Congressional Record, September 15, 2022 — House

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Pages H7862 and H7863 of the Congressional Record, House, September 15, 2022 begin with the end of a recorded vote (Nays, 203) and the announcement that the bill was passed. In the Legislative Program colloquy, Scalise asks Hoyer, the majority leader of the House, about the schedule for next week. Hoyer says the House will consider bipartisan legislation to provide relief to borrowers with student loans, may consider a continuing resolution because government funding goes out of authorization at midnight on September 30, and may consider legislation to reform the Electoral Count Act. Hoyer says the average OECD nation has a 10.2 percent inflation rate, compared with 8.3 percent for the United States. One-minute remarks by LaMalfa and by Jacobs of New York follow.

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H7862 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 15, 2022
Carter (LA) Jeffries Peters Herrell Mast Scalise b 1545
Cartwright Johnson (GA) Phillips Herrera Beutler McCarthy Schweikert
Case Johnson (TX) Pingree Hice (GA) McCaul Scott, Austin LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
Casten Jones Pocan Higgins (LA) McClain Sempolinski
Castor (FL) Kahele Porter Hill McClintock Sessions (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given
Castro (TX) Kaptur Pressley Hinson McHenry Simpson permission to address the House for 1
Cherfilus- Keating Price (NC) Hollingsworth McKinley Smith (MO) minute and to revise and extend his re-
McCormick Kelly (IL) Quigley Hudson Meijer Smith (NE)
Chu Khanna Huizenga Meuser Smith (NJ) marks.)
Raskin
Cicilline Kildee Rice (NY) Issa Miller (IL) Smucker Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I rise for
Clark (MA) Kilmer Ross Jackson Miller (WV) Spartz the purpose of inquiring of the major-
Clarke (NY) Kim (NJ) Jacobs (NY) Miller-Meeks Stauber
Roybal-Allard
Johnson (LA) Moolenaar Steel
ity leader the schedule for next week.
Cleaver Kind Ruiz
Clyburn Kirkpatrick Johnson (OH) Mooney Stefanik Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman
Ruppersberger
Cohen Krishnamoorthi Rush Johnson (SD) Moore (AL) Steil from Maryland (Mr. HOYER), who is my
Connolly Kuster Ryan (NY) Jordan Moore (UT) Steube friend and the majority leader of the
Cooper Lamb Ryan (OH) Joyce (OH) Mullin Stewart
Correa Langevin Joyce (PA) Nehls Taylor House.
Sánchez
Costa Larsen (WA) Sarbanes Katko Newhouse Tenney Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank
Courtney Larson (CT) Scanlon Keller Norman Thompson (PA) the gentleman from Louisiana for
Craig Lawrence Kelly (MS) Obernolte Tiffany yielding.
Schakowsky
Crow Lawson (FL) Kelly (PA) Owens Timmons
Schiff Mr. Speaker, on Monday, the House
Cuellar Lee (CA) Kim (CA) Palazzo Turner
Schneider
Davids (KS) Lee (NV) Schrader
Kustoff Palmer Upton will meet at 12 p.m. for morning hour
Davis, Danny K. Leger Fernandez LaHood Pence Valadao and 2 p.m. for legislative business, and
Schrier
Dean Levin (CA) LaMalfa Perry Van Drew
DeFazio Levin (MI)
Scott (VA)
Lamborn Pfluger Van Duyne
votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.
Scott, David On Tuesday and Wednesday, the
DeGette Lieu Latta Posey Wagner
Sewell
DeLauro Lofgren
Sherman
LaTurner Reschenthaler Walberg House will meet at 10 a.m. for morning
DelBene Lowenthal Lesko Rice (SC) Waltz hour and 12 p.m. for legislative busi-
Sherrill
Demings Luria Letlow Rogers (AL) Weber (TX)
DeSaulnier Lynch
Sires
Long Rogers (KY) Webster (FL) ness.
Slotkin Loudermilk Rose Wenstrup On Thursday, the House will meet at
Deutch Mace
Smith (WA) Lucas Rosendale Westerman
Dingell Malinowski
Soto 9 a.m. for legislative business.
Doggett Maloney, Luetkemeyer Rouzer Wilson (SC)
Doyle, Michael Carolyn B. Spanberger Malliotakis Roy Wittman
Next week, Mr. Speaker, the House
F. Maloney, Sean Speier Mann Rutherford Womack will consider S. 1098, the Joint Consoli-
Escobar Manning Stansbury Massie Salazar Zeldin dation Loan Separation Act, bipartisan
Eshoo Matsui Stanton
Stevens NOT VOTING—8 legislation sponsored by Representa-
Espaillat McBath
Evans McCollum Strickland tive DAVID PRICE and Senator MARK
Budd Kinzinger Rodgers (WA)
Fitzpatrick McEachin Suozzi WARNER to provide relief to borrowers
Cheney Murphy (NC) Williams (TX)
Swalwell
Fletcher McGovern
Takano
Fulcher Pascrell who need to separate their joint con-
Foster McNerney
Frankel, Lois Meeks Thompson (CA) solidation student loans. This legisla-
Gallego Meng Thompson (MS) b 1539 tion would greatly benefit the indi-
Garamendi Mfume Titus vidual borrowers who are most in need
Garcı́a (IL) Moore (WI) Tlaib Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER changed of relief, including victims of abuse.
Garcia (TX) Morelle Tonko
Torres (CA)
her vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ The House may also consider a con-
Golden Moulton
Gomez Mrvan Torres (NY) So the bill was passed. tinuing resolution. As all of us know,
Gonzalez, Murphy (FL) Trahan The result of the vote was announced on September 30, at midnight, the gov-
Vicente Nadler Trone
Underwood
as above recorded. ernment’s ability to fund and operate
Gottheimer Napolitano
Green, Al (TX) Neal Vargas A motion to reconsider was laid on goes out of authorization; therefore, it
Grijalva Neguse Veasey the table. is necessary for us to take action be-
Harder (CA) Newman Velázquez fore September 30, and we may do that
Wasserman MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Hayes Norcross
Higgins (NY) O’Halleran Schultz RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS next week.
Himes Ocasio-Cortez Waters Baird (Bucshon) Johnson (TX) Pingree (Kuster) The House may also consider legisla-
Horsford Omar Watson Coleman Barragán (Beyer) (Jeffries) Rice (NY) tion to reform the Electoral Count Act
Houlahan Pallone Welch Bass (Correa) Jones (Beyer) (Deutch)
Wexton
from Representatives ZOE LOFGREN and
Hoyer Panetta Brooks Khanna (Jeffries) Rush (Bowman)
Huffman Pappas Wild (Fleischmann) Kilmer (Jeffries) Ryan (OH) LIZ CHENEY.
Jackson Lee Payne Williams (GA) Bush (Bowman) Kirkpatrick (Correa) The House will consider bills under
Jacobs (CA) Peltola Wilson (FL) Carter (GA) (Pallone) Sánchez suspension of the rules. The complete
Jayapal Perlmutter Yarmuth (Mace) Lawson (FL) (Pallone)
Cawthorn (Evans) Schiff (Deutch)
list of suspension bills will be an-
NAYS—203 (Boebert) McCaul (Van Scott (VA) nounced by the close of business to-
Aderholt Carter (GA) Flood
Cleaver (Davids Duyne) (Beyer) morrow.
(KS)) McEachin Scott, Austin As is usual, as we come very close to
Allen Carter (TX) Flores
Conway (Beyer) (Cammack)
Amodei Cawthorn Foxx
(Valadao) Moore (WI) Stansbury
ending and then have a substantial pe-
Armstrong Chabot Franklin, C. riod of time, October and the first and
Cuellar (Garcia (Beyer) (Pallone)
Arrington Cline Scott
Babin Cloud Gaetz
(TX)) Newman (Beyer) Swalwell second week in November for the elec-
DeSaulnier Norman (Correa) tion, it is common that we may have
Bacon Clyde Gallagher
(Beyer) (Duncan) Wasserman
Baird Cole Garbarino
Dingell (Kuster) Palazzo Schultz (Soto) other pieces of legislation, Mr. Speak-
Balderson Comer Garcia (CA)
Banks Conway Gibbs
Fallon (Nehls) (Fleischmann) Wexton (Beyer) er, available and necessary to pass. We
Barr Crawford Gimenez will notify Members as soon as we have
Bentz Crenshaw Gohmert f that information.
Bergman Curtis Gonzales, Tony Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman
Bice (OK) Davidson Gonzalez (OH)
Biggs Davis, Rodney Good (VA) REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER for yielding.
Bilirakis DesJarlais Gooden (TX) AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 8824 Mr. SCALISE. As it relates to the
Bishop (NC) Diaz-Balart Gosar continuing resolution that I know the
Boebert Donalds Granger Mr. GOTTHEIMER. Mr. Speaker, I gentleman said may come up, we
Bost Duncan Graves (LA) ask that Representative FITZPATRICK
Brady Dunn Graves (MO) haven’t had any details that have been
Brooks Ellzey Green (TN) be removed as cosponsor from H.R. shown to us on what that might look

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Buchanan Emmer Greene (GA) 8824. like in terms of other items in addition
Buck Estes Griffith The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
Bucshon Fallon Grothman
to some kind of short-term or even
Burchett Feenstra Guest objection to the request of the gen- what the duration of a short term
Burgess Ferguson Guthrie tleman from New Jersey? would be.
Calvert Finstad Harris The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. If there are any dates that the major-
Cammack Fischbach Harshbarger
Carey Fitzgerald Hartzler CARTER of Louisiana). ity has already started thinking about
Carl Fleischmann Hern There was no objection. that would be included in a continuing

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resolution, any extraneous items— on notice, I think, will be fair to them on the House floor, can we try to get
there is some other funding that has and fair to anybody that we are sched- some kind of direction on whether this
been thrown about. There has been uling with. majority will work with us to bring
talk about Senator MANCHIN, that Mr. SCALISE. As we are more in the bills to the floor to address these real
there may be some agreement that first half of September, obviously, this problems that are hurting families all
Senator MANCHIN would have some would all be at the very end of Sep- across the country?
kind of permitting reform. I am not tember. Hopefully, we wouldn’t wait Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman
sure if that would be a part of a con- until the midnight hour. We are all from Maryland.
tinuing resolution or a stand-alone bill. aware of the deadline. Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank
If the gentleman could provide any Hopefully, we can get something the gentleman for yielding.
clarification on any of those items that brought, ideally agreed upon by both I, obviously, anticipated that ques-
we haven’t been privy to in conversa- sides, which we are nowhere near right tion. I thought about it, and I want to
tions, I yield to my friend. now, but at least to have more direct say to the Members my thoughts that
Mr. HOYER. Obviously, that is a conversations well in advance of the I, frankly, talk about all over the coun-
good question and a good thing to deadline, so we are not here watching try.
have. the clock strike midnight wondering. We passed a number of bills. Inflation
The appropriators are working Mr. HOYER. I could not agree with is hurting our people. Inflation was not
through the administration’s list of the gentleman more. I think I am prob- caused by President Biden or this Con-
anomalies, which I know there are ably just as frustrated. gress. Inflation was caused by the pan-
three or four items dealing with health I know the members of the Appro- demic.
and also dealing with Ukraine and a priations Committee are as frustrated Inflation hurt businesses severely
as anybody in this institution. As and hurt employees severely. In a bi-
couple of other matters. I don’t have
someone who served on the Appropria- partisan way, we voted as that pan-
that list in front of me, but the answer
tions Committee for 23 years, we ought demic started. As we saw the broad im-
to my friend’s question is that they are
to be passing bills in a timely fashion. pacts of that, we, in a bipartisan fash-
trying to get that together.
I think they are pretty close. I will We ought to be passing them one at a ion, stepped in to help. It made a very
time. We ought not to have these gi- big difference.
talk to Chair DELAURO. I presume she
gantic omnibuses that nobody knows I start that way because the rep-
is in conversation with and discussions
about. resentation of some is that somehow
with the ranking member, as well, but we, by passing legislation, have caused
Both sides have had to prepare two
I am sure that that is the case. this inflation. The OECD nations, the
omnibuses at the end of the year to
There is also, I believe, money also
fund government because we haven’t economically developed countries of
being asked for for disaster relief that
passed individual appropriation bills in the world, have all had inflation. As a
may well be in the CR. matter of fact, the average OECD na-
The gentleman referred to the discus- a timely fashion either through the
House or the Senate or through the tion has a 10.2 percent inflation rate.
sions that occurred in the Senate be-
House and the Senate to the President. As the gentleman knows, ours is 8.3
tween Senator MANCHIN and Majority
So, I agree with the gentleman en- percent.
Leader SCHUMER. Obviously, we are Mexico didn’t have any of the bills
tirely.
going to see what the Senate does. I I agree also that we ought to give ev- that we passed and had an 8.7 inflation
don’t know what the Senate is going to erybody as much notice as we possibly rate. The Netherlands that didn’t have
do. It is one of the reasons there has can. I will tell the gentleman, frankly, an American Rescue Plan has a 13.6
been a discussion about the Senate I was hopeful that we would have percent rate of inflation. Sweden, a
moving first on that and discussions passed the CR this week. For reasons small and very successful country,
with the Senator about when they were that are, I think, obvious to everybody, didn’t have an American Rescue Plan
going to move. I think that is under we haven’t done that. But I am hopeful and has an inflation rate of 9.8 percent;
discussion. that we can do it sooner rather than Austria, another strong economic
Mr. SCALISE. Obviously, we will be later and don’t have some September 30 country, 9.3 percent; Denmark, the
staying in touch on that. Hopefully, crisis that we seem to always create. country of my father’s birth, 8.9 per-
Ms. LOFGREN will have some conversa- I thank the gentleman for yielding. cent.
tions with Ms. GRANGER about details Mr. SCALISE. Hopefully, we can And you say: So what? The ‘‘so
because we haven’t seen those yet. We start seeing actual language next week what’’ is that we have seen a global in-
surely would like to be more involved so we can either get to a place where flation. I haven’t mentioned some of
in those discussions. we are in agreement or try to resolve the other countries in Asia who have
Mr. HOYER. If I might add, I want to those areas of disagreement. inflation rates, as well. I simply say
make the gentleman aware—and I As the gentleman was talking about that so both parties and all Members
know he is—but I want to make the the calendar and other items that may understand the consequences and pain
Members aware that we will need to be be coming up, I noticed there were no of inflation at the pump.
here for such time as it takes us to conversations about any of the legisla- The gentleman in some of the discus-
pass the continuing resolution so that tion that we have been talking about sions we have had has pointed out that
government will continue to operate. It bringing to the floor to address infla- prices have gone up. I have not heard
is essential for the economy, essential tion. him say that the President has taken
for our national security, and essential We just saw Tuesday, as the Presi- certain action, and it has come down
for the employees, but it is also essen- dent was holding a party at the White about 35-plus percent over the last 6, 7
tial for all those whom they serve on a House to celebrate inflation, we saw, weeks from $5.02 as an average down to
daily basis. yet again, more devastating news on somewhere around $3.60.
I have told my Members in some dis- the inflation front, to the point where Is that low enough? It is not. It has
cussions about what we are going to do the markets tanked during that party been much higher. It was higher in 2008
the last week in September. I have told at the White House. under George Bush. But it needs to
my Members, and we also would make We have a package of bills that would come down further. We will continue to
clear to all of our Members, including help bring down inflation, bring down work on that.
the Members on my friend’s side of the energy costs, and help those families We passed a number of pieces of leg-
aisle, that they ought to be making who are struggling as we get ready to islation. I mentioned the American

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sure that the last 3 weekdays of No- face another cold winter. There are ex- Rescue Plan took 48 percent of Amer-
vember and that Saturday they ought pectations right now by all the experts ica’s children out of poverty who were
to keep clear so that if, in fact, we need that energy costs will go up again be- in poverty; not 48 percent of America’s
to work during those periods of times— cause we have limited supply here in children, but 48 percent of America’s
and my expectation is we are going to the country. children who were in poverty were
have to—that they not be canceling As we identify those bills and yet not taken out by the American Rescue
events that they scheduled. So, being see any of them being listed for debate Plan.

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None of us are wearing masks on this As importantly, the committee who countries have passed bad policies that
floor or around the country when we looks closely at this—scores of econo- have wrecked their economies. You can
gather together and get in rooms close mists say it is going to bring it down. see Europe right now finally having a
to one another. Why? Because we got The Committee for a Responsible Fed- renewed debate on energy policy be-
250 million shots in arms. eral Budget say they believe it is going cause they passed some really foolish
We also have people struggling for a to bring down inflation. I don’t want to energy policies that are destroying
variety of economic reasons primarily project that it is going to bring it down their energy economies and making
brought upon them by the pandemic, so a half a point, a point, 2 points, 3 them more dependent on Russia, for ex-
we put money in their pockets. points, 4 points—I hope it does. I think ample, to get their oil and to get their
We have one of the fastest growing it was certainly worth a try. natural gas. They are finally waking
economies. We have one of the lowest None of your colleagues either in this up.
unemployment rates in the world. We House or in the Senate—down the A lot of them shut their nuclear
have a country that is doing well. aisle—gave it a chance. We passed it plants down, which is safe, sound nu-
The gentleman mentions the stock anyway under a process, obviously, clear energy. They wrecked their
market declining. It did. Why did it de- that allows just Democrats in the Sen- economies. They are starting to re-
cline? Because we had the pandemic. ate to pass something under a process verse that. I am glad they are finally
Inflation resulted from that, and the called reconciliation. waking up and reversing course.
Federal Reserve—as was true under I want to tell the gentleman that I It seems like right here in Wash-
Ronald Reagan when unemployment have apprised the committee chairmen ington the failed policies that Presi-
went to 10.5, 6, 7, 8 percent because of the bills that you have talked to me dent Biden has put in place, they want
Paul Volcker was slowing down the about. I have asked them to look at to double down on. When you look at
economy to defeat inflation. them. Frankly, I cannot tell you I have the results of it, that is why we get
Inflation is harmful, particularly to gotten a response from each one of where we are which is double digit in-
people who are elderly and on fixed in- them, but we are giving them atten- creases in food costs that our families
comes. So, I want the gentleman to tion. are facing. Electricity costs over 15
know that we empathize with that, Obviously, we want to know what our percent higher just over the last year,
and, therefore, we are distressed. committees think about not only your and it is about to get worse because the
When we passed a bill, the Inflation legislation, our legislation—our legis- bill that the President was celebrating
Reduction Act, not a single Republican lation, that is, bipartisan legislation. at the White House had another in-
voted for it. We lament the fact, I will tell you, crease in taxes on natural gas, which
very frankly, Mr. Speaker—we lament will raise those costs even higher.
b 1600 Mr. Speaker, I will yield to the gen-
the fact that our Republican colleagues
And there is absolutely no denial on in all four of the bills I have just men- tleman in a moment.
the reality that is going to bring Amer- Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I can’t see
tioned, which are designed to grow the
icans’ costs down. Not only that, it the chart. Could you tell me what it
economy—the CHIPS bill, the bipar-
kept 13 million people who were going says so I know what the gentleman is
tisan infrastructure—19 Senators voted
to fall off insurance on the Affordable talking about?
for the infrastructure bill and helped Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, elec-
Care Act—which I know the gentle- put it together with President Biden
man’s party does not support—but 13 tricity rates are 15.8 percent higher
and Senate Democrats. Lamentably, than last year.
million Americans who had healthcare only 13 of your colleagues chose to vote Mr. HOYER. Here?
insurance as a result of the American for it. I am glad they did, but it was Mr. SCALISE. In America. This is all
Rescue Plan, it was going to stop on over the advice and counsel of their in America. Families that we represent
December 31, and we continued that. leadership. That bill clearly was em- are facing the burden of all of these
We put on legislation that would braced by the American people and in- policies that started in Washington
bring down prescription drug costs and corporated policies, essentially, that that are ultimately ending up taking
allow companies to sell drugs to Medi- President Trump said in 2016 he was money out of their pockets.
care in a negotiated way. We negotiate, going to recommend and have the Con- When you go to the grocery store—if
as the gentleman knows, and I don’t gress adopt. It didn’t happen in 2017. It you can afford to get there—if you find
know whether the gentleman thinks didn’t happen in 2018. It didn’t happen the food on the shelves, it is 131⁄2 per-
that policy ought to be stopped, but we in 2019, and it didn’t happen in 2020. cent higher. We have seen the list,
negotiated for prices with veterans’ I say to my friend, we think all four whether it is eggs, dairy products,
healthcare. Now we are going to do it of those bills are going to have a very bacon, some of them are 30 percent
with Medicare. We wanted to do it for positive impact on our economy, on higher individually, but it adds up to
everybody, but the Senate Republicans growing our economy, ensuring sup- about 131⁄2 percent more that you are
would not agree to that. plies of basic goods, and bringing down paying at the grocery store.
We believe that the infrastructure inflation. Mortgage rates. If somebody is trying
bill is going to really help bring down Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman to become a first-time home buyer,
inflation, create jobs, and expand our for yielding. which is part of the American dream,
economy. We believe the CHIPS and Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, there are today it is 110 percent higher to get a
Science bill is going to do the same. a lot of different bills the gentleman mortgage than it was a year ago. Most
Only 13 on the Republican side voted mentioned. Each one of them, by the economists, including many Democrat
for the infrastructure bill, which was, I way, when you rack them up, adds up economists, point to the trillions in
think, a bill that would have helped in- to trillions of dollars in new spending. spending in Washington as the reason
flation by making supplies better. The If trillions in Washington spending for that. Families have figured this out
energy portion of the Inflation Reduc- were going to solve the problem, then and said: Stop the madness.
tion Act is going to bring down the we would have no inflation. Yet, again, at the White House in the
cost of energy. It is going to create Obviously, it has gone the opposite most tone-deaf thing I have seen in a
competition on energy, and fight cli- direction, and it is going the opposite while, the President is having a party
mate change. I lament the fact that direction because of the trillions of celebrating a $730 billion increase in
not a single Republican voted for the dollars in new spending if you go down taxes and spending at the exact same
Inflation Reduction Act. the line. Obviously, the gentleman time that the market is tanking be-

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Even if you reject the fact that it is went through all of those things, and I cause of the inflation created by all
going to reduce inflation—as I think would like to respond to a number of this spending.
you probably do, I don’t want to antici- them because it just doesn’t mesh with To finish it up, transportation costs
pate what you do, but that is my guess. the realities of where our economy is are 11.3 percent higher. That is what is
There are literally scores of econo- today. happening in America.
mists who believe it is going to bring If you look at the numbers—and we Again, Europe did a lot of these same
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they are starting to reverse course. love to save up and buy a new house. uct, and we are going to continue to
They just got rid of their Prime Min- They can’t even afford to get to the use it. That is why I have no criticism
ister in England because of what they grocery store to pay 131⁄2 percent more. of that.
did to wreck their energy economy. If they try to go get a mortgage today, In the last bill that we passed, which
We brought bills—as I shared with they are going to be paying more than is really going to fight the climate
the gentleman over months—we have double for that mortgage than they challenge that we face—there were four
brought a number of bills forward that were a year ago. 1,000-year floods in four different com-
would solve these problems, and not At some point we have got to stop munities in America within 30 days of
one of them has been scheduled for a these failed policies that are causing one another.
vote on the House floor. We want to ad- these problems. Go look at what some b 1615
dress this problem. We don’t just sit of these other countries are doing to fi- The West is on fire, literally and
back and go: Well, it is happening in nally reverse course because they are, figuratively. Climate challenge is real.
other countries, so let it stay racking and they need to, but so do we. I would Every Republican voted ‘‘no’’ to invest
up in America. It doesn’t need to. hope that we would bring some of those in meeting that challenge head-on;
These are all unforced errors that are bills to the House floor because we every Republican, House and Senate,
the result of failed policies, and instead could start reversing these horrible Mr. Speaker.
of stopping the failed policies and trends now. I can’t read the chart, but 13 percent
working with Republicans to turn it Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman inflation is too high. I go to the gro-
around and lower these costs, it seems from Maryland. cery store almost every weekend. I live
like there is a desire to just double Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank alone. I don’t buy a lot of food at any
down and talk about trillions more to the gentleman for yielding. one time because I am traveling a lot
spend. First, let me say, the gentleman dis- and here a lot; don’t want it to go bad.
If spending was solving the problems, misses what other countries are doing So I get it on the prices. I get it on
then we would have none of these prob- or he says they are doing bad things gasoline prices. They are tough. That
lems. The problems have gotten worse and therefore they have inflation. is why we passed a food and fuel bill.
with each multi-trillion or multi-hun- Every country has inflation. Why? The gentleman from Louisiana voted
dred-billion-dollar package of legisla- Because the pandemic shut down the ‘‘no.’’ The leader of the Republican
tion that has come out of this body. world. It shut down the markets. It Party, Mr. MCCARTHY, in the House,
At some point, I would hope that the shut down the production of supplies. voted ‘‘no’’, and the overwhelming ma-
other side would look and recognize That is why. People had to stay home jority of Republicans voted ‘‘no.’’
and say, okay, forget about Europe and and they weren’t out producing and They wanted to make sure that we
Asia. They need to look in the mirror making things. had competition. That is the free mar-
and say, why did they create some of We kept a lot of people employed. We ket system. That is what brings prices
their problems? spent trillions of dollars doing it, down. If you have a monopoly, you can
We can do something about these which were bipartisan bills signed by charge anything you want if people
problems. We brought those ideas for- Donald Trump. Trillions. As soon as need the product.
ward, and every single time we have Donald Trump left, all of a sudden the Now, I won’t go through the statis-
been told no, which must mean that other party—his party, the Trump tics because the statistics are we are
this is okay. Because this is not okay party, decided it is over. It wasn’t over producing more energy today than we
to us, and there is a way to reverse it. for the American people. produced 2 years ago. I read those sta-
If just spending more money and hav- Kids were not in schools. People tistics. I am not going to bore the gen-
ing parties at the White House to cele- hadn’t been given shots in arms yet. tleman, Mr. Speaker, with them again.
brate that spending while Rome is People were really hurting. Those 48 They don’t bore me because it shows
burning is where we are going to be, I percent of the children in poverty were that—when the argument is the reason
think there is going to be a day of still in poverty, but it was over. No we have inflation is because we are not
reckoning on that. I don’t think the producing energy, the reason we don’t
more bipartisanship. It is another
country is comfortable where we are. have as much energy is because compa-
President, so we are going to blame
And when the idea is to just keep nies made a rational decision. What
him.
spending more money and act like— was that rational decision?
That is politics over people. What we
In March and April of 2020, people
maybe it is another $5 trillion—what is did is people over politics because we
started staying in their homes. They
the number that is going to finally get knew people were hurting. We passed stopped buying gas and other products,
us out of this mess? If it was trillions, legislation to give them help. Every petroleum products, and, as a result,
we would be there already. Republican, Mr. Speaker, voted no. corporations made a reasonable judg-
Maybe, just maybe, we need to look We voted to help them gets shots in ment. We are not going to produce
at going the other way. Stop paying arms. Every Republican voted no. more capacity.
people not to work, for example, when We voted to get their kids back in So, when we got out of the inflation,
everybody is looking for workers. Un- school to make their schools safe and we are still not doing that. But we are
fortunately, the IRS is looking for healthy. Every Republican voted no be- doing more than we did some years
87,000 more people. And as CBO just cause they wanted to bleat about infla- ago, as those statistics that I read to
confirmed, a lot of that is going to be tion. the gentleman three or four times, so I
going after hardworking families, fami- The reason they don’t like these fig- won’t read them again.
lies making under $400,000 a year, even ures is because these are the economi- But the industry, as I have also told
though we were promised on this floor cally successful nations of the world, the gentleman, owns 9,000 unused per-
that wouldn’t happen. many of whom have inflation higher mits to drill onshore; 37 million acres
We brought an amendment to ensure than we. offshore; which can be permitted, ready
that President Biden’s promise would The gentleman is absolutely right. to go.
be upheld. We brought an amendment We need to get inflation down. There So when you simply ignore and pre-
that would say and ensure no American are 126 economists that say that the In- tend that somehow Joe Biden, the
making under $400,000 would see their flation Reduction Act will reduce infla- President of the United States, is re-
taxes go up with these 87,000 new IRS tion, reduce healthcare costs, and re- sponsible for worldwide inflation, and
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amendment. Literally, the day of the Now, the gentleman and I have had have heard one time, Mr. Speaker, the
vote, the Congressional Budget Office this discussion about his energy bills, Republican whip mention the pandemic
came out and confirmed that it is over which they think will be the salvation. as a cause of the inflation. It is all
$20 billion in new taxes. They always think: Drill more, life will about energy.
That bill is going to cost families be better. I get it. Louisiana is a State I beg to differ with the gentleman,
making less than $400,000. Those fami- that wants to drill. I get that. We use Mr. Speaker. I think, honestly, the
lies are already struggling. They would that product. It is an important prod- American people need to know that.

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Yes, the stock market had a rough fice. If there is a dispute the gentleman have it here, but there is documented
tumble. Why did it have a rough tum- has, take it up with them. But they evidence, over and over, where this ad-
ble? Because the Federal Reserve, the were the ones who came out with that ministration has said no to permits, no
chairman of which was appointed by report the day of the vote. Maybe that to the ability for us to produce more of
President Trump, responsibly, along was why the bill was rushed through. our own energy.
with his board of governors, responded But we pointed that out, and no one So what happens? The price goes up.
to try to get this inflation under con- disputed that the Congressional Budget They are talking about, during this
trol and bring it down. Office put those numbers out there. winter, the inability for people to have
I don’t know whether the gentleman But the President still kept saying, home heating oil. So they are import-
supports that action or not. Ronald don’t worry. They are not going to go ing it from countries like Russia be-
Reagan supported that action; al- after them, not a dime. But CBO said cause they are not allowing more pro-
though he did not appoint the chair- $20 billion in new taxes those low- and duction here, where companies are try-
man of the Federal Reserve that did it. middle-income families will pay. We ing to produce more and being turned
So, Mr. Speaker, we are going to con- tried to stop it. The majority rejected down by this administration.
tinue to fight for the people and put it. The Secretary—I think it was the
them above our politics, or even our Now, to go to the oil and gas com- Secretary of Energy—when asked,
own personal economic interests, by ments the gentleman made about what is your plan to produce more in
passing the American Rescue Plan; by President Biden, you would think, lis- America, she started laughing. It is not
passing the bipartisan infrastructure tening to your comments, that Joe a laughing matter, but that has been
bill; by making sure that America can Biden was John D. Rockefeller, and he the attitude of this administration.
be seen as a country that makes it in is drilling everywhere. Well, let’s To finish up on the point where the
America; chips, investing in science for first—— gentleman started talking about all
the future, for the people and, yes, the Mr. HOYER. I don’t think I made these bills that we voted against, start-
Inflation Reduction Act, which the that comment. ing with the $1.9 trillion spending bill
gentleman and his party has misrepre- Mr. SCALISE. And I won’t say the that this administration came right
sented over and over and over again gentleman did, but as the gentleman out of the box with. As the economy
with something they know is not the talked about all this production and was starting to turn around, and people
truth. drilling that is going on and all this oil were starting to bring workers back,
They project 80,000 new people going that is coming out, it was Joe Biden trying to get workers back, a $1.9 tril-
after average Americans. They know who said, as a candidate, ‘‘no more lion package of bills came forward to
that is not true, Mr. Speaker. drilling on Federal lands. No more pay people, in part, not to work, to
After years of trying to defund the stay at home; made it harder for people
drilling, including offshore. No ability
people who collect the revenues from to get workers back.
for the oil industry to continue to drill,
our people so everybody pays their fair But what it also did—and this is
period.’’
share, and those of us—and I say of something we brought up during the
Then he carried out policies to back
us—who are doing well, pay our fair debate—checks were being sent to peo-
that up and stop drilling.
share, and the people who make bil- ple.
We have pointed out many times, Well, we pointed out that checks
lions, who pay less of a percentage, in
major companies in America that want were going to end up going to people in
many respects, as Warren Buffett said,
to increase production, as the gen- prisons, and we were told that wasn’t
than those who work for them.
Yes, we want taxes fairly enforced, tleman did say, that they are not in- going to happen. Just like with the
Mr. Speaker. We don’t want anybody creasing production. They tried, and 87,000 IRS agents, when CBO debunked
paying an unfair share because some- they have been rejected on the permits that. Don’t worry; nobody in prison is
body is not paying at all. they would need. going to get checks. Turned out later,
The IRS will, after those 10 years of You can’t just go drill a new hole to- the Boston bomber got a check.
accretion of employees, have as many morrow. Every well ultimately de- Who knows how many billions of dol-
employees as it had back in the 1990s; pletes. We all know that. That has been lars went to prisoners to be paid—tax-
trying to make sure it can, in fact, en- going on since man invented the abil- payers are already paying for them to
force a fair system that provides the ity to drill for oil in the world. So as be housed, to be fed, to get healthcare.
revenues that the Federal Government oil depletes, you need to get new per- But then they also got checks, actual
needs to protect, preserve our people’s mits to go into these areas. The Biden checks in stimulus money. We had an
welfare, economy, and national secu- administration, over and over again, amendment to stop that from hap-
rity. rejected those new permits. pening.
Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, first, to So there are leases out there. Again, But ultimately, yes, we voted against
clarify, it wasn’t me who said that the a lease might be like you have a car. those things because we wanted to see
IRS agents, this new army of 87,000 IRS You have got a car in your driveway. our economy back open.
agents, would be going after people to Well, if you don’t have an engine in the When there was this idea that every-
collect $20 billion more in taxes who car, the car is not functional. body had to stay home, that wasn’t the
were making less than $400,000. If you have a lease, the lease doesn’t case when we started last year. In fact,
It was the Congressional Budget Of- do you any good if you can’t get the many States started to open again.
fice who put in their report the day of permits to build pipelines. We have There were some States that stayed
the vote that that is exactly what talked about the pipeline problems as shut down.
would happen, is that those IRS agents this administration, over and over By the way, you can see a massive
would, in fact, be going after people again, has blocked new pipelines. movement around the country, where
making less than $400,000, to the tune How do you move the oil? How do you New York State alone lost about a mil-
of $20 billion in new taxes. get the permit to go and explore for lion people who moved to States like
We brought an amendment to stop more? Florida because they didn’t want to be
that from happening, to say they can’t So what the President did—again, if shut down anymore when there was a
go after those people making less than we were just maxed out on drilling State that was open, following safety
$400,000, which is what the President here, why did the President get on Air protocols, protecting their people, but
promised. The Congressional Budget Force One and fly 5,700 miles to Saudi allowing people to live in freedom
Office report was right there, saying Arabia to beg them to produce more again and live their lives.

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$20 billion is what they would pay in oil? They said no because they don’t So people moved out of States, the
new taxes. The majority rejected the have the ability over there. shut down States like California and
amendment. So clearly, the intention The President called Vladimir Putin New York and moved to States that
was to have those IRS agents go after and asked him to drill for more oil. were open. You can see the numbers,
them. Putin said no. and they are dramatic numbers.
Again, those weren’t my numbers. You don’t need to ask those coun- So not every State handled it the
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having a lot more success in protecting day; for Joe Biden it was 11,185,000 bar- money, if the result of that is that she
their people at the same time, but the rels a day. That is more, not less, than has to pay more money, it doesn’t
States that stayed closed had dev- the average under Donald Trump. But mean she is cheating on her taxes. If
astating consequences. it serves their political interest, Mr. all of a sudden an auditor is coming
Not to mention what we saw with Speaker, to somehow project to the after you, who knows what kind of
children being shut out of school, the American people that Biden has shut pressure they are putting?
learning that wasn’t happening. Those down the energy industry which is why But it is 87,000 more IRS agents
are devastating numbers we are seeing you are paying more. tasked with going and generating not
today because this administration I explained that the energy compa- $20 billion. The $20 billion is just for
changed the science—and that is docu- nies did, in fact, cut production. It was the people making under $400,000. It is
mented—changed the science over at a rational business judgment. People over $250 billion that some of the num-
CDC to cater to the unions who wanted were driving less and buying less petro- bers show that they have to generate,
to keep schools shut down. So millions leum. meaning they are going to have to go
of kids didn’t learn at the levels they There is still concern. Most of them out and find that from taxpayers.
should have, and those numbers are are seeing that there is going to be an That doesn’t mean every one of those
still showing up today, that those kids alternative energy that is going to be people they audit is a tax cheat. It just
were left behind; lost a year or 2 years required if we are going to make sure means that person is going to now face
they will never get back because other that this globe does not burn up with an audit who otherwise is working two
kids were in school learning, when the the people with it. or three shifts to meet the demands of
unions wanted to work with the Biden He also says—I don’t have the report these higher costs that they are facing
administration to keep schools shut in front of me, so I am going to wing because of inflation.
down. it—that no one earning under $400,000 We are going to continue fighting for
So those are the things that we tried per year got a tax increase as a result those hardworking families and fight-
to address. None of those bills were al- of the bill the gentleman alludes to. ing to lower the burden on this govern-
lowed to come to the floor. But that is If CBO says—and I will read the re- ment, take some of that heat off so
where we are. port—that $20 billion is going to be re- they can spend more time at home
Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman ceived from that category, it will be with their family, not working two or
from Maryland. because somebody, whether they are three shifts or worrying about the next
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank making $100,000, $200,000, $300,000, or audit they are going to face from a new
the gentleman for yielding. $400,000, is not paying their fair share IRS agent who is told to go generate
First of all, to your last statement, pursuant to laws that we adopt—not more money. Hopefully, we can address
the unions. What were the unions try- because we put new taxes on them but that. We will continue to push for that.
ing to do? They were trying to keep because they are not paying the taxes Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman
teachers healthy. They were trying to that are due. from Maryland.
keep kids healthy. Because we were I don’t have the CBO report in front Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank
telling people, don’t congregate. Don’t of me, so I am opining because it cer- the gentleman for yielding. I think we
get all together. tainly wasn’t because we have new en- are probably pretty close to closing.
They were trying to keep kids out of forcement officers, unless those en- I would say this, Mr. Speaker. I think
school whose HVAC systems, heating, forcement officers find that the people the American people are in the process
ventilating systems were not up to to which the gentleman refers are not of making a judgment. On our side, we
date and couldn’t transfer the air in a paying their fair share. see things as pretty positive in terms
clean, healthy way. By the way, it will also apply to the of the response to the policies that we
So we gave them billions of dollars. people who are making billions and not have been adopting without any sig-
Yes, we spent a lot of money to make paying any taxes, much less their fair nificant help from our Republican col-
our people safe, to get people back to share. leagues, but they will have a chance to
work, to get kids back in school, and it Let me repeat that energy figure vote and decide.
worked. They are back in school. again because I think he will probably We have passed legislation, as we
None of us are wearing a mask. We go back to energy because that is what said we would do, for the people—not
congregate now. We all get together. we do almost every colloquy. More en- for the sake of politics but for the sake
Hardly anybody, if anybody, some peo- ergy is being produced under Joe Biden of children, families, the young and
ple who have particular vulnerabilities than was produced under Donald old, and, yes, even the rich and poor.
are wearing masks. God bless them. It Trump. I want to comment because I urge my
worked, and the Republicans voted Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, if Joe Republican friends to be precise in
‘‘no.’’ Biden wants to keep producing more their conversations with the American
energy, we are giving him opportuni- public. There are not 80,000 revenue
b 1630 ties, but he says no. He said ‘‘no’’ many auditors or agents included in this bill
Now, I want to go to this energy times, and he campaigned on that. We that we talked about on bringing infla-
issue because they are Johnny-one- will continue to push to bring those tion down and which economists say
note. Inflation is caused by administra- bills to the floor. will bring inflation down.
tion policy on inflation, gas prices, and We are going to continue to push to Our Republican friends say they want
energy production. But the fact of the bring bills to the floor to solve a lot of to do that, but they vote against bills
matter is he ignores that inflation is these problems that we have identified, that will bring down demonstrably, and
happening in a lot of places. and we have bills to address them. If without possibility of denial, costs for
Mr. Speaker, in Denmark, they are the majority doesn’t want to bring people, health costs for people, pre-
pretty energy independent with renew- them up, I understand. That is the pre- scription drug costs for people, insulin,
able energies and not relying on supply rogative of the majority, but we are which costs about—it is single figures,
chains per se. Their inflation is higher going to still keep talking about them. and we capped it at $35. That is about
than ours because it was a global phe- We are going to still keep pushing 400 percent profit, but they are now
nomenon. Their economies were as- every opportunity we can to bring paying $300 or $400 or $500.
saulted. Ours came back faster and bet- down inflation, to lower energy costs, Now, luckily, because we could pass
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Why? Because we invested in our peo- problems that people are still facing paying that. They will be capped at $35.
ple. today. But millions of other Americans, be-
Now, let me go to a simple fact. Ac- If that single mom who is working as cause the Republicans would not sup-
cording to the U.S. Energy Information a waitress two shifts is going to be au- port it in the United States Senate—we
Administration, average production— dited by some new IRS agent who is passed it here—will not get the benefit
that means over 4 years for Trump—for tasked, under the terms that we saw, of that cap. They will be paying far
Donald Trump was 10,968,000 barrels per with going out and generating that above justifiable prices for insulin.

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We are producing energy. The argu- duction bill, is more than reducing in- vitalization of the city of Buffalo is un-
ment is specious that somehow this in- flation. I am sorry that my Republican paralleled.
flation is caused by our cutting back friends made a determination it was During the dark economic times of
on energy supply when I just read a fig- not a bill they could support to help the 1980s when the city was experi-
ure, subject to dispute. Maybe next bring down inflation, but that was the encing a mass exodus of people, busi-
week I will hear, no, that figure is judgment they made. nesses, and hope, Alan was a pioneer
wrong. Maybe. We are producing more I think they want to bring down in- who reinvested and revitalized a sec-
energy than Trump did—not Trump flation. We want to bring down infla- tion of downtown Buffalo, taking va-
himself, but the country—during tion, but when we present a bill to the cant and derelict buildings in Buffalo’s
Trump’s Presidency. floor which does it, we would hope we theater district and transforming it
I urge, Mr. Speaker, my Republican would get support on a bipartisan into a vibrant city center consisting of
friends to tell the American people the basis. apartments, restaurants, and music/en-
truth. Yes, there are some more agents Mr. SCALISE. We will continue to tertainment venues, infusing life and
because there are people not paying tell the truth about these policies. vibrancy back into a historically sig-
their fair share. If you have an audit, Clearly, there is a disagreement on nificant section of our city.
and they say you are not paying your many of them, but that is why we have Alan’s pioneering work sowed the
fair share, and you pay more, isn’t that this debate. I look forward to con- seeds of future developers and future
what we expect when we pass tax bills, tinuing it with the gentleman. projects to bring downtown Buffalo
that people will pay pursuant to what Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance back to life.
the law says, whether they make of my time. I interned for Alan Dewart as a col-
$100,000 or $100 million or $100 billion? I lege student and through him devel-
f oped a passion for urban revitalization.
don’t guess anybody makes $100 billion
in a year. HONORING RETIRED NEW JERSEY He is a friend and a mentor, and I
We ought to be honest with the STATE SENATOR RONALD L. RICE thank him for all he has done for me
American people. Give them the facts, (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given and all he has done for our city.
and then they will make a decision, but permission to address the House for 1 f
tell them the truth. minute and to revise and extend his re- WE MUST ENSHRINE THE FREE-
Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, we will marks.) DOMS ROE V. WADE PROTECTED
continue to be honest with the Amer- Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise (Mr. MALINOWSKI asked and was
ican people. It was the administration today to honor New Jersey State Sen- given permission to address the House
that used the 87,000 number. If that ator Ronald L. Rice after his retire- for 1 minute.)
number should be lower, I would love ment on August 31 of this year. Mr. MALINOWSKI. Mr. Speaker,
to hear what that number would be. Senator Rice served the people of when the Supreme Court overturned
Mr. HOYER. Will the gentleman New Jersey’s 28th District for 36 years. Roe v. Wade, Republicans swore up and
yield? He was the longest serving Black legis- down that all they wanted was for the
Mr. SCALISE. I yield to the gen- lator in our State’s history. States to decide.
tleman from Maryland. If the gen- Senator Rice was first elected to the But this week, in this Congress, they
tleman has a number, please tell me Newark City Council in 1981. Then, he introduced a national criminal ban on
because that is what we heard from the was elected to the State Senate in 1986 abortion, saying this is what we stand
administration. and won reelection 11 times before he for, this is what we will do if our party
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, there are retired. takes the House and Senate.
80,000-plus additional, which will get His service extended beyond politics. Their bill is designed for one purpose
back to the 20 years ago level of em- Senator Rice was a sergeant in the Ma- and will have one effect: to shred pro-
ployment in the IRS. The IRS has been rine Corps and a decorated Vietnam tections women still enjoy in States
reduced in personnel in all categories, veteran. He spent 8 years as a police like New Jersey, where we codified Roe
not just enforcement agents, but in all detective in the city of Newark and 4 v. Wade this year.
categories, which will undermine their years as its deputy mayor. Let me tell you where the over-
ability to serve the public and collect He was known for his strong support whelming majority of folks in New Jer-
taxes so that we all pay our fair share and advocacy for social justice and sey stand. We know abortion is a pain-
and so people who don’t have account- civil rights. Recently, Newark renamed ful and personal issue for many fami-
ants and who don’t have ways and a street in his neighborhood in his lies. That is precisely why we want and
means to avoid taxes are treated fairly honor for his commitment and service trust women to decide, not the govern-
themselves. to the city of Newark. ment. The issue is complicated. Who
Everybody ought to be treated fairly. Mr. Speaker, I congratulate State decides is not.
If we don’t think they are being treat- Senator Ronald L. Rice on his tremen- That is why I will do everything in
ed fairly because of the law then we dous career as a public servant. His my power to prevent Congress from im-
ought to change the law, but we ought work for Newark and the people of New posing on New Jersey laws that treat
to tell the American people the truth. Jersey will be missed. But I am sure women and doctors as criminals and
There are not that many enforce- this will not be the last we hear from why we must enshrine the freedoms
ment agents. They are in so many dif- our hero and our fighter, Senator Ron- Roe v. Wade protected in the law of our
ferent categories in the IRS to make ald L. Rice. land once and for all.
sure that the IRS can successfully do
f f
its job and answer people’s questions
about what, when, where, and why they b 1645 REMEMBERING DIDAR SINGH
have to do things pursuant to law. BAINS
That is what I meant, not that the RECOGNIZING ALAN DEWART
(Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given
80,000 people are enforcement agents. (Mr. JACOBS of New York asked and permission to address the House for 1
They are not. They are not. It is a far was given permission to address the minute and to revise and extend his re-
lower number than that. House for 1 minute and to revise and marks.)
But we know that there is over $100 extend his remarks.) Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise
billion—I think it is a much larger fig- Mr. JACOBS of New York. Mr. tonight to acknowledge the loss of a

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ure than that—in taxes that are owed Speaker, I rise to recognize and cele- pillar of our community in northern
under the law that are not being paid, brate the 80th birthday of Alan Dewart, California, Didar Singh Bains of Yuba
which means that the tax rates need to a business and civic leader in our com- City.
be higher on others than they ought to munity. He lived a full life to the age of 84
be. Alan has been an entrepreneur and and passed away peacefully at his
That is what this bill gets at. In real estate developer for his entire pro- home, surrounded by his family, on
other words, this bill, the inflation re- fessional life. Alan’s impact on the re- Tuesday, September 13.

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