Statements on Introduced Bills (Cong. Rec., March 11, 2021)
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A page of the Congressional Record, Senate, dated March 11, 2021, at page S1502, with additional cosponsors and statements on introduced bills and a joint resolution. Ms. Collins introduces S. 723, the PPP Extension Act of 2021, with Senators Cardin and Shaheen, a bill to extend the covered period for the paycheck protection program, and cites Maine businesses that she says the program kept alive. The page also carries a statement on a bill concerning the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway and climate and environmental justice in Dorchester County, Maryland, and the text of a resolution on the Rohingya in Burma and Bangladesh.
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S1502 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 11, 2021
Reserve Act to prohibit certain finan- lina (Mr. TILLIS), the Senator from to addressing the shameful legacy of
cial service providers who deny fair ac- Texas (Mr. CORNYN) and the Senator slavery in Maryland and across the
cess to financial services from using from Louisiana (Mr. KENNEDY) were U.S.—particularly as it pertains to en-
taxpayer funded discount window lend- added as cosponsors of S. Res. 34, a res- vironmental justice.
ing programs, and for other purposes. olution recognizing the 200th anniver- Harriet Tubman was born Araminta
S. 610 sary of the independence of Greece and Ross to enslaved parents in Bucktown,
At the request of Mr. KAINE, the celebrating democracy in Greece and Maryland in 1822. After emancipating
name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. the United States. herself, she dedicated her life to the ad-
MURKOWSKI) was added as a cosponsor S. RES. 35 vancement of freedom and the fight
of S. 610, a bill to address behavioral At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the against slavery. Araminta adopted the
health and well-being among health name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. name ‘‘Harriet’’ at the time of her mar-
care professionals. COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. riage to John Tubman, a free Black
S. 611 Res. 35, a resolution condemning the man, around the year 1844. Tubman and
At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the military coup that took place on Feb- her husband continued to live in Dor-
name of the Senator from Nebraska ruary 1, 2021, in Burma and the Bur- chester County until her escape from
(Mrs. FISCHER) was added as a cospon- mese military’s detention of civilian slavery in 1849, at the age of 27. She
sor of S. 611, a bill to deposit certain leaders, calling for an immediate and would courageously return to make
funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to unconditional release of all those de- over thirteen dangerous trips to lead
waive matching requirements, and for tained and for those elected to serve in nearly 70 enslaved people seeking free-
other purposes. parliament to resume their duties dom, repeatedly risking her life in pur-
S. 628 without impediment, and for other pur- suit of our Nation’s highest aspira-
At the request of Mr. JOHNSON, the poses. tional ideal.
Throughout the American Civil War,
name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. S. RES. 37
Tubman served the Union at various
LEE) was added as a cosponsor of S. 628, At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the times as a cook, nurse, scout, and even
a bill to increase access to agency name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. spy. She helped orchestrate the
guidance documents. CRUZ) was added as a cosponsor of S. Combahee River raid in South Carolina
S. 632 Res. 37, a resolution expressing soli- that freed over 700 enslaved men,
At the request of Ms. HIRONO, the darity with the San Isidro Movement women, and children. After the war’s
name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. in Cuba, condemning escalated attacks end, Harriet focused her efforts on
GRASSLEY) was added as a cosponsor of against artistic freedoms in Cuba, and women’s suffrage. In 1908, Tubman es-
S. 632, a bill to amend chapter 11 of calling for the repeal of laws that vio- tablished the Harriet Tubman Home
title 35, United States Code, to require late freedom of expression and the im- for the Aged in Auburn, New York.
the voluntary collection of demo- mediate release of arbitrarily detained Five years later, she died of pneumonia
graphic information for patent inven- artists, journalists, and activists. on March 10, 1913. Although she spent
tors, and for other purposes. S. RES. 96 her final decades in New York, the
S. 636
At the request of Ms. ROSEN, the marshes and forests of Maryland’s
At the request of Ms. ERNST, the names of the Senator from Mississippi Eastern Shore are where Harriet Tub-
names of the Senator from Florida (Mr. (Mr. WICKER) and the Senator from man first grew spiritually and phys-
SCOTT) and the Senator from Oklahoma Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) were added ically strong.
(Mr. LANKFORD) were added as cospon- as cosponsors of S. Res. 96, a resolution Harriet Tubman made an indelible
sors of S. 636, a bill to require the Di- designating March 8 through March 14, impact on my State and our Nation’s
rector of the Office of Management and 2021, as ‘‘Women of the Aviation Work- history and I am proud to have played
Budget to submit to Congress an an- force Week’’. a role in memorializing her story to fu-
nual report on projects that are over ture generations. I worked to secure
f
budget and behind schedule, and for the authorities and funding for the
other purposes. STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad
S. 675 BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION Byway, which tells the story of her life
At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, his By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Mr. in Dorchester and Caroline counties,
name was added as a cosponsor of S. PORTMAN, Mr. CARPER, Ms. and for the Harriet Tubman Under-
675, a bill to provide for the reporting MURKOWSKI, Mr. COONS, Mr. ground National Historical Park. The
to State and local law enforcement au- RUBIO, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. National Park Service administers the
thorities of cases in which the national MORAN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. national historical park Congress cre-
instant criminal background check KLOBUCHAR, Ms. DUCKWORTH, ated in December 2014 and the national
system indicates that a firearm has Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, monument authorized by President
been sought to be acquired by a prohib- Mr. WARNOCK, Ms. SMITH, Mr. Obama in 2013 as a single unit. The
ited person, so that authorities may WYDEN, Mr. CARDIN, and Mr. Park Service works in partnership with
pursue criminal charges under State PADILLA): the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
law, and to ensure that the Department S. 697. A bill to require the Secretary which manages the Blackwater Na-
of Justice reports to Congress on pros- of the Treasury to mint commemora- tional Wildlife Refuge, and the State of
ecutions secured against prohibited tive coins in recognition of the Bicen- Maryland, which owns and co-manages
persons who attempt to acquire a fire- tennial of Harriet Tubman’s birth; to the Harriet Tubman Underground Rail-
arm. the Committee on Banking, Housing, road Visitor Center, to commemorate
S. 682 and Urban Affairs. and interpret Tubman’s remarkable
At the request of Mr. PETERS, his Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I rise to story. Visitors can access the
name was added as a cosponsor of S. celebrate Harriet Tubman, one of the marshlands, largely preserved since her
682, a bill to authorize the Secretary of most notable individuals in Maryland’s time, at the Visitor Center and nearby
Veterans Affairs to furnish a vaccine history. Congress began officially rec- Refuge. The Harriet Tubman Under-
for COVID–19 to certain individuals ognizing March 10th as Harriet Tub- ground Railroad National Historical
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who are not enrolled in the patient en- man Day in 1990 and I am always grate- Park centers her life’s work not in
rollment system of the Department of ful to speak to her accomplishments. physical structures, but instead
Veterans Affairs. Throughout her life she served as an through the landscape in Tubman’s na-
At the request of Mr. KELLY, his abolitionist, soldier, spy and, most fa- tive Dorchester County, which we must
name was added as a cosponsor of S. mously, as a conductor on the Under- defend against the social and ecologi-
682, supra. ground Railroad. I would like to reflect cal hazards of climate change.
S. RES. 34 on her contributions to human rights, While climate change is a global
At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the civil rights, and women’s rights in our issue, it is felt on a local scale. Dor-
names of the Senator from North Caro- Nation and to renew my commitment chester County’s low-lying landscape of
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March 11, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1503
tidal marshes, narrow peninsulas, and saltwater intrusion, and coastal disas- cludes more than 28,000 Maine small
country roads linking isolated commu- ters. businesses, who received nearly $2.3 bil-
nities is threatened by sea level rise Environmental justice is an essential lion in forgivable PPP loans.
and land subsidence. Over one-half of component to carry on with respect to
the county lies in the 100–year flood- the anti-racist work that Harriet Tub- Recognizing the importance of this
plain, much of it in the tidal flood- man pioneered. The American Rescue program for our Nation’s small em-
plain; even minor storms and routine Plan Act will provide debt relief and ployers, the bipartisan December 2020
high-tide events can flood vast portions assistance to socially disadvantaged COVID-relief law provided an addi-
of the county. In addition to flooding, farmers and ranchers who have faced tional $284.5 billion to reopen the Pay-
saltwater intrusion threatens the fail- disproportionate impacts from the pan- check Protection Program and allow
ure of rural septic systems, and dam- demic as a result of longstanding dis- the hardest hit small employers to re-
age to roads, bridges, and other critical crimination, as well as $50 million in ceive a second forgivable loan. The De-
infrastructure. Climate-driven changes funding to reduce the air pollution that cember law also made other improve-
to the coastal ecosystem are also mak- is linked with contributing to COVID– ments to the PPP, such as expanding
ing it harder to earn a living through 19 deaths, targeted to low income com-
the primary local sources of income: forgivable overhead expenses to include
munities and communities of color.
agriculture, forestry, and the seafood supplier costs and investments in facil-
These provisions present only a small
industry. down payment on the types invest- ity modifications and personal protec-
Local communities are at the front- ments needed to address inequality, tive equipment needed to operate safe-
line of adaptation, and initial social in- and have yet to squarely address cli- ly.
equality causes the disadvantaged mate change. Since reopening in January, more
groups in those communities to suffer The local communities on the East- than two million additional forgivable
disproportionately from the adverse ef- ern Shore that served as Harriet Tub-
fects of climate change, resulting in loans—totaling nearly $165 billion—
man’s training ground in resistance are
greater subsequent inequality. Dor- have been approved for small busi-
rarely credited for their outsized influ-
chester County is no exception. After ence on Maryland’s maritime industry, nesses across the Nation. In Maine,
the Civil War, freedmen and women culture, and environment. We must do more than 10,000 small employers have
settled the land, which was often less better to enshrine their place in our been approved for more than $692 mil-
arable and therefore more affordable. historical consciousness and provide lion in forgivable loans since PPP’s re-
Today, the county has a population of them with the tools necessary to pre- opening. In total, Maine small employ-
32,000, 26 percent of whom are Black. pare for climate change. I am grateful ers have been approved for nearly $3
Black individuals are almost twice as for the opportunity to showcase the ex- billion in forgivable loans since the
likely to be unemployed or live below ceptional efforts of one particular program was created last year.
the federal poverty level as their white Marylander and honor her by pursuing
neighbors, attributable to systemic I have heard from countless small
climate and environmental justice
racism that has roots in Harriet Tub- policies. employers about the impact this pro-
man’s time of enslavement. The Union gram has had on them and their em-
of Concerned Scientists developed a By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. ployees. The owner of Shipyard Brew-
Climate Equity Tool to identify com- CARDIN, and Mrs. SHAHEEN): ing Company in Portland told me that
munities that face conditions that S. 723. A bill to amend the Small without the relief that PPP provided,
heighten their vulnerability to harm Business Act and the CARES Act to ex- his company would be bankrupt. The
and are therefore high-risk environ- tend the covered period for the pay-
Ecology School, a non-profit environ-
mental justice areas, including Dor- check protection program, and for
mental education program in Saco,
chester County. UCS projects that the other purposes; to the Committee on
county will see a six-inch rise in sea Small Business and Entrepreneurship. would have had to lay off the majority
level by 2030 and 13–inch rise by 2045. Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I rise of its staff without the support of two
Absent national or international cli- to introduce the PPP Extension Act of forgivable PPP loans. I’ve heard from
mate policy direction under the Trump 2021. I’m pleased to be joined in intro- the owners of Jeff’s Catering in Brewer,
administration, cities and towns on the ducing this bill by my colleagues, Sen- the Poland Spring Resort, and the
Eastern Shore and around the world ators CARDIN and SHAHEEN. Last Hamilton Marine in Searsport that
have been focusing on solving their March, the three of us, along with Sen- PPP helped keep their businesses alive
own climate problems. They are work- ator RUBIO, formed a Small Business and their employees paid.
ing to build flood defenses, plan for Task Force that crafted the Paycheck
heatwaves and higher temperatures, in- Protection Program (PPP)—a forgiv- With the ongoing distribution of
stall water-permeable pavement to bet- able loan program designed to help COVID–19 vaccines and the promise of
ter deal with floods and stormwater, keep small employers afloat and their warmer weather throughout the Na-
and improve water storage and use. employees paid during the pandemic. tion, there is a light at the end of the
Dorchester County has a flood mitiga- The bipartisan bill that we are intro- tunnel. We’re not there yet, which is
tion plan that identifies projects to ducing today would simply extend the why we need to extend the deadline to
protect resources at risk of being lost, current application deadline for new apply for new loans. Extending the
including historic and cultural sites. PPP loans from March 31st to May 31st deadline would also help address con-
However, implementation of such plans of this year, and then provide an addi- cerns I continue to hear from Maine
requires significant funding. It is es- tional 30-day period during which time small employers about delays in the
sential that Congress enhance the re- the Small Business Administration
processing of new loan applications be-
silience of vulnerable communities in may continue processing applications
Dorchester County and across the cause of difficulty in resolving error
received prior to the new May 31st
Eastern Shore—and the Nation—whose deadline. Representatives VELÁZQUEZ, messages generated by the Small Busi-
residents have been forced to manage LUETKEMEYER, BOURDEAUX, and KIM ness Administration computer system.
periodic flooding and other climate im- (CA) have introduced a companion bill By extending the PPP for another
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pacts in relative social and political in the House. two months and then providing an ad-
isolation. Frontline communities in The PPP has been hugely successful ditional 30 days after that time for the
Dorchester and neighboring Eastern in helping our Nation’s small busi- SBA to process applications that are
Shore counties with strong historical nesses and nonprofits survive the pan- still pending, this bill would help our
and cultural ties require sufficient fed- demic and continue paying their em-
Nation’s small employers retain access
eral financial and technical assistance ployees. In 2020, more than five million
now to help plan for the future and small employers received forgivable to forgivable PPP loans. I urge my col-
make choices about how best to pro- PPP loans, helping to sustain upwards leagues to support this legislation.
tect themselves from tidal flooding, of 50 million American jobs. This in- Thank you, Mr. President.
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SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS testified that the Tatmadaw’s brutal cam- turns comply with international standards of
paign against the Rohingya was a ‘‘textbook safety, dignity, and voluntariness, and com-
example of ethnic cleansing’’ and ‘‘without mencing a process to address root causes in
SENATE RESOLUTION 105—CON- regard for basic principles of international line with the Rakhine Advisory Commission
DEMNING THE COUP IN BURMA law’’; recommendations;
AND CALLING FOR MEASURES Whereas, in his nomination hearing, Sec- Whereas Rohingya refugees currently
retary of State Antony Blinken stated that hosted in Bangladesh demonstrated in pro-
TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE he would oversee an interagency review to test against an initial November 2018 repatri-
BURMESE PEOPLE, INCLUDING determine whether Burma’s crimes against ation plan between the Governments of Ban-
ROHINGYA, WHO HAVE BEEN the Rohingya amount to genocide; gladesh and Burma, citing concerns for their
THREATENED AND DISPLACED Whereas, after many years of hosting hun- security and the lack of meaningful political
BY A CAMPAIGN OF GENOCIDE dreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees reforms in Burma to include restoration of
CONDUCTED BY THE BURMESE while bearing other internal challenges, their full citizenship; and
MILITARY media report that the Government of Ban- Whereas, following the 2021 coup, human
gladesh is growing weary of hosting the rights groups, humanitarian actors, and ref-
Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Rohingya, building new barriers to restrict ugees in Cox’s Bazar continue to express
YOUNG, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. the ability for Rohingyas to work, access grave concerns about the heightened risk for
COONS, Ms. WARREN, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. education, buy SIM cards, learn the local a renewed campaign of genocide in Burma,
FEINSTEIN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. BROWN, language, exercise their right to freedom of calling for a halt to any efforts to move or
Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. CARDIN, expression, including peaceful assembly, or adjust the status of any Rohingya persons:
Mr. KAINE, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. VAN move freely; Now, therefore, be it
HOLLEN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. WARNER, Whereas, in a step toward reducing the ref-
Resolved, That the Senate—
ugee population on the mainland, the Gov-
Mr. REED, Ms. ROSEN, and Mrs. SHA- ernment of Bangladesh has relocated over
(1) condemns the February 1, 2021, military
HEEN) submitted the following resolu- 10,000 Rohingya from Cox’s Bazar to Bhasan
coup that deposed an elected government
tion; which was referred to the Com- Char, a flood-prone island in the Bay of Ben- and cast a pall over years of hope, invest-
mittee on Foreign Relations: gal, but has denied the United Nations access ment, and progress toward a more demo-
S. RES. 105 to the island and the ability to undertake cratic and free Burma;
independent technical and protection assess- (2) expresses deep concern for the safety
Whereas, on February 1, 2021, the Govern- and security of the hundreds of thousands of
ment of Burma was overthrown by the Bur- ments to verify whether the island is safe
and habitable to host this vulnerable popu- Burmese people who have taken to the
mese army, or Tatmadaw, returning the streets to protest the coup, and condemns
same army responsible for the genocidal lation;
Whereas it has not been verified that the Tatmadaw and the Myanmar Police
military campaign against the Rohingya Force for their acts of terrorism against Bur-
people to a greater position of power and au- Rohingya refugees’ ongoing relocation to
Bhasan Char is fully informed and voluntary, ma’s civilian populations;
thority, at least temporarily; (3) calls on Burmese authorities to allow
Whereas the hundreds of thousands of Bur- as required under international law;
Whereas the United Nations Refugee Agen- journalists, human rights organizations,
mese citizens who have taken peacefully to United Nations monitors, and humanitarian
the streets to protest the coup have been cy reports that 2,400 Rohingya refugees chose
dangerous boat journeys to escape their lim- actors full and safe access to every part of
met with increasingly brutal displays of
ited futures in Bangladesh over the last year, the country, including Rakhine State, to en-
force by the Tatmadaw and the Myanmar
leading to at least 200 deaths and missing sure that humanitarian needs of all inter-
Police Force, and over 50 citizens have been
persons; nally displaced persons are being met and
killed to date;
Whereas efforts to force the return to that human rights of every population in
Whereas, since the February 2021 coup, the
Burma of more than 800,000 Rohingya refu- Burma, including ethnic minorities, can be
Tatmadaw-enforced media and communica-
gees now living in Bangladesh would con- monitored and protected;
tions blackouts and travel limits are lim-
stitute a gross violation of international (4) asks the governments of countries
iting the ability of journalists and humani-
human rights law and would come at in- neighboring Burma, including Bangladesh
tarian actors to provide services or monitor
the safety and security of people across creased risk during this time of political in- and Thailand, to provide immediate, direct
Burma, including approximately 600,000 stability and military rule; cross-border assistance to adequately ad-
Rohingya remaining in Rakhine State; Whereas the fundamental operational prin- dress humanitarian needs of all refugees suf-
Whereas media reports that the Burmese ciples of voluntary repatriation must be fering from ongoing Burma Army militariza-
military have recently blocked shipments of based on informed consent, legal and phys- tion and offensives;
humanitarian assistance intended for per- ical safety, dignity, and the absence of any (5) welcomes steps by the Government of
sons displaced by the ongoing offensive and form of coercion, economic or otherwise, as Bangladesh and other neighboring states to
militarization in the ethnic states; well as the full protection of the returnees’ receive Rohingya refugees, but raises sub-
Whereas recently announced United States human rights, including the right to restore stantial concern regarding reports of refu-
sanctions target Tatmadaw actors specifi- their citizenship status in Burma; gees being turned away or moved into hold-
cally for their role in the coup, but ethnic Whereas approximately 236,000 Rohingya ing centers, as well as for the health and
minorities living within Burmese borders refugees returned to Burma from Bangladesh safety of all refugees, including those cur-
have suffered a wide range of systematic under the terms of a 1992 agreement after a rently living in camps at Cox’s Bazar and
abuse and discrimination for many years; previous bout of violence against the Bhasan Char;
Whereas, since August 25, 2017, approxi- Rohingya forced them to flee, only to face (6) appeals to Bangladesh and other coun-
mately 740,000 Rohingya have fled from continued denial of restoration of their citi- tries in the region to commit to providing
Burma to escape the Burmese military and zenship, prejudice, violence, and persecution, safe harbor for Rohingya refugees, until
security force’s well-documented and sys- and in many instances forced to live in inter- their human rights, including their right to
tematic campaign of persecution and atroc- nally displaced persons camps with their restoration of full citizenship, can be guaran-
ities; freedom of movement restricted; teed;
Whereas most of the Rohingya fled to Whereas Burma’s 1982 citizenship law (7) calls on international organizations and
neighboring Bangladesh, resulting in the cre- stripped Rohingya of their Burmese citizen- all host governments, including the Govern-
ation of the world’s largest and most densely ship, rendering them stateless; ment of Bangladesh, to ensure improved ac-
populated refugee camp, while others es- Whereas the Government of Burma con- cess for Rohingya refugees to basic services,
caped to India, Thailand, Malaysia, and tinues to systematically discriminate education, and livelihood opportunities;
other parts of South and Southeast Asia; against the Rohingya people, including by (8) asks the Government of Bangladesh to
Whereas, on December 3, 2018, the United restricting registration of Rohingya births allow the international community, includ-
States Holocaust Memorial Museum con- and denying them freedom of movement as ing the United Nations and other human
cluded that ‘‘there is compelling evidence well as access to healthcare, land, education, rights and humanitarian actors, full and
that the Burmese military committed ethnic marriage, voting rights, and political par- complete access to all Rohingya in Ban-
cleansing, crimes against humanity, and ticipation; gladesh while refraining from any forced re-
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genocide against the Rohingya’’; Whereas, on November 23, 2017, the Govern- location of Rohingya refugees into tem-
Whereas the May 2019 Amnesty Inter- ment of Burma and the Government of Ban- porary settlements or other ‘‘model vil-
national report on war crimes in Rakhine gladesh signed an agreement, known as the lages’’;
State outlines continued human rights viola- ‘‘Arrangement’’, on the return of displaced (9) urges the Government of Bangladesh to
tions, including ‘‘indiscriminate attacks’’ on persons from Rakhine State, which is mod- grant the United Nations access to conduct
civilians, and expresses alarm about the im- eled after the 1992 repatriation agreement independent, comprehensive technical and
pact of continued fighting on the food secu- between Burma and Bangladesh; protection assessments of Bhasan Char and
rity of Rakhine State; Whereas the Arrangement includes ref- to verify that any relocations of Rohingya
Whereas then-United Nations High Com- erences to restoring normalcy and human refugees to Bhasan Char are voluntary and
missioner for Refugees Zeid Ra‘ad al-Hussein rights in Rakhine State, ensuring refugee re- done with fully informed consent;
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