Appointment of Conferees on H.R. 4521 — Congressional Record, House, April 7, 2022 (H4422)

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Congressional Record, House, pages H4422 and H4423, dated April 7, 2022. The page carries one-minute speeches on Russia sanctions, Ukraine, jobless claims, oil prices and relief for restaurants. Tlaib describes an amendment to bar funds from going to businesses that have committed wage theft against employees, and Cherfilus-McCormick says the restaurant fund helped over 100,000 restaurants, bars, and other small businesses. The page also records the appointment of conferees on H.R. 4521 and an announcement that the Speaker has certified to the United States Attorney the refusal of Peter K. Navarro and Daniel Scavino, Jr. to produce documents to or appear for a deposition before the Select Committee on the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.

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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

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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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April 7, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4423
I urge my colleagues to vote in favor From the Committee on Financial b 1330
of H.R. 3807, the Relief for Restaurants Services, for consideration of secs. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER
and other Hard Hit Small Businesses 10001, 30299C, division G, secs. 110001, PRO TEMPORE
Act of 2022. and 110004 of the House bill, and secs.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
f 1002, 2508, 3138, 3219D, 3219E, 3250, 3405,
Chair would inform the House that,
APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON 5103, 5202–04, and 5212 of the Senate
pursuant to House Resolution 1037, the
H.R. 4521 amendment, and modifications com-
Speaker has certified to the United
mitted to conference: Mses. WATERS, States Attorney for the District of Co-
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. WIL- GARCIA of Texas, and Mr. BARR.
LIAMS of Georgia). Without objection, lumbia the refusal of Peter K. Navarro
the Chair appoints the following con- From the Committee on Homeland and Daniel Scavino, Jr., to produce
ferees on H.R. 4521: Security, for consideration of division documents to or appear for a deposi-
From the Committee on Energy and F of the House bill, and subtitle C of tion before the Select Committee to In-
Commerce, for consideration of the title I of division D, secs. 4203, 4204, vestigate the January 6th Attack on
House bill and the Senate amendment, 4207, and subtitle B of title II of divi- the United States Capitol as directed
and modifications committed to con- sion D of the Senate amendment, and by subpoena.
ference: Mr. PALLONE, Mses. ESHOO, modifications committed to con- f
SCHAKOWSKY, MATSUI, Mr. TONKO, Ms. ference: Ms. TITUS, Mrs. DEMINGS, and
BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. SOTO, Mrs. ROD- SOUTHERN BORDER ISSUES
Mr. GUEST.
GERS of Washington, Messrs. BUCSHON, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
From the Committee on the Judici- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan-
CARTER of Georgia, DUNCAN, and CREN-
SHAW.
ary, for consideration of secs. 30001, uary 4, 2021, the gentleman from Wis-
From the Committee on Foreign Af- 30303, 30306, 30312, 30318, 61403, 61411, consin (Mr. GROTHMAN) is recognized
fairs, for consideration of the House 61414, 71102, 80102, 80103, titles II–VI of for 60 minutes as the designee of the
bill and the Senate amendment, and division I, and sec. 90104 of the House minority leader.
modifications committed to con- bill, and secs. 3302, 3303, 3313, 4492, 4494– Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, I
ference: Messrs. MEEKS, DEUTCH, Ms. 96, 5202–04, and title II of division F of yield to the gentleman from Tennessee
BASS, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mses. the Senate amendment, and modifica- (Mr. FLEISCHMANN).
HOULAHAN, JACOBS of California, tions committed to conference: Mr. Mr. FLEISCHMANN. Madam Speak-
Messrs. KINZINGER, MCCAUL, CHABOT, NADLER, Ms. SCANLON, and Mr. TIF- er, I thank the gentleman from Wis-
Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, FANY. consin for yielding.
and Mrs. KIM of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to
From the Committee on Natural Re-
From the Committee on Science, honor the Chattanooga Bar Association
sources, for consideration of secs. 70101, on reaching the milestone of its 125th
Space, and Technology, for consider-
70102, 70111–18, subtitle B of title I of di- anniversary.
ation of the House bill and the Senate
vision H, titles II–XII of division H, and Since 1897, the Chattanooga Bar As-
amendment, and modifications com-
titles XV–XIX of division H of the sociation has made it its mission to
mitted to conference: Mses. JOHNSON of
Texas, LOFGREN, BONAMICI, Mr. BERA, House bill, and secs. 2507 and 2518 of the work for the betterment of the legal
Ms. STEVENS, Messrs. BOWMAN, FOSTER, Senate amendment, and modifications profession and the administration of
LUCAS, WEBER of Texas, BABIN, WALTZ, committed to conference: Messrs. GRI- justice; to take an active interest in
and GARCIA of California. JALVA, MCEACHIN, and Ms. HERRELL. governmental affairs; to stimulate a
From the Committee on Ways and From the Committee on Oversight feeling of respect, esteem, and good-fel-
Means, for consideration of the House and Reform, for consideration of divi- lowship among members of the Chat-
bill and the Senate amendment, and sion E and division Q of the House bill, tanooga Bar Association; and to pro-
modifications committed to con- and title I of division D, subtitle A of vide and promote legal education of
ference: Messrs. NEAL, BLUMENAUER, title II of division D, title III of divi- the legal community and the public at
DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mses. sion D, subtitles A and B of title IV of large.
DELBENE, CHU, Messrs. KILDEE, GOMEZ, division D, secs. 4493, 5202–04, and 73003 During its 125 years, the Chattanooga
BRADY, BUCHANAN, SMITH of Nebraska, of the Senate amendment, and modi- Bar Association has produced many
LAHOOD, and Mrs. MILLER of West Vir- fications committed to conference: outstanding members who have shaped
ginia. the history of Tennessee and our Na-
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New
From the Committee on Agriculture, tion.
York, Messrs. KHANNA, and COMER. J.B. Frazier was a member of the
for consideration of sec. 10407, title XV
of division H, and division P of the From the Committee on Small Busi- board of directors during the first 5
House bill, and secs. 2217, 2507, and 2511 ness, for consideration of secs. 10691, years of CBA’s existence and is the
of the Senate amendment, and modi- 50107, 71208, and division R of the House only Chattanoogan elected Governor of
fications committed to conference: Mr. bill, and modifications committed to the State of Tennessee. He later served
DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. PINGREE, conference: Mses. VELÁZQUEZ, DAVIDS in the United States Senate.
and Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. of Kansas, and Mr. FITZGERALD. Estes Kefauver served as the sec-
From the Committee on Armed Serv- retary-treasurer and vice president of
From the Committee on Transpor-
ices, for consideration of secs. 10001, the association before being elected to
tation and Infrastructure, for consider-
20221, 71104, and 80401 of the House bill, serve as Tennessee’s Third District
ation of sec. 70121, subtitle C of title I
and secs. 1002, 2118, 2217, 2402, 2507, and Congressman. Incidentally, that is the
of division H, division L, and division S
subtitle C of title I of division D of the seat which I presently hold.
Senate amendment, and modifications of the House bill, and secs. 2507, 4114, He then went on to the United States
committed to conference: Mr. NOR- and 4116 of the Senate amendment, and Senate and made two bids for the
CROSS, Ms. ESCOBAR, and Mr. MOORE of
modifications committed to con- Democratic Presidential nomination
Utah. ference: Messrs. DEFAZIO, MALINOWSKI, before being selected as Adlai
From the Committee on Education and CRAWFORD. Stevenson’s Vice Presidential nominee
and Labor, for consideration of sec. From the Committee on Veterans’ during the 1956 Presidential election.
71210, titles XIII and XIV of division H, Affairs, for consideration of subtitle C I am extremely proud, myself, to
and titles I–V and titles VII–IX of divi- of title I of division D of the Senate have been a member of the Chat-
sion J of the House bill, and secs. 2507, amendment, and modifications com- tanooga Bar Association since I began

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2509, 3138, subtitle C of title I of divi- mitted to conference: Messrs. TAKANO, my law practice as a young man in
sion D, and subtitles B and C of title I PAPPAS, and BOST. 1986. In 1996, I became the youngest
of division F of the Senate amendment, person to serve as president of the
and modifications committed to con- The Senate will be notified of the Chattanooga Bar Association, the 99th
ference: Messrs. SCOTT of Virginia, conferees. president, an honor that is still near
MORELLE, and Ms. FOXX. There was no objection. and dear to my heart.

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