Economic Growth (Cong. Rec., Feb. 7, 2022)
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This is S529 and S530 of the Congressional Record, Senate, Vol. 168, No. 24, for Monday, February 7, 2022. The Senate met at 3 p.m. with Ms. Hirono as Acting President pro tempore, and the Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the prayer. Under the heading Economic Growth, Mr. Schumer says the economy created 467,000 new jobs and has added 6.6 million jobs in President Biden's first year, and urges moving USICA to conference with the House. He also discusses bomb threats against historically Black colleges and universities, forced arbitration legislation, and January 6, while Mr. McConnell speaks on China and the Winter Olympics, with the views attributed to the speakers.
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117 th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
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of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
Vol. 168 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2022 No. 24
Senate
(Legislative day of Thursday, February 3, 2022)
The Senate met at 3 p.m., on the ex- U.S. SENATE, first year in office. Let me say that
piration of the recess, and was called to PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, again. In 1 year alone, the economy has
order by the Honorable MAZIE K. Washington, DC, February 7, 2022. added a whopping 6.6 million jobs back
To the Senate: to the economy—the most ever re-
HIRONO, a Senator from the State of
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3,
Hawaii. of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby
corded for a President’s first year. This
appoint the Honorable MAZIE K. HIRONO, a includes the creation of 367,000 manu-
f facturing jobs—the most in 30 years.
Senator from the State of Hawaii, to perform
the duties of the Chair. For all the difficulties of the past 2
PRAYER PATRICK J. LEAHY, years and for the real challenges our
The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- President pro tempore. economy faces today, this jobs number
fered the following prayer: Ms. HIRONO thereupon assumed the is a remarkable milestone. It is a re-
Let us pray. Chair as Acting President pro tempore. minder that who gets elected to office
Eternal God, enthroned in holiness, makes a big difference.
f A year ago, Democrats promised to
we lift our praise to You. We praise
You for Your might, mercy, and maj- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME fix the mess our country was in after
President Trump botched our pandemic
esty. Great is Your faithfulness. Be- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- response. We promised to lift our econ-
cause of Your mercies, we are not con- pore. Under the previous order, the omy out of the abyss, to get people
sumed. leadership time is reserved. back to work, back to the classroom,
Lord, give our lawmakers the wisdom
f and to do it safely by following the
to place their trust in You, for You science. It is why Democrats worked
have been their help in ages past and MORNING BUSINESS furiously last year to pass the Amer-
continue to be their hope for tomor- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ican Rescue Plan. It is why the Senate
row. pore. Under the previous order, the came together to pass USICA, which
Today, may they claim Your promise Senate will be in a period of morning we will work to enact into law in the
to guide them through time into eter- business, with the Senators permitted near future. It is why we came together
nity. When their strength is gone, to speak therein for up to 10 minutes to pass a historic, bipartisan infra-
renew them anew. each. structure package that is now putting
We pray in Your magnificent Name. people back to work fixing our roads,
Amen. f
bridges, internet, lead piping, and so
RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY much more.
f
LEADER With 6.6 million jobs gained and
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- record economic growth in our first
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
pore. The majority leader is recog- year, Democrats are delivering on our
The Presiding Officer led the Pledge promise. And it is not just that job cre-
nized.
of Allegiance, as follows: ation exceeded expectations; wages for
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the f American workers grew in 2021, and in-
United States of America, and to the Repub-
ECONOMIC GROWTH dications from top forecasters are that
lic for which it stands, one nation under God, wages will continue to grow in 2022.
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, on A year into executing our Demo-
Friday, our country received another cratic agenda, the American economy
f extraordinary bit of news about the is in the midst of a historic turn-
state of our economic recovery. Last around, but the job is not over. Even as
APPOINTMENT OF ACTING month, the economy created 467,000 wages are up, Democrats are taking ac-
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE new jobs, far exceeding all expecta- tion to lower costs. We need to help ev-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tions. This comes on the heels of news eryday families afford the daily essen-
clerk will please read a communication that our economy grew at its fastest tials, just as we need to relieve our
to the Senate from the President pro rate in decades last year. supply chains and rebuild American
tempore (Mr. LEAHY). With last week’s jobs numbers, the manufacturing, including by focusing
The legislative clerk read the fol- U.S. economy now has added a total of on critical technologies like semi-
lowing letter: 6.6 million jobs in President Biden’s conductors.
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S530 CORRECTION CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE February 7, 2022
We took an important step in the such threats, including a dozen schools against the former President’s lies,
right direction last week after the last week. These bomb threats are while defending the rioters who tried
House passed the companion legisla- clearly racially motivated, and I join to undo an election with mob rule.
tion to USICA. I applaud the House for my colleagues in condemning these Theirs will be nothing less than ever-
passing this legislation, and I join my acts of hatred in the strongest possible lasting shame.
Senate colleagues from both sides of terms. I yield the floor.
the aisle in saying we were pleased to Bomb threats against HBCUs have an I suggest the absence of a quorum.
have gotten the ball rolling when we especially malevolent place in our The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
passed the USICA bill—formally known country’s history. Black Americans pore. The clerk will call the roll.
as Endless Frontiers—last summer. don’t need to think that far back to The legislative clerk proceeded to
There is a lot of work to do to enact when bombs were set off in the middle call the roll.
USICA into law, so I look forward to of the campus at Florida A&M Univer- Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President,
moving quickly to a conference so the sity in 1999. To see these threats today I ask unanimous consent that the order
House and Senate can bridge the dif- is a reminder of the hatred we have yet for the quorum call be rescinded.
ferences between our proposals. to overcome. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
Once again, I want to thank my col- Nothing can be more sickening than pore. Without objection, it is so or-
leagues from both sides of the aisle for efforts to use fear, violence, and White dered.
leadership on this very important leg- supremacy in hopes of stealing the RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY
islation. promise of a good education for mil- LEADER
This will continue to be Democrats’ lions of Black Americans. HBCUs are a
focus: lowering costs, increasing wages, vital part of our economy and edu- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
and bringing jobs back from overseas, cation system, educating some of our pore. The Republican leader is recog-
while creating more jobs right here at Nation’s greatest leaders, innovators, nized.
home. It is what Democrats have and activists. f
worked on for the past 12 months as we I want to commend all the presi-
have helped Americans get back to nor- dents, faculty, and staff across the CHINA
mal, and it is what we will continue to country’s HBCUs for responding to Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President,
focus on as we enter year 2 of the Biden these acts of hatred with resolve and this year’s Winter Olympics are offi-
administration. strength. And to all the students who cially underway on the home turf of
f attend HBCUs, this should never hap- the Chinese Communist Party. Of
pen. Those responsible must—must—be course, Americans are rooting hard for
FORCED ARBITRATION prosecuted to the fullest extent of law. our outstanding Team USA athletes,
Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, My colleagues and I have been in but this year’s setting has also trained
now on forced arbitration. communication with the FBI, Home- spotlights worldwide on the abuse and
On a different matter, later today, land Security, the Department of Jus- repression the CCP inflicts on its own
the House is expected to pass bipar- tice, and the Department of Education people and aspires to inflict on much of
tisan legislation to end forced arbitra- on steps the Agencies and the Senate the world. Unfortunately, this has also
tion for sexual assault and sexual har- can take to address these violent occasioned some instances of jaw-drop-
assment. Once this important bill threats. We are confident those respon- ping tone-deafness and gullibility from
passes the House, the Senate will move sible will be held accountable. American voices.
as soon as this week to quickly take up f I noted on this floor several years
this bill and send it to President ago that as China has modernized its
Biden’s desk. Congress can finally act JANUARY 6
economy, too many wealthy and pow-
to empower victims of sexual assault Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, on erful American actors have seemed
and sexual harassment to speak openly an entirely different matter, normally willing to help whitewash the CCP’s
by nullifying forced arbitration clauses I don’t make a point of remarking upon many abuses or at least turn a blind
that push survivors into an often secret actions and statements of the Repub- eye. Hollywood self-censoring our own
and biased process. We will not waste lican National Committee, which by American films to satisfy President Xi
this historic opportunity. now has completely fallen under the and his cronies is just one example.
There are numerous good proposals control of former President Donald Well, last week, one American broad-
that we can address here in the Senate Trump and his inner circle, but last caster seemed to uncritically amplify
on a bipartisan basis, and this is one week, they crossed a line, issuing a the CCP’s propaganda goal when they
good example. We hope to do more. The statement that censured two Repub- included a member of the oppressed
Senate’s forced arbitration proposal, licans who stood up to the Big Lie, Uighur minority in the opening cere-
the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sex- while also describing the insurrection monies.
ual Assault and Sexual Harassment of January 6 as ‘‘legitimate political This broadcaster called the CCP’s ob-
Act of 2021, passed unanimously out of discourse.’’ Their statement didn’t vious propaganda stunt ‘‘an in-your-
the Judiciary Committee. Every Demo- even make mention of the violence face response to those Western nations,
crat and every Republican voted for it. that day. including the U.S., who have called
I expect there will be strong, bipartisan There is no debate to be had here. this Chinese treatment of that group
support for it on the Senate floor. I January 6 was an armed insurrection. ‘genocide.’ ’’ President Xi couldn’t have
want to thank my colleagues Senator It was an attempt to reverse through scripted it better.
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND and Senator violent means the outcome of a free Also, last week, a faculty member at
LINDSEY GRAHAM for their leadership and fair election, and it was fundamen- a Big Ten university went on TV and
on this important legislation. tally rooted in Donald Trump’s Big Lie compared China’s secret police to
f that the election of 2020 was illegit- American police officers and China’s
imate, which now the RNC seems to be tyranny to America’s voting laws. Here
BOMB THREATS AT HISTORICALLY giving its blessing officially.
BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVER- was the quote:
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rights record when we have ongoing attacks
Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, to officially sign on to the Big Lie—and by the agents of the State against unarmed
next, bomb threats at HCBUs. more than that, to excuse the attack citizens, and we’ve got assaults on the voting
All of us in the Senate are disturbed, itself by attributing even a shred of le- rights of people of color in various States in
sickened, and outraged, frankly, at the gitimacy to it—is chilling and plainly this country?
wave of anonymous bomb threats that dangerous. It puts us on a road where Really? Beyond absurd.
have recently arisen across dozens of our democracy is at risk. The truth is, the CCP has turned
historically Black colleges and univer- It is a sad commentary on how far Xinjiang Province into a giant oppres-
sities. Since the start of this year, at the political arm of the GOP has gone sion factory, where they enslave, steri-
least 26 HBCUs in a dozen States and that the RNC will go out of its way to lize, and commit genocide against the
the District of Columbia have received punish its own Members who spoke out Muslim minority.
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