Senate Amendments and Orders on S. Con. Res. 14 — Congressional Record, August 9, 2021
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Page S6186 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for August 9, 2021, listing amendments to the concurrent budget resolution S. Con. Res. 14 for fiscal year 2022, in interleaved columns. Mr. Tillis submitted an amendment adding a deficit-neutral reserve fund on providing immigration investigative and arrest authority to non-federal entities, and another amendment text includes findings that K-12 schools face cyber attacks. Under H.R. 3684, Mr. Wyden says instruction on the infrastructure bill is almost complete, that the budget resolution comes next and lays the foundation for Build Back Better, and discusses pricing carbon and methane. A request asks the Senate to adjourn after remarks by Mr. Wyden and a second senator.
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S6186 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE August 9, 2021
him to the concurrent resolution S. joint resolutions, amendments, amendments fore the Senate, I ask unanimous con-
Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres- between the Houses, motions, or conference sent that it stand adjourned under the
sional budget for the United States reports relating to providing immigration previous order, following the remarks
arrest authority to local law enforcement by
Government for fiscal year 2022 and of Senator WYDEN and Senator WHITE-
the amounts provided in such legislation for
setting forth the appropriate budgetary HOUSE.
those purposes, provided that such legisla-
levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031; tion would not increase the deficit over ei- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
which was ordered to lie on the table; ther the period of the total of fiscal years objection, it is so ordered.
as follows: 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of The Senator from Oregon.
At the end of title III, add the following: fiscal years 2022 through 2031. H.R. 3684
SEC. 3 ll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, as we
RELATING TO PROVIDING IMMIGRA- SA 3047. Mr. TILLIS submitted an have just heard, thankfully, instruc-
TION INVESTIGATIVE AND ARREST amendment intended to be proposed by tion is almost complete on the infra-
AUTHORITY TO NON-FEDERAL ENTI- him to the concurrent resolution S.
TIES.
structure bill. Once infrastructure
The Chairman of the Committee on the
Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres- passes, it is on to the budget resolu-
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- sional budget for the United States tion, which lays the foundation to pass
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- Government for fiscal year 2022 and Build Back Better this fall.
gates, and other appropriate levels in this setting forth the appropriate budgetary The Senate Finance Committee is
resolution, and make adjustments to the levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031; immersed in this effort. For several
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, which was ordered to lie on the table; months, we have been working with
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments as follows: members of the committee on a host of
between the Houses, motions, or conference proposals that are included in the reso-
At the end of title III, add the following:
reports relating to providing immigration lution. These proposals stem from es-
investigative and arrest authority to non- SEC. 3 ll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
federal entities by the amounts provided in
RELATING TO PROVIDING IMMIGRA- sential American priorities, making it
TION ARREST AUTHORITY TO TRIB- easier to support a middle-class family,
such legislation for those purposes, provided AL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
that such legislation would not increase the lowering the cost of healthcare, and ad-
The Chairman of the Committee on the
deficit over either the period of the total of dressing the climate crisis.
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of When you focus on those key prior-
tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. gates, and other appropriate levels in this ities, you build a stronger, more fair
resolution, and make adjustments to the economy and create good-paying jobs.
SA 3045. Mr. TILLIS submitted an pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, There is going to be a lot to say about
amendment intended to be proposed by joint resolutions, amendments, amendments these issues in the hours and days
him to the concurrent resolution S. between the Houses, motions, or conference ahead. Tonight, I will take just a few
Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres- reports relating to providing immigration minutes to discuss the Finance Com-
sional budget for the United States arrest authority to tribal law enforcement mittee’s work and why the policies are
Government for fiscal year 2022 and by the amounts provided in such legislation so important. I will begin with support
setting forth the appropriate budgetary for those purposes, provided that such legis-
for American families.
lation would not increase the deficit over ei-
levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031; For decades, typical working families
ther the period of the total of fiscal years
which was ordered to lie on the table; 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of in Oregon and across the land have felt
as follows: fiscal years 2022 through 2031. that it has gotten harder and harder
At the end of title III, add the following: for them to climb the economic ladder.
f
SEC. 3 ll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND The cost of housing and education have
RELATING TO PROVIDING IMMIGRA- PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR shot into the stratosphere. Yet wages
TION ARREST AUTHORITY TO STATE
LAW ENFORCEMENT. Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask have largely been stuck on the launch
The Chairman of the Committee on the unanimous consent that Ben Lockshin, pad.
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- the detailee in the Banking and Hous- Despite being the best-educated gen-
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- ing Committee, be granted floor privi- eration in history, young people work-
gates, and other appropriate levels in this leges for the remainder of the session. ing in America today earn less on aver-
resolution, and make adjustments to the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without age than their parents did at the same
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
objection, it is so ordered. age. It ought to be easier to raise a
joint resolutions, amendments, amendments family in America. That is why Demo-
between the Houses, motions, or conference f crats created the monthly child tax
reports relating to providing immigration credit expansion as part of the Amer-
arrest authority to state law enforcement by
ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST
10, 2021 ican Rescue Plan.
the amounts provided in such legislation for
The new program, as our colleague
those purposes, provided that such legisla- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President,
tion would not increase the deficit over ei- from Ohio, Senator BROWN, has said, is
the schedule for tomorrow, long await- Social Security for America’s children.
ther the period of the total of fiscal years ed, on the bipartisan infrastructure
2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of Too many kids have been growing up in
fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
bill. I ask unanimous consent that poverty—or very, very close to it. The
when the Senate completes its business expanded child tax credit is cutting
SA 3046. Mr. TILLIS submitted an today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., Tues- child poverty by more than half. But so
amendment intended to be proposed by day, August 10; that following the far, it has only been funded for a year.
him to the concurrent resolution S. prayer and pledge, the morning hour be With this resolution, Democrats are
Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres- deemed expired, the Journal of pro- going to lock in the longest extension
sional budget for the United States ceedings be approved to date, the time possible. Children and parents need
Government for fiscal year 2022 and for two leaders be reserved for their use help, and they need the certainty and
setting forth the appropriate budgetary later in the day, and morning business predictability of a long-term extension.
levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031; be closed; that upon the conclusion of Together with the help of the HELP
which was ordered to lie on the table; morning business, the Senate resume Committee, the Finance Committee is
as follows: consideration of H.R. 3684; finally—and also leading the way for a comprehen-
At the end of title III, add the following: finally is the right word—that all sive national paid leave program. This
SEC. 3 ll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND postcloture time on H.R. 3684 expire at sort of program is long overdue, and
RELATING TO PROVIDING IMMIGRA- 11 a.m. on Tuesday, August 10. there will be a special focus on our ef-
TION ARREST AUTHORITY TO LOCAL The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without forts—the HELP Committee and the
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LAW ENFORCEMENT.
objection, it is so ordered. Finance Committee—on making sure
The Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca- f that it is equitable so that workers of
tions of a committee or committees, aggre- modest incomes can afford to take paid
ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT leave, too.
gates, and other appropriate levels in this
resolution, and make adjustments to the Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, if Every family in American needs reli-
pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, there is no further business to come be- able income and a roof over their
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heads. Tragically, affordable housing is Now, President Biden has called for didn’t used to be considered healthcare,
in short supply, and as the pandemic major investment in home- and com- like air conditioners. And we are get-
proved, it takes just one big economic munity-based care. And this is another ting a good response from the plans.
jolt to put millions and millions of priority for the Senate Finance Com- They know because we are seeing story
Americans out of work. mittee. We have been led in this effort after story—just another one yester-
As part of this resolution, the Fi- by our colleague from Pennsylvania, day—about seniors, often seniors who
nance Committee is working on finan- Senator CASEY, and I have been pleased own their own homes but haven’t been
cial support for America’s renters, as to assist him with that effort. able to get the air filters and the air
well as funding for new affordable And I believe the distinguished Sen- conditioners and the like.
housing. The challenge of affordable ate majority leader has a question that That is what we are faced with now
housing is no longer just an issue for a he would like to pose. this week in my home State. That is on
handful of big cities. It is a nationwide ORDER OF BUSINESS top of the severe drought. And that
concern that needs creative big solu- Mr. SCHUMER. It is not a question. I kind of heat adds fuel to the mega-in-
tions. would just ask the Senator to yield for fernos that we have been seeing.
The Finance Committee is also zero- 30 seconds so I might inform the Mem- Now, the Congress has to act to pre-
ing in on worker training and making bers. I have been getting questions. vent the worst most catastrophic out-
America’s unemployment insurance After we finish on the bipartisan in- comes of climate change, and the
more reliable and resilient for those in frastructure bill, we will move imme- linchpin of the Finance Committee’s
America who are laid off through no diately to proceed to the budget resolu- effort to tackle climate is the Clean
fault of their own. tion with reconciliation instructions Energy for America Act.
Having enough affordable housing, and expect to move to vote-arama The Finance Committee passed this
job training, and support for those shortly thereafter. earlier this year, and for the Finance
workers is an economic win-win—good I yield the floor. Committee, this is the most dramatic
for families, good for businesses who proposal passed from the committee in
H.R. 3684
rely on the strength of the American more than 100 years—more than 100
Mr. WYDEN. I thank my colleague years. And I am pleased to see cli-
workforce.
for that timely information. mate’s most vigorous champion on the
I am going to turn now to healthcare.
Madam President, as I was saying,
Democrats have promised to allow floor here, our friend from Rhode Is-
the Better Care Better Jobs Act, led by
Medicare to negotiate a fair price with land. What we did, with the Senator
Senator CASEY, really fulfills another
Big Pharma. As the chairman of the from Rhode Island’s help, is we took
dream that goes back to those Gray the 44 tax breaks in the Federal Tax
Senate Finance Committee, I intend to
Panthers days. We know that Amer- Code for energy and we put them in the
make good on that promise. Americans
ica’s most vulnerable would always dustbin of history—gone, over, lights
have been getting clobbered at the
prefer to get quality care at home, out—and we substituted, instead, one
pharmacy window because Big Pharma
where they can be with loved ones. And for clean energy, one for clean trans-
holds all the power over drug costs.
With the help of Republicans, Big yet this country really hasn’t fulfilled portation fuel, and one for energy effi-
Pharma is now engaged in classic hos- that dream. Our legislation for seniors ciency.
tage taking. They say, We decide the and for those with disabilities will give And then we said for America going
prices you pay or the pipeline for inno- those individuals a long overdue oppor- forward, we will have a tech-neutral
vation gets shut down. tunity to get good quality care at free-market system for energy tied to
That is just not a reasonable propo- home and raise the work wages for the one very clear measure; and that is, if
sition. Big Pharma doesn’t need to crucial workers who provide this front- you are a renewable energy program or
treat Medicare and American tax- line care. you are a fossil fuel program, if you re-
payers like their own private ATM, and In this resolution, Democrats will duce carbon emissions—that one stand-
we don’t need that in order to develop also push to expand on the success of ard, reducing carbon emissions—you
the next blockbuster drug. the Affordable Care Act. Already this are eligible for the tax reductions in
We also intend to build on the bipar- year, the Congress expanded middle- the Senate Finance Committee’s pro-
tisan work the Finance Committee has class tax credits for health insurance posal.
already done in the last Congress: on a temporary basis. We wish to make The proposal also makes electric ve-
fighting back against drug company that permanent. hicles more affordable to middle-class
price gouging, strengthening the Medi- Finally, more than a decade after the families and boosts clean energy manu-
care prescription drug benefit, pro- Affordable Care Act became law, there facturing in everything from semi-
tecting seniors with an out-of-pocket are still holdout Governors who have conductors to solar components.
maximum for their medications. Life- chosen to deprive vulnerable people in An independent analysis of the Fi-
saving medications shouldn’t be send- their States of access to Medicaid. Fi- nance Committee’s energy plan said it
ing anybody in America into bank- nance Committee Democrats are lead- would help create more than 600,000
ruptcy. ing the effort to close that coverage jobs, and I just believe it would be a
We are also going to be updating the gap. catastrophic mistake to pass that up in
Medicare guarantee for the modern era. CLIMATE CHANGE order to protect the status quo. The
The Finance Committee has already I want to briefly touch on our work status quo is an outdated system that
put a lot of work into updating the pro- on energy and climate. Life for Orego- basically cuts special taxpayer-funded
gram, particularly to helping seniors nians this summer—and virtually checks every year to these powerful in-
with chronic conditions. That now every summer—has become about terests—these oil and gas firms. So we
makes up the bulk of the program— record-high temperatures and record- are going to talk a lot more about cli-
cancer, diabetes, heart disease, strokes, breaking wildfires. Over one weekend mate in the days ahead, and I think it
COPD. We have made a lot of headway last month, temperatures outside my is very fitting that Senator WHITE-
there. house in Southeast Portland were at HOUSE is here.
The next update is giving seniors ac- 108, 110, and then up to 116. And, unfor- I will close by way of saying that the
cess to a dental, vision, and hearing tunately, I just learned that we are proposals that I have just outlined
benefit because those also are crucial headed for another big, severe hit in would be paid for under what we have
to the health of America’s elderly. terms of weather starting tomorrow focused on by restoring fairness to the
Back in the days when I was a co- and going through Saturday. Tax Code. I know there has already
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director of the Oregon Gray Panthers, It has gotten so bad that I have been been some discussion on the floor of
we said Medicare was just half a loaf. It spending time on the phone over the the Senate about how these proposals
didn’t address those concerns. Now we last few days trying to use a section of will be paid for. We will have a lot of
have the opportunity to make sure our CHRONIC Care Act, which allows discussion about it, but it sure takes
those essential benefits are available Medicare Advantage plans to cover chutzpah for the Members who spent $2
for seniors. services essential for the elderly that trillion on the Trump tax handouts to
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the megacorporations and wealthy to our planet as humankind has come to Our Atlantic fisheries are all in flux,
come over to the Senate floor and say know them. all moving. Our Connecticut and Rhode
it is the Democrats who are fiscally ir- Irreversible means, for some of this, Island and southern Massachusetts lob-
responsible. there is no going back. We were warned ster fisheries pretty much collapsed.
Senate Democrats in the Biden ad- and warned and warned. We ignored it Species that farmers didn’t used to see
ministration have been working on a and ignored it and ignored it, and now are now turning up in our waters.
number of changes that can help pay we are in it. We can make it less bad, There were these horrible stories
for the proposals in this resolution. but parts are irreversible. As one about the heat that Chairman WYDEN
That includes making sure United Nations spokesman said, this is spoke about. Small birds get so dis-
megacorporations, which are paying red alert for humanity. oriented in the heat as fledglings that
less today than they have in decades— It doesn’t take the IPCC or the U.N. they jump out of their nests to get
are required to pay a fair share. It in- or the universities in our home States away and then, of course, become prey
cludes legislation to close the carried or our environmental community to and incapable of getting back to their
interest loophole for private equity ex- tell us this. All we have to do is look nests on the ground. And birds gen-
ecutives and legislation to close other around. Look at the wildfires that are erally and insect populations generally
loopholes abused by wealthy investors. tearing through the West. Senator are crashing.
And Democrats made a promise that PADILLA was here earlier today talking We think about this very often in
about what is going on in California. terms of looking back at what we have
nobody who earns less than $400,000 per Here is a report from California, from
year pay more in taxes, and we are been through, and we are told over and
the head of the Plumas National For-
going to stand by that. In fact, the ex- over again and we know from our own
est, its supervisor:
panded child tax credit is the largest experience that this past year has been
We are seeing truly frightening fire behav-
tax cut for working-class and middle- ior, I don’t know how to overstate that. We the worst in the last 10 years or the
class families in decades. And we have have a lot of veteran firefighters who have last 20 years across all of these meas-
proposed as well to cut taxes for Main served for 20, 30 years and have never seen ures. But I want you to think about
Street small businesses from one end of behavior like this, especially day after day, this. Yes, it has been the worst year in
the country to another. and the conditions we’re in. So we really are the last 10 or 20 years, but here is what
Now, the Republican position has in unchartered territory around some of else we know and here is what the
these extreme, large fires and the behavior
been something else. Their position is IPCC report warns us: It is the best
we’re seeing.
that megacorporations and those at year of the next 10 or 20. This is getting
That is the report from the front of worse, period—end of story. We can
the very, very, very top of the eco-
the wildfires. But we are not just in un-
nomic system, basically, shouldn’t pay slow down it getting worse, and we can
chartered territory with wildfires; we
one penny in taxes. That is unfair. It is slowly turn it around, but the disasters
are in unchartered territory with re-
wrong. And the American people know we are seeing now are child’s play com-
spect to flooding. Here is what we are
it. pared to what is coming.
predicting in Rhode Island. Right now,
We are going to have a lively debate So action is now necessary, and
this is the northern part of my State.
on the resolution, and I am pleased to thankfully, our timing is such that we
Everything you see here that is a
be able to stand up with colleagues to have a reconciliation measure starting
bright-blue color, that is land right
make the push, to make the fight for now. People live there. People have tomorrow that gives us the tools to
making it easier to support a middle- businesses there. People have recre- take action. We have to do this now,
class family, lowering the cost of ation there. There are things that peo- and unfortunately, we have to do this
healthcare, addressing the climate cri- ple do that are part of their lives there, alone.
sis, and building a stronger, more fair There are three sad facts about our
and it all disappears under current pre-
economy. dictions of sea level rise. It disappears. predicament. One is, we can’t count on
I yield the floor. This is a place called Warwick Neck. Republicans. If we lose the House next
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- It becomes Warwick Neck Island. This year, as people are predicting, to gerry-
ator from Rhode Island. is a place called Poppasquash Point. It mandered States, we are done getting
Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Madam Presi- becomes two little islands off of Bris- serious about climate because we know
dent, I am delighted to follow my dis- tol, and Bristol becomes its own island. perfectly well that since the Citizens
tinguished chairman on the Finance Barrington gains sort of the Bar- United decision, no Republican has got-
Committee as he gives assurances rington Great Salt Lake in the middle ten on a serious climate bill in the Sen-
about our important work on climate of it, and now you have an island along ate—not one. It used to be bipartisan.
change. what is now Barrington’s southern John McCain ran for President on a
The majority leader has announced coast. We stop being Rhode Island, and climate plan that was very good. There
that the final vote on the bipartisan in- we become the Rhode Island Archi- were three or four different serious cli-
frastructure package will be tomorrow pelago. That is a big change, and if I mate bills kicking around before Citi-
at 11 a.m., and we will then roll into can stop it, I am going to. zens United. But then Citizens United
the rather ignominious spectacle of the Drought. You have seen the pictures came. Unlimited money came. The fos-
Senate known as vote-arama. What of the western lakes at alltime lows, sil fuel industry used unlimited money,
vote-arama does, however, it allows us and the dependence of those Western and they shut down the Republican
to go to budget reconciliation, which States on water is acute. The hurricane Party on climate.
allows us to pass measures with a sim- cycle we are already in has warnings They said: We are tolerating no dis-
ple majority. about how serious the coming hurri- sent any longer. You are all going to
We should do that bearing in mind cane season is going to be. line up and do as you are told. If you
what just came out—the latest IPCC If you step down to God’s creatures, don’t do what you are told, we will do
report on climate change. It is getting you have manatees that are dying in what we did to Bob Inglis—take him
increasingly dire. The IPCC report uses unprecedented numbers in Florida. Off out in a primary. And if you do as you
words like ‘‘unequivocal,’’ ‘‘unprece- the northwest coast, in the Pacific are told, we will send boatloads of dark
dented,’’ ‘‘irreversible.’’ Ocean, you have the humble tetrapod, money to throw into elections through
Unequivocal is the link between fos- a tiny, small oceanic snail that just super PACs.
sil fuel pollution and the climate dam- happens to be a big part of the bottom You have a party that is hip deep in
age we are doing to our oceans and at- of the ocean food chain. Half of the fossil fuel money and has a decade—a
mosphere—unequivocal. tetrapods sampled have severe shell lost decade—in which it would do noth-
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Unprecedented. We talk about un- damage because of ocean acidification, ing serious about climate. So, unfortu-
precedented around here if it hasn’t which is happening because the ocean nately, and to the great sorrow of my
happened in a decade. They talk about absorbs carbon dioxide, and it turns friend John Warner, who passed away
unprecedented across many centuries acidic when it happens. I have proven recently, and John McCain and others
or many thousands of years. We are that little experiment from this desk who worked hard before this when the
undoing the basic operating systems of early in the morning once. Republican Party was less dependent
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on fossil fuel money, unfortunately, we even more potent greenhouse gas and cal, and unprecedented, we are going to
have to do it alone. actually kind of a dangerous one—so, act. We are going to act.
We can’t count on the fossil fuel in- uh-oh, suddenly it looks real. Some- And I don’t want to hear your com-
dustry to mend its ways. They have body might actually price methane. plaining because you had a decade to
been at a decade of lying. They built And what did API to? Came out against come in and try to do something about
this, an entire web of phony-baloney it. this and you shirked your responsibil-
front groups all paid for with fossil fuel Now, you tell me how you can be for ities for a decade, you funded trade as-
money—in the hundreds of millions, pricing a milder greenhouse gas in sociations that were doing nothing,
billions of dollars—to put out fake order to help address climate change you funded these creepy front groups
science, to hide who they are behind but against pricing an even more toxic that were attacking us on climate
the dark money, behind these front chemical to help solve climate change. change. So you lost your right to com-
groups. They ran an enormous corrupt It makes no sense. The only way you plain.
scheme to fool Americans and block can reconcile those two things is with And in the next 6 or 7 or 8 weeks, as
progress here in this building so that the statement of the Exxon lobbyists we go through building this reconcili-
they could keep polluting. And now we that the only reason the industry is ation instruction, we aren’t just going
are supposed to count on them? No talking about carbon pricing is because to address climate change, we are not
way. it doesn’t think it is going to happen. just going to do more than has ever
They still haven’t come clean about It is another fake. It is another been done before; we are going to get
their years of funding denial, and they scheme. It is another denial and ob- on a safe pathway for this country and
won’t come clean. Guess why. Because struction—in this case, probably 5.0. for the planet.
they are still at it. Their CEOs will say The American Bankers Association. Because I will tell you, ‘‘more than
one thing at a press conference, but You read from central banks around we have ever done before on climate’’ is
this machine of disinformation and ob- the country warnings about the eco- a pathetically low bar because, for a
struction—this machine is still funded, nomic crash that is going to happen if decade, thanks to the fossil fuel indus-
and it is still rolling. So you can’t we don’t get ahead of the climate prob- try and its web of denial and its con-
count on the fossil fuel industry to lem. Those are the central banks’ trol over the Republican Party, we
change its ways. warnings, but what did the American have done nothing on climate.
Third, unfortunately—and I really Bankers Association have to say to us? So we have got a lot of catching up
hate to say this—you can’t count on Nothing. to do. Reconciliation gives us the
corporate America. They are full of Insurance companies are screaming chance to do it. I pray to God that we
great statements. CEOs go to the busi- about the risks that they are facing meet the moment.
ness roundtables, and they go to the now from worse hurricanes, worse I yield the floor.
Climate Leadership Council, and they flooding, worse droughts, worse
f
go to C2ES. They join series and talk wildfires; claims going up, difficulty
about their support for climate and anticipating what risks are, and hard- K–12 CYBERSECURITY ACT OF 2021
how it is urgent and how they support to-price insurance. Yet where is the Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Madam Presi-
carbon pricing. But when it comes to American Insurance Association? Si- dent, I ask unanimous consent that the
the levers of power here in this build- lent. Senate proceed to the immediate con-
ing, forget about it. They have built Freddie Mac has warned us that sideration of Calendar No. 107, S. 1917.
the most powerful lobbying and elec- there is going to be a coastal property The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
tioneering apparatus in our country’s values crash as those sea levels rise objection, it is so ordered.
history. Trade association after trade and, as you can predict, that that home The clerk will report the bill by title.
association, business group after busi- is going to be literally under water in The senior assistant legislative clerk
ness group—not one has been switched the 30-year mortgage period, not just read as follows:
on to do anything about climate. figuratively under water—so no mort-
A bill (S. 1917) bill to establish a K–12 edu-
By the way, when it is a CEO giving gage, no insurance, no market; hence, cation cybersecurity initiative, and for other
a press conference in New York, but our property values crash. purposes.
that trade association is saying noth- And where is the Realtors Associa-
ing or ‘‘Don’t do it,’’ guess who people There being no objection, the Senate
tion? Where are the American Home
listen to here in Washington. They lis- proceeded to consider the bill, which
Builders? Silent.
ten to that trade association. They The American Beverage Association. was reported from the Committee on
know what greenwashing is, and they Oh, Coke and Pepsi talk a really big Homeland Security and Governmental
know when corporate America is seri- game. What is the American Beverage Affairs.
ous. At this moment, no major trade Association doing on this? Nothing. Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Madam Presi-
association is taking any interest in And all those big barons out in Sil- dent, I ask unanimous consent that the
climate action. icon Valley are represented by a group bill be considered read a third time and
The chamber of commerce—nothing. called TechNet. A year ago, they didn’t passed and the motion to reconsider be
They are embroiled in a long conversa- even mention climate change in their considered made and laid upon the
tion with members of theirs who are lobbying materials. They didn’t even table.
fed up with their climate denial, but mention clean or renewable energy, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
they have done nothing. and they have clean and renewable en- objection, it is so ordered.
The National Association of Manu- ergy companies in their membership. The bill (S. 1917) was ordered to be
facturers—also nothing. They were re- So we cannot count on corporate engrossed for a third reading, was read
cently the two worst climate America to take climate change seri- the third time, and passed as follows:
obstructers in America. Have they ously here, where a solution is needed. S. 1917
changed their direction? No. Now they So this is on us. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
are just climate obstruction light, cli- And I will tell you, we intend to—I resentatives of the United States of America in
mate obstruction 2.0. intend to—meet the moment. And Congress assembled,
Look at API, the American Petro- there are those out there who will SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
leum Institute. This one is pretty grouse and complain. And to you, I say: This Act may be cited as the ‘‘K–12 Cyber-
funny. They come out and they say Too damned bad. You have had years security Act of 2021’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
they support carbon pricing. They are to help, and you did nothing or worse.
ctelli on DSK11ZRN23PROD with SENATE
going to support putting a cost on pol- So you have lost your right to com- Congress finds the following:
(1) K–12 educational institutions across the
lution, on greenhouse gas. And then we plain. United States are facing cyber attacks.
come out of the Budget Committee and But under pressure of the facts and (2) Cyber attacks place the information
we announce, as Leader SCHUMER did, the realities of what is going on around systems of K–12 educational institutions at
that we are going to actually price us, under pressure of the warnings risk of possible disclosure of sensitive stu-
methane, another greenhouse gas—an about this being irreversible, unequivo- dent and employee information, including—
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