Congressional Record, House, September 15, 2022 — H.R. 302 Preventing a Patronage System Act of 2021
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This is H7848 of the Congressional Record, House, September 15, 2022, in a document titled H.R. 302 Preventing a Patronage System Act of 2021, with interleaved columns. Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, pursuant to House Resolution 1339, calls up H.R. 302, to impose limits on excepting competitive service positions from the competitive service, and states that the bill was introduced by Gerry Connolly along with a colleague. She states that the bill affirms Congress' role in making major changes to the civil service system, and refers to a 2020 executive order creating schedule F. The page also contains a tribute to a deputy sheriff and a one-minute statement titled Democrats Rein in Inflation by Ms. Scanlon on the Inflation Reduction Act.
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H7848 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 15, 2022
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in 1973 desegregating New Orleans’ public li- There was no objection.
and was 71 years old when he passed. braries—her ability to cut right to the Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New
He was known as someone who en- chase made her an ideal lobbyist rep- York. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such
joyed going to work to protect his com- resenting the city of New Orleans dur- time as I may consume.
munity and who was tough but always ing rough legislative sessions. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support
showed compassion. He leaves behind a She was an incredible lady and an in- of H.R. 302, the Preventing a Patronage
wife and a son, who will follow in his credible leader, one who will be sorely System Act, introduced by Govern-
father’s footsteps at the sheriff’s office. missed. ment Operations Subcommittee Chair
Though he may be gone, I know that Rest in peace, my friend. God bless. Gerry Connolly along with Representa-
Deputy Lee is still watching over his tive BRIAN FITZPATRICK.
f This straightforward bill affirms
beloved community and family.
Mr. Speaker, please join me in recog- PREVENTING A PATRONAGE Congress’ role in making major
nizing the extraordinary life and serv- SYSTEM ACT OF 2021 changes to the civil service system and
ice of one Deputy James Lee. ensures that no President can do so
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New unilaterally.
He will be missed. York. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Now, that may sound simple, but this
f Resolution 1339, I call up the bill (H.R. is critical to upholding the merit sys-
DEMOCRATS REIN IN INFLATION 302) to impose limits on excepting com- tem principles that have been in place
petitive service positions from the for almost 140 years and fortify the
(Ms. SCANLON asked and was given competitive service, and for other pur- civil service of America.
permission to address the House for 1 poses, and ask for its immediate con- Career Federal workers serve both
minute.) sideration. Democratic and Republican adminis-
Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, for far trations. They do their jobs guided by
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
too long, families in my district and their expertise and best judgment, not
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
across the country have struggled with by allegiance to any political agenda.
ant to House Resolution 1339, the
rising healthcare and prescription drug In 2020, former President Trump
amendment in the nature of a sub-
costs. So, I am pleased to report that issued an executive order creating a
stitute recommended by the Com-
relief is on the way, thanks to Demo- new Federal employee classification in
mittee on Oversight and Reform, print-
crats’ passage of the Inflation Reduc- the excepted service called schedule F.
ed in the bill, is adopted and the bill, as
tion Act this summer. Employees transferred to schedule F
amended, is considered read.
This act reins in out-of-control would have been stripped of workplace
The text of the bill, as amended, is as
healthcare costs and will make a real protections and converted to at-will
follows:
difference in family budgets by extend- employees. If the order had been fully
H.R. 302
ing tax credits for health insurance, implemented, it could have harmed
capping prescription drug costs for sen- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
tens of thousands of Federal employ-
resentatives of the United States of America in
iors at $2,000 a year, capping insulin ees.
Congress assembled,
costs for seniors at $35 a month, and al- Agencies were directed to identify
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
lowing Medicare to negotiate lower civil service positions with a policy-
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing
prices with drug companies. a Patronage System Act of 2021’’ or the
making function to convert to schedule
A family of four in Ridley Park could ‘‘PPSA Act of 2021’’. F who would be more easily removed
save more than $2,800 in annual health SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON EXCEPTION OF COM-
from their jobs for not rubberstamping
insurance premiums. A senior couple in PETITIVE SERVICE POSITIONS. the President’s political agenda. Pre-
Media could save more than $13,000 in (a) IN GENERAL.—No position in the com- sumably, those positions could then be
yearly healthcare costs. petitive service (as defined under section 2102 filled with people who would be more
If the Inflation Reduction Act’s $35 of title 5, United States Code) may be ex- loyal to the President.
insulin copay had been in effect in 2020, cepted from the competitive service unless Fortunately, one of the first things
such position is placed— that President Biden did upon taking
a Springfield resident who uses
(1) in any of the schedules A through E as office was to revoke the schedule F ex-
NovoLog could have saved $1,300 a described in section 6.2 of title 5, Code of
year. ecutive order. But the order still
Federal Regulations, as in effect on Sep- shocked the Federal workforce.
Importantly, all these benefits are tember 30, 2020; and
Such an attack against the integrity
fully paid for by making the biggest (2) under the terms and conditions under
of the civil service should shock us all,
corporations and billionaires pay their part 6 of such title as in effect on such date.
(b) SUBSEQUENT TRANSFERS.—No position particularly as Members of Congress.
fair share.
in the excepted service (as defined under sec- We depend on the Federal workforce to
f serve impartially and in accordance
tion 2103 of title 5, United States Code) may
REMEMBERING MARY FREEMAN be placed in any schedule other than a sched- with the law. Schedule F would have
KELLER ZERVIGON ule described in subsection (a)(1). instead put immense pressure on Fed-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill, eral workers to bend to the political
(Mr. CARTER of Louisiana asked and
as amended, is debatable for 1 hour whims of the President, even if it
was given permission to address the
equally divided and controlled by the meant violating the law or Federal reg-
House for 1 minute and to revise and
chair and ranking minority member of ulations.
extend his remarks.) But this bill is not just about the
Mr. CARTER of Louisiana. Mr. the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form or their respective designees. past. It applies the lessons we learned
Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to from schedule F to prevent similar ef-
my friend, the dearly departed Mrs. The gentlewoman from New York
(Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY) and the forts to undermine the Federal work-
Mary Freeman Keller Zervigon, an out- force in the future, whether from a Re-
standing, cherished public servant from gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. COMER)
each will control 30 minutes. publican or Democratic President.
my home State. There are some who are ready and
A lifelong New Orleanian, Mrs. The Chair recognizes the gentle-
waiting to reinstitute a system like
Zervigon was a policy advocate, philan- woman from New York.
schedule F if given the opportunity. We
thropist, and beloved civic leader who GENERAL LEAVE
must prevent that, and we can take a
held posts in two mayoral administra- Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New big step toward that today by passing
tions and spent countless hours work- York. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous the Preventing a Patronage System
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ing to improve the city of New Orleans consent that all Members have 5 legis- Act.
as a member of many boards and com- lative days in which to revise and ex- Mr. Speaker, I commend Chairman
missions. tend their remarks and insert extra- CONNOLLY for his leadership on this bill
She lived her life doing what she be- neous materials on the bill before us. and for making it a bipartisan bill.
lieved in and in doing what was right. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues on
Raised with civic activism in her objection to the request of the gentle- both sides of the aisle to support it,
DNA—her mother played a key role in woman from New York? and I reserve the balance of my time.
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b 1230 civil service officials in our govern- help families in the wake of hurricanes
Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- ment’s policymaking roles. and deadly fires; design websites that
self such time as I may consume. These influential Federal employees facilitate access to lifesaving payments
Mr. Speaker, it is apparently Ground- should not be allowed to chronically like Social Security, unemployment
hog Day in the U.S. House of Rep- underperform or actively undermine insurance, and tax returns; and they
resentatives. the work of their politically account- build telescopes that make us rethink
Today, just like the last day we de- able superiors. what is possible and what kind of uni-
bated a bill in the Oversight and Re- If you support an efficient and effec- verse there is to be explored.
form Committee’s jurisdiction, Ameri- tive executive branch that is account- This bill, H.R. 302, would ensure that
cans continue to face sky-high infla- able to the American voters, then you Congress controls when and how to
tion, painfully high gas prices, and sup- must oppose H.R. 302. change the very nature of our invalu-
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of able civil service. It simply returns
ply chain shortages.
Americans continue to face the con- my time. power to the legislative branch.
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New The Preventing Patronage System
sequences of a broken border that
York. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such Act would protect merit-system prin-
allow fentanyl shipments to flood in
time as I may consume to respond to ciples in our civil service by limiting
and kill our teens, along with a host of
my colleagues who mentioned a prob- Federal employee reclassifications to
other urgent problems. They continue lem with poor performers in the Fed-
to look to this Congress for help with the five excepted service schedules in
eral workforce. Federal managers have use prior to fiscal year 2021. It doesn’t
these real and pressing crises. tools now to remove poor performers
Yet, what are Democrats prioritizing preclude a President from requesting
when appropriate. In fact, over 10,000 authorization from Congress to create
instead of addressing these issues dur-
Federal employees were removed last a new one, but it requires it. It restores
ing one of the last legislative weeks of
year from their jobs for poor perform-
this session? Another bill that insu- the balance.
ance. Since the creation of the civil service
lates Federal bureaucracy from ac- This bill does not change the removal
countability. This time the bill is Rep- in 1883, administrations have estab-
process for employees who are not per-
resentative CONNOLLY’s Preventing a lished an excepted service schedule
forming their jobs well, and schedule F
Patronage System Act. only five times. These excepted service
was never about removing employees
This is just another Democrat bill categories are created for positions
who are performing poorly. That policy
that has nothing to do with the Amer- that require unique hiring or operating
was designed to intimidate and remove
ican people’s priorities. What is the career employees who dared to provide rules, such as positions of a short-term
problem the bill tries to address? The impartial advice that may be perceived political nature or positions in remote
Democrats’ bill seeks to prevent future as contrary to an administration’s po- areas, or in instances in which there is
Presidents making Federal employees litical agenda. Civil servants are sup- a critical hiring need.
more accountable to the American peo- On October 21, 2020, then-President
posed to help administrations follow
ple whom they serve. Trump signed Executive Order No.
the law.
Our Founding Fathers never envi- So let’s set the record straight about 13957 unilaterally attempting to create
sioned a massive, unelected, unac- schedule F. It was intended to punish a new one, schedule F, in the excepted
countable Federal Government with Federal employees doing their jobs service. This executive order, accord-
the power to create policies that im- ethically and legally. ing to a coalition of good government
pact Americans’ everyday lives. But Mr. Speaker, I am proud to yield 5 groups—I have got 34 of them endors-
that is currently the state of today’s minutes to the gentleman from Vir- ing this bill—could expose Federal em-
Federal bureaucracy. ginia (Mr. CONNOLLY), the chairman of ployees to politically partisan moti-
President Trump sought to take on the Government Operations Sub- vated hiring and firing.
this bureaucracy and restore power to committee, and the author and sponsor As drafted by that former President,
the people by draining the swamp. He of this bill. schedule F would require agency heads
issued an executive order in October Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I to reclassify policy-determining, pol-
2020 to help make Federal bureaucrats thank my good friend, the chairwoman icymaking, or policy-advocating posi-
who have the ability to create and im- of the full committee, for yielding. tions to a newly created schedule F.
plement policy more accountable for I have to say, when he cites that our This action removes the due process
their actions. Founders never envisioned a large gov- rights and civil service protections of
We should all be in favor of policies ernment, that is true—there were 13 employees moved into that schedule.
making it easier to remove civil serv- colonies that became 13 States. Despite President Biden’s rescinding
ants who refuse to follow the will of I will remind my friend from Ken- of the schedule F, Axios recently re-
the voters. That is what President tucky, neither did they ever envision ported that former President Trump
Trump’s executive order did. the State of Kentucky. As a matter of continues to develop a unilateral plan
Democrats are beholden to the Fed- fact, what is now Kentucky was to seize the reins of Federal Govern-
eral bureaucracy—a workforce who claimed and owned by my home State, ment and reclassify up to 50,000 Federal
thinks they know better than the Virginia. So there are a lot of things civil servants, who are now part of the
American people. They are wrong. that weren’t envisioned back in the civil service, and they would lose their
Democrats have made every effort to 1780s that we have to deal with in the protection and their merit-based pro-
preserve bureaucrats’ ability to thwart 21st century. That is what we are doing motion.
the policies of any President who tries here today. Blind loyalty and ideological purity
to implement policies to reign in the Mr. Speaker, I thank you for the op- tests should never determine who we
expansive influence of the Federal Gov- portunity to discuss and advocate for trust with securing our Nation’s bor-
ernment over the daily lives of Ameri- the Preventing Patronage System Act, ders, fortifying Federal IT systems,
cans. H.R. 302. caring for seniors and veterans, fight-
This bill is contrary to the American Our Federal workforce—the crown ing public health threats, or respond-
way of government—of the people, by jewel of our Federal Government, espe- ing to natural disasters.
the people, and for the people. cially during a pandemic—is comprised As one former Federal human re-
The bill’s sponsors allege it is a bill of roughly 2 million Federal employees source expert said: Do we really think
that prevents a return to the patronage hired on the basis of their acumen, a government of political hacks and
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system instituted in the 19th century. their skill, and their dedication. They sycophants is in the best interests of
That is simply not true. President work each day for the American peo- the American people? Do we think
Trump never attempted to return to a ple—serving in myriad capacities to making government more partisan will
patronage system. Just the opposite. improve the Nation and America’s pos- make it more trusted by the people?
Instead of instituting a new patron- ture abroad. The non-partisan Partnership for
age system, President Trump simply These impartial civil servants deliver Public Service stated: ‘‘Endangering
made it easier to discipline or remove mail; provide medical care to veterans; the skilled employees at the core of our
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H7850 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 15, 2022
government . . . would harm the deliv- 11. Civil Leadership Education and Re- [From the Washington Post, Aug. 29, 2022]
ery of crucial services to the American search Initiative.
12. Project Blueprint. OPINION: CONGRESS MUST PREVENT ANOTHER
people.’’ TRUMPIAN ATTEMPT TO PURGE THE GOVERN-
Schedule F is a national security 13. American Society for Public Adminis-
MENT
tration (ASPA).
issue—and an issue that affects deliv-
14. National Association of Retired and (By the Editorial Board)
ery of essential services and resources Federal Employees (NARFE).
to every family and every business in 15. Professional Managers Association. It might sound like an innocuous change
this country. 16. Public Citizen. to the structure of the federal workforce:
H.R. 302 reinforces the legislative creating a category of employee, known as
17. Federal Law Enforcement Officers Asso-
prerogative. It requires any attempt to ‘‘Schedule F,’’ for positions related to ‘‘pol-
ciation (FLEOA).
create a new excepted service to have icy-determining, policy-making, or policy-
18. International Association of Fire Fight-
advocating.’’ Yet, this change threatens to
explicit congressional authorization. ers (IAFF).
politicize the underappreciated ranks of
It is bipartisan and it has 16 cospon- 19. International Association of Machinists those who keep the country’s government
sors, including three of my friends on and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW). running—the nation’s professional civil serv-
the other side of the aisle. 20. National Association of Government ice.
Changing the nature and operations Employees (NAGE).
21. Service Employees International Union President Donald Trump created the
of the civil service is rare, important, Schedule F designation by executive order
(SEIU).
and should require express congres- near the end of his term, just ahead of the
22. Professional Aviation Safety Special-
sional participation through legisla- ists. 2020 election. The order would have removed
tion. 23. American Federation of State, County, long-held protections from tens of thousands
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The and Municipal Employees. of career bureaucrats, making them easier to
time of the gentleman has expired. dismiss. That would give the president vast
24. American Foreign Service Association.
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New powers to reshape the federal government at
25. FAA Managers Association.
will—and could politicize positions long
York. Mr. Speaker, I yield an addi- 26. Laborers’ International Union of North treated as nonpartisan and merit-based.
tional 1 minute to the gentleman from America.
Virginia. 27. National Air Traffic Controllers Asso- The Trump administration attempted un-
Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, Presi- ciation. successfully to rush through the change be-
28. National Association of U.S. Attorneys. fore the end of its term, and, upon taking of-
dent Trump’s schedule F would send fice, President Biden immediately rescinded
our Nation back to 1881 when President 29. National Association of Federal Veteri-
narians. the order. But, according to a troubling re-
Garfield was shot by a man who be- cent report from Axios’s Jonathan Swan, Mr.
lieved the support of the President 30. National Council of Social Security
Trump and his associates plan to quickly re-
Management Associations.
should have earned him a political par- instate Schedule F if he is elected in 2024,
31. National Postal Mail Handlers Union
tisan position in the Federal Govern- using it to fire career employees and replace
(NPMHU).
ment. Congress passed the Pendleton them with loyalists. Other potential GOP
32. National Weather Service Employees presidential hopefuls have also indicated
Act in 1883, 2 years later, to a move Organization. they would consider targeting the federal
away from that patronage system, and 33. Patent Office Professional Association. workforce.
it has been in place ever since. 34. Federal Managers Association (FMA).
As President Theodore Roosevelt Sincerely, The federal bureaucracy is a behemoth
GERALD E. CONNOLLY, that includes approximately 2 million em-
said, ‘‘The worst enemies of the Repub-
Chairman, Sub- ployees in myriad roles, working to keep the
lic are the demagogue and government operating. In 2020, the Trump
corruptionist. The spoils-monger and committee on Gov-
ernment Operations, administration justified its Schedule F exec-
spoils-seeker invariably breed the House Committee on utive order by suggesting that it would make
bribe-taker and the bribes-giver, the Oversight and Re- it easier for supervisors to remove poor per-
embezzler of public funds and the form. formers. No doubt there are ways to reform
corrupter of voters.’’ A good Repub- -- evaluation and dismissal processes so they
lican President. are more nimble and responsive.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Acumen, not political fealty, must COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM, But much of our government’s expertise
define our civil service. Washington, DC, September 12, 2022. rests with civil servants. A system that sees
Mr. Speaker, I have so many groups Ms. CHERYL L. JOHNSON, more people enter and leave federal agencies
that have endorsed this bill and many, Clerk of the House of Representatives, with the political churn would be less knowl-
Washington, DC. edgeable and efficient. It would also elimi-
many Members that have, as well. nate one of the major appeals of federal jobs:
DEAR MS. JOHNSON: Below is a list of Mem-
Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD the understanding that there will be some
bers of Congress who would have cosponsored
a list of organizations that endorse H.R. 302 had they been able to be added prior measure of stability even when there are
H.R. 302. to the House Committee on Oversight and changes in administrations. If potential em-
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Reform discharging the bill: ployees feel like they could be fired with lit-
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM, Madeleine Dean (PA) tle cause or recourse, fewer capable people
Washington, DC, September 14, 2022. Brad Sherman (CA) will seek out these positions. That would
Ms. CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Rashida Tlaib (MI) only harm the wide range of government
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Quigley (IL) services on which Americans rely.
Washington, DC. David Trone (MD) Democrats have introduced legislation
DEAR MS. JOHNSON: Below is a list of orga- Jamie Raskin (MD) that would forestall such a possibility. The
nizations that have endorsed H.R. 302: Preventing a Patronage System Act, spon-
Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr. (GA)
1. American Federation of Government sored by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D–Va.),
Employees (AFGE). Rick Larsen (WA)
Norma J. Torres (CA) would block positions from being classified
2. National Treasury Employees Union outside the existing system unless Congress
(NTEU). Paul D. Tonko
Sincerely, consents to it. Mr. Connolly subsequently
3. The Partnership for Public Service. sponsored this as an amendment to the Na-
4. National Federation of Federal Employ- GERALD E. CONNOLLY,
Chairman, Sub- tional Defense Authorization Act, and it
ees (NFFE).
committee on Gov- passed the House last month. Six Democratic
5. International Federal of Professional
ernment Operations, senators, led by Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.), have
and Technical Engineers (IFPTE).
House Committee on introduced companion legislation that would
6. National Weather Service Employees Or-
Oversight and Re- do the same thing. These measures would up-
ganization (NWSEO).
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form. hold protections for federal workers and re-
7. Patent Office Professional Association
duce opportunities for patronage-based hir-
(POPA). Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I in-
8. United Power Trades Organization ing in the future.
clude in the RECORD two articles: an
(UPTO). Populist politicians point to the ‘‘deep
9. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in editorial in the Washington Post en- state’’ as the root of America’s ills. In fact,
Washington (CREW). dorsing this bill and delineating the what they cast as a threat—a professional,
10. International Marine Mammal Project issue, and an article in Newsweek merit-based, experienced civil service—is one
of Earth Island Institute. doing the same. of the country’s greatest assets.
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[From Newsweek, Sept. 13, 2022] January of 2021, would prevent a president lower gas prices is going to win over-
HOUSE BILL WOULD BLOCK TRUMP PLAN TO from placing employees under a new sched- whelmingly because this is one of the
MAKE IT EASIER TO FIRE FEDERAL WORKERS ule without the approval of Congress. biggest issues in America right now.
(By Alex J. Rouhandeh) In addition to Connolly, the bill has 16 co-
sponsors. Three are Republicans, including
Fast-forward to the administration.
The House will vote on a measure this The President comes in, and he says:
Representative Brian Fitzpatrick of Penn-
week that would ensure the job security of We are going to lower gas prices be-
sylvania, who served as Connelly’s original
thousands of federal employees who pre- cause we are going to issue more per-
partner on the effort.
viously faced uncertainty around their em- The passage of this bill could represent a
ployment security following an executive
mits and we are going to reduce the
significant victory for Connolly, as he looks barriers and roadblocks that the pre-
order issued by former President Donald to make a case for why he should fill the
Trump. vious administration put in to block
Democratic party’s top spot on the Oversight
Trump issued an order in October 2020, the the American energy companies. He or-
and Reform Committee once current chair
month before the presidential election, ders that. He has got a mandate from
Carolyn Maloney leaves Congress at the end
which established a new employment cat- the people on that issue.
of this year.
egory for federal workers called ‘‘Schedule If Republicans take control of the House, The bureaucrats then say: No. No. We
F.’’ Under this category, individuals working the Oversight Committee could become an are not going to issue more permits.
in jobs tied to ‘‘policy-determining, policy- avenue through which the party launches in-
making, or policy-advocating’’ would lose No. We are going to make it even hard-
vestigations into President Biden and his ad- er. You can’t frack and you can’t drill.
protections, including due process rights, ministration’s top officials, as Minority
which prevent them from being easily fired I don’t care what the American people
Leader Kevin McCarthy has expressed inter-
when a new administration takes office. est in doing. Connolly would stand at the
said at the voting box. I am Mr. Bu-
That order effectively eliminated civil reaucrat, and no, we are not going to
frontlines in opposing this agenda.
service employment protection for federal do it.
The Virginia Democrat has been a staunch
employees that had been in place for more That is why we need schedule F em-
critic of the Trump agenda and the former
than 135 years.
president’s role in altering the functioning of ployees because the unelected bureau-
While President Joe Biden revoked the
federal institutions. Connolly served as a crats are not accountable to the Amer-
order not long after entering the White
prominent voice during the 2020 election ican people. We have got a scenario
House, there is no law in place preventing a
when Democrats raised concerns regarding
future president from executing such an here in Washington, D.C. where the
Trump’s choice for Postmaster General
order again. unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats
And Trump has made it clear that if he is Louis Dejoy’s running of the United States
Postal Service. are calling the shots, regardless of the
reelected in 2024, he plans to do just that.
During a March rally, Trump told sup- In wake of a federal judge calling DeJoy’s will of the American people. That is
porters that if he were again to serve as actions a potential ‘‘politically motivated why we support President Trump’s pro-
president he would introduce ‘‘reforms mak- attack on the efficiency of the Postal Serv- posal for the schedule F employees.
ing every executive branch employee ice,’’ Connolly worked as an original cospon- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of
fireable,’’ subsequently justifying this action sor to help pass the bipartisan Postal Service my time.
by saying, ‘‘the deep state must and will be Reform Act of 2022. In the time since, Con-
nolly has continued to go after DeJoy, intro-
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New
brought to heel.’’ York. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to
‘‘(This would) allow a Trump to put polit- ducing legislation to stop him from replac-
ical people in those jobs,’’ Democratic Con- ing the postal fleet with gas-powered trucks the gentleman from Maryland (Mr.
gressman Gerry Connolly of Virginia, who instead of electric ones. HOYER), the distinguished majority
has introduced a bill to prevent this execu- He likens his work on the DeJoy appoint- leader of the House of Representatives.
tive order from being reintroduced, told ment to his current work on Schedule F. He
said both were issues that had not drawn b 1245
Newsweek.
Axios’ Jonathan Swan reported in July public attention. And, as with Schedule F, Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank
that if Trump were to retake office, he plans the DeJoy appointment sparked questions the gentlewoman for yielding.
to reintroduce the effort, putting an esti- regarding the politicization of federal gov- I rise in strong support of this and
mated 50,000 jobs at risk. ernment positions long viewed as apolitical.
‘‘A career civil servant, (former Post-
the other two bills that we will vote
Connolly explained the effect on decision-
master General) Meghan Brennan retires, on, the Oversight and Reform Com-
making in the federal government that
Schedule F would have. and she is replaced by a Republican political mittee bills that we are considering
‘‘All of a sudden now, because the people donor.’’ Connolly said. this week. Not only will they make
making decisions are avowedly political, ‘‘What we learned during the Trump years government more accountable to the
owing their allegiance not to the Constitu- was that so much of our democracy is based people it serves, they are also a testa-
tion but to the president who appointed on respecting the norms and precedent,’’ ment to the extraordinary work and
them, and they serve at his pleasure or her Connolly added. ‘‘When you get an individual
dedication to service of the commit-
pleasure.’’ he said. ‘‘They can also now look like Trump, who couldn’t care less about any
of that and is not going to respect it, you tee’s chairwoman, my friend, CAROLYN
at everything through a partisan political
lens, and that can affect services provided by now have to look at codifying into law be- MALONEY.
the federal government.’’ havior that previously was assumed, and She leaves Congress at the end of this
Connolly represents Virginia’s 11th Con- Schedule F, this patronage bill, is a good ex- year after an accomplishment of three
gressional District, an area near the Wash- ample of that.’’ decades in office. During that time, she
ington metro area, which houses a large Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- has been a champion, not only for New
number of federal employees. He said he self such time as I may consume to re- York, but for all those across the coun-
interacts with these people regularly, and try who cherish good government and
spond to what my friend, Mr. CON-
sees them largely as civil servants rather
than members of a ‘‘deep state’’ that must be NOLLY, just said. This schedule F has the causes of justice, opportunity, and
dismantled. been grossly mischaracterized by my equality for which she has worked so
‘‘This right-wing mythology that they’ve friends on the other side of the aisle. very, very hard.
created that there’s this deep state that is I want to relay a scenario. Let’s say, Few in the history of the Congress
attempting to thwart the political will of Mr. Speaker, that this year were a have worked on behalf of the con-
our elected political leadership is completely Presidential election year. Let’s say sumers in a more dedicated and effec-
false—there is zero evidence of that,’’ Con- that gas prices were an issue in the tive fashion than Chairwoman CAROLYN
nolly said. ‘‘It’s all a myth created in order
election. One Presidential candidate MALONEY.
to expand their partisan political power over
the civil service.’’ campaigns on: We are going to lower Today, she continues that service by
Under the Pendleton Civil Service Reform the price of gasoline at the pump sig- offering, on behalf of her committee,
Act of 1883, i became unlawful to fire or de- nificantly. We are going to lower it to these three bills. I make particular
mote employees for political reasons, ush- the price it was when President Trump mention of the bill authored by Chair-
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ering in today’s standard, in which positions was in office. The other Presidential man GERRY CONNOLLY of the Govern-
in the federal government are awarded based candidate campaigns, and says: No, we ment Operations Subcommittee, which
on merit rather than their political affili- has been strongly supported by Chair-
are going to convert everything to
ation. Today, the National Archives writes
that the act ‘‘applies to most of the 2.9 mil- electric vehicles, and everything is woman MALONEY and their colleagues
lion’’ federal jobs. going to be fine. and the committee’s majority.
Connelly’s proposed Preventing a Patron- I would say in that scenario the can- I, too, strongly support this effort,
age System Act, which he first introduced in didate who says they are going to which would protect the nonpartisan
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nature of our civil service by ensuring the Constitution says. The Supreme the swamp, and it is not just because it
that Presidents cannot simply fire Fed- Court said that is what it said. Not just is built on a swamp. It is called the
eral workers by reclassifying them as my friends; not just the people who swamp for a reason; because the Amer-
‘‘schedule F’’ employees. That is what like me; count everybody. ican people see the government as a
the previous President suggested. That And by the way, if you are going to place where they call swamp creatures;
is what his supporters are suggesting change the rules, tell the Congress, and they think they never leave.
now. tell us before it is too late for us to do In doing so, the Preventing a Patron-
And they are suggesting, not only anything about it. That is all this bill age System Act, this bill will formally
that, but they are going to put people says. This bill ought to be overwhelm- make it a Federal law in order to just
in place who want to follow their polit- ingly supported by both sides of the make that happen.
ical edicts, legal or not. They made it aisle. You see, we really need a system in
quite clear they want to eliminate Very frankly, if you have a deep place. We need to make sure that we
what they call the deep state. state, you would think you would want don’t pass Federal laws where people
The deep state is a cadre of profes- to make sure that the Congress is the cannot be fired. It should never be the
sionals dedicated to honoring the Con- one that sets the policies of who is case.
stitution, the laws of this country, and counted and not counted and how it is People should be fired if they are not
carrying out the policies of the Con- counted. doing a good job. People should be fired
gress and the President. President Lincoln famously described if they are not doing things effectively
By the way, it is the Congress that ours as a ‘‘government of the people, for the administration they work for.
makes policy, under the Constitution, by the people, and for the people.’’ The President of the United States
under Article I. It is the executive that These bills, like the work of Chair- should be able to fire whoever he or she
carries out policies. Now, Presidents of woman MALONEY, throughout her ca- wants.
both parties want to be policymakers reer in public service, will help us keep The Democrats want to pass this bill
also. I get that. It is a nonpartisan de- it that way. to empower Democrat operatives; peo-
I urge my colleagues on both sides of
sire of Presidents. ple that they have hired; people that
the aisle to support these bills.
But our Founders but, more impor- And in closing, once again, I con- they have put in their administration;
tantly, those who adopted the Civil gratulate CAROLYN MALONEY of New they want to make sure those Demo-
Service Reform Act and have made York for her dedicated, extraordinarily crat operatives are there to be able to
amendments subsequent to that, and a effective service to the people of New undermine the next Republican Presi-
majority of the Congress of the United York, people of her city, the people of dent of the United States. That should
States, both parties, thought that it this country. She has been an extraor- not be a Federal law.
was in the interest of citizens to have dinary Member of this institution and And as a businessowner, I am telling
a professional cadre of employees, not has made us better. you, it is so important to be able to
subject to political pressure, or whim, Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I appre- fire people in your company that aren’t
or edict, but subject to following the ciate the distinguished majority leader doing a good job. And it should be no
law and carrying out the policies of quoting the Constitution’s constitu- different for any President. The execu-
this country. tional role of Congress in making pol- tive branch must be able to have people
We must guard against a future icy. working there that can be terminated.
President taking that dangerous step I will remind my friend, the majority Everyone knows the movie ‘‘Pirates
of making them employees at will. leader, that it is Congress’ role to ap- of the Caribbean.’’ And on the ‘‘Black
Frankly, we have had a very stark ex- propriate money, not the President. Pearl’’—that is the second one—it has
ample of a President whose will was in- And that is why we should have over- pirates on the ship that become part of
consistent with American principles. sight hearings on the $300 billion stu- the ship walls. Effectively, that is what
We must not return to the kind of pa- dent loan bailout proposal that the H.R. 302 is doing.
tronage system that fueled corruption President unconstitutionally proposed. The Preventing a Patronage System
and partisanship before the civil serv- Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the Act will make employees in the execu-
ice reforms of the late 19th century. gentlewoman from Georgia (Mrs. tive branch just that, part of the build-
The other two bills authored by GREENE). ing walls, making it impossible to get
Chairwoman MALONEY are equally nec- Mrs. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speak- rid of them.
essary and beneficial to the American er, I rise in opposition of H.R. 302, Pre- So, for this reason, I oppose this bill,
people. The first would further protect venting a Patronage System Act. And and I urge my colleagues to vote
whistleblowers against retaliation; and the reason why I do so is that the against it.
the second would protect the non- executive branch needs to function in a Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New
partisan nature of the U.S. Census, pre- way that helps the administration, the York. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such
scribed by our Constitution, and so current President of the United States. time as I may consume.
vital to equal representation. President Trump had an executive I would like to respond to the gentle-
When we passed whistleblower legis- order to make a section called schedule woman who may not have been here
lation and protections, we did so be- F, where employees could be termi- when I made my previous remarks, be-
cause we wanted people to be able to nated. This is very important, and the cause I point out that this is not about
come forward and say the emperor has reason why I say so is I am also a making it hard to remove poor per-
no clothes. The policies being pursued businessowner. And it is very impor- formers. The Federal Government can
are being done inefficiently. The poli- tant for any businessowner, any CEO, and does remove poor performers where
cies being pursued are wasting money. anyone running a company, to be able appropriate. And there is a process for
The policies being pursued are illegal. to terminate people working under that.
That is why we protect whistle- them. According to data from the Office of
blowers, because it is in the interest of This is an important function of the Personnel Management, the Federal
our citizens, of our country, and our executive branch. Preventing a Patron- Government removed 10,687 employees
laws and, by the way, in the interest of age System Act takes that away. It in Fiscal Year 2021.
Congress, so that people can come for- makes it to where they can put people It is in the public’s best interest to
ward to those of us who make policy, into positions where you cannot fire ensure that the President cannot take
who appropriate money, to be told the them. That is wrong. This is not how action that would politicize the civil
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policies that you passed are not being the government should be working. It service and threaten the integrity of
followed, or the money you dedicated is shouldn’t be putting people in places, the work that we depend on civil serv-
not being spent in the way you unelected bureaucrats, into positions ants to perform every day.
purposed it. So these bills are criti- and jobs where they cannot be termi- One expert on Federal human re-
cally important. nated. Anyone should be fired. sources, Jeff Neal, has explained that
And by the way, the Constitution You see, there is a reason why the the tension that can exist between ca-
says, count everybody. That is what American people call Washington D.C. reer employees and political appointees
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usually reflects the ‘‘need to ensure tor are three times more likely to be President and his allies. The most sig-
that proposals are legal’’ and that terminated for poor performance than nificant threat to our Federal workers
‘‘statutory and regulatory require- are people in the Federal Government. came when the former President tried
ments, such as the Administrative Pro- That is because it is so restrictive and to use executive action to strip Federal
cedure Act, are met.’’ so difficult to go through the process. workers of their most basic protections
In other words, this tension is actu- In fact, when the discussion deals and replace our career civil servants
ally a sign that the system is working, with Federal employees that have been with political loyalists.
and procedures are being properly fol- on the job past the probationary pe- This rule would have made a huge
lowed. That is certainly not poor per- riod, the number of terminations drops number of Federal employees fireable
formance or cause for removal. to half of what was just spoken of. by any future President, overturning a
Schedule F would have improperly These are skewed numbers that are century-old system put in place by
targeted those who ensure legality, eq- being shared, but also a fraction of the Congress to prevent this politicization.
uity, and appropriate stewardship of over 2 million Federal employees and a Congress passed the Pendleton Act
taxpayer dollars. fraction in comparison to those who 139 years ago, through Democrats and
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the were terminated in the private sector. Republican Presidents all those years,
gentlewoman from the District of Co- We must be able to deal with poor to require civil servants to be politi-
lumbia (Ms. NORTON), a distinguished performers in the Federal Government, cally independent. We insist our public
member of the Committee on Oversight and our Democrat friends want to pro- servants be loyal to our country, not to
and Reform and a champion for work- tect them and make Federal bureau- our political leaders. We demand integ-
ers. crats a protected class. That is abso- rity, competence, and experience, not
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I thank lute insanity. It is bad for America. It partisanship and ideology.
my good friend for yielding to me. And is bad for the American people. Should schedule F ever be enacted,
I appreciate her correction of the prior Mr. Speaker, I again thank the gen- any future President could unilaterally
speaker on the other side who repeat- tleman for yielding to me. transform a whole government over-
edly said that Federal employees could Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New night in wildly destructive ways.
not be fired, ignoring the figures that York. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such The bill we are about to vote on will
the Chair had given of 10,000 employees time as I may consume to respond to prevent something like schedule F
fired last year. the gentleman’s statement. from ever becoming law. It would block
This is a civil service system. It is Schedule F was never about remov- any reclassifications of Federal em-
not a private system. It rules under the ing employees who were performing ployees to schedule F and prevent any
Constitution and under the rule of law. poorly. That was not the purpose. position in the competitive service
That is the difference between working There is already a procedure in place from being reclassified to an excepted
for the Federal Government and work- for that. service position.
ing for a private employer. It aimed to strip workplace protec- This bill is essential to keep Federal
I speak in strong support of the Pre- tions away from Federal employees so employees from being used as political
venting a Patronage System Act—note that anyone who didn’t adhere to an bargaining chips and protects the ca-
that word—Patronage System Act, of ideology aligned with the President, reers of thousands of civil servants and
which I am a cosponsor. the former President, could be easily their families, along with the legit-
This bill would prevent a future replaced with someone who did. imacy of the institutions under which
President from reimposing the sched- That is a violation of the impar- they serve.
ule F scheme that would move tens of tiality with which the civil service is Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3
thousands of career employees into po- meant to operate. It is supposed to be minutes to the gentleman from Texas
sitions that would essentially be a new an independent, merit-based system (Mr. ROY).
form of political appointment. The not tied to ideology. Mr. ROY. Mr. Speaker, I listened to
nonpartisan, apolitical civil service If changes that consequential are to my colleagues talking about the
system is critically important to how be made to the civil service, they politicization of how we deal with Fed-
our government functions. shouldn’t happen without the approval eral employees. The fact is, the bu-
President Trump attempted to— of Congress. That is what this bill does. reaucracy has never been more politi-
former President Trump attempted to This bill preserves Congress’ authority cized than it is today.
illegally create this new class of Fed- in civil service policy. People can’t This bill is the Federal bureaucrat
eral employees, in contravention of the come in willy-nilly and change the sys- protection act. That is what this is.
Constitution and, more specifically, tem and make it a partisan system Let’s be a hundred percent clear. This
these employees’ rights. overnight. is about leftists in this body wanting
If implemented, schedule F would to protect the entrenched leftists in
b 1300 have placed Federal employees’ careers the bureaucracy, undermining the will
We need to encourage the best to join in the hands of political appointees of the American people every single
the Federal Government, and this type who could fire them for presenting day. That is what it is about.
of ploy by the prior administration data, evidence, or views that con- We don’t want to allow the people
would hinder that effort; instead, al- tradict the political whims of an ad- who are running the agencies to go in
lowing an administration to engage in ministration. and fire people who are either not
a patronage system. The government Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the doing their job, completely violating
needs experts, not political cronies. gentleman from the great State of Vir- their ethics at the desk, or, frankly,
I appreciate Congressman CONNOLLY ginia (Mr. BEYER), the distinguished are going right against the law or the
for introducing this important bill, and chairman of the Joint Economic Com- will of the American people.
I am pleased to be able to speak in sup- mittee. Look no further than the Depart-
port of it. Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise ment of Homeland Security, which is
Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 today in support of H.R. 302, sponsored turning a blind eye to our border. Look
minute to the gentleman from Georgia by my friend and colleague from Vir- no further than an FBI that is tar-
(Mr. HICE), the ranking member of the ginia. geting parents for daring to challenge
Subcommittee on Government Oper- Three out of four of my grandparents school boards. That is what your Fed-
ations. were career Federal servants. I rep- eral bureaucracy is doing.
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Mr. HICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I resent more Federal employees than All of these charges being levied, say-
thank Mr. COMER for yielding time. any Member of Congress. I have a deep ing, oh, this is about hate, going after
The numbers that were just shared appreciation for the vital work our Federal employees—I am a former Fed-
are out of 2.1 million Federal employ- civil service does to keep our Federal eral prosecutor and worked with the
ees, and the figure is accurate. Some Government functioning. Department of Justice. My father
10,000 were terminated in 2021, but this Our Federal employees have endured worked in the Federal Government for
is a fraction. People in the private sec- attack after attack from our former 20 years right here. But I know why the
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gentleman, my friend, Mr. BEYER, was best of the best that have been working I also represent taxpayers, a lot of
here: Because the richest counties in there and understand what the system them, and they want their money to be
America are right here in Fairfax, is all about. spent for good government. They want
Loudoun County, Montgomery County, Every new person who comes in the people working in the government
feeding right off of the back of the would like to bring in people to support to be impartial and dedicated to doing
beast that is the Federal Government, his or her political philosophy. I sup- the best job possible without political
the bureaucrats that are stepping over port your having people to work with influence. That is exactly what this
the will of the American people. you, but I don’t support destroying a bill we are talking about today is
If we dare put forward legislation, system that allows us to have the in- about.
like I have, to say that those bureau- stitutional knowledge to keep the gov- Schedule F, as I repeat, was never
crats should be able to be fired at ernment functioning efficaciously. about removing employees who were
will—for example, how about the HUD This patronage system that has de- performing poorly. We have a whole
employee caught using his work email veloped under F has been a failure, and system to do that. We removed over
for private business deals, the postal it is little more than fatuous folly that 10,000 last year. This is about pro-
employee arrested for bringing cocaine will prove to be harmful to this coun- tecting employees who are doing a
into the workplace, and the EPA em- try. good job from political influence.
ployee who spent years viewing pornog- Mr. Speaker, I support H.R. 302, and I I reiterate the crucial role of the peo-
raphy for 2 to 6 hours a workday? beg that my colleagues would do so, as ple who make up the professional and
The fact is, only 25 percent of Federal well. nonpolitical civil service in delivering
supervisors felt they could successfully Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- government services to our constitu-
remove an employee, while 78 percent self the balance of my time. ents, protecting our democracy, and
reported that previous efforts to re- The U.S. House of Representatives carrying out agency missions across
move an employee had no effect. Only needs to concentrate its energy on the Federal Government.
3 percent of whistleblower complaints helping Americans survive economic Injecting undue political influence
are substantiated. Mr. Speaker, 175 of turmoil and defending our borders and into that system, as schedule F would
16,000 discrimination complaints were national security. have done, would be disastrous for the
substantiated in 2019. I once again urge House Democrats merit system we have in place.
My colleagues on the other side of to get back to what the American peo- b 1315
the aisle want to preserve an en- ple elected us to do: conduct oversight
When we pass this bill today, we are
trenched bureaucracy to step over the over the Federal Government and the
making sure that no President of ei-
will of the people so that this town can Biden administration, which is on a
ther party, Democrat or Republican,
decide the well-being of the American path to destroy America.
We need to hold hearings, conduct can ever unilaterally take such de-
people. That is what it is about.
oversight, and pass legislation affect- structive action in the future.
It is about power. It is about the en- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues on
trenchment of power among bureau- ing the crises that every American is
both sides of the aisle to support a
crats. My colleagues know it, and that facing today. That is our constitu-
merit system, to support the civil serv-
is why they are trying to advance this tional responsibility. But instead,
ice system that has served us so well,
legislation. today, we are once again spending val-
to vote to keep politics out of the civil
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New uable resources and time on divisive
service system, and to support the im-
York. Mr. Speaker, I refer to my prior political messaging legislation.
portant underlying bill.
statements and reiterate that schedule I think if any American was watch- I congratulate my colleague and very
F was never about removing employees ing this committee hearing today, they good friend, Mr. CONNOLLY, on his ex-
who are performing poorly. There is a would share the frustration of those of cellent work on this bill. It is bipar-
whole process to do that. us on this side of the aisle who are try- tisan. We have three Republicans. But
This is about protecting the integrity ing to drain the swamp, who are trying I hope that we will pick up more, be-
of a merit-based system, so people are to hold unelectable, unaccountable cause this is about voting for freedom,
not retaliated against and fired be- Federal bureaucrats who refuse to do democracy, independence, good govern-
cause they are not doing what some- their jobs accountable. That is part of ment, you name it.
body is dictating them to do. the job of Congress. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues on
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the This bureaucracy gets bigger every both sides of the aisle to support this
gentleman from Texas (Mr. GREEN), the Congress. I have noticed, with the ex- important bill, and I yield back the
distinguished Representative and ception of one speaker, all the speakers balance of my time.
chairman of the Subcommittee on on the other side of the aisle who spoke The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.
Oversight and Investigations of the Fi- in favor of this bill represent the Wash- CUELLAR). All time for debate has ex-
nancial Services Committee. ington, D.C. Federal bureaucracy work- pired.
Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I force. The further amendment printed in
thank the gentlewoman for yielding The majority of Congress, we rep- part A of House Report 117–464 may be
time, and I say to the gentlewoman resent America, and America wants to offered only by the Member designated
that it has been a preeminent privilege hold poor-performing government em- in the report, shall be in order without
to serve with her for lo these many ployees, bureaucrats, who are paid with intervention of any point of order,
years; indeed, superlative pleasure. I their hard-earned tax dollars, account- shall be considered as read, shall be de-
miss you already. Thank you for what able. That is why the Republicans op- batable for the time specified in the re-
you are doing. pose this legislation, and I urge all of port equally divided and controlled by
I am grateful to my colleague, Chair- my colleagues on the other side of the the proponent and an opponent, and
man CONNOLLY. I see this as another aisle to do the same. shall not be subject to a demand for di-
example of his legislative brilliance: to Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance vision of the question.
make a decision that will allow people of my time. AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. HICE OF
to succeed on their merits or fail on Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New
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their demerits, to take the political pa- York. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now
tronage out of the civil service system. balance of my time, and I will respond in order to consider amendment No. 1
The civil service system functions ef- to my very good friend, who I have tre- printed in part A of House Report 117–
ficaciously across the length and mendous respect for. 464.
breadth of this country. Police depart- I do not represent the Washington Mr. HICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I
ments and fire departments across the workforce. I represent New York City. have an amendment at the desk.
country that have civil servants pro- I represent the private sector, the pri- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
vide the institutional knowledge. They vate-sector capital of the world, New Clerk will designate the amendment.
have the expertise. Mr. Speaker, you York City, Manhattan. That is who I The text of the amendment is as fol-
don’t want to just throw out all the represent. lows:
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Page 3, line 14, strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert structive policy like schedule F in the not slanders, launched against Federal
the following: ‘‘, subject to the terms and future without the approval of Con- employees in general on the floor today
conditions under part 6 of such title as in ef- gress. would come as news, unwelcome news,
fect on such date; or’’. The amendment would do the exact
Page 3, strike lines 15 and 16 and insert the
to the almost quarter of a million Fed-
following:
opposite. It opens the door for an ad- eral employees in Kentucky, Georgia,
(2) in schedule F of the excepted service as ministration to implement the revoked and Texas. Almost 10 percent of the en-
in effect on December 31, 2020, pursuant to schedule F executive order and dan- tire Federal workforce live in those
Executive Order 13957 (85 Fed. Reg. 67631; re- gerously politicize the Federal work- three States.
lating to creating schedule F in the excepted force. The amendment just offered is a di-
service). For all the reasons this was bad pol- rect assault on our Federal workforce
Page 3, line 20, before the period, insert ‘‘or icy in 2020, it remains bad policy today. and would completely gut the bill in
(a)(2)’’. Schedule F evaded congressional front of us. It grew from the Trump ad-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- oversight in an attempt to make the ministration’s efforts to turn our ex-
ant to House Resolution 1339, the gen- civil service an instrument of partisan pert civil service into a collection of
tleman from Georgia (Mr. HICE) and a politics rather than the nonpartisan cronies. This amendment invites the
Member opposed each will control 5 professional, independent workforce crony clown car into the Federal Gov-
minutes. that Congress intended it to be. ernment.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman Schedule F would replace a profes- My concern is not hypothetical. In
from Georgia. sional system with a patronage system, September of 2019, then-President
Mr. HICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I discouraging civil service employees Trump circled areas of Alabama with a
yield myself such time as I may con- from providing impartial advice based Sharpie that he claimed were dan-
sume. on the facts or reporting waste, fraud, gerously in the path of a hurricane,
Let me begin by stating clearly that and abuse. Hurricane Dorian. That prognostica-
I oppose the underlying bill here. Some Reviving this attack on Federal em- tion was contrary to what expert civil
of my Democratic colleagues claim ployees also makes it harder to retain servants, not swamp creatures, at the
that there is no such thing as a deep and hire qualified employees, which National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
state, that there are no problems that further erodes the ability of the agen- ministration found. Luckily, the civil
we have within our Federal employee cies to carry out their mission. servants in NOAA’s Birmingham, Ala-
system. But there are genuine, valid I strongly oppose this amendment,
bama, office tweeted out Mr. Trump’s
concerns. and I urge Members on both sides of
error.
Take, for example, a Washington the aisle to vote ‘‘no.’’ While ‘‘#Sharpiegate’’ made a funny
Post story titled: ‘‘Resistance from Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of
hashtag on Twitter, the aftermath
within: Federal workers push back my time.
Mr. HICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I could have been catastrophic and cost
against Trump.’’ In that article: ‘‘Fed- lives.
eral workers are in regular consulta- yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
What if FEMA deployed in the wrong
tion with recently departed Obama-era Kentucky (Mr. COMER), the ranking
region? What if millions of taxpayer
political appointees about what they member of the Committee on Oversight
dollars had been wasted, sending Fed-
can do to push back against the new and Reform,
Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I thank eral help where it was not needed?
President’s initiatives.’’ What if families in the storm’s path
We have a problem, and it is a prob- the gentleman for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this were left stranded because our Federal
lem that bureaucrats do not do their workforce kowtowed to the permanent
commonsense amendment offered by
jobs in fulfilling the will of a duly- marker whims of the then-President.
my friend, Representative HICE.
elected President and the will of the President Trump took needed steps I am not the only one sounding this
American people. Instead, over and to ensure civil servants serve the alarm. Thirty-four professional asso-
over, as time has shown it, they resist American people, not their own inter- ciations, good government organiza-
the will of the President. ests. One of President Biden’s first ac- tions, think tanks, and nonprofits,
This whole title here of H.R. 302, tions was to undo these needed re- have endorsed this bill.
‘‘Preventing a Patronage System Act,’’ forms. From the International Federation of
a patronage system is designed to get Representative CONNOLLY introduced Professional and Technical Engineers,
people in the front door. That is not this bill, even before President Biden hardly a politicized group:
even what we are talking about. We are was sworn in, to overturn President The impact of schedule F and any similar
talking about people who are already Trump’s action and to prevent any fu- effort to inject political patronage, cro-
in the door who are not doing their job. ture President from reinstating them. nyism, and corruption into the Federal Gov-
For crying out loud, it is the back door ernment would not only be felt by Federal
Obviously, the Biden administration
that needs to be dealt with, when you employees; it would harm working people,
has a radically different view of the our economy, the public interest, and the le-
have poor performers, people who are Federal workforce than President gitimacy of our democracy.
not doing their job. Trump did, one that House Republicans
President Trump dealt with this by From the National Association of
strongly disagree with.
instituting schedule F, giving him the United States Attorneys:
This amendment would simply en-
authority to do away with policy- If a President can unilaterally reclassify
sure that a future President could rein-
makers who refused to do their job. employees and strip them of their protec-
state a policy similar to schedule F to tions, there is no longer a safeguard against
That is something that is desperately allow for more accountability within political interference. This is not the system
needed, and that is what is at stake. It the career civil service. We should not of justice our Nation should support.
is that issue that my amendment ad- tie the hands of a future duly-elected From the National Federation of
dresses. President to implement the clear man- Federal Employees:
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of dates of the American people.
my time. Political operatives or ordinary criminals
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New will be able to threaten the careers of Fed-
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to eral workers with impunity, jeopardizing the
York. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. CON- collective mission of the United States. This
to the amendment offered by my good NOLLY), the chairman of the Sub- includes employees in Federal law enforce-
friend, Representative HICE. committee on Government Operations, ment, national security, and national de-
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- and the sponsor and author of this bill, fense, among others.
tlewoman from New York is recognized H.R. 302. Hardly swamp creatures.
for 5 minutes. Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I From the Nonpartisan Partnership
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New thank my friend, the chairwoman of for Public Service:
York. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 302 preserves the committee, for yielding. Endangering the skilled employees at the
congressional authority to make sure I must say, the innuendos, the nega- core of our government would not only fur-
that no President can establish a de- tive characterization, the smears, if ther erode the critically low levels of trust
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in government but would harm the delivery [Roll No. 431] Garamendi Lowenthal Ryan (NY)
of crucial services to the American people, Garcı́a (IL) Luria Ryan (OH)
YEAS—204 Garcia (TX) Lynch Sánchez
especially in a pandemic.
Aderholt Gibbs Moolenaar Golden Malinowski Sarbanes
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Allen Gimenez Mooney Gomez Maloney, Scanlon
Amodei Gohmert Gonzalez (OH) Carolyn B. Schakowsky
time of the gentlewoman from New Moore (AL)
Gonzalez, Maloney, Sean
Armstrong Gonzales, Tony Moore (UT) Schiff
York has expired. Arrington Good (VA) Vicente Manning Schneider
Mullin
Mr. HICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I Babin Gooden (TX) Gottheimer Matsui Schrader
Murphy (NC)
Baird Gosar Green, Al (TX) McBath Schrier
yield myself the balance of my time. Nehls
Grijalva McCollum
Balderson Granger Newhouse Scott (VA)
I respect greatly the gentleman from Banks Graves (LA) Harder (CA) McEachin
Norman Scott, David
Barr Graves (MO) Hayes McGovern
Virginia and enjoy working with him, Obernolte Higgins (NY) McKinley
Sewell
Bentz Green (TN) Sherman
but his characterization that we are at- Bergman Greene (GA)
Owens Himes McNerney
Palazzo Sherrill
tacking Federal employees is just not Bice (OK) Griffith Horsford Meeks
Sires
Palmer Houlahan Meng
true. Biggs Grothman
Pence Slotkin
Bilirakis Guest Hoyer Mfume
There are millions of great Federal Perry Huffman Moore (WI) Smith (WA)
Bishop (NC) Guthrie
Pfluger Jackson Lee Morelle Soto
employees, and those who are doing Boebert Harris
Spanberger
Bost Harshbarger Posey Jacobs (CA) Moulton
their job have absolutely nothing to Reschenthaler Jayapal Mrvan Speier
Brady Hartzler
worry about. That is not what we are Brooks Hern Rice (SC) Jeffries Murphy (FL) Stansbury
addressing here. We are addressing Buchanan Herrell Rodgers (WA) Johnson (GA) Nadler Stanton
Rogers (AL) Johnson (TX) Napolitano Stevens
those who refuse to do their job. Buck Herrera Beutler
Bucshon Hice (GA) Rogers (KY) Jones Neal Strickland
There needs to be a means of dealing Burchett Higgins (LA) Rose Kahele Neguse Suozzi
with those—especially in this schedule Burgess Hill Rosendale Kaptur Newman Swalwell
Calvert Hinson Rouzer Katko Norcross Takano
F that President Trump put in place— Roy Keating Ocasio-Cortez
Cammack Hollingsworth Thompson (CA)
those who are responsible for policy- Carey Hudson Rutherford Kelly (IL) Omar Thompson (MS)
making, to do the will of the elected Carl Huizenga Salazar Khanna Pallone Titus
President of the United States. My Carter (GA) Issa Scalise Kildee Panetta Tlaib
Carter (TX) Jackson Schweikert Kilmer Pappas Tonko
Democrat colleagues are trying to pro- Scott, Austin Kim (NJ) Pascrell
Cawthorn Jacobs (NY) Torres (CA)
tect those individuals and enable them, Chabot Johnson (LA) Sempolinski Kind Payne
Torres (NY)
give them the right to continue to Cline Johnson (OH) Sessions Kinzinger Peltola
Trahan
Cloud Johnson (SD) Simpson Kirkpatrick Perlmutter
force their will upon the American peo- Krishnamoorthi Peters
Trone
Clyde Jordan Smith (MO) Underwood
ple rather than the will of the Amer- Cole Joyce (OH) Smith (NE) Kuster Phillips
Vargas
ican people as expressed through the Comer Joyce (PA) Smith (NJ)
Lamb Pingree
Veasey
duly-elected President, whomever that Conway Keller Langevin Pocan
Smucker Velázquez
Crawford Kelly (MS) Larsen (WA) Porter
may be. This is absolutely wrong and Spartz Wasserman
Crenshaw Kelly (PA) Larson (CT) Pressley
Stauber Schultz
beyond my comprehension. Curtis Kim (CA) Steel
Lawrence Price (NC)
Lawson (FL) Quigley Waters
Even Federal employees themselves, Davidson Kustoff Stefanik Lee (CA) Raskin Watson Coleman
Davis, Rodney LaHood Steil
year after year after year, talk about DesJarlais LaMalfa Lee (NV) Rice (NY) Welch
Steube Wexton
how difficult it is to get rid of poor per- Diaz-Balart Lamborn Stewart
Leger Fernandez Ross
Levin (CA) Roybal-Allard Wild
formers in the Federal workforce. Here Donalds Latta Taylor Williams (GA)
Duncan LaTurner Levin (MI) Ruiz
we are trying to protect them rather Tenney Lieu Ruppersberger Wilson (FL)
Dunn Lesko
than have the ability to deal with and Thompson (PA) Lofgren Rush Yarmuth
Ellzey Letlow
Tiffany
terminate poor performers and, specifi- Emmer Long
Timmons NOT VOTING—2
cally with schedule F, those who are Estes Loudermilk
Turner Budd O’Halleran
Fallon Lucas
responsible, regardless of the adminis- Feenstra Luetkemeyer Upton
tration, to perform the will of that ad- Ferguson Mace Valadao b 1416
Van Drew
ministration. Finstad Malliotakis
Van Duyne Mses. SPEIER, MCCOLLUM, Mr.
Fischbach Mann
My amendment addresses these Fitzgerald Massie Wagner THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms.
issues. I strongly urge my colleagues Fleischmann Mast Walberg SHERRILL, Mr. COURTNEY, Mrs.
Flood McCarthy Waltz
on both sides of the aisle to support Weber (TX) CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. CAS-
Flores McCaul
this amendment, and I yield back the Foxx McClain Webster (FL) TRO of Texas, Ms. CLARK of Massa-
balance of my time. Franklin, C. McClintock Wenstrup chusetts, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Geor-
Scott McHenry Westerman gia, Mses. TLAIB, STEVENS, Messrs.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Williams (TX)
Fulcher Meijer
ant to House Resolution 1339, the pre- Gaetz Meuser Wilson (SC) VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, YAR-
vious question is ordered on the Gallagher Miller (IL) Wittman MUTH, NADLER, ESPAILLAT, LAR-
amendment offered by the gentleman Garbarino Miller (WV) Womack SON of Connecticut, LAWSON of Flor-
Garcia (CA) Miller-Meeks Zeldin ida, EVANS, SEAN PATRICK MALO-
from Georgia (Mr. HICE).
The question is on the amendment. NAYS—226 NEY of New York, AGUILAR, BROWN
Adams Carbajal Crow
of Maryland, KAHELE, Mrs. LAW-
The question was taken; and the
Aguilar Cárdenas Cuellar RENCE, Ms. WILD, and Mr. HIMES
Speaker pro tempore announced that Allred Carson Davids (KS) changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to
the noes appeared to have it. Auchincloss Carter (LA) Davis, Danny K. ‘‘nay.’’
Mr. HICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, on Axne Cartwright Dean
Bacon Case DeFazio So the amendment was rejected.
that I demand the yeas and nays. Barragán Casten DeGette The result of the vote was announced
The yeas and nays were ordered. Bass Castor (FL) DeLauro as above recorded.
Beatty Castro (TX) DelBene
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bera Cheney Demings MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
ant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- Beyer Cherfilus- DeSaulnier RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
minute vote on the amendment offered Bishop (GA) McCormick Deutch Baird (Bucshon) Conway Lawson (FL)
Blumenauer Chu Dingell Barragán (Beyer) (Valadao) (Evans)
by the gentleman from Georgia will be Blunt Rochester Cicilline Doggett Bass (Correa) DeSaulnier McCaul (Van
followed by 5-minute votes on: Bonamici Clark (MA) Doyle, Michael
Brooks (Beyer) Duyne)
Bourdeaux Clarke (NY) F.
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Motion to recommit, if offered; and Bowman Cleaver Escobar
(Fleischmann) Dingell (Kuster) McEachin
Bush (Bowman) Fallon (Nehls) (Beyer)
Passage of H.R. 302, if ordered. Boyle, Brendan Clyburn Eshoo Johnson (TX) Moore (WI)
F. Cohen Espaillat Carter (GA)
Members will record their vote by (Mace) (Jeffries) (Beyer)
Brown (MD) Connolly Evans Jones (Beyer) Newman (Beyer)
electronic device. Brown (OH) Cooper Fitzpatrick Cawthorn
Khanna (Jeffries) Norman
Brownley Correa Fletcher (Boebert)
The vote was taken by electronic de- Cleaver (Davids
Kilmer (Jeffries) (Duncan)
Bush Costa Foster Kirkpatrick Palazzo
vice, and there were—yeas 204, nays Bustos Courtney Frankel, Lois (KS)) (Pallone) (Fleischmann)
226, not voting 2, as follows: Butterfield Craig Gallego
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Pingree (Kuster) Sánchez (Ruiz) Stansbury Scott, David Suozzi Veasey MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Rice (NY) Schiff (Deutch) (Pallone) Sewell Swalwell Velázquez RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
(Deutch) Scott (VA) Swalwell Sherman Takano Wasserman
Rush (Bowman) (Beyer) Sherrill Thompson (CA) Baird (Bucshon) Fallon (Nehls) Palazzo
(Correa) Schultz
Ryan (OH) Scott, Austin Sires Thompson (MS) Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) (Fleischmann)
Wexton (Beyer) Waters
(Correa) (Cammack) Slotkin Titus Bass (Correa) (Jeffries) Pingree (Kuster)
Watson Coleman Brooks Jones (Beyer) Rice (NY)
Smith (WA) Tlaib Welch
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Soto Tonko (Fleischmann) Khanna (Jeffries) (Deutch)
Wexton Bush (Bowman) Kilmer (Jeffries) Rush (Bowman)
JACKSON LEE). The previous question is Spanberger Torres (CA)
Wild
Speier Torres (NY) Carter (GA) Kirkpatrick Ryan (OH)
ordered on the bill, as amended. Williams (GA) (Mace) (Pallone) (Correa)
Stansbury Trahan
The question is on the engrossment Stanton Trone
Wilson (FL) Cawthorn Lawson (FL) Sánchez (Ruiz)
and third reading of the bill. Stevens Underwood Yarmuth (Boebert) (Evans) Schiff (Deutch)
Strickland Vargas Cleaver (Davids McCaul (Van Scott (VA)
The bill was ordered to be engrossed (KS)) Duyne) (Beyer)
and read a third time, and was read the NAYS—204 Conway McEachin Scott, Austin
third time. Aderholt Gibbs Moolenaar
(Valadao) (Beyer) (Cammack)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Allen Cuellar (Garcia Moore (WI) Stansbury
Gimenez Mooney
Amodei (TX)) (Beyer) (Pallone)
question is on passage of the bill. Gohmert Moore (AL)
Armstrong DeSaulnier Newman (Beyer) Swalwell
Gonzales, Tony Moore (UT)
The question was taken; and the Arrington Good (VA)
(Beyer) Norman (Correa)
Mullin Dingell (Kuster) (Duncan) Wexton (Beyer)
Speaker pro tempore announced that Babin Gooden (TX) Murphy (NC)
the ayes appeared to have it. Baird Gosar Nehls f
Balderson Granger
Mr. HICE of Georgia. Madam Speak- Banks Graves (LA)
Newhouse
CELEBRATING THE CONGRES-
er, on that I demand the yeas and nays. Norman
Barr Graves (MO) Obernolte SIONAL WOMEN’S SOFTBALL
The yeas and nays were ordered. Bentz Green (TN) Owens TEAM VICTORY
This will be a 5-minute vote. Bergman Greene (GA)
Palazzo
Bice (OK) Griffith
Palmer (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked
The vote was taken by electronic de- Biggs Grothman
Pence and was given permission to address
vice, and there were—yeas 225, nays Bilirakis Guest
Bishop (NC) Guthrie
Perry the House for 1 minute.)
204, not voting 3, as follows: Pfluger
Boebert Harris Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ.
[Roll No. 432] Posey
Bost Harshbarger
Reschenthaler
Madam Speaker, it is my great pleas-
YEAS—225 Brady Hartzler
Brooks Hern Rice (SC) ure to announce to our colleagues in
Adams Doyle, Michael Lowenthal
Buchanan Herrell Rodgers (WA) the United States House of Representa-
Aguilar F. Luria Rogers (AL)
Escobar Lynch
Buck Herrera Beutler tives that the Congressional Women’s
Allred Bucshon Hice (GA) Rogers (KY)
Auchincloss Eshoo Malinowski Rose
Softball Team last night snapped a 7-
Burchett Higgins (LA)
Axne Espaillat Maloney,
Burgess Hill Rosendale year dry spell and beat the press team,
Bacon Evans Carolyn B. Rouzer the Bad News Babes, 6–5. I am surprised
Calvert Hinson
Barragán Fitzpatrick Maloney, Sean Roy
Fletcher Manning
Cammack Hollingsworth that they are not here to participate in
Bass Carey Hudson Rutherford
Beatty Foster Matsui
Carl Huizenga Salazar
this exuberance.
Bera Frankel, Lois McBath
Carter (GA) Issa Scalise It has been 7 long years in the wilder-
Beyer Gallego McCollum Schweikert ness, and we are so proud to stand be-
Carter (TX) Jackson
Bishop (GA) Garamendi McEachin Scott, Austin
Cawthorn Jacobs (NY) fore you and tell you a couple of impor-
Blumenauer Garcı́a (IL) McGovern
Chabot Johnson (LA) Sempolinski
Blunt Rochester Garcia (TX) McKinley
Cline Johnson (OH) Sessions
tant things. One is that our greatest
Bonamici Golden McNerney source of pride is that this team is bi-
Cloud Johnson (SD) Simpson
Gomez Meeks
Bourdeaux
Gonzalez (OH) Meng
Clyde Jordan Smith (MO) partisan.
Bowman Cole Joyce (OH) Smith (NE)
Gonzalez, Mfume Madam Speaker, the greatest source
Boyle, Brendan Comer Joyce (PA) Smith (NJ)
F. Vicente Moore (WI)
Conway Keller Smucker
of pride for us as a team is that this
Brown (MD) Gottheimer Morelle team is bipartisan. Ever since our in-
Crawford Kelly (MS) Spartz
Brown (OH) Green, Al (TX) Moulton
Crenshaw Kelly (PA) Stauber ception in 2009, the Congressional
Grijalva Mrvan
Brownley Curtis Kim (CA) Steel
Bush
Harder (CA) Murphy (FL)
Davidson Kustoff
Women’s Softball Team has played
Hayes Nadler Stefanik
Bustos Davis, Rodney LaHood Steil
across the aisle, in both Houses, and
Higgins (NY) Napolitano
Butterfield
Himes Neal
DesJarlais LaMalfa Steube really tried to set an example every
Carbajal Diaz-Balart Lamborn Stewart day of how we can come together, leave
Horsford Neguse
Cárdenas Donalds Latta Taylor
Carson
Houlahan Newman
Duncan LaTurner our differences off the field, and make
Hoyer Norcross Tenney
Carter (LA) Dunn Lesko
Thompson (PA)
sure that we can come together for a
Huffman Ocasio-Cortez
Cartwright Ellzey Letlow common purpose, and that is fighting
Jackson Lee Omar Tiffany
Case Emmer Long
Jacobs (CA) Pallone
Estes Loudermilk
Timmons breast cancer and making sure that we
Casten Turner
Jayapal Panetta can raise awareness about breast can-
Castor (FL) Fallon Lucas
Jeffries Pappas Upton
Castro (TX) Johnson (GA) Pascrell
Feenstra Luetkemeyer
Valadao
cer in young women; and, also, to make
Cherfilus- Ferguson Mace sure that we can demonstrate that
Johnson (TX) Payne Van Drew
McCormick Finstad Malliotakis
Chu
Jones Peltola
Fischbach Mann Van Duyne coming together can help build rela-
Kahele Perlmutter Wagner tionships and foster collaboration once
Cicilline Fitzgerald Massie
Kaptur Peters Walberg
Clark (MA) Fleischmann Mast we leave the field and the game is over.
Katko Phillips Waltz
Clarke (NY) Flood McCarthy
Keating Pingree
Flores McCaul Weber (TX) Most importantly, I am so proud to
Cleaver
Clyburn
Kelly (IL) Pocan
Foxx McClain Webster (FL) tell you that our charity, the Young
Khanna Porter Wenstrup
Cohen Kildee Pressley
Franklin, C. McClintock Survival Coalition, which is a young
Scott McHenry Westerman
Connolly Kilmer Price (NC) Williams (TX)
women’s breast cancer organization
Cooper Fulcher Meijer
Kim (NJ) Quigley
Gaetz Meuser Wilson (SC) that helps young women deal with the
Correa Kind Raskin
Costa Gallagher Miller (IL) Wittman unique challenges that we face when
Kinzinger Rice (NY) Womack
Courtney Kirkpatrick Ross
Garbarino Miller (WV) diagnosed with breast cancer, we have
Garcia (CA) Miller-Meeks Zeldin
Craig Krishnamoorthi Roybal-Allard raised, in the last 14 years, $2.6 million
Crow Kuster Ruiz NOT VOTING—3 for the Young Survival Coalition and,
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Cuellar Lamb Ruppersberger
Davids (KS) Langevin Rush
Budd Cheney O’Halleran last night, raised a record, more than
Davis, Danny K. Larsen (WA) Ryan (NY) $530,000 for YSC.
Dean Larson (CT) Ryan (OH)
b 1428 Very briefly, because I know we are
DeFazio Lawrence Sánchez Ms. BUSH and Mr. RUSH changed all in a hurry, without the leadership
DeGette Lawson (FL) Sarbanes
DeLauro Lee (CA) Scanlon
their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ and dedication of our board of direc-
DelBene Lee (NV) Schakowsky So the bill was passed. tors, led by Atalie Ebersole, who is our
Demings Leger Fernandez Schiff The result of the vote was announced intrepid committee chair, year in year
DeSaulnier Levin (CA) Schneider
Deutch
as above recorded. and out, she just does an amazing job
Levin (MI) Schrader
Dingell Lieu Schrier A motion to reconsider was laid on with the whole organizing committee,
Doggett Lofgren Scott (VA) the table. and also—I am annoying. I am going to
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