Recognizing Law Enforcement Officers (Cong. Rec., Sept. 23, 2020)

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Page H4878 of the House section of the Congressional Record for September 23, 2020, made up of tributes and speeches in interleaved columns, headed Recognizing Law Enforcement Officers. One tribute remembers a young man named James and tells his parents and friends that he is in Heaven. A speaker reads messages from officers thanking supporters and says it is an embarrassment that the House has not voted to stand alongside law enforcement, noting three votes in series that afternoon, which is that speaker's view. The speaker adds that a grandfather was a police chief in Sweetwater, Texas, and that he worked as an assistant United States attorney with law enforcement.

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H4878 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 23, 2020
knowing him. I know that I personally gether; we have not stood on the steps the law enforcement officers who rep-
miss him very much. of the Capitol; we have not done a resent the thin blue line between us
We all wish we had more time on this thing to stand alongside our law en- and anarchy.
Earth with you, James, but know we forcement community who keep us safe My grandfather was the chief of po-
know that you are looking down on every day. And I think that is an em- lice of Sweetwater, Texas. My great-
your mom and your dad, your entire barrassment. It is an embarrassment great-grandfather was a Texas Ranger.
family, and your friends, and you are that the people’s House refuses to do I was proud to be an assistant United
in Heaven right now. that. States attorney working with the law
Rest in peace, my friend, and God Another message: ‘‘I start off first enforcement community.
bless you. saying I am law enforcement, and I Where is the people’s House? Again,
f want to continue saying thank you for sitting here at 6:23, we had three votes
your support. I have watched your C– this afternoon in series. We marched in
RECOGNIZING LAW ENFORCEMENT SPAN video so many times, and it gets here, we voted. We don’t have any de-
OFFICERS me every time. It is just nice to have bate. We vote, we clean, we vote, we
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. some people out here backing us.’’ stand out on the steps, and we walk
GARCÍA of Illinois). Under the Speak- Again, this is not about me. I wish out. And, thus, has been the people’s
er’s announced policy of January 3, there were 435 Members sitting here on House for the last 190 days.
2019, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. the floor right now together, all doing It is an embarrassment. We are sit-
ROY) is recognized for 60 minutes as the that for these people, for those law en- ting here in an empty Chamber. We
designee of the minority leader. forcement officers. haven’t passed a PPP extension bill.
Mr. ROY. Madam Speaker, last week, Another message: ‘‘Thank you, sir, We haven’t done the hard work of try-
I took some time on the floor here in for your speech in the House. We at the ing to make sure our small businesses
the House of Representatives to recog- Nevada Highway Patrol were rocked by that are struggling in this environment
nize our important law enforcement our first line of duty death since 2006. survive. We sure as heck have not been
community and what they mean to the On March 27, 2020, Sergeant Ben Jen- on the floor of this body engaged in
American people and why this body kins stopped on a snowy Nevada rural any kind of effort to pass a resolution,
should stand alongside, behind, and in road to help a stranded motorist. After to sit here and have a moment of si-
defense of our law enforcement com- his attempts to get the motorist’s vehi- lence, an understanding, a recognition
munity unapologetically. cle unstuck failed, the motorist pulled for any member of the law enforcement
Since speaking on the floor last out a .308 rifle and shot Sergeant Jen- community.
week, I have been, frankly, inundated kins in the right shoulder. Sergeant With all due respect to the other
by emails, Instagram messages, Jenkins retreated to the back of his ve- side, where is the Speaker? Where is
Facebook messages, tweets, phone calls hicle, severely wounded, got ‘shots the Speaker of the House? Last Thurs-
from I think all 50 States. The video fired’ over the radio before he col- day, after a number of us gave speeches
from the floor of the House of Rep- lapsed. The suspect walked up to Ser- about this issue, after I gave a speech,
resentatives has been seen almost 8 geant Jenkins as he lay in the cold, Speaker PELOSI came down to the floor
million times. I, frankly, was blown snowy Nevada highway and shot him in of the House and said a handful of
away, but it just tells you how many the head. Sergeant Ben Jenkins died words: ‘‘We support peaceful dem-
Americans are looking for the leader- doing what any trooper would do when
onstrations. We participate in them.
ship of their country to stand by and they see a stranded motorist. He would
They are part of the essence of our de-
stand alongside our law enforcement have helped anyone. He lost his life
mocracy.’’ She went on: ‘‘That does not
community. doing it.’’ This person said: ‘‘Your
include looting, starting fires, or riot-
Some of the messages that we re- speech was impactful. Thank you for
ing. They should be prosecuted. That is
ceived—and this isn’t about me, and being our voice.’’
I don’t know the race of any of these lawlessness.’’
this isn’t about any Member of this Well, congratulations to the Speaker
people. I don’t. I don’t know the race of
body, but these were some of the mes- of the House for recognizing the rule of
the officers. I don’t know the race of
sages we received. law. The body that passes laws, includ-
the perpetrators. I don’t know the race
This was sent to me: ‘‘Your speech ing our Federal criminal laws, the body
of any other victims. I literally have
about the 43 officers was moving. My that represents the people, all 330 mil-
no idea. But these are people from all
father is a police officer. The world lion of them, the Speaker of that body
over the country, thousands calling in,
would make me feel as though I came all the way down to the floor of
tweeting, checking. They are hungry
shouldn’t be proud of that, let alone the House of Representatives to ex-
for a body that is supposed to represent
give any support to the police. Thank plain to us that she supports the basic
them in the people’s House to stand up
you.’’ and just say a simple thank-you. Just fundamentals of the rule of law but did
Another message: ‘‘Thank you for ad- not say a word about law enforcement
say a simple, ‘‘We have got your back.’’
dressing the 43 law enforcement offi- Since I spoke just under a week ago, and backing them up, did not say a
cers who have been killed this year so three more officers have been killed in word about calling out Antifa or BLM
far. I am a law enforcement officer’s the line of duty. I read all the names of or any organization behind a lot of the
wife for over 20 years. My husband is a the 43 who have been killed last week. activities going on around our country,
phenomenal human being and law en- Here are three more: Investigator Luis endangering our communities, burning
forcement officer. He has spent his life Mario Herrera, on September 7; Deputy down stores, wrecking people’s lives,
protecting strangers. I won’t rant. You Sheriff Ryan Phillip Hendrix, on Sep- putting people in danger, letting people
know how we are living right now,’’ she tember 10; Sergeant Alvin R. Sugranes- get killed, having officers put in dan-
said. ‘‘I just wanted to thank you for LeBron, on September 16. ger.
being bold and brave and having his That means we are up to 46 officers I read through a number of officers
six.’’ who have been killed thus far in 2020, a who have been killed throughout this
For the record, I don’t consider my- 53 percent increase from the same pe- process, and what are we doing?
self bold or brave. I just consider my- riod in 2019. When we had a debate back in June
self a representative of constituents As I said last week, eight categorized when it was politicized, Senator SCOTT
who share my complete disbelief that as premeditated murder, two were a sent over legislation. Did we have any
this body refuses to take any action, to victim of unprovoked attacks, eight robust debate about that? No. We
do anything as a body in unison to de- fatal shots were fired at point-blank haven’t had a single vote on an amend-

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fend and stand alongside our law en- range zero to 5 feet from the officer, ment on the floor of the House since
forcement community. eight shot in the front of the head, two May of 2016, and that is an absolute
It is an abject failure by the Speaker in the back of the head, six in the neck, embarrassment.
of the House of Representatives and nine in the chest. We have groups of people who sit up
this body that we have not passed a We have an over 50 percent increase in the Rules Committee. They throw
resolution; we have not joined to- in officers killed in the line of duty, down a bill on the floor of the House of

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Representatives, and we are supposed and my colleagues on the other side of ing where a Member of this body can
to march down here like lemmings, the aisle come out and say, ‘‘kids in allow somebody else in this body to
push a button yes or no, and then let cages’’; they come out and say, ‘‘drink- cast a vote for him or her.
leadership go out on the steps and give ing out of toilets.’’ For two centuries, through the yel-
a press conference. It is just simply not true. I have been low fever of 1783, which took out 10 per-
How is that representation? Where is to these facilities. We have all been to cent of the population of Pennsylvania,
the Speaker? It is not enough to come these facilities. We know it is not true. the burning of the Capitol during the
down and give lip service for 10 seconds The Speaker knows it is not true. Yet War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish
about riots and about how those are that is the stated position of my col- flu of 1918, both World Wars, 9/11, Con-
lawless but not come down here and ac- leagues on the other side of the aisle. gress never flinched from its constitu-
tually recognize our men and women in ‘‘Kids in cages,’’ the very barriers put tional duty to assemble in the Capital
uniform who are serving us in blue up by the previous President and the City.
across the country. previous President’s administration for Ten percent of Philadelphia in 1793—
Or how about our Border Patrol? How what? To separate kids, to separate think about that—was wiped out. They
about ICE? Many of my colleagues on them from other dangerous individuals found a way to meet. They found a way
the other side of the aisle like to go who may or may not be their family to carry out their solemn obligation.
around saying defund ICE, abolish ICE, members, people coming across claim- The Speaker continues to refuse reg-
take away resources from Border Pa- ing to be their parents. We don’t know. ular order. I have already referred to
trol and ICE. What are we supposed to do, just that. We bypass the committee process,
Have they walked a mile in the shoes take them and throw them to the block amendments for every bill, effec-
of the Border Patrol or ICE that I know wolves? Or maybe we should have a tively shutting out participation for
on the border in Texas, where cartels system for trying to figure it out. rank-and-file Members of both parties
have operational control of our border And you go down there and you look of the House.
still to this day right now? We just had and you see what our Border Patrol Just yesterday we voted on a con-
apprehensions of about 45,000 in Au- agents are doing, and you see what our tinuing resolution to fund government
gust, the second highest number in the ICE agents are doing: working hard to $1.6 trillion, ladies and gentlemen. You
last 6 years, second only to last year. try to figure it out when you have are sitting back at home. Yes, another
Do you know why that number is low 900,000 people apprehended in fiscal number stuck in front of a trillion—
right now? Guess. Title 42 protecting year 2019. $1.6 trillion.
our health because of the virus. Our I didn’t make that number up. All Your august body, the House of Rep-
men and women in uniform on the bor- right? This is how many people were resentatives, representing you, had ap-
der of the United States serving their apprehended. I am not talking about proximately 20 minutes to review the
country, my colleagues on the other the ones who got away. I am talking continuing resolution funding $1.6 tril-
side of the aisle say abolish them, get about the ones who were apprehended, lion of government, busting caps of
rid of them, when they are securing the coming into our facilities, and we have busted caps already busted.
border of the United States to manage it. That is your House of Representa-
outmanned, outgunned. They can’t Where is the Speaker? Where is the tives, ladies and gentlemen, and I don’t
navigate the Rio Grande. Speaker for any member of our law en- think you should accept it. I don’t
I would invite any of my colleagues forcement community on the streets in think the American people should ac-
to come down along with my Demo- any city in America, Federal, State, or cept this level of complete incom-
cratic friend HENRY CUELLAR. He and I local, Border Patrol, ICE? Where is the petence and disgrace that we are seeing
have cosponsored legislation to clear Speaker? Completely MIA, wandering on the floor of the House of Represent-
cane and open roads along the Rio around D.C. no doubt raising money for atives.
Grande. Why can’t we do that? We the D triple C or something to go have Twenty minutes.
could do that in a matter of seconds another political speech, but sure as How about that 72-hour rule? We like
right on this floor and give our Border heck not on the floor of the House of that? We adopt the rules every time we
Patrol and give our ICE agents the Representatives standing alongside law come into Congress. Seventy-two hours
ability to actually stop and stem the enforcement. you must have to read legislation, they
tide of the horrors being perpetrated by Let’s consider the grand successes of say. Does that ever happen? Let’s be
cartels along our border. this body of the House of Representa- honest. Does that ever happen? No.
We duck our head in the sand and ig- tives under Speaker PELOSI. And when you go home and you talk
nore it while little girls get raped and Proxy voting. For the first time in to your constituents, they say: Why is
abused on the journey through Mexico; the history of this body, under the Washington broken?
while we find stash houses with 50 peo- Speaker of the House, this body, led by I say: Because we never sit down at a
ple in basements in Houston; while Democrats, is allowing proxy voting. table, roll our sleeves up, and do the
families get held hostage for ransom; Now, for those of you at home, what work that you do in your home, that
while meth comes pouring across our that means is that you can have a you do in your business, that you do in
border, fentanyl, cocaine, large quan- Member, as has happened, vote from a your nonprofit, that you do in your
tities, pouring across our border; all boat—get on a screen, log in, and vote church to actually balance your budg-
while we have been shutting down our from a boat. That happened. et, to actually make tough decisions.
way of life, causing people to have ex- This body, if you are elected to it, We never do that.
treme mental health concerns and you cannot delegate that which has Democrats and Republicans should be
issues and addictions being fed heavily been delegated to you under the Con- appalled at the way this body has been
by the Chinese running right up stitution of the United States, by the operating.
through the gut through Mexico, right people, that sacred obligation to rep- We should have debate. We should
into Texas, right into our country, and resent them, you cannot delegate that have votes. We should have amend-
what are we doing? Playing politics to another. That is plainly and clearly ments.
with our border instead of doing what unconstitutional. What are we afraid of? Bring your
any sovereign nation would do, which I look forward to that question get- amendments down. I will vote, and I
is defend the border of the United ting to the Supreme Court. I am proud will go face my constituents and ex-
States for the interests of our commu- to be a part of litigating that. I look plain why.
nity and the migrants who seek to forward to getting it to the Supreme And you know what? There will be
come here, who are being abused, who Court so we can actually answer that tough votes, and they will be used

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are being sold into the sex trade, who question. against you.
are being held ransom by cartels. We don’t need the Court to answer it. And you know what? That is the
This body can answer it. It is plainly process.
b 1830 unconstitutional. I have already mentioned that the
There is a bloody civil war going on Yet for the first time in our history, Speaker refuses to stand for law en-
along the border along the Rio Grande, we have allowed and enabled proxy vot- forcement. It took months to even

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come down here to condemn the talking about right here, amending, de- servative. He was a constitutionalist.
looting and the rioting and the vio- bating, voting. No, no, no. We are going That was his great crime.
lence, and she still won’t condemn to go rattle that impeachment and go It took a mere 4 years later for Jus-
BLM or antifa. give some press conferences. This is tice Thomas, in his own words, to re-
In July, the Speaker’s response to just politicizing the process. ceive a ‘‘high-tech lynching.’’
the chaos on the streets was: ‘‘People Now, we have seen that before. We b 1845
will do what they do.’’ have seen this many times before, the
Well, boy, oh boy, is that blowing the politicization of this process. I say to the ladies and gentlemen
I was a lawyer on the Senate Judici- watching, watch the video. It is on my
socks off of our law enforcement com-
ary Committee in 2003. I had the great Twitter feed. You can go find it. Google
munity getting the great leadership
honor and privilege of serving Senator it. Go watch the great biopic. You can
from the Speaker of the House that
JOHN CORNYN. I spent 5 years as a law- go find that on PBS. There is a great
‘‘people will do what they do.’’ Well,
yer on that committee working on a documentary on the life of Clarence
they sure will if we don’t stand behind
host of issues. One of the issues I Thomas who was born into the relative
our law enforcement community and
worked on was nominations. poverty of Savannah, Georgia. He was
stand up for the rule of law.
Now, you might be asking: Who are raised by his grandfather. Read his
The Speaker infamously pushed an
these two women? book, ‘‘My Grandfather’s Son.’’
impeachment inquiry without a vote A life overcoming many obstacles to
on the House floor for the first time in Well, Judge Janice Rogers Brown
was—if my memory serves correctly; I end up at Yale, and then to end up at
history. Now, that has played out. I the Supreme Court. And if you remem-
haven’t heard much about impeach- don’t have any notes; I am doing this
from memory—a supreme court justice ber at his confirmation hearings, what
ment over the last 7 months. did he say? He said: This isn’t worth it
It gripped the Nation, supposedly. I in California who was nominated to the
Ninth Circuit. Priscilla Owen was nom- for the court at the hearings, when he
think it gripped the body. I think it was being pilloried, his character as-
gripped half of this body. inated to the Fifth Circuit.
Now, in 2003, the Democrats in the sassinated. He said, You know what,
We spent 6 months essentially shut- the Supreme Court isn’t worth it.
ting this Chamber down to pursue that United States Senate sought to stop—
that is, filibuster—stop their nomina- But you know what was worth it and
inquiry, and now the Speaker is talk- the reason he came back, and the rea-
ing about impeachment again. tions.
Their great crimes? They were con- son he shoved it right back down the
The Speaker has refused to condemn throats of those members of the Senate
servative women. And in one case, a
the blatant anti-Semitism that some in Judiciary Committee, including, by the
minority conservative woman. Those
her own party have used, and she her- way, Chairman Joe Biden, because it
were their great crimes in 2003, ladies
self has referred to Republicans as ‘‘en- was his character. It was his name, the
and gentlemen.
emies of the people,’’ the Speaker of name that he had inherited, and he had
And that is what your Democrats in
the House. from his grandfather that loved him
the United States Senate did: attack-
The Speaker recently referred to the and raised him.
ing them, tearing them down, blowing
peace agreements, the historic peace It was his name and he brought that
up the very process that people are
agreements between Israel and Bahrain Senate Judiciary Committee to its
talking about right now, the confirma-
and Israel and UAE—these are mas- knees. And we should be grateful for it
tion process. They attacked them,
sively successful, important peace because he has been an excellent jus-
these two public servants.
agreements. She referred to them as I met both of them. Very kind, nice tice on the United States Supreme
‘‘distractions’’—Israel, our great ally people being ruthlessly attacked for Court, and he did not deserve the at-
in the Middle East. simply being conservative women, or a tacks that he got.
These were great agreements. This is conservative minority woman. Let’s talk about the person to the
historic stuff. We can’t have that. We can’t have left of Justice Thomas, Miguel Estrada.
There are other countries considering those dastardly Republicans appointing Does anybody know that name, remem-
it. Why? Because we led. someone who doesn’t fit the narrative ber that name? Miguel Estrada is a
We moved our Embassy to Jeru- by my colleagues on the other side of good human being. He is a good man.
salem, and other countries followed. the aisle, but yet that is precisely what He was also a nominee in the Bush ad-
Why? Because we took out Soleimani. happened in 2003. ministration in 2003, during that same
And what did the Speaker do? She What have we seen since? We saw the time that I was describing with Janice
wanted to condemn the President for complete horror show that was the Rogers Brown and Priscilla Owen, and
taking out Soleimani, a murderous Kavanaugh hearing 2 years ago, an there were others.
thug who targeted American soldiers. utter disgrace by Senate Democrats. I think there were some 50 that were
It was great that the President of the But I also remember the 2005 con- filibustered during that time. I can’t
United States took out Soleimani. firmation of Sam Alito. I also was remember. Do you know why Miguel
And now, as I said, the Speaker is there for the Roberts confirmation. Estrada was filibustered? Ultimately,
threatening impeachment 2.0. Why? Be- Ask Justice Alito’s lovely wife, Mar- he was stopped. A deal was cut, and
cause President Trump is daring—hold tha-Ann, how she feels about the way Janice Rogers Brown and Priscilla
on, here it comes—daring to do what her husband was treated, attacked, Owen ended up on the bench. Miguel
every President in the history of this torn down, vilified through his con- Estrada was not fortunate.
country has done when there is a va- firmation proceedings by Senator Miguel Estrada was targeted and
cancy on the Supreme Court in the SCHUMER. stopped precisely because he is His-
fourth year of their term, every one, 29 It was vitriolic. It wasn’t just high- panic. That is a known truth in Wash-
times. lighting differences of views or judicial ington, D.C., but nobody talks about it.
That the President would exercise philosophy; it was targeting him per- Do you know why?
Article II authority to nominate an in- sonally and attacking. But that is the Because of concerns about how a
dividual to fill a vacancy on the United playbook that I have to suggest is the leaked memo was found. It was a
States Supreme Court, for that—for routine playbook for my colleagues on leaked memo that was found on a serv-
that—the Speaker is suggesting we the other side of the aisle in the United er. It is the stuff that would be great
should consider Articles of Impeach- States Senate. for ethics classes in law school or
ment 2.0. Of course, that wasn’t the first time. undergrad about what folders are open
It is facially absurd. It is not an We all know, in 1987, there was a new and who can look at them and who can

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arrow in a quiver. It is facially absurd. verb in the lexicon of the confirmation see them. It is a reasonable debate.
It is an embarrassment to this institu- process called borking, because Judge But the fact of the matter is, there
tion. It is an embarrassment to this Bork was borked. They took down was a memo by Senate Democratic
Congress. Judge Bork. leadership saying we must stop him be-
We should have an open and vital de- And, again, what was his great cause he is a Hispanic. I say to the la-
bate about all of these issues we are crime? He was a constitutional con- dies and gentlemen who are watching

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this, this is what is wrong with Wash- No one could logically disagree with how much we need to be locked down,
ington, D.C. And what are we going to that statement, by the way. But we but they are drinking their bottle of
see transpire in the coming weeks? don’t deal with logic. We deal with water. Sitting at a hearing today I saw
I hope we have a great celebration of grand statements, and emotion, and al- Dr. Fauci drinking his bottle of water.
Justice Ginsburg’s life this week. Obvi- legations of kids in cages. But why I see people saying we need to stay
ously, it has transformed very quickly don’t we have a debate? locked down. They are drinking their
into what is next, but I hope we will This Republican introduced legisla- Starbucks coffee. I see them stop off
stop and celebrate. tion in the time of a Republican Presi- and pick up Little Taco in Austin,
But as we go forward, we know what dent that would pull power back from Texas, or go pick up some food.
is going to happen. We know it as sure that Republican President because I Who made it? Who distributed it?
as we are sitting here, as sure as the believe it is in the best interests of this Who brought it to them on the curbside
Sun comes up tomorrow that it doesn’t body, this Chamber, the House of Rep- service? Who brought them their latte?
matter who the President nominates. resentatives. Why don’t we do it? Who is making their electricity run?
He or she will be attacked viscously, Do it now, I say to my Democratic Essential workers? Who among us are
violently. colleagues. Don’t wait to do it when fine with endangering essential work-
We certainly know that if Judge Bar- there is a Democrat in the White ers in grocery stores and power compa-
rett is nominated, she will be attacked House. Let’s do it now. It is our job to nies and food service so that some peo-
viciously. Her faith will be attacked vi- make Article I great again. ple can pat themselves on the back
ciously. The fact that she is a proud Why do we turn virtually all of our saying, They are doing a great thing by
mom to, I think, seven, of whom I power over to courts and executives? staying locked down?
think two are adopted, she will be at- We see it unfolding before our very Let’s study the data, the reports that
tacked. eyes right now in the course of this came out just today from Brown Uni-
Why is this? It is because we have pandemic. versity showing a relatively low trans-
made Washington, D.C., and its institu- What are we doing with respect to
mission rate for some kids in college in
tions too consequential to the lives of the pandemic? What are we doing with
our schools. Let’s study that data.
Americans in a country in which we respect to COVID?
We launch a $2 trillion missile in Let’s look at how many are hospital-
are supposed to live freely.
We have taken issues that you are April, and we walked away. Now we ized. Let’s talk about how we are going
supposed to work out and debate at the have executives around the country to achieve immunity. It might be a
State legislature and the local level who are making all sorts of decisions vaccine. It might be that some of the
and, at most, in this body, in this irrespective of what their State legisla- most healthy members of society con-
Chamber, in the Senate, and we have tures might be doing. We have a lot of tinue to engage and operate and we
placed them into the hands of nine power being executed in our Article II build up immunity.
judges. executive branch without any checks That is what we do for other things.
So now every June everybody waits or balances here because we are not Let’s talk about that, instead of scar-
with bated breath outside of the Su- doing our job. ing the heck out of the American peo-
preme Court Chamber. What great pro- Let’s have those debates. Let’s bring ple.
nouncement shall come down from on Scott Atlas, Fauci, Birx, a host of Mr. Speaker, this is no way for us to
high? other doctors, let’s bring them before do our job. Our job is to represent each
Why do we choose to live that way? this body; not in some random com- and every American and to be here and
Why don’t we choose to make decisions mittee with a handful of people on it debate and to vote.
in this body? on a Zoom call. Bring them before this I am going to say one more time,
Why don’t we the people of this body body and let’s hear from them and let’s with all due respect to the Speaker of
make Article I great again? Why don’t cross-examine them. And let’s under- the House, I cannot, for the life of me,
we make Congress work again? stand what is at stake. Let’s make understand why this body cannot meet
I introduced legislation a year and a good decisions based on that and let’s and stand up for our law enforcement.
half ago called the Article I Act, de- make sure the American people know I cannot understand why this body
signed to take power away from the the facts. cannot meet, debate, and vote on a
President and expand power here in I happen to be one of those people PPP extension bill, or another form of
times of emergencies, so you can’t have who believes that we should take this that kind of legislation to make sure
situations like we have now where over virus very seriously, who has a 77-year- our small businesses can survive; the
the last 30 years vast numbers of emer- old father who survived polio, and a 71- restaurants, the music venues, the
gencies have just been perpetual. And year-old mother that I want to protect wineries, distilleries, breweries, barber
we still operate and give the executive from the virus. I also happen to be shops, hotels—all of the entities that
branch authority to operate under somebody who believes that we have are struggling to survive right now
these emergencies, 30 years later. That scared the bejesus out of the American throughout this country.
is facially absurd. people in such a way that we are caus- Where are we? We have been back
Why don’t we fix that? I have had ing them harm. now after a long hiatus for 10 days-ish,
conversations with friends and col- They are having mental health not really. We will be back next week.
leagues on the other side of the aisle issues. They are not getting cancer What are we doing? Let’s pass that.
who are interested in doing that. Why screenings. Suicides are up, addictions Let’s stand up with law enforcement.
isn’t the Speaker? are up, and we just bury our head in Let’s pass a bill to protect our small
Look, I did that with a Republican the sand and go around, and some peo- businesses.
President in the White House who is ple on the other side of the aisle Let’s do the basic duty that is incum-
trying to secure the border, a propo- scream 200,000, and they think that is bent upon us as Members of the United
sition with which I agree not just a lit- an argument when it is not an argu- States House of Representatives to rep-
tle, but strongly. It is our job to secure ment. It is an irresponsible effort to in- resent the people who are asking us to
the border of the United States. I fully still panic in the American people for do those things. It is our job. We are
support the President in securing the political purposes. And that is pre- asking millions of Americans to do
border of the United States. cisely what my colleagues on the other their job while we completely and to-
I fully agree that it is an emergency side of the aisle are doing. tally fail to do ours.
at our border. I fully agree that we Why don’t we have a debate and have Mr. Speaker, we are $27 trillion in
need to stop the cartels. I fully agree a discussion and bring people forward debt. It is about to jump to $30 trillion,

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that we need to protect migrants who and determine the facts and share and we walk around here like nothing
are seeking to come here. I fully agree those facts with the American people is going on. Drugs and narcotics are
that it is in the best interests of the so we can open our society up again still flowing across our southern bor-
people of the United States and the properly, wisely, but open. der, and we don’t do a thing about it.
people who seek to come here for us to I am always mystified while I watch Law enforcement is getting attacked
have a simple, secure border. people running around talking about on the streets—targeted—buildings are

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getting burned, streets are in unrest, Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance bate and 11 a.m. for legislative busi-
and we are doing nothing about it. of my time. ness.
Mr. Speaker, I will close by just say- f
ing, it is an honor to serve in the Thereupon (at 6 o’clock and 59 min-
United States House of Representa- ADJOURNMENT utes p.m.), under its previous order, the
tives, but this body has got to do bet- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- House adjourned until tomorrow,
ter. It is time for this body to do its ant to section 4(b) of House Resolution Thursday, September 24, 2020, at 9 a.m.
job. It is time for us to stand up for 967, the House stands adjourned until 9 for morning-hour debate.

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BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF PAYGO LEGISLATION
Pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO), Mr. YARMUTH hereby submits, prior to the vote on
passage, for printing in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, that H.R. 5245, the SHIELD for Veterans Act, as amended, would have
no significant effect on the deficit, and therefore, the budgetary effects of such bill are estimated as zero.

Pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO), Mr.YARMUTH hereby submits, prior to the vote on pas-
sage, the attached estimate of the costs of H.R. 7105, the DELIVER Act, as amended, for printing in the CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD.

ESTIMATE OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO EFFECTS FOR H.R. 7105
By fiscal year, in millions of dollars—

2030 2020– 2020–
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2025 2030

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Impact ................................................................................................................................................................... 0 106 182 ¥50 ¥63 ¥80 ¥75 ¥23 0 0 0 95 ¥3

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