Congressional Record, Extensions of Remarks, December 31, 2020 — Personal Explanation
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Extensions of Remarks page E1217 of the Congressional Record dated December 31, 2020. Kuster and Dunn each file a personal explanation about Roll Call vote No. 253 on December 28, 2020, one citing being unavoidably detained and the other citing illness. Other extensions congratulate Bill Dawson on his retirement from the Georgia Ports Authority after more than forty years, and honor Doug Crandall, who retires after 13 years with the Forest Service. Another extension urges Members to vote for the CASH Act to increase individual payments from $600 to $2,000.
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December 31, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1217
EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS
PERSONAL EXPLANATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION vides an additional $1,400 in recovery pay-
ments directly to Americans, who are des-
HON. ANN M. KUSTER HON. NEAL P. DUNN perately struggling to get by during the twin
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE OF FLORIDA
disasters of COVID–19 and a faltering econ-
omy.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Because I had seen first-hand the pain and
Thursday, December 31, 2020 Thursday, December 31, 2020 devastation caused by the pandemic, in March
Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. Madam Mr. DUNN. Madam Speaker, I was unable of this year, during the debate on the CARES
Speaker, on Monday, December 28, 2020 I to travel to Washington, D.C. on December 28 Act, I advocated that the amount of direct pay-
was unavoidably detained and missed Roll due to illness. Had I been present, I would ment should be $3,000.
Call vote No. 253. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 253. Madam Speaker, I see the disparities in the
have voted AYE on Roll Call vote No. 253. f
lives of so many of my constituents who suffer
disproportionately from medical conditions that
f CONGRATULATING BILL DAWSON make COVID–19 deadly.
They work low wage or no wage jobs to
CONGRATULATING DOUG
CRANDALL ON HIS RETIREMENT HON. EARL L. ‘‘BUDDY’’ CARTER make ends meet, and they have no health in-
OF GEORGIA
surance and rely on community health centers
or pubic health services for routine care.
HON. COLLIN C. PETERSON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
I call them friends and neighbors because
OF MINNESOTA Thursday, December 31, 2020 they are that to me.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to have this opportunity to
I rise today to congratulate Bill Dawson on his vote in favor of this legislation that will provide
Thursday, December 31, 2020 them with the help they need to survive and
retirement from the Georgia Ports Authority
Mr. PETERSON. Madam Speaker, I rise after more than forty years of dedicated work. recover from COVID–19.
today to honor the career of Doug Crandall, Bill was born and raised in Brunswick, Geor- No one is benefiting from the COVID–19
who will retire at the end of this year after 13 gia, and he has been a pillar in his community economy.
years with the U.S. Forest Service. The Mem- The U.S. poverty rate has grown at a his-
for many years. The Georgia Ports Authority,
bers and staff of the House Agriculture Com- toric rate over the past five months, with 7.8
which was founded in 1945, operates port fa-
mittee wish to express our thanks and best million Americans falling into poverty after the
cilities in the state of Georgia. Bill has been
wishes to Doug for his service. We had the expanded $600 a week in unemployment as-
with them as long as they have been in Bruns-
opportunity to work closely with Doug and his sistance expired at the end of July.
wick.
staff as Director of Legislative Affairs for the This represents the greatest increase since
He was previously employed as Assistant
Forest Service, and we’ll miss his dedication the government began tracking poverty sixty
Manager for the Brunswick Port Authority and
and professionalism. Together we’ve worked years ago.
then joined the GPA as Terminal Manager for In the city of Houston, nine key service sec-
on several important efforts, including the Brunswick Operations.
landmark Wildfire Funding Fix in 2018, and tors, accounting for 70 percent of all jobs,
Throughout his career, Bill has been a pro- hemorrhaged more 1,343,600 jobs, which to
most recently the Great American Outdoors fessional and a mentor to many. He has been
Act. During his time with the Forest Service, average folks is another way of saying that
known as the go-to person for the GPA cus- more than 1.34 million persons lost their liveli-
Doug has answered the Secretary’s call sev- tomers and community, and he set the tone
eral times, serving as Acting Assistant Sec- hoods.
for GPA’s business at the Port of Brunswick Houston workers lost jobs in the following
retary of Congressional Relations for one year, for decades.
as well as Acting Deputy Under Secretary of areas: Healthcare: 391,000; Retail: 303,600;
Bill’s contributions to GPA expanded beyond Food services: 267,000; Finance: 166,000;
Natural Resources and Environment. Doug his job responsibilities in operations, as he al-
came to the Forest Service from right here in Private Education: 63,400; Arts and Entertain-
ways went above and beyond to oversee the ment: 37,400; Accommodations: 28,700; Air
the House, where he served for eight years as success of GPA in many other areas such as
Staff Director for the Natural Resources Sub- Transportation: 20,200; Other Services:
sales and public relations. Although he is very 115,800.
committee on Forests and Forest Health. Prior passionate about the Georgia Ports Authority,
to that, Doug represented the Society of In addition to these positions, jobs were also
he is most passionate about his grandchildren. lost in other areas, the largest of which was
American Foresters, the National Forest Foun- I hope that Bill is able to cherish many more
dation, and the American Forest and Paper the construction industry, which shut down
special times with them as he begins his re- 30,700 jobs.
Association. We will miss Doug’s hard work tirement.
and we send our sincere gratitude and wish Professional and business services fol-
I wish Bill the best, and I want to thank him lowed, with 25,300 jobs lost, although 13,900
him all the best in retirement. for his lasting impact on Brunswick. were in temporary and provisional jobs in em-
f f ployment services; upstream oil lost 12,300 in
March/April; and non-oil manufacturing lost
PERSONAL EXPLANATION CARING FOR AMERICANS WITH
7,700 jobs.
SUPPLEMENTAL HELP ACT OF 2020 Americans out of work due to COVID–19
HON. JIM HAGEDORN SPEECH OF
have generated 86 million jobless claims, with
OF MINNESOTA new claims being filed in recent weeks topping
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE 800,000.
OF TEXAS Millions of Americans who lost their jobs
Thursday, December 31, 2020 during the pandemic have fallen thousands of
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. HAGEDORN. Madam Speaker, had I dollars behind on rent and utility bills, a clear
been present for the vote on the motion to Monday, December 28, 2020 warning sign that people are running out of
suspend the rules and pass H.R. 9051, I Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, as a money for basic needs.
would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ Had I been present senior member of the Committees on the Judi- If this is not enough evidence of what is
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for the vote to Override the President’s Veto ciary, on Homeland Security, and on the happening just look at the miles of vehicles
Message on H.R. 6395—Mac Thornberry Na- Budget, I rise in strong support of H.R. 9051, lined up outside of food distribution centers for
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal the ‘‘Caring For Americans With Supplemental assistance, we see nightly on our television
Year 2021, I would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ Help Act of 2020, or CASH Act, which pro- screens and in our communities.
∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor.
Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor.
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E1218 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 31, 2020
Moody’s Analytics warned in November Our medical professionals and health care In FY2019, corporate tax receipts were only
2020 that 9 million renters said they were be- deliverers pride themselves on robbing death $230 billion, or nearly 7 percent of federal rev-
hind on rent, according to a Census Bureau by keeping the very ill or critically injured alive enue, and in FY2020, corporate tax receipts
survey. but they are themselves wounded by each are expected to be $151 billion, less than 5
The Bureau of the Census reports that loss in ways that we cannot understand. percent of federal revenue.
twenty-one percent of all renters are behind Too many of our medical professionals are Receipts from other sources are also pro-
on their rent, of which twenty-nine percent are losing the battle with death as they attempt to jected to increase in FY2020 to $298 billion,
African American families and seventeen per- treat extremely ill COVID–19 patients because from $271 billion in FY2019, which will result
cent are Hispanic households. they do not have access to sufficient amounts in 9 percent of total revenue up by from the
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of of essential therapies or the special trained 8 percent the previous year.
Philadelphia’s analysis of persons who were staff to administer interventions that could Obligated social insurance federal program
employed prior to the pandemic, 1.3 million of save lives . payments for Social Security and Medicare
these households are now, on average of Medical people also have not had the uni- are paid through payroll taxes and are ex-
$5,400 in debt on rent and utilities, after the versal support of political leaders who are will- pected to generate an additional estimated
family breadwinners lost their jobs. ing to promote wearing of face coverings, so- $1.3 trillion, or 35 percent of revenue in
The new COVID–19 relief legislation passed cial distancing and handwashing to limit the FY2020.
last week by Congress and reluctantly but fi- spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome The $2,000 in payments to individuals will
nally signed by the President Trump restores coronavirus 2 (SARS–CoV–2) the infection be used to pay bills, rent, utilities, car notes,
unemployment assistance, but cuts that assist- that causes COVID–19. or purchase needed items like food and winter
ance from $600 a week to $300 a week with- There is a hidden cost to this foolhardy dis- coats, and other essentials, which will trans-
out consideration of the facts on the ground, regard for the seriousness of this moment in late into income for small businesses.
which are that millions of Americans remain American history. All of this spending will generate local, state
out of work due to COVID–19 public health My concerns are for the economic impact and federal tax revenue as it fuels consump-
policy, and have been without sufficient in- and the long-term damage to our nation’s tion and the provision of services that are still
come since August 1, 2020. health care delivery system . available through the economy.
Today, we have twenty million Americans Today we will focus on the economic inju- Overtime basic Keynesian economics has
who are receiving some kind of unemployment ries caused by COVID–19, and I look forward proven itself to be the most durable and reli-
aid, and about 12 million of the unemployed to working with my colleagues on addressing able economic model and has repeatedly
stopped receiving their benefits. the systemic long-term damage caused by un- proven that money turning over in the econ-
The nation is on the cusp of a recession equal access to the health care. omy makes more money.
Small businesses and working men and There is a reason why it is important to
that is in danger of becoming a double dip
women of this great nation, who are the life stimulate the economy during a deadly un-
event that would plummet the economy into a
blood of the economy and who pay the lion’s checked pandemic, chief of which is to stem
precarious economic state that will take much
share of federal taxes now find themselves, the depressing of the national and global
more than a $2000 payment to each individual
through no fault of their own, in need of assist- economies which exacerbate negative eco-
to overcome.
These are the reasons why I will vote for ance in the form of direct payments that will nomic conditions.
provide a bridge to them and to the economy We know the end of the COVID–19
the CASH Act—it increases direct payments to
for the next few weeks so that the next Admin- pandemic’s grip on the economy is in sight
individuals from $600 to $2000, which will be
istration will have time to assess and craft the with the development and distribution of a vac-
of help to families struggling with the eco-
relief package needed to get the nation over cine, but we are not there yet; we must help
nomic impacts of COVID–19.
the last hurdles of the pandemic’s economic the American people, and our small busi-
COVID–19 is not waning or wearying as it
impact. nesses, endure until we reach seventy percent
continues its deadly work, and there are new
Since the 1980s, corporate income tax reve- inoculation in the general population.
reports indicating there is a new strain that is The use of direct payments is the Keynes-
seventy percent more contagious. nues have become a smaller share of overall
tax revenues paid to the federal government. ian solution that is winning the day across the
The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
In 2017, President Trump signed into law globe for countries able to support their
vention (CDC) reported that as of December
P.L. 115–97, the tax scam which substantially economies in this way.
23, 2020, 18.17 million cases of COVID–19, Payments to individuals allows them and not
and permanently changed the U.S. federal tax
resulting in 321,734 deaths, had been re- the government to make spending decisions
system for the wealthy and large corporations.
ported in the United States. on their household’s essential life sustaining
Most of the changes to the individual in-
The new year will mark a terrible milestone needs such as paying for housing, utility bills,
come tax system in P.L. 115–97 for those less
for the United States—the last time we wit- food, and clothing which allows money they
well-off are temporary and scheduled to expire
nessed death on this scale in our nation was spend to circulate through the economy like
at the end of 2025, after which the rates for
during the 1918 Flu Pandemic, which recorded blood throughout the body.
these individuals will return to what it was for
a total of 675,000 deaths in the United States. The American people can and should be
2017.
What the costs will be to our nation for the In contrast, many of the tax cuts made in trusted to make decisions regarding how they
over 320,000 deaths have yet to be fully cal- P.L. 115–97 affecting corporations and spend the funds provided by the stimulus be-
culated. wealthy individuals are permanent, in other cause they best know the needs of their own
It is a tragedy that too many households families.
words they will keep the drastic cut in cor-
who have lost a member to COVID–19 are Consumers will spend money with small
porate taxes.
struggling to accept these deaths, but it is also The facts are that working individuals and businesses who should have the freedom to
the friends, co-workers, business owners, pro- small businesses support the U.S. govern- pay their workers and suppliers, workers and
fessionals, students, teachers, wives, hus- ment’s federal tax system. suppliers will be free to buy goods from other
bands, brothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, and The largest source of revenue to the federal businesses, and those businesses will pay
grandparents who also are feeling these government is the individual income tax, which their workers and suppliers, and so on.
losses because someone that mattered to in 2019, generated $1.7 trillion. In this way, the $2,000 in spending by each
them is no longer here. The second-largest source of federal rev- individual is actually spent more than once as
Each of these lives impacted dozens of enue is payroll taxes, which is collected by the effect of each dollar spent creates more
other lives, too many of whom were not al- employers and is often paid quarterly. spending.
lowed to be present with them during their In FY2019, payroll taxes generated $1.2 tril- This is called the ‘‘money multiplier’’ effect:
final moments on this earth, but whose suf- lion in federal revenue or thirty-six percent of an initial increase in spending, cycles repeat-
fering is too often overlooked because we un- the total revenue for the federal government. edly through the economy and has a larger
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duly preoccupy ourselves with only the imme- The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) impact than the initial $2,000 amount spent.
diate family. projects that federal income tax revenues in The economy needs to be inoculated
My deepest concerns are for the medical FY2020 will be $1.5 trillion, and payroll tax against recession, which is what the $2,000 in
professionals who are seeing more death day revenue will be $1.3 trillion. individual payments will do, and it will need a
after day than our soldiers saw on distant bat- In FY2020, it is projected that about 47 per- booster in about thirty to sixty days.
tlefields in foreign lands defending our nation cent of federal revenue will be generated This is why the decision to provide a $600
going back to World War II. through the individual income tax. a week addition to unemployment benefits is a
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good idea for those in labor markets with high FAREWELL REMARKS FOR and his daughter Dallas. But if you really want
costs of living like New York and Washington, CONGRESSMAN KENNY MARCHANT to see him smile, ask him about his grand-
D.C., but may have far out stripped the going children, Kendall, Hayden, Carolina, Sadie,
rate for labor where the cost of living is much HON. DEVIN NUNES Walker, Neyland, Conway, and Carter Bailey.
lower and $600 a week exceeded the going OF CALIFORNIA
rate for labor. Congressman MARCHANT served this House,
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The Congress may need to revisit models the state of Texas, and the people of District
Thursday, December 31, 2020 24 with honor, respect, and dignity. I will
for future programs of this type and provide a
formula that is based on the actual spending Mr. NUNES. Madam Speaker, public service greatly miss him on the Ways and Means
power of funds provided so the ability of meet- calls us at different times and in different Committee where we served together for
ing the cost-of-living needs can be more in ways. Some lead with loud voices, but often
many years. His impact in helping pass the
line with the intent of the funds provided, while the most significant leaders are humble folk
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the U.S.-
ensuring that the spending power is equal. who quietly and tirelessly work to serve their
constituents. My friend KENNY MARCHANT is Mexico-Canada trade agreement cannot be
This may mean that depending on where
someone lived at the time a disaster of this one of those great leaders, and I am proud to understated. And, during this Congress, Con-
nature was declared the amount, they would have served with him. gressman MARCHANT was selected as Ranking
qualify for receiving may be different depend- Service comes natural for the Bonham, TX Member of the House Ethics Committee, a po-
ing on the spending power of a dollar where native, something he learned from his father sition in which he continued his devotion to
they live. Hobart, who was a barber and World War II humble public service.
If the overwhelming majority of those who Veteran. Throughout his thirty-five years of
I very much wish KENNY wasn’t retiring at
will receive the $2,000 payment were planning public service, from zoning committee and city
to deposit the funds in a bank account rather council to state representative to the U.S. the end of this Congress, but he has earned
than spend it, then this bill would not be need- House of Representatives, KENNY has cease- a well-deserved retirement. I ask all of my col-
ed, but we know this is not the case. lessly worked to make both Texas and Amer- leagues to join me in congratulating our friend
For all these reasons, I urge all Members to ica great. and colleague on his many years of service.
join me in voting for H.R. 9051, the CASH Act, Everyone that knows KENNY knows of his We wish him, and the Marchant family, all the
to increase individual payments from $600 to love and adornment for his family, his wife best on his retirement.
$2,000. Donna, sons Matthew, Luke, and Kenny, Jr.,
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