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Additional Cosponsors (Cong. Rec., Sept. 9, 2020)

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A page of the Congressional Record, Senate, dated September 9, 2020, at page S5511, under the heading Additional Cosponsors. It lists committee reports, including H.R. 5273 on increasing scanning of vehicles at land ports of entry, and newly introduced bills. These include S. 4542 by Mr. Tillis to prohibit distribution abroad of COVID-19 vaccines developed with Federal funding until domestic need is met, S. 4550 and S. 4551 by Mr. Cotton and Mrs. Loeffler on rioting, S. 4552 by Mr. Kennedy on emergency disaster relief appropriations and S. 4554 by Ms. Collins on compensation for victims of Libyan state sponsored terrorism. Cosponsors are added to bills including S. 274 and S. 593, and the page ends with remarks about police officers.

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                                             September 9, 2020                                 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                  S5511
                                             the National Infrastructure Simulation and              trial detention is appropriate for defendants                             S. 274
                                             Analysis Center, and for other purposes                 charged with nonviolent drug offenses in                 At the request of Mr. ENZI, the name
                                             (Rept. No. 116–266).                                    Federal criminal cases; to the Committee on            of the Senator from Georgia (Mrs.
                                               By Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on                 the Judiciary.
                                             Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
                                                                                                                                                            LOEFFLER) was added as a cosponsor of
                                                                                                           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mrs.
                                             fairs, with an amendment in the nature of a                     LOEFFLER):                                     S. 274, a bill to ensure that organiza-
                                             substitute and an amendment to the title:                 S. 4550. A bill to amend section 3142 of title       tions with religious or moral convic-
                                               H.R. 5273. An act to require the Secretary            18, United States Code, to establish a rebut-          tions are allowed to continue to pro-
                                             of Homeland Security to develop a plan to               table presumption that a person arrested for           vide services for children.
                                             increase to 100 percent the rates of scanning           rioting or related offenses should be held                                S. 393
                                             of commercial and passenger vehicles enter-             pending trial; to the Committee on the Judi-
                                             ing the United States at land ports of entry
                                                                                                                                                              At the request of Mr. MURPHY, the
                                                                                                     ciary.
                                             along the border using large-scale non-intru-                                                                  name of the Senator from Delaware
                                                                                                           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mrs.
                                             sive inspection systems to enhance border                       LOEFFLER):                                     (Mr. CARPER) was added as a cosponsor
                                             security, and for other purposes (Rept. No.               S. 4551. A bill to provide a cause of action         of S. 393, a bill to amend title 28,
                                             116–267).                                               for persons injured by rioting; to the Com-            United States Code, to provide for a
                                                             f                                       mittee on the Judiciary.                               code of conduct for justices and judges
                                                                                                           By Mr. KENNEDY:                                  of the courts of the United States.
                                                INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND                              S. 4552. A bill making emergency supple-                                S. 593
                                                     JOINT RESOLUTIONS                               mental appropriations for disaster relief for
                                                                                                     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and
                                                                                                                                                              At the request of Mr. VAN HOLLEN,
                                               The following bills and joint resolu-                                                                        his name was added as a cosponsor of
                                             tions were introduced, read the first                   for other purposes; to the Committee on Ap-
                                                                                                     propriations.                                          S. 593, a bill to amend the Religious
                                             and second times by unanimous con-                                                                             Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to
                                                                                                           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mrs.
                                             sent, and referred as indicated:                                LOEFFLER):                                     protect civil rights and otherwise pre-
                                                   By Mr. TILLIS:                                      S. 4553. A bill to hold individuals convicted        vent meaningful harm to third parties,
                                               S. 4542. A bill to prohibit distribution              of Federal offenses during public gatherings           and for other purposes.
                                             abroad of COVID–19 vaccines developed with              resulting in riots financially liable for the
                                             the support of Federal funding until the do-
                                                                                                                                                              At the request of Mr. COONS, his
                                                                                                     cost of Federal policing, and for other pur-
                                             mestic need for the vaccine has been met; to                                                                   name was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                                                                                     poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
                                             the Committee on Banking, Housing, and                        By Ms. COLLINS:                                  593, supra.
                                             Urban Affairs.                                            S. 4554. A bill to provide compensation for                             S. 849
                                                   By Mr. HAWLEY:                                    United States victims of Libyan state spon-              At the request of Mr. CRAMER, the
                                               S. 4543. A bill to subsidize the salaries of          sored terrorism, and for other purposes; to            name of the Senator from Georgia
                                             State and local law enforcement officers and            the Committee on the Judiciary.
                                             promote officer hiring and retention, and for
                                                                                                                                                            (Mrs. LOEFFLER) was added as a cospon-
                                             other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju-                               f                                    sor of S. 849, a bill to provide for the in-
                                             diciary.                                                                                                       clusion on the Vietnam Veterans Me-
                                                   By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. SCHU-
                                                                                                     SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND                           morial Wall of the names of the lost
                                                     MER,     Mr.    DURBIN,     and    Ms.                 SENATE RESOLUTIONS                              crew members of the U.S.S. Frank E.
                                                     DUCKWORTH):                                       The following concurrent resolutions                 Evans killed on June 3, 1969.
                                               S. 4544. A bill to specify the Federal share          and Senate resolutions were read, and                                     S. 861
                                             of the costs of certain duty of the National
                                                                                                     referred (or acted upon), as indicated:                  At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, her
                                             Guard in connection with the Coronavirus
                                             Disease 2019; to the Committee on Armed                       By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr.               name was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                             Services.                                                      REED, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. DURBIN, Mr.              861, a bill to establish in the Bureau of
                                                   By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr.                        JONES, Mr. CARPER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr.              Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
                                                     CRAMER):                                               BLUMENTHAL, Mr. TESTER, Mrs. SHA-               of the Department of State a Special
                                               S. 4545. A bill to direct the Secretary of                   HEEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. WARREN,
                                                                                                            Ms. STABENOW, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr.
                                                                                                                                                            Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI
                                             Veterans Affairs to establish the Zero Sui-
                                                                                                            SANDERS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. VAN HOL-               Peoples, and for other purposes.
                                             cide Initiative pilot program of the Depart-
                                             ment of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee                     LEN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. CARDIN,                  At the request of Ms. HASSAN, her
                                             on Veterans’ Affairs.                                          Mr. COONS, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. KAINE,              name was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                                   By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. DUR-                     Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. MURPHY, Ms.               861, supra.
                                                     BIN, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms.                    KLOBUCHAR, Mr. BROWN, Ms. SMITH,                                   S. 892
                                                     CANTWELL, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms.                         Mr. WYDEN, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. BENNET,                At the request of Mr. CASEY, the
                                                     HIRONO, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. REED, and                     Ms. ROSEN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr.
                                                                                                            WARNER, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. UDALL, Mr.
                                                                                                                                                            names of the Senator from Wisconsin
                                                     Mrs. FEINSTEIN):
                                               S. 4546. A bill to provide for the prompt                    HEINRICH, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. MAR-                (Ms. BALDWIN), the Senator from Wash-
                                             payment of United States assessed contribu-                    KEY, Mr. LEAHY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr.             ington (Ms. CANTWELL), the Senator
                                             tions to international organizations, and for                  MERKLEY, and Ms. HARRIS):                       from Louisiana (Mr. CASSIDY), the Sen-
                                             other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign               S. Res. 685. A resolution honoring the serv-         ator from Nevada (Ms. CORTEZ MASTO),
                                             Relations.                                              ice and sacrifice of members of the United             the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. COT-
                                                   By Mr. MCCONNELL (for himself, Mrs.               States Armed Forces and veterans and con-              TON), the Senator from Montana (Mr.
                                                     GILLIBRAND, Ms. MCSALLY, and Mrs.               demning the disgraceful denigration by                 DAINES), the Senator from Illinois (Ms.
                                                     FEINSTEIN):                                     President Donald Trump of military service,
                                                                                                                                                            DUCKWORTH), the Senator from Illinois
                                               S. 4547. A bill to improve the integrity and          prisoners of war, and Gold Star families; to
                                             safety of horseracing by requiring uniform              the Committee on Armed Services.                       (Mr. DURBIN), the Senator from Colo-
                                             safety and performance standards, including                   By Mrs. LOEFFLER:                                rado (Mr. GARDNER), the Senator from
                                             a horseracing anti-doping and medication                  S. Res. 686. A resolution honoring the serv-         California (Ms. HARRIS), the Senator
                                             control program and a racetrack safety pro-             ice and sacrifice of members of the United             from Virginia (Mr. KAINE), the Senator
                                             gram to be developed and enforced by an                 States Armed Forces, veterans, prisoners of            from Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR), the
                                             independent Horseracing Integrity and Safe-             war, and Gold Star Families; to the Com-               Senator from West Virginia (Mr.
                                             ty Authority, and for other purposes; to the            mittee on Armed Services.                              MANCHIN), the Senator from New Jer-
                                             Committee on Commerce, Science, and
                                                                                                                       f                                    sey (Mr. MENENDEZ), the Senator from
                                             Transportation.
                                                   By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr.                                                                       Rhode Island (Mr. REED), the Senator
                                                                                                            ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
                                                     BOOZMAN):                                                                                              from Utah (Mr. ROMNEY), the Senator
                                               S. 4548. A bill to direct the Administrator                                  S. 180                          from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS), the Sen-
                                             of the United States Agency for Inter-                    At the request of Mr. HOEVEN, the                    ator from Alaska (Mr. SULLIVAN), the
                                             national Development to submit to Congress              name of the Senator from North Da-                     Senator from North Carolina (Mr.




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                                             a report on the impact of the COVID–19 pan-             kota (Mr. CRAMER) was added as a co-                   TILLIS) and the Senator from South
                                             demic on global basic education programs; to            sponsor of S. 180, a bill to streamline                Carolina (Mr. GRAHAM) were added as
                                             the Committee on Foreign Relations.
                                                   By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. LEE,
                                                                                                     the oil and gas permitting process and                 cosponsors of S. 892, a bill to award a
                                                     and Mr. COONS):                                 to recognize fee ownership for certain                 Congressional Gold Medal, collectively,
                                               S. 4549. A bill to give Federal courts addi-          oil and gas drilling or spacing units,                 to the women in the United States who
                                             tional discretion to determine whether pre-             and for other purposes.                                joined the workforce during World War



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                                             II, providing the aircraft, vehicles,                   tive act or practice, commercial sexual                Indiana (Mr. BRAUN) were added as co-
                                             weaponry, ammunition, and other ma-                     orientation conversion therapy, and for                sponsors of S. 3471, a bill to ensure that
                                             terials to win the war, that were re-                   other purposes.                                        goods made with forced labor in the
                                             ferred to as ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’, in                                         S. 2043                         Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
                                             recognition of their contributions to                     At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL,                    of the People’s Republic of China do
                                             the United States and the inspiration                   the name of the Senator from Cali-                     not enter the United States market,
                                             they have provided to ensuing genera-                   fornia (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a                 and for other purposes.
                                             tions.                                                  cosponsor of S. 2043, a bill to provide                                  S. 3705
                                                                    S. 1068                          incentives for hate crime reporting,                     At the request of Mr. WARNER, the
                                               At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the                     provide grants for State-run hate crime                name of the Senator from Delaware
                                             names of the Senator from Nevada (Ms.                   hotlines, and establish alternative sen-               (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor
                                             ROSEN) and the Senator from Colorado                    tencing for individuals convicted under                of S. 3705, a bill to establish a private-
                                             (Mr. BENNET) were added as cosponsors                   the Matthew Shephard and James                         public partnership to preserve jobs in
                                             of S. 1068, a bill to secure the Federal                Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.                  the aviation manufacturing industry,
                                             voting rights of persons when released                                         S. 2227
                                                                                                                                                            and for other purposes.
                                                                                                                                                                              S. 3872
                                             from incarceration.                                       At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND,
                                                                                                                                                              At the request of Mr. BRAUN, the
                                                                    S. 1103                          her name was added as a cosponsor of
                                                                                                                                                            name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr.
                                               At the request of Mr. COTTON, the                     S. 2227, a bill to decriminalize and
                                                                                                                                                            PERDUE) was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                             name of the Senator from Georgia                        deschedule cannabis, to provide for re-
                                                                                                                                                            3872, a bill to amend the Federal Food,
                                             (Mrs. LOEFFLER) was added as a cospon-                  investment in certain persons ad-
                                                                                                                                                            Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a
                                             sor of S. 1103, a bill to amend the Immi-               versely impacted by the War on Drugs,
                                                                                                                                                            time-limited     provisional   approval
                                             gration and Nationality Act to estab-                   to provide for expungement of certain
                                                                                                                                                            pathway, subject to specific obliga-
                                             lish a skills-based immigration points                  cannabis offenses, and for other pur-
                                                                                                                                                            tions, for certain drugs and biological
                                             system, to focus on family-sponsored                    poses.
                                                                                                                                                            products, and for other purposes.
                                             immigration on spouses and minor                                               S. 2898
                                                                                                                                                                              S. 4071
                                             children, to eliminate the Diversity                      At the request of Mr. INHOFE, the                      At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the
                                             Visa Program, to set a limit on the                     names of the Senator from Massachu-                    name of the Senator from Florida (Mr.
                                             number of refugees admitted annually                    setts (Mr. MARKEY) and the Senator                     SCOTT) was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                             to the United States, and for other pur-                from Massachusetts (Ms. WARREN) were                   4071, a bill to amend the Internal Rev-
                                             poses.                                                  added as cosponsors of S. 2898, a bill to              enue Code of 1986 to adjust identifica-
                                                                    S. 1219                          amend title 5, United States Code, to                  tion number requirements for tax-
                                               At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the                    provide for a full annuity supplement                  payers filing joint returns to receive
                                             name of the Senator from Maryland                       for certain air traffic controllers.                   Economic Impact Payments.
                                             (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor                                          S. 3101                                           S. 4124
                                             of S. 1219, a bill to provide for the dis-                At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the                    At the request of Mr. BRAUN, the
                                             charge of parent borrower liability if a                name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr.                 names of the Senator from Montana
                                             student on whose behalf a parent has                    KAINE) was added as a cosponsor of S.                  (Mr. DAINES) and the Senator from
                                             received certain student loans becomes                  3101, a bill to amend the Internal Rev-                Georgia (Mr. PERDUE) were added as co-
                                             disabled.                                               enue Code of 1986 to repeal the limita-                sponsors of S. 4124, a bill to expedite
                                                                    S. 1374                          tion on the cover over of distilled spir-              hiring by the Department of Veterans
                                               At the request of Ms. MCSALLY, the                    its taxes to Puerto Rico and the Virgin                Affairs of medical department per-
                                             name of the Senator from Delaware                       Islands and to transfer a portion of                   sonnel separating from the Armed
                                             (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor                    such cover over to the Puerto Rico                     Forces, and for other purposes.
                                             of S. 1374, a bill to amend title II of the             Conservation Trust Fund.                                                 S. 4150
                                             Social Security Act to eliminate the                                           S. 3176                           At the request of Mr. REED, the
                                             waiting periods for disability insurance                  At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the                     names of the Senator from Massachu-
                                             benefits and Medicare coverage for in-                  name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms.                   setts (Mr. MARKEY), the Senator from
                                             dividuals with metastatic breast can-                   CORTEZ MASTO) was added as a cospon-                   Wisconsin (Ms. BALDWIN) and the Sen-
                                             cer, and for other purposes.                            sor of S. 3176, a bill to amend the For-               ator from Michigan (Ms. STABENOW)
                                                                    S. 1609                          eign Assistance Act of 1961 and the                    were added as cosponsors of S. 4150, a
                                               At the request of Mr. VAN HOLLEN,                     United States-Israel Strategic Partner-                bill to require the Secretary of the
                                             the name of the Senator from Con-                       ship Act of 2014 to make improvements                  Treasury to provide assistance to cer-
                                             necticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added                     to certain defense and security assist-                tain providers of transportation serv-
                                             as a cosponsor of S. 1609, a bill to                    ance provisions and to authorize the                   ices affected by the novel coronavirus.
                                                                                                     appropriations of funds to Israel, and                   At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the
                                             amend the Securities Act of 1934 to re-
                                                                                                     for other purposes.                                    name of the Senator from Louisiana
                                             quire country-by-country reporting.
                                                                                                                                                            (Mr. CASSIDY) was added as a cosponsor
                                                                    S. 2001                                                 S. 3398
                                                                                                                                                            of S. 4150, supra.
                                               At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the                     At the request of Mr. GRAHAM, the                                      S. 4202
                                             name of the Senator from Texas (Mr.                     name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
                                                                                                                                                              At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the
                                             CRUZ) was added as a cosponsor of S.                    PORTMAN) was added as a cosponsor of                   name of the Senator from Minnesota
                                             2001, a bill to award a Congressional                   S. 3398, a bill to establish a National                (Ms. SMITH) was added as a cosponsor
                                             Gold Medal to Willie O’Ree, in recogni-                 Commission on Online Child Sexual                      of S. 4202, a bill to amend the Food and
                                             tion of his extraordinary contributions                 Exploitation Prevention, and for other                 Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand online
                                             and commitment to hockey, inclusion,                    purposes.                                              benefit redemption options under the
                                             and recreational opportunity.                                                  S. 3424                         supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
                                                                    S. 2008                            At the request of Mr. UDALL, his                     gram, and for other purposes.
                                               At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the                    name was added as a cosponsor of S.                                      S. 4258
                                             names of the Senator from Virginia                      3424, a bill to end preventable maternal                 At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the
                                             (Mr. WARNER), the Senator from New                      mortality and severe maternal mor-                     name of the Senator from New Jersey
                                             Hampshire (Ms. HASSAN), the Senator                     bidity in the United States and close                  (Mr. BOOKER) was added as a cosponsor




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                                             from Delaware (Mr. COONS), the Sen-                     disparities in maternal health out-                    of S. 4258, a bill to establish a grant
                                             ator from Maryland (Mr. CARDIN), the                    comes, and for other purposes.                         program for small live venue operators
                                             Senator from Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) and                                           S. 3471                         and talent representatives.
                                             the Senator from Virginia (Mr. KAINE)                     At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the                                       S. 4275
                                             were added as cosponsors of S. 2008, a                  names of the Senator from Oklahoma                       At the request of Mr. THUNE, the
                                             bill to prohibit, as an unfair or decep-                (Mr. LANKFORD) and the Senator from                    name of the Senator from Tennessee



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                                             (Mrs. BLACKBURN) was added as a co-                     MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of                   nauts Robert L. Behnken and Douglas
                                             sponsor of S. 4275, a bill to require re-               S. 4442, a bill to amend subtitle A of                 G. Hurley on the successful completion
                                             cipients of Pandemic Unemployment                       title II of division A of the CARES Act                of the Crew Dragon Demo-2 test flight.
                                             Assistance to provide employment doc-                   to provide Pandemic Unemployment                                         S. RES. 684
                                             umentation, and for other purposes.                     Assistance to individuals with mixed                      At the request of Mr. RISCH, the
                                                                    S. 4329                          income sources, and for other purposes.                name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr.
                                               At the request of Ms. MCSALLY, the                                         S. RES. 372                       SULLIVAN) was added as a cosponsor of
                                             name of the Senator from North Caro-                      At the request of Mr. UDALL, the                     S. Res. 684, a resolution calling on the
                                             lina (Mr. TILLIS) was added as a co-                    name of the Senator from New Mexico                    Government of Cameroon and sepa-
                                             sponsor of S. 4329, a bill to provide pre-              (Mr. HEINRICH) was added as a cospon-                  ratist armed groups from the English-
                                             mium assistance for COBRA continu-                      sor of S. Res. 372, a resolution express-              speaking Northwest and Southwest re-
                                             ation coverage, church plan continu-                    ing the sense of the Senate that the                   gions to end all violence, respect the
                                             ation coverage, and furloughed con-                     Federal Government should establish a                  human rights of all Cameroonians, and
                                             tinuation coverage for individuals and                  national goal of conserving at least 30                pursue a genuinely inclusive dialogue
                                             their families.                                         percent of the land and ocean of the                   toward resolving the ongoing civil con-
                                                                    S. 4357                          United States by 2030.                                 flict in Anglophone Cameroon.
                                               At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the                                         S. RES. 524                                         f
                                             name of the Senator from West Vir-                        At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the                       STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED
                                             ginia (Mrs. CAPITO) was added as a co-                  name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr.                   BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
                                             sponsor of S. 4357, a bill to amend the                 DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                             Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-                      Res. 524, a resolution condemning the                         By Mr. HAWLEY:
                                                                                                     practice of politically motivated im-                    S. 4543. A bill to subsidize the sala-
                                             sources Planning Act of 1974 to pro-
                                                                                                     prisonment, calling for the immediate                  ries of State and local law enforcement
                                             mote    reforestation    following  un-
                                                                                                     release of political prisoners in the                  officers and promote officer hiring and
                                             planned events on Federal land, and for
                                                                                                     Russian Federation, and urging action                  retention, and for other purposes; to
                                             other purposes.
                                                                                                     by the United States Government to                     the Committee on the Judiciary.
                                                                    S. 4380
                                                                                                     impose sanctions with respect to per-                    Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. President, I come
                                               At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the                                                                             to the floor today to address the grow-
                                             names of the Senator from Montana                       sons responsible for that form of
                                                                                                     human rights abuse.                                    ing crisis in our country, in our cities
                                             (Mr. TESTER), the Senator from New                                                                             and towns across our country: a crisis
                                             Jersey (Mr. MENENDEZ), the Senator                                           S. RES. 671
                                                                                                                                                            of law and order, yes, a crisis of the
                                             from Hawaii (Ms. HIRONO), the Senator                     At the request of Mr. COONS, his
                                                                                                                                                            rule of law, a crisis of confidence, a cri-
                                             from Arizona (Ms. MCSALLY) and the                      name was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                                                                                                                                            sis of solidarity. As our cities and
                                             Senator from Arkansas (Mr. BOOZMAN)                     Res. 671, a resolution recognizing, com-
                                                                                                                                                            towns come under siege, as so many of
                                             were added as cosponsors of S. 4380, a                  memorating, and celebrating the 55th
                                                                                                                                                            them descend into violence and law-
                                             bill to provide redress to the employees                anniversary of the enactment of the
                                                                                                                                                            lessness night after night, we witness
                                             of Air America.                                         Voting Rights Act of 1965, and re-
                                                                                                                                                            before our eyes the fraying of the
                                                                    S. 4393
                                                                                                     affirming the Senate’s commitment to
                                                                                                                                                            American fabric, the breaking of Amer-
                                               At the request of Mr. TILLIS, the                     ensuring the continued vitality of the
                                                                                                                                                            ican bonds.
                                             name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms.                   Act and the protection of the voting                     The violence that we are witnessing
                                             MCSALLY) was added as a cosponsor of                    rights of all citizens of the United                   is not just about the individual lives
                                             S. 4393, a bill to improve the provision                States.                                                harmed or lost, neighborhoods de-
                                                                                                                          S. RES. 672
                                             of health care and other benefits from                                                                         stroyed, businesses burned and looted,
                                             the Department of Veterans Affairs for                    At the request of Mr. GRAHAM, the                    families living in fear, whole neighbor-
                                             veterans who were exposed to toxic                      names of the Senator from Florida (Mr.                 hoods cowering behind locked doors.
                                             substances, and for other purposes.                     SCOTT), the Senator from Oregon (Mr.                   No. The devastation that we are seeing,
                                                                    S. 4406
                                                                                                     MERKLEY), the Senator from Pennsyl-                    the crisis that we are facing is about
                                                                                                     vania (Mr. CASEY), the Senator from                    the confidence in our society itself, in
                                               At the request of Mr. UDALL, the
                                                                                                     New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER), the Senator                   our ability to come together, to live to-
                                             name of the Senator from Massachu-
                                                                                                     from Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR), the                    gether, to find common ground, to
                                             setts (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a co-
                                                                                                     Senator from Maryland (Mr. CARDIN),                    build this common community and
                                             sponsor of S. 4406, a bill to amend the
                                                                                                     the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs.                   pursue that more perfect union. All of
                                             Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
                                                                                                     SHAHEEN), the Senator from Virginia                    that is under threat in this current cri-
                                             Rodenticide Act to fully protect the
                                                                                                     (Mr. KAINE), the Senator from Colorado                 sis of lawlessness, of lack of respect for
                                             safety of children and the environment,
                                                                                                     (Mr. BENNET), the Senator from Con-                    the rule of law, of the decline of due
                                             to remove dangerous pesticides from
                                                                                                     necticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL), the Sen-                    process and law and order.
                                             use, and for other purposes.
                                                                                                     ator from New Jersey (Mr. MENENDEZ),                     Let’s just be clear. These are not
                                                                    S. 4424
                                                                                                     the Senator from Maryland (Mr. VAN                     peaceful protests that we are seeing
                                               At the request of Mr. COTTON, the                     HOLLEN), the Senator from Wisconsin                    across the country. They are violent
                                             name of the Senator from Florida (Mr.                   (Ms. BALDWIN) and the Senator from                     and increasingly violent riots and at-
                                             SCOTT) was added as a cosponsor of S.                   Connecticut (Mr. MURPHY) were added                    tacks and looting, and I am sorry to
                                             4424, a bill to withhold a percentage of                as cosponsors of S. Res. 672, a resolu-                say that too many in the media and my
                                             Federal funding from State and local                    tion designating September 2020 as Na-                 colleagues across the aisle are appeas-
                                             prosecutors who fail to faithfully pros-                tional Democracy Month as a time to                    ing the mobs and the Marxists whose
                                             ecute crimes related to protests and                    reflect on the contributions of the sys-               desire is to burn our cities down, to
                                             riots.                                                  tem of government of the United                        burn our neighborhoods to the ground.
                                                                    S. 4441                          States to a more free and stable world.                  These attacks are occurring because
                                               At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the                                           S. RES. 675                       they are increasingly enabled by the
                                             name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr.                      At the request of Mr. CRUZ, the                      mainstream press and local and na-
                                             MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of                    names of the Senator from Arizona                      tional politicians who are pushing a
                                             S. 4441, a bill to amend title XIX of the               (Ms. SINEMA) and the Senator from                      historically fraudulent version of
                                             Social Security Act to encourage State                  Florida (Mr. SCOTT) were added as co-                  American history, one where America




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                                             Medicaid programs to provide commu-                     sponsors of S. Res. 675, a resolution                  is a fundamentally racist nation, one
                                             nity-based mobile crisis intervention                   congratulating the men and women of                    where America is systemically evil,
                                             services, and for other purposes.                       the Commercial Crew Program of the                     one where police officers are cast as
                                                                    S. 4442                          National Aeronautics and Space Ad-                     agents of oppression.
                                               At the request of Mr. WARNER, the                     ministration and Space Exploration                       What our leaders fail to recognize is
                                             name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr.                    Technologies Corporation and astro-                    that our police officers, the brave men



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