Congressional Record — House, September 30, 2020
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This is page H5090 of the Congressional Record, House, September 30, 2020, with interleaved columns. It opens with the end of a recorded vote list and a stated-for note, then a report on a resolution providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. 925, concerning the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. Mr. McGovern calls up House Resolution 1161, which makes in order a single motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the text with an amendment consisting of Rules Committee Print 116-66, which he says is identical to H.R. 8406, the Heroes Act. He says the American people are tired of waiting, that more than 205,000 Americans have lost their lives to coronavirus, and he urges support for the rule and the Heroes Act; Mr. Cole then begins the opposing remarks on H5091.
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H5090 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 30, 2020
Matsui Reschenthaler Stivers Moore (Beyer) Pocan (Raskin) Thompson (CA) consideration of this resolution, all
McAdams Rice (NY) Suozzi Mucarsel-Powell Pressley (Garcı́a (Kildee)
McBath Rice (SC) Swalwell (CA) (Wasserman (IL)) Titus (Connolly)
time yielded is for the purpose of de-
McCarthy Richmond Takano Schultz) Richmond Watson Coleman bate only.
McCaul Riggleman Taylor Napolitano (Davids (KS))
McClintock Roby Thompson (CA) (Correa) Roybal-Allard
(Pallone) b 1630
Wilson (FL)
McCollum Rodgers (WA) Thompson (MS) Payne (Aguilar) (Adams) GENERAL LEAVE
McEachin Roe, David P. Thompson (PA) (Wasserman Rush
McGovern Rogers (AL) Thornberry Schultz) (Underwood) Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I ask
McHenry Rogers (KY) Tiffany Pingree (Clark Serrano unanimous consent that all Members
McKinley Rose (NY) Timmons (MA)) (Jeffries) be given 5 legislative days to revise and
McNerney Rose, John W. Tipton f extend their remarks.
Meeks Rouda Titus
Meng Rouzer Tlaib REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
Meuser Roy Tonko VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF objection to the request of the gen-
Mfume Roybal-Allard tleman from Massachusetts?
Torres (CA) SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.R.
Miller Ruiz
Moolenaar Ruppersberger
Torres Small
925, NORTH AMERICAN WET- There was no objection.
(NM)
Mooney (WV) Rush
Trahan LANDS CONSERVATION EXTEN- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, the
Moore Rutherford
Trone SION ACT Rules Committee met and reported a
Morelle Ryan
Moulton Sánchez
Turner rule, House Resolution 1161, providing
Underwood Mr. MCGOVERN, from the Com- for consideration of the Senate amend-
Mucarsel-Powell Sarbanes
Murphy (FL) Scalise
Upton mittee on Rules, submitted a privi- ments to H.R. 925, America’s Conserva-
Van Drew leged report (Rept. No. 116–556) on the
Murphy (NC) Scanlon tion Enhancement Act.
Vargas
Napolitano Schakowsky resolution (H. Res. 1161) providing for
Neal Schiff Veasey The rule makes in order a single mo-
Neguse Schneider Vela consideration of the Senate amend- tion offered by the chair of the Com-
Newhouse Schrader Velázquez ments to the bill (H.R. 925) to extend mittee on Appropriations or her des-
Visclosky
Norcross Schrier
Wagner
the authorization of appropriations for ignee that the House: One, concur in
Norman Schweikert allocation to carry out approved wet-
Nunes Scott (VA) Walberg the Senate amendment to the title;
O’Halleran Scott, Austin Walden lands conservation projects under the and, two, concur in the Senate amend-
Ocasio-Cortez Scott, David Walker North American Wetlands Conserva-
Walorski ment to the text with an amendment
Olson Sensenbrenner tion Act through fiscal year 2024, which
Omar Serrano Waltz consisting of the text of Rules Com-
Palazzo Sewell (AL) Wasserman was referred to the House Calendar and mittee Print 116–66, which is identical
Pallone Shalala Schultz ordered to be printed. to H.R. 8406, the Heroes Act.
Waters
Palmer Sherman
Watkins
f Finally, the rule provides for 2 hours
Panetta Sherrill
Pappas Shimkus Watson Coleman PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION of debate equally divided and con-
Pascrell Sires Weber (TX) trolled by the chair and the ranking
Webster (FL)
OF SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
Payne Slotkin minority member of the Committee on
Pence Smith (MO) Welch H.R. 925, NORTH AMERICAN WET-
Perlmutter Smith (NE) Wenstrup LANDS CONSERVATION EXTEN- Appropriations.
Perry Smith (NJ) Westerman SION ACT Mr. Speaker, we are here today be-
Peters Smith (WA) Wexton cause the American people are tired of
Peterson Smucker Wild Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, by di- waiting.
Phillips Soto Williams rection of the Committee on Rules, I
Pingree Spanberger Wilson (FL) It has been more than 4 months since
Wilson (SC)
call up House Resolution 1161 and ask this House passed the Heroes Act in re-
Pocan Spano
Porter Speier Wittman for its immediate consideration. sponse to the coronavirus pandemic to
Posey Stanton Womack The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- help our first responders, healthcare
Pressley Stefanik Woodall lows:
Price (NC) Steil Yarmuth workers, struggling businesses, and
Quigley Steube Yoho H. RES. 1161 local governments.
Raskin Stevens Young Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- This bill passed this House on May
Reed Stewart Zeldin lution it shall be in order to take from the 15, Mr. Speaker. But what did the Sen-
NOT VOTING—16 Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. 925) to extend
the authorization of appropriations for allo-
ate do, Mr. Speaker? Nothing.
Abraham Graves (GA) Rooney (FL)
cation to carry out approved wetlands con- They apparently couldn’t be bothered
Brady Hagedorn Simpson to bring this bill up for a vote in over
DeGette Lamb Stauber
servation projects under the North American
Diaz-Balart Mitchell Wright Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal 4 months, but it took MITCH MCCON-
Emmer Mullin year 2024, with the Senate amendments NELL roughly 80 minutes after Justice
Gabbard Nadler thereto, and to consider in the House, with- Ginsburg passed away to announce a
out intervention of any point of order or vote on a Supreme Court nominee.
b 1625 question of consideration, a single motion Now, you can’t make this stuff up.
So (two-thirds being in the affirma- offered by the chair of the Committee on Ap-
Something is terribly, terribly wrong
tive) the rules were suspended and the propriations or her designee that the House:
(1) concur in the Senate amendment to the here.
bill, as amended, was passed. More than 205,000 Americans have
title; and (2) concur in the Senate amend-
The result of the vote was announced ment to the text with an amendment con- lost their lives due to coronavirus and
as above recorded. sisting of the text of Rules Committee Print more than 7 million more have been af-
A motion to reconsider was laid on 116-66. The Senate amendments and the mo- fected.
the table. tion shall be considered as read. The motion Millions of people are out of work,
Stated for: shall be debatable for two hours equally di- small businesses are struggling, and
Mr. BRADY. Mr. Speaker, had I been vided and controlled by the chair and rank-
some have had to shut their doors for-
present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on H.R. ing minority member of the Committee on
Appropriations. The previous question shall ever. Our economy hasn’t taken a hit
4764. like this since the Great Depression.
be considered as ordered on the motion to its
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE adoption without intervening motion or de- Many families are struggling every day
RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS mand for division of the question. to make ends meet. Kids are going hun-
Beatty Grijalva (Garcı́a Langevin The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. gry.
(Lawrence) (IL)) (Lynch)
Butterfield Hastings Lawson (FL)
CARSON of Indiana). The gentleman This pandemic isn’t going to just dis-
(Kildee) (Wasserman (Evans) from Massachusetts is recognized for 1 appear overnight, as the President has
Chu, Judy Schultz) Lieu, Ted (Beyer) hour. suggested. It is going to take a whole-
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(Takano) Hayes (Courtney) Lipinski (Cooper) Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, for of-government response for quite some
Cohen (Beyer) Huffman (Kildee) Lofgren (Jeffries)
DeSaulnier Johnson (TX) Lowenthal
the purpose of debate only, I yield the time, and that requires Congress to
(Matsui) (Jeffries) (Beyer) customary 30 minutes to the gen- act.
Frankel (Clark Kaptur (Dingell) Lowey (Tonko) tleman from Oklahoma (Mr. COLE), the The Republicans in the Senate may
(MA)) Kennedy (Kuster McEachin ranking member of the Rules Com- be able to sleep at night telling the
Fudge (Bass) (NH)) (Wexton)
Garamendi Kirkpatrick Meng (Clark mittee, pending which I yield myself American people to wait and then wait
(Sherman) (Stanton) (MA)) such time as I may consume. During some more and then wait some more
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while they rubber stamp another judge, port this rule and the underlying He- jority insists on blocking these meas-
but I cannot ask our people, our com- roes Act so we can finally, finally get ures and bringing up their own par-
munities, our small businesses, our relief to where it is so badly needed. tisan wish list instead does not make
workers and their families to wait any Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of sense to me.
longer. No one in this majority can. my time. But what makes even less sense is
Our country is suffering, and our peo- Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- the egregious process they followed in
ple are in pain. That is why we have self such time as I may consume, and I considering this bill. The process, if
tried over these past 4 months to strike thank my good friend, the gentleman you can even call it that, violated
a fair and commonsense deal with Sen- from Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN), House rules and any notion of fairness.
ate Republicans, but they couldn’t the distinguished chairman of the The bill was introduced on Monday
even come to an agreement on a pack- Rules Committee, for yielding me the night after being drafted in secret in
age among themselves. Republicans are customary 30 minutes. Speaker PELOSI’s office without any
fighting with Republicans over there, Mr. Speaker, we are here today to Republican input whatsoever. No com-
so they just abandoned doing anything consider a rule that provides for con- mittee held a hearing on it and no com-
at all. sideration of a single item, the Senate mittee marked it up. That is violating
Doing nothing is unconscionable. amendment to H.R. 925, the majority’s the McGovern rule, which requires any
I am proud that our Speaker, NANCY second attempt to pass a partisan wish bill coming before the Rules Com-
PELOSI, has never given up. She has list under the guise of a coronavirus re- mittee to have a hearing and a markup
spoken with Treasury Secretary lief bill. in the committee of jurisdiction.
Mnuchin again and again and again There are two quotes that sum up The bill is 2,152 pages long, and I
and again trying to come up with an how I feel about today’s rule, Mr. highly doubt that most Members have
agreement. Speaker. The first, widely had time to read, review, and digest it
Her offer to this administration was misattributed to Albert Einstein, is in that short amount of time.
simple: let’s meet halfway. Let’s take that: ‘‘The definition of insanity is I will say this, though: it does set a
the $3.4 trillion in relief contained in doing the same thing over and over record. It spends $1 billion a page. That
the initial Heroes Act and reduce it by again and expecting different results’’; is pretty remarkable spending.
$1.2 trillion. We would still fund our the second, accurately attributed to When your process is that bad, no
first responders, our small businesses, Yogi Berra, is that today’s action feels wonder the output is as bad as the bill
and our State and local governments, like: ‘‘It’s deja vu all over again.’’ we are considering today.
but we would meet Republicans in the Today, the House majority is bring- The majority claims that today’s bill
middle. We would come down $1 trillion ing up again a partisan coronavirus re- is a scaled-down version of the Heroes
and they would come up $1 trillion. lief package, just as they did in May. Act, a bill we considered back in May.
That is called compromise. That is As in May, today’s bill was written If the majority’s funding calculations
what you do, and it is what you have to with only Democratic input. on the amount of money we are spend-
do from time to time in divided govern- Like in May, today’s bill has a mas- ing in this bill are accurate, that may
ment. The bill included in this rule, sive price tag. This sits at $2.4 trillion. be technically correct, but it still has
H.R. 8406, reflects that give-and-take. As in May, today’s bill contains a the exact same policies and problems
There is funding here for State and plethora of provisions that are com- as the Heroes Act.
local governments to avert layoffs and pletely unrelated to coronavirus relief. This bill includes massive spending
continue critical services; for Indeed, just like in May, today’s bill even in areas where we appropriated
coronavirus testing, tracing, and treat- is more akin to a Democratic policy funds as part of the CARES Act in
ment; for our hospitals and for our wish list than to an actual relief bill. March and haven’t fully spent them
healthcare providers; for continuing And just as in May, we all know what yet: funding for Democratic policy pri-
unemployment insurance; and for fami- the end result will be: the Senate will orities at the expense of bipartisan
lies to pay for necessities like food, not pass this bill and the President will ones; inclusion of provisions that are
utilities, and rent during this pan- not sign it into law. completely unrelated to coronavirus
demic. But it doesn’t have to be this way, relief, like a complicated and con-
This revamped Heroes Act totals $2.2 Mr. Speaker. troversial multiemployer pension bill,
trillion. Many Democrats, including For whatever reason, the majority is a provision revealing an existing provi-
myself, favored the original larger bill. refusing to truly negotiate on a bipar- sion of law requiring the auction of T-
My friends on the other side wanted tisan coronavirus relief bill that would Band spectrum, massive student loan
something much smaller. But disagree- provide real relief for millions of Amer- forgiveness, and the mandating of a na-
ment should never result in inaction. icans. tional vote by mail.
One in four children in this country I grant them, discussions have taken Some of these may deserve consider-
are at risk of going hungry this year place. But when the majority continues ation, but what they are doing in a bill
because of this pandemic, Mr. Speaker. to insist that it is their way or no way that is supposed to be about providing
The lines for food banks in some com- and refuses to meet Republicans half- relief to Americans affected by the
munities already go for miles. way, one begins to understand how we coronavirus pandemic is beyond me.
People are hurting today, right now. got to this point. Mr. Speaker, in any bill this size, it
We all know that. And if you don’t Mr. Speaker, I would remind both is inevitable that all Members will find
know that, you don’t go back to your this Chamber and the American people at least one provision that they like,
district. that it has been the Democrats who but it is the package as a whole that is
We all know what it takes to truly do have blocked a second coronavirus re- offensive and objectionable.
something about it. lief bill. Just last week, House Demo- Drafted without Republican input
We have pleaded with the Senate to crats blocked Republicans from bring- and with nothing but Democratic ideas
take this bill up for months, we have ing up a simple bill to extend the Pay- and extraneous policy priorities, it is
negotiated over and over again, and check Protection Program. In the Sen- doomed to the same result as happened
today we are back with a compromise ate, Democrats blocked the majority the last time the majority tried this
proposal. from bringing up a clean extension of approach.
The only question, Mr. Speaker, is PPP, and later, Democrats blocked a With their actions today, we will not
whether my Republican colleagues are Republican-led coronavirus relief bill move the ball forward, we will not
finally ready to take ‘‘yes’’ for an an- from being considered, not because draw closer to a final deal that actu-
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swer. they disagreed with anything in the ally helps Americans. And what they
On behalf of the most vulnerable bill, but because they just thought will do is to continue to pass on the
among us, those who are out of work, other things should be in the bill. chance to actually work together as a
going hungry, and struggling to get by, All of these bills are bills that the bipartisan institution and to provide
I pray the answer is finally ‘‘yes.’’ President would have signed into law. real help to the American people.
Once again, Mr. Speaker, I ask my At a time when so many Americans Just as in May, the majority is put-
colleagues, all my colleagues, to sup- are truly suffering, why the House ma- ting up a partisan bill, when what we
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need is a bipartisan deal. We did that ployed; protects payrolls; ensures pass a bill. It was my friend’s party
four times before, Mr. Speaker. If we worker safety; preserves health cov- that kept them from considering it.
chose to, we could do so again. erage; restores unemployment benefits; As to the Supreme Court, thank
They are doing the same thing again bolsters housing assistance; strength- goodness they don’t have to deal with
and expecting a different result. ens food security at a time when a the House of Representatives. That is
Mr. Speaker, it didn’t have to be this record number of Americans are going why they are able to move quickly.
way. There are many areas where we hungry. They could move pretty quickly if they
agree: Paycheck Protection Program; Again, just to put this in context, we had somebody they could deal with
additional money for schools to reopen; passed something 4 months ago. Four here as well.
a one-time payment of $1,200 per indi- months ago, we sent it over to the Sen- It is my friends who have chosen to
vidual, $500 per child in households ate. Now, they should have passed craft legislation that they know will be
making less than $75,000 a year; addi- something, and then we could have ne- unacceptable, that they know the
tional money to speed the distribution gotiated the differences. That is the President will not sign, and then rail
of vaccines. way it usually works. at them for not passing it and the
Those are areas we could bring out The Republicans are fighting with President for not signing it. That is the
one at a time or bundled together and Republicans over in the Senate. There height of chutzpah, if you will.
pass. Instead, my friends have chosen is a big chunk of Republicans who Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the
to use a formula they know is doomed don’t want to appropriate one more gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs.
to failure. penny for the American people. No, LESKO), my distinguished friend and
As to the amount, the President has they don’t have the time. But they fellow member of the Rules Com-
actually been flexible. The original have the time to rush through another mittee.
Supreme Court Justice, in record time. Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, I thank
Senate proposal was $1 trillion, no in-
I guess what is so frustrating is that Mr. COLE for yielding me the time.
considerable sum of money, I might I agree with Chairman MCGOVERN
some of my friends act like this is not
add. The President moved that up to that we need to help the American peo-
an emergency, like, you know, we can
$1.5 trillion. That wasn’t good enough, ple. There are still people hurting out
just kind of go along and everything
even though many members of my there, and they need help from us.
will be fine. This is an emergency.
friend’s party actually supported that, We haven’t faced a crisis like this in That is why it is so frustrating to me
the so-called Problem Solvers Caucus. our lifetime, and if we don’t have an that we have this bill in front of us be-
So I don’t want to belabor the point, all-out comprehensive approach, not a cause it is just a very similar version
but I know the difference between a se- scalpel approach—it is not just about to the partisan bill that the Democrats
rious effort to pass legislation that has PPP. It is also about our schools, our pushed out of here just a few months
a chance of passing in the Senate and healthcare workers, our first respond- ago that they know is not going to get
being signed by the President and a ers. It is about a whole bunch of stuff. anywhere.
messaging exercise, and that is all we But if we don’t have an all-comprehen- I remember seeing in the media how
are engaged in today. So it is indeed, sive approach, then this economy is Democrats in the House in swing dis-
Mr. Speaker, deja vu all over again. going to have a very difficult time re- tricts were asking, pleading with
Mr. Speaker, I urge opposition to the covering. Speaker PELOSI, to please negotiate
rule, and I reserve the balance of my It is just frustrating to me. I was with the Republicans and the President
time. home in Massachusetts. I did tours of to actually get a bill that will be
Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield restaurants in my district, and people passed and signed into law because,
myself such time as I may consume. have been visiting some of our res- after all, you all know that if you real-
Mr. Speaker, I just want to say that taurants, eating outside. But in Massa- ly want to help the American people,
when my friend says this is a Demo- chusetts, we get winters. It is going to you have to have a bill that is actually
cratic wish list of things, I mean, the get cold soon, and pretty soon, people able to get signed into law, and this
fact of the matter is, we are trying to are not going to want to eat outside. bill is not it.
respond to a pandemic. We haven’t had They won’t be able to. Unfortunately, this bill, once again,
to deal with something like this since If people don’t feel safe going inside highlights a lot of the priorities that
1918. because, as we are seeing now in a my Democratic colleagues have that
b 1645 number of States that aren’t following have nothing to do with coronavirus,
some of the recommendations of the quite frankly.
It has basically impacted our econ- One of the things that I found very
CDC, we see case numbers going up. So
omy in ways that have resulted in mil- interesting in this bill is that, in the
if we had another surge, how are these
lions of people losing their jobs. We original Heroes Act that was passed a
restaurants going to survive? They are
have schools that have not fully re- few months ago, they had $600 million
going to shut their doors forever.
opened because it is not safe. We have We have an opportunity to provide a in there for the COPS hiring program.
had shortages of PPE. We don’t have lifeline until we get through all of this. That is to help State and local law en-
adequate testing. I can go on and on I mean, there are so many aspects of forcement. Curiously enough, it is not
and on. our economy that have been impacted in this version of the bill.
But the wish list that this bill ad- by this, so many people who are just So I was wondering, is this how they
dresses has things like we support struggling to get by. are planning to save some money on
small businesses. We improve the Pay- It is unconscionable to me that this the bill, to take away funding for po-
check Protection Program. That is hasn’t occupied a greater sense of ur- lice and law enforcement?
hardly—I would like to think Repub- gency in the Republican leader’s mind Also in this bill, once again, is ex-
licans share that, too. over in the Senate. I just don’t get it. tending the extra $600 a week in unem-
Additional assistance for the airline It really is so disappointing to me. ployment assistance into the beginning
industry workers: Is that so controver- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of and through spring of next year. Well,
sial? my time. many businesses, multiple businesses,
More funds to bolster education and Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, let me yield have told us that they are having trou-
childcare: Given what we are going myself such time as I may consume ble hiring workers back because work-
through, is that controversial? just to quickly make a couple of points ers are getting paid more to stay at
We honor our heroes. We provide as- and then move to my friend from Ari- home and not work. This is right here
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sistance to State, local, territorial, and zona. in that bill, in this bill, right now.
Tribal governments that desperately Far be it for me, Mr. Speaker, to de- We cannot pay people more to stay
need funds to pay first responders. Is fend the upper body. I am a very proud home and not work. We need to
that a point of contention? Member of this House, as I know all of incentivize them to come back to
It supports testing, tracing, and us here are. work.
treatment; provides additional direct But it is worth noting for the RECORD This bill also allows illegal immi-
payments for those who are unem- the Senate actually had 52 votes to grants to get $1,200 stimulus checks
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and their children $500 stimulus ously, my friends make up ways to jus- foreclosure. The restaurant money, I
checks. That is right here in this lan- tify their voting ‘‘no’’ on this. want it for the independent pizza shops
guage, right here in this bill. American Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the who hire people, for the workers who
citizens, my taxpayers in Arizona, do gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON are going to be out of work, like air-
not want to subsidize illegal immi- LEE). port workers or airline workers. The
grants. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I food insecurity, people are standing on
This bill also removes safeguards in say to the gentleman from Massachu- line to get food.
the Paycheck Protection Program. setts, the American people cannot take What don’t my good friends under-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The this anymore. stand? That people are desperate, and
time of the gentlewoman has expired. And my good friend from Oklahoma, they are in need?
Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield the I know the compassion that he has. We I wish we were not discussing ques-
gentlewoman from Arizona an addi- have worked together, as well as my tions about white supremacy and
tional 1 minute. friends from Ohio and Arizona. whether or not someone believed it or
Mrs. LESKO. This bill also removes But yesterday, I stood with the not. I wish we would stay focused on
any protections from using taxpayer mayor of the city of Houston, and we getting this bill passed for the des-
dollars to fund abortions. That is right announced a mental health hotline for perate people, no matter what back-
here in this bill. people being impacted by COVID–19. grounds they are.
This bill, as Representative COLE also I want to rise in enthusiastic support
Yes, the stress of COVID–19 is taking a
said, federalizes elections. In fact, it for this Heroes bill, H.R. 8406. Let’s
toll on the American people. They need
pass it now.
prohibits States from requiring voter relief.
ID. Arizona requires voter ID. This bill A very proud, brave parent got up to b 1700
would take that away. talk about how difficult it is to vir- Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my-
It also legalizes ballot harvesting. tually teach her children while she self such time as I may consume.
Arizona opposed—the legislature said works and how concerned she was. Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the pre-
no ballot harvesting. This would bring Why? Because the mandate comes from vious question, I will offer an amend-
it right back, right here in this bill. on high—the White House—that if you ment to the rule to immediately bring
Again, it would also provide tax are not having your children in school up H.R. 8265, a bill to extend the Pay-
breaks to millionaires and billionaires in some form, meaning in the build- check Protection Program through the
in blue States that require taxpayers ings, because that is the decision she end of the year and release $137 billion
in low-tax States, like Arizona, to sub- was grappling with, then you don’t get in unspent funds for that program.
sidize them. money. Mr. Speaker, every Member of Con-
That is why we can’t support this They have no money. They have no gress can agree we need to enact relief
bill. There are too many poison pills. money to have expanded buildings or for the millions suffering from the pan-
Please come up with something that temporary buildings so that they can demic, but we should only move for-
we can agree on to help the American help parents who work have children ward on legislation that can actually
people. safely in school. They have no money be signed into law. The measure the
Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield for testing. They have no money to be majority is attempting to pass today
myself such time as I may consume. able to provide for sick employees from simply doesn’t fit that bill. Absent a
Before I yield to the gentlewoman COVID–19. comprehensive bipartisan package, we
from Texas, I just want to say a couple So I rise today to say: The American should pass smaller pieces where there
of things for the RECORD. people cannot take it anymore. The is broad consensus, such as the Pay-
I guess the new Republican tactic—if stress is enormous. What we have done check Protection Program.
anybody watched the debate yester- here is a very merciful response to the PPP is of great importance to our
day—is to try to twist and turn and bill we already passed, that our friends, constituents. It is helping keep mil-
confuse people. lions of Americans employed and re-
conflicted with each other and the
The gentlewoman implied that this ceiving a paycheck. Members on both
White House, cannot seem to get a grip
somehow defunds police. I mean, there sides of the aisle and in both Chambers
on.
is $436 billion in here to provide assist- agree that this crucial program needs
I support $225 billion for education
ance directly to State and local gov- to be extended, and it could be ex-
and childcare, $436 billion in assistance
ernments to support the police. tended today if the majority were to
to our State and local governments.
If my friend was so interested in sup- bring a bipartisan bill extending PPP
I thank Mr. MCGOVERN for making it
porting the police, she should know to the floor.
clear. Those are our municipal work-
But you don’t have to take my word
that the bill that Senate Majority ers. Those are police and fire, and we
for it, Mr. Speaker. Many House Demo-
Leader MITCH MCCONNELL brought up need it because who has gotten sick? crats agree we need to pass a true relief
provided no money for State and local Police officers, firefighters. And we bill now rather than just another polit-
governments. I mean nothing. need this money. ical messaging bill.
In fact, that bill didn’t provide The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. A bipartisan letter recently sent to
money for a lot of the most needy peo- BLUMENAUER). The time of the gentle- the Speaker stressed that ‘‘failing to
ple in this country who are suffering as woman has expired. reach a deal is unacceptable and is a
a result of this virus: no money for nu- Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield the gentle- failure of duty to the American peo-
trition to help our families who are woman from Texas an additional 1 ple.’’
going hungry, no money for a lot of the minute. A separate letter sent to the Speaker
priorities that I know are priorities not Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, we by eight Democrats last week de-
only in my district but all over the need the testing. We are doing testing manded ‘‘a vote on a clean relief pack-
country. on the last pennies of the money that age that has direct assistance for those
The bottom line is, my friends can we were granted through the leader- in need.’’
come up with excuse after excuse after ship, our Speaker and others. Perhaps the most telling is a third
excuse to not support this. But by not They need testing. I will be in a sta- letter sent just a few days ago and
supporting it, we are not supporting dium this coming week, trying to get signed by 23 Democrats. These Mem-
the American people at a time of des- people tested. That is how much we bers correctly point out to their lead-
perate need. need it. ers that, absent a bipartisan deal, a
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Again, we have come down $1.3 tril- Then, of course, $28 billion in pro- ‘‘discharge petition is the only poten-
lion from what we originally put for- curement, distribution, education, ma- tial option for COVID–19-related action
ward, not because we think it is nec- terials for the vaccine. on the House floor.’’
essarily the right thing to do, because But I want to focus on the $600 for As my colleagues know, House Re-
the need is so great. We are doing it to unemployment, the money for the publicans have such a discharge peti-
try to find ways to accommodate, to $1,200, as well as the money for rental tion ready to be signed, and we look
move this process forward. And obvi- and mortgage to prevent mortgage forward to these Members joining us.
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However, I would point out, Madam ond PPP if they can demonstrate a sig- Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker,
Speaker, to my colleagues that we nificant revenue reduction or a first- I appreciate the gentleman’s courtesy
don’t have to wait for a discharge peti- round loan if they didn’t get one the in permitting me to speak on this.
tion to succeed. We can take a clear first time. Additionally, it adds more I commend our leadership, the
step right now by defeating the pre- flexibility in how the PPP dollars can Speaker, for again putting forward leg-
vious question and bringing H.R. 8265 be spent and still be eligible for loan islation to support working families,
up for an immediate vote. forgiveness. local government, and healthcare as we
Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous Many small businesses are still deal with the COVID–19 pandemic.
consent to insert the text of my struggling across this country. We need This updated Heroes Act provides for
amendment in the RECORD, along with to act now to help these small busi- another round of cash payments, hous-
extraneous material, immediately nesses, the people that they employ, ing and food assistance, help for unem-
prior to the vote on the previous ques- and the families that they, in turn, ployed workers, and targeted relief for
tion. support. small businesses who need it most, like
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Let’s defeat the previous question independent restaurants.
JACKSON LEE). Is there objection to the and restart the Paycheck Protection I would like to speak on that for a
request of the gentleman from Okla- Program. The Nation’s economy is at moment because I am very proud that
homa? stake. We still have $137 billion sitting this legislation includes $120 billion
There was no objection. there that was intended to go to these from our RESTAURANTS Act for sav-
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 small businesses. We don’t have to allo- ing 500,000 independent restaurants and
minutes to the distinguished gen- cate any more funding. The funding is their 11 million employees. This sector
tleman from Ohio (Mr. CHABOT), who is there. of the economy totals $1 trillion when
Now, my Democratic colleagues have you deal with all those organizations,
my good friend and the ranking mem-
said that they are for small business. all their supply chains, and ancillary
ber of the Small Business Committee,
This is the time not just to talk the effects.
to explain more about this critical bill.
talk but to walk the walk. You get two Local, independent restaurants are
Mr. CHABOT. I thank the gentleman
opportunities, Madam Speaker, you the cornerstone of communities large
for yielding, Madam Speaker. can vote against this previous question
Madam Speaker, the Paycheck Pro- and small, your community and mine.
or you can sign the discharge petition. I think it is hard to imagine what life
tection Program, or PPP as many of us Either one of them gives us another
refer to it, has been shut down now for would be like in Oklahoma City or Cin-
vote. cinnati or Portland, Oregon, without
over 50 days. That is nearly 2 months Let’s save these small businesses.
that small businesses have been unable those vital institutions. That is where
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I communities come together. They pro-
to access approximately $137 billion yield myself such time as I may con-
that still remains in the program that vide a disproportionate avenue for eco-
sume. nomic success for minorities, immi-
was supposed to go for their relief. The gentleman would be happy to
Small businesses and their workers grants, and women-owned enterprises.
know that, in this bill that we are
need our help. Small businesses employ A restaurant for many of us was the
bringing before here, we have most of
nearly half of the workers in this Na- first job, and it is an avenue for moving
what he requested but more. Our PPP
tion, one out of two. Think of that. One forward.
language is more expansive, because a They are, unfortunately, hurting
out of every two people employed in lot of businesses didn’t qualify under
more than any other industry. They
this Nation works for one of America’s the old formula.
are the largest contributor to unem-
small businesses. Not only do they rep- But I do have to say that it really
pains me that my friends don’t under- ployment. One in four job losses is in
resent millions of workers, but they this industry. We have a chance to do
also are the Nation’s job creators. They stand that it is not just about small
businesses. It is about our cities and something about it. They are the larg-
create approximately two out of every est contributor of unemployment of
three new jobs in America. towns and our first responders.
We have communities that are about any sector—one in four job losses. In
Of course, these aren’t just statistics. fact, they were half the unemployed in
One example of an outstanding small to fire firefighters and police officers.
Isn’t that important to my friends? April. Already one in six restaurants
business owner is Lacie Sims. Re- have closed their doors permanently,
cently, I had the opportunity to visit Or helping to pay for schools to re-
open safely or to be able to help kids but this legislation provides relief for
Lacie’s business, the Village Family those who are hanging on by a thread.
Restaurant, in Waynesville, Ohio, back get an education remotely or in a hy-
brid way, doesn’t that fall on the top The evidence is that if we don’t take
in my district. action like this that is targeted for
Lacie spoke with me about how she list of my Republican friends?
Healthcare coverage, the airline in- independent restaurants, we are going
used the Paycheck Protection Program to have 85 percent of them close by the
dustry, which is about to lay off thou-
to keep her 25 workers employed so end of the year permanently.
sands of workers, we provide some help
that they could continue to serve the The Heroes Act targets $120 billion of
for them, but yet that doesn’t make
community and, most importantly, the cut. our RESTAURANTS Act that would
continue to support their families. So, yes, we can have a scalpel ap- generate $250 billion in economic im-
Lacie went on to tell me about how she proach to this. We will do a little bit pact. It would support millions of res-
quickly adapted her business to accom- here and maybe we will do a little bit taurant workers, truck drivers, farm-
modate pickup, delivery, and safe in- there, but that fails to recognize the ers, and fishermen—people who support
door dining. severity of the crisis that we are now this critical industry. It is not just the
Like Lacie, many small business in. fruits and vegetables and the linens.
owners have adapted and persevered Open your eyes and look at what is Think about it for a moment, Madam
through the pandemic. Unfortunately, happening in this country, in large Speaker. All of those are involved.
COVID–19 continues to challenge their part, due to the mismanagement of This legislation would, by giving $120
very existence. this President, which is unconscion- billion of direct relief, provide $250 bil-
Now is the time for us to act, and we able. lion in economic savings by having
have an option before us here today. If But here in Congress, we can’t deal people not filing bankruptcy and not
we defeat today’s previous question, we with him. We can’t fix the way he ap- adding to the unemployed ranks, but
can move directly to my legislation to proaches his job. But we can provide di- keeping them in business paying taxes,
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reopen the Paycheck Protection Pro- rect resources to businesses and to paying employees, and keeping those
gram, the PPP program. H.R. 8265 local governments that can help keep essential food supply chains going.
would provide targeted assistance to our economy afloat until we can get by The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
small businesses that truly need the this. time of the gentleman has expired.
Federal Government’s help. Madam Speaker, I yield 31⁄2 minutes Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I
This legislation gives small busi- to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. yield the gentleman from Oregon an
nesses the opportunity to receive a sec- BLUMENAUER). additional 1 minute.
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Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker, As in May, today’s bill is ultimately The House did its job more than 4
independent restaurants are the true doomed. It will not pass the Senate. months ago when we passed the origi-
and quintessential embodiment of The President has made it clear he will nal Heroes Act; the Senate abdicated
small businesses. What this legislation not sign it. its responsibility. But we have not
is geared for is the small, independent Madam Speaker, the majority is walked away. We have not stopped try-
restaurants. That assistance is more missing a real chance here. The Amer- ing to help protect the lives and liveli-
important now than ever. ican people are suffering as a result of hood of people that we represent. We
It is sad that we have not had much the coronavirus. It is past time for the are back today with a bill that puts on
bipartisan support in the House for two parties to do what we did very suc- paper the compromises that we are
this, although in the Senate there are cessfully four times in a row in a 10- willing to make, not to get a win for
40 cosponsors including a number of week period and work together and ac- one side or the other, but to help the
Republicans led by Senator WICKER tually provide a package that provides American people in the middle of a
from Mississippi. I would hope that my real relief for the American people. pandemic. That is what this is all
colleagues on the other side of the aisle There are plenty of things we agree about.
would see fit to vote for this legisla- on, such as the extension of the Pay- Madam Speaker, to my friends on the
tion, vote to save independent res- check Protection Program, such as en- other side of the aisle, I beg, please
taurants, and be able to move forward suring that more funds are provided for don’t abandon the American people.
in a way that will benefit every com- testing and tracing, such as one-time Don’t throw up your hands and walk
munity across America. payments of $1,200 per individual and away because you don’t like every line
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield $500 per child to every household mak- of this bill. Take ‘‘yes’’ for an answer.
myself such time as I may consume. ing less than $75,000 a year. We disagree Madam Speaker, this bill doesn’t
Madam Speaker, I just want to re- about the exact amount, but we agree Federalize elections. It provides safe-
spond quickly to my friends and point every American who is unemployed, guards for elections and provides fund-
out something that is striking to me in through no fault of their own, should ing to States to be able to carry out
listening to the debate. There is almost get at least $400 more a week. elections safely in the middle of a pan-
nothing that any of my friends have Frankly, because the Democrats did demic. To object over the fact that this
mentioned that we don’t support—al- not take up that offer, those people bill protects Americans from losing
most nothing. All these worthy pro- have gotten zero since the end of July. their health coverage is startling to
grams for restaurants, all this relief for We absolutely agree that we need addi- me, although it shouldn’t be, because
individuals, and all this help, we all tional money for the opening of the President, as we speak, is in court
agree with that. It is the things my schools. trying to get the Affordable Care Act
friends don’t mention that they have in Madam Speaker, so why don’t we put repealed outright, where millions of
their bill that we don’t agree with. on the floor—it is a novel suggestion— people would lose their healthcare,
We don’t agree with more money for the things we agree on, the things we people with preexisting conditions
Planned Parenthood. That has no place know the Senate will pass and we know would lose that protection, and you
in this bill. the President would sign. The only rea- wouldn’t be able to keep your kids on
We obviously have very serious objec- son we have failed to do that is because your insurance until they are 26.
tions to federalizing the election sys- the Democratic leadership has made Think about it: In the middle of a
tem of this country, which is State the decision that we have to agree on pandemic, that is the priority of this
based. That has no place in this bill. everything before we do anything. That White House—to rip healthcare away
We obviously don’t want to give a tax is no way to legislate in a body that from people. It takes my breath away
break to millionaires and billionaires has a Democratic majority in the what a disconnect there is about what
in blue States by getting rid of the House, a Republican majority in the the American people need and what
State and local tax limitations that Senate, and a Republican President. some of my friends’ priorities are.
were placed in. The majority is not in the position to Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues
Those are the things, none of which dictate to either the Senate or the to join us in compromising to get
have anything to do with coronavirus, President what is going to happen, but something done. I get it. This is an
that we object to. Those are the things they are in a powerful position to nego- election year and people are used to
that my friends are insisting on that tiate, and negotiate in good faith, and running to their political corners, but
they cannot pass in the United States focus on the areas where we agree. this crisis demands more than just
Senate and that the President will not Madam Speaker, I think that would business as usual. It demands action.
sign. move us forward productively. I think And it demands more than a scalpel ap-
If they want to actually pass all that would be in the best interests of proach: ‘‘Well, let me do a little bit
these other wonderful things, we agree the American people. So I call on the here,’’ or ‘‘let me do a little bit there.’’
with them, and we have been very gen- majority to end this charade and en- I am told that the White House
erous in terms of the amount of money. gage with Republicans in the House, doesn’t want to fund nutrition pro-
The President has moved up on that. the Senate, and the administration and grams to help make sure that no one in
Money is a negotiable item here. Pol- come to an agreement on a real bipar- this country goes hungry. I can’t be-
icy positions—poison pills, as my good tisan relief package. I know my friends lieve anybody would take that posi-
friend from Arizona said—are not, and can do it because we did it together tion, but we are told that is one of the
that is what is keeping us from acting. four times in a row. hot button items that people don’t
Frankly, that is a tragedy and a trav- Madam Speaker, I urge my col- want to fund, that it is one of the
esty, in my view, Madam Speaker. leagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on the previous Democratic priorities that is so con-
Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- question, ‘‘no’’ on the rule, and ‘‘no’’ troversial.
ance of my time. on the underlying bill, and I yield back Really? Even before this pandemic,
the balance of my time. we had 40 million people in this coun-
b 1715 Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I try who didn’t know where their next
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I am pre- yield myself the balance of my time. meal was going to come from; and
pared to close, and I yield myself the Madam Speaker, I have served in this every year it is a battle to make sure
balance of my time. House for many years. I have been here they don’t cut nutrition programs. But
Madam Speaker, in closing, I urge through unimaginable tragedies, like now we are in a pandemic and hunger
opposition to the rule. Today’s bill is September 11. Every time this Nation has increased dramatically in this
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nothing more than a Democratic wish has been challenged, we came to- country. Every one of us should not
list masquerading as a coronavirus re- gether—not as Democrats or Repub- only be concerned about that, but we
lief bill, roughly the same as the par- licans, but as Americans. Never could I should be ashamed that that is a re-
tisan bill the majority passed back in have imagined that after a shock like ality in the richest country in the his-
May and it was never taken up by the the coronavirus, that has taken more tory of the world.
Senate, would never be signed by the than 205,000 lives, that we would strug- Madam Speaker, I urge all my col-
President. gle to reach a compromise. leagues to come together. This is an
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opportunity to meet this moment. Larsen (WA) Norcross Sewell (AL) Walorski Westerman Woodall
Larson (CT) O’Halleran Shalala Waltz Williams Yoho
Vote ‘‘yes’’ on this rule and on the un- Lawrence Ocasio-Cortez Sherman Watkins Wilson (SC) Young
derlying bill. Lawson (FL) Omar Sherrill Webster (FL) Wittman Zeldin
The material previously referred to Lee (CA) Pallone Sires Wenstrup Womack
Lee (NV) Panetta Slotkin
by Mr. COLE is as follows: Levin (CA) Pappas Smith (WA) NOT VOTING—16
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 1161 Levin (MI) Pascrell Soto Abraham Emmer Simpson
Lieu, Ted Payne Spanberger Babin Graves (GA) Stauber
At the end of the resolution, add the fol-
Lipinski Perlmutter Speier Buck Hagedorn Weber (TX)
lowing: Loebsack Peters Stanton Davis (CA) Mitchell Wright
SEC. 2. Immediately upon adoption of this Lofgren Peterson Stevens DeGette Mullin
resolution, the House shall proceed to the Lowenthal Phillips Suozzi Diaz-Balart Rooney (FL)
consideration in the House of the bill (H.R. Lowey Pingree Swalwell (CA)
8265} to amend the Small Business Act and Luján Pocan Takano b 1821
the CARES Act to establish a program for Luria Porter Thompson (CA)
Lynch Pressley Thompson (MS) Ms. GRANGER, Messrs. COLLINS of
second draw loans and make other modifica-
tions to the paycheck protection program,
Malinowski Price (NC) Titus Georgia and CARTER of Texas changed
Maloney, Quigley Tlaib their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’
and for other purposes. All points of order Carolyn B. Raskin Tonko
against consideration of the bill are waived. Maloney, Sean Rice (NY) Torres (CA) So the previous question was ordered.
The bill shall be considered as read. All Matsui Richmond Torres Small The result of the vote was announced
points of order against provisions in the bill McAdams Rose (NY) (NM) as above recorded.
are waived. The previous question shall be McBath Rouda Trahan
McCollum Roybal-Allard Trone MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
considered as ordered on the bill and on any McEachin Ruiz Underwood RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS
amendment thereto to final passage without McGovern Ruppersberger Vargas Beatty Kennedy (Kuster Payne
intervening motion except: (1) one hour of McNerney Rush Veasey (Lawrence) (NH)) (Wasserman
debate equally divided and controlled by the Meeks Ryan Vela Butterfield Kirkpatrick Schultz)
chair and ranking minority member of the Meng Sánchez Velázquez (Kildee) (Stanton) Pingree (Clark
Committee on Small Business; and (2) one Mfume Sarbanes Visclosky Chu, Judy Langevin (MA))
motion to recommit. Moore Scanlon Wasserman (Takano) (Lynch) Pocan (Raskin)
Morelle Schakowsky Schultz Cohen (Beyer) Lawson (FL)
SEC. 3. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not Moulton Schiff Waters
Pressley (Garcı́a
DeSaulnier (Evans) (IL))
apply to the consideration of H.R. 8265. Mucarsel-Powell Schneider Watson Coleman (Matsui) Lieu, Ted (Beyer) Richmond
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I Murphy (FL) Schrader Welch Frankel (Clark Lipinski (Cooper)
Nadler Schrier Wexton (Davids (KS))
yield back the balance of my time, and (MA)) Lofgren (Jeffries)
Roybal-Allard
Napolitano Scott (VA) Wild Fudge (Bass) Lowenthal
I move the previous question on the Neal Scott, David Wilson (FL) (Aguilar)
Garamendi (Beyer)
resolution. Neguse Serrano Yarmuth (Sherman) Lowey (Tonko) Rush
(Underwood)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Grijalva (Garcı́a McEachin
NAYS—185 (IL)) (Wexton) Serrano
question is on ordering the previous (Jeffries)
Aderholt Hastings Meng (Clark
question. Gianforte McHenry Thompson (CA)
Allen (Wasserman (MA))
Gibbs McKinley (Kildee)
The question was taken; and the Amash Gohmert Meuser
Schultz) Moore (Beyer)
Hayes (Courtney) Mucarsel-Powell Titus (Connolly)
Speaker pro tempore announced that Amodei Gonzalez (OH) Miller
Huffman (Kildee) (Wasserman Watson Coleman
the ayes appeared to have it. Armstrong Gooden Moolenaar
Johnson (TX) Schultz) (Pallone)
Arrington Gosar Mooney (WV)
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, on that I Bacon Granger Murphy (NC)
(Jeffries) Napolitano Wilson (FL)
demand the yeas and nays. Baird Graves (LA) Newhouse
Kaptur (Dingell) (Correa) (Adams)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Balderson Graves (MO) Norman The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
ant to section 3 of House Resolution Banks Green (TN) Nunes
Barr Griffith Olson
question is on the resolution.
965, the yeas and nays are ordered. Bergman Grothman Palazzo The question was taken; and the
The vote was taken by electronic de- Biggs Guest Palmer Speaker pro tempore announced that
vice, and there were—yeas 229, nays Bilirakis Guthrie Pence the ayes appeared to have it.
Bishop (NC) Harris Perry
185, not voting 16, as follows: Bishop (UT) Hartzler Posey Mr. WOODALL. Madam Speaker, on
[Roll No. 212] Bost Hern, Kevin Reed that I demand the yeas and nays.
Brady Herrera Beutler Reschenthaler The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
YEAS—229 Brooks (AL) Hice (GA) Rice (SC)
Adams Cooper Garcia (TX) Brooks (IN) Higgins (LA) Riggleman
ant to section 3 of House Resolution
Aguilar Correa Golden Buchanan Hill (AR) Roby 965, the yeas and nays are ordered.
Allred Costa Gomez Bucshon Holding Rodgers (WA) The vote was taken by electronic de-
Axne Courtney Gonzalez (TX) Budd Hollingsworth Roe, David P. vice, and there were—yeas 225, nays
Barragán Cox (CA) Gottheimer Burchett Hudson Rogers (AL)
Bass Craig Green, Al (TX) Burgess Huizenga Rogers (KY) 188, not voting 17, as follows:
Beatty Crist Grijalva Byrne Hurd (TX) Rose, John W. [Roll No. 213]
Bera Crow Haaland Calvert Jacobs Rouzer
Beyer Cuellar Harder (CA) Carter (GA) Johnson (LA) Roy
YEAS—225
Bishop (GA) Cunningham Hastings Carter (TX) Johnson (OH) Rutherford Adams Cisneros Doggett
Blumenauer Davids (KS) Hayes Chabot Johnson (SD) Scalise Allred Clark (MA) Doyle, Michael
Blunt Rochester Davis, Danny K. Heck Cheney Jordan Schweikert Axne Clarke (NY) F.
Bonamici Dean Higgins (NY) Cline Joyce (OH) Scott, Austin Barragán Clay Engel
Boyle, Brendan DeFazio Himes Cloud Joyce (PA) Sensenbrenner Bass Cleaver Escobar
F. DeLauro Horn, Kendra S. Cole Katko Shimkus Beatty Clyburn Eshoo
Brindisi DelBene Horsford Collins (GA) Keller Smith (MO) Bera Cohen Espaillat
Brown (MD) Delgado Houlahan Comer Kelly (MS) Smith (NE) Beyer Connolly Evans
Brownley (CA) Demings Hoyer Conaway Kelly (PA) Smith (NJ) Bishop (GA) Cooper Finkenauer
Bustos DeSaulnier Huffman Cook King (IA) Smucker Blumenauer Correa Fletcher
Butterfield Deutch Jackson Lee Crawford King (NY) Spano Blunt Rochester Costa Foster
Carbajal Dingell Jayapal Crenshaw Kinzinger Stefanik Bonamici Courtney Frankel
Cárdenas Doggett Jeffries Curtis Kustoff (TN) Steil Boyle, Brendan Cox (CA) Fudge
Carson (IN) Doyle, Michael Johnson (GA) Davidson (OH) LaHood Steube F. Craig Gabbard
Cartwright F. Johnson (TX) Davis, Rodney LaMalfa Stewart Brindisi Crist Gallego
Case Engel Kaptur DesJarlais Lamborn Stivers Brown (MD) Crow Garamendi
Casten (IL) Escobar Keating Duncan Latta Taylor Brownley (CA) Cuellar Garcı́a (IL)
Castor (FL) Eshoo Kelly (IL) Dunn Lesko Thompson (PA) Bustos Cunningham Garcia (TX)
Castro (TX) Espaillat Kennedy Estes Long Thornberry Butterfield Davids (KS) Golden
Chu, Judy Evans Khanna Ferguson Loudermilk Tiffany Carbajal Davis (CA) Gomez
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Cicilline Finkenauer Kildee Fitzpatrick Lucas Timmons Cárdenas Davis, Danny K. Gonzalez (TX)
Cisneros Fletcher Kilmer Fleischmann Luetkemeyer Tipton Carson (IN) Dean Gottheimer
Clark (MA) Foster Kim Flores Marchant Turner Cartwright DeFazio Green, Al (TX)
Clarke (NY) Frankel Kind Fortenberry Marshall Upton Case DeLauro Grijalva
Clay Fudge Kirkpatrick Foxx (NC) Massie Van Drew Casten (IL) DelBene Haaland
Cleaver Gabbard Krishnamoorthi Fulcher Mast Wagner Castor (FL) Delgado Harder (CA)
Clyburn Gallego Kuster (NH) Gaetz McCarthy Walberg Castro (TX) DeSaulnier Hastings
Cohen Garamendi Lamb Gallagher McCaul Walden Chu, Judy Deutch Hayes
Connolly Garcı́a (IL) Langevin Garcia (CA) McClintock Walker Cicilline Dingell Heck
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September 30, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5097
Higgins (NY) McBath Schakowsky Sensenbrenner Thompson (PA) Watkins COMMUNICATION FROM THE
Himes McCollum Schiff Shimkus Thornberry Weber (TX)
Horn, Kendra S. McEachin Schneider Smith (MO) Tiffany Webster (FL)
SERGEANT AT ARMS
Horsford McGovern Schrader Smith (NE) Timmons Wenstrup The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms.
Houlahan McNerney Schrier Smith (NJ) Tipton Westerman
Hoyer Meeks Smucker Turner
JACKSON LEE) laid before the House the
Scott (VA) Williams
Huffman Meng Scott, David Spanberger Upton Wilson (SC)
following communication from the Ser-
Jackson Lee Mfume Serrano Spano Van Drew Wittman geant at Arms of the House of Rep-
Jayapal Moore Sewell (AL) Stefanik Wagner resentatives:
Womack
Jeffries Morelle Shalala Steil Walberg
Woodall OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS,
Johnson (GA) Mucarsel-Powell Sherman Steube Walden
Stewart Yoho HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Johnson (TX) Murphy (FL) Sherrill Walker
Young
Kaptur Nadler Sires Stivers Walorski Washington, DC, September 29, 2020.
Keating Napolitano Taylor Waltz Zeldin
Slotkin Hon. NANCY PELOSI,
Kelly (IL) Neal Smith (WA) Speaker, House of Representatives,
Kennedy Neguse NOT VOTING—17
Soto Washington, DC.
Khanna Norcross Speier Abraham Emmer Mullin
Kildee O’Halleran
DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Pursuant to section
Stanton Aguilar Gonzalez (OH) Rooney (FL)
Kilmer Ocasio-Cortez Babin Graves (GA)
1(b)(2) of House Resolution 965, following
Stevens Simpson
Kim Omar DeGette Hagedorn Stauber
consultation with the Office of Attending
Suozzi
Kind Pallone Demings Mitchell Wright Physician, I write to provide you further no-
Swalwell (CA)
Kirkpatrick Panetta
Takano
Diaz-Balart Moulton tification that the public health emergency
Krishnamoorthi Pappas due to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 re-
Kuster (NH) Pascrell Thompson (CA) b 1859 mains in effect.
Lamb Payne Thompson (MS)
Langevin Perlmutter Titus So the resolution was agreed to. Sincerely,
Larsen (WA) Peters Tlaib The result of the vote was announced PAUL D. IRVING,
Tonko Sergeant at Arms.
Larson (CT) Peterson
Torres (CA)
as above recorded.
Lawrence Phillips
Torres Small A motion to reconsider was laid on f
Lawson (FL) Pingree
Lee (CA) Pocan (NM) the table. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER
Lee (NV) Porter Trahan
Trone
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE PRO TEMPORE
Levin (CA) Pressley RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS
Levin (MI) Price (NC) Underwood The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Lieu, Ted Quigley Vargas Beatty Kennedy (Kuster Payne
(Lawrence) (NH)) (Wasserman
Chair announces the Speaker’s further
Lipinski Raskin Veasey
Loebsack Rice (NY) Vela Butterfield Kirkpatrick Schultz) extension, pursuant to section 1(b)(2) of
Lofgren Richmond Velázquez (Kildee) (Stanton) Pingree (Clark House Resolution 965, effective October
Lowenthal Rose (NY) Visclosky Chu, Judy Langevin (MA)) 3, 2020, of the ‘‘covered period’’ des-
Lowey Rouda Wasserman (Takano) (Lynch) Pocan (Raskin)
Schultz Cohen (Beyer) Lawson (FL) ignated on May 20, 2020.
Luján Roybal-Allard Pressley (Garcı́a
Luria Ruiz Waters DeSaulnier (Evans) (IL)) f
Lynch Ruppersberger Watson Coleman (Matsui) Lieu, Ted (Beyer) Richmond
Malinowski Rush Welch Frankel (Clark Lipinski (Cooper)
(Davids (KS))
APPOINTMENT OF INDIVIDUALS
Maloney, Ryan Wexton (MA)) Lofgren (Jeffries) TO NATIONAL ADVISORY COM-
Roybal-Allard
Carolyn B. Sánchez Wild Fudge (Bass) Lowenthal
Garamendi (Beyer)
(Aguilar) MITTEE ON INSTITUTIONAL
Maloney, Sean Sarbanes Wilson (FL) Rush
Matsui Scanlon Yarmuth (Sherman) Lowey (Tonko) QUALITY AND INTEGRITY
Grijalva (Garcı́a McEachin (Underwood)
Serrano The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
NAYS—188 (IL)) (Wexton)
Hastings Meng (Clark (Jeffries) Chair announces the Speaker’s ap-
Aderholt Fitzpatrick LaHood (Wasserman (MA)) Thompson (CA) pointment pursuant to U.S.C. 1011c,
Allen Fleischmann LaMalfa Schultz) Moore (Beyer) (Kildee)
Titus (Connolly)
and the order of the House of January
Amash Flores Lamborn Hayes (Courtney) Mucarsel-Powell
Amodei Fortenberry Latta Huffman (Kildee) (Wasserman Watson Coleman 3, 2019, of the following individuals on
Armstrong Foxx (NC) Lesko Johnson (TX) Schultz) (Pallone) the part of the House to the National
Arrington Fulcher Long (Jeffries) Napolitano Wilson (FL) Advisory Committee on Institutional
Bacon Gaetz Loudermilk Kaptur (Dingell) (Correa) (Adams)
Baird Gallagher Lucas
Quality and Integrity for a term of 6
Balderson Garcia (CA) Luetkemeyer f years:
Banks Gianforte Marchant MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE Upon the recommendation of the mi-
Barr Gibbs Marshall nority leader:
Bergman Gohmert Massie A message from the Senate by Ms. Dr. Arthur E. Keiser, Fort Lauder-
Biggs Gooden Mast Byrd, one of its clerks, announced that
Bilirakis Gosar McAdams dale, Florida
Bishop (NC) Granger McCarthy the Senate has passed without amend- Ms. Jennifer Blum, Washington, D.C.
Bishop (UT) Graves (LA) McCaul ment bills of the House of the following Mr. Robert G. Mayes, Jr., Elberta,
Bost Graves (MO) McClintock titles:
Brady Green (TN) McHenry
Alabama
Brooks (AL) Griffith McKinley H.R. 1952. An act to amend the Inter- Upon the recommendation of the ma-
Brooks (IN) Grothman Meuser country Adoption Act of 2000 to require the jority leader:
Buchanan Guest Miller Secretary of State to report on intercountry Ms. Kathleen Sullivan Alioto, New
Buck Guthrie Moolenaar adoptions from countries which have signifi-
Bucshon Harris Mooney (WV)
York, New York
cantly reduced adoption rates involving im- Mr. Robert Shireman, Berkeley, Cali-
Budd Hartzler Murphy (NC) migration to the United States, and for
Burchett Hern, Kevin Newhouse
other purposes.
fornia
Burgess Herrera Beutler Norman Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis, Columbia,
Byrne Hice (GA) Nunes H.R. 8337. An act making continuing appro-
Calvert Higgins (LA) Olson priation for fiscal year 2021, and for other South Carolina
Carter (GA) Hill (AR) Palazzo purposes. f
Carter (TX) Holding Palmer The message also announced that the
Chabot Hollingsworth Pence RECOGNIZING BARB IVES
Cheney Hudson Perry
Senate has passed a bill of the fol-
lowing title in which the concurrence (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania
Cline Huizenga Posey
Cloud Hurd (TX) Reed of the House is requested: asked and was given permission to ad-
Cole Jacobs Reschenthaler
S. 4762. An act to designate the airport
dress the House for 1 minute and to re-
Collins (GA) Johnson (LA) Rice (SC) vise and extend his remarks.)
Comer Johnson (OH) Riggleman traffic control tower located at Piedmont
Conaway Johnson (SD) Roby Triad International Airport in Greensboro, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania.
Cook Jordan Rodgers (WA) North Carolina, as the ‘‘Senator Kay Hagan Madam Speaker, I rise today to thank
Crawford Joyce (OH) Roe, David P. Airport Traffic Control Tower’’. and celebrate someone who has been a
SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
Crenshaw Joyce (PA) Rogers (AL) dedicated member of my team for
Curtis Katko Rogers (KY) f
Davidson (OH) Keller Rose, John W. many years now. Barb Ives, a field rep-
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT resentative and office manager, re-
Davis, Rodney Kelly (MS) Rouzer
DesJarlais Kelly (PA) Roy A message in writing from the Presi- cently surpassed a 20-year milestone
Duncan King (IA) Rutherford dent of the United States was commu-
Dunn King (NY) Scalise
representing our district.
Estes Kinzinger Schweikert nicated to the House by Miss Kaitlyn Barb has selflessly served the district
Ferguson Kustoff (TN) Scott, Austin Roberts, one of his secretaries. since September of 2000, initially with
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