American Rescue Plan Helps Families (Cong. Rec., June 16, 2021)
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Page H2829 of the House section of the Congressional Record for June 16, 2021, made up of one-minute speeches in interleaved columns. Mr. Morelle's heading, American Rescue Plan Helps Families, argues that the plan expanded the child tax credit and that the expanded credit should be made permanent, which is his view. Other speakers cover the border, honors for the Wingate University Bulldogs and Sheriff Kim Cole of Mason County, Michigan, and the death of Officer Jerrod Withrow. Ms. Plaskett supports H.R. 3434, the Territories Health Equity Act of 2021, and the page ends with ESG Disclosure Simplification Act text from the H.R. 1187 debate.
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June 16, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2829
on their property and to see their fam- CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MICHIGAN SHERIFF OF THE YEAR
ily again. WINGATE UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS KIM COLE
It is time to open the U.S.-Canadian (Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina asked (Mr. HUIZENGA asked and was given
border. and was given permission to address permission to address the House for 1
f the House for 1 minute and to revise minute and to revise and extend his re-
and extend his remarks.) marks.)
CRISIS AT THE BORDER MUST BE Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina. Mr. Mr. HUIZENGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise
ADDRESSED Speaker, I chose this photo—I could today to honor my friend, Sheriff Kim
(Mr. GUEST asked and was given per- have picked a formal team photo—be- Cole of Mason County in Michigan. He
mission to address the House for 1 cause I thought this captured the joy was named Michigan Sheriffs’ Associa-
minute.) of the moment I am bringing to the Na- tion Sheriff of the Year this past week.
Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, earlier this tion’s attention. This award recognizes the sheriff who
year I had the opportunity to join with Today, I rise to honor the Wingate has made outstanding contributions to
my other Republican colleagues to University Bulldogs and Coach Jeff law enforcement and the criminal jus-
visit the southwest border. This was Gregory for a spectacular victory in tice profession, demonstrates excep-
not a gesture, as the Vice President the Division II College World Series. tional service to their community, and
has referred to these visits. It was, in- When Bulldogs fans filled the bleachers has contributed to the betterment of
stead, a learning opportunity. at the USA Baseball National Training the Michigan Sheriffs’ Association.
The conditions we saw and the sto- Complex in Cary last Saturday, they Kim Cole was first elected sheriff in
ries we heard conveyed a situation far witnessed history. Playing in their 2012 and is currently serving in his
worse than we had previously imag- first ever College World Series final, third term. He started at the Mason
ined. We learned that border encoun- the Wingate Bulldogs defeated Central County Sheriff’s Office as a reserve
ters are at a 20-year high. We spoke di- Missouri, the number two ranked team deputy, and then was hired by the
rectly to Border Patrol and law en- in the Nation, 5–3. Mason County Sheriff’s Office as a full-
forcement officers who told us that In reaching the championship, time deputy in 1985. He was then pro-
they are so overwhelmed with the care Wingate joined the ranks of only two moted to sergeant in 1993.
of migrants that they are unable to other North Carolina Division II What is interesting, Mr. Speaker, is
execute essential core roles of their schools, and despite losing their open- that Cole’s great-great grandfather,
job. We learned how drug cartels are ing game, the Bulldogs won four Henry Cole, served as one of Mason
taking advantage of the overwhelmed straight to become the first team in 16 County’s first sheriffs.
system and saw the routes they use to years to overcome an opening round Now, Kim will be the first one to tell
smuggle drugs and people across the loss to win it all. you that you are only as good as the
border. Bulldogs, through your tenacity and people you surround yourself with, and
What we witnessed could only be de- persistence, you have won an incredible he is extremely proud of all of those
fined as a crisis. This is why I encour- victory. I am proud today and always who he serves with.
age all of my colleagues and the Vice to represent Wingate University. Kim leads with integrity, courage,
President to set aside political games- Congratulations, Bulldogs. fortitude, and compassion, and has a
manship, visit the border, and see the passion to serve his community.
f Kim Cole, I want to say thank you.
crisis firsthand.
REMEMBERING JERROD WITHROW Mason County is a better place to
f work, live, and raise a family because
(Mr. LAMB asked and was given per- of you.
PROJECT ENLIGHTENMENT mission to address the House for 1
f
(Ms. ROSS asked and was given per- minute and to revise and extend his re-
mission to address the House for 1 marks.) AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN HELPS
minute and to revise and extend her re- Mr. LAMB. Mr. Speaker, on June 11, FAMILIES
marks.) 2021, western Pennsylvania lost Officer (Mr. MORELLE asked and was given
Ms. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Jerrod Withrow of the Mount Lebanon permission to address the House for 1
to recognize a pioneering institution in police, who passed away after a heroic minute and to revise and extend his re-
the field of early childhood education battle with cancer. marks.)
located in my district, Project Enlight- Officer Withrow had a long and dis- Mr. MORELLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise
enment. tinguished career in law enforcement, today to acknowledge the significant
Project Enlightenment provides ex- but one moment stood out. In October struggles facing working families
traordinary services to families and 2018, he responded to the Tree of Life across America, struggles that have
children, and I was privileged to visit Synagogue in Pittsburgh where a mass been exposed and exacerbated by the
with them last week. murderer attacked a peaceful religious COVID pandemic.
In the late 1960s, insightful staff from gathering with an assault rifle and That is why, through the American
the Raleigh city schools, Wake County killed 11 members of our community. Rescue Plan, we took action to expand
Mental Health and Dorothea Dix Child It is hard for most of us to under- the child tax credit, helping to uplift
Psychiatry recognized that strength- stand the bravery and the raw physical families and reduce poverty. In my
ening a child’s social and emotional de- courage that it takes to run toward community, more than 40,000 house-
velopment in the early years would gunfire rather than away from it, but holds will receive an average benefit of
have long-term benefits. They were that was the kind of person that Offi- nearly $3,000 that will begin being dis-
right, and the American Families Plan cer Withrow was. It was who he trained bursed in just a few short weeks. This
recognizes this fact. himself to be, and we thank him and is projected to lift 8,200 children out of
Project Enlightenment has offered honor him for his courage. poverty in my district alone.
prevention and early intervention serv- On behalf of the people of western When we talk about transformative
ices to young children by providing Pennsylvania and on behalf of our na- investment to support working fami-
services to the primary caregivers in tional government, I wish to extend lies, this is exactly what we mean, and
their lives. Over the years, they have our condolences to Officer Withrow’s it is why we need to make the ex-
helped people all over the State of wife, Lisa; his sons: James, Brayden, panded child tax credit permanent, to
North Carolina and all over the coun- and Ben; and all of his family. put kids and parents on the path to
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try. I am proud to remember Jerrod success, because when we ease the fi-
I am grateful for the attentive staff Withrow today in our Nation’s Capitol nancial burden on families, they have
that includes a variety of professionals. and hopeful that our service here will the security and flexibility to con-
Because of their commitment to our be worthy of all those Americans like tribute to the workforce, strengthen
children, they truly make our county him who every day put their commu- our economy, and set our children up
and State a better place. nity and their country first. for a stable and successful future.
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H2830 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2021
LIFESCAPE HELPS FAMILIES b 1230 SEC. 102. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(Mrs. BUSTOS asked and was given CONGRESS MUST INVEST IN AN (1) The Securities and Exchange Commission
permission to address the House for 1 INCLUSIVE CARE ECONOMY has broad authority to require the disclosure of
minute.) (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was information if such information is in the interest
Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in of, or is material to investors.
given permission to address the House (2) The Commission does not require compa-
support of efforts to build back our for 1 minute and to revise and extend
care economy. I recently toured a place nies to disclose information related to environ-
her remarks.) mental, social, and governance (‘‘ESG’’) mat-
called Lifescape in Rockford, Illinois, Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I ters, and does not require companies to adhere
where I met a woman named Miss rise today to urge my colleagues to in- to standards for disclosing such information.
Selma. vest in an inclusive care economy to (3) Investors have reported that voluntary dis-
Miss Selma lives with her daughter help our families recover from the dev- closures of ESG metrics are inadequate.
and her granddaughter, and she has astating effects of this pandemic. (4) A rule requiring reporting and standard-
three generations under one roof. ization of ESG disclosures is in the interest of
As the price of childcare and investors.
Three generations where she was the eldercare increases, many mothers and
major caretaker for many years. (5) ESG matters are material to investors, and
women in my district had to leave the the Commission must establish standards for dis-
About a decade ago she had a stroke, workforce. In a country like ours, this closure of such matters.
and so now her daughter has to take is totally unacceptable. Mothers are SEC. 103. ESG DISCLOSURES.
care of her. But she has to go to work the backbone of our society and the (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 14 of the Securities
also. So it is places like Lifescape that pillar of my district. Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78n) is amended
help families get back to work so they This is why, during our week of ac- by adding at the end the following:
can make sure that their loved ones tion last week, I visited a childcare ‘‘(k) ESG DISCLOSURES.—
are cared for while they also make a center run by a constituent in Deer ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each issuer the securities
living. of which are registered under section 12 or that
Park servicing children with special is required to file annual reports under section
The global pandemic put a spotlight needs; and I also visited an eldercare 15(d) shall disclose in any proxy or consent so-
on the need to invest in our care econ- center in Pasadena, in my district. licitation material for an annual meeting of the
omy and places like Lifescape. Because I witnessed firsthand the lifesaving, shareholders—
of the CARES Act, Lifescape expanded life-changing benefits out of an inclu- ‘‘(A) a clear description of the views of the
their home meal delivery service by 800 sive care economy for our children and issuer about the link between ESG metrics and
meals every single day and allowed for our seniors. the long-term business strategy of the issuer;
the care of people like Miss Selma. Investing in an inclusive care econ- and
As we continue to negotiate an infra- ‘‘(B) a description of any process the issuer
omy could benefit my district and com- uses to determine the impact of ESG metrics on
structure package, we need to invest in munities of color that lack resources the long-term business strategy of the issuer.
our care economy in order to get our to overcome the impacts of this pan- ‘‘(2) ESG METRICS DEFINED.—In this sub-
national economy back in place. demic. section, the term ‘ESG metrics’ has the meaning
Let’s invest in our most vulnerable given the term in part 210 of title 17, Code of
f with the American Families Plan. Federal Regulations as amended pursuant to
We can recover. ‘‘We can do it,’’ ‘‘Si section 3(b) of the ESG Disclosure Simplification
se puede.’’ Act of 2021.’’.
THE TERRITORIES HEALTH (b) RULEMAKING.—
EQUITY ACT f (1) IN GENERAL.—The Securities and Exchange
(Ms. PLASKETT asked and was given Commission (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Com-
ESG DISCLOSURE SIMPLIFICATION
permission to address the House for 1 mission’’) shall amend part 210 of title 17, Code
ACT OF 2021 of Federal Regulations (or any successor there-
minute and to revise and extend her re- to) to—
Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, pursuant
marks.) (A) require each issuer, in any filing of the
to House Resolution 473, I call up the
Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, today issuer described in such part that requires au-
bill (H.R. 1187) to provide for disclosure
I rise in support of my bill, H.R. 3434, dited financial statements, to disclose environ-
of additional material information
the Territories Health Equity Act of mental, social, and governance metrics (in this
about public companies and establish a title referred to as ESG metrics); and
2021.
Sustainable Finance Advisory Com- (B) define ESG metrics.
This bill will address the existing in- mittee, and for other purposes, and ask (2) SUSTAINABLE FINANCE ADVISORY COM-
equalities the territories face under for its immediate consideration in the MITTEE.—The Sustainable Finance Advisory
Medicaid, Medicare, and other Federal House. Committee established pursuant to section 4(k)
health programs. Importantly, regard- The Clerk read the title of the bill. of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 shall,
ing Medicaid, it would provide us with The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. not later than 180 days after the date of the first
the equitable share of Federal funding CUELLAR). Pursuant to House Resolu- meeting of such Committee, submit to the Com-
for Medicaid beyond the upcoming fis- mission recommendations about what ESG
tion 473, in lieu of the amendment in metrics the Commission should require issuers to
cal cliff when much of the existing the nature of a substitute rec-
funding for the territories is scheduled disclose.
ommended by the Committee on Fi- (3) MATERIALITY.—It is the sense of Congress
to expire at the end of September 2021. nancial Services printed in the bill, an that ESG metrics, as such term is defined by the
In the midst of a global pandemic, amendment in the nature of a sub- Commission pursuant to paragraph (1), are de
with more Federal attention on how stitute consisting of the text of Rules facto material for the purposes of disclosures
healthcare funding disparities have had Committee Print 117–5 is adopted and under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
a deleterious impact on the finances of the bill, as amended, is considered the Securities Act of 1933.
local governments and hospitals (4) INCORPORATION OF INTERNATIONAL STAND-
read. ARDS.—When amending part 210 of title 17, Code
throughout the country, we believe The text of the bill, as amended, is as of Federal Regulations (or any successor there-
this is an opportune time to press for follows: to) pursuant to paragraph (1), the Commission
equity in Medicaid and Medicare. may, as the Commission determines appropriate,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
The inequities in Federal funding resentatives of the United States of America in incorporate any internationally recognized,
provided to the territories for Medicaid Congress assembled, independent, multi-stakeholder environmental,
and Medicare have put access to afford- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. social, and governance disclosure standards.
able healthcare out of reach for too This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Corporate Gov- (5) LOCATION OF DISCLOSURE.—Any disclosure
many in the Virgin Islands and the ernance Improvement and Investor Protection required by paragraph (1) may be included in a
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other territories, making our hospitals’ Act’’. notes section of the filing.
(6) DELAY FOR SMALL ISSUERS.—The Commis-
emergency rooms the primary TITLE I—ESG DISCLOSURE sion may use a phased approach when applying
healthcare provider for one-third of our SIMPLIFICATION any amendments made pursuant to paragraph
population without health insurance, SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. (1) to small issuers and may determine the cri-
which contributes to unmanageable This title may be cited as the ‘‘ESG Disclosure teria by which an issuer qualifies as a small
costs. Please support H.R. 3434. Simplification Act of 2021’’. issuer for purposes of such phased approach.
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