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Congressional Record — Extensions of Remarks, June 1, 2020, Page E507

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Page E507 of the Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record for June 1, 2020, in interleaved columns. Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania submits a statement headed George Floyd. A paycheck program question and answer explains that loan forgiveness can be up to the full principal and accrued interest, depending on payroll and other costs over the eight-week period. A tribute praises Dr. Murphy as a humble leader committed to serving veterans, and committee schedule notices list a nomination of Jenny A. McGee, of Texas, to be an Associate Administrator.

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                                              June 1, 2020                           CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks                                                                  E507
                                                              GEORGE FLOYD                               o. Can my PPP loan be forgiven in whole             professional capacity, Dr. Murphy is regarded
                                                                                                      or in part?                                            among her friends, colleagues, and peers and
                                                                                                         Yes. The amount of loan forgiveness can be
                                                       HON. BRENDAN F. BOYLE                          up to the full amount of the full principal
                                                                                                                                                             a humble leader who strives to make a dif-
                                                              OF PENNSYLVANIA                         amount of the loan and any accrued interest
                                                                                                                                                             ference. She has fully committed herself to
                                                                                                      . . . The actual amount of loan forgiveness            serving our nation’s veterans, and encourages
                                                 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                                                      will depend, in part, on the total amount [of          others to live a life of compassion, service,
                                                           Monday, June 1, 2020                       payroll and non-payroll costs] . . . over the          and excellence. Her years of dedicated work
                                                 Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania.                eight-week period following the loan . . .             have made a difference in the lives of vet-
                                              Madam Speaker, America in 2020 is aflame,               However, not more than 25 percent of the               erans across the state, and her work in ana-
                                                                                                      loan forgiveness amount may be attributable            tomic pathology will leave a lasting impact on
                                              fighting a two-front war.
                                                                                                      to non-payroll costs[.]                                the healthcare of veterans in the years to
                                                 On one front, we fight a new virus. On the
                                              other, we fight an enemy as old as the repub-              The overall spending of the loan is similarly       come.
                                              lic itself.                                             limited in a 75/25 ratio. Section 2(r) states ‘‘at        Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join
                                                 More than a million Americans have suf-              least 75 percent of the PPP loan proceeds              me in honoring Dr. Hedwig Murphy for her ac-
                                              fered from COVID–19. Millions more suffer               shall be used for payroll costs.’’                     complished career. Dr. Murphy’s work has
                                              from a different sickness, racism.                         The intent of this Bill is to retain the existing   transformed veterans’ healthcare, enabling
                                                 The evidence is overwhelming that George             structure set forth by the SBA, but to amend           them to live healthy and dignified lives. We
                                              Floyd is a victim of the latter. His essential          the ratios in both IFR sections from 75/25 to          are grateful for her dedication to patients,
                                              right to breathe was taken by the hands of an-          60/40 (along with extension of covered period,         medicine, and our entire Michigan community,
                                              other. And he is not the first.                         maturity date and other changes) to preserve           and we wish her luck in all future endeavors.
                                                 Unique among nations, America was born               borrower flexibility and the ability to obtain par-
                                                                                                      tial or proportional forgiveness of the loan if                          f
                                              not out of one race or religion. Rather, in its
                                              very founding document was a radical commit-            less than 60 percent of covered period ex-
                                                                                                      penditures are payroll costs, provided that the          SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
                                              ment to the full equality of all people. It is
                                              foundational to the American Experiment.                borrower must spend overall loan proceeds                Title IV of Senate Resolution 4,
                                                 Racism is not just an assault on the indi-           subject to the 60/40 ratio.                            agreed to by the Senate of February 4,
                                              vidual of a different race. It is a grievous blow                         f                                    1977, calls for establishment of a sys-
                                              against the very idea of America.                                                                              tem for a computerized schedule of all
                                                                                                      IN RECOGNITION OF DR. HEDWIG                           meetings and hearings of Senate com-
                                                 We will soon discover a vaccine for virus              MURPHY FOR A DISTINGUISHED
                                              COVID–19. But we must also, at long last,                                                                      mittees, subcommittees, joint commit-
                                                                                                        CAREER IN MEDICINE WITH THE                          tees, and committees of conference.
                                              once and for all, eradicate all forms of racial           ANN ARBOR VA HEALTHCARE
                                              prejudice and discrimination.                                                                                  This title requires all such committees
                                                                                                        SYSTEM                                               to notify the Office of the Senate Daily
                                                 Only then can America fully breathe.
                                                                                                                                                             Digest—designated by the Rules Com-
                                                               f                                                  HON. DEBBIE DINGELL                        mittee—of the time, place and purpose
                                              PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM                                                 OF MICHIGAN                        of the meetings, when scheduled and
                                                  FLEXIBILITY ACT OF 2020                                  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                   any cancellations or changes in the
                                                                                                                  Monday, June 1, 2020                       meetings as they occur.
                                                                  SPEECH OF                                                                                    As an additional procedure along
                                                                                                         Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I rise                 with the computerization of this infor-
                                                              HON. CHIP ROY                           today to recognize the distinguished career of         mation, the Office of the Senate Daily
                                                                   OF TEXAS                           Dr. Hedwig Murphy after 22 years of out-               Digest will prepare this information for
                                                 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                      standing service at the VA Ann Arbor                   printing in the Extensions of Remarks
                                                         Thursday, May 28, 2020                       Healthcare System. Dr. Murphy’s medical ex-            section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
                                                                                                      pertise as a pathologist has improved the lives        on Monday and Wednesday of each
                                                Mr. ROY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to clarify         of veterans across the state and is worthy of
                                              the intent of some of the language in H.R.                                                                     week.
                                                                                                      commendation.                                            Meetings scheduled for Tuesday,
                                              7010, and especially the language in the Bill              Dr. Murphy received her undergraduate de-
                                              as to loan forgiveness.                                                                                        June 2, 2020 may be found in the Daily
                                                                                                      gree from Newton College of the Sacred Heart           Digest of today’s RECORD.
                                                Section 3 adds new paragraph 8 (Limitation            in 1970 and earned her M.A. from Johns Hop-
                                              on Forgiveness) that states that:                       kins University School of Medicine in 1972.                       MEETINGS SCHEDULED
                                                To receive loan forgiveness under this sec-           After earning her Ph.D. in the Department of                            JUNE 3
                                              tion, an eligible recipient shall use at least          Anatomy at Wayne State University School of
                                              60 percent of the covered loan amount for                                                                      9 a.m.
                                              payroll costs, and may use up to 40 percent
                                                                                                      Medicine in 1979, Dr. Murphy was awarded                 Committee on Homeland Security and
                                              of such amount for any payment of interest              her M.D. from Wayne State in 1990. Upon                      Governmental Affairs
                                              on any covered mortgage obligation (which               graduation, she entered a Senior Postdoctoral              To hold hearings to examine the nomina-
                                              shall not include any prepayment of or pay-             Research Fellowship in the Department of Pa-                 tions of Donald Lee Moak, of Florida,
                                              ment of principal on a covered mortgage ob-             thology and completed residency in Anatomic                  and William Zollars, of Kansas, both to
                                              ligation), any payment on any covered rent              Pathology in 1994.                                           be a Governor of the United States
                                              obligation, or any covered utility payment.                                                                          Postal Service, and Mark A. Robbins,
                                                                                                         Before joining the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare                Carl Ezekiel Ross, and Elizabeth J.
                                                 The intent of this provision is to reduce the        System as a pathologist, Dr. Murphy was an                   Shapiro, each to be an Associate Judge
                                              portion of the forgivable amount that must be           instructor at several Michigan institutions. She             of the Superior Court of the District of
                                              spent on payroll cost, to provide employers             served as an Instructor in the Departments of                Columbia.
                                              more flexibility to bring back and retain em-           Ophthalmology and Anatomy at Wayne State                                                        VTC
                                              ployees in a manner that allows compliance              University, and later served as an Instructor
                                                                                                                                                             9:30 a.m.
                                              with state and local reopening restrictions and         and Assistant Professor in the Division of               Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
                                              the business reality of individual borrowers.           Ophthalmology at the Michigan State Univer-                   and Pensions
                                                 The SBA, as set forth in the ‘‘Interim Final         sity College of Human Medicine. In 1994, Dr.                Business meeting to consider the nomi-
                                              Rule 1’’ issued on April 2, 2020, has deter-            Murphy joined the faculty of the Department of                nations of Keith E. Sonderling, of Flor-
                                              mined that the forgivable portion of the loan           Pathology at the University of Michigan as a                  ida, Andrea R. Lucas, of Virginia, and
                                              (that which is spent during the covered period)         Research Investigator and later was promoted                  Jocelyn Samuels, of Maryland, each to
                                                                                                                                                                    be a Member of the Equal Employment




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                                              must be allocated at least 75 percent to pay-           to the rank of Assistant Professor.
                                              roll costs. In the event a borrower is unable to           At the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Dr.                 Opportunity     Commission,     Marvin
                                                                                                                                                                    Kaplan,    of  Kansas,    and   Lauren
                                              spend in that ratio during the covered period,          Murphy’s leadership has been paramount in
                                                                                                                                                                    McGarity McFerran, of the District of
                                              the loan is eligible for partial forgiveness.           the development of the Anatomic Pathology                     Columbia, both to be a Member of the
                                                 The IFR in section 2(o) states clearly that a        Laboratory. Under her guidance, the labora-                   National    Labor    Relations   Board,
                                              PPP loan can ‘‘be forgiven in whole or in               tory has become recognized as a national                      Sethuraman Panchanathan, of Arizona,
                                              part.’’                                                 center of excellence. Beyond her work in a                    to be Director of the National Science




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                                              E508                                   CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks                                                       June 1, 2020
                                                    Foundation, Julie Elizabeth Hocker, of                  Agency for International Development,              Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
                                                    Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Sec-                   and other pending nominations.                        sources
                                                    retary    of   Labor,    and    Richard                                                     VTC             To hold hearings to examine wildfire
                                                    Giacolone, of Virginia, to be Federal               Committee on Health, Education, Labor,                    management in the midst of the
                                                    Mediation and Conciliation Director.                    and Pensions                                          COVID–19 pandemic.
                                                                                     SD–430               To hold hearings to examine COVID–19,                                                    SD–366
                                              10 a.m.                                                       focusing on going back to college safe-            Committee on Homeland Security and
                                                Committee on the Judiciary                                  ly.                                                   Governmental Affairs
                                                  To hold an oversight hearing to examine                                                     SD–430            To hold hearings to examine the Federal
                                                    the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.              Committee on Homeland Security and                        government’s procurement and dis-
                                                                                     SD–G50                 Governmental Affairs                                  tribution strategies in response to the
                                                Committee on Small Business and Entre-                    Business meeting to consider a motion to                COVID–19 pandemic.
                                                    preneurship                                             authorize the Chairman to issue sub-                                                     VTC
                                                  To hold hearings to examine COVID–19’s                    poenas for records and testimony to
                                                    impact on small business, focusing on                   U.S. Government agencies and to indi-            11 a.m.
                                                    perspectives from Main Street.                          viduals relating to the Federal Bureau             Committee on Armed Services
                                                                                     SR–301                 of Investigation’s Crossfire Hurricane             Subcommittee on Airland
                                              2 p.m.                                                        Investigation, the DOJ Inspector Gen-                Closed business meeting to markup those
                                                Select Committee on Intelligence                            eral’s review of that investigation, and               provisions which fall under the sub-
                                                  Closed business meeting to consider                       the ‘‘unmasking’’ of U.S. persons affili-              committee’s jurisdiction of the pro-
                                                    pending intelligence matters.                           ated with the Trump campaign, transi-                  posed National Defense Authorization
                                                                                    SVC–217                 tion teams, and Trump Administra-                      Act for fiscal year 2021.
                                                                                                            tion, as described in Schedule A.                                                   SR–232A
                                              2:30 p.m.                                                                                       SR–325
                                                Committee on the Budget                                 Committee on the Judiciary                           2 p.m.
                                                   To hold hearings to examine the nomina-                Business meeting to consider S. 685, to              Committee on Armed Services
                                                     tion of Russell Vought, of Virginia, to                amend the Inspector General Act of                 Subcommittee on Personnel
                                                     be Director of the Office of Manage-                   1978 relative to the powers of the De-               Business meeting to markup those provi-
                                                     ment and Budget.                                       partment of Justice Inspector General,                 sions which fall under the subcommit-
                                                                                     SR–301                 the nominations of Justin Reed Walk-                   tee’s jurisdiction of the proposed Na-
                                                Committee on Commerce, Science, and                         er, of Kentucky, to be United States                   tional Defense Authorization Act for
                                                     Transportation                                         Circuit Judge for the District of Co-                  fiscal year 2021.
                                                   To hold hearings to examine the state of                 lumbia Circuit, and Cory T. Wilson, of                                                SD–G50
                                                     transportation and critical infrastruc-                Mississippi, to be United States Circuit
                                                     ture, focusing on the impact of the                    Judge for the Fifth Circuit, and an au-          3:30 p.m.
                                                     COVID–19 pandemic.                                     thorization for subpoenas relating to              Committee on Armed Services
                                                                                     SD–G50                 the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.             Subcommittee on SeaPower
                                                                                                                                              SD–106              Closed business meeting to markup those
                                              3 p.m.                                                  11 a.m.
                                                Committee on Veterans’ Affairs                                                                                      provisions which fall under the sub-
                                                                                                        Committee on Banking, Housing, and                          committee’s jurisdiction of the pro-
                                                  To hold hearings to examine the Presi-                    Urban Affairs
                                                    dent’s proposed budget request for fis-                                                                         posed National Defense Authorization
                                                                                                          To hold hearings to examine the crisis in                 Act for fiscal year 2021.
                                                    cal year 2021, advance appropriations                   Hong Kong, focusing on a review of
                                                    requests for fiscal year 2022, and fiscal                                                                                                    SR–232A
                                                                                                            United States policy tools.
                                                    year 2020 enacted CARES Act supple-                                                     WEBEX            5:30 p.m.
                                                    mental appropriations for the Depart-
                                                                                                                                                               Committee on Armed Services
                                                    ment of Veterans Affairs.                                              JUNE 8
                                                                                      SD–106                                                                   Subcommittee on Cybersecurity
                                                                                                      2:30 p.m.                                                   Closed business meeting to markup those
                                                                                                        Committee on Armed Services                                 provisions which fall under the sub-
                                                                  JUNE 4
                                                                                                        Subcommittee on Readiness and Manage-                       committee’s jurisdiction of the pro-
                                              10 a.m.                                                        ment Support                                           posed National Defense Authorization
                                                Committee on Environment and Public                        Closed business meeting to markup those                  Act for fiscal year 2021.
                                                    Works                                                    provisions which fall under the sub-                                                SR–232A
                                                  To hold hearings to examine infrastruc-                    committee’s jurisdiction of the pro-
                                                    ture, focusing on the road to recovery.                  posed National Defense Authorization
                                                                                    SD–G50                                                                                        JUNE 10
                                                                                                             Act for fiscal year 2021.
                                                Committee on Foreign Relations                                                            SR–232A            9:30 a.m.
                                                  To hold hearings to examine the nomina-                                                                      Committee on Armed Services
                                                    tions of J. Steven Dowd, of Florida, to           4 p.m.                                                      Closed business meeting to markup the
                                                    be United States Director of the Euro-              Committee on Armed Services                                 proposed National Defense Authoriza-
                                                    pean Bank for Reconstruction and De-                Subcommittee on Strategic Forces                            tion Act for fiscal year 2021.
                                                    velopment, Richard M. Mills, Jr., of                  Closed business meeting to markup those                                                  SD–106
                                                    Texas, to be the Deputy Representative                  provisions which fall under the sub-
                                                    of the United States of America to the                  committee’s jurisdiction of the pro-             10 a.m.
                                                    United Nations, with the rank and sta-                  posed National Defense Authorization               Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
                                                    tus of Ambassador and the Deputy Rep-                   Act for fiscal year 2021.                              and Pensions
                                                    resentative of the United States of                                                  SR–232A                 To hold hearings to examine COVID–19,
                                                    America in the Security Council of the                                                                         focusing on going back to school safe-
                                                    United Nations, and to be Representa-                                  JUNE 9                                  ly.
                                                    tive of the United States of America to           9:30 a.m.                                                                                    SD–430
                                                    the Sessions of the General Assembly                Committee on Armed Services                            Committee on Small Business and Entre-
                                                    of the United Nations, during his ten-              Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and                       preneurship
                                                    ure of service as Deputy Representa-                     Capabilities                                        To hold hearings to examine implemen-
                                                    tive of the United States of America to                Closed business meeting to markup those                 tation of Title I of the CARES Act.
                                                    the United Nations, and Joseph Manso,                    provisions which fall under the sub-                                                  SR–301
                                                    of New York, for the rank of Ambas-                      committee’s jurisdiction of the pro-
                                                    sador during his tenure of service as                    posed National Defense Authorization                               JUNE 11
                                                    United States Representative to the                      Act for fiscal year 2021.                       9:30 a.m.
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                                                                                                                                          SR–232A              Committee on Armed Services
                                                    Chemical Weapons, both of the Depart-
                                                    ment of State, Jason Myung-lk Chung,              10 a.m.                                                     Closed business meeting to continue to
                                                    of Virginia, to be United States Direc-             Committee on Banking, Housing, and                          markup the proposed National Defense
                                                    tor of the Asian Development Bank,                      Urban Affairs                                           Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021.
                                                    with the rank of Ambassador, Jenny A.                 To hold an oversight hearing to examine                                                    SD–106
                                                    McGee, of Texas, to be an Associate                     housing regulators.
                                                    Administrator of the United States                                                     SD–G50




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