Congressional Record — House, April 28, 2021
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The opening pages of the Congressional Record for Wednesday, April 28, 2021, No. 73 of Vol. 167, covering the House at pages H2117 through H2119. The page records the prayer, a communication from the Clerk, a recess, and a joint session to receive a message from the President, with the escort committees and the entry of the Vice President, Cabinet and Chief Justice. It then carries the start of the President's address, in which he says that after 100 days his administration will have provided over 220 million COVID shots against a goal of 100 million, and that rescue checks of $1,400 went to 85 percent of American households. The page also lists the first executive communications received that day.
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117 th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
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of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
Vol. 167 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 No. 73
House of Representatives
The House met at 6 p.m. and was The SPEAKER led the Pledge of Alle- invitees and staff are required to follow
called to order by the Speaker. giance as follows: the COVID protocols stated by the Ser-
f I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the geant at Arms in consultation with the
United States of America, and to the Repub- Office of the Attending Physician.
PRAYER lic for which it stands, one nation under God, All seating for the joint session will
The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. be assigned by name, both on the floor
Grun Kibben, offered the following f of the House and in the House gallery.
prayer: Members will be required to sit in their
Almighty God, we pause to approach COMMUNICATION FROM THE assigned seat and the Sergeant at Arms
You keenly aware that our business CLERK OF THE HOUSE will assist Members in finding their
this evening is not to be the usual po- The SPEAKER laid before the House seats.
litical discourse. Rather, tonight, we the following communication from the All Members are reminded to refrain
seek some sense of awareness of where Clerk of the House of Representatives: from engaging in still photography or
we are, and look for direction as to OFFICE OF THE CLERK, audio or video recording in the Cham-
where we should go as a Nation in HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ber. Taking unofficial photographs de-
these tumultuous times. In short, we Washington, DC, April 28, 2021. tracts from the dignity of the pro-
wait in collective anticipation of an Hon. NANCY PELOSI, ceedings and presents security and pri-
authoritative and visionary word. The Speaker, House of Representatives,
vacy challenges for the House.
Washington, DC.
Remind us in this moment that the f
DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Pursuant to the
success of this Union is not to be found permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II
in prose or politics, but in Your Word, of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- RECESS
Your judgment, Your adjudication of tives, the Clerk received the following mes- The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause
our thoughts and the attitudes of our sage from the Secretary of the Senate on 12(a) of rule I, the Chair declares the
hearts. April 28, 2021, at 4:03 p.m.: House in recess until approximately
Redeem us from our own efforts and That the Senate passed S. 848.
8:35 p.m. for the purpose of receiving in
call us again as a country by Your Appointments:
Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy joint session the President of the
name. May we take this opportunity United States.
Center for the Performing Arts.
today and every day that follows to Election Assistance Commission, Board of Accordingly (at 6 o’clock and 4 min-
humble ourselves and pray for our Advisors. utes p.m.), the House stood in recess.
United States and its leadership. Then Congressional Award Board. f
hasten us to listen and heed Your guid- With best wishes, I am,
ance. Sincerely, b 2036
May we seek Your face, turn from CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
Clerk. JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS
the ways that have threatened our Na-
PURSUANT TO HOUSE CONCUR-
tion, that you would hear from Heaven f
RENT RESOLUTION 30 TO RE-
and forgive us our sins, and heal our
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER CEIVE A MESSAGE FROM THE
land.
The SPEAKER. After consultation PRESIDENT
In Your sovereign name, we pray.
Amen. among the Speaker and majority and The recess having expired, the House
f minority leaders, the Chair announces was called to order by the Speaker at 8
that, when the two Houses meet to- o’clock and 36 minutes p.m.
THE JOURNAL night in joint session to hear an ad- The Assistant to the Sergeant at
The SPEAKER. Pursuant to section dress by the President of the United Arms, Ms. Kathleen Joyce, announced
11(a) of House Resolution 188, the Jour- States, only the doors immediately op- the Vice President and Members of the
nal of the last day’s proceedings is ap- posite the Speaker and those imme- U.S. Senate, who entered the Hall of
proved. diately to her left and right will be the House of Representatives, the Vice
f open. President taking the chair at the right
No one will be allowed in the Hall of of the Speaker, and the Members of the
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE the House except for invited Members Senate the seats reserved for them.
The SPEAKER. The Chair will lead of Congress, other invitees and The SPEAKER. The joint session will
the House in the Pledge of Allegiance. credentialed staff members. All come to order.
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The Chair appoints as members of The members of the Cabinet of the One hundred days ago, America’s
the committee on the part of the House President of the United States entered house was on fire. We had to act. And
to escort the President of the United the Hall of the House of Representa- thanks to the extraordinary leadership
States into the Chamber: tives and took the seats reserved for of Speaker PELOSI and Majority Leader
The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. them in front of the Speaker’s rostrum. SCHUMER, and with the overwhelming
HOYER); At 9 o’clock and 4 minutes p.m., the support of the American people—Demo-
The gentleman from South Carolina Sergeant at Arms, the Honorable Wil- crats, Independents, and Republicans—
(Mr. CLYBURN); liam J. Walker, announced the Presi- we did act.
The gentlewoman from Massachu- dent of the United States. Together, we passed the American
setts (Ms. CLARK); The President of the United States, Rescue Plan, one of the most con-
The gentleman from New York (Mr. escorted by the committee of Senators sequential rescue packages in Amer-
JEFFRIES); and Representatives, entered the Hall ican history.
The gentleman from California (Mr. of the House of Representatives and We are already seeing the results.
AGUILAR); stood at the Clerk’s desk. After I promised we would get 100 mil-
The gentlewoman from Delaware (Applause, the Members rising.) lion COVID–19 vaccine shots into peo-
(Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER); The SPEAKER. Members of Con- ple’s arms in 100 days, we will have pro-
The gentleman from California (Mr. gress, I have the high privilege and the vided over 220 million COVID shots in
MCCARTHY); distinct honor of presenting to you the those 100 days; thanks to all the help of
The gentlewoman from Wyoming President of the United States. all of you.
(Ms. CHENEY); (Applause, the Members rising.) We are marshalling—with your help,
The gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. The PRESIDENT. It is good to be everyone’s help, we are marshalling
COLE); back. MITCH and CHUCK will understand every Federal resource. We have gotten
The gentleman from Texas (Mr. that it is good to be almost home, vaccines to nearly 40,000 pharmacies
BRADY); down the hall. and over 700 community health cen-
The gentleman from Utah (Mr. Madam Speaker, Madam Vice Presi- ters, where the poorest of the poor can
OWENS); and dent—no President has ever said those be reached. We are setting up commu-
The gentlewoman from Iowa (Mrs. words from this podium; no President nity vaccination sites, deploying mo-
MILLER-MEEKS). has ever said those words, and it is bile units to get the hard-to-reach com-
The VICE PRESIDENT. The Presi- about time—the First Lady—I am her munities.
dent of the Senate, at the direction of husband—the Second Gentleman, Mr. Today, 90 percent of Americans now
that body, appoints the following Sen- Chief Justice, Members of the United live within 5 miles of a vaccination
ators as members of the committee on States Congress and the Cabinet, and site. Everyone over the age of 16—ev-
the part of the Senate to escort the distinguished guests, my fellow Ameri- eryone—is now eligible to get vac-
President of the United States into the cans: cinated right now, right away.
House Chamber: While the setting tonight is familiar, Go get vaccinated, America. Go and
The Senator from New York (Mr. this gathering is just a little bit dif- get the vaccination. They are avail-
SCHUMER); ferent, a reminder of the extraordinary able. You are eligible now.
The Senator from Vermont (Mr. times we are in. When I was sworn in on January 20,
LEAHY); Throughout our history, Presidents less than 1 percent of the seniors in
The Senator from Illinois (Mr. DUR- have come to this Chamber to speak to America were fully vaccinated against
BIN); Congress, to the Nation, and to the COVID–19. One hundred days later, 70
The Senator from Michigan (Ms. STA- world to declare war, to celebrate percent of seniors over 65 in America
BENOW); peace, to announce new plans and pos- are protected—fully protected. Senior
The Senator from Vermont (Mr. sibilities. deaths from COVID–19 are down 80 per-
SANDERS); Tonight, I come to talk about crisis cent since January—down 80 percent
The Senator from Minnesota (Ms. and opportunity, about rebuilding our because of all of you. And more than
KLOBUCHAR); Nation and revitalizing our democracy, half of all the adults in America have
The Senator from Kentucky (Mr. and winning the future for America. gotten at least one shot.
MCCONNELL); I stand here tonight 1 day shy of the At a mass vaccination center in
The Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 100th day of my administration, 100 Glendale, Arizona, I asked the nurse:
THUNE); days since I took the oath of office, ‘‘What is it like?’’
The Senator from Wyoming (Mr. lifted my hand off our family Bible, She looked at me and said every shot
BARRASSO); and inherited a nation—we all did— is like giving a ‘‘dose of hope,’’ was her
The Senator from Iowa (Ms. ERNST); that was in crisis: the worst pandemic phrase; ‘‘a dose of hope.’’
The Senator from Missouri (Mr. in a century, the worst economic crisis A dose of hope for the educator in
BLUNT); and since the Great Depression, the worst Florida, who has a child suffering from
The Senator from Florida (Mr. attack on our democracy since the an autoimmune disease. She wrote to
SCOTT). Civil War. me that she was worried about bring-
The Assistant to the Sergeant at Now, after just 100 days, I can report ing the virus home. She said she then
Arms announced the Dean of the Diplo- to the Nation: America is on the move got vaccinated at a large site in her
matic Corps, His Excellency Hersey again, turning peril into possibility, car. She said she sat in her car when
Kyota, the Ambassador of the Republic crisis into opportunity, setback into she got vaccinated and just cried—
of Palau. strength. cried out of joy and cried out of relief.
The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps en- We all know life can knock us down. Parents are seeing the smiles on
tered the Hall of the House of Rep- But in America, we never stay down. their kids’ faces, for those who are able
resentatives and took the seat reserved Americans always get up. to go back to school, because the
for him. And today, that is what we are doing: teachers and school bus drivers and
The Assistant to the Sergeant at America is rising anew, choosing hope cafeteria workers have been vac-
Arms announced the Chief Justice of over fear, truth over lies, light over cinated. Grandparents hugging their
the United States of the Supreme darkness. children and grandchildren instead of
Court. After 100 days of rescue and renewal, pressing hands against the window to
The Chief Justice of the United America is ready for takeoff, in my say good-bye. It means everything.
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States Supreme Court entered the Hall view. Those things mean everything.
of the House of Representatives and We are working again, dreaming There is still—you all know it—you
took the seat reserved for him in front again, discovering again, leading the know it better than any group of
of the Speaker’s rostrum. world again. Americans—there is still more work to
The Assistant to the Sergeant at We have shown each other and the do to beat this virus. We can’t let our
Arms announced the Cabinet of the world there is no quit in America; guard down. But, tonight, I can say be-
President of the United States. none. cause of you, the American people, our
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progress these past 100 days against to compete more strenuously than we concern, almost as much as the chil-
one of the worst pandemics in history have. dren, is taking care of an elderly loved
has been one of the greatest logistical Throughout our history—think about one who can’t be left alone. Medicaid
achievements this country has ever it—public investment and infrastruc- contemplated it, but this plan is going
seen. ture have literally transformed Amer- to help those families and create jobs
What else have we done in those first ica—our attitudes, as well as our op- for our caregivers with better wages
100 days? portunities. The transcontinental rail- and better benefits, continuing the
We kept our commitment—Demo- road and the interstate highways cycle of growth.
crats and Republicans—of sending united two oceans and brought a to- For too long we have failed to use the
$1,400 rescue checks to 85 percent of tally new age of progress to the United most important word when it comes to
American households. We already sent States of America. Universal public meeting the climate crisis: Jobs. Jobs.
more than 160 million checks out the schools and college aid opened wide the Jobs. For me, when I think climate
door. It is making a difference. You all doors of opportunity. Scientific break- change, I think jobs. The American
know it when you go home. For many throughs took us to the Moon and now Jobs Plan will put engineers and con-
people, it is making all the difference to Mars, discovered vaccines, gave us struction workers to work building
in the world. the internet, and so much more. more energy-efficient buildings and
A single mom in Texas wrote to me. These are the investments we made homes, electrical workers, IBEW mem-
She said she couldn’t work. But she together as one country, and invest- bers, installing 500,000 charging sta-
said the relief check put food on the ments that only the government was in tions along our highways, so we can
table and saved her and her son from a position to make. Time and again, own the electric car market. Farmers;
eviction from their apartment. they propel us into the future. That is farmers planting cover crops so they
A grandmother in Virginia, who told why I proposed the American Jobs can reduce the carbon dioxide in the
me she immediately took her grand- Plan, a once-in-a-generation invest- air and get paid for doing it.
daughter to the eye doctor—something ment in America itself. This is the Look, think about it. There is simply
she said she put off for months because largest jobs plan since World War II. It no reason why the blades for wind tur-
she didn’t have the money. creates jobs to upgrade our transpor- bines can’t be built in Pittsburgh in-
One of the defining images, at least tation infrastructure; jobs modernizing stead of Beijing. No reason. None. No
from my perspective, in this crisis has our roads, bridges, highways; jobs reason. So, folks, there is no reason
been cars lined up for miles—and not building ports and airports, rail cor- why American workers can’t lead the
people just barely able to start those ridors, transit lines. It is clean water. world in the production of electric ve-
cars; nice cars—waiting for a box of And, today, up to 10 million homes in hicles and batteries. I mean, there is no
food to be put in their trunk. America and more than 400,000 schools reason. We have the capacity. We have
I don’t know about you, but I didn’t and childcare centers have pipes with the brightest, best-trained people in
ever think I would see that in America. lead in them, including for drinking the world.
And all of this is through no fault of water—a clear and present danger to The American Jobs Plan is going to
their own—no fault of their own, these our children’s health. create millions of good-paying jobs,
people are in this position. That is why The American Jobs Plan creates jobs jobs Americans can raise a family on,
the American Rescue Plan is delivering replacing 100 percent of the Nation’s as my dad would then say, with a little
food and nutrition assistance to mil- lead pipes and service lines so every breathing room. And all the invest-
lions of Americans facing hunger, and American can drink clean water. And, ments in the American Jobs Plan will
hunger is down sharply already. in the process, it will create thousands be guided by one principle: Buy Amer-
We are also providing rental assist- and thousands of good-paying jobs. It ican. Buy American. And I might note
ance—you all know this, but the Amer- creates jobs connecting every Amer- parenthetically, that does not violate
ican people, I want to make sure they ican with high-speed internet, includ- any trade agreement. It has been the
understand—keeping people from being ing 35 percent of rural America that law since the 1930s. Buy American.
evicted from their homes, providing still doesn’t have it. It is going to help American tax dollars are going to be
loans so small businesses could reopen our kids and our businesses succeed in used to buy American products made in
and keep their employees on the job. the 21st century economy. America to create American jobs. That
During these 100 days, an additional I am asking the Vice President to is the way it is supposed to be, and it
800,000 Americans enrolled in the Af- lead this effort, if she would, because I will be in this administration. And I
fordable Care Act when I established a know it will get done. made it clear to all my Cabinet people.
special sign-up period to do that— It creates jobs by building a modern Their ability to give exemptions has
800,000 in that period. We are making power grid. Our grids are vulnerable to been strenuously limited. It will be
one of the largest one-time invest- storms, hacks, catastrophic failures, American products.
ments ever in improving healthcare for with tragic results, as we saw in Texas Now, I know some of you at home are
veterans; critical investments to ad- and elsewhere during the winter wondering whether these jobs are for
dress the opioid crisis. And, maybe storms. you. So many of you, so many of the
most importantly, thanks to the Amer- The American Jobs Plan will create folks I grew up with, feel left behind,
ican Rescue Plan, we are on track to jobs to lay thousands of miles of trans- forgotten, and our economy is so rap-
cut child poverty in America in half mission lines needed to build a resil- idly changing. It is frightening. I want
this year. ient and fully clean grid. We can do to speak directly to you, because you
In the process, while this is all going that. think about it. That is what people are
on, the economy created more than 1.3 Look, the American Jobs Plan will most worried about: Can I fit in?
million new jobs in 100 days; more jobs help millions of people get back to Independent experts estimate the
in the first 100 days than any President their jobs and back to their careers. American Jobs Plan will add millions
on record. The International Monetary Two million women have dropped out of jobs and trillions of dollars in eco-
Fund is now estimating our economy of the workforce during this pandemic, nomic growth in the years to come. It
will grow at a rate of more than 6 per- 2 million, and too often because they is an 8-year program. These are good-
cent this year. That would be the fast- couldn’t get the care they needed to paying jobs that can’t be outsourced.
est pace of economic growth in this care for their child, or care for an el- Nearly 90 percent of the infrastructure
country in nearly four decades. derly parent who needs help. jobs created in the American Jobs Plan
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America is moving, moving forward. 800,000 families are on a Medicare do not require a college degree. 75 per-
But we can’t stop now. We are in com- waiting list right now to get home care cent don’t require an Associate’s de-
petition with China and other coun- for their aging parent or loved one with gree. The American Jobs Plan is a
tries to win the 21st century. We are at a disability. If you think it is not im- blue-collar blueprint to build America.
a great inflection point in history. We portant, check out in your own dis- That is what it is.
have to do more than just build back. trict, Democrat or Republican, Demo- And it recognizes something I have
We have to build back better. We have crat or Republican voters. Their great always said in this Chamber and the
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other. Good guys and women are on who died of cancer. I can think of no last 10 years. They show that adding 2
Wall Street, but Wall Street didn’t more worthy investment. I know of years of universal, high-quality pre-
build this country; the middle class nothing that is more bipartisan. So school for every 3-year-old and 4-year-
built the country, and unions built the let’s end cancer as we know it. It is old, no matter what background they
middle class. So that is why I am call- within our power. It is within our come from, puts them in the position
ing on Congress to pass the Protect the power to do it. to be able to compete all the way
Right to Organize Act, the PRO Act, Investments in jobs and infrastruc- through 12 years, and increases expo-
and send it to my desk so we can sup- ture like the ones we are talking about nentially their prospect of graduating
port the right to unionize. have often had bipartisan support in and going beyond graduation.
And, by the way, while you are the past. Vice President HARRIS and I Research shows when a young child
thinking about sending things to my met regularly in the Oval Office with goes to school, not daycare, they are
desk, let’s raise the minimum wage to Democrats and Republicans to discuss far more likely to graduate from high
$15. No one, no one working 40 hours a the American Jobs Plan. I applaud the school and go to college, or something
week, no one working 40 hours a week group of Republican Senators who just after high school. When you add 2 years
should live below the poverty line. We put forward their own proposal. So of free community college on top of
need to ensure greater equity and op- let’s get to work. that, you begin to change the dynamic.
portunity for women. And while we are I wanted to lay out before the Con- We can do that.
doing this, let’s get the Paycheck Fair- gress my plan before we got into deep And we will increase Pell grants and
ness Act to my desk as well. Equal pay. discussions. I like to meet with those invest in historically Black colleges
It has been much too long. And if you who have ideas that are different, that and universities, Tribal colleges, mi-
wonder whether it has been too long, are better. I welcome those ideas, but nority-serving institutions. The reason
look behind me. the rest of the world is not waiting for is, they don’t have the endowments,
And, finally, the American Jobs Plan us. I just want to be clear. From my but their students are just as capable
will be the biggest increase in non-de- perspective, doing nothing is not an op- of learning about cybersecurity, just as
fense research and development on tion. capable of learning about metallurgy,
record. We will see more technological Look, we can’t be so busy competing all the things that provide those jobs of
change, and some of you know more with one another that we forget the the future.
about this than I do. We will see more competition that we have with the rest Jill is a community college professor
technological change in the next 10 of the world to win the 21st century. who teaches today as First Lady. If I
Secretary Blinken can tell you, I have heard it once, I have heard it a
years than we saw in the last 50. That
spent a lot of time with President Xi. I thousand times. She has long said that,
is how rapidly artificial intelligence
traveled over 17,000 miles with him. I Joe, any country that out-educates us
and so much more is changing. And we
spent over 24 hours in private discus- is going to outcompete us. She will be
are falling behind the competition with
sions with him. When he called to con- deeply involved in leading this effort.
the rest of the world. gratulate me, we had a 2-hour discus- Thank you, Jill.
Decades ago, we used to invest 2 per- The second thing is, the American
sion. He is deadly earnest about becom-
cent of our gross domestic product in Families Plan will provide access to
ing the most significant, consequential
America, 2 percent of our gross domes- quality, affordable childcare. I am pro-
nation in the world. He and others,
tic product in research and develop- posing legislation. We guarantee that
autocrats, think that democracy can’t
ment. Today, Mr. Secretary, that is low- and middle-income families will
compete in the 21st century with au-
less than 1 percent. China and other tocracies because it takes too long to pay no more than 7 percent of their in-
countries are closing in fast. get a consensus. come for high-quality care for children
We have to develop and dominate the To win that competition for the fu- up to the age of 5. The most hard-
products and technologies of the fu- ture, in my view, we also need to make pressed working families won’t have to
ture; advanced batteries, bio- a once-in-a-generation investment in spend a dime.
technology, computer chips, clean en- our families and our children. That is Third, the American Families Plan
ergy. The Secretary of Defense can tell why I have introduced the American will finally provide up to 12 weeks of
you, and those of you who work on na- Families Plan tonight, which addresses paid leave and medical leave, family
tional security issues know, the De- four of the biggest challenges facing medical leave. We are one of the few in-
fense Department has an agency called American families and, in turn, Amer- dustrial countries in the world. No one
DARPA, the Defense Advanced Re- ica. should have to choose between a job
search Project Agency, the people who The first is access to good education. and a paycheck, or taking care of
set up before I came here, and that has When this Nation made 12 years of pub- themselves and their loved ones, or
been a long time ago, to develop break- lic education universal in the last cen- parent, or spouse, or child.
throughs that enhance our national se- tury, it made us the best-educated, Fourth, the American Families Plan
curity. That is their only job, and it is best-prepared Nation in the world. I be- puts money directly into the pockets of
a semi-separate agency. It is part of lieve it is the overwhelming reason millions of Americans. In March, we
the Defense Department. It has led to that propelled us to where we got in expanded a tax credit for every child in
everything from the discovery of the the 20th century, but the world has the family, up to $3,000 per child over 6
internet to GPS and so much more. It caught up, or catching up. They are not years of age, and $3,600 for children
has enhanced our security. waiting. under 6 years of age. With two parents,
The National Institutes of Health, I would say, parenthetically, if we two kids, that is $7,200 in the pockets
the NIH, I believe, should create a were sitting down, if we have set a bi- to help take care of your family. That
similar advanced research projects partisan committee together and said, will help more than 65 million children,
agency for health, and here is what it okay, we are going to decide what we and help cut childcare poverty in half.
would do. It would have a singular pur- do in terms of the government pro- We can afford it. So we did that in the
pose: To develop breakthroughs to pre- viding for free education, I wonder last piece of legislation we passed, but
vent, detect, and treat diseases like whether we would think, as we did in let’s extend that childcare tax credit at
Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and cancer. the 20th century, that 12 years is least through the end of 2025.
I will still never forget when we enough in the 21st century. I doubt it. The American Rescue Plan lowered
passed the cancer proposal in the last Twelve years is no longer enough today healthcare premiums for 9 million
year I was Vice President, almost $9 to compete with the rest of the world Americans who buy their coverage
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million going to NIH. And if you excuse in the 21st century. That is why my under the Affordable Care Act. I know
the point of personal privilege, I will American Families Plan guarantees an that is really popular on this side of
never forget you standing, MITCH, and additional 4 years of public education the aisle, but let’s make that provision
saying to name it after my deceased for every person in America, starting permanent so their premiums don’t go
son. as early as we can. back up.
It meant a lot. So many of us have The great universities in this coun- In addition to my American Families
deceased sons, daughters, and relatives try have conducted studies over the Plan, I am going to work with Congress
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this year to address other critical pri- George W. Bush was President, when he and I have spoken to over 38 or 40 of
orities for American families. started, 39.6 percent. That is where it them now, I have made it known that
The Affordable Care Act has been a was when George W. Bush was Presi- America is back. The comment I hear
lifeline for millions of Americans, pro- dent. most often from them is: We see Amer-
tecting people with preexisting condi- We are going to get rid of the loop- ica is back, but for how long?
tions and protecting women’s health. holes that allow Americans who make My fellow Americans, we have to
And the pandemic has demonstrated more than $1 million a year to pay a show not just that we are back but
how badly it is needed. lower rate on their capital gains than that we are here to stay and that we
Let’s lower deductibles for working working Americans who receive a pay- aren’t going to go it alone. We are
families on the Affordable Care Act, check. We are only going to affect going to do it by leading with our al-
and let’s lower prescription drug costs. three-tenths of 1 percent of all Ameri- lies.
We know how to do this. The last cans by that action. No one nation can deal with all the
President had that as his objective. And the IRS is going to crack down crises of our time alone, from ter-
We all know how outrageously expen- on millionaires and billionaires who rorism to nuclear proliferation to mass
sive drugs are in America. In fact, we cheat on their taxes. That is estimated migration, cybersecurity, climate
pay the highest prescription drug to be billions of dollars by think tanks change, and, as we are experiencing
prices in the world right here in Amer- from the left, right, and center. now, pandemics.
ica. We pay nearly three times for the I am not looking to punish anybody, There is no wall high enough to keep
same drug as what other countries pay. but I will not add an additional tax any virus away. As our own vaccine
We have to change that, and we can. burden to the middle class in this coun- supply grows to meet our needs—and
Let’s do what we have talked about try. They are already paying enough. we are meeting them—we will become
for all the years I was down here in I believe what I have proposed is fair. an arsenal of vaccines for other coun-
this body, in Congress. Let’s give Medi- It is fiscally responsible. It raises the tries, just as America was the arsenal
care the power to save hundreds of bil- revenue to pay for the plans I have pro- of democracy in World War II and, as a
lions of dollars by negotiating lower posed that will create millions of jobs consequence, influenced the world.
prescription drug prices. that will grow the economy and en- Every American will have access to be
By the way, that won’t just help peo- hance our financial standing of the fully covered by the vaccines we have
ple on Medicare. It will lower prescrip- country. for COVID–19.
tion drug costs for everyone. And the When you hear someone say that The climate crisis is not our fight
money we save, which is billions of dol- they don’t want to raise taxes on the alone, either. It is a global fight. The
lars, can go to strengthen the Afford- wealthiest 1 percent and on corporate United States accounts for, as all of
able Care Act and expand Medicare America, ask them: Whose taxes are you know, less than 15 percent of car-
coverage and benefits without costing you going to raise instead, and whose bon emissions. The rest of the world
taxpayers an additional penny. are you going to cut? accounts for 85 percent. That is why I
It is within our power to do it. Let’s Look at the big tax cut in 2017. Re- kept my commitment to rejoin the
do it now. We have talked about it long member, it was supposed to pay for Paris accord because if we do every-
enough, Democrats and Republicans. itself—that was how it was sold—and thing perfectly, it is not going to mat-
Let’s get it done this year. generate vast economic growth. In- ter.
This is all about a simple premise: stead, it added $2 trillion to the deficit. I kept my commitment to convene a
Healthcare should be a right, not a It was a huge windfall for corporate climate summit right here in America
privilege, in America. America and those at the very top. In- with all the major economies of the
So, how do we pay for my Jobs and stead of using the tax savings to raise world, from China and Russia to India
Family Plans? I have made it clear wages and invest in research and devel- and the European Union. I said I would
that we can do it without increasing opment, it poured billions of dollars do it in my first 100 days. I want to be
deficits. into the pockets of CEOs. very blunt about it: My intent was to
Let’s start with what I will not do. I In fact, the pay gap between CEOs make sure that the world could see
will not impose any tax increases on and their workers is now among the that there was a consensus and that we
people making less than $400,000 a year. largest in history. According to one are at an inflection point in history.
It is time for corporate America and study, CEOs make 320 times what their The consensus is if we act, we can save
the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans average workers make. It used to be the planet, and we can create millions
to begin to pay their fair share—just below 100. of jobs and economic growth and oppor-
pay their fair share. The pandemic has only made things tunity to raise the standard of living
Sometimes, I have arguments with worse. Twenty million Americans lost for almost everyone around the world.
my friends in the Democratic Party. I their jobs in the pandemic—working- If you watched any of it—and you
think you should be able to become a and middle-class Americans. At the were all busy; I am sure you didn’t
billionaire and a millionaire but pay same time, the roughly 650 billionaires have much time—that is what vir-
your fair share. A recent study shows in America saw their net worth in- tually every nation said, even the ones
that 55 of the Nation’s biggest corpora- crease by more than $1 trillion in the that aren’t doing their fair share.
tions paid zero Federal income tax last same exact period. Let me say that The investments I have proposed to-
year. Those 55 corporations made in ex- again: Just 650 people increased their night also advance a foreign policy, in
cess of $40 billion in profits. wealth by more than $1 trillion during my view, that benefits the middle
A lot of companies also evade taxes this pandemic. And they are now worth class. That means making sure every
through tax havens from Switzerland more than $4 trillion. nation plays by the same rules in the
to Bermuda to the Cayman Islands, and My fellow Americans, trickle-down global economy, including China.
they benefit from tax loopholes and de- economics has never worked. It is time In my discussion with President Xi, I
ductions that allow for offshoring jobs to grow the economy from the bottom told him we welcome the competition.
and shifting profits overseas. up and the middle out. We are not looking for conflict, but I
That is not right. A broad consensus of economists left, made absolutely clear that we will de-
We are going to reform corporate right, and center agree that what I am fend America’s interests across the
taxes so they pay their fair share and proposing will help create millions of board. America will stand up to unfair
help pay for the public investments jobs and generate historic economic trade practices that undercut Amer-
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their businesses will benefit from as growth. These are among the highest ican workers and American industries,
well. value investments we can make as a like subsidies for state-owned enter-
We are going to reward work, not nation. prises and the theft of American tech-
just wealth. We take the top tax brack- I have often said that our greatest nologies and intellectual property.
et for the wealthiest 1 percent of Amer- strength is the power of our example, I also told President Xi that we will
icans, those making over $400,000 or not just the example of our power. In maintain a strong military presence in
more, back up to where it was when my conversations with world leaders, the Indo-Pacific just as we do with
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NATO in Europe; not to start a con- Those of you on the Intelligence tion to my desk, which I will gladly,
flict, but to prevent one. Committees, the Foreign Relations anxiously sign.
I told him what I have said to many Committee, the Defense Committees, I also hope Congress can get to my
world leaders, that America will not you know well we have to remain vigi- desk the Equality Act to protect
back away from our commitments—our lant against the threats to the United LGBTQ Americans. To all the
commitment to human rights and fun- States, wherever they come from. Al- transgender Americans watching at
damental freedoms and to our alli- Qaida and ISIS are in Yemen, Syria, home, especially the young people who
ances. I pointed out to him, no respon- Somalia, and other places in Africa and are so brave, I want you to know that
sible American President can remain the Middle East and beyond. your President has your back.
silent when basic human rights are And we won’t ignore what our own Another thing: Let’s reauthorize the
being so blatantly violated. intelligence agencies have determined Violence Against Women Act, which
An American President has to rep- to be the most lethal terrorist threat has been law for 27 years. Twenty-
resent the essence of what our country to the homeland today, white suprema- seven years ago, I wrote it. The act
stands for. America is an idea, the cist terrorism. We are not going to ig- that has to be reauthorized now will
most unique idea in history. We are nore that either. close the boyfriend loophole to keep
created, all of us, equal. It is who we My fellow Americans, we have to guns out of the hands of abusers. The
are. We cannot walk away from that come together to heal the soul of this court order said this is an abuser. You
principle and, in fact, say we are deal- Nation. It was nearly a year ago, before can’t own a gun. It is to close that
ing with the American idea. her father’s funeral, when I spoke with loophole that existed. It is estimated
With regard to Russia, I know it con- Gianna Floyd, George Floyd’s young that 50 women are shot and killed by
cerns some of you, but I made it very daughter. She is a little tyke, so I was an intimate partner every month in
clear to President Putin that we are kneeling down to talk to her so I could America; fifty a month. Let’s pass it
not going to seek escalation, but their look her in the eye. She looked at me and save some lives.
actions will have consequences if they and said, ‘‘My daddy changed the I need not tell anyone this, but gun
turn out to be true, and they turned world.’’ violence has become an epidemic in
out to be true. So I responded directly Well, after the conviction of George America.
and proportionately to Russia’s inter- Floyd’s murderer, we can see how right Our flag at the White House was still
ference in our elections and the cyber she was, if we have the courage to act flying at half-mast for the 8 victims of
attacks on our government and our the mass shooting in Georgia, when 10
as a Congress.
businesses. They did both of these We have all seen the knee of injustice more lives were taken in a mass shoot-
things. I told them we would respond, on the neck of Black Americans. Now ing in Colorado.
and we have. In the week in between those two
is our opportunity to make some real
But we can also cooperate when it is events, 250 other Americans were shot
progress. The vast majority of men and
in our mutual interests. We did it when dead in the streets of America. 250 shot
women wearing the uniform and a
we extended the New START Treaty on dead.
badge serve our communities, and they I know how hard it is to make
nuclear arms, and we are working to do
serve them honorably. I know them. I progress on this issue.
it on climate change. But he under-
know they want to help meet this mo- In the 1990s, we passed universal
stands, we will respond.
On Iran and North Korea, nuclear ment as well. background checks and a ban on as-
My fellow Americans, we have to sault weapons and high-capacity maga-
programs that present serious threats
to America’s security and the security come together to rebuild trust between zines that hold 100 rounds that can be
of the world, we are going to be work- law enforcement and the people they fired in seconds. We beat the NRA.
ing closely with our allies to address serve; to root out systemic racism in Mass shootings and gun violence de-
the threats posed by both of these our criminal justice system; and to clined. Check out the report over 10
countries through diplomacy, as well enact police reform in George Floyd’s years.
as stern deterrence. name that passed the House already. But in the early 2000s, that law ex-
And American leadership means end- I know Republicans have their own pired, and we have seen daily bloodshed
ing the forever war in Afghanistan. We ideas and are engaged in very produc- since. I am not saying if the law con-
have, without hyperbole, the greatest tive discussions with Democrats in the tinued, we wouldn’t see bloodshed.
fighting force in the history of the Senate. We need to work together to More than 2 weeks ago in the Rose
world. I am the first President in 40 find a consensus. Let’s get it done next Garden, surrounded by some of the
years who knows what it means to month, by the first anniversary of bravest people I know—the survivors
have a son serving in a war zone. Today George Floyd’s death. The country sup- and families who have lost loved ones
we have servicemembers serving in the ports this reform, and Congress should to gun violence—I laid out several of
same war zone as their parents did. We act. the Department of Justice actions that
have servicemembers in Afghanistan We have a giant opportunity to bend are being taken to end this epidemic.
who were not yet born on 9/11. The war the arc of the moral universe toward One of them is banning so-called
in Afghanistan, as we remember the de- justice, real justice. With the plans I ‘‘ghost guns.’’ They are homemade
bates here, was never meant to be a outlined tonight, we have a real chance guns built from a kit that includes di-
multi-generational undertaking of na- to root out systemic racism that rections on how to finish the firearm.
tion-building. plagues America and American lives in The parts have no serial numbers, so
We went to Afghanistan to get the other ways; a chance to deliver real eq- when they show up at crime scenes,
terrorists who attacked us on 9/11. We uity, good jobs, good schools, afford- they can’t be traced.
said we would follow Osama bin Laden able housing, clean air, clean water; The buyers of these ghost gun kits
to the gates of hell to do it. If you have being able to generate wealth and pass aren’t required to pass a background
been in the Upper Kunar Valley, you it down through generations because check. Anyone from a criminal to a
have kind of seen the gates of hell. We you have access to purchase a house; terrorist could buy this kit and, within
delivered justice to Osama bin Laden, real opportunities in the lives of more 30 minutes, have a weapon that is le-
and we degraded the terrorist threat of Americans—Black, White, Latino, thal.
al-Qaida in Afghanistan. Asian Americans, Native Americans. But not anymore. I will do every-
After 20 years of American valor and I also want to thank the United thing in my power to protect the
sacrifice, it is time to bring those States Senate for voting 94–1 to pass American people from this epidemic of
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troops home. Even as we do, we will the COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act to pro- gun violence. But it is time for Con-
maintain an over-the-horizon capa- tect Asian Americans and Pacific Is- gress to act as well. I don’t want to be-
bility to suppress future threats to the landers. They acted decisively. You can come confrontational, but we need
homeland. But make no mistake, in 20 see on television the viciousness of the more Senate Republicans to join the
years, terrorism has metastasized. The hate crimes we have seen over the past overwhelming majority of the Demo-
threat has evolved way beyond Afghan- year and for too long. I urge the House cratic colleagues and close the loop-
istan. to do the same and send that legisla- holes and require background checks to
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purchase guns, and we need a ban on for Dreamers, the young people who Our Constitution opens with the
assault weapons and high-capacity have only known America as their words, as trite as it sounds, ‘‘We the
magazines. home; and permanent protections for people.’’
Don’t tell me it can’t be done. We did immigrants who are here on temporary It is time to remember that we the
it before, and it worked. protected status, who come from coun- people are the government. You and I.
Talk to most responsible gun owners tries beset by man-made and natural- Not some force in a distant capital.
and hunters, and they will tell you made violent and disasters; as well as a Not some powerful force that we have
there is no possible justification for pathway to citizenship for farmworkers no control over. It is us. It is ‘‘We the
having 100 rounds in a weapon. who put food on our tables. people.’’
What do you think, deer are wearing Immigrants have done so much for In another era when our democracy
kevlar vests? America during this pandemic and was tested, Franklin Roosevelt re-
They will tell you that there are too throughout our history. The country minded us: In America: we do our part.
many people today who are able to buy supports immigration reform. We all do our part. That is all I am
a gun, but who shouldn’t be able to buy Congress should act. Let’s argue over asking. That we all do our part, all of
a gun. it. Let’s debate it. But let’s act. us. If we do that, we will meet the cen-
These kinds of reasonable reforms And if we truly want to restore the tral challenge of the age by proving
have overwhelming support of the soul of America, we need to protect the that democracy is durable and strong.
American people, including many gun sacred right to vote. The autocrats will not win the fu-
owners. More people voted in the last Presi-
ture. We will. America will. The future
The country supports reform, and dential election than any time in
belongs to America.
Congress should act. This shouldn’t be American history—in the middle of the
a red or blue issue. And no amendment I stand here tonight before you in a
worst pandemic ever. That should be
to the Constitution is absolute. new and vital hour in the life of our de-
celebrated. Instead, it is being at-
You can’t yell ‘‘fire’’ in a crowded mocracy and our Nation. And I can say
tacked.
theater. From the very beginning, Congress should pass H.R. 1 and the with absolute confidence: I have never
there were certain guns, weapons that John Lewis Voting Rights Act and send been more confident or optimistic
could not be owned by Americans. Cer- it to my desk right away. The country about America, not because I am Presi-
tain people could not own those weap- supports it, and Congress should act dent, but because of what is happening
ons ever. We are not changing the Con- now. with the American people.
stitution. We are being reasonable. In conclusion, as we gather here to- We have stared into the abyss of in-
I think this is not a Democratic or night, the images of a violent mob as- surrection and autocracy, of pandemic
Republican issue. I think it is an Amer- saulting this Capitol—desecrating our and pain, and ‘‘We the people’’ did not
ican issue. democracy—remain vivid in our minds. flinch.
And here is what else we can do: Im- Lives were put at risk, many of your At the very moment our adversaries
migration has always been essential to lives. Lives were lost. Extraordinary were certain we would pull apart and
America. Let’s end our exhausting war courage was summoned. The insurrec- fail, we came together. We united.
over immigration. For more than 30 tion was an existential crisis—a test on With light and hope, we summoned
years, politicians have talked about whether our democracy could survive. new strength and new resolve to posi-
immigration reform, and we have done It did. But the struggle is far from tion us to win the competition for the
nothing about it. It is time to fix it. over. The question of whether our de- 21st century on our way to a Union
On day one of my Presidency, I kept mocracy will long endure is both an- more perfect, more prosperous, and
my commitment and sent a com- cient and urgent. As old as our Repub- more just as one people, one Nation,
prehensive immigration bill to the lic. Still vital today. and one America.
United States Congress. If you believe Can our democracy deliver on its Folks, as I told every world leader I
we need to secure the border, pass it, promise that all of us—created equal in have ever met with over the years, it
because it has a lot of money for high- the image of God—have a chance to has never, ever, ever been a good bet to
tech border security. If you believe in a lead lives of dignity, respect, and possi- bet against America, and it still isn’t.
pathway to citizenship, pass it so over bility? We are the United States of America.
11 million undocumented folks—the Can our democracy deliver on the There is not a single thing—nothing—
vast majority who are here overstaying most pressing needs of our people? beyond our capacity. We can do what-
visas—pass it. If you actually want to Can our democracy overcome the ever we set our minds to if we do it to-
solve a problem, I have sent a bill to lies, anger, hate, and fears that have gether. So, let’s begin to get together.
take a close look at it. pulled us apart? God bless you all, and may God pro-
We also have to get at the root prob- America’s adversaries—the autocrats tect our troops.
lem of why people are fleeing, particu- of the world—are betting we can’t. And Thank you for your patience.
larly to our southern border, from Gua- I promise you they are betting we (Applause, the Members rising.)
temala, Honduras, and El Salvador. can’t. They believe we are too full of
At 10 o’clock and 20 minutes p.m.,
The violence. The corruption. The anger and division of rage. They look
the President of the United States, ac-
gangs. The political instability. Hun- at the images of the mob that as-
companied by the committee of escort,
ger. Hurricanes. Earthquakes. Natural saulted the Capitol as proof that the
retired from the Hall of the House of
disasters. Sun is setting on American democracy.
Representatives.
When I was Vice President, the Presi- They are wrong. You know it. I know
The Assistant to the Sergeant at
dent asked me to focus on providing it. We have to prove them wrong. We
Arms escorted the invited guests from
the help needed to address the root have to prove democracy still works,
the Chamber in the following order:
causes of migration. It helped keep that our government still works, and
people in their own countries instead of we can deliver for our people. The members of the President’s Cabi-
being forced to leave. In our first 100 days together, we net;
The plan was working, but the last have acted to restore people’s faith in The Chief Justice of the United
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administration decided it was not democracy to deliver. States Supreme Court;
worth it. I am restoring the program, We are vaccinating the Nation. We The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps.
and I asked Vice President HARRIS to are creating hundreds of thousands of The SPEAKER. The Chair declares
lead our diplomatic effort to take care new jobs. We are delivering real results the joint session of the two Houses now
of this. I have absolute confidence she to people. They can see it and feel it in dissolved.
will get the job done. their own lives. Accordingly, at 10 o’clock and 20
If you don’t like my plan, let’s at Opening doors of opportunity, guar- minutes p.m., the joint session of the
least pass what we all agree on. anteeing fairness and justice, that is two Houses was dissolved.
Congress needs to pass legislation the essence of America. That is democ- The Members of the Senate retired to
this year to finally secure protection racy in action. their Chamber.
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MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT RE- EC–968. A letter from the Secretary, De- ed by the Supreme Court, pursuant to 28
FERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF partment of the Treasury, transmitting a U.S.C. 2075; Public Law 88–623, Sec. 1 (as
THE WHOLE HOUSE ON THE six-month periodic report on the national amended by Public Law 103–394, Sec. 104(f));
emergency with respect to Mali that was de- (108 Stat. 4110) (H. Doc. No. 117—31); to the
STATE OF THE UNION Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to
clared in Executive Order 13882 of July 26,
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I move 2019, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public be printed.
that the message of the President be Law 94–412, Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257) and 50 EC–979. A letter from the Director, Admin-
referred to the Committee of the Whole U.S.C. 1703(c); Public Law 95–223, Sec 204(c); istrative Office of the United States Courts,
(91 Stat. 1627); to the Committee on Foreign transmitting the 2020 Delayed-Notice Search
House on the state of the Union and or- Warrant Report, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Affairs.
dered printed. EC–969. A letter from the Assistant Legal 3103a(d)(2); Public Law 90–351, Sec. 1401(a)
The motion was agreed to. Adviser, Office of Treaty Affairs, Depart- (added by Public Law 109–177, Sec. 114(c));
f ment of State, transmitting pursuant to the (120 Stat. 211); to the Committee on the Judi-
Taiwan Relations Act, agreements between ciary.
ADJOURNMENT the American Institute in Taiwan, the Taipei EC–980. A letter from the Director, Admin-
Economic and Cultural Representative Of- istrative Office of the United States Courts,
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.
fice, and United States Government Agen- transmitting the Department’s fourteenth
AGUILAR). Pursuant to section 11(b) of annual report to Congress on crime victims’
cies, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 3311(a); Public
House Resolution 188, the House stands rights, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3771 note; Pub-
Law 96–8, Sec. 12(a); (93 Stat. 20); to the Com-
adjourned until 9 a.m. on Friday, April mittee on Foreign Affairs. lic Law 108–405, Sec. 104(a); (118 Stat. 2265); to
30, 2021. EC–970. A letter from the Chief Financial the Committee on the Judiciary.
Thereupon (at 10 o’clock and 21 min- Officer and Assistant Secretary for Adminis- EC–981. A letter from the Victim Witness
utes p.m.), under its previous order, the tration, Department of Commerce, transmit- Coordinator, Department of Justice, trans-
ting the Department’s FY 2020 No FEAR Act mitting United States v. Brendan Hunt, Case
House adjourned until Friday, April 30, Number 2021R00059 and Court Docket Num-
2021, at 9 a.m. report, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 2301 note; Public
Law 107–174, 203(a) (as amended by Public ber 21–CR–00086; to the Committee on the Ju-
f Law 109–435, Sec. 604(f)); (120 Stat. 3242); to diciary.
EC–982. A letter from the Secretary, Judi-
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
cial Conference of the United States, trans-
EC–971. A letter from the Senior Advisor,
ETC. mitting the Report of the Proceedings of the
Department of Health and Human Services,
Judicial Conference of the United States for
Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive transmitting a notification of a nomination
the September 2020 session; to the Com-
communications were taken from the and discontinuation of service in acting role,
mittee on the Judiciary.
Speaker’s table and referred as follows: pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105– EC–983. A letter from the Chief Justice, Su-
277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681–614); to the preme Court of the United States, transmit-
EC–963. A letter from the Secretary, De-
Committee on Oversight and Reform. ting amendments to the Federal Rules of Ap-
partment of Health and Human Services,
EC–972. A letter from the Acting First Vice pellate Procedure that have been adopted by
transmitting that, as a result of continued
President and Vice Chairman, Export-Import the Supreme Court of the United States pur-
consequences of the opioid crisis, a renewal,
Bank of the United States, transmitting the suant to Section 2072 of Title 28, United
effective April 8, 2021, that a public health
Bank’s FY 2020 No FEAR Act Report, pursu- states Code (H. Doc. No. 117—30); to the Com-
emergency exists and has existed since Octo-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 2301 note; Public Law 107–174, mittee on the Judiciary and ordered to be
ber 26, 2017, nationwide, pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
203(a) (as amended by Public Law 109–435, printed.
247d(a); July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec.
Sec. 604(f)); (120 Stat. 3242); to the Committee EC–984. A letter from the Management and
319(a) (as amended by Public Law 107–188,
on Oversight and Reform. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of
Sec. 144(a)); (116 Stat. 630); to the Committee EC–973. A letter from the Senior Vice
on Energy and Commerce. Transportation, transmitting the Depart-
President, Controller and Chief Accounting ment’s final rule—Airworthiness Directives;
EC–964. A letter from the Secretary, De- Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston,
partment of the Treasury, transmitting a The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.:
transmitting the Bank’s 2020 management FAA–2020–0459; Product Identifier 2020–NM–
six-month periodic report on the national report and financial statements, pursuant to
emergency with respect to the threat of for- 049–AD; Amendment 39–21380; AD 2021–01–04]
31 U.S.C. 9106(a)(1); Public Law 97–258 (as (RIN: 2120–AA64) received April 20, 2021, pur-
eign interference in United States elections amended by Public Law 101–576, Sec. 306(a));
that was declared in Executive Order 13848 of suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104–
(104 Stat. 2854); to the Committee on Over- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee
September 12, 2018, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. sight and Reform.
1641(c); Public Law 94–412, Sec. 401(c); (90 on Transportation and Infrastructure.
EC–974. A letter from the Chairman, Na- EC–985. A letter from the Management and
Stat. 1257) and 50 U.S.C. 1703(c); Public Law tional Transportation Safety Board, trans- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of
95–223, Sec 204(c); (91 Stat. 1627); to the Com- mitting the Board’s FY 2010 No FEAR Act Transportation, transmitting the Depart-
mittee on Foreign Affairs. report, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 2301 note; Public ment’s final rule—Airworthiness Directives;
EC–965. A letter from the Secretary, De- Law 107–174, 203(a) (as amended by Public Saab AB, Support and Services (Formerly
partment of the Treasury, transmitting a Law 109–435, Sec. 604(f)); (120 Stat. 3242); to Known as Saab AB, Saab Aeronautics) Air-
six-month periodic report on the national the Committee on Oversight and Reform. planes [Docket No.: FAA–2020–0855; Project
emergency with respect to significant mali- EC–975. A letter from the Chairman, Occu- Identifier MCAI–2020–00909–T; Amendment
cious cyber-enabled activities that was de- pational Safety and Health Review Commis- 39–21385; AD 2021–02–02] (RIN: 2120–AA64) re-
clared in Executive Order 13694 of April 1, sion, transmitting the Commission’s 2020 No ceived April 20, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
2015, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public FEAR Act Report, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 2301 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104–121, Sec. 251; (110
Law 94–412, Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257) and 50 note; Public Law 107–174, 203(a) (as amended Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor-
U.S.C. 1703(c); Public Law 95–223, Sec 204(c); by Public Law 109–435, Sec. 604(f)); (120 Stat. tation and Infrastructure.
(91 Stat. 1627); to the Committee on Foreign 3242); to the Committee on Oversight and Re- EC–986. A letter from the Management and
Affairs. form. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of
EC–966. A letter from the Secretary, De- EC–976. A letter from the Secretary and Transportation, transmitting the Depart-
partment of the Treasury, transmitting a Treasurer, Resolution Funding Corporation, ment’s final rule—Airworthiness Directives;
six-month periodic report on the national transmitting the Corporation’s Statement Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes [Docket No.:
emergency with respect to Libya that was on the System of Internal Controls and the FAA–2020–0849; Project Identifier MCAI–2020–
declared in Executive Order 13566 of Feb- 2020 Audited Financial Statements, pursuant 01036–A; Amendment 39–21374; AD 2020–26–19]
ruary 25, 2011, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); to 31 U.S.C. 3515(a)(1); Public Law 101–576, (RIN: 2120–AA64) received April 20, 2021, pur-
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and 50 U.S.C. 1703(c); Public Law 95–223, Sec 289, Sec. 2(a)); (116 Stat. 2049); to the Com- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee
204(c); (91 Stat. 1627); to the Committee on mittee on Oversight and Reform. on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Foreign Affairs. EC–977. A letter from the Agency Director, EC–987. A letter from the Management and
EC–967. A letter from the Secretary, De- District of Columbia Court Services and Of- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of
partment of the Treasury, transmitting a fender Supervision Agency, transmitting the Transportation, transmitting the Depart-
six-month periodic report on the national Agency’s FY 2020 No FEAR Act Report, pur- ment’s final rule—Airworthiness Directives;
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emergency with respect to transnational suant to 5 U.S.C. 2301 note; Public Law 107– Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Heli-
criminal organizations that was declared in 174, 203(a) (as amended by Public Law 109–435, copters [Docket No.: FAA–2020–1037; Project
Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, pursu- Sec. 604(f)); (120 Stat. 3242); to the Committee Identifier 2019–SW–077–AD; Amendment 39–
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Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257) and 50 U.S.C. EC–978. A letter from the Chief Justice, Su- ceived April 20, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
1703(c); Public Law 95–223, Sec 204(c); (91 preme Court of the United States, transmit- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104–121, Sec. 251; (110
Stat. 1627); to the Committee on Foreign Af- ting Amendments to the Federal Rules of Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor-
fairs. Bankruptcy Procedure that have been adopt- tation and Infrastructure.
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