Congressional Record, House — April 7, 2022, H4422
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This is H4422 of the Congressional Record, House, April 7, 2022, with interleaved columns of one-minute statements. Ms. Tlaib says a restaurant relief bill includes her amendment to prohibit funds from going to businesses that have committed wage theft, and Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick says the $28.6 billion restaurant fund helped over 100,000 restaurants, bars, and other small businesses. Ms. Kaptur supports sanctions on Russia, and Mr. Lamalfa criticizes the President's response to the invasion of Ukraine, including the statement on $1 billion in humanitarian assistance. Mr. Casten discusses oil prices, and Mr. Lieu says weekly jobless claims are the lowest since 1968, with the views attributed to the speakers.
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H4422 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 7, 2022
to remember these victims and their 2,685 civilian casualties, and more than Why would a party that fought to
families in Bucha and across Ukraine, 4 million fleeing Ukrainian refugees raise oil prices 2 years ago fight to
realizing that historically, in this 21st scrambling to the aid of the EU. raise them again? Because given a
century, this is the test of our time, Twenty-five days after watching choice between your wallet and the fos-
and the world is watching. bloodshed, riots, and tears, the Biden sil fuel industry, they will always take
administration finally came to their from you and subsidize them.
f
senses and released a statement to aid Americans deserve better.
RUSSIA SANCTIONS $1 billion in funding humanitarian as- f
(Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given sistance for the Ukrainian people, al-
lowing the U.S. to accept 100,000 fleeing WE CANNOT LEAVE WORKERS
permission to address the House for 1 BEHIND
minute and to revise and extend her re- refugees; 25 days of watching; 25 days
of letting other countries handle it; 25 (Ms. TLAIB asked and was given per-
marks.) mission to address the House for 1
Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise days of fear. This is 1,081 Ukrainian
citizens no longer breathing, lost in minute.)
today to support Congress’ bipartisan Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise in
approval of harsher sanctions on Vladi- those 25 days.
Silence speaks louder than action. support of the Restaurant Revitaliza-
mir Putin and his vicious Russian tion Fund Act which included an
The Biden administration is respon-
enablers. We all support suspending amendment that I worked on with my
sible for this delayed deterrence.
normal trade relations and support de- After striking down a deal with Po- team and many of the folks that led
stabilizing the Russian economy as the land to aid the relocation of MiG–29 this effort to prohibit the funds from
price of their savageness. planes for Ukrainian use, the President going to businesses who have com-
The nations of the free world and all also hesitated to provide military as- mitted wage theft against their em-
freedom-loving people have an obliga- sistance to President Zelenskyy of ployees.
tion to stand up resolutely against the Ukraine. This simple change will make sure
tyranny and murder being unleashed Two weeks of waiting into the inva- that our valuable Federal dollars are
against Ukraine. sion, President Biden delayed sanctions being used to support businesses who
Let liberty lovers continue arming on Russian oil after much pressure do right by their workers, not those
Ukraine’s brave defenders. Let free na- from the House. Therefore, it ruined who rip off their workers and steal
tions send them the lethal and defen- any chances of deterrence against their labor.
sive equipment they need. And let civil Putin’s aggression. There is no doubt that a thriving res-
nations continue to isolate this rogue These actions have been shown on taurant industry is good for everyone,
and criminal state from all that it the world stage, and the U.S. now ap- but it is the workers who really make
needs to function. pears weaker than ever as a result of the restaurants and businesses who
The murder of innocent, men, this hesitancy. they are today. And workers are the
women, and children simply cannot be We need to bring aid hastily to the reason that so many of them made it
tolerated. Ukrainian people; the help they de- through this awful and continued pan-
f serve. demic.
f We cannot leave those workers be-
WHAT DEMOCRATS AND REPUB- hind, as I said, and with this bill and
LICANS IN CONGRESS ARE AMERICANS DESERVE BETTER my amendment, we are making clear
DOING (Mr. CASTEN asked and was given that if you cheat or exploit your em-
(Mr. LIEU asked and was given per- permission to address the House for 1 ployees, the Federal Government will
mission to address the House for 1 minute.) not do business with you.
Mr. CASTEN. Madam Speaker, I As I continue to work in Congress to
minute.)
want you to imagine a world where the end wage theft and expand the powers
Mr. LIEU. Madam Speaker, today, we
Republican Party praised the President of our workers, I want to thank my
found out that weekly jobless claims
of the United States for raising the colleagues, again, Chairwoman NYDIA
are the lowest since 1968 and, in fact, if
price of oil by 24 percent. That sounds VELÁZQUEZ, as well as Congressman
you look at this month, their unem-
crazy, right? DEAN PHILLIPS, for their work in im-
ployment claims are the lowest in re-
Well, that is exactly what happened 2 proving this bill and moving it forward.
corded history.
years ago this month when Trump I urge the Senate to take this bill up as
President Joe Biden and Congres-
threatened to remove U.S. troops from soon as possible.
sional Democrats have done an amaz-
Saudi Arabia unless they cut oil pro- f
ing job on job creation. For the last 14
duction.
months, 7.4 million jobs were created, Oil prices, of course, are not set by RELIEF FOR RESTAURANTS AND
the most in U.S. history; jobs are up, the President, but they are a function OTHER HARD HIT SMALL BUSI-
wages are up, growth is up, and unem- of global supply and demand. And when NESSES
ployment is down. the President pressures another coun- (Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK
What are Republicans doing? I don’t try to slash supply, the price at the asked and was given permission to ad-
know. But last month, two Republicans pump and oil industry profits surge ac- dress the House for 1 minute.)
spoke at a white nationalist con- cordingly. That is exactly what hap- Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK. Madam
ference. And today, we learned that Re- pened in April of 2020. Speaker, restaurants are a driving
publican Congressman PAUL GOSAR is The GOP praised Trump’s approach. force in South Florida’s hospitality
going to attend a white nationalist What’s more, nearly 50 of my Repub- and tourism industry, but when the
bash to celebrate Hitler’s birthday, and lican House colleagues wrote a letter pandemic hit, their sales plummeted.
he is listed as a guest speaker on April directly to the Saudi Crown Prince de- The $28.6 billion Restaurant Revital-
20 at this bash. manding that he cut crude output. ization Fund helped over 100,000 res-
f They wanted higher oil company prof- taurants, bars, and other small busi-
its, so they forced a reduction in sup- nesses in the food and beverage serv-
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S FAILURE TO ply to make that happen. ices sector keep their doors open and
ASSIST UKRAINE IN A TIMELY Fast forward to today. Those same their staff employed.
MANNER Republicans who pressured Saudi to Unfortunately, this program’s lim-
(Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given cut oil supply and increase prices 2 ited funding failed to support roughly
ctelli on DSK11ZRN23PROD with HOUSE
permission to address the House for 1 years ago are now berating President two-thirds of the eligible businesses
minute and to revise and extend his re- Biden for using the Strategic Petro- that applied. Nearly 200,000 small busi-
marks.) leum Reserve to boost supply, and nesses have been left behind, and now
Mr. LAMALFA. Madam Speaker, it blocking every effort to invest in en- four out of five of these restaurants
has been 41 days since Putin’s invasion ergy efficiency and renewables that and bars are in danger of closing per-
of Ukraine in February. That means would cut our fossil fuel demand. manently.
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