.
I talked about; and we need to move to- percent increase. Keep in mind, this You know, every town is a border
ward a merit-based immigration sys- data only reflects what the CBP found. town, every State is a border State,
tem. We know for a fact that every month and every U.S. citizen deserves to know
Again, we need to enforce our Na- the got-aways make it into the country why this barbarity has gone unan-
tion’s immigration laws, resume con- undetected. And we have no clue what swered by this administration.
struction of the border wall, and ensure they have brought with them. Law en- Remember what I said at the begin-
that we have in place the infrastruc- forcement officials in Tennessee have ning of my remarks: Our enemies are
ture, the personnel, and the technology told me that around 80 percent of the watching. They are paying attention.
to adequately secure the border. The drugs they seize contain fentanyl— They are looking for loopholes. They
Biden administration needs to take fentanyl. That is what they are find- are looking for ways to exploit. They
these steps, and they need to do it now. ing. It is coming right over the border want to see how far they can push Joe
I yield the floor. and coming to a community near you, Biden, how far they can push this ad-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- courtesy of the Biden administration. ministration, and so far, they have not
ator from Tennessee. We also know that business is boom- found his limit.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Presi- ing for the human smugglers, and this As the President and Democrat allies
dent, one of the dangers of having a caravan is about to provide them some here on Capitol Hill contemplate how
weak President is that our enemies excellent cover. long they are willing to be pawns in
will be able to test the boundaries that Over the course of 48 hours this week, this game our enemies are playing, I
used to keep them in check. They want Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande would advise them to just take a look
to see just how far they can push it be- Valley sector interrupted four separate at the data—at the data. Look at the
fore we start pushing back. Indeed, we human smuggling attempts, and that reports from our own Federal and
have seen that in action during this included 156 different people. That is State Agencies. Go talk to the human
Presidency. right, 156 people in 48 hours. trafficking organizations in your
The threat of violence, crime, and of Now, that is just one example that State. Look at the number of known
the dangerous influence of those who we chose to pull out and share. I have terrorists whom our Federal Agencies
do not wish us well has crept into the heard a great many advocates on the have apprehended. Look at the drugs
American consciousness and made an left accuse Republicans of blowing the that are being seized at the borders, at
already stressful time in our history scope of these smuggling operations the ports, and back in your hometowns.
even worse. out of proportion, but here is what I Look at the number of people Border
Now, last week’s news about what will say. I say that just one person fall- Patrol has had to save from smugglers.
could be the largest migrant caravan ing into the hands of the cartels is a And remember that you are not the
yet hasn’t helped the situation. We are problem. That is one person too many victims here. You have the power to fix
all hearing about it. At least 6,000 peo- who is being subjected to drug traf- this. You could do something about
ple, probably 10,000 people, have set out ficking, human trafficking, sex traf- this. You do not have to choose to let
from the Guatemala-Mexico border be- ficking, being forced into a gang, being the cartels run unabated at the south-
cause Joe Biden invited them to come put on a bracelet that is going to track ern border, bringing thousands upon
or so they think. That is what they them until they pay their debt to the thousands of people to our border. You
heard. That is how they interpreted his cartel. might be pretending that this situation
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actions. The people locking these migrants on the border isn’t getting worse by the
This is not up for debate. You can into shipping containers and stash day, but people can see with their very
look at the reports on TV. Now, this is houses without food or water—these own eyes exactly what is going on.
very shocking to so many of the Ten- are not people on a humanitarian mis- Tennesseans are watching. I think the
nesseans I am talking to every single sion. A good outcome is not guaran- American people are watching, and
day. teed, and, indeed, it is quite the oppo- when it gets worse, and it will, they
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will never forget that you sided with and of the European Union—to sustain the country. And you ask, well, why is
drug dealers and with sex traffickers its leadership role in defense of this not complete? Is it because we ran
over your own citizens. Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s inva- out of materials? Actually, if you go
I yield the floor. sion. just a mile from that last picture, in
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- So I think it would be invaluable to the desert you will see this: just stacks
ator from Massachusetts. have him on duty right now, especially and stacks and stacks of steel, 30-foot
UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—EXECUTIVE at this critical time in European his- sections all cut and ready to go to be
CALENDAR tory. I understand the objection of the able to close those gaps. But those gaps
Mr. MARKEY. Madam President, I Senator from Mississippi, and I look are not being closed because the Biden
ask unanimous consent that at a time forward to working with him and other administration a year and a half ago
to be determined by the majority lead- Senators in order to find a route to re- determined they were not going to
er, in consultation with the Republican moving the objection to this extremely close those gaps; they were just going
leader, the Senate proceed to executive qualified candidate as Ambassador to to leave them open. So there they sit
session to consider Calendar No. 925, Denmark. open.
Alan M. Leventhal to be Ambassador I yield the floor. So that is one of the issues. That is
to the Kingdom of Denmark; that there The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- different in Yuma than in some of the
be 10 minutes for debate equally di- ator from Oklahoma. other areas where they just literally
vided in the usual form on the nomina- BORDER SECURITY left the steel sit horizontally in the
tion; and that upon the use or yielding Mr. LANKFORD. Madam President, desert rather than being installed
back of time, the Senate vote without over Memorial Day weekend, I spent a vertically—what it was designed for.
intervening action or debate on the chunk of it in Yuma, AZ. In Yuma, AZ, The second big issue is in this area
nomination and the Senate resume leg- it is 107 degrees in daytime, 102 at sun- because of those gaps in the fence, indi-
islative session. down. Those of us from Oklahoma are viduals, as they fly into Yuma—they
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there not used to that kind of heat, but it are not coming in long caravans to
objection? was very helpful to be there, to be on come in—they are literally flying into
The Senator from Mississippi. the ground and to see what is hap- Mexicali, Mexico, taking a charter bus
Mr. WICKER. Madam President, re- pening at that particular border area. that the cartels have organized for
serving the right to object, and I cer- You see, each area of the border is a them, where they will pick them up at
tainly hope we don’t have to prolong little bit different. But what we are ex- the airport, load up into a charter bus.
this for very long, but I can report to periencing right now on our southern They will drive them up to the gaps in
Members of the Senate that there are border is a continual rolling, chaotic the fence with the bus and allow them
Members on this side who have con- crisis there. to be able to step across the border.
cerns about this particular nomina- I have people who will catch me occa- They were literally—I could see it—
tion. Perhaps those matters can be re- sionally in Oklahoma and will say: It they will literally step across the bor-
solved in short order. I certainly under- seems like things are going better be- der and wait for the Border Patrol to
stand my friend from Massachusetts cause I don’t hear the media talking come and pick them up, like it’s Uber
and his support for this nominee, and I about what is happening at the border XL coming to be able to pick them up
respect that. In addition, there are anymore. And I will smile at them and at their spot. And they know if they
larger issues involving actions and con- say: Well, you remember last summer just stand here on this side of the fence
duct of the State Department in Eu- when the media was focused on the and wait long enough, Border Patrol
rope writ large that go beyond this southern border? We had 6,000 people il- will come by, pick them up in a van.
nominee. Again, I hope the State De- legally crossing a day at that time. They will take them to the processing
partment will work with us on those Now we have 8,000 people illegally area where they get processed and then
important concerns. But for those stat- crossing a day—8,000. In fact, last within a couple of days released into
ed reasons, I do object at this point. month, we had a quarter million people the country wherever they want to go.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ob- that illegally crossed the border in 1 These individuals are traveling from
jection is heard. month. That was a record, by the way. all over the world. In fact, when I met
The Senator from Massachusetts. The previous record for a 1-month ille- with some of the leadership there in
Mr. MARKEY. Madam President, I gal crossing was the month before. Yuma, AZ, I just asked the question:
just want to say that I appreciate the Things continue to get worse. How are things going? What is hap-
position of the Senator from Mis- But each area of the border is a little pening in different spots? What are you
sissippi, but I will say this on behalf of bit different. Now I had not been to seeing?
Alan Leventhal: He is a favorite son of this particular border crossing in One of the folks there said: Well, last
Massachusetts. He has left an indelible Yuma, AZ, to be able to see how things week—last week—we encountered peo-
mark on our community, on the sur- are different there, but this is either ple from 50 different countries crossing
rounding community, and he has done the No. 1 or No. 2 most trafficked areas just in this spot.
just incredible work in his life. for illegal traffic across the entire Why is that? Because the border re-
He is in a senior position at the Mas- southern border at this point. mains open and people from all over
sachusetts Institute of Technology. He What you see first when you are in the world know they can fly to
has worked to train the next genera- Yuma, AZ, when you get there to the Mexicali, Mexico, pay the cartels—and
tion of innovators and leaders. He has fencing area, you notice this: You no- the current rate is between $7,000 and
received broad accolades for his trans- tice in Yuma, AZ, that you have got a $15,000 a person for that section of the
formational work as chairman of the port of entry there; and at that port of border. They get on the buses, drive up
board of trustees at Boston University. entry, you have miles and miles of bor- to the border, and then they step
In every professional, philanthropic, der fence and then a gap in the fence, across.
and personal endeavor, no matter how where on January 20, 2021, construction It is a different kind of thing. We see
big or challenging, Alan has embodied was on to be able to complete this, but sometimes pictures of people who have
excellence. literally, that day, it stopped. And so traveled 3,000 miles in a caravan. And
The men and women of our Foreign that gap has never been closed, and so by the way, there is another caravan
Service and locally employed staff in border crossings look like this. that is actually organizing through
Copenhagen will have an exceptional Another picture of it is a picture like Central America right now and coming
advocate and an accomplished manager this. This scenario where there is a through Mexico. The current caravan
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and Ambassador, and our strong ally dam on the Mexico side, and on the has an estimated 6,000 people in it that
Denmark will get a committed partner American side there is the fencing—or are walking their way up and traveling
with a direct line back to Washington at least there was going to be fencing. their way up through Central America
to further strengthen our bilateral re- There is fencing on both sides of this. and Mexico right now.
lationship. This is critical, as we rely So individuals literally step over the But the folks coming through Yuma,
on Denmark—a key member of NATO dam, walk over and walk right up into AZ, are not like that. They step across
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the border, and they are carrying lug- Border Patrol are having to run their Why is this so hard? Close that gap.
gage with them. In fact, Border Patrol Uber XL vans to be able to pick people We have fewer people crossing in
has had to actually limit the weight up and take them to processing, and California right now than we do in
that they can actually bring in luggage they have to come off the line to be Yuma. Why is that? Because the gap is
to no more than 50 pounds. They come able to come into the processing cen- closed in California. And while many of
into the process area. They are bring- ter. What else is happening? The open my colleagues scream ‘‘fences don’t
ing their luggage with them. They are desert areas not far from here, where work,’’ why do we have fewer people
dressed in nice clothes. They are clean. they know the drug traffickers are ac- crossing in California than we do in
They just got a shower the day before. tually moving large quantities of Yuma, AZ? Well, it is because there is
They come across the border. They drugs, they don’t have enough agents a functioning fence in California and a
wait on Border Patrol. We take them to be able to patrol that anymore. big, giant gap in Yuma. This does
to the processing area. In fact, when I They can see them on cameras. They work, and everybody knows it. That is
got to the processing area, one of the just don’t have enough people to get to why the Biden administration leaves it
Border Patrol agents walked up to me it. open—because they are facilitating
and said, ‘‘Do you see the lady behind The checkpoints that are on the this. This is something that is going to
you?’’ And I turned around and said, highways typically leading out from bite our Nation. It is a national secu-
‘‘Yes.’’ this area to try to pick up the gun and rity issue, and we should not ignore it.
She said, ‘‘She is wearing a Versace drug smugglers coming in and out of Again, I celebrate legal immigration.
dress.’’ the country, those checkpoints don’t I want more of it in our country. This
I said that probably should mean exist anymore. Why? Because they is unchecked, illegal activity, and we
something to me as a guy, but it cur- don’t have enough staff anymore be- had better pay attention to it.
rently doesn’t. And my wife later ex- cause they are managing this chaos at I yield the floor.
plained to me, ‘‘That is a pretty expen- the border. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms.
sive dress.’’ We are losing our security presence BALDWIN). The Senator from Wyoming.
Why are we seeing people like that on our southern border because the INFLATION
crossing the border? Because it is easi- President is incentivizing illegal immi- Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I
er to come in illegally into the country gration, and it is taking everybody come to the floor today to talk about
now than it is legally. that is there for our national security another Biden crisis. We just had my
Most years we have a million people to actually be on the border to manage friend and colleague from Oklahoma
a year that legally cross our border— the check-in staff for people coming in. talk about the crisis, as he saw it, at
legally—that go through the process, This is a ticking time bomb. It is the southern border while he was on his
fill out the paperwork. We do a back- solvable. trip there very recently. We hear from
ground check on those individuals. Let me give you just some very basic other colleagues about the crisis of
They come through and come into our things on this. No. 1, keep title 42 in crime in our cities across the country
country, and we celebrate people who place. The Border Patrol that I speak as another failure of this administra-
come legally into our country and have to when I talk to the folks on the line,
tion’s. I come today to talk about the
for over two centuries. These individ- their No. 1 fear is the Biden adminis-
Biden economic crisis, which is hitting
tration is going to cancel title 42. Now,
uals are finding it faster and cheaper to families in all of our States, in all of
currently, the court is prohibiting
just pay the cartel, fly to Mexico, walk our communities, and it is the thing
them from doing that, but their biggest
across the border. And when you walk that I heard the very most about when
concern is, if the Biden administration
across the border, you are in the coun- I was home in Wyoming last week.
cancels title 42, even more people will
try not just for a few months. Right Across the country, summer is al-
come across, and this chaos will be
now, when you cross the border and most here. It is time for barbecues, vis-
even worse. That is their No. 1 issue.
enter into this area, as you walk across iting friends, and family vacations for
Keep title 42 authority in place.
the border you are given a work permit The second thing is, stop giving peo- many. This year, there will be many
and the ability to stay in the United ple that cross the border between the fewer who will be able to afford what
States for 8 years until your asylum port of entry and illegally cross, stop has been a natural part of their family
hearing comes up. giving them work permits that lives.
Why do we have people coming from The American people have just been
incentivizes people to come between
all over the world? We have a million the ports of entry in an illegal fashion. through the most expensive Memorial
people doing it legally, but last year we The administration can do that right Day ever, and it has been painfully ex-
had 2 million people do it illegally be- now. pensive for families across this coun-
cause it is faster to just illegally come Third thing: Stop giving people a free try. This is just a preview of the sum-
into the border. pass to come into the country for 8 mer of stress that families are going to
Let me ask a simple question to this years to stay in the country while they be facing all across America. Ham-
body: Do we really want a system that await their asylum hearing. burger meat today is at its highest
incentivizes illegal activity as the en- Whoever is last in, first up for the price ever; chicken, its highest price
trance into the United States of Amer- asylum hearing, and do it right there ever; a gallon of gasoline, its highest
ica, because right now the incentive is at the border. The asylum hearings can price ever.
to come into the country illegally? be done in less than a month, and do it They say inflation is up by a certain
Let me phrase it this way. For the right there at the border so they have percentage, but gas prices have doubled
individuals who come across this bor- to remain in place to have their hear- since Joe Biden became President.
der, we do not do a background check ing. There has been a 100-percent increase
on these individuals. We have no idea What happens is, these individuals in gas prices since the Democrats be-
any criminal history they have in the cross the border, they cross the border, came the majority in the Senate and
country from where they are coming. they get their 8-year pass in the coun- Joe Biden was sworn into office. Gas
We do a background check with Amer- try, they get their work permit. They prices in America, under the Demo-
ican records. We know if they com- snap a picture of it. They send it to crats, have gone up 15 out of 16 months
mitted a crime here in the past, but we their family back home and say: I paid since Joe Biden came to the White
have no idea from any of the countries this cartel member this much money. I House and CHUCK SCHUMER came to be
that they are coming from. And let me crossed in this spot. I stood in this line. majority leader. Gas now costs more
remind you, in Yuma, when I was there When I got there, I got into the coun- than $4 a gallon on average in every
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a week ago, the week before, 50 dif- try. Come join me. And it keeps accel- State of the Union, and we are ap-
ferent nations crossed that border that erating. That is a policy decision that proaching $5 on average across the
week. We have no criminal background the administration could stop now, and country. In the liberal paradise of Cali-
check on any of those individuals. they are choosing not to stop now. fornia, the gas price today is over $6 a
What else happens with this? Because And the final thing on this. Again, it gallon if you can find it at that price.
of the chaos that is happening here and is not hard. Close that gap. Financial analysts who have looked at
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this thing recently predicted that the The real transition that is happening tion. Once again, they dropped the ball,
average price of a gallon of gasoline today is that we are going from being and the President was caught by sur-
nationwide could be $6.20 all across the a nation of energy dominance to being prise. Seven out of every ten stores in
country this summer. an energy-dependent nation. We are America have run out of baby formula.
So what do the President of the going from prosperity to poverty and There have already been cases of chil-
United States and the Democrats in from wealth to weakness. That is what dren being hospitalized because they
this body have to do about that? What we are getting from the Democrats in can’t get the right kind of formula.
is the solution? Because people are Congress, the Democrats in the Senate, What did the Biden administration fi-
looking for solutions. the Democrats in the House, and Joe nally say? They admitted they knew
The Democrats say: We run the Biden. about the crisis last year; yet they did
place. We are the House. We are the Today, we are still producing 1 mil- nothing.
Senate. We are the White House. We lion barrels of oil fewer than we were Month after month after month, this
run the place. before the pandemic. So what do Demo- administration did nothing. That is
Well, where are your solutions? I crats want to do? Once again, the Sec- kind of what we have gotten with this
would say to those Democrats. retary of the Treasury was with us yes- President. The President is too slow—
Oh, Joe Biden has a solution: I think terday. They want to raise taxes on the too slow to react, to slow to act, and
I will go and beg for oil from Saudi American public and on American en- too slow to respond to the needs of the
Arabia. I think I will go and beg for oil ergy. Well, what do you think higher American people. No wonder they are
from Saudi Arabia. taxes on energy production are going nicknaming him ‘‘Too Slow Joe.’’ That
The Democratic policy on energy to do when oil is already at a point at is what we have in the White House
seems to be ‘‘anything but American which people are paying $5 a gallon for today. It is a disgrace. The country de-
energy.’’ The Biden administration has gasoline? serves better. Americans of every back-
already been begging Venezuela, Iran, For Democrats who choose to go ground and in every stage of life are
the OPEC cartel, and even Vladimir home and listen to the people at home, being punished by the bad policies of
Putin to sell us more oil. We have seen I would imagine they are getting an Joe Biden’s and the Democrats’ in Con-
that all in the last year. If North Korea earful from the people at home. gress.
had oil, I am sure the Democrats would One Democratic Member of the Sen- For most Americans, this is the
go and try to beg them as well. This ate was on TV yesterday, bragging in a worst economy they have ever seen.
President would rather beg the Saudis hearing. I saw it played a number of More and more Americans are having
to sell us energy than to let hard-work- times. She didn’t care how high energy to borrow money just to pay the bills
ing American energy workers get it out prices went. She didn’t care at all be- to try to keep up. Household debt is
of the ground here at home. cause she had an electric car and drove near an alltime high, and credit card
Now, we don’t need to go to Saudi it here, from her home to Washington, day is near an alltime high. The aver-
Arabia. We don’t need to go to Iran. We DC, so it didn’t matter. Oh, if you can’t age car in the United States is now 12
don’t need to go to Venezuela. We don’t afford to have $55,000 to buy an electric years old. This is a record high.
need to go to OPEC. We don’t need to vehicle, too bad for you. That is the I would have to say to my colleague
go to Russia. We have it here at home Democrats’ response. That is what we who bragged about having an electric
in America, and we have an abundance are seeing in this country which Joe car and driving it here and not caring
of energy. Joe Biden is transferring the Biden has led into crisis after crisis about the fact that gas prices have
wealth of our Nation to the Middle after crisis. gone up and was actually laughing
East. Why? Because that is a decision High energy prices, of course, mean about it, it seemed to me, well, you are
by Joe Biden and the Democrats—to higher prices for almost everything different than most Americans, I would
send our wealth to the Middle East else. Higher energy prices are already have to say, because most Americans
rather than to use the wealth that we driving up food costs. For any Senator can’t do what you do. They don’t have
have here in America. who went to a grocery store—and I am that opportunity. The average car in
Joe Biden has blocked off the vast not sure how many Democrats do the the United States is 12 years old be-
majority of Federal lands from energy shopping for themselves or how many cause that is what people can afford,
exploration and production. Even on Democrats saw how high food prices but they can hardly afford the gas to
the remaining Federal land, Joe Biden are, but I certainly saw it in Wyoming go in it. They can’t afford to buy a new
continues to cancel major oil and gas this past weekend—food prices are ris- car or a used car, let alone an electric
lease sales. Just last week, while Mem- ing at the fastest rate in 40 years. Does car.
bers were home, the Biden administra- a single Democratic Senator make ref- Since Joe Biden became President,
tion, with none of us in Washington but erence to that? talk about it? come up prices have gone up faster than wages.
all of us at home, said they are going with or try to find solutions for it? Will That is the complaint I continue to
to redo the environmental reviews of we have a solution? Joe Biden can’t hear about at home. Month after
leases made by the previous adminis- blame Vladimir Putin for high food month after month, the buying power
tration. Now, this includes 2,000 leases prices. The price of food has gone up of the average American family keeps
in my home State of Wyoming. For every single month—every single going lower and lower and lower. Now
every existing energy lease, Joe Biden month—since Joe Biden came into of- two-thirds of the American people are
has done what he can to stop produc- fice. High energy prices. High food talking about living paycheck to pay-
tion there. He has put 4,300 drilling per- prices. check with nothing left over—nothing.
mits in limbo. There is a 40-year high of inflation in As a result, the American people are
What does he say about this? He said this country today, so inflation has feeling stuck and stressed and
it in Japan. He said: We are going driven the Federal Reserve to raise in- squeezed.
through an incredible transition. terest rates. What does that mean? The pessimism of the economists is
This is Joe Biden, the President of Well, for the seniors and retirees who only exceeded by the pessimism of the
the United States. are watching their savings and their American people about the Joe Biden
He said: God willing, when this is retirements melt away, it means a lot. economy. All told, Joe Biden’s eco-
over, this incredible transition we are Interest rates have gone up, and mort- nomic crisis has become a perfect
going through, we will be stronger and gage applications have dropped. Many storm of bad economic news.
less reliant on fossil fuels. Americans are giving up on their Jamie Dimon is the CEO of
What Joe Biden is saying to every dreams of even owning their own JPMorgan Chase. He warned of an up-
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American is, tough luck. Take your homes. coming economic hurricane. The eco-
medicine. Take your medicine, and pay Young mothers can’t buy or find in- nomic hurricane is a perfect storm of
the price because we are going through fant baby formula to buy. Joe Biden record inflation, record debt, a short-
an incredible transition, and God will- didn’t see it coming. People saw it age of necessities, higher interest
ing, when it is over, we are going to be coming, and mothers saw it coming, rates, vanishing savings, and a shrink-
stronger. but it was ignored by the administra- ing economy. The Biden inflation crisis
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is quickly spiraling into an all-around warned by their own experts, and they to prevent the next mass shooting, to
economic crisis. If the Democrats con- ignored it; simply, flatly ignored the combat the lethal threat posed by vio-
tinue on this path, it is going to get a warnings, passed the largest spending lent White supremacists, to honor the
lot worse soon. bill in American history. And ever memory of those who were slain in this
Inflation for producers is even higher since that day, inflation has spiraled horrifying act of racist violence.
than inflation for consumers. In fact, out of control. More than a year later, One of the family members who at-
inflation for producers has been the Democrats still don’t have anything to tended yesterday was Garnell Whit-
highest on record. Wholesale prices for offer beyond blame and excuses. field, Jr., and his brother Raymond.
producers went up 11 percent in the Last week, the Secretary of Com- Their mother Ruth Whitfield was the
last year. That means higher prices for merce was asked: eldest victim in this Buffalo shooting.
the people who grow our food, who Is there one specific category [of high She was 86 years old.
build our buildings, and who keep the prices] where you think you can actually In the hours before her murder, Mrs.
lights on. Inflation for producers today make a difference? Whitfield just finished her regular
means inflation for consumers tomor- This is her answer. She said: daily ritual, visiting her husband, Mr.
row. I wish. Whitfield’s father, at his nursing home.
After 13 months of this inflation cri- The two had been married for 68 years,
That is what Democrats are left
sis—a crisis that the administration and in an instant, she was gone. Her
with: wishes, wishes—no plan to fix the
kept ignoring, kept denying, kept re- family is shattered.
crisis that they have created. During yesterday’s hearing, Mr.
fusing to admit was here, kept saying
Joe Biden’s so-called energy inflation
wasn’t coming—the Secretary of the Whitfield courageously voiced what
plan made so many false promises. And
Treasury said: Well, if it comes, and millions of Americans feel about the
he talked about this. He wrote an edi-
there is a small chance it comes, it will devastating run of mass shootings in
torial in the Wall Street Journal. You
be manageable. America: outrage. He asked me and the
would think that maybe somebody at
There is no light at the end of the fellow committee members there a
the White House who wrote it would
tunnel. If there is any light at the end really important question:
have been vetted before they gave it to
of the tunnel, it is because the freight What are you doing? You were elected to
the President, before he put his name protect us. Is there nothing that you [can]
train marked ‘‘recession’’ is about to
on it. It got Four Pinocchios from the personally [be] willing to do to stop the can-
hit America. Inflation is so bad that
Washington Post which talked about cer of White supremacy and the domestic
the Democrats can’t even deny it any-
what the President had to say about terrorism it inspires?
more. So they create it; they ignore it;
energy as just being a lie. Mr. Whitfield concluded his testi-
they deny it; they blame inflation on
We know what we need to do. We mony with the following words I hope
everybody else.
need to stop the reckless spending. We every Member of the Senate will hear.
Yesterday, in the Finance Com-
need to unleash American energy. In- He said:
mittee, the Secretary of the Treasury
stead of canceling lease sales, Joe Mrs. Ruth Whitfield’s life mattered. Your
said: No, no. It wasn’t them.
The Democrats denied it. They said: Biden needs to open up Federal lands actions here will tell us if and how much it
No, no. It was Putin. It was the pan- to American energy production in- mattered to you.
demic. stead. Instead of canceling pipelines, We heard the same sentiment from
But now the Democrats want to Joe Biden should speed up the pipeline across the country—from Uvalde, TX,
make it worse. permitting process. Instead of begging to Chicago, IL. It is impossible to keep
Well, it took about 14 months, but other countries to sell us oil, we should track of these mass shootings. They
Janet Yellen admitted earlier this get it out of the ground right here in have claimed so many innocent lives.
week in a CNN interview that she had America. During this past weekend alone, our
been wrong about inflation. When she Oh, we have the American energy Nation was hit with at least 10 of
said there was a slight risk, she was skills and skilled workers to see us them—10. Think about it: In this coun-
mistaken. When she said it was man- through this crisis. The President just try, 10 in one weekend. In many coun-
ageable, she was mistaken. needs to let them go to work. tries—most countries around the
She said: Now, I was wrong about the Working families have already been world—there are none. No other devel-
path inflation would take. This is the pushed to the breaking point. People oped Nation on Earth experiences this
Secretary of the Treasury for Joe are spending their savings, seeing it degree of bloody carnage every day,
Biden, his handpicked person to run melting away. They have run up credit every week. And if we want to prove to
the economy. She also admitted that cards just to get by, and now recession Americans like Garnell Whitfield that
inflation was a matter of supply and is heading toward us. We need to the lives of their loved ones who were
demand and that the spending in the change course. The administration lost really do matter to us, we have to
American Rescue Plan did feed the de- needs to change course because the Joe do something in the Senate.
mand. I think she is talking about the Biden economic hurricane is about to The first thing is simple: close the
$2 trillion that every Democrat voted hit America. loopholes on the purchase of guns. Cur-
for and that every Republican voted I yield the floor. rently, there is a bipartisan group of
against; the $2 trillion to which even The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Senators working on this issue. I com-
the Democratic economists said: Don’t ator from Illinois. mend this group, especially Senators
do that. It is going to make us have GUN VIOLENCE MURPHY and CORNYN—Democrat and
bad inflation. And we had bad infla- Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, yes- Republican—who are leading this ef-
tion. But Joe Biden and the Secretary terday, as chairman of the Senate Ju- fort.
of the Treasury and every Democrat in diciary Committee, I had the honor of We are also going to hold a hearing
the House and Senate voted in favor of welcoming a group of important guests next week in the Judiciary Committee
pouring fuel on the fire that turned to Washington. over a phenomena which is equally em-
into the inflation we are facing today. The committee was joined by the barrassing. Gunfire is now the leading
This was an enormous mistake on families of some of the victims in last cause of death for kids in America. Did
the part of the Democrats and the month’s mass shooting in Buffalo, NY, you hear that? Gunfire, the leading
President—CHUCK SCHUMER and every when a White supremacist marched cause of death of children in America.
Democrat in this Senate, all the Demo- into the Tops Grocery store with an as- We talk about protecting our kids,
crats in the House and Speaker NANCY sault rifle and massacred 10 Black our highest priority. Well, the guns are
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PELOSI. It is costing the average Amer- Americans in cold blood and wounded killing our kids more than auto-
ican family today $5,000 more this year three others. Just weeks after laying mobiles, more than poison, more than
than last year just to stay even—not to their loved ones to rest, these families accidents in the home.
get ahead, just to stay even. flew to Washington to deliver one very DOMESTIC TERRORISM
Democrats were warned. They were simple, straightforward message to Madam President, that brings me to
warned by Republicans. They were Congress: Do something. Do something our second obligation to families like
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the Whitfields. It was the focus of our nonvoters alike—in condemning vio- sacres and the killings in our country?
hearing yesterday. We have got to con- lence wherever its source, right or left. And they each said yes. They acknowl-
demn and combat the hateful ideology Whether violence is being threatened edged that the easy access to guns, re-
that has inspired attacks like the mass against a sitting Supreme Court Jus- gardless of ideology, is what makes our
shooting in Buffalo. tice or the Capitol Hill police officers country the outlier country among all
During the previous administration, on January 6 who wanted to defend this developed nations. What that says to
officials within the FBI and Depart- building from the insurrectionist mob, me is that we need to be very, very
ment of Homeland Security shared a it is unacceptable and inexcusable. committed and very serious about the
sobering assessment—this was under As the threat of domestic terrorism need to enact sensible gun safety legis-
the previous President, Trump. They looms over the country, we must en- lation.
found that since 2000, the year 2000, sure that members of law enforcement As I listened to one of my other col-
White supremacists have been ‘‘respon- have resources, training, and our sup- leagues a little bit earlier talking
sible for . . . more [homicides] than port in their legitimate exercise of about inflation, yes, inflation is a prob-
any other domestic extremist move- their duty. That is why we need to pass lem, but certainly it is not the answer
ment.’’ the Domestic Terrorism Protection to just blame the Democrats. I would
Right now, in the words of FBI Direc- Act. like my Republican colleagues to make
tor Wray, the threat of domestic ter- I put this bill on the floor in 2017. It a commitment to do what we need to
rorism is ‘‘metastasizing across [Amer- ensures that the Federal Government do and at least get a start in ending
ica],’’ and we have seen evidence of it will keep track of the crimes and the the gun violence in our country. As I
time and again. nature of them. That is it. It doesn’t said at yesterday’s hearing, Hawaii has
In the past decade alone, White su- give any new powers of investigation, among the strongest gun safety legisla-
premacists have committed mass surveillance, or arrest—simply counts tion in the country. We have the lowest
shootings in a church, at a Sikh the number of attacks and where they gun violence in the country. There is a
gurdwara in the State of Wisconsin, come from. cause and effect here.
As Mr. Whitfield charged us with yes-
synagogues, not to mention a Walmart, It was the decision of the Trump ad-
terday, do something. That is our re-
and a grocery store. ministration to remove White suprem-
sponsibility.
We have seen other acts of domestic acy as one of the motives for this do-
HONORING OUR PACT ACT OF 2021
terrorism. This past weekend, in Wis- mestic terrorism at a time when the
Madam President, turning to another
consin, Madam President, a violent ex- head of the FBI tells us that threat is
subject, over decades of conflict, mil-
tremist broke into the home of a metastasizing across America. Presi-
lions of American servicemembers have
former judge and shot him to death. dent Trump was wrong. The FBI should been exposed to burn pits and other
The murderer was found with a list of be keeping track of these crimes so toxic materials. These men and women
names that included that judge and that we know the source of this vio- risked their lives in service to our
other officials, including the Governor lence. country, and we have a duty to ensure
of your State. That is why this legislation is needed they get care for conditions caused by
It is no coincidence that the threat of not just to pass through the Senate but these toxic exposures.
White supremacy is growing worse at a to say to the Whitfield family in Buf- For months, my colleagues and I on
time when racist rhetoric is being falo, NY: We hear you. We are going to the Veterans’ Affairs Committee have
dragged into the mainstream of our start by doing something very basic. worked to craft a bill that meets our
discourse. As we watch one community after responsibility, our duty to our vet-
The fact is, in 2022, hate has a formi- another torn apart by sickening acts of erans, and now we have the responsi-
dable platform on FOX News. Media violence, the Members of this Senate bility to pass this legislation here in
figures like Tucker Carlson are ampli- have to go beyond thoughts and pray- the Senate and deliver for our vet-
fying false racist conspiracy theories ers. If anyone in this body is unwilling erans.
like the so-called ‘‘great replacement to take even the most basic steps to This legislation is a bill named for
theory’’ to millions of vulnerable save lives, I would encourage them to SFC Heath Robinson from Ohio, who
Americans. follow the advice that Mr. Garnell served tours of duty in Kosovo and
Night after night, Tucker Carlson le- Whitfield offered yesterday. If you Iraq, where he was exposed to toxic
gitimizes the fiction that his political don’t want to take any action, ‘‘yield burn pits. A decade after returning
opponents are scheming to deliberately your positions of authority and influ- home, Sergeant Robinson developed a
change the demographics of America. ence to others that are willing to rare form of lung cancer caused by his
It is the same racist dogma that in- lead.’’ toxic exposure. Tragically, he passed
spired the resurgence of the Ku Klux I yield the floor. away in 2020.
Klan 100 years ago. They just took off The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The Sergeant First Class Heath Rob-
the white robes on this gang. ator from Hawaii. inson Honoring Our PACT Act is his-
Tucker Carlson, and pundits like Ms. HIRONO. Madam President, I toric, comprehensive legislation that
him, traffic in fear and hate. They are want to thank the chairman of the Ju- provides the care toxic-exposed vet-
radicalizing their viewers by preying diciary Committee for his remarks just erans like Sergeant Robinson deserve.
on paranoia and winking to the far- now. I, too, sit on the Judiciary Com- This bipartisan legislation extends VA
right extremists who look to them for mittee, and I listened to Garnell Whit- healthcare eligibility to millions of
leadership. field talk about his 86-year-old mother, post-9/11 veterans, including nearly 3.5
Tragically, we have seen the growing who was murdered, and his charge to us million who were toxic-exposed. It also
use of political violence against elected to do something, because basically he adds nearly two dozen conditions to
officials, against flight attendants, said: If you are not going to do some- the VA’s list of service presumptions
against election workers, school board thing in the face of all this gun carnage and strengthens the VA’s ability to
members, and other public servants. To in our country, what are you doing provide the high-quality care and bene-
make it clear, our condemnation of vi- here? fits these veterans need in a timely
olence applies on the right and on the I think that is a question that each manner. Altogether, this bill delivers
left. of us should ask: What the heck are we the historic investment in caring for
Just this morning, news broke that a doing here if not to protect America’s our Nation’s veterans.
man was arrested near the home of Su- citizens? The Honoring Our PACT Act is the
preme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. One of the questions that I asked of latest step we are taking to support
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Carrying at least one weapon, and with the panel, which consisted of two our veterans in Hawaii and across our
burglary equipment, he told police he invitees from the Republican side and country. Just yesterday, President
was planning on killing the Justice. three panel members of Democratic Biden signed legislation to name the
Let me be clear: We have to stand invitees—I asked them: Is the easy ac- state-of-the-art VA clinic under con-
united—Democrats, Republicans, Inde- cess to guns in our country a major struction on Oahu after the late Sen-
pendents, left and right, voters and part of the gun violence and the mas- ator Daniel Akaka. He also signed our
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bill to expand access to breast cancer Mr. RUBIO. Madam President, this and that the motions to reconsider be
screening and treatment for veterans, weekend will mark 6 years since 49 of considered made and laid upon the
helping ensure every VA patient can our fellow Americans were killed in table with no intervening action or de-
get the care they need. By passing the one of the deadliest attacks in our Na- bate.
Honoring Our PACT Act, we can con- tion’s history. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
tinue building on this progress and de- It was a tragic, despicable terrorist objection, it is so ordered.
livering for our veterans. attack on the Hispanic and gay com- The resolution (S. Res. 663) was
I would like to thank Chairman munities in Orlando. Each person agreed to.
TESTER, Ranking Member MORAN, and killed was a son or daughter, brother The preamble was agreed to.
Chair MARK TAKANO in the House for or sister, mother or father, husband or (The resolution, with its preamble, is
their leadership in this effort, and I wife. They were part of our families printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub-
would like to thank all the veterans mitted Resolutions.’’)
and communities. The assault on Pulse
and their loved ones who have shared was an act of pure evil that was and re- f
their stories and advocated for so long mains the worst terror attack on U.S. EXECUTIVE CALENDAR—Continued
to help us get to this moment. soil since September 11, 2001. And it
This is an important and long-over- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The jun-
was inspired by the same ideology of ior Senator from Florida.
due step toward honoring our Nation’s hate. But ultimately, that hateful ide- Mr. SCOTT of Florida. I suggest the
veterans, caring for them. I urge my ology failed to tear apart our commu- absence of a quorum.
colleagues to pass this bill without nity. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
delay. June 12, 2016, is a day that I will clerk will call the roll.
Madam President, I yield the floor. never forget. The senseless, tragic loss The legislative clerk proceeded to
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The jun- of life will never dull with time, nor call the roll.
ior Senator from Florida. Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I
will the memory of how our commu-
f nities came together in the days and ask unanimous consent that the order
HONORING THE MEMORY OF THE weeks that followed. Pulse was a well- for the quorum call be rescinded.
VICTIMS OF THE HEINOUS AT- known nightclub in central Florida. It The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
TACK AT THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB was part of the fabric of the local com- objection, it is so ordered.
ON JUNE 12, 2016 munity, and that awful day struck a GUN SAFETY
terrible blow. But the community Mr. CORNYN. Madam President,
Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Madam Presi-
awoke from the tragedy stronger and when the Senate considers complex and
dent, nearly 6 years ago, our State, Na-
more united than it was before. profound issues of public policy, I am
tion, the city of Orlando, and Hispanic particularly reminded of the wisdom of
and LGBTQ communities were at- The terrorist would have been horri-
fied to see the First Baptist Church in our late friend, Mr. Mike Enzi, the Sen-
tacked. Forty-nine innocent and beau- ator from Wyoming. Not long after I
tiful lives were lost. It was an evil and Orlando—another pillar of the local
community—opening its doors to the came to the Senate, I noticed how pro-
hateful act, an act of terrorism de- ductive that Senator Enzi, one of the
signed to divide us as a nation and LGBT community, welcoming them
and their families, and holding services most conservative Members of the Sen-
strike fear in our hearts and minds. ate, was working on the Health, Edu-
But, instead, we came together, we there. The terrorist would have hated
to see Floridians from all across the cation, Labor, and Pensions committee
supported each other, and we per- with Teddy Kennedy, the ‘‘liberal lion
severed. We have proved to the world State bringing food and water to sup-
port victims, families, and first re- of the Senate.’’ You had one of the
what we in Florida already knew: Flo- most conservative Members of the Sen-
ridians are resilient. sponders. There were unending lines to
donate blood. There were memorial ate working with one of the most lib-
The days I spent in Orlando following eral Members of the Senate. But, amaz-
the shooting will always be with me. I services around the State. There was a
sense that there was something greater ingly, to me, they seemed to get a lot
talked to parents who lost their chil- done.
dren. I went to funerals and wakes. I than any one person worth sacrificing
So I asked Senator Enzi, I said: How
sat in hospital rooms. It was one of the for; there was a sense of community,
is it that you, a staunch conservative,
hardest things I have ever had to do. It fellowship, and solidarity. This is the could work so productively with some-
was heartbreaking. But in this horribly America I know and love, and it is our body with such different views? Sen-
dark time, the selfless courage of so country at its best. ator Enzi told me: It is easy. I call it
many—from community members to Sunday will be a day for reflection,
the 80–20 rule.
law enforcement, to healthcare work- for remembering those who lost their Well, the fact of life is we are not
ers—provided a sense of hope. This in- lives to an evil, hateful ideology. It going to agree with everybody 100 per-
credible strength, love, and bravery will also be a day to acknowledge the cent of the time. And I sometimes say
lifted up Orlando and the State of Flor- tremendous impact their families and I don’t agree with my wife 100 percent
ida and helped us begin to rebuild. the survivors have had, not only on of the time, but she is always right.
This week, on the sixth anniversary their community and State, but on our But, seriously, if we are going to get
of this devastating tragedy, the State Nation. things done here in the U.S. Senate for
of Florida comes together to honor the And while the fight against evil and the benefit of the American people, we
lives lost too soon, and we vow to al- hate continues, we can and should take have to understand nobody is going to
ways stand up and fight against evil inspiration from their strength. get everything they want. And I think
and hatred in this world. Mr. SCOTT of Florida. As if in legis- for purposes of simplicity, an illustra-
I was proud that last year Congress lative session, I ask unanimous consent tion of Senator Enzi’s comments about
passed and the President signed into the Senate proceed to the consider- the 80–20 rule are very helpful.
law legislation I introduced with Sen- ation of S. Res. 663, submitted earlier I have tried to employ that strategy
ator RUBIO and Senator PADILLA to des- today. many times since those days, and I
ignate the location of the Pulse night- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The hope we can apply that wisdom and
club in Orlando as the National Pulse clerk will report the resolution by strategy again dealing with this recent
Memorial, which will honor the mem- title. string of shootings, including Uvalde,
ory of those we lost. The legislative clerk read as follows: TX.
Today, I am requesting all my col- A resolution (S. Res. 663) honoring the Now this debate evokes strong emo-
leagues to join Senator RUBIO and me memory of the victims of the heinous attack tions and strong opinions from people
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to pass a resolution honoring the mem- at the Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016. across the political spectrum, and it is
ory of the 49 lives lost during the hei- There being no objection, the Senate an understatement to say that there
nous attack at the Pulse nightclub. proceeded to consider the resolution. are serious differences of opinion.
Let’s come together now to say that Mr. SCOTT of Florida. I ask unani- I start with the premise that I took
our Nation will always stand against mous consent that the resolution be an oath to uphold and defend the Con-
hate and evil in this world. agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, stitution of the United States, and I
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have no intention of violating that North Carolina, Senator SINEMA from of cutting his face—self-mutilation—
oath. That is where I start. Part of the Arizona, and I have been looking at and abusing and torturing animals, and
Constitution is the amendments, in- these various factors and tried to come he was known for fighting and threat-
cluding the first 10 which are the Bill up with a targeted bill that might have ening his fellow students with every-
of Rights that includes the Second prevented some of these tragedies. To thing from assault to rape. He was a
Amendment, which provides a con- me, that is the best way to look at ticking time bomb, and many people—
stitutional right to keep and bear arms this, is to say: If this had been in place, not all the people but many people in
for law-abiding Americans. I have no is it less likely that this tragedy would this small community of 15,000 people
intention of violating my oath, and I have occurred? Stated another way, If knew it. Certainly, his mother knew it.
have no intention of undermining the we do this, is there a chance or a prob- Unfortunately, his mother was a drug
rights of law-abiding gun owners in ability that we could save lives in the user, and he was living with his grand-
America because it is a constitutional future? To me, that should be our mother. But this is a young man who
right. focus. shot his own grandmother because she
It is no secret that when it comes to Instead of wasting time talking wanted him to go back to school be-
the culture in America, there are very about what we don’t agree on, I think cause, of course, he had been out of the
different views ranging from, let’s say, it is productive for us to focus on this classroom because of COVID–19 restric-
Connecticut, where Senator MURPHY subset of issues where I believe there is tions. Frankly, that isolation just
comes from, to places like Texas, room for a consensus because, of made his mental illness that much
where guns are commonplace but peo- course, that is the only way to make worse.
ple know how to use them and they use progress and to get a result. As I said, the shooter at Sandy Hook,
them responsibly and they are not a When the Constitution was written, Adam Lanza, experienced what was
threat to public safety. it created three branches of govern- later described as ‘‘severe and deterio-
There are those who would like to re- ment; but in particular, the legislative rating’’ mental health problems that
strict the rights of law-abiding gun and the executive branch, with two went untreated, not because his par-
owners because that is their view— branches of the Congress. They are ents didn’t try—they did—but when he
they strongly hold that view, but I very different in their nature. They was prescribed medication to help him
have been clear that is a nonstarter for made it difficult to pass legislation. It manage his mental illness, he refused
me. is hard. We do it, but it is hard. And it to take it, and his mom finally gave
But to Senator Enzi’s wise advice, is hard because it takes consensus, and up, exhausted, as you can imagine. It
rather than focus on the 20 percent we consensus sometimes takes time, par- was a period of 3 years that he didn’t
can’t agree on, I have been trying to ticularly on issues that evoke such see any mental health provider at all,
explore common ground with our col- strong views and opinions and reflect, sitting in his room, playing video
leagues on a bipartisan basis. These frankly, the diversity of this country. games, killing people online virtually,
were devastating tragedies. We all I am glad to say, on this topic, we are becoming increasingly desensitized,
agree with that. We all agree that no making steady progress. It is early in and spiraling down that psychiatric,
child should ever fear for his or her the process, but I am optimistic where psychological, and emotional drain.
safety while sitting in a classroom. things stand right now. What am I op- We need to equip all of our young
I think we even all agree that there timistic about? I am optimistic that we people in America with the resources
is a mental health epidemic in America could pass a bill in the Senate, it can and the assistance they need in order
today, and that is a piece of the puzzle. pass the House, and it will get a signa- to manage their emotional and mental
To me the shootings are a symptom of ture by President Biden. It will become health struggles. I think that is part of
a larger problem, which is the failure law of the land. what we need to do.
of our mental health system in Amer- What is the test of that legislation?
ica, and it manifests itself in many dif- It is, to me, not whether it meets your School security, as I said, was also a
ferent ways. Now, people suffering from ideological standard of what the bill glaring issue at Uvalde. The shooter
mental health challenges, by and large, should look like, but it is simply this: was able to enter Robb Elementary
they are not violent, but a subset of Will it save lives? If it will, it is worth School through a door that wasn’t even
them threaten their own lives with sui- all of our best efforts. locked. That is a problem. School dis-
cide. Some of them, even a subset of As I said, there is broad agreement tricts need to be prepared for the
others, not only commit suicide by at- about the mental health challenges, worst-case scenario. They need to pre-
tacking a known armed police contin- not only in our schools, but in our soci- pare for the worst and hope for the
gent, but they also engage in homi- ety at large and how that manifests best. That means evaluating physical
cides, too, which is what happened with itself. Sixty percent of the gun deaths security, reviewing current protocols,
Salvador Ramos in Uvalde, TX. in America are suicides. Don’t we want developing best practices, and poten-
I think there is a consensus in Amer- to try to prevent those suicides? I tially adding or expanding the number
ica that criminals and people experi- think so. That is why the mental of school resource officers. Those are
encing severe mental health crises health issue is so important, among law enforcement officers on campus.
should not have access to guns. It is other reasons. And then, obviously, the I think there is a lot of common
not just my opinion; it is actually the school safety issues. We need to try to ground on things we can agree on
law. That is what the National Instant figure out ways to make our schools here—safer schools, better mental
Criminal Background Check System is harder to get into for people like Sal- health resources, and coming up with
supposed to vet for—to make sure that vador Ramos. additional assistance that will harden
people who have criminal records, peo- Unfortunately, the mental health our schools and provide greater deter-
ple who have been institutionalized for challenges of young, disaffected, and rence and protections for our students.
mental health problems, people who alienated boys is a profile that is all The Senators whom I have been talk-
are dishonorably discharged, people too familiar. It is reflected in the ing to—including the group of four but
who are under a protective order, peo- shooter in Uvalde. It is reflected in the even the larger group today at noon—
ple who have committed felonies, peo- shooter in Sandy Hook, Adam Lanza. we have been talking about other
ple who have committed domestic vio- They came from much different places things we might do to keep individuals
lence, those are all people who now, if in terms of their socioeconomics, but who are already prohibited by law be-
you went to buy a firearm and under- in terms of their alienation and their cause they have a criminal background
went a national instant criminal back- developing mental illness and their or they have mental health adjudica-
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ground check, you would not be able to willingness to not only take their own tions and problems.
legally purchase or possess a firearm life but other people’s lives, unfortu- How do we keep guns out of the
because that is the law of the land and nately, it paints an eerily similar pic- hands of criminals and those who are
has been a long time. ture. undergoing mental health crises? That
With that in mind, Senator MURPHY The shooter in Uvalde was isolated is an area of common ground. This is
from Connecticut, Senator TILLIS from and bullied at school. He had a record not about creating new restrictions on
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law-abiding citizens; it is about ensur- thing is is not easy, but it is impor- President will be immediately notified
ing the system we already have in tant, and we need to try. Again, I am of the Senate’s action.
place works as intended. optimistic because of the progress we
One idea we have discussed is, be- have made so far that we will do some- f
cause this young man in Uvalde turned thing here that is important that will
18 and because there was no look back save lives. To me, that is the goal. And EXECUTIVE CALENDAR
at his juvenile record, he passed a I think all 100 Senators would agree, if
background check. It is as if he was we can achieve that goal, then our ef- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
born on his 18th birthday and nothing forts will have been worthwhile. clerk will report the next nomination.
that happened before was important. I yield the floor. The senior assistant legislative clerk
That is obviously a problem. So we are I suggest the absence of a quorum. read the nomination of Amy Loyd, of
looking at taking steps to encourage The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary
States to upload juvenile records into HICKENLOOPER). The clerk will call roll. for Career, Technical, and Adult Edu-
the National Instant Criminal Back- The senior assistant legislative clerk cation, Department of Education.
ground Check System. This is standard proceeded to call the roll. VOTE ON LOYD NOMINATION
practice in some but not most States, Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
and it is easy to see why it is impor- unanimous consent that the order for question is, Will the Senate advise and
tant. If we are uploading information the quorum call be rescinded. consent to the Loyd nomination?
about adults’ mental health adjudica- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
Mr. LEAHY. I ask for the yeas and
tions but we don’t have access to juve- objection, it is so ordered.
nays.
niles’ mental health adjudications, to VOTE ON HARPER NOMINATION
me, that is a problem. If a 17-year-old, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under sufficient second?
for example, is convicted of aggravated the previous order, the question is, Will
assault, the record should show up in There appears to be a sufficient sec-
the Senate advise and consent to the
his background check if he tries to pur- ond.
Harper nomination?
chase a gun when he turns 18. Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I ask for The clerk will call the roll.
I think this is a commonsense way to the yeas and nays. The legislative clerk called the roll.
make sure the National Instant Crimi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is
nal Background Check databases are sufficient second? necessarily absent: the Senator from
complete and they are accurate. That There appears to be a sufficient sec- North Carolina (Mr. BURR).
is not about expanding the system; ond. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms.
that is about making sure the system The clerk will call the roll. BALDWIN). Are there any other Sen-
we have actually works. The senior assistant legislative clerk ators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
I want to make sure that we are com- called the roll. The result was announced—yeas 57,
mitted to providing due process protec- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the nays 42, as follows:
tions for citizens in all circumstances. Senator from New York (Mrs. GILLI-
Again, this is part of our Constitution, [Rollcall Vote No. 222 Ex.]
BRAND) is necessarily absent.
due process of law—the right to appear, YEAS—57
The result was announced—yeas 59,
the right to contest a decision by the nays 40, as follows: Baldwin Hickenlooper Reed
government and to produce evidence Bennet Hirono Rosen
[Rollcall Vote No. 221 Ex.] Blumenthal Kaine Rounds
and to cross-examine witnesses. That is Booker Kelly Sanders
YEAS—59
an essential aspect of due process. Brown King Sasse
When you talk about depriving some- Baldwin Heinrich Portman Cantwell Klobuchar Schatz
Bennet Hickenlooper Reed Capito Leahy Schumer
body of a constitutional right, it is Blumenthal Hirono Risch Cardin Luján Shaheen
even more important. Booker Kaine Rosen Carper Manchin Sinema
The goal here is to make a law; it is Brown Kelly Sanders Casey Markey Smith
Cantwell King Collins Menendez Stabenow
not to make a political statement. As I Capito Klobuchar
Schatz
Schumer Coons Merkley Tester
said, I am encouraged by the progress Cardin Leahy Cortez Masto Murkowski Van Hollen
Scott (SC)
we are making, but I don’t think artifi- Carper Luján
Shaheen Duckworth Murphy Warner
cial deadlines are useful. The majority Casey Lummis Durbin Murray Warnock
Sinema
Collins Manchin Feinstein Ossoff Warren
leader, Senator SCHUMER, has threat- Coons Markey
Smith
Stabenow Gillibrand Padilla Whitehouse
ened to schedule votes if an agreement Cortez Masto Menendez Hassan Peters Wyden
Tester
isn’t reached by a certain time. I don’t Crapo Merkley Heinrich Portman Young
Daines Murkowski Van Hollen
think that is particularly helpful. Warner
Duckworth Murphy NAYS—42
Again, my goal and I think most Sen- Durbin Murray Warnock
Barrasso Graham Moran
ators’ goal here is to come up with a Feinstein Ossoff Warren
Blackburn Grassley Paul
bill that can pass; otherwise, we might Graham Padilla Whitehouse
Blunt Hagerty Risch
Hassan Peters Wyden
as well move on to other topics. But I Boozman Hawley Romney
sense a feeling of urgency and a desire NAYS—40 Braun Hoeven Rubio
Cassidy Hyde-Smith Scott (FL)
to actually get things done. Around Barrasso Hagerty Rounds Cornyn Inhofe Scott (SC)
here, if you know people have the will, Blackburn Hawley Rubio Cotton Johnson Shelby
Blunt Hoeven Sasse
there is a way, and I believe there is a Boozman Hyde-Smith
Cramer Kennedy Sullivan
Scott (FL) Crapo Lankford Thune
collective bipartisan will. So far, ev- Braun Inhofe Shelby Cruz Lee Tillis
erybody, I believe, has been working in Burr Johnson Sullivan Daines Lummis Toomey
good faith. We all understand the dif- Cassidy Kennedy Thune Ernst Marshall Tuberville
Cornyn Lankford Tillis Fischer McConnell Wicker
ferences that we have regionally and Cotton Lee
Toomey
culturally when it comes to things like Cramer Marshall NOT VOTING—1
Tuberville
the Second Amendment. We under- Cruz McConnell
Ernst Wicker Burr
Moran
stand the different politics in different Fischer Paul Young
States. That is the genius of the Sen- Grassley Romney
The nomination was confirmed.
ate that brings us all together. It The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under
NOT VOTING—1 the previous order, the motion to re-
doesn’t make it easy, but it makes it
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Gillibrand consider is considered made and laid
possible for us to try to find some com-
mon ground. The nomination was confirmed. upon the table and the President will
The most common cry you hear The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. be immediately notified of the Senate’s
today when it comes to incidents like SMITH). Under the previous order, the actions.
Uvalde is to do something. I think we motion to reconsider is considered The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sen-
agree with that, but what that some- made and laid upon the table, and the ior Senator from Georgia.
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LEGISLATIVE SESSION ment of Homeland Security, the De- across the United States. I wish every-
partment of Justice, and the Federal one a Happy National Seersucker Day.
Bureau of Investigation to analyze and This uniquely American fashion has a
MORNING BUSINESS monitor domestic terrorist activity storied history dating back to 1909. The
Mr. OSSOFF. Madam President, I ask and require the Federal Government to first seersucker suit was designed by
unanimous consent that the Senate take steps to prevent domestic ter- Joseph Haspel at his Broad Street fa-
proceed to legislative session and be in rorism. Had I been in attendance, I cility in New Orleans, LA. Louisiana is
a period of morning business with Sen- would have voted yea. proud to have played an important part
ators permitted to speak therein for up As recent, unthinkably tragic events in introducing the country to seer-
to 10 minutes each. at a grocery store in Buffalo, NY, a sucker apparel.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods, This lightweight cotton fabric,
objection, it is so ordered. CA, and now an elementary school in known for its signature pucker, has
f Uvalde, TX, have shown, we need to be been worn and enjoyed by Americans
doing much more to protect our fellow across the country during the hot sum-
VOTE EXPLANATION Americans. Every man, woman, and mer months. Mr. Haspel said it best:
Mr. MERKLEY. Madam President, child has the fundamental human right ‘‘Hot is hot, no matter what you do for
like millions of my fellow Americans, I to live their life; to be and feel safe in a living.’’
contracted COVID–19 from a close con- their classrooms, house of worship, and In the 1990s, Seersucker Day was es-
tact. Fortunately, because I am vac- within their communities. White su- tablished by Members of this Chamber
cinated and boosted, my symptoms premacy and gun violence are crises to honor this unique American fashion.
were mostly mild. However, as a grow- that are plaguing our Nation, and inac- I proudly resumed this tradition in 2014
ing number have also experienced, tion is unacceptable. I am disappointed in the U.S. House of Representatives
after taking Paxlovid and recovering, I that the Senate failed to advance this and continued this tradition in the
then experienced what is known as important legislation, and I will con- U.S. Senate. This year, I wish to des-
‘‘Covid-19 Rebound.’’ I again had to iso- tinue working to pass it in the future. ignate Thursday, June 9, 2022, as the
late, per CDC guidance, and was not On May 26, 2022, I missed rollcall vote ninth annual National Seersucker Day.
able to make a number of votes as I No. 211, S.J. Res. 46, a joint resolution I encourage everyone to wear seer-
could not travel back to Washington, providing for congressional disapproval sucker on this day to commemorate
DC, to be present on the Senate floor. under chapter 8 of title 5, United this traditionally American clothing.
On May 24, 2022, I missed rollcall vote States Code, of the rule submitted by f
No. 194, confirmation of Executive Cal- the Department of Justice and the De- ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
endar No. 855, Stephanie Dawkins partment of Homeland Security relat-
Davis, of Michigan, to be United States ing to ‘‘Procedures for Credible Fear
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. Screening and Consideration of Asy- RECOGNIZING THE NATIONAL AS-
Had I been in attendance, I would have lum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT SOCIATION OF WOMEN BUSINESS
voted yea. Protection Claims by Asylum Offi- OWNERS
On May 24, 2022, I missed rollcall vote cers.’’ Had I been in attendance, I ∑ Mr. PAUL. Madam President, the
No. 196, confirmation of Executive Cal- would have voted nay. Kentucky Chapter of the National As-
endar No. 896, Dara Lindenbaum, of On May 26, 2022, I missed rollcall vote sociation of Women Business Owners—
Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal No. 212, confirmation of Executive Cal- NAWBO—provides dynamic opportuni-
Election Commission. Had I been in at- endar No. 461, Marcia Stephens Bloom ties for women to network with other
tendance, I would have voted yea. Bernicat, of New Jersey, to be Director business owners, mentor one another,
On May 25, 2022, I missed rollcall vote General of the Foreign Service. Had I develop partnerships, and incubate and
No. 200, confirmation of Executive Cal- been in attendance, I would have voted foster that next big idea. It is com-
endar No. 857, Evelyn Padin, of New yea. posed of women of all ages and levels of
Jersey, to be U.S. District Judge for On June 7, 2022, I missed rollcall vote experience from all sectors of the mar-
the District of New Jersey. Had I been No. 214, confirmation of Executive Cal- ketplace.
in attendance, I would have voted yea. endar No. 477, Alex Wagner, of the Dis- This year, as NAWBO Kentucky con-
On May 25, 2022, I missed rollcall vote trict of Columbia, to be an Assistant tinues to celebrate three decades of
No. 201, confirmation of Executive Cal- Secretary of the Air Force. Had I been success stories that are as diverse as
endar No. 915, Charlotte Sweeney, of in attendance, I would have voted yea. our Commonwealth, its members have
Colorado, to be U.S. District Judge for On June 7, 2022, I missed rollcall vote established a series of awards to recog-
the District of Colorado. Had I been in No. 216, confirmation of Executive Cal- nize women business owners who have
attendance, I would have voted yea. endar No. 652, Chavonda J. Jacobs- excelled. These include the Woman
On May 25, 2022, I missed rollcall vote Young, of Georgia, to be Under Sec- Business Owner of the Year, the Next-
No. 203, confirmation of Executive Cal- retary of Agriculture for Research, Gen Women Business Owner of the
endar No. 806, Sandra Thompson, of Education, and Economics. Had I been Year, the Public Policy Catalyst of the
Maryland, to be Director of the Federal in attendance, I would have voted yea. Year, NAWBO Corporate Partner of the
Housing Finance Agency. Had I been in On June 7, 2022, I missed rollcall vote Year, and the NAWBO Member of the
attendance, I would have voted yea. No. 217, confirmation of Executive Cal- Year.
On May 25, 2022, I missed rollcall vote endar No. 792, Kenneth L. Wainstein, of Christine Smalley, owner of Fort
No. 205, confirmation of Executive Cal- Virginia, to be Under Secretary for In- Thomas Coffee, was named the Woman
endar No. 651, Henry Christopher Frey, telligence and Analysis, Department of Business Owner of the Year. FTC
of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Homeland Security. Had I been in at- opened in March of 2019 and will expand
Administrator of the Environmental tendance, I would have voted yea. in June of 2022, to include a wine and
Protection Agency. Had I been in at- On June 7, 2022, I missed rollcall vote cocktail bar and a business center.
tendance, I would have voted yea. No. 218, confirmation of Executive Cal- Christine’s husband Justin and their
On May 25, 2022, I missed rollcall vote endar No. 772, Shalanda H. Baker, of two children Kaelan and Cadence have
No. 209, confirmation of Executive Cal- Texas, to be Director of the Office of been embraced by their community as
endar No. 717, Cathy Ann Harris, of Minority Economic Impact, Depart- ‘‘The Hot Chocolate House,’’ by serving
Maryland, to be a Member of the Merit ment of Energy. Had I been in attend- hot chocolate instead of candy to their
Systems Protection Board. Had I been ance, I would have voted yea. neighbors on Halloween. To this day,
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in attendance, I would have voted yea. f trick-or-treaters will make plans
On May 26, 2022, I missed rollcall vote weeks ahead to visit the Smalley
No. 210, motion to invoke cloture on NATIONAL SEERSUCKER DAY household and it delights the family to
the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 350, a Mr. CASSIDY. Madam President, no end.
bill to authorize dedicated domestic today I rise in recognition of seer- Brooke Corder, owner of Squeaky
terrorism offices within the Depart- sucker manufacturers and enthusiasts Cleaners, was awarded as the Next-Gen
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June 8, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2863
Women Business Owner of the Year. H.R. 680. An act for the relief of Arpita tions Commission, transmitting, pursuant to
Brooke has developed what was once an Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Updating
idea into a beautiful dream with her Kurdekar. FM Broadcast Radio Service Directional An-
H.R. 681. An act for the relief of Rebecca tenna Performance Verification’’ ((MB Dock-
housekeeping, residential, and com-
Trimble. et No. 21–422) (FCC 21–38)) received in the Of-
mercial cleaning services business in H.R. 739. An act for the relief of Median El- fice of the President of the Senate on May 25,
Louisville that opened in February of Moustrah. 2022; to the Committee on Commerce,
2020. H.R. 785. An act for the relief of Maria Isa- Science, and Transportation.
Adriane Polyniak, owner of the Ken- bel Bueso Barrera, Alberto Bueso Mendoza, EC–4273. A communication from the Chief
tucky Cannabis Company, was awarded and Karla Maria Barrera De Bueso. of Staff, Media Bureau, Federal Communica-
the Public Policy Catalyst of the Year. H.R. 6087. An act to amend chapter 81 of tions Commission, transmitting, pursuant to
Based in Midway, this family-owned title 5, United States Code, to cover, for pur- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Television
poses of workers’ compensation under such Broadcasting Services; Bozeman, Montana’’
business has been involved in multiple (MB Docket No. 21–422) received in the Office
chapter, services by physician assistants and
policy changes that have been bene- nurse practitioners provided to injured Fed- of the President of the Senate on May 25,
ficial to women business owners. Some eral workers, and for other purposes. 2022; to the Committee on Commerce,
of these policies include the legaliza- The message also announced that the Science, and Transportation.
tion of hemp, Shawna’s Law, and im- House has agreed to the following con-
EC–4274. A communication from the Senior
proved access to cannabis research. Bureau Official, Legislative Affairs, Depart-
current resolution, in which it requests ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to
The NAWBO Corporate Partner of the concurrence of the Senate:
the Year was awarded to Wiser Strate- law, a certification entitled ‘‘Conservation of
H. Con. Res. 88. Concurrent resolution au- Sea Turtles’’; to the Committee on Com-
gies, a public relations and commu- merce, Science, and Transportation.
thorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for
nication firm in Lexington, KY. Presi- the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby. EC–4275. A communication from the Fed-
dent and APR Nancy Wiser has worked eral Register Liaison Officer, Alcohol and
with NAWBO on many projects, includ- f
Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department
ing the NAWBO website and media re- MEASURES REFERRED of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to
lations efforts that made the EPIC law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Establish-
The following bills were read the first ment of the West Sonoma Coast Viticultural
event possible.
and the second times by unanimous Area’’ (RIN1513–AC40) received in the Office
Vanessa Pennoyer, founder and
consent, and referred as indicated: of the President of the Senate on June 6,
owner of Go2Girl, LLC, was awarded 2022; to the Committee on Commerce,
H.R. 187. An act for the relief of Victoria
the NAWBO Member of the Year. Science, and Transportation.
Galindo Lopez; to the Committee on the Ju-
Vanessa helps diverse-owned businesses diciary. EC–4276. A communication from the Assist-
seek and obtain certification by navi- H.R. 680. An act for the relief of Arpita ant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs,
gating the time-consuming portal proc- Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Consumer Product Safety Commission,
ess. Vanessa has also been involved Kurdekar; to the Committee on the Judici- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of
with NAWBO for years and stepped up ary. a rule entitled ‘‘Revisions to Safety Stand-
H.R. 739. An act for the relief of Median El- ard for Baby Changing Products’’ (Docket
this year to assist with all marketing
Moustrah; to the Committee on the Judici- No. CPSC–2016–0023) received in the Office of
efforts, as well as assistant duties. the President of the Senate on June 6, 2022;
ary.
I am proud to salute the Kentucky to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
H.R. 785. An act for the relief of Maria Isa-
Association of Women Business Owners bel Bueso Barrera, Alberto Bueso Mendoza, and Transportation.
on its 30th anniversary and to honor and Karla Maria Barrera De Bueso; to the EC–4277. A communication from the Chief
these awardees.∑ Committee on the Judiciary. of Staff, Media Bureau, Federal Communica-
H.R. 6087. An act to amend chapter 81 of tions Commission, transmitting, pursuant to
f law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Television
title 5, United States Code, to cover, for pur-
MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT poses of workers’ compensation under such Broadcasting Services; Weston, West Vir-
chapter, services by physician assistants and ginia’’ (MB Docket No. 22–112) received in the
Messages from the President of the nurse practitioners provided to injured Fed- Office of the President of the Senate on May
United States were communicated to eral workers, and for other purposes; to the 25, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce,
the Senate by Mr. Swann, one of his Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- Science, and Transportation.
secretaries. ernmental Affairs. f
f f PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED PRIVILEGED NOMINATION The following petitions and memo-
In executive session the Presiding Of- REFERRED TO COMMITTEE rials were laid before the Senate and
ficer laid before the Senate messages were referred or ordered to lie on the
On request by Senator ROGER F.
from the President of the United table as indicated:
WICKER under the authority of S. Res.
States submitting sundry nominations 116, 112th Congress, the following nomi- POM–141. A resolution adopted by the
House of Representatives of the State of
and a withdrawal which were referred nation was referred to the Committee Michigan urging the United States Congress,
to the appropriate committees. on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- federal agencies, and state departments to
(The messages received today are tation: Susie Feliz, of Virginia, to be address the ongoing fertilizer price increases
printed at the end of the Senate an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and shortages that are impacting Michigan
proceedings.) vice Michael Platt, Jr., resigned. farmers; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
f f
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 205
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE EXECUTIVE AND OTHER Whereas, Michigan’s agricultural industry
At 10:46 a.m., a message from the COMMUNICATIONS is vitally important to the state economy.
House of Representatives, delivered by The following communications were As our nation’s second most diverse agricul-
tural system, it contributes more than $104.7
Mrs. Alli, one of its reading clerks, an- laid before the Senate, together with
billion in economic activity annually to the
nounced that the House has passed the accompanying papers, reports, and doc- state. More than 800,000 people work in
following bill, without amendment: uments, and were referred as indicated: Michigan’s agricultural industry, and care
S. 3823. An act to amend title 11, United EC–4271. A communication from the Chief for nearly 10 million acres of land; and
States Code, to modify the eligibility re- of Staff, Media Bureau, Federal Communica- Whereas, Fertilizer is a critical agricul-
quirements for a debtor under chapter 13, tions Commission, transmitting, pursuant to tural input that is utilized by farmers to pro-
and for other purposes. law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Television vide nutrients to their land and maximize
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The message further announced that Broadcasting Services; Wichita, KS’’ (MB the productivity of their farms. It is essen-
Docket No. 22–78) received in the Office of tial that Michigan’s farmers have access to
the House has passed the following
the President of the Senate on May 25, 2022; fertilizers so they can nourish their land and
bills, in which it requests the concur- to the Committee on Commerce, Science, maintain production levels; and
rence of the Senate: and Transportation. Whereas, Fertilizer prices in the United
H.R. 187. An act for the relief of Victoria EC–4272. A communication from the Chief States have dramatically increased over the
Galindo Lopez. of Staff, Media Bureau, Federal Communica- past decade. While the increase in prices can
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be attributed to several factors, such as alone, representing fourteen and one-half fund a fifty billion dollar coastal restoration
strong demand for fertilizer and rising costs percent of total state taxes, licenses, and plan; and
of raw materials, the recent decision by the fees collected; and Whereas, delaying or cancelling Gulf of
United States Department of Commerce to Whereas, according to the Bureau of Ocean Mexico leasing negatively impacts federal
impose tariffs on imports of phosphate-based Energy Management, which regulates off- and state revenue, as well as Louisiana busi-
fertilizers from Morocco and other countries shore lease sales, the Gulf continues to be nesses and jobs; and
has significantly increased fertilizer prices. the nation’s primary offshore source of oil Whereas, drilling contractors will see im-
These tariffs were implemented in 2021 after and gas, generating about ninety-seven per- pacts, dropping as many as twenty-five per-
the U.S. International Trade Commission cent of all United States Outer Continental cent of the remaining Gulf of Mexico rigs
(ITC) determined that the import of foreign Shelf oil and gas production and since 2017, over the next several years, in addition to
phosphatic fertilizers injured U.S. manufac- Gulf of Mexico lease sales have generated the network of staff, supply boats, and other
turers; and more than one trillion dollars from offshore vendors that support and maintain drillships
Whereas, These tariffs place a substantial leasing; and that equates to roughly one thousand jobs
burden on farmers who are unable to com- Whereas, since 1953, the United States Sec- per rig; and
pete with rising costs of production. Addi- retary of the Interior has been required by Whereas, the Gulf of Mexico is the safest
tionally. due to the highly consolidated law to prepare a five-year plan to set a and cleanest oil produced anywhere in the
structure of the U.S. fertilizer manufacturer schedule for oil and gas leases in United world; and
industry, many farmers have little bar- States offshore waters based on a lengthy, Whereas, halting domestic energy develop-
gaining power with suppliers. For example, multi-year regulatory process with multiple ment in one of the lowest carbon intensive
one company controls an estimated 90 per- stages for public comment, input, and con- energy producing regions in the world to
cent of the U.S. phosphate fertilizer produc- sultation; and shift production and capital investment
tion while another controls nearly half of Whereas, the Obama administration issued overseas undermines decades of environ-
U.S. urea fertilizer production. This highly a five-year-plan for oil and gas leasing that mental progress; and
concentrated structure has resulted in local expires on July 1, 2022, which includes two Whereas, a 2016 Obama administration
input dealers having very little bargaining remaining lease sales for the Gulf of Mexico, study conducted by Bureau of Ocean Energy
power with the manufacturers. and cost in- Lease Sale 259 and Lease Sale 261; and Management concluded that America’s
creases are inevitably passed on to farmers; Whereas, the United States Department of greenhouse gas emissions will be little af-
and Interior missed the deadline to issue a notice fected by leasing decisions on the bureau’s
Whereas, Michigan farmers are facing the of sale for Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 259 in offshore leasing program and could in fact
greatest increase in fertilizer prices in 13 order to meet the expiration of the current result in an increase of greenhouse gas emis-
years. Without access to fertilizer, Michi- five-year plan; and sions in the absence of new Outer Conti-
gan’s agricultural production will fall, and Whereas, on January 27, 2021, President nental Shelf leasing due to an increase in im-
the state’s economy will suffer. Not only will Biden signed Executive Order 14008, ‘‘Tack- porting foreign oil; and
farmers be directly impacted, but the broad- ling the Climate Crisis’’ declaring a pause on Whereas, the Biden administration is pur-
er supply chain will also suffer: now, there- leasing on federal lands and waters, includ- suing a policy which places the United
fore, be it ing the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf States at the mercy of the Organization of
Resolved by the House of Representatives, of Mexico; and Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia
That we urge the U.S. Congress, federal Whereas, the United States District Court to meet domestic needs and harming na-
agencies, and state departments to address issued a preliminary injunction on the leas- tional and economic security. Therefore, be
the ongoing fertilizer price increases and ing pause and ordered federal oil and gas it
shortages that are impacting Michigan farm- lease sales to proceed on June 15, 2021; and Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana
ers; and be it further Whereas, the Department of Interior held does hereby urge and request the President
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be Lease Sale 257 on November 17, 2021; how- of the United States and Congress of the
transmitted to the President of the United ever, on January 27, 2022, a ruling by the United States to take any action necessary
States Senate, the Speaker of the United United States District Court for the District to halt federal actions resulting in the delay
States House of Representatives, the mem- of Columbia invalidated the sale and re- or cancellation of offshore oil and natural
bers of the Michigan congressional delega- quired the Department of Interior to reassess gas lease sales. Be it further
tion, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, the the environmental impacts of Lease Sale 257; Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the commis- and does hereby urge and request the United
sioners of the U.S. International Trade Com- Whereas, the Department of Interior is not States Department of Interior to expedite
mission, and the Director of the Michigan appealing the court ruling and therefore any actions necessary to comply with United
Department of Agriculture and Rural Devel- there is no indication that leases will be States District Court for the District of Co-
opment. awarded to the offshore companies from lumbia order to resolve Lease Sale 257, final-
Lease Sale 257; and ize a new five-year plan for oil and gas leas-
POM–142. A concurrent resolution adopted Whereas, there is no indication that the ing on the outer continental shelf, and focus
by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana federal government will hold another Gulf of all efforts on mandated lease sales in the
urging the President of the United States Mexico offshore lease sale for the duration of Gulf of Mexico. Be it further
and the United States Congress to take any the Biden administration’s term and there is Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be
action necessary to halt federal actions re- no indication that the Department of Inte- transmitted to the President of the United
sulting in the delay or cancellation of off- rior is working on the next five-year plan; States, the United States Secretary of the
shore oil and natural gas lease sales, and and Interior, the United States Secretary of En-
urging the United States Department of In- Whereas, according to the most recent fed- ergy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
terior to expedite actions necessary to com- eral data, although U.S. crude output fell mission, the White House National Climate
ply with a court order to resolve lease sales, slightly with a drop of nearly thirteen and Advisor, the clerk of the United States
finalize a new five-year plan for oil and gas one-half percent in offshore Gulf of Mexico House of Representatives, the secretary of
leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf, and production from December 2019 through De- the United States Senate, and to each mem-
focus efforts on lease sales in the Gulf of cember 2021, the demand for oil climbed nine ber of the Louisiana delegation of the United
Mexico; to the Committee on Energy and and four-fifth percent from a year earlier; States Congress.
Natural Resources. and
Whereas, oil and gas production in the Gulf POM–143. A resolution from the House of
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 12 of Mexico is the only reliable source of fund- Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Whereas, the Gulf of Mexico produces ap- ing for Louisiana’s coastal programs such as Puerto Rico requesting that the government
proximately seventeen percent of the United the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act that of the United States to grant a partial ex-
States crude oil and five percent of United allows the Gulf states to share in offshore emption from the application of the Coast-
States natural gas while contributing five to revenue generated from offshore oil activity wise Laws to the maritime transportation of
eight billion dollars to the federal treasury including bonus bid revenue; and crude oil and petroleum products between
each year and sending hundreds of millions Whereas, over the past five years Lou- the United States and Puerto Rico for the
of dollars to coastal states for coastal res- isiana approximately has received between duration of the armed conflict between
toration and hurricane protection projects; one hundred sixty million dollars and four Ukraine and Russia and the collateral effects
and hundred seven million dollars from bonus thereof; to the Committee on Commerce,
Whereas, the oil and gas industry directly bids alone; and Science, and Transportation.
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supports two hundred forty-nine thousand Whereas, it is estimated that in 2021 the
eight hundred jobs in Louisiana; and state of Louisiana lost approximately twen- HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 718
Whereas, the oil and gas industry activi- ty to forty million dollars due to the can- The implementation of the so-called Coast-
ties represent twenty-six percent of Louisi- celled lease sales and lost bonus bid revenue; wise Laws in Puerto Rico began with the ap-
ana’s gross domestic product, accounting for and proval of the Organic Act of 1900, known as
nearly four billion five hundred million dol- Whereas, Louisiana depends on Gulf of the Foraker Act. The Jones Act was subse-
lars in state and local tax revenue in 2019 Mexico Energy Security Act revenues to quently approved in 1917 which, among other
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things, maintained the effectiveness of the Be it resolved by the House of Representatives By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and
coastwise laws until the present day. The of Puerto Rico: Mr. WICKER):
Jones Act was enacted at a historical junc- Section 1.—The President of the United S. 4357. A bill to reauthorize the Maritime
ture which posed certain challenges to the States of America is hereby requested to Administration, and for other purposes; to
United States of America that are no longer grant a partial exemption from the applica- the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
a concern. As a result, maritime transpor- tion of Coastwise Laws to the maritime Transportation.
tation from U.S. ports to the Island may transportation of crude oil and petroleum By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mrs.
only be provided by U.S.-built, -owned and products between the United States of Amer- FEINSTEIN, Ms. HASSAN, and Mr. SUL-
-crewed vessels. Thus, the U.S. Congress en- ica and Puerto Rico for the duration of the LIVAN):
acted legislation providing that, in order to armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia S. 4358. A bill to establish an awareness
move goods between the United States of and the collateral effects thereof. The fore- campaign related to the lethality of fentanyl
America and Puerto Rico, vessels should not going for the purpose of addressing the de- and fentanyl-contaminated drugs, to estab-
only be built in the United States but must mand for land transportation and energy lish a Federal Interagency Work Group on
also be owned and operated by U.S. citizens. generation on the Island, as well as to miti- Fentanyl Contamination of Illegal Drugs,
This federal legislation also applies to Guam gate what would otherwise be higher crude and to provide community-based coalition
and the states of Alaska and Hawaii. The oil prices given the volatility of the inter- enhancement grants to mitigate the effects
territory of American Samoa, the Common- national market. of drug misuse; to the Committee on Health,
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Section 2.—A copy of this Resolution, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
the U.S. Virgin Islands, however, are exempt translated into the English language, shall By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself, Mr.
from the Jones Act. be delivered to the President of the United BLUNT, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. TESTER,
With regard to maritime transportation,
States of America; the Department of Home- Mr. MORAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr.
on March 14, 2013, the U.S. Government Ac-
land Security; the leadership of the United MCCONNELL, and Mr. PORTMAN):
countability Office, commonly known as
GAO, issued a report stating that the Jones States Congress; and the Resident Commis- S. 4359. A bill to designate the regional of-
Act may result in higher freight rates, par- sioner of Puerto Rico in Washington, D.C. fice of the Department of Veterans Affairs in
ticularly for certain goods, than would be Section 3.—This Resolution shall take ef- metropolitan Atlanta as the ‘‘Senator John-
the case if service by foreign carriers were fect upon its approval. ny Isakson Department of Veterans Affairs
-- Atlanta Regional Office’’, and for other pur-
allowed. Likewise, the conclusions of the re-
port state that the original goal of the Act POM–144. A resolution adopted by the Leg- poses; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
remains important to military preparedness islature of Rockland County, New York, urg- fairs.
and to the shipbuilding and maritime indus- ing the United States House of Representa- By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr.
tries, but understanding the full extent and tives to pass the Sunshine Protection Act of RUBIO):
distribution of the costs that underlie these 2021, which would make daylight saving time S. 4360. A bill to amend title 37, United
benefits is elusive. permanent; to the Committee on Commerce, States Code, to extend the authority to tem-
It is a well-known fact that Puerto Rico is Science, and Transportation. porarily adjust the basic allowance for hous-
facing difficult economic challenges that f ing in certain areas; to the Committee on
have worsened with the passage of hurri- Armed Services.
canes Irma and Maria, the earthquakes of REPORTS OF COMMITTEES By Mr. LUJÁN:
January 2020, inflation, the ongoing COVID– The following reports of committees S. 4361. A bill to require reports to Con-
19 emergency, and more recently, the cost of were submitted: gress on reporting and disclosure require-
fuel, factors that are out of the government ments related to retirement plans, and for
By Mr. PETERS, from the Committee on other purposes; to the Committee on Health,
and the consumer’s control. That is, the ris-
ing oil prices coupled with the effects of in- Homeland Security and Governmental Af- Education, Labor, and Pensions.
flation and the emergencies have steadily in- fairs, without amendment: By Mr. CASEY:
creased the prices of food, transportation, H.R. 2142. An act to designate the facility S. 4362. A bill to amend the Juvenile Jus-
and electricity, thus adversely affecting con- of the United States Postal Service located tice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974
sumer and business spending. at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New to eliminate the use of valid court orders to
In addition to global security concerns, the York, as the ‘‘Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Of- secure lockup of status offenders, and for
war between Russia and Ukraine has re- fice Building’’. other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju-
sulted in a shortage of consumer goods and f diciary.
pushed oil prices above $125 per barrel, after By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms.
having remained steady between $80.00 and EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF
DUCKWORTH):
$90.00 for a considerable time. Should this COMMITTEE S. 4363. A bill to require commissary and
war continue and no agreement be reached, The following executive reports of exchange stores in the United States that
it might lead to a crude oil shortage in Eu- nominations were submitted: offer gasoline for commercial sale to offer
rope, which would have repercussions on the the sale of at least one fuel that contains not
global market, such as even higher prices. By Mr. BROWN for the Committee on
less than 13 percent ethanol; to the Com-
There is concern due to the fact that there is Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
mittee on Armed Services.
no indication as to whether the price of *Jaime E. Lizarraga, of Virginia, to be a
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
crude oil, goods, and transportation shall Member of the Securities and Exchange
S. 4364. A bill to prohibit contracting with
stabilize any time soon. On the contrary, Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2027.
persons that have business operations with
projections show that rising costs and insta- *Mark Toshiro Uyeda, of California, to be a
the Government of the Russian Federation
bility shall persist. Member of the Securities and Exchange
or the Russian energy sector, and for other
In spite of our efforts to transform electric Commission for the remainder of the term
purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Se-
power generation in Puerto Rico, our system expiring June 5, 2023.
curity and Governmental Affairs.
still relies primarily on crude oil and petro- *Michael S. Barr, of Michigan, to be a
leum products. Likewise, most individual, Member of the Board of Governors of the f
mass transit, and freight motor vehicles on Federal Reserve System for the unexpired
the Island run on gasoline or diesel. There- term of fourteen years from February 1, 2018. SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND
fore, granting Puerto Rico a partial exemp- *Michael S. Barr, of Michigan, to be Vice SENATE RESOLUTIONS
tion from the Jones Act is necessary to pre- Chairman for Supervision of the Board of The following concurrent resolutions
vent future electricity rate increases, miti- Governors of the Federal Reserve System for
and Senate resolutions were read, and
gate the rising costs of gasoline, diesel, a term of four years.
referred (or acted upon), as indicated:
transportation, as well as the potential *Nomination was reported with rec-
shortage of crude oil in Europe. By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself
ommendation that it be confirmed sub- and Mr. RUBIO):
For all of the foregoing, the House of Rep-
resentatives of the Commonwealth of Puerto ject to the nominee’s commitment to S. Res. 663. A resolution honoring the
Rico deems it necessary to take action in respond to requests to appear and tes- memory of the victims of the heinous attack
order to mitigate the multiplier effect that tify before any duly constituted com- at the Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016; con-
crude oil price fluctuations are having on the mittee of the Senate. sidered and agreed to.
economy, by requesting the President of the By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mrs.
f
United States of America and his govern- MURRAY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. CARDIN,
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ment to approve a partial exemption from INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Mr. MURPHY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mrs.
the application of the Coastwise Laws to the JOINT RESOLUTIONS FEINSTEIN, Ms. WARREN, Mr.
maritime transportation of crude oil and pe- BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. STA-
troleum products between the United States The following bills and joint resolu- BENOW, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN,
of America and Puerto Rico for the duration tions were introduced, read the first Mr. PADILLA, Mr. PETERS, Ms.
of the armed conflict between Ukraine and and second times by unanimous con- HIRONO, Ms. SMITH, and Mr. HEIN-
Russia as well as the collateral thereof. sent, and referred as indicated: RICH):
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S. Res. 664. A resolution expressing opposi- S. 1618 sponsor of S. 2607, a bill to award a
tion to the criminalization of essential At the request of Mr. DAINES, the Congressional Gold Medal to the
healthcare, including the full range of sexual name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. former hostages of the Iran Hostage
and reproductive healthcare such as abor-
BROWN) was added as a cosponsor of S. Crisis of 1979–1981, highlighting their
tion, gender-affirming care, and contracep-
tive care, and disapproving of the criminal- 1618, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- resilience throughout the unprece-
ization of pregnancy outcomes; to the Com- enue Code of 1986 to allow first re- dented ordeal that they lived through
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and sponders to continue to exclude serv- and the national unity it produced,
Pensions. ice-connected disability pension pay- marking 4 decades since their 444 days
By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. ments after reaching the age of retire- in captivity, and recognizing their sac-
MCCONNELL): ment. rifice to the United States.
S. Res. 665. A resolution to authorize testi-
S. 1819 S. 3018
mony and representation in United States v.
Seefried, et al; considered and agreed to. At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the At the request of Mr. MARSHALL, the
By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. names of the Senator from Mississippi
MCCONNELL): KAINE) was added as a cosponsor of S. (Mr. WICKER) and the Senator from Or-
S. Res. 666. A resolution to authorize testi- 1819, a bill to support State, Tribal, and egon (Mr. MERKLEY) were added as co-
mony and representation in United States v. local efforts to remove access to fire- sponsors of S. 3018, a bill to amend title
Williams; considered and agreed to. arms from individuals who are a danger XVIII of the Social Security Act to es-
By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms.
SINEMA):
to themselves or others pursuant to tablish requirements with respect to
S. Res. 667. A resolution commemorating court orders for this purpose. the use of prior authorization under
the 20th anniversary of the Rodeo-Chediski S. 1892 Medicare Advantage plans, and for
Fire in Arizona; considered and agreed to. At the request of Mr. BROWN, the other purposes.
name of the Senator from Pennsyl- S. 3242
f
vania (Mr. CASEY) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. MORAN, the
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS sponsor of S. 1892, a bill to amend the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr.
S. 466 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to mod- MARSHALL) was added as a cosponsor of
At the request of Mr. MORAN, the ify employer-provided fringe benefits S. 3242, a bill to provide for the settle-
name of the Senator from Arkansas for bicycle commuting. ment of claims relating to the Shab-eh-
(Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- S. 1896 nay Band Reservation in Illinois, and
sor of S. 466, a bill to amend the Com- At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the for other purposes.
munications Act of 1934 to require pro- name of the Senator from Massachu- S. 3335
viders of a covered service to provide setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. THUNE, the
location information concerning the sponsor of S. 1896, a bill to prohibit the name of the Senator from New Mexico
telecommunications device of a user of discriminatory use of personal infor- (Mr. LUJÁN) was added as a cosponsor
such service to an investigative or law mation by online platforms in any al- of S. 3335, a bill to provide liability pro-
enforcement officer or an employee or gorithmic process, to require trans- tection for the sharing of information
other agent of a public safety answer- parency in the use of algorithmic proc- regarding suspected fraudulent, abu-
ing point in an emergency situation in- esses and content moderation, and for sive, or unlawful robocalls, illegally
volving risk of death or serious phys- other purposes. spoofed calls, and other illegal calls by
ical harm or in order to respond to the S. 2130 or with the registered consortium that
user’s call for emergency services. At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, conducts private-led efforts to trace
S. 467 the name of the Senator from Lou- back the origin of suspected unlawful
At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the isiana (Mr. KENNEDY) was added as a robocalls, and for the receipt of such
name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. cosponsor of S. 2130, a bill to modify information by the registered consor-
SINEMA) was added as a cosponsor of S. the disposition of certain outer Conti- tium, and for other purposes.
467, a bill to amend the Public Health nental Shelf revenues and to open Fed- S. 3607
Service Act to establish a program to eral financial sharing to heighten op- At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE,
improve the identification, assessment, portunities for renewable energy, and the name of the Senator from Con-
and treatment of patients in hospital for other purposes. necticut (Mr. MURPHY) was added as a
emergency departments who are at S. 2198 cosponsor of S. 3607, a bill to award a
risk of suicide, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the Congressional gold medal, collectively,
S. 618 name of the Senator from New Jersey to the First Rhode Island Regiment, in
At the request of Mr. LANKFORD, the (Mr. BOOKER) was added as a cosponsor recognition of their dedicated service
name of the Senator from Arkansas of S. 2198, a bill to amend the Carl D. during the Revolutionary War.
(Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- Perkins Career and Technical Edu- S. 3726
sor of S. 618, a bill to amend the Inter- cation Act of 2006 to give the Depart- At the request of Mr. KAINE, the
nal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and ment of Education the authority to name of the Senator from Michigan
extend the deduction for charitable award competitive grants to eligible (Ms. STABENOW) was added as a cospon-
contributions for individuals not entities to establish, expand, or sup- sor of S. 3726, a bill to address research
itemizing deductions. port school-based mentoring programs on, and improve access to, supportive
S. 1079 to assist at-risk students in middle services for individuals with long
At the request of Mr. HEINRICH, the school and high school in developing COVID.
name of the Senator from North Da- cognitive and social-emotional skills S. 3766
kota (Mr. HOEVEN) was added as a co- to prepare them for success in high At the request of Mr. BROWN, the
sponsor of S. 1079, a bill to award a school, postsecondary education, and name of the Senator from Wisconsin
Congressional Gold Medal to the troops the workforce. (Ms. BALDWIN) was added as a cospon-
from the United States and the Phil- S. 2429 sor of S. 3766, a bill to increase the ben-
ippines who defended Bataan and Cor- At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the efits guaranteed in connection with
regidor, in recognition of their per- name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. certain pension plans, and for other
sonal sacrifice and service during SCOTT) was added as a cosponsor of S. purposes.
World War II. 2429, a bill to amend chapter 38 of title S. 3821
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S. 1131 31, United States Code, relating to civil At the request of Mr. SCHATZ, the
At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the remedies, and for other purposes. name of the Senator from Connecticut
name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. S. 2607 (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a co-
KAINE) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mr. PADILLA, the sponsor of S. 3821, a bill making appro-
1131, a bill to regulate firearm silencers name of the Senator from New Hamp- priations to provide emergency assist-
and firearm mufflers. shire (Ms. HASSAN) was added as a co- ance for the Community Development
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Fund for disaster response and recov- S. 4293 SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS
ery for the fiscal year ending Sep- At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the
tember 30, 2022.
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name of the Senator from Arkansas
S. 3850
SENATE RESOLUTION 663—HON-
(Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon-
At the request of Mr. PETERS, the ORING THE MEMORY OF THE
sor of S. 4293, a bill to prevent unfair
name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. VICTIMS OF THE HEINOUS AT-
and deceptive acts or practices and the
KELLY) was added as a cosponsor of S. TACK AT THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB
dissemination of false information re-
3850, a bill to increase the number of ON JUNE 12, 2016
lated to pharmacy benefit management
U.S. Customs and Border Protection services for prescription drugs, and for Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself
Customs and Border Protection officers other purposes. and Mr. RUBIO) submitted the following
and support staff and to require reports resolution; which was considered and
S. 4343
that identify staffing, infrastructure, agreed to:
and equipment needed to enhance secu- At the request of Mr. JOHNSON, the S. RES. 663
rity at ports of entry. name of the Senator from Nebraska Whereas, on June 12, 2016, a gunman in-
S. 3895 (Mrs. FISCHER) was added as a cospon- spired by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the sor of S. 4343, a bill to require any con- targeted the Pulse nightclub in Orlando,
name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. vention, agreement, or other inter- Florida, where he killed 49 innocent victims
national instrument on pandemic pre- and wounded dozens more in a despicable at-
CRUZ) was added as a cosponsor of S.
vention, preparedness, and response tack;
3895, a bill to extend and authorize an- Whereas the attack at the Pulse nightclub
nual appropriations for the United reached by the World Health Assembly was an attack on the LGBTQ community,
States Commission on International to be subject to Senate ratification. the Hispanic community, the City of Or-
Religious Freedom through fiscal year AMENDMENT NO. 5048 lando, the State of Florida, and the United
2024. States;
At the request of Mr. LEE, the name Whereas the Orlando community continues
S. 3909
of the Senator from North Carolina to mourn the tragic loss of life but has dem-
At the request of Mr. KAINE, the
(Mr. TILLIS) was added as a cosponsor onstrated remarkable strength, unity, and
name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr.
of amendment No. 5048 intended to be resilience in the aftermath of the horrendous
WARNER) was added as a cosponsor of S. event;
proposed to H.R. 3967, a bill to improve
3909, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- Whereas June 12 is designated as ‘‘Pulse
health care and benefits for veterans
enue Code of 1986 to make employers of Remembrance Day’’ in the State of Florida
exposed to toxic substances, and for
spouses of military personnel eligible to honor the victims and survivors of the
other purposes. senseless attack;
for the work opportunity credit.
S. 4015 Whereas the people of the United States
f continue to pray for those affected by the
At the request of Ms. DUCKWORTH,
tragedy; and
the name of the Senator from Michigan Whereas June 12, 2022, marks 6 years since
(Ms. STABENOW) was added as a cospon- STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED
the lives of the 49 innocent victims were
sor of S. 4015, a bill to authorize the BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS tragically cut short by this senseless act of
Secretary of Health and Human Serv- By Mr. THUNE (for himself and terrorism: Now, therefore, be it
ices to award grants to eligible entities Ms. DUCKWORTH): Resolved, That the Senate—
for creating or enhancing capacity to (1) commemorates the 49 innocent victims
S. 4363. A bill to require commissary killed in the attack at the Pulse nightclub in
treat patients with Long COVID and exchange stores in the United Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, and offers
through a multidisciplinary approach. States that offer gasoline for commer- heartfelt condolences to the families, loved
S. 4105 cial sale to offer the sale of at least one ones, and friends of the victims;
At the request of Mr. BROWN, the fuel that contains not less than 13 per- (2) honors the dozens of survivors of the at-
name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. cent ethanol; to the Committee on tack and pledges continued resolve to stand
KELLY) was added as a cosponsor of S. Armed Services. against terrorism and hate; and
4105, a bill to treat certain liquidations (3) expresses gratitude to the brave law en-
Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask forcement and emergency medical personnel
of new motor vehicle inventory as
unanimous consent that the text of the who responded to the attack.
qualified liquidations of LIFO inven-
bill be printed in the RECORD. f
tory for purposes of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986. There being no objection, the text of SENATE RESOLUTION 664—EX-
S. 4147
the bill was ordered to be printed in PRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE
At the request of Mr. TUBERVILLE, the RECORD, as follows: CRIMINALIZATION OF ESSEN-
the name of the Senator from Wyoming S. 4363 TIAL HEALTHCARE, INCLUDING
(Ms. LUMMIS) was added as a cosponsor Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- THE FULL RANGE OF SEXUAL
of S. 4147, a bill to prohibit the Sec- resentatives of the United States of America in AND REPRODUCTIVE
retary of Labor from constraining the Congress assembled, HEALTHCARE SUCH AS ABOR-
range or type of investments that may SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. TION, GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE,
be offered to participants and bene- AND CONTRACEPTIVE CARE, AND
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Armed
ficiaries of individual retirement ac- DISAPPROVING OF THE CRIM-
Forces Fuel Choice Act of 2022’’.
counts who exercise control over the INALIZATION OF PREGNANCY
assets in such accounts. SEC. 2. FUEL CHOICE AT COMMISSARY AND EX- OUTCOMES
CHANGE STORES.
S. 4232 Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mrs.
At the request of Mr. KELLY, the (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by
subsection (b), each commissary or exchange MURRAY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr.
name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. store located on a military installation in MURPHY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. FEIN-
SINEMA) was added as a cosponsor of S. the United States or any territory or posses- STEIN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL,
4232, a bill to address the recovery of sion of the United States that offers gasoline Mr. MARKEY, Ms. STABENOW, Mr.
certain costs with respect to certain for commercial sale shall offer the sale of at MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. PADILLA,
Reclamation facilities in the Colorado least one fuel that contains not less than 13 Mr. PETERS, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. SMITH,
River Basin, and for other purposes. percent ethanol not later than January 1, and Mr. HEINRICH) submitted the fol-
S. 4276 2024.
lowing resolution; which was referred
At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the (b) EXCEPTION FOR GAS STATIONS REQUIRING to the Committee on Health, Edu-
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name of the Senator from Arkansas NEW STORAGE TANKS.—A commissary or ex-
change store described in subsection (a) that
cation, Labor, and Pensions:
(Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- S. RES. 664
requires the replacement of an underground
sor of S. 4276, a bill to improve services storage tank to offer for sale fuel described Whereas access to the full range of sexual,
provided by the Department of Vet- in that subsection shall offer the sale of at gender-affirming, and reproductive
erans Affairs for veteran families, and least one such fuel not later than January 1, healthcare, including abortion, is essential
for other purposes. 2025. to the health and well-being of all people;
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Whereas reproductive and sexual their fundamental rights: Now, therefore, be SENATE RESOLUTION 666—TO AU-
healthcare providers, and those who support it THORIZE TESTIMONY AND REP-
people making important healthcare deci- Resolved, That the Senate— RESENTATION IN UNITED
sions, provide high-quality, essential (1) condemns the misapplication of crimi- STATES V. WILLIAMS
healthcare and play a critical role in ensur- nal laws to punish people for the outcomes of
ing people are able to make decisions about their pregnancies;
Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr.
their bodies and lives with dignity, empathy, (2) affirms that people deserve access to MCCONNELL) submitted the following
compassion, and respect; high-quality healthcare without fear of re- resolution; which was considered and
Whereas no one should be criminalized for prisal or punishment; agreed to:
providing essential healthcare; (3) condemns the criminalization of pro- S. RES. 666
Whereas no one should be criminalized for viding essential healthcare; Whereas, in the case of United States v.
their pregnancy outcomes, for using contra- (4) affirms the ethical obligations of Williams, Cr. No. 21–377, pending in the
ception, or for obtaining gender-affirming healthcare providers to safeguard patient United States District Court for the District
care; privacy; and of Columbia, the prosecution has requested
Whereas States and localities have at- (5)(A) declares a vision for a future where the production of testimony from Daniel
tempted to prohibit healthcare providers access to abortion, contraception, and gen- Schwager, a former employee of the Office of
from providing gender-affirming and repro- der-affirming care is free from restrictions the Secretary of the Senate;
ductive healthcare, including abortion care, and bans universally, and people are able to Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(a) and
to patients; manage care on their own terms, free from 704(a)(2) of the Ethics in Government Act of
Whereas people have been prosecuted in discrimination or punishment; and 1978, 2 U.S.C. §§ 288b(a) and 288c(a)(2), the
the United States for their actions during (B) affirms the commitment of the Senate Senate may direct its counsel to represent
pregnancy that allegedly caused harm or to working toward this goal in partnership current and former officers and employees of
risk to their pregnancies; with providers, patients, advocates, and the Senate with respect to any subpoena,
Whereas people have been forced to under- their communities. order, or request for evidence relating to
go unwanted medical procedures or surgical their official responsibilities;
interventions, including involuntary steri- f Whereas, by the privileges of the Senate of
lization and cesarean sections, prosecuted the United States and Rule XI of the Stand-
for not seeking healthcare, prosecuted for ing Rules of the Senate, no evidence under
experiencing a miscarriage or stillbirth, SENATE RESOLUTION 665—TO AU- the control or in the possession of the Senate
criminalized for alcohol and drug use during THORIZE TESTIMONY AND REP- may, by the judicial or administrative proc-
pregnancy, and prosecuted for self-managing RESENTATION IN UNITED ess, be taken from such control or possession
an abortion; STATES V. SEEFRIED, ET AL. but by permission of the Senate; and
Whereas groups like the American Medical Whereas, when it appears that evidence
Association, American Public Health Asso- Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. under the control or in the possession of the
ciation, American Academy of Pediatrics, MCCONNELL) submitted the following Senate may promote the administration of
American Society of Addiction Medicine, the resolution; which was considered and justice, the Senate will take such action as
American College of Obstetricians and Gyne- will promote the ends of justice consistent
cologists, the American Bar Association, and
agreed to:
with the privileges of the Senate: Now,
others oppose the criminalization of S. RES. 665 therefore, be it
healthcare provision and the criminalization Whereas, in the case of United States v. Resolved, That Daniel Schwager, a former
of pregnancy outcomes; Seefried, et al., Cr. No. 21–287, pending in the employee of the Office of the Secretary of
Whereas the threat of criminalization or United States District Court for the District the Senate, is authorized to provide relevant
prosecution can result in negative outcomes of Columbia, the prosecution has requested testimony in the case of United States v.
by intimidating people from seeking or pro- the production of testimony from Daniel Williams, except concerning matters for
viding care; which a privilege should be asserted.
Schwager, a former employee of the Office of
Whereas abortion and gender-affirming SEC. 2. The Senate Legal Counsel is author-
the Secretary of the Senate, and from Nate ized to represent Mr. Schwager and any cur-
care have become increasingly restricted in Russell and Diego Torres, custodians of
the United States; rent or former officer or employee of his of-
records in the Senate Recording Studio, a de- fice in connection with the production of evi-
Whereas research shows there is an in- partment of the Office of the Sergeant at
creased need and demand for pills to self- dence authorized in section one of this reso-
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; lution.
manage an abortion in States with abortion Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(a) and
restrictions, and that self-managed abortion 704(a)(2) of the Ethics in Government Act of f
with access to medications and accurate in- 1978, 2 U.S.C. §§ 288b(a) and 288c(a)(2), the
formation is safe;
SENATE RESOLUTION 667—COM-
Senate may direct its counsel to represent MEMORATING THE 20TH ANNI-
Whereas the reasons why people self-man- current and former officers and employees of
age an abortion are varied and valid; VERSARY OF THE RODEO-
the Senate with respect to any subpoena,
Whereas healthcare providers have an eth- order, or request for evidence relating to
CHEDISKI FIRE IN ARIZONA
ical obligation to provide essential care to their official responsibilities; Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms.
their patients and to protect the private Whereas, by the privileges of the Senate of SINEMA) submitted the following reso-
medical information integral to the patient- the United States and Rule XI of the Stand- lution; which was considered and
provider relationship; ing Rules of the Senate, no evidence under
Whereas even when charges are dropped or agreed to:
the control or in the possession of the Senate S. RES. 667
the defendant is exonerated, the turmoil may, by the judicial or administrative proc-
caused by arrest or prosecution is irrep- ess, be taken from such control or possession Whereas June 18, 2022, is the 20th anniver-
arable; but by permission of the Senate; and sary of the Rodeo-Chediski Fire;
Whereas several States have taken steps to Whereas, when it appears that evidence Whereas the Rodeo-Chediski Fire forced
repeal or reform laws that had been used to under the control or in the possession of the the evacuation of more than 30,000 people in
criminalize pregnancy outcomes and to in- Senate may promote the administration of Arizona, including in the City of Show Low,
crease access to abortion, contraception, and justice, the Senate will take such action as Pinetop-Lakeside, Navajo County, and the
gender-affirming care; will promote the ends of justice consistent White Mountain Apache Tribe communities
Whereas Black, indigenous, and people of with the privileges of the Senate: Now, of Hon-Dah;
color, people with low incomes, LGBTQ+ in- therefore, be it Whereas the Rodeo-Chediski Fire burned
dividuals, and other marginalized individuals 468,638 acres (742 square miles), making it
are disproportionately likely to be Resolved, That Daniel Schwager, a former second largest wildfire recorded in the State
surveilled, arrested, charged, prosecuted, employee of the Office of the Secretary of of Arizona;
convicted, and heavily punished within the the Senate, and Nate Russell and Diego Whereas the Rodeo-Chediski Fire damaged
criminal justice system; Torres, custodians of records in the Senate and destroyed 491 structures, including
Whereas Black, indigenous, and people of Recording Studio, are authorized to provide homes and businesses;
color, people with low incomes, LGBTQ+ in- relevant testimony in the case of United Whereas the Rodeo-Chediski Fire started
dividuals, and other marginalized individuals States v. Seefried, except concerning mat- as 2 wildfires that later merged into the first
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are more likely, due to persistent dispari- ters for which a privilege should be asserted. megafire in Arizona history;
ties, to experience adverse pregnancy out- SEC. 2. The Senate Legal Counsel is author- Whereas, on June 18, 2002, the human-
comes that place them under the scrutiny of ized to represent Messrs. Schwager, Russell, caused Rodeo Fire ignited near the Rodeo
the legal system; and and Torres, and any current or former officer Fairgrounds near the community of Cibecue,
Whereas punishing people for their preg- or employee of their offices, in connection located on the Fort Apache Indian Reserva-
nancy outcomes or for providing essential re- with the production of evidence authorized tion (commonly known as the ‘‘White Moun-
productive and sexual healthcare violates in section one of this resolution. tain Apache Reservation’’);
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Whereas Rodeo Fire burned at a rate of SA 5072. Ms. ERNST submitted an amend- tion, Veterans’ Affairs, and Related Agencies
2,000 acres per hour for the first 30 hours ment intended to be proposed to amendment of the Committee on Appropriations of the
with flame lengths up to 1,000 feet and SA 5051 proposed by Mr. TESTER (for himself Senate; and
ground temperatures above 2,000 degrees; and Mr. MORAN) to the bill H.R. 3967, supra; (B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Whereas fire-fighting aviation support was which was ordered to lie on the table. and the Subcommittee on Military Construc-
grounded during the Rodeo Fire due to high, SA 5073. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an tion, Veterans’ Affairs, and Related Agencies
erratic winds, requiring a total airspace clo- amendment intended to be proposed to of the Committee on Appropriations of the
sure for the third time in the history of amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. TESTER House of Representatives.
wildland firefighting in the United States; (for himself and Mr. MORAN) to the bill H.R.
Whereas, on June 20, 2002, the human- 3967, supra; which was ordered to lie on the SA 5067. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted
caused Chediski Fire was reported near table. an amendment intended to be proposed
Chediski Peak in the Apache-Sitgreaves Na- SA 5074. Mr. SANDERS submitted an to amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr.
tional Forests about 20 miles northwest of amendment intended to be proposed to TESTER (for himself and Mr. MORAN) to
the Rodeo Fire; amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. TESTER
the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health
Whereas, on June 20, 2002, Arizona Gov- (for himself and Mr. MORAN) to the bill H.R.
ernor Jane Dee Hull declared a state of emer- 3967, supra; which was ordered to lie on the care and benefits for veterans exposed
gency and authorized mobilization of the Ar- table. to toxic substances, and for other pur-
izona National Guard to support firefighters; SA 5075. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and poses; which was ordered to lie on the
Whereas, on June 23, 2002, the 2 fires Mr. ROUNDS) submitted an amendment in- table; as follows:
burned together and were redesignated as tended to be proposed to amendment SA 5051 At the end of title VII, add the following:
the Rodeo-Chediski Fire; proposed by Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. SEC. 708. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW RESIDENTIAL
Whereas, on June 25, 2002, President George MORAN) to the bill H.R. 3967, supra; which REHABILITATION TREATMENT PRO-
W. Bush arrived at Springerville Municipal was ordered to lie on the table. GRAM FACILITY IN ALASKA.
Airport, Springerville, Arizona, and signed a f The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
declaration that designated the Rodeo- construct a new Residential Rehabilitation
Chediski Fire a national disaster; TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Treatment Program facility in Alaska.
Whereas more than 4,500 firefighters and SA 5065. Mr. SCHUMER proposed an
support personnel, 30 helicopters, 251 en-
amendment to amendment SA 5051 pro- SA 5068. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted
gines, 92 water tankers, and 90 bulldozers an amendment intended to be proposed
were assigned to the Rodeo-Chediski Fire; posed by Mr. TESTER (for himself and
Mr. MORAN) to the bill H.R. 3967, to im- to amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr.
and TESTER (for himself and Mr. MORAN) to
Whereas the Rodeo-Chediski Fire burned prove health care and benefits for vet-
for 5 weeks until the fire was declared con- erans exposed to toxic substances, and the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health
tained on July 7, 2002: Now, therefore, be it for other purposes; as follows: care and benefits for veterans exposed
Resolved, That the Senate— to toxic substances, and for other pur-
At the end add the following:
(1) commemorates the 20th anniversary of poses; which was ordered to lie on the
SEC.ll. EFFECTIVE DATE.
the Rodeo-Chediski Fire; table; as follows:
(2) commends the courage of local resi- This Act shall take efect on the date that
is 1 day after the date of enactment of this At the end of title VII, add the following:
dents affected by the Rodeo-Chediski Fire;
Act. SEC. 708. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW COMMUNITY
(3) extends condolences to individuals who LIVING CENTER IN ANCHORAGE,
lost homes, businesses, and property; and ALASKA.
(4) honors the life-saving bravery and sac- SA 5066. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
rifices of the firefighters and first responders an amendment intended to be proposed construct a new community living center in
assigned to the Rodeo-Chediski Fire. to amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. the vicinity of the medical center of the De-
f TESTER (for himself and Mr. MORAN) to partment of Veterans Affairs in Anchorage,
the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health Alaska.
AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND
care and benefits for veterans exposed
PROPOSED SA 5069. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted
to toxic substances, and for other pur-
SA 5065. Mr. SCHUMER proposed an poses; which was ordered to lie on the an amendment intended to be proposed
amendment to amendment SA 5051 proposed table; as follows: to amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr.
by Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. MORAN) TESTER (for himself and Mr. MORAN) to
to the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health care At the end of title I, add the following:
Subtitle C—Other Health Care Matters
the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health
and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic
substances, and for other purposes. care and benefits for veterans exposed
SEC. 121. INCREASED PER DIEM RATES FOR
SA 5066. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an STATE HOMES OUTSIDE THE CON- to toxic substances, and for other pur-
amendment intended to be proposed to TIGUOUS UNITED STATES. poses; which was ordered to lie on the
amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. TESTER (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1741(a) is amend- table; as follows:
(for himself and Mr. MORAN) to the bill H.R. ed— At the end of title VIII, add the following:
3967, supra; which was ordered to lie on the (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘para- SEC. 809. APPRAISALS FOR HOUSING LOANS
table. graph (3) and’’ before ‘‘section 1745 of this GUARANTEED BY THE SECRETARY
SA 5067. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an title’’; and OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
amendment intended to be proposed to (2) by adding at the end the following new (a) COMPLETION OF APPRAISALS.—The Sec-
amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. TESTER paragraph: retary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that
(for himself and Mr. MORAN) to the bill H.R. ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall pay to a State a any appraisal that is being conducted for
3967, supra; which was ordered to lie on the per diem rate that is more than the rate purposes of a housing loan guaranteed under
table. specified under paragraph (1) or determined chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code,
SA 5068. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an
under paragraph (2) in the case of a State lo- and is outstanding as of the date of the en-
amendment intended to be proposed to
cated outside the contiguous United States actment of this Act is completed not later
amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. TESTER
based on the reevaluation of such rates con- than December 31, 2022.
(for himself and Mr. MORAN) to the bill H.R.
ducted under section 121(b) of the Sergeant (b) APPRAISAL POLICIES.—The Secretary of
3967, supra; which was ordered to lie on the
First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Veterans Affairs shall maintain policies that
table.
SA 5069. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics ensure that an appraisal conducted for pur-
amendment intended to be proposed to Act of 2022.’’. poses of a housing loan guaranteed under
amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. TESTER (b) REEVALUATION OF PER DIEM RATES.— chapter 37 of such title is completed not
(for himself and Mr. MORAN) to the bill H.R. (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days later than 45 days after the date on which
3967, supra; which was ordered to lie on the after the date of the enactment of this Act, the appraisal is ordered.
table. the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submit to
SA 5070. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an the appropriate committees of Congress a re- SA 5070. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted
amendment intended to be proposed to port reevaluating the per diem rates paid an amendment intended to be proposed
amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. TESTER under section 1741(a) of title 38, United to amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr.
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(for himself and Mr. MORAN) to the bill H.R. States Code, to States located outside the TESTER (for himself and Mr. MORAN) to
3967, supra; which was ordered to lie on the contiguous United States.
the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health
table. (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON-
SA 5071. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an GRESS.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro-
care and benefits for veterans exposed
amendment intended to be proposed by him priate committees of Congress’’ means— to toxic substances, and for other pur-
to the bill H.R. 3967, supra; which was or- (A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs poses; which was ordered to lie on the
dered to lie on the table. and the Subcommittee on Military Construc- table; as follows:
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At the appropriate place, insert the fol- poses; which was ordered to lie on the (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments
lowing: table; as follows: made by this section shall take effect on the
SEC. ll. MAKING ADDITIONAL LAND AVAILABLE date that is one year after the date of the en-
At the end of title I, add the following:
FOR SELECTION UNDER THE ALAS- actment of this Act.
KA NATIVE VIETNAM ERA VETERANS Subtitle C—Other Health Care Matters
SEC. 122. EXPANSION OF FURNISHING BY DE-
LAND ALLOTMENT PROGRAM. SEC. 121. SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
All Federal land identified as suitable for OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DELIV- OF DENTAL CARE TO ALL ENROLLED
allotment selection in the report under sub- ERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY VETERANS.
section (c)(1) of section 1119 of the John D. THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Vet-
Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and erans Affairs shall furnish dental care to all
Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g–1), and pub- Section 7309A(c) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph: veterans enrolled in the system of annual pa-
lished by the United States Fish and Wildlife tient enrollment of the Department of Vet-
Service in the report entitled ‘‘Identification ‘‘(3) Beginning not later than 18 months
after the date of the enactment of this para- erans Affairs established and operated under
of National Wildlife Refuge System Lands in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States
Alaska That Should Be Made Available for graph, the Director shall establish an infor-
mation technology system that will allow a Code, pursuant to the phased approach re-
Allotment Selection by Eligible Alaska Na- quired under this section.
tive Vietnam Era Veterans’’ (November veteran (or the designated representative of
a veteran) to electronically— (b) PHASE ONE REQUIRED.—
2020), shall be made immediately available
‘‘(A) file a complaint that will be received (1) COMMENCEMENT.—
for selection in accordance with that section.
by the appropriate patient advocate; and (A) IN GENERAL.—Commencing not later
SA 5071. Mr. MARSHALL submitted ‘‘(B) at any time view the status of the than one year after the date of the enact-
complaint, including interim and final ac- ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans
an amendment intended to be proposed Affairs shall furnish dental care to all cov-
tions that have been taken to address the
by him to the bill H.R. 3967, to improve ered veterans who are not eligible for dental
complaint.’’.
health care and benefits for veterans services and treatment and related dental
exposed to toxic substances, and for SA 5074. Mr. SANDERS submitted an appliances under the laws administered by
other purposes; which was ordered to amendment intended to be proposed to the Secretary as of the date of the enact-
lie on the table; as follows: amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. ment of this Act.
At the appropriate place, insert the fol- (B) PHASE ONE.—In this section, the fur-
TESTER (for himself and Mr. MORAN) to
lowing: nishing of dental care under subparagraph
the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health (A) shall be referred to as ‘‘phase one’’.
SEC. ll. LIMITS ON USE OF OFFICIAL TIME BY care and benefits for veterans exposed
EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT (2) DURATION OF PHASE ONE.—Phase one
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. to toxic substances, and for other pur- shall be carried out during the two-year pe-
Section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, poses; which was ordered to lie on the riod beginning on the date of the commence-
is amended— table; as follows: ment of phase one.
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Any em- At the end of title I, add the following: (3) LOCATIONS.—
ployee’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry
Subtitle C—Expansion of Dental Care for
subsection (e), any employee’’; out phase one at the following locations:
Veterans
(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or (e)’’ (i) Each medical center of the Department
SEC. 121. REQUIREMENT THAT SECRETARY OF with an established dental clinic.
after ‘‘subsection (a)’’; VETERANS AFFAIRS FURNISH DEN-
(3) in subsection (d), in the matter pre- TAL CARE IN THE SAME MANNER AS
(ii) Not fewer than four military medical
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘provided ANY OTHER MEDICAL SERVICE. treatment facilities of the Department of
in the preceding subsections of this section’’ (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 17 is amended— Defense with the capacity to furnish dental
and inserting ‘‘provided otherwise under this (1) in section 1701(6)(B), by striking ‘‘as de- care, which shall be selected in consultation
section’’; and scribed in sections 1710 and 1712 of this with the Secretary of Defense.
(4) by adding at the end the following: title’’; (iii) Not fewer than four community-based
‘‘(e) An employee of the Department of (2) in section 1710(c), by striking the second outpatient clinics with space available for
Veterans Affairs representing a labor organi- sentence; and the furnishing of dental care under phase
zation (including an exclusive representa- (3) in section 1712— one.
tive) may not be authorized official time to (A) by striking subsections (a) and (b); (iv) Not fewer than four Federally Quali-
participate in— (B) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), fied Health Centers.
‘‘(1) any negotiations with respect to a col- and (e) as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respec- (v) Not fewer than four facilities of the In-
lective bargaining agreement under this tively; and dian Health Service with established dental
chapter, including any impasse proceeding; (C) in subsection (a), as redesignated by clinics, which shall be selected in consulta-
or subparagraph (B)— tion with the Secretary of Health and
‘‘(2) an arbitration proceeding in which the (i) by striking ‘‘Dental appliances’’ and in- Human Services.
Department and the labor organization are serting ‘‘The Secretary may furnish den- (B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting loca-
opposing parties.’’. tures, dental appliances’’; and tions for phase one, the Secretary shall con-
(ii) by striking ‘‘to be furnished by the Sec- sider the feasibility and advisability of se-
SA 5072. Ms. ERNST submitted an retary under this section may be procured by lecting locations in each of the following:
amendment intended to be proposed to the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘under this (i) Rural areas.
amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. section and may procure such appliances’’. (ii) Areas that are not in close proximity
TESTER (for himself and Mr. MORAN) to (b) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMEND- to an active duty military installation.
MENTS.— (iii) Areas representing different geo-
the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health graphic locations, such as census tracts es-
care and benefits for veterans exposed (1) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) PROTECTION OF HEALTH CARE ELIGI- tablished by the Bureau of the Census.
to toxic substances, and for other pur- (C) MOBILE DENTAL CLINICS.—In carrying
BILITY.—Section 1525(a) is amended by strik-
poses; which was ordered to lie on the ing ‘‘medicines under section 1712(d)’’ and in- out phase one, the Secretary shall test the
table; as follows: serting ‘‘medicines under section 1712(b)’’. efficacy of mobile dental clinics to service
At the end of title IV, add the following: (B) DENTAL INSURANCE PLAN.—Section rural areas that do not have a population
SEC. 408. CONDITIONAL EFFECTIVE DATE. 1712C(h) is amended— base to warrant a full-time clinic but where
Notwithstanding any other provision of (i) by striking ‘‘section 1712 of this title’’ there are covered veterans in need of dental
this title, no other provision of this title and inserting ‘‘this chapter’’; and care.
shall take effect until the date on which the (ii) by striking ‘‘such section 1712’’ and in- (D) HOME BASED DENTAL CARE.—In carrying
Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies to serting ‘‘this chapter’’. out phase one, the Secretary shall test the
Congress that there will not be any negative (2) HEADING AMENDMENT.—The heading for efficacy of portable dental care units to serv-
operational impact on existing disability section 1712 is amended to read as follows: ice rural veteran in their homes, as the Sec-
claims processing and health care delivery retary considers medically appropriate.
‘‘§ 1712. Appliances; drugs and medicines for
for veterans. (4) SCOPE OF SERVICES.—The dental care
certain disabled veterans; vaccines’’.
furnished to covered veterans under phase
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of one shall be consistent with the dental serv-
SA 5073. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an
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sections at the beginning of subchapter II of ices and treatment furnished by the Sec-
amendment intended to be proposed to chapter 17 is amended by striking the item retary to veterans with service-connected
amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. relating to section 1712 and inserting the fol- disabilities rated 100 percent disabling under
TESTER (for himself and Mr. MORAN) to lowing new item: the laws administered by the Secretary.
the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health ‘‘1712. Appliances; drugs and medicines for (5) USE OF THERAPISTS AND TELE-DEN-
care and benefits for veterans exposed certain disabled veterans; vac- TISTRY.—In carrying out phase one, the Sec-
to toxic substances, and for other pur- cines.’’. retary shall test the efficacy of the use of
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dental therapists and tele-dentistry to serv- (3) DURATION.—Each phase specified in (6) Available and accessible options for ob-
ice the dental care needs of covered veterans. paragraph (1) shall be carried out during a taining low or no-cost dental care, including
(6) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.—The par- period not to exceed two years and all such through dental schools and Federally Quali-
ticipation of a covered veteran in phase one phases, including phase one, shall be carried fied Health Centers.
shall be at the election of the veteran. out for a period not to exceed eight years. (7) Such other matters relating to dental
(7) COPAYMENTS.—The Secretary may col- (4) CONCLUSION.—Upon the conclusion of health as the Secretary considers appro-
lect copayments for dental care furnished phase four specified under paragraph (1)(C), priate.
under phase one in accordance with authori- all veterans enrolled in the system of annual (c) DELIVERY OF EDUCATIONAL MATE-
ties on the collection of copayments for med- patient enrollment of the Department of RIALS.—
ical care of veterans under chapter 17 of title Veterans Affairs established and operated (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pro-
38, United States Code. under section 1705(a) of title 38, United vide educational materials to veterans under
(8) ADMINISTRATION.— States Code, shall be eligible for dental care the program required by subsection (a)
(A) NOTICE TO COVERED VETERANS ON PHASE from the Department. through a variety of mechanisms, including
ONE.—In carrying out phase one, the Sec- (d) REPORTS.— the following:
retary shall inform all covered veterans of (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days be- (A) The availability and distribution of
the services and treatment available under fore the completion of phase one, and not print materials at facilities of the Depart-
phase one. later than 180 days after the completion of ment (including at medical centers, clinics,
(B) CONTRACTS.— each subsequent phase under subsection Vet Centers, and readjustment counseling
(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause (iii), in (c)(1), the Secretary shall submit to the centers) and to providers (including members
carrying out phase one, the Secretary may Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the of Patient Aligned Care Teams).
enter into contracts with appropriate enti- Committee on Armed Services of the Senate (B) The availability and distribution of
ties for the provision of dental care under and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and materials over the Internet, including
phase one. the Committee on Armed Services of the through webinars, My HealtheVet, and
(ii) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND House of Representatives a report on the VA.gov.
METRICS.—Each contract entered into under phase about to be completed and the plans of (C) Presentations by the dental program
clause (i) shall specify performance stand- the Secretary for implementation of expan- office of the Department of information, in-
ards and metrics and processes for ensuring sion of the provision of dental care pursuant cluding both small group and large group
compliance of the contractor concerned with to subsection (c). presentations, and distribution of such infor-
such performance standards. (2) CONTENTS.—Each report under para- mation to all locations in which the program
(iii) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may only graph (1) shall include the following: is being carried out.
enter into contracts under clause (i) if the (A) A description of the implementation (2) SELECTION OF MECHANISMS.—In selecting
Secretary determines that the Department and operation of the phase covered by the re- mechanisms under paragraph (1), the Sec-
does not employ, and cannot recruit and re- port. retary shall select mechanisms designed to
tain, qualified dentists, dental hygienists, (B) The number of veterans receiving den- maximize the number of veterans who re-
and oral surgeons in the applicable location. tal care under such phase and a description ceive education under the program.
(9) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: of the dental care furnished to such veterans. (d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section
(A) COVERED VETERAN.—The term ‘‘covered (C) An analysis of the costs and benefits of shall be construed to alter or revise the eligi-
veteran’’ means a veteran enrolled in the such phase, including a comparison of costs bility of any veteran for dental care under
system of annual patient enrollment of the and benefits by location type. the laws administered by the Secretary.
Department of Veterans Affairs established (D) An assessment of the impact of such (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
and operated under section 1705(a) of title 38, phase on appointments for care, prescrip- (1) FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER.—
United States Code, pursuant to paragraph tions, hospitalizations, emergency room vis- The term ‘‘Federally Qualified Health Cen-
(1) or (2) of such section. its, wellness, employability, and satisfaction ter’’ means a federally-qualified health cen-
(B) FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CEN- of patients, and perceived quality of life of ter as defined in section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the
TER.—The term ‘‘Federally Qualified Health veterans. Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B)).
Center’’ means a federally-qualified health (E) An analysis and assessment of the effi- (2) VET CENTER.—The term ‘‘Vet Center’’
center as defined in section 1905(l)(2)(B) of cacy of mobile clinics and home based dental has the meaning given that term in section
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. care to service the dental needs of veterans 1712A(h) of title 38, United States Code.
1396d(l)(2)(B)). during such phase. (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall
(F) An analysis and assessment of the effi- take effect on the date that is one year after
(c) EXPANSION.—
cacy of dental therapists and tele-dentistry the date of the enactment of this Act.
(1) IN GENERAL.—After the completion of
to service the dental needs of covered vet- SEC. 124. STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
phase one, the Secretary shall expand the TO INCENTIVIZE DENTAL TRAINING
provision of dental care under this section to erans during such phase, to include a cost
AND ENSURE THE DENTAL WORK-
all veterans, including through the use of the benefit analysis of such services. FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
recommendations of the Secretary under (G) The findings and conclusions of the VETERANS AFFAIRS.
subsection (d)(2)(F), as follows: Secretary with respect to such phase. (a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of
(A) In phase two, which shall— (H) A comparison of the costs for private Veterans Affairs, to ensure that the Depart-
(i) commence not later than 90 days after sector dental care with cost of furnishing ment of Veterans Affairs has sufficient staff
the completion of phase one; and dental care from the Department, broken to provide dental service to veterans, shall
(ii) consist of the provision of dental care down by each locality included in such implement a loan reimbursement program
to all veterans enrolled in the system of an- phase. for qualified dentists, dental therapists, den-
nual patient enrollment of the Department (I) Such recommendations for the expan- tal hygienists, and oral surgeons who agree—
of Veterans Affairs established and operated sion of dental care pursuant to subsection (c) (1) to be appointed by the Secretary as a
under section 1705(a) of title 38, United as the Secretary considers appropriate. dentist, dental therapist, dental hygienist,
States Code, pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), SEC. 123. PROGRAM ON EDUCATION TO PROMOTE or oral surgeon, as the case may be, under
(3), or (4) of such section. DENTAL HEALTH IN VETERANS. section 7401 of title 38, United States Code;
(B) In phase three, which shall— (a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of and
(i) commence not later than 90 days after Veterans Affairs shall carry out a program of (2) to serve as a dentist, dental therapist,
the completion of phase two; and education to promote dental health for vet- dental hygienist, or oral surgeon, as the case
(ii) consist of the provision of dental care erans who are enrolled in the system of an- may be, of the Department pursuant to such
to all veterans enrolled in such system pur- nual patient enrollment of the Department appointment at a dental clinic of the Depart-
suant to paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of Veterans Affairs established and operated ment for a period of not less than five years.
of such section. under section 1705(a) of title 38, United (b) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—
(C) In phase four, which shall— States Code. (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
(i) commence not later than 90 days after (b) ELEMENTS.—The program required by paragraph (2), the Secretary may reimburse
the completion of phase three; and subsection (a) shall provide education for not more than—
(ii) consist of the provision of dental care veterans on the following: (A) $75,000 for each dentist participating in
to all veterans enrolled in such system. (1) The association between dental health the program under subsection (a);
(2) FACILITY EXPANSION.—Under each phase and overall health and well-being. (B) $20,000 for each dental therapist partici-
specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary (2) Proper techniques for dental care. pating in such program;
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shall expand the number of facilities de- (3) Signs and symptoms of commonly oc- (C) $10,000 for each dental hygienist par-
scribed in subsection (b)(3) furnishing dental curring dental conditions. ticipating in such program; and
care under this section commensurate to the (4) Treatment options for commonly occur- (D) $20,000 for each credentialed doctor of
number of new veterans furnished care under ring dental issues. medicine in dentistry serving as an oral sur-
such phase, including through the use of any (5) Options for obtaining access to dental geon and participating in such program.
other facilities to which veterans have ac- care, including information on eligibility for (2) DUAL ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary may
cess. dental care through the Department. reimburse an individual serving in multiple
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positions described in subparagraphs (A) ized to meet during the session of the toral ballots for President and Vice
through (D) of paragraph (1) not more than Senate on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at President; entering and remaining in a
$95,000. 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing on nomi- restricted area within the United
(c) SELECTION OF LOCATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall monitor demand among veterans nations. States Capitol grounds; unlawful pa-
for dental care and require participants in COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC rading, demonstrating, and picketing;
the program under subsection (a) to choose WORKS and two counts of engaging in dis-
from dental clinics of the Department with The Committee on Environment and orderly and disruptive conduct. Hunter
the greatest need for dentists, dental thera- Public Works is authorized to meet Seefried is additionally charged with
pists, dental hygienists, or oral surgeons, as destruction of government property
the case may be, according to facility enroll-
during the session of the Senate on
Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at 10 a.m., to and two counts of engaging in physical
ment and patient demand.
SEC. 125. EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PART- conduct a hearing on nominations. violence.
NERSHIPS FOR DENTISTS, DENTAL COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
The prosecution has requested trial
THERAPISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, testimony from Daniel Schwager, for-
The Committee on Foreign Relations
AND ORAL SURGEONS. merly counsel to the Secretary of the
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall is authorized to meet during the ses-
Senate, related to the obstruction
enter into educational and training partner- sion of the Senate on Wednesday, June
count, including his knowledge and ob-
ships with dental schools to provide training 8, 2022, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing.
and employment opportunities for dentists,
servations of the process and constitu-
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
dental therapists, dental hygienists, and oral tional and legal bases for Congress’
surgeons.
The Committee on the Judiciary is counting of the Electoral College
SEC. 126. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. authorized to meet during the session votes. The prosecution is also seeking
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be of the Senate on Wednesday, June 8, testimony at trial, if necessary, from
appropriated for the Department of Veterans 2022, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing on Nate Russell and Diego Torres,
Affairs for fiscal year 2023 such sums as may nominations. custodians of records in the Senate Re-
be necessary to carry out this subtitle and COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND cording Studio, which operates under
the amendments made by this subtitle.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—The amount authorized
ENTREPRENEURSHIP the authority of the Sergeant at Arms
to be appropriated under subsection (a) shall The Committee on Small Business and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to au-
be available for obligation for the eight-year and Entrepreneurship is authorized to thenticate Senate video of the pro-
period beginning on the date that is one year meet during the session of the Senate ceeding that day. Senate Secretary
after the date of the enactment of this Act. on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at 2:30 Berry and Senate Sergeant at Arms
--- p.m., to. conduct a hearing. Gibson would like to cooperate with
SA 5075. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for her-
self and Mr. ROUNDS) submitted an SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE these requests by providing relevant
amendment intended to be proposed to The Select Committee on Intel- testimony in this proceeding from
amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. ligence is authorized to meet during Messrs. Schwager, Russell, and Torres,
TESTER (for himself and Mr. MORAN) to the session of the Senate on Wednes- respectively .
the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health day, June 8, 2022, at 2:30 p.m., to con- In keeping with the rules and prac-
care and benefits for veterans exposed duct a closed hearing. tices of the Senate, this resolution
to toxic substances, and for other pur- f would authorize the production of rel-
poses; which was ordered to lie on the evant testimony from Messrs.
APPOINTMENTS Schwager, Russell, and Torres, with
table; as follows:
At the end of title I, add the following: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The representation by the Senate legal
Subtitle C—Other Health Care Matters Chair, on behalf of the President pro counsel.
tempore, upon the recommendation of Mr. OSSOFF. Madam President, I
SEC. 121. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE CARE
UNDER VETERANS COMMUNITY the Republican Leader, pursuant to further ask that the resolution be
CARE PROGRAM FOR TOXIC-EX- Public Law 105–292, as amended by Pub- agreed to, the preamble be agreed to,
POSED VETERANS. and the motions to reconsider be con-
lic Law 106–55, Public Law 107–228, and
Section 1703(d)(1) is amended— sidered made and laid upon the table
Public Law 112–75, appoints the fol-
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; or’’ with no intervening action or debate.
and inserting a semicolon; lowing individuals to the United States
Commission on International Religious The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and Freedom: Mr. Abraham Cooper of Cali- objection, it is so ordered.
(3) by adding at the end the following new fornia; The Honorable Eric M. Ueland The resolution (S. Res. 665) was
subparagraph: of Oregon. agreed to.
‘‘(F) the covered veteran is a toxic-exposed The preamble was agreed to.
f (The resolution, with its preamble, is
veteran.’’.
f AUTHORIZING TESTIMONY AND printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub-
REPRESENTATION IN UNITED mitted Resolutions.’’)
AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO STATES V. SEEFRIED, ET AL. f
MEET
Mr. OSSOFF. Madam President, I ask AUTHORIZING TESTIMONY AND
Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I unanimous consent that the Senate
have seen requests for committees to REPRESENTATION IN UNITED
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. STATES V. WILLIAMS
meet during today’s session of the Sen- 665, submitted earlier today.
ate. They have the approval of the Ma- Mr. OSSOFF. Madam President, I ask
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The unanimous consent that the Senate
jority and Minority Leaders.
Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph clerk will report the resolution by proceed to the consideration of S. Res.
5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Sen- title. 666, submitted earlier today.
ate, the following committees are au- The legislative clerk read as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
thorized to meet during today’s session A resolution (S. Res. 665) to authorize tes- clerk will report the resolution by
of the Senate: timony and representation in United States title.
v. Seefried, et al. The legislative clerk read as follows:
COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN
AFFAIRS There being no objection, the Senate A resolution (S. Res. 666) to authorize tes-
The Committee on Banking, Housing, proceeded to consider the resolution. timony and representation in United States
and Urban Affairs is authorized to Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, v. Williams.
meet in executive session during the another criminal trial arising out of There being no objection, the Senate
session of the Senate on Wednesday, the events of January 6, 2021, is sched- proceeded to consider the resolution.
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June 8, 2022, at 2:30 p.m., to vote on uled to begin on June 13, 2022, in Fed- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President,
nominations. eral district court in the District of Co- another criminal trial arising out of
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND lumbia. The two defendants in this the events of January 6, 2021, is sched-
TRANSPORTATION case, Kevin and Hunter Seefried, are uled to begin on June 27, 2022, in Fed-
The Committee on Commerce, charged with five counts: obstructing eral district court in the District of Co-
Science, and Transportation is author- the counting by Congress of the elec- lumbia. The Federal indictment
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charges the defendant with five counts: considered made and laid upon the CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION
obstructing the counting by Congress table with no intervening action or de- BOARD
of the electoral ballots for President bate. CATHERINE J.K. SANDOVAL, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE A
MEMBER OF CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVES-
and Vice President; entering and re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without TIGATION BOARD FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS, VICE
maining in a restricted area within the objection, it is so ordered. KRISTEN MARIE KULINOWSKI, TERM EXPIRED.
United States Capitol grounds; unlaw- The resolution (S. Res. 667) was EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
ful parading, demonstrating, and pick- agreed to. DOUGLAS J. MCKALIP, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
eting; and two counts of engaging in The preamble was agreed to. TO BE CHIEF AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATOR, OFFICE OF
THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, WITH
disorderly and disruptive conduct. (The resolution, with its preamble, is THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR, VICE GREGORY DOUD.
The government has requested trial printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- DEPARTMENT OF STATE
testimony from Daniel Schwager, for- mitted Resolutions.’’) JESSICA DAVIS BA, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, A
merly counsel to the Secretary of the f CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE,
CLASS OF COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR-
Senate, related to the obstruction DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES
count, including his knowledge and ob- ORDERS FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 9, OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF COTE D’IVOIRE.
servations of the process and constitu- 2022 ROBERT J. FAUCHER, OF ARIZONA, A CAREER MEMBER
OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER–
tional and legal bases for Congress’ Mr. OSSOFF. Madam President, I ask COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND
PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
counting of the Electoral College unanimous consent that when the Sen- TO THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME.
votes. Senate Secretary Berry would ate completes its business today, it ad- KENNETH MERTEN, OF VIRGINIA, A CAREER MEMBER
OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF CAREER
like to cooperate with this request by journ until 10 a.m. Thursday, June 9; MINISTER, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND
providing relevant testimony in this that following the prayer and pledge, PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA.
proceeding from Mr. Schwager. the morning hour be deemed expired,
In keeping with the rules and prac- the Journal of proceedings be approved IN THE ARMY
tices of the Senate, this resolution to date, the time for the two leaders be THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT
IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED
would authorize the production of rel- reserved for their use later in the day, WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND
evant testimony from Mr. Schwager, and morning business be closed; that RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601:
with representation by the Senate upon conclusion of morning business, To be general
legal counsel. the Senate resume consideration of LT. GEN. DARRYL A. WILLIAMS
Mr. OSSOFF. Madam President, I Calendar No. 388, H.R. 3967; further IN THE MARINE CORPS
further ask that the resolution be that at 1:45 p.m., the Senate proceed to THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT
agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, executive session to resume consider- IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS TO THE GRADE
and the motions to reconsider be con- INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPOR-
ation of Executive Calendar No. 728, TANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C.,
sidered made and laid upon the table vote on confirmation of the Bagenstos SECTION 601:
with no intervening action or debate. nomination as provided under the pre- To be general
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without vious order, and that upon disposition LT. GEN. MICHAEL E. LANGLEY
objection, it is so ordered. of the nomination, the Senate resume
The resolution (S. Res. 666) was legislative session; finally, if any nomi- f
agreed to. nations are confirmed during Thurs-
The preamble was agreed to. day’s session, the motions to recon- CONFIRMATIONS
(The resolution, with its preamble, is sider be considered made and laid upon Executive nominations confirmed by
printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- the table and the President be imme- the Senate June 8, 2022:
mitted Resolutions.’’) diately notified of the Senate’s action. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without AMY LOYD, OF NEW MEXICO, TO BE ASSISTANT SEC-
COMMEMORATING THE 20TH ANNI- objection, it is so ordered. RETARY FOR CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDU-
CATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
VERSARY OF THE RODEO- f
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
CHEDISKI FIRE IN ARIZONA ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 10 A.M. TODD M. HARPER, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF
Mr. OSSOFF. Madam President, I ask TOMORROW THE NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION BOARD
FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL 10, 2027.
unanimous consent that the Senate Mr. OSSOFF. Madam President, if THE JUDICIARY
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. there is no further business to come be-
667, submitted earlier today. NINA MORRISON, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED STATES
fore the Senate, I ask that it stand ad- DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The journed under the previous order. YORK.
clerk will report the resolution by There being no objection, the Senate,
title. f
at 6:16 p.m., adjourned until Thursday,
The legislative clerk read as follows:
June 9, 2022, at 10 a.m. WITHDRAWAL
A resolution (S. Res. 667) commemorating
the 20th anniversary of the Rodeo-Chediski f Executive Message transmitted by
Fire in Arizona. NOMINATIONS the President to the Senate on June 8,
There being no objection, the Senate 2022 withdrawing from further Senate
Executive nominations received by consideration the following nomina-
proceeded to consider the resolution. the Senate:
Mr. OSSOFF. Madam President, I ask tion:
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
unanimous consent that the resolution MARIA DUAIME ROBINSON, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE
DANIEL B. MAFFEI, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A FEDERAL AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF ENERGY (OFFICE OF
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed MARITIME COMMISSIONER FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE ELECTRICITY), VICE BRUCE J. WALKER, WHICH WAS
to, and the motions to reconsider be 30, 2027. (REAPPOINTMENT) SENT TO THE SENATE ON JANUARY 4, 2022.
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June 8, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E591
EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS
SUPPORTING H.R. 7910 AND H.R. ite Rock in 1922, Mr. Wilkinson was chosen cerning the Drug Enforcement Agency’s en-
2377 as Vice President and Arthur R. Wilson as counter with Daniel Kandalaft on or about Jan-
President. uary 24, 2016 at Charles de Gaulle Airport in
HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON In 1936, the Wilson family sold their shares Paris, France. At a July 8, 2017 Foreign Af-
OF TEXAS
of Granite Construction to Mr. Wilkinson, who fairs Committee hearing entitled, ‘‘Attacking
then became President. In those early years Hezbollah’s Financial Network: Policy Op-
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
of the Great Depression, Mr. Wilkinson and tions,’’ a witness referenced that Mr. Kandalaft
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 his wife, Carrie B. Earle, struggled to keep the was arrested by the DEA. As this recent letter
Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, company afloat, making personal sacrifices, from the Drug Enforcement Agency describes,
today is day 159 of 2022. There have already including mortgaging all that they owned to the ‘‘DEA does not have the authority to per-
been over 200 mass shootings this year. help sustain the business. This perseverance form arrests or detainments in foreign coun-
Madam Speaker, we cannot let this be our and personal commitment left a lasting imprint tries.’’
new reality. Thoughts and prayers are no on the company. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DRUG
longer enough. We must act, and we must do With the advent of World War II, the busi- ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION,
ness turned around and the company began OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AND
it now.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS,
This week, we must pass H.R. 7910, the to reach unprecedented levels of growth. Springfield, VA, April 18, 2022.
Protecting Our Kids Act, and H.R. 2377, the Projects such as the $400,000 contract to Hon. STEVE COHEN,
Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of build Camp Ord, now known as Fort Ord, in House of Representatives,
2022. 1940 allowed Granite Construction to not only Washington, DC.
The Protecting Our Kids Act includes provi- produce a profit, but also become a leader in DEAR CONGRESSMAN COHEN: This responds
sions that would raise the lawful age to pur- the construction industry. In 1942, Mr. to your letter to Administrator Anne
Wilkinson retired from active service with the Milgram, dated October 8, 2021, regarding a
chase an assault-style weapon from 18 to 21, potential Drug Enforcement Administration
impose new restrictions on large capacity company, and Bert Scott took over as Presi- (DEA) encounter with Daniel Kandalaft on
magazines, strengthen safe storage require- dent. Mr. Wilkinson sold his shares to his two or about January 24, 2016, at Charles de
ments, and crack down on the sale and dis- sons, Walter Junior and Jack. Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. We appre-
tribution of unlicensed guns. A scrupulous but fair businessman, Mr. ciate the opportunity to address your in-
The Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Wilkinson adhered diligently to the code of quiry, and we apologize for our delay in re-
Act of 2022 encourages states to improve and conduct he established for the company, sponding to your letter.
DEA is aware that Mr. Kandalaft was de-
implement extreme risk laws, which would prioritizing integrity, hard work, and determina- tained by French Authorities on January 24,
help keep guns out of the hands of those who tion in his professional and personal life. His 2016, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris,
are likely to pose an increased threat to them- colleagues called him a ‘‘visionary’’ as he suc- France. DEA does not have the authority to
selves or to others. cessfully steered Granite Construction Com- perform arrests or detainments in foreign
Madam Speaker, these are small—but nec- pany through rocky times to recovery. countries. For further information, we rec-
essary—first steps. I would urge my col- Outside of his professional work, Mr. ommend reaching out directly to the French
Wilkinson was devoted to serving his commu- Authorities who have oversight of these ac-
leagues to join me in supporting these bills,
tions. We apologize that we are unable to
and to commit themselves to doing all they nity. He kept a daily diary, written in impec- provide more information.
can to address the issue of gun violence. cable penmanship, chronicling his life and the Sincerely,
f founding of Granite Construction. He was a JASON M. THURMAN,
skilled orator, storyteller, and speech writer. Chief, Congressional Affairs Section.
COMMEMORATING THE CENTEN- Active in civic organizations, Mr. Wilkinson f
NIAL CELEBRATION OF GRANITE was a charter member of the Watsonville Ex-
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY change Club and President of the Chamber of HONORING NANCY CASSIDY
Commerce as well as the Rotary Club. More-
HON. JOHN GARAMENDI over, as President and Founding Member of HON. CHRIS PAPPAS
the Association of General Contractors of OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
OF CALIFORNIA
Northern California, Mr. Wilkinson was instru- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
mental in establishing the Association’s first Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 bylaws. Mr. PAPPAS. Madam Speaker, I rise today
Mr. GARAMENDI. Madam Speaker, I rise Walter J. Wilkinson conducted himself in a in recognition of Nancy Cassidy, who is being
today to congratulate Granite Construction manner deserving of respect. With loyalty, honored for her retirement from the Depart-
Company on its centennial anniversary and dedication, and perseverance, he laid the ment of Safety after more than twenty-two
honor the lasting contributions of founder, foundation for a company able to weather the years of service. Throughout her time as a
Walter J. Wilkinson. Granite Construction toughest of storms. The success of Granite government employee, Nancy has worked in a
Company is a leader in the construction indus- Construction as the beacon of progress in to- wide range of departments and roles. Nancy
try, paving the way for innovation and day’s construction industry is a tribute to him. has served the state of New Hampshire with
progress. The company’s Founder Walter J. Congratulations to Granite Construction Com- distinction and is revered by her peers for her
Wilkinson was a man of integrity, persever- pany on their centennial celebration. expertise.
ance, and dedication. He not only lived by f Prior to her time in the Commissioner’s Of-
these principles, but also instilled them in the fice, Nancy worked in the Bureau of Financial
culture and work of the Granite Construction ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Responsibility with the Division of Motor Vehi-
Company; these quality ethics and values re- REGARDING DANIEL KANDALAFT cles. She quickly moved up in the ranks and
main today. was promoted to Executive Secretary in the
After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in HON. STEVE COHEN Forensic Lab for the Division of State Police,
engineering, Mr. Wilkinson began his career OF TENNESSEE where she worked closely with state agencies,
as an engineer for the Lakeport Ice Company. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES local officials, and the Attorney General’s Of-
In 1901, at the age of 20, he joined the Gran- fice for nearly seven years. After being further
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
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ite Rock Company and would eventually lead promoted to the Commissioner’s Office, Nancy
the construction division as superintendent. Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I include in continued to work tirelessly for her community.
When Granite Construction Company was the RECORD the following letter to share addi- On behalf of my constituents in New Hamp-
formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Gran- tional information I recently learned about con- shire, I want to thank Nancy for her continued
∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor.
Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor.
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