Infrastructure (Cong. Rec., July 1, 2020)
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A page of the Congressional Record, Senate, dated July 1, 2020, at page S4084. A speaker describes shootings in Seattle during an occupation of an area that drove the real police out, and says Seattle's mayor has just released an order empowering police. Mr. McConnell then says the Senate has turned to the 60th annual National Defense Authorization Act, praising the bill put forward by Chairman Inhofe and the Armed Services Committee, which establishes the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, and discusses China, Russia and Iran. He also criticizes the House transportation and infrastructure bill as a version of the Green New Deal. The page ends with the recognition of the minority leader.
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S4084 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 1, 2020
There have been numerous shootings China is not our only adversary occu- tation and Infrastructure Committee
in this lawless place. About a week pying the spotlight. Recent days have said so. He said: ‘‘This is the applica-
ago, a 19-year-old was shot and killed. intensified questions about Russia’s tion of the principles of the Green New
Last weekend, after yet another shoot- negative role in the Middle East. Deal.’’ And he is right, because here
ing, a 16-year-old is dead and a 14-year- I have long warned that Russia and are the four pillars of the Green New
old was injured. Some reports suggest other adversaries will exploit any Deal: No. 1, spend an insane amount of
these two boys were shot by a self-ap- American passivity or retreat from money; No. 2, check every far-left ideo-
pointed security squad. These are mis- this important region. Whether in logical box; No. 3, propose bad policies;
cellaneous citizens who roam the area Syria or Afghanistan, the question is and No. 4, forget about making law
with guns drawn after the occupiers whether we will stand our ground and from the very beginning so you can leg-
drove the real police out. exert our influence or allow Iran, Rus- islate in a world of pure fantasy—pure
We are talking about Seattle, WA, in sia, and terrorists to literally push us fantasy. Check, check, check, and
the United States of America? out of the region. check.
The rule of law cannot fade in and Sadly, as the Senate turns to the This so-called infrastructure bill
out with the fashions of the radical NDAA, the need to continue making would siphon billions in funding from
left. No leaders should have sacrificed swift progress on our national defense actual infrastructure to funnel into cli-
small businesses to riots and mobs a strategy is staring us plain in the face. mate change policy. By putting a huge
few weeks back, and no leader should Fortunately, Chairman INHOFE, Rank- thumb on the scale for mass transit
let threats or leftwing jargon persuade ing Member REED, and our colleagues and electric vehicles, it revises the old
them to tolerate occupations for weeks on the Armed Services Committee have Obama-Biden focus on disproportion-
on end. put forward a bill that rises to the ately helping major metro areas, leav-
I understand that, just this morning, challenge. ing less for the rest of our country. No
Seattle’s mayor finally—finally—re- The bill establishes the Pacific De- wonder it came out of committee in
leased a new order that at last empow- terrence Initiative. It lays out a clear the House on a purely bipartisan vote.
ered police to bring an end to this. So vision for making our Pacific joint No wonder the White House declared it
let’s hope the rule of law finally—fi- force more adaptable and our commit- not a serious proposal and made it
nally—prevails. ments to regional partners more fea- clear this will never become law.
f sible, smarter basing for forward-de- Naturally, this nonsense is not going
ployed Americans, more supplies and anywhere in the Senate. It will just
NATIONAL DEFENSE equipment prepositioned.
AUTHORIZATION ACT join the list of absurd House proposals
It will encourage more streamlined
Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, that were only drawn up to show fealty
technology so that, from weapons plat-
on an entirely different matter, the to the radical left. Here in the Senate,
forms to information security, America
Senate has indeed turned to what will we will keep at the serious work of our
and its allies in China’s backyard stand
be the 60th annual National Defense Nation.
ready to counter aggression together.
Authorization Act. If you look at the This NDAA authorizes full funding f
world news, it would appear we have for the European Deterrence Initiative, RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME
done so not a moment too soon. doubling down on our NATO alliances The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under
After months of threats, President Xi as we check the worst impulses of the previous order, the leadership time
and the Chinese Communist Party fi- Putin’s Russia. The bill will further is reserved.
nally delivered the punch in the mouth limit the information Putin gets per-
to the city of Hong Kong that they are f
taining to missile defense, bring more
calling a ‘‘national security law.’’ As I focus on tracking Russian support for CONCLUSION OF MORNING
and others have warned for months, it terrorist proxies and despotic regimes, BUSINESS
tramples all over the freedoms and au- and renew our commitment to have The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning
tonomy that have set Hong Kong apart. U.S. forces support, train, and keep business is closed.
Today marks the 23rd anniversary of watch alongside our partners.
Hong Kong’s handover from the United f
But it isn’t enough to check our ad-
Kingdom. Normally this anniversary versaries today. We also need to outrun LEGISLATIVE SESSION
would have occasioned peaceful dem- them toward the future. So this legis-
onstration. Instead, the new law has lation will also support critical re-
brought scores of arrests and boasts NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA-
serves to help us secure a decisive edge
from local authorities about how many TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR
in everything from hypersonic weapons
peaceful demonstrators they have 2021—Resumed
to 5G communications.
jailed, new harsh penalties for Threats to our Nation are pulling The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under
Hongkongers for new and vague of- American servicemembers in all direc- the previous order, the Senate will re-
fenses, and new authority from Beijing tions. Fortunately, this NDAA has all sume consideration of S. 4049, which
to intervene at will. of their backs. the clerk will report.
It appears to directly—directly—vio- f The legislative clerk read the fol-
late China’s international promises and lowing:
effectively end the ‘‘one country, two INFRASTRUCTURE A bill (S. 4049) to authorize appropriations
systems’’ policy. Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of
I have discussed at some length the on one final matter, while the Senate the Department of Defense, for military con-
specific consequences China will face maintains the serious approach that struction, and for defense activities of the
Department of Energy, to prescribe military
for this. I will continue to discuss them builds bipartisan successes like the
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and
in the future. CARES Act and the Great American for other purposes.
This same week, we received new Outdoors Act, the House Democrats ap-
confirmation that China’s ethnic Pending:
pear addicted to pointless political the-
Inhofe amendment No. 2301, in the nature
cleansing campaign against the Uighur ater. of a substitute.
people in Xinjiang includes forced Well, our absentee neighbors have fi- McConnell (for Portman) amendment No.
abortions, forced birth control, and nally arrived back in the Capitol, and 2080 (to amendment No. 2301), to require an
State-enforced sterilizations on a sys- they have wasted no time resuming old element in annual reports on cyber science
tematic scale. tricks. The Speaker has chosen to and technology activities on work with aca-
dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE
All of this is in addition to the inter- spend the House’s time this week on a demic consortia on high priority cybersecu-
national provocation that China has multithousand-page cousin of the rity research activities in Department of De-
only stepped up during this pandemic— Green New Deal masquerading as a fense capabilities.
which they helped worsen—against highway bill. RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER
Taiwan, against India, against the You don’t have to take my word for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
Philippines, and so on. it; the chair of the House Transpor- Democratic leader is recognized.
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