Congressional Record, December 20, 2020 — Senate
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This is S7873 of the Congressional Record, Senate, December 20, 2020, with interleaved columns. The page records the vote on advice and consent to the Aenlle-Rocha nomination, Rollcall Vote No. 284, yeas 80 and nays 8, after Mr. Wicker asks for the yeas and nays. Mr. Lankford asks to proceed to legislative session for morning business, and Mr. Heinrich enters a vote explanation for votes missed in 2019. Under the heading H.R. 6535, Ms. Murkowski says enactment would address equitable treatment in Native healthcare and parity in Federal urban Indian health programs. A tribute to Senator Cory Gardner describes him as a fifth generation Coloradan who has served in the Senate since 2015, with the views attributed to the speakers.
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December 20, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7873
The question is, Will the Senate ad- LEGISLATIVE SESSION will miss them and the unique at-
vise and consent to the Aenlle-Rocha tributes, skill, and devotion to public
nomination? service they have brought to the Sen-
Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I ask for MORNING BUSINESS ate.
the yeas and nays. Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I ask Senator CORY GARDNER is a fifth gen-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a unanimous consent that the Senate eration Coloradan firmly rooted in the
sufficient second? proceed to legislative session to be in a State’s Eastern Plains whose family
There appears to be a sufficient sec- period of morning business, with Sen- has been in the farm implement busi-
ond. ators permitted to speak therein for up ness for over one century. He received
The clerk will call the roll. to 10 minutes each. his undergraduate degree from Colo-
The legislative clerk called the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without rado State University, where he grad-
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators objection, it is so ordered. uated summa cum laude, and his Juris
are necessarily absent: the Senator Doctor from the University of Colorado
f
from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER), the at Boulder.
VOTE EXPLANATION While Senator GARDNER has only
Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. BLACK-
been in the Senate since 2015, the ex-
BURN), the Senator from North Caro- Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. President, I was
pression ‘‘got it in one’’ certainly ap-
lina (Mr. BURR), the Senator from unavoidably absent in 2019 due to a
plies to him. Perhaps that is because
Texas (Mr. CRUZ), the Senator from family medical emergency for rollcall
he previously worked in the Senate for
Wyoming (Mr. ENZI), the Senator from votes Nos. 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201,
then-Senator Wayne Allard, quickly
Nebraska (Mrs. FISCHER), the Senator 202, and 203. Had I been present, I would
rising to become Senator Allard’s leg-
from Georgia (Mrs. LOEFFLER), the have voted yea on votes Nos. 195 and
islative director. He served for 6 years
Senator from Georgia (Mr. PERDUE), 197 and nay on votes Nos. 196, 198, 199,
in the Colorado House of Representa-
and the Senator from South Dakota 200, 201, 202, and 203.
tives and another 4 years in the U.S.
(Mr. ROUNDS). f House of Representatives before being
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the
H.R. 6535 elected to the Senate in 2014.
Senator from California (Mrs. FEIN- Here in the Senate, Senator GARDNER
STEIN), the Senator from California Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I has been a serious legislator but with a
(Ms. HARRIS), and the Senator from rise today to address equitable treat- cheerful and affable and civil manner.
Michigan (Ms. STABENOW) are nec- ment in Native healthcare. When the He has worked to bridge partisan di-
essarily absent. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs vides, particularly on energy policy,
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there considered S. 3650, the companion bill where he has been one of the Repub-
any other Senators in the Chamber de- to H.R. 6535, I noted the strong history licans’ leading advocates of renewable
siring to vote? of Alaska Natives and Native Hawai- energy. This year, the esteemed Lugar
The results was announced—yeas 80, ians working together to ensure that Center ranked Senator GARDNER as the
nays 8, as follows: there is parity in Federal policy for all third most bipartisan Senator.
[Rollcall Vote No. 284 Ex.] Native peoples. Enactment of H.R. 6535 I have had the opportunity to work
YEAS—80
will address the lack of parity in Fed- with Senator GARDNER on the Senate
eral urban Indian health programs, and Foreign Relations Committee as he led
Baldwin Graham Reed
Barrasso Grassley Risch by sending this bill to the President, the effort to impose sanctions against
Bennet Hassan Roberts the Senate is making a necessary cor- North Korea in his role as chairman of
Blunt Heinrich Romney rection that will support delivery of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Booker Hirono Rosen
Boozman Hoeven
healthcare to Native communities on East Asia, the Pacific, and Inter-
Rubio
Braun Hyde-Smith Schatz
across the country. But, as we pass this national Cybersecurity Policy.
Brown Inhofe Schumer measure, we must not forget that a Through the committee, we also
Cantwell Johnson Scott (FL) lack of parity continues to persist for
Capito Jones worked together to introduce legisla-
Scott (SC) the Native Hawaiian healthcare Sys-
Cardin Kaine
Shaheen
tion to enhance American maritime ca-
Carper Kelly
Shelby
tems funded through the Native Hawai- pacity and leadership and increase sup-
Casey Kennedy
Sinema ian Health Care Improvement Act. I port to our allies in the Asia-Pacific re-
Cassidy King
Collins Klobuchar
Smith am therefore committed to standing gion, the Asia-Pacific Maritime Secu-
Coons Lankford Sullivan with Senator SCHATZ to ensure that rity Initiative Act of 2016. I was also
Cornyn Leahy Tester Native Hawaiian healthcare systems
Thune pleased to work with Senator GARDNER
Cortez Masto Manchin are not left behind and will work with
Cotton McConnell Tillis in 2019 to introduce the Wildlife Refuge
Cramer Menendez Toomey him to address the inequitable access System Protection Act, bipartisan leg-
Crapo Merkley Udall to Federal Tort Claims Act coverage islation to provide legal authority for
Daines Moran Van Hollen among Native health systems in the
Duckworth Murkowski Warner the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—
Durbin Murphy Whitehouse
next Congress. Together, we will con- USFWS—to seek damages for injury or
Ernst Murray Wicker tinue to fight for the trust and treaty harm on National Wildlife Refuges, Na-
Gardner Peters Wyden rights and access to benefits for all of tional Fish Hatcheries, and other
Gillibrand Portman Young our country’s Native peoples. USFWS lands and waters.
NAYS—8 f My wife Myrna and I have traveled
Blumenthal Markey Sasse with Senator GARDNER and his wife
Hawley Paul Warren TRIBUTE TO DEPARTING Jaime to promote human rights
Lee Sanders SENATORS abroad. His commitment to global
NOT VOTING—12 Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, the end human rights was crystal clear to
Alexander Enzi Loeffler of a Congress is a bittersweet time. We Myrna and me. I will miss Senator
Blackburn Feinstein Perdue reflect with pride on our accomplish- GARDNER and his pleasant demeanor,
Burr Fischer Rounds ments but have a sense of wistfulness
Cruz Harris Stabenow
but he is still a young man so I am con-
with respect to the things we have been fident he will find new ways to con-
The nomination was confirmed. unable to do. We look forward to the tinue serving all Americans, but espe-
Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I ask holidays, spending more time with our cially the Coloradans he has rep-
unanimous consent that the motion to families, and having a bit of a respite. resented with distinction for the past
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reconsider be considered made and laid But we have to say good-bye to several 16 years. I wish him, Jaime, and their
upon the table and the President be im- colleagues. I would like to take a few children Alyson, Thatcher, and Caitlyn
mediately notified of the Senate’s ac- moments to pay tribute to Senators all the best.
tion. who will not be returning when the Senator Martha McSally has only
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 117th Congress convenes. They are my been in the Senate for 2 years, but it is
objection, it is so ordered. friends as well as my colleagues and I impossible not to be in awe of her true
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grit and determination, perhaps stem- has broken in her life. Senator McSally abiding faith and ceaseless efforts, that
ming from being the youngest of five has said, ‘‘There’s always more that arc is bending faster. I wish him, his
children. Her father died when she was unites us than divides us.’’ I agree wife Louise, their children Carson,
just 12, leaving her mother to raise and wholeheartedly with that sentiment. Christopher, and Courtney, and their
support her family. Perhaps it was the She is a fighter who will continue to two grandchildren all the best moving
example her mother set—Senator fight for our county, and I am grateful forward. I know he will continue to
McSally was determined to let nothing for that. serve our country, and I am hopeful it
stand in her way. She was the valedic- Senator DOUG JONES is a native will be as a member of the incoming
torian of her high school and earned an Alabaman, a steelworker’s son, who administration of President-Elect Joe
appointment to the United States Air grew up during the great struggle for Biden.
Force Academy, where she received a civil rights and desegregation in the Senator TOM UDALL comes from an
bachelor’s of science in biology. I am South. He has been involved in that illustrious extended family with a long
privileged to represent the U.S. Naval struggle all of his life, active in cam- history of distinguished public service,
Academy in Annapolis, MD. I have pus affairs at the University of Ala- including his father Stewart, who
served on the board of visitors, and my bama, where he earned his bachelor’s served as Secretary of the Interior
staff and I interview the hundreds of degree in 1976, and in trying to mod- under President John F. Kennedy and
young applicants across Maryland who ernize Alabama’s court system. Lyndon Baines Johnson from 1961 to
aspire to enroll in one of our service Senator JONES has the distinction of 1969. His uncle Morris ‘‘Mo’’ K. Udall
academies each year. I am not sure working, being confirmed by, and being was one of the most accomplished and
most Americans are aware of how in- elected to serve in the U.S. Senate. beloved Congressmen in U.S. history,
tensely competitive these positions are After he graduated from Cumberland representing Arizona’s Second District
and what a tremendous honor earning Law School at Samford University in for 30 years. While Senator UDALL was
an appointment is. Meeting these ap- 1979, he worked as a staff counsel on born in Tucson, he has deep roots in
plicants, reviewing their extraordinary the Senate Judiciary Committee for New Mexico, starting with his grand-
accomplishments at such a young age, then-Senator Howell Heflin. Senator mother Luna, who was born in New
and seeing their commitment to serv- JONES served as an Assistant U.S. At- Mexico Territory.
ice—willing to put their lives on the torney from 1980 to 1984. After he Senator UDALL earned his under-
line, if necessary—restores one’s faith worked in private practice for several graduate degree from Prescott College,
in the boundless future of our Nation. years, President Clinton nominated a bachelor of laws degree from Cam-
Senator McSally certainly put her him to serve as the U.S. Attorney for bridge, and J.D. from the University of
life on the line for us and shattered the Northern District of Alabama, and New Mexico in 1977. And then joining
gender barriers along the way. She be- the Senate confirmed his nomination the family tradition, he began his pub-
came the first woman in American his- in 1997. lic service by clerking for the Honor-
tory to fly a fighter jet in combat and While Senator JONES was the U.S. At-
able Oliver Seth, chief justice of the
the first woman to command a fighter torney, he successfully prosecuted two
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth
squadron in combat. She deployed six of the four men who were responsible
Circuit. Later, he became a Federal
times to the Middle East. She helped for the heinous bombing of the 16th
prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s
lead and execute the initial air cam- Street Baptist Church in 1963, an at-
criminal division and chief counsel to
paign in Afghanistan after the 9/11 ter- tack that killed four young Black girls
the New Mexico Department of Health
rorist attacks and she supervised com- between the ages of 11 and 14 and
and Environment.
bat search and rescue operations in Af- shocked the conscience of our Nation.
ghanistan and Iraq. In total, she flew He prosecuted other domestic terror- Senator UDALL was elected New Mex-
325 combat hours and earned a Bronze ists, including the Ku Klux Klan and ico Attorney General in 1990 and re-
Star and six air medals. She served in Eric Rudolph. He won a hard-fought elected in 1994. He made his mark in
the U.S. Air Force for 26 years, retiring special election to the Senate in De- several areas, but especially in govern-
as a full colonel. cember 2017 and has served with honor, ment transparency and ethics, a quest
Senator McSally has never been one distinction, and a commitment to find- he would continue in the U.S. House of
to rest on her laurels. She earned mas- ing bipartisan solutions to our Nation’s Representatives, where he served five
ters’ degrees from Harvard University’s most-pressing problems. highly productive terms, even though
John F. Kennedy School of Govern- Senator JONES has fought to protect he was in the minority for four of
ment and the U.S. Air War College, healthcare and to create equal opportu- them, passing legislation to establish a
graduating first in her class of 261 sen- nities for all Americans. He led the national renewable energy standard.
ior military officers. She ran for the passage of the bipartisan FUTURE Act Here in the Senate, Senator UDALL
House of Representatives, first unsuc- into law last year, legislation that I has continued his distinguished service
cessfully by a narrow margin in 2012 strongly supported to provide perma- for two terms in his low-key, quiet, un-
but then successfully—again by a nar- nent funding for historically Black col- derstated, and effective manner. Just
row margin—in 2014, becoming the first leges and universities and minority- this year, he led the passage of the
Republican woman to represent Ari- serving institutions. He has also cham- Great American Outdoors Act to fund
zona in Congress. She was reelected in pioned minority-serving financial in- our national parks and Federal land
2016. She lost a tough race to Senator stitutions and minority-owned banks, agencies. He has championed environ-
SINEMA in 2018, but Arizona Governor supporting the efforts to add additional mental justice and has devoted himself
Doug Ducey appointed her to finish the funds for these institutions through to rectifying the injustices our Nation
unexpired term of another war hero, the Paycheck Protection Program. I has perpetrated against Indian Nations
our late friend Senator John McCain. was proud to work with Senator JONES and Tribes. Senator UDALL has re-
Unfortunately, I had little oppor- on the successful passage of our legisla- mained steadfast in his commitment to
tunity to work with Senator McSally tion to extend the Caribbean Basin good and transparent government as
during her 2 years here in the Senate, Economic Recovery Act this year, the lead Senate sponsor of the For the
although I did travel with her to Nor- which extends until 2030 duty-free ac- People Act.
mandy for the 75th anniversary of D- cess for certain textile goods from 23 I have been privileged to work close-
Day, and I saw firsthand her commit- Caribbean countries that are made ly with Senator UDALL on the Commis-
ment to America’s service men and with U.S. yarns, fabrics, and threads sion on Security and Cooperation in
women—especially military sexual as- until 2030. Europe, also known as the U.S. Hel-
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sault survivors—to veterans, and to Senator JONES is equally committed sinki Commission, and on the Senate
military families. Senator McSally is to civility and civil rights. As the Rev- Foreign Relations Committee. We have
an inspiration to all of us, but espe- erend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., so focused on strengthening our relation-
cially to women and girls, for her devo- famously said, ‘‘The arc or the moral ships with our allies, which President
tion to duty and the incredible odds universe is long, but it bends toward Trump has put to the test, promoting
she has overcome and the barriers she justice.’’ Thanks to Senator JONES’ American values around the world, and
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fostering human rights and inter- the Department of Defense, and on our ington, DC, and the other in his be-
national development and conservation Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure loved Kansas. He served as Chairman of
efforts. Act, to help student groups with colle- the Dwight David Eisenhower Memo-
I will greatly miss Senator UDALL giate housing costs. rial Commission—and that fine memo-
here in the Senate but feel fortunate to Senator ENZI’s grandfatherly mien rial on Independence Avenue to Kan-
have served with him these last 12 and calm disposition have helped steer sas’s favorite son was dedicated earlier
years in the Senate and for 8 years to- the Senate through rocky times, and I this year—a fitting capstone to Sen-
gether in the House of Representatives will miss his steady hand on our rud- ator ROBERTS’ 40 years as an elected of-
before that. New Mexicans and all der. My wife Myrna will miss his wife ficial. Back in Kansas, he helped to es-
Americans have benefited greatly from of 51 years, Diana, an active member of tablish the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve,
his 30 years in elected office and life- the Senate Spouses Club, who also one of the most beautiful and majestic
time of public service. He has honor- works to provide specially trained dogs places in America. Tallgrass prairie
ably and effectively continued his fam- and handlers to countries infested with once stretched from Canada to Mexico,
ily’s noble tradition of stewardship in landmines. Senator ENZI is an avid covering more than 170 million acres.
all regards. My wife Myrna and Sen- hunter and fly fisherman, and I know Today, less than 4 percent of it remains
ator UDALL’s wife Jill, a tireless advo- he will enjoy the opportunity to spend intact, mostly in the Kansas Flint
cate on behalf of the Smithsonian’s Na- more time with Diana; their children Hills, largely thanks to the efforts of
tional Museum of the American Indian, Amy, Emily, and Brad; and their four Senator ROBERTS.
have become good friends, and Myrna grandchildren. I have had the opportunity to work
and I will miss both of them. I wish Senator PAT ROBERTS is a native with Senator ROBERTS on agricultural
them and their daughter Amanda all Kansan from Topeka and a quintessen- and healthcare issues, and legislation
the best. tial plainspoken Midwesterner and ex- to encourage retirement savings by fos-
Senator MIKE ENZI was born in Brem- marine. He is a fourth generation Kan- tering the growth of S corporations
erton, WA, where his father was work- san, whose great-grandfather, J.W. owned by Employee Stock Ownership
ing in the naval shipyard during World Roberts, founded the ‘‘Oskaloosa Inde- Plans—‘‘S-ESOPS’’. I will miss work-
War II. He grew up in Thermopolis, pendent,’’ the State’s second oldest ing with him and his Semper Fi, ‘‘can-
WY. He came to Washington, DC, for newspaper. Senator ROBERTS has jour- do’’ approach to problem-solving, but I
college, earning his bachelor’s degree nalism and public service coursing know he is looking forward to spending
in accounting from George Washington though his blood. He earned his bach- more time with his wife Franki; their
University in 1966. He began his public elor’s degree in journalism from Kan- three children, David, Ashleigh, and
service in the Wyoming Air National sas State University and then served in Anne-Wesley; and their seven grand-
Guard from 1967 to 1973. Later, he the U.S. Marine Corps for 4 years be- children.
worked in the U.S. Department of the fore working as a reporter and then Senator LAMAR ALEXANDER has had a
Interior, earned a master’s degree from editor of several newspapers in Ari- career in public service as long, varied,
the University of Denver, ran his fa- zona. In 1967, Senator ROBERTS worked and distinguished as just about any
ther’s show business, and became for then-U.S. Senator Frank Carlson. other American, working or serving in
mayor of Gillette, WY, when he was In 1969, he became administrative as- all three branches of the Federal Gov-
just 30. sistant to then-U.S. Representative ernment. He is a seventh generation
Senator ENZI served in the Wyoming Keith Sibelius, who represented the east Tennessean whose father was an
House of Representatives for 4 years First District. elementary school principal and moth-
and in the Wyoming Senate for 6 years Senator ROBERTS went on to rep- er was a pre-school teacher—thus
before being elected to the U.S. Senate resent the First District himself for 16 began Senator ALEXANDER’s lifelong in-
in 1996 with 54 percent of the vote. That years before being elected to the Sen- terest in education. He graduated from
was the closest election he has had; he ate in 1996, where he has continued to Vanderbilt University with a B.A. in
garnered over 70 percent of the vote serve with distinction for four terms. 1962 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
each time he sought reelection. Senator ROBERTS has a well-earned rep- He earned his J.D. from New York Uni-
Senator ENZI is one of the most con- utation as a national leader on agri- versity in 1965, was editor of the law re-
servative members of the Senate but culture, defense, and healthcare issues. view, and a Root-Tilden Scholar.
that has not prevented him from reach- He has the distinction of being the first Senator ALEXANDER began his public
ing across the aisle. He is quiet but his person in history to have chaired both service as a clerk for the Honorable
accomplishments speak volumes. While the House and Senate Committees on John Minor Wisdom on the U.S. Court
he chaired the Senate Health, Edu- Agriculture and to author and pass bi- of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He
cation, Labor, and Pensions Com- partisan farm bills in both Chambers. worked on the staff of then-U.S. Sen-
mittee, it reported 37 bills, 23 of which He led the passage of the overwhelm- ator Howard Baker and as staff assist-
the Senate passed. As he likes to say, ingly bipartisan 2018 farm bill, which ant to then-President Richard Nixon.
‘‘People can agree on 80 percent of the benefited farmers in my home State of In 1978, he walked 1,022 miles across
issues 80 percent of the time, and if Maryland and around the Nation. As Tennessee, spent the night with 73 dif-
they leave the other 20 percent out cochairman of the Senate Rural Health ferent families, and won election as
they can get a lot done.’’ He has au- Caucus, Senator ROBERTS has sought to Governor. As Governor, he helped to
thored more than 100 bills that Presi- address the challenges that rural com- bring the auto industry to the State.
dents of both parties have signed into munities face in terms of access to He was reelected in 1982 and served as
law. high-quality healthcare. chair of the National Governors’ Asso-
Senator ENZI and I have served on While Senator ROBERTS chaired the ciation from 1985 to 1986. He was presi-
the Senate Finance Committee to- Senate Select Committee on Intel- dent of the University of Tennessee
gether since the 112th Congress, and on ligence, he conducted one of the most from 1988 to 1991, then-President
the Subcommittee on Health Care, thorough reviews of U.S. intelligence George H.W. Bush’s Secretary of Edu-
where we have worked together to find gathering and analysis in the wake of cation from 1991 to 1993, and a Pro-
bipartisan solutions to expand access the faulty intelligence leading to the fessor of Practice in Public Service at
to affordable, quality healthcare. We war in Iraq. The committee unani- Harvard the Kennedy School of Gov-
have also worked together to ensure mously issued the bipartisan report, ernment from 2001 to 2003. Somehow,
the stability and health of pension which frankly and forthrightly re- he has also found the time to cofound
funds, including recent efforts related vealed systemic failures and provided a law firm and two successful busi-
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to the multiemployer union pension numerous recommendations included nesses, be a classical and country pian-
crisis, and to bolster financial literacy. in the 9/11 Intelligence Reform Act of ist who has performed on the Grand
I have also been pleased to work with 2004. Old Opry and with symphony orches-
Senator ENZI on legislation to ensure Senator ROBERTS has played a piv- tras, and author seven books.
prompt payments to small businesses otal role in the creation of two wonder- While Senator ALEXANDER chaired
working as Federal contractors across ful monuments, one here in Wash- the HELP Committee, it reported 45
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bills that became law, most of which he ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED H.R. 2468. An act to amend the Public
authored. He sponsored the America The message further announced that Health Service Act to increase the pref-
Competes Act of 2007; the Every Stu- the Speaker has signed the following erence given, in awarding certain allergies
enrolled bills: and asthma-related grants, to States that re-
dent Succeeds Act of 2015, greatly bene-
quire certain public schools to have allergies
fitting students in my home State of S. 212. An act amend the Native American
and asthma management programs, and for
Maryland and nationwide; the 21st Cen- Business Development, Trade Promotion,
other purposes.
tury Cures Act of 2016; and the Opioid and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy Indian Act, H.R. 3976. An act to designate the facility
Crisis Response Act of 2018. He also au- and the Native American Programs Act of of the United States Postal Service located
1974 to provide industry and economic devel-
thored legislation to modernize how at 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit,
opment opportunities to Indian commu- Michigan, as the ‘‘Aretha Franklin Post Of-
songwriters are compensated for their nities.
works. The list goes on and on. fice Building’’.
S. 461. An act to strengthen the capacity H.R. 4356. An act to amend the
Senator ALEXANDER has been a cham- and competitiveness of historically Black Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow
pion of higher education reform, seek- colleges and universities through robust pub- certain individuals to terminate contracts
ing to simplify the process of applying lic-sector, private-sector, and community for telephone, multichannel video program-
for financial aid and to increase access partnerships and engagement, and for other ming, or internet access service, and for
for all students. I have been proud to purposes. other purposes.
S. 900. An act to designate the community-
work with him to support and H.R. 4983. An act to designate the Depart-
based outpatient clinic of the Department of
strengthen historically Black colleges ment of Veterans Affairs communitybased
Veterans Affairs in Bozeman, Montana, as
and universities and minority serving outpatient clinic in Gilbert, Arizona, as the
the Travis W. Atkins Department of Vet-
institutions. On the environmental ‘‘Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Vet-
erans Affairs Clinic.
front, I had the opportunity to work erans Affairs Health Care Clinic’’.
S. 906. An act to improve the management
H.R. 4988. An act to designate the facility
with Senator ALEXANDER on legislation of driftnet fishing.
S. 914. An act to reauthorize the Integrated of the United States Postal Service located
to end the dumping of mining waste at 14 Walnut Street in Bordentown, New Jer-
into streams, the Appalachia Restora- Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act
of 2009, to clarify the authority of the Ad- sey, as the ‘‘Clara Barton Post Office Build-
tion Act of 2009. ministrator of the National Oceanic and At- ing’’.
Senator ALEXANDER is always cour- mospheric Administration with respect to
H.R. 5123. An act to designate the facility
teous, an ‘‘eloquent listener,’’ and al- of the United States Postal Service located
post-storm assessments, and to require the
ways eager to forge bipartisan solu- at 476 East Main Street in Galesburg, Illi-
establishment of a National Water Center,
tions to our Nation’s problems. Just a nois, as the ‘‘Senior Airman Daniel Miller
and for other purposes.
Post Office Building’’.
few days ago, I know Senators and staff S. 1130. An act to amend the Public Health
H.R. 5273. An act to require the Secretary
were delighted to listen to him play Service Act to improve the health of chil-
dren and help better understand and enhance of Homeland Security to develop a plan to
Christmas carols and hymns on the increase to 100 percent the rates of scanning
piano in the Hart atrium. We will awareness about unexpected sudden death in
early life. of commercial and passenger vehicles and
greatly miss his calm and dignified S. 1342. An act to require the Under Sec- freight rail entering the United States at
presence in the Senate, but he has cer- retary for Oceans and Atmosphere to update land ports of entry along the border using
tainly earned the opportunity to spend periodically the environmental sensitivity large-scale, non-intrusive inspection systems
more time with his beloved wife of 51 index products of the National Oceanic and to enhance border security, and for other
years, Honey; their children Leslee, Atmospheric Administration for each coastal purposes.
area of the Great Lakes, and for other pur- H.R. 5451. An act to designate the facility
Kathryn, Andrew, and William; and of the United States Postal Service located
their nine grandchildren. poses.
S. 1869. An act to require the disclosure of at 599 East Genesse Street in Fayetteville,
Senators ENZI, ROBERTS, and ALEX- New York, as the ‘‘George H. Bacel Post Of-
ownership of high-security space leased to
ANDER have served in this institution fice Building’’.
accommodate a Federal agency, and for
for 66 years combined. Senator UDALL other purposes. H.R. 5597. An act to designate the facility
has served 12 years, and Senator GARD- S. 2216. An act to require the Secretary of of the United States Postal Service located
NER has served 6 years. Senators JONES Veterans Affairs to formally recognize care- at 305 Northwest 5th Street in Oklahoma
and McSally did not have an oppor- givers of veterans, notify veterans and care- City, Oklahoma, as the ‘‘Clara Luper Post
tunity to serve a full term, but all told, givers of clinical determinations relating to Office Building’’.
eligibility for the family caregiver program, H.R. 5663. An act to amend the Federal
we are losing close to 90 years of dedi- Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to give au-
cated service to the institution, our and temporarily extend benefits for veterans
who are determined ineligible for the family thority to the Secretary of Health and
colleagues, their constituents, and all caregiver program, and for other purposes. Human Services, acting through the Com-
Americans. There is a tradition for de- S. 2472. An act to redesignate the NASA missioner of Food and Drugs, to destroy
parting Senators to give a farewell ad- John H. Glenn Research Center at Plum counterfeit devices.
dress, and most use the opportunity to Brook Station, Ohio, as the NASA John H. H.R. 5972. An act to designate the facility
bemoan the fact that the Senate has Glenn Research Center at the Neil A. Arm- of the United States Postal Service located
become less collegial and more par- strong Test Facility. at 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1, in Wil-
S. 3257. An act to designate the facility of mington, Delaware, as the ‘‘Mary Ann Shadd
tisan. I share that discontent and sad- Cary Post Office’’.
the United States Postal Service located at
ness. I think the best way we can pay H.R. 5983. An act to designate the facility
311 West Wisconsin Avenue in Tomahawk,
appropriate tribute to the fine Mem- Wisconsin, as the ‘‘Einar ’Sarge’ H. lngman, of the United States Postal Service located
bers who are leaving at the end of this Jr. Post Office Building’’. at 4150 Chicago Avenue in Riverside, Cali-
Congress is by rededicating ourselves S. 3461. An act to designate the facility of fornia, as the ‘‘Woodie Rucker-Hughes Post
to preserving and expanding on their the United States Postal Service located at Office Building’’.
legacy of bipartisanship. I want to ex- 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as H.R. 6016. An act to designate the facility
press my deep admiration of and appre- the ‘‘Audie Murphy Post Office Building’’. of the United States Postal Service located
S. 3462. An act to designate the facility of at 14955 West Bell Road in Surprise, Arizona,
ciation to Senators ALEXANDER, ENZI, as the ‘‘Marc Lee Memorial Post Office
the United States Postal Service located at
GARDNER, JONES, MCSALLY, ROBERTS, 909 West Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as the Building’’.
and UDALL. I am grateful for the oppor- ‘‘Ralph Hall Post Office’’. H.R. 6100. An act to amend title 18, United
tunity to serve with and learn from S. 4126. An act to designate the facility of States Code, to clarify the criminalization of
them, and I cherish our friendships. the United States Postal Service located at female genital mutilation, and for other pur-
f 104 East Main Street in Port Washington, poses.
Wisconsin, as the ‘‘Joseph G. Demler Post H.R. 6161. An act to designate the facility
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE Office’’. of the United States Postal Service located
At 1:16 p.m., a message from the S. 4684. An act to designate the facility of at 1585 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro,
the United States Postal Service located at North Carolina, as the ‘‘J. Howard Coble
House of Representatives, delivered by
dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE
440 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, Wyo- Post Office Building’’.
Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, ming, as the ‘‘Robert L. Brown Post Office’’. H.R. 6192. An act to require the Secretary
announced that the House has passed H.R. 1503. An act to amend the Federal of the Treasury to honor the 100th anniver-
the following bill, without amendment: Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding the sary of completion of coinage of the ‘‘Morgan
S. 3312. An act to establish a crisis sta- list under section 505(j}(7} of the Federal Dollar’’ and the 100th anniversary of com-
bilization and community reentry grant pro- Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other mencement of coinage of the ‘‘Peace Dollar’’,
gram, and for other purposes. purposes. and for other purposes.
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