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Congressional Record, House, June 28, 2021 — Congressional Black Caucus Infrastructure Special Order

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A page of the Congressional Record, House, dated June 28, 2021, at pages H3232 and H3233, carrying two Special Order hours. In the first, Mr. Mann and Mr. Clyde speak against executive orders on firearms, citing H.R. 1758, the Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2021. In the second, Mrs. Beatty, as chair, opens the Congressional Black Caucus hour on infrastructure, saying the caucus is 57 members strong, and Mr. Clyburn says investment must include rural broadband, noting that less than 34 percent of students in the Summerton school district are connected to the internet. The page ends with public bills introduced and committee reports, including a rule for H.R. 3684.

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                                              H3232                                              CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE                                                           June 28, 2021
                                                Together, with the support of the                     the direction of our country with no                   board right here, as they have the po-
                                              American people, we will never give                     input from this Congress. Congress was                 tential to upend not only the firearms
                                              one inch in the defense of the Second                   created to legislate.                                  manufacturing industry but also the
                                              Amendment.                                                Governing by executive order is not                  legality of guns in homes across the
                                                Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-                    legislating. That is why I introduced                  country as we know it.
                                              tleman from Kansas (Mr. MANN), my                       H.R. 716, the More Accountability is                     My constituents sent me to Congress
                                              good friend who represents Kansas’                      Necessary Now Act, requiring the exec-                 to do everything in my power to pro-
                                              First District and introduced H.R. 1758,                utive branch to notify the American                    tect and uphold the Constitution, and I
                                              the Home Defense and Competitive                        public and this Congress with its intent               plan to do just that so long as they en-
                                              Shooting Act of 2021.                                   to issue any new executive order or re-                trust me with their voting card.
                                                Mr. MANN. Madam Speaker, I thank                      voking any executive order that per-                     Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal-
                                              the gentleman for holding this impor-                   tains to our Second Amendment rights.                  ance of my time.
                                              tant Special Order to highlight a basic                   I also introduced H.R. 1758, the Home                  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem-
                                              right that we all share and love and                    Defense and Competitive Shooting Act,                  bers are reminded to refrain from en-
                                              that makes us who we are as Ameri-                      pushing back on President Biden’s in-                  gaging in personalities toward the
                                              cans.                                                   tent to redefine pistols as short-bar-                 President.
                                                Madam Speaker, I rise tonight to dis-                 reled rifles and eliminating the prohi-                                  f
                                              cuss President Biden’s misuse of the                    bition on transporting short-barreled                     CBC SUPPORTS INVESTING IN
                                              executive order and its harmful impact                  rifles in interstate commerce.                                   INFRASTRUCTURE
                                              on law-abiding citizens.                                  I invite my colleagues to cosponsor
                                                                                                                                                               The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
                                                In 1789, George Washington penned                     both of these pieces of legislation as we
                                                                                                                                                             the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan-
                                              the first executive order, directing the                stand up against any efforts, including
                                                                                                                                                             uary 4, 2021, the gentlewoman from
                                              heads of his departments to submit re-                  shameful executive overreach, to di-
                                                                                                                                                             Ohio (Mrs. BEATTY) is recognized for 60
                                              ports on their operations.                              minish or weaken the rights of law-
                                                                                                                                                             minutes as the designee of the major-
                                                In 1957, my fellow Kansan, Dwight D.                  abiding Americans to own, carry, and
                                                                                                                                                             ity leader.
                                              Eisenhower used the executive order to                  use firearms.
                                                                                                                                                                               GENERAL LEAVE
                                              send Federal troops to integrate public                   The Second Amendment is a load-
                                                                                                                                                               Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, I ask
                                              schools in Little Rock, Arkansas.                       bearing wall in our Constitution. If you
                                                                                                                                                             unanimous consent that all Members
                                                                                                      weaken a load-bearing wall, it is bad
                                                                b 2045                                                                                       have 5 legislative days to revise and ex-
                                                                                                      for the entire structure.
                                                Nearly every United States President                                                                         tend their remarks and include any ex-
                                                                                                        We must and we will push back
                                              has issued executive orders like these                                                                         traneous materials on the subject of
                                                                                                      against the relentless attacks on our
                                              to instruct the government how to                                                                              this Special Order hour.
                                                                                                      Second Amendment rights.                                 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
                                              work within the parameters set by the                     Mr. CLYDE. Madam Speaker, while
                                              Congress and the Constitution. Until                                                                           objection to the request of the gentle-
                                                                                                      any infringement of our Second
                                              now.                                                                                                           woman from Ohio?
                                                                                                      Amendment rights is unconstitutional,                    There was no objection.
                                                In his first 10 days as President, Joe                policymakers      have    imposed    even                Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, I
                                              Biden issued 25 executive orders, more                  stricter regulations on some types of                  rise tonight for the Congressional
                                              than the last seven Presidents com-                     firearms, particularly short-barreled                  Black Caucus’ Special Order hour on
                                              bined in their first 10 days. And the list              rifles. I truly appreciate my friend                   this critically important topic, infra-
                                              continues to grow. Today, we are up to                  from Kansas’ First District correcting                 structure. Tonight, we will share with
                                              nearly 60 executive orders and more ex-                 this by introducing the Home Defense                   you our positions, our plans, and the
                                              ecutive actions and memoranda than I                    and Competitive Shooting Act of 2021,                  state of what we think about infra-
                                              care to count.                                          which will accurately classify short-                  structure.
                                                The power to issue executive orders                   barreled rifles as semiautomatic rifles,                 I am so honored to be here tonight as
                                              is derived from Article II, Section 3 of                as they should be. They should be semi-                a coanchor and as chair of the Congres-
                                              the Constitution, which states that the                 automatic rifles and only semiauto-                    sional Black Caucus. Traditionally,
                                              President ‘‘shall take care that the                    matic rifles and regulated as such.                    Congresswoman SHEILA JACKSON LEE
                                              laws be faithfully executed.’’                            Madam Speaker, I thank you for af-                   would be here as our lead anchor. I
                                                When orders are based in facts and                    fording my colleagues and me the op-                   thank her for allowing me, as chair, to
                                              stakeholder engagement, like those we                   portunity to stand before you today in                 stand in for her.
                                              saw with Washington and Eisenhower,                     defense of the Second Amendment and                      I am so honored that her coanchor
                                              they work well to steward the execu-                    to highlight commonsense, conserv-                     will now be my coanchor tonight. It
                                              tion of said laws. When the power to                    ative-led proposals to protect and pre-                gives me great pleasure to talk about
                                              issue an executive order is abused,                     serve our rights.                                      all of our members, Madam Speaker,
                                              though, used to strong-hand the minor-                    Madam Speaker, I thank each of my                    but we are joined by someone who is
                                              ity or circumvent Congress, the orders                  colleagues for their participation this                not only a freshman but a freshman
                                              become a dangerous tool to undermine                    evening. Their respective constituents                 who is a leader, a freshman who is
                                              the American people and our democ-                      should be proud to have such staunch                   strong, a freshman from New York’s
                                              racy. This is what is happening right                   defenders of the Second Amendment                      15th District, someone who came to
                                              now.                                                    representing them in the people’s                      Congress with a plan, someone who
                                                President Biden recently penned six                   House.                                                 came to Congress saying that he wants
                                              anti-Second Amendment executive ac-                       Though several of my colleagues who                  to be here and be able to be a part not
                                              tions in one day, banning handmade                      have introduced proposals could not                    only of the Congressional Black Caucus
                                              guns altogether; defining a pistol as a                 join us tonight, the American people                   but to be able to stand up and stand
                                              short-barreled rifle, allowing for more                 should know that the solutions high-                   out and make a difference for his con-
                                              intense regulation; and mandating a                     lighted in the last hour are not exhaus-               stituents. Madam Speaker, he has done
                                              report on gun gifting and trading.                      tive of our efforts to restore, protect,               far more than that.
                                                In a recent interview on gun control,                 and preserve our God-given right to                      Congressman RITCHIE TORRES serves
                                              a spokesperson for President Biden                      keep and bear arms. Rather, the solu-                  on the powerful Financial Services
                                              stated: ‘‘The President will not wait                   tions presented tonight are just the tip               Committee as a freshman. He is a lead-




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                                              for Congress to act before the adminis-                 of the iceberg.                                        er when we talk about housing and in-
                                              tration takes our own steps, fully with-                  Madam Speaker, I again reiterate to                  frastructure. Tonight, I get to dialogue
                                              in the administration’s authority and                   you my sincere hope that the American                  with him. I get to listen to him, and we
                                              the Second Amendment.’’                                 people will take the opportunity to                    get to talk about other members of the
                                                We can no longer sit idle and watch                   share their thoughts with the ATF on                   Congressional Black Caucus.
                                              dozens of executive orders from a sin-                  the two proposed regulations that I                      Tonight, we want to speak directly
                                              gle administration attempt to dictate                   mentioned, as you can see on this                      to the American people and reflect on



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                                              the ideas and the critical interests of                 real introduction. Mr. CLYBURN hails                   rural communities, schools, childcare
                                              our constituents. Tonight, we gather in                 from South Carolina. He has stood on                   centers, you name it, the people in that
                                              the sacred Chamber on the floor of the                  this floor repeatedly and talked about                 little town need their infrastructure
                                              people’s House to discuss America’s in-                 the American way. He has been a lead-                  fixed.
                                              frastructure and to amplify Our Power,                  er, a former chair of the Congressional                  Now, that is traditional.
                                              Our Message. You will hear this                         Black Caucus, someone who has                            But I will tell you something else
                                              throughout the evening because we re-                   mentored most of us.                                   about the little town of Summerton:
                                              alize that it is about our power and our                  He has repeatedly said to us, which                  Scott’s Branch High School, the school
                                              message, 57 members strong of the Con-                  we must remember as members of the                     where Brown v. Board of Education
                                              gressional Black Caucus.                                Congressional Black Caucus: We must                    started, that is what the school was,
                                                Tonight, we will educate our con-                     exercise our power and our message.                    Scott’s Branch High School; it is still
                                              stituents. We will educate Americans                    We must speak truth to power. And we                   there. It is the third building, but the
                                              about the importance of the invest-                     must understand that on days that are                  school is still named the same. Less
                                              ment in infrastructure in our neighbor-                 bad and days that are weak, we are the                 than 34 percent of the students in that
                                              hoods and our communities.                              strength. We are the Members that the                  school district are connected to the
                                                Tonight, we will stand strong in sup-                 American people who look like me look                  internet.
                                              port of infrastructure because we know                  for. We are leaders.                                     Now that means in that little school
                                              roads and schools in our districts are                    Often, people will say: What is it that              that challenged segregation years ago
                                              crumbling and need urgent repair.                       the Congressional Black Caucus stands                  because they were not being ade-
                                                We also tackle this with bold Federal                 for? What is it that the Congressional                 quately educated—and I can talk all
                                              investments in our country’s roads and                  Black Caucus does?                                     night about this—kids walking 9.4
                                              bridges and access to broadband and                       Well, let me just tell you, the third                miles to school every day one way and
                                              transit and water systems and housing                   most powerful man in the United                        9.4 miles back home. They weren’t
                                              and human care. The investment in in-                   States Congress is a part of the Con-                  suing to integrate the schools, all they
                                              frastructure, Madam Speaker, would                                                                             wanted was a school bus. These are the
                                                                                                      gressional Black Caucus. We have six
                                              support workers and create millions of                                                                         basic things. And you look at that
                                                                                                      members of the Congressional Black
                                              good-paying jobs in urban and rural                                                                            school district today, they want to be
                                                                                                      Caucus that make up full chairs of
                                              populations, the types of jobs that sup-                                                                       connected to the internet.
                                                                                                      committees and more than 22 that rep-
                                              port workers, engineers, steelworkers,                                                                           And we have colleagues in this place
                                                                                                      resent subcommittee chairs.
                                              bus drivers, childcare workers, and rail                                                                       who tell us that they are all for an in-
                                                                                                        Tonight, as we talk about infrastruc-
                                              workers, and their families.                                                                                   frastructure bill so long as it confines
                                                Isn’t that what this is about? Isn’t                  ture—roads, bridges, broadband, water-
                                                                                                      ways—we also talk about care, human                    itself to traditional infrastructure
                                              that why we stand up for the people, to                                                                        issues like roads and bridges.
                                              make them able to have good-paying                      care, human infrastructure.
                                                                                                        Madam Speaker, it gives me great                       Well, we need roads and bridges, but
                                              jobs to take care of their families?                                                                           we need water and sewerage. We need
                                                The Congressional Black Caucus un-                    honor to yield to Congressman JAMES
                                                                                                      CLYBURN.                                               to deepen our ports, fix our rail sys-
                                              derstands this because we have lived
                                                                                                        Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Speaker, I                        tems. The greatest country on Earth
                                              this. I know this all too well when we
                                                                                                      thank the gentlewoman from Ohio for                    needs to do something about its rail
                                              talk about roads and bridges, when we
                                                                                                      yielding to me. I thank her for the tre-               system.
                                              talk about waterways and broadband.
                                                What good is it to say let’s educate                  mendous leadership she has given as                      And I remember when rail was not
                                              our children, let’s give them the tech-                 chair of the Congressional Black Cau-                  traditional infrastructure. Of course, I
                                              nology that they need, and so we give                   cus. I appreciate her work, and I appre-               wasn’t around, but I remember from
                                              them a laptop, a computer and all the                   ciate her friendship.                                  my studies when rail was not tradi-
                                              software, but in many of our rural and                    Madam Speaker, I woke up this                        tional infrastructure. It wasn’t until
                                              urban communities, there is no                          morning to several headlines, one of                   Abraham Lincoln gave us the trans-
                                              broadband?                                              which came from a little town in my                    continental railroad that rail was con-
                                                What good is it to have roads and                     congressional district, Summerton,                     sidered infrastructure. The interstate
                                              bridges that people can travel, but                     South Carolina.                                        highway     was    not    infrastructure.
                                              where are they traveling to? They are                     Those who have studied a little bit of               Dwight Eisenhower gave us the inter-
                                              traveling home. But what happens                        our history will know that Summerton                   state highway, and then it became tra-
                                              when there is no home, when there is                    is a little town that started our Nation               ditional infrastructure.
                                              no housing?                                             on the road to Brown v. Board of Edu-                    Today broadband has got to be a big
                                                That is one of the reasons that we are                cation. It was Briggs v. Elliott, the                  part of infrastructure. COVID–19 has
                                              here tonight, so that we can talk about                 first case to challenge segregated                     exposed some real flaws in our system,
                                              this investment in our Nation’s future                  schools in this country, and that case                 and when it comes to education we
                                              that includes extending key tax cred-                   became one of five that have become                    have many children who have already
                                              its, tax cuts that were included in the                 known as Brown v. Board of Education                   lost a full year of school; some are
                                              American Rescue Plan, which the Con-                    of Topeka, Kansas.                                     threatening to lose a second year of
                                              gressional Black Caucus stood tall to                     But that is not why Summerton,                       school. What happens to a sixth or sev-
                                              help pass, that will benefit lower- and                 South Carolina, was in the news today.                 enth grader when they lose 2 years of
                                              middle-income workers and families.                     It was in the news today because that                  school?
                                                We even created a domestic policy                     little town’s entire water system has                    But the children who had the inter-
                                              transportation team within the Con-                     failed. All the people in that town have               net stayed in touch with education,
                                              gressional Black Caucus to talk about                   been subjected, over the last several                  which tells me that in that school dis-
                                              infrastructure, and I will use their lan-               weeks, to poison in their water system.                trict there in Summerton, South Caro-
                                              guage. In their recent meeting, they                      People were getting sick. Nobody                     lina, where less than 40 percent of the
                                              said that we need a modern American                     knew what was causing it. People were                  students are connected to the internet,
                                              infrastructure plan. That, too, is what                 being diagnosed with all kinds of                      they run the risk of 60 percent of their
                                              tonight is about.                                       things, like swimmer’s ear when they                   children losing another year of school.
                                                You will hear facts. You will hear                    had never been in a swimming pool.                     They will be no better off than those
                                              data. You will hear stories. You will                                                                          students were back when Brown v.




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                                              hear the strong testimony of why we                                      b 2100                                Board of Education was decided in 1954.
                                              are saying to all of our colleagues,                      Today, the estimated cost of fixing                    So this infrastructure bill has got to
                                              Democrats and Republicans, that we                      their water system is more than the                    be about more than what is traditional.
                                              need an infrastructure plan that works                  entire budget of the town.                             It has got to be looking toward the fu-
                                              for the American people.                                  Summerton is just one example of                     ture. And it seems to me that we, as
                                                Madam Speaker, the majority whip,                     what is happening all over this coun-                  the greatest country in the world, need
                                              Congressman JAMES CLYBURN, needs no                     try. Little towns like Summerton,                      to look to the future. What do we want



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                                              for our children and our grandchildren?                   Abraham Maslow spoke about a hier-                     There are millions of Americans who
                                              We should not tie ourselves to that                     archy of needs, and the highest need we                are living on the brink of foreclosure
                                              which is traditional. Traditional alone                 have is self-actualization. And in order               and eviction in the midst of COVID–19.
                                              means what has been. We need to be fu-                  to actualize ourselves, we have to meet                And at the heart of the affordability
                                              turistic.                                               our most fundamental needs, our need                   crisis is the gap between supply and de-
                                                Now before I close, Madam Speaker, I                  for employment, housing, transit, and                  mand. The demand for affordable hous-
                                              want to share a little story. I often tell              education. That is what we mean by in-                 ing far exceeds the supply.
                                              this story. Back when the rural elec-                   frastructure.                                            Madam Speaker, I will provide you
                                              tric co-ops were celebrating their 50th                   Infrastructure is not simply physical,               with some statistics in New York City.
                                              anniversary of rural electrification,                   but it is social and human. It is that                 In New York City, there are 1 million
                                              they decided to publish a tabletop                      which enables us to become the best                    households earning at or below 50 per-
                                              book, and they called the book, ‘‘The                   version of ourselves.                                  cent of AMI, which is about $60,000 a
                                              Next Greatest Thing.’’ And the reason                     The component of infrastructure that                 year. But there are only 420,000 units
                                              they called the book, ‘‘The Next Great-                 matters most to me is affordable hous-                 affordable to those households. That is
                                              est Thing’’ is because one night a farm-                ing. I would not be where I am today                   a gap of 580,000 units.
                                              er in rural Tennessee stood up in                       were it not for affordable housing and                   That is why we need a Federal Gov-
                                              church and said to them, brothers and                   the stability that it gave me and my                   ernment that is going to take an ex-
                                              sisters, let me tell you something, the                 family. For me affordable housing is                   pansive view of infrastructure and in-
                                              greatest thing on Earth is to have the                  not simply brick-and-mortar, but it is                 vest in the creation and preservation of
                                              love of God in your heart, but the next                 the foundation on which we build a bet-                affordable housing on a scale that we
                                              greatest thing is to have electricity in                ter life for ourselves and our family.                 have not seen before. Our country de-
                                              your house.                                               It is often said that the south Bronx                serves no less.
                                                Think about that. Broadband will do                   is the poorest congressional district in                 Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, I
                                              for the 21st century what electricity                   America, but I think of the south                      thank the gentleman for those eye-
                                              did for rural America in the 20th cen-                  Bronx as the essential congressional                   opening remarks.
                                                                                                      district. Because it is home to essential                Madam Speaker, it gives me great
                                              tury. And this is our best opportunity
                                                                                                      workers who put their lives at risk dur-               pleasure to yield the floor to Congress-
                                              to bring rural America in line with the
                                                                                                      ing the peak of the pandemic so that                   man BOBBY SCOTT. Congressman SCOTT
                                              rest of us and make sure that children
                                                                                                      the rest of the city and the country                   hails from Virginia’s Third Congres-
                                              will not be limited in their educational
                                                                                                      could safely shelter in place.                         sional District. A proud member of the
                                              pursuits by where they live. We are too
                                                                                                        And I believe deeply that the essen-                 Congressional Black Caucus, he is also
                                              great a nation for that.
                                                                                                      tial workers of America, the essential                 one of those six chairs who I referenced
                                                This is a great country. It doesn’t
                                                                                                      workers of New York City should be                     earlier. He is chair of the Committee
                                              have to be made great again. What we
                                                                                                      able to afford to live in a city that can-             on Education and Labor. He is a schol-
                                              have got to do is make this country’s
                                                                                                      not survive and succeed without them.                  ar. He is a lawyer. He also takes the
                                              greatness accessible and affordable for
                                                                                                                        b 2110                               lead role when we talk about the Con-
                                              all of its citizens.
                                                                                                                                                             gressional Black Caucus and how we
                                                Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, I                           Now, the American Jobs Plan pro-                     plan for the future not only for edu-
                                              thank the majority whip for setting                     poses hundreds of billions of dollars in               cation and childcare, but also how we
                                              the stage for us tonight to talk about                  new funding for affordable housing, but                plan for the Congressional Black Cau-
                                              traditional and nontraditional infra-                   just as important as the dollar amount                 cus’ budget.
                                              structure, especially broadband. I                      is how those dollars are spent. If we                    Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-
                                              think we all learned a message about                    simply invest those dollars in expand-                 tleman from Virginia (Mr. SCOTT), my
                                              the value of going beyond what the tra-                 ing housing supply without expanding                   colleague and friend.
                                              dition is, and certainly broadband does                 housing subsidy, then we run the risk                    Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam
                                              that for us.                                            of creating housing that leaves behind                 Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for
                                                Earlier, Madam Speaker, I had the                     the lowest income Americans. We run                    yielding and, more importantly, I
                                              distinct pleasure of saying how hon-                    the risk of creating the appearance                    thank her for her leadership of the
                                              ored I would be to be joined by our co-                 rather than the reality of affordable                  Congressional Black Caucus and her
                                              anchor tonight, Congressman RITCHIE                     housing.                                               leadership on the Committee on Finan-
                                              TORRES from New York.                                     When the subject of affordable hous-                 cial Services.
                                                I yield to the gentleman from New                     ing is raised, the question that often                   Madam Speaker, we are slowly recov-
                                              York (Mr. TORRES) for him to make an                    comes to mind is: Affordable for whom?                 ering from the economic mess that we
                                              opening statement as we coanchor to-                      We need deep affordability. We need                  inherited after the last administration.
                                              night.                                                  real affordability. And the best path to               The number of jobs, up. Unemploy-
                                                Mr. TORRES of New York. Madam                         deep affordability—to affordability for                ment, down. Initial claims for unem-
                                              Speaker, I thank Chair BEATTY for                       all Americans—is housing vouchers for                  ployment insurance, down. The econ-
                                              yielding. And I know brevity is the                     all. Housing vouchers ensure that you                  omy is going in the right direction,
                                              soul of wit, so I will express my                       pay no more than 30 percent of your in-                but, clearly, not fast enough.
                                              thoughts as succinctly as I can.                        come towards your rent.                                  That is why the American Jobs Plan
                                                I am honored to be the co-chair of                      Madam Speaker, I am honored to                       and the American Families Plan are so
                                              the CBC Special Order hour and to                       sponsor legislation with Chair WATERS                  important. The American Jobs Plan
                                              serve under the dynamic leadership of                   and subcommittee Chair CLEAVER,                        will create funding for the traditional
                                              the CBC chair, JOYCE BEATTY, who is a                   which would expand the Section 8 pro-                  infrastructure, like roads, bridges, tun-
                                              force to be reckoned with. I thank the                  gram and establish housing vouchers as                 nels, rail, public transit; also invest-
                                              gentlewoman for affording me the                        an entitlement, as a human right, codi-                ments in ports.
                                              honor to co-chair the CBC Special                       fied in Federal law.                                     It also proposes significant invest-
                                              Order hour.                                               Housing vouchers for all takes on a                  ment in broadband. And we have heard
                                                I echo what our majority whip said,                   special urgency because we are facing                  how important broadband is because it
                                              that we cannot afford to take an obso-                  the greatest affordability crisis that we              connects families and businesses to the
                                              lete view of infrastructure. Infrastruc-                have seen since the Great Depression.                  internet, and connects students to the
                                              ture is about more than roads and                       There are 37 million Americans who                     internet. Those students who did not




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                                              bridges. It is about the quality of the                 pay more than one-third of their in-                   have connectivity could not take ad-
                                              air we breathe and the water we drink.                  come toward their rent. There are 17                   vantage of educational opportunities
                                              It is about access to the internet, espe-               million Americans who pay more than                    for over a year, and if they don’t get
                                              cially in a world of remote learning                    half their income toward their rent.                   connectivity, they will be disadvan-
                                              and telehealth. It is about safe, decent,               And that does not even factor in the                   taged going forward.
                                              affordable housing, which is a human                    cost of utilities, food, transportation,                 We need to have universal broadband,
                                              right.                                                  and healthcare.                                        and the investments in the American



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                                              Jobs Plan and the American Families                     about looking at the future and how we                 planning and smarter road design, and
                                              Plan will go a long way towards uni-                    stand up for infrastructure. He serves                 safe routes to schools.
                                              versal access to broadband.                             on the Committee on Transportation                       This bill also strengthens passenger
                                                We even have electric charging sta-                   and Infrastructure, so he comes to us                  rail service, as Mr. CLYBURN men-
                                              tions for people who are not inclined to                this evening to share his thoughts on                  tioned. At my request, our staff re-
                                              buy electric cars if they can’t charge                  how the Congressional Black Caucus                     quest, there were provisions included
                                              those cars on the highway. And people                   can help with this infrastructure plan.                to improve rail safety by addressing
                                              are not building charging stations                        Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-                   highway-rail grade crossing needs, as
                                              along the highway because there are                     tleman from Indiana (Mr. CARSON).                      well as addressing trespasser and sui-
                                              not that many electric cars.                              Mr. CARSON. Madam Speaker, I                         cide fatalities and eliminating gaps in
                                                The American Jobs Plan will have                      thank the Congressional Black Caucus                   railroad safety.
                                              funding for electric charging stations                  for giving us a leader, a hero, a vision-                This bill also creates a Federal
                                              so that more people will be inclined to                 ary, a general, and a true public serv-                blocked crossing program to collect
                                              buy electric cars. And not surprisingly,                ant in Chairwoman JOYCE BEATTY, a                      data and enforce a 10-minute blocked
                                              as soon as that happens, all of the res-                fellow Midwesterner.                                   crossing limit. This is a huge win for
                                              taurants up and down the highways                         Madam Speaker, when I see people                     the problems we have faced in Indian-
                                              will have charging stations so people                   like Congresswoman BEATTY, it moti-                    apolis and other places as well.
                                              will be inclined to hook up; and while                  vates me in the spirit of my grand-                      Madam Speaker, the INVEST Act is
                                              they are waiting, they will go in and                   mother, in the spirit of Fannie Lou                    a long-overdue bill, and I urge my col-
                                              take advantage of the restaurant.                       Hamer, in the spirit of Harriet Tub-                   leagues to help us in passing this mon-
                                                Madam Speaker, those are just some                    man, in the spirit of Sojourner Truth.                 umental piece of legislation.
                                              of the investments in the American                      That fearlessness, that boldness, that                   Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, I
                                              Jobs Plan.                                              commitment to liberation in freeing us                 thank Congressman CARSON. I thank
                                                It also includes school construction.                 from physical shackles along with                      him for reminding us that America’s
                                              There is an article recently in Virginia                mental shackles.                                       infrastructure is in desperate need of
                                              that told the story that about 50 per-                    Madam Speaker, I am proud to join                    investment. That is what this is about.
                                              cent of the schools in the Common-                      my great colleagues in the Congres-                      Talking about investment, Madam
                                              wealth of Virginia are over 50 years                    sional Black Caucus tonight in support                 Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman
                                              old. That sends a disappointing mes-                    of the INVEST Act, a bill that we                      from Michigan (Mrs. LAWRENCE), the
                                              sage to students when they are going                    marked up over 18 hours in the Com-                    second vice chair of the Congressional
                                              into old schools. It gives the impres-                  mittee on Transportation and Infra-                    Black Caucus, the chair of the Wom-
                                              sion that education is not important.                   structure.                                             en’s Caucus, someone who understands
                                              We need to improve our schools, and we                    Madam Speaker, now this is one of                    infrastructure probably more than
                                              can do that with the funding in the                     the greenest bills to ever come to the                 most of us. You see, when she started
                                              American Jobs Plan.                                     floor. It provides strong support for                  as a postal worker before she worked
                                                Madam Speaker, we have funding to                     sustainable infrastructure, green infra-               her way up, she was in the community
                                              improve housing, that we have heard,                    structure, and green transit.                          and on those roads. She was traveling
                                              and many other projects. Creating mil-                    The INVEST Act also addresses crit-                  across those bridges, and she was lis-
                                              lions of jobs, good-paying jobs—mostly                  ical water projects for clean drinking                 tening to people. That is why her con-
                                              union jobs—where they are guaranteed                    water and wastewater projects, prior-                  stituents voted her to be mayor. As
                                              to be able to negotiate a decent wage                   ities that are long overdue after the ra-              mayor, we certainly understand the
                                              and equal pay for equal work. But                       cial injustices discovered in the Flint                things that you are hit with the most,
                                              those jobs will go unfilled unless we                   water crisis.                                          our infrastructure, our roads, our
                                              also pass the American Families Plan,                                                                          bridges, our care for human infrastruc-
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                                              which has funding for childcare and                                                                            ture.
                                              early childhood education and im-                         The INVEST Act includes strong job                     Mrs. LAWRENCE. Madam Speaker, I
                                              proved child nutrition so parents can                   creation provisions for minority con-                  thank the Congressional Black Caucus.
                                              actually go to work; job training and                   tractors and transportation profes-                    I want to recognize and say how much
                                              apprenticeships and improved access to                  sionals that will help spur Black gener-               we appreciate and how much Congress
                                              higher education so workers can get                     ational success and wealth.                            has benefited from the bold leadership
                                              the skills needed to perform those jobs.                  We also know that access to reliable                 of our chair, JOYCE BEATTY. I thank
                                                These bills will create millions of                   transportation is a civil rights pri-                  her for hosting, with the Congressional
                                              jobs and enable workers to perform                      ority. It is critical to economic and                  Black Caucus leadership, this Special
                                              those jobs, and these programs will be                  educational opportunities.                             Order hour.
                                              fiscally responsible because they will                    This bill makes big investments to                     Madam Speaker, I rise to speak on
                                              be paid for.                                            cut carbon emissions. For electric ve-                 the urgent infrastructure issue that
                                                Madam Speaker, that is how we will                    hicle technologies, it expands EV                      needs and deserves the attention and
                                              build back a better America.                            charging stations and networks across                  the action of this body. Our water in-
                                                Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, I                         our country by investing $4 billion in                 frastructure in the United States is in
                                              thank the gentleman for his remarks.                    charging infrastructure, helping the                   serious need of repair.
                                              Congressman BOBBY SCOTT is right. To-                   U.S. shift to the next generation of                     Families in Michigan and across this
                                              night is about building back better. To-                clean vehicles. I am especially proud of               country are struggling to get safe and
                                              night is about the Congressional Black                  the EV charging stations approved in                   clean drinking water because of lead
                                              Caucus demonstrating our power, our                     the bill for Indianapolis, which has one               pipes in their homes and communities,
                                              message.                                                of the first green bus rapid transit sys-              not to mention the contamination of
                                                Madam Speaker, as I talk about our                    tems.                                                  our water system sources.
                                              power and our message, it gives me                        This bill also dedicates $8.3 billion                  I am from Michigan, and the Great
                                              great pleasure to yield the floor to                    for activities targeted to reduce carbon               Lakes weigh on my mind constantly as
                                              Congressman ANDRÉ CARSON, who hails                    pollution and provides $6.2 billion for                the largest body of freshwater in this
                                              from Indiana’s Seventh Congressional                    mitigation and resiliency improve-                     country.
                                              District. He is the grandson of a leg-                  ments. It also advances the develop-                     A 2016 study found that there were




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                                              end, someone who served in this House,                  ment and utilization of green construc-                more than 6 million lead service lines
                                              someone who I had the opportunity to                    tion materials.                                        across the United States, serving 15 to
                                              know and to witness her work in Con-                      It makes our roads safer with a great                22 million Americans. This is a crisis.
                                              gresswoman Julia Carson.                                boost to smart road technologies and                     Madam Speaker, I have lived through
                                                Tonight, my friend, my colleague, a                   roadway safety programs, plus record                   and witnessed the Flint water crisis in
                                              leader when we talk about intelligence                  levels of investment in walking and cy-                Michigan. I saw where the people, the
                                              or counterterrorism, when we talk                       cling infrastructure, complete streets                 United States citizens of this country,



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                                              their drinking water was poisoned, and                  yielding.    I    thank    Representative                 Any infrastructure package that
                                              because of that, we saw them getting                    TORRES for his leadership and thank                    leaves this House must include a his-
                                              sick and being hospitalized.                            Chairwoman BEATTY for being such a                     toric investment in our HBCUs. I am
                                                 I am sad to say, not only did it hap-                phenomenal leader and a role model for                 not going to rest until we remove all of
                                              pen in Flint, but it is happening all                   all of us.                                             the barriers to their success and the
                                              over our country. This issue dispropor-                   I am pleased to be here tonight to                   success of our HBCU students.
                                              tionately affects communities of color                  support the Congressional Black Cau-                      So I ask my colleagues to please join
                                              and the poor.                                           cus members, known as the conscious                    me in our bipartisan list of over 70 co-
                                                 We have an opportunity, a once in a                  of the Congress, not only because of                   sponsors in the House and Senate in
                                              generation chance, to rebuild our infra-                what we believe, but because we show                   supporting the IGNITE HBCU Excel-
                                              structure and to build back better for                  up on days like this.                                  lence Act. Our power. Our message.
                                              the American people. The Americans                        I rise tonight to talk about an essen-                  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I thank
                                              Jobs Plan and the bipartisan infra-                     tial infrastructure investment, an in-                 Congresswoman ALMA ADAMS for her
                                              structure framework both tackle our                     vestment in our historically Black col-                comments.
                                              water infrastructure problem.                           leges and universities.                                   It is always a pleasure when we have
                                                 These proposals will replace lead                      Earlier this year, the bipartisan lead-              the opportunity to work together. And
                                              pipelines across this country. It is an                 ership of the HBCU Caucus, Represent-                  I say to Congressman TORRES that that
                                              action that is long overdue.                            ative FRENCH HILL from Arkansas, Sen-                  is what we are going to do tonight.
                                                 This is an investment that could not                 ator CHRIS COONS from Delaware, and                       I could not think of a better segue
                                              come soon enough. I want this Con-                      TIM SCOTT from South Carolina, as well                 than to pitch it to Representative
                                              gress to know that the Federal invest-                  as our vice chairs, Representative                     TORRES. We have two members of the
                                              ment in public water infrastructure                     TERRI SEWELL and MIKE TURNER, came                     Congressional Black Caucus from the
                                              projects—it is embarrassing to say—                     together to introduce the bipartisan                   great State of New York. I am so used
                                              under our watch has fallen from 63 per-                 IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act.                            to saying the great State of Ohio, but
                                                                                                        We introduced this legislation to help
                                              cent of our overall investment in 1977                                                                         tonight we have two freshman mem-
                                                                                                      light a fire for our schools. The IGNITE
                                              to just 9 percent in 2014. Let me repeat                                                                       bers of the Congressional Black Caucus
                                                                                                      HBCU Excellence Act represents a his-
                                              that. We invested, at one time, as a                                                                           who have been great supporters to our
                                                                                                      toric investment in both the physical
                                              government, 63 percent in our water,                                                                           message, our power, who have been
                                                                                                      and the digital infrastructure of our
                                              and now it is down to 9 percent. This is                                                                       fearless leaders.
                                                                                                      historically Black colleges.
                                              unacceptable.                                             Our Nation’s HBCUs deserve a level                      So at this time, I say to Congressman
                                                 Let’s pass a comprehensive infra-                    of investment and engagement reflec-                   TORRES, my coanchor, that I think it
                                              structure package to rebuild our water                  tive of their multibillion dollar impact               would be best for him to yield the floor
                                              infrastructure, fix our roads and                       on our Nation’s economy and their col-                 to and make some remarks about Con-
                                              bridges, and invest in electric vehicles                lective impact on the minds of millions                gressman JAMAAL BOWMAN who will
                                              while creating good-paying jobs and po-                 of our Nation’s future leaders.                        speak next.
                                              sitioning ourselves for the future.                       We have bipartisan agreement on                         Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-
                                                 This is a public health issue; it is a               that. Don’t just take it from me. In the               tleman from New York (Mr. TORRES.)
                                              racial justice issue; and it is an eco-                 words of Senator TIM SCOTT, ‘‘HBCUs                       Mr. TORRES of New York. Madam
                                              nomic justice issue. Access to clean                    have educated and produced top-notch                   Speaker, we are not only from the
                                              water is a basic necessity for human                    graduates in every field—all while op-                 great State of New York but the great
                                              life.                                                   erating on minimal budgets. I can only                 county of the Bronx.
                                                 I am grateful to stand with my col-                  imagine what more they will accom-                        Education is infrastructure and who
                                              leagues from the Congressional Black                    plish with proper funding.’’                           better to speak about education than a
                                              Caucus and call for our Nation’s invest-                  Our Nation’s low-income, first-gen-                  lifelong educator.
                                              ment in infrastructure. This is our                     eration college students deserve that                     Well, before running for Congress,
                                              power, and this is our message. We                      opportunity, and to ensure that that                   our next speaker was a principal who
                                              must get this done.                                     happens, the schools that they attend                  dedicated his life to educating the stu-
                                                 Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, I                        must be made whole. There are more                     dents of the northeast Bronx. He is one
                                              thank Congresswoman BRENDA LAW-                         than 102 across this Nation. I had the                 of the first Black Members of Congress
                                              RENCE. She is absolutely right; this is a               privilege of serving for 40 years on the               to ever represent Westchester County,
                                              public issue. This is a racial justice                  campus of Bennett College in Greens-                   which has historically been ground
                                              issue because we know our roads, our                    boro, and I am a graduate twice of                     zero for resistance to fair housing.
                                              bridges, and our water systems are                      North Carolina A&T State University,                      If you have ever seen the movie,
                                              crumbling. We know our electric grid is                 and Johnson C. Smith University is in                  ‘‘Show Me a Hero,’’ in Yonkers, that is
                                              at risk of catastrophic outages. We                     my district.                                           the district of our next speaker. Even
                                              know many schools are crumbling from                      Finally, as we have a national debate                though he embodies how far we have
                                              lack of attention and neglect. Too                      about infrastructure in Congress and                   come as a country, he knows more
                                              many lack access to affordable hous-                    across the country, I want to make one                 than most how far we must go.
                                              ing, and too many lack access to                        thing clear, that the IGNITE HBCU Ex-                     Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-
                                              childcare and education.                                cellence Act is not only an infrastruc-                tleman from New York (Mr. BOWMAN),
                                                 Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-                   ture bill, it is also a jobs bill. And this            the one and only.
                                              tlewoman from North Carolina (Ms.                       bill creates jobs and enables HBCUs to                    Mr. BOWMAN. Madam Speaker, I
                                              ADAMS). We call her our HBCU czar.                      continue to be a critical source of di-                thank Congressman TORRES for that in-
                                              She is the chair of the Congressional                   versity in the workforce. This bill has                troduction and for yielding, and I
                                              Black Caucus’ HBCU caucus, histori-                     the potential to create over half a mil-               thank him for his overall leadership
                                              cally Black colleges and universities.                  lion jobs while investing in critical                  and vision, not just for our country,
                                              She is also more than that. She has                     HBCU infrastructure.                                   but for the Boogie Down Bronx.
                                              spent a lifetime educating children and                   Historically Black colleges and uni-                    I thank Madam Chairwoman for her
                                              college students.                                       versities are essential infrastructure                 incomparable leadership, and wisdom,
                                                 She serves on the powerful Financial                 for the next generation of students,                   and vision for the CBC and for our
                                              Services Committee, and she has a                       workers, innovators, athletes, creators,               country.




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                                              strong voice on the Education and                       thinkers, and leaders, and that is why                    It is my honor to stand here with
                                              Labor Committee and Agriculture                         we need to pass the most trans-                        both of you to call for a big, bold, vi-
                                              Committee.                                              formative legislation for historically                 sionary infrastructure package that fi-
                                                                                                      Black colleges and universities in his-                nally addresses the disparities in our
                                                           b 2130                                     tory. You have got to rectify over 150                 economy. We like to think of America
                                                Ms. ADAMS. Madam Speaker, I                           years of neglect, broken promises, and                 as the land of opportunity where any-
                                              thank Representative BEATTY for                         institutional racism.                                  one can achieve success and shape their



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                                              own future with little more than hard                     We can either impart the full story of               structure plan now, and one that
                                              work and determination. For many                        American history to our children or                    speaks to traditional infrastructure,
                                              people, that is exactly the reality that                doom ourselves to relive it. In the case               brick and mortar, as well as human in-
                                              they exist within, thanks to a little                   of infrastructure, an investment of this               frastructure, broadband, housing, op-
                                              luck, determination, opportunity, and                   scale, repeating the failures of the past              portunities for our communities to re-
                                              one-sided historical Federal invest-                    is unacceptable. To meet the promise                   build, to grow, to thrive.
                                              ment.                                                   of our democracy, we must give every                     As a Member of the House Committee
                                                Some of my colleagues on the other                    person in our country an opportunity                   on Transportation and Infrastructure,
                                              side of the aisle would like to us be-                  to both survive and thrive. That begins                and as a Representative of one of the
                                              lieve that this accurately represents                   with a robust and comprehensive infra-                 largest transportation hubs in the Na-
                                              our history, but, unfortunately, most                   structure package. This is our time.                   tion, I know this legislation will re-
                                              Black Americans have been written out                   This is our moment.                                    imagine and rebuild our infrastructure
                                              of this narrative. Consider the world as                                                                       in Louisiana and across America.
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                                              it exists today in our history of the
                                              redlining of Black and Brown commu-                       Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, I                        things. It steps up to the challenges we
                                              nities, as well as other racially biased                thank Congressman BOWMAN for re-                       face now and prepares us for challenges
                                              policies of the New Deal. These divi-                   minding us of our history, as well as                  to come in the future. It powers eco-
                                              sions have always been rooted in Fed-                   the need.                                              nomic development, creating good-pay-
                                              eral policy.                                              I am sure if Congresswoman SHEILA                    ing jobs, building and fixing our crum-
                                                President Biden has said he considers                 JACKSON LEE was at this microphone                     bling infrastructure.
                                              this infrastructure package to con-                     tonight, Congressman TORRES, she                         It connects communities by sup-
                                              stitute a generational investment in                    would look to you and she would say,                   porting public transit and new, high-
                                              the American public and in commu-                       let’s get this done. She would look to                 speed, low-emission railways between
                                              nities like mine in the Bronx, Mount                    you and she would remind us that part                  cities like New Orleans and Baton
                                              Vernon, New Rochelle, and Yonkers.                      of this bold action means we must use                  Rouge and the river parishes in be-
                                              And now is the time for us to right the                 all of our available resources.                        tween.
                                                                                                        She would remind us, in 2017, that                     It restores communities that have
                                              wrongs of that history.
                                                                                                      the Republicans used the reconcili-                    been harmed by old transportation de-
                                                The infrastructure package of 2021
                                                                                                      ation process twice. Oh, how I remem-                  cisions, like neighborhoods and dis-
                                              must be rooted in racial and economic
                                                                                                      ber how they used it against the Af-                   tricts that were cut in half and live in
                                              justice. We must uplift the care econ-
                                                                                                      fordable Care Act. And how I remember                  the shadows of interstate overpasses.
                                              omy, fix our public housing, rebuild                                                                             It also invests in passenger and
                                              our crumbling schools, expand access                    that they used it not only for taking
                                                                                                      away American’s healthcare, but a sec-                 freight rail. Both are very important to
                                              to Medicare, and end our dependency                                                                            me because my district is home to the
                                              on fossil fuels, among many other                       ond time to pass the GOP tax scam of
                                                                                                      2017, in giving more money to those in                 only port served by six Class 1 rail-
                                              things. No American with this infra-                                                                           roads, and it contains a corridor that
                                              structure package should be left be-                    the top 1 percent.
                                                                                                        But, tonight, we have heard from the                 badly needs new high-speed rail from
                                              hind.                                                                                                          New Orleans to Baton Rouge.
                                                As the White House considers this in-                 top of our leadership. We have heard
                                                                                                                                                               Investing in and supporting freight
                                              frastructure package, let’s take a deep-                from Members from across the United
                                                                                                                                                             rail would allow them to continue driv-
                                              er trip into our history. In 1862, Con-                 States.
                                                                                                                                                             ing our economy and reducing green-
                                              gress passed the Homestead Act, redis-                    Now it gives me great pleasure to
                                                                                                                                                             house gases from shipping.
                                              tributing 10 percent of the land in the                 bring our last speaker to the podium.                    The plan to connect New Orleans and
                                              country, arguably constituting the sin-                 He is also our newest Member to Con-                   Baton Rouge was delayed by a short-
                                              gle greatest wealth transfer in our his-                gress. He hails from the great State of                sighted decision of a previous Gov-
                                              tory. African Americans never received                  Louisiana. He is someone who is no                     ernor. But this bill and this adminis-
                                              their 40 acres of land after slavery,                   stranger to being an elected official. He              tration gets us back on track.
                                              while White Americans received mil-                     is someone who has dedicated his life                    Connecting two of the biggest cities
                                              lions of acres of land which gave them                  to serving the people. He has been suc-                in the State with high-speed passenger
                                              the opportunity to self-actualize.                      cessful. He is here in his own right,                  rail makes all the sense in the world;
                                                Housing now accounts for over 40 per-                 serving on the Transportation and In-                  tying communities together, creating
                                              cent of household wealth, with much of                  frastructure Committee, as well as the                 jobs and opportunities throughout the
                                              this housing-related wealth stemming                    Small Business Committee.                              State of Louisiana, providing the re-
                                              from Federal investments in homeown-                      Madam Speaker, it gives me great                     sources to have cleaner forms of trans-
                                              ership during the New Deal. Because of                  pleasure to yield to the gentleman                     portation.
                                              redlining—one of the largest drivers of                 from Louisiana (Mr. CARTER), my col-                     Infrastructure now means so much
                                              the wealth gap—of the over $1 trillion                  league and friend.                                     more than stop signs and sidewalks. It
                                              invested between 1934 and 1962, in 2021                   Mr. CARTER of Louisiana. Madam                       means access to broadband, affordable
                                              dollars, less than 2 percent went to                    Speaker, Madam Chairman BEATTY,                        and safe housing, and support for peo-
                                              non-White families.                                     Coanchor TORRES, it is indeed an honor                 ple caring for parents or children.
                                                We can no longer attempt to build                     to join you tonight with your incred-                    This bill starts that, and the rest of
                                              out the middle class on the backs of                    ible leadership, Madam Chair, with                     our efforts must continue to move for-
                                              marginalized communities. We must                       your tenacious ability to lead, direct,                ward in the vein of including people.
                                              make sure that the next round of gen-                   and command the respect of 57 Mem-                       We need physical infrastructure, but
                                              erational investment incorporates ev-                   bers of this august body, to fight tire-               we also need human infrastructure. We
                                              eryone, beginning with those most                       lessly on behalf of the people of your                 need to invest in highways and ports,
                                              marginalized.                                           district, but also all the people of our               but we also need to invest in the envi-
                                                If we make this infrastructure pack-                  great country. I thank you for your                    ronment and the environmental safety
                                              age inclusive and comprehensive, we                     leadership.                                            of our communities, because I have
                                              can give every single American a job, a                   This week, the House will take up an                 long said that people should not have
                                              career, and the resources they need to                  important bill for our Nation’s future,                to die for their jobs. We must invest in
                                              flourish from the Bronx; to Mount                       the INVEST Act.                                        the corrections that will create a safer




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                                              Vernon; to Yonkers; to New Rochelle,                      Americans have grown weary, and                      and better environment. We need to in-
                                              New York.                                               justifiably so. We have talked about an                vest in our people. We need to invest in
                                                If we have the courage to address the                 infrastructure bill for a very long time,              affordable housing and the opportuni-
                                              climate, economic, and racial injus-                    and we have kicked the proverbial ball                 ties for neighborhoods and commu-
                                              tices that threaten the human race, we                  down the road as far as we can.                        nities to stand up.
                                              can give our children and grand-                          The people deserve more. The people                    I look forward to fighting for all of
                                              children a future they deserve.                         deserve better. They deserve an infra-                 this, and then some. I look forward to



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                                              building back better. America deserves                                                                                 then and now is ours is going to be a                                                                     ant to section 3 of House Resolution 8,
                                              better. America deserves more. Amer-                                                                                   new deal for everyone; Black and                                                                          and effective July 4, 2021, of the cov-
                                              ica deserves a robust infrastructure                                                                                   Brown new deal.                                                                                           ered period designated on January 4,
                                              plan, and America deserves it now.                                                                                       Mrs. BEATTY. Strong. Congressional                                                                      2021.
                                                Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, how                                                                                      Black Caucus, our power, our message.
                                              much time do we have left, please?                                                                                       Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal-                                                                                            f
                                                The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen-                                                                                    ance of my time.
                                              tlewoman has 11⁄2 minutes remaining.                                                                                                                         f                                                                    SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED
                                                Mrs. BEATTY. Then let me close by
                                              saying thank you to all of the Members                                                                                                                                 b 2150                                                      The Speaker, on Friday, June 25,
                                              of the Congressional Black Caucus. It                                                                                      COMMUNICATION FROM THE                                                                                2021, announced her signature to en-
                                              was clear tonight that infrastructure is                                                                                       SERGEANT AT ARMS                                                                                  rolled bills of the Senate of the fol-
                                              not only a big word, but it is a big deal,                                                                                                                                                                                       lowing titles:
                                                                                                                                                                       The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be-
                                              which encompasses many concepts,                                                                                       fore the House the following commu-                                                                         S. 409.—An act to provide for the avail-
                                              which comprises modern American in-                                                                                                                                                                                              ability of amounts for customer education
                                                                                                                                                                     nication from the Sergeant at Arms of                                                                     initiatives and non-awards expenses of the
                                              frastructure.                                                                                                          the House of Representatives:
                                                For some Members we have heard to-                                                                                                                                                                                             Commodity Futures Trading Commission
                                                                                                                                                                             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,                                                                         Whistleblower Program, and for other pur-
                                              night, it is through traditional roads
                                                                                                                                                                           OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS,                                                                     poses.
                                              and bridges and waterways. For others,                                                                                                Washington, DC, June 28, 2021.                                                               S. 1340.—An act to amend title 28, United
                                              it is broadband and it is housing, it is                                                                               Hon. NANCY PELOSI,                                                                                        States Code, to redefine the eastern and mid-
                                              human care.                                                                                                            Speaker, House of Representatives,                                                                        dle judicial districts of North Carolina.
                                                Regardless of definition, the Congres-                                                                               Washington, DC.
                                              sional Black Caucus is ready to stand                                                                                    DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Pursuant to section                                                                                         f
                                              in the gap to support legislation and                                                                                  3(s) of House Resolution 8, following con-
                                              policies that will help infrastructure                                                                                 sultation with the Office of Attending Physi-
                                                                                                                                                                     cian, I write to provide you further notifica-                                                                        ADJOURNMENT
                                              invest in America’s future so we can
                                                                                                                                                                     tion that the public health emergency due to                                                                The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
                                              build back better.
                                                                                                                                                                     the novel coronavirus SARS–CoV–2 remains                                                                  ant to section 11(b) of House Resolu-
                                                Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-                                                                                   in effect.
                                              tleman from New York (Mr. TORRES) to                                                                                                                                                                                             tion 188, the House stands adjourned
                                                                                                                                                                           Sincerely,
                                              say thank you to our Members.                                                                                                              WILLIAM J. WALKER,                                                                    until 10 a.m. tomorrow for morning-
                                                Mr. TORRES of New York. Madam                                                                                                                   Sergeant at Arms.                                                              hour debate and noon for legislative
                                              Speaker, I will just quickly state, you                                                                                                f                                                                                         business.
                                              know, we are in the midst of an FDR                                                                                                                                                                                                Thereupon (at 9 o’clock and 49 min-
                                              moment, and we have an historic op-                                                                                    ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER                                                                               utes p.m.), under its previous order, the
                                              portunity to govern as boldly in the                                                                                             PRO TEMPORE                                                                                     House adjourned until tomorrow, Tues-
                                              21st century as FDR did in the 20th                                                                                     The SPEAKER pro tempore. The                                                                             day, June 29, 2021, at 10 a.m. for morn-


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                                              century. But the difference between                                                                                    Chair announces the extension, pursu-                                                                     ing-hour debate.



                                                                                BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF PAYGO LEGISLATION
                                                  Pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO), Mr. YARMUTH hereby submits, prior to the vote on
                                              passage, the attached estimate of the costs of H.R. 3385, the HOPE for Afghan SIVs Act of 2021, as amended, for printing
                                              in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

                                                                                                                                                                         ESTIMATE OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO EFFECTS FOR H.R. 3385
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       By fiscal year, in millions of dollars—

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2021   2022   2023   2024   2025    2026    2027    2028     2029    2030   2031 2021–
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2026

                                              Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Impact ................................................................................................................................................................................      0      2      2      2       0       0       0        0       0      0      0     6
                                                 Components may not sum to totals because of rounding

                                                  Pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO), Mr. YARMUTH hereby submits, prior to the vote on
                                              passage, for printing in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, that H.R. 3593, the Department of Energy Science for the Future Act,
                                              as amended, would have no significant effect on the deficit, and therefore, the budgetary effects of such bill are estimated


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                                              as zero.



                                                 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON                                                                                            on the Library to replace the bust of Roger                                                                 PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
                                               PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS                                                                                          Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court
                                                                                                                                                                     Chamber of the United States Capitol with a                                                                 Under clause 2 of rule XII, public
                                                Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of                                                                              bust of Thurgood Marshall to be obtained by                                                               bills and resolutions of the following
                                              committees were delivered to the Clerk                                                                                 the Joint Committee on the Library and to
                                              for printing and reference to the proper                                                                                                                                                                                         titles were introduced and severally re-
                                                                                                                                                                     remove certain statues from areas of the
                                              calendar, as follows:                                                                                                  United States Capitol which are accessible                                                                ferred, as follows:
                                                Ms. JOHNSON of Texas: Committee on                                                                                   to the public, to remove all statues of indi-                                                                      By Ms. LOFGREN (for herself and Mr.
                                              Science, Space, and Technology. H.R. 3593. A                                                                           viduals who voluntarily served the Confed-                                                                          BUCK):
                                              bill to provide guidance for and investment                                                                            erate States of America from display in the                                                                 H.R. 4193. A bill to amend title 28, United
                                              in the research and development activities of                                                                          United States Capitol, and for other pur-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               States Code, to modify venue requirements
                                              the Department of Energy, Office of Science,                                                                           poses; providing for consideration of the bill
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               relating to bankruptcy proceedings; to the
                                              and for other purposes; with an amendment                                                                              (H.R. 3684) to authorize funds for Federal-aid




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                                                                                                                                                                     highways, highway safety programs, and                                                                    Committee on the Judiciary.
                                              (Rept. 117–72). Referred to the Committee of
                                              the Whole House on the state of the Union.                                                                             transit programs, and for other purposes;                                                                       By Ms. BUSH (for herself, Ms. SCHA-
                                                Ms. SCANLON: Committee on Rules. House                                                                               providing for consideration of the resolution                                                                     KOWSKY, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. JAYAPAL,
                                              Resolution 504. Resolution providing for con-                                                                          (H. Res. 503) Establishing the Select Com-                                                                        Mr. JONES, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms.
                                              sideration of the bill (H.R. 2662) to amend the                                                                        mittee to Investigate the January 6th At-                                                                         NORTON, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr.
                                              Inspector General Act of 1978, and for other                                                                           tack on the United States Capitol; and for                                                                        CONNOLLY, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. TLAIB,
                                              purposes; providing for consideration of the                                                                           other purposes (Rept. 117–74). Referred to the
                                              bill (H.R. 3005) to direct the Joint Committee                                                                         House Calendar.




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