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Congressional Record, House, January 20, 2022 (H286) — Senate Enrolled Bills Signed and Adjournment

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Congressional Record, House, January 20, 2022 (beginning at page H286). The page opens with the end of a floor speech that criticizes the administration on the border, vaccine mandates and spending, says Mayorkas should be impeached, and closes with a yield of the balance of time. Under Senate Enrolled Bills Signed, the Speaker announced her signature to an act to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree and an act on impact aid funding applications for fiscal year 2023. The House then stands adjourned until 9 a.m. tomorrow under section 11(b) of House Resolution 188. Listings of executive communications and reported bills follow.

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                                            H286                                               CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE                                                     January 20, 2022
                                            had to call somebody. You had to call                   Constitution and limited government                     the truth. Talk to the migrants getting
                                            some kid sitting in Omaha in some                       and freedom to be able to protect our                   abused. Talk to the people in south
                                            phone bank telling you which doctor                     families and protect our States when                    Texas. Go to Laredo and Webb County.
                                            you can go to 2,000 miles away. That is                 this administration is letting this                     Sit down with the Brown people in La-
                                            the truth, and we all know it. We sit in                country burn.                                           redo who will say: We are pretty ticked
                                            here, we roll in here and we say: Let’s                   It dares to do an hour-long press con-                off with this administration about how
                                            spend more money and create a govern-                   ference, lecturing the people for want-                 they are handling the border.
                                            ment program. Let’s spend more                          ing to make sure their elections are se-                   My colleagues on the other side of
                                            money we don’t have.                                    cure, for daring to say that we should                  the aisle might be up for a rude awak-
                                              Not one person in this body will come                 have voter identification when that                     ening pretty soon about their expecta-
                                            down here and truly debate any of                       same administration is ordering vac-                    tions of what voters are voting for
                                            these truths when you are $30 trillion                  cine mandates that are causing                          them and what voters are not because
                                            in debt; when you are funding the very                  healthcare workers to lose their jobs;                  there are a lot of people in this country
                                            FBI going after parents for daring to                   causing healthcare workers in long-                     that are sick and tired of the elite in
                                            stand up and defend their children in a                 term health facilities to be unable to                  this town, immersed in the swamp, pro-
                                            school board meeting; when you are                      carry out their jobs.                                   moting Big Healthcare, promoting Big
                                            funding the Department of Homeland                        And then there is the talk about, oh,                 Tech, promoting Big Government,
                                            Security that is literally lying to the                 the burden on hospitals. Well, you just                 minimizing the rights and the abilities
                                            American people saying our border is                    caused 20 percent of nurses to have to                  of Americans to live their lives the way
                                            secure while hundreds of thousands of                   leave because you were mandating they                   they see fit.
                                            people come across.                                     take a jab for something that is a year                    That is our calling as we head to 2026,
                                              You want to know what happened in                     old that Pfizer is making billions of                   our 250th birthday of the United States
                                            that synagogue? Because we don’t have                   dollars on. Then we won’t even have a                   of America, which comes up in 4-and-a-
                                            a dang clue who is coming to the                        hearing about why on Earth we are                       half years. Will we be able to say that
                                            United States, and this administration                  having this virus in the first place, be-               we live in the land of the free? Will we
                                            doesn’t care. They don’t care. They                     cause of what Anthony Fauci knew and                    be able to say that we are pursuing
                                            don’t care what list they are on. They                  what NIH was up to and what China                       happiness; that we are the country of
                                            don’t care whether they pose a danger                   was up to.                                              life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi-
                                            to the United States of America. They                     We won’t have a hearing about nat-                    ness?
                                            don’t care at all who is coming into                    ural immunity. We won’t have a hear-                       We will only be able to do that if we
                                            this country. And they sure as heck                     ing about the dangers and levels of                     stand up and secure our Nation’s sov-
                                            don’t care what is happening to the                     dangers of the vaccines, what they may                  ereignty, defend our streets, protect
                                            people of Texas, Arizona, or, frankly,                  be. Again, my polio-stricken father                     our families, stand up to enemies
                                            everybody around this country who is                    who is 79 has been vaccinated. I refuse                 around the world, and limit this body
                                            having to bear the cost, who is having                  to say whether I have been vaccinated.                  to the job that it was given in the Con-
                                            to bear the burden of what wide-open                    I think it is a principle for Americans                 stitution: limit our spending to the
                                            borders means to the United States of                   that they shouldn’t have to say.                        dollars that we have and responsibly
                                            America.                                                  My point is, there are people for                     lead this country and represent the
                                              Complain     about    Mayorkas?     We                whom the vaccine makes sense. There                     people so that this country can, in fact,
                                            should impeach him for failing to                       are people for whom the vaccine does                    be great in our agreements and our dis-
                                            faithfully execute the laws of the                      not make sense. Mandating a jab in a 5-                 agreements in a Federalist Republic
                                            United States of America, endangering                   year-old is irresponsible and it is dan-                where we are able to live free.
                                            Americans in the process, ignoring the                  gerous. We should have that conversa-                      Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance
                                            laws of the United States. And that is                  tion instead of blindly walking around                  of my time.
                                            what is happening. That is what is hap-                 preaching what other people should
                                                                                                                                                                             f
                                            pening.                                                 stick in their dang arm.
                                              America is poorer, sicker, and less                     But that is what we do in the people’s                SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED
                                            safe a year into the Biden administra-                  House. I am sitting here in an empty                      The Speaker announced her signa-
                                            tion, and that is the truth. Our enemies                Chamber—with the Speaker, respect-                      ture to enrolled bills of the Senate of
                                            know it. That is why Russia is going                    fully—and that is it. They are all jet-                 the following titles:
                                            after Ukraine. That is why China is                     fumed out, leaving town. Oh, we shut
                                                                                                                                                              S. 452.—An act to award a Congressional
                                            rattling on a daily basis. That is why                  down earlier. Let’s get out of here. Or                 Gold Medal to Willie O’Ree, in recognition of
                                            Russia, China, and Iran are talking                     they are out at some fundraiser or                      his extraordinary contributions and commit-
                                            about joint exercises. That is why the                  something.                                              ment to hockey, inclusion, and recreational
                                            cartels are emboldened. That is why                       Let’s have a debate on these issues.                  opportunity.
                                            there are people marching through                       Let’s seek the truth. I don’t know all of                 S. 2959.—An act to provide that, due to the
                                            Mexico from all over the world coming                   the truth on all of those issues. I don’t               disruptions caused by COVID–19, applica-
                                            to our southern border. That is why                     know the specific risks. I have read a                  tions for impact aid funding for fiscal year
                                            there are people on the streets break-                  lot about what is going on with the                     2023 may use certain data submitted in the
                                                                                                                                                            fiscal year 2022 application.
                                            ing into businesses, assaulting people                  vaccines, positive and negative. But it
                                            on the streets and killing them, raping                 is becoming very, very clear that it                                     f
                                            them. It is happening every single day                  doesn’t do squat to stop the spread. So                             ADJOURNMENT
                                            in the United States of America with                    you are left basically saying: Well, it is
                                            reckless abandon while Democrats in                     better for you so that you don’t die in                   The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
                                            district attorney’s offices, Democrats                  the hospital.                                           ant to section 11(b) of House Resolu-
                                            in the House of Representatives, Demo-                    Well, let’s look at the data on that.                 tion 188, the House stands adjourned
                                            crats in this administration do nothing                 But why don’t we just present the in-                   until 9 a.m. tomorrow.
                                            about it and do not care that the Amer-                 formation and let the American people                     Thereupon (at 2 o’clock and 14 min-
                                            ican people are left holding the bag.                   decide? Japan’s vaccine rate is a lot                   utes p.m.), under its previous order, the
                                              Then they want to talk about taking                   higher than ours and ours has man-                      House adjourned until tomorrow, Fri-
                                            away our Second Amendment rights                        dates. All they did was say: We think it                day, January 21, 2022, at 9 a.m.
                                            and our ability to defend ourselves.                    is good. There are some risks. You de-                                   f




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                                            Well, that crap ain’t going to happen                   cide. We can’t do that in America?
                                            because we are going to defend our-                       We can’t just go down to the border                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS,
                                            selves in the land of the free. We are                  and say: You know what, it is better                                     ETC.
                                            going to stand up and defend our com-                   for migrants, better for Texans and all                   Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive
                                            munities and defend our families. We                    Americans, bad for cartels, bad for                     communications were taken from the
                                            are going to stand up in defense of the                 China, if we secure our border. That is                 Speaker’s table and referred as follows:



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                                            January 20, 2022                                   CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE                                                                       H287
                                              EC–3223. A letter from the Associate Direc-             EC–3231. A letter from the Senior Bureau                 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON
                                            tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi-              Official, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, De-             PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
                                            ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting               partment of State, transmitting Transmittal
                                            the Agency’s final rule — Air Plan Approval;            No. DDTC 21-033, pursuant to the reporting                Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of
                                            North Carolina: Mecklenburg General Provi-              requirements of Section 40(g)(2) of the Arms            committees were delivered to the Clerk
                                            sions [EPA-R04-OAR-2020-0705; FRL-9235-02-              Export Control Act; to the Committee on                 for printing and reference to the proper
                                            R4] received January 12, 2022, pursuant to 5            Foreign Affairs.                                        calendar, as follows:
                                            U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec.             EC–3232. A letter from the Director, Office             Ms. WATERS: Committee on Financial
                                            251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En-           of Financial Reporting and Policy, Depart-              Services. H.R. 2543. A bill to amend the Fed-
                                            ergy and Commerce.                                      ment of Commerce, transmitting the Depart-              eral Reserve Act to add additional demo-
                                              EC–3224. A letter from the Associate Direc-           ment’s FY 2021 Agency Financial Report,                 graphic reporting requirements, to modify
                                            tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi-              pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3515(a)(1); Public Law            the goals of the Federal Reserve System, and
                                            ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting               101-576, Sec. 303(a)(1) (as amended by Public           for other purposes; with an amendment
                                            the Agency’s final rule — Air Plan Approval;            Law 107-289, Sec. 2(a)); (116 Stat. 2049); to the       (Rept. 117–228). Referred to the Committee of
                                            North Carolina; Minor Revisions to Cotton               Committee on Oversight and Reform.                      the Whole House on the state of the Union.
                                            Ginning Operations Rule [EPA-R04-OAR-                     EC–3233. A letter from the Associate Direc-             Ms. WATERS: Committee on Financial
                                            2021-0430; FRL-9060-02-R4] received January             tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi-              Services. H.R. 4590. A bill to require the Fed-
                                            12, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A);            ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting               eral banking regulators to jointly conduct a
                                            Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to       the Agency’s final rule — Civil Monetary                study and develop a strategic plan to address
                                            the Committee on Energy and Commerce.                   Penalty Inflation Adjustment [FRL-5906.6-01-
                                              EC–3225. A letter from the Associate Direc-                                                                   challenges faced by proposed depository in-
                                                                                                    OECA] received January 12, 2022, pursuant to            stitutions seeking de novo depository insti-
                                            tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi-              5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec.
                                            ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting                                                                       tution charters; and for other purposes; with
                                                                                                    251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the           an amendment (Rept. 117–229). Referred to
                                            the Agency’s final rule — State of New Mex-             Judiciary.
                                            ico Underground Injection Control Program;                                                                      the Committee of the Whole House on the
                                                                                                      EC–3234. A letter from the Attorney Advi-             state of the Union.
                                            Primacy Revisions [EPA-HQ-OW-2020-0154;                 sor, Regulations Officer, Office of Chief
                                            FRL-7998-02-OW] received January 12 2022,                                                                         Ms. WATERS: Committee on Financial
                                                                                                    Counsel, Federal Highway Administration,                Services. H.R. 1277. A bill to amend the Secu-
                                            pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law           Department of Transportation, transmitting
                                            104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com-                                                                 rities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the
                                                                                                    the Department’s interim final rule — Indefi-           submission by issuers of data relating to di-
                                            mittee on Energy and Commerce.                          nite Delivery and Indefinite Quantity Con-
                                              EC–3226. A letter from the Associate Direc-                                                                   versity, and for other purposes; with an
                                                                                                    tracts for Federal-Aid Construction [FHWA               amendment (Rept. 117–230). Referred to the
                                            tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi-
                                                                                                    Docket No.: FHWA-2018-0017] (RIN: 2125-                 Committee of the Whole House on the state
                                            ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting
                                                                                                    AF83) received January 18, 2022, pursuant to            of the Union.
                                            the Agency’s final rule — Clean Air Act Sec-
                                                                                                    5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec.           Ms. WATERS: Committee on Financial
                                            tion 112 List of Hazardous Air Pollutant:
                                                                                                    251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on               Services. H.R. 4685. A bill to require the Gov-
                                            Amendments to the List of Hazardous Air
                                                                                                    Transportation and Infrastructure.                      ernment Accountability Office to carry out a
                                            Pollutants (HAP) [EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0471;
                                                                                                      EC–3235. A letter from the Attorney Advi-             study on the impact of the gamification, psy-
                                            FRL-5562-08-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AS26) received
                                                                                                    sor, Regulations Officer, FHWA, Office of               chological nudges, and other design tech-
                                            January 12, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
                                                                                                    Chief Counsel, Department of Transpor-                  niques used by online trading platforms, and
                                            801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110
                                                                                                    tation, transmitting the Department’s final             for other purposes; with an amendment
                                            Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and
                                                                                                    rule — Program for Eliminating Duplication              (Rept. 117–231). Referred to the Committee of
                                            Commerce.
                                              EC–3227. A letter from the Associate Direc-           of Environmental Review [Docket No.:                    the Whole House on the state of the Union.
                                                                                                    FHWA-2016-0037] (FHWA RIN: 2125-AF73;
                                            tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi-                                                                                       f
                                            ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting               FRA RIN: 2130-AC66; FTA RIN: 2132-AB32) re-
                                            the Agency’s final action — Findings of Fail-           ceived January 18, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.            PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
                                            ure to Submit State Implementation Plan                 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110
                                                                                                                                                              Under clause 2 of rule XII, public
                                            Revisions in Response to the 2015 Findings of           Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor-
                                                                                                    tation and Infrastructure.                              bills and resolutions of the following
                                            Substantial Inadequacy and SIP Calls to                                                                         titles were introduced and severally re-
                                            Amend Provisions Applying to Excess Emis-                 EC–3236. A letter from the Director, Legal
                                                                                                    Processing Division, Internal Revenue Serv-             ferred, as follows:
                                            sions During Periods of Startup, Shutdown,
                                            and Malfunction [EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0862;                  ice, transmitting the Service’s IRB only rule                 By Mr. OBERNOLTE:
                                            FRL-9250-01-OAR] received January 12, 2022,             — Schieber v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo.                    H.R. 6434. A bill to direct the Secretary of
                                            pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law           2017-32 T.C. Docket No. 21690-14 [Action On             the Interior to establish, within the National
                                            104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com-         Decision: AOD-2021-01 (AOD-105860-20)] re-              Park Service, the Japanese American World
                                            mittee on Energy and Commerce.                          ceived January 11, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.           War II History Network, and for other pur-
                                              EC–3228. A letter from the Associate Direc-           801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110        poses; to the Committee on Natural Re-
                                            tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi-              Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and                sources.
                                            ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting               Means.                                                        By Mrs. RODGERS of Washington (for
                                            the Agency’s final rule — Trifloxystrobin;                EC–3237. A letter from the Director, Legal                    herself and Mr. NEGUSE):
                                            Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0038;              Processing Division, Internal Revenue Serv-               H.R. 6435. A bill to provide for the applica-
                                            FRL-9086-01-OCSPP] received January 12,                 ice, transmitting the Service’s IRB only rule           tion of certain provisions of the Secure
                                            2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public         — 2021 Required Amendments List for Indi-               Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter-
                                            Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the          vidually Designed Qualified and Section                 mination Act of 2000 for fiscal year 2021; to
                                            Committee on Energy and Commerce.                       403(b) Plans [Notice 2021-64] received January          the Committee on Agriculture, and in addi-
                                              EC–3229. A letter from the Associate Direc-           11, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A);            tion to the Committee on Armed Services,
                                            tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi-              Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to       for a period to be subsequently determined
                                            ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting               the Committee on Ways and Means.                        by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
                                            the Agency’s final rule — Limited Approval                EC–3238. A letter from the Director, Legal            ation of such provisions as fall within the ju-
                                            and Limited Disapproval of California Air               Processing Division, Internal Revenue Serv-             risdiction of the committee concerned.
                                            Quality Implementation Plan Revisions;                  ice, transmitting the Service’s IRB only rule                 By Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma (for herself
                                            Amador Air District; Stationary Source Per-             — Guidance on Single-Employer Defined                           and Ms. JACOBS of California):
                                            mits [EPA-R09-OAR-2021-0438; FRL-8773-02-               Benefit Pension Plan Funding Changes under                H.R. 6436. A bill to amend the Workforce
                                            R9] received January 12, 2022, pursuant to 5            the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 [No-               Innovation and Opportunity Act to address
                                            U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec.           tice 2021-48] received January 11, 2022, pursu-         workforce gaps, and for other purposes; to
                                            251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En-           ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-           the Committee on Education and Labor.
                                            ergy and Commerce.                                      121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee              By Mr. BOWMAN (for himself, Mr.
                                              EC–3230. A letter from the Associate Direc-           on Ways and Means.                                              GARCÍA of Illinois, Ms. NORTON, Ms.
                                            tor, Regulatory Management Division, Envi-                EC–3239. A letter from the Director, Legal                    TLAIB, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. PRESSLEY,
                                            ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting               Processing Division, Internal Revenue Serv-                     Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. JONES, Mr.
                                            the Agency’s final rule — Air Plan Approval;            ice, transmitting the Service’s IRB only rule                   TAKANO, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. SCHA-




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                                            Wisconsin; Redesignation of the Rhinelander             — Automatic method change procedures for                        KOWSKY, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms.
                                            Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area [EPA-                 method changes to comply with Sec. 1.451-3                      VELÁZQUEZ, Mr. CARSON, Ms. MOORE
                                            R05-OAR-2021-0540; FRL-9201-02-R5] received             and/or Sec. 1.451-8 (TD 9941) (Rev. Proc. 2021-                 of Wisconsin, Ms. LEE of California,
                                            January 12, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.                  34) received January 11, 2022, pursuant to 5                    Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL,
                                            801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110        U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec.                   Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New
                                            Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and              251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on                       York, Ms. MENG, Mr. POCAN, and Ms.
                                            Commerce.                                               Ways and Means.                                                 BUSH):




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