Senate Floor Speech on Coronavirus Assistance — Congressional Record, November 18, 2020
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This is a Congressional Record, Senate section dated November 18, 2020, beginning at page S7061. It opens with the closing part of a senator's remarks about serving Arizona, ending with the words "I yield the floor for the final time." Under Order of Procedure, Mr. McConnell asks unanimous consent that the cloture motion with respect to the McNeel nomination ripen at 5:30 p.m. Monday, November 30. Under Coronavirus, Mrs. Shaheen of New Hampshire speaks about the need to pass another package of assistance, citing New Hampshire small businesses, restaurants, hotels, childcare centers, schools and nursing homes. She states that the Paycheck Protection Program has helped over 24,000 small businesses and refers to about $125 billion left in that program.
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November 18, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE CORRECTION S7061
vets like George Cross while partici- son of Esther 4:14 as my life’s scripture The Senator from New Hampshire.
pating in the 75th anniversary of D- ever since: Can it be that you were put CORONAVIRUS
Day in Normandy; to connect with and in this position for such a time as this? Mrs. SHAHEEN. Madam President, I
encourage Arizona sailors patrolling I was honored to serve with each of come to the floor today to raise the
the Straits of Hormuz during height- you in this Chamber for such a time as concern about the need to pass another
ened tensions with Iran; to secure, then this. We experience this gift of life in package of assistance to address the
pin an overdue Purple Heart on Iraq seasons, and while this season is one coronavirus.
war veteran Michael Letcher; and to filled with tumult and challenges, I I had a chance over the weeks that
tour the border with the Ladd family know we will get through it as Ameri- we were in our home States in October
and other ranchers—hard-working, pa- cans always do—together. and after the election to travel around
triotic people whom I never would have When I was appointed to the Senate, New Hampshire and to talk with a
met had I not served in Congress. I thought of this season in my life and number of our small businesses, rep-
Over the last several, challenging decided, if this is the last 2 years of my resentatives from nursing homes, from
months, I have been so inspired and life, I want to make it count for others. our hospitals, from so many of the peo-
proud to witness Arizonans stepping up Today represents a change in seasons ple who are affected by what is hap-
to help each other get through this for me. I don’t yet have clarity on what pening with COVID–19.
pandemic. Our small business owners my next mission will be, but I do know And what I heard was that too many
and universities found innovative ways who is the author and finisher of my people are struggling; too many people
to make PPE for our frontline faith and that He created each of us are hurting, and they need help.
healthcare heroes. We delivered meals with a purpose. We live up to that pur- New Hampshire has a small business
to doctors and nurses with church con- pose when we live, as John McCain ex- economy. It is an economy where over
gregations and packed up food boxes horted to us, for causes greater than 50 percent of our workers are employed
with the National Guard at local food oneself. by small businesses, where about 98
banks. This mentality was encapsulated by percent of the businesses in New Hamp-
Even in the midst of such unprece- Teddy Roosevelt in a famous speech
shire are considered to be small busi-
dented challenges, I, like many other more than 100 years ago, one I trust we
nesses.
Arizonans, took in the beauty of our all know well. I came across his ‘‘man And I was very proud of being able to
great landscapes by hiking sections of in the arena’’ passage when I was just work with Senators CARDIN and RUBIO
the Arizona trail. On a day-long trek to a teenage cadet in the Air Force Acad-
and COLLINS to design the Paycheck
the bottom of the Grand Canyon and emy, and it spoke to my purpose-driven
Protection Program as part of the
spirit, so I cut it out and put it on my
back with a dear friend, we were joined CARES Act that has helped over 24,000
bulletin board. The same yellowed,
for part of the hike by the park’s new small businesses during the time after
torn paper is on my refrigerator today,
superintendent. We saw firsthand the it was passed—small businesses and
more than 30 years later.
benefits the Great American Outdoors We can truly say in this short season nonprofits.
Act would bring to this national treas- that we were daring in all we did to ad- That also was instrumental in bring-
ure and crowning jewel of our State— vance worthy causes, and our place ing $2.5 billion into New Hampshire and
legislation we championed in this very shall never be with those timid souls keeping 200,000 people employed.
room. Many of those small businesses have
who knew neither victory nor defeat.
I also went on ride-alongs with Bor- It has been a true honor, Arizona. We bounced back to where they were be-
der Patrol and local law enforcement are an extraordinary State with ex- fore COVID–19, but too many of them
to experience the challenges they face traordinary people. I know our future still need help, and they are worried
in keeping our communities safe and is blessed and bright just like our State about whether they are going to be
learn how to best support these heroes. motto: ‘‘God enriches.’’ I have been en- able to get through the winter.
I will miss these life-changing oppor- riched by the privilege to fight for you Of special concern are businesses in
tunities, but I will always carry with and serve you these past 6 years—2 the hospitality industry—our hotels
me the time I had and lessons I learned here in the Senate. and restaurants. Tourism is our second
from Arizona’s amazing unsung heroes. I wish my successor, Mark Kelly, all largest industry in New Hampshire.
As we approach the end of a year that the best as he represents our incredible Recently, I had a conference call
has tested our country, I look forward State in this hallowed Chamber. with a number of folks from the Hotel
to spending time, as I do every year, in Let me close with the words of Apos- and Lodging Association. One of the
prayer, thought, and writing for the tle Paul, which I hope and pray will be things that they told me is that they
year ahead. Sometimes I feel the Lord said about my life in my final days are not sure how they are going to get
presses a few words on my heart— whenever they come. He wrote: ‘‘I have through the winter.
words that are important to keep fought the good fight. I have finished For many of our restaurants, about a
strong and guide my spirit for the next the race. I have kept the faith.’’ third of their business has come over
year. At the end of last year, three May God continue to bless America the summer from outdoor eating, and
words stuck out during my time of re- and Arizona. May we all finish the race that, of course, is ending in New Hamp-
flection for 2020. I put these words on and keep the faith. shire as the weather gets cold. How
sticky notes on my bathroom mirror to I yield the floor for the final time. they are going to make that up is a
serve as daily reminders: peace, joy, (Applause, Senators rising.) real question.
and gratitude. ORDER OF PROCEDURE Restaurants were the first businesses
In the most difficult year in modern The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. to be shut down in New Hampshire;
history, I have known a peace that sur- BLACKBURN). The majority leader. they were the last businesses to open
passes all understanding, a joy that Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, up; and now we have a huge industry
can only come from a loving Creator, I ask unanimous consent that the clo- that is not sure how it is going to get
and a gratitude that even on the most ture motion with respect to the McNeel through the year.
difficult days, an almighty God put me nomination ripen at 5:30 p.m. Monday, The second highest number of work-
on this Earth and in this Chamber to November 30. I further ask that at 4:30 ers in this country are in the res-
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stand in the breach during this mo- p.m. today the postcloture time with taurant industry. We have got to pro-
ment in our Nation’s history. respect to the Mizelle nomination ex- vide some help for them, and it needs
Standing up for what is right during pire and the Senate vote on confirma- to be significant. We also have to look
challenging times is the founding ethos tion of the nomination. Finally, if con- at the hotels. Again, a big piece of
of our great country. firmed, the motion to reconsider be what we have got to address.
Early in my time in the military, a made and laid upon the table and the There was a recent report from the
mentor pointed me to the Book of Es- President be immediately notified of American Hotel and Lodging Associa-
ther for guidance as I navigated wheth- the Senate’s action. tion that showed that business travel
er to risk my career to stand up for The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without over the holidays is going to be down
what was right. I have carried the les- objection, it is so ordered. significantly. That is a big source of
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revenue for many of those businesses, tion called Early Learning New Hamp- and early October, we are now seeing
and we have got to provide some help shire, which is an umbrella organiza- the cases rise again, and hospitaliza-
and some additional help for those tion for childcare in New Hampshire. tions are up. So they are looking at fi-
businesses as we look at trying to get What she told me is that if they get no nancial shortfalls at the end of this
a package of assistance. help, by next year 50 percent of the year. If we can’t provide help for those
Another round of the PPP program is childcare centers in New Hampshire hospitals, if we can’t provide help for
probably important. We know we had will be out of business. some of our rural hospitals, we are
about $125 billion left in that program, As I talked to employers at some of going to see more bankruptcies. That
but we need to think about how we can those small businesses, they tell me means not just an impact on the
target it best to those industries that one of the challenges they have is healthcare that they provide, but for
are most affected, also to minority being able to bring workers back when many of those institutions, they are
businesses that may not have a rela- they are able to operate because they the biggest employer in their commu-
tionship with a financial institution. don’t have any childcare for their kids. nity, so more people are going to be
So as we think about what we have And, of course, with schools going so out of work.
got to do, that is one of the big pieces. remote, there is a real concern about So we are looking at this downward
I had a chance to visit a restaurant parents and how they are dealing with spiral that is going to get ever worse if
over in the western part of our State. their kids. Most parents and most we do nothing to address the needs of
It was a business that I visited 6 years schools want to bring the kids back, our businesses, of the people who are
ago, right after it had opened—a res- but in order to do that, they have to unemployed, of hospitals, childcare
taurant and pub. make sure that it is safe, and they need centers, and our schools. It is critical
When I went there, they had five em- help in order to make sure it is safe. that we come to some agreement. We
ployees. It is a young man and his They need help with HVAC systems ought to be able to reach a bipartisan
mother who run the business. I asked and with the cleaning supplies and the agreement. It is one of the things I
him if he was able to get a PPP loan. PPE that are necessary in order to heard as I was campaigning around
He said, yes, but he said: My mother make sure the schools are safe for the New Hampshire. People need help.
and I haven’t taken a salary since students. We have to provide help for They need help now. Why can’t we
March because it didn’t seem right to those schools. We have to provide help work together to get that done?
lay off one of my five employees who for the childcare centers and help for I think we need to all double down
have families just so that I could take our small businesses. and try to come to some sort of com-
a salary. He said: So we are doing ev- Then, of course, I met with nursing promise that allows us to provide help
erything we can to get by. We hope we homes in New Hampshire. Long-term to people who need it immediately be-
will be able to make it, but it is not at care facilities have had about 40 per- cause if we don’t, it is only going to get
all clear that we will be able to do cent of the deaths as a result of worse. The number of coronavirus
that. COVID–19 in this country, and yet they cases are only going to continue to in-
I looked around the restaurant, and have only gotten about 4 percent of the crease, and we need to work to address
in the middle of the restaurant was a funding. In New Hampshire, where we that.
big barrel, and it was filled with We need to have a transition that al-
have the highest percentage of deaths
canned goods and dried goods—food. On lows the next administration to work
in our long-term care facilities of any
it was a sign that said, ‘‘Take what you with the current administration to
State in the country, 82 percent of our
need,’’ because we have so many people make sure that the efforts to get this
deaths have been in nursing homes.
who are desperate—desperate for food, Right now they have a workforce new vaccine out—the two vaccines that
desperate for housing. shortage that averages about 25 per- look like they are promising—are
As I talked to the mayors in New cent. It is so bad that our Governor going to be effective and we are actu-
Hampshire, particularly in our two ally going to be able to get people im-
this week reinstituted a stipend for
largest cities, Manchester and Nashua, munized and have the funding to do
long-term care workers. It is some-
housing and homelessness is a huge that. In order for that to happen, we
thing that he started back in April. It
issue. Homelessness has increased ex- have to see a change in the transition,
ran through July. As things got better,
and we have to work together to make
ponentially. In Manchester, our biggest they needed less help. But now they are
that happen to provide the help that
city, we have 35 encampments of the back in a situation where they can’t
the States need.
homeless. The biggest one is on the get the help they need. So I am going to be continuing to do
grounds of the State superior court. I visited a nursing home in the north-
everything I can here in this body to
What does it say when, in the richest ern part of New Hampshire, Coos Coun-
see if we can’t come to some agreement
country in the world, we have so many ty, our northern most county that bor-
around a package that would provide
people who are homeless? And the ders the Canadian border. What they help to those who need it, and I hope
problem is getting worse. I talked to told me is that while they have some that all of my colleagues will do the
the community action agencies in New personal protective equipment, they same, that we will all double down on
Hampshire, which are providing help don’t have enough to guarantee what the efforts. I am not saying we should
for people with housing. They told me they need long term. So here we are, 9 help people who don’t need it. That is
they are seeing people they have never months into this pandemic, and we obvious. But we should help the people
seen before—people who need help be- still have nursing homes that can’t get who need help because they are strug-
cause of COVID. the help they need, can’t get the per- gling, and it is not going to get any
Then there are the childcare centers sonal protective equipment that they better unless we provide some assist-
and camps. In New Hampshire, our need. They are struggling to get by, ance.
camps have been a special part of our struggling to get the workers they I hope we are going to see some ac-
summer experience. We have people need. tion in the next couple of weeks be-
from all over the country who come to Then there are the hospitals. In New tween now and the end of the year.
camps in New Hampshire. Only six of Hampshire we have a lot of rural hos- I yield the floor.
our overnight camps were able to oper- pitals. One of them has gone bankrupt The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
ate through the summer, and they op- in the last couple of weeks because of ator from Arkansas.
erate on a margin that says if they COVID. The hospitals in our two big- Mr. COTTON. Madam President, I
don’t make it in the summer, they are gest cities have had the majority of the ask unanimous consent to complete my
not going to get any revenue for an- hospitalizations that we have seen in remarks before the scheduled 4:30 vote
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other year until next summer. They New Hampshire. We have four hos- if my remarks run beyond 4:30.
are worried about whether they are pitals, two in Manchester and two in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
going to go under between now and New Hampshire, that have dealt with objection, it is so ordered.
next summer. the most COVID patients in the State. ANNIVERSARY OF THE ‘‘MAYFLOWER’’
Our childcare centers—I heard from Just when they were beginning to see Mr. COTTON. Madam President, a
Jackie Cowell, who runs an organiza- their patients come back in September great American anniversary is upon us:
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November 18, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7063
400 years ago this Saturday, a battered erbeaten bodies; no houses or much less town Fourth, again prefiguring the Dec-
old ship called the Mayflower arrived to repair to, to seek for succor. . . . And for laration, the Pilgrims did not sur-
in the waters off Cape Cod. The pas- the season it was winter, and they that know render all rights to that government.
the winters of that country know them to be
sengers aboard the Mayflower are, in sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and
They promised ‘‘all due submission and
many ways, our first founders. Daniel fierce storms, dangerous to travel to known obedience’’ to the new government—
Webster called them ‘‘Our Pilgrim Fa- places, much more to search an unknown not ‘‘total’’ or ‘‘unquestioning’’ or
thers’’ on the 200th anniversary of this coast. Besides, what could they see but a hid- ‘‘permanent’’ submission and obedi-
occasion. Regrettably, we haven’t eous and desolate wilderness. ence. That obedience would presum-
heard much about this anniversary of And to those physical dangers, you ably be ‘‘due’’ as long as the laws re-
the Mayflower. I suppose the Pilgrims can add legal and political danger. mained ‘‘just and equal,’’ and the offi-
have fallen out of favor in fashionable While the Mayflower had found land, it cers appointed performed their duties
circles these days. I therefore would was the wrong land. For, you see, the in a ‘‘just and equal’’ manner.
like to take a few minutes to reflect on Pilgrims’ patent extended to Virginia, Finally, even in that moment of
the Pilgrim story and its living legacy but Cape Cod was hundreds of miles to great privation and peril, the Pilgrims
for our Nation. the north. According to Bradford, turned their eyes upward to the higher,
By 1620, the Pilgrims were already ‘‘some of the Strangers,’’ perhaps hop- nobler ends of political society. They
practiced at living in a strange land. ing to strike out on their own in search listed their ‘‘preservation’’ as an objec-
They had fled England for Holland 12 of riches, began to make ‘‘discontented tive of the new government, but even
years earlier, seeking freedom to prac- and mutinous speeches.’’ These Strang- before that came ‘‘our better order-
tice their faith. But life was hard in ers asserted that ‘‘when they came ing.’’ The Pilgrims understood that lib-
Holland, and the Stuart monarchy, in- ashore, they would use their own lib- erty, prosperity, faith, and flourishing
tolerant of dissent from the Church of erty; for none had the power to com- are only possible with order, and that
England, gradually extended its oppres- mand them’’ in New England. while safety may be the first responsi-
sive reach across the Channel. So the Maybe they had a point. But Strang- bility of government, it is not the high-
Pilgrims fled the Old World for the er and Pilgrim alike also had a prob- est or ultimate purpose of government.
New. lem: They couldn’t survive the ‘‘deso- This new government would do more
In seeking safe harbor for their reli- late wilderness’’ alone. Before landfall, than merely protect the settlers or re-
gion, the Pilgrims differed from those then, they mutually worked out their solve their disputes; it would aim for
settlers who preceded them in the pre- differences and formed what Bradford ‘‘the general good of the Colony.’’
vious century, up to and including the modestly called ‘‘a combination.’’ There, aboard that rickety old ship,
Jamestown settlement just 13 years This ‘‘combination’’ is known to us tossed about in the cold New England
earlier. As John Quincy Adams put it and history, of course, as the waters, the Pilgrims foreshadowed in
in a speech celebrating the Pilgrims’ Mayflower Compact. But this little fewer than 200 words so many cherished
anniversary, those earlier settlers Compact—fewer than 200 words—was concepts of our Nation: faith in God
‘‘were all instigated by personal inter- no mere ‘‘combination.’’ It was Amer- and his providential protection; the
ests’’ motivated by ‘‘avarice and ambi- ica’s very first constitution; indeed, in natural equality of mankind; from
tion’’ and ‘‘selfish passions.’’ The Pil- Calvin Coolidge’s words, ‘‘the first con- many, one; government by consent; the
grims, by contrast, braved the seas stitution of modern times.’’ rule of law; equality before the law;
‘‘under the single inspiration of con- Likewise, Churchill called the and the impartial administration of
science’’ and out of a ‘‘sense of reli- Mayflower Compact ‘‘one of the more the law.
gious obligation.’’ remarkable documents in history, a Little wonder, therefore, that Adams
Not to say all aboard the Mayflower spontaneous covenant for political or- referred to the Mayflower Compact and
felt the same. About half of the 102 pas- ganization.’’ High praise coming from the Pilgrims’ arrival as the ‘‘birth-day
sengers were known as ‘‘Strangers’’ to him, so it is worth reflecting a little of your nation’’ or that Webster, de-
the Pilgrims. The Strangers were more on a few points about the Com- spite all the settlements preceding
craftsmen, traders, indentured serv- pact. Plymouth, said that ‘‘the first scene of
ants, and others added to the manifest First, while the Pilgrims affirmed our history was laid’’ there.
by the ship’s financial backers for busi- their allegiance to England and the But that history was only just begin-
ness reasons. The Strangers did not monarchy, they left little doubt about ning. The Pilgrims still had to conquer
share the Pilgrims’ faith, suffice it to their priorities. The Compact begins the ‘‘desolate wilderness’’ and establish
say. Winston Churchill, in his ‘‘History with their traditional religious invoca- their settlement. Considering the chal-
of the English-Speaking Peoples,’’ tion: ‘‘In the name of God, Amen.’’ lenges, it is a wonder that they did. As
wryly observed that the Strangers were They expressed as the ends of their ar- Coolidge observed, though, the Com-
‘‘no picked band of saints.’’ duous voyage, in order, ‘‘the Glory of pact ‘‘was not the most wonderful
So these were the settlers who God,’’ the ‘‘advancement of the Chris- thing about the Mayflower. The most
boarded the Mayflower, which Dwight tian faith,’’ and only then the ‘‘honor wonderful of all was that those who
Eisenhower once characterized as ‘‘a of our King and Country.’’ And much drew it up had the power, the deter-
ship that today no one in his senses like the Founding Fathers’ famous mination, and the strength of char-
would think of attempting to use.’’ One pledge to each other before ‘‘divine acter to live up to it from that day.’’
can only imagine the hardships, the Providence’’ 156 years later, the Pil- They would need all that and more to
dangers, the doubts that they faced grims covenanted with each other ‘‘sol- survive what has been called ‘‘the
while crossing the north Atlantic. The emnly and mutually in the presence of starving time.’’ Upon landfall, the Pil-
ship leaked chronically. A main beam God.’’ grims ‘‘fell upon their knees and
bowed and cracked. The passage took Second, they respected each other as blessed the God of Heaven who had
longer than expected—more than 2 free and equal citizens. Whether Pil- brought them over the vast and furious
months. Food and water—or beer, often grim or Stranger, the signatories ocean.’’ But it would be a ‘‘sad and
the beverage of choice—ran dan- covenanted together to form a govern- lamentable’’ winter of disease, starva-
gerously low. ment, irrespective of faith or station. tion, and death, as half the settlers
But somehow, through the grace of Third and related, that government died and seldom more than half a dozen
God and the skill of the crew, the would be self-government based on the had the strength to care for the ill,
Mayflower finally sighted land. Yet the consent of the governed. The Pilgrims provide food and shelter, and protect
dangers only multiplied. William Brad- did not appoint a patriarch; they the camp.
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ford, a Pilgrim leader whose ‘‘Of Plym- formed a ‘‘civil body politic’’ based on As anyone who has endured a New
outh Plantation’’ is our chief source ‘‘just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, England winter knows, at that rate,
for the Pilgrim story, recorded those constitutions, and offices.’’ And imme- there might not have been any camp
dangers: diately after signing the Compact, they left to protect by spring. But what can
They had now no friends to welcome them, conducted a democratic election to only be seen as a providential moment
nor inns to entertain or refresh their weath- choose their first Governor. came in March, when a lone Indian
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walked boldly into their camp and instance, the New York Times called Crapo Lankford Rounds
Cruz Lee Rubio
greeted them in English. His name was this story a ‘‘myth’’ and a ‘‘caricature’’ Daines Loeffler Sasse
Samoset. He had learned some broken in the food section, no less. Maybe the Enzi McConnell Scott (SC)
English by working with English fish- politically correct editors of the de- Ernst McSally Shelby
ermen in the waters off what is now bunked 1619 Project are now respon- Fischer Moran Sullivan
Graham Murkowski Thune
Maine. Samoset and the Pilgrims ex- sible for pumpkin pie recipes at the Hawley Paul Tillis
changed gifts, and he promised to re- Times as well. Hoeven Perdue
Toomey
turn with another Indian, Squanto, But I, for one, still have the pride Hyde-Smith Portman
Wicker
Inhofe Risch
who spoke fluent English. and confidence of our forebears. So Johnson Roberts
Young
Squanto’s Tribe had been wiped out a here, today, I speak in the spirit of Kennedy Romney
few years earlier by an epidemic that cabin, and I reaffirm that old NAYS—41
plague. He now lived among the Compact. As we head into the week of Baldwin Hassan Reed
Wampanoag Tribe in what is today Thanksgiving, I will be giving thanks Bennet Heinrich Rosen
Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode this year in particular to ‘‘our Pilgrim Blumenthal Hirono Schatz
Island. The plague had also weakened Fathers’’ and the timeless lessons they Booker Jones Schumer
the Wampanoags, though not neigh- Brown Kaine Shaheen
bequeathed to our great Nation. For as Cantwell King
boring rival Tribes. The Wampanoag Sinema
Coolidge observed, ‘‘Plymouth Rock Cardin Klobuchar Smith
chief, Massasoit, thus had good reason does not mark a beginning or an end. It Carper Leahy Stabenow
to form an alliance with the Pilgrims. marks a revelation of that which is Casey Manchin
Tester
Coons Markey
Squanto introduced him to the settlers without beginning and without end.’’ Cortez Masto Menendez
Van Hollen
and facilitated their peace and mutual Warner
May God continue to bless this land Duckworth Merkley
Warren
aid treaty, which lasted more than 50 and may He bless the memory of the Durbin Murphy
Wyden
years. Gillibrand Peters
Pilgrims of 1620. I extend my best wish-
Squanto remained with the Pilgrims, es to you and to your family for a NOT VOTING—10
acting, in Bradford’s words, as ‘‘their Thanksgiving as happy and peaceful as Alexander Harris Udall
interpreter’’ and ‘‘a special instrument the First Thanksgiving. Feinstein Murray Whitehouse
Gardner Sanders
sent of God for their good beyond their I yield the floor. Grassley Scott (FL)
expectations.’’ He instructed them on VOTE ON MIZELLE NOMINATION
the cultivation of native crops like The nomination was confirmed.
corn, squash, and beans. He showed The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under
them where to fish and to hunt. He the previous order, all postcloture time the previous order, the motion to re-
guided them on land and sea to new is expired. consider is considered made and laid
destinations. The question is, Will the Senate ad- upon table, and the President will be
And you probably remember what vise and consent to the Mizelle nomi- immediately notified of the Senate’s
happened next. As the Pilgrims recov- nation? action.
ered and prospered throughout 1621, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. The Senator from Maryland.
they received the blessings of a bounti- Madam President, I ask for the yeas f
ful fall harvest. The Pilgrims enter- and nays.
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
tained Massasoit and the Wampanoags The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
and feasted with them to express their sufficient second?
gratitude to their allies and to give There is a sufficient second. MORNING BUSINESS
thanks to God for His abundant gifts. The clerk will call the roll. Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask
This meal, of course, was the First The senior assistant legislative clerk unanimous consent that the Senate
Thanksgiving. called the roll. proceed to legislative session and be in
Now, the Thanksgiving season is Mr. THUNE. The following Senators a period of morning business, with Sen-
upon us, and, once again, we have are necessarily absent: the Senator ators permitted to speak therein for up
much to give thanks for. But this year from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER), the to 10 minutes each.
we ought to be especially thankful for Senator from Colorado (Mr. GARDNER), The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
our ancestors, the Pilgrims, on their the Senator from Iowa (Mr. GRASSLEY), objection, it is so ordered.
400th anniversary. Their faith, their and the Senator from Florida (Mr. f
bravery, their wisdom places them in SCOTT).
the American pantheon. Alongside the Further, if present and voting, the MAGNITSKY ACT
Patriots of 1776, the Pilgrims of 1620 de- Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, earlier
serve the honor of American Founders. ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea,’’ the today, Senator WICKER and I partici-
Sadly, however, there appear to be Senator from Iowa (Mr. GRASSLEY) pated in a call with our colleagues
few commemorations, parades, or fes- would have voted ‘‘yea,’’ and the Sen- from Europe in regard to their efforts
tivals to celebrate the Pilgrims this ator from Florida (Mr. SCOTT) would to pass a Global Magnitsky statute. I
year, perhaps in part because revi- have voted ‘‘yea.’’ mention that because this month rep-
sionist charlatans of the radical left Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the resents the 11th year anniversary of
have lately claimed the previous year Senator from California (Mrs. FEIN- the tragic death of Sergei Magnitsky.
as America’s true founding. Nothing STEIN), the Senator from California Sergei Magnitsky was a lawyer in
could be further from the truth. The (Ms. HARRIS), the Senator from Wash- Russia, representing a client when he
Pilgrims and their Compact, like the ington (Mrs. MURRAY), the Senator discovered the largest tax fraud in
Founders and their Declaration, form from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS), the Sen- modern Russian history—$230 million.
the true foundation of America. ator from New Mexico (Mr. UDALL), and Many of the individuals who were in-
So count me in Coolidge’s camp. On the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. volved in this corruption had ties with
this anniversary a century ago, he pro- WHITEHOUSE) are necessarily absent. Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin.
claimed that ‘‘it is our duty and the The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Mr. Magnitsky did what any lawyer
duty of every true American to reas- CRAMER). Are there any other Senators is required to do, he reported the fraud
semble in spirit in the cabin of the in the Chamber desiring to vote? that he discovered to the local authori-
Mayflower, rededicate ourselves to the The result was announced—yeas 49, ties and asked for them to investigate
Pilgrims’ great work by re-signing and nays 41, as follows: the issue. Instead, Sergei Magnitsky
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reaffirming the document that has [Rollcall Vote No. 239 Ex.] was arrested. He was imprisoned with-
made mankind of all the earth more out parole; he was beaten; he was tor-
YEAS—49
glorious.’’ tured; and he died in jail without med-
Barrasso Braun Collins
Some—too many—may have lost the ical help in November of 2009.
Blackburn Burr Cornyn
civilizational self-confidence needed to Blunt Capito Cotton There was no accountability for the
celebrate the Pilgrims. Just today, for Boozman Cassidy Cramer perpetrators of this atrocity. In fact,
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