200 Days of Work for the People (Cong. Rec., July 21, 2021)
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Page H3767 of the House section of the Congressional Record for July 21, 2021, with a guest chaplain's prayer and one-minute speeches in interleaved columns. Mr. Williams of Texas, under the heading Inflation Is Taxation, recognizes the impact of rising inflation on American consumers, and Mr. Tiffany honors Jim Staberg of Hudson, Wisconsin. One speaker says the American Rescue Plan has the power to lift millions of children out of poverty and urges passage of President Biden's American Families Plan. Others warn that a radical tax agenda and repeal of the stepped-up basis would hurt family-owned farms and businesses, and a speaker says he stands up for vulnerable life, which is his view.
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July 21, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3767
words target our integrity, and whose keeping organizations who will work has the power to lift millions of chil-
anger and prejudice will not yield to on our streets to stop violence before it dren out of poverty, give them the fu-
reason. We pray Your deliverance. occurs. tures they deserve. It is going to help
Save us from our cultural rancor. In Congress passed the American Rescue our families thrive and our economy to
this country where we are quick to Plan to deliver relief to communities recover. We can build back better by
take sides, reckless in our judgment of ravaged by the pandemic. Now our lifting our children.
the other, and have found ourselves communities are facing a spike in vio- f
mired in doubt, confusion, mistrust, lence that began during the pandemic.
HONORING JIM STABERG
and hopelessness, we pray Your deliver- Madam Speaker, they need help, and
ance. they need help now. (Mr. TIFFANY asked and was given
Save us from ourselves, for we are as f
permission to address the House for 1
culpable as those we accuse. Forgive us minute.)
INFLATION IS TAXATION Mr. TIFFANY. Madam Speaker, be-
our shortsightedness, our self-preserva-
tion, our hardened hearts, and our lack (Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas asked and fore I begin my remarks here, I want to
of faith. When we cling to our own cer- was given permission to address the wish my eldest daughter, Karlyn Tif-
tainty and rightness, we pray Your de- House for 1 minute.) fany, a happy birthday.
Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas. Madam Madam Speaker, I rise to honor a
liverance. Then call us to hold fast to
Speaker, I rise today to recognize the great American and resident of my dis-
Your righteousness, that we may once
impact of rising inflation on American trict in Wisconsin. Jim Staberg of Hud-
again thrive in the confidence and the
consumers. son served in the Army from March of
hope we find only in You.
The Consumer Price Index jumped by 1943 to June of 1946, and again Sep-
In Your sovereign name, we pray.
5.4 percent this year through June, the tember 1950 to July 1952.
Amen. During his first tour of duty, Mr.
largest year-over-year gain since 2008.
f Staberg was originally assigned to the
From the higher cost of gas, to the
higher price of used cars, to the price Army band, but as America was drawn
THE JOURNAL
of food at your local grocery store, into World War II, he found himself re-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- assigned and serving as a gunner dur-
ant to section 11(a) of House Resolu- small businesses and Americans are
paying more for goods and services, due ing vehicle patrols throughout Europe.
tion 188, the Journal of the last day’s Mr. Staberg was involved in a heroic
proceedings is approved. in large part to government spending
defensive stand by the Allies against
during COVID–19 and now Democrats’
f Hitler’s last charge at the Battle of the
reckless economic agenda.
Bulge. He also served at the historic
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE It is as simple as this: Inflation is
Nuremburg trials following the war,
taxation.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the but this was not the end of Mr.
As a small business owner for 50
gentleman from New York (Mr. HIG- Staberg’s service.
years, I can tell you these increased Jim was shipped off to Korea for a
GINS) come forward and lead the House
prices are creating challenges for con- second tour of duty, where he would,
in the Pledge of Allegiance. sumers whose budgets are being
Mr. HIGGINS of New York led the once again, defend freedom in the face
stretched thinner and thinner every of communist aggression. After his
Pledge of Allegiance as follows: single month.
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the time in service, Jim married and had
The Democrat solution to all of this? three children in Hudson, Wisconsin,
United States of America, and to the Repub-
Ram through a partisan $3.5 trillion which he still calls home today.
lic for which it stands, one nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. package that will further increase Madam Speaker, on behalf of a grate-
taxes on the American people and com- ful State and Nation, I thank Jim
f pletely disregard rising inflation. Staberg for his service.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER It is pretty simple.
f
PRO TEMPORE Raising taxes, less jobs.
Lower tax, more jobs. 200 DAYS OF WORK FOR THE
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Congress must return to some fiscal PEOPLE
Chair will entertain up to 15 requests sanity and Democrats must resist the (Ms. KELLY of Illinois asked and was
for 1-minute speeches on each side of temptation to spend our way out of given permission to address the House
the aisle. this situation, as rising inflation and for 1 minute.)
f the growing national debt become an Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Madam
unrelenting enemy. Speaker, today marks the 200th day of
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
In God we trust. this Congress and of House Democrats
(Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and f working for the people.
was given permission to address the Working together with the Biden ad-
House for 1 minute.) CHILD TAX CREDIT
ministration, we have put our economy
Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Madam (Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida back on track, curbed the spread of
Speaker, last year, in my hometown of asked and was given permission to ad- COVID–19, and put money into the
Buffalo, New York, we experienced a 90 dress the House for 1 minute and to re- pockets of our constituents. It was
percent increase in gun violence; 355 vise and extend her remarks.) only Democrats that voted for the
people were involved in this. Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida. American Rescue Plan, which helped
As of July of this year, 46 people have Madam Speaker, I rise on the 200th day create 3 million jobs, deliver stimulus
lost their lives to gun violence. This of the House Democrats delivering for checks, and extend the child tax credit.
morning, the Gun Violence Prevention the people. The American Rescue Plan also de-
Task Force heard from experts in com- Madam Speaker, over the years, I livered on one of my most urgent prior-
munity violence interventions. These have had the opportunity to mentor ities, ending the maternal mortality
experts affirmed what we know; that young girls from hard-pressed families, crisis. Allowing States to extend Med-
gun violence in our country is tearing and I will tell you this, they taught me icaid coverage for postpartum care
families and neighborhoods apart. more than I ever could teach them. from 60 days to one full year
Their testimony adds support for our And I learned that even with mothers postpartum will save lives.
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efforts to provide $5 million in the working two jobs, there were weeks of Outside of the recovery package, we
American Rescue Plan Act funding to just peanut butter in their pantry and have continued working on other prior-
groups in Buffalo to prevent and reduce having to move place to place just to ities, like advancing a pathway to citi-
violence before it occurs. find affordable rent. zenship for Dreamers and passing com-
This funding will support trusted That is why I celebrate the historic monsense gun violence prevention
messengers, good messengers, credible expansion of the child tax credit in the measures to protect and improve the
messengers; a coalition of peace- American Rescue package, because it lives of everyday Americans.
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H3768 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 21, 2021
Madam Speaker, in just 200 days, we Families Plan and the American Jobs Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con-
have accomplished so much, but rest Plan, and we must seize this moment, sent that the Committees on Energy
assured, we are just getting started. rebuild strong, and rebuild by making and Commerce, Ways and Means, and
f bold, sustained investments in our Na- the Judiciary be discharged from fur-
tion and in our future. ther consideration of H.R. 18, and I ask
REQUEST TO CONSIDER H.R. 18, NO
f for its immediate consideration in the
TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR ABOR-
House.
TION ACT CZECH DEPOT EXPLOSION
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. KIL-
(Mr. BUDD asked and was given per- (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina DEE). As the Chair previously advised,
mission to address the House for 1 asked and was given permission to ad- the request cannot be entertained ab-
minute and to revise and extend his re- dress the House for 1 minute and to re- sent appropriate clearance.
marks.) vise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. f
Mr. BUDD. Madam Speaker, I rise
today to defend the conscience of Speaker, this month, I was grateful to b 1215
American taxpayers. Since 1973, both participate in a Congressional delega-
tion of the OSCE Parliamentary As- SUPPORTING FREEDOM-LOVING
sides of the aisle have agreed that tax- CUBANS
payers should not be forced to fund the sembly led by Senator ROGER WICKER
taking of an unborn child’s life through and Senator BEN CARDIN. It was inspir- (Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina
abortion. This consensus was enshrined ing to see the extraordinary economic asked and was given permission to ad-
in the Hyde amendment. The Hyde advances of Estonia and Bulgaria. dress the House for 1 minute.)
amendment has saved the lives of al- In Tallinn, Estonia, we were wel- Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina. Mr.
most 2.5 million children, including comed by the dynamic Prime Minister, Speaker, freedom-loving Cubans have
over 65,000 in my home State of North Kaja Kallas, and the dedicated Foreign taken to the streets to protest the so-
Carolina. Minister, Eva-Maria Liimets. While in cialist, Marxist Castro regime that has
Madam Speaker, unfortunately, Tallinn, we learned that Russian dip- held a deadly grip over Cuba for 60
President Biden and Congressional lomats had been expelled in April years.
Democrats have decided to abandon the across the Baltics to join the protest of Cubans are protesting to secure the
Hyde amendment in this year’s budget. the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej blessings of liberty that now so many
Babis, exposing the irrefutable evi- in this country are showing disdain for.
This is a grave mistake that will cost
dence that two Russian GRU agents The socialist Castro regime embraces a
the lives of more innocent children,
were behind the 2014 ammunition depot backward economy that prides itself on
and therefore, it must be reversed.
explosion at Vrbetice, which killed two taking everything it can from the peo-
Madam Speaker, let’s show that this
persons. ple until there is nothing left. There
House stands with life, believes in The same two Russian agents named
science, and opposes the evil of abor- are no means for justice, no opportuni-
by the Czech Republic are suspected by ties for success outside the bounds of
tion. British authorities for poisoning
Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous tyranny, and no consideration for the
former Russian double agent Sergei God-given rights of their people.
consent that the Committees on En-
Skripal and his daughter in England in Let this be a lesson to the world and
ergy and Commerce, Ways and Means,
2018. The Czech Republic has correctly to my socialist colleagues across the
and the Judiciary be discharged from
demanded Russia pay for damages. aisle. Communism does not work.
further consideration of H.R. 18, and I Mr. Speaker, I thank Chalmers and
ask for its immediate consideration in There is no example in history of any
Lori Anne Carr of Titan Farms for modern society benefiting from Marx-
the House. their annual delivery of South Carolina
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. ist rule, and any attempt to paint so-
peaches to Capitol Hill. cialist and communist dictatorships as
KELLY of Illinois). Under the guidelines In conclusion, God bless our troops,
consistently issued by successive anything but cruel is peddling lies and
and we will never forget September the
Speakers, as recorded in section 956 of fiction.
11th in the global war on terrorism.
the House Rules and Manual, the Chair The pro-democracy demonstrations
f in Cuba are sending a powerful mes-
is constrained not to entertain the re-
quest unless it has been cleared by the REQUEST TO CONSIDER H.R. 18, NO sage: Communism is oppressive and de-
bipartisan floor and committee leader- TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR ABOR- nies people their basic freedom.
ships. TION ACT Cubans deserve our strong, unwaver-
f (Mr. JACOBS of New York asked and ing support, and I will always stand up
was given permission to address the for freedom fighters around the world.
DELIVERING FOR THE PEOPLE
House for 1 minute.) f
(Ms. BROWNLEY asked and was Mr. JACOBS of New York. Mr.
given permission to address the House TAX PLAN WILL SET BACK
Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R.
for 1 minute.) ECONOMY
18, the No Taxpayer Funding For Abor-
Ms. BROWNLEY. Madam Speaker, tion Act. This bill would make the (Mr. BERGMAN asked and was given
today, we mark 200 days of the 117th Hyde amendment permanent and gov- permission to address the House for 1
Congress and 200 days of delivering for ernment-wide. minute and to revise and extend his re-
the people. Mr. Speaker, Hyde saves lives. For marks.)
From day one, House Democrats have more than 40 years, this amendment Mr. BERGMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise
prioritized the needs of everyday Amer- has protected vulnerable, unborn life today to share my concerns with the
icans, working families, and our chil- by preventing taxpayer dollars from far-left tax hikes proposed by the ma-
dren. We have delivered trans- funding abortions. Named after Illinois jority.
formative, lifesaving legislation that Congressman Henry Hyde, the Hyde To help pay for their partisan spend-
focuses on our recovery from this pan- amendment has enjoyed decades of ing sprees, the President and Demo-
demic. broad, bipartisan support. crats in Congress have proposed to dou-
The American Rescue Plan has been During this time the Charlotte ble the tax on investment and raise our
successful in getting shots in arms, Lozier Institute estimates the Hyde business tax rate to the highest in the
workers back to work, and money in amendment has saved over 2 million developed world.
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the pockets of families, and children lives. I am proud to stand up for vul- On top of this, they wish to repeal
back to school. This was one of the big- nerable life. As the father of a beau- the stepped-up basis, a move that will
gest jolts to our health and our econ- tiful two-year-old girl, I have come to disproportionately hurt family-owned
omy in history, and we cannot let up appreciate the sanctity of newborn life farms and businesses.
on our efforts. in a profound way. We owe it to them, The radical tax agenda will stifle in-
We must build on this momentum and to each other, to protect their lives vestment and slow down our economic
and pass President Biden’s American in every way possible. recovery at a time when communities
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