Congressional Record, House, December 2, 2021 — H.R. 6119 Further Extending Government Funding Act
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H6872 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 2, 2021
Duncan Johnson (LA) Pfluger Meng (Kuster) Reed (Kelly Takano (Chu) tember 30, 2021’ for ‘section 749 of division C
Dunn Johnson (OH) Posey Moore (UT) (PA)) Tiffany of Public Law 116–93’ each place it appears.
Ellzey Johnson (SD) Reed (Owens) Reschenthaler (Arrington) ‘‘(b) Subsection (a) shall not take effect
Emmer Jordan Reschenthaler Palazzo (Meuser) Underwood
Estes Ruiz (Aguilar)
until the first day of the first applicable pay
Joyce (OH) Rice (SC) (Fleischmann) (Casten)
Fallon Joyce (PA) Rush (Quigley) Vela (Gomez) period beginning on or after January 1, 2022.
Rodgers (WA) Payne (Pallone)
Feenstra Katko Rogers (AL) Sires (Pallone) Watson Coleman ‘‘SEC. 161. Section 302 of the Universal
Porter (Wexton)
Ferguson Keller Rogers (KY) Stewart (Owens) (Pallone) Service Antideficiency Temporary Suspen-
Posey
Fischbach Kelly (MS) Rose (Cammack)
Swalwell Wilson (FL) sion Act shall be applied by substituting the
Fitzgerald Kelly (PA) Rosendale (Gomez) (Hayes) date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for
Fitzpatrick Kim (CA) Rouzer f ‘December 31, 2021’ each place it appears.
Fleischmann Kustoff Roy ‘‘SEC. 162. In addition to amounts other-
Fortenberry LaHood Rutherford FURTHER EXTENDING wise provided by this Act, there is appro-
Foxx Lamborn
Franklin, C. Latta
Scalise GOVERNMENT FUNDING ACT priated $1,600,000,000, for an additional
Schweikert amount for fiscal year 2022, to remain avail-
Scott LaTurner
Scott, Austin Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, pur-
Fulcher Lesko able until September 30, 2024, for the account
Sessions suant to House Resolution 829, I call up
Gaetz Letlow
Simpson specified and for the activities specified, in
Gallagher Long the bill (H.R. 6119) making further con- section 141 of this Act.
Smith (MO)
Garbarino Loudermilk
Smith (NE)
tinuing appropriations for the fiscal ‘‘SEC. 163. During the period covered by
Garcia (CA) Lucas year ending September 30, 2022, and for this Act, section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign As-
Gibbs Luetkemeyer Smith (NJ)
Gimenez Mace Smucker other purposes, and ask for its imme- sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318) shall be
Gohmert Malliotakis Spartz diate consideration in the House. applied by substituting ‘$200,000,000’ for
Stauber ‘$100,000,000’.’’.
Gonzales, Tony Mann
Steel
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
Good (VA) Mast The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- This division may be cited as the ‘‘Further
Stefanik
Gooden (TX) McCarthy Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022’’.
Gosar McCaul Steil ant to House Resolution 829, the bill is
Steube considered read. DIVISION B—ADDITIONAL AFGHANISTAN
Granger McClain
Stewart SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
Graves (LA) McClintock The text of the bill is as follows:
Graves (MO) McHenry Taylor 2022
Tenney H.R. 6119
Greene (GA) McKinley The following sums are appropriated, out
Griffith Meijer Thompson (PA) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
Grothman Meuser Tiffany resentatives of the United States of America in
Timmons appropriated, for the fiscal year ending Sep-
Guest Miller (IL) Congress assembled,
Guthrie Miller (WV) Upton tember 30, 2022, and for other purposes,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. namely:
Hagedorn Miller-Meeks Valadao
Van Drew This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Further Ex-
Harris Moolenaar TITLE I
Harshbarger Mooney Van Duyne tending Government Funding Act’’.
Wagner SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Hern Moore (AL)
Herrell Moore (UT) Walberg The table of contents of this Act is as fol- MILITARY PERSONNEL
Herrera Beutler Mullin Walorski lows: MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
Hice (GA) Murphy (NC) Waltz
Higgins (LA) Nehls Weber (TX) Sec. 1. Short Title. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military
Hill Newhouse Webster (FL) Sec. 2. Table of Contents. Personnel, Army’’, $128,000,000, to remain
Hinson Nunes Wenstrup Sec. 3. References. available until September 30, 2022, for sup-
Hollingsworth Obernolte Westerman DIVISION A—FURTHER CONTINUING port of Operation Allies Welcome by the De-
Hudson Owens Williams (TX) APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 partment of Defense.
Huizenga Palazzo Wilson (SC)
Womack DIVISION B—ADDITIONAL AFGHANISTAN MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
Issa Palmer
Jackson Pence Young SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS For an additional amount for ‘‘Military
Jacobs (NY) Perry Zeldin ACT, 2022 Personnel, Navy’’, $7,000,000, to remain avail-
DIVISION C—EXTENSIONS able until September 30, 2022, for support of
NOT VOTING—14
Title I—Extensions Operation Allies Welcome by the Depart-
Brooks Kahele Salazar ment of Defense.
Eshoo Kinzinger Torres (CA) Title II—Budgetary Effects
Gonzalez (OH) LaMalfa Turner SEC. 3. REFERENCES. MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
Green (TN) Massie Wittman Except as expressly provided otherwise, For an additional amount for ‘‘Military
Hartzler Norman any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any Personnel, Marine Corps’’, $32,000,000, to re-
division of this Act shall be treated as refer- main available until September 30, 2022, for
b 1516 ring only to the provisions of that division. support of Operation Allies Welcome by the
DIVISION A—FURTHER CONTINUING Department of Defense.
Messrs. JOHNSON of Ohio, GARCIA
of California, and GOODEN of Texas APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations For an additional amount for ‘‘Military
Act, 2022 (division A of Public Law 117–43) is Personnel, Air Force’’, $145,000,000, to remain
‘‘nay.’’
amended— available until September 30, 2022, for sup-
Messrs. NEGUSE, port of Operation Allies Welcome by the De-
(1) by striking the date specified in section
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mses. LEE of 106(3) and inserting ‘‘February 18, 2022’’; partment of Defense.
California, JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. (2) in section 118, by striking ‘‘first quar- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
DINGELL, Mr. CONNOLLY, and Mrs. ter’’ and inserting ‘‘first and second quar- OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND
LEE of Nevada changed their vote from ters’’; CIVIC AID
‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ (3) in section 137, by striking ‘‘$22,080,000’’
For an additional amount for ‘‘Overseas
So the motion to table was agreed to. and inserting ‘‘$44,838,000’’ and by striking
Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid’’,
The result of the vote was announced ‘‘$2,261,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,547,000’’; and
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
(4) by adding after section 157 the following
as above recorded. tember 30, 2023, for support of Operation Al-
new sections:
Stated for: lies Welcome by the Department of Defense.
‘‘SEC. 158. Section 9(i)(2) of the Food and
Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I was unable Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018(i)(2)) shall GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
to be present during roll call vote number 397. be applied by substituting the date specified SEC. 1101. Not later than 30 days after the
I would like the record to reflect how I would in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘December 31, date of enactment of this Act, and every 30
have voted: 2021’. days thereafter through fiscal year 2022, the
On rollcall vote number 397, I would have ‘‘SEC. 159. Section 533 of title V of division Secretary of Defense shall provide a written
B of Public Law 116–260 is repealed. report to the congressional defense commit-
voted ‘‘yes.’’ ‘‘SEC. 160. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, tees describing the execution of funds pro-
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE section 748 of title VII of division E of Public vided in this title, including the amounts ob-
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Law 116–260 shall be applied during the pe- ligated and expended, in total and since the
Adams (Brown Frankel, Lois Hagedorn riod covered by this Act by— previous report; the nature of the costs in-
ctelli on DSK11ZRN23PROD with HOUSE
(MD)) (Kuster) (Moolenaar) ‘‘(1) substituting ‘2023’ for ‘2022’; curred or services provided by such funds;
Cárdenas (Soto) Fulcher (Johnson Kildee (Ryan) ‘‘(2) substituting ‘2022’ for ‘2021’ each place and any reimbursements or funds transferred
Crist (OH)) Lawrence
it appears; by another Federal agency to the Depart-
(Wasserman Garcia (TX) (Johnson
Schultz) (GA)) ‘‘(3) substituting ‘2021’ for ‘2020’ each place ment of Defense which relates to the purpose
(Jeffries)
Curtis (Meijer) Lawson (FL) it appears; and of the funds provided by this title.
Green (TX)
DeFazio (Evans) ‘‘(4) substituting ‘section 748 of division E SEC. 1102. Notwithstanding any other pro-
(Cuellar)
(Carbajal) Lesko (Miller of Public Law 116–260, as in effect on Sep- vision of law, funds provided by this title
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shall only be for the purposes specified, and until expended, for support for Operation Al- This division may be cited as the ‘‘Addi-
shall not be subject to any transfer author- lies Welcome and related efforts by the De- tional Afghanistan Supplemental Appropria-
ity provided by law. partment of State, including additional relo- tions Act, 2022’’.
TITLE II cations of individuals at risk as a result of DIVISION C—EXTENSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY the situation in Afghanistan and related ex- TITLE I—EXTENSIONS
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPER- penses, and to reimburse the account under
SEC. 2101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE
ATIONS, INTELLIGENCE, AND OVER- this heading in prior Acts making appropria- CERTAIN APPOINTMENTS FOR NA-
SIGHT tions for the Department of State, foreign TIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYS-
operations, and related programs for obliga- TEM.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE tions previously incurred.
MANAGEMENT Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(c)(4)(B)) is
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
CONSULAR SERVICE amended by striking ‘‘December 3, 2021’’ and
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations For an additional amount for ‘‘Emer- inserting ‘‘February 18, 2022’’.
and Support’’, $147,456,000, to remain avail- SEC. 2102. EXTENSION OF ADDITIONAL SPECIAL
gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv-
able until September 30, 2022, for necessary ASSESSMENT.
ice’’, $36,000,000, to remain available until ex-
expenses in support of Operation Allies Wel- Section 3014(a) of title 18, United States
pended, for support for Operation Allies Wel-
come, including the provision of staffing and Code, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31,
come and related efforts by the Department
support services for Safe Havens: Provided, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘February 18, 2022’’.
of State, including additional relocations of
That amounts provided under this heading in SEC. 2103. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ORDER
individuals at risk as a result of the situa-
this Act may be transferred by the Secretary FOR FENTANYL-RELATED SUB-
tion in Afghanistan and related expenses,
of Homeland Security to other appropria- STANCES.
and to reimburse the account under this
tions in the Department of Homeland Secu- Effective as if included in the enactment of
heading in prior Acts making appropriations
rity only for necessary expenses of Operation the Temporary Reauthorization and Study of
Allies Welcome and not for any other pur- for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs for obligations the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Ana-
pose: Provided further, That amounts made logues Act (Public Law 116–114), section 2 of
available under this heading in this Act shall previously incurred.
such Act (as amended by Public Law 117–43)
be available in addition to any other appro- BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
is amended by striking ‘‘January 28, 2022’’
priations available for the same purpose, in- DEPARTMENT OF STATE and inserting ‘‘February 18, 2022’’.
cluding appropriations available pursuant to UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND SEC. 2104. EXTENDING INCREASED FMAP FOR
the authority of section 506(a)(2) of the For- MIGRATION ASSISTANCE FUND CERTAIN TERRITORIES.
eign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, For an additional amount for ‘‘United (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905(ff)(3) of the
That, beginning not later than January 31, States Emergency Refugee and Migration Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(ff)(3)) is
2022, the Office of the Secretary shall report Assistance Fund’’, $1,200,000,000, to remain amended by striking ‘‘December 3, 2021’’ and
monthly to the Committees on Appropria- available until expended, notwithstanding inserting ‘‘February 18, 2022’’.
tions of the Senate and the House of Rep- section 2(c)(2) of the Migration and Refugee (b) REDUCTION OF MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT
resentatives on the use of transfer authority Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(2)), FUND.—Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Secu-
provided under this heading in this Act. for support for Operation Allies Welcome and rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is amended
TITLE III related efforts by the Department of State, by striking ‘‘$69,000,000’’ and inserting
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN including additional relocations of individ- ‘‘$56,000,000’’.
SERVICES uals at risk as a result of the situation in Af- TITLE II—BUDGETARY EFFECTS
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND ghanistan and related expenses. SEC. 2201. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
PREVENTION GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE (a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The
CDC–WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT SEC. 1401. The Secretary of State shall in- budgetary effects of this division shall not be
For an additional amount for ‘‘CDC–Wide clude in the reports required by section 2402 entered on either PAYGO scorecard main-
Activities and Program Support’’, $8,000,000, of title IV of the Afghanistan Supplemental tained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statu-
to remain available until September 30, 2022, Appropriations Act, 2022 (division C of Public tory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
for support of Operation Allies Welcome for Law 117–43) the proposed uses of funds appro- (b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The
medical support, screening, and other related priated under this title. budgetary effects of this division shall not be
public health activities related to Afghan ar- TITLE V entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained
rivals and refugees. GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (115th Congress).
SEC. 1501. Each amount appropriated or
(c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EF-
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE made available by this Act is in addition to
FECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budg-
For an additional amount for ‘‘Refugee and amounts otherwise appropriated for the fis-
et Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the
Entrant Assistance’’, $1,263,728,000, to remain cal year involved.
SEC. 1502. No part of any appropriation joint explanatory statement of the com-
available until September 30, 2023, for sup-
contained in this Act shall remain available mittee of conference accompanying Con-
port of Operation Allies Welcome for car-
for obligation beyond the current fiscal year ference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of
rying out refugee and entrant assistance ac-
unless expressly so provided herein. the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
tivities in support of citizens or nationals of
SEC. 1503. Unless otherwise provided for by Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of
Afghanistan paroled into the United States
this Act, the additional amounts appro- this division shall not be estimated—
under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration
priated by this Act to appropriations ac- (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act;
and Nationality Act and citizens or nation-
counts shall be available under the authori- (2) for purposes of an allocation to the
als of Afghanistan for whom such refugee
ties and conditions applicable to such appro- Committee on Appropriations pursuant to
and entrant assistance activities are author-
ized: Provided, That amounts made available priations accounts for fiscal year 2022. section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget
under this heading in this Act may be used SEC. 1504. Each amount provided by this di- Act of 1974; and
for grants or contracts with qualified non- vision is designated by the Congress as being (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of sec-
profit organizations to provide culturally for an emergency requirement pursuant to tion 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act
and linguistically appropriate services, in- section 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) of S. of 2010 as being included in an appropriation
cluding wrap-around services during tem- Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent Act.
porary housing and after resettlement, hous- resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill
ing assistance, medical assistance, legal as- SEC. 1505. Not later than January 15, 2022, shall be debatable for 1 hour, equally
sistance, education services, and case man- the Director of the Office of Management divided and controlled by the chair and
agement assistance: Provided further, That and Budget shall provide to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
ranking minority member of the Com-
the Director of the Office of Refugee Reset- mittee on Appropriations or their re-
tlement, in carrying out section 412(c)(1)(A) atives and the Senate a written report on
of the Immigration and Nationality Act with Operation Allies Welcome: Provided, That spective designees.
amounts made available under this heading such report shall describe the strategy and The gentlewoman from Connecticut
in this Act, may allocate such amounts transition plan leading to the conclusion of (Ms. DELAURO) and the gentlewoman
among the States in a manner that accounts Operation Allies Welcome; a plan, including from Texas (Ms. GRANGER) each will
for the most current data available. timeline, for relocating all Afghans cur- control 30 minutes.
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TITLE IV rently residing at Department of Defense fa- The Chair recognizes the gentle-
cilities to longer-term housing; the activi- woman from Connecticut.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ties and responsibilities assigned to each
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS GENERAL LEAVE
Federal agency involved in such strategy and
DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS transition plan; and an estimate of the costs Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I
For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic from each such agency for carrying out such ask unanimous consent that all Mem-
Programs’’, $44,300,000, to remain available strategy and transition plan. bers have 5 legislative days to revise
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H6874 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 2, 2021
and extend their remarks and include that addresses the needs of the Amer- treme policies. Unfortunately, that is
extraneous material on the measure ican people. exactly where we find ourselves.
under consideration. Let me be clear, working families, The House and Senate bills were
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there small businesses, veterans, and our drafted to top-line spending levels that
objection to the request of the gentle- military need the certainty that comes do not reflect a bipartisan consensus.
woman from Connecticut? with passing omnibus funding legisla- The majority party also focused fund-
There was no objection. tion instead of short-term funding ing on their own priorities with non-
Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I patches. Republicans must join us for defense spending increasing at a much
yield myself such time as I may con- bipartisan, bicameral negotiations to higher rate than defense spending. And
sume. resolve our differences and keep gov- last, but certainly not least, the poli-
Madam Speaker, before I go any fur- ernment working for us all. cies in the bills are the most extreme
ther, I would first like to take a mo- For our communities, we need an om- that I have seen since I became a mem-
ment to mourn the loss of Congress- nibus to create and sustain good-pay- ber of the Appropriations Committee.
woman Carrie Meek. She was an ex- ing jobs, support small businesses, pre- During 2019 and 2020, there were also
traordinary force in the Congress and a vent future pandemics, and advance strong differences of opinions, but we
pioneer who was never deterred by any lifesaving medical research. We need had an agreement in place that allowed
challenge that came her way. I like to an omnibus to strengthen public us to negotiate final bills quickly. The
say that though she was unassuming schools, protect our air and water, terms were rather simple. The party
and soft-spoken, she carried a big combat the opioid epidemic, and sup- leaders and the White House reached
stick. That is evident in her enduring port core services such as food safety early agreement on the spending
legacy today. I had the honor of serv- and consumer product inspections. framework. Everyone agreed to drop
ing together with Congresswoman Without an omnibus, investments in controversial language and restore
Meek on the Appropriations Com- all these areas will be denied. longstanding provisions unless all sides
mittee years ago, and I feel immensely For our veterans, we need an omni- agreed to changes. I am concerned that
privileged to have worked with her to bus to provide sufficient funding for we cannot have meaningful discussions
help expand opportunity for all Ameri- veterans’ benefits, reduce backlogs for on full-year appropriations without a
cans. We all mourn her loss. veterans and their families, and meet similar understanding before we start.
Madam Speaker, I will be frank. In- the needs of the VA’s healthcare sys- I wish we would have focused on
stead of being here today discussing tem. Without an omnibus there will be funding the essential elements of gov-
another continuing resolution, I wish a shortfall that will cause veterans not ernment long before now. Instead, too
that we were here to present a bipar- to receive their benefits in full. much time has been spent focusing on
tisan, bicameral appropriations agree- For our national security, we need an extremely partisan and costly bills
ment. Continuing resolutions are not omnibus to support defense readiness being sent to the President’s desk, and
the way to govern. They are a short- and modernization, secure our cyber there could be another bill on the way
term patch that leaves the American infrastructure, and strengthen Amer- before the end of the year.
people behind. But we are here today ican leadership abroad. Without an om- It is unrealistic for Republicans to
because my colleagues across the aisle nibus, a pay raise for troops will not be negotiate on appropriations bills while
have refused time and time again to funded while funds will be misdirected this massive reconciliation package is
begin negotiations or even offer a pro- to a war we are no longer fighting. still under discussion. Our constituents
posal of their own for government As I said before, I wanted to be here are demanding that we take a com-
funding that delivers for the American today passing a bipartisan, bicameral prehensive look at all of the spending
people. appropriations agreement. Sadly, we this year. With our debt skyrocketing
House and Senate Democrats have are not. But as Republicans take the and inflation at the highest levels in 30
put forward their proposals, but Repub- next 21⁄2 months, Democrats remain years, we cannot afford to think about
licans have not presented an offer of ready, willing, and able to move this appropriations bills in isolation. How-
their own. There is not one piece of process forward. We are ready to go, ever, I do hope that we can make
paper describing what Republicans but we need willing partners to put the progress getting our bills finalized once
want. It has been 30 days since I American people first. we move into the new year; otherwise,
brought together a bipartisan, bi- With a new deadline of February 18, we will be having the same conversa-
cameral four-corners meeting on No- it is long past time for our Republican tion in February about another con-
vember 2, and to date we have not colleagues to offer constructive pro- tinuing resolution.
heard one word from them—not one posals to address the critical issues fac- Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal-
word. ing the country by funding the Federal ance of my time.
But now my Republican counterparts Government’s important work. As the Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I
want more time—something that they American people put their faith and yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentlewoman
have had since we came to this floor to trust in us, they deserve no less. from Ohio (Ms. KAPTUR), who is the
pass the last funding extension 62 days Madam Speaker, I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote chairwoman of the Appropriations Sub-
ago, which means we now have no on this legislation, and I reserve the committee on Energy and Water Devel-
choice but to pursue a short-term ex- balance of my time. opment, and Related Agencies.
tension. Make no mistake, Madam Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I
Speaker, a vote against this continuing yield myself such time as I may con- thank the chairwoman for yielding.
resolution is a vote to shut the govern- sume. Madam Speaker, I rise to address this
ment down. Madam Speaker, today I rise to latest short-term budget fix before us.
The legislation before us, the Further speak on H.R. 6119, a short-term con- We have a bipartisan responsibility to
Extending Government Funding Act, tinuing resolution through February pass a full-year appropriations pack-
continues government funding at cur- 18. I must admit that I am disappointed age. Democrats have worked in good
rent levels through February 18. It to be on the floor of the House today to faith to find common ground that will
makes minimal changes to address the speak about a continuing resolution allow us to meet our national obliga-
most urgent of needs during the period rather than full-year appropriations tions to the American people and de-
of the continuing resolution and pro- bills. But earlier this year, my col- liver essential services that they ex-
vides $7 billion to continue supporting leagues on the other side of the aisle pect.
Afghanistan evacuees after the end of crafted fiscal year 2022 bills with little Unfortunately, Republicans have de-
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20 years of war. input from Republicans, and we have cided that engaging in partisan politics
While I wish the February 18 end date not been able to find a path forward. and throwing up needless speed bumps
were earlier—and I pursued earlier During markups this summer, our in delays and roadblocks is more im-
dates—I believe this agreement allows Members made it clear we would not portant than doing their job.
the appropriations process to move for- support partisan bills that include irre- The people harmed most by this ob-
ward toward a final funding agreement sponsible spending increases and ex- struction are the hardworking families,
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seniors, and veterans I represent. In A record number of Chinese military quests in a bipartisan manner for well-
fact, our Great Lakes region deserves airplanes have flown that Taiwan air- designed housing, transportation, and
so much better, and Americans deserve space, and their naval forces continue economic development projects that
better. Let’s govern our Nation. No to threaten freedom of navigation in produce direct community benefits
more stalls. the South China Sea. throughout the country. Without com-
Our bipartisan Energy and Water De- President Biden’s abject failure in pleting the annual appropriations proc-
velopment, and Related Agencies Sub- Afghanistan, which freed an estimated ess, none of these investments will be
committee worked diligently to craft a 7,000 hardened terrorists, has created possible.
forward-thinking bill. It invests new more uncertainty for both us and our Madam Speaker, I urge adoption of
resources to meet America’s needs and allies. And threats such as North this CR today but I also urge my Re-
create good jobs in clean energy and Korea, Iran, and other nonstate actors publican colleagues to meet Congress’
water technologies allowing us to se- remain as well. most basic constitutional responsi-
cure our Nation’s energy independence, We cannot continue to cripple our bility of funding our government and
create good-paying jobs, and confront national security apparatus with CRs directing investments for the future by
the climate crisis that is impacting year after year. It is not only waste- coming to the table. Come to the table.
every coast in every region and, frank- ful—this CR is going to cost the De- Let’s find a constructive path forward.
ly, continent. partment of Defense about $1.7 billion Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I
A full-year bill will ensure our water per month for nothing—but it allows yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
resource agencies are able to meet the our adversaries to continue gaining Texas (Mr. ROY).
needs of the American people and solid- while we remain stagnant. Mr. ROY. Madam Speaker, I thank
ify our waterway and port infrastruc- Now more than ever, we must give the gentleman for yielding.
ture driving our economy forward, them the funding and tools they need There is a lot of noise in this town
meeting the backlogs that are there, to counter threats to the United right now about government shut-
and creating good jobs from coast to States. downs, and the fact is, the issue isn’t
coast. It is time that the majority focus on about shutdowns. It is about whether
The people’s business must be con- their most basic task: Do the work the or not Members of this body will con-
ducted, and for the sake of our Nation, American people expect of our govern- tinue to use money we don’t have to
Republicans should work in a construc- ment. fund mandates, indoctrination, and the
tive manner, not destructive. Our U.S. servicemembers, veterans, use of force against our citizens:
We look forward to passing these seniors, and the most vulnerable $73.5 billion for the Department of
bills and investing in the American among us deserve better. I urge my col- Education that subsidizes the indoc-
people. For now, I urge my colleagues leagues to vote ‘‘no,’’ and I reserve the trination of our children with critical
to support this bridge to the future and balance of my time. race theory and woke gender
move our Nation forward again. Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, once ideologies;
b 1530 again, the Republicans refuse to come $10 billion for an FBI that was just
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I to the table to negotiate, thereby jeop- used by the Attorney General of the
yield myself such time as I may con- ardizing benefits for our veterans and United States to target parents;
sume. I rise in reluctant opposition to our national security. We can move if $50 billion for a Department of Home-
the continuing resolution. they come to the table. land Security that leaves our borders
But first, I want to recognize our I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman wide open, empowering cartels because
good friend, Carrie Meek, from Florida. from North Carolina (Mr. PRICE), the Secretary Mayorkas fails to execute
I share the gentlewoman’s sadness over chairman of the Appropriations Sub- the laws of the United States;
her passing. She was a good friend. She committee on Transportation, and $6 billion for the National Institute
was a great Member, and we will miss Housing and Urban Development, and of Allergy and Infectious Diseases run
her, and I extend my condolences to Related Agencies. by Dr. Fauci.
her family. Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Madam Need I say more?
For months, my friends on the other Speaker, I rise in support of this con- $592 million for OSHA, which has im-
side of the aisle spent their time tinuing resolution. But I want to make posed an unconstitutional vaccine
crafting their big tax and spend social clear: This is a stopgap measure, neces- mandate on 84 million Americans.
welfare bill. In the end, they passed a sitated by Republican refusal to work I offered an amendment to strip any
bill that will most likely fail in the with Democrats on a bicameral, bipar- funding from this bill that would fund
Senate because it represents the most tisan basis to find a path forward for Federal vaccine mandates, and it
radical change to the American social the balance of the fiscal year. wasn’t even able to see the light of day.
contract in history, creating genera- Specifically, I can attest to the need This is about a Congress that is sup-
tions of dependency on the backs of the for a full-year transportation T-HUD posed to use the power of the purse, our
American middle class. While they bill to update our aging transportation Article I authority, rather than hiding
went back and forth, going further left infrastructure, to remedy inequities in behind the judges in Article III, to
with each version, the clock on funding housing and transportation, prevent check the executive branch. We have a
our government ran out. evictions, and make our infrastructure moral obligation to give voice and rep-
The most basic responsibility of this more resilient to natural disasters and resentation to the people who elected
Congress is to fund the government, to climate change. us whose liberty and livelihoods are
ensure seniors and veterans receive We need to fortify safety as the pri- being attacked.
their earned benefits on time. Yet, the mary function of the Federal Aviation My friend who battles MS is looking
majority pushed aside that basic duty Administration, providing full-year at being terminated from the univer-
in the name of radical social change. funding to strengthen certification ac- sity she teaches at because of the un-
The CR before us represents their fail- tivities, modernize air traffic control, lawful Federal contractor mandate.
ure to govern. and hire highly qualified personnel. The medical hero in Texas who is 9
As the ranking Republican on the De- We need to fully renew all Section 8 months pregnant is facing termination
fense Appropriations Subcommittee, and other housing vouchers for nearly 5 under the unlawful CMS mandate.
our committee has heard firsthand million low-income and working fami- Military personnel, including the 13-
about the threats that face our country lies to ensure that they can remain year Army veteran in my district who
and our allies. stably housed. We also need to keep is concerned about myocarditis, are
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Right now, at this very moment, the pace with the cost of upgrading our Na- facing being discharged from service to
Russians have amassed forces along the tion’s public housing, which houses our country.
Ukrainian border, weeks after they more than 2 million low-income resi- These are our neighbors, our rel-
purposely demonstrated their ability dents. atives, our friends—maybe not for
to destroy a satellite in high orbit. It is We also spent months vetting over some of you who go home to double-
unbelievable. 1,000 Community Project Funding re- masked, vaccine passport cities. But
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these are real Americans that this gov- create jobs, grow our economy, and en- Association (AIA) strongly urges you to
ernment wants to go after. sure our national security. reach a near-term agreement on fiscal year
I urge my colleagues to stop empow- As chairman of the House Appropria- 2022 funding to avoid further CRs beyond De-
ering executive branch tyranny over tions Committee’s Subcommittee on cember 3, 2021.
Americans, and I urge my Republican Agriculture, Rural Development, Food Government watchdogs continue to docu-
colleagues to not just vote ‘‘no’’ and and Drug Administration, and Related ment the waste and unnecessary disruption
give a speech, but go stand with MIKE Agencies, I want to stress that the pro- that CRs cause to federal programs. Multiple
LEE. Go stand with others in the Sen- grams in our bill touch the lives of agencies advised the Government Account-
ate trying to defend these Americans. every single American every day. ability Office (GAO) in a 2021 report that
longer CRs ‘‘contributed to distortions in
We should not fund tyranny over It would ensure that USDA can con-
agencies’ spending, adding to the rush to ob-
American citizens. tinue to feed America and the world, to
ligate funds late in the year before they ex-
Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, help expand economic opportunity, to pire.’’ The GAO determined that contracting
antiscience fearmongering about vac- create jobs in rural areas, and to fully officers working under a CR must continu-
cines is wrong. Fears about govern- meet the demand for farm ownership ously align the period of performance under
ment requirements for vaccines are loans. their contracts to the specific timeframe of
flat-out silly. And the Republicans are It would increase funding to address a given CR, resulting in many unnecessary
prepared to shut down the government the opioid crisis and rare cancers and contract modifications during the year. Hir-
based on this. Incredible. resume unannounced, in-person inspec- ing of new civilian staff is also delayed, mak-
I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentle- tions in the two largest foreign drug ing it harder for agencies to meet their
woman from California (Ms. ROYBAL- manufacturing countries in the world, goals. The GAO notes that agencies apply
ALLARD), the chair of the Appropria- China and India. creative workarounds in the first quarter of
tions Subcommittee on Homeland Se- Simply put, it would provide re- each fiscal year, because they assume that
appropriations bills will not be in place by
curity. sources to ensure that we have the
the beginning of the fiscal year. However,
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Madam most abundant, wholesome, and safest
these effects become far more serious, and
Speaker, each year, the first and most food and medicine in the world. agency staff have fewer options, when CRs
important responsibility Congress has It will help families that may strug- continue into the second quarter and beyond.
is to determine how taxpayer dollars gle to put food on the table through
The Department of Defense (DOD) is
will be spent on behalf of our constitu- programs like SNAP and WIC.
uniquely harmed under CRs because these
ents. The continuing resolution before Sadly, the bill cannot move forward
bills typically prohibit DOD from starting
the House will prevent a government because, in the past few months, House new programs or activities or increasing any
shutdown and give us sufficient time to and Senate Republicans have refused to program’s production rate beyond that of the
complete the full-year funding bills if negotiate with Democrats on govern- current fiscal year. Both ‘new starts’ and
the minority will finally come to the ment funding. rate increases are critical for our national
negotiating table. Today, we are passing this short- defense because our defense posture and
Some friends on the other side of the term bill just to keep the government threats are always evolving. As CRs extend
aisle have suggested simply enacting a open. In doing so, Democrats are mak- to longer periods during the year, this is an
yearlong CR, which would effectively ing sure our government continues increasing problem for which DOD seldom
wash our hands of our constitutional serving the American people. We are gets relief. DOD reported to the GAO that
also offering another chance for our between FY10 and FY20, they had requested
duty. My subcommittee is responsible
exceptions to CR language (called ‘‘anoma-
for drafting the funding bill for the De- Republican colleagues to come to the
lies’’) 1,258 times and had only been granted
partment of Homeland Security. If, as table with constructive proposals. three percent of those requests. Most of
my Republican colleagues have sug- I urge my colleagues to support this these requested relief from the prohibition
gested, we were to pass a full-year CR, bill and, more importantly, to come to- on new starts and rate increases. We strong-
DHS would lose critical increases in gether with us to provide peace of mind ly believe that, should Congress produce CRs
the House bill that are imperative to and certainty to our fellow Americans extending into the second quarter of FY22, it
the security of the United States. This by passing a full fiscal year ’22 funding should eliminate the prohibition on new
includes a historic 20 percent increase bill package. starts and production rate increases.
for the Cybersecurity and Infrastruc- Madam Speaker, I include in the FY22 is the first year in a decade when dis-
ture Security Agency; funding to in- RECORD letters in support of the bill cretionary spending levels have not been
crease FEMA’s capacity to respond to from the Aerospace Industries Associa- fixed in statute by the Budget Control Act.
the growing frequency of disasters tion, the Coalition on Human Needs, AIA has long argued that statutory caps are
linked to climate change; a quad- the Coalition for Health Funding, and not needed because Congress and the admin-
the National Defense Industrial Asso- istration are able to assess and address the
rupling of funding for trade facilitation
ciation. needs of the nation more effectively, and
and security at our ports of entry; a 6 with greater oversight, through the annual
percent increase for Homeland Secu- AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION,
Arlington, VA, November 2, 2021. appropriations process. Last year, Congress
rity Investigations; and an 8 percent enacted all 12 full-year appropriations bills
Hon. CHUCK SCHUMER,
increase for critical Coast Guard oper- Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, by December 27. If Congress fails to once
ations. Washington, DC. again enact full-year appropriations bills, or
Let’s quickly approve this short-term Hon. MITCH MCCONNELL, continues running the government into 2022
CR and then roll up our sleeves and Minority Leader, U.S. Senate, under continuing resolutions, it will send the
work together to fulfill our constitu- Washington, DC. wrong signal to the government’s partners,
tional duty by negotiating full-year Hon. NANCY PELOSI, like those in our industry. We count on sta-
bills. Speaker, House of Representatives, ble, reliable and adequate funding to support
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I re- Washington, DC. the critical capabilities that we provide for
Hon. KEVIN MCCARTHY, all Americans.
serve the balance of my time.
Minority Leader, House of Representatives, Like other industries, COVID–19 took a se-
Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I Washington, DC.
yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman rious toll on our workforce and the thou-
DEAR MAJORITY LEADER SCHUMER, SPEAKER
from Georgia (Mr. BISHOP), the chair- sands of small- and medium-sized businesses
PELOSI, RANKING MEMBER MCCONNELL, AND
along the supply chain that are at the heart
man of the Appropriations Sub- RANKING MEMBER MCCARTHY: The United
of the aerospace and defense industries. More
committee on Agriculture, Rural De- States aerospace and defense industries are
than ever, businesses across all industries
velopment, Food and Drug Administra- an essential partner with the federal govern-
need predictability and consistency.
tion, and Related Agencies. ment in an array of efforts vital to our econ-
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omy and our national security. Each fall, We again ask that you ensure that all gov-
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Madam
that partnership is tested when those pro- ernment programs receive full Fiscal Year
Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for grams are slowed down or deferred by the use 2022 funding on or before December 3, 2021.
yielding. of multiple continuing resolutions (CR) to Sincerely,
This year, House Democrats worked keep the government running. On behalf of ERIC FANNING,
hard and passed government funding our vital industries and our more than two President and CEO,
bills which support vital programs that million employees, the Aerospace Industries Aerospace Industries Association.
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COALITION ON HUMAN NEEDS, cluding inflation. We must not return to flat as possible. The bill passed by the House this
Washington, DC, November 15, 2021. funding when the pandemic has adversely af- summer and the bill proposed by the Senate
Hon. ROSA DELAURO, fected the mental health of millions of chil- Appropriations Committee this fall provide
Chairwoman, House Committee on Appropria- dren and adults. vital increased funding for the programs and
tions, Washington, DC. Over the past decade, we allowed our pub- services that have a profound impact on
DEAR CHAIRWOMAN DELAURO: On behalf of lic health capacity to diminish, and as a con- health and well-being, child development,
the Coalition on Human Needs, I am writing sequence we were not ready to cope with educational and skills attainment, employ-
to strongly urge you to do everything in COVID–19. The House Labor-HHS-Education ment, and productivity. Failing to enact the
your power to enact omnibus FY 2022 appro- appropriations bill increases the Centers for FY 2022 bill and relying on continuing reso-
priations legislation including all 12 sub- Disease Control about $2.7 billion over the lutions (CRs) would be a grave missed oppor-
committee bills. Our nation badly needs the current year, allowing for the agency to re- tunity to improve the lives of all Americans.
increased funding provided in the House Ap- build so that it can more effectively respond The use of extended CRs creates disruption
propriations Committee bills. We face many to COVID–19 and future health threats. and dysfunction, and injects fiscal uncer-
increased needs, a great many exacerbated We know our economy is hampered by a tainty into an already uncertain environ-
by the pandemic and its economic disloca- mismatch between jobs available and people ment for the agencies that support the na-
tions. For more than a decade, funding levels with the skills to fill those positions. FY 2022 tion’s public health, education, job training,
for vital human needs programs have appropriations proposals include increases in social services, and much more. The reliance
shrunk, especially taking inflation into ac- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act on CRs that extend far into the new fiscal
count. If Congress fails to enact omnibus ap- programs (WIOA), YouthBuild, Registered year that has become commonplace in recent
propriations legislation and instead defaults Apprenticeships, and Reintegration of Ex-Of- years limits Congress’s ability to exercise its
to a long-term continuing resolution (CR) fender programs, as well as expansion of oversight authority and make necessary ad-
with flat funding, we will seriously damage community college training programs. These justments to funding levels to meet new de-
our capacity to respond to the multiple pub- will lead to jobs with higher pay and broadly mands.
lic health and economic crises we face. As a shared economic growth. These increases are While short-term CRs are challenging
member of the House Committee on Appro- needed to overcome a ten-year 17 percent re- enough, the possibility of a year-long CR
priations, you have a key role to play in duction in WIOA programs and to move us could be catastrophic as our nation con-
working for enactment of an omnibus, not a forward. tinues to struggle to return to normalcy
long-term CR. There are too many important programs to amidst the COVID–19 pandemic. Below are
Members of the Coalition on Human Needs, list here. But we do wish to underscore that some examples highlighting the challenges
including human service provider organiza- children have experienced many hardships that a year-long continuing resolution poses
tions, faith groups, labor, civil rights, policy during the pandemic, including unprece- to critical programs funded by the Labor-
experts and other advocates concerned with dented losses in education. The historic in- HHS-Education appropriations bill:
meeting the needs of people with low in- creases proposed in Title I K–12 education for Last year, the nation’s overdose rate in-
comes, enthusiastically welcomed the fund- students with low incomes and in special creased by a staggering 30 percent with 90,000
ing levels provided in the Biden FY 2022 education funding are urgently needed to deaths nationwide—a rate of increase not
budget and the House and Senate Appropria- help children overcome the educational set- seen in three decades and it is now reported
tions Committees. We have tracked nearly backs they have experienced. Title I spend- that drug overdose deaths reached 100,000 be-
200 human needs programs over the past dec- ing rises by at least $16.6 billion over FY tween April 2020 and April 2021, a grim
ade. Between FYs 2010 and 2020, we found 2021, and there will be $341 more per student record. In FY 2022, states are slated to re-
that two-thirds of these programs, covering for more than 7.6 million students with dis- ceive billions of dollars to assist with pre-
health care, housing, nutrition, social serv- abilities. The FY 2022 appropriations bills in- vention, treatment, and recovery services—
ices, education, training, and more, had lost clude many important funding increases to these dollars will be lost with a full year CR.
ground, taking inflation into account. In the help families care for their children. In addi- CRs make it difficult for state and local
past year, we have begun to rebuild. But the tion to the mental health, housing, and edu- health departments, as well as school dis-
needs are also growing. cation funding already mentioned here, there tricts, to plan activities and hire staff as
We now face rising prices affecting neces- are badly needed increases in child care, they rely on predictable funding from federal
sities including utilities, food, and rent. Flat Head Start, early learning programs, and agencies to carry out their work. Funding
funding from a prolonged CR would fail our child abuse prevention and treatment pro- delays will hold up essential programmatic
people by not providing needed increases in grams. There are also urgently needed in- work in communities across the country.
programs such as the Low Income Home En- creases in funds to care for unaccompanied CRs force grant-funding agencies like the
ergy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The immigrant children. National Institutes of Health to adopt con-
House increases LIHEAP by $125 million; the The nation’s recovery depends on strength- servative funding policies, holding back on
Senate bill increases funding by $175 million. ening a host of domestic programs that have investments in new areas of life-saving re-
Both these increases are too modest when been allowed to shrink for years, not just to search and damaging existing ongoing re-
taking into account that natural gas heating get to where they had been before, but to re- search efforts. Unreliable and unpredictable
costs are projected to rise by 30 percent this spond to needs far greater because of the funding streams hurt the nation’s scientific
winter and heating oil is expected to rise by pandemic and its global economic disloca- enterprise, and damage America’s competi-
43 percent. Nutrition programs will also need tions. A long-term continuing resolution tiveness globally.
funding increases because of rising food would be a severe failure to address these After a decade of almost frozen funding for
prices. The House has provided $1.4 billion needs. We strongly urge you to enact omni- education, the House and Senate Labor-HHS-
for Senior Nutrition programs, an increase of bus appropriations legislation including all Education bills provided needed investments
$436 million above the FY 2021 enacted level. twelve bills as soon as possible. for FY 2022, starting to address long-standing
Responding to the acute shortage of afford- Sincerely, needs along the education continuum. Freez-
able housing, the House bill would expand DEBORAH WEINSTEIN, ing funding at last year’s levels would leave
rental assistance to 125,000 additional house- Executive Director. funding for the Department of Education
holds. These increases are vitally needed. -- below the level of a decade ago in inflation-
Flat funding in all these areas would be sim- NOVEMBER 19, 2021. adjusted dollars.
ply unacceptable. Hon. ROSA DELAURO, The pandemic continues to have profound
We have for some time faced a substance Chair, Committee on Appropriations, impacts on teaching and learning, and while
use crisis, and are projected to reach 100,000 House of Representatives, Washington, DC. the COVID-relief already enacted supports
deaths from opioid overdoses by the end of Hon. KAY GRANGER, short-term costs associated with the pan-
this year, up from about 93,000 in 2020. The Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations, demic, there will be new, ongoing needs that
House funding level for the Substance Abuse House of Representatives, Washington, DC. the FY 2022 appropriations bill begins to ad-
and Mental Health Services Administration Hon. PATRICK LEAHY, dress for students, educators, and institu-
(SAMHSA) is $9.16 billion, $3 billion more Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, tions.
than current year funding. Without those ad- U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. During the pandemic, the costs of child
ditional funds, we will not be able to cope Hon. RICHARD SHELBY, care at a center rose an estimated 47 percent,
with the continuing increases in opioid ad- Vice Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, while family day care increased by 70 per-
diction. U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. cent; many child care centers were forced to
The pandemic has increased mental health DEAR CHAIR DELAURO, CHAIRMAN LEAHY, close. Lack of child care is keeping many
problems. The proposed SAMHSA funding RANKING MEMBER GRANGER, AND VICE CHAIR- women from rejoining the labor force. The
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levels allow us to respond more adequately. MAN SHELBY: On behalf of the Campaign to House bill increases child care by $1.5 billion
In particular, House funding for various chil- invest in American’s Workforce, the Coali- and Head Start by $1.4 billion; flat-funding
dren’s mental health programs increase by tion for Health Funding, the Coalition on child care would make it impossible to re-
$118.5 million over current year levels. This Human Needs, and the Committee for Edu- build capacity.
is a vital turn-around after years of erosion. cation Funding and our members, we urge More than 11.8 million people are unem-
From FYs 2010 to 2020, Children’s Mental you to pass the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Labor- ployed or underemployed and women, people
Health Services declined by 14 percent, in- HHS-Education appropriations bill as soon of color and people without an education
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past high school comprise a disproportionate (CR) and avoid a government shutdown, it is Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I
amount of these workers. A CR would deny a poor stand-in for the full-year appropria- yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentlewoman
additional investments to an already histori- tions desperately needed by our warfighters from California (Ms. LEE), the chair-
cally underfunded workforce system at a and those who provide them with the equip-
ment and services that enable their mission.
woman of the Appropriations Sub-
time of great need.
As the Administration works to implement We cannot stress enough the importance of committee on State, Foreign Oper-
the historic investments to our nation’s in- the defense appropriations bill to our na- ations, and Related Programs.
frastructure included in the Bipartisan Infra- tional security and to a healthy defense in- Ms. LEE of California. Madam
structure Bill, the demand for skilled work- dustrial base. The limbo caused under CRs Speaker, let me first thank our chair,
ers in industries including construction, wastes precious time and money our nation Congresswoman DELAURO, for yielding
manufacturing, energy and related indus- cannot recover. Delayed new starts and ini- and for her tremendous leadership
tries will continue to grow. At the same tiatives place a strain on companies and throughout this overall process be-
time, workers who lost their jobs in retail, their workforce, particularly as they recali-
brate operations to a post-pandemic normal.
cause, I tell you, this continuing reso-
hospitality and other sectors hardest hit by
the pandemic are looking for opportunities Our nation’s competitors face no similar lution, it really should not be nec-
to build new skills for available job opportu- challenges putting us at a competitive dis- essary.
nities. A CR denies critical investments in advantage, particularly with emerging tech- We have had ample time under the
training programs necessary to mitigate the nologies, and place our supply chains at in- previous CR to complete bicameral, bi-
current skills mismatch and allow workers creasing risk, something we cannot afford partisan negotiations to complete our
to access the jobs for which businesses are after the nearly two years of pandemic im- full-year funding responsibilities, but
hiring. pacts. not all parties have agreed to even
The cost to heat a home with natural gas Doing business with the Federal Govern-
ment is already hard. The tomes of regula- come to the table.
is projected to rise by 30 percent this winter; But Democrats are determined to
heating oil costs are expected to rise by 43 tions, burdensome business requirements,
percent. Flat-funding for the Low Income sometimes Kafkaesque contracting and over- keep our government open, so I urge
Home Energy Assistance Program would sight procedures, and compressed margins everyone to support this continuing
lead to dramatic reductions in the number of have combined to drive businesses out of the resolution.
households served and the amount of help defense sector with a net outflow of well over There are immense needs, though,
they get from LIHEAP. 10,000 companies since 2011 and, as noted in and challenges outside our borders. We
The undersigned organizations call on Con- our annual Vital Signs report, a halving of must complete our work on a full-year
gress to pass a FY 2022 appropriations bill in new entrants to the sector between fiscal
2019 and fiscal 2020 alone. Add to that the un-
appropriations bill that provides the
a timely manner to avoid the damaging much-needed investments in diplomacy
trend of long-term CRs and provide needed certainty of ‘‘if and when’’ a full-year de-
services for the American public. Thank you fense appropriations gets signed into law, and development to meet those chal-
for your consideration. If you have questions more companies will reassess their participa- lenges.
about this letter, please contact: tion in the defense industrial base. The ulti- For far too long, we have had an im-
Erin Will Morton, Coalition for Health mate price of this is paid by our warfighters balance between defense, diplomacy,
Funding who will lose out on innovations and new ca- and development. So I am very proud
Sarah Abernathy, Committee for Edu- pabilities not delivered. that the House passed the State-For-
cation Funding The inefficiencies caused by beginning 12
of the last 13 fiscal years without full-year eign Operations bill, increasing funding
Katie Spiker, Campaign to Invest in Amer-
ica’s Workforce or funding have cost the military services bil- for global health and pandemic re-
Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human lions lost in inefficient expenditures and pro- sponse efforts, humanitarian assist-
Needs gram delays. Also, delayed contract starts ance, and our commitment to key al-
Sincerely, challenge larger contractors while threaten lies and partners. We must provide our
ERIN WILL MORTON, the existence of smaller prime contractors international agencies the resources
Executive Director, and small businesses down the supply chain.
they need to defeat the global COVID–
Coalition for Health The effect of that has a human face and a
long-term impact. To execute a new-start 19 pandemic and ensure that we are
Funding.
KATIE SPIKER, contract, a company must recruit, hire, and taking the proper steps to protect our-
Managing Director of train a workforce despite a tight labor mar- selves in the future.
Government Affairs, ket and a shortage of workers with the re- The House bill also has a tripling of
National Skills Coa- quired security clearance. Faced with a de- environmental funding from the prior
lition, Campaign to layed start, that company must now choose year, which are critical investments to
Invest in America’s between two bad options, either pay that address climate change and accelerate
Workforce. workforce to stand idle or let those workers
the progress in adaptation of clean en-
SARAH ABERNATHY, go—both of which could lead to contract or
business failure and undelivered capabilities ergy.
Executive Director, Our bill prioritizes the protection
Committee for Edu- to our service members.
With no full-year funding, we cannot afford and advancement of women, including
cation Funding.
DEBORAH WEINSTEIN, to go too long without hampering readiness for family planning, which has not re-
Executive Director, recovery efforts, delaying capabilities to our ceived an increase in funding in over a
Coalition on Human warfighters, and postponing investments in decade.
Needs. advanced technologies while allowing our de- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
-- fense industrial base to erode. NOIA supports time of the gentlewoman has expired.
NDIA, a bipartisan agreement on domestic and na- Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I
Arlington, VA, November 1, 2021. tional security spending and encourages the
adoption of a two-year budget to prevent an-
yield an additional 30 seconds to the
Hon. PATRICK LEAHY, gentlewoman from California.
Chairman, Appropriations Committee, U.S. Sen- other year of budget instability and to pro-
ate. vide the needed support to the Department b 1545
Hon. ROSA DELAURO, of Defense for their critical missions.
We appreciate your attention to this crit- Ms. LEE of California. Madam
Chairwoman, Appropriations Committee, House Speaker, these investments, along with
ical issue and look forward to working with
of Representatives.
your Committees moving forward. other important investments in hous-
Hon. RICHARD SHELBY,
Ranking Member, Appropriations Committee,
Very respectfully, ing, jobs, and community investment,
HERBERT J. CARLISLE, are on hold until we complete our work
U.S. Senate.
General, USAF (Ret), for fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills.
Hon. KAY GRANGER,
President and CEO,
Ranking Member, Appropriations Committee, So we must not shrink from our global
National Defense In-
House of Representatives. responsibility but instead work to pass
DEAR CHAIRMAN LEAHY, CHAIRWOMAN dustrial Association.
ARNOLD L. PUNARO, our budget, an omnibus bill, as soon as
DELAURO AND RANKING MEMBERS SHELBY AND
MajGen, USMC (Ret), possible. Lives and livelihoods depend
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GRANGER: On behalf of the thousands of com-
panies represented by the National Defense Chairman of the on this.
Industrial Association (NDIA) and across the Board, National De- Madam Speaker, again I thank Chair-
defense industrial base, we write to request fense Industrial As- woman DELAURO for making sure we
the expedited completion of the defense ap- sociation. keep the government open.
propriation bill. While we applaud the bipar- Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I re- Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I re-
tisan effort to pass a continuing resolution serve the balance of my time. serve the balance of my time.
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Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I Meanwhile, we are just totally We need to pass this appropriations
yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentlewoman punting on managing our budget. bill. We need to pass the CHIPS Act,
from Minnesota (Ms. MCCOLLUM), the Three years in a row, my colleagues because we have got to close the tech-
chair of the Appropriations Sub- have not put forth a budget. nology gap.
committee on Defense. What I would like to see us do, to fix The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Ms. MCCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, we this for both sides, is to consider when time of the gentleman has expired.
are here today to prevent the Repub- we are talking about CRs and the debt Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I
licans from shutting down the Federal ceiling and we are putting on display yield an additional 30 seconds to the
Government tomorrow. for the entire world how dysfunctional gentleman from Ohio.
Republicans in the U.S. Senate are we are with respect to budget and ap- Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, we see
holding the FY 2022 appropriations propriations, is that we would actually all of these cargo ships out in Cali-
process hostage by refusing to do any put forward bipartisan reforms like en- fornia. They are not coming from Kan-
work, let alone negotiate with Demo- forceable spending caps. Those are gone sas. They are coming from China. If we
crats. after this year. How about paygos and don’t reinvest and bring these supply
Rather than doing their job of fund- CutGos that are actually enforceable chains back here, we are going to con-
ing the Federal Government, Senate so that we force Congress to do what tinue to lose. That is what is hap-
Republicans want to kick the can down everyone else in the country does, pening.
the road, wasting the first 41⁄2 months which is live within their means. China is out-manufacturing us in
of the fiscal year. There is a whole list here. Debt tar- semiconductors, communications
As chair of the Appropriations Sub- gets; no budget, no recess. How about equipment, electric vehicles, and bat-
committee on Defense, it is clear that we stay here and celebrate Christmas teries. We have to rebuild our country,
Republicans are undermining our na- together and the holidays until we get or this whole thing isn’t going to work.
tional security. They are increasing a dadgum budget passed? We have got to make sure our kids
waste and inefficiency, they are weak- There are lots of bipartisan measures are healthy and educated and skilled so
ening our military readiness, and they that I implore my colleagues to talk to they can thrive and outcompete China.
are sending a signal to our troops and their leadership about while I am talk- That is what this bill is about. It is not
the millions of workers in the defense ing to mine, so we can do something about tyranny. It is not about com-
industry that they are not a priority. about it and not just keep this dysfunc- munist indoctrination. It is about re-
The American people should be sick tion going infinitum. building the United States.
and tired of hearing Republicans in Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, once Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I
Congress talk about how we need a again, it has been the Republicans’ re- yield myself such time as I may con-
stronger national defense while doing fusal to come to the table to negotiate sume.
everything in their power to weaken that has stopped the process and forced I just want to make a point. The Re-
our national defense. us to do a short-term stopgap measure. publicans on the Appropriations Com-
This is a time of instability in the We shouldn’t be doing it, but Repub- mittee want to increase our defense
world. Russia is knocking on the door- licans need to come to the table. spending. We don’t want to cut defense
step of Ukraine. China is at the door- Madam Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 minutes spending. Both the Republicans and the
step of Taiwan. There are serious na- to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Democrats on the authorizing com-
tional security threats in the world. RYAN), the chairman of the Sub- mittee don’t want to cut the defense
When our adversaries look at Con- committee on the Legislative Branch. spending. And both the Republicans
gress, they see Republicans playing po- Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, what and Democrats in the United States
litical games rather than investing in you are seeing here before the United Senate don’t want to cut defense
research and modernization. What kind States Congress is two clear, different spending.
of message does that send to our adver- visions of America and where we want We have a national defense strategy
saries? What kind of message does that to go and what we want to do. that was laid down by General Mattis,
send to the men and women of our We know that China is running cir- which I think we should follow, which
military, who we ask to do the tough- cles around us. We know they are asked for a net increase of a minimum
est jobs while putting their lives on the building islands in the South China of 3 to 5 percent net of inflation. That
line? Sea. We know Russia is on the border. is just to maintain some credible deter-
I am voting for this continuing reso- We know the middle class has been rent against China and a resurgent
lution to prevent a Republican shut- eroded. And we know the Republican Russia. Until we get to those numbers,
down. But I must say, while this CR is philosophy has been cut taxes for the we will continue to be operating on a
necessary, I find it to be unacceptable top 1 percent and hope the crumbs fall continuing resolution.
as an outcome. down to places like Youngstown, Ohio. Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal-
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I But what we are trying to do is three ance of my time.
yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from things. We want to build the United Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, if
Texas (Mr. ARRINGTON). States, we want to rebuild the middle the Republicans wanted to do some-
Mr. ARRINGTON. Madam Speaker, class, and we want to beat China. thing about our defense and our secu-
these CRs, these fits and starts of But we can’t do that if we don’t have rity in the military, they would move
prioritizing the Nation’s resources and our greatest weapon. And our greatest to work with us to pass the defense ap-
allocating these resources so we can weapon during the Cold War and our propriations bill and the omnibus.
run the people’s government, are ineffi- greatest weapon over the last 50 years Madam Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 minutes
cient at best, they are dysfunctional, it has been a strong middle class. That to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms.
is disgraceful, it is pervasive, and it is has been our greatest weapon, our WASSERMAN SCHULTZ), the chair of the
a structural issue that both Repub- greatest strength. We reinvested into Subcommittee on Military Construc-
licans and Democrats have to solve ul- the United States, we reinvested into tion and Veterans’ Affairs.
timately. I am trying to be fair about our communities, we invested in the Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ.
this, because I have seen this happen technology, and we dominated the in- Madam Speaker, the Republicans’ re-
when Republicans have been in charge, dustry: steel, glass, and aerospace. fusal to negotiate bipartisan spending
in all fairness. Now, we are hearing from the other bills has us standing on another shut-
I think the difference this time in the side: Shut government down. Don’t do down cliff and, once more, relying on
life of our country is that my Demo- anything. We don’t want to be an hon- another Band-Aid funding bill. It is the
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crat colleagues have been distracted est broker. same place we were 2 months ago when
while trying to pass a massive tax-and- Tyranny? What are you people talk- Congress voted to provide 2 more
spend bill. It is the largest expansion of ing about? We are talking about uni- months for earnest negotiations. Since
government and the largest tax hike. It versal preschool, and they have it as a then, House and Senate Democrats put
is the biggest transfer of wealth. It is a communist indoctrination of the Amer- forth proposals, and Republicans put
lot of things, and they ain’t good. ican student. It is insane. nothing on the table.
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As anyone who figures out their Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I THE AD HOC GROUP
household bills every week knows, a want to remind my colleague on the FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH,
table full of nothing doesn’t keep the November 15, 2021.
other side of the aisle that a con- Hon. ROSA DELAURO,
lights on, doesn’t put groceries on the tinuing resolution is a cut to defense. Chair, Committee on Appropriations,
table. Nothing isn’t going to put food If you come to the table, we will dis- House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
in the refrigerator, and it certainly Hon. KAY GRANGER,
cuss it, then we can move forward on
doesn’t pay the phone bill or buy any- Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations,
the defense of this Nation.
one’s prescriptions. But that is what House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Republicans came up with in the last 2 Madam Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 minutes Hon. PATRICK LEAHY,
months: absolutely nothing. to the gentlewoman from Maine (Ms. Chair, Committee on Appropriations,
It looks a lot like the solutions Re- U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
PINGREE), the chair of the Appropria-
Hon. RICHARD SHELBY,
publicans put forward to solve all of tions Subcommittee on Interior, Envi- Vice Chair, Committee on Appropriations,
the problems American families face: ronment, and Related Agencies. U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
nothing. They have no plan. DEAR CHAIRWOMAN DELAURO, CHAIRMAN
So as responsible stewards, Demo- Ms. PINGREE. Madam Speaker, I LEAHY, RANKING MEMBER GRANGER, AND VICE
crats on the Appropriations Committee rise to support the continuing resolu- CHAIRMAN SHELBY: Thank you for your past
crafted yet another extension to main- tion, which extends government fund- leadership in championing sustained, real
tain funding levels through February ing at current levels until we pass a growth in medical research funding. As Con-
gress begins to draft a final fiscal year (FY)
and ensure that our most urgent needs full appropriations package for the
2022 spending package, the 314 undersigned
can be met. next fiscal year. members of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical
But working families, small busi- Research urge you to invest robustly in
It is my strong hope that this short-
nesses, and veterans can’t live on tem- agencies and programs to improve the na-
porary patches. They need the cer- term extension will be the last one and tion’s health and well-being, including base
tainty that comes with passing a full that my colleagues across the aisle will funding for the National Institutes of Health
appropriations package to create jobs, acknowledge our solemn duty to exer- (NIH), as a key national priority and to fi-
prevent future pandemics, and keep cise the power of the purse. nalize the appropriations process as expedi-
tiously as possible. The Ad Hoc Group for
schools safe. We need an omnibus budg- A continuing resolution that lasts a Medical Research is a coalition of patient
et to safeguard our air, our food, and full year does not serve the American and voluntary health groups, medical and
our water. people. As the chair of the Sub- scientific societies, academic and research
As chair of the Subcommittee on organizations, and industry, dedicated to en-
committee on Interior, Environment,
Military Construction and Veterans’ hancing the federal investment in bio-
Affairs, I know veterans need an omni- and Related Agencies, I can attest that medical, behavioral, social, and population-
bus to get their earned benefits, to the investments in the House interior based research supported by the NIH.
bill would benefit all of our constitu- We greatly appreciate that both the House-
slash the claims backlogs they face, passed (H.R. 4502) and Senate draft Labor-
and to fully meet their VA healthcare ents, for those of us on both sides of HHS-Education spending bills include strong
needs. the aisle. increases for the NIH base in FY 2022, which
I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on this con- The bill makes long-overdue invest- would provide greater hope and opportunity
tinuing resolution because it will keep ments to protect human health, to
for every patient awaiting a cure, every re-
the government open and extend fund- searcher working toward the next break-
fight the climate emergency, and to through, and every aspiring scientist consid-
ing for critical education, health, hous-
ing, and public safety programs. These meet our trust obligations to Tribal ering a career in the lab. To maximize the
nations. It provides critical resources potential of medical research to make rapid
are programs and services that every progress toward these goals, we urge you to
community, red or blue, relies on every to rebuild the Federal workforce so
provide at least $46.4 billion for NIH’s base,
day. that these agencies can meet their mis- as included in the House-passed bill. Con-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The sions and better serve the public. tinuing the momentum of the prior six years
time of the gentlewoman has expired. Failing to complete a full-year bill of bipartisan support for meaningful funding
Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I growth in the NIH’s existing institutes and
means no additional investments in the centers is key to ensuring that the nation
yield an additional 30 seconds to the
gentlewoman from Florida. EPA to research and develop standards can continue to accelerate the development
for harmful pollutants like PFAS, no of life-changing cures, pioneering treatments
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ.
further investments in domestic renew- and diagnostics, and innovative preventive
Madam Speaker, Republicans’ refusal strategies.
to put the American people first and able energy, and insufficient resources Additionally, we appreciate that both bills
faithfully negotiate leaves every par- for the healthcare of nearly 2.2 million ensure that the new investment for the pro-
ent and mom-and-pop shop less secure. American Indians and Alaska Natives. posed Advanced Research Projects Agency
Let’s get serious about governing. for Health (ARPA–H) supplements, rather
Regardless of whether we pass a full- than supplants, the NIH’s base. While com-
I say to my Republican colleagues: It
year bill, we can be certain that mil- plementary, NIH and ARPA–H have distinct
is time to show up for work and stop
lions of Americans will be exposed to and important missions. As such, investment
worshipping at the altar of Donald in ARPA–H must not come at the expense of
Trump for 5 minutes, long enough to do pollution, that healthcare costs will
the NIH base. Instead, to fully realize the
your job. rise, and that our window for miti- benefits of the envisioned new entity while
Let’s stop this legislative gating climate change will shrink. simultaneously allowing NIH to keep pace
brinksmanship and immediately begin To ignore these threats is not in the with discovery, an FY 2022 appropriation of
to negotiate the FY 2022 bills so we can at least $46.4 billion for NIH’s base budget is
Nation’s best interest, nor any of ours. needed. Prioritizing strong investments for
meet our country’s needs.
We were sent to Congress to improve foundational research discoveries funded by
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I
yield myself such time as I may con- the lives and livelihoods of our con- the NIH will be critical to the success of the
stituents. visionary new research initiative, particu-
sume. larly as it builds its operational capacity in
I think everybody knows, Madam Madam Speaker, I encourage my col- its inaugural year and beyond. Likewise,
Speaker, what the conditions are that leagues to support this bill, but I en- avoiding further delays in finalizing funding
have been pretty much publicized. Na- courage my colleagues on the other determinations will enable both ARPA–Hand
tional defense spending must go up and side of the aisle to finish the bill. NIH’s planned and existing programs to be
the balance of the appropriations has maximally efficient and strategic in their
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to come down; the legacy riders must Madam Speaker, I include in the work in FY 2022.
RECORD a letter from The Ad Hoc To that end, our organizations strongly
come back in, and the poison pills have support an approach to the final FY 2022
to go away. It is pretty simple, as far Group for Medical Research.
spending package that avoids additional CRs
as I am concerned. past December. Aside from the budget impli-
Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- cations, CRs create inefficiencies and add
ance of my time. uncertainty to a system that is already
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under stress with the continued reverbera- Pediatric Nephrology, American Society of HIV Medicine Association, Hope For Stom-
tions of the ongoing COVID–19 pandemic. We Radiologic Technologists, American Surgical ach Cancer, Icahn School of Medicine at
strongly urge you to work swiftly in secur- Association, American Thoracic Society, Mount Sinai, Indiana University, Indiana
ing bipartisan, bicameral agreement on American Urogynecologic Society, American University Health, Infectious Diseases Soci-
topline discretionary spending allocations Urological Association, Anxiety and Depres- ety of America, Initiative to End Alz-
and to ensure any final budget agreement re- sion Association of America, Associated heimer’s Disease Board of Visitors, Inter-
flects a strong commitment to the nation’s Medical Schools of New York. national Foundation for Gastrointestinal
health. Association for Anatomy, Cell Biology and Disorders, International Society for Stem
Once again, we commend you for con- Neurobiology Chairs (AACBNC), Association Cell Research (ISSCR), Interstitial Cystitis
tinuing to recognize the incomparable value for Clinical and Translational Science, Asso- Association, JDRF, Jeffrey Modell Founda-
of the federal investment in the NIH, and we ciation for Clinical Oncology, Association tion, John & Amy Mewhiney Cancer Founda-
look forward to working with you to secure for Prevention Teaching and Research, Asso- tion, Johns Hopkins University and Medi-
$46.4 billion for the agency’s base in FY 2022, ciation for Psychological Science, Associa- cine, Joslin Diabetes Center, KidneyCAN.
in addition to funding you provide for tion for Research in Vision and Ophthal- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple
ARPA–H. mology (ARVO), Association of Academic University, Lewy Body Dementia Associa-
Sincerely, Health Centers (AAHC), Association of Aca- tion, LGS Foundation, Lupus Foundation of
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icine & Health, Academic Pediatric Associa- Association of American Medical Colleges, eral Brigham, Medical College of Wisconsin,
tion, Academy for Eating Disorders, Acad- Association of American Universities, Asso- Medical Image Perception Society, Medical
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Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imag- sociation of Chairs of Departments of Physi- tering, MemorialCare Health System, Meso-
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel In September, we voted on a bipar- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker,
Hill, The University of North Carolina Sys- tisan basis to extend government fund- I thank the Chairwoman and all of the
tem, The University of Texas, Southwestern ing through December 3 to allow nego- very important people on the Appro-
Medical Center, Triage Cancer, TSC Alli-
tiations to finalize legislation. Since priations Committee for their work on
ance, Tulane University School of Medicine,
UC San Diego, UCLA, UNC Health and UNC then, my colleagues across the aisle this bill.
School of Medicine, University of Arkansas have refused to seriously negotiate I ask the question, what side do you
for Medical Sciences. with us on funding. want to be on? Do you want to be on
University of California, Irvine, University That leads us to where we are now, the side that provides our hardworking
of Chicago Medical Center, University of considering another new short-term CR military pay raises for the troops, to be
Cincinnati, University of Colorado System, right before the holiday break, when able to get money away from a mis-
University of Connecticut, University of Ha- we should have already completed our directed war?
wai’i System, University of Illinois College work. Do you want to be on the side that
of Medicine, University of Iowa, University The definition of insanity is doing provides for working families?
of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Mas- Do you want to be on the side that
the same thing over and over again and
sachusetts Chan Medical School, University
of Michigan, University of Nebraska Medical expecting a different result. Sure stops those who can’t pay for daycare
Center, University of Pennsylvania, Univer- enough, here we are again, having to to have that?
sity of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh pass another short-term CR because we Do you want to be on the side of
Health Sciences, University of Rochester, can’t pass funding bills in a regular those who say, ‘‘I am a Federal em-
University of South Carolina, University of manner. ployee, and I have been shut out of my
Southern California, University of Wash- There is more than enough time in a job’’?
ington, US Hereditary Angioedema Associa- year to come to an agreement and pass What side do you want to be on? I
tion (HAEA). funding bills. America’s friends and en- want to be on the side of negotiating
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, an omnibus that works for the Amer-
emies around the world are watching
UVA Health, Vanderbilt University, Vander- ican people. I want my Republican
bilt University Medical Center, Virginia us to see if our country can continue to
Commonwealth University, Washington function in a changing world. We must friends to know that we have tried to
State University, Washington University in show them we can, but this effort re- negotiate, but we are adults and we are
St. Louis, West Virginia University, Yale quires compromise, as it always has. not going to let this government shut
University. I ask them to join us for a bipartisan, down.
bicameral negotiation to resolve our What we are going to do is recognize
b 1600 these are dangerous times. We know
differences and keep government work-
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I ing for the people. that there is now an omicron variant.
yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I re- We are not going to play the
Pennsylvania (Mr. PERRY). serve the balance of my time. antivaxxer game, we are not going to
Mr. PERRY. Madam Speaker, in the Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I say that it is about vaccine mandates
name of science, congressional Demo- yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman because we know that most of the Fed-
crats are continuing their unconstitu- from Pennsylvania (Mr. CARTWRIGHT), eral Government has been vaccinated;
tional, unlawful march to force Ameri- the chairman of the Appropriations but what we are going to do is extend
cans to get the jab. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, this resolution to keep the government
Think about it. Democrats are al- Science, and Related Agencies. open because the side that Democrats
ready on the path to ruin Christmas, Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Madam Speaker, are on is the side of the American peo-
destroying the supply chain. They are I rise in support of the continuing reso- ple and our government workers who
just going to keep going, right? De- lution. At the same time, I join my col- go out and work every day and the
stroying industry after industry. leagues in calling on the other side of families who go out and work every
For a party who praised America’s the aisle to join in helping enact a day.
healthcare workers when there wasn’t year-long appropriations act, the way The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms.
a jab available, who were out there on we are supposed to do, rather than re- SCANLON). The time of the gentle-
the front lines, now if they don’t get it, lying on this kind of stop-and-go gov- woman has expired.
it is okay to fire them, and not a word. ernment funding or a full-year con- Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I
Finally, mandates for defense con- tinuing resolution, as has also been yield the gentlewoman an additional 30
tractors and intelligence workers who threatened. seconds.
have to make a choice between defend- Look, a full-year continuing resolu- Ms. JACKSON LEE. I thank the gen-
ing their country and putting their tion would be disastrous to our country tlewoman for yielding. A shutdown
own life in peril, and no discussion in so many ways. It would greatly would induce furloughs that could hit
about natural immunity, none whatso- limit or reduce essential investments 62 percent of the U.S. Centers for Dis-
ever. You could have had COVID al- in our Nation’s future. ease Control, right in the middle of
ready. Not good enough. You have got As for the Commerce, Justice, COVID–19.
to get the jab or lose your job. Science, and Related Agencies appro- In addition, families would be des-
Vote against this. priations bill, as reported out of com- perate as well.
Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I mittee earlier this year, it provides I want you to understand that vet-
just want to remind the gentleman funding increases aimed at creating erans would suffer. During the Thanks-
that antiscience fearmongering about jobs in distressed communities, enforc- giving holiday, I went to the veterans
vaccines is wrong. Science is on our ing our trade laws, fighting crime and hospital. I can tell you, it is not empty.
side, and history is on our side. Vac- supporting community involvement Veterans are there every day, and when
cines work. with law enforcement, ensuring civil they are there, they are getting serv-
I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman rights, advancing American scientific ices. Do you want to be part of a gov-
from Illinois (Mr. QUIGLEY), the chair- research, fighting the opioid epidemic, ernment shutdown where veterans hos-
man of the Appropriations Sub- confronting the climate crisis, among pitals are closed and veterans are
committee on Financial Services and so many other critical public invest- standing outside with their hand ask-
General Government. ments. These funding increases are ing what is happening?
Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, I only possible with an appropriations I want to be on the side of those who
rise today in disappointed support of a agreement. understand the value of working for
second continuing resolution, but let’s I urge support, both for the short- the American families and doing what
remember, every continuing resolution term CR, and to quickly finalize a full- Democrats have done, passing bills,
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House Democrats did our job and Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I re- people.
passed government funding bills, all of serve the balance of my time. Vote for the CR and vote for the om-
them, to create good-paying jobs to Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I nibus so that we can get the job done.
support the hardworking middle class yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman I thank the gentlewoman for her cour-
and protect our national security. from Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE). tesies.
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Madam Speaker, as a senior member of the ing an omnibus as opposed to short-term cess to the ballot box and make it easier for
Committees on the Judiciary, on Homeland funding patches. Americans to exercise their right to vote, se-
Security, and on the Budget, I rise in support Republicans must join us for bipartisan, bi- cure election infrastructure, and curb the influ-
of H.R. 6119, the ‘‘Further Extending Govern- cameral negotiations to resolve our differences ence of dark money in politics.
ment Funding Act,’’ which provides funding to and keep government working for the people. H.R. 5, Equality Act:
continue the operations of the federal govern- For our communities, we need an omnibus The Equality Act would codify consistent
ment through February 18, 2022, and avoids to create jobs by supporting small businesses, anti-discrimination legal protections for LGBTQ
a wasteful and irresponsible shutdown, and bolster our public health infrastructure to pre- Americans by amending several existing civil
also the underlying bill. vent future pandemics and medical research rights laws to include explicit non-discrimina-
House Democrats passed government fund- to save lives, strengthen public schools with a tion protections in key areas of life.
ing bills to create good paying jobs, support focus on those serving students with the high- H.R. 6, Dream and Promise Act:
the hard-working middle class, and protect our est need, protect our air and water through The Dream and Promise Act would protect
national security; Senate Democrats have also environmental protection and enforcement ef- Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS),
released all their appropriations bills. forts, combat the opioid epidemic on the and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) sta-
Without an omnibus, there will be a shortfall ground in our communities, and support core tus holders from deportation and provide an
that will cause veterans not to receive their services such as food safety and consumer opportunity to obtain permanent legal status
benefits in full. product inspections. that would enable these groups to work legally
For our national security, we need an omni- Without an omnibus, investments in all within the United States and continue to con-
bus to support defense readiness and mod- these areas will be denied. tribute to their local communities and econ-
ernization, sustain good-paying American jobs, For our veterans, we need an omnibus to omy.
secure our cyber infrastructure, and strength- provide sufficient funding for veterans’ bene- H.R. 7, Paycheck Fairness Act:
en American leadership abroad. fits, reduce backlogs for veterans and their This bill would strengthen labor protections
Without an omnibus, a pay raise for troops families seeking assistance, and meet the around equal pay by prohibiting the use of sal-
will not be funded while funds will be mis- needs of the VA’s health care system. ary history to set compensation, provide more
directed to a war we are no longer fighting. Throughout the 117th Congress, House transparent options for joining class-action
With a new deadline of February 18, we Democrats have worked to deliver results for lawsuits challenging systemic discrimination,
need Republicans to offer constructive pro- the American people, passing legislation to and require employers to show that gender
posals to address the critical issues facing the address each pillar of the ‘‘For The People’’ pay gaps are job-related and consistent with
country by funding the federal government’s agenda: lower health care costs, higher wages business need.
important work for the American people. by rebuilding America, and cleaning up corrup- H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act
Madam Speaker, I need not remind my col- tion and strengthening our Democracy. and H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background
leagues that we are at a critical point in the And under the leadership of Speaker Checks Act:
fight against this pandemic—less than 24 PELOSI, the House has passed hundreds of These bills would modernize federal laws
hours ago, it was reported that the first case bills, including legislation to crush the COVID– around gun sales. The former would close cur-
of the Omicron variant was confirmed in the 19 pandemic, build our economy back better, rent loopholes that allow buyers to purchase
United States. lower health care and prescription drug prices, guns without a background check in certain
Our response in the following days and raise wages, advance economic and retire- venues, while the latter would prevent gun
weeks will be crucial. ment security, end gun violence, act on the cli- sales from going through before background
Yet some of my colleagues on the other mate crisis, protect Dreamers, and strengthen checks are completed.
side of the aisle in the House and the Senate voting rights. H.R. 1280, the George Floyd Justice in Po-
have indicated that they intend to block the For example, in this Congress the House licing Act:
passage of this stopgap spending bill in order has passed and sent to the President the fol- This bill, which House Democrats also
to trigger a shutdown of the Federal govern- lowing legislation that has been signed into passed in the 116th Congress 30 days after
ment unless a bill is passed that undoes law: the murder of George Floyd, will address ra-
President Biden’s initiatives to vaccinate and H.R. 1799, Paycheck Protection Program cial bias in policing, ensure accountability for
test employees at large companies. Extension Act: police brutality and misconduct, and work to
Simply put, this is irresponsible and dan- This legislation extended the Paycheck Pro- change the culture of law enforcement to pro-
gerous at a time when we have a new threat tection Program application deadline for two mote better relationships with the communities
on our soil in the form of the Omicron variant. months through May 31, 2021 to help strug- they serve.
A government shutdown would induce fur- gling businesses keep workers employed dur- H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize
loughs that could hit 62 percent of employees ing COVID–19. (PRO) Act:
at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. H.R. 1276, SAVE LIVES Act: This bill aims to strengthen labor protections
It would be nothing other than reckless to This law ensured that more veterans, their for union workers through overriding Repub-
hamstring the agency at the center of Amer- families, and caregivers got access to COVID– lican-led ‘‘right to work’’ laws, promoting free
ica’s fight against the COVID–19 pandemic at 19 vaccines in a timely manner. and fair union elections, and holding compa-
this time—we need all hands on deck. S. 937, COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act: nies that attempt to restrict union activity ac-
In September, Congress voted on a bipar- This law addresses the dramatic increase in countable.
tisan basis to extend government funding hate crimes targeting the AAPI community H.J. Res. 17, Removing the Deadline for
through December 3 to allow time for bi- since the start of the pandemic. This law des- Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment:
cameral, bipartisan negotiations to complete ignates a point person at the Department of This resolution would remove the deadline
omnibus government funding legislation. Justice to review hate crimes related to the for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment in
Since then, House and Senate Republicans COVID–19 pandemic, bolsters state and local order to enshrine women’s equality in the
have refused to negotiate with Democrats on governments to improve their reporting of hate Constitution.
government funding. crimes and ensures that hate crime informa- H.R. 1620, Violence Against Women Reau-
In fact, while House and Senate Democrats tion is more accessible to Asian-American thorization Act:
have put forward their proposals, Republicans communities. This long-overdue legislation to reauthorize
have not presented an offer of their own. S. 475, Juneteenth National Independence the Violence Against Women Act passed the
Therefore, the Appropriations Committee in- Day Act: House with bipartisan support. It would reau-
troduced H.R. 6119, the Further Extending This law established the first federal holiday thorize funding to vital grant programs that
Government Funding Act, which continues in 38 years to formally recognize Juneteenth help prevent sexual assault, domestic vio-
government funding at current levels through National Independence Day and commemo- lence, and improve access to resources for
February 18. rate the end of slavery in the United States. victims and survivors.
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It makes minimal changes to address the House Democrats have also worked to ad- H.R. 3237, the Emergency Security Supple-
most urgent of needs during the period of the vance critical pieces of legislation, which await mental to Respond to 1/6 Appropriations Act:
Continuing Resolution. action in the Senate: This bill provides $1.9 billion in funding to
Although this bill is necessary, working fami- H.R. 1, For The People Act: secure the U.S. Capitol Complex and ensure
lies, small businesses, veterans, and our mili- This comprehensive legislation would pro- the brave men and women of the U.S. Capitol
tary need the certainty that comes with pass- mote government transparency, strengthen ac- Police have the resources they need to do
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their jobs. The legislation responds to the di- turning dangerous rules put in place by the Madam Speaker, American families do not
rect costs incurred by the National Guard and Trump Administration: get to choose which bills to pay and which
DC police on January 6, provides funding to S.J. Res 13, a CRA overturning an EEOC ones to ignore; neither can the United States
improve the security of windows and doors in rule to address discrimination in the work- Congress without putting the nation into de-
the Capitol complex, and secures funds to im- place; fault for the first time in its history.
prove Capitol Police training and equipment. S.J. Res. 14, a CRA addressing dangerous Long ago, in 1789, Alexander Hamilton, the
H.R. 3005, Legislation to #RemoveHate methane emissions; and nation’s first and greatest Treasury Secretary,
from the Capitol Building: S.J. Res. 15, a CRA to protect against pred- understood that the path to American pros-
This bill would remove statues of those who atory lenders. perity and greatness lay in its creditworthiness
perpetuated and supported slavery and seg- These along with many, many others are which provided the affordable access to cap-
regation in this country, along with statues or among the bills awaiting Senate action. ital needed to fund internal improvements and
busts of those who served voluntarily in the Madam Speaker, let me briefly list several economic growth.
Confederate States of America, from public of the programs vital to Americans that are The nation’s creditworthiness was one of its
display in the U.S. Capitol. protected or extended by H.R. 6119. The bill: most important national assets and according
H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Moderniza- Provides waiver language for certain intel- to Hamilton: ‘‘the proper funding of the present
tion Act: ligence programs as well as agencies that op- debt, will render it a national blessing.’’
This bipartisan bill would stabilize the agri- erate under the State Department Basic Au- But to maintain this blessing, or to ‘‘render
culture industry’s labor supply by reforming the thorities Act and Foreign Relations Authoriza- public credit immortal,’’ Hamilton understood
H–2A guest worker program and creating a tion Act; that it was necessary that: ‘‘the creation of
pathway to citizenship for agricultural workers, Allows the Food and Nutrition Service to debt should always be accompanied with the
many of whom worked through the pandemic. spend at a higher rate during the period cov- means of extinguishment.’’
H.R. 51, the Washington, DC Admission In other words, to retain and enjoy the pros-
ered by the legislation to provide supplemental
Act: perity that flows from good credit, it is nec-
USDA foods to low-income seniors (age 60 essary for a nation to pay its bills.
This bill would admit Washington, DC as the and over) and to some low-income women, in-
51st state in the Union and end the injustice To preserve the sanctity of the full faith and
fants and children up to age six. credit of the United States, protect American
in denying nearly 700,000 citizens the right to Allows a higher spending rate for the White
be represented fully in Congress. It would also jobs and businesses of all sizes, and ensure
House to support continuing COVID–19 oper- the continued growth of the economy, I strong-
end the unjust practice of treating District of ations. ly support the provision in the bill before ex-
Columbia residents differently when allocating Allows the Small Business Administration tending the public debt limit to December 16,
government resources or relief. flexibility to spend at the rate necessary to ac- 2021.
H.R. 3985, ALLIES Act: commodate potential demand increases for Madam Speaker, I would also like to dis-
This bill would increase the visa cap and ex- commitments for business loans through the cuss an important topic that is closely related
pedite the visa process for Afghan allies who 7(a) and 504 business loans, for the Sec- to this bill and that this House must address
worked alongside American military personnel, ondary Market Guarantee Program, and for very soon—raising the debt ceiling.
diplomats, development professionals, and the Small Business Investment Company Preserving the full faith and credit of the
partner forces, to help ensure they make it (SBIC) program. United States by raising to the debt limit to en-
safely out of harm’s way. Allows District of Columbia voucher schools sure that America pays the bills for past ex-
H.R. 803, Protecting America’s Wildness an additional year to be accredited and there- penditures when they come due is not a par-
and Public Lands Act: fore remain in the program. The accrediting tisan exercise but an act of patriotism, a rec-
This comprehensive bill would conserve and ognition and embrace of the solemn obligation
process requires in-school visits, which are not
protect natural landscapes across America, to preserve the unrivaled advantages that flow
happening during the coronavirus.
designating over 1.5 million acres of public from the ability provided in the Article I, Sec-
Allows the District of Columbia to spend FY
land as protected wilderness and withdrawing tion 8, clause 2 of the Constitution to ‘‘borrow
2021 funds received from local tax revenues
significant amount of public land from drilling money on the credit of the United States.’’
and other non-Federal sources in the amount
and mining activities to promote a healthier Long ago, in 1789, Alexander Hamilton, the
and for the programs and activities provided in
environment. nation’s first and greatest Treasury Secretary,
H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act: DC’s FY 2021 Budget Act.
Extends the term of certain bankruptcy understood that the path to American pros-
This bipartisan bill would improve the safety perity and greatness lay in its creditworthiness
of Americans’ drinking water by requiring the judgeships.
Allows the Federal Emergency Management which provided the affordable access to cap-
EPA to set a drinking water standard, prevent ital needed to fund internal improvements and
the future release of PFAS chemicals into our Agency to access the entire DRF appropria-
tion for fiscal year 2021 under the continuing economic growth.
bodies of water, and start the process of It is because of the existence and wise use
cleaning up affected communities. resolution as necessary to respond to de-
clared disasters. of the Borrowing Power that the nation was
H.R. 256, Repeal of the 2002 AUMF able to expand its reaches, resources, and
Against Iraq: Continues the authorization for the NFIP.
Extends funding for the Temporary Assist- riches by financing the Louisiana Purchase,
This bill, which passed with bipartisan sup- the purchase of Alaska from Russia, to fund
port, would repeal the 2002 Authorization of ance for Needy Families program and the
the investments to end the Great Depression,
Military Force Against Iraq. Child Care Entitlement to States program dur-
to finance the mobilization of resources need-
H.R. 1230, the Protecting Older Workers ing the period of the continuing resolution. The
ed in World War II to defeat fascism and save
Against Discrimination Act: extension will allow HHS to make first-quarter
freedom in the nation and the world, to revive
The bipartisan Protecting Older Workers payments to States. the economy after the catastrophic Great Re-
Against Discrimination Act restores protections Extends the availability of funding for cession of 2008, and most recently, to protect
for older workers that were weakened in a multiyear research grants supported by the the public health and safety and restore the
2009 Supreme Court ruling that made it hard- National Institutes of Health that were inter- economy during the COVID–19 pandemic.
er for older workers to prove age based dis- rupted in fiscal year 2020 by COVID–19 and This is why the ability to borrow money on
crimination in the workplace. would have expired at the end of the fiscal the credit of the United States to finance its
H.R. 2662, the Inspectors-General Inde- year. growth and protect its people and interests is
pendence and Empowerment Act: Madam Speaker, our colleagues across the essential to the national security and led Ham-
This bill seeks to promote government aisle have in both chambers have been ob- ilton to proclaim that ‘‘the proper funding of the
transparency and accountability by ensuring structive, dilatory, petulantly uncooperative present debt, will render it a national bless-
the independence of federal inspectors-gen- throughout the first session of the 117th Con- ing.’’
eral, allowing government watchdogs to act gress. But to maintain this blessing, or to ‘‘render
freely without fear of political pressure or Nowhere was this more apparent than the public credit immortal,’’ Hamilton understood
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threats. It would also protect whistleblowers refusal of the majority of J Republican mem- that it was necessary that: ‘‘the creation of
from threats of retaliation by making it a viola- bers in the House voted 175–35 against H.R. debt should always be accompanied with the
tion of House rules for Members to reveal their 3233, legislation modeled after the 9/11 Com- means of extinguishment.’’
identities. mission establishing a National Commission to In other words, to retain and enjoy the pros-
In addition, three Congressional Review Act Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United perity that flows from good credit, it is nec-
resolutions have been signed into law, over- States Capitol Complex Act. essary for a nation to pay its bills.
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The United States has never defaulted on deficit was reduced by 67 percent, the auto in- groups urging the Congress to move on
the payment of any debt incurred, and be- dustry was saved from collapse, and 15 mil- taking up a full-year omnibus. Let me
cause of the size and strength of its economic lion jobs were created. just tell you the groups that have writ-
and unmatched creditworthiness, is able to In contrast, under every Republican admin- ten to us.
borrow on the lowest and most favorable istration since President Reagan the size of We are looking at the National De-
terms of any nation or entity in the history of the deficit bequeathed to his successor was fense Industrial Association: On behalf
the world. substantially larger than the deficit he inher- of thousands of companies represented
So secure and reliable is a bond issues by ited, a major economic recession occurred, by the National Defense Industrial As-
the Department of Treasury that the Unites and economic growth was lower than it was at sociation, we write to request the expe-
States is the preferred haven for investments the beginning of his administration. dited completion of the defense appro-
of foreign governments, corporations, and sov- To preserve the sanctity of the full faith and priation bill.
ereign wealth funds. credit of the United States, protect American We talk about the Association of
The interest rate charged the federal gov- jobs and businesses of all sizes, and ensure American Universities: Urge you to
ernment of the United States is the base for the continued growth of the economy, raised. reach a bipartisan agreement to com-
which every rate, from the prime rate charged Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I am plete the FY22 appropriations process
the richest corporation to rates charged small kind of a little confused. Last I looked, before the end of the year.
business on purchases to the mortgages rates the Democratic Party controls the The Aerospace Industries Associa-
and students loans taken out by consumers. House, they control the Senate, and tion: Our essential partners are urging
If you raise the cost of borrowing for the they control the White House. If they us to avoid a further CR beyond De-
government of the United States, you set off want to pass an omnibus bill, pass it. cember 3, wanting us to come to the
a chain reaction of increased interest rates for Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- table in order to be able to have a full-
every other borrower in the United States and ance of my time. year appropriations bill.
around the world. Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I The Coalition for Health Funding,
This is why leading public finance experts yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman the same message to all of us: Relying
and agencies, like Moody’s Chief Economist from Rhode Island (Mr. CICILLINE). on continuing resolutions would be a
Mark Zandi, have said it would be ‘‘cata- Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, I grave, missed opportunity to improve
clysmic’’ for the United States to default on its first want to say thank you to the Ap- the lives of all Americans. A full-year
loan obligations. propriations chair and to the members appropriations bill.
Republicans know the debt ceiling needs to of the Appropriations Committee for The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Re-
be raised; in 2019 during the Trump Adminis- their extraordinary work. search telling us the very, very same
tration, the Republican Senate Majority Leader Let’s be clear about one thing. A con- thing: To maximize the potential of
marshalled Senate Republicans to vote to tinuing resolution is not a way to pro- medical research, we need to move for-
raise the debt ceiling, saying: ‘‘We raised the ceed, but it is the only way we can pro- ward with a full-year bill.
debt ceiling because America can’t default[,] ceed in the face of Republican obstruc- The veterans organizations saying
that would be a disaster.’’ tion, and when you vote ‘‘no’’ on the the same thing: Do not shortchange
Madam Speaker, this debate over extending continuing resolution, you are voting veterans and their benefits by holding
the debt limit is not about restraining future to defund the government and shut it back on a full-year appropriations bill.
spending, it is about paying the bills piled up down. Madam Speaker, I include in the
already under both Republican and Demo- That means veterans can’t access RECORD statements in support of the
cratic administrations. healthcare at the VA. bill from a broad coalition of groups
The question of raising the national debt It means Native American Tribes urging negotiations now, as well as let-
limit does not depend on how one feels about can’t have access to healthcare and ters from veterans’ organizations and
the Build Back Better agenda, as wildly pop- schools. America’s leading research univer-
ular as it is among all Americans, Democrats, It means our troops won’t get the pay sities.
Independents, and Republicans included. they deserve. BROAD COALITION OF GROUPS URGING
It is instead about preserving the singular You are voting to shut the govern- NEGOTIATIONS NOW
asset of the United States, its enviable and ment down, and at the same time you A broad coalition of groups have joined
unrivaled creditworthiness, to finance future in- are unwilling to be part of a process to Chair DeLauro and Democratic Appropri-
vestments beneficial to the national interest, pass appropriations bills for an entire ators urging negotiations and agreement on
fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills. These
like the provision of free college for two years, year. You are here to govern. You have
organizations include:
or $2 billion investment to reduce violence in a responsibility to make sure this ap-
AD HOC GROUP FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
communities approved by the Committee on propriation process works. And I am
the Judiciary, or investments to preserve and grateful for the service of the members Our organizations strongly support an ap-
proach to the final FY 2022 spending package
strengthen Medicaid expansion programs, or of the Appropriations Committee that that avoids additional CRs past December.
extend broadband to underserved rural and have worked on this in a painstaking Aside from the budget implications, CRs cre-
urban areas, an action that will be as life- way. ate inefficiencies and add uncertainty to a
changing as the rural electrification program We have Republicans in the Senate system that is already under stress with the
was in the 1930s. who are obstructing this process, but I continued reverberations of the ongoing
Madam Speaker, if our friends across the am glad that I am part of the process COVID–19 pandemic. We strongly urge you to
aisle really want to shrink the deficit, reduce that makes sure government remains work swiftly in securing bipartisan, bi-
the national debt, practice fiscal responsibility, open, that we take care of our respon- cameral agreement on topline discretionary
spending allocations and to ensure any final
and bring about sustained economic growth sibilities, that we ensure that the eco- budget agreement reflects a strong commit-
and prosperity, there is a much better, easier, nomic recovery that is underway is not ment to the nation’s health.
and more certain way to achieve these goals hampered. I thank the chair of the Ap- AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION
than by tampering with the U.S. Constitution. propriations Committee for the hard The United States aerospace and defense
The easier and better way is for the Amer- work in bringing us to this moment. industries are an essential partner with the
ican people to keep a Democrat in the White I urge everyone to support the con- federal government in an array of efforts
House and place Democratic majorities in the tinuing resolution. Be responsible. vital to our economy and our national secu-
House and Senate. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- rity. Each fall, that partnership is tested
In the 1990s under the leadership of Presi- bers are reminded to direct their re- when those programs are slowed down or de-
dent Clinton the budget was balanced for four marks to the Chair. ferred by the use of multiple continuing res-
consecutive years, the national debt was paid Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I re- olutions (CR) to keep the government run-
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down, the national debt, 23 million new jobs serve the balance of my time. ning . . . If Congress fails to once again
enact full-year appropriations bills, or con-
were created, and projected surpluses ex- Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I tinues running the government into 2022
ceeded $5 trillion. yield myself such time as I may con- under continuing resolutions, it will send the
Under President Obama the financial crisis sume. wrong signal to the government’s partners,
and economic meltdown inherited from his Re- Let me just say to you that we have like those in our industry. We count on sta-
publican predecessor was ended, the annual heard from a number of advocacy ble, reliable and adequate funding to support
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the critical capabilities that we provide for funding for mandatory compensation and Committee if Congress passes a full-year
all Americans. pension benefits, in large part due to an in- continuing resolution.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH creased number of benefit claims resulting As leaders of the Senate, we call on you to
As the nation continues to combat the from congressional approval of new diseases reject consideration of a full-year continuing
COVID–19 pandemic, cancer has not stopped, related to Agent Orange exposure for Viet- resolution that would reduce veterans’ fund-
and remains the second leading cause of nam veterans . . . we call on you to reject ing below what has already been approved in
consideration of a full-year continuing reso- an overwhelming bipartisan vote of the Sen-
death in the United States. To better pre-
lution that would reduce veterans’ funding ate Appropriations Committee. Instead, we
vent, detect, and treat cancers, Congress
below what has already been approved in an ask that you use your influence to ensure
must act swiftly to increase investments in
overwhelming bipartisan vote. that the Senate completes consideration of
cancer research and prevention. A full-year
continuing resolution or funding lapse would the fiscal year 2022 appropriations so that
NOVEMBER 10, 2021. veterans, their families, caregivers and sur-
threaten our nation’s research enterprise
Hon. CHARLES E. SCHUMER, vivors have timely access to all the benefits,
and stall medical breakthroughs that could
Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, services and medical care they have earned.
benefit the lives of millions of patients with
Washington, DC. Respectfully,
cancer and survivors. The AACR urges con-
Hon. MITCH MCCONNELL, LAWRENCE W. MONTREUIL,
gressional negotiators to come to the table
Minority Leader, U.S. Senate, National Legislative
and agree to Fiscal Year 2022 allocations
Washington, DC. Director, The Amer-
that would support robust and sustained DEAR MAJORITY LEADER SCHUMER AND MI-
funding for cancer research and prevention. ican Legion.
NORITY LEADER MCCONNELL: On behalf of the TOM PORTER,
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES millions of veterans our organizations rep- Executive Vice Presi-
Higher education, research, and innovation resent, we write to express serious concerns dent, Government
play integral roles in our nation’s competi- about reports that the Senate is considering Affairs, Iraq and Af-
tiveness, security, health, and ability to approving a full-year continuing resolution ghanistan Veterans
combat and overcome the pandemic. Our na- to fund the federal government for the re- of America.
tion cannot afford continued inaction on mainder of fiscal year 2022, which would have HEATHER ANSLEY, ESQ.,
FY22 appropriations. In the absence of final significant negative consequences for vet- MSW,
appropriations, federal agencies postpone re- erans, their families, caregivers and sur- Associate Executive
search award decisions and prepare for po- vivors. Therefore, we are asking that you Director of Govern-
tential lapses in funding. Continuing resolu- work together to ensure that veterans pro- ment Relations, Par-
tions (CRs) slow the pace of scientific inno- grams, benefits and medical services receive alyzed Veterans of
vation and create funding uncertainty for re- the full level of funding for fiscal year 2022 America.
searchers and students. It is vital that Con- that was approved with strong bipartisan PATRICK MURRAY,
gress complete appropriations this year and support (25 to 5) by the Senate Appropria- Director, National
avoid serial stop-gap measures and a year- tions Committee in August. Legislative Service,
long CR. As you know, Congress approved and the
Veterans of Foreign
President signed a short-term continuing
COALITION ON HUMAN NEEDS Wars.
resolution (Public Law 117–43) on September
The nation’s recovery depends on strength- JOY J. ILEM,
30th to fund the federal government through
ening a host of domestic programs that have National Legislative
December 3, 2021, extending funding at the
been allowed to shrink for years, not just to Director, DAV (Dis-
levels previously enacted in fiscal year 2021
get to where they had been before, but to re- abled American Vet-
appropriations legislation. Funding for De-
spond to needs far greater because of the erans).
partment of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical
pandemic and its global economic disloca- DAN MERRY,
care and benefit payments for fiscal year 2022
tions. A long-term continuing resolution Colonel, USAF (Ret),
was previously approved in December 2020 as
would be a severe failure to address these Vice President for
advance appropriations in Division J (Mili-
needs. We strongly urge you to enact omni- Government Rela-
tary Construction and Veterans Affairs) of
bus appropriations legislation including all tions, Military Offi-
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,
twelve bills as soon as possible. cers Association of
Public Law 116–260. However, the advance ap-
JOINT COALITION OF THE CAMPAIGN TO INVEST America.
propriations process only works properly if
IN AMERICAN’S WORKFORCE, THE COALITION SHARON HODGE,
funding levels are adjusted to address in-
FOR HEALTH FUNDING, THE COALITION ON Director for Policy and
creased demand for benefits and services as
HUMAN NEEDS, AND THE COMMITTEE FOR EDU- Government Affairs,
part of the following year’s regular appro-
CATION FUNDING Vietnam Veterans of
priations process, as is necessary for fiscal
America.
The bill passed by the House this summer year 2022. Further, if Congress passes a full-
BRIAN DEMPSEY,
and the bill proposed by the Senate Appro- year continuing resolution, all other pro-
Government Affairs
priations Committee this fall provide vital grams, services and benefits would remain
Director, Wounded
increased funding for the programs and serv- funded at fiscal year 2021 levels, which would
Warrior Project.
ices that have a profound impact on health fall short of the anticipated needs.
and well-being, child development, edu- For example, a full-year continuing resolu-
cational and skills attainment, employment, tion could result in an estimated $7 billion ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN
and productivity. Failing to enact the FY shortfall in funding for mandatory com- UNIVERSITIES,
2022 bill and relying on continuing resolu- pensation and pension benefits, in large part November 18, 2021.
tions (CRs) would be a grave missed oppor- due to an increased number of benefit claims Hon. NANCY PELOSI,
tunity to improve the lives of all Americans. resulting from congressional approval of new Speaker, House of Representatives,
diseases related to Agent Orange exposure Washington, DC.
NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION
for Vietnam veterans. Hon. KEVIN MCCARTHY,
We cannot stress enough the importance of Minority Leader, House of Representatives,
In addition, the time it takes to process
the defense appropriations bill to our na- Washington, DC.
these and other claims for benefits would be
tional security and to a healthy defense in- Hon. CHARLES SCHUMER,
significantly increased without the $300 mil-
dustrial base. The limbo caused under CRs Majority Leader, U.S. Senate,
lion increase for the Veterans Benefits Ad-
wastes precious time and money our nation Washington, DC.
ministration approved by the Senate Appro-
cannot recover. Delayed new starts and ini- Hon. MITCH MCCONNELL,
priations Committee. Similarly, reductions
tiatives place a strain on companies and Minority Leader, U.S. Senate,
from the Committee-approved levels for the
their workforce, particularly as they recali- Washington, DC.
Board of Veterans’ Appeals and the National
brate operations to a post-pandemic normal. DEAR SPEAKER PELOSI AND LEADERS SCHU-
Cemetery Administration would negatively
Our nation’s competitors face no similar MER, MCCARTHY, AND MCCONNELL: I write on
impact veterans and their survivors seeking
challenges putting us at a competitive dis- behalf of America’s leading research univer-
their services and benefits.
advantage, particularly with emerging tech- Enacting a full-year continuing resolution sities to urge you to reach a bipartisan
nologies, and place our supply chains at in- would also negatively hamper veterans’ abil- agreement to complete the FY22 appropria-
creasing risk, something we cannot afford ity to receive timely medical care absent the tions process before the end of the year.
after the nearly two years of pandemic im-
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$3.3 billion increase for Veterans Medical Recent suggestions that final FY22 appro-
pacts. Community Care approved by the Senate priations could be delayed until March 2022
VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING Committee. VA’s critical Medical and Pros- are distressing. Higher education, research,
THE AMERICAN LEGION AND THE VETERANS OF thetic Research programs would be cut by and innovation play integral roles in our na-
FOREIGN WARS $67 million and funding to support VA’s tion’s competitiveness, security, health, and
A full-year continuing resolution could re- health care infrastructure would be cut $450 ability to combat and overcome the pan-
sult in an estimated $7 billion shortfall in million below the levels approved by the demic. Our nation cannot afford continued
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inaction on FY22 appropriations. In the ab- Why? Because if they do not, govern- member of the Appropriations Com-
sence of final appropriations, federal agen- ment shuts down. It stops serving the mittee for 23 years, and for the last 16
cies postpone research award decisions and American people. It stops maintaining years, I have been very much involved
prepare for potential lapses in funding. Con-
security and health and welfare of our in working with the Appropriations
tinuing resolutions (CRs) slow the pace of
scientific innovation and create funding un- people. So we know these bills have to Committee to get these bills passed.
certainty for researchers and students. It is pass. Because of the refusal to even sit
vital that Congress complete appropriations But notwithstanding that, year after down and determine how much money
this year and avoid serial stop-gap measures year after year, we come to this point we will spend overall, which is called in
and a year-long CR. where we are adopting a CR. It is really our jargon 302(a) numbers, the chair-
Congress has made good progress in deter- a CI, congressional irresponsibility. man has been unable to get to a discus-
mining FY22 funding levels, and now it is Now let me say that I generally sion of the differences so that they
time to finish the job. Both the House and
speak of the Congress, but very frank- could be resolved. If you can’t discuss,
Senate bills include important increases to
federal investments in student aid and re- ly, Madam Speaker, we have exercised you can’t resolve.
search that would help bolster our nation’s our responsibility in this House. We So for Mr. COLE, frankly, to have in-
economic competitiveness and standing as passed 9 of the 12 appropriation bills timated that somehow it was the
the global innovation leader. For example, and sent them to the Senate. Democrats that couldn’t do it, it takes
the bills propose a $400 increase to the Pell two to tango, and frankly, one of the
Grant maximum award and increased fund-
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partners in the Senate doesn’t want to
ing for other student aid programs, the Na- The Senate, Madam Speaker, has not tango until something happens that al-
tional Institutes of Health, the National sent a single bill to the House, not most always happens at the end.
Science Foundation, the Department of En- passed a single appropriations bill The timing for the consideration of
ergy’s Office of Science, and other critical through the United States Senate.
research agencies. AAU supports the pro- this CR resulted not from the major-
posed increases, and we stand ready to rein-
They have passed through some in ity’s focus on passing critical legisla-
force efforts to ensure final passage. committee. tion to help the American people get
We urge you to complete FY22 appropria- I heard my friend TOM COLE speaking ahead, the Build Back Better Act, the
tions before the end of the year and to ap- earlier on the rule. He is my friend, and infrastructure bill which, by the way,
prove the highest levels of funding proposed he is a Member I respect. He is a mem- only 13 Republicans voted for, but my
for student aid and research programs in the ber of the Appropriations Committee speculation is at least half of them are
House and Senate bills. Thank you for con- and the Rules Committee. He is a Mem-
sidering our views.
going to take credit for what was done
ber who respects this institution. But I in that bill, maybe all of them. It is as
Sincerely,
BARBARA R. SNYDER,
disagree with him very much about a result, this failure, of the minority’s
President. why we are at a CR. We passed over- determination to slow down the work
whelmingly 75 percent of the appro- of Congress so that such legislation is
Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I re-
priation bills before August 1 and sent delayed.
serve the balance of my time.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I re- them to the Senate. They have neither As a matter of fact, the minority
serve the balance of my time. acted on those bills nor have they leader of the United States Senate said
Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I acted on their own bills and asked to exactly that. He said that he would not
yield 1 minute to the gentleman from go to conference. consider negotiating on the CR until
Maryland (Mr. HOYER), the majority So we find ourselves at the 11th hour, Build Back Better was done, which
leader of the House of Representatives. as we did on September 30—although means he is prepared to shut down the
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- we passed the CR a little before Sep- government. I think that is probably
tlewoman from Connecticut has 30 sec- tember 30—without having funded the not true. I don’t think he wants to shut
onds remaining. government. down the government. I hope he
Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I The gentleman referred to the fact doesn’t want to shut down the govern-
yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from that we control both Houses. Frankly, ment.
Maryland (Mr. HOYER). nobody controls the United States Sen- He wants to gum up the works on
Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I ate. We are in the majority by one. Build Back Better. I get that. He is op-
thank the chair of the Appropriations But, unfortunately, in the United posed to it. He doesn’t like it. He
Committee for yielding me 1 minute. States Senate, you need not a major- thinks it is the wrong priorities. That
I rise to say, of course, everybody is ity; you need a supermajority. So the is an honest position to take. I think it
going to vote for this bill. I wish I be- minority can defeat the majority. is incorrect, but it is honest. But don’t
lieved that. The minority can defeat the majority do it by playing games with the appro-
Madam Speaker, this bill is a dem- in the United States Senate. That is an priation process.
onstration of the failure of 535 adults appalling place for our democracy to In my view, the Senate treats the ap-
elected by their fellow citizens to act be. I have written an op-ed in Time propriation process as a back-burner
responsibly. Obviously, of those 535, a magazine on that issue, and it has been issue. When we get to it, we will get to
number have acted responsibly, have distributed to many Members. it, but we have a lot of other things we
worked to get the job done. Mr. COLE made an assessment about want to do first. For the last 10, 11
There are really only 12 bills that why the CR is coming to the floor months, that is what the case has been.
need to pass the Congress. There are today with just hours to go before it To dissemble and derail the legisla-
many other bills that are important expires. His assessment was not cor- tive process using every tool available
bills and should pass the Congress that rect. The reason we have not gotten, as to them to prohibit Congress from
I voted for and make life better for the gentlewoman has pointed out, to doing exactly what the American peo-
America. even the opportunity to discuss a reso- ple are looking for us to do is not re-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The lution of the differences between the sponsible. How sad. How shameful that
time of the gentleman has expired. House and the Senate on spending lev- reality is.
Mr. HOYER. How is that? els and the objects of that spending is I agree that it is unfortunate that we
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- because Senate Republicans have re- have to take up another stopgap meas-
tlewoman from Connecticut had 30 sec- fused to negotiate and made as a condi- ure this week to keep this government
onds remaining. tion precedent—as we lawyers say, operating. If it were based upon wheth-
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I something that has to happen before er this is the right thing to do in terms
yield 1 minute to the gentleman from you do something else—that we resolve of substance, I would vote ‘‘no.’’ But it
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Maryland (Mr. HOYER). all the riders. absolutely is the right thing to do in
Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman, Now, for any of us who have been in- terms of process.
who is my friend, and I thank him for volved in the appropriation process for But the chair is absolutely right; we
that. any period of time, the riders are al- need to pass an omnibus. I would hope
As I was saying, this is a failure. We most always the last items to be re- that every Republican after, hopefully,
knew that these 12 bills have to pass. solved, invariably. I served as an active passing this piece of legislation today
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or tomorrow will then address how we frastructure act, I hope he reflects the courage to say there is no alter-
are going to have an omnibus, how we upon that statement and says, no, that native, and after we pass this bill and
are going to deal with the problems, was wrong. Yes, we focused on Build the Senate passes this bill, get down to
how we are going to give the govern- Back Better because we think it is im- the work between now and February 18.
ment agencies that which they need to portant for the American people, but I would hope we could pass an omni-
meet new challenges that were not we had already passed the appropria- bus appropriation bill including the
available to us a year ago and so they tion bills. They were already in the work of the gentleman from California,
could not be addressed. Senate ready to be acted upon, and we the gentlewoman from Connecticut,
It is extremely disappointing that were ready to act in response. and all the rest of us on the priorities
Senate Republicans are blocking Madam Speaker, this is the result of that we want to pursue as an American
progress toward full-year appropria- the inability of the Congress to work. people and the investments that we
tions that will enable our government The House worked. Republicans and want to make in achieving those objec-
to serve the American people. I happen Democrats, this House can work. tives. I hope we do that.
to believe that the ranking member, Maybe sometimes I don’t agree with b 1630
Senator SHELBY, wants to see an omni- what it does, and maybe sometimes my
bus passed. I believe that. But I believe colleagues on the other side of the aisle The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
the tactics of the Republican leader- don’t agree with what it does, but it time of the gentlewoman has expired.
ship in the Senate are not to do so works. It can pass legislation. Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I
until they get what they want. The Senate is not working, and it is yield myself such time as I may con-
That is dangerous for our country, hurting our country. sume. I would like to remind my
and it is extraordinarily inefficient for We should all resolve, however we friends in the majority, we don’t run
the 2 million people who are waiting to vote on this CR, we should all resolve, the House, we don’t run the White
see what we are doing. That is what hopefully, all of us—and I am a good House, and God only knows who runs
they are focused on, not the job, not friend of the ranking member, Ms. the Senate.
the priorities, not the dangers, but GRANGER. I think she wants to get this But I do know this, that the gen-
what is happening: Is the government bill done. By ‘‘this bill,’’ I am talking tleman that the majority leader re-
going to fund us on Saturday? On Sat- about omnibus, all 12 appropriation ferred to, the ranking minority mem-
urday, are we going to be able to oper- bills. I think she wants to get that ber in the United States Senate cer-
ate? done. But I am not sure that she has tainly wants an appropriation bill, but
There are few certainties in Wash- been empowered by her leadership to I think he has made it quite clear, and
ington, Madam Speaker, but one of do so. I think we have made it quite clear—
them has now become that Congress We can have differences, and we have the gentleman referred to Mr. COLE—I
will not complete the appropriation a way of resolving those differences. think he has made it quite clear that
process by the start of the fiscal year. Ultimately, we vote. But if we keep the legacy riders, which need to come
I have tried to make that happen every putting it off, putting it off, putting it back in, the poison pills have got to go
year that I have been majority leader. off, it undermines the credibility of the out, the dollars, by the way, which we
The chair of this committee, ROSA United States, the confidence that peo- have not agreed to in defense spending
DELAURO, did everything she could to ple have in our country, the confidence because, as you know, the Committee
pass 12 appropriation bills by the Au- that our workers have in our steward- on Appropriations did not agree to a
gust 1 deadline. If we had had any help ship of the leadership of this country, number that passed in the United
on the Republican side, we would have and the people’s confidence. So we States House of Representatives. It did
done it—any help. ought to resolve that we stop this. pass by the authorization committee at
Now, we have only a four-vote mar- The Republicans, through Mr. COLE, a higher number, and in the Senate by
gin over here, so on some of the bills have talked about a motion to recom- a higher number, both Republicans and
that were more controversial for one mit. It mirrors the unserious nature of Democrats.
reason or another, we needed some their opposition. Why do I say that? So I think we recognize that defense
help. I will remind my friend—and I Because their motion to recommit has number has to go up and something
dearly thank him for yielding me the nothing to do with the funding of gov- else has to come down. If those things
time. He knew it was going to be a ernment. It has nothing to do with our happen, I think we can have a serious
somewhat extended discussion, but I responsibility to ensure that govern- negotiation. Until then, I am afraid we
thank him for that. It reflects back to ment continues to work on behalf of are going to be continuing to operate
how this institution used to operate, the American people. Rather, it would on a continuing resolution.
frankly, and I appreciate it. But he send this bill back to committee and Madam Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 minutes
knows that when the Republican side would not possibly be able to act in a to the gentlewoman from Georgia (Mrs.
was in the majority, and they could timely fashion that some 30 hours from GREENE).
not get the majority of votes on fiscal now, I guess 311⁄2 hours from now, gov- Mrs. GREENE of Georgia. Madam
issues, they looked to this side of the ernment would shut down. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the CR.
aisle. We always helped and made it I would have understood perhaps a The American people are $29 trillion in
happen; maybe not 100 percent of us, motion that would have said we are debt, thanks to Congress. And this Con-
but a large enough amount so that the going to fund government at this level, gress wants to borrow more money and
important fiscal issues would be dealt or we are going to fund this objective more time to figure out how to run the
with and passed. and not that objective, but that is not government and how to pay for it. That
Only six times over the past 20 years what it did, totally irrelevant to the is an outrage to the American people.
has Congress come within 3 months of appropriations process bill. They may You want to talk about courage and
this deadline, the end of the fiscal year. think it is an important issue. I get responsibility? Do you know what
Now, I could go on for some period of that. But it doesn’t have anything to courage and responsibility is?
time talking about Mr. COLE. He said do with this issue. It is learning how to manage the peo-
the majority wasn’t serious. We are Very frankly, that is exactly what ple’s money. The people work hard
very serious. We have been the ones the Senate has been doing on the Re- every single day. They have to pay the
that opened up government after it was publican side, irrelevant issues, not the taxes. And then they have to trust this
shut down for some 35 days when we appropriations process. So we find our- House, this body, and the Senate to
took over from the Republican leader- selves now at a time when we must create a budget, but every single time,
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ship two Congresses ago. We can do pass this CR. it is the budget that puts them further
better. I am not in love with this CR, but in and further in debt.
For Mr. COLE to say that we were a world of alternatives, there should be It is the audacity of Congress to bor-
spending time pandering to the Amer- none for any of us. All of us should row more money and not be able to
ican people by passing the Build Back have the courage to be responsible. come up with a budget that makes
Better Act or passing the bipartisan in- Madam Speaker, all of us should have sense and that we can pay for.
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What an outrage. What an irrespon- [Roll No. 398] Frankel, Lois Lowenthal Ryan
Gallego Luria Sánchez
sibility. That isn’t courage. That is not YEAS—211 Garamendi Lynch Sarbanes
responsibility. That is out-of-control Aderholt Gimenez Moolenaar Garcı́a (IL) Malinowski Scanlon
behavior that this Congress needs to Allen Gohmert Mooney Garcia (TX) Maloney, Schakowsky
rein in. This government should be Amodei Gonzales, Tony Moore (AL) Golden Carolyn B. Schiff
Armstrong Gonzalez (OH) Moore (UT) Gomez Maloney, Sean Schneider
shut down. You want to know why it Gonzalez, Manning Schrader
Arrington Good (VA) Mullin
should be shut down? Because the peo- Babin Gooden (TX) Murphy (NC) Vicente Matsui Schrier
ple in here cannot control themselves. Bacon Gosar Nehls Gottheimer McBath Scott (VA)
Baird Granger Green, Al (TX) McCollum Scott, David
The people in here do not understand Newhouse
Grijalva McEachin
Balderson Graves (LA) Norman Sewell
how to balance a checkbook. And the Banks Graves (MO) Harder (CA) McGovern Sherman
Nunes
people in here do not deserve the re- Barr Green (TN) Obernolte
Hayes McNerney Sherrill
sponsibility on how to spend the Amer- Bentz Greene (GA) Higgins (NY) Meeks Sires
Owens
Bergman Griffith Himes Meng
ican people’s money. Palazzo Slotkin
Bice (OK) Grothman Horsford Mfume
Palmer Smith (WA)
Madam Speaker, $29 trillion. Shut it Biggs Guest Pence
Houlahan Moore (WI)
Soto
down. Do not pass the CR. Shut it Bilirakis Guthrie Hoyer Morelle
Perry Spanberger
Bishop (NC) Hagedorn Huffman Moulton
down. Pfluger
Jackson Lee Mrvan
Speier
Boebert Harris Posey Stansbury
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I Bost Harshbarger Reed
Jacobs (CA) Murphy (FL)
Stanton
yield myself the balance of my time. Brady Hern Jayapal Nadler
Reschenthaler Jeffries Stevens
Brooks Herrell Napolitano
Madam Speaker, as I said before, the Buchanan Herrera Beutler
Rice (SC) Johnson (GA) Neal Strickland
Rodgers (WA) Suozzi
fiscal year 2022 bills were drafted with Buck Hice (GA) Rogers (AL)
Johnson (TX) Neguse
Jones Newman Swalwell
little input from Republicans. And Bucshon Higgins (LA) Rogers (KY) Takano
Budd Hill Kahele Norcross
since then, we have not been able to Rose Kaptur O’Halleran Thompson (CA)
Burchett Hinson Rosendale Thompson (MS)
find a path forward. Burgess Hollingsworth Keating Ocasio-Cortez
Rouzer Kelly (IL) Omar Titus
In years past, we have had an agree- Calvert Hudson Roy Tlaib
Cammack Huizenga Khanna Pallone
ment in place that allowed us to nego- Rutherford Kildee Panetta Tonko
Carey Issa
tiate final bills quickly. I am con- Carl Jackson
Salazar Kilmer Pappas Torres (CA)
Scalise Torres (NY)
cerned that we cannot have a meaning- Carter (GA) Jacobs (NY) Kim (NJ) Pascrell
Schweikert Kind Payne Trahan
ful discussion on full-year appropria- Carter (TX) Johnson (LA)
Scott, Austin Kirkpatrick Perlmutter Trone
Cawthorn Johnson (OH)
tions without a similar understanding Chabot Johnson (SD)
Sessions Krishnamoorthi Peters Underwood
going in. Simpson Kuster Phillips Vargas
Cheney Jordan
Smith (MO) Lamb Pingree Veasey
Madam Speaker, that is why, in a few Cline Joyce (OH)
Smith (NE) Vela
Cloud Joyce (PA) Langevin Pocan
moments, I will offer a motion to re- Smith (NJ) Larsen (WA) Porter Velázquez
Clyde Katko
commit. My motion would simply send Cole Keller
Smucker Larson (CT) Pressley Wasserman
this bill back to committee so that we Comer Spartz Lawrence Price (NC) Schultz
Kelly (MS)
Crawford Kelly (PA) Stauber Lawson (FL) Quigley Waters
can come to agreement on a process for Steel Lee (CA) Raskin Watson Coleman
Crenshaw Kim (CA)
addressing full-year bills. Curtis Kinzinger Stefanik Lee (NV) Rice (NY) Welch
Madam Speaker, to return to our Davidson Kustoff Steil Leger Fernandez Ross Wexton
Davis, Rodney LaHood Steube Levin (CA) Roybal-Allard Wild
strong bipartisan traditions, I urge Stewart Levin (MI) Ruiz Williams (GA)
DesJarlais Lamborn
support for the motion, and I yield Diaz-Balart Latta Taylor Lieu Ruppersberger Wilson (FL)
back the balance of my time. Donalds LaTurner Tenney Lofgren Rush Yarmuth
Duncan Lesko Thompson (PA)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Tiffany NOT VOTING—3
Dunn Letlow
ant to House Resolution 829, the pre- Ellzey Long Timmons Bass Hartzler LaMalfa
vious question is ordered on the bill. Emmer Loudermilk Turner
The question is on the engrossment Estes Lucas Upton b 1710
Fallon Luetkemeyer Valadao
and third reading of the bill. Feenstra Mace Van Drew Messrs. DELGADO, QUIGLEY, CASE,
The bill was ordered to be engrossed Ferguson Malliotakis Van Duyne LARSON of Connecticut, CORREA, and
and read a third time, and was read the Fischbach Mann Wagner TORRES of New York changed their
Fitzgerald Massie Walberg
third time. Walorski vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’
Fitzpatrick Mast
MOTION TO RECOMMIT Fleischmann McCarthy Waltz Messrs. ALLEN and WALBERG
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I Fortenberry McCaul Weber (TX) changed their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to
Foxx McClain Webster (FL) ‘‘yea.’’
have a motion to recommit at the Franklin, C. McClintock Wenstrup
desk. Scott McHenry Westerman So the motion to recommit was re-
Fulcher McKinley Williams (TX) jected.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Gaetz Meijer Wilson (SC) The result of the vote was announced
Clerk will report the motion to recom- Gallagher Meuser Wittman
as above recorded.
mit. Garbarino Miller (IL) Womack
Garcia (CA) Miller (WV) Young Stated for:
The Clerk read as follows: Gibbs Miller-Meeks Zeldin Mrs. HARTZLER. Madam Speaker, on
Mr. Calvert moves to recommit the bill,
H.R. 6119, to the Committee on Appropria-
Thursday, December 2, 2021, I was unable to
NAYS—219
tions. vote on Roll Call No. 398. Had I been present,
Adams Carbajal Crow
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Aguilar
I would have voted as follows: YEA on Roll
Cárdenas Cuellar
ant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the pre- Allred Carson Davids (KS) Call No. 398.
Auchincloss Carter (LA) Davis, Danny K. MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
vious question is ordered on the motion Axne Cartwright Dean RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
to recommit. Barragán Case DeFazio
Adams (Brown Fulcher (Johnson Moore (UT)
The question is on the motion to re- Beatty Casten DeGette
(MD)) (OH)) (Owens)
Bera Castor (FL) DeLauro
commit. Beyer Castro (TX) DelBene Butterfield Garcia (TX) Palazzo
The question was taken; and the Bishop (GA) Chu Delgado (Ryan) (Jeffries) (Fleischmann)
sradovich on DSKJLST7X2PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE
Speaker pro tempore announced that Blumenauer Cicilline Demings Cárdenas (Soto) Green (TX) Payne (Pallone)
Blunt Rochester Clark (MA) DeSaulnier Cawthorn (Nehls) (Cuellar) Porter (Wexton)
the noes appeared to have it. Crist Hagedorn Posey
Bonamici Clarke (NY) Deutch
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, on Bourdeaux Cleaver Dingell (Wasserman (Moolenaar) (Cammack)
that I demand the yeas and nays. Bowman Clyburn Doggett Schultz) Kildee (Ryan) Reed (Kelly
Boyle, Brendan Cohen Doyle, Michael Curtis (Meijer) Lawrence (PA))
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- F. Connolly F. DeFazio (Johnson (GA)) Reschenthaler
ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Brown (MD) Cooper Escobar (Carbajal) Lawson (FL) (Meuser)
8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Brown (OH) Correa Eshoo Donalds (Evans) Ruiz (Aguilar)
Brownley Costa Espaillat (McClain) Lesko (Miller Rush (Quigley)
The vote was taken by electronic de- Frankel, Lois (WV)) Sires (Pallone)
Bush Courtney Evans
vice, and there were—yeas 211, nays Bustos Craig Fletcher (Kuster) Meng (Kuster) Stewart (Owens)
219, not voting 3, as follows: Butterfield Crist Foster
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H6890 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 2, 2021
Swalwell Underwood Watson Coleman Welch Wild Wilson (FL) Frankel, Lois Lesko (Miller Ruiz (Aguilar)
(Gomez) (Casten) (Pallone) Wexton Williams (GA) Yarmuth (Kuster) (WV)) Rush (Quigley)
Takano (Chu) Vela (Gomez) Wilson (FL) Fulcher (Johnson Meng (Kuster) Sires (Pallone)
(Hayes) NAYS—212 (OH)) Moore (UT) Stewart (Owens)
Aderholt Gimenez Miller-Meeks Garcia (TX) (Owens) Swalwell
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Allen Gohmert Moolenaar (Jeffries) Palazzo (Gomez)
question is on passage of the bill. Amodei Gonzales, Tony Mooney Green (TX) (Fleischmann) Takano (Chu)
Armstrong Gonzalez (OH) Moore (AL) (Cuellar) Payne (Pallone) Underwood
The question was taken; and the Arrington Good (VA) Moore (UT) Porter (Wexton)
Hagedorn (Casten)
Speaker pro tempore announced that Babin Gooden (TX) Mullin (Moolenaar)
Posey
Vela (Gomez)
the ayes appeared to have it. Bacon Gosar Murphy (NC) (Cammack)
Lawrence Watson Coleman
Baird Granger Nehls Reed (Kelly
Mr. NEWHOUSE. Madam Speaker, on Balderson Graves (LA) Newhouse
(Johnson (GA)) (PA)) (Pallone)
that I demand the yeas and nays. Lawson (FL) Reschenthaler Wilson (FL)
Banks Graves (MO) Norman
Barr Green (TN) Nunes (Evans) (Meuser) (Hayes)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
Bentz Greene (GA) Obernolte
ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Bergman Griffith Owens MOTION TO RECONSIDER
8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Bice (OK) Grothman Palazzo Mr. EVANS. Madam Speaker, I have
The vote was taken by electronic de- Biggs Guest Palmer a motion at the desk.
Bilirakis Guthrie Pence
vice, and there were—yeas 221, nays Bishop (NC) Hagedorn Perry The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
212, not voting 0, as follows: Boebert Harris Pfluger Clerk will report the motion.
Bost Harshbarger Posey The Clerk read as follows:
[Roll No. 399] Brady Hartzler Reed
YEAS—221 Brooks Hern Reschenthaler Mr. Evans moves to reconsider H.R. 6119.
Buchanan Herrell Rice (SC) MOTION TO TABLE
Adams Garcia (TX) Neguse Buck Herrera Beutler Rodgers (WA)
Aguilar Golden Newman Bucshon Hice (GA) Rogers (AL) Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I
Allred Gomez Norcross
Auchincloss Gonzalez,
Budd Higgins (LA) Rogers (KY) have a motion at the desk.
O’Halleran Burchett Hill Rose
Axne Vicente Ocasio-Cortez The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Burgess Hinson Rosendale
Barragán Gottheimer Omar Calvert Hollingsworth Rouzer Clerk will report the motion.
Bass Green, Al (TX) Pallone The Clerk read as follows:
Cammack Hudson Roy
Beatty Grijalva Panetta Carey Huizenga Rutherford Ms. DeLauro moves to table the motion to
Bera Harder (CA) Pappas Carl Issa Salazar reconsider.
Beyer Hayes Pascrell Carter (GA) Jackson Scalise
Bishop (GA) Higgins (NY) Payne Carter (TX) Jacobs (NY) Schweikert The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Blumenauer Himes Perlmutter question is on the motion to table.
Cawthorn Johnson (LA) Scott, Austin
Blunt Rochester Horsford Peters Chabot Johnson (OH) Sessions The question was taken; and the
Bonamici Houlahan Phillips Cheney Johnson (SD) Simpson
Bourdeaux Hoyer Pingree Cline Jordan Smith (MO)
Speaker pro tempore announced that
Bowman Huffman the ayes appeared to have it.
Pocan Cloud Joyce (OH) Smith (NE)
Boyle, Brendan Jackson Lee
F. Jacobs (CA)
Porter Clyde Joyce (PA) Smith (NJ) Mr. ROY. Madam Speaker, on that I
Pressley Cole Katko Smucker demand the yeas and nays.
Brown (MD) Jayapal
Price (NC) Comer Keller Spartz
Brown (OH) Jeffries
Quigley Crawford Kelly (MS) Stauber The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
Brownley Johnson (GA)
Bush Johnson (TX) Raskin Crenshaw Kelly (PA) Steel ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution
Rice (NY) Curtis Kim (CA) Stefanik 8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
Bustos Jones
Ross Davidson Kustoff Steil
Butterfield Kahele Davis, Rodney LaHood Steube The vote was taken by electronic de-
Carbajal Kaptur Roybal-Allard
Ruiz DesJarlais LaMalfa Stewart vice, and there were—yeas 217, nays
Cárdenas Keating
Ruppersberger Diaz-Balart Lamborn Taylor 209, not voting 7, as follows:
Carson Kelly (IL)
Rush Donalds Latta Tenney
Carter (LA) Khanna [Roll No. 400]
Ryan Duncan LaTurner Thompson (PA)
Cartwright Kildee
Sánchez Dunn Lesko Tiffany YEAS—217
Case Kilmer
Sarbanes Ellzey Letlow Timmons
Casten Kim (NJ) Adams Courtney Hoyer
Emmer Long Turner
Castor (FL) Kind Scanlon Aguilar Craig Huffman
Estes Loudermilk Upton
Castro (TX) Kinzinger Schakowsky Allred Crist Jackson Lee
Fallon Lucas Valadao
Chu Kirkpatrick Schiff Auchincloss Crow Jacobs (CA)
Feenstra Luetkemeyer Van Drew
Cicilline Krishnamoorthi Schneider Axne Cuellar Jayapal
Ferguson Mace Van Duyne
Clark (MA) Kuster Schrader Barragán Davids (KS) Jeffries
Fischbach Malliotakis Wagner
Clarke (NY) Lamb Schrier Bass Davis, Danny K. Johnson (GA)
Fitzgerald Mann Walberg
Cleaver Langevin Scott (VA) Beatty Dean Johnson (TX)
Fitzpatrick Massie Walorski
Clyburn Larsen (WA) Scott, David Bera DeFazio Jones
Fleischmann Mast Waltz
Cohen Larson (CT) Sewell Beyer DeGette Kahele
Fortenberry McCarthy Weber (TX)
Connolly Lawrence Sherman Bishop (GA) DeLauro Kaptur
Foxx McCaul Webster (FL)
Cooper Lawson (FL) Sherrill Blumenauer DelBene Kelly (IL)
Franklin, C. McClain Wenstrup
Correa Lee (CA) Sires Blunt Rochester Delgado Khanna
Scott McClintock Westerman
Costa Lee (NV) Slotkin Bonamici Demings Kildee
Fulcher McHenry Williams (TX)
Courtney Leger Fernandez Smith (WA) Bourdeaux DeSaulnier Kilmer
Gaetz McKinley Wilson (SC)
Craig Levin (CA) Soto Bowman Deutch Kim (NJ)
Gallagher Meijer Wittman
Crist Levin (MI) Spanberger Boyle, Brendan Dingell Kind
Garbarino Meuser Womack
Crow Lieu Speier F. Doggett Kirkpatrick
Garcia (CA) Miller (IL) Young
Cuellar Lofgren Stansbury Brown (MD) Doyle, Michael Krishnamoorthi
Gibbs Miller (WV) Zeldin
Davids (KS) Lowenthal Stanton Brown (OH) F. Kuster
Davis, Danny K. Luria Stevens b 1730 Brownley Escobar Lamb
Dean Lynch Bush Eshoo Langevin
Strickland
DeFazio Malinowski
Suozzi Mr. WITTMAN changed his vote from Bustos Espaillat Larsen (WA)
DeGette Maloney, ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Butterfield Evans Larson (CT)
Swalwell
DeLauro Carolyn B. Carbajal Fletcher Lawrence
DelBene Maloney, Sean
Takano So the bill was passed. Cárdenas Foster Lawson (FL)
Thompson (CA)
Delgado Manning The result of the vote was announced Carson Frankel, Lois Lee (CA)
Demings Matsui Thompson (MS) Carter (LA) Gallego Lee (NV)
Titus as above recorded.
DeSaulnier McBath Cartwright Garamendi Leger Fernandez
Deutch McCollum Tlaib The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Case Garcı́a (IL) Levin (CA)
Dingell McEachin Tonko DEGETTE). Without objection, a motion Casten Garcia (TX) Levin (MI)
Torres (CA)
Doggett McGovern to reconsider is laid on the table. Castor (FL) Golden Lieu
Doyle, Michael McNerney Torres (NY) Castro (TX) Gomez Lofgren
Trahan Mr. ROY. Madam Speaker, I object.
F. Meeks Chu Gonzalez, Lowenthal
Escobar Meng Trone The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objec- Cicilline Vicente Luria
Eshoo Mfume Underwood tion is heard. Clark (MA) Gottheimer Lynch
Vargas
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Espaillat Moore (WI) MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Clarke (NY) Green, Al (TX) Malinowski
Evans Morelle Veasey Cleaver Grijalva Maloney,
Vela RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Fletcher Moulton Clyburn Harder (CA) Carolyn B.
Foster Mrvan Velázquez Adams (Brown Cawthorn (Nehls) DeFazio Cohen Hayes Maloney, Sean
Frankel, Lois Murphy (FL) Wasserman (MD)) Crist (Carbajal) Connolly Higgins (NY) Manning
Gallego Nadler Schultz Butterfield (Wasserman Donalds Cooper Himes Matsui
Garamendi Napolitano Waters (Ryan) Schultz) (McClain) Correa Horsford McBath
Garcı́a (IL) Neal Watson Coleman Cárdenas (Soto) Curtis (Meijer) Costa Houlahan McCollum
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December 2, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6891
McEachin Price (NC) Stanton Webster (FL) Williams (TX) Womack Blunt Rochester Gonzalez, McGovern
McGovern Quigley Stevens Wenstrup Wilson (SC) Young Bonamici Vicente McHenry
McNerney Raskin Strickland Westerman Wittman Zeldin Bourdeaux Gottheimer McKinley
Meeks Rice (NY) Suozzi Bowman Graves (LA) McNerney
Mfume Ross Swalwell NOT VOTING—7 Boyle, Brendan Graves (MO) Meeks
Moore (WI) Roybal-Allard Takano Brady Keating Spartz F. Green, Al (TX) Meijer
Morelle Ruiz Thompson (CA) Burgess Meng Brown (MD) Griffith Meng
Moulton Ruppersberger Thompson (MS) Hern Porter Brown (OH) Grijalva Meuser
Mrvan Rush Titus Brownley Guest Mfume
Murphy (FL) Ryan Tlaib ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Buchanan Guthrie Miller (WV)
Nadler Sánchez Tonko The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Bucshon Hagedorn Miller-Meeks
Napolitano Sarbanes Torres (CA) Budd Harder (CA) Moolenaar
Neal Scanlon Torres (NY)
the vote). There are 2 minutes remain-
Bustos Hartzler Mooney
Neguse Schakowsky Trahan ing. Butterfield Hayes Moore (AL)
Newman Schiff Trone Calvert Herrell Moore (UT)
Norcross Schneider Underwood b 1748 Carbajal Herrera Beutler Moore (WI)
O’Halleran Schrader Vargas Cárdenas Higgins (NY) Morelle
Ocasio-Cortez Schrier Veasey
Mr. MCCAUL changed his vote from
Carey Hill Moulton
Omar Scott (VA) Vela ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Carl Himes Mrvan
Pallone Scott, David Velázquez So the motion to table was agreed to. Carson Hinson Mullin
Panetta Sewell Wasserman The result of the vote was announced Carter (GA) Hollingsworth Murphy (FL)
Pappas Sherman Schultz Carter (LA) Horsford Murphy (NC)
Pascrell Sherrill Waters as above recorded.
Cartwright Houlahan Nadler
Payne Sires Watson Coleman Stated for: Case Hoyer Napolitano
Perlmutter Slotkin Welch Ms. PORTER. Madam Speaker, I was un- Casten Hudson Neal
Peters Smith (WA) Wexton Castor (FL) Huffman Neguse
Phillips Soto Wild
able to vote on the Motion to Table the Re-
Castro (TX) Huizenga Nehls
Pingree Spanberger Williams (GA) publican Motion to Reconsider, H.R. 6119— Cawthorn Issa Newhouse
Pocan Speier Wilson (FL) Further Extending Government Act. Had I Chabot Jackson Lee Newman
Pressley Stansbury Yarmuth been present, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Cheney Jacobs (CA) Norcross
Stated against: Chu Jacobs (NY) Nunes
NAYS—209 Cicilline Jayapal O’Halleran
Mrs. SPARTZ. Madam Speaker, I was Clark (MA) Jeffries Obernolte
Aderholt Garcia (CA) McHenry
Allen Gibbs McKinley
present but did not realize I was not recorded. Clarke (NY) Johnson (GA) Ocasio-Cortez
Amodei Gimenez Meijer I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 400. Cleaver Johnson (LA) Omar
Armstrong Gohmert Meuser Clyburn Johnson (OH) Owens
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Arrington Gonzales, Tony Miller (IL) Cohen Johnson (SD) Palazzo
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Cole Johnson (TX) Pallone
Babin Gonzalez (OH) Miller (WV)
Bacon Good (VA) Miller-Meeks Adams (Brown Green (TX) Reed (Kelly Connolly Jones Palmer
Baird Gooden (TX) Moolenaar (MD)) (Cuellar) (PA)) Cooper Joyce (OH) Panetta
Balderson Gosar Mooney Butterfield Hagedorn Reschenthaler Correa Joyce (PA) Pappas
Banks Granger Moore (AL) (Ryan) (Moolenaar) (Meuser) Costa Kaptur Pascrell
Barr Graves (LA) Moore (UT) Cárdenas (Soto) Lawrence Ruiz (Aguilar) Courtney Katko Payne
Bentz Graves (MO) Mullin Cawthorn (Nehls) (Johnson (GA)) Rush (Quigley) Craig Keating Pence
Bergman Green (TN) Murphy (NC) Crist Lawson (FL) Sires (Pallone) Crawford Keller Perlmutter
Bice (OK) Greene (GA) Nehls (Wasserman (Evans) Stewart (Owens) Crenshaw Kelly (IL) Peters
Biggs Griffith Newhouse Schultz) Crist Kelly (MS) Pfluger
Lesko (Miller Swalwell
Bilirakis Grothman Norman Curtis (Meijer) Crow Kelly (PA) Phillips
(WV)) (Gomez)
Bishop (NC) Guest Nunes DeFazio Cuellar Khanna Pingree
Luetkemeyer Takano (Chu)
Boebert Guthrie Obernolte (Carbajal) Curtis Kildee Pocan
Donalds (Meuser) Underwood
Bost Hagedorn Owens Davids (KS) Kilmer Porter
(McClain) Moore (UT) (Casten)
Brooks Harris Palazzo Davis, Danny K. Kim (CA) Posey
Buchanan Harshbarger Palmer Frankel, Lois (Owens) Vela (Gomez) Davis, Rodney Kim (NJ) Pressley
Buck Hartzler Pence (Kuster) Palazzo Watson Coleman Dean Kind Price (NC)
Bucshon Herrell Perry Fulcher (Johnson (Fleischmann) (Pallone) DeFazio Kirkpatrick Quigley
Budd Herrera Beutler Pfluger (OH)) Payne (Pallone) Wilson (FL) DeGette Krishnamoorthi Raskin
Burchett Hice (GA) Posey Garcia (TX) Posey (Hayes) DeLauro Kuster Reed
Calvert Higgins (LA) Reed (Jeffries) (Cammack) DelBene LaHood Reschenthaler
Cammack Hill Reschenthaler Delgado LaMalfa Rice (NY)
Carey Hinson Rice (SC)
f Demings Lamb Rice (SC)
Carl Hollingsworth Rodgers (WA) DeSaulnier Lamborn Rodgers (WA)
Carter (GA) Hudson Rogers (AL)
SAFEGUARD TRIBAL OBJECTS OF Deutch Langevin Rogers (AL)
Carter (TX) Huizenga Rogers (KY) PATRIMONY ACT OF 2021 Dingell Larsen (WA) Rogers (KY)
Cawthorn Issa Rose Doggett Larson (CT) Ross
Chabot Jackson Rosendale
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Donalds Latta Rouzer
Cheney Jacobs (NY) Rouzer ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin- Doyle, Michael LaTurner Roybal-Allard
Cline Johnson (LA) Roy ished business is the vote on the mo- F. Lawrence Ruiz
Cloud Johnson (OH) Rutherford Duncan Lawson (FL) Ruppersberger
tion to suspend the rules and pass the Dunn Lee (CA) Rush
Clyde Johnson (SD) Salazar
Cole Jordan Scalise bill (H.R. 2930) to enhance protections Emmer Lee (NV) Rutherford
Comer Joyce (OH) Schweikert of Native American tangible cultural Escobar Leger Fernandez Ryan
Crawford Joyce (PA) Scott, Austin heritage, and for other purposes, as Eshoo Lesko Salazar
Crenshaw Katko Sessions Espaillat Letlow Sánchez
Curtis Keller Simpson
amended, on which the yeas and nays Evans Levin (CA) Sarbanes
Davidson Kelly (MS) Smith (MO) were ordered. Ferguson Levin (MI) Scalise
Davis, Rodney Kelly (PA) Smith (NE) The Clerk read the title of the bill. Fischbach Lieu Scanlon
DesJarlais Kim (CA) Smith (NJ) Fitzpatrick Lofgren Schakowsky
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Fletcher Long Schiff
Diaz-Balart Kinzinger Smucker
Donalds Kustoff Stauber question is on the motion offered by Fortenberry Loudermilk Schneider
Duncan LaHood Steel the gentlewoman from New Mexico Foster Lowenthal Schrader
Dunn LaMalfa Stefanik (Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ) that the House Foxx Lucas Schrier
Ellzey Lamborn Steil Frankel, Lois Luetkemeyer Schweikert
Emmer Latta Steube
suspend the rules and pass the bill, as Franklin, C. Luria Scott (VA)
Estes LaTurner Stewart amended. Scott Lynch Scott, Austin
Fallon Lesko Taylor The vote was taken by electronic de- Fulcher Mace Scott, David
Feenstra Letlow Tenney vice, and there were—yeas 364, nays 57, Gallagher Malinowski Sewell
Ferguson Long Thompson (PA) Gallego Malliotakis Sherman
Fischbach Loudermilk Tiffany not voting 12, as follows: Garamendi Maloney, Sherrill
Fitzgerald Lucas Timmons [Roll No. 401] Garbarino Carolyn B. Simpson
Fitzpatrick Luetkemeyer Turner Garcia (CA) Maloney, Sean Sires
Fleischmann Mace Upton
YEAS—364 Garcı́a (IL) Manning Slotkin
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Fortenberry Malliotakis Valadao Adams Axne Bentz Garcia (TX) Matsui Smith (MO)
Foxx Mann Van Drew Aderholt Bacon Bera Gibbs McBath Smith (NE)
Franklin, C. Massie Van Duyne Aguilar Baird Bergman Gimenez McCarthy Smith (NJ)
Scott Mast Wagner Allen Balderson Beyer Gohmert McCaul Smith (WA)
Fulcher McCarthy Walberg Allred Barr Bice (OK) Golden McClain Smucker
Gaetz McCaul Walorski Amodei Barragán Bilirakis Gomez McClintock Soto
Gallagher McClain Waltz Armstrong Bass Bishop (GA) Gonzales, Tony McCollum Spanberger
Garbarino McClintock Weber (TX) Auchincloss Beatty Blumenauer Gonzalez (OH) McEachin Spartz
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