Congressional Record, House, February 3, 2021 — H. Con. Res. 11 Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2021

Summary

This is H284 of the Congressional Record, House, February 3, 2021, with interleaved columns. A communication from the Clerk of the House to the Speaker reports a message from the Secretary of the Senate on appointments to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Yarmuth, pursuant to House Resolution 85, calls up H. Con. Res. 11, the concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030. The amendment printed in House Report 117-3 is adopted, and the page prints the text as amended, including a table of contents with titles on recommended levels, reconciliation, and reserve funds, followed by tables of revenues, budget authority, outlays, and deficits.

Summary drafted by a model from the document's text below and checked by script against that text before publication. It is a navigation aid, not a reading of what the document proves. Where AI is used

Cite this document

“Congressional Record, House, February 3, 2021 — H. Con. Res. 11 Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2021.” Original at www.govinfo.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/crec-crec-2021-02-03-crec-2021-02-03-pt1-pgh284-2-931f6e1d59/, SHA-256 65798df8c2da5dc89140de9d57dffc93e3fafaa4f0be01c0d0cd5cc33acbfd5c.

Full text

H284 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
both, new and returning Members, to Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget Fiscal year 2021: $6,140,857,000,000.
add your name. Our fellow Americans for fiscal year 2021. Fiscal year 2022: $4,298,244,000,000.
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND Fiscal year 2023: $4,070,343,000,000.
need our help. Fiscal year 2024: $4,070,242,000,000.
AMOUNTS
Fiscal year 2025: $4,250,436,000,000.
f Subtitle A—Budgetary Levels in Both Houses
Fiscal year 2026: $4,425,376,000,000.
Sec. 1101. Recommended levels and amounts. Fiscal year 2027: $4,606,887,000,000.
Sec. 1102. Major functional categories. Fiscal year 2028: $4,950,170,000,000.
COMMUNICATION FROM THE
Subtitle B—Levels and Amounts in the Senate Fiscal year 2029: $5,019,083,000,000.
CLERK OF THE HOUSE Fiscal year 2030: $5,419,949,000,000.
Sec. 1201. Social Security in the Senate.
Sec. 1202. Postal Service discretionary admin- (4) DEFICITS.—For purposes of the enforce-
The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- ment of this resolution, the amounts of the defi-
istrative expenses in the Senate.
fore the House the following commu- cits are as follows:
TITLE II—RECONCILIATION
nication from the Clerk of the House of Fiscal year 2021: $3,837,583,000,000.
Sec. 2001. Reconciliation in the House of Rep- Fiscal year 2022: $1,529,527,000,000.
Representatives: resentatives.
OFFICE OF THE CLERK, Fiscal year 2023: $1,099,260,000,000.
TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS Fiscal year 2024: $977,599,000,000.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, DC, February 3, 2021. Sec. 3001. Reserve fund for reconciliation leg- Fiscal year 2025: $1,014,237,000,000.
Hon. NANCY PELOSI, islation. Fiscal year 2026: $911,123,000,000.
The Speaker, Sec. 3002. Reserve fund for deficit-neutral leg- Fiscal year 2027: $844,310,000,000.
House of Representatives, islation. Fiscal year 2028: $1,066,961,000,000.
Washington, DC. TITLE IV—OTHER MATTERS Fiscal year 2029: $1,011,092,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: $1,298,284,000,000.
DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Pursuant to the Sec. 4001. Enforcement filing. (5) PUBLIC DEBT.—Pursuant to section
permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II Sec. 4002. Budgetary treatment of administra- 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of
tive expenses. 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)(5)), the appropriate levels
of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa-
Sec. 4003. Application and effect of changes
tives, the Clerk received the following mes- of the public debt are as follows:
in allocations, aggregates, and other
sage from the Secretary of the Senate on Fiscal year 2021: $29,943,000,000,000.
budgetary levels.
February 3, 2021, at 11:08 a.m.: Fiscal year 2022: $31,647,000,000,000.
Sec. 4004. Adjustments to reflect changes in
Fiscal year 2023: $32,911,000,000,000.
Appointments: concepts and definitions.
Fiscal year 2024: $34,102,000,000,000.
Sec. 4005. Adjustment for changes in the
Members of the Board of Regents of the Fiscal year 2025: $35,262,000,000,000.
baseline.
Smithsonian Institution Fiscal year 2026: $36,311,000,000,000.
Sec. 4006. Limitation on advance appropria-
Fiscal year 2027: $37,261,000,000,000.
With best wishes, I am, tions.
Fiscal year 2028: $38,443,000,000,000.
Sincerely, Sec. 4007. Exercise of rulemaking powers.
Fiscal year 2029: $39,652,000,000,000.
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND Fiscal year 2030: $41,068,000,000,000.
Clerk. AMOUNTS (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro-
Subtitle A—Budgetary Levels in Both Houses priate levels of debt held by the public are as
f SEC. 1101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND follows:
AMOUNTS. Fiscal year 2021: $24,081,000,000,000.
The following budgetary levels are appro- Fiscal year 2022: $25,818,000,000,000.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON
priate for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030: Fiscal year 2023: $27,153,000,000,000.
THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR Fiscal year 2024: $28,380,000,000,000.
(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the
2021 enforcement of this resolution: Fiscal year 2025: $29,610,000,000,000.
(A) The recommended levels of Federal reve- Fiscal year 2026: $30,730,000,000,000.
Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, pursu- Fiscal year 2027: $31,882,000,000,000.
nues are as follows:
ant to House Resolution 85, I call up Fiscal year 2021: $2,303,274,000,000. Fiscal year 2028: $33,333,000,000,000.
the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. Fiscal year 2022: $2,768,717,000,000. Fiscal year 2029: $34,768,000,000,000.
11) establishing the congressional budg- Fiscal year 2023: $2,971,083,000,000. Fiscal year 2030: $36,518,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $3,092,643,000,000. SEC. 1102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
et for the United States Government
Fiscal year 2025: $3,236,199,000,000. Congress determines and declares that the ap-
for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth Fiscal year 2026: $3,514,253,000,000. propriate levels of new budget authority and
the appropriate budgetary levels for Fiscal year 2027: $3,762,577,000,000. outlays for fiscal years 2021 through 2030 for
fiscal years 2022 through 2030, and ask Fiscal year 2028: $3,883,209,000,000. each major functional category are:
for its immediate consideration in the Fiscal year 2029: $4,007,991,000,000. (1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2030: $4,121,665,000,000. Fiscal year 2021:
House.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate lev- (A) New budget authority, $762,552,000,000.
The Clerk read the title of the con- els of Federal revenues should be changed are (B) Outlays, $748,719,000,000.
current resolution. as follows: Fiscal year 2022:
Fiscal year 2021: -$15,670,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $776,986,000,000.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Fiscal year 2022: -$17,390,000,000. (B) Outlays, $766,960,000,000.
ant to House Resolution 85, the amend- Fiscal year 2023: $102,000,000. Fiscal year 2023:
ment printed in part C of House Report Fiscal year 2024: $226,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $792,882,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $216,000,000. (B) Outlays, $773,777,000,000.
117–3 is adopted, and the concurrent
Fiscal year 2026: $181,000,000. Fiscal year 2024:
resolution, as amended, is considered Fiscal year 2027: $98,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $810,362,000,000.
read. Fiscal year 2028: -$106,000,000. (B) Outlays, $782,210,000,000.
The text of the concurrent resolu- Fiscal year 2029: -$121,000,000. Fiscal year 2025:
Fiscal year 2030: -$128,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $828,950,000,000.
tion, as amended, is as follows: (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of (B) Outlays, $804,311,000,000.
H. CON.RES. 11 the enforcement of this resolution, the appro- Fiscal year 2026:
priate levels of total new budget authority are (A) New budget authority, $847,993,000,000.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the as follows: (B) Outlays, $821,641,000,000.
Senate concurring), Fiscal year 2021: $6,020,543,000,000. Fiscal year 2027:
Fiscal year 2022: $4,091,342,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $868,011,000,000.
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE
Fiscal year 2023: $4,011,132,000,000. (B) Outlays, $840,472,000,000.
BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,072,784,000,000. Fiscal year 2028:
(a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that this Fiscal year 2025: $4,267,538,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $888,637,000,000.

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
resolution is the concurrent resolution on the Fiscal year 2026: $4,449,047,000,000. (B) Outlays, $865,412,000,000.
budget for fiscal year 2021 and that this resolu- Fiscal year 2027: $4,642,875,000,000. Fiscal year 2029:
tion sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels Fiscal year 2028: $4,960,846,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $909,676,000,000.
for fiscal years 2022 through 2030. Fiscal year 2029: $5,082,932,000,000. (B) Outlays, $874,729,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: $5,471,756,000,000. Fiscal year 2030:
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the en- (A) New budget authority, $931,654,000,000.
tents for this concurrent resolution is as follows: forcement of this resolution, the appropriate lev- (B) Outlays, $901,459,000,000.
els of total budget outlays are as follows: (2) International Affairs (150):

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:55 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.003 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H285
Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $8,318,000,000. (B) Outlays, $15,520,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $85,042,000,000. (B) Outlays, $7,337,000,000. Fiscal year 2028:
(B) Outlays, $47,310,000,000. Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $21,953,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $8,502,000,000. (B) Outlays, $16,174,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $64,249,000,000. (B) Outlays, $7,601,000,000. Fiscal year 2029:
(B) Outlays, $58,941,000,000. (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): (A) New budget authority, $22,222,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $15,056,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $60,410,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $50,042,000,000. Fiscal year 2030:
(B) Outlays, $60,004,000,000. (B) Outlays, $47,053,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,683,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $13,389,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $61,722,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $51,243,000,000. (8) Transportation (400):
(B) Outlays, $59,578,000,000. (B) Outlays, $49,042,000,000. Fiscal year 2021:
Fiscal year 2025: Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $206,391,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $63,114,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $53,061,000,000. (B) Outlays, $185,619,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,371,000,000. (B) Outlays, $50,890,000,000. Fiscal year 2022:
Fiscal year 2026: Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $104,160,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $64,518,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $54,116,000,000. (B) Outlays, $119,664,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,851,000,000. (B) Outlays, $52,475,000,000. Fiscal year 2023:
Fiscal year 2027: Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $104,738,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $66,053,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $55,219,000,000. (B) Outlays, $112,309,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,271,000,000. (B) Outlays, $54,269,000,000. Fiscal year 2024:
Fiscal year 2028: Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $105,569,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $67,608,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $54,734,000,000. (B) Outlays, $105,989,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,814,000,000. (B) Outlays, $55,807,000,000. Fiscal year 2025:
Fiscal year 2029: Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $106,120,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $69,140,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $55,899,000,000. (B) Outlays, $108,527,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,100,000,000. (B) Outlays, $57,090,000,000. Fiscal year 2026:
Fiscal year 2030: Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, $107,067,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $70,703,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $57,141,000,000. (B) Outlays, $111,187,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $67,498,000,000. (B) Outlays, $58,098,000,000. Fiscal year 2027:
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology Fiscal year 2029: (A) New budget authority, $108,278,000,000.
(250): (A) New budget authority, $58,378,000,000. (B) Outlays, $113,982,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $59,056,000,000. Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $38,543,000,000. Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $109,339,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,563,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $59,616,000,000. (B) Outlays, $116,164,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $59,946,000,000. Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $38,029,000,000. (6) Agriculture (350): (A) New budget authority, $110,222,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,267,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $118,680,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $49,067,000,000. Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $38,791,000,000. (B) Outlays, $50,970,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $111,372,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,167,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $121,056,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $28,047,000,000. (9) Community and Regional Development
(A) New budget authority, $39,609,000,000. (B) Outlays, $28,576,000,000. (450):
(B) Outlays, $38,841,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2021:
Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $28,130,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $127,525,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $40,471,000,000. (B) Outlays, $27,794,000,000. (B) Outlays, $98,043,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,604,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022:
Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $27,909,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $32,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $41,342,000,000. (B) Outlays, $27,424,000,000. (B) Outlays, $51,963,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,432,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: Fiscal year 2023:
Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $27,496,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $32,624,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $42,249,000,000. (B) Outlays, $26,898,000,000. (B) Outlays, $48,433,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,291,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: Fiscal year 2024:
Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, $27,675,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $33,318,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $43,169,000,000. (B) Outlays, $27,055,000,000. (B) Outlays, $45,776,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,181,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: Fiscal year 2025:
Fiscal year 2029: (A) New budget authority, $27,535,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $34,031,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $44,096,000,000. (B) Outlays, $26,873,000,000. (B) Outlays, $43,758,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,095,000,000. Fiscal year 2028: Fiscal year 2026:
Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $27,715,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $34,763,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $45,065,000,000. (B) Outlays, $27,072,000,000. (B) Outlays, $42,053,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,035,000,000. Fiscal year 2029: Fiscal year 2027:
(4) Energy (270): (A) New budget authority, $27,752,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $35,520,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $27,083,000,000. (B) Outlays, $42,217,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $4,057,000,000. Fiscal year 2030: Fiscal year 2028:
(B) Outlays, $5,280,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $28,058,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $36,283,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $27,392,000,000. (B) Outlays, $42,162,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $6,050,000,000. (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): Fiscal year 2029:
(B) Outlays, $5,076,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $37,048,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, -$242,699,000,000. (B) Outlays, $42,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $5,730,000,000. (B) Outlays, $327,529,000,000. Fiscal year 2030:
(B) Outlays, $4,542,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $37,843,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $19,497,000,000. (B) Outlays, $42,189,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $5,834,000,000. (B) Outlays, $36,392,000,000. (10) Education, Training, Employment, and
(B) Outlays, $4,760,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: Social Services (500):
Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $20,198,000,000. Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $5,948,000,000. (B) Outlays, $18,376,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $372,350,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,857,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $160,006,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $21,159,000,000. Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $5,819,000,000. (B) Outlays, $18,015,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $115,812,000,000.

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
(B) Outlays, $4,810,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: (B) Outlays, $178,392,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $20,943,000,000. Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $5,928,000,000. (B) Outlays, $16,507,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $116,259,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,886,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: (B) Outlays, $154,773,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, $21,827,000,000. Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $7,846,000,000. (B) Outlays, $15,783,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $118,661,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,806,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: (B) Outlays, $150,171,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: (A) New budget authority, $22,117,000,000. Fiscal year 2025:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:55 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A03FE7.003 H03FEPT1
H286 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
(A) New budget authority, $121,803,000,000. (B) Outlays, $628,956,000,000. Fiscal year 2022:
(B) Outlays, $144,105,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $76,879,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $620,759,000,000. (B) Outlays, $73,320,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $125,194,000,000. (B) Outlays, $612,726,000,000. Fiscal year 2023:
(B) Outlays, $134,645,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $74,336,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $623,210,000,000. (B) Outlays, $73,557,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $128,638,000,000. (B) Outlays, $624,207,000,000. Fiscal year 2024:
(B) Outlays, $130,729,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $75,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, $640,597,000,000. (B) Outlays, $75,011,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $132,003,000,000. (B) Outlays, $638,103,000,000. Fiscal year 2025:
(B) Outlays, $131,492,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $76,413,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: (A) New budget authority, $633,758,000,000. (B) Outlays, $76,155,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $134,674,000,000. (B) Outlays, $627,362,000,000. Fiscal year 2026:
(B) Outlays, $132,652,000,000. Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, $78,161,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $645,839,000,000. (B) Outlays, $77,827,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $137,812,000,000. (B) Outlays, $643,707,000,000. Fiscal year 2027:
(B) Outlays, $135,558,000,000. Fiscal year 2029: (A) New budget authority, $80,010,000,000.
(11) Health (550): (A) New budget authority, $641,962,000,000. (B) Outlays, $79,533,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $627,556,000,000. Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $943,093,000,000. Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $81,961,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $882,818,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $657,398,000,000. (B) Outlays, $80,963,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $648,615,000,000. Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $748,503,000,000. (14) Social Security (650): (A) New budget authority, $83,994,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $797,760,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $82,930,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $40,594,000,000. Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $713,126,000,000. (B) Outlays, $40,598,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $92,786,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $722,016,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $91,769,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $42,633,000,000. (17) General Government (800):
(A) New budget authority, $720,847,000,000. (B) Outlays, $42,633,000,000. Fiscal year 2021:
(B) Outlays, $730,335,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $375,971,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $45,486,000,000. (B) Outlays, $376,468,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $754,383,000,000. (B) Outlays, $45,486,000,000. Fiscal year 2022:
(B) Outlays, $753,709,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $24,837,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $48,621,000,000. (B) Outlays, $24,899,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $790,057,000,000. (B) Outlays, $48,621,000,000. Fiscal year 2023:
(B) Outlays, $785,131,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $24,888,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $52,151,000,000. (B) Outlays, $24,787,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $825,982,000,000. (B) Outlays, $52,151,000,000. Fiscal year 2024:
(B) Outlays, $820,641,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $25,205,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, $62,223,000,000. (B) Outlays, $24,961,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $858,454,000,000. (B) Outlays, $62,223,000,000. Fiscal year 2025:
(B) Outlays, $858,986,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $25,885,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: (A) New budget authority, $68,685,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,481,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $900,409,000,000. (B) Outlays, $68,685,000,000. Fiscal year 2026:
(B) Outlays, $901,525,000,000. Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, $26,483,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $73,712,000,000. (B) Outlays, $26,036,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $955,814,000,000. (B) Outlays, $73,712,000,000. Fiscal year 2027:
(B) Outlays, $946,672,000,000. Fiscal year 2029: (A) New budget authority, $27,170,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570): (A) New budget authority, $78,912,000,000. (B) Outlays, $26,711,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $78,912,000,000. Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $766,853,000,000. Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $27,869,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $766,005,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $83,948,000,000. (B) Outlays, $27,402,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $83,948,000,000. Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $745,579,000,000. (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): (A) New budget authority, $28,621,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $745,556,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $28,137,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $258,560,000,000. Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $838,359,000,000. (B) Outlays, $250,738,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $29,416,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $838,200,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $28,918,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $243,210,000,000. (18) Net Interest (900):
(A) New budget authority, $851,671,000,000. (B) Outlays, $267,893,000,000. Fiscal year 2021:
(B) Outlays, $851,452,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $365,131,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $249,723,000,000. (B) Outlays, $365,131,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $958,756,000,000. (B) Outlays, $251,696,000,000. Fiscal year 2022:
(B) Outlays, $958,451,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $345,959,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $256,945,000,000. (B) Outlays, $345,959,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $1,026,856,000,000. (B) Outlays, $244,770,000,000. Fiscal year 2023:
(B) Outlays, $1,026,484,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $336,379,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $264,708,000,000. (B) Outlays, $336,379,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $1,098,460,000,000. (B) Outlays, $263,284,000,000. Fiscal year 2024:
(B) Outlays, $1,098,027,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: (A) New budget authority, $332,881,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, $272,216,000,000. (B) Outlays, $332,881,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $1,244,688,000,000. (B) Outlays, $270,636,000,000. Fiscal year 2025:
(B) Outlays, $1,244,201,000,000. Fiscal year 2027: (A) New budget authority, $341,018,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: (A) New budget authority, $280,109,000,000. (B) Outlays, $341,018,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $1,184,583,000,000. (B) Outlays, $278,409,000,000. Fiscal year 2026:
(B) Outlays, $1,184,048,000,000. Fiscal year 2028: (A) New budget authority, $367,269,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $288,040,000,000. (B) Outlays, $367,269,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $1,331,736,000,000. (B) Outlays, $299,629,000,000. Fiscal year 2027:
(B) Outlays, $1,331,161,000,000. Fiscal year 2029: (A) New budget authority, $418,442,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600): (A) New budget authority, $296,740,000,000. (B) Outlays, $418,442,000,000.

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $281,467,000,000. Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $1,845,601,000,000. Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $502,412,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,779,410,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $305,496,000,000. (B) Outlays, $502,412,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $303,520,000,000. Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $770,908,000,000. (16) Administration of Justice (750): (A) New budget authority, $605,086,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $805,014,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $605,086,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $72,961,000,000. Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $619,246,000,000. (B) Outlays, $74,900,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $727,019,000,000.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:55 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A03FE7.003 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H287
(B) Outlays, $727,019,000,000. Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur- atives shall submit changes in laws within its
(19) Allowances (920): ance Trust Fund are as follows: jurisdiction to increase the deficit by not more
Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2021: $1,101,575,000,000. than $16,112,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
(A) New budget authority, -$25,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: $1,158,817,000,000. 2021 through 2030.
(B) Outlays, $0. Fiscal year 2023: $1,222,448,000,000. (b) COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR.—
Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2024: $1,292,270,000,000. The Committee on Education and Labor of the
(A) New budget authority, -$33,933,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: $1,365,124,000,000. House of Representatives shall submit changes
(B) Outlays, -$27,630,000,000. Fiscal year 2026: $1,434,051,000,000. in laws within its jurisdiction to increase the
Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2027: $1,506,794,000,000. deficit by not more than $357,926,000,000 for the
(A) New budget authority, -$34,686,000,000. Fiscal year 2028: $1,586,096,000,000.
period of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
Fiscal year 2029: $1,666,850,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$31,376,000,000. (c) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE.—
Fiscal year 2030: $1,750,666,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
(c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EX-
(A) New budget authority, -$35,495,000,000. House of Representatives shall submit changes
PENSES.—In the Senate, the amounts of new
(B) Outlays, -$33,380,000,000. in laws within its jurisdiction to increase the
budget authority and budget outlays of the Fed-
Fiscal year 2025: deficit by not more than $188,498,000,000 for the
eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
(A) New budget authority, -$36,367,000,000. period of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance
(B) Outlays, -$34,806,000,000. (d) COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.—The
Trust Fund for administrative expenses are as
Fiscal year 2026: Committee on Financial Services of the House of
follows:
(A) New budget authority, -$37,240,000,000. Representatives shall submit changes in laws
Fiscal year 2021:
(B) Outlays, -$35,938,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $5,650,000,000. within its jurisdiction to increase the deficit by
Fiscal year 2027: (B) Outlays, $5,665,000,000. not more than $75,000,000,000 for the period of
(A) New budget authority, -$38,152,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
(B) Outlays, -$36,942,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $6,345,000,000. (e) COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS.—The
Fiscal year 2028: (B) Outlays, $6,318,000,000. Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
(A) New budget authority, -$38,991,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: Representatives shall submit changes in laws
(B) Outlays, -$37,890,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $6,502,000,000. within its jurisdiction to increase the deficit by
Fiscal year 2029: (B) Outlays, $6,462,000,000. not more than $10,000,000,000 for the period of
(A) New budget authority, -$39,927,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
(B) Outlays, -$38,847,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $6,672,000,000. (f) COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES.—The
Fiscal year 2030: (B) Outlays, $6,629,000,000. Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
(A) New budget authority, -$40,906,000,000. Fiscal year 2025: Representatives shall submit changes in laws
(B) Outlays, -$39,817,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $6,856,000,000.
within its jurisdiction to increase the deficit by
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): (B) Outlays, $6,808,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: not more than $1,005,000,000 for the period of
Fiscal year 2021: fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
(A) New budget authority, -$101,066,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $7,048,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,998,000,000. (g) COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM.—
(B) Outlays, -$101,303,000,000. The Committee on Oversight and Reform of the
Fiscal year 2027:
Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $7,247,000,000. House of Representatives shall submit changes
(A) New budget authority, -$109,306,000,000. (B) Outlays, $7,195,000,000. in laws within its jurisdiction to increase the
(B) Outlays, -$109,433,000,000. Fiscal year 2028: deficit by not more than $350,690,000,000 for the
Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $7,458,000,000. period of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
(A) New budget authority, -$108,548,000,000. (B) Outlays, $7,403,000,000. (h) COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECH-
(B) Outlays, -$108,423,000,000. Fiscal year 2029: NOLOGY.—The Committee on Science, Space, and
Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $7,678,000,000. Technology of the House of Representatives
(A) New budget authority, -$102,509,000,000. (B) Outlays, $7,621,000,000. shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdic-
(B) Outlays, -$102,374,000,000. Fiscal year 2030: tion to increase the deficit by not more than
Fiscal year 2025: (A) New budget authority, $7,908,000,000. $750,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2021
(A) New budget authority, -$105,714,000,000. (B) Outlays, $7,847,000,000. through 2030.
(B) Outlays, -$112,421,000,000. SEC. 1202. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY AD- (i) COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS.—The
Fiscal year 2026: MINISTRATIVE EXPENSES IN THE
Committee on Small Business of the House of
(A) New budget authority, -$108,507,000,000. SENATE.
Representatives shall submit changes in laws
(B) Outlays, -$107,659,000,000. In the Senate, the amounts of new budget au-
within its jurisdiction to increase the deficit by
Fiscal year 2027: thority and budget outlays of the Postal Service
not more than $50,000,000,000 for the period of
(A) New budget authority, -$111,817,000,000. for discretionary administrative expenses are as
fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
(B) Outlays, -$110,312,000,000. follows: (j) COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND IN-
Fiscal year 2028: Fiscal year 2021:
FRASTRUCTURE.—The Committee on Transpor-
(A) New budget authority, -$114,832,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $267,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $268,000,000. tation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
(B) Outlays, -$113,327,000,000. resentatives shall submit changes in laws within
Fiscal year 2029: Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $282,000,000. its jurisdiction to increase the deficit by not
(A) New budget authority, -$118,974,000,000. more than $95,620,000,000 for the period of fiscal
(B) Outlays, $282,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$117,619,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: years 2021 through 2030.
Fiscal year 2030: (A) New budget authority, $289,000,000. (k) COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.—The
(A) New budget authority, -$123,259,000,000. (B) Outlays, $289,000,000. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of
(B) Outlays, -$121,979,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Representatives shall submit changes in laws
Subtitle B—Levels and Amounts in the Senate (A) New budget authority, $298,000,000. within its jurisdiction to increase the deficit by
SEC. 1201. SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE SENATE. (B) Outlays, $298,000,000. not more than $17,000,000,000 for the period of
Fiscal year 2025: fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
(a) SOCIAL SECURITY REVENUES.—For pur-
(A) New budget authority, $308,000,000. (l) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The
poses of Senate enforcement under sections 302 (B) Outlays, $308,000,000. Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 Fiscal year 2026: Representatives shall submit changes in laws
(2 U.S.C. 633 and 642), the amounts of revenues (A) New budget authority, $317,000,000. within its jurisdiction to increase the deficit by
of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (B) Outlays, $317,000,000. not more than $940,718,000,000 for the period of
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur- Fiscal year 2027: fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
ance Trust Fund are as follows: (A) New budget authority, $328,000,000. (m) SUBMISSIONS.—In the House of Represent-
Fiscal year 2021: $898,089,000,000. (B) Outlays, $328,000,000.
atives, not later than February 16, 2021, the
Fiscal year 2022: $930,023,000,000. Fiscal year 2028:
committees named in the subsections of this sec-
Fiscal year 2023: $996,745,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $338,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $338,000,000. tion shall submit their recommendations to the
Fiscal year 2024: $1,040,533,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep-
Fiscal year 2025: $1,085,441,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $350,000,000. resentatives to carry out this section.
Fiscal year 2026: $1,133,139,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: $1,182,469,000,000. (B) Outlays, $349,000,000. TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
Fiscal year 2028: $1,231,717,000,000. Fiscal year 2030: SEC. 3001. RESERVE FUND FOR RECONCILIATION
Fiscal year 2029: $1,279,075,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $362,000,000. LEGISLATION.
Fiscal year 2030: $1,326,172,000,000. (B) Outlays, $361,000,000. (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of the Rep-
(b) SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLAYS.—For purposes TITLE II—RECONCILIATION resentatives, the chair of the Committee on the
of Senate enforcement under sections 302 and SEC. 2001. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF Budget may revise the allocations of a com-
311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 REPRESENTATIVES. mittee or committees, aggregates, and other ap-
U.S.C. 633 and 642), the amounts of outlays of (a) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.—The Com- propriate levels in this resolution for any bill or
the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance mittee on Agriculture of the House of Represent- joint resolution considered pursuant to section

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:55 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A03FE7.003 H03FEPT1
H288 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
2001 containing the recommendations of one or SEC. 4002. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINIS- SEC. 4006. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIA-
more committees, or for one or more amendments TRATIVE EXPENSES. TIONS.
to, a conference report on, or an amendment be- (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section Notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 203
tween the Houses in relation to such a bill or 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (Public
joint resolution, by the amounts necessary to ac- 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(1)), section 13301 of the Law 116–37; 133 Stat. 1052), such section 203
commodate the budgetary effects of the legisla- Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 shall continue to have force and effect in the
tion, if the budgetary effects of the legislation note), and section 2009a of title 39, United States House of Representatives during fiscal year
comply with the reconciliation instructions Code, the report or the joint explanatory state- 2021.
under this concurrent resolution. ment, as applicable, accompanying this concur- SEC. 4007. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.
(b) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.—For rent resolution on the budget shall include in an Congress adopts the provisions of this title—
purposes of this section, compliance with the allocation under section 302(a) of the Congres- (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of
reconciliation instructions under this concur- sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the the Senate and the House of Representatives, re-
rent resolution shall be determined by the chair Committee on Appropriations of the applicable spectively, and as such they shall be considered
of the Committee on the Budget of the House of House of Congress amounts for the discretionary as part of the rules of each House or of that
Representatives. administrative expenses of the Social Security House to which they specifically apply, and
(c) EXCEPTION FOR LEGISLATION.—The point Administration and the United States Postal such rules shall supersede other rules only to
of order set forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Service. the extent that they are inconsistent with such
House of Representatives shall not apply to rec- (b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House of Rep- other rules; and
onciliation legislation reported by the Committee resentatives and the Senate, for purposes of en- (2) with full recognition of the constitutional
on the Budget pursuant to submissions under forcing section 302(f) of the Congressional Budg- right of either the Senate or the House of Rep-
section 2001. et Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), estimates of the resentatives to change those rules (insofar as
level of total new budget authority and total they relate to that House) at any time, in the
SEC. 3002. RESERVE FUND FOR DEFICIT-NEUTRAL
LEGISLATION. outlays provided by a measure shall include any same manner, and to the same extent as is the
discretionary amounts described in subsection case of any other rule of the Senate or House of
The chair of the Committee on the Budget of Representatives.
(a).
the House of Representatives may revise the al-
locations of a committee or committees, aggre- SEC. 4003. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF The SPEAKER pro tempore. The con-
CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS, AGGRE- current resolution shall be debatable
gates, and other appropriate levels in this reso- GATES, AND OTHER BUDGETARY
lution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, LEVELS. for 3 hours, with 2 hours equally di-
amendments, or conference reports by the vided and controlled by the chair and
(a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of alloca-
amounts provided in such legislation, provided ranking minority member on the Com-
tions, aggregates, and other budgetary levels
that such legislation would not increase the def- mittee on the Budget, and 1 hour on
made pursuant to this concurrent resolution
icit for either of the following time periods: fis-
cal year 2021 to fiscal year 2025 or fiscal year
shall— the subject of economic goals and poli-
2021 to fiscal year 2030. (1) apply while that measure is under consid- cies, equally divided and controlled by
eration; the gentleman from Virginia (Mr.
TITLE IV—OTHER MATTERS (2) take effect upon the enactment of that BEYER) and the gentleman from Ari-
SEC. 4001. ENFORCEMENT FILING. measure; and zona (Mr. SCHWEIKERT) or their respec-
(a) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—In (3) be published in the Congressional Record tive designees.
the House of Representatives, if a concurrent as soon as practicable.
The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr.
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 is (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS, AGGRE-
GATES, AND OTHER BUDGETARY LEVELS.—Re-
YARMUTH) and the gentleman from
adopted without the appointment of a committee
vised allocations, aggregates, and other budg- Missouri (Mr. SMITH) each will control
of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses with respect to this concurrent resolu- etary levels resulting from these adjustments 1 hour, and the gentleman from Vir-
tion on the budget, for the purpose of enforcing shall be considered for the purposes of the Con- ginia (Mr. BEYER) and the gentleman
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et from Arizona (Mr. SCHWEIKERT) each
621 et seq.) and applicable rules and require- seq.) as the allocations, aggregates, and other will control 30 minutes.
ments set forth in the concurrent resolution on budgetary levels contained in this concurrent The Chair recognizes the gentleman
the budget, the allocations provided for in this resolution. from Kentucky.
subsection shall apply in the House of Rep- (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—
GENERAL LEAVE
resentatives in the same manner as if such allo- For purposes of this concurrent resolution, the
cations were in a joint explanatory statement levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I ask
accompanying a conference report on the budget spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, unanimous consent that all Members
for fiscal year 2021. The chair of the Committee deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period have 5 legislative days in which to re-
on the Budget of the House of Representatives of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis vise and extend their remarks and in-
shall submit a statement for publication in the of estimates made by the chair of the Committee clude extraneous material on H. Con.
Congressional Record containing— on the Budget of the applicable House of Con- Res. 11.
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations, com- gress.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
mittee allocations for fiscal year 2021 consistent SEC. 4004. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES
IN CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.
objection to the request of the gen-
with title I for the purpose of enforcing section
302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 tleman from Kentucky?
(a) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—In the
U.S.C. 633); and House of Representatives, the chair of the Com- There was no objection.
(2) for all committees other than the Com- mittee on the Budget may adjust the appro- Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield
mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations priate aggregates, allocations, and other budg- myself such time as I may consume.
consistent with title I for fiscal year 2021 and etary levels in this concurrent resolution for any Mr. Speaker, it has been roughly 1
for the period of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 change in budgetary concepts and definitions year since the first COVID–19 case was
for the purpose of enforcing 302 of the Congres- consistent with section 251(b)(1) of the Balanced diagnosed in the United States. Since
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633). Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of then, more than 26 million Americans
(b) IN THE SENATE.—If this concurrent resolu- 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(1)). have been infected, and more than
tion on the budget is agreed to by the Senate (b) SENATE.—Upon the enactment of a bill or
440,000 have lost their lives.
and House of Representatives without the ap- joint resolution providing for a change in con-
pointment of a committee of conference on the cepts or definitions, the Chairman of the Com- Millions of Americans remain out of
disagreeing votes of the two Houses, the Chair- mittee on the Budget of the Senate may make work as families are pushed to the
man of the Committee on the Budget of the Sen- adjustments to the levels and allocations in this brink of devastation. Our economy
ate may submit a statement for publication in resolution in accordance with section 251(b) of faces lows unseen since the Great De-
the Congressional Record containing— the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit pression.
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations, com- Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)). Food insecurity is climbing. Wide-
mittee allocations for fiscal year 2021 consistent SEC. 4005. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN THE spread school closures threaten to de-
with the levels in title I for the purpose of en- BASELINE. rail our children’s education. And our

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
forcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget The chair of the Committee on the Budget of most vulnerable communities are being
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); and the House of Representatives and the Chairman forced to bear the brunt of these twin
(2) for all committees other than the Com- of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and
crises as underlying health and eco-
for fiscal years 2021, 2021 through 2025, and 2021 other appropriate budgetary levels in this con- nomic inequities grow worse.
through 2030 consistent with the levels in title I current resolution to reflect changes resulting Congress has previously come to-
for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the from the Congressional Budget Office’s updates gether to pass relief packages, but
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633). to its baseline for fiscal years 2021 through 2030. COVID is getting worse, not better. Our

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:55 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A03FE7.003 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H289
recovery is painful and the most un- The American Rescue Plan can be will destroy American jobs, make our
equal on record. We are still deep in the difference between getting a vac- country less secure, and raise the cost
the trenches. We have to do more, a lot cine or a virus, advancing to the next of living for American families. I will
more. grade or falling behind, keeping the just name a few:
As chairman of the Budget Com- doors open or shutting down businesses Canceling the Keystone XL pipeline
mittee, I promised that we would do for good. directly eliminates an estimated 11,000
everything our committee could do to The choice is clear. I look forward to jobs, including 8,000 union jobs.
support our recovery, which is why I passing this resolution and ensuring Enacting a 60-day moratorium on
introduced the 2021 budget resolution Congress delivers the American Rescue new mining, oil and gas leasing, and
being considered today. This budget Plan to the American people. permitting on Federal lands will cause
resolution was designed solely for one Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of severe damage to America’s economy
task: providing Congress with the op- my time. and energy independence, and will re-
tion of using reconciliation to imple- Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, sult in the loss of over 100,000 jobs.
ment the American Rescue Plan and I yield myself such time as I may con- Mr. Speaker, 100,000 Americans are
deliver the critical relief we need. sume. fired by the stroke of a pen.
President Biden’s American Rescue Mr. Speaker, the so-called budget be- Returning the U.S. to the failed Paris
Plan lays out an aggressive legislative fore us ‘‘squanders the opportunity to Agreement of 2015 will reduce U.S.
package to change the direction of start this new Congress working to- competitiveness in manufacturing and
these crises, including a national vac- gether to address the concerns and pri- next-generation technologies, as indus-
cine program; testing and tracing, paid orities of the American people in a con- tries move to China.
sick leave to stop the spread, an exten- structive and bipartisan manner.’’ Terminating a national emergency
sion of lifeline unemployment benefits Mr. Speaker, those are not my words. declaration which immediately stops
that are set to expire in March; direct That is what was said at this very same all wall construction at the Southern
financial support for families; and sup- moment in 2017 by my colleague across border leaves American taxpayers with
port so schools can operate safely. the aisle who is now chairman of this an incomplete government project and
Our country desperately needs this committee. You see, he found the very the loss of thousands of jobs.
relief, and economists across the ideo- Mr. Speaker, thousands of Americans
same process they are starting today
logical spectrum agree. Past crises are, once again, fired, again, by the
to be so objectionable, so one-sided, so
have made it clear that doing too little stroke of the President’s pen. That is a
partisan, such an abuse of power, that
will cost us far more. Weak support powerful example by the President of
he spoke in opposition for an hour to
will lead to a weak, prolonged, and K- how to make life harder for the work-
the very same thing the House Demo-
shaped recovery, posing more severe ing class and to weaken America.
crats are doing now.
risks to our economic and budget out- Again, I come back to: Why is this
The truth is, I look forward to the
looks than any deficits we might incur. happening today?
Without the American Rescue Plan, time my colleague on the other side
and I can actually formalize our com- I think the American people deserve
CBO estimates that it will take at to know, and the answer is simple:
least 3 years before employment re- mittee, welcome our members, orga-
nize, and develop an oversight plan for Democrats in Washington are setting
turns to prepandemic levels. But with up a partisan process to have the Vice
this vital support, economists estimate the new administration, but that has
yet to happen. President cast the decisive vote in the
that we can bring the economy back to
Senate on an array of radical policies.
near full employment in a little over 12 b 1315 At worst, their plans are to try and
months. But here we are on the floor with a use this pandemic to seize more gov-
We have the plan and the ability to
bill already; a so-called budget resolu- ernment control of your life; to grow
do this. And, thankfully, we can also
tion; a resolution which, in reality, government power over your
afford to do it. Interest rates and infla-
isn’t any sort of budget. It is simply a healthcare choices; to place new rules,
tion are at historic lows, lower today
mechanism for the Democrat leaders to mandates, and regulations on your
than even before the pandemic, and the
enact a radical agenda rejected by small businesses; and to grant citizen-
return on smart investments in the
Americans this fall. They know it. It ship to millions here illegally.
economy has never been higher.
Economists of all stripes are telling was rejected because their caucus is At best, their plan is to actually
us, begging us, to use the fiscal space much smaller now today than it was award hundreds of billions of dollars to
we have. They are warning that if we before the election. the very same State governments
don’t go big, we will be responsible for So why are they doing this? which are shutting down our schools,
a long, painful, and unequal recovery, While five different COVID stimulus telling restaurants they can’t open,
one that will cost more lives and more packages were negotiated and ulti- and keeping families locked inside.
jobs, that will cause more businesses to mately signed into law on a bipartisan They want to bail out their political
close and result in more damage to our basis over the last year, they appar- allies who are telling small businesses
Nation’s economy, both in the short- ently now need a more one-sided ap- they can’t open, who are blocking
and long-term. proach, one which is much more par- Americans from going into their
The resolution’s budget reconcili- tisan and bends the rules to radicalize houses of worship, and who are ruining
ation framework sets a budgetary tar- this Congress and the policies it pro- more families by the day.
get of up to $1.9 trillion, the estimated duces. Quite the opposite of the speech America is suffering right now, but
cost of the American Rescue Plan, allo- we all heard from out in front of this they are suffering because of the
cated across the 12 committees that building 2 weeks ago today. choices, the mandates, and the
have jurisdiction over some portion of The power of our example, isn’t that lockdowns being put in place by gov-
the plan. The resolution instructs what we were told? ernment. We all know the quote from
these committees to report legislation Well, what is the example here? President Ronald Reagan: ‘‘The nine
consistent with these budgetary tar- That the unification, the bipartisan- most terrifying words in the English
gets to the Budget Committee by Feb- ship, and work-together attitude that language are: ‘I’m from the govern-
ruary 16. The Budget Committee will the President called for were just ment, and I’m here to help.’ ’’
then combine the legislation and pre- empty words for the House majority. Well, I think there are about 3,800
pare it for floor consideration. Though I suppose with this partisan more families who have loved ones in

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
There will be plenty of opportunities process, our House Democrat col- New York nursing homes, who would
for my colleagues across the aisle to leagues are, in a sense, following the agree with that statement right now.
engage in this process and offer amend- example of President Biden from his Government harm has gone on long
ments, but we cannot afford to slow first days in office. enough. It needs to stop, yet we are
down our response to these urgent cri- President Biden has spent his first setting up a process today to give hun-
ses while Republicans decide if they few days signing one executive order dreds of billions more to those very
want to help or not. after another and pushing policies that same State governments. The numbers

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:55 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.005 H03FEPT1
H290 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
don’t lie. Adding in the President’s $2 the hundreds of thousands of busi- retention tax credit, and the earned in-
trillion proposal from earlier this nesses that will close; or the schools come tax credit. We are going to give
month, we will have spent $6 trillion in that he wants to reopen, which we all some help to people in America who,
less than 1 year in so-called COVID–19- want to reopen. We are looking for again, really are in harm’s way. Pas-
related stimulus. That is larger than ideas, but so far all we have had is re- sage of this resolution will provide us
the GDP of every country on Earth sistance and obstruction. with an additional pathway to swiftly
other than the U.S. and China. It is the The President this week actually met advance these priorities.
equivalent of $17,000 per every Amer- with 10 Republican United States Sen- By the way, as of this morning, 76
ican and $70,000 per household. ators in an effort to get a bipartisan percent of the American people agree
Do families really feel like they have approach to the crisis we face. I would with what we are doing.
gotten $70,000 out of their government still hope that we can do that, but we In times as desperate as these, we
in the last year? can’t afford to wait for that to happen. need to prepare our mechanisms so
No way. That is why this process is in place, they are ready at our disposal to get
What is worse is we have now crossed giving plenty of opportunity for the the American people the relief they
over. Government policies are now Republicans in both the House and need.
making the crisis worse, resulting in Senate to participate and to help us Mr. Speaker, for millions of lives and
millions of needless deaths. Suicide find a better plan to move forward. livelihoods that are at stake, I urge all
rates among adults and children are Mr. Speaker, I yield 21⁄2 minutes to of my colleagues today, regardless of
way up. The U.S. National Bureau of the gentleman from Massachusetts their party, to support this critical
Economic Research, just this past (Mr. NEAL), who is the chairman of the measure.
month, said that, over the next 15 Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker,
Ways and Means Committee.
Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I want to ac- I appreciate the gentleman from Mas-
years, more than 890,000 Americans
knowledge Mr. YARMUTH here for the sachusetts. I will remind him that the
could die as a direct result of the un-
clarity and the speed with which he has government there in his State has al-
employment caused by COVID-related
proceeded. ready received $7.5 billion in bailouts
lockdowns.
A reminder in support of this resolu- and, under this plan, would receive an
Here was the headline in The New
tion here to the previous speaker, the additional $7 billion. During the
York Times last week: ‘‘Surge of Stu-
gentleman from Missouri: this is the lockdown there in his State, more than
dent Suicides Pushes Las Vegas
opening salvo in a process. This is not 2,500 small businesses have been closed
Schools to Reopen.’’
Lockdowns, mandates, closures, vir- the conclusion. To talk to the Presi- and the death rate has been more than
tual: It is unrealistic, not sustainable, dent of the United States this morning the top five in the Nation.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the
and not the way. without any incendiary rhetoric and no
gentlewoman from the great State of
Under remote virtual learning, stu- divisive tone, but for him to reiterate
Colorado (Mrs. BOEBERT), who under-
dents are not getting the instruction good suggestions will be entertained as
stands what it is like to run a small
they need, especially those who may good suggestions as the process goes
business and the burdens that govern-
not have access to reliable broadband. forward.
ment places on them.
Not to mention the mental health and The COVID–19 crisis is far from over. Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Speaker, I have
emotional development needs that are Record numbers of deaths—look at the to hand it to my colleagues on the
not being met. numbers in front of us, Mr. Speaker. other side. In the infamous words of
If we want to support families and What has happened? Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel,
communities, let’s follow the science The number of people who are pro-
they ‘‘never let a crisis go to waste.’’
and let’s reopen our schools. Our coun- jected to die by the next quarter, When the unemployment rate is up
try is about giving Americans the 500,000 Americans dead, 25 million in- and incomes are down, when the job
power of information and letting them fected, 19 million Americans receiving openings are few but the food lines are
decide what is best for their family and unemployment insurance. many, when the American people need
for their loved ones, not government And we are going too fast in this their Representatives to put aside par-
telling them: Stay indoors; don’t see process? tisan politics, my colleagues on the
your family; and I am going to destroy President Biden and his American other side put forth this boondoggle
your job, small business, and every- rescue plan contains the kind of bold proposal.
thing you have spent your life building. policies that we have sought to ad- This partisan $1.9 trillion bill is being
So here we are, setting new precedent vance here for months. We understand forced through Congress when more
under the Democrat-controlled House. that the economy will not recover than $1 trillion from previously passed
In more than 30 years, Congress has without first crushing the virus. Mr. laws remain unspent.
never voted on a House-originated Speaker, we will not get the economy How about let’s get that $1 trillion
budget that has not first gone through back up and running until we defeat out the door before we come back to
committee. the virus and restore safe working con- the trough?
For what? ditions, as previously noted. Mr. Speaker, they can’t let this crisis
To bail out the very governments This public health emergency re- go to waste, so they are going to force-
who are the ones costing families ev- quires aggressive, science-based action, feed leftist policies to the American
erything right now. and it is going to take time. In addi- people and do their best to disguise it
Is this how the Democrats intend to tion to passing measures to eradicate as COVID relief.
govern: to put Government ahead of the pandemic, we must ensure that My constituents back home are ask-
the people? families and jobless workers are able to ing me: How does killing more jobs by
I remind my friends that the power of afford life’s basic necessities, or, as we doubling the Federal minimum wage
the majority is a fleeting thing, and might say, liquidity and cash flow in help reopen our economy? What do cli-
the American people are watching. the system. mate change policies have to do with
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Accomplishing these goals requires stopping the spread of COVID? How
my time. us to go big. Economists left, right, does expanding ObamaCare help reopen
Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield and center have all said the same thing our children’s schools?
myself such time as I may consume. in this chorus: Go big. The answer is none of these policies
Mr. Speaker, I listened with great in- The Ways and Means Committee is have anything to do with stopping or

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
terest to the passionate words of the ready to meet this challenge. We are addressing the China virus. They are
ranking member, and I failed to hear going to beat this virus and we are unnecessary and radical. This budget is
one instance in which he expressed con- going to put money into the hands and just Democrats doing what Democrats
cern or any ideas about how to help the pockets of the people in America who do, trying to score political wins on the
hundreds of thousands of Americans really need it, extending unemploy- backs of Americans in crisis.
who will die if this government does ment assistance, combating child pov- So we will vote on this bill, Demo-
not act quickly and aggressively; or erty, supporting hard-hit families, the crats will claim their political wins,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:55 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.006 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H291
and America will go further into debt. derful new addition to the Budget Com- scale, and more delay is not an option.
But the real relief that Americans mittee. We must work to beat back this virus,
need, the relief of a job, an open school, Mr. CLINE. Mr. Speaker, I would shore up our economy, and ensure the
and a thriving economy, will once agree with the gentleman. Our families most vulnerable are prioritized and
again go unaddressed. are hurting. Our farmers are suffering, protected.
I urge my colleagues to get real and and our small businesses are failing But we cannot solve this problem
scrap this pipe dream. from the shutdown policies of Demo- without addressing the outside world
I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on this bill. crat governors like mine in Virginia. also. Pandemics do not respect borders,
They need our support as we manage and they don’t care about nationali-
b 1330 ties.
through this pandemic.
Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I just But what they don’t need is a $1.9 As chair of the Foreign Affairs Com-
wanted to respond to the notion that trillion package packed full of Demo- mittee, I firmly believe that the health
this is a radical plan. The radical, very crat wish list items that will cripple and economic wreckage caused by the
radical chairman of the Council of Eco- our economy, including a minimum COVID–19 pandemic will only end once
nomic Advisers under President wage increase that would destroy 1.3 it ends everywhere. We are currently
Trump, Kevin Hassett, said: million jobs, according to the CBO, and addressing the monumental task of
But I think we need to be risk-averse and hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars vaccinating our country, but after-
pass another relief package. There are so to bail out poorly run State govern- wards we must turn our attention to
many businesses treading water, barely ments. the remainder of the world. Only then
hanging on. Now they are getting hit by an- Mr. Speaker, 1 month ago the last can we fully put this worldwide pan-
other shock. You could end up in a negative demic behind us and put ourselves back
COVID relief bill, nearly $1 trillion,
spiral for the economy. on the path to economic prosperity.
was signed into law and, together with
January 22, 2021, the radical Kevin previously enacted stimulus laws, over Crucially, this package includes sup-
Hassett. $1 trillion remains unspent. In fact, the port for global health efforts as well as
Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleas- CBO, just this week, announced that lifesaving humanitarian assistance.
ure to yield 21⁄2 minutes to the gen- they project our economy to bounce This means support for vaccine pro-
tleman from Arizona (Mr. GRIJALVA), back over the next several months, curement, vaccine delivery, and sus-
the distinguished chairman of the Nat- without trillions of dollars in addi- tained engagement to build the capac-
ural Resources Committee. tional stimulus aid from Congress, and ity of health systems throughout mul-
Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I rise that much of our recovery hinges on tilateral engagement. It means sup-
in strong support of the budget resolu- the removal of these shutdown require- porting organizations like the World
tion and reality that is before us today. ments and the pace of vaccinations. Food Program, UNICEF, and the WHO,
This resolution provides relief to the That is where our focus should be, en- that the United States must partner
American people that has been needed suring that those who want to be vac- with in order to succeed.
and required for over a year. COVID–19 did not begin on our
cinated receive it, and ensuring that
I want to thank Speaker PELOSI, shores, but American innovation and
we reopen our businesses and schools
leader HOYER, whip CLYBURN and, of global health leadership can end it. The
as soon as possible.
course, Chairman YARMUTH for the fine cameras of history are rolling. The
As a new member of the Budget Com-
work he and his committee did in pre- time to act is now.
mittee—or I hope to be a new member We must join with what Chairman
paring this resolution to respond to the of the Budget Committee; we haven’t
urgency before the American people. YARMUTH is doing and make sure that
even organized yet for this Congress—I we help those who have suffered as a
As we have seen in the Natural Re- am outraged by the slipshod way this
sources Committee, the effects of the result of this pandemic. Extending un-
resolution is being rammed through employment insurance, helping those
pandemic, COVID–19, have been dev- the House. It is like being a member of
astating to many populations across who can’t pay for their rent or mort-
the Judiciary Committee and having gage, putting our children back into
this country. It has particularly and impeachment rushed directly to the
severely impacted indigenous people schools, helping our small businesses;
floor without hearings. Whoops, did this is what this bill does. This is why
and Tribes across this country dis- that.
proportionately, four times higher we have to do it, and we have to do it
I see the chairman of the Ways and now because this is the emergency of
than the national average in people Means Committee still here. I don’t our time and it takes bold moves.
that have been infected, and the mor- know that he would like it so much if Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker,
tality rate is reflected in the same we had tax bills that came directly to I appreciate the gentleman from New
way. the floor without going through Ways York. I will remind him that his State
This resolution provides $20 billion and Means. government has already received $28.5
for Tribal Governments, $5.8 billion for What is next, a farm bill that doesn’t billion in bail-out money and, under
Indian Health Service, $900 million to go through the Agriculture Com- this proposal, would receive $20.5 bil-
assist Tribal Governments to develop mittee? A transportation bill that lion under the plan; while that very
culturally and linguistically appro- doesn’t go through the Transportation same government has enacted some of
priate programs for their communities, and Infrastructure Committee? the strongest lockdown policies in the
and provides adequate and necessary You know, the circus being run by Nation, resulting in the closure of
funding to Indian Health Service and House leadership gives a bad name to more than 6,500 small businesses in the
providing a level of equity to the ques- circuses everywhere. State of New York, with an unemploy-
tion of relief that has to be central in Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, it gives ment rate currently at 8.2 percent. And
everything we do. me great pleasure to yield 21⁄2 minutes the State of New York also has the sec-
In addition, at the recommendation to the gentleman from New York (Mr. ond highest COVID-related deaths per
of the House Natural Resources Com- MEEKS), the distinguished chairman of capita in the Nation.
mittee, to ensure that we can deal with the Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the
a pandemic in the making, the package Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in gentleman from California (Mr.
contains funding for tools to limit dan- support of this COVID supplemental OBERNOLTE), an entrepreneur from
gerous wildlife trade and monitor wild- package. This has been a dark and dif- California, a leader in his State legisla-
life-borne diseases at home and abroad. ficult past year for our world. More ture on budgetary issues, and a new

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote, and I thank the than 2 million people have died around member of the Budget Committee.
chairman for the time and his hard the world, including more than 400,000 Mr. OBERNOLTE. Mr. Speaker, the
work. in our great country. Economies are in House Budget Committee was con-
Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, crisis around the globe, and over a bil- stituted in 1974, and since then, not a
I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman lion children are out of the classroom. single budget resolution has passed out
from Virginia (Mr. CLINE), who proudly Our country’s health and economic of this Chamber without hearings and
represents their Sixth District, a won- challenges require a bold response in reasoned debate, until today.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:55 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.009 H03FEPT1
H292 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
Should H. Con. Res. 11 pass, it will be this and future pandemics, to be ready, The American people have suffered.
the first budget resolution in almost 50 to prepare. And they wanted to cut our They have suffered greatly from this
years to pass this Chamber without a 170 to $54 billion. But they are for pandemic, and this body has taken ac-
single hearing, without a single vote, schools and we are not. tion to support those efforts.
without a single witness. We are being Oh, by the way, they didn’t do any- It should be noted that Republicans
told that the reason for this is the need thing for childcare assistance which is have voiced support for targeting relief
for quick action in response to addi- a huge problem for people during this where it is needed. Mr. Speaker, we get
tional stimulus and relief for the pandemic. it. We know there are still needs out
coronavirus crisis. Now, let’s talk about a few things there. We know there are still people
But Mr. Speaker, I have read this res- that are in here: Cash payments prom- hurting. We understand that, and we
olution. It is 55 pages. I can’t find a ised by President Biden and the two agree that we need to have targeted re-
single item in this resolution related to people who helped us flip the Senate, lief.
the coronavirus crisis. they are in here. Thus far, Congress has passed nearly
Now we are being told that might be Extended unemployment, if we don’t $4 trillion in COVID relief funding on
true. You see, this is just a shell that do that—you don’t want to do it—20 everything from the PPP program to
we pass this to the Senate, which trig- million Americans will have no income direct payments to money for testing
gers a lengthy and complex process of and no job on March 14; 100,000 people and for vaccinations.
budget reconciliation. in my State. However, a significant amount of
But, Mr. Speaker, if our intent is to Assistance for small businesses. funding has yet to be utilized, with
pass quick relief, and I think it should Food, well, I think that is pretty crit- more than $1 trillion of available re-
be, we could do that today. This Cham- ical stuff on a day-to-day basis. sources waiting on the sideline to be
ber has passed in the last 12 months al- Rental assistance, and that is some- spent. Of that $1 trillion, there is $280
most $4 trillion of relief. Mr. Speaker, thing else the Trump political hack billion left in the PPP program, $239
of that, over 25 percent, over $1 tril- running OSHA wouldn’t do. billion in health spending, $172 billion
lion, remains unspent. We could fix We are going to have standards for in unemployment insurance assistance,
that today. We could fix that now, in- protection of workers. We have had and $58 billion in State and local aid,
stead of relying on this lengthy and huge outbreaks in meatpacking plants to name a few areas with leftover fund-
complex process of budget reconcili- and in transportation—people have ing.
died—and everywhere else because Now, we are discussing ramming
ation.
there are no Federal standards to pro- through this budget resolution so that
Mr. Speaker, this is a serious topic.
tect workers. We are taking care of the Democrats can pass a $1.9 trillion
It deserves serious consideration, and
that in this bill and with some funding. COVID package without any bipartisan
not the violation of almost 50 years of
And they say this is unprecedented. input or work. After weeks of talk of
protocol and procedure in this Cham-
You used reconciliation for $3 trillion increasing bipartisanship and working
ber. I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote.
of tax cuts for the wealthiest among us together on big issues for our country,
Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I wel-
and the biggest corporations in the this resolution runs contrary to that.
come the gentleman from California to
world, to drill for oil in the Alaska Na- Not only does it do our budget process
both Congress and the Budget Com-
tional Wildlife Refuges, and then you a disservice, but it moves forward with
mittee and I look forward to working
used it again to try and take away the idea that the bipartisan consensus
with him. I will advise him that in just
healthcare from tens of millions of of Congress should be cast aside.
a few weeks he will have the oppor- As I said earlier, there is more than
tunity, as a member of the Budget Americans and their protection for pre-
existing conditions and other things. $1 trillion that has been passed in
Committee, to go through a markup, COVID relief that is just sitting there
offer amendments to the plans that Yeah, unprecedented. Malarkey. Let’s
talk about the issues and cut the BS. unused. Unfortunately, this budget res-
will be proposed in another budget res- olution doesn’t address that point or
olution that will actually come to the b 1345 build upon that point.
floor. So I look forward to that discus- Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, For that reason, Mr. Speaker, I urge
sion and hope that will satisfy the gen- I yield myself such time as I may con- my colleagues to oppose this resolu-
tleman. sume. tion.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 21⁄2 minutes to Mr. Speaker, I would like to respond Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield
the distinguished gentleman from Or- to the gentleman from Oregon saying 21⁄2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
egon (Mr. DEFAZIO), the chair of the that this is unprecedented. What is un- Texas (Ms. JOHNSON), the distinguished
Transportation and Infrastructure precedented is that this is the first chair of the Science, Space, and Tech-
Committee. time that a budget resolution that nology Committee.
Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I thank originated in the House bypassed the Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker,
the gentleman for yielding. Budget Committee. when the COVID–19 crisis hit, the Na-
I know Mr. OBERNOLTE is a new mem- Reconciliation has been used numer- tional Science Foundation rose to meet
ber of the committee; he might even be ous times, but this is the first time in the challenge. The agency has already
brand new to the House. But he said he the history of this country that the invested $200 million in research to un-
couldn’t find a single thing in this Democrats bypassed the Budget Com- derstand the coronavirus, understand
package that related to COVID? mittee in a budget resolution that and model how the virus spreads, and
Oh, well there is $110 billion for vac- originated in the House. The people are enable approaches that lessen the harm
cines, for testing, which has been pa- watching, Mr. Speaker. of COVID–19 to public health, society,
thetic under the Trump administration I also appreciate the gentleman from and the economy.
with no help. Oh, and personal protec- Oregon. I will remind him that his The additional funding provided for
tive equipment, but I guess those State government has already received in this budget resolution will enable
things don’t have anything to do with $4.5 billion in bailouts, and they will our Nation’s best and brightest re-
COVID and the pandemic. receive another $4.5 billion in bailouts searchers to continue to help us
Now, let’s get real here. The first while their State has locked down through this crisis and will contribute
gentleman spoke and said, We want to small businesses, costing more than to better preparedness for the next one.
help schools, and this bill doesn’t help 1,000 small businesses to close their Similarly, the National Institute of
schools. doors. Standards and Technology reacted

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
Well, actually, yesterday they tried Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the quickly as the pandemic unfolded, ask-
to cut our funding for schools. We are gentleman from Georgia (Mr. CARTER), ing Manufacturing USA institutes to
putting in $170 billion to reopen the a true defender of commonsense, con- submit their best proposals for rapid,
schools. It is going to be very expen- servative values and a good friend. high-impact projects to help with the
sive, new HVAC systems, a whole Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- crisis. Several institutes had already
bunch of new furniture, all sorts of er, I rise today in opposition to the redirected their efforts, but more fund-
stuff to get kids safely to school for budget resolution. ing was needed.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.010 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H293
Congress provided $10 billion in the We must take our growing national should be concerned about the deficit
Cares Act. The additional funding pro- debt crisis seriously and not look at and the debt. This is a moment when,
vided for in this resolution will support this laundry list of progressive ideas once and for all, we need to finally
important manufacturing innovations put forth by the Democrats. tackle this pandemic.
across a range of needs, including We are saddling our children and Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker,
therapeutics, accelerating production their grandchildren with this debt, fo- I appreciate the gentleman from Penn-
of critical supplies, and ensuring sup- cusing on the politics of today, and not sylvania. I will remind him that his
ply chains for the pandemic response. worrying about our Nation’s future. State government has already received
The Science, Space, and Technology This budget must be stopped. $14 billion in bailouts. They will re-
Committee, which I chair, held numer- Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield ceive another $13.5 under this plan
ous hearings, briefings, and myself such time as I may consume. while that very same State govern-
roundtables last year to discuss the Mr. Speaker, once again, I welcome ment has enacted lockdown policies,
role of the National Science Founda- the gentleman from Iowa to the House causing the closure of more than 3,000
tion, NIST, and other science agencies of Representatives, and I will correct of their small businesses.
in helping the Nation through this pan- him. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the
demic. $750 million represents just a There is no 10-year budget outlook in gentleman from Florida (Mr. DONALDS),
fraction of what is needed, including to this budget. This is a single budget res- a great addition to the Budget Com-
recover all the science and, more im- olution, only for this fiscal year, de- mittee and a true leader.
portantly, the talent that is hem- signed to facilitate the use of the rec- Mr. DONALDS. Mr. Speaker, as I
orrhaging from the STEM pipeline as a onciliation package to implement the walked onto the House floor today, I
result of this crisis. I will continue to President’s American Rescue Plan, heard the talk from the other side,
push for such funding as part of the which, by the way, he campaigned vig- talking about wanting to share in good
stimulus discussions. orously on throughout his campaign. ideas. But what is interesting is, as
Finally, while I do support the entire While Republicans were saying, ‘‘Oh, this budget resolution has come forth,
package, I want to lend my voice in it is too early to do something. Let’s there has been no sharing of ideas.
particular to the support of vaccina- pause. Let’s wait. Let’s do this,’’ the We have seen a general framework
tions and immunizations, another topic President was aggressive. The Presi- coming from the Biden administration
my committee has spent considerable dent was creative, forceful, and the calling for $1.9 trillion, but that com-
time on. We will not begin to move be- American people rewarded him with a pletely flies in the face of the fact that
yond this crisis until we have wide- victory. there is $1 trillion that this very body,
spread immunization and vaccination. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the the last Congress, appropriated last
Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. year that is still unspent. That money
I appreciate the gentlewoman from BRENDAN F. BOYLE), a distinguished has not gone out the door. Yet, we are
Texas. I will remind her, as we debate member of the Budget Committee. talking about solutions to help our
how to improve the economy, the ad- Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl- country through COVID–19.
ministration’s hostility to the energy vania. Mr. Speaker, I was struck about Now, my career before politics was
industry, as demonstrated by his exec- 15 minutes ago when one of the speak-
utive orders, threatens at least 120,000 actually in finance and economics. I
ers on the other side made the claim spent 17 years in that field. If you are
jobs in the State of Texas. that the Democratic agenda was re-
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the going to talk about stimulating an
jected by the American people in No- economy, the first thing you want to
gentleman from Iowa (Mr. FEENSTRA).
vember. It was so rejected, Democrats do is actually study the current state
As a freshman, he has already shown
won the House, the Senate, and the of your economy. One of the metrics we
leadership as a true defender of con-
White House for the first time in a always like to use in financial services
servative principles.
Mr. FEENSTRA. Mr. Speaker, I rise dozen years. That is rejection I can is the unemployment rate. It is a pret-
today in opposition to the H. Con. Res. take. ty popular statistic.
11, which paves the way for our na- The reality is, the American people Let’s take a look at the unemploy-
tional deficit to increase by $2.1 tril- put us in charge because the previous ment rates going on around the coun-
lion. administration’s response to COVID try. In my State of Florida, it is 6.1
Our current debt is $28 trillion. Let’s was so weak and so ineffective. percent. In Alabama, it is 3.9 percent.
put that in perspective. This budget It is a sad fact that more than 400,000 In South Carolina, it is 4.6 percent. In
that we are looking at here will never Americans have died from COVID. This Texas, it is 7.2 percent.
balance. It will push our national debt is now one of the four most deadly
events in American history. We have 20 b 1400
to $41 trillion by the end of its forecast.
Let me say that again: $41 trillion by percent of the COVID deaths and 20 Compare that to blue States in our
the end of its forecast. percent of the COVID cases worldwide. country, New York and California,
This out-of-control spending is jeop- To deal with the enormity of the cri- where they soar over 8 percent.
ardizing the very future of Social Secu- sis, we need a big, bold plan, such as Why is that happening?
rity and Medicare. Every senior should the Biden 1.9 plan. Because their governors and their
be deeply concerned about the possi- Mr. Speaker, economists are famous mayors have refused to reopen their
bility of losing Social Security based for not agreeing. Because economists economies.
on this out-of-control spending by the were so famous for saying, ‘‘Well, on If you want to stimulate something,
Democrats. the one hand, or on the other hand,’’ actually let the American people get
Currently, our country pays about 2 Harry Truman, when asked, said the back to work. Let them run their busi-
percent on the debt that we have. It one thing he wanted was a one-handed nesses, and you would be surprised at
will not stay at 2 percent because 2 per- economist. So it is striking that econo- what actually would happen in our
cent is currently low. If our interest mists all across the ideological spec- economy.
rate increases, we are going to struggle trum—liberal, centrist, conservative— Let’s talk about the $15 minimum
to try to fund our discretionary pro- all favor going big in this moment. wage, which is in the Biden plan. I
grams like defense and infrastructure That is what this plan does. don’t know how a $15 minimum wage is
because the money will go toward in- I am also struck by the fact that going to help struggling small busi-
terest. This is dangerous, fiscally irre- there must be a Democrat in the White nesses continue to thrive in the cur-

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
sponsible, and reprehensible. House because the other side is sud- rent environment. Furthermore, what
Just like a business or a family, denly talking about the deficit and the we have already seen with the $15 min-
when the credit card bill comes due and debt again. When there is a Republican imum wage is that it has led to work-
there is not enough money, you have to in the White House, it is not a big con- ers actually getting less hours, less
cut. The Democrats have put our Na- cern. hours at the jobs that they have. I
tion in a perilous situation with this Again, Mr. Speaker, economists don’t see how that is actually helping
out-of-control spending. agree: This is not a moment that we anybody stimulate an economy.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.012 H03FEPT1
H294 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
Let’s talk about education. In this ness. Anyone who doubts the need for current artificially low interest rates,
plan, right now there is $170 billion, urgent and immediate COVID–19 relief amounts to about 8 percent of our an-
give or take, to go to local school dis- is not paying attention to the multiple nual budget as recently as fiscal year
tricts to reopen. ongoing crises affecting people across ’19. It is projected to rise to 26 percent
But guess what? If they are picketing the country. of our budget over the next 30 years or
outside of the school district’s school We will continue working with our by fiscal year ‘50.
board in Chicago to not go back into Republican colleagues to find areas of This path of fiscal insanity is simply
the classroom, what is this additional agreement so that we can provide our not sustainable. Without our currently
money actually doing? constituents with the support they des- artificial rates, we simply couldn’t
In Florida, we have been open in our perately need, but we can’t put the even afford to pay our existing debt
schools. We have done this. There are label of bipartisanship ahead of the ur- right now. Our national debt and cur-
tens of billions of dollars already avail- gent needs of our communities. Our rent fiscal situation truly represents
able to help school districts reopen. All constituents don’t want us to say that one of the greatest threats to our coun-
they need is leadership. They don’t we could have provided relief checks in try. The science, as we like to say, or
need more money. the amount of $1,400, but we needed to more specifically the math, confirms
The last thing I want to add is with work with the Republicans, and now this reality because a day of reckoning
respect to State and local govern- they are only $1,000. is coming.
ments. Every State government and The upcoming COVID–19 rescue pack- We are the first generation to ever
every local government either gets age must extend assistance for the un- leave a legacy of debt to our children
their money from income taxes, sales employed Americans, protect all work- and grandchildren. The Greatest Gen-
taxes; like in the great State of Flor- ers from COVID–19 infections, and sup- eration, the World War II generation,
ida, property taxes on the local level. port frontline workers who have cared who also faced down the Great Depres-
This is typically how you get your rev- for our loved ones and kept food on the sion crisis, didn’t even do this to us.
enue. If you want to help State and table during the pandemic. So where do we find ourselves today?
local governments take care of their The rescue package must also pro- We are contemplating a $2 trillion
revenue problems, they should open up. vide schools the necessary resources to spending package that will cost every
They should not come back to this open safely, to help institutions of American citizen an average of about
Capitol and get money. higher education cope with severe fi- $6,000 apiece, or $15,000 per family.
Why should Florida pay for New nancial strain, and to keep childcare For what? What will they be getting
York? providers afloat. We must also expand for their share of this new debt?
Except for the fact that the only nutrition assistance to ensure that our Some will get a $1,400 check in return
thing New York has done is help the children and families do not go hungry. for their $6,000 share of the debt. That
real estate markets in Florida because Finally, the COVID–19 rescue pack- is not a very good deal.
New Yorkers are fleeing New York to This proposal comes from the same
age must help close the massive State
come to the great State of Florida. folks who continue to unjustifiably
and local budget shortfalls, which will
Mr. Speaker, let’s be clear. This clamp down on our freedoms, economi-
inevitably force painful cuts to edu-
budget resolution is not about econom- cally and otherwise. In fact, in my own
cation and other public services if left
ics. It is not about COVID–19. It is not home State of Virginia, 25 percent of
unaddressed.
about helping our schools reopen. This Mr. Speaker, we are at a critical mo- businesses have permanently closed
budget resolution is purely politics. It ment in the fight against COVID–19. since the lockdowns began. There is
is an opportunity to push through an We have the responsibility to do every- simply no substitute for the American
agenda through budget reconciliation thing in our power to meet the basic economy, and no relief or spending
where, if you actually studied our needs of the American people. This package will ever be sufficient.
economy and studied the fact that now When has government spending ever
budget resolution gives Congress an ad-
close to 40 million Americans have truly fixed a problem or not made it
ditional tool to pass a COVID rescue
been vaccinated with the vaccine from worse?
package that will confront the pan- We have to turn the American work-
the previous administration, we are on demic and deliver the immediate relief er, the American businessperson, and
track to getting reopened. We should that our constituents deserve. the American economy loose. We have
study this. We should be more tar- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to to stop spending our citizens’ futures.
geted. We should not be putting for- support the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
ward a massive spending bill where no Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, time of the gentleman has expired.
study has ever been given. I appreciate the gentleman from Vir- Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker,
Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, once ginia. I will remind him that his State I yield an additional 15 seconds to the
again, I welcome the gentleman from government has already received $6.5 gentleman from Virginia.
Florida to the House of Representa- billion in bailout money, and they will The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen-
tives. I really think that we ought to receive another $9 billion under this tleman will put his mask on.
stop talking about States bailing other plan while that very same government Mr. GOOD of Virginia. We have to
States out. The next time that a major has enacted lockdown policies directly stop spending our citizens’ financial fu-
hurricane hits Florida, we are not leading to the closure of more than ture. Instead, we have to empower
going to say that New York and Cali- 2,000 small businesses. them to chart their own economic des-
fornia don’t want to help them. That is Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the tiny.
not the kind of body that I hope we are. gentleman from the great Common- To paraphrase the words of a famous
Mr. Speaker, I yield 21⁄2 minutes to wealth of Virginia (Mr. GOOD), who al- young environmentalist: How dare
the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. ready is a leader in this conference. you? And how dare we?
SCOTT), the distinguished chairman of Mr. GOOD of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I know
the Committee on Education and rise in opposition to H. Con. Res. 11, it is fascinating, and I have heard this
Labor. the House Democrat budget for fiscal argument now year after year after
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, year 2021. year talking about how much every in-
I rise in support of the budget resolu- Mr. Speaker, in response to a pre- dividual in this country has owed be-
tion. The COVID–19 pandemic is con- vious speaker, it is always time to talk cause of the debt—the national debt.
tinuing to inflict widespread harm about the deficit. Our national debt has We have been accumulating debt in

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
across our communities. In addition to already climbed to $28 trillion, rep- this country for most of our 240-year
the thousands of people who are dying resenting about $85,000 per American history.
every day from this virus, millions of citizen. This is over $200,000 per Amer- I ask the gentleman: Has there ever
workers remain unemployed, students ican family or household. been one American citizen or one
are falling further behind, and an un- How can we ever hope to repay that? American citizen’s ancestor who has
precedented number of American fami- The spending on our interest pay- ever paid any of that debt or who has
lies are facing hunger and homeless- ments alone on this debt, even with the ever been asked to pay for that debt?

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:41 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.014 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H295
Of course not. That is because we are lions of dollars that came to the State Democrats are trying to raise the
a sovereign currency nation. We don’t of California, but I would like to re- minimum wage for jobs that they
pay attention to that. mind the gentleman that California is won’t even let people go to work in.
And just to clarify one thing he said, a net donor State, including money Democrats closed their States while
he said spending money has never that I am sure has gone to the State of Georgia stayed open. Why are we sup-
helped in a crisis. Well, you will find Missouri. posed to bail them out? Why are my
virtually no economist who will not Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I re- hardworking constituents being pun-
say that what we did last spring when serve the balance of my time. ished for wanting to go to work and
we passed the CARES Act helped us Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, support their families?
mitigate the very first few months of I appreciate the gentleman from Cali- Democrat Governors have run their
this disaster. We didn’t do enough fornia. I will remind him that his State States like tyrants of third-world
then. We can’t make the same mistake government, yes, indeed, has already countries, not like free Americans.
now. received $43 billion in taxpayer bail- They are oppressing the American peo-
Mr. Speaker, I yield 21⁄2 minutes to outs and will receive another $42 bil- ple and reaping the benefits.
the gentleman from California (Mr. lion in taxpayer bailouts if this bill Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield
TAKANO), the distinguished chair of the passes. myself such time as I may consume.
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. But let’s talk about California. This The gentlewoman from Georgia said
Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I thank is the State that has some of the most that this plan is going to destroy the
the gentleman from Kentucky for stringent lockdowns in the entire coun- economy. I think it is interesting that
yielding. try. In fact, their lockdowns are so sig- the American Rescue Plan has received
Mr. Speaker, as chairman of the nificant that more than 16,500 small praise from the U.S. Chamber of Com-
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, businesses will never open their doors merce, the Business Roundtable, the
I am painfully aware of the toll this again. That is government that be- National Retail Federation, among
pandemic has taken on our Nation’s lieves that it is okay to deny you to go other business groups, and top eco-
veterans. I hear from veterans who are to your house of worship and to eat out nomic advisers from the last four
struggling to find work as unemploy- in an outdoor restaurant, but you can Presidents: Kevin Hassett, who I men-
ment numbers rise. I hear from vet- go to a strip club or get a tattoo. That tioned earlier from the Trump adminis-
erans who have had their critical com- is California. tration; Gene Sperling; R. Glenn Hub-
pensation and pension exams post- Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the
bard; and Alan Blinder have all said
poned, delaying much-needed benefits. gentlewoman from the great State of
Sadly, we have lost over 8,900 vet- that additional spending is needed to
Georgia (Mrs. GREENE), a small
erans and 120 VA staff to the pandemic rescue the economy.
businessowner who proudly represents Mr. Speaker, I am honored to yield
so far. the people of the 14th Congressional
Across the Nation and at the height 21⁄2 minutes to the gentleman from New
District.
of the pandemic, veterans have stepped Jersey (Mr. PALLONE), the distin-
Mrs. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speak-
up to serve their country, a trait not er, I rise today in opposition to the guished chairman of the Energy and
uncommon for the thousands of vet- blue State bailout budget. The Demo- Commerce Committee.
erans whose services continue even Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in
crats know they don’t have the votes
after they pack away their uniforms. strong support of this legislation which
to pass these radical policies in the
Their service as first responders and will give Congress the ability to swiftly
Senate, so they are doubling down on
healthcare workers battling COVID–19; enact President Biden’s American Res-
reconciliation to destroy our economy
as essential employees keeping our cue Plan. Our Nation and our people
with a $2 trillion taxpayer-funded
economy moving, packages delivered, are hurting. While we have made his-
spending spree.
and hospitals sterilized has served as Democrats are using reconciliation toric progress developing lifesaving
an example of how strong America can for the exact opposite purpose for vaccines in record time, we are now in
be when we act together. which it was created. With this budget, a race to get these vaccines into the
Despite all of the setbacks our Na- Democrats are bailing out failing Dem- arms of Americans as new variants of
tion has faced, it is our duty to be opti- ocrat-run States like Illinois and New the virus spread.
mistic. Our veterans have shown the York, expanding the welfare state, ex- Unfortunately, the Trump adminis-
way. ploding the deficit, groveling to teach- tration left President Biden a mess to
Mr. Speaker, VA has responded to ers’ unions and teachers who refuse to clean up. President Trump refused to
crises across the country through its go to work, and hiking taxes on develop a national strategy to crush
Fourth Mission, even landing on the businessowners who don’t comply with the virus and said it was the responsi-
Capitol Grounds yesterday to deploy the higher minimum wage standard. bility of the States. This led to a slug-
mobile vet centers to support U.S. Cap- This is just the beginning. gish and flawed vaccine rollout, a dis-
itol Police, members of the National They want to pay people more money jointed patchwork of State testing
Guard, and the congressional staff to stay home rather than allowing plans, and supply chain constraints on
after the insurrection on January 6. them to go back to work and earn a essential medical supplies and personal
Throughout this pandemic, veterans paycheck. They are fine letting school- protective equipment.
and VA have continued to step up and children and parents suffer while In December, Congress made a down
serve their communities, not just their teachers’ unions ignore them and still payment to help jump-start our Na-
fellow veterans. collect taxpayer-funded paychecks. tion’s recovery. However, our work is
The time for decisive action is now. American politicians sent millions of far from done. Congress must provide
Passing this resolution does not negate children and young adults home, closed the new Biden administration the addi-
the need for bipartisan cooperation. their schools, and banned them from tional resources and support necessary
The need now is real, and the pain going to their jobs. They forced them to implement a national strategy. The
caused by this pandemic is deep. The to stay in isolation from their peers. American Rescue Plan is a comprehen-
best way to provide direct relief to the They canceled prom, canceled sports, sive, multipronged national approach.
American people and continue serving and canceled graduation. It is robust because we need a big plan
all those who have served is to act fast to tackle the COVID–19 pandemic.
and to do it now. We cannot afford to b 1415 The American Rescue Plan will in-
wait for higher case counts, for addi- They claim this was for their safety, vest billions to speed up the distribu-

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
tional variants of the virus to emerge, but the results have been horrific. Sui- tion and administration of COVID–19
for more Americans to go without cide and depression have been on the vaccines across the country. It will
work or watch their savings dwindle. rise. Do you think any family will feel support the development of community
We must act fast, and that is why we like a consolation prize of $1,400 will vaccination centers, as well as mobile
are here today. make them feel good about their teen vaccination units that can go into
I just will say to the gentleman from that committed suicide because of the hard-to-reach areas that are often un-
Missouri that I know that we have bil- shutdowns? I don’t think so. derserved.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.015 H03FEPT1
H296 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
The American Rescue Plan invests in horse to sneak policies that would not Mr. Speaker, first of all, let me tell
a national testing strategy with fund- otherwise go anywhere in this Chamber my Republican friends this: All you
ing for rapid tests, expanding lab ca- because it couldn’t. There are Federal have to do to know why we have got to
pacity, and assisting States. Expanded wage mandates, when our small busi- go big for the survival of our Nation is
testing will ensure that schools can nesses are sucking air trying to get on look at the news recently. Have you
support safe reopening, that vulnerable their feet, make payroll, provide a seen the lines of cars? Some have been
settings like long-term care facilities service. And we want to kill 4 million in line since 4 and 5 in the morning.
can regularly test their populations, more jobs. That is a CBO estimate. And our community food banks are
and that any American can get a test That is in healthy times. That is in there.
for free when they need one. good times. Why do you think that they are
Mr. Speaker, we will also provide spe- This isn’t a recovery relief bill. It is there? They are hungry. We have got 17
cific funding for health services and a massive bailout and a windfall to million of our children going to bed
underserved communities. This in- poorly managed cities and States. My hungry every single night because the
cludes funding to hire 100,000 new pub- colleagues are asking $350 billion. Cen- American people don’t have the money
lic health workers. They will perform sus data shows that we have lost State to go buy groceries. And you know,
vital tasks like vaccine outreach and revenue to the tune of $37 billion. What what? One of the fastest growing
contact tracing for underserved popu- is the $350 billion going to go to, Mr. groups of those out there hungry, who
lations. The American Rescue Plan Speaker? I ask my colleagues. are starving, who are dying under the
provides additional investments in It is to bail out cities and States viaducts, who are committing suicide
community health centers and health with poor management who have been in record numbers, are our veterans.
services on Tribal lands, and these reckless and irresponsible in their be- That is why we need to go bold, to go
funds will support the expansion of havior and they want the taxpayers to big. You talk about bipartisanship.
COVID vaccinations, treatment, and bail them out. That is what the American people
care to underserved populations. They are asking 10 times the amount want, bipartisanship to get money in
Mr. Speaker, this plan delivers bold of what they need. It is irresponsible. their pockets.
relief to the American people. It de- This is a series of bad policies. These And look, friends, I am chairman of
serves strong, bipartisan support here are barriers, not incentives, to recov- the Agriculture Committee. I am a
in the House. I urge my colleagues to ery. businessman. I graduated from the top
act with the urgency of the moment There is $500 billion, a massive redis- school of finance in the world, the
and support this resolution. tribution of wealth to people who are Wharton School of Finance. I can
Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, unaffected by COVID, to people who speak on this economy. The basic tool
I yield myself such time as I may con- are in this country illegally, Mr. of growth in economy is getting money
sume. Speaker. in the pockets of people who are spend-
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gen- This resolution increases the unem-
ing. That is how you keep your com-
tleman from New Jersey, and I wanted ployment insurance so that 80 percent
to remind the Chamber that his State munity going. They are not going to
of the people are actually being paid
government has already received $9.5 sit on that money. They are going to
more on unemployment than at their
billion worth of taxpayer bailouts and previous job. Are you kidding me? buy, go into Kroger and Publix and get
under this proposal, would receive an Please, tell me this is not a recovery food.
additional $9.5 billion under this plan, bill, Mr. Speaker. Look, we don’t need The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
while that very same government has another job-killing Federal mandate, time of the gentleman has expired.
reckless spending, liberal, partisan Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield
enacted lockdown policies directly
wish list. We need to open up this great the gentleman from Georgia an addi-
leading to the closure of more than
3,000 small businesses. country’s economy, get our kids back tional 30 seconds.
And that State, very sadly, actually Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr.
to school, and bring America back.
has the highest per capita death rate of Please work with us to do that for Speaker, now is the time. We can’t af-
all States in the United States. the sake of this country. ford more delays. The time for us to be
Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield bold is now. This is the time to be deci-
gentleman from Texas (Mr. myself such time as I may consume. sive, to move confidently, and most im-
ARRINGTON), who represents the 19th Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the com- portantly, to move Democrats and Re-
Congressional District and has been an ments from my friend from Texas, and publicans together to save our great
active participant in the budget proc- I remind him that this, as I said in my Nation; not tomorrow. The time is
ess for as long as I have known him, a opening statement, is plan B. We would now.
true defender of fiscal responsibility. prefer not to do this. We would prefer The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem-
Mr. ARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, to have a bipartisan, regular order so- bers are reminded to address their re-
thank you to my friend from the Show lution to this. We could do it actually marks to the Chair.
Me State and the ranking member and more expeditiously than the reconcili- Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker,
our fearless leader on budget. ation process. I yield myself such time as I may con-
Speaking of show me, I would like for But when Republicans, in an effort to sume.
somebody to show me why this is good be supposedly bipartisan, offer $600 bil- Mr. Speaker, I would like to high-
for the American people, Mr. Speaker. lion—when virtually everyone says we light that just in the last couple of
We all want to help our fellow Ameri- need relief and rescue money approach- days, the Congressional Budget Office
cans. We all want to help our country ing the $1.9 trillion figure—it is not released a report that, in fact, the
get back to its feet from this pandemic genuine, bipartisan, good-faith nego- economy will strengthen, grow, and re-
and the unintended consequences from tiation. That is posturing. cover without any additional stimulus
government actions, but this resolu- We will have several weeks to reach a dollars by the middle of 2021. You are
tion is a disaster in and of itself on so bipartisan agreement. I hope we can. looking at in just 5 to 6 months, the
many levels, Mr. Speaker. But this is plan B. And we will proceed Congressional Budget Office said that
Let’s start with this spirit of unity with it because the American people the economy will recover without one
and peace and bipartisanship. This can’t wait as long as the Republicans single penny being spent of stimulus
President, one after another, has taken seem to be able to. money.
more executive actions than all three Mr. Speaker, I am honored to yield Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
Presidents combined that have killed 21⁄2 minutes to the gentleman from gentleman from California (Mr.
jobs, that have undermined the secu- Georgia (Mr. DAVID SCOTT), the distin- MCCLINTOCK), a leader on the Budget
rity of the American people, and now, guished chairman of the Agriculture Committee.
the first major legislation is to use rec- Committee. Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, $2
onciliation to ram this through. Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. trillion in revenues, $6 trillion in
This isn’t about relief and recovery, Speaker, I thank the chairman for spending. This is madness. This is how
Mr. Speaker. This is about a Trojan yielding. countries commit fiscal suicide: force

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.017 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H297
the economy to shut down, and then simply aren’t around very long. Let consumers are going to go into the
hand out government checks. that not be the epitaph of the United malls and the restaurants is when they
The problem, of course, is that the States of America. have peace of mind that we have done
government does not finance the econ- Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield everything to protect them.
omy. It is the economy that finances 21⁄2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker,
the government. New York (Ms. VELÁZQUEZ), the distin- I appreciate the gentlewoman’s com-
And when you wantonly destroy mil- guished chair of the Committee on ments, and the best way to help her
lions of jobs by forcing small busi- Small Business. constituents and to help those small
nesses to shutter, by canceling con- Ms. VELÁZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I businesses in the State of New York is
struction and energy production across thank the gentleman for yielding. to stop the lockdowns.
the country, when you flood the labor Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong Mr. Speaker, we have more than $1
market with millions of illegal immi- support of this budget resolution be- trillion that is lingering out there that
grants at a time when millions of cause small businesses need help now. has been appropriated to help these
Americans are out of work, you shut This pandemic has already darkened small businesses, to help healthcare
down the economy, and you shut down hundreds of thousands of storefronts on professionals, to help with vaccina-
the tax revenues that the economy pro- Main Streets throughout America. A tions. They are still hurting, but the
duces and that the government spends. recent study found that 800 businesses money is still there.
And so we borrow instead. Now, this closed daily between April and Sep- Mr. Speaker, what is happening so
budget requires $4 trillion in bor- tember last year. bad in the State of New York is that
rowing. Now, where will it borrow this Every day without Federal relief, they are not using science. They are
$4 trillion from? The future earnings of this pandemic shutters businesses, de- using arbitrary items that have shut
your family, of course. stroys lives, and wipes out good-paying down more than 6,500 small businesses
jobs. COVID is devastating Black and in the State of New York. Open up the
b 1430 State of New York so small businesses
Latino entrepreneurs, dropping the
Let’s add this up. There are 129 mil- number of businesses by 41 and 32 per- can operate and grow.
lion households in the United States. $4 Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the
cent, respectively. Small businesses do
trillion comes to $31,000 added to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. BANKS), a
not have time for drawn-out negotia-
debt of every household in America, at distinguished Navy veteran, our leader
tions nor debates over process. They
the average. on the Republican Study Committee,
need help immediately.
Now, this isn’t theoretical. That is and a rising podcast star.
Mr. Speaker, today’s budget resolu- Mr. BANKS. Mr. Speaker, I thank
real money that will be repaid by every tion gives us a critical tool to deliver
family through its future taxes, tax- the ranking member, and I congratu-
urgently needed aid to small firms and late my friend in his new leadership
driven price increases, lower wages, the American people by passing Presi-
and inflation. That is the future for our role in addressing what is one of the
dent Biden’s American Rescue Plan. most important issues in our country
families that the Democrats set in mo- This resolution will grant us the
tion today while they promise to help today, which is fiscal irresponsibility
means to provide small businesses, par- and a now nearly $30 trillion national
us through these tough times with this ticularly those that are underserved,
sorry excuse for a budget resolution. debt. I appreciate his leadership.
with billions in new funding for loans, Mr. Speaker, that is why today I rise
Mr. Speaker, it is not just our future grants, and support programs. in opposition to this, the Democrats’
that is being robbed. That money must This resolution will enable us to ap- sham $2.1 trillion parody of a budget.
be repaid in the future, but it must be propriate desperately needed funds for Democrats, in their own words, having
borrowed in the present from the same the national strategy to crush the failed again to pass a budget last year,
capital market that would otherwise be virus. now say: ‘‘The 2021 budget resolution
available to loan to consumers seeking This resolution would allow us to has a single purpose. It gives Congress
to make consumer purchases that drive make a difference in the lives of mil- the option of using a budget reconcili-
two-thirds of our economic growth, or lions of Americans who have lost their ation.’’
businesses seeking to recover, or to jobs by expanding unemployment bene- However, this is a very different tune
home buyers seeking to buy homes. fits and extending the eviction morato- than what my Democrat colleagues
That money will not be there for them rium. said just a few years ago. In August
because the government has borrowed I welcome Republican support for 2017, Senate Majority Leader SCHUMER
it instead. these efforts. said reconciliation is ‘‘the wrong way
Now, remember, the government can- Mr. Speaker, what we are proposing to do the business of the country,’’ and
not put a single dollar into the econ- are commonsense measures to offer a he demanded a bipartisan solution in-
omy that it has not first taken out of lifeline to struggling Americans. We stead.
that very same economy. If I take a must prepare to move forward. The Democrats are once again shirking
dollar from Peter and give it to Paul, it price of inaction is too steep. The their duty to produce a budget while
is true, Paul has an extra dollar to longer we wait, the more lives COVID intending to ram a partisan spending
spend. That is what the Democrats are will take. The longer we wait, the more bill down the throats of the American
calling stimulus. But it is equally true businesses this pandemic will destroy. people.
that Peter now has one less dollar to The longer we wait, the more people in However, in 2019, the Republican
spend in that same economy, which is my district suffer. Study Committee, which I chair, pro-
why these stimulus schemes never We need a big, bold package. That is duced a budget that balanced in 6
work in the present and always dimin- why I strongly encourage my col- years. It reduced tax burdens on Amer-
ish our future. leagues to support this resolution. ican families, limited the Federal Gov-
Mr. Speaker, our country is in des- Mr. Speaker, I wish that the other ernment to our core constitutional re-
perate condition because of govern- side would care about the $2 trillion sponsibilities, and prioritized indi-
ment-mandated lockdowns that have tax cut package. vidual liberty.
failed to slow the coronavirus while The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Speaker PELOSI once infamously
they have laid waste to our economy time of the gentlewoman has expired. said: ‘‘Show me your values. Show me
and the livelihoods of millions upon Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield your budget.’’
millions of Americans. an additional 15 seconds to the gentle- Well, now we know what those values

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
There is only one relief measure that woman. are. At a time when most small busi-
will rescue our Nation from this Ms. VELÁZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, when nesses are fighting for their lives, they
dystopian nightmare: End the we look at how much businesses in this would proudly impose minimum wage
lockdowns. country are suffering today and how hikes and Green New Deal sanctions
History is screaming this warning at many businesses are shutting their that would starve our economy.
us. Countries that bankrupt them- doors, it is our responsibility to help What they won’t tell you, though, is
selves and destroy their economies them get whole. The only way that where they plan on getting this money

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.018 H03FEPT1
H298 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
from—from American workers, Amer- small and minority-owned businesses talk about the real people here, the
ican families, and robbing future gen- by establishing programs used success- workers, the Iowans who make up
erations. That is where. fully during the financial crisis to pro- these statistics.
Mr. Speaker, every dollar taxed, bor- mote growth in the economy. Cubs Auto Shop is a small business in
rowed, or printed by the government is The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Brooklyn, Iowa, in my district. The
a dollar taken from a hardworking time of the gentlewoman has expired. owner built his business from the
family. It is a credit on a small busi- Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield ground up, and he told us that a $15
ness, or it ends up creating price bub- an additional 15 seconds to the gentle- Federal minimum wage would make it
bles that wipe out a lifetime of savings. woman. hard to expand his business at all.
Mr. Speaker, we know these are their Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, impor- We need economic growth now more
values, but I ask: Are these America’s tantly, my committee will support our than ever before. He is just one of my
values? President’s effort to roll out a com- many constituents who have told me
Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield prehensive Federal plan to address the they would have to lay off workers,
21⁄2 minutes to the gentlewoman from pandemic by considering how to bolster raise prices, or even shut down perma-
California (Ms. WATERS), the distin- the authorities under the Defense Pro- nently if a $15 minimum wage becomes
guished chair of the Committee on Fi- duction Act to ensure our frontline a reality. This might be right for Cali-
nancial Services. workers have the medical equipment fornia and New York, but one-size-fits-
Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I happily all Federal minimum wage mandates
and supplies they need to fight this
rise in support of this joint budget res- would destroy small businesses and
pandemic.
olution for fiscal year 2021 to enact our rural communities in my district.
Mr. Speaker, I am so pleased we fi-
President Biden’s American Rescue It is unacceptable that the budget
nally have a plan for America.
Plan and provide urgently needed would be used to push this through. In-
Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker,
COVID–19 relief. stead, we should be using it to stop
Thank God for President Biden. We the last 2 weeks, working-class Ameri-
cans have faced a great target on their Washington’s pork spending.
have been without a plan with a Presi-
backs from the new President. By the So, today, I urge my colleagues on
dent who was busy trying to steal votes
stroke of a pen—47 different executive both sides of the aisle to oppose this
and abandon the American people when
orders and actions—he has fired hun- faux budget resolution and stand up for
he knew that we were suffering.
Communities across the Nation con- dreds of thousands of American work- taxpayers.
tinue to suffer during this pandemic ers. Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I want
crisis. Congress has a duty to act and Mr. Speaker, by the stroke of a pen, to welcome the gentlewoman from
come to the aid of struggling individ- in the last 2 weeks, the sitting Presi- Iowa to the House of Representatives
uals, families, and small businesses. dent has fired hundreds of thousands of and just remark that when she said
Mr. Speaker, this is not about giving American workers who are wondering that this is a plan that was crafted in
tax breaks to the richest people in where their next paycheck will come secret, this plan was crafted during the
America the way the past President from, who are wondering how they are 2020 campaign. It was part of President
and the Republicans are intent on al- going to pay their mortgage, who are Biden’s agenda, and every American
ways doing. wondering how they are going to sur- voter had a chance to register his or
President Biden’s plan provides the vive in South Dakota, North Dakota, her support for that plan.
relief that America needs so badly. The Texas, Wyoming, Colorado. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire from the
plan increases the stimulus payments Just because this President was try- Chair as to how much time remains on
to individuals in December to $2,000, ing to unify his liberal base, he fired both sides.
adding $1,400 for every individual; ex- hundreds of thousands of American The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.
tends enhanced unemployment assist- workers. It is war on the working class. SUOZZI). The gentleman from Kentucky
ance; and provides nutritional assist- Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the has 20 minutes remaining. The gen-
ance to address growing hunger. gentlewoman from Iowa (Mrs. HINSON), tleman from Missouri has 13 minutes
Mr. Speaker, people are hungry all a distinguished journalist. remaining.
over America. They are hungry in the Mrs. HINSON. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield
cities, in the little towns, in the rural the gentleman from Missouri. 3 minutes to the gentleman from New
areas. This plan provides nutritional Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposi- York (Mr. HIGGINS), a distinguished
assistance to address this growing hun- tion to this sham budget resolution. member of the Budget Committee.
ger and includes $350 billion in funding When I came to Congress, I said I Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr.
for State, local, Tribal, and territorial would work with anybody to get things Speaker, the past year has tested
governments. done and deliver for Iowans. I know America’s resolve and steeled our char-
Mr. Speaker, as chairwoman of the there will be opportunities to do that, acter. We enter a new year optimistic
House Committee on Financial Serv- and I hope there are across the aisle. with still much work before us.
ices, I have been sounding the alarm But today, I have to say I am dis- The pandemic has taken much from
about the urgent need for emergency appointed that we are debating a us, but it has also shown us the best of
rental and homeless assistance during hyper-partisan resolution instead. It is our country: Americans helping one
this crisis, as millions are at risk of a disgrace to taxpayers. It was crafted another through acts of charity and
losing their homes. They don’t care on in the back rooms. And Iowans’ seat at kindness; health workers going non-
the other side whether families will be the table was taken away through this stop to treat, test, trace, and vac-
set out on the sidewalks with their process today. cinate; teachers, firefighters, police,
children. The past President turned a As a result, this budget resolution and sanitation workers serving the
blind eye to the fact that people have will allow major legislation to move public at great risk to their own
not been able to pay their rents since along partisan lines, including Presi- health.
March. dent Biden’s $1.9 trillion spending plan. Vaccines are being distributed and
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to this resolu- Mr. Speaker, this plan isn’t about administered. Hope is in sight. But
tion, my committee will quickly con- COVID relief at all. It is about jam- many Americans are still in peril, and
sider an additional $25 billion to sup- ming through a liberal agenda, includ- Congress must act.
port renters and their landlords, in- ing a $15 minimum wage mandate. President Biden’s American Rescue
cluding by funding emergency housing Plan is the bold initiative which meets

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
vouchers, Tribal housing assistance, b 1445 this critical moment. Now is the time
and rural housing. We will provide an- This would absolutely decimate our to go big, to guarantee every family
other round of funding for people expe- rural economy in Iowa and would de- has food and shelter over their heads;
riencing homelessness, who are often stroy livelihoods across my district. to safely get our children back into the
the most vulnerable to the pandemic. The Congressional Budget Office esti- classrooms; to protect our small busi-
Mr. Speaker, my committee will also mates that a $15 minimum wage would nesses, restaurants, and workers who
quickly respond to the urgent needs of kill at least 1.3 million jobs. So let’s braved this pandemic; and to invest in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.020 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H299
our State and local communities that However, if President Biden wouldn’t And before I start, I want to just let
have fought this virus on the front have done 1 of his 47 executive orders, the ranking member know, my job is to
lines. his State would have received another get as many resources to my State as
I strongly urge my colleagues to sup- $230 million. But the President short- possible from this COVID relief. So, I
port this budget resolution. Only changed the State of Michigan by $230 hope you report how much money my
through bold action can we crush this million because of one of his 47 strokes State has received, and please say ‘‘Ne-
virus, return to normal, and build a of the pen in the last 2 weeks. So, I vada’’ correctly when you do it.
stronger Nation. think the gentleman would be a little That money is needed to help work-
Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, upset with his President for that ac- ers, families, and small businesses who
I reserve the balance of my time. tion. are struggling during the worst pan-
Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield Also, because of the lockdowns, the demic that we have experienced in a
2 minutes to the gentleman from State of Michigan has lost more than generation.
Michigan (Mr. KILDEE), a distinguished 3,500 small businesses. Such a shame. Now, 3 years ago, Republicans pushed
member of the Budget Committee. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the through the biggest tax cuts in Amer-
Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in gentleman from New York (Mr. JA- ican history for the wealthiest Ameri-
support of this budget resolution, COBS), a great addition to the Budget cans and the biggest corporations.
which gives Congress the additional Committee. Those tax cuts added nearly $2 trillion
legislative tool it needs to pass the ur- Mr. JACOBS of New York. Mr. to the national debt without a whisper
gently needed coronavirus relief for our Speaker, I rise today in opposition to about fiscal conservatism from my col-
constituents and for our communities. the budget resolution put forth by the leagues on the other side.
I am very pleased that President Biden majority. Now, in the middle of a pandemic,
has made defeating this virus his top Rather than seek bipartisan con- one that has resulted in more than
priority. sensus, Democrats are effectively shut- 400,000 deaths of our fellow Americans,
This pandemic is not over. COVID–19 ting out Republicans through this rec- millions of jobs that have been lost,
continues to pose both a health and onciliation process. The Democrats are and countless small businesses that
economic crisis, so we have to respond proposing to spend $1.9 trillion, one of have been shuttered, my colleagues on
with solutions that are scaled to the the largest single expenditures in U.S. the other side want to talk about the
size and scope of this problem. By pass- history. deficit.
ing this resolution, Congress will be Well, I am calling your bluff. This
They will be funding this historic ex-
able to get relief to people more quick- isn’t about the deficit; it is about ob-
penditure by dramatically increasing
ly: more resources for vaccine distribu- struction. And if Republicans would
our national debt, and these unprece-
tion; more aid to reopen schools safely; rather watch their constituents—to the
dented and historic obligations are
ranking member, you have the same
additional support for families, for sen- being undertaken without engaging in
constituents. You have talked to me
iors, for small businesses that are hurt- the Budget Committee at all.
about the fact that your district is one
ing. Just because the Democrats have
of the poorest districts in the country.
I know that Republicans and Demo- control of both Houses and the Presi-
You and I have talked. You are also a
crats share these common goals. In dency does not mean they should be
member of the Ways and Means Com-
fact, they are speaking up all across abusing this power, bypassing the im-
mittee. I have relatives in Missouri, so
the country. Republicans and Demo- portant and deliberative role of the
I am just as concerned about those
crats support this big and bold ap- legislative process instead of working
workers, those families, and those
proach. in earnest with the Republican Mem- small businesses.
We should work together in this body bers. We want to crush the virus, but in
to manifest that and pass this legisla- In the 116th Congress, we were able to my home State, we can’t recover and
tion, so we get the people the help they find bipartisan consensus on COVID re- reopen our economy until we crush this
need. lief, and I believe we can do the same virus. So, I need you to work with us.
Doing nothing is not an option, and here now. There is nothing in this resolution that
neither is doing too little. In fact, we This go-it-alone approach is very un- says Republicans can’t join on board.
have heard so much about the long- fortunate because there are many pro- The President said today that he is
term economic impact. The truth of visions in President Biden’s proposal willing to entertain suggestions on how
the matter is, doing nothing or doing that I could support. I have been call- to move forward.
too little will cost us more money, an ing for additional aid to local govern- But my vote for this resolution is a
estimated 4 million jobs that could be ments since I arrived here in Congress call to my colleagues to work with us
lost. The impact on families, the im- this summer. Further, we most defi- to get this done because our constitu-
pact on all of us, would be tremendous nitely need more resources to ensure a ents are counting on us, not blue State
if we fail to scale the response to the more robust deployment of vaccines constituents or red State constituents
size of this problem. throughout the Nation. but American constituents.
Mr. Speaker, my Republican col- This partisan approach to relief legis- I represent rural parts of my district
leagues were very quick to use this lation is damaging and unproductive. I that are conservative, and I have urban
very same process to pass legislation hope the majority will reconsider this parts of my district that are not. I am
that we received the day before we process. fighting for all of them.
voted on it, to give massive tax cuts to I want to believe President Biden’s I am taking a stand, and I am asking
the very people at the very top of the calls for unity, bipartisanship, and co- you to work with us to pass this Amer-
economy. Now, when we see a crisis operation. I was encouraged to see the ican Rescue Plan for all families, for
that literally is threatening the lives talks between the White House and the all workers, and for all small busi-
and the livelihoods of Americans, we Senate Republicans. This is exactly nesses that have suffered for far too
have to use every tool we can to get how we should be working to address long. I know that these are divided
them the help they need. the needs of the American people. times, but bipartisanship can change
I support this resolution, and I urge During these very challenging times, that.
my colleagues to do so as well. I stand ready and willing to work with Mr. Ranking Member, I am asking
Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, the Biden administration and any of you to work with us, not in the major-
I yield myself such time as I may con- my colleagues across the aisle to help ity, but as colleagues to do the right

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
sume. the American people. thing on behalf of all of our constitu-
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gen- Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield ents because that is why each one of us
tleman from Michigan, and I will re- 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ne- was elected. Courage is what American
mind him that his State government vada (Mr. HORSFORD), a distinguished people deserve most, Mr. Speaker.
has already received $10 billion in tax- member of the Budget Committee. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem-
payer bailouts and will receive another Mr. HORSFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise bers are reminded to address their re-
$10.5 under this plan. today in support of H. Con. Res. 11. marks to the Chair.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.022 H03FEPT1
H300 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, (Mr. DOGGETT), who is a distinguished science. I am going to have to address
I yield myself such time as I may con- member of the Budget Committee. economics.
sume. Mr. DOGGETT. ‘‘Reconciliation’’ de- I am going to talk about two issues.
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the fines not only this budget process, but, I am going to talk about the monetary
gentleman from Nevada for his com- to most Americans, it simply means supply, and I am going to talk about
ments and how we are eager to work in that you come together to overcome inflation. It is a little bit boring, but
a bipartisan approach in this package. prior differences. President Biden has they are both very important.
That is why we are kind of frustrated, made clear his desire to reconcile, to First, the monetary supply. If you
because our committee has not even come together. We welcome Republican wonder where I get these numbers, Mr.
organized so that we could even have a proposals, but we steadfastly reject Re- Speaker, you can google John Wil-
discussion on a bipartisan approach. publican delay. Too many Americans liams’ ‘‘Shadow Government Statis-
Instead, the majority’s side decided are struggling to let these filibustering tics.’’ I am going to talk about M1 and
to force through this reconciliation Republican Senators repeat what hap- M2.
without even going through the Budget pened last year. You remember, Mr. M1 is a narrow definition of the mon-
Committee because they have not even Speaker. We waited, we waited, and we etary supply. We are now up rocketing
organized. waited more than seven months, and, at over 65 percent increase. You can go
So, I would love to work with them, finally, they yielded at the edge of back 20 years and the highest prior in-
but you have already closed the door. Christmas and gave us too little, too crease is under 20 percent. So when you
Hopefully, you will reopen it so we can late. have this much of an outlier, look out.
discuss this, and I would love to work After so much dithering, today rep- Some people would say M2, which is
with him. resents an opportunity for Republicans a more narrow definition, including
Also, in my State, in my congres- to reconcile. They need to reconcile things like certificates of deposit, is
sional district, we have operated under with the truth. They need to reconcile better; but even that amount is shoot-
what I believe are the best processes in with the facts—not phony ‘‘alternative ing up 25 percent a year. The previous
fighting COVID, not locking down and facts,’’ but reality; to come together, high in the last 20 years was 18 percent
shutting the doors on your small busi- with us, for American families who in 2008. And you remember what hap-
nesses. never received those 100 million vac- pened after 2008.
We have some of the lowest unem- cines that President Trump told us As the great James Garfield, Repub-
ployment rates in the State of Mis- would be here last year, to reconcile lican President—oh, how we wish he
souri, thanks to the leadership of Gov- with the reality of anxious Americans had a full 4 years—said: ‘‘He who con-
ernor Parson. Also, we have the lowest today who are out there calling, stand- trols the money supply of a nation con-
death rates of COVID in our State, ing in lines, and trying anxiously to trols the nation.’’
thanks to the leadership of Governor get some protection from this pan- Please, I beg the chairman of the
Mike Parson. demic that wasn’t provided last year. Budget Committee, before proceeding
I wish the States of Nevada, Cali- When the Senate is permitted to be- forth here, hold a hearing on the
fornia, and New York, and a lot of come a graveyard for important legis- money supply.
other States, would open up and stop lation for American families, too many Secondly, I want to talk about infla-
the lockdowns and follow the science. Americans are sent prematurely to the tion a little bit. Sometimes it is for-
Then, there wouldn’t be bailout pieces graveyard. gotten that in both 1980 and 1990, we
of legislation to go to the States that Could anyone have imagined here a changed the definition of inflation. But
have made the wrong choices. year ago that Trump Republicans who I am old enough to remember the
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- refused to prepare and respond to this Jimmy Carter years and how dev-
bers are reminded to address their re- pandemic—remember when they astating it was when we used to have
marks to the Chair. claimed that the virus would simply inflation of over 15 percent.
Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, just disappear like a miracle? Right now, if you had that definition
I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman Could anyone have imagined that back then, inflation would already be
from Indiana (Mrs. SPARTZ), a true pa- now as a result of their approach, al- running at about 10 percent a year.
triot. most half a million Americans are dead Even if you looked after 1990, when,
and more to come from their vanishing again, the definition changed, we ran
b 1500
virus? inflation at about 5 percent a year.
Mrs. SPARTZ. Mr. Speaker, as a fi- As that virus has evolved to become Now, you can only imagine what would
nance professional and CPA who spent more transmittable, cannot our col- happen if we throw another $2 trillion
over a decade working in advanced fi- leagues evolve to hear the need for vac- of money and the amount of inflation
nance, as former accounting college cine, for food, and to not having people will go up.
faculty, and as a mother of two young sleep under bridges? Look at the cost of housing in the
daughters, I am appalled at how reck- Let’s reconcile, let’s make amends, supposed economic downturn. Already
less, irresponsible, and broken our and let’s deliver relief now. the cost of housing is going up. That
budgeting process is. Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, should be a danger sign for everybody.
The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 I appreciate the gentleman from Texas, I was critical of the past administra-
and the intent of fast-track reconcili- but I would like to remind this Cham- tion on a variety of things. I was op-
ations has been completely misused, ber again that the administration’s posed to President Trump’s $2,000-a-
often by both parties. These budgeting hostility to the energy industry has person thing for this reason. I think
gimmicks are unacceptable. We must demonstrated by just the stroke of a there is still time to turn back before
reinstate the deliberative process in pen his executive actions have threat- we have a huge problem with the
our House and restore transparency, ened at least 120,000 jobs in the State of money supply and the overall
accountability, and basic principles of Texas. stockmarket, and we can still show
budgeting. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the that this Congress has a little bit of
I hope my Democrat colleagues will gentleman from the great State of Wis- fiscal responsibility.
express similar concerns to their lead- consin (Mr. GROTHMAN), who is a vet- I again beg: Please have a hearing
ership, since we all care about the fu- eran of the Budget Committee, whom I not just on the monetary supply, but a
ture of our children and our country. am glad to have back. hearing on inflation.

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
As their fellow Democrat Senator Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I As Herbert Stein, an economist of
once said: We are in the process now of know normally Congressmen take this some fame and even more famous as
seeing the Pandora’s box, which has opportunity to talk about some hot- Ben Stein’s dad, said: ‘‘If something
been opened to the abuse of the rec- button issue; therefore I feel a little re- can’t go on forever, it won’t.’’
onciliation process. gret that I am going to have to delve I ask the chairman to please have a
Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield into what the great English historian hearing on monetary supply and infla-
2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas Thomas Carlyle called the dismal tion.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.023 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H301
Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield We are surrounded by fences and say that, in about 3 weeks or a little
2 minutes to the gentleman from New razor wire. We are going through less, the Budget Committee will have a
York (Mr. JEFFRIES), who is the chair- magnetometers. I am sitting here on piece of legislation which actually goes
man of the Democratic Caucus and a the floor of the House with a $2 trillion into the details of the American Res-
distinguished member of the Budget bill larded up for political purposes cue Plan and includes those. There will
Committee. that I never had a chance to amend, de- be a markup. The gentleman will have
Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I thank bate or have any discussion about be- every opportunity to offer amend-
the distinguished chair of the Budget sides 2 minutes or 3 minutes here with ments, and then that bill will come to
Committee from the Commonwealth of a prepackaged bill done in smoke-filled the floor as well. So don’t give up hope.
Kentucky for yielding, as well as for rooms, brought to the floor, and I am Mr. ROY. Will the gentleman yield?
his tremendous leadership in connec- told to vote ‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no,’’ push the Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield
tion with this resolution and the effort green button, push the red button. to the gentleman from Texas.
to deal with this moment that we find That is what we have taken the peo- Mr. ROY. I am no longer on the
ourselves in this country. ple’s House and reduced it to. Budget Committee. So will I have the
These are challenging times in the We have $4 trillion that we have ability to offer amendments?
United States of America, filled with spent on COVID relief. With all due re- Mr. YARMUTH. We will have a floor
pain, suffering, and death. More than spect to my colleagues on the other debate as well. In regular order, the
425,000 Americans have died. Over 26 side of the aisle who are saying go big, gentleman will go through the Rules
million Americans have been infected Committee.
we have spent $4 trillion.
by the coronavirus. More than 100,000 Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the
I have worked on a bipartisan basis
small businesses have permanently distinguished gentleman from Mary-
with my friend, DEAN PHILLIPS, to pass
closed. Tens of millions of Americans land (Mr. HOYER).
the PPP Flexibility Act. We are all
have been grappling with unemploy- b 1515
working hard to help the American
ment or food insecurity. Many are on
people, but this resolution is a sham. Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, Mr. ROY is
the brink of homelessness.
These are challenging times in the When are we going to get in com- walking off the floor, but I am one of
United States of America, filled with mittee and vote and debate and roll our those Members that has sympathy for
pain, suffering, and death. Now is not sleeves up and offer amendments? his frustration. I have sympathy for his
the time for obfuscation or modera- When are we going to do the work that frustration because I have served here
tion. Now is the time to go big and to we were sent here to do? for a long time when we did things in
decisively deal with the problems that The distinguished leader from Mary- a bipartisan, regular order way.
everyday Americans are confronting. land has been here a while, respect- But I hope the gentleman shared the
COVID–19 is a once-in-a-century pan- fully. This place has changed. The gen- same frustration when we passed a tax
demic. It requires a once-in-a-century, tleman from Maryland and I have bill that did $2 trillion, at a time when
comprehensive, continuing, and com- talked about this. the economy didn’t need a tax cut and
passionate congressional response. When are we going to offer amend- the people who got the tax cut clearly
That is what the American Rescue ments? When are we going to debate did not need it. And I had the same
Plan put forth by President Biden is all and vote on those amendments? frustration the gentleman has ex-
about. That is what bipartisanship is, not pressed.
We must crush the coronavirus throwing a $2 trillion reconciliation As the gentleman who chairs the
through testing, tracing, treatment, measure to use as pressure with the committee pointed out, this is the first
and vaccinations for every single Senate to play games so that you can step, however, in giving instructions on
American. We must provide direct re- try to force the hand of the Senate to what committees ought to do, and
lief to everyday Americans by increas- get the 60 votes, and then come down doesn’t tell them exactly how to do it.
ing survival checks to $2,000 per person. here and say: Oh, yeah, we have done Next week is going to be an entire com-
We must lay the foundation to super- something great with some budget rec- mittee week in which 12 committees
charge our economy so we can build onciliation. will consider how to achieve the objec-
back better for the people. That is Have we had any debate down here tives set forth in the budget resolution.
what the American Rescue Plan is all about what is actually affecting the But I do share, and we ought all share
about. That is what today’s vote is all people of this country? Or do we have a that we don’t act in the bipartisan
about. bunch of show speeches? fashion in which we ought to.
Vote ‘‘yes’’ so we can move America When are we going to turn this body The President met with 10 Repub-
forward and put this virus behind us back into the people’s House? When are lican Senators. They are pretty far
once and for all. we going to turn this into something apart. I am going to speak a little bit
Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, the American people can be proud about the substance of this, but I want
I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman about, that we are sitting here debat- to assure the gentleman that I am a
from Texas (Mr. ROY), who is a true de- ing something serious? big supporter of regular order. I think
fender of conservative principles. Should we have $300 billion for local we ought to pass all 12 appropriations
Mr. ROY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the
governments? Should we have some bills and not do these omnibus bills
distinguished gentleman from Missouri
help for small businesses? Should we that nobody knows what is in them:
for yielding. I enjoyed working with
have something? not you, not me. I am the majority
him on the Budget Committee the last
Let’s debate this out. No one over leader. You think, well, he knows all
2 years. I wish I was this time. Maybe
here wants to see their people suffer in that is in there. I don’t. Why? Because
we will do it in a couple of years.
I enjoy working with the distin- the States that they represent. But we they are so massive that you really
guished chairman from Kentucky, but I want businesses open. We want eco- don’t have an opportunity and we don’t
find it interesting that after 2 years on nomic growth and opportunity. We debate them fully. So I want to say
the Budget Committee I am finally see- don’t want to point fingers. We have 30- that I share the frustration.
ing a budget resolution, because I sure something million vaccines distrib- On this, I think we need to move
didn’t see one for the last 2 years. uted. Let’s not point fingers. Let’s take quickly, and I am going say why in the
But here we are. We are on the floor the work that has been done by the comments that I make. But I didn’t
of the House of Representatives, alleg- previous administration, by this body want the gentleman to go off the floor
edly the people’s House. on a bipartisan basis, and let’s move thinking that everybody was simply

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
Do I get to offer an amendment? Do forward and get this country working dismissing, not so much the substance,
I get to say a single word about what is again. but the frustration he feels, I feel, and
in this $2 trillion bill? China is about to roll right over us if I think so many of our Members feel
No, because this is fake. we don’t do our job, Mr. Speaker. about the process being either too
The American people are looking at Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield quick or too slow, too comprehensive,
the people’s House. They are asking: myself such time as I may consume to too incomprehensible. So I just wanted
What are we doing? respond to my friend from Texas, to to say that to the gentleman.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.026 H03FEPT1
H302 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
Mr. ROY. Will the gentleman yield? So, Mr. Speaker, this is a continu- to be a bipartisan endeavor. Joe
Mr. HOYER. I yield to the gentleman ation of what has, throughout the Biden’s entire career, which is an ex-
from Texas. year—we are not yet at the year, the tensive career, shows his bipartisan-
Mr. ROY. I would just ask if we first year of COVID, and so far, we have ship, and I hope the discussions be-
might be able to at least meet in pri- dealt with it in a bipartisan way, and tween the President and a small group
vate and have discussions about how to robustly, because of the magnitude of of Senate Republicans will lead to a re-
restore regular order and offer amend- the challenge. sponsible and actionable bipartisan
ments on the floor because to the dis- People are suffering from the most compromise that can pass the Senate
tinguished chairman of the Budget severe public health emergency in our with 60 votes and get to the President’s
Committee that is great to debate it in lifetimes and the worst economic crisis desk in the coming weeks.
committee, but I am no longer on the since the Great Depression, and they But make no mistake; we will not
Budget Committee, so I would love to are looking to Washington for help. seek compromise at the expense of nec-
have the ability to debate on the floor After we enacted, Mr. Speaker, the essary action. The American people
and have regular order. And I just CARES Act in March 2020 to get Amer- cannot wait for Republicans to work
think if we could just have a conversa- ican workers, businesses, and commu- their way through another pause.
tion, sit in a room and figure out how nities through the spring and summer Democrats are taking this step today
we can do that going forward, no mat- months, the Trump administration and to ensure that we have all the proce-
ter who is in charge of the Chamber. Republican-controlled Senate hit the dural tools necessary to move forward
Mr. HOYER. Reclaiming my time, with the relief so sorely needed for the
pause button.
Mr. Speaker, we have passed four We passed the Heroes Act May 15. We American people in case the preferred
major pieces of legislation. They path of bipartisanship is unsuccessful,
then waited and waited and tried to ne-
weren’t partisan pieces of legislation. particularly because expanded unem-
gotiate. Mr. MCCONNELL said, no, let
ployment benefits expire on March 14.
They weren’t rushed through by Demo- the States go bankrupt. And Mr. So, Mr. Speaker, I urge my col-
crats and, in fact, a Republican Presi- MCCARTHY said, let’s see what happens. leagues to join me, to join the chair-
dent had to sign all four of those bills. And tens of thousands, hundreds of man in a bipartisan way in voting for
The first one, an $8.3 billion bill, four thousands of people died, and the econ- this resolution so we can assure the
times what the President asked for, omy has regressed. American people that Congress is mov-
but ultimately, he said, yes, we need That pause crippled our Nation’s re- ing forward with the relief they need
that much, and that was way, way, way sponse, both to the public health emer- and in the timely manner they ought
too little. But we thought it was a huge gency and the economic one as sup- to expect.
sum of money at that point in time. It ports authorized by the CARES Act If we care about American families,
passed 415–2. faded. if we care about children who are going
On March 14, we passed the Families While we were finally able to reach hungry, if we care about renters who
First Coronavirus Response Act, 363–40. bipartisan agreement on COVID–19 re- can’t pay rent and landlords who need
On March 27, just a few days—this is lief at the end of December, December that rent to pay their bills—now, some
all within weeks of one another, we 16, to be exact, much damage had been of them may be giants, but most of
passed the CARES Act, about $2 tril- done and we knew, we knew, we all them are small—this bill cannot wait.
lion, voice vote, $2 trillion, about the knew that the December legislation This bill needs to pass as soon as we
same amount as this bill suggests. would not be enough, Mr. Speaker, and can possibly pass it.
Frankly, since that time, we have had that we would have to act again. Now I urge all my colleagues, vote for this
hundreds of thousands of Americans we are doing so. resolution, and let’s take a first, criti-
die from COVID, and our economy go Now, very frankly, when we were at cally important step to passing this
up and down, but now it is tanking, and the greatest recession, not depression, bill that will be constructed by 12 dif-
we are all concerned about that. in December of 2007, and then 2008, and ferent committees here, committees in
George Bush came to the House when then when we took over and could act the Senate, and put together, as the
I was majority leader the first time on a relief bill, we passed a $787 billion chairman has just pointed out, and we
and said, we need $700 billion, actually, bill, relatively small by the kinds of will have to vote on it again as a final
a little more than that, $700 billion to sums we are talking about now, and it product, for the people.
loan to big banks. Loan to big banks? saved us from depression, and not a Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker,
And Ben Bernanke, then the chair of single Republican in the House of Rep- I reserve the balance of my time.
the Federal Reserve said, if you don’t resentatives voted for that. Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, may I
do it, we are going to go into a depres- Now, remember, 172 Democrats voted inquire as to how much time is remain-
sion. for George W. Bush’s TARP legislation. ing?
So what happened, Mr. Speaker, was Not a single Republican stepped in to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen-
Democrats carried that bill for George help the American economy, not one. tleman has 8 minutes remaining.
Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield
Bush, a Republican President, and Re- So when I hear about bipartisanship, I
2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
publicans gave him one-third of their think to myself, gee, I am for biparti- Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE), a distin-
votes, their President—he was our sanship, and we will all be for it. And I guished member of the Budget Com-
President, but theirs in the sense he will tell you, the proof of the pudding mittee.
was a Republican. is those 172 votes that voted for TARP; Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, let
So I am a little frustrated when I and without TARP, I think the country me thank the distinguished chairman
hear, well, we can’t do this because we would have gone into depression. of the Budget Committee for the mas-
passed the Paycheck Protection Pro- Now, President Biden has outlined terful way that he has led the Budget
gram and Health Care Enhancement the next steps we need to take as part Committee and the masterful way that
Act, very controversial, a big bill, 388– of the American Rescue Plan. The he has led this debate.
5. Now, what does that tell you? What budget resolution before us today pro- In the next couple of months, close to
does it tell the American people? That vides us with one path to put that plan 600,000 Americans will die; loved ones
there was a consensus that it is a crisis into action with the next round of will be forbidden from going to their
in America that there is no example for major relief for our people. bedside; and some of them will find
it in the past. And so we need to move. The gentleman from Texas lamented, themselves lodged in refrigerator
We had an election. The President of well, this is a farce. Let me tell you, if trucks.

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
the United States said we had to move, this farce passes, millions of families Individuals in our districts, like the
and we passed a $900-plus billion bill, are going to get thousands of dollars to woman in my district, will report that
and the President said, by the way, it support themselves and buy food and she has $8 in her bank account and the
wasn’t enough. He wanted to see more. pay their mortgage and pay their rent. potential for being evicted.
He wanted to see substantially more in This is very real. Mr. Speaker, what we are doing
payments to the American people be- Now, this is not the only path. Let today is a rescue mission, like we need-
cause they were struggling. me be clear, Mr. Speaker, we want this ed to do for the fires in California, or

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.028 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H303
Hurricane Harvey, or like we needed to the occasion. As our case is new, so we must brunt of the crisis by providing $1,400 per per-
do when I fled the United States Cap- think anew and act anew. son in direct cash assistance to households
itol as the planes were hitting the Pen- Mr. Speaker, the bipartisan action we took across America, bringing the total (including
tagon in 9/11. This is a rescue mission. last December was a step in the right direction the $600 down payment enacted in Decem-
And I will not take a back seat all but only a long-delayed down payment; we ber) to $2,000.
the years that I have known President cannot afford any more delays, especially Additionally, the plan will also provide direct
Biden to ever deny his sincerity about since Republican stalling already caused a housing and nutrition assistance to families
bipartisanship. I have worked alongside painful lapse in critical unemployment assist- struggling to get by, expand access to safe
of him. He is the leader who brought us ance last year, and additional unemployment and reliable child care and affordable health
out of the depths of depression with the assistance is set to expire in March. care, extend and expand unemployment insur-
automobile collapse. He is the one that That why this resolution, which creates a ance so American workers can pay their bills,
led us in the recovery act after the de- failsafe alternative to debating, voting, and and give families with children as well as
bacle of the collapse of Wall Street in passing the American Rescue Act, is abso- childless workers a boost through enhanced
2007 and 2008. lutely crucial and the right thing to do, right tax credits.
I was here when the Secretary of the now. Mr. Speaker, the American Rescue Plan
Treasury said, America will not be the The American Rescue Plan proposed by provides much needed support for commu-
America that it was, we are going President Biden takes a multiprong approach nities struggling with the economic fallout, in-
down. And so, we need to go big. The to tackling the public health and economic cri- cluding hard-hit small businesses, especially
Secretary of the Treasury says—a re- ses stemming from the COVID–19 pandemic. those owned by entrepreneurs from racial and
nowned economist—says we need to go Mr. Speaker, by an overwhelming margin ethnic backgrounds that have experienced
big. (79 percent), the public wants and is demand- systemic discrimination.
This is a time for our friends to lis- ing that we act to provide more economic re- Finally, the plan also provides crucial re-
ten to Abraham Lincoln: ‘‘The dogmas lief to address the damage caused by the sources to protect the jobs of first responders,
of the quiet past are inadequate to the coronavirus pandemic. frontline public health workers, teachers, tran-
stormy present. The occasion is piled Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of Repub- sit workers, and other essential workers that
high with difficulty, and we must rise licans and Republican-leaning independents all Americans depend on.
with the occasion. As our case is new, believe an additional relief package is nec- The 2021 budget resolution is not a com-
so we must think anew and act anew.’’ essary, while more than nine in ten (92 per- prehensive fiscal blueprint for the next 10
Our case is new. We are needing the cent) Democrats and Democratic leaners say years; it is designed solely to provide the op-
$1,400. We are needing the eviction more coronavirus aid will be needed. tion of using reconciliation to deliver critical re-
moratorium. We are needing unem- Even the most conservative Republicans lief and achieve the goals of the American
ployment extension. favor more relief by a 56 percent–44 percent Rescue Plan.
And finally, let me say, Mr. Speaker, margin. As such, the total spending and revenue
we are needing to ensure that this Nearly nine in ten of all adults (88 percent) levels in the resolution simply reflect current-
work is done on behalf of the American in lower-income households say an additional law projections adjusted for the estimated
people. We need a rescue mission and package is necessary, while 81 percent of Re- costs of the American Rescue Plan.
we need it now. publicans in lower-income households (81 per- Once the American Rescue Plan becomes
Mr. Speaker, as a senior member of the cent) say additional aid is needed now. law, Congress will begin its work on a forward-
Committees on the Judiciary, on Homeland Let me make clear at the outset Mr. Speak- looking, comprehensive budget resolution for
Security, on the Budget, and as the Member er, that nothing in this resolution precludes the 2022 that will provide urgently needed eco-
of Congress for a congressional district that reaching of a bipartisan and bicameral agree- nomic support and address longstanding defi-
has experienced the worst of COVID–19 as a ment to pass and fund the President’s Amer- cits in our communities and underlying inequi-
public health emergency and economic catas- ica Rescue Plan, which in nearly all material ties in our society, which have been so starkly
trophe, I rise in strong support of H. Con. Res. respects mirrors the Heroes Act passed by the revealed and exacerbated by COVID–19.
11, which reorders budgetary priorities to pro- House Democratic majority on May 15, 2020, I strongly support this legislation and urge
vide $1.9 trillion to allow Congress to take im- nearly nine months ago, only to languish on all Members to join me in voting for its pas-
mediate and decisive action to crush the virus the Republican Senate Majority Leader’s desk sage.
and vaccinate our people, build the economy while hundreds of thousands of our fellow Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker,
back better, reopen schools, and provide Americans succumbed to the virus and mil- I continue to reserve the balance of my
needed support and assistance to state and lions of others lost their livelihoods and busi- time.
local governments that have been asked to do nesses, and everyone faced an uncertain fu- Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I am
too much with too little for far too long. ture. privileged to yield 11⁄2 minutes to the
So if our Republican colleagues are ame- It would send a powerful signal to the Amer- gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. SCHA-
nable to reaching an agreement on a legisla- ican people if our colleagues across the aisle KOWSKY), a distinguished member of
tive response that is commensurate to the would join us in this effort because nothing the Budget Committee.
challenge facing Americans, nothing in the would better show them that elected rep-
legislation before will preclude that from hap- resentatives can put partisanship aside and b 1530
pening. put America first. Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I
But have no doubt, if they refuse to be part And that bipartisan achievement would por- am so proud. Only 2 weeks into the new
of the solution, the unified and bicameral tend success for similar initiatives in the area Presidency, we are now moving ahead,
Democratic congressional majority, in coordi- of infrastructure, energy, national and home- right now, boldly, to answer the cry of
nation with the new Democratic Administra- land security, and criminal justice and immi- the American people and to ultimately
tion, will take the lead and act boldly to ad- gration reform, all of which I am ready and pass and implement the American Res-
dress and overcome the present crisis. willing to reach across the aisle to find com- cue Plan. If you don’t hear the cry of
I would urge my Republican colleagues to mon ground. your constituents, then you aren’t lis-
heed the words of the Republican Governor of To beat the virus and safely reopen schools, tening.
West Virginia who said colorfully just a few the plan will mount a national vaccination pro- I want to focus on our communities,
days ago, ‘‘At this point in time in this nation, gram that includes setting up community vac- our States, our counties, our cities,
we need to go big. We need to quit counting cination sites nationwide and makes the in- large and small, that are in a crisis sit-
the egg-sucking legs on the cows and count vestments necessary to safely reopen schools. uation right now. They are starving for
the cows and just move. And move forward It will also take complementary measures to help to cover the basic costs that they

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
and move right now.’’ combat the virus, including scaling up testing have, and we have an opportunity to
The same sentiment was expressed more and tracing, addressing shortages of personal give them $350 billion in relief and
eloquently by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 when protective equipment and other critical sup- flexible aid that can be used to make
he memorably wrote: plies, investing in high-quality treatments, and sure that our communities stay strong.
The dogmas of the quiet past are inad- addressing health care disparities. It is not just about budgets, and it is
equate to the stormy present. The occasion is The American Rescue Plan delivers imme- not just about employees. It is about
piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with diate relief to working families bearing the our constituents who will find that if

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.029 H03FEPT1
H304 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
we aren’t able to fund the essence of That means that it is absolutely cru- Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker,
what our communities need, then we cial for Congress to act now to provide I yield myself the balance of my time.
are going to see firefighters lose their enough stimulus and support so that Mr. Speaker, if this Chamber really
jobs; we are going to see paramedics our economy, healthcare facilities, cared about helping the working class,
and police and nurses and teachers and local governments, and schools have we would first call on the schools to re-
sanitation workers not available for the resources needed to survive and open immediately; end the small busi-
our communities; and we will see begin to recover. ness lockdowns so Americans can get
towns and counties not able to fund The urgency can’t be overstated. back to work; and stop the President’s
their transportation systems. Last year, Republicans allowed unem- job-killing executive orders, which are
It is time for us to act. It is past time ployment benefits to expire and pushed firing hundreds of thousands of Ameri-
for us to act. Let’s do it. 8 million Americans into poverty. By cans.
Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, acting now, we can avert a repeat of I stand ready, with my colleagues, on
I reserve the balance of my time. this disaster when benefits expire again policies that will help support the
Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield in just 6 short weeks. We can make working class. I look for the oppor-
11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman from New substantial improvements to make tunity that we actually come into the
Jersey (Mr. SIRES), a distinguished sure that we have a more inclusive re- Budget Committee, where we can work
member of the Budget Committee. covery that includes low-wage workers together and help the working class.
Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, this resolu- and immigrant families. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance
tion is a critical tool that we can use Let’s pass this bill and truly help the of my time.
to provide relief to millions of Ameri- American people. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen-
cans by passing President Biden’s Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, tleman from Virginia (Mr. BEYER) and
American Rescue Plan. I reserve the balance of my time. the gentleman from Arizona (Mr.
COVID–19 has impacted every corner Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield SCHWEIKERT) are recognized for 30 min-
of our Nation, taken loved ones from 11⁄2 minutes to the gentlewoman from utes.
us, sickened millions more, shuttered California (Ms. LEE), another distin- The Chair recognizes the gentleman
small businesses, and pushed hard- guished member of the Budget Com- from Virginia.
working families into dire straits. mittee. Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1
As we look at the toll this pandemic Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, I minute to the gentleman from Ken-
has taken, we must pass an aggressive, thank Chairman YARMUTH for his lead- tucky (Mr. YARMUTH), the distin-
large-scale response. We cannot con- ership in putting forth this budget res- guished chairman of the Budget Com-
tinue in piecemeal relief that falls olution. mittee.
short of addressing the needs of com- COVID continues to ravage our com- Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I in-
munities in every congressional dis- munities. Black and Brown people have clude in the RECORD the names of the
trict. been disproportionately impacted the Budget Committee staff who worked so
By setting a reconciliation frame- hardest. Now that vaccines are being tirelessly and competently on this
work across numerous House commit- distributed, the disparities in who has piece of legislation.
tees, we can craft a plan that will ex- been vaccinated are quite shocking. BUDGET COMMITTEE MAJORITY STAFF LIST
pand testing and vaccination efforts; On top of this health crisis is an eco- Erika Appel
extend critical lifelines for those who nomic crisis. Eight million more fami- Ellen Balis
have lost their job; support schools, lies have fallen into poverty since May. Samantha Carter
Edward Etzkorn
local small businesses, and first re- Food banks have lines around the José Guillen
sponders; and send direct aid to those block, and 12 million children are going Jocelyn Harris
who are struggling. hungry. Enhanced unemployment in- Emily King
The burdens that our Nation has en- surance expires next month; small Sarah Lee
dured over the last year are far too businesses are going under; and our Sheila McDowell
high for continued inaction, and I hope State and local governments are strug- Diana Meredith
Kimberly Overbeek
that my colleagues will join me in sup- gling to make payroll for millions of Barbara Pike
porting this resolution. essential workers. Katie Raymond
Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, Our constituents and communities Scott Russell
I reserve the balance of my time. can’t wait. We have to go big, and we Laura Santos
Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield have to move fast. Raquel Spencer
11⁄2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Greg Waring
The relief package enabled by this Alexandra Weinroth
California (Ms. CHU), a distinguished budget resolution is the rescue needed Christie Wentworth
member of the Budget Committee. to keep people from falling off the cliff. Jennifer Wheelock
Ms. CHU. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in It will also allow us to address the Ted Zegers
strong support of getting the American glaring racial and ethnic disparities in Grady Stevens (intern)
people the help they need and getting our pandemic response. Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, for the
it to them fast. Let me tell you, I am one who be- record, nothing in this proposal should
The budget resolution before us lieves we should provide ongoing pay- come as a surprise. The resolution’s
today is simple. It allows Congress to ments until the end of the pandemic. budgetary target matches the esti-
act quickly to deliver much-needed as- Through no fault of their own, people’s mated cost of the American Rescue
sistance to the American people so lives and livelihoods have been shat- Plan, every detail of which was put for-
that we can defeat this pandemic. That tered, but we do provide in this pack- ward during President Biden’s cam-
means more survival checks, enhanced age and in this budget enhanced unem- paign. Further, many of these provi-
unemployment benefits, new grants ployment insurance and direct pay- sions have already passed the House
and loans for small businesses, State ments. but languished on Senator MCCON-
and local aid, education funding, faster We don’t have the luxury of time, nor NELL’s desk.
vaccinations, and much more. of nickeling-and-diming our constitu- Nothing we are doing here precludes
This winter has been the most chal- ents. We must deliver for the American a bipartisan deal. But let’s be clear, the
lenging period of the COVID–19 crisis. people a rescue package that matches American people overwhelmingly sup-
People have been driven to desperation the scale and the scope of the pain in port President Biden’s plan.

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
with skyrocketing cases, hospitaliza- our country. And I can assure you they couldn’t
tions, and 440,000 deaths nationwide. Remember, a budget is a moral docu- care less about House procedures. They
But now we see the light at the end of ment that reflects our values, which, of want us to act and get them the relief
the tunnel. course, means we must put people first, they need now.
Every day, over a million more regardless of party affiliation. January was the deadliest month yet
Americans receive safe and effective Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield for COVID. Every 28 seconds, an Amer-
vaccines, and that rate is increasing. back the balance of my time. ican died from the coronavirus. At that

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:22 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.031 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H305
rate, more than 385 Americans will Climate change. Secretary Yellen, in Mr. Speaker, I don’t intend to stand
have died while we are debating this her confirmation hearing, called cli- here and just do a bunch of responses,
resolution. mate change an existential threat fac- but here’s the quarterly from the Cen-
We cannot afford to slow down. We ing the globe. She is right, and we sus Bureau about State and local reve-
need to hurry the hell up. can’t waste any more time. Tempera- nues and resources: A 17.7 percent in-
Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- tures are rising. Glaciers are melting. crease in receipts.
self such time as I may consume. The frequency of forest fires is increas- Now, your State might not be that,
I want to begin by recognizing Chair- ing, as is the frequency of once-in-a- but 17.7 percent from the Census Bu-
man YARMUTH, whose leadership of the hundred-year storms. Carbon emissions reau, their latest document.
Budget Committee is so routinely re- are out of control. And if you have one of the munici-
markable that we take it for granted. Soon, scientists say, we will reach a palities that is hurting, that has a
The budget resolution we are voting point of no return. Many believe we shortfall, there is still $58 billion sit-
on today will set us on a path to de- may already be there, and it doesn’t ting in the account that hasn’t been
feating the virus and providing urgent help that the previous administration spent, yet we are talking about adding
relief for millions of Americans. spent 4 years pretending that climate another $1.9 trillion in spending.
It is a big moment for this country, Until we also take a moment and un-
change didn’t exist.
and this Chamber and Chairman YAR- derstand the almost $1 trillion still sit-
MUTH have handled it with char- b 1545 ting in the accounts that haven’t been
acteristic skill and grace. And infrastructure: Despite years of released or spent, part of this argu-
I also want to thank Speaker PELOSI ‘‘infrastructure weeks,’’ we haven’t ment we are having today is absolutely
for her extraordinary leadership, guid- moved the ball on infrastructure at all. absurd.
ing the House through all the chal- This harms our country in countless Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of
lenges since this pandemic began and ways, not the least of which it makes my time.
now bringing up legislation that is ur- the United States less competitive Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I have a
gently needed and will ultimately sus- around the world. Bad for business, bad quick response to my dear friend from
tain millions of Americans during this for consumers, harmful to the next Arizona. While we acknowledge that
crisis. generation. many of the States actually had in-
President Biden has called for a creased revenues last year, virtually no
Our roads are filled with potholes.
package that meets the moment, and locality did. I represent Northern Vir-
Our bridges are falling down.
Speaker PELOSI has laid out a path ginia, a fairly wealthy part, yet every
Broadband doesn’t reach millions of
that gets us there. The Speaker has one of our local governments is getting
Americans and is priced out of reach
guided this Chamber brilliantly as we creamed. We had 1.3 million job losses
for millions more. And on and on.
passed the Cares Act; provided addi- in State and local government in 2020.
We have the opportunity to build
tional support to families and busi- That is not nothing.
back better a more equitable, inclu-
nesses in the spring and fall; and now, Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the
sive, sustainable, and green economy.
as we begin the expeditious process to gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr.
But we need policies that are aligned
beat the virus, get the American people POCAN), the immediate past chair of
with the priorities and the needs of
the relief they need and deserve. the Congressional Progressive Caucus
middle-class families, not geared to-
I am honored that she has asked me and the most distinguished magician in
ward the wealthy and the well con-
to lead the Joint Economic Committee the U.S. House.
nected. Mr. POCAN. Mr. Speaker, the Amer-
this Congress as our country recovers
This budget resolution reflects deep- ican people are hurting, and they need
and rebuilds. I look forward to
ly held American values, preserving our help now. Millions have lost their
partnering with my colleagues on both
lives and health, and creating pros- jobs over the past year through no
sides of the aisle on the full range of
perity for every American. It reflects fault of their own, and more than
economic challenges and opportunities
who we are, all Americans, and it de- 100,000 small businesses have been
before us. There is so much work to do.
This legislation will save American serves our complete support. forced to close forever due to COVID–
lives and give tens of millions of Amer- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of 19. The House has tried to do the right
icans the help they need. my time. thing. We passed multiple relief pack-
Mr. Speaker, I am a businessman. Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I ages last year that began to approach
One of my favorite ideas is: Don’t show yield myself such time as I may con- the scale needed to address the suf-
me your values; don’t tell me your val- sume. fering in our communities, only to
ues; just show me your calendar. Mr. Speaker, first, because I don’t meet resistance from MITCH MCCON-
Well, budgets are a statement of val- get the chance to do this very often, NELL’s Senate and the Trump adminis-
ues. If you want to know what a person this is the Joint Economic Committee. tration.
or a party really believes, look at how We are basically here to talk about the Let’s be honest, the Federal Govern-
they allocate their resources. Show me economic impact of this piece of legis- ment’s handling of this pandemic has
your budget. lation. I am joyful to have Mr. BEYER been largely inept. The previous ad-
Four years ago, the Republicans held as my opposite. He is someone who I ministration said it was just the flu,
the White House, the Senate, and the truly respect intellectually. If he sug- that it would pass before we knew it,
House of Representatives. Their signa- gests you read a book, grab it. that injecting ourselves with unproven
ture legislation was a $1.9 trillion tax But this is one of those occasions substances would take care of the prob-
cut bill, which overwhelmingly favored where, having sat through the Com- lem.
the wealthy, the top 10 percent. That mittee on the Budget’s testimony dis- Extend that magical thinking to
was a statement of their values. cussion, I am both frustrated and a lit- testing and vaccine distribution and it
Today, Democrats have the responsi- tle heartbroken on the number of is easy to see why the American people
bility of governing, with Joe Biden in things that were said that actually and the economy are in crisis today.
the White House and majorities in the weren’t mathematically true or policy Now those same magical thinkers tell
House and Senate. We declare different true or accurate. I am hoping that us that more aid for people suffering
values. The most important value is to those of us on the Joint Economic across the Nation is not needed.
save American lives. The second most Committee can actually raise the level The Congressional Budget Office told
important value is to restore American of this argument and this discourse to all of us on Monday that the Nation’s

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
prosperity. being hyperfactual because we need to unemployment rate will not return to
The budget resolution we consider get this right. prepandemic levels throughout the rest
today is a critical first step to achiev- Do understand that a $1.9 trillion of this decade. This decade.
ing both overarching goals. We have to bill, if you do the interest, is $2.4 tril- Let’s stop nickel-and-diming our re-
act quickly because those aren’t the lion to $2.5 trillion. So we need to start sponse to this once-in-a-century pan-
only overwhelming goals that we are getting our understanding of the types demic. Let’s follow the advice of al-
facing. of dollars we are talking about. most every major economist who has

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.033 H03FEPT1
H306 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
urged us to act big. Doing too little is Instead, Democrats are throwing constituents—Republican constituents,
the real threat we face. away the chance to work with Repub- Democrat constituents—have been
State and local governments have licans to get things done, provide our forced to make unimaginable decisions
been providing tests and assisting in constituents with relief, and bring our and sacrifices.
vaccine distribution, all while losing country together. The only way we will In response, Congress passed the
tax revenue. They need our help. get through this pandemic and get strong bipartisan CARES Act. How-
The unemployed are at risk of losing things done is by working together. ever, 10 months later, the virus is still
their homes, and working people are Our constituents, the Nation, and the wreaking havoc on our way of life, in
going hungry. They need our help. world are watching. large part due to the failures of the
Small businesses have lost demand at a Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, let me just prior administration.
time they need it most to keep people point out that we are not throwing So we are here to right the wrongs,
employed. They need our help. away our chance to work with Repub- and under the leadership of Speaker
I am proud to support additional di- licans. We would love to have a bipar- PELOSI and the Biden-Harris adminis-
rect payments to individuals, aid for tisan bill, but if it’s not possible, we tration, we are doing just that. We
schools, aid for State and localities’ have to have this reconciliation proc- must meet the moment and bookend
public health programs. I am proud to ess in place because it takes weeks to this pandemic with a big, bold package
support more aid for struggling small unfold. to ensure workers, families, and small
businesses, addressing our long- Mr. Speaker, we are in a deep hole. businesses have the support and re-
standing need for widespread To build back better, we have to crush sources to break through the dark win-
broadband access, and minimum wage the virus, as Speaker PELOSI so beau- ter and start the process to build back
that ensures no full-time worker in tifully captured. But make no mistake, better.
America lives below the poverty line. the COVID–19 pandemic has plunged us Think about this, Mr. Speaker: The
Let’s do this. I urge all of my col- into a very, very big hole. budget reconciliation will pave the way
leagues to support the resolution be- Last week, we got the advance—or to doing just that.
fore us. first—report on 2020 GDP, and it was Who is against extending emergency
Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, just ugly. The economy shrank by 3.5 per- unemployment? Who is against pro-
a couple points. There is still $280 bil- cent last year, the worst economic per- viding another round of direct stim-
lion sitting in the payroll protection formance since 1946. Very few of us ulus? Who is against offering rental as-
account. There is still $239 billion sit- were even born the last time our econ- sistance to ensure that no family is
ting in the health spending account. I omy declined by this much. Let me say forced to live on the streets? Who is
am someone who, on a personal level— it again, the U.S. economy is the weak- against instituting a quicker rollout
and I believe our Republican side of the est it has been since the end of World and production of vaccines after the
Joint Economic Committee—believes War II. disastrous rollout, or lack thereof, by
we need to probably spend more, but it It could have been worse. It could the previous administration? Who is
needs to be properly targeted so we get have been much worse but for the ac- against expanding funds for child care
the impact. tions we took in a bipartisan way in and increasing the child tax credit?
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the this Congress. We passed the CARES Who is against giving aid to the very
gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Act in May, and instead of the 5.6 per- States that we represent and local-
KIM). cent decline the CBO had forecast, we ities?
Mrs. KIM of California. Mr. Speaker, only got 31⁄2 percent. Just imagine if So I say to my colleagues: Think
I rise today because people are hurting, the Senate had taken up the Heroes about what your constituents have
small businesses are struggling to keep Act that we passed. Unemployment in- called for. Think about what they are
their doors open, and livelihoods are on surance alone, which was strengthened losing, and let’s give our constituents
the line. with the $600 supplemental payment hope. Let’s join together to meet the
The COVID–19 pandemic has taken and the creation of pandemic unem- moment; not for us, but for the Amer-
more than 440,000 lives to date. It has ployment assistance, accounted for ican people, for the economy, and for
taken the life of my mother-in-law, and more than $550 billion in personal in- the future.
I am sure many of my colleagues’ loved come in 2020. These payments were a Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I
ones, too. lifeline to individuals, and they bol- would like to say that Congresswoman
Now is the time for unity. Now is the stered the economy. BEATTY has a great mask. It is wonder-
time to come together. Now is the time We lost huge amounts of ground in fully sparkly.
to put down our partisan words and the spring when second quarter GDP I did want to share one thing very,
show that Congress can work together declined at a record 31.4 percent rate. very quickly. This is our CBO projec-
for the American people. That 4 percent in the fourth quarter tion of where we are at right now. With
Bypassing the chance for bipartisan- helped, but not nearly enough to get us the moneys that have already been au-
ship is not the way to bring relief to out of the hole. thorized right now, by the end of this
the American people or to bring unity. As Fed chair Powell and others have year, we will be close to a 4 percent
I came to Congress to break the par- made clear, the risk isn’t doing too GDP growth. So last quarter wasn’t
tisan gridlock, but the reconciliation much. The risk is doing too little. This anywhere where we wanted it. The
process drives us farther apart. budget resolution before us recognizes quarter before that was miserable. But
We should strive to focus on issues that reality and uses it as a starting you have to understand that this is
that we all can get done, like providing point. where we are at.
$160 billion targeted funding for vac- Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the We keep hearing our fellow Members
cine distribution and to reopen our gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. BEATTY), make comments, saying the econo-
schools safely, not a wish list to ad- the distinguished chair of the Congres- mists said, ‘‘Go big.’’ But if you actu-
vance our other priorities unrelated to sional Black Caucus, a member of the ally listen to their second line, mul-
the COVID–19 pandemic. Joint Economic Committee, and my tiple economists said, ‘‘Go big, but go
The Federal Government has also yet dear friend. targeted.’’
to spend about $1 trillion provided by Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, what I This document isn’t targeted. It is all
the COVID–19 relief bills passed last am going to say is for the American over the board.
year. Think about that: $1 trillion people because, for the past year, Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
unspent. American people’s lives and livelihoods gentleman from Kansas (Mr. ESTES).
So I ask my colleagues, before we have been turned upside down because Mr. ESTES. Mr. Speaker, in addition
rush through more trillion dollars, of the COVID–19 pandemic. to treating and vaccinating for COVID,
let’s first have a real bipartisan discus- Whether contracting the virus, losing our main priority should be getting
sion so we can ensure that our commu- their jobs, working on the front lines, people back to work. This legislation
nities with the most need are getting at the risk of eviction or struggling to doesn’t do that. It is full of job-killing
the relief right away. keep their businesses open, many of my mandates and liberal special interest

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.034 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H307
handouts. So it keeps schools closed. of the leaders in so many different And do understand—this is impor-
Operation Warp Speed was such a great ways of the U.S. House of Representa- tant—there is still $172 billion sitting
development to get the vaccine rolled tives, the former mayor of Providence. in the disaster loan accounts. There is
out there so we can get the economy Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I thank another $172 billion still sitting in the
going. the gentleman for yielding, and I rise unemployment insurance accounts
in strong support of the budget resolu- from things we have already done to-
b 1600
tion for fiscal year 2021. gether.
But one of the things that this reso- It has been said that a budget isn’t In that case, it is not completely—I
lution does, it bails out States that just a series of numbers on a sheet of don’t want to use the word ‘‘disingen-
help top off their tax revenue for 2020. paper, it is a statement of your values. uous’’—but some of the things we are
However, in my State of Kansas, the Well, if that is true, then this budget is saying here that, yes, there is a crisis
2020 revenues are already higher than a bold statement of our values as out there, and, yes, there is actually
the 2019 revenues, including in our just Democrats. This budget paves the way money sitting in the accounts. Get
completed month of January, 10 per- for a landmark COVID–19 rescue plan. that damn money out of those ac-
cent higher than a year ago. It delivers a simple message to the counts to where the suffering is.
So the States aren’t suffering American people: Help is on the way. And with that I yield 1 minute to the
through the revenue loss because of the Mr. Speaker, since the start of this gentleman from Texas (Mr. PFLUGER).
ability for people to still continue to pandemic, tens of millions of Ameri- Mr. PFLUGER. Mr. Speaker, I thank
grow and work as they can. cans have been infected. Nearly half a the gentleman for yielding.
But the resolution does raise ex- million have died, with almost a quar- Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the first
penses for Main Street, nearly doubling ter of all deaths happening in the last time as a Member of Congress in com-
the Federal minimum wage at a time month alone. Millions of Americans plete opposition to the budget rec-
when thousands of small businesses are can’t find work. It is getting harder onciliation act.
already struggling to keep the lights and harder to pay for food and housing. Today, adding almost $2 trillion to
on. This legislation also fails to recog- Schools are closed. Kids are being left the national debt and eliminating 1.3
nize, as mentioned earlier, that there is behind. The American people can’t af- million jobs is up for a vote.
nearly $1 trillion left from the previous ford any more delays or half measures. This partisan budget reconciliation
COVID bills that Congress has already This is a time for bold action. That is package allows President Biden to
passed. why we have to pass this budget resolu- shove $1.9 trillion of stimulus spending
By the way, these were five bipar- tion and pave the way for President through Congress without any Repub-
tisan bills that were passed in 2020 in Biden’s American Rescue Plan, an ag-
lican consent. It is a blue State bailout
order to make sure that it addressed gressive proposal that tackles our pub-
to States who have shut down their
all of the issues that we reflect across lic health and economic emergencies.
The President’s American Rescue business, closed their places of worship,
our country. The Biden administration and prevented families from earning an
should instead be focused on families Plan meets the crisis before us. It in-
cludes nearly $2 trillion for a new honest living.
who are hurting the most, targeting, We don’t need bailouts. We need to
particularly, the more than 8 million round of survival checks; a national
vaccination program; the resources cit- get back to work. Taxpayers in States
people who have lost their jobs due to like Texas should not be left holding
ies and towns need to safely reopen
COVID. the bag for the failing governments in
schools; direct housing and food assist-
Workers, families, and small busi- New York, California, and others who
ance; expanding access to healthcare
nesses don’t need more Washington chose to close their economies.
and safe and reliable childcare; ex-
regulations or mandates. They need to Congress just passed a $900 billion
tended and enhanced unemployment
have the economy up and running stimulus package in December, and
insurance; paychecks for the first re-
again. Republicans believe we must in- over $1 trillion in COVID relief has yet
sponders, public health workers and
crease wages and job opportunities for to reach its intended recipients. The
teachers who are still on the front lines
all workers, and we have gotten real U.S. is already over $26 trillion in debt
of this crisis; and critical support for
results with tax and regulatory re- and counting.
the hardest-hit small businesses.
forms, achieving historic surges in jobs During this historic crisis, the Amer- This is totally unsustainable and will
and wages. ican people deserve to know that help have a disastrous consequence for our
Unfortunately, this legislation does is on the way. This resolution does just economy and future generations. We
not build off of that successful play- that. We all know from listening to our are talking about the future of our
book, but, instead, shows that the constituents how much suffering is children and our grandchildren. Noth-
Biden administration is far more inter- happening in this country, and that we ing could be more important in this de-
ested in advancing a radical leftwing need a response that responds to the cision.
wish list over our common economic gravity of the economic healthcare cri- Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield my-
policies that will help our Main Street sis that this pandemic has created. self such time as I may consume.
businesses and families. This resolution does it. Join us in this Mr. Speaker, I would first like to
Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- effort. Respond to the cries of the welcome our new colleague from Texas
self such time as I may consume. American people. to the floor. An excellent speech.
I would agree with all of those econo- Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman
mists who say go target, go big, and go yield myself such time as I may con- from California (Mr. PETERS), a mem-
targeted. In fact, that is what Joe sume. ber of the Joint Economic Committee
Biden has said again and again. Once again—and I am probably going and a distinguished businessperson in
I think his speech on the American to keep making this point over, and his own right.
Recovery Act was extraordinarily tar- over, and over—I care deeply and am Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, I thank
geted, and while this budget reconcili- desperately concerned particularly for the gentleman for yielding.
ation bill is the big picture, we all the poor and the working poor in this When Congress passed the emergency
know that by the time we pass those country. And this document, if we are COVID bill in December, we knew more
individual budgets, they will be tar- going to be honest about it, does not resources would be needed to fight the
geted at the most granular level. target their suffering. virus and provide additional relief for
And to my friend, Mr. ESTES, with I will show a couple of boards here many Americans who have been dev-

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
whom I serve on Ways and Means, I am where, once again, we are going to be astated financially. Now we are work-
glad that Kansas is doing well. I don’t sending stunning amounts of money to ing to accomplish that by March 14
know the answer to this, but I would go places that it is just going to sit in a when the enhanced unemployment ben-
back and see how it is going in Wichita bank account. It is going to go to efits will expire.
and some of those local governments. places where it is not actually creating I fully support the beginning of the
I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman that velocity, that multiplier effect of process of budget reconciliation be-
from Rhode Island (Mr. CICILLINE), one helping those who are suffering. cause we need to start the clock. In my

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.036 H03FEPT1
H308 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
experience in Congress, and yours, too, markable number of new concerns be- check almost a year ago and another
we all know that this place works ginning. $600 check, for a total of $1,800. That is
much better with a deadline. Wouldn’t it be both elegant, but also an average of $163 per month.
However, I would hope that we can very powerful, as we watch unemploy- Mr. Speaker, there is not a single
respond to this challenge in a bipar- ment, to find ways to access capital; person in this Chamber or in my dis-
tisan way as we did last March and access to streamlined permitting, li- trict who can survive on that little per
again in December, and maybe this censing; crazy things like allowing month. My residents cannot afford to
proposal could be better targeted. someone to do a microbusiness out of wait. The bills don’t stop after 1
I am encouraged by the $600 billion public housing, things that actually month; neither should the checks. The
proposal of 10 Republican Senators. have impact. budget resolution ensures that we can
Some have scoffed at this offer, called And it turns out, those aren’t the do the work of delivering urgent relief
it an insult, or dismissed it as not seri- sort of things you find in a $1.9 tril- to our families and every single dis-
ous. I don’t agree with that. $600 billion lion—functionally $2.5 trillion if you trict across the country.
is a lot of money, but it is not adequate are going to be honest about the real b 1615
for the task at hand. We need more cost—spending package. And I under-
help to open schools and to keep people stand this is a piece of legislation that Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, in
housed. State and local governments if you actually look at it, it is just many ways we are all saying the same
need assistance to prevent more layoffs line, after line, after line, after line of thing. It is just, once again, trying to
and make up for lost revenue, and we numbers. make the argument, if we do this
should stop guessing how long we will If this passes—which it probably will, smartly and well-targeted, we can do it
need unemployment and food assist- you know, the Democrats are in the for a dramatically more efficient cost
ance. majority—the ethical, moral obliga- and actually help more of the poor that
As the New Democrat Coalition has tions we have heard from multiple we know are suffering, more of the peo-
advocated from the beginning, we speakers here that a budget is your ple who have been crushed, more of the
should enact automatic triggers to values, is the value the fact you can small businesses.
keep them flowing and then shut them spend stunning amounts of money even And a simple example, Opportunity
off according to economic conditions. when there is $1 trillion still sitting in Insights has predicted that, with a
Our biggest challenge as a nation is the bank unspent, or is the value that $2,000 check to functionally every
not one particular issue, but the deep you are going to do it in a way where household that makes less than $46,000,
division among us here in Congress and we impact the working poor; where we only $420, functionally, of what they
among citizens across America. Bipar- impact those who are truly suffering, receive will get spent. The rest goes in
tisanship has intrinsic value and we and not crushing someone like my 5- the bank. Maybe that is a good thing.
should prioritize it. But today’s action year-old daughter who is the one who Maybe that is the audience you want
will ensure that we have a relief pack- is ultimately going to be paying this to target. But when you start doing the
age on time no matter the politics. back. same thing to populations, and for
This is a step we have to take. So if we are going to make the moral some reason they use $78,000, only $105
Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I argument, I hope we think about the gets spent. So think of that.
yield myself such time as I may con- whole, shall we say, continuum of what Mr. Speaker, increase the check an-
sume. we do here, what is moral, what is other $1,400, a population that makes
Mr. Speaker, maybe I am going to right. $78,000 or more, they are only spending
break protocol, but I am finding that I reserve the balance of my time. $105. The rest is going in the bank ac-
this will be the second time I think I Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, can I ask count. Maybe that is wonderful, but
have complimented someone on the how much time is remaining on our that is not what we are debating. We
Democratic side. Triggers make a lot side. are trying to create a multiplier effect
of sense in this type of mechanism The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. of some stimulus in our society to get
when you have, functionally, $1 trillion CUELLAR). The gentleman from Vir- the economy going so we see those
still sitting in the accounts, and we are ginia has 15 minutes remaining. The GDP numbers go up; the unemploy-
seeing projections from CBO saying, gentleman from Arizona has 17 minutes ment go down; and we get back to the
functionally, by the fourth quarter—I remaining. miracle we were at in 2018 and 2019,
am sorry, I didn’t have a chance to Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, to my new where income and equality actually
print this large—but by the fourth friend from Texas, I would point out shrank for the first time in 2 years,
quarter, unemployment—look, I am that Texas and California and New where food insecurity shrank for the
one of those who believes full employ- York—two of the bluest States first time in decades and decades and
ment is always the ultimate goal—but around—are all net exporters of Fed- decades, where the working poor actu-
unemployment will be back to where eral dollars mostly to red States. ally were doing better than they had in
basically we were in 2015–2016. Now, it tends to be the blue States decades and decades and decades.
Can we do better? Absolutely. But to who are helping out the red States in How do we get back to, functionally,
do better, it is going to require terms of our Federal allocations. I what was the miracle of 2018 and 2019?
thoughtful, targeted, well-designed would also like to compliment the And my argument is, the model that
spending, of our resources, our stat- ranking member on the Joint Eco- we are reading in this resolution, isn’t
utes. And one of the reasons I talk nomic Committee for his optimism in it. It doesn’t get you there. If we truly
about that is there is something very having a 5-year-old daughter. have the same goal, I desperately hope
unique going on. And I hope our chair- Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield 1 our friends on the left and those of us
man of the Joint Economic Committee minute to the gentlewoman from on the right, who actually want to look
will actually think about this because Michigan (Ms. TLAIB), the distin- at this almost like an economist of a
we haven’t figured out how to turn this guished Member who spent her life lift- laser beam, are saying: Let’s find those
one into being partisan yet. I am sure ing people out of poverty. who are hurting and find out how to
we will figure it out. Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, this pan- get the resources that are already ap-
But right now, this is the sort of demic has taken the lives of nearly propriated and get those to them, and
thing we should be talking about. 16,000 Michiganders with 25 percent of then appropriate more where nec-
There is this crazy renaissance going the deaths from Wayne County and the essary.

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
on in this country of people starting city of Detroit. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of
new businesses, filing new LLCs, start- Our communities are forever my time.
ing new concerns. changed. The U.S. is on a course to Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, last sum-
Now, it may be because of the trag- reach 500,000 deaths by February 20. mer, when Donald Trump was pres-
edy of the business they have right now That is a half a million lives lost. suring governors to ignore the advice
which has been crushed by the shut- And in response to this record death of health experts and reopen their
downs and the virus, but there are a re- toll, Congress has sent out one $1,200 economies, he was predicting we would

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.038 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H309
lead to a ‘‘V-shaped’’ recovery, in So what does the budget reconcili- crats really are heading towards be-
which the recovery would be as steep ation process tell us about our respec- cause, if it is, you are going to hear
as the catastrophic decline. tive values? those who are on our side scream that
Others predicted a ‘‘U-shaped’’ recov- Well, the last two times the budget this is a payoff to, shall we say, a con-
ery, a more drawn-out version of the reconciliation process was used by Re- stituency that is very supportive of the
‘‘V.’’ And even others predicted a ‘‘W- publicans, they used it on a $2 trillion Democrats.
shaped’’ recovery, an uptick, followed tax giveaway to the wealthiest Ameri- Mr. Speaker, not been a great year—
by another drop due to a probable sec- cans and corporations and to take the year 2000, about 350,000 State mu-
ond wave of the coronavirus, and then away healthcare for more than 20 mil- nicipal workers lost their jobs. This
hopeful improvement. Even Ian lion Americans. That was their value. budget reconciliation bill has about
Bremmer talked about a scalloped re- The budget we are debating today $350 billion in the line item for that
covery. shows the Democrats in Congress are population. You do realize that’s $1
Mr. Speaker, there has been recov- going to use every bit of a fight we million a job. And if you do the total
ery, but with two big caveats. It has have in us to take decisive and com- number, it is still $350,000 a job.
been a ‘‘K-shaped’’ recovery. It has prehensive action to finally end this Is that compassion? Or is that lu-
come at the cost of over 440,000 Amer- pandemic and alleviate the economic nacy?
ican lives. pain Americans are experiencing. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of
As the Trump administration pres- We will not wait and see if another my time.
sured States to relax measures needed 100,000 Americans die in a single month Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, to add to
to control the coronavirus, the virus in order to deliver vaccines and testing my friend’s charts, let me point out
exploded. And this does have incredibly that we need. We will not wait and see that the Congressional Budget Office
long-term cost on families, on genera- if the United States loses another 20 has estimated, without additional re-
tions in the economy. million jobs, or if the American econ- sources, investment into the economy,
But this ‘‘K-shaped’’ recovery, which omy experiences another record-break- it will take until 2024—3 more years—
has really come into vogue right now, just to get back to where we were at
ing year of GDP contraction. We will
is some are doing quite well and some the prepandemic level 1 year ago.
not wait and see if the U.S. loses an-
are doing pretty poorly. High-income Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the
other 10 million jobs, or people con-
workers have been able to work from distinguished gentleman from Texas
tinue to go hungry at record numbers.
home and save record amounts of (Mr. GREEN), and not the singer.
We will enact an American rescue
cash—I think a 33 percent savings rate Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in
plan that saves lives and livelihoods.
in the second quarter. 2017, when my Republican friends had
The savings rate has gone through Those are our values.
Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, control of the House, the Senate, and
the roof because the paychecks, the
once again, back to facts over feelings: the Presidency, they passed an approxi-
stock gains, have kept coming in for
After the tax reform, what did we see mately $1.5 trillion tax break for the
those folks; but they can’t spend it on
in our society? very wealthy.
restaurants or movies or travel,
It was the first 2 years that we actu- Mr. Speaker, the wealthy weren’t
flights, entertainment.
American billionaires picked up $1.9 ally saw income and equality shrink in suffering. There was no pain. They
trillion in net worth in 2020. Just the modern economic times. I thought that were not about to be evicted. There
increase in billionaires’ net worth was the Holy Grail. were no mortgage payments behind.
alone would pay for this package. The Did you see what happened to His- But they got $1.5 trillion approxi-
personal savings rate more than dou- panics, African Americans’ incomes, mately in tax breaks.
bled in 2020. Housing prices climbed 10 working poor incomes? Mr. Speaker, I ask my dear friends on
percent in the last year. Stock market The fact of the matter is, if you tell the other side to see this, if they will:
went up about 15 percent in the midst the truth about the post-tax reform As a tax break for the working class,
of the crisis. But, remember, the model—just maybe because I was in the let’s let people who are making $75,000
wealthiest 10 percent own 84 percent of room—the top 10 percent actually were a year have an opportunity to acquire
the stocks. So they walked away with paying more of the Federal income some money to help them. If it goes
a vast majority of the stock gains last taxes than prior. Yet that somehow into a bank account, it will come out.
year, as they do every year. isn’t the folklore that we so often hear They are not wealthy. At some point
These factors probably explained why from this floor. we have to realize that those who are
households of more than $75,000 in in- Mr. Speaker, there are couple other among the working class cannot do
come saved their $600 payments from points I would like to make. And a cou- more with less, while the wealthy need
December rather than spent them, as ple of this is important because Chair- more to do more.
revealed in recent Opportunity In- man BEYER actually did a terrific job Mr. Speaker, it is time for us to save
sights’ data. touching on some of this. And he was this country, save these people who are
On the other side of the coin, low- making a very powerful point. And, ac- suffering. I will vote for this resolu-
wage workers have seen unemployment tually, I hate to say this, he was read- tion. I will vote for reconciliation.
drop by 20 to 25 percent, and the unem- ing part of my script, which actually is Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I
ployment rates for Black and Hispanic a little creepy. will tell you this: Mr. GREEN also can
workers exceeds 9 percent. The rich The total deposits in commercial sing, and he is one of those I consider
have gotten richer. The poor have got- banks, if you take a look at this line, a friend. He and I have done a number
ten poorer. And the American Dream have gone up dramatically. It is be- of pieces of legislation, and he and I
has become ever-less attainable for too cause too much of the money that we have a running discussion of what ac-
many Americans. A ‘‘K-shaped’’ recov- have done bipartisan in the last year to tually helps the working poor. We have
ery is unacceptable. help stimulate and save the economy different views, but we know we both
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes the ended up in pockets of those very, very have a passion of it.
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. CON- wealthy, or even medium wealthy, and Mr. Speaker, let’s actually take sort
NOLLY), my friend of almost 40 years, it ended up sitting in the bank and not of the theme that has been offered
my godfather. circulating, rotating in the economy here. I believe it is absolutely mathe-
Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I and helping the workers, helping the matically wrong, but an argument
thank my dear friend for yielding to working poor, helping those who are that, Hey, so much of this has helped

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
me and for his leadership. just trying to survive. the wealthy in tax reform and those
Mr. Speaker, when I served in local My fear is this budget reconciliation things. Great.
government, I helped write and pass 14 document is going to be just a lot more Mr. Speaker, if someone on the
consecutive budgets—all balanced. And of this, if you actually look. The other Democratic side can promise me that
what the budget writing process taught thing is—this is a tough one, and this when I am looking at this budget reso-
me was that a budget is a values docu- is one I am hoping that the placeholder lution, this is not creating a policy box
ment. in this document isn’t what the Demo- for the Committee on Ways and Means

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.040 H03FEPT1
H310 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
to turn around and re-implement pol- on to that in a moment. $1.9 trillion, It will crush the virus and help us
icy where, functionally, the benefit which is almost exactly the cost of the safely reopen schools, mounting a na-
goes mostly to the very, very wealthy. Republican tax break that they gave to tional vaccination campaign that in-
So when I see the box here that looks the richest people in America; 83 per- cludes community vaccination sites,
like it would allow for certain revenues cent of the benefits went to the top 1 ramping and scaling up testing and
to be raised, and then it goes to pos- percent. tracing, addressing shortages of PPE,
sibly a SALT—a State and local tax de- b 1630 investing in high-quality treatments,
duction, which we all know the top 1 and addressing healthcare disparities.
percent gets 57 percent of the value of This legislation, which helps meet It is sinful, Mr. Speaker, to see how
it, the bottom 80 percent of our society the needs of the American people, to be few people in our communities of color
only gets 4 percent of the value—that considered a tax break bill for the rich, have had access to vaccines up until
would be, actually, a tax break. Actu- it is pathetic. It is pathetic. The fact of now, but that will change under Presi-
ally, I think I have been quoted as say- this Congress is that somebody can say dent Biden and with this legislation.
things that aren’t true on the floor, but It will deliver immediate relief to
ing, ‘‘It is the most regressive tax
if you say that they said something working families bearing the brunt of
break that you can think of in our so-
that was untrue, you would be called the crisis, providing $1,400 checks per
ciety right now that is in play.’’
I am just desperately hoping that out of order. person to households across America
But I would just say, the facts are
isn’t what I am reading in some of and providing housing and nutrition
these. $1.9 trillion, when you add in the
these pages as part of that setup. And assistance. Tens of thousands of people
interest—Mr. GREEN from Texas ref-
I would love someone on the left to ba- are food insecure in our country.
erenced this—if you add in the interest,
sically promise me that we are not see- Maybe 17 million children are food in-
$1.9 trillion, $2 trillion, added to the
ing a setup here to, once again, sub- secure in our country.
national debt, with no stimulus for our
sidize the rich. Access to safe and reliable
economy, only debt for our children.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Instead, here today, we have a bill childcare—let me say it again, safe and
my time. that meets the needs of the American reliable childcare—and affordable
Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I had the people. In the election, the American healthcare, expanded unemployment
great honor of attending the Arlington people cast their ballot for big, bold ac- insurance, and enhanced tax credits for
funeral service for Capitol Police Offi- tion and decisive leadership to turn the families, low-income working families.
cer Brian Sicknick. It was moving and Finally, the plan will support com-
coronavirus pandemic and economic
very sad, eloquent. I only bring this up munities struggling with the economic
crisis around. Since then, the need has
because I was transported with my fallout, providing a lifeline for the
accelerated drastically. The time for
friend, RALPH NORMAN of South Caro- hardest hit small businesses, especially
decisive action is now.
lina, to the cemetery and back with Mr. Speaker, that is why, today, we those owned by minorities, and hon-
two Capitol Police Officers who were will pass a budget resolution to pave oring our heroes. Yes, $350 billion to
talking about how much they love the way for a landmark coronavirus honor our heroes, about one-fourth of
their job but how exhausted they were rescue, a rescue plan, which will do what you were giving to the top 1 per-
at ages 40 and late 20s. what is needed to save lives and liveli- cent in our country in your tax bill.
I asked them, ‘‘What is your job?’’ hoods. Why is that important? Because
They said, ‘‘We are security for the We hope that Republicans in Con- these are the entities, State and local
Speaker.’’ gress would support a legislative pack- county governments, townships, and
And she is indefatigable, tireless, age that will bring real relief to people the rest, that provide the services that
works around the clock, and, to my and to our communities. the people need: healthcare workers,
mind, is the best Speaker America has Passing this budget does not preclude first responders, police and fire, trans-
ever had. reaching a bipartisan agreement. I portation, sanitation, food workers,
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the would rather not work under reconcili- our teachers, our teachers, our teach-
gentlewoman from California (Ms. ation, but if that is the way we have to ers. They need the State and local gov-
PELOSI), the Speaker of the House of work in order to get results for the ernments to be funded. That is very
Representatives. American people, we must use every important. In a bipartisan way across
Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank option at our disposal. But I am hope- the country, it has bipartisan support.
the gentleman for yielding. I thank ful that we can have bipartisanship. So, yes, it is $350 billion.
him for his great leadership of the That does not ensure that Congress Again, it is to meet the needs. These
Joint Economic Committee, a place can move forward and meet the coun- people risk their lives to save lives, and
where we can really think in a way try’s needs. The need for this action now they may lose their jobs because
that is entrepreneurial and successful could not be more urgent, and Ameri- of the cost of the coronavirus and the
for the American people. His private cans cannot afford to wait. They can- lost revenue from the pandemic.
sector experience, as well as respect for not afford any further delay. Finally, the plan would support com-
the public sector and the nonprofit sec- Tens of millions of Americans have munities struggling with the fallout,
tor, equips him well to lead that impor- been infected. Nearly half a million again, providing a lifeline—that is this
tant committee and to take us to the have died, with one-fifth of those point I am making now—for hardest
floor on this bill, following the Budget deaths occurring over the past month. hit small businesses, as I mentioned,
Committee, under the leadership of Meanwhile, tens of millions of work- that are owned by minorities, frontline
JOHN YARMUTH, a tireless worker for ers are jobless; food and housing inse- health workers, teachers, transit work-
the budget and this resolution. curity is skyrocketing; and school clos- ers, and other essential workers risk-
Mr. Speaker, I believe that a budget ings threaten our children’s education. ing their lives to save ours. It bears
should be a statement of our national And our most vulnerable communities repetition.
values. What is important to us as a are bearing the brunt of these crises, as The cost of inaction is growing by
nation should be reflected when we put the underlying health and economic the day. If we don’t enact this package
a budget together. disparities continue to grow. now, we could end up with 4 million
It is curious to me to hear the distin- President Biden’s American Rescue fewer jobs this year, and it could take
guished gentleman on the other side of Plan will take a comprehensive, stra- a year longer to return to full employ-
the aisle. It would be ludicrous if it tegic, and science-based approach to ment. An entire cohort of young people

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
weren’t so deadly serious. tackling the public health and eco- may have lower lifetime earnings be-
Mr. Speaker, $1.9 trillion, the Presi- nomic crises. Here is what it will do. cause they were deprived of another se-
dent of the United States has deter- It will put money in the pockets of mester of school.
mined is necessary to meet the needs of the American people. It will put vac- Millions of parents, particularly
the American people at a time of a pan- cines in the arms of the American peo- moms, can be forced to stay at home,
demic, at a time of consequences to our ple. It will put children back in school reducing their wages and future job
economy that are drastic—and I will go and workers back to work. prospects. I believe the figure is 100

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.041 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H311
percent. But just about 100 percent of refundability, billions of dollars for the closed permanently, with the prospect
the jobs lost in December were women. working poor in our country. of up to 85 percent being lost in the
But if this package is passed and en- Economists and the Treasury Secre- year ahead. Sadly, the impact has been
acted in full by March, economic taries of both parties have said, if you disproportionately on women, minori-
growth is projected to jump by nearly really want to turn the economy ties, and immigrants.
8 percent this year and then by an ad- around, help the neediest the most, The PPE program didn’t work for
ditional 4 percent next year. At that help the neediest first. We do this in restaurants. They don’t need com-
pace, we will create 71⁄2 million jobs this legislation as we bolster the mid- plicated loans. They don’t know, in
this year alone and a total of 10 million dle class and crush the virus. many cases, whether they are going to
jobs by the fall of 2022, reaching full Mr. Speaker, I urge an ‘‘aye’’ vote. be open in 2 or 3 months.
employment. Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I The restrictions across the country
But don’t take it from me. Experts yield myself such time as I may con- are such that most restaurants simply
agree that this bold action is needed, sume. do not have a viable economic model.
especially as interest rates are at his- Mr. Speaker, the comment of ‘‘look That is why I introduced the Res-
toric lows and the return on small in- at this budget and see a party’s val- taurants Act. I am pleased that $50 bil-
vestments has never been higher. ues,’’ this may be a little ethereal, but lion has been designated for small busi-
As Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, have you all heard the term ‘‘blank ness in this resolution, and I hope at
of whom we are very proud, stated: check company’’? It is one of the rages least 50 percent of that will be dedi-
Without further action, we risk a longer, on Wall Street right now. Take basi- cated to the bipartisan and bicameral
more painful recession now and long-term cally a shell, have a bunch of money Restaurants Act that we have intro-
scarring of the economy later. Right now, put into it, and then they promise, say- duced. It has over half the Members of
with interest rates at historic lows, the
ing, we are going to find something to the House of Representatives cospon-
smartest thing we can do now is act big. In soring and over half the Senate.
the long run, the benefits will far outweigh spend the money on.
This is essentially a blank check We have an opportunity to move this
the costs. forward in a way that will give a life-
budget reconciliation with actually
Mark Zandi, the chief economist at line to our restaurants that are the
none of the very elegant and persuasive
Moody’s Analytics, said just last week: cornerstone of our community. We give
words said.
It is better to err on the side of too much them that lifeline, and next year at
rather than too little. Interest rates are at
There is also one other thing, and I
this time most of it will be back to
practically zero, inflation is low, unemploy- want to say this as respectfully as pos-
normal. They will be vaccinated, the
ment is high. You don’t need a textbook to sible, so I am going to read someone
weather will change, and we will be
know that this is when you push on the fis- else’s words. The well-worn and mis-
able to return to that vibrant part of
cal accelerator. leading talking points is 83 percent of
our communities. But they need the
Also last week, the Chairman of the the tax cuts go to the wealthiest 1 per-
lifeline.
Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, stat- cent. Just not true. Since the day of So I strongly urge support for the
ed: tax reform until 2025, the wealthiest, Restaurants Act which will be reintro-
I am much more worried about falling and maybe it is too much, get 25 per- duced and part of the reconciliation
short of a complete recovery and losing peo- cent. At the very end of tax reform, process that will make it possible to
ple’s careers and lives that they built be- when many of the different tax breaks provide that necessary support to keep
cause they don’t get back to work in time. I and those things are expiring out, them afloat.
am more concerned about that and the dam- there is an anomaly in the year 2027. It
age that will do.
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman
is not 83 percent. from Virginia (Mr. BEYER) for his cour-
Reconciliation bills have passed on a Please, I beg of my friends on the tesy.
bipartisan basis 17 times in recent left, I know we like our talking points, Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I
years, including one that I participated but there is a reason the public is so yield myself such time as I may con-
in to pass the Children’s Health Insur- enraged with us. It is because we have sume.
ance Program, CHIP, which delivered this bad habit of getting behind these Mr. Speaker, there is one other thing
lifesaving healthcare to nearly 10 mil- microphones and playing some real I wanted to share. First, the Res-
lion children. games with the facts, and the facts are taurants Act is a good piece of legisla-
As I said, the need for action could the facts. tion. I think there are many of us on
not be more urgent. Americans cannot Once again, the blank check com- Ways and Means who look forward to it
afford further delay. pany concept, this is now the blank or something very, very close to it.
Listen, listen, listen to your con- check budget. Also, one other comment, Madam
stituents. We should all be listening to Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Speaker spoke earlier, I was actually
our constituents. They are our bosses. my time. somewhat enthused about her focus on
We must meet their needs. Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, may I ask kids in school. As Mr. BEYER teased
Listening to our constituents, re- how much time we have remaining. me, I am 58, my wife is 58, and I have
specting President Biden’s proposal to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- a 5 year old. That is the ultimate defi-
meet their needs, we must work to- tleman from Virginia has 61⁄2 minutes nition of being optimistic for the fu-
gether to save their lives and their remaining. The gentleman from Ari- ture. That is funny.
livelihoods. zona has 81⁄2 minutes remaining. But the fact of the matter is, I des-
I wish we could have a strong bipar- Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 perately hope that Madam Speaker
tisan vote on this budget bill because, minutes to the gentleman from Oregon will use her influence on the teachers’
as I said, this budget is a statement of (Mr. BLUMENAUER), the distinguished union to encourage getting these kids
our values, and our values are that we chairman of the Trade Subcommittee back to school. I have some charts—
are here to meet the needs of America’s on Ways and Means and, in my opinion, but I am not going to show them to ev-
working families. It is about our chil- the most thoughtful Member of the eryone because I may save them for
dren, their health, their education, the House. evening floor time—on the devasta-
economic security of their families, a tion—and the Speaker actually just
safe world for them to thrive, a world b (1645)
spoke about this, which is a great
at peace in which they can reach their Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I irony—of what we are doing to the fu-
fulfillment. It is always about the chil- appreciate the gentleman’s courtesy ture earning power of everyone from

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
dren. and his leadership. the parents to the children themselves.
It is not about heaping mountains of Mr. Speaker, the hardest hit sector of How many saw the story, I think in
debt on them, as they did in their tax our economy is the 500,000 independent The New York Times, this last week
scam that they passed, and then to restaurants and their 11 million em- about children suicides in Nevada?
have the nerve to call this a tax break ployees. That is why there are 2.3 mil- It rips your heart out. But I don’t see
for the wealthy when it has low-income lion of those employees unemployed. it in this budget document. It is not in
tax credits, childcare tax credits, And one out of six restaurants has there.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.043 H03FEPT1
H312 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
If that is where we are heading, I just don’t see it in there. old days of spend lots of money, do
great. As Republicans we are going to And functionally, this is $2.5 trillion some great virtue signaling, and, ulti-
help make good things happen, getting of spending. When we authorize $1.9 mately, the very people we talk about
these schools open, but we actually trillion and then do the interest on it, are no better off.
need the influence from the left, par- I think that is a fair interest calcula- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance
ticularly with the teachers’ union to tion. of my time.
make that a possibility. I beg of us that as this moves forward Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, how much
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of and we actually get to put some policy time do I have remaining?
my time. behind these incredibly broad numbers, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen-
Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 will those of us who actually care tleman from Virginia has 31⁄2 minutes
minute to the gentleman from Illinois about math—because the running joke remaining.
(Mr. GARCÍA). in our family is that Daddy works in a Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield my-
Mr. GARCÍA of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, math-free zone. Somehow, I thought it self the balance of my time.
it has been almost 1 year since COVID would get a laugh. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my
hit the U.S., and the sick are still split- I desperately ask all of us, this is a friend, the ranking member, for this
ting pills, diabetics are still rationing stunning amount of money. I under- hourlong discussion. I will point out
their insulin, and families are doubled stand the need for the administration that all those billions and maybe tril-
and the Democrat majority to act like lions of dollars that apparently are
up in homes to keep relatives off the
individuals of action. still in coffers, one of the best things
streets. I saw it in 2008, and I am seeing
But what happens when that action we can do is get new management at
it again. Up and down the streets of my
is theater? the executive level who will actually
neighborhood on the southwest side of
On the conservative side we want to spend the money allocated by Con-
Chicago businesses are closed. Every
help, but $1.9 trillion isn’t the help. It gress, and I think the Senate is work-
week I am attending another wake. It
is figuring out where the needs are and ing on those confirmations right now.
is happening across this country. There is nothing that has the sense of
getting it to them. Instead—and I’ll
This has been a failure of the Amer- theater about the children in Virginia
show some of the charts—some of the
ican Government. But finally, we have who are three times as food insecure as
dollar amounts that are in this docu-
a President willing to move a signifi- they were a year ago. We have millions
ment are absurd and still don’t get us
cant relief bill. Congress needs to pass of Americans out of work. We have this
what we know we need in our society.
this legislation and get people the re- remarkable chart that shows that our
So as part of my closing here, we
lief that they need now. unemployment rate hit an official 14.8
have $1 trillion already still sitting in
Transit, stimulus checks for working percent back in the spring, and we
the accounts that haven’t gone out the
people and immigrants, rental assist- knew that was undercounted by all the
door.
ance and small business grants—we What are we doing to get those re- people who left the workforce who
can’t nickel and dime our way out of sources to those who need it? weren’t counted at all. They said it was
this pandemic. Let’s do our job. Let’s Because this is something that we probably closer to 20 percent, the high-
get the vaccine out, and let’s save our could do instantly. The cash is already est since the Great Depression.
economy. We need to pass the $1.9 tril- sitting there. It is already authorized. Now, we are formally down to 6.7 per-
lion budget and get the American peo- But also, what could we do as those cent, but, once again, that is double
ple back on their feet now. of us in the Joint Economic Committee the pre-pandemic level and doesn’t cap-
Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I am pre- try to work on math saying: Here is ture the nearly 5 million workers who
pared to close. how we get the maximum amount of have given up looking for a job and left
Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I stimulus to help those who are hurt- the labor force since February. That
yield myself the balance of my time. ing? would push the unemployment rate al-
Mr. Speaker, this has been actually a How do we get back to—forgive my most at 10 percent. We cannot afford to
reasonable conversation. I desperately cheat sheet—how do we get back to an be passive.
hope we are going to have more of this. environment where, once again, like we My friend, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, talks
But back to some of the principal had in 2018 and 2019, income inequality about the multiplier factor, and I am a
points from the Republican side we are actually shrank for the first time? huge fan of the multiplier effect. But
trying to share about this budget reso- How do we get back to where food in- the multiplier effect means putting
lution is the SBA paycheck protection. security was shrinking and where the money in the hands of people who will
There is still $280 billion sitting in the working poor were getting substan- spend it. So we are in defense of our $15
account that hasn’t gone out the door; tially less poor? minimum wage. That is money that
healthcare spending, still has $239 bil- I know there is a great difficulty for will go into the hands of people who
lion sitting in the account that hasn’t my brothers and sisters on the left to will spend it that day, that Friday,
gone out the door; economic injury dis- extend tax reform and regulatory re- that weekend.
aster loans, $172 billion still sitting in form any credit. Then don’t give it Alan Blinder and Mark Zandi, two
the account that hasn’t gone out the credit. But do at least accept we had prominent economists, found that fis-
door; unemployment insurance expan- some amazing things happening there cal monetary responses in 2008 and 2009
sion, another $172 billion still sitting in for a couple of years for the very popu- substantially reduced the severity and
the account; education funding, $59 bil- lations we come behind these micro- length of the Great Recession. Our
lion sitting in the account; assistance phones and say that we care about. wonderful chairman of the Federal Re-
to State and local, $58 billion; stimulus Is there a way that on this left budg- serve, Jay Powell, a Republican, has
checks, there is still $52 billion sitting et document—which is functionally a said that monetary policy has gone as
in there; food stamps, there is still $33 blank check company—being author- far as it can. Interest rates are near
billion; childcare and development ized to drop $1.9 trillion in immediate zero. It is up to us now, those who con-
block grants, there is $10 billion sitting cash with an ultimate cost of about trol fiscal policy, to make this come-
in that account; agriculture assistance, $2.5 trillion, could we actually take a back.
there is still $29 billion sitting in the look at what was working in our soci- The Hamilton Project found that the
account. That is $1 trillion. ety before the pandemic and figure out Biden proposal would return us to the
Is there a need for more help in our how to do more of what was working CBO’s pre-pandemic projections after
society? and take a look at what was done in the third quarter of this year, not 2024

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
Absolutely. the previous years where we spent lots which would be where we were without
Does this document actually target of money and we had almost no multi- it.
it to those who are hurting, to the plier effect, none of the folks we were We face a once-in-a-generation chal-
working poor, and to those who actu- trying to help were getting help, and lenge: a public health crisis caused a
ally haven’t gained great wealth with do less of this? massive economic hit worse than the
the stock market? Are other dollars in Because this document reads very Great Recession, and responding to ei-
their accounts? much like we are going back to the bad ther one of these crises, the COVID or

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.045 H03FEPT1
February 3, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H313
the economy, requires a smart, multi- or need to provide care due to the Scott, David Swalwell Vela
Sewell Takano Velázquez
faceted, comprehensive approach. It is coronavirus. Sherman Thompson (CA) Wasserman
not a blank-check approach. We have We also will include funding for oversight Sherrill Thompson (MS) Schultz
outlined piece by piece by piece how and transparency efforts to ensure every tax- Sires Titus Waters
this money would be spent, and we still Slotkin Tlaib Watson Coleman
payer dollar included in this package is spent Smith (WA) Tonko
have much granularity to go. We have Welch
on its intended purpose. Soto Torres (CA) Wexton
don’t have the luxury of choosing The President’s American Rescue plan Spanberger Torres (NY)
Wild
which crisis we respond to. We have got would deal a decisive blow to this devastating Speier Trahan
Williams (GA)
Stanton Trone
to overcome both of them to save the pandemic, providing the resources that our Stevens Underwood
Wilson (FL)
lives of hundreds of thousands of Amer- families, communities, and economy need to Strickland Vargas Yarmuth
icans and ensure the livelihoods of mil- survive. Suozzi Veasey
lions more. We must do everything we can, as fast as NAYS—212
Another luxury we don’t have is we can, to get vaccines in arms, to get re- Aderholt Gohmert Miller-Meeks
time. We can’t waste months and sources to struggling communities, and to get Allen Golden Moolenaar
months and months trying to figure Americans back to work. Amodei Gonzales, Tony Mooney
Armstrong Gonzalez (OH) Moore (AL)
out whether we are actually going to The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time Arrington Good (VA) Moore (UT)
spend that money in those coffers or for debate has expired. Babin Gooden (TX) Mullin
whether bipartisanship will work. We Pursuant to House Resolution 85, the Bacon Gosar Murphy (NC)
have to set the structure up so that if Baird Granger Nehls
previous question is ordered on the Balderson Graves (LA) Newhouse
reconciliation is necessary—the same concurrent resolution, as amended. Banks Graves (MO) Norman
reconciliation my Republican friends The question is on adoption of the Barr Green (TN) Nunes
used on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—it concurrent resolution.
Bentz Greene (GA) Obernolte
Bergman Griffith Owens
is ready to go. Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the Bice (OK) Grothman Palazzo
The American people—Democrats, Biggs Guest Palmer
yeas and nays are ordered.
Republicans, Independents, and those Bilirakis Guthrie Pence
The vote was taken by electronic de- Bishop (NC) Hagedorn Perry
who don’t fit in any of those groups—
vice, and there were—yeas 218, nays Boebert Harris Pfluger
want us to take action. Giving shots in Bost Harshbarger Posey
212, not voting 1, as follows:
people’s arms, ramping up testing and Brady Hartzler Reed
tracing, ensuring unemployment bene- [Roll No. 21] Brooks Hern Reschenthaler
fits don’t expire on March 14 and that YEAS—218 Buchanan Herrell Rice (SC)
Buck Herrera Beutler Rodgers (WA)
they are there when they are needed Adams Escobar Luria Bucshon Hice (GA) Rogers (AL)
most—I thank the gentleman, by the Aguilar Eshoo Lynch Budd Higgins (LA) Rogers (KY)
Allred Espaillat Malinowski Burchett Hill Rose
way, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, for piling on Auchincloss Evans Maloney, Burgess Hinson Rosendale
automatic stabilizers, almost every Axne Fletcher Carolyn B. Calvert Hollingsworth Rouzer
economist I know thinks that is a good Barragán Foster Maloney, Sean Cammack Hudson Roy
Bass Frankel, Lois Manning
idea—and helping families put food on Beatty Fudge Matsui
Carl Huizenga Rutherford
the table. This is what Americans Carter (GA) Issa Salazar
Bera Gallego McBath Carter (TX) Jackson Scalise
want. We need to move now to get our Beyer Garamendi McCollum Case Jacobs (NY) Schweikert
country and our economy back on Bishop (GA) Garcı́a (IL) McEachin Cawthorn Johnson (LA) Scott, Austin
Blumenauer Garcia (TX) McGovern Chabot Johnson (OH) Sessions
track, and this budget resolution starts Blunt Rochester Gomez McNerney Cheney Johnson (SD) Simpson
the process. Bonamici Gonzalez, Meeks Cline Jordan Smith (MO)
Today, we are taking a very impor- Bourdeaux Vicente Meng Cloud Joyce (OH) Smith (NE)
tant step for the American people. Bowman Gottheimer Mfume Clyde Joyce (PA) Smith (NJ)
Boyle, Brendan Green, Al (TX) Moore (WI) Cole Katko Smucker
Mr. Speaker, I urge support for the F. Grijalva Morelle Comer Keller Spartz
resolution, and I yield back the balance Brown Haaland Moulton Crawford Kelly (MS) Stauber
of my time. Brownley Harder (CA) Mrvan Crenshaw Kelly (PA) Steel
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Bush Hastings Murphy (FL) Curtis Kim (CA) Stefanik
Bustos Hayes Nadler Davidson Kinzinger Steil
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of Butterfield Higgins (NY) Napolitano Davis, Rodney Kustoff Steube
this Budget Resolution. Carbajal Himes Neal DesJarlais LaHood Stewart
The pandemic has left millions of Americans Cárdenas Horsford Neguse Diaz-Balart LaMalfa Stivers
Carson Houlahan Newman
hungry, homeless, or unable to make rent and Cartwright Hoyer Norcross
Donalds Lamborn Taylor
Duncan Latta Thompson (PA)
mortgage payments. This resolution would Casten Huffman O’Halleran Dunn LaTurner Tiffany
provide critical support that is, quite literally, Castor (FL) Jackson Lee Ocasio-Cortez Emmer Lesko Timmons
life or death. Castro (TX) Jacobs (CA) Omar Estes Long Turner
Chu Jayapal Pallone Fallon Loudermilk Upton
It’s a time to make life better for Americans Cicilline Jeffries Panetta Feenstra Lucas Valadao
who are hurting, using every tool available to Clark (MA) Johnson (GA) Pappas Ferguson Luetkemeyer Van Drew
us. Clarke (NY) Johnson (TX) Pascrell Fischbach Mace Van Duyne
From extending eviction and foreclosure Cleaver Jones Payne Fitzgerald Malliotakis Wagner
Clyburn Kahele Perlmutter Fitzpatrick Mann Walberg
moratoriums, to supporting public transit like Cohen Kaptur Peters Fleischmann Massie Walorski
the Metropolitan Transportation Authority so Connolly Keating Phillips Fortenberry Mast Waltz
my constituents can still get to work and Cooper Kelly (IL) Pingree Foxx McCarthy Weber (TX)
Correa Khanna Pocan Franklin, C. McCaul Webster (FL)
healthcare appointments, we must act holis- Costa Kildee Porter Scott McClain Wenstrup
tically. Courtney Kilmer Pressley Fulcher McClintock Westerman
Upon passage, the Oversight Committee will Craig Kim (NJ) Price (NC) Gaetz McHenry Williams (TX)
immediately get to work on one of the most Crist Kind Quigley Gallagher McKinley Wilson (SC)
Crow Kirkpatrick Raskin Garbarino Meijer Wittman
important aspects of this package—providing Cuellar Krishnamoorthi Rice (NY) Garcia (CA) Meuser Womack
desperately needed funding for states, local Davids (KS) Kuster Ross Gibbs Miller (IL) Young
governments, tribes, and territories. Davis, Danny K. Lamb Roybal-Allard Gimenez Miller (WV) Zeldin
Dean Langevin Ruiz
This money will allow these governments to DeFazio Larsen (WA) Ruppersberger NOT VOTING—1
help distribute vaccines, expand testing, keep DeGette Larson (CT) Rush Wright
frontline workers employed, and maintain vital DeLauro Lawrence Ryan

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
services. It will also keep our economy afloat DelBene Lawson (FL) Sánchez b 1753
Delgado Lee (CA) Sarbanes
by allowing states, local governments, tribes, Demings Lee (NV) Scanlon Mrs. DINGELL changed her vote
and territories to avoid laying off their employ- DeSaulnier Leger Fernandez Schakowsky from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’
ees en masse. Deutch Levin (CA) Schiff So the concurrent resolution was
The Committee will include expanded emer- Dingell Levin (MI) Schneider
Doggett Lieu Schrader
agreed to.
gency paid leave for federal employees, avail- Doyle, Michael Lofgren Schrier The result of the vote was announced
able for those who need to quarantine, isolate, F. Lowenthal Scott (VA) as above recorded.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:06 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.047 H03FEPT1
H314 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2021
A motion to reconsider was laid on because of the coronavirus pandemic. without burning fossil fuel means you
the table. The new strain of COVID–19 has come don’t have to pay for fossil fuel. Clean
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE to Harris County. We can’t do it alone. energy is cheap energy.
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS We need assistance for counties and For those who still like pollution, all
Axne (Stevens) Grijalva (Garcia McEachin cities. My mayor has been asking, and that future generations ask you is to
Barragán (Beyer) (IL)) (Wexton) that is what this budget reconciliation love being rich a little bit more. And
Bowman (Clark Hastings Meng (Clark
(MA))
will do. that is why I was so heartened to see
(MA)) (Wasserman
Buchanan Schultz) Mfume (Brown) In addition, we must realize that President Biden’s recent executive or-
(Arrington) Jayapal (Clark Moulton (Beyer) roughly 22 percent of Texas residents ders procuring clean energy for the
Cardenas (MA)) Napolitano are facing severe hardship. Federal Government, phasing out mar-
(Gomez) Kirkpatrick (Correa)
Payne This is a catastrophe beyond our un- ket-distorting fossil fuel subsidies, in-
Carson (Stanton)
(Butterfield) Langevin (Wasserman derstanding. A pandemic. And my DE- corporating the social cost of carbon
Cohen (Beyer) (Courtney) Schultz) LIVER Act is ready to provide a dis- into our decisionmaking, to name just
Porter (Wexton)
Cooper (Clark Larson (CT)
Price (NC)
tribution structure so that all over a few, and that is just the start.
(MA)) (Courtney) America you can get vaccinated. That Madam Speaker, let us all in this
(Butterfield)
DeSaulnier Lawrence
(Matsui) (Kildee)
Roybal-Allard is why we voted on the budget rec- body now build on that leadership. Let
(Correa) onciliation resolution; to save lives. us build back better and build back
Deutch (Rice Lawson (FL) Ruiz (Aguilar)
(NY)) (Evans) Rush f greener. Let us leave our children a
Fallon (Nehls) Lieu (Beyer) (Underwood) better planet than the one we inher-
Fleischmann Lofgren (Jeffries) Speier (Scanlon) HONORING THE LIFE OF BILL ited. Let us embrace science. But most
(Kustoff) Long (Wagner) Titus (Connolly) CLINE
Frankel, Lois Lowenthal of all, let us lead.
Trahan
(Clark (MA)) (Beyer) (McGovern) (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania f
Gallego (Gomez) Lynch (Clark Vela (Gomez) asked and was given permission to ad-
Gonzalez, (MA)) Watson Coleman THE GIFT OF LIFE
Vincente
dress the House for 1 minute and to re-
Maloney, (Pallone) (Mr. CARL asked and was given per-
(Gomez) Carolyn B. Wilson (FL) vise and extend his remarks.)
Gosar (Wagner) (Jeffries) (Adams) Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. mission to address the House for 1
f Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor minute.)
my dear friend, Bill Cline, of Bradford, Mr. CARL. Madam Speaker, I rise
ELECTING MEMBERS TO CERTAIN Pennsylvania, who passed away on De- today to honor the lives of millions of
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE cember 29 at the age of 95. innocent babies who lost their chance
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bill is survived by his loving wife, at life because of Roe v. Wade.
Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, by di- Joyce, who he spent nearly 50 years Life is precious. Life is a gift from
rection of the Democratic Caucus, I with; and by daughters Terri Anne, God, and every human is made in God’s
offer a privileged resolution and ask Susan, and Mary Jo; and sons Willard image. Every person born, or pre-born,
for its immediate consideration. and Mark. has inherent dignity and has the right
The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- After serving in the United States to life.
lows: Navy during World War II, Bill re- We have a fundamental duty to fight
H. RES. 92 turned home to chase his dream of one for the vulnerable and ensure that life
Resolved, That the following named Mem- day owning his own oil production is protected, recognizing the right to
bers be, and are hereby, elected to the fol- company. He would go on to serve as life is a worthy cause. It is not radical,
lowing standing committees of the House of the sole proprietor of Cline Oil, Incor- and it should be bipartisan.
Representatives: porated for more than 60 years and re- I am proud to be an advocate for the
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE: Mr. Panetta. unborn. I firmly believe in our respon-
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR: Mr. mained the president of the company
until his death. sibility as a society to defend life. I
Yarmuth, Mr. Espaillat.
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES: Ms. In 1859, Edwin Drake drilled the will continue to push for pro-life legis-
McCollum, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Tlaib. world’s first commercial oil well in my lation in Congress, including elimi-
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS: Ms. district, making history in the energy nating the use of taxpayers’ funding in
Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Brown, Ms. industry. About 7 years ago, I had the any way to perform abortions.
Slotkin, Mr. Trone. pleasure of presenting Bill with the Madam Speaker, I urge my col-
Mr. JEFFRIES (during the reading). Colonel Edwin L. Drake Legendary leagues to join me in fighting for life
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent Oilman Award to celebrate his con- to protect the most vulnerable among
that the resolution be considered as tributions to the industry as well. us. Together, we can build a culture
read and printed in the RECORD. Bill will be missed, and Penny and I that respects God’s gift. That gift is
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there wish his family the very best as they life.
objection to the request of the gen- honor his life while mourning his loss. f
tleman from New York? Rest in peace. HONORING THE LIFE OF
There was no objection.
f LIEUTENANT MICHAEL BOUTTE
The resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider was laid on b 1800 (Mr. PALAZZO asked and was given
the table. permission to address the House for 1
BUILDING A GREENER PLANET minute and to revise and extend his re-
f
(Mr. CASTEN asked and was given marks.)
COUNTIES AND CITIES NEED permission to address the House for 1 Mr. PALAZZO. Madam Speaker, I
ASSISTANCE minute.) rise today with a heavy heart. On Feb-
(Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was Mr. CASTEN. Madam Speaker, cli- ruary 1, south Mississippi tragically
given permission to address the House mate change is an existential treat to lost Hancock County Sheriff Deputy
for 1 minute.) our species. Atmospheric CO2 levels are Lieutenant Michael Boutte in the line
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, now higher than at any point in the of duty. His end of watch was Monday,
today, earlier on the floor, I made one last 3 million years. Half of all those February 1, 2021.
important announcement of one impor- emissions were released since 1985. We Madam Speaker, Boutte was a pas-
tant number. And I said that what we are in trouble, and that trouble is ac- sionate servant in our community, and

SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
were doing with the budget reconcili- celerating, but addressing that trouble he will be greatly missed by many. He
ation resolution was we were rescuing is a massive economic opportunity. is remembered for his service not only
America. Because 594,000 Americans Rather than being paralyzed by fear, as a distinguished law enforcement of-
are expected to die from COVID–19 by let’s inspire Americans toward that op- ficer, but also as an Air Force veteran
May 2021. portunity, because virtually anything who served in Operation Desert Storm.
This is what is happening in Texas. we do to reduce CO2 emissions makes In everything he did, Boutte wore his
Half of Texans face financial hardship us wealthier. Making heat and power smile with pride and compassion.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:06 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03FE7.049 H03FEPT1

File and source

File: CREC_crec-2021-02-03_crec-2021-02-03-pt1-pgh284-2.pdf
Size: 431,104 bytes
SHA-256: 65798df8c2da5dc89140de9d57dffc93e3fafaa4f0be01c0d0cd5cc33acbfd5c
Our copy: CREC_crec-2021-02-03_crec-2021-02-03-pt1-pgh284-2.pdf
Original: www.govinfo.gov