Congressional Record, Senate, September 8, 2022 — Vote on Sixth Circuit Nomination
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This is S4503 of the Congressional Record, Senate, September 8, 2022, in a document titled Vote on Sixth Circuit Nomination, with interleaved columns. The Senate takes the vote on the Mathis nomination, Rollcall Vote No. 329 Ex., with yeas 48 and nays 47. Under the heading Nomination of Andre Mathis, Mr. Durbin states that the Senate will vote on Andre Mathis to serve on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and describes the nominee's litigation experience. Under the heading Socialism, Mr. Cornyn gives remarks on the American dream, capitalism, and democratic socialism, with the views attributed to Mr. Cornyn.
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September 8, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4503
Today, I ask my colleagues to stand VOTE ON MATHIS NOMINATION SOCIALISM
up for our kids, for our grandchildren, The question is, Will the Senate ad- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I am a
and for future generations. We have got vise and consent to the Mathis nomina- firm believer in the American dream.
to have the courage to finally tell the tion? People come to this country, perhaps
fossil fuel industry that the future of Mr. PETERS. I ask for the yeas and as legal immigrants, start with little,
this planet is more important than nays. invest themselves in a lot of hard work
their short-term profits. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- because they don’t have anything else
pore. Is there a sufficient second? to invest, provide for their families,
I yield the floor.
There appears to be a sufficient sec- maybe even eventually start a small
NOMINATION OF ANDRE MATHIS ond. business of their own, create jobs and a
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, The clerk will call the roll. means to earn a livelihood for their
the Senate will vote to confirm Andre The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the employees. That is what I think most
Mathis to serve on the Sixth Circuit people think of when they think about
Court of Appeals. Mr. Mathis is an out- Senator from New Jersey (Mr. MENEN-
DEZ), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. the American dream.
standing nominee with extensive liti- And it is built on an economic sys-
gation experience and deep ties to the OSSOFF), and the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. ROSEN) are necessarily absent. tem known as capitalism, as distin-
Tennessee legal community. guished from socialism. And capitalism
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators
Over the years, he has litigated hun- are necessarily absent: the Senator has lifted more people out of poverty
dreds of civil cases and has defended from North Carolina (Mr. BURR) and than any other economic system
approximately 150 criminal cases as a the Senator from Alaska (Ms. MUR- known to humankind.
member of the Criminal Justice Act KOWSKI). There are those who have a different
panel in the Western District of Ten- The result was announced—yeas 48, point of view. They call themselves
nessee. Mr. Mathis has tried 19 cases to nays 47, as follows: democratic socialists.
verdict or final judgment and has [Rollcall Vote No. 329 Ex.] I actually have here before me the
briefed 23 appeals. And if confirmed, he YEAS—48 Democratic Socialists of America web
would be the first Black man to sit on Baldwin
page that asks the question: ‘‘What is
Heinrich Peters
the Sixth Circuit from Tennessee. Mr. Bennet Hickenlooper Reed democratic socialism.’’
Mathis was rated unanimously ‘‘well Blumenthal Hirono Sanders They start first with the criticism of
qualified’’ by the American Bar Asso- Booker Kaine Schatz capitalism. They say:
Brown Kelly Schumer
ciation, and he received a bipartisan Cantwell Kennedy Shaheen Capitalism is a system designed by the
vote in committee. Despite his exten- Cardin King Sinema owning class to exploit the rest of us for
sive experience, some on the other side Carper Klobuchar Smith their own profit.
have questioned Mr. Mathis’ creden- Casey Leahy Stabenow That is an incredibly cynical and, I
Coons Luján Tester
tials, as well as his confirmation proc- Cortez Masto Manchin Van Hollen think, misguided view, but that is their
ess itself. Duckworth Markey Warner opinion.
Let’s set the record straight. Mr. Durbin Merkley Warnock And they go on to say:
Feinstein Murphy Warren
Mathis is highly qualified for this job. Gillibrand Murray Whitehouse
We must replace it with democratic social-
And any claim that there was no mean- Hassan Padilla Wyden ism.
ingful consultation between the White NAYS—47 And there are a number of Members
House and the Tennessee Senators on Barrasso Graham Risch
of Congress, notably the junior Senator
this vacancy is simply false. Over a pe- Blackburn Grassley Romney from Vermont here who is an advocate
riod of 6 months, the White House Blunt Hagerty Rounds for democratic socialism. I have read
asked the Tennessee Senators for pro- Boozman Hawley Rubio where he gave a speech explaining why
Braun Hoeven Sasse
posed candidates, interviewed one such Capito Hyde-Smith he thinks that is a better way to go.
Scott (FL)
candidate, and made Mr. Mathis avail- Cassidy Inhofe Scott (SC)
And then there are a number of Mem-
able to the Senators to conduct their Collins Johnson Shelby bers of the House known colloquially
Cornyn Lankford as the Squad, who are members of the
own interviews. There is a clear record Cotton Lee
Sullivan
of good faith consultation regarding Cramer Lummis
Thune Democratic Socialists of America and
Tillis advocate their particular point of view.
this vacancy, consultation that far ex- Crapo Marshall
Toomey
ceeded that afforded by the Trump Cruz McConnell Even though Joe Biden was elected
Daines Moran Tuberville
White House to several Democratic Ernst Paul Wicker President of the United States in 2020,
Senators. Fischer Portman Young he essentially has embraced the demo-
Remember, under the former Presi- NOT VOTING—5
cratic socialist agenda—the Green New
dent, Senate Republicans regularly Deal, Medicare for All, free college,
Burr Murkowski Rosen
supported circuit nominees who were Menendez Ossoff free childcare, free everything.
nominated, even though the Trump Well, to no one’s surprise, once peo-
The nomination was confirmed. ple called it what it was and what it is,
White House did not seek any input (Mr. BOOKER assumed the Chair.)
from home-State Democratic Senators. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. it didn’t make it very far. The Amer-
I have said it many times: There can- SCHATZ). Under the previous order, the ican people experienced a severe stick-
not be one standard for Republicans motion to reconsider is considered er shock when they heard the cost of
and another for Democrats. made and laid upon the table, and the these proposals.
President will be immediately notified One estimate pegged the cost of the
With Mr. Mathis’ nomination, this
of the Senate’s action. Green New Deal at a whopping $93 tril-
Senate has an historic opportunity to
lion, an absolutely unfathomable
confirm a lifelong Tennessean and a f
amount of money.
person of outstanding credentials and EXECUTIVE CALENDAR And much to our Democratic col-
integrity to serve the community that leagues’ surprise, families do not want
raised him. I look forward to sup- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under
the previous order, the Senate will re- the Federal Government managing
porting him and urge my colleagues to every little detail of their lives, from
do the same. sume consideration of the following
nomination which the clerk will re- making their childcare arrangements
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- to determining which doctors they can
port.
pore. The Senator from Michigan. The legislative clerk read the nomi- see or, rather, which doctors they can’t
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Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, I ask nation of Salvador Mendoza, Jr., of see.
unanimous consent that the 11:30 a.m. Washington, to be United States Cir- Our Democratic friends found that
vote start now. cuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. socialism wasn’t as popular as they
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. hoped, but they weren’t ready to give
pore. Without objection, it is so or- TESTER). The senior Senator from up on the bigger government dreams so
dered. Texas. they made a few marketing changes.
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They switched branding. They adopted But the real kicker here is that stu- lose their current employer-provided
a new strategy, and now what we are dent loan socialism will cost the Amer- coverage. So our country would end up
seeing, I believe, is the new socialism. ican taxpayer roughly half a trillion basically paying wealthy people to lose
Now, it is not as in your face, not as dollars—all to pay off the debt that the their employer-sponsored healthcare so
startling as what we saw a couple of individuals involved knowingly and they can end up on a taxpayer-funded
years ago when people openly advo- willingly took on. plan.
cated democratic socialism, but the Of course, President Biden isn’t the This isn’t about helping the unin-
new socialism, I believe, is just as bad only one forcing more socialism on the sured; it is just a backdoor way to im-
and even more dangerous because this American people. Our Democratic col- plement Medicare for All—another
time it is actually coming to fruition. leagues have gotten into the action Democratic socialist objective. Our
You don’t need to look very far. Just too. Democratic colleagues couldn’t get
look at President Biden’s claimed au- Last month, they passed a reckless enough support for this radical plan by
thority to ‘‘forgive’’ student loans. The tax-and-spending spree that included trying to build consensus, so they
President announced that he would enough handouts to make Fidel Castro passed it with 50 votes, plus the tie-
cancel student loans for millions of proud. breaking vote of Vice President HAR-
borrowers. Any family with a mortgage First are the expanded Affordable RIS. So, bit by bit, our colleagues are
or car payment or credit card debt Care Act subsidies. Originally, the sub- pushing Americans closer to a single-
knows there is no such thing as can- sidies were provided, back when payer healthcare system that they do
celing debt. Every dollar that was bor- ObamaCare passed, to provide subsidies not want.
rowed will have to be paid back by for people earning less than 400 percent Then there is electric vehicle social-
somebody. Traditionally, and legally, of the Federal poverty level. ism—taxpayer handouts for wealthy
that responsibility lies with the bor- But our Democratic colleagues last car owners who buy fancy, state-of-the-
rower—the person who took out the month not only increased the amount art electric vehicles. A couple earning
tens of thousands or even hundreds of of assistance people can receive, they up to $300,000 a year can now count on
thousands of dollars in student loans also expanded eligibility; in short, giv- taxpayers to chip in for their big-ticket
without a thought about how they ing more people more money, regard- purchase—$7,500 for a new electric ve-
might eventually pay it back. less of their ability to pay for their hicle or $4,000 for a used one.
But the President decided to throw own expenses, shifting that, again, out Families are already being crushed
tradition, personal responsibility, and, of the pockets of middle-class tax- by inflation—high grocery costs, up 13
I would argue, the law, out the window payers into the pockets of those who percent over the last year alone; high
in favor of a socialist approach where don’t need the subsidies and especially gasoline prices; housing prices that are
everybody chips in. those who can pay for their expenses going up dramatically. These families
To state the obvious, not every tax- themselves. are now being burdened with the ex-
payer has outstanding student debt. Our colleagues said this was a tem- pense of helping wealthy car owners
Many of our fellow Americans never porary provision that was critical to buy fancy, new electric vehicles when
went to college. Many have very good- the pandemic response, but here we they can’t even afford to buy one on
paying jobs because they have pursued are, a year and a half later, and they their own. Someone who can only af-
a trade—carpentry, plumbing or the have already extended it. ford a quarter of a tank of gas because
like or they may decide they want to The people who gained insurance cov- they can’t afford to fill up the whole
be a teacher or perform some other erage because of this proposal aren’t tank doesn’t have $80,000 to spend on a
work that doesn’t pay perhaps as well low-income families. Those individuals fancy, new electric vehicle. Still,
as a Wall Street job. have already been eligible for thanks to our colleagues’ electric vehi-
Many people who did get a degree de- ObamaCare. Assistance now extends to cle socialism, middle- and low-income
cided they needed to work at least part people earning 750 percent of the Fed- families are getting stuck with the bill,
time to help pay for their bills. And eral poverty level—six-figure earners. which always seems to be the punch
then many, perhaps most, decided they So, here again, our Democratic col- line.
had to pay the loans back after they leagues are taking money out of the Well, in order to finance this new so-
graduated, just as they had agreed to pocket of middle-class taxpayers, who cialist redistribution, our Democratic
do. are struggling with inflation and try- colleagues need more money on top of
Still, every person without a college ing to make ends meet, and providing the debt that they are adding to. They
debt will be expected to shoulder the enhanced, generous subsidies to people needed a cash cow, so what they did is
cost, under President Biden’s proposal, making 750 percent of the Federal pov- they turned to everybody’s favorite:
for someone else’s degree, regardless of erty level. the Internal Revenue Service.
their ability to pay it back. So even as this started out as a tem- Our colleagues voted and passed a
College degrees are not a public good porary fix, I don’t have any reason to bill that will double the size of the IRS
that should be covered by tax dollars. believe that our Democratic colleagues by adding 87,000 new agents to ensure
We provide a lot of generous support will ever allow these subsidies to ex- that those IRS agents can squeeze
for higher education, and we should— pire. every last penny out of hard-working
Pell grants. Many colleges and univer- In the words of Ronald Reagan, ‘‘The American families. This isn’t going to
sities have huge endowments that they closest thing to eternal life on earth is have an impact on the top 1 percent; it
use to give scholarships and financial a [temporary] Government Program.’’ will unleash a tidal wave of audits on
aid to students. Our Democratic colleagues seem to be middle-class families and small busi-
But this is not something that ought intent on proving the accuracy of that nesses. Families earning less than
to be placed at the foot of the Amer- statement. $225,000 a year are already five times as
ican taxpayer, in this form certainly. The Congressional Budget Office and likely to be audited already, and this
Once somebody has agreed to pay back the Joint Committee on Taxation esti- will just make it even worse.
their student debt, to be able to just mated the cost of permanent expan- The independent Congressional Budg-
walk away from it, to me, encourages sion, and it is pretty jarring for a num- et Office confirmed that lower and mid-
all sorts of irresponsible conduct and ber of reasons. dle-income taxpayers will see more IRS
expectations. First is the financial cost. By ex- audits as a result of this move. The
These aren’t shared expenses like panding the ObamaCare premium tax government is about to squeeze, once
commonly used roads, hospitals, or po- credits and making them permanent, again, working families like a piece of
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lice departments. The individual who our Democratic colleagues would add coal, while our Democratic friends say:
decides to borrow the money so they $248 billion to the Federal debt over the Well, we are just making diamonds.
can attend college alone reaps the ben- next decade. Of course, this will have I must add, I live in a border State,
efits of that degree. And, in fact, if you an adverse effect on people with pri- Texas, where we have seen 2.3 million
do go to college, your chances of earn- vate insurance. Under permanent ex- migrants come to the border in this
ing more income tend to go up. pansion, some 2.3 million people will last year and a half during President
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September 8, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4505
Biden’s administration. We have seen They want to take money out of your years of their lives. Socialism? The
108,000 Americans die of drug pocket and redistribute it to the cho- government knows better? It is a pro-
overdoses, with most of those drugs sen wealthy few. gram which people value, just like So-
coming across the southwestern border They want to denigrate the concept cial Security. I hope people won’t
because the criminal organizations of hard work and personal responsi- brand that as socialism. Many did
that move people and drugs across the bility that has made America the eco- when it was created. These are pro-
border understand that if they flood nomic success that it is because of our grams that families count on, real fam-
the border with people, with migrants, capitalist system and because of the ilies. These programs are not socialist;
it will divert the Border Patrol’s atten- American dream, again, where people they are as American as can be.
tion, so the drugs can come flowing can come here, let’s say as a legal im- The student loan program? I support
into our country, distributed by crimi- migrant, with very little, but by virtue what President Biden did. I might have
nal networks and street gangs who are of hard work and commitment and de- done it a little differently. But the fact
responsible for most of the crime and termination, they can achieve their that he is tagging that student loan
gun violence in our local communities. dream and help others achieve their forgiveness to the wealth of the indi-
Don’t you think some of the money dream at the same time—but not if you vidual and family is the right thing to
that our colleagues have spent to try eliminate the concept of hard work, ac- do. A $10,000 student loan forgiven for
to build an army of IRS agents over countability, and personal responsi- those with individual income below
the next 10 years—that some of that bility and just continue to dole out $125,000 a year—that is not unreason-
could have been spent to help secure government handouts. able. That means that middle-class and
the border, to stop some of those So it doesn’t really make any dif- lower income kids are going to have
drugs? Well, unfortunately, the Biden ference what our colleagues try to call $10,000 of their student loan forgiven. If
administration has an open borders it. They call it the Inflation Reduction they happen to be on Pell grants,
policy. They don’t actually believe in Act—the bill they just passed, the which means they really were low-in-
enforcing our immigration laws, and reckless tax-and-spending bill—when come families when they went to
what we have seen as a consequence is virtually all of the outside experts school, they get an additional $10,000.
a result of that. said: No, it won’t reduce inflation, cer- I hear all this lamenting and whining
Thanks to our Democratic col- tainly not in the near term. So it and crying of socialism. Where in the
leagues’ new socialist policies, Texans doesn’t make any difference how they heck was this comment about social-
who are trying to save money to go to try to brand it; socialism is socialism, ism when we were giving out PPP
college or buy a home or prepare for re- and it is leading our country down the loans all across America by the thou-
tirement are about to get stuck with road to a dangerous destination. sands?
the bill for massive government expan- I yield the floor. It turns out that some of the
sion. And what is this going to do to in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- harshest Republican critics of student
flation, which is already at a 40-year jority whip. loan forgiveness took out PPP loans.
high? It is going to make it worse. As Mr. DURBIN. Socialism. This is all Do you know what that meant? They
the Federal Reserve ratchets up the about socialism. I listened very care- were forgiven. They didn’t have to pay
discount rate or interest rates in order fully to my friend from Texas, and he them back. It was OK when they were
to slow inflation, it is going to slow is my friend—we work together on receiving the money, these conserv-
our entire economy and make it harder many things—and he believes the ative Republicans, but the idea of some
on middle-class families just trying to downfall of America is the advent of student burdened with student loans
get by. socialism. Well, I am not sure what having loan forgiveness is socialism.
Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime that label means to him, but I want to Not where I am standing.
Minister of England, once wisely said: take a look at some of the areas that Now, I also want to say something
he made a comment on. about fiscal responsibility. Do you
The problem with socialism is that eventu-
He thinks it is socialist for us to ex- know, after the reconciliation bill,
ally you run out of other people’s money.
pand the coverage of the Affordable after the Inflation Reduction Act, how
Again, that is true. We have seen ap- Care Act. We are down to 8 percent of much we will reduce the deficit this
proaches of socialism fail over and over Americans without health insurance—8 year? One-point-seven trillion dollars.
and over again, and we have seen its percent. The goal is zero. We may How did we achieve this? Well, we
leaders oppress their people and send never reach it. We have dramatically achieved it by saying we are going to
their country into ruin. decreased the number of Americans establish a minimum tax for certain
Well, right now, we are seeing the without health insurance. corporations. Which ones? Corpora-
new socialism rooted in American soil Have you ever lived in a situation tions that showed an average of $1 bil-
gaining ground in Congress and the where you didn’t have health insur- lion a year in net profit—average of $1
White House every day. This new so- ance, when you are a new father of a billion in net profit a year—over a 3-
cialism may look a little bit different, baby with a health problem and no year period of time will finally have to
but the goal is the same: to grow the health insurance? I have been there. pay some Federal income tax. Is that
role of government in the lives of ev- You don’t want to go to that place. too much to ask? Is that socialism? No.
eryday Americans and to burden them We want to give everybody the peace It is fairness.
with additional taxes to pay for this of mind that they have quality In terms of the EV socialism, this is
bigger and bigger government and to healthcare available to them. Is that one where Senators ought to take care.
take money from people who, by virtue socialism? Is that the government When they give speeches on the floor
of their hard work, were pursuing the making the decision that you are going about electric vehicles and electrifica-
American dream and transfer that to have health insurance? I don’t think tion, they are basically betting that
money to someone who is well-off in so. Right-thinking people across this the future is going to be a lot different
order to advance misguided policies country, regardless of political stripe, than I see it.
like $7,500 taxpayer subsidies for rich believe that health insurance is crit- Why do we have so many electric ve-
people for electric vehicles. ical for a happy and healthy family. hicles? Well, it must be a Federal man-
Part of it is an attitude or perspec- He used the term—he said Medicare date. No, it wasn’t. It was a decision by
tive that our Democratic colleagues is a socialist objective. Ha. Try that the private sector to build electric ve-
seem to have. They seem to think, We one on for size in any State. Run your hicles and make that the future of
know better; we know better what is campaign on getting rid of Medicare transportation in America.
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good for people than they do them- and see how it works. I can tell you Take a look at Ford Motor Company.
selves. what the result will be. Medicare, over We had one of the Ford family come
That is why they want to choose the last 60 years, has liberated senior and tell us this story. They made a de-
what kind of healthcare plan they get citizens in America so that they can cision that electric vehicles were part
or what kind of childcare facilities live longer and live independently and of their future, a big part of their fu-
families get to use. have quality care through the later ture, and they made a marketing move
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that I thought was genius. What were the Inflation Reduction Act. What has anymore. They are staying right here
the first two vehicles they electrified happened since? Well, if you want to in America.
and advertised? One was the Ford F–150 call it socialism, let me tell you what New manufacturing projects are
Lightning—the most popular pickup our socialist moves have done so far. lighting up across the country, like a
truck in America. A lot of White males Tomorrow, President Joseph Biden is constellation of hope, marking a new
drive those around. I am sure the Pre- going to New Albany, OH, to join the era of renewal and renaissance for
siding Officer knows a couple. I drive CEO of Intel in breaking ground on a American families. I am glad to say
one myself. They are going to electrify new multibillion-dollar semiconductor that a big piece of it is taking place in
that vehicle, and they can’t produce plant. It is one of the largest invest- the Midwest.
them fast enough to meet the demand. ments of its kind in American history, Earlier this week, in my home State
So the people who many Republicans and it is going to create thousands of of Illinois, the company T/CCI an-
feel are the national allies on this sub- good-paying jobs for construction nounced it is going to invest millions
ject are waiting in line to buy a Light- workers and engineers. Over the next of dollars into retooling its facility in
ning, an F–150. decade, Intel plans to transform New Decatur, IL, to make compressors for—
Then what was the other car they Albany into one of the largest semicon- hold onto your socialist hat—electric
were going to electrify? A Mustang. ductor manufacturing sites in the vehicles. Here they come again. And
Well, I just want to tell you that cer- world. That is a big shift from the days our Governor, Pritzker, announced
tain age groups still dream about Mus- when we shipped microchip production that the State will work alongside
tangs. I can remember in 1964 when overseas to Asia. Richland Community College to estab-
they put them on the market for the Socialism? Is this Joe Biden’s brand lish a climate center for innovation
first time. They are going to electrify of socialism to open up a plant that fi- and research—an innovation hub.
them. These cars are wildly popular, nally is going to make computer chips, Socialism?
and they can’t build them fast enough. which are absolutely essential to the This is a chance for the Decatur com-
So the Republicans who are betting growth of our economy? munity to play its part in an electric
that this is just a fad and it is going to This investment in America’s future vehicle revolution. Most importantly,
go away are dead wrong on this. The was made possible by the CHIPS and once again, these investments are
private sector’s production of auto- Science Act, and I want to give credit going to create good-paying jobs right
mobiles is moving toward electric vehi- where it is due. There were some Re- here in America. For cities like Deca-
cles in a big way, and it is going to publicans who stepped forward and tur, this is a lifeline. It wasn’t that
happen. joined us in that effort. I wish there long ago that the city was struggling
I would say the Republicans who be- would have been more. I wish they all with population decline. Now it is a
lieve it is pure socialism to have elec- would have been with us in this effort. new story.
tric vehicles in our future should get We believed—and the President backed Under President Biden and a Demo-
out of the way because those electric us up—that if we were going to make cratic Congress, we are leaving no town
vehicles are going to run all over you this investment in semiconductor chips behind. We are investing in the future
in no time at all. for our future, America was going to be of every community from Chicago to
Also, this idea of 87,000 IRS agents there. I don’t think that was inspired Decatur. In doing so, we are honoring
was invented by one Senator who came by socialism; that was inspired by com- America’s history as the land of oppor-
to the floor and made his calculation. mon sense. tunity.
It was like the death squads. They pick Yesterday, the New York Times re-
There is a statue in downtown Deca-
up a phrase, and they say this is the re- ported that, in the weeks since the In-
tur. It is a site where it says that a 21-
ality—87,000 IRS agents. That isn’t flation Reduction Act was signed into
year-old, barefoot Abraham Lincoln de-
even close to the truth. law—and that is the one with 41 roll-
livered his very first political speech
What we know is this: The vast ma- calls—companies throughout the coun-
supporting the Whig platform. Just 2
jority of Americans and American fam- try have unveiled ‘‘a series of big-tick-
years after that speech, Lincoln an-
ilies pay their taxes legally and on et projects to kick-start our clean en-
nounced his first campaign for public
time, and they should be respected for ergy future.’’
Socialism—a future that will be office in my home county of San-
doing that. Who we are looking for are gamon. He ran for the legislature.
the people who don’t do that—either made in America by American work-
ers? So, as we celebrate the new funding
don’t pay their taxes or don’t pay what for jobs and development coming to
they owe. Those people are not accept- I would like to remind everyone that
we passed that law without a single Re- cities like Decatur, I find it interesting
ing their fair share of responsibility for that one of the first policies Lincoln
this Nation’s future. publican vote. Not one Republican Sen-
ator would join us in this effort. supported was known as internal im-
The IRS has been starved in the past provements. He announced at his first
Well, what has happened in the 4
of basic things—computerization, for run for office:
weeks since we passed it?
example, and agents to do audits. The
Well, Toyota announced it is going to Time and experience have verified to a
President has made it clear that his demonstration, the public utility of internal
invest billions of dollars in manufac-
target is never going to be working improvements. That the poorest and most
turing batteries for those electric and
families. His target is those who are thinly populated countries would be greatly
hybrid vehicles here in America. That
defying the law and defying the system benefitted by the opening of good roads, and
has happened since we passed the bill. in the clearing of navigable streams within
of taxation. He believes they should One solar company, named First
pay their fair share, and I couldn’t their limits, is what no person will deny.
Solar, announced another billion-dollar
agree with him more. investment to build a new facility in The challenges we face in America
In terms of this idea—of this socialist the Southeast. today are more sophisticated, but we
mantra—that we know better, that the Socialism? also passed an infrastructure bill, the
government knows better, it is inter- Honda, LG, Samsung—all of them an- largest in the history of the United
esting when it comes to personal lib- nounced billions of dollars in invest- States.
erty and freedom. When you get into ments to make components for electric Under the previous President, Donald
another area, like the reproductive vehicles right here in America. Trump, he promised every week was
freedom for women, exactly the oppo- In West Virginia, one company plans going to be infrastructure week. Unfor-
site position is being taken by many to build a nearly 500,000-square foot tunately, his response was so weak
people on the other side of the aisle. electric battery factory. And who is there was never an infrastructure
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Here is the point I want to make: We going to be working in it? Well, they week—never during his Presidency—
considered the reconciliation bill just a are targeting laid-off coal miners. They and that is a fact. President Biden
few weeks ago. We had 41 straight roll- want to put them to work first. turned that around, and we passed an
calls. I know because I was on the floor Socialism? infrastructure bill that is putting
for every one of them. At the end of the Thanks to the Inflation Reduction America back to work, as it should. It
day, we passed the reconciliation bill, Act, these jobs aren’t going overseas is about time.
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For decades, the Republicans have just to bring down costs of prescription say: We don’t have a problem with elec-
prayed to the altar of trickle-down eco- drugs and energy bills; it will help tric vehicles. People should be able to
nomics. They call every initiative that lower the costs of American-made elec- choose to drive whatever vehicle they
we have on the Democratic side social- tric vehicles so more families can buy want to be able to drive and that the
ism: Social Security, socialism; Medi- one. consumer will actually purchase. But
care, socialism; this idea of leading This is the Democratic platform in when you hand companies billions of
into the electric vehicle revolution, so- action: building products and compo- dollars and say that you only get this
cialism; the government knows best. nents we depend on here at home, pio- money ‘‘if’’ and if you push people to
Well, I will tell you they are wrong. neering technology breakthroughs to use a fuel that is dominantly coming
What we see is leadership and leader- change the world, and leveling the from a communist nation and we don’t
ship that is long overdue. We can’t economy so that every family has a have the infrastructure to actually
leave working families behind in this fighting chance. Thanks to the policies support it but say you need to get it
country. Four decades of cutting taxes we have passed so far under the Biden anyway, we think that is a challenge.
for the rich on some wild theory that administration, we are rolling. The market is going to drive this.
this was somehow going to lift all I do want to tell you this for the People will make choices, and the mar-
boats just turned out to be false. record: On my way to catch the plane ket will be able to keep up. But when
I will tell you this: Roads and bridges at the airport in St. Louis earlier this government arbitrarily pushes that
crumbling beneath our feet, genera- week, I saw gasoline for sale at $3.46 a forward faster, that causes a problem
tions of good-paying jobs going over- gallon. That is still high, but it is a in our economy, and we have seen it al-
seas, the world’s wealthiest trying to heck of a lot better than the $5-plus we ready.
save a few bucks, and skyrocketing were paying just a few weeks ago. Is As I traveled around the State, our
economic inequality is not American. that socialism? I think it is the govern- State, like several other States, goes
Fixing it is not socialism; it is just ment at work, and this President has back to school early. It is always funny
fairness. done everything he can to bring down to me when I return after Labor Day
The last President spent 4 years de- the cost of living that families face. and people are talking about their kids
claring infrastructure week but had It is still a challenge. We haven’t are going to school this week. I always
nothing to show for it. In less than 2 conquered it, but we are moving in the smile and say: Our kids returned to
years, President Biden and the Demo- right direction, and this economy is school 3 weeks ago, actually.
crats have delivered on their promise moving in the right direction. I wish August is a great time to be able to
of rebuilding America and putting we could have had some Republican see families getting organized, people
American workers back to work. We support for that effort. heading back to school, talking to
have had the largest growth and job I yield the floor. teachers and superintendents and talk-
creation—ever in the history of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ing about their hope and prayer for a
United States—in the last year and a ator from Oklahoma. normal school year, where there aren’t
half under President Biden, and 660,000 Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I mask mandates and all the things com-
of those jobs are manufacturing jobs— want to go into some comments about ing down on them.
real jobs with a good paycheck. We are some things that I heard from Oklaho- It is time for me to actually, some
investing in the interest of industries mans in August—in, thankfully, a evenings, be able to stand out in the
of the future. More importantly, we are deep-breath moment when we were not yard and be able to talk to my neigh-
investing in American families. in session here for a little while. But I bors. It is great to just be able to visit
The policies we have enacted during first need to just make a couple of and catch up, to be able to chat with
this Congress are going to help move quick comments for folks who might someone in my Sunday school class
America forward. Together, they rep- have just heard my colleague before, and to be able to hold their young child
resent a new vision for America’s fu- from Illinois, saying that Republicans and to be able to look in the face of a
ture: roads and bridges, microchips, believe that electric vehicles are so- new baby.
wind turbines, deep research into ad- cialism if you promote electric vehicles I had the opportunity to be able to be
vanced technologies like quantum and that we oppose electric vehicles home and to be able to stand in a fu-
computing. What does it mean for the and electrification. Actually, I just neral home with a law enforcement of-
American people? Take a look at the have to make a quick comment about ficer who was murdered in the line of
auto industry. Today, the industry, that. duty.
which with Barack Obama as President I don’t hear that Republicans are in It was an opportunity to be able to
was saved despite Republican opposi- opposition to electric vehicles. I hear talk to some of our electric coopera-
tion, is an industry in which major Republicans in opposition to handing tives that are getting power to our
manufacturers are betting big on its companies billions and billions of dol- rural areas and making such a dif-
electric future. lars of taxpayer money and saying: If ference.
Members of the Republican Senate you will produce electric vehicles, then It was an opportunity to stand and
caucus may not see electric vehicles in we are going to give you these billions pray with a cancer survivor in Guymon
the future, but they have closed their of dollars to be able to do it. who has had a really—the past couple
eyes if they are in that position. I also hear Republicans, like myself, of years, it has been tough.
With the infrastructure package, we in opposition and saying: 85 percent of It was an opportunity to be able to
are going to create good, good jobs— the world’s lithium, which runs these visit with an aerospace company in
union jobs—of fixing and building our electric vehicles, comes from China. Oklahoma—in fact, several that are
roads and installing charging stations So, until we can actually get our own doing the technology and the innova-
all across America. supply of energy for lithium, we tion that are making quite a difference
With the CHIPS and Science Act, we shouldn’t be running toward electric in both our national security and in
are shoring up the domestic supply of vehicles, because if you run toward our own aerospace safety and to visit
semiconductors so we can assemble the electric vehicles and then you are de- with small business owners who are
next generation of electric vehicles in pendent on communist China for your making things work in a very tough
American factories. That chips bill fuel, that is a bad idea. economy based on their work, not
also authorized billions of dollars in I also hear Republicans saying: Our based on what is happening in Wash-
funding for scientific research—labora- infrastructure is not ready for this. ington, DC—based on their work.
tories like Argonne and Fermilab. This This is not some fairytale. Today, in August is an opportunity to go visit
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research even has the potential to California, they are telling people to the stockyards and feedlots and get a
unlock new discoveries in battery tech- turn up their thermostats because they chance to be able to talk to folks who
nology. don’t have enough electricity, and are, every day, making our food supply
Now, with the Inflation Reduction don’t charge your electric vehicles. work. It is an opportunity to be able to
Act, we are making life more afford- So what I hear is a little bit of com- visit with big companies based in Okla-
able for working families. That is not mon sense on our side of the aisle to homa that have large facilities like
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Amazon and Macy’s—major companies ple who have dedicated their lives to knowing that that is 44 percent higher
that are out there that are doing busi- helping the developmentally disabled. than it was a single year ago.
ness across our State and, quite frank- There are hundreds of people who serve The cost of breakfast cereal is 16 per-
ly, to be able to interact with compa- there, serving hundreds of people. cent higher than it was a year ago. The
nies that are just as large that are also These are developmentally disabled cost of chicken is 18 percent higher
coming toward my great State of Okla- adults who have hopes and aspirations. than it was just a year ago. The cost of
homa because it is a great place to be They want to work. They have dreams milk is 16 percent higher than what it
able to do business. and goals for their life as well. They was a year ago. The cost of coffee is 20
There were individuals whom I got a want to get married; they want to en- percent higher than what it was a year
chance to be able to visit with in the gage; and they want to have friends. ago. The cost of butter is 22 percent
fire training center, many of them vol- They are a group of people who have higher than what it was a year ago.
unteers who come to this fire training wrapped around these families and are Baby food is 15 percent higher than
center because they want to be able to blessing them in ways that most folks what it was a year ago. And just house-
learn better about how to be able to would never know. It is neighbors help- hold cleaning products, it is 11 percent
fight fire because this is literally ing neighbors. higher than what it was a year ago.
neighbors taking care of neighbors. I As I traveled around the State, lit- For many people who hear this out-
hear so much conversation in Wash- erally from Guymon all the way across side of this room, they would say: Yes,
ington, DC, about how Washington, DC, to the east of my State—as I traveled all those things are true. They are ob-
is solving all the problems in the coun- across the State, I heard the same com- vious. But I have yet to run into a fam-
try. But when I meet with volunteer ment over and over and over again: ily, as I traveled around my State and
firefighters, they know full well it is When is inflation going to come down? engaged with so many great Oklaho-
everybody taking care of everybody’s When is the cost of living going to get mans—I didn’t hear a single one say: I
neighbors, doing what they can to be better? am so grateful that we are going to
able to help each other. From every small business that I have more IRS audits in the next cou-
I had the opportunity to both sit in talked to, they would talk about sup- ple of years because that is going to
church and watch 25 people get bap- ply chain issues and the costs and the bring down inflation. I didn’t have one.
tized on one Sunday and see life change contracts and the prices that they are I didn’t have anyone say: I am so glad
literally happening before my eyes. selling things for and the prices that there are going to be additional sub-
I also had the opportunity to be able they are getting things for and the sidies for electric vehicles because that
to visit with folks in nursing homes challenges they face. is going to bring down the cost of eggs.
and visit with their staff who are really NFIB works with a lot of small busi- There is a real concern here. People
struggling under some of the mandates nesses around the country. They do an are worried because they don’t know
that are on them still. I have to tell optimism index every year. Thirty- what happens next.
you, for many of the families who are For retirees, the latest study that
seven percent of small business owners
came out, $3.4 trillion—$3.4 trillion—
living with nursing homes and are deal- now report their single biggest issue as
has been lost from IRAs in the past
ing with CMS right now and some of a small business owner is inflation.
year—$3.4 trillion. So the mix that we
the mandates that are still on them, it I got into a lot of conversations with
have right now are individuals who are
seems like life is returning to normal a lot of folks, as probably many people
worried about just paying for the next
for many places, but the mandates are in this room did. But I can’t even begin
thing, when the cost of living for them
still on prisons, nursing homes, as- to tell you the number of conversations
is $7,000 more this year than it was last
sisted living facilities, and Head Start I got into that, within minutes, the
year, just trying to be able to keep up.
facilities. For those kids and for those conversation turned to the price of And the challenge for retirees, watch-
seniors, it is tough, and they are look- eggs, to say: Wow, have you bought ing the value of their retirement go
ing for relief from DC. eggs yet? They seem to go up every sin- down, as many who are on a fixed in-
I had the opportunity to be able to go gle week. come also realize, the costs have gone
through No Man’s Land Beef Jerky, If it feels that way for folks, I can
up dramatically. It is real, and people
some of the best beef jerky in the coun- tell you it actually is that way for
do feel it.
try. You ought to try it sometime for folks. The data continues to be able to While in Oklahoma, I interacted with
folks who haven’t. You walk through show that. Studies show, in Oklahoma, lots of folks who are neighbors taking
No Man’s Land Beef Jerky, and there is relative to January of 2021, Oklaho- care of neighbors. There is a very real
a lot of meat there, let me just tell mans are paying $593 more a month concern about Washington, DC, and
you, as they are hand-trimming each right now than they were just in Janu- what they will do to them rather than
section and dehydrating and preparing ary 2021. That equals out to $7,115 more for them, and people are worried about
it for customers all over the country— a year that each family is paying this it.
quite frankly, many places around the year than they were 2 years ago—$7,115. I would say we, as leaders, have a re-
world. This is a real effect on families. sponsibility to be able to set a direc-
I was able to visit VA centers, talk While all of us are grateful that the tion to be able to take care of other
with their staff, talk with veterans price of gas seems to be coming down people’s money—that is the tax dollars
who are there getting care, able to go little by little—everyone is celebrating that are there; that is other people’s
to our military bases and able to talk that gas prices are only $3.50 now—we money—to be able to manage the debt
with leadership there about what do understand that just a year and a half of this Nation that has accelerated dra-
they need because they work every day ago, gas prices were a dollar and a half matically in the past several years,
to be able to protect our Nation’s fu- less than what they are now. much of it due to COVID, much of it
ture. I was able to visit our inland The single biggest effect on our econ- not. We have some responsibilities to
water ports. Yes, there are ports in omy right now—single biggest effect— take care of. I hope everyone had the
Oklahoma. For those of you all who are is the price of gasoline and the price of opportunity to be able to listen to peo-
not tracking geography, Oklahoma has energy. As energy prices rise, and they ple in their own States and to be able
the northernmost inland ports in the continue to stay high, it continues to to hear what I was able to hear in Au-
country, and it is a vital link to the drive the cost of every other product gust.
Midwest, getting fertilizer and getting because you have got to move products With that, I yield the floor.
wheat out, taking care of heavy steel to actually be sold or to be manufac- I suggest the absence of a quorum.
and supplies. They are a vital part of tured. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
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our technology and of our transpor- Gasoline right now, this July, is 44 KING). The clerk will call the roll.
tation. percent higher than it was last July— The senior assistant legislative clerk
There are too many places to be able 44 percent. And while it has come proceeded to call the roll.
to name, but I do have to be able to down, we forget how fast and how high Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask
call out some amazing folks who are in it rose. People seem to be relieved now unanimous consent that the order for
New Leaf. New Leaf is a group of peo- that it is only three and a half bucks, the quorum call be rescinded.
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September 8, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4509
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Senate the pending cloture motion, NOT VOTING—9
objection, it is so ordered. which the clerk will state. Burr Murkowski Portman
Crapo Ossoff Rosen
f The bill clerk read as follows:
Menendez Peters Scott (SC)
LEGISLATIVE SESSION CLOTURE MOTION
We, the undersigned Senators, in accord-
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. VAN
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I HOLLEN). On this vote, the yeas are 48,
ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the
move to proceed to legislative session. Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby the nays are 43.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- The motion is agreed to.
question is on agreeing to the motion. nation of Executive Calendar No. 986, Sal- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma-
The motion was agreed to. vador Mendoza, Jr., of Washington, to be jority leader.
f United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth REMEMBERING QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Circuit.
EXECUTIVE SESSION Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, today,
--- Ben Ray Luján, Jack Reed, Jacky we take a solemn and somber pause. A
Rosen, Tina Smith, Angus S. King, Jr., few minutes ago, we learned the sad
EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Patrick J. Leahy, Robert P. Casey, Jr., news of the passing of Her Majesty
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I Christopher A. Coons, Alex Padilla, Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reign-
move to proceed to executive session to Chris Van Hollen, Margaret Wood Has- ing Monarch in British history. I join
consider Calendar No. 1033. san, Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, with Leader MCCONNELL, with my Sen-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Catherine Cortez Masto, Tim Kaine.
ate colleagues, and with all Americans
question is on agreeing to the motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- to offer deepest sympathies and pray-
The motion was agreed to. imous consent, the mandatory quorum ers to the royal family and to the peo-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The call has been waived. ple of the United Kingdom.
clerk will report the nomination. The question is, Is it the sense of the
The senior assistant legislative clerk I never had the honor of meeting Her
Senate that debate on the nomination Majesty the Queen myself, but I ad-
read the nomination of Lara E. of Salvador Mendoza, Jr., of Wash-
Montecalvo, of Rhode Island, to be mired much about her until the very
ington, to be United States Circuit end. It is hard to fathom that today we
United States Circuit Judge for the
Judge for the Ninth Circuit, shall be have to say goodbye because, after all,
First Circuit.
brought to a close? most Americans—to say nothing of the
CLOTURE MOTION
The yeas and nays are mandatory British people—have never lived in a
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I send
under the rule. world without Her Majesty the Queen.
a cloture motion to the desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- The clerk will call the roll. It is a marvel to think that in the
ture motion having been presented The bill clerk called the roll. same year of Her Majesty’s coronation,
under rule XXII, the Chair directs the Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Harry Truman was in the White House.
clerk to read the motion. Senator from New Jersey (Mr. MENEN- The world was still coming out of the
The senior assistant legislative clerk DEZ), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. shadow of the Second World War, en-
read as follows: OSSOFF), the Senator from Michigan tering a bold, uncertain, unchartered
CLOTURE MOTION (Mr. PETERS), and the Senator from Ne- future.
We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- vada (Ms. ROSEN) are necessarily ab- In her time, she came to know 15 dif-
ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the sent. ferent Prime Ministers, 14 U.S. Presi-
Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Mr. THUNE. The following Senators dents, traveled to well over 100 coun-
move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- are necessarily absent: the Senator tries, and made over 200 official state
nation of Executive Calendar No. 1033, Lara from North Carolina (Mr. BURR), the visits. She was the first British Mon-
E. Montecalvo, of Rhode Island, to be United
States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit.
Senator from Idaho (Mr. CRAPO), the arch ever to address a joint session of
Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Senator from Alaska (Ms. MURKOWSI), Congress. And thanks to her, the spe-
Robert P. Casey, Jr., Sherrod Brown, the Senator from Ohio (Mr. PORTMAN), cial relationship between the United
Tammy Baldwin, Tina Smith, Jeanne and the Senator from South Carolina States and the UK gained even more
Shaheen, Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth (Mr. SCOTT). special significance.
Warren, Catherine Cortez Masto, Tim The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 48, Her reign saw the dawn of the atomic
Kaine, Benjamin L. Cardin, Chris- nays 43, as follows: age, the age of the internet, the fall of
topher Murphy, Maria Cantwell, Chris- the Soviet Union, an unprecedented
topher A. Coons, Jack Reed, Gary C. [Rollcall Vote No. 330 Ex.]
Peters, Tammy Duckworth. YEAS—48 global pandemic. She didn’t just wit-
ness the great turns of history; she
Mr. SCHUMER. Finally, I ask unani- Baldwin Graham Padilla
Bennet Hassan Reed helped shape them over the seven dec-
mous consent that the mandatory
Blumenthal Heinrich Sanders ades—seven decades—of her reign. And
quorum call for the cloture motion Booker Hickenlooper Schatz every step of the way, she was pre-
filed today, September 8, be waived. Brown Hirono Schumer
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Cantwell Kaine Shaheen cisely the kind of leader the moment
objection, it is so ordered. Cardin Kelly Sinema demanded.
Mr. SCHUMER. I suggest the absence Carper King Smith In times of hardship, she was both
Casey Klobuchar Stabenow
of a quorum. Collins Leahy Tester
strong and comforting. In times of joy,
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Coons Luján Van Hollen she was gracious and dignified. She was
clerk will call the roll. Cortez Masto Manchin Warner a rock, the living embodiment of the
Duckworth Markey Warnock virtues that lie at the core of the na-
The senior assistant legislative clerk Durbin Merkley Warren
proceeded to call the roll. Feinstein Murphy Whitehouse tion she so proudly led. I dare say we
Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I Gillibrand Murray Wyden will never see a leader quite like her
ask unanimous consent that the order for as long as we live.
NAYS—43
for the quorum call be rescinded So, today, we join the people of the
Barrasso Hagerty Romney
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Blackburn Hawley
UK and the royal family in mourning
Rounds
objection, it is so ordered. Blunt Hoeven Rubio the loss of Her Majesty the Queen. May
Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I Boozman Hyde-Smith Sasse she rest in peace.
ask unanimous consent that the vote Braun Inhofe Scott (FL)
scheduled for 1:45 begin immediately. Capito Johnson Shelby f
Cassidy Kennedy Sullivan
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
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Cornyn Lankford Thune UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREE-
objection, it is so ordered. Cotton Lee MENT—EXECUTIVE CALENDAR
Tillis
f Cramer Lummis
Toomey
Cruz Marshall
Tuberville
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask
CLOTURE MOTION Daines McConnell
Wicker unanimous consent that all postcloture
Ernst Moran
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant Fischer Paul Young time on the Mendoza nomination be
to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Grassley Risch considered expired; that the Senate
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