Pennsylvanians Need Relief (Cong. Rec., Nov. 17, 2020)
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This is page H5862 of the Congressional Record, House, November 17, 2020, with interleaved columns. It opens with the end of a recorded vote and a list of members recorded pursuant to House Resolution 965, then a message from the Senate, including S. Res. 770 on the death of Mark Andrews. Under Pennsylvanians Need Relief, Ms. Houlahan says Pennsylvania is in the midst of both a public health and an economic crisis, that small business owners need Federal support, and that Congress has a collective responsibility to address the COVID pandemic. Under COVID Relief, Mr. Crist says the CARES Act and the Fed pumped trillions of dollars into the economy and that a COVID relief package is needed now. Ms. Jackson Lee urges moving forward on the Heroes Act, and Mr. Schweikert speaks on telemedicine and Medicare. The views are attributed to the members.
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H5862 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 17, 2020
NOT VOTING—30 Whereas, on January 3, 1981, Mark Andrews Atmospheric Administration for each coastal
Abraham King (NY) Richmond was sworn in as a United States Senator area of the Great Lakes, and for other pur-
Aderholt Lamborn Rogers (KY) from North Dakota, serving until January 3, poses.
Amodei Lesko Rooney (FL) 1987; and S. 2174. An Act to expand the grants au-
Bishop (UT) Luetkemeyer Sensenbrenner Whereas, Mark Andrews, during his time thorized under Jennifer’s Law and Kristen’s
Brooks (IN) Malinowski Simpson as a Senator, was known for his steadfast Act to include processing of unidentified re-
Collins (GA) Marchant Walberg support for numerous issues, including— mains, resolving missing persons cases, and
Cook Mitchell Waltz
Gianforte Newhouse Woodall
(1) issues affecting the men and women for other purposes.
Huizenga Olson Wright who served in the Armed Forces of the S. 2981. An Act to reauthorize and amend
King (IA) Perlmutter Young United States; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
(2) issues affecting the agricultural pro- ministration Commissioned Officer Corps
b 1748 ducers, including farmers and ranchers, in Act of 2002, and for other purposes.
Mr. DUNCAN changed his vote from the State of North Dakota and throughout S. 3312. An Act to establish a crisis sta-
‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ the United States; bilization and community reentry grant pro-
So (two-thirds being in the affirma- (3) water issues, including the Garrison Di- gram, and for other purposes.
version; and S. 4054. An Act to reauthorize the United
tive) the rules were suspended and the
(4) issues affecting Tribal communities, States Grain Standards Act, and for other
bill, as amended, was passed. particularly during his time serving as purposes.
The result of the vote was announced Chairman of the Select Committee on Indian S. 4462. An Act to establish a national inte-
as above recorded. Affairs of the Senate from 1983 to 1987; Now, grated flood information system within the
A motion to reconsider was laid on therefore, be it National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
the table. Resolved, That— tration, and for other purposes.
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE (1) the Senate— S. 4612. An Act to designate methamphet-
RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS (A) has heard with profound sorrow and amine as an emerging threat, and for other
deep regret the announcement of the death purposes.
Barragán (Beyer) Hastings Payne
of Mark Andrews, former member of the
Blumenauer (Wasserman (Wasserman f
(Beyer) Schultz) Schultz) United States Senate from the State of
Bonamici (Clark Higgins (NY) Peterson North Dakota; and PERMISSION FOR MEMBER TO BE
(MA)) (Sánchez) (McCollum) (B) respectfully requests that the Sec- CONSIDERED AS FIRST SPONSOR
Boyle, Brendan Jayapal (Raskin) Pingree (Kuster retary of the Senate—
Johnson (TX) (NH)) (i) communicate this resolution to the
OF H.R. 4292
F. (Jeffries)
(Jeffries) Pocan (Raskin)
Brownley (CA)
Keating (Kuster
House of Representatives; and Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of Tennessee.
(Clark (MA)) Porter (Wexton) (ii) transmit an enrolled copy of this reso-
(NH)) Price (NC)
Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous con-
Bustos (Kuster lution to the family of Mark Andrews; and
(NH))
Khanna (Gomez) (Butterfield) sent that I may hereafter be considered
Kirkpatrick (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it to be the first sponsor of H.R. 4292, a
Castro (TX) Rose (NY)
(Stanton) (Golden) stand adjourned as a further mark of respect
(Garcia (TX)) Langevin to the memory of Mark Andrews.
bill originally introduced by Rep-
Roybal-Allard
Clay (Cleaver) (Courtney) (Bass) The message also announced that the resentative Mark Meadows of North
Cohen (Beyer) Lawrence Carolina, for the purpose of adding co-
Costa (Cooper) Ruiz (Dingell) Senate has passed without amendment
(Kildee)
DeGette (Blunt Lawson (FL)
Rush
bills of the House of the following ti- sponsors and requesting reprintings
(Underwood) pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII.
Rochester) (Demings) tles:
Ryan (Kildee)
DeSaulnier Lieu, Ted (Beyer) The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs.
(Matsui) Lofgren (Jeffries) Schrier (Kilmer) H.R. 835. An Act to impose criminal sanc-
Serrano tions on certain persons involved in inter-
TRAHAN). Is there objection to the re-
Escobar (Garcia Lowenthal
(Beyer) (Jeffries) national doping fraud conspiracies, to pro- quest of the gentleman from Ten-
(TX))
Frankel (Clark Lowey (Tonko) Speier (Scanlon) vide restitution for victims of such conspir- nessee?
McEachin Titus (Connolly) There was no objection.
(MA)) acies, and to require sharing of information
(Wexton) Vargas (Correa)
Garamendi with the United States Anti-Doping Agency f
Meng (Kuster Watson Coleman
(Sherman) to assist its fight against doping, and for
(NH)) (Pallone)
Gonzalez (TX) other purposes. PENNSYLVANIANS NEED RELIEF
Moore (Beyer) Welch
(Gomez) (McGovern) H.R. 3589. An Act to award a Congressional
Nadler (Jeffries)
Grijalva (Garcı́a Napolitano Wilson (FL) Gold Medal to Greg LeMond, in recognition (Ms. HOULAHAN asked and was
(IL)) (Correa) (Hayes) of his service to the Nation as an athlete, ac- given permission to address the House
f tivist, role model, and community leader. for 1 minute and to revise and extend
H.R. 4104. An Act to require the Secretary her remarks.)
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemo- Ms. HOULAHAN. Madam Speaker,
A message from the Senate by Ms. ration of the 100th anniversary of the estab- Pennsylvania, like the rest of the coun-
BYRD, one of its clerks, announced that lishment of the Negro Leagues baseball. try, is in the midst of both a public
the Senate agreed to the following res- The message also announced that the health and an economic crisis. This
olution: Senate has passed with amendments in clearly isn’t news to anyone. We have
S. RES. 770 which the concurrence of the House is been here for months now.
Whereas, on May 19, 1926, Mark Andrews
requested, bills of the House of the fol- My community—the people whom I
was born in Fargo, North Dakota; lowing titles: represent—are looking to us—the peo-
Whereas, Mark Andrews was a cadet at the H.R. 1830. An act to require the Secretary ple whom they just cast ballots for—to
United States Military Academy in West of the Treasury to mint coins in commemo- comprehensively address this crisis. No
Point, New York, from 1944 until 1946, when ration of the National Purple Heart Hall of
matter which side of the aisle that you
he received a disability discharge; Honor.
Whereas, Mark Andrews graduated from H.R. 6395. An Act to authorize appropria- are on, Madam Speaker, we have a col-
North Dakota State University in 1949; tions for fiscal year 2021 for military activi- lective responsibility to address the
Whereas, Mark Andrews began his career ties of the Department of Defense, for mili- COVID pandemic from both the public
as a farmer in the Red River Valley when he tary construction, and for defense activities health and economic perspective.
served as an operator of a cattle feeding lot, of the Department of Energy, to prescribe I have been in my community talk-
and subsequently served in numerous agri- military personnel strengths for such fiscal ing to small business owners. Hard-
culture-related positions throughout the year, and for other purposes. working Pennsylvanians need Federal
State of North Dakota, including serving The message also announced that the
as—
support to weather this crisis. An eco-
Senate has passed bills of the following nomic recovery cannot ignore the
(1) a member of numerous farmer organiza-
titles in which the concurrence of the needs of our small businesses. That is
tions;
(2) the Director of the Garrison Conser- House is requested: not recovery at all.
vancy District from 1955 until 1964; and S. 732. An Act to amend the PROTECT Act We need to pass my Paycheck Pro-
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(3) the president of the North Dakota Crop to expand the national AMBER Alert system tection Small Business Forgiveness
Improvement Association; to territories of the United States, and for
Act to expedite forgiveness for Pay-
Whereas, Mark Andrews ran for Governor other purposes.
of North Dakota in 1962 and, during a special S. 1342. An Act to require the Under Sec- check Protection Program loans for
election in 1963, was elected as a member of retary for Oceans and Atmosphere to update less than $150,000, which accounts for
the House of Representatives, a position he periodically the environmental sensitivity more than 90 percent of PPP borrowers
held until 1981; index products of the National Oceanic and across the country.
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November 17, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5863
This pandemic has taken lives and ple. But all my constituents know is that the American people’s lives can be
livelihoods from so many Pennsylva- that that has not happened. We have a saved.
nians. We have the opportunity here to sacred duty to get it done. f
contain this virus and reverse this eco- f
nomic fallout. I urge the passage of the b 1800
Paycheck Protection Small Business THE GROWING THREAT OF CHINA
MAINTAINING EXPANSION OF
Forgiveness Act. (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given
TELEMEDICINE
f permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
HIRE VETS MEDALLION marks.) the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan-
(Mr. CLINE asked and was given per- Mr. LAMALFA. Madam Speaker, uary 3, 2019, the gentleman from Ari-
mission to address the House for 1 China continues to grow as a threat to zona (Mr. SCHWEIKERT) is recognized
minute and to revise and extend his re- freedom and human rights worldwide, for 60 minutes as the designee of the
marks.) and the People’s Liberation Army is minority leader.
Mr. CLINE. Madam Speaker, I rise one of their strongest tools. Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Madam Speaker,
today to recognize two businesses in Unfortunately, large U.S. investment with all the chaos and the activity
the Sixth District who have committed funds are shelling out millions of dol- going on around us, as we all know, we
themselves to serving those who served lars to Chinese companies that support are all organizing our conferences. I
our Nation. the PLA. Individuals, banks, and com- wanted to touch on a couple of pieces
Tactical & Survival Specialties, In- panies should not be putting our finan- of legislation that are out there right
corporated, of Harrisonburg was award- cial security at risk in order to inflate now that I am hoping, if we do some
ed the Department of Labor’s HIRE their financial portfolios. packages between now and the end of
Vets Medallion for the second year in a President Trump has been consist- the year, we will all consider. And I
row, while Rubicon Planning of Roa- ently tough on China and recently love using the little boards because I
noke earned this distinction for the issued an executive order banning think it sort of helps concentrate.
first time. American investment in these dan- One of the things, if there is any
This prestigious honor is the only gerous companies. Similarly, Congress- positive of what we have gone through
program within the Federal Govern- man BANKS, Congressman GALLAGHER, in the pandemic, is the skepticism that
ment that recognizes the meaningful and I introduced the Stop Funding the was this body about telemedicine I
and verifiable efforts undertaken by PLA Act to prohibit American funds hope is over, if you see the adoption
job creators to hire and retain our Na- from going to entities that support rate of what has happened with, par-
tion’s veterans. China’s growing military presence. ticularly, our seniors in embracing,
These two patriotic businesses under- Madam Speaker, I urge my House having positive experiences, and actu-
stand why veterans are such an asset colleagues to join us in making this ally even demanding telemedicine serv-
to any workforce. bill a permanent part of our strategy ices.
According to a new Census report, to hold China accountable. We should My understanding is now that there
veterans are more willing than civil- stand strong and never support the Chi- is open enrollment in Medicare part D,
ians to work longer hours and seek nese Communist Party or any of its en- that is actually now one of the com-
full-time employment. Further, by na- tities. mon requests: What type of telemedi-
ture, veterans work well in a team and f cine services do you provide and offer?
have a sense of duty. They are dis- If we understand, as a body, that the
COVID–19
ciplined, determined, and confident. access for our seniors to use telemedi-
They are trained to be problem-solvers, (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was
given permission to address the House cine functionally—the expansion of the
to adapt to changing situations, and reimbursements, the rules—expires
they have a work ethic that is simply for 1 minute and to revise and extend
her remarks.) when the pandemic is declared over, I
unmatched. For these reasons, I en- am desperately hoping that our broth-
courage all businesses to hire veterans. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker,
just recently I read an article that in- ers and sisters around here on the right
I applaud and thank Rubicon Plan-
dicated that one in six Texans had been and the left hear that and understand
ning and TSSi for being one of a select
infected with COVID–19. As the study if the community has embraced the
few awardees across the Nation who
indicates in our local newspaper, that price efficiency, the additional access
have already committed themselves to
may be the case for States around the to healthcare—that is, the telemedi-
doing so.
Nation. So I think it is extremely im- cine—let’s make sure we don’t let it ex-
f pire when the vaccine and those come
portant that the General Services Ad-
COVID RELIEF ministration and the administrator of onto the market, are widely adopted,
(Mr. CRIST asked and was given per- that department follow their adminis- and we start to see the declaration
mission to address the House for 1 trative duties to allow the President- that the pandemic is over. So, this is
minute.) elect and Vice President-elect to be en- just sort of the benchmark of starting.
Mr. CRIST. Madam Speaker, we need gaged in COVID–19 briefings to save Now, if I am making the argument
a COVID relief package, and we need it lives. that telemedicine has expanded access,
now. America is the richest country in In addition, I think it is crucial that and we are seeing the opportunity for
the world. In fact, America is the rich- we move forward on the Heroes Act some real cost efficiency—because, as
est country in history. that will provide for PPEs, will provide we know, it is always hard to talk
The CARES Act and the Fed pumped for payroll protection, and, of course, about, but Medicare is one of the great-
trillions of dollars into the economy testing. Early on, testing was supposed est drivers of U.S. debt. As a matter of
this spring all while interest rates sank to be 5 million a day. We have only fact, it is the greatest driver of U.S.
to historic lows. Our economic might tested 1.6 million a day minimally in debt.
was built for this moment—for this the United States at least. We have to It is demographics. Our brothers and
emergency. We can afford to meet the do more to save lives. Testing, social sisters who are 65 years and older—and
needs of our people and our economy in distancing, washing your hands, and I am going to be there soon—earn this
this pandemic. The economists, in fact, wearing a mask will save lives. It will benefit. But the fact of the matter is,
are urgently telling us that the prob- save lives here, and it will save lives the unfunded liabilities, the substan-
lems of today vastly outweigh the po- across America. tial portion of it, come out of the gen-
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tential debt problems of tomorrow. Finally, we must pass this legislation eral fund. It is a major driver.
This is especially true if inaction to help with the mental health stress We should be excited that we had a
means laying off firefighters and peo- people are facing and the economic proof of concept during this sort of
ple losing their homes. stress they are facing. miserable several months, that it ex-
We know we can help our people, and The General Services Administration panded access. We are seeing the price
experts agree we should help our peo- needs to do their job and do it now so efficiency.
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