Congressional Record — House, H2089 (April 22, 2021)
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Page H2089 of the House section of the Congressional Record for April 22, 2021, showing the end of a recorded vote, rollcall No. 131, in which the motion to recommit was rejected, with several Members changing their votes and 6 not voting. Stated-for and stated-against entries include Mr. Meuser, Mr. Cleaver and Mr. Vargas. One-minute speeches follow, including Ms. Brownley under the heading Earth Day, who says protecting the environment offers America its best hope, and a speaker who says the American Rescue Plan increased Affordable Care Act subsidies and capped premiums for middle-class families, which is that speaker's view.
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April 22, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2089
Messrs. DeFAZIO, CORREA, and Horsford McCollum Schakowsky Palmer Scott, Austin Upton
Houlahan McEachin Schiff Pence Sessions Valadao
COURTNEY changed their vote from Hoyer McGovern Schneider Perry Simpson Van Drew
‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Huffman McNerney Schrader Pfluger Smith (MO) Van Duyne
Mr. ALLEN changed his vote from Jackson Lee Meeks Schrier Posey Smith (NJ) Wagner
Jacobs (CA) Meng Scott (VA) Reed Smucker
‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Reschenthaler Spartz
Walberg
Jayapal Mfume Scott, David Walorski
So the motion to recommit was re- Jeffries Moore (WI) Sewell Rice (SC) Stauber Waltz
jected. Johnson (GA) Morelle Sherman Rodgers (WA) Steel
Weber (TX)
The result of the vote was announced Johnson (TX) Moulton Sherrill Rogers (AL) Stefanik
Webster (FL)
Jones Mrvan Sires Rogers (KY) Steil
as above recorded. Kahele Murphy (FL) Rose Steube Wenstrup
Slotkin Westerman
Stated for: Kaptur Nadler Smith (WA) Rosendale Stewart
Keating Napolitano Rouzer Taylor Williams (TX)
Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, had I been Soto Wilson (SC)
Kelly (IL) Neal Roy Tenney
present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall Khanna Neguse
Spanberger
Rutherford Thompson (PA) Wittman
No. 131. Speier
Kildee Newman Salazar Tiffany Womack
Stanton
Stated against: Kilmer Norcross Scalise Timmons Young
Stevens
Kim (NJ) O’Halleran Schweikert Turner Zeldin
Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, had I been Strickland
Kind Omar
present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall Kirkpatrick Pallone
Suozzi NOT VOTING—6
Swalwell
No. 131. Krishnamoorthi Panetta Babin Ocasio-Cortez Stivers
Takano Clyde Smith (NE) Tlaib
Mr. VARGAS. Mr. Speaker, had I been Kuster Pappas
Lamb Pascrell Thompson (CA)
present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall Langevin Payne Thompson (MS) b 1156
No. 131. Larsen (WA) Pelosi Titus
Mrs. KIM of California changed her
Larson (CT) Perlmutter Tonko
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’
Lawrence Peters Torres (CA)
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Torres (NY) So the bill was passed.
Lawson (FL) Phillips
Allred (Wexton) Langevin Payne (Pallone) Lee (CA) Pingree Trahan The result of the vote was announced
Barragán (Beyer) (Lynch) Porter (Wexton) Lee (NV) Pocan Trone as above recorded.
Cárdenas Lawson (FL) Ruppersberger Leger Fernandez Porter Underwood
(Evans) Vargas
A motion to reconsider was laid on
(Gallego) (Raskin) Levin (CA) Pressley
Costa (Correa) Leger Fernandez Rush Levin (MI) Price (NC) Veasey the table.
Crenshaw (Jacobs (CA)) (Underwood) Lieu Quigley Vela Stated for:
(Fallon) Lieu (Beyer) Sewell (DelBene) Lofgren Raskin Velázquez Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, had I been
Donalds Lowenthal Sires (Pallone) Lowenthal Rice (NY) Wasserman present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall
(Beyer) Luria Ross Schultz
(Cammack)
McHenry
Speier (Scanlon)
Lynch Roybal-Allard Waters No. 132.
Doyle, Michael Trahan (Lynch) Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Speaker, while
(Cammack) Malinowski Ruiz Watson Coleman
F. (Cartwright) Walorski
Gonzalez (OH)
Meng (Clark
(Wagner)
Maloney, Ruppersberger Welch at a hearing with the Committee on Oversight
(MA)) Carolyn B. Rush Wexton and Reform, Subcommittee on Environment, I
(Timmons) Mfume Watson Coleman
Maloney, Sean Ryan Wild
Gosar (Greene (Connolly) (Pallone)
Williams (GA)
missed the Roll Call No. 132 vote. Had I been
Manning Sánchez
(GA)) Moulton Welch Matsui Sarbanes Wilson (FL) present, I would have voted: ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall
Grijalva (Garcı́a (Perlmutter) (McGovern) McBath Scanlon Yarmuth No. 132.
(IL)) Napolitano Wilson (FL)
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Khanna (Gomez) (Correa) (Hayes) NAYS—208 RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Kirkpatrick Nunes (Calvert) Wilson (SC)
(Stanton) Omar (Bush) (Timmons) Aderholt Feenstra Johnson (SD) Allred (Wexton) Langevin Porter (Wexton)
Allen Ferguson Jordan Barragán (Beyer) (Lynch) Ruppersberger
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Amodei Fischbach Joyce (OH) Cárdenas Lawson (FL) (Raskin)
LEVIN of California). The question is on Armstrong Fitzgerald Joyce (PA) (Gallego) (Evans) Rush
Arrington Fitzpatrick Katko Costa (Correa) Leger Fernandez
the passage of the bill. Bacon Fleischmann Keller
(Underwood)
Crenshaw (Jacobs (CA)) Sewell (DelBene)
The question was taken; and the Baird Fortenberry Kelly (MS) (Fallon) Lieu (Beyer) Sires (Pallone)
Speaker pro tempore announced that Balderson Foxx Kelly (PA) Donalds Lowenthal Speier (Scanlon)
the ayes appeared to have it. Banks Franklin, C. Kim (CA) (Cammack) (Beyer)
Barr Scott Kinzinger Stefanik (Katko)
Doyle, Michael McHenry
Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, on that I Bentz Fulcher Kustoff F. (Cartwright) (Cammack)
Trahan (Lynch)
demand the yeas and nays. Bergman Gaetz LaHood Gibbs Meng (Clark
Walorski
Bice (OK) Gallagher LaMalfa (Wagner)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- (Balderson) (MA))
Biggs Garbarino Lamborn Gonzalez (OH) Mfume Watson Coleman
ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Bilirakis Garcia (CA) Latta (Pallone)
(Timmons) (Connolly)
8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Bishop (NC) Gibbs LaTurner Gosar (Greene Moulton Welch
The vote was taken by electronic de- Boebert Gimenez Lesko (GA)) (Perlmutter) (McGovern)
vice, and there were—yeas 216, nays Bost Gohmert Letlow Grijalva (Garcı́a Napolitano Wilson (FL)
Brady Gonzales, Tony Long (IL)) (Correa) (Hayes)
208, not voting 6, as follows: Brooks Gonzalez (OH) Loudermilk Khanna (Gomez) Nunes (Calvert) Wilson (SC)
[Roll No. 132] Buchanan Good (VA) Lucas Kirkpatrick Omar (Bush) (Timmons)
Buck Gooden (TX) Luetkemeyer (Stanton) Payne (Pallone)
YEAS—216 Bucshon Gosar Mace
Adams Casten DeSaulnier Budd Granger Malliotakis f
Aguilar Castor (FL) Deutch Burchett Graves (LA) Mann MOTION TO TABLE MOTION TO RE-
Allred Castro (TX) Dingell Burgess Graves (MO) Massie
Auchincloss Chu Doggett Calvert Green (TN) Mast CONSIDER ON ADOPTION OF THE
Axne Cicilline Doyle, Michael Cammack Greene (GA) McCarthy MOTION TO SUSPEND THE
Barragán Clark (MA) F. Carl Griffith McCaul RULES
Bass Clarke (NY) Escobar Carter (GA) Grothman McClain
Beatty Cleaver Eshoo Carter (TX) Guest McClintock The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
Bera Clyburn Espaillat Cawthorn Guthrie McHenry ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin-
Beyer Cohen Evans Chabot Hagedorn McKinley ished business is the vote on the mo-
Bishop (GA) Connolly Fletcher Cheney Harris Meijer
Blumenauer Cooper Foster Cline Harshbarger Meuser tion to table the motion to reconsider
Blunt Rochester Correa Frankel, Lois Cloud Hartzler Miller (IL) the vote on the motion to suspend the
Bonamici Costa Gallego Cole Hern Miller (WV) rules and pass the bills (H.R. 367) to
Bourdeaux Courtney Garamendi Comer Herrell Miller-Meeks amend the Homeland Security Act of
Bowman Craig Garcı́a (IL) Crawford Herrera Beutler Moolenaar
Boyle, Brendan Crist Garcia (TX) Crenshaw Hice (GA) Mooney 2002 to establish an acquisition profes-
F. Crow Golden Curtis Higgins (LA) Moore (AL) sional career program, and for other
Brown Cuellar Gomez Davidson Hill Moore (UT) purposes; (H.R. 370) to amend the
Brownley Davids (KS) Gonzalez, Davis, Rodney Hinson Mullin
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make
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Bush Davis, Danny K. Vicente DesJarlais Hollingsworth Murphy (NC)
Bustos Dean Gottheimer Diaz-Balart Hudson Nehls technical corrections to the require-
Butterfield DeFazio Green, Al (TX) Donalds Huizenga Newhouse ment that the Secretary of Homeland
Carbajal DeGette Grijalva Duncan Issa Norman Security submit quadrennial homeland
Cárdenas DeLauro Harder (CA) Dunn Jackson Nunes
Carson DelBene Hayes Emmer Jacobs (NY) Obernolte
security reviews, and for other pur-
Cartwright Delgado Higgins (NY) Estes Johnson (LA) Owens poses; (H.R. 396) to amend the Imple-
Case Demings Himes Fallon Johnson (OH) Palazzo menting Recommendations of the 9/11
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H2090 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 22, 2021
Commission Act of 2007 to clarify cer- The Clerk read the title of the bills Stivers Torres (NY) Walorski
Strickland Trahan Wasserman
tain allowable uses of funds for public and the resolution. Suozzi Trone Schultz
transportation security assistance The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Swalwell Turner Waters
grants and establish periods of per- question is on the motion to table of- Takano Underwood Watson Coleman
formance for such grants, and for other Taylor Upton Welch
fered by the gentlewoman from Min- Tenney Valadao
purposes; (H.R. 397) to amend the Wexton
nesota (Ms. MCCOLLUM). Thompson (CA) Van Drew Wild
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to es- Thompson (MS) Van Duyne
The vote was taken by electronic de- Williams (GA)
tablish chemical, biological, radio- Thompson (PA) Vargas
vice, and there were—yeas 292, nays Timmons Veasey
Wilson (FL)
logical, and nuclear intelligence and Wilson (SC)
123, not voting 14, as follows: Titus Vela
information sharing functions of the Tlaib Velázquez Womack
Office of Intelligence and Analysis of [Roll No. 133] Tonko Wagner Yarmuth
the Department of Homeland Security Torres (CA) Walberg Young
YEAS—292
and to require dissemination of infor- Adams Fleischmann McBath NAYS—123
mation analyzed by the Department to Aguilar Fletcher McCollum
entities with responsibilities relating Allred Foster McEachin Aderholt Good (VA) Miller (IL)
Amodei Frankel, Lois McGovern Allen Gooden (TX) Miller (WV)
to homeland security, and for other Armstrong Gosar Mooney
Auchincloss Gallagher McHenry
purposes; (H.R. 408) to amend the Axne Gallego McKinley Arrington Granger Moore (AL)
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to es- Balderson Garamendi McNerney Bacon Greene (GA) Mullin
tablish a mentor-protege program, and Barragán Garbarino Meeks Baird Griffith Murphy (NC)
Bass Garcia (CA) Meijer Banks Grothman Nehls
for other purposes; (H.R. 490) to amend Beatty Garcı́a (IL) Meng Barr Guest Newhouse
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to Bentz Garcia (TX) Mfume Bergman Hagedorn
Norman
improve morale within the Department Bera Gimenez Miller-Meeks Biggs Harris
Palazzo
Beyer Golden Moolenaar Bishop (NC) Harshbarger
of Homeland Security workforce by Boebert Hartzler Palmer
Bice (OK) Gomez Moore (UT)
conferring new responsibilities to the Bilirakis Gonzales, Tony Moore (WI) Brooks Hern Pence
Chief Human Capital Officer, estab- Buck Herrell Perry
Bishop (GA) Gonzalez (OH) Morelle
Budd Herrera Beutler Pfluger
lishing an employee engagement steer- Blumenauer Gottheimer Moulton
Blunt Rochester Graves (LA) Mrvan Burchett Hice (GA) Posey
ing committee, requiring action plans, Burgess Hinson Reschenthaler
Bonamici Graves (MO) Murphy (FL)
and authorizing an annual employee Bost Green, Al (TX) Nadler Cammack Hollingsworth Rice (SC)
award program, and for other purposes; Bourdeaux Grijalva Napolitano Carter (GA) Hudson Rose
(H.R. 965) to establish a comprehensive Bowman Guthrie Neal Carter (TX) Issa Rosendale
Boyle, Brendan Harder (CA) Neguse Cawthorn Jackson Rouzer
United States Government initiative to Chabot Johnson (OH)
F. Hayes Newman Roy
build the capacity of young leaders and Brady Higgins (NY) Norcross Cline Jordan Scalise
entrepreneurs in Africa, and for other Brown Hill Nunes Cloud Joyce (PA) Scott, Austin
purposes; (H.R. 1251) to support United Brownley Himes O’Halleran Comer Kelly (MS) Sessions
Buchanan Horsford Obernolte Crawford Kim (CA)
States international cyber diplomacy, Davidson Kustoff
Smith (MO)
Bucshon Houlahan Ocasio-Cortez Smith (NJ)
and for other purposes; (H.R. 1395) to Bush Hoyer Omar Davis, Rodney LaHood
Smucker
require the Secretary of Housing and Bustos Huffman Owens DesJarlais LaMalfa
Spartz
Urban Development to discount FHA Butterfield Jackson Lee Pallone Donalds Lamborn
Stefanik
Calvert Jacobs (CA) Panetta Duncan Latta
single-family mortgage insurance pre- Estes LaTurner
Steil
Carbajal Jacobs (NY) Pappas
mium payments for first-time home- Cárdenas Jayapal Pascrell Fallon Lesko Steube
buyers who complete a financial lit- Feenstra Mace Tiffany
Carl Jeffries Payne
Fischbach Mann Waltz
eracy housing counseling program; Carson Johnson (GA) Perlmutter
Weber (TX)
Cartwright Johnson (SD) Peters Fitzgerald Massie
(H.R. 1491) to amend the Fair Debt Col- Foxx Mast Webster (FL)
Case Johnson (TX) Phillips
lection Practices Act to provide en- Casten Jones Pingree Franklin, C. McCarthy Wenstrup
hanced protection against debt col- Castor (FL) Joyce (OH) Pocan Scott McCaul Westerman
Fulcher McClain Williams (TX)
lector harassment of members of the Castro (TX) Kahele Porter
Cheney Kaptur Pressley Gaetz McClintock Wittman
Armed Forces, and for other purposes; Gohmert Meuser Zeldin
Chu Katko Price (NC)
(H.R. 1528) to require the Securities Cicilline Keating Quigley
and Exchange Commission to carry out Clark (MA) Keller Raskin NOT VOTING—14
a study of Rule 10b5–1 trading plans, Clarke (NY) Kelly (IL) Reed Babin Gibbs Huizenga
and for other purposes; (H.R. 1532) to Cleaver Kelly (PA) Rice (NY) Clyde Gonzalez, Johnson (LA)
Clyburn Khanna Rodgers (WA) Crenshaw Vicente Loudermilk
require a review of the effects of FHA Cohen Kildee Rogers (AL) Ferguson Green (TN) Simpson
mortgage insurance policies, practices, Cole Kilmer Rogers (KY) Fortenberry Higgins (LA) Smith (NE)
and products on small-dollar mortgage Connolly Kim (NJ) Ross
Cooper Kind Roybal-Allard
lending, and for other purposes; (H.R.
1565) to create an interdivisional
Correa Kinzinger Ruiz b 1234
Costa Kirkpatrick Ruppersberger
taskforce at the Securities and Ex- Courtney Krishnamoorthi Rush Ms. STEFANIK and Mr. BERGMAN
change Commission for senior inves- Craig Kuster Rutherford
Crist Lamb Ryan
changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to
tors; (H.R. 1602) to direct the Com- Crow Langevin Salazar ‘‘nay.’’
modity Futures Trading Commission Cuellar Larsen (WA) Sánchez
Messrs. BENTZ and SEAN PATRICK
and the Securities and Exchange Com- Curtis Larson (CT) Sarbanes
Davids (KS) Lawrence Scanlon MALONEY of New York changed their
mission to jointly establish a digital
Davis, Danny K. Lawson (FL) Schakowsky vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’
asset working group, and for other pur- Dean Lee (CA) Schiff
poses; (H.R. 2523) to amend the Amer- DeFazio Lee (NV) Schneider So the motion to table was agreed to.
ican Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to im- DeGette Leger Fernandez Schrader The result of the vote was announced
DeLauro Letlow Schrier
prove the COVID–19 Veteran Rapid Re- DelBene Levin (CA) Schweikert as above recorded.
training Assistance program, to make Delgado Levin (MI) Scott (VA) PERSONAL EXPLANATION
certain technical corrections to the Demings Lieu Scott, David
Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. DeSaulnier Lofgren Sewell Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I was
Deutch Long Sherman unable to be present. Had I been present, I
Veterans Health Care and Benefits Im- Diaz-Balart Lowenthal Sherrill
provement Act of 2020, and for other Dingell Lucas Sires would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 120,
purposes; and agree to the resolution Doggett Luetkemeyer Slotkin ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 121, ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No.
(H. Res. 124) supporting the people of Doyle, Michael Luria Smith (WA) 122, ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 123, ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall
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F. Lynch Soto
Belarus and their democratic aspira- Dunn Malinowski Spanberger
No. 124, ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 125, ‘‘yea’’ on
tions and condemning the election rig- Emmer Malliotakis Speier rollcall No. 126, ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 127,
ging and subsequent violent crack- Escobar Maloney, Stanton ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 128, ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No.
Eshoo Carolyn B. Stauber 129, ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 130, ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall
downs on peaceful protesters by the il- Espaillat Maloney, Sean Steel
legitimate Lukashenka regime, on Evans Manning Stevens No. 131, ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 132, and ‘‘yea’’
which the yeas and nays were ordered. Fitzpatrick Matsui Stewart on rollcall No. 133.
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April 22, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE CORRECTION H2091
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE ketplace coverage to save hundreds of ican. We can reach this goal in this
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS dollars a month. A 60-year-old couple decade. And in reaching it, we can trig-
Allred (Wexton) Lawson (FL) Porter (Wexton) making $75,000 a year will save almost ger a chain reaction of confidence and
Barragán (Beyer) (Evans) Ruppersberger $1,400 a month. That is life-changing. hope.
Cárdenas Leger Fernandez (Raskin) Now we just have to make this per- Those are the words of Bill Ruckels-
(Gallego) (Jacobs (CA)) Rush
Costa (Correa) Lieu (Beyer) (Underwood)
manent; to keep the promise that no haus on this day 50 years ago; a Repub-
Donalds Lowenthal Sewell (DelBene) American should be crushed by the lican; the first Administrator of the
(Cammack) (Beyer) Sires (Pallone) cost of their healthcare; and to give EPA under Richard Nixon, and then
Doyle, Michael McHenry Speier (Scanlon) people hope that, if they continue to
F. (Cartwright) (Cammack) Stefanik (Katko)
again under Ronald Reagan; the man
Gonzalez (OH) Meng (Clark Trahan (Lynch) vote for better government, they will who implemented the Clean Air Act
(Timmons) (MA)) Walorski continue to get it. amendments of 1990.
Gosar (Greene Mfume (Wagner) His successor under George H.W.
f
(GA)) (Connolly) Watson Coleman
Grijalva (Garcı́a Moulton (Pallone) Bush was Bill Reilly, who implemented
HONORING LUIS PALAU
(IL)) (Perlmutter) Welch the Acid Rain Program and the Mon-
Khanna (Gomez) Napolitano (McGovern) (Mr. CLOUD asked and was given per- treal Protocol, a global, market-based
Kirkpatrick (Correa) Wilson (FL) mission to address the House for 1
(Stanton) Nunes (Calvert) (Hayes)
cap and trade program. These men
Langevin Omar (Bush) Wilson (SC)
minute and to revise and extend his re- knew that science and our obligations
(Lynch) Payne (Pallone) (Timmons) marks.) to future generations are not nego-
f Mr. CLOUD. Madam Speaker, I rise tiable. They tolerated no conflict be-
today to honor Luis Palau, a minister tween conservatism and conservation.
MOMENT OF SILENCE RECOG- and evangelist from Argentina, who Sixty percent of all the greenhouse
NIZING THE PASSING OF THE eventually called the United States gas emissions we have ever emitted as
HONORABLE ELIZABETH FURSE home. a species have been released since that
(Ms. BONAMICI asked and was given Luis Palau passed away on March 11, speech Bill Ruckelshaus gave 50 years
permission to address the House for 1 2021, leaving behind a legacy of faith, ago today.
minute.) hope, and love. Madam Speaker, the time for action
Ms. BONAMICI. Madam Speaker, I His work as a passionate representa- is now.
rise today, joined by my colleagues tive for Christ, and one of the most in-
from the Oregon congressional delega- fluential international evangelists in f
tion and others, to announce the pass- history, earned him the nickname of b 1245
ing of our esteemed former colleague, the ‘‘Billy Graham of Latin America.’’
Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse, who He shared with Graham the conviction PARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE
represented the First District of Or- to make disciples of all nations, as (Mr. HILL asked and was given per-
egon—the district I am honored to rep- Scripture commands. mission to address the House for 1
resent—from 1993 to 1999. His home country of Argentina, minute and to revise and extend his re-
Congresswoman Furse was not only a much of the Spanish-speaking world, marks.)
friend, but a mentor. My first experi- and the United States came to know Mr. HILL. Madam Speaker, I rise
ence volunteering for a political cam- and respect him because of his faithful today to draw attention to what has
paign was during her reelection in 1994. preaching, evangelism, and work to become the new normal here in Wash-
She inspired dedication to worthy unite Christians and reach all peoples ington, D.C.
causes, including cofounding the Or- of all backgrounds. Despite talks of bipartisanship and
egon Peace Institute. She embodied the With a career that spanned over a unity, Democrats have turned to a par-
traits public servants should strive to half a century, he shared the good news tisan, top-down, rampant spending
uphold, to meet the needs of their com- of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with mil- style of governing with President
munity and drive meaningful change. lions of people throughout television, Biden’s infrastructure vision as the lat-
Our world, especially northwest Or- radio, print, and live events. His plat- est example.
egon, is a better place because of Eliza- form enabled him to speak with and in- The fact is that the President’s $2.3
beth’s tireless devotion to improving fluence many political and military trillion infrastructure vision really
the lives of those around her. leaders. isn’t about infrastructure at all. Only 5
On behalf of the Oregon delegation In spite of all that, he once said: percent is proposed for roads and
and all who served with Elizabeth and ‘‘I’ve never thought of myself as some- bridges, and only 2 percent for airways,
all who are present, I express our sin- one special. I’m just a kid from a cow waterways, and ports. Instead, Demo-
cere condolences to her family and town in Argentina. Yet God grabbed crats have proposed spending over half
friends. I ask that the House observe a my heart at a young age and chose to a trillion dollars on Green New Deal-
moment of silence in her memory. use me to share His good news.’’ style programs to fulfill a far left wish
f One of his favorite Scriptures, which list.
also begins the movie about his life, is What is their solution for paying for
MAKING AMERICAN LIVES BETTER
James 4:10, which says: ‘‘Humble your- all of this?
(Mr. MALINOWSKI asked and was selves before the Lord, and He will lift Increasing your taxes.
given permission to address the House you up.’’ The tax hikes to fund this spending
for 1 minute.) It is a good reminder for all of us. spree will only hurt workers and result
Mr. MALINOWSKI. Madam Speaker, May his family be comforted during in lower wages and suppressed eco-
it is good to be able to stand on the this time. nomic growth.
House floor and speak, not about the f Madam Speaker, I encourage my
crisis of the day or even my hopes for
ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF A friends on the other side of the aisle to
tomorrow, but about something this
CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRON- stop posturing and work with us on
Congress has delivered to make peo-
MENT this side of the aisle. Madam Speaker,
ple’s lives better.
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we are ready to work with you across
When I first ran for this job, the (Mr. CASTEN asked and was given
the aisle on a package that will truly
number one demand I heard from vot- permission to address the House for 1
make a difference to my constituents
ers was to make healthcare more ac- minute.)
Mr. CASTEN. Madam Speaker, the in Arkansas and people across our
cessible and the Affordable Care Act
time for action is now. No longer can great Nation.
more affordable. With the American
Rescue Plan, that is what we have done we substitute slogans for solutions. f
in a major way. The protection of the environment of-
By increasing ACA subsidies and cap- fers America its best hope. Achieving EARTH DAY
ping premiums, we are enabling the the goal of a clean and healthy envi- (Ms. BROWNLEY asked and was
typical middle-class family with mar- ronment must be done by every Amer- given permission to address the House
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