Congressional Record, House, July 21, 2022 — Legislative Program
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This is H6942 of the Congressional Record, House, July 21, 2022, containing one-minute statements by Members, with interleaved columns. Ms. Jackson Lee promotes H.R. 40, to develop reparation proposals, under a heading on examining slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States. One statement says the Navy believes Lieutenant Alkonis received the wrong sentence in a Japanese court and urges the Department of Defense to support the servicemember. A statement describes a constituent, Isabel Bueso, who came to the United States in 2003 from Guatemala to participate in clinical trials, and refers to a private bill now in the Senate. A further heading commemorates the life and legacy of Mary Frances Criss.
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H6942 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 21, 2022
events of that day. He has offered $1.65 able constituent, Isabel Bueso. Isabel EXAMINING SLAVERY AND DIS-
million in extrajudicial restitution to came to the United States legally in CRIMINATION IN THE COLONIES
the victims’ families, a gesture ex- 2003 from Guatemala as a small child AND THE UNITED STATES FROM
pected in Japan, but far beyond the to receive treatment for her rare dis- 1619 TO THE PRESENT AND REC-
family’s means. Ultimately, Lieuten- ease, known as MPS VI. OMMEND APPROPRIATE REM-
ant Alkonis was sentenced this month She was invited here to participate in EDIES
by the Japanese high court to 3 years clinical trials to help research and (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was
in prison. identify lifesaving treatments for her given permission to address the House
I have been extremely upset to learn rare condition. Thanks in large part to for 1 minute.)
that the case was not conducted in a her participation, the FDA approved a Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker,
way that was fair to Lieutenant treatment, which the drug manufac- over this past week, we have had to
Alkonis, and that the Japanese Gov- turer says Isabel cannot receive in her raise concerns about whether the Con-
ernment violated the status of forces home country. stitution still stood strong. I am glad
agreement, which governs the treat- Before her treatment was discovered, that we have worked hard to ensure the
ment of our servicemembers there. Isabel’s life expectancy was 7 years.
I understand that our Embassy in Ninth Amendment and the equal pro-
Now, she is 26 years old, having sur- tection of the law are viable parts of
Tokyo has been monitoring this case, vived far beyond that, and helped oth-
and I strongly urge them to do more to American society and constitutional
ers to survive because of her participa- rights.
support a servicemember in need. tion in this treatment trial.
My office has been working with the I rise today to promote H.R. 40, the
The previous administration unex- Commission to Study Slavery and De-
Department of the Navy and the Office pectedly canceled the program that
of the Secretary of Defense to support velop Reparation Proposals, as a way
Isabel and her family were under, and of redress, repair, and restoration for
Lieutenant Alkonis and his parents, they were told that they had to leave
Suzanne and Derek, throughout this the 246 years of slavery.
in 33 days or risk being deported. I think it is important and an impor-
case. Thanks to the American public and
As I do, the Navy believes that this is tant moment for the country to pause
their outrage at this decision and oth- and understand this historic moment
the wrong sentence for Lieutenant
ers like it, Isabel and her family were in our history, the contributions that
Alkonis. I won’t be giving up on Lieu-
able to stay, and it was reinstated. slaves made, including building this
tenant Alkonis and the Department of
We have a private bill that is now very place, the United States Capitol
Defense must not either.
over in the Senate, and we hope the and the White House, and, as well, the
f Senate will approve this so Isabel and economic engine that they created
COMMEMORATING THE LIFE AND her family can stay here in the United when making cotton king—never to be
LEGACY OF MARY FRANCES CRISS States safely. compensated, never to be provided for,
(Mr. VEASEY asked and was given f but still turned into patriots that
permission to address the House for 1 fought in every world war.
minute.) b 1200 It is crucial that we move expedi-
Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise tiously to establish this commission to
today to commemorate the life and INTERNATIONAL CHIEF SCIENCE tell their story and to work on the res-
legacy of my good friend and commu- OFFICER MENTOR OF THE YEAR toration of the disparities that are
nity organizer, Mary Criss, of Fort MAUREEN L. MULVIHILL found in the African-American commu-
Worth. Mary Criss was a mother, a (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania nity from east to west and north to
wife, very organized in the community, asked and was given permission to ad- south.
and was blessed to have lived a wonder- dress the House for 1 minute and to re- I cannot think of a reason why this
ful life. vise and extend his remarks.) House and this administration would
She was so into I.M. Terrell; loved Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. not want to move on something as em-
the I.M. Terrell Association and being Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize bracing as H.R. 40. Let’s move it now.
an alumnus and someone that was re- Maureen L. Mulvihill who was awarded f
vered within that high school alumni the 2022 International Chief Science Of-
association. ficer Mentor of the Year Award. LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
In addition to that, she also worked
Maureen is the president and CEO of (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given
to organize her community and helped
Actuated Medical in Bellefonte and has permission to address the House for 1
them get streetlights and stop signs
served her community as a leader and minute and to revise and extend his re-
put up in her Eastwood community and
role model for over 15 years. She marks.)
Stop Six; and was a longtime precinct
earned her master’s and Ph.D. in mate- Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I yield to
chair and supporter of so many.
But more importantly than that, rials science from Penn State Univer- the gentleman from Maryland (Mr.
Mary Criss loved God and was a devout sity before cofounding Actuated Med- HOYER), my friend, the majority leader
member of Beth Eden Baptist Church. ical. of the House.
Mary was married for over five decades While navigating the growth of her Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank
to her husband, Carl, and raised her company, Maureen has continually Mr. SCALISE for yielding.
son, granddaughters, and loved watch- dedicated time to supporting students Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, the House
ing her grandson after school. in her community. She invited stu- will meet at 12 p.m. for morning hour
She was a family woman and just dents studying science, technology, en- and 2 p.m. for legislative business with
loved her family intensely. She will be gineering, and math to shadow employ- votes postponed, as usual, to 6:30 p.m.
missed, not only by her family, but ev- ees at Actuated Medical and provided On Wednesday and Thursday, the
eryone in the community, the I.M. them with the opportunity to learn House will meet at 10 a.m. I reiterate
Terrell Alumni Association commu- about engineering professions. that because that’s 2 hours earlier than
nity, and everyone that knew Mary Maureen’s career is a testament to the usual meeting, but we have a lot of
Criss. the success and importance of small business to do. So the House on
businesses in our local communities. Wednesday and Thursday will meet at
f
Mr. Speaker, the Chief Science Offi- 10 a.m. for legislative business.
SUPPORTING ISABEL BUESO cer Mentor of the Year Award recog- On Friday, the scheduled last day of
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(Mr. DESAULNIER asked and was nizes Maureen’s continued dedication the session before the August break,
given permission to address the House to supporting local students as they the House will meet at 9 a.m. for legis-
for 1 minute and to revise and extend prepare for STEM education and pro- lative business.
his remarks.) fessions. Next week, pending action of the
Mr. DESAULNIER. Mr. Speaker, I Congratulations, Maureen, on your Senate, hopefully, the House will con-
rise today to tell you about a remark- successful career. sider the CHIPS Plus legislation to
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combat inflation by easing supply complete list of suspension bills will be in school in the 1800s, schools went
chain bottlenecks and semiconductors announced by the close of business back after Labor Day. Now, as you
that are critical components in every- today. As always, additional legislative know, we have schools going back as
thing from cars to dishwashers to items are possible, particularly in this early as the middle of August. There-
small electronics. last week for us of our planned session fore, what we have tried to do is have
Essentially, all of that, so many prior to the August break. 2 weeks that Members will have to be
things that we use, rely on having chip Mr. Speaker, I thank the Republican with their families on vacation.
presence. That will help lower costs for whip for yielding the time. So my expectation is if we have to
Americans and increase supplies. Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, there are come back that we will not come back
This bill also will authorize a a few bills that we have been hearing during the first 2 weeks. That would be
generational shift in research and inno- might come that weren’t discussed, and from my perspective, and I don’t want
vation in America, helping ensure the I know the gentleman alluded to the to guarantee that, but I feel pretty
next big ideas will start here, and, im- CHIPS Act. I know the Senate still strongly about that.
portantly, stay here. hasn’t finalized anything there. We are I am telling our Members that, and I
The House will also consider H.R. hearing they may. want to respond publicly, but we may
5118, the Wildfire Response and There are some other bills we have have to come back in August, again,
Drought Resiliency Act. All of us have been hearing might come over. Of because if the Senate passes language,
seen the awful drought and wildfires course, it seems like we keep hearing if it has an impact on ACA, then we
that are occurring in the West and in talk that something on Build Back need to let the insurance companies
other parts of the country, actually. Better may come back over on budget know, not as a favor to them but as a
A package of bills aimed at helping reconciliation, whether it is the tril- favor to our constituents, so the pric-
those living in Western States meet lion plus, whether it is something dif- ing of their product will be more af-
the challenges of fire and drought exac- ferent, whether we would come back in fordable.
erbated by the climate crisis will be in August to deal with that. Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I thank
that legislation. It would save lives, I don’t know if the gentleman can
the gentleman, and I appreciate espe-
property, farms, and businesses from touch on what he might be hearing
cially the concern about that first 2
damage and destruction from fire and from the Senate, and if there would be
weeks because as with my family and a
extreme drought. any plans beyond next week to come
back in August where it is currently lot of families, those first few weeks
The House will also consider, Mr. where the families are still together
Speaker, Representative KILDEE’s bill, not scheduled to be a legislative period
that we would be in session. I am not before everybody goes back to school,
the Susan Muffley Act, to restore re- you know, a lot of plans are made.
sure if the gentleman is willing to
tirement benefits for over 20,000 hard- We have a lot of work to do. We also
share that, but I will yield.
working Delphi salaried employees. have families, and you don’t want to,
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank
That is a bipartisan bill. the gentlemen for his question. you know, lose that element of having
We will also consider Representative Of course, we are hearing rumors all people be able to spend the time back
QUIGLEY’s H.R. 263, the Big Cat Public the time and press reports all the time in their districts and back with their
Safety Act, which would ban the pri- about what may happen. I think most families. If schedules have to change,
vate ownership of big cats and bring an of us don’t know actually what will at least give some lead time. I know
end to the harmful cub petting indus- happen. But to speculate, we clearly on Members on both sides appreciate that.
try in an effort to enhance the safety our side of the aisle, and, obviously, Clearly, a lot of this depends on what
of our communities. there is discussion that continues in the Senate does or doesn’t do. For
You may not think about this, but the Senate about taking some parts of those of us that would prefer the Sen-
law enforcement has indicated this is a the reconciliation bill that can be ate work in a bipartisan way or espe-
significant issue for them because they agreed upon by sufficient numbers to cially work in a way that focused on
are the ones that are called in to han- pass it through reconciliation. addressing and being aware of the in-
dle it. This is an effort to enhance the If something does happen, and it flationary problems in the country,
safety of our communities and protect doesn’t happen next week and it hap- and, of course, we just saw last week,
first responders and safeguard these pens the following week when we will 9.1 percent inflation, 40-year high, a lot
wild animals. not be here, then we may well have to of that driven by the spending in Wash-
The other reason it is on is because come back. ington.
the Senate has asked, and I think there I tell the gentleman the reason for
is a possibility that they will pass this b 1215
that is it may well deal with the Af-
through their unanimous consent proc- fordable Care Act and the premium There is still talk that the Senate is
ess. subsidies that were included in the trying to reach some agreement that
Representative JAYAPAL’s bill, H.R. American Recovery Plan and then fur- would lead to a potential large amount
3771, the South Asian Heart Health ther extended in the Build Back Better of tax increases. A trillion dollars is a
Awareness and Research Act, will also Act. number that keeps being thrown
be on the floor to raise awareness re- The reason that is important is be- around. It seems like trillions of dol-
garding the alarming rate of heart dis- cause the insurance companies will be lars keep getting thrown around to the
ease in the South Asian community setting prices in September and maybe point where inflation has gotten out of
and invest in reversing this trend. as late as October. In order to price control from the spending.
Lastly, I would say that we are going their product properly, they will need We all know how much families are
to have Representative LIZ CHENEY’s to know what we are going to do. paying for so many things: gas prices,
H.R. 4040, the advancing telehealth be- Now, with respect to the gentle- when they go to the grocery stores, all
yond COVID–19 Act, which would fur- man’s—and everybody’s interested in the things that they buy, if they can
ther extend critical telehealth policies this, of course. The gentleman asked afford to buy them, those things are
implemented during the pandemic, the question, I think, that everybody dramatically higher.
while also making it easier for seniors, wants to know: Are we going to come Hopefully, the Senate doesn’t keep
especially those in rural areas, to ac- back in August? adding to that inflation by coming up
cess emergency healthcare technology. I don’t know the answer to that, but with more ways to spend money that
Additionally, Mr. Speaker, the House I will tell you this—and you and I have we don’t have. We will see.
may consider public safety legislation, discussed this before—one of the rea- There is also talk that as part of the
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including legislation marked up yester- sons we are leaving next week and the ObamaCare subsidies—you know, that
day by the House Judiciary Committee week thereafter is because we have a is an entirely different conversation—
with a focus, as well, on accountability lot of people with young children. We that bill still needs heavy subsidies
in terms of enforcement. see them on the floor all the time. that are not affordable, but they are
The House will consider bills under Of course, schools now are going back talking about drug price controls that
suspension of the rules, of course. The earlier than they used to. When I was would be paired with that.
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Again, more a message to our friends down and gasoline prices by, for in- trying to do that as well because one
on the other side of the Chamber in the stance, helping out in the Midwest way you deal with inflation is to in-
Senate, just for situational awareness with E–15 being available, which is a crease interest rates and try to slow
when countries do price controls, there cheaper price. down the economy. When you slow
is a cost in terms of lifesaving drugs The gentleman is correct. We have down the economy what you are trying
that are not available in countries and we are dealing with inflationary to do is reduce demand to meet supply
where they have done price controls. issues. In fact, hopefully, the CHIPS and stabilize prices.
When you look at the United States, bill is going to pass the Senate. Hope- So I say to my friend, we have been
clearly a leader in innovation—we have fully, we are going to pass it here, and doing a lot of things to try to deal with
seen it with Operation Warp Speed it will have other items involved in it, inflation. I mentioned a number of
where we were able to get three dif- hopefully dealing with manufacturing. those bills that we passed. A number of
ferent vaccines approved in less than a I have an agenda that I think the them are still in the Senate. But let us
year because we encourage innovation gentleman has heard me talk about hope that gasoline prices keep coming
in this country, we don’t penalize that probably ad nauseam, Make It In down. There are some who expect they
innovation. America. I believe we ought to make may go back up.
But there are countries that do try to things in America, and in doing so, They are not set by us. They are set
fix prices. While it might sound popu- help bring prices down because we will on the international market, and clear-
list to do it, the cost for those coun- have supply availability here. I don’t ly there is no doubt that the war has
tries is that many lifesaving drugs are know if the gentleman has heard me had an impact on those prices, a sig-
not available in those countries. We all use a phrase, we need to stop relying nificant impact on those prices. That is
hear about Canada. Canada clearly is a on the unreliable. I think the gen- not the only reason because, as I said
country that fixes prices. France is a tleman has made some of those com- in our colloquy a couple weeks ago, the
country that fixes prices. You can see ments himself. oil companies reduced production by
here, almost half of the drugs that are I also want to say that there is a lot 800,000 barrels per day.
available in America that save lives of, in my opinion, political assertion of Why? Because demand was down.
are not available in Canada and the fact that this administration has Why? Not for a bad reason. The pan-
France. caused inflation, which I think is com- demic kept people in their homes, and
I know there is a temptation, as they pletely without any factual support. In they weren’t driving, so demand went
are negotiating over in the Senate, to fact, although clearly inflation is unac- down, so the normal reaction of the
get into the price-fixing business. I am ceptably high at 9.1 percent in June, supplier was to reduce their supply.
not sure which lifesaving drugs the the OECD average of economically de- This President believes that inflation
Senate would like to remove off the veloped countries in the world is 9.6 is one of the top problems confronting
shelves of the United States, but there percent, so this is not something the American people and the adminis-
will be lifesaving drugs removed off the unique to America. tration, and he is going to continue to
shelves. Let’s not do to drug manufac- It is a global inflation. It is not Biden work to try to bring that down.
turing and lifesaving innovation in policy inflation. It is global, largely I am hoping the CHIPS bill comes
America what they have done to baby caused by the pandemic, largely caused over soon, the Senate gets that done.
formula in America, where you can’t by the reduction in supply of goods and In whatever form it comes, I hope it is
even find it on the shelves. You will the reduction in demand for a period of more robust than less robust. I think it
not be able to find many lifesaving time. And then with the American Res- will have a positive impact on bringing
drugs on the shelves in America if they cue Plan we saw, not only in our coun- down inflation.
go to price fixing. try, but all over the world, there came Mr. SCALISE. I know there has been
I know it is a heated negotiation over a surge of demand, but because you had a lot of work by Members on both sides
there. They haven’t come to an agree- had the pandemic and you had sent on the CHIPS Act. Mr. MCCAUL on our
ment. Hopefully, they won’t come to workers home and they hadn’t come in side, through the China Task Force,
an agreement on something that would to produce goods, the supply was down, put out a number of recommendations.
actually take lifesaving drugs off the the demand went up, and unfortu- The CHIPS Act was one of them. Of
shelves in this country. nately, inflation followed, which is course, one of the concerns we are see-
I would yield to the gentleman. very harmful to our people. ing, as that bill continues to be nego-
Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman As I say, the average OECD, however, tiated in the Senate, it is not being ne-
for yielding. We are all very concerned is higher than we are. We are not an gotiated more narrowly, it is being
about inflation, and one of the things outlier. The G20 average is 8.8 percent, loaded up to the point where we are
that I talked about in the Affordable just about exactly what we are, and our hearing numbers of well over $100 bil-
Care Act, a significant cost for Ameri- closest peers—Germany, Canada, and lion in unpaid-for new spending as part
cans is their health insurance, and that the U.K.—are all around 8 percent in- of that bill.
bill is designed specifically to help flation, so we are all in that place As we talk about inflation, any econ-
them with the costs that they are in- where inflation is causing our people a omist will tell you, inflation is too
curring. lot of pain, and we need to deal with it. much money chasing too few goods,
But I would point out to the gen- The President has been trying to deal and if we already acknowledge there
tleman: Gas prices, which are a signifi- with it, and I think we have been try- are too few goods, to put another $100-
cant part of inflation, have come down ing to deal with it. As I said, we passed plus billion, maybe $150 billion—it
36 days in a row, have come down over a lot of legislation. I think the CHIPS keeps growing every day—of borrowed
half a dollar in most areas of the coun- bill is going to have a really big im- money, none of that—they are not
try, and so we are making some pact. prioritizing existing money. Every-
progress, but not enough. The car industry and related indus- thing we are hearing is all of it would
We passed a bill, of course, through tries are one-third of inflation. be completely borrowed money.
this House which talked about price Why is that? Because the chips short- Next week, we are hearing the Fed is
gouging. I don’t know that anybody is age has caused literally millions of going to raise interest rates maybe up
for price gouging. Obviously, how to cars to be sitting on docks or sitting in to another point, and that is without
define price gouging is not simple, but parking lots somewhere unable to be $100-plus billion of additional debt
having said that, I think certainly sold because we can’t get the chips. being added on. If the Fed is telling us
Americans want to make sure that Used car prices have gone up because that the spending is leading to higher
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they aren’t gouged because they have they are in greater demand. Again, interest rates, which makes it harder
to have a product. when you have greater demand, prices for low-income families to buy their
We have also passed the act related go up. first home, for people to maybe expand
to food and fuel to help with supply So I would say to my friend, you and their business where they can hire
lines, to help with competition and I agree 100 percent that inflation needs more people to go and meet the needs
help consumers bring their food prices to be dealt with. The Fed, obviously, is of the supply chain, they won’t be able
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to do that if interest rates keep going ally is the fact. Fact one, U.S. rig up and pass these bills, we would see a
up. count—that is what drills for oil—is at dramatic reduction in the price of gas-
And yet, as interest rates are about current levels of 733. That is up 272 oline. I will leave that out there for the
to go up again next week, the Senate is from 1 year ago. That is a 59 percent gentleman to consider as one more rea-
trying to figure out how to keep adding increase from a year ago, so that there son why these would be good debates to
and adding and adding on top of what is no doubt that we are producing have, where we could talk together in
is already probably well over $100 bil- more. support of good policy.
lion in borrowed money that they are We are both blessed with good staff
b 1230 that help us identify really good pieces
going to send over here.
I hope that we would keep that in Now, as a practical matter, those of of legislation that we could bring to
mind as we are also trying to address us who believe in the private sector address these big, big problems that
these other problems like gas prices. I and the capitalist system understand families are facing.
know we have talked about this many that the reason production goes up is Mr. Speaker, unless the gentleman
times. I shared it with the majority because demand goes up and, therefore, has anything else, I yield back the bal-
whip last week and would ask the ma- companies want to sell more. But there ance of my time.
jority leader again. We have identified are also companies that have not cho- f
a number of bills that have strong sup- sen to produce more for reasons of ISSUES OF THE DAY
port that would address the many prob- their own business judgment as to
whether they think producing more The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.
lems we are hearing that are leading to TORRES of New York). Under the
an inability to produce energy in will cause them to have better profits
or lower profits or stay even. Speaker’s announced policy of January
America. 4, 2021, the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
We saw the President go hat in hand This administration has presided
over greater production in their first GOHMERT) is recognized for 60 minutes
to Saudi Arabia last week. As I and as the designee of the minority leader.
many others predicted, we all knew year than was true in the first 3 years
Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, it is al-
that they were going to tell the Presi- individually—2017, 2018, and 2019, each ways an honor and a privilege to have
dent no, but I also suggested that if the one of those 3 years—under the Trump a chance to address the House. There is
President just saved the 11,000-plus administration. so much that is so critically important
miles on Air Force One and stayed here We are producing oil, and we are pro- going on these days, especially this
and called places like Port Fourchon, ducing product. We are going to con- week, and I wanted the chance to ad-
Louisiana, they would say yes to pro- tinue to do that. I can give you sta- dress those.
ducing more energy, not in Saudi Ara- tistic after statistic of how many appli- I have a friend from Texas who hopes
bia where their carbon emissions are cations have been approved, are ready to address the House, and I advised him
much higher, but here in the United to go, and are not being used. I would yield him such time as he may
States where nobody in the world does Rather than just rehash that, I will consume. So my friend—people say
it better, does it cleaner, or more effi- simply say, back to the issue of the gas that a lot, ‘‘my friend.’’ But RANDY
ciently. prices, gas prices are lower today in WEBER is a dear friend, and I think he
That would create more jobs in our real terms than they were at the end of will be out at any moment.
country, and it would give more energy the Bush administration in 2008. I In the meantime, I think we had an
security to our country. It would allow pause for emphasis. In real dollars, the 11- to 12-hour hearing yesterday in the
us to lower gas prices, not just for us cost of gasoline at the pump at the end Committee on the Judiciary, and I will
but for our allies around the world. of 2008 was higher than it is today, and get into that momentarily.
And yet, instead of working with us on it is way too high today. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman
these bills, the President chooses to go I was out in Virginia, in a rural area, from Texas (Mr. WEBER), my dear
to foreign countries who have no inter- and I saw gas for $4.36. At home, it had friend from southeast Texas.
est in lowering gas prices, and so we been almost $4.95, and that was an ex- Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I
traordinary decrease. I said: Boy, look thank Judge GOHMERT for yielding, my
still end up in this situation.
I don’t know if there is an oppor- at that. Then I caught myself because friend from northeast Texas. We are
it is still a burden on our consumers, going to miss him. He has had quite a
tunity to get any or all of these bills
middle-class, working families, when, distinguished career both before he got
brought up where we could actually
as the whip says, they confront a price into Congress and then when he got de-
come to an agreement on some things
of two or three times what they were moted to Congress. We appreciate him.
that would move the needle and help
used to when filling up their car. So, I just can’t tell you how much we real-
families in America lower gas prices.
we need to continue to work on that. ly appreciate him.
Today, we are still over double what Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor
the price of gasoline was before Presi- I disagree with the whip in the sense,
the life of country music legend Mick-
dent Biden took office. Mr. Speaker, that I think the Presi-
ey Gilley. Mickey Gilley passed away
Wherever the price moves, up or dent’s visit overseas—there was some
Saturday, May 7, in Branson at the age
down, when families are paying over controversy to it. I get that. I think it
of 86.
$150 to fill up their car, it is taking a was very positive vis-a-vis our close Born on March 9, 1936, Gilley was a
huge hit out of low- and middle-income ally Israel, and Israel said it was a very native of Natchez, Mississippi, where
families’ budgets, and that is one of the productive visit. I am glad the Presi- he grew up around his two famous
driving factors behind the sluggish dent did that. I also think that it gave cousins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy
economy. additional stability indicating that Swaggart.
I don’t know if the gentleman wants this President, although we are focused In his career, Gilley earned 39 top 10
to make an announcement of some of like a laser on Ukraine and focused hits and 17 number one songs.
these bills coming to the floor. I would like a laser on the Far East, we are With six Academy of Country Music
welcome that, and I would yield. still focused on the Middle East and Awards and a star on the Hollywood
Mr. HOYER. And it would surprise trying to make that region of the Walk of Fame, and as a member of the
him. world a stable region of the world. 2011 Texas Country Music Hall of
Mr. Speaker, we have had this discus- Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I thank Fame, Gilley was also one of only a few
sion for over a month now about these the gentleman. This debate will con- artists who have also received the
bills, but also every time we have it, tinue. It would be great if we were de- Academy of Country Music’s Triple
there is the plea that we produce, and bating these bills next week. I stand to Crown Award.
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if we would only produce. I bring this be surprised and happily surprised if But it was the opening of the country
statistic up. the announcement comes out over the dance club bearing his name that
As the gentleman knows, as a result weekend that some or all of these bills changed the world of country music
of our going back and forth, my staff will be brought to the floor. forever. It was 1971 when Mickey offi-
has prepared a paper—and they have I would give the gentleman a pre- cially opened the doors of his famous
done an excellent job—as to what actu- diction that if the House were to take honkytonk.
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