Resolutions Agreed To, Measures Read the First Time — Congressional Record, Senate, May 24, 2022 (S2668)
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Congressional Record, Senate, pages S2668 and S2669, dated May 24, 2022. The page prints the text of a resolution submitted by Blunt and Hawley congratulating the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats men's basketball team on a 67–58 victory over the Augusta University Jaguars in the 2022 Men's Division II National Collegiate Athletics Association National Championship. Blumenthal asks unanimous consent for the Senate to agree to resolutions designating May 2022 as National Brain Tumor Awareness Month and commemorating the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. The page lists committee meeting authority and measures read the first time, including a bill to increase appropriations to the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Blumenthal also speaks on the Robb Elementary School shooting.
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S2668 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 24, 2022
Whereas basic research may fuel advance- Men’s Division II NCAA National Champion- Whereas the 3 consecutive NCAA National
ments and development of new treatments ship basketball history as the first ‘‘three- Championship victories of the Bearcats pro-
for brain tumors; peat’’; vide a sense of excitement and pride for the
Whereas obstacles to the development of Whereas the Augusta University Jaguars City of Maryville, Missouri, and Bearcat na-
new treatments for brain tumors remain, should be commended on their efforts and tion across Missouri: Now, therefore, be it
and there are limited strategies for the success during an unprecedented season amid Resolved, That the Senate—
screening or early detection of brain tumors; the coronavirus pandemic; (1) congratulates the Northwest Missouri
Whereas, despite the high number of indi- Whereas the city of Evansville, Indiana, State University Bearcats men’s basketball
viduals diagnosed with a brain tumor every and the National Collegiate Athletics Asso- team, the entire Northwest Missouri State
year and the devastating prognoses for those ciation should be commended for their ef- University community, Mayor of Maryville
individuals, only 5 drugs and 1 medical de- forts in providing a safe environment for the Tye Parsons, University President Dr. John
vice are approved by the Food and Drug Ad- student athletes and staff during the cham- Jasinski, Governor Mike Parson, and fans of
ministration to treat primary brain tumors; pionship tournament; the Bearcats on the National Collegiate Ath-
Whereas the mortality rates associated Whereas the Bearcats went 6–0 during the letics Association National Championship
with brain tumors have changed little during 2022 NCAA National Championship tour- victory; and
the 30-year period preceding the date of in- nament with an average margin of victory of (2) respectfully directs the Secretary of the
troduction of this resolution; 14 points; Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this
Whereas there is a need for greater public Whereas the Bearcats clinched a first resolution to—
awareness of brain tumors, including the dif- round victory against Minnesota State Uni- (A) President of Northwest Missouri State
ficulties associated with research on brain versity Moorhead with a score of 69–54; University John Jasinski;
tumors and the opportunities for advances in Whereas the Bearcats clinched a second (B) Head Coach of the Northwest Missouri
brain tumor research and treatment; and round victory against Washburn University State University men’s basketball team Ben
Whereas May 2022, during which brain with a score of 70–55; McCollum; and
tumor advocates nationwide unite in aware- Whereas the Bearcats clinched a third (C) Mayor of Maryville, Missouri, Tye Par-
ness, outreach, and advocacy activities, is an round victory against Augustana University sons.
appropriate month to recognize as ‘‘National with a score of 70–56; f
Brain Tumor Awareness Month’’: Now, Whereas the Bearcats clinched a quarter-
therefore, be it finals victory against Bentley University AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO
Resolved, That the Senate— with a score of 61–43; MEET
(1) designates May 2022 as ‘‘National Brain Whereas the Bearcats clinched a semifinals Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I
Tumor Awareness Month’’; victory against Black Hills State University
have two requests for committees to
(2) encourages increased public awareness with a score of 70–57;
of brain tumors to honor the individuals who Whereas the Bearcats claimed their third meet during today’s session of the Sen-
have lost their lives to a brain tumor or cur- consecutive NCAA National Championship ate. They have the approval of the Ma-
rently live with a brain tumor diagnosis; title by defeating Augusta University with a jority and Minority Leaders.
(3) supports efforts to develop better treat- score of 67–58; Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph
ments for brain tumors that will improve the Whereas Trevor Hudgins should be com- 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Sen-
quality of life and the long-term prognoses of mended for his role in the victory of the ate, the following committees are au-
individuals diagnosed with a brain tumor; Bearcats by scoring a game-high 31 points; thorized to meet during today’s session
(4) expresses its support for individuals Whereas 3 members of the Bearcats scored of the Senate:
who are battling brain tumors, as well as the in the double digits and should be com-
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
families, friends, and caregivers of those in- mended for their scoring efforts:
dividuals; and (1) Trevor Hudgins; The Committee on Foreign Relations
(5) urges a collaborative approach to brain (2) Luke Waters; and is authorized to meet during the ses-
tumor research, which is a promising means (3) Mitch Mascari; sion of the Senate on Tuesday, May 24,
of advancing understanding of, and treat- Whereas Trevor Hudgins and Luke Waters 2022, at 2:15 p.m., to conduct a hearing
ment for, brain tumors. should be celebrated for their selection to on nominations.
f the Elite Eight National Collegiate Athletics SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
Association All-Tournament Team; The Select Committee on Intel-
SENATE RESOLUTION 649—CON- Whereas Trevor Hudgins was awarded
GRATULATING THE NORTHWEST ligence is authorized to meet during
‘‘Most Outstanding Player of Division II
MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY Men’s Basketball Elite Eight’’ and an award the session of the Senate on Tuesday,
BEARCATS MEN’S BASKETBALL for a second consecutive National Associa- May 24, 2022, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a
TEAM ON WINNING THE 2022 tion of Basketball Coaches Division II Player closed hearing.
MEN’S DIVISION II NATIONAL of the Year; f
COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ASSO- Whereas Ben McCollum was selected for
the Clarence ‘‘Big House’’ Gaines Coach of PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR
CIATION NATIONAL CHAMPION-
the Year award for the third time in his ca- Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, I ask
SHIP reer and the National Association of Basket- unanimous consent that several indi-
Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mr. ball Coaches Division II Coach of the Year viduals serving on the Senate Com-
HAWLEY) submitted the following reso- for the fifth time in his career;
mittee on Environment and Public
lution; which was considered and Whereas the entire Northwest Missouri
State University basketball program should Works majority staff and one indi-
agreed to: vidual in my personal office be granted
be commended for their Division II record of
S. RES. 649 17 consecutive tournaments wins; privileges of the floor for the remain-
Whereas, on March 26, 2022, the Northwest Whereas the Bearcats won their ninth con- der of the Congress. Their names in-
Missouri State University Bearcats men’s secutive Mid-America Intercollegiate Ath- clude Janine Barr, Mayely Boyce,
basketball team (referred to in this preamble letics Association regular season title; Susan Kimball, Milo Goodell, Matthew
as ‘‘the Bearcats’’) clinched their fourth Na- Whereas the Bearcats captured their tenth Marzano, Grace Fluharty, Connor Ran-
tional Collegiate Athletics Association Na- Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Asso-
som, Alex Smith, and James
tional Championship (referred to in this pre- ciation Tournament championship with an
amble as ‘‘NCAA National Championship’’) 84–76 win over Washburn on March 6, 2022 at Drueckhammer.
in 6 years in a triumphant 67–58 victory over Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mis- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
the Augusta University Jaguars; souri; objection, it is so ordered.
Whereas the Bearcats should be proud of Whereas the entire Bearcats roster con- f
the storied history of the Northwest Mis- tributed to the NCAA National Champion-
souri State University basketball program, ship victory, including Daniel Abreu, Byron MEASURES READ THE FIRST
dating back to 1905, the year during which Alexander, Diego Bernard, Blake TIME—H.R. 3807, H.R. 3967, AND
the University was founded; Danitschek, Wes Dreamer, Trevor Hudgins, H.R. 6833
Whereas the Bearcats should be com- Isaiah Jackson, Mitch Mascari, Luke Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Presi-
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mended for their achievements and dedica- Moustakas, Spencer Schomers, Christian dent, I understand there are three bills
tion during the 2021–2022 season; Stanislav, and Luke Waters;
Whereas the victory of the Bearcats in the Whereas the entire Bearcats coaching staff
at the desk, and I ask for their first
2022 Men’s Division II NCAA National Cham- contributed to the NCAA National Cham- reading en bloc.
pionship, which marked the third consecu- pionship victory, including Ben McCollum, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
tive NCAA National Championship for the Zach Schneider, Xavier Kurth, Dray Starzl, clerk will read the bills by title for the
team, cemented the place of the Bearcats in Jaran Richman, and Jake Coffman; and first time.
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May 24, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE CORRECTION S2669
The senior assistant legislative clerk NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR The preamble was agreed to.
read as follows: AWARENESS MONTH (The resolution, with its preamble, is
A bill (H.R. 3807) to amend the American Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Presi- printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub-
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to increase appro- dent, I ask unanimous consent that the mitted Resolutions.’’)
priations to the Restaurant Revitalization Senate proceed to the consideration of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Fund, and for other purposes. ator from Connecticut.
S. Res. 648, submitted earlier today.
A bill (H.R. 3967) to improve health care
and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The f
substances, and for other purposes. clerk will report the resolution by
A bill (H.R. 6833) to amend title XXVII of title. ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
the Public Health Service Act, the Internal The senior assistant legislative clerk SHOOTING
Revenue Code of 1986, and the Employee Re- read as follows: Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Presi-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974 to es- A resolution (S. Res. 648) designating May dent, we are nearing the end of the ses-
tablish requirements with respect to cost- 2022 as ‘‘National Brain Tumor Awareness
sharing for certain insulin products, and for
sion, when we will go back to our
Month’’.
other purposes. homes for the evening, but when the
There being no objection, the Senate families of 18 children and 4 great edu-
Mr. BLUMENTHAL. I now ask for a proceeded to consider the resolution. cators go home tonight, their homes
second reading, and I object to my own Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Presi- will never be the same again.
request, all en bloc. dent, I ask unanimous consent that the There are no words in a place filled
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- resolution be agreed to, the preamble with words during today and every day
tion having been heard, the bills will be agreed to, and the motions to recon- in this place when we are in session.
receive their second reading on the sider be considered made and laid upon There are no words today to capture
next legislative day. the table with no intervening action or the heartbreak, the gut-wrenching
debate. grief and pain that those families will
f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without feel and that I remember feeling al-
objection, it is so ordered. most 10 years ago when we stood in the
DESIGNATING THE LAST WEEK- The resolution (S. Res. 648) was space just outside the firehouse in
END OF JUNE 2022 TO COMMEMO- agreed to. Sandy Hook, as parents learned that
RATE THE FIRST WEEKEND OF The preamble was agreed to. their 20 children would not be coming
THE 1969 HARLEM CULTURAL (The resolution, with its preamble, is home that night.
FESTIVAL AND THE FIRST FULL printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- The same bottomless grief is hitting
WEEKEND OF MAY TO COM- mitted Resolutions.’’) the families in Texas, in Uvalde, where
MEMORATE THE FINAL WEEK- f they have lost children. And there are
END OF THE NEW ORLEANS no words also to capture the deep, abid-
JAZZ AND HERITAGE FESTIVAL CONGRATULATING THE NORTH- ing pain that will last forever. That
OF 1970 WEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVER- pain will be with them—a hole in their
SITY BEARCATS MEN’S BASKET- hearts, a place at their tables, a room
Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Presi- BALL TEAM ON WINNING THE
dent, I ask unanimous consent that the in their houses that never will be filled
2022 MEN’S DIVISION II NA- again, and hugs that they will never
Senate proceed to the consideration of TIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
S. Res. 647, submitted earlier today. feel, cheeks that will never be kissed.
ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CHAM-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The This Nation, like their families, is
PIONSHIP
clerk will report the resolution by torn apart by violence—needless, sense-
Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Presi- less gun violence—every day in Amer-
title.
dent, I ask unanimous consent that the ica. And the mystery is why the great-
The senior assistant legislative clerk Senate proceed to the consideration of est Nation on Earth continues to tol-
read as follows: S. Res. 649 submitted earlier today. erate it. It is no longer surprising or
A resolution (S. Res. 647) designating the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The stunning. It is no longer unfathomable
last weekend of June 2022 to commemorate clerk will report the resolution by or unforeseeable.
the first weekend of the 1969 Harlem Cultural
title. It is incomprehensible that this great
Festival and the first full weekend of May to
commemorate the final weekend of the New The senior assistant legislative clerk Nation is blocked by Members of this
Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival of 1970. read as follows: body from taking action that can fore-
A resolution (S. Res. 649) congratulating stall and prevent it. Why, the outrage
There being no objection, the Senate
the Northwest Missouri State University that we feel, the grief that pervades
proceeded to consider the resolution. Bearcats men’s basketball team on winning America on these occasions has not
Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Presi- the 2022 Men’s Division II National Colle- caused action. And this body has been
dent, I ask unanimous consent that the giate Athletics Association National Cham- complicit by its inaction. In fact, it
resolution be agreed to, the preamble pionship.
isn’t this body. It is Members of this
be agreed to, and the motions to recon- There being no objection, the Senate body, principally on the other side of
sider be considered made and laid upon proceeded to consider the resolution. the aisle. Let’s be blunt. I will never
the table with no intervening action or Mr. BLUMENTHAL. I ask unanimous forget hearing from that gallery those
debate. consent that the resolution be agreed words: ‘‘Shame. Shame on you,’’ when
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without to, the preamble be agreed to, and that we failed to adopt commonsense meas-
objection, it is so ordered. the motions to reconsider be consid- ures—a background check proposal,
The resolution (S. Res. 647) was ered made and laid upon the table with even though we had 55 votes. I can still
agreed to. no intervening action or debate. hear those words. ‘‘Shame.’’
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The preamble was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without And had we acted, who knows what
(The resolution, with its preamble, is objection, it is so ordered. tragedy could have been averted? We
printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- The resolution (S. Res. 649) was don’t know and we can’t tell and we
mitted Resolutions.’’) agreed to. never will be able to fathom whether
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