House Remarks on Police Brutality and Drug Safety — Congressional Record, May 28, 2020
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Page H2354 of the House section of the Congressional Record for May 28, 2020. Mr. Fortenberry is recognized for 60 minutes under the Issues of the Day, and one item congratulates Reverend Dr. Dale A. Meyer on his retirement. Under the heading Stop Police Brutality, Mr. Jeffries says he cannot tolerate police violence. Another statement compares the testing of 3,000 different compounds to Thomas Edison's work on filaments. The page also lists executive communications, including number 4375 from the Internal Revenue Service transmitting a notice proposing a revenue procedure.
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H2354 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 28, 2020
Thomas Edison looked at 3,000 dif- ISSUES OF THE DAY Meyer, deliver milk for Dixie Dairy on
ferent filaments to invent one prac- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. the south side of Chicago, he was called
tical light bulb. It took him 2 years. HAYES). Under the Speaker’s an- to serve on a full and winding profes-
We need to test 3,000 different combina- nounced policy of January 3, 2019, the sional path. This path was so full of
tions of compounds, and we don’t have gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. FOR- wonder that he would often marvel at
2 years. TENBERRY) is recognized for 60 minutes the, ‘‘milkman moments’’ that un-
f as the designee of the minority leader. folded, remarking: ‘‘What am I doing
Mr. FORTENBERRY. Madam Speak- here? God has blessed me so.’’
STOP POLICE BRUTALITY Dr. Meyer completed his bachelor’s
er, I am going to remove my mask as I
(Mr. JEFFRIES asked and was given speak. We are appropriately socially degree in 1969 at Concordia Senior Col-
permission to address the House for 1 distanced here. I am grateful for the lege in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and
minute.) time. earned a master of divinity from
Mr. JEFFRIES. Madam Speaker, I Before I begin my own remarks, I am Concordia Seminary in 1973. He earned
respect those police officers in every going to yield to the honorable gen- a master’s degree a year later and a
community who are there to protect tleman from Illinois (Mr. SHIMKUS), a doctorate in 1986 in classical languages
and serve and those who have fallen in senior member of the Energy and Com- from Washington University in St.
the line of duty, but we cannot tolerate merce Committee, who will be depart- Louis. He also is a recipient of an hon-
police violence, and we cannot tolerate ing from us soon. He is in his last term, orable doctor of divinity in 1993 from
police brutality. has announced his retirement. Concordia Theological Seminary in
George Floyd was murdered by an It has been a pleasure to serve with Fort Wayne, Indiana.
out-of-control police officer. When will you, my friend. We have a long way to Dr. Meyer first joined the faculty at
it end? go, but it is always great to see you, Concordia Seminary as a guest instruc-
Amadou Diallo, 42 shots, police offi- and I look forward to your remarks. tor in 1979, going on to serve as head
cers found not guilty. CONGRATULATING REVEREND DR. DALE A. pastor of St. Salvator Lutheran Church
Sean Bell, 50 shots, police officers MEYER ON HIS RETIREMENT in Venedy, Illinois, and St. Peter Lu-
found not guilty. Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, I theran Church in New Memphis, Illi-
Eric Garner, choked to death, police rise today to recognize the contribu- nois, both currently in my district, and
officers let go by the grand jury. tions of Reverend Dr. Dale A. Meyer at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Col-
Decade after decade after decade, upon the occasion of his retirement as linsville, Illinois, which is my home
when will it end? president of Concordia Seminary in St.
This time must be different. Those congregation. These church commu-
Louis. nities are so beloved by the Meyers
perpetrators must be prosecuted to the In May of 2005, Dr. Meyer became the
full extent of the law, and Congress that they continue to worship at all
10th president of Concordia Seminary. three parishes to this day.
must do everything in its power to stop Over 15 years later, on June 30, 2020, It was at Holy Cross Lutheran that I
this type of tragedy from ever hap- Dr. Meyer will start a new season in and my wife, Karen, came to know Dr.
pening again. life, retiring and turning over the reins Meyer and his family. Our lives have
f of this beloved institution to new lead- been intertwined, to say the least:
WE CAN’T BREATHE ership. Diane sold us our first home; I taught
His contribution to the seminary was the oldest of his two daughters, Eliza-
(Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and immense. During his tenure,
was given permission to address the beth, civics at Metro East Lutheran
Concordia’s long-term debt was elimi- High School and ran many of 5k races
House for 1 minute and to revise and nated, its endowment quadrupled, and
extend his remarks.) to come with his youngest daughter,
it earned top marks from its most re-
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Madam Katie; my own children played music
cent accreditation by the Higher
Speaker, ‘‘I Can’t Breathe’’ is a poem I in their daughter’s wedding; and my
Learning Commission and the Associa-
delivered on this floor 6 years ago when wife, Karen, served as the head organ-
tion of Theological Schools.
Eric Garner got choked out by the po- From the start of his tenure to the ist at Holy Cross with Dale; and so on.
lice. Dr. Meyer moved on from Holy Cross
end, Dr. Meyer worked alongside his
Today, I am here for George Floyd, in 1989 after being selected to serve as
wife, Diane; the faculty; and key staff
another Black man who died facedown a speaker on ‘‘The Lutheran Hour’’
to cultivate a culture that was service
on the hot pavement, suffocated to oriented and external facing. This radio program at Lutheran Hour Min-
death by a police officer as he begged meant instituting activities designed istries. ‘‘The Lutheran Hour’’ is the
for his life for 8 minutes. to instill a spirit of community vol- world’s oldest continually broadcast
Black folks in America in 2020 are unteerism into first-year students. gospel radio program, first airing in
caught between being suffocated to This meant adding benches on campus 1930.
death by the COVID–19 coronavirus or Dr. Meyer also hosted a national tel-
and expanding holiday displays each
being choked to death by rogue, year so visitors knew they were wel- evision show, ‘‘On Main Street,’’ for
uncaring, and unconcerned police offi- come at this place. Lutheran Hour Ministries. In 2001, ‘‘On
cers. It meant working with his wife, Main Street’’ episodes received two
Black folks in America are caught up Diane, and Gayle Zollmann-Kiel, coor- prestigious Emmy awards from the Na-
in three pandemics, when you add the dinator of campus grounds, to create tional Academy of Television Arts and
reality that our businesses are getting community gardens for people to enjoy Sciences, St. Louis/Mid-America Chap-
choked out of PPP. Black people bear all summer and fall, thereby feeding ter. During this time, he took part in
an unparalleled burden in this country. the community both spiritually and some of his favorite ‘‘milkman mo-
When just 12 percent of Black and figuratively. And it meant, during the ments,’’ including opening both the
Latino business owners who applied for current pandemic, having the bell U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Rep-
PPP report receiving what they asked tower on campus play music to lift the resentatives in prayer.
for, something is wrong. spirits of all those around. In addition to his published writings,
When we make up 13 percent of the No wonder the seminary received sev- Dr. Meyer served in numerous leader-
population but 60 percent of COVID eral civic awards, including being ship practices, such as third vice presi-
deaths, something wrong. named among the 100 Top Workplaces dent of the Lutheran Church-Missouri
When we have armed vigilantes and in St. Louis in 2015. Synod, a charter board member of the
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rogue police officers killing us on the Dr. Meyer’s retirement marks a sea- Association of Lutheran Older Adults,
streets, something is terribly wrong. son of change for the seminary. How- an honorary director of God’s Word to
The American Dream should not be a ever, it also marks the closing of a the Nations Bible Society, and as a
nightmare for any of her people. It is chapter of a long career of service for board of trustee of the American Bible
time to bring an end to open season on him personally. Society.
Black people in America. We can’t While Dr. Meyer’s first job was help- Dr. Meyer finally returned home to
breathe. ing his parents, Arthur and Norma Concordia Seminary in St. Louis in
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2001, serving as the Gregg H. Benidt something out to me: The flag at one of Madam Speaker, I want to turn back
Memorial Chair in Homiletics and Lit- our small post office locations is not to another set of issues that actually
erature. He became interim president flying, and it hasn’t been flying for happened before coronavirus hit our
in 2004 and the 10th president of the in- some time. country and hit this body as well. One
stitution in 2005. So my diligent staff actually con- of the most basic expectations of our
For the next 15 years, he could be tacted the gentleman. I believe they government is the health and well-
seen working on the campus grounds, reached out to the post office them- being of our Nation. Three months ago,
attending ‘‘Bach at the Sem,’’ and selves, but it sat out there as a lin- this week, in a timely subcommittee
strolling with Ferdie, the oversized-in- gering issue. So I decided to call the hearing—I sit on the Appropriations
body-and-heart golden retriever that postmaster myself, and I apologized to Committee and two subcommittees, on
became the quasi-mascot on campus her. I said: I know this is highly un- State and Foreign Operations, and I am
and, sadly, recently passed away. usual that a Congressman would call the ranking member of the Agriculture
Dr. Meyer likes to tell students: ‘‘It you directly. Subcommittee, and we have jurisdic-
is a great time to be the church.’’ As She said: It is about the flag, isn’t it? tion over the Food and Drug Adminis-
the world suffers greatly from the pan- I said: Yes, ma’am. tration.
demic, we are grateful for his efforts to She said: I don’t have anybody to So in a timely subcommittee hear-
raise public servants to serve all those help me. I have the equipment to fix it. ing, I asked the Inspector General of
who are hurting and to share the Gos- The top of the pole is broken. I just the Department of Health and Human
pel loud and clear for all to hear. don’t have anyone to help me. Services this question—it is a simple
As Dr. Meyer begins his beautiful I said: Let’s get it fixed. question, it is just three words—are our
journey of retirement, he will enjoy I called our electric system. We have drugs safe? Four words. Are our drugs
more time with his two grown daugh- a public power system in Nebraska. safe?
ters, Elizabeth, known as Lizzie, Pitt- They deal with us all the time on a This raging coronavirus has drawn
man and Catherine, known as Katie, whole variety of issues. Their response much attention to this much over-
Bailey; their spouses, Darren and was: We will get it fixed. looked problem. And in the name of
Charles; and their five grandsons that There are a couple of levels of issues global profiteering, what has happened
he refers to as Cinco de Meyer: Chris- here, Madam Speaker, and the reason I is that we have enabled a dangerous
tian, Connor, and Nicholas Pittman, tell the story. outsourcing of pharmaceutical produc-
and Andrew and Jacob Bailey. First of all, it was important to that tion to foreign countries. A significant
Madam Speaker, I want to personally gentleman that that flag, which rep- portion of that outsourcing is to the
thank Dr. Meyer and his wife, Diane, resents us all, right behind you, the very origin of the place where
for their ministry. binding notion of what it means to be coronavirus came from, China.
I thank Congressman FORTENBERRY an American, that people have fought Over 80 percent of active drug ingre-
for yielding to me. and died for, the symbol of this dig- dients and 40 percent of finished drugs
Mr. FORTENBERRY. I thank Con- nity, this nobility of tradition that de- on the American market, from
gressman SHIMKUS, because as he was fines not only where we have been but, ibuprofen to reduce your fever, to anti-
speaking, I was reminded of my own really, what we ought to strive to be. biotics to treat infection, they are pro-
Concordia College I represent, which is Maybe he didn’t think through all of duced outside the United States. Even
a part of the consortium of Lutheran that, but he just wanted the flag to fly if we vigilantly inspect our domestic
colleges, which I know is very close to at a government building. manufacturing processes, we cannot
his heart. So I thank him for men- possibly get a handle on drug safety
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tioning the gentleman. when our drugs are sourced from over
Madam Speaker, before I begin, may The postmaster had no ill will or ill 150 countries, including a significant
I inquire as to the allotted amount of intent, she just didn’t have any help. In portion from China.
time. Is it 30 or 60 minutes? a previous time maybe we would have The Department of Health and
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- just said, well, you need to get the pur- Human Services, HHS, has a daunting
tleman was recognized for 1 hour. chase order written, but in my own task in managing the spending and per-
Mr. FORTENBERRY. Madam Speak- way, let’s just solve the problem. formance of agencies that are so large
er, our world has changed. Who could And whether it is a person who has they can be bigger than some coun-
imagine just 3 short months ago where had a problem with their Social Secu- tries’ GDP. And one of those agencies
we would be right now as this silent rity check or their economic stimulus is the Food and Drug Administration,
avenger has threatened life, the life check, or a farmer who has not been the FDA.
that we knew, and we suddenly found able to get their emergency loan, or a There is an inherent and unfair dual-
ourselves quarantined in our homes small business tripped up on some as- ity, however, in how FDA’s foreign and
and apartments with nowhere to go, no pect of the Paycheck Protection Pro- domestic inspection regimes are car-
planes to catch, no appointments to gram—which by the way, has been a bi- ried out. FDA inspectors routinely con-
make, just quiet isolation with family partisan life-send by this body—to go duct surprise inspections in America to
and neighbors across the way. person by person, business by business, ensure that drug companies are pro-
Many friends are suffering, suffering I am sure that many of us have ad- ducing medicine in a clean, safe, and
unemployment or job uncertainty, or justed to the new reality of serving responsible manner.
the impact of the sickness directly. people where they are. And maybe in But when it comes to foreign inspec-
The trauma of this crisis is so, so real. some small way in the midst of this tions, the FDA customarily gives com-
With that said, Madam Speaker, I am trauma and crisis, this is a silver lining panies advance notice, often as much
sure all of us in this body are doing of returning back to, first, principles as 12 weeks, enabling drug suppliers
quite a bit of reflection, adjustment, versus the abstract discussions that plenty of time to clean up their acts.
and alteration as we go back to what I can sometimes consume us, and the This is counterproductive and it is
call first principles, and here is an ex- ruckus, fighting, and pushing and shov- wrong, and it creates an unlevel play-
ample. ing over things that never seem to ing field for companies trying to manu-
As I was reviewing my mail recently, come to any end. facture drugs right here in the United
my daily mail, a gentleman wrote to But hanging a flag in front of a post States of America.
me. He was concerned about some- office is important, because it is who Compounding these problems, the
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thing. It might not be about what we we are and what we ought to be. And I FDA inspectors also face obstruction,
will talk in a moment, our dependence want to thank that constituent for coercion, and deception in foreign
on China for protective equipment and calling me. Of course, in a great Ne- countries. In one case, a Chinese com-
medical supplies, it might not be the braska way, when I told him we got it pany reportedly imprisoned an inspec-
latest surge of the virus in cities fixed, he said: Well, is it an all-weather tor in a conference room for an hour to
throughout America, but, nonetheless, flag? I said: Sir, I don’t know that. We force her to destroy the photographs
it was important to him that he point did what we could. that she took of its facilities.
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Madam Speaker, this inadequate proud that this body has come together the elbow bump, thumbs-up, and head
monitoring of foreign production of to protect healthcare, to protect indi- nod are, of course, enjoying a renais-
medicine, it really does have dire con- viduals and families, and to protect sance.
sequences. In 2008, a tainted batch of small businesses and farmers. As we extrapolate from these changes
the blood thinner, heparin, which is Once our body itself recovers our to a world in which we are hopeful that
made in China, killed over 100 people rhythm and order here, there are some better treatments are right around the
worldwide, including 81 in America. It particularly good places to start think- corner, we are seeing less dependence
led to this drug’s recall. ing about action around our healthcare on automobiles, more connectedness to
In August of 2018, the FDA issued an security. the outdoors, an increase in victory
alert that a Chinese manufacturer of a So policy question one: How much of gardens, and local foods. A nice side ef-
thyroid medicine was recalled due to our drugs come from foreign sources? fect, nature is recovering. The air is
inconsistent quality. At this hearing To solve this, we should enhance the cleaner. Traffic is down. Cities feel
that I am referencing with the Depart- FDA’s powers to track the ingredients. calmer. This reality presages the align-
ment of Health and Human Service’s We should require labeling as to where ing preferences, and this is a fas-
Inspector General, I asked: Why has so they come from. And, third, increase cinating fact, the economic preference
much of our drug production moved reporting requirements for the pharma- curves of the baby boom generation
overseas? Why? ceutical companies themselves, par- and the millennial generation are
Now, of course, in asking that ques- ticularly within the precursor ingredi- aligning for livable, walkable, nur-
tion, Madam Speaker, I basically knew ents. turing communities.
the answer, it has to do with capital- Bottom line, we need clear answers But even while we consider the rosier
ization on low wages, lax safety, envi- about how we oversee the foreign pro- side of this predicament, we have ur-
ronmental and labor standards in those duction of drugs and drug ingredients. gent questions. When are we getting
countries. But my fuller intention in We also need the right incentives to en- back to normal? When can we hug
asking the question was to probe as to sure that U.S. companies will produce those we love? When can we visit those
whether or not we have inadvertently, more and more drugs and drug ingredi- incapable of visiting us? What does
in U.S. law and regulatory structure, ents right here, here at home in Amer- normal even mean?
perversely encouraged offshoring. ica. It is about healthcare security. If Madam Speaker, here is one aspect of
These troubling dynamics take on a it is made in America, we will all feel what normal may look like. A new in-
special urgency given the massive much better about knowing that it is trusive reality, I have an acronym for
spread of COVID–19. Several months safe. it, I call it SSTT, screening, sanita-
ago, the FDA identified 20 drugs that But going beyond these policy con- tion, testing and testing.
exclusively source their active pharma- siderations about our healthcare secu- So let’s unpack this. SSTT is a suite
ceutical ingredients or finished drug rity, Madam Speaker, I want to take a of best practices that will gradually en-
products from China. The agency then moment to possibly pull back the cur- able the full reopening of our State in
issued an alert that at least one Chi- tain and read into what we are experi- Nebraska, where I live, and our coun-
nese drugmaker had ceased production encing now, some future trends. It is try, while ensuring those who are vul-
of a human drug due to coronavirus in- not to diminish in any way the trauma, nerable, especially the elderly and
fection at its manufacturing facilities. disruption, and suffering that has hit those with underlying conditions, are
So drugs with short expiration dates our country, but there are many open- fully protected.
are particularly vulnerable to these ended questions that we are facing On screening, you will see more high-
supply-chain disruptions. Another level now. And it might be helpful to look tech thermal scans when you enter
of problem. into what some new realities are going large public places. As we experienced
So solving these issues can become to be in short order. after 9/11 with the dramatically-en-
easier when we can fully identify and We have adopted masks and social hanced security screening, your tem-
inspect foreign sources of medicine. distancing. We casually use terms like perature will be regularly taken.
But with the bulk of our foreign drug ‘‘herd immunity,’’ ‘‘flattening the As for the next S, sanitation. I found
supply originating from a country that curve,’’ and ‘‘community spread.’’ We a new respect for medical personnel
suppressed news about the coronavirus have also accepted a world with less who must wear these surgical masks
origins, its severity, and its timing, noise, less urgency, but more intimate hours on end through the day. They are
and to this day prevents the Centers connection with those in our imme- hot. They are bothersome, as I am sure
for Disease Control and Prevention diate orbit. We wonder what we will en- you can attest, Madam Speaker. But
from fully accessing the actual virus, I counter when the doors fully open once they are now part of the normalization
am not optimistic that we will gain again and we are uncaged to see the of our own personal protective equip-
better information. world through an entirely new lens. ment routines at retail establishments,
I get it, Madam Speaker, it is con- So perhaps here is a little bit of a at work, and on public transportation.
venient in this moment to point a fin- sneak peek. First, Madam Speaker, our You are already seeing the sneeze
ger at China, but we have plenty to do relationship with work has substan- guards and other physical barriers at
in our House to restore some order tially changed. For those fortunate to grocery store check-out stands. Hand
here. The Inspector General promised still have good employment, telework sanitizer sales are not declining any
me an answer within 2 weeks to my has arrived. While many Main Street time soon, as the surprisingly fragile
question. Do you remember what it businesses are really hurting, many COVID–19 is easily killed through basic
was? Have we inadvertently through have also transformed themselves into hygiene and surface disinfectants.
our legal or regulatory structure per- online, brick-and-mortar hybrids.
versely incentivized the offshoring of Like never before, people are order- b 1630
drug production from America? The In- ing groceries online, medical supplies, Social distancing is a subset of sani-
spector General promised me an answer and other essentials through their tation. Perhaps we should change the
in 2 weeks. I have heard nothing yet. phones for pick up and delivery. Doc- name. Perhaps we should call it social
The reality here is that we have to tors are seeing patients remotely. And respect because this is what it means.
change how we do public policy in our in a little-known shift, we are actually It is an embrace of a necessary con-
country, just like so many other proc- reimbursing properly for telehealth. It straint out of concern for the public
esses—business and society are shift- is here to stay, and it is going to make good, and it also lessens our own indi-
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ing. Coronavirus has caused a tectonic some huge advances in our well-being, vidual vulnerability.
plate shift. We are seeing massive and perhaps save some funds. When combined with advancing our
spikes in the use of digital technology, School, of course, has temporarily ability to work from home if sick,
which has huge implications for tele- centralized in the home, reconnecting these factors are certainly lessening
medicine, telework, and tele-education. families in important, beautiful, excit- the disease’s impact, thankfully.
In a bit of a silver lining in this time ing, if not sometimes stressful ways. New configurations for workplace
of crisis and suffering, I am frankly The handshake may be in decline, but foot traffic and airflow will emerge as
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we embrace the need to consistently fects, this SSTT suite of approaches— Floyd, and it ought to be prosecuted to
and vigilantly fight this virus. Look again, the University of Nebraska, I am the fullest extent of the law.
for TSA-style COVID prechecks at air- proud of them for developing this and God help us as a Nation if we choose
ports, on trains, and at hospitals. their outreach to the community. It to be silent at this sad and tragic time.
Watch for new office architecture: open may not be a panacea, but it will give f
floor concepts and lunch buffets being us the data and confidence to more
out; plexiglass partitions, staggered robustly and quickly open our economy ADJOURNMENT
desks, one-way walkways will be in. and gradually reduce the need for The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
Zoom is the new communal coffee strict containment measures. ant to section 4(b) of House Resolution
break. As offensive as this seems, look It is changing a bit now, Madam 967, the House stands adjourned until 9
for social distancing monitors on ele- Speaker, but on an earlier trip to D.C. a.m., Monday, June 1, 2020.
vators in large office buildings. for some votes we took several weeks Thereupon (at 4 o’clock and 37 min-
Again, the acronym is SSTT. The ago in which we replenished the funds utes p.m.), under its previous order, the
first ‘‘T’’ stands for testing. There will for the highly successful Paycheck House adjourned until Monday, June 1,
be a dramatic increase in onsite work Protection Program—Madam Speaker, 2020, at 9 a.m.
testing. Early diagnosis of those who if you don’t mind, I am going to divert f
show symptoms or who have some rea- for a moment because I am proud of my
sonableness to think they may have State. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS,
been exposed is one way to signifi- Again, this was a bipartisan airlift, ETC.
cantly reduce the spread of the disease. the Paycheck Protection Program, to Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive
I have been very proud to continue to help small businesses maintain per- communications were taken from the
work with the University of Nebraska sonnel on the payroll while we tried to Speaker’s table and referred as follows:
Medical Center. During the Ebola epi- get in front of the disease spread, cre- 4368. A letter from the Secretary, Depart-
demic, we worked with the Obama ad- ating a one-two simultaneous step to ment of Agriculture, transmitting a letter to
ministration to help the University of protect our healthcare system and pro- report a violation of the Antideficiency Act,
Nebraska Medical Center, which has a tect our economic well-being. The Pay- pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1351; Public Law 97-258;
long history in infectious disease and check Protection Program was vital to (96 Stat. 926); to the Committee on Appro-
virology, to build out containment fa- this effort, widely supported by many priations.
cilities just in case Ebola would impact of us, as well as the replenishment. 4369. A letter from the Inspector General,
us significantly in America. Nebraska has a very robust commu- Office of Inspector General, Federal Deposit
You might recall, Madam Speaker, Insurance Corporation, transmitting a GAO
nity banking system. We worked very Opinion Regarding FDIC OIG Appropria-
that the first coronavirus cases that aggressively with the small business tions; to the Committee on Appropriations.
came off the cruise ship went imme- associations and got the word out so 4370. A letter from the OSD FRLO, Office
diately to Nebraska. Our National we, on a per capita basis, have the larg- of the Secretary, Department of Defense,
Guard hosted people. Those who needed est number of loans for the Paycheck transmitting the Department’s final rule —
to be in isolation and then those who Protection Program, which, again, is Service by Members of the Armed Forces on
needed to be quarantined who had the so important to the well-being of our State and Local Juries [Docket ID: DOD-
disease went to the University of Ne- economic vitality as we fight our way 2020-OS-0029] (RIN: 0790-AK35) received May
braska. That is because we have led the 15, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A);
through this virus. Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to
country in forward-thinking as to how The point being, though, I went to the Committee on Armed Services.
to create the possibility of contain- get on the airplane, and I stood in 4371. A letter from the Administrator,
ment for some type of pandemic. Omaha Eppley Airfield and then later FEMA, Department of Homeland Security,
We have a lot more to do, such as at Chicago O’Hare and witnessed this transmitting a report advising that the cost
creating a surge hospital concept for eerie stillness around me: vacant ter- of response and recovery efforts for FEMA-
our military and our country at large. minals, closed businesses, nearly 3392-EM in the State of Louisiana has ex-
Nonetheless, in working with the Uni- empty planes, a science fiction movie ceeded the limit for a single emergency dec-
versity of Nebraska Med Center, trying laration, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193(b)(3);
come to life.
Public Law 93-288, Sec. 503(b)(3) (as amended
to think about how we just don’t sit Madam Speaker, the Earth has really by Public Law 100-707, Sec. 107(a)); (102 Stat.
back and let the sick come to us but stood still for a moment, but perhaps 4707); to the Committee on Transportation
that we go forward and use institutions in this stillness, just perhaps, we have and Infrastructure.
that have occupational health special- rediscovered some important things, 4372. A letter from the Chief, Publications
ists and larger capacities to become and we do see some trends that will and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue
the center for controlling the diseases mark a new way forward. Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only
themselves in a manner that parallels Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- rule — Bond remarketing relief (Notice 2020-
the necessary public health response ance of my time. 25) received May 15, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110
that is going on. f Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and
Again, sanitation and screening are Means.
part of that and onsite work testing. JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
4373. A letter from the Chief, Publications
The second ‘‘T’’ though in the SSTT (Mr. MFUME asked and was given and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue
is for serological testing. This test de- permission to address the House for 1 Service, transmitting the Service’s notifica-
termines whether you have developed minute and to revise and extend his re- tion of relief — Extension of Certain Time-
antibodies to the virus, which are need- marks.) frames for Employee Benefit Plans, Partici-
ed for immunity. As we are discov- Mr. MFUME. Madam Speaker, I rise pants, and Beneficiaries Affected by the
ering, a number of people who have had today because I want to call the name COVID-19 Outbreak received May 15, 2020,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law
the disease don’t have any symptoms. of George Floyd.
104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com-
They didn’t know they had it. They George Floyd lost his life this week mittee on Ways and Means.
could have antibodies, which will help because of a Minneapolis police officer. 4374. A letter from the Chief, Publications
them fight the disease, should they be George Floyd died for no known rea- and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue
reexposed in the future. Said another son. He was not armed. He was not in- Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only
way, it means a person who has had the toxicated. He was not aggressive. And rule — Revenue Procedure 2020-21 received
virus recovered, and it lessens the pos- he was not threatening. May 15, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
sibility of reinfection for them. George Floyd pleaded for his life. He 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110
Both types of testing will become cried out for help. He groaned in pain. Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
widespread, faster, cheaper, and ordi- And then he died with his face pressed 4375. A letter from the Chief, Publications
nary—again, helping us control the against the ground and the knee of a and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue
spread. police officer against his neck. Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only
As we work toward a vaccine or effec- This was not an arrest. This was rule — Notice Proposing Revenue Procedure
tive treatment to stop the serious ef- murder. It was the murder of George Updating Group Exemption Letter Program
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