House Session of December 23, 2022, Page H10063 — Congressional Record
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Page H10063 of the House section of the Congressional Record for December 23, 2022. A message from the Senate announces that it has passed with amendments H.R. 1082, a House bill to prohibit the unauthorized sale of ride-hailing signage and study fatal and non-fatal assaults in TNC and for-hire vehicles. A report on a resolution provides for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2617, an appropriations act for 2023, and of the Senate amendment to H.R. 4373, a continuing appropriations and extensions act for 2023. A member's remarks also praise quarterback Tyson Bagent, who passed for 231 yards and four touchdowns in a 48-13 quarterfinal win over host Indiana.
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December 23, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10063
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE Last month, the Rams blew out host REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO-
A message from the Senate by Ms. Indiana, 48–13, in the national quarter- VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF
Byrd, one of its clerks, announced that finals. Bagent completed 19 of 28 passes SENATE AMENDMENT TO HOUSE
the Senate has passed with amend- for 231 yards and had four touchdowns. AMENDMENT TO SENATE
ments in which the concurrence of the Impressively, Tyson took the all- AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2617, AGRI-
House is requested, a bill of the House time lead for passing touchdowns in all CULTURE, RURAL DEVELOP-
of the following title: NCAA college divisions with 158 in the MENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
H.R. 1082. An act to prohibit the unauthor- game. ISTRATION, AND RELATED
ized sale of ride-hailing signage and study This remarkable achievement is just AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
the incidence of fatal and non-fatal assaults one of many for Tyson. He had a deco- ACT, 2023; RELATING TO CONSID-
in TNC and for-hire vehicles in order to en- rated career at Martinsburg High ERATION OF SENATE AMEND-
hance safety and save lives. School, where he led the Bulldogs to MENT TO H.R. 4373, FURTHER AD-
The message also announced that the consecutive Class AAA championships DITIONAL CONTINUING APPRO-
Senate has passed bills of the following in 2016 and 2017. PRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS
titles in which the concurrence of the Congratulations to Tyson, and I wish ACT, 2023; RELATING TO CONSID-
House is requested: him and the Rams continued success. ERATION OF H.R. 1082, SAMI’S
S. 2524. An act to amend the Alaska Native f LAW; AND FOR OTHER PUR-
Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain POSES
payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska SUPPORT THE OMNIBUS
Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives
Mr. MCGOVERN, from the Com-
(Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was mittee on Rules, submitted a privi-
from being used to determine eligibility for
certain programs, and for other purposes.
given permission to address the House leged report (Rept. No. 117–664) on the
S. 2708. An act to provide for greater con- for 1 minute.) resolution (H. Res. 1531) providing for
sultation between the Federal Government Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I consideration of the bill (H.R. 2617) to
and the governing bodies and community rise again to thank Leader HOYER for amend section 1115 of title 31, United
users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico, his masterful control and work on the States Code, to amend the description
to provide for a process for recognition of the floor of the House and thank him for of how performance goals are achieved,
historic-traditional uses of land grant-mer- his magic 1 minute.
cedes, and for other purposes.
and for other purposes; relating to con-
S. 3046. An act to codify the authority of I rise as well, as I hope to continue sideration of the bill (H.R. 4373) mak-
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec- the debate, to encourage and say that ing appropriations for the Department
retary of the Interior to conduct certain there is no option but to support the of State, foreign operations, and re-
landscape-scale forest restoration projects, omnibus that will come before us. lated programs for the fiscal year end-
and for other purposes. Mr. Speaker, 40 million children will ing September 30, 2022, and for other
S. 3428. An act to require the Secretary of have permanent healthcare through purposes; relating to consideration of
Energy to establish a Nuclear Fuel Security
the CHIP program. $24 billion will help the bill (H.R. 1082) to prohibit the un-
Program, expand the American Assured Fuel
Supply Program, and submit a report on a to improve veterans’ healthcare. What authorized sale of ride-hailing signage
civil nuclear credit program, and for other is needed by Americans is that mental and study the incidence of fatal and
purposes. health will now be a high priority in non-fatal assaults in TNC and for-hire
S. 3873. An act to designate the outdoor assisting the stabilization of our fami- vehicles in order to enhance safety and
amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Cen- lies. save lives; and for other purposes,
ter in Galax, Virginia, as the ‘‘Rick Boucher I rise also to indicate my determina- which was referred to the House Cal-
Amphitheater’’.
S. 4105. An act to treat certain liquidations
tion to reintroduce H.R. 7566, which it endar and ordered to be printed.
of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified was this year, the No Trafficking Zones f
liquidations of LIFO inventory for purposes Act.
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. This legislation would have estab-
S. 4321. An act to amend the Save Our Seas OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO
lished a sentencing enhancement of up
2.0 Act to improve the administration of the HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE
to 5 years for any person who commits
Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Ma- AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2617, AGRI-
an offense of child sex trafficking or
rine Debris Act to improve the administra- CULTURE, RURAL DEVELOP-
tion of the Marine Debris Program of the Na-
coercion and enticement of a minor
MENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- within 1,000 feet of a school zone.
ISTRATION, AND RELATED
tion, and for other purposes. Let me apprise this body, in 2020,
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
S. 5357. An act to provide compensation for 11,193 instances of potential human
United States victims of Libyan state-spon- ACT, 2023; RELATING TO CONSID-
trafficking were reported by the United
sored terrorism, and for other purposes. ERATION OF SENATE AMEND-
States, national human trafficking,
The message also announced that MENT TO H.R. 4373, FURTHER AD-
and 25 percent of all that is in Texas,
pursuant to Public Law 110–315, the DITIONAL CONTINUING APPRO-
and these are children.
Chair, on behalf of the President pro PRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS
Mr. Speaker, it is crucial that we
tempore, announces the re-appoint- ACT, 2023; RELATING TO CONSID-
fight for children, and we get this bill—
ment of the following member of the ERATION OF SENATE AMEND-
no sex trafficking in our school zones,
National Advisory Committee on Insti- MENTS TO H.R. 1082, SAMI’S LAW;
no sex trafficking, no human traf-
tutional Quality and Integrity: AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
ficking. We are going to get it passed.
Michael Poliakoff of Virginia. f
Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, by di-
f rection of the Committee on Rules, I
RECESS call up House Resolution 1531 and ask
CONGRATULATING TYSON BAGENT for its immediate consideration.
AND THE SHEPHERD UNIVER- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair The Clerk read the resolution, as fol-
SITY RAMS lows:
declares the House in recess subject to
(Mr. MOONEY asked and was given the call of the Chair. H. RES. 1531
permission to address the House for 1 Accordingly (at 9 o’clock and 42 min- Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso-
minute and to revise and extend his re- utes a.m.), the House stood in recess. lution it shall be in order to take from the
marks.) Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. 2617) to amend
Mr. MOONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise f section 1115 of title 31, United States Code,
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to amend the description of how performance
today to share some historic news out b 1037
goals are achieved, and for other purposes,
of the Second Congressional District of
AFTER RECESS with the Senate amendment to the House
West Virginia. amendment to the Senate amendment there-
Born and raised in the eastern pan- The recess having expired, the House to, and to consider in the House, without
handle, Tyson Bagent is the quarter- was called to order by the Speaker pro intervention of any point of order, a motion
back for the Shepherd University foot- tempore (Mr. HIMES) at 10 o’clock and offered by the chair of the Committee on Ap-
ball team. 37 minutes a.m. propriations or her designee that the House
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H10064 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 23, 2022
concur in the Senate amendment to the woman DELAURO, and their staff for Mr. Speaker, I look forward to a con-
House amendment to the Senate amend- the work that went into crafting such structive debate here on the House
ment. The Senate amendment and the mo- a strong, bicameral, bipartisan funding floor, and I reserve the balance of my
tion shall be considered as read. The motion
shall be debatable for one hour equally di-
bill. time.
vided and controlled by the chair and rank- This package offers tremendous in- b 1045
ing minority member of the Committee on vestments in American families and
Appropriations or their respective designees. workers while strengthening democ- Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speak-
The previous question shall be considered as racy at home and abroad. er, I thank the distinguished gen-
ordered on the motion to its adoption with- This spending agreement ensures per- tleman from Massachusetts, the chair-
out intervening motion. manent, mandatory, and continuous man of the Rules Committee for yield-
SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution, ing me the customary 30 minutes, and
the House shall be considered to have taken
coverage for the 40 million children en-
rolled in Medicaid and CHIP. It pro- I yield myself such time as I may con-
from the Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. 4373)
making appropriations for the Department vides record Medicaid funding for Puer- sume.
of State, foreign operations, and related pro- to Rico, and permanent enhanced Med- Mr. Speaker, when I joined the Rules
grams for the fiscal year ending September icaid funding for all other territories, Committee, Chairman MCGOVERN was
30, 2022, and for other purposes, with the Sen- as well as the PREVENT Pandemics incredibly welcoming and has been to-
ate amendment thereto, and to have con- Act, which uses lessons from COVID–19 tally aboveboard. It has been a pleas-
curred in the Senate amendment. ure to work with Mr. MCGOVERN, and it
SEC. 3. Senate Concurrent Resolution 51 is to improve our preparedness for future
public health emergencies. is a pleasure that he and I get to de-
hereby adopted.
SEC. 4. House Resolution 366 is hereby For the first time in more than a dec- bate the last rule here for the 117th
adopted. ade, we have provided more funding for Congress. It is an honor, and I thank
SEC. 5. Upon adoption of this resolution, the National Labor Relations Board, the gentleman from Massachusetts. I
the House shall be considered to have taken which helps defend workers’ right to look forward to continuing to work
from the Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. 1082) with him on the Rules Committee.
to prohibit the unauthorized sale of ride-
organize.
There is also emergency disaster sup- Mr. Speaker, the rule before us today
hailing signage and study the incidence of
fatal and non-fatal assaults in TNC and for- port to help victims of hurricanes and provides for consideration of a 4,000-
hire vehicles in order to enhance safety and wildfires; to address the water crisis in page omnibus package that puts Amer-
save lives, with the Senate amendments Jackson, Mississippi; and $1 billion for ica last. This bill was crafted behind
thereto, and to have concurred in the Senate Puerto Rico’s electrical grid. closed doors, it was released in the
amendments. Critically, this package includes lan- middle of the night, and it received ab-
SEC. 6. House Resolution 1382 is hereby solutely no input from House Repub-
adopted.
guage to reform the Electoral Count
Act of 1887. This is an imperative meas- licans.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- ure that will help prevent any future So, instead of responsibly governing,
tleman from Massachusetts is recog- insurrections designed to disrupt the House Democrats are trying to ram
nized for 1 hour. through trillions of dollars in new
peaceful transfer of power like we saw
Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, for spending in the final days of this lame-
on January 6.
the purpose of debate only, I yield the duck session. No Congress in recent
This bill received broad support in
customary 30 minutes to the gen- history has passed an omnibus appro-
the Senate, with the votes of 18 Repub-
tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. priations bill during a lameduck ses-
lican Senators, including Minority
RESCHENTHALER), pending which I yield sion following a shift of power in the
Leader MITCH MCCONNELL and Senate
myself such time as I may consume. House.
During consideration of this resolu- Appropriations Vice Chair SHELBY.
Senators can rarely agree on what to To do so this year would be a viola-
tion, all time yielded is for the purpose
get for lunch, let alone a spending tion of congressional precedent and a
of debate only.
package like this. flagrant disregard for the American
GENERAL LEAVE
I want to be clear here that I am not people who voted in new leadership in
Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I ask the House. This omnibus package will
thrilled about everything in this pack-
unanimous consent that all Members not unleash American energy. It won’t
age.
may have 5 legislative days in which to reign in out-of-control inflation, which
Quite frankly, I find the endless in-
revise and extend their remarks. is caused by reckless spending.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there creases in defense spending year after
year to be appalling. We constantly Here we are just 3 days away from
objection to the request of the gen-
hear from the other side that we don’t Christmas, and more than one-quarter
tleman from Massachusetts?
There was no objection. have enough money to invest in the of Americans are expected to go into
Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield American people, yet there always debt over Christmas costs, and about
myself such time as I may consume. seems to be enough to invest in the half are saying that they are going to
Mr. Speaker, the Rules Committee next weapons system that the Pen- cut back on holiday shopping alto-
met and reported a rule, House Resolu- tagon doesn’t even want or need. We gether.
tion 1531, providing for consideration of have to control this unbelievable de- Sadly, this comes as the majority of
a motion, if offered, by the chair of the fense spending habit that we have here Americans have already reported an in-
Committee on Appropriations that the in Congress, and I hope we will do that crease in personal debt this year as in-
House concur in the Senate amend- in the coming months. flation outpaces their income.
ment to the House amendment to the I am also thrilled that this bill in- So instead of working on providing
Senate amendment to H.R. 2617. The cludes a bipartisan agreement to per- Americans with relief, this legislation
rule provides 1 hour of debate equally manently extend food benefit increases is a last-ditch effort by Democrats to
divided and controlled by the chair and for parents with children. This will force their far left radical agenda on
ranking minority member of the Com- provide an extra $40 per child per the American people before the clock
mittee on Appropriations. month for struggling parents to feed runs out on the one-party rule that we
The rule further deems as passed the their kids over the summer when hun- have come to know in Washington.
following: S. Con. Res. 51, H. Res. 366, ger is often the worst. While I support Further, despite the ongoing border
H. Res. 1382, and motions to concur in that, I don’t love the way we pay for it, crisis and Democrats’ eagerness to let
the Senate amendments to H.R. 1082 by robbing Peter to pay Paul, and tak- title 42 expire, this package effectively
and the Senate amendment to H.R. ing from our pandemic EBT benefits. I reduces funding for border enforcement
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4373. find that to be obnoxious, quite frank- and fails to include tougher policies
Mr. Speaker, we are here today to de- ly. As we approach the farm bill, we all that would actually address issues at
bate a rule that would bring a Consoli- need to be focused on making sure that the border.
dated Appropriations Act for fiscal we restore any damage that might be Specifically, this bill increases non-
year 2023 to the floor. done by this offset. defense spending by $57 billion, yet
I give my wholehearted thanks to all But, again, the give and take of nego- there is no increase in funding for ICE
of our appropriators, especially Chair- tiations requires compromise. enforcement and removal operations,
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and there is no increase for Border Pa- the health, safety, and well-being of I love my friends on the other side of
trol agent hiring, which is already the American people. the aisle. They complain they are
grossly underfunded. This legislation reflects Democratic going to vote ‘‘no,’’ and then they are
Yet, in this bill the TSA received a values. going to go home and do press con-
drastic increase to give TSA officers a Democrats in the new year will con- ferences announcing all the Members’
raise. tinue to fight for lower costs, better projects that they got, but that is what
So the men and women at the south- paying jobs, and safer communities, we have come to expect from my Re-
ern border that are stopping fentanyl and Democrats will always put people publican friends here in the House.
from coming across the border, stop- over politics. They don’t want to come to the table.
ping terrorists, apprehending terrorists Happy holidays and happy new year. They don’t want to be constructive.
at the southern border, they are under- Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speak- They are just no, no, no, no on every-
funded, yet the person that is wanding er, I yield myself such time as I may thing. They are more interested in
down your grandmother at the airport consume. Twitter followers than they are in ac-
and taking your toothpaste, they get Let’s just talk briefly about all the tually legislating. That is their prob-
the raise. That is how backward this junk that is in this omnibus. This om- lem, but that is not going to be the
omnibus is. nibus increases funding for nondefense problem today.
Almost 5 million illegal immigrants programs by 8 percent in addition to Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the
have been apprehended at the southern the trillions of dollars that have been gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON
border since Joe Biden took office. spent over the last 2 years. LEE).
That is not including the 1 million got- There is over $12 billion for the IRS Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I
aways that have not been apprehended on top of the nearly $80 billion provided thank the gentleman very much for
at all. That is 1 million people that are to the IRS with the Inflation Reduc- yielding.
in this country that we have no control tion Act. Mr. Speaker, there are no lameduck
over, we don’t know where they are, There is a 12 percent increase for cli- Americans. The lights are on, the doors
and they crossed illegally. mate research for the National Oceanic are open, and they expect for us to
Illegal immigrants who entered this and Atmospheric Administration. work.
country under Biden’s border crisis will You have got over $3 billion for pie- I am excited about this omnibus. I
now cost U.S. taxpayers $20 billion a in-the-sky renewable energy programs am excited about the $800 billion that
year on top of the trillions in spending with the Department of Energy. That Democrats were able to get for housing
Democrats are trying to pass just is a historic high, by the way. and safer communities.
today. You have a 22 percent increase for I am excited about the STOP School
So I urge my colleagues to oppose Climate Adaptation Science Centers in Violence Act grants of $50 million for
this rule, and I reserve the balance of the U.S. Geological Survey. community-based violence interven-
my time. You have a 20 percent increase for tion; $95 million for the background
Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield the Biden White House. checks.
myself such time as I may consume. You have a 125 percent increase in I am excited about 40 million chil-
I am a little bit surprised that my loan authority for The Presidio Trust, dren being able to have good
friends are complaining about the proc- which is a parochial priority of Speak- healthcare under Medicaid. I am ex-
ess. Senator SHELBY, a Republican over er PELOSI’s that has already received cited about the enhancement of Medi-
in the Senate, said I was surprised that $70 million in loan authority since fis- care and Medicaid for my constituents.
they, meaning the House Republicans, cal year 2020. I am enormously excited about the
didn’t enter into negotiations because So think about that when we go to $398 million—we have tried this over
they are the Republicans in the House, vote on this trillion dollar omnibus, all and over again—to transition the TSA
they should have been at the table, but the junk and wasteful spending that is workforce to pay parity with civil serv-
they chose not to come, which is kind in here. ice employees performing similar
of typical of what they do on every- Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the work, as well as the dollars for refu-
thing is they say ‘‘no’’ and do not want gentleman from Indiana (Mr. BUCSHON), gees’ processing and shelter.
to be part of a constructive solution. my good friend and a good doctor. I am excited about the dollars for the
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the Mr. BUCSHON. Mr. Speaker, I am United States Department of Housing
gentleman from New York (Mr. against the rule and the underlying and Urban Development for the 18th
JEFFRIES), the chairman of the Demo- bill. It is a little Christmas tree of un- Congressional District; for Buffalo
cratic Caucus and future Democratic necessary earmarks, billions and bil- Bayou Park, $750,000, in the 18th Con-
leader. lions of dollars of the American peo- gressional District; for riverside plan-
Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I thank ple’s taxpayer money. ning for restoration; for the hospital,
the gentleman for yielding and for his But you know the one thing that is $750,000; $4 million to deal with the De-
leadership in shepherding this legisla- not in there? Full funding for our Na- partment of Housing and Urban Devel-
tion forward. tion’s physicians. It is a travesty. In opment and Transportation.
I rise today in strong support of the fact, there is a pay cut. The very peo- I am excited because we are doing
rule, as well as the underlying spending ple who helped get us through the pan- things for families.
agreement. This spending agreement demic, and this is how we thank them. Mr. Speaker, vote for this bill. It is
was the product of bipartisan negotia- Shortages, burnout, low morale, re- no lameduck. Happy holidays. It is for
tion with Democrats and Republicans tirements; I wonder why? the American people, and the Demo-
in the Senate. The American people should know crats are standing tall.
I thank Speaker PELOSI, Chairwoman what Washington is doing to America’s Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speak-
DELAURO, and all of the members of physicians and subsequently what is er, I yield myself such time as I may
the House Democratic Caucus for their happening to the American people’s ac- consume.
leadership in helping to make sure that cess to quality medical care. To my knowledge, this is a lameduck
this bill includes strong democratic Washington, D.C., needs to wake up session. I am not sure if Democrats
priorities. and reform the way that we fund our have changed the definition of ‘‘lame-
This legislation invests in children healthcare plans, both Medicare and duck.’’ I know they tried to change the
and families; invests in education and Medicaid, and make sure the very peo- definition of ‘‘recession’’ this year, too.
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job training; invests in the creation ple that are taking care of the Amer- So I guess the language is constantly
and preservation of affordable housing; ican people are properly compensated changing under this one-party rule
invests in hardworking Americans and for the years and years of training and here in Washington, D.C.
organized labor; invests in research and expertise that is necessary to provide When we on this side of the aisle talk
development; invests in transportation quality care in this country. about inflation and the harm to Amer-
and infrastructure; invests in tech- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield ican families, this isn’t something that
nology and innovation; and invests in myself such time as I may consume. is just theoretical.
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Let’s put this in context. Since Janu- their fancy planes and go home, and we Patrol from securing the border. He
ary of 2021, Democrats have spent $3 are sitting here trying to do the work wanted to try to fix that. He tried to
trillion on partisan spending bills. of the people, not spend money we extend title 42.
Again, this is a key driver of inflation. don’t have, not drive up more inflation, My Democratic colleagues rejected
Bidenflation is America’s unwanted not have 7,500 earmarks for $16 billion it. I sat here on the floor, and they
guest at a Christmas dinner table for for pet, leftist projects across this were more concerned about catching
the second year in a row. country. their flights for Christmas. They were
With inflation remaining high, fami- What you see here on the floor of the coming to me and saying: We can’t be
lies across the country will pay 16.4 House of Representatives should make here over Christmas.
percent more for Christmas dinner everybody ashamed. This is the peo- Well, why the hell not?
compared to last year. The majority of ple’s House. Not one amendment has The American people deserve us to be
Americans reported an increase in per- been offered on the floor of this body here over Christmas actually fighting
sonal debt this year, and the top reason since May of 2016 in open debate. for them instead of trying to catch
given was rising inflation and declining The gentleman from Massachusetts planes while one half of this body is
real wages. dares to impugn the character of the going to vote by proxy. One half of this
As of December, the share of Ameri- Appropriations Chairwoman KAY body is not even going to be here, and
cans living paycheck-to-paycheck in GRANGER and those Republicans he they are lying. They are lying on forms
Joe Biden’s economy has risen to 63 says won’t sit at the table when, in saying that they are voting by proxy
percent. Let that sink in. Sixty-three fact, what you see here is a 4,100-page because of COVID, and it is a lie. One
percent of Americans in Biden’s econ- bill cooked up by a handful of people half of this body is going to do it, you
omy are living paycheck-to-paycheck. behind closed doors brought before the know it, and it is destroying this coun-
Families across the country are still Rules Committee with no ability to try.
paying more for just about everything. offer an amendment, no ability to de- I am not going to just sit here and
Fuel. Fuel is up 65.7 percent. Eggs are roll over on this. This is going to con-
bate, no actual discussion on the peo-
up about 50 percent. Air fares are up 36 tinue. The American people are going
ple’s House floor.
percent. Butter and margarine, they to know precisely what is happening to
are up 34 percent. Bread is up 15.7 per- b 1100 them by the people’s House.
cent. Milk is up by about 15 percent. My colleagues on the other side of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem-
Electricity is up by about 14 percent. the aisle know it. We are spending bers are reminded to direct their re-
Energy altogether is up over 30 per- money we don’t have. marks to the Chair.
cent. Go home and sell your projects. Go Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield
So that is what you expect in Joe home and talk about all the pork you myself such time as I may consume.
Biden’s economy, and this $1.7 trillion are bringing home. But you are de- Mr. Speaker, I remind the Members
spending bill will do nothing more but stroying the United States of America, that the microphones are working.
drive up inflation even more and re- and you are absolutely destroying this People don’t have to shout.
duce real wages down further. body. But, in any event, let me say that it
For more on this, I yield 5 minutes to The American people did not send us wasn’t I who said that Republicans
the gentleman from the great State of here to do that. My colleagues on the didn’t come to the table. That was Re-
Texas (Mr. ROY). other side of the aisle know that. My publican Senator RICHARD SHELBY. I
Mr. ROY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the mentioned that earlier.
colleagues on the other side of the aisle
gentleman from Pennsylvania for Mr. Speaker, there are people who
know full well that this body is broken,
yielding. I can’t help but be amused come to the floor and yell and scream
but they do not care.
when the gentleman from Massachu- about the process, and, yet, what is
Mr. Speaker, $45 billion to Ukraine.
setts says that we refused to come to their plan?
Have we had a full debate on
the table. As if the gentlewoman who Their plan is vengeance.
Ukraine?
will soon be the chair of the Appropria- I would take a moment to thank the
Or do we take $45 billion of funding
tions Committee, Ms. GRANGER, my 18 Republican Senators, including the
for Ukraine, package it in a $1.7 tril-
colleague from Texas, doesn’t want to senior Senator from Texas, Senator
lion bill, and invite the President of
sit at the table with colleagues on ei- CORNYN, who voted for this bill. I don’t
Ukraine to address this body for theat-
ther side of the aisle to come to con- think the senior Senator from Texas
rics while heading out for Christmas in
sensus about how to spend taxpayer voted for the omnibus because he
order to jam through a big spending,
dollars; or better stated, how to borrow thought it was bad for Texas or that it
Democrat-priority bill that the Amer-
money we don’t have, as if that is actu- would destroy the country. Quite the
ican people resoundingly rejected in
ally true. contrary. I thank him for his vote.
What table is the gentleman refer- November?
For 70 years, we in this body, when Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD
ring to? the names of the Senators—Republican
At what table does he want us to we have had a transfer of power in the
Senate, have not done this in a lame- Senators—who voted for the omnibus
come sit down and negotiate? in the RECORD.
It is not this table. duck. Yet, that is what my Democratic
I don’t have the power to offer an colleagues are doing. LIST OF R SENATORS THAT VOTED YES ON
amendment on the floor of the House of There are consequences to this. OMNI
Representatives, despite being elected You can’t go out and talk about in- 1. Blunt (R–MO)
flation and talk about what the Amer- 2. Boozman (R–AR)
by 750,000 Texans. I don’t have the abil- 3. Capito (R–WV)
ity or the right to be able to stand up ican people are feeling right now— 4. Collins (R–ME)
for them and have a debate on the floor when they are trying to fill up their 5. Cornyn (R–TX)
of this Chamber. tanks with gas, they are trying to have 6. Cotton (R–AR)
Everything the American people are presents for their families, and they 7. Graham (R–SC)
8. Inhofe (R–OK)
watching right now is a complete are trying to pay their bills—and then 9. McConnell (R–KY)
sham. It is a fraud, a fraud being per- come here and dump hundreds of bil- 10. Moran (R–KS)
petrated on the American people right lions of dollars in the economy while 11. Murkowski (R–AK)
before their eyes, right as we head into the Feds are raising interest rates, peo- 12. Portman (R–OH)
Christmas, sitting here on the 23rd of ple can’t afford to buy homes, and they 13. Romney (R–UT)
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14. Rounds (R–SD)
December when—240-what—246 years can’t live, and then say that you are 15. Shelby (R–AL)
ago those boys crossed the Delaware doing the people’s work. 16. Thune (R–SD)
and we were dealing with Valley Forge, My colleagues on the other side of 17. Wicker (R–MS)
or the boys in 1944 sitting in foxholes the aisle the night before last were ap- 18. Young (R–IN)
in Bastogne over Christmas. oplectic that MIKE LEE was daring to Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I
We had 18 Republicans who joined challenge the idea that we should have yield myself such time as I may con-
with Democrats in the Senate get in a bill that literally prohibits Border sume.
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Mr. Speaker, I heard some of my Re- ities. So let’s look at some of the na- We only have ourselves to blame, Mr.
publican colleagues on the other side tional security priorities in this omni- Speaker, and those 20 million so-called
threatening to vote against any legis- bus. conservatives who decided to stay
lation in the future sponsored by Re- There is a $65 million increase for the home for whatever reason this past
publicans in the Senate sent over to United Nations Relief and Works Agen- election year.
the House because they don’t like their cy which, for those of you who don’t Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield
vote. In fact, the leader, Leader know, produces materials promoting myself such time as I may consume.
MCCARTHY, said, ‘‘when I am Speaker, terrorism and anti-Semitism.
While we are talking about anti-Sem- Mr. Speaker, let me just say that I
their bills will be dead on arrival in the am proud of the work that the Rules
House.’’ itism, let’s talk about the U.N.’s Com-
mission of Inquiry. I had an amend- Committee has done over the past two
Well, some of the 18 Republican Sen- sessions. I just want to contrast where
ators who voted for the bill yesterday ment in the State and Foreign Oper-
ations Subcommittee to make sure our focus has been and what we have
actually had some incredible legisla- accomplished to the Party of No.
tion signed into law; for example, Sen- that no U.S. taxpayer dollars went to
ator CORNYN’s bill, S. 4834, the PRO- the Commission of Inquiry on Israel, When we took over, we passed a new
TECT Our Children Act of 2022 was which does nothing more than harass rules package that actually had bipar-
signed into law just a couple of days our Israeli allies and harasses the only tisan support for the first time in over
ago. That is protecting our children. Jewish majority state in the world. a decade. We had the first-ever House
Would that be dead on arrival now? Yet, that amendment that I had was Office of Diversity and Inclusion to re-
Senator BOOZMAN’s bill, S. 2102, stripped out of this omnibus. cruit, train, develop, promote, and re-
which expands access to mammograms This also allows the U.S. to continue tain a congressional workforce that re-
for veterans, was passed in June, and it to cooperate with the International flected the diversity of the American
is now law. Criminal Court, which is deeply flawed. people.
Is that not important, providing As a former JAG, I can tell you that We established a Select Committee
mammograms to our veterans, and that court is incredibly unfair to U.S. on the Modernization of Congress
that would be dead on arrival under servicemembers as well as Israel. which has already led to real changes
This also underfunds foreign military to improve the efficiency and the effec-
this new rule my Republicans are say-
financing requests from Egypt and Tai- tiveness of our congressional commu-
ing they want to enforce?
Senator INHOFE is the lead sponsor on wan. So we give billions of dollars to nity. We required a Member Day hear-
Ukraine with zero accountability as to ing so that all Members had a chance
S. 1790, the National Defense Author-
where those funds are going. There is to be heard across the Congress.
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 Act. I
no SIGAR-style oversight on that. Yet
just complained about how big the de- We implemented a Consensus Cal-
our allies in Taiwan and our allies in
fense budget is. I don’t like the fact endar to expedite consideration of
Egypt are underfunded.
that it is so overblown and bloated, but Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the ideas with broad, bipartisan support.
I know my Republican friends do. gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. We had remote voting by proxy and
But would they have blocked that BURCHETT) to talk more on this omni- remote committee proceedings to keep
bill because Senator INHOFE voted for bus. Congress functioning during a once-in-
the omnibus? Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, I a-lifetime global pandemic, over a
Imagine if veterans or children didn’t thank the ranking member for yield- dozen hearings, roundtables, site visits
get the aid they needed because of ing. in at least eight cities, and numerous
petty politics. That is no way to gov- Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to interactive discussions on social media
ern, Mr. Speaker. this bill which I feel is pumped full of exploring what it will take to finally
This legislation that some of these woke nonsense. end hunger in America, which led to
Republican Senators have brought for- This $1.66 trillion package has bil- the first White House conference on
ward will not only keep the lights on lions of dollars set aside for LGBT cen- hunger, nutrition, and health in over 50
but provide aid to thousands of Ameri- ters, museums, hiking trails, pride cen- years.
cans. It is important that the Presi- ters, skate parks, solar panel projects, We held the first-ever congressional
dent sign it. It will make life better for and other Democrat priorities. hearing on Medicare for all and the
people in this country. We are giving $410 million to five first-ever congressional hearing on
So I get it that this is the time when Middle Eastern countries for border se- seating a delegate from the Cherokee
everybody is yelling and screaming and curity, while billions of dollars of our Nation.
trying to score political points, but at own border protection are prohibited.
the end of the day, let us reflect what They are prohibited, Mr. Speaker, from We passed landmark legislation that
our purpose here is, and that is to get being used to enhance border security; President Biden signed into law that
stuff done and to improve the lives of not to mention over $45 billion for will have a positive impact for genera-
the American people. If you don’t like Ukraine, bringing it up to $100 billion tions to come: the American Rescue
the priorities in this bill, then you can total. Plan, the bipartisan infrastructure law
vote against it. But 18 Republicans— Mind you, Mr. Speaker, the Demo- to rebuild America and reinvest in our
pretty conservative Republicans— crats blocked the bill that would have communities; the Inflation Reduction
voted for it over in the Senate. They allowed us to have some transparency Act to lower prices for consumers and
put people ahead of politics, and I ap- and audited those funds and know invest in clean energy to address the
plaud that. where they went. These massive costs climate crisis; the Bipartisan Safer
This is not a perfect bill. There are a are not our responsibility. They are Communities Act to reduce gun vio-
lot of things in here I don’t like. But Europe’s, Mr. Speaker. lence; the Respect for Marriage Act to
rather than yelling and screaming and My Democratic colleagues are not guarantee and expand civil rights for
threatening revenge, maybe people even keeping an account of where this all Americans; the CHIPS and Science
should sit down and talk and work money is really going. One hundred bil- Act to turbocharge American manufac-
things out and come to some sort of a lion dollars is about $200 million per turing, and requiring legislation to
compromise. That is what they did in congressional district. Imagine what have a hearing and a markup before
the Senate. I hope that some of my east Tennesseans could do with $200 being considered on the floor.
friends will learn from that example. million or the districts on our southern We set an example to disagree with-
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Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of border. out being disagreeable, even during po-
my time. If you are a Republican and vote for larized times like two Presidential im-
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speak- this but claim to be a fiscal conserv- peachments. One journalist praised our
er, I yield myself such time as I may ative, Mr. Speaker, then you are a liar. hearing in the Rules Committee as a
consume. If you are a Democrat and vote for this master class in what civility and re-
Mr. Speaker, my good friend from but claim to be against war, then you spectful disagreement should look like
Massachusetts was talking about prior- are a liar. in Congress.
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I would just say that none of these To put that in context, that is one Democrats’ special interests and stick
accomplishments would have been pos- fentanyl overdose every 7 minutes in hardworking Americans with the tab.
sible without the incredible staff on the U.S. For more context on that, That is what this omnibus does.
the Rules Committee. that would be the equivalent of one As I listen to this debate, Mr. Speak-
Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD commercial airliner going down every er, I listened to the other side. My
the names of all staff, Democratic and single day in this country. It is an un- friend says: No, it is the Democrats
Republican, who have spent countless mitigated disaster, and it is being who have put people before politics.
hours at the Rules Committee over the caused because we have such a porous They are so giving that they are put-
last 4 years working late at night, southern border. ting the people before politics.
early in the morning, and every time in Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the What does that mean? What is the
between to help bring legislation to the gentleman from the great State of definition when you are so caring and
floor to improve the lives of the Amer- Texas (Mr. SESSIONS), who is a former you care so deeply about the people
ican people. chairman of the Rules Committee. that you put them first before any poli-
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I appre- tics? Well, let’s look because that is
COMMITTEE ON RULES
ciate the gentleman from Pennsylvania what they say this omnibus does for
STAFF IN THE 116TH, AND 117TH CONGRESSES
yielding me time. them.
Chairman James P. McGovern First, guess how many pages. Over
Matthew Bonaccorsi Mr. Speaker, today America faces the
4,000, so pet projects, pork, and pro-
Cindy Buhl Congress as we debate—yes, debate— gressive priorities. Guess how much it
Jennifer Chandler just days before Christmas, this spend- costs. They say, oh, about $1.7 trillion.
Kim Corbin ing that will take place next year.
Eric Delaney If you really add it all up, and you add
In the 20 years I spent on the Rules the paygo and the other things that
Adam Duffy Committee, I do know that the staff
Jeff Gohringer have been done before, we are talking
Caitlin Hodgkins and the members do hard work, and I more than $2 trillion because the peo-
Lori Ismail respect them for that. But the dif- ple need to borrow more. That is really
Rose Laughlin ferences between our parties appear at looking out for them.
Ana Martinez the Rules Committee. Guess who wrote it. Well, two retir-
Lale Morrison For 8 years, Republicans—6 of those ing Senators who face no account-
Lauren Mueller years with me as chairman of the Rules ability from the voters again. Now,
Allie Neill Committee—held government spending
Liz Pardue they probably really cared about the
Nate Perkins
completely flat, discretionary spend- people. They cared so much about the
Allie Polaski ing. And yet we see what is happening people that Senator LEAHY gets numer-
Matthew Price now is a good bit of that discretionary ous projects named after himself be-
Samantha Russell spending they are moving to manda- cause the people wanted that.
Don Sisson tory spending—mandatory spending Do you know who requested that?
Jessica Suh that will put a burden on the taxpayer Just one person, so you don’t have to
Dan Turton of this country—not just 4,100 pages, use plural—no people, just LEAHY.
David Vince not just $1.7 trillion, but actually em- SHELBY gets something named after
Ranking Republican Tom Cole powering government to intrude into him, too.
Emily Ackerman the lives of American citizens. Speaker PELOSI, she gets a couple of
Jennifer Belair things named after her because the
Kelly Chambers
Over $20 billion will be given to the
IRS over this next year. people are more important than the
Sarah Corley politics because that is what the people
Matt Diller b 1115 of America want right now.
Chris Erb
James Fitzella The Federal Government under Guess when it was made public so the
Hannah Gill President Biden does not even have people would know how hard the Demo-
Eric Shepard government employees reporting to crats worked for them. Well, it was in
Steve Waskiewicz work. They stay at home. Yet, we add the dead of night, at 2 a.m., on Tuesday
Mr. MCGOVERN. I also thank the 87,000 new IRS employees. before Christmas.
House and Senate clerks who have been Mr. Speaker, what we have today is The Democrats care so much about
working around the clock trying to get the difference on the priorities, I think, the people that they are home with the
the omnibus text to us as quickly as of the American people, people who people and not here to read the bill or
possible. Their work has not gone un- want to have jobs and careers, people even vote on it.
noticed. I am not sure you don’t put a medal
who want to be safe in their own
I think it is important for us to re- in here for the people who don’t show
homes. An open border with this Presi-
flect on the hard work of the people up for work because they care so much.
dent and the Democratic Party is open- This is a monstrosity that is one of
who served all of us in this Congress, ly assisting illegal immigration into the most shameful acts I have ever
and I am proud to have worked with all this country with literally an unlim- seen in this body. The appropriations
of them on both sides of the aisle. ited amount of money. process has failed the American public,
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Detaining people at the border is im- and there is no greater example of the
my time. portant for national security. This nail in the coffin of the greatest failure
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speak- next year, the Texas delegation will en- of a one-party rule of the House, the
er, I yield myself such time as I may gage in this issue on the floor. Senate, and the Presidency than this
consume. I thank the Speaker for this time but bill here. You controlled it all.
Mr. Speaker, this omnibus will let them know that the American Mr. Speaker, I just heard him brag
underfunds border security. Let’s just people will hear from the Republican about how great the Rules Committee
give a few stats. Party next year. is. They are so great because they care
This year, 98 suspected terrorists Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I re- about the people. They care so much
have been apprehended attempting to serve the balance of my time. about the people that they never did
cross the southern border. Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speak- their work.
There were more than 14,000 pounds er, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman The Senate didn’t pass one appropria-
of illicit fentanyl seized in fiscal year from California (Mr. MCCARTHY), my tion bill, not one, so that people could
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2022. That is just what was seized. But good friend and the next Speaker of the read it or have debate. They passed a
we know that we only seize 5 to 10 per- House. continuing resolution for the people so
cent of the fentanyl coming across our Mr. MCCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, we are the government wouldn’t shut down.
border, and that has deadly con- 2 days away from Christmas. The What date did they pick? Well, let’s
sequences for Americans. There has Christmas season is the season of giv- pick it right before Christmas so Mem-
been a 94 percent increase in fentanyl ing, but in Congress, it appears the sea- bers won’t be here. They won’t read the
deaths since 2019. son of giving will line the pockets of bill. They will vote by proxy.
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They care so much about the people, years? You won the majority, and you politics. That is why the President
they created a system to control the wasted it. You spent too much, and you says there are more important things
floor where they have all the votes in harmed the American public. to do than even visit the border. He
their back pocket, so the people have The worst thing any government hasn’t had much time in his 40 years of
no say. could do to its public is bring inflation, elected office to have a chance to visit
The country is tired of it. Mr. Speak- and that is exactly what you are con- the border.
er, I know you are busy reading, but I tinuing. This bill increases the baseline Since taking office and having one-
do know this is true. The country is spending by $134 billion. party rule, Democrats’ and Biden’s
tired of it. Let me put it another way. The open border policy has caused the
Do you know why? Because they told American, hardworking taxpayer—you worst border crisis in American his-
you last month. They told you last just added $1.5 trillion over 10 years to tory.
month that, no, you don’t put people the national debt when we are already You can try to ignore it, but in 11
before politics. You have done nothing drowning in $31 trillion in debt. I don’t more days, since you won’t show up for
but put politics before the people of remember the people requesting that, work here, you no longer will have that
America. but in your definition, that is what you opportunity. We are going to take our
Do you know what? They fired you. did. work to the border. We are going to
They fired you. They chose a new di- What kind of projects are such high have our hearings on the border.
rection for our country by electing a priorities that you have to increase All you will have to do is open your
House Republican majority for the spending by so much? Well, some left- eyes, and you will see what you cre-
118th Congress. wing pet projects. Let’s look, for exam- ated. You will see the disaster that has
If you dearly cared about the people, ple, at what the people really requested become of your legacy.
why wouldn’t you let everybody read here. For example, there is $2.35 mil- On this administration’s watch,
it? Why wouldn’t you let them debate
lion for the Leahy center in Vermont record numbers of illegal border cross-
it? Why wouldn’t you simply wait 11
named after Senator PATRICK LEAHY. ings, deadly drugs, and even terror sus-
days? Just wait 11 days. Who requested it? Well, PATRICK
The people have spoken. They don’t pects have come into our country.
LEAHY did. Who wrote the bill? PAT- I remember almost 2 years ago, on a
like that you didn’t do your job. They
RICK LEAHY. tour of the border, speaking to the bor-
didn’t like that you put yourselves be-
Meanwhile, Chairwoman DELAURO der agents. You learn a lot if you are
fore them. They didn’t like that you
bragged that the omnibus fulfills 98 willing to do that. They told me never
wouldn’t show up for work.
So, you stuck it to them one more percent of the Democrat Members’ re- before had they seen so many people
time, but you did it in a manner that is quests in the House. That is $5.4 billion coming across the border that they
so big, we have never seen it before. for 3,213 Democratic projects. catch on the terrorist watch list.
Mr. Speaker, I am not quite sure of I went to a press conference after and
Eleven days.
This current debate isn’t just about your definition of ‘‘people.’’ I guess it told the American public what we had
bad policy. It is a slap in the face to is those Members that you are really learned. I would assume everybody, es-
every American that voted, which looking after. That would be politics. pecially, Mr. Speaker, when the Rules
raises the question: What exactly are Our economy is already in dire condi- chair says he cares so much about the
we voting on? tion. Passing this omnibus only super- people, that they would be concerned
I will guarantee you, not a single charges that disaster. because he knew what has happened
Member that will vote ‘‘yes’’ can tell Do you know what? Inflation is high- when terrorists have come to America
you everything that is in it because no er today than it was 11 months ago before, that they would want to rally
one has had the time to read it. when President Biden said it had together to protect America.
Maybe my good friend on the Rules peaked. Families are paying $400 more No, Mr. Speaker. Congressman
Committee, Mr. Speaker, might be at per month than they did a year ago. GALLEGO called me a liar. He said he
the groundbreaking for ELIZABETH Why? Because you put them before had as much clearance as I did, Mr.
WARREN’s new $3 million swimming your politics, as you say. They just Speaker, that this could not be true.
pool in Massachusetts because that is didn’t know that they really wanted to But, lo and behold, even the DHS came
what America needs to borrow money pay more. out and said we tried to deny the facts,
on right now, because that is putting Last month, our deficit was nearly but now we know it is a record-setting
people before politics. $250 billion, another record you own, a number.
I don’t know if you are going to go to record for the highest for the month of How many people on the terrorist
the Leahy center that he requested November. It was fueled by a 55 percent watch list coming into this country is
that never went before the committee. increase in our interest payments. too much for you? How many? How
It never went before the people. But Why? Because you own the majority: many before they act again?
you know best, Mr. Speaker. You knew the House, the Senate, and the Presi- If you don’t want to do that, we now
that people really wanted it even if dency. That is what you brought the have caught enough fentanyl in the
they didn’t request it because Leahy American public. last year to kill every single American.
requested it, and he will never have to Meanwhile, personal credit card debt It is in every single one of your cities.
stand before the people again. exploded by almost $400 billion in the If you listen to the people and stop
Here are some of the worst parts of third quarter. That is another record playing politics, they will tell you to
the omnibus. First, to state the obvi- you own for the third quarter. stop it.
ous, the omnibus spends too much, in- Inflation is the economy’s number There is enough now to kill 10 times
creasing the deficit and fueling even one problem. The Federal Reserve con- over every single American.
more inflation. tinues to raise the rate. Why? Because
you took the majority. It is raising b 1130
Now, the Democrats have been fired.
They had 4 years. Let’s just look at re- rates, and you still don’t get it. My good friend, GUY RESCHENTHALER,
cent history. When Republicans had Democrats want this bill to put more on the Rules Committee just recently
the majority in the House for 8 years, pressure on the working family because told you today—well, as many of you
and you look at discretionary spending you know better than the working fam- sit home and let somebody cast your
from the day we got the gavel to the ily, apparently. vote—300 Americans will be poisoned
day we had to hand it back, do you Americans have had enough. That is and die from fentanyl from your lack
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know how much it increased? Zero. why, again, millions voted to fire the of action.
You had it for 4 years before you got Democrats in this one-party rule. What does this do to stop it?
fired again. Do you know how much it Mr. Speaker, second, the omnibus Nothing.
increased, discretionary spending? One- spending bill intensifies the crisis at What does it do to help manage the
third, over $440 billion. the southern border. Now, I know, Mr. crisis at the border?
Do you want to know why we have Speaker, maybe the Rules chair will Well, this bill provides more for mi-
inflation the highest it has been in 41 say they are putting the people before grant shelter services and reduces the
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number of ICE detention beds, these fa- Because they want to go after free make the economy worse. It will make
cilities that eventually release even speech because they may be talking government worse.
more migrants across the country. about politics. Those people must not The American people are probably
Meanwhile, this disastrous bill re- know that they are putting people be- asking themselves: How did we get into
duces funding for border technology fore politics too. They are taking care this mess?
that would prevent more illegal border of those people—shut them down. Not I will tell you how. Democrats failed
crossings in the first place. only is it wrong, it is illegal. to do their job.
This bill funds—and you should brag It is time Congress conducts real Mr. Speaker, if someone wants to
about this—300 additional Border Pa- oversight and accountability in 11 challenge me on that then why did the
trol agents. But as you brag about days. I promise you this, House Repub- America public fire you just a few
that, there will be 3,000 illegal border licans will begin that on the very first months ago?
crossings in 1 single day, just in El day. Why did you wait to pass this bill, if
Paso. These border crossings are over This bill will give the Biden adminis- it was so great, until after the elec-
one overpass in El Paso, and in 7 weeks tration a free pass. This bill provides tion?
70,000 people came to that one location. the FBI with $375 million for a new Why did you allow two Senators to
I know you care about the people and headquarters and over $11 billion in write it that can’t be held accountable,
the border because you say so. It is just funding. I guess this Congress of Demo- and then name things after them-
not the border of America. Because in crat majority right now doesn’t care if selves?
this bill that you say you put people the FBI spied on you, if the FBI went Why did you pass the CR to push it
before politics, you put $410 million for after you simply because you wanted against Christmas with the storm be-
border security in Jordan, Lebanon, free speech. I guess they believe in fore our very eyes?
Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman. You will that. Why are the majority of Democrats
fund walls and technology to protect I guess that is what you mean by put- not even here if you think it is so
the Middle East but not to protect ting people before politics. Don’t listen good?
America. What is worse, you brag to the people because if they talk This is your legacy. I feel sad for you,
about it. about something other than your poli- but more importantly, for the damage
When the American public asks you tics of what you agree, you should shut that you have done to America. During
about it, you tell them to shut up, you them down. Fund something that does the last year Democrats controlled the
know best, you are putting their issues that. House, the Senate, and the Presidency,
first, but you are too busy to go to the Oh, probably the most sacred of all
and they have yet to fulfill their most
border to see what is happening. So I the Democrats’ power, before they were
basic tasks.
want you to look in the eye of a parent fired, was the wokeism. Buried in the
Senate Democrats passed zero appro-
when they come to you and tell you omnibus is even more money for
priations bills out of their committee.
their child just died from a fentanyl wokeism in the government and the
They passed zero appropriations bills
overdose, not because they purchased military.
The woke left wants to further divide off the floor. Mr. Speaker, they didn’t
fentanyl, but they purchased a Xanax
Americans against each other based do a damn thing. They went 0–12.
or something else. It is so rampant. It
upon race, sex, and background. They Instead of following the law and
is laced in everything we see. Sure, try
want to teach our kids that America is funding the government by September
to explain to them how you put them
inherently bad and that you should dis- 30, they did what they do best: They
before politics when you pass this bill.
This omnibus will continue to fully trust and hate your fellow Americans created a crisis and then didn’t even let
fund the IRS, including the 87,000 new instead of striving to be a more perfect it go to waste.
agents, and do nothing to protect you, Union. We all remember what Speaker
the family, or your business from being We look to the threats around the PELOSI told us about ObamaCare: You
targeted by the government. But don’t world, the rise of China, the threats have to pass it to find out what is in it.
fear, Mr. Speaker, you told the public from Africa to Asia. You brag about This is exactly the same. They waited
that you put them before politics. what you did for the Pentagon. until the last minute in a lameduck
Remember earlier this year, the Where did you put the money? Congress with 4,000 pages, $2 trillion,
Democrats funded 87,000 new IRS Well, $8.6 million for gender advisor and put it into the laps of the Amer-
agents and approved $85 billion to spy programs at the Pentagon. That is ican public.
on Americans spending $600 or more. going to strengthen our ability to pro- Did we have time to read the bill?
So if you go Christmas shopping this tect America. There is $200 million for No.
year and you spend $600, don’t fear, the the Gender Equity Fund. But you want Did we have time to debate the bill?
Democrats looked after you. They have to make sure it works everywhere— No.
got an agent following your every need. gender programs in Pakistan. I am not Did we mark up the bill? No.
But you can trust them. You can trust sure how many Americans requested Are there Members of Congress here
them. that. But then again, you were looking to vote on it? Nope.
Just listen to what we recently found out for the people. It is all right. We got your votes in
on the Twitter files, the collusion be- There is $575 million for family plan- the back pocket. I don’t know where
tween Big Tech and the FBI and the ning in areas where population growth the American people asked for that.
intel community. Oh, you can trust the threatens biodiversity; $4 million for In 11 days this all changes. We are
intel community. Remember those 51 shared equity housing models. These going to reclaim this body’s integrity
individuals, Mr. Speaker, the Haydens type of woke handouts should not be and service to the American people
and Brennans. They told the American funded by taxpayers. They go against after this institution covers itself in
public: Don’t play politics. All of this everything we stand for as Americans. disgrace one last time under the Demo-
stuff is just Russian and false. I want Most Americans share Dr. Martin Lu- crat one-party rule.
to tell you that 2 weeks before an elec- ther King’s belief that the content of Mr. Speaker, a new direction is com-
tion because you can trust me. character matters more than the color ing. In 11 days, Republicans will de-
Well, now we find the truth. It is of your skin. liver. I request a ‘‘no’’ vote on the om-
clear that instead of focusing on actual For all the reasons I have laid out, at nibus.
threats to our country and the people, the very end this will cost you more Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, after
they colluded with the private compa- than $2 trillion more than 4,000 pages is listening to that, it is clear he doesn’t
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nies by the way of personnel and direct a train wreck. It is jam-packed with have the votes yet.
payments. Is there any money in here wokeism, Washington special interests, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of
for the FBI to pay Twitter to go after and wasteful spending that means more my time.
Americans because you know best of crushing debt to 330 million Americans Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speak-
what they want, you wouldn’t want to and generations to come. er, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman
do that with politics? Why does the This bill will make the border worse. from Pennsylvania (Mr. PERRY), my
FBI want to go after them? It will make inflation worse. It will good friend.
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Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, this is that. There is that saying, ‘‘physician, pleased to put a penny in the old man’s
completely disgusting. Everything heal thyself.’’ hat.
about it is disgusting: the fact that it The bottom line is that over 100 Yes, indeed, the goose is getting fat.
showed up in the middle of the night, Members on that side requested com- We have a big bill here because we have
the fact that we knew for essentially a munity projects that were fully vet- big needs for our country. We have the
year, everybody in this place knew ted—I am not questioning whether largest defense appropriation ever and,
what was coming, that this had to be they are good or not—their commu- again, to help us honor our oath of of-
done. nities requested them and they have fice to protect and defend, and what
The folks on this side of aisle made community support. That is on your the Constitution says, provide for the
sure we were going to do this right be- side. common defense but, at the same time,
fore Christmas. We all know what is Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of pleased to put a penny in the old man’s
going to happen. Everybody has got to my time. hat. We address the needs of America’s
get home for Christmas, not troops b 1145 working families, with special focus on
that go overseas. They are not going to our children.
be home for Christmas, but you folks Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speak- So I rise in strong support of this bi-
are. er, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman partisan omnibus government funding
This is not about America’s prior- from the great State of Texas (Mr. bill for us today, to keep from shutting
ities, this is about your priorities, your GOHMERT), my good friend. the government down but, more impor-
personal priorities. Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, look, tantly, to meet the needs of the Amer-
You know how we know that? Be- 4,155 pages, and that doesn’t include ican people.
cause your names are on these things. the couple of thousand pages of expla- Let me applaud the magnificent ap-
Somebody wrote this. nation, definition, and all this other propriations chairwoman, ROSA
Somebody wrote in there that we are stuff. DELAURO. She is a maestro with a
going to protect Tunisia and Egypt’s At least with ObamaCare, 2,500 pages, baton. She has just done such a job of
border, but we are not going to do any- we had time to go through it. I did. I reflecting the values of our country in
thing to protect our border. Somebody read it, highlighted, made notes. This terms of how we allocate our resources.
wrote that. Yeah, I know you are all is 4,155 pages, and we haven’t had a There is plenty else in the bill that is
over there talking about it, somebody chance. outside the realm of the Appropria-
has got a name attached to that, and Well, the House rules make sure that tions Committee, all of it very, very
you are proud of it. you can’t shove a bill through without important.
This is a Christmas tree of 7,000 of people knowing what is in it, and that I commend Chairman PAT LEAHY in
your priorities, not America’s prior- is the rule that requires that the bill be the Senate and Vice Chair RICHARD
ities. read. But the majority, for a few days SHELBY for their bipartisan support;
This does absolutely nothing to fix more, decided we don’t want people to congratulate them for their service to
our border. know what is in it; and as the Speaker the Congress for many years; wish
It does nothing to fix the fire of previously famously said, we have got them much success with much grati-
fentanyl deaths that are raging across to pass it and find out what is in it. tude as they end their service in Con-
the United States of America, abso- That is why the majority in the gress.
lutely nothing at all. Rules Committee, in this rule, said, we I want to recognize the outstanding
It does nothing to fix the fact that consider it as already read because we work of all of the staffs on both sides of
people that I represent can’t afford don’t want you to know what is in the aisle, on both sides of the Capitol,
butter, milk, bread, gasoline, and en- that. That is dangerous because there but I want to point out my brilliant
ergy. It does nothing to fix any of that. is so much garbage. policy director, Richard Meltzer.
These are about your priorities. There are people struggling, maxing I also want to acknowledge Wendell
Now, my friends on the other side of out credit cards to get gasoline, and Primus, Robert Edmondson, Alex Urry,
the aisle say we are not willing to be this bill is going to do for inflation— and so many other policy professionals,
constructive. Well, forgive me. Forgive well, I won’t go there, but it is going to again, on both sides of the aisle who
me for voting ‘‘no’’ and not being con- do a lot of damage for inflation; and helped strengthen the bill.
structive in playing a part in you de- people that can least afford it will be Mr. Speaker, this bill is about our he-
stroying our country. Our country is harmed tremendously by the callous roes, honoring our heroes, our heroic
sick of what you are doing. This is why treatment that the rules of the House veterans, with a major increase in vet-
you are doing it now. have gotten and that the people that erans’ healthcare, a national security
My friend on the other side of the are hurting across America are getting. imperative that falls under the non-
aisle says, well, this is about getting It should be voted down, and we defense discretionary, even though we
things done. People on this side of the should have time to look at exactly know it is part of our national security
aisle don’t want to get things done. what is being given away. responsibility.
Look at what is in this bill, ladies and Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield Honoring the heroes of 9/11: deliv-
gentlemen. This isn’t about getting 1 minute to the gentlewoman from ering benefits to families that have
things done. This is about getting California (Ms. PELOSI), the Speaker of long been wrongfully denied; and bol-
things before you are done. That is the House. stering funding for a health program
what this is. That is why it is hap- Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank for first responders and survivors
pening now. That is why it is hap- the gentleman for yielding, and for his there.
pening the way it is. The American extraordinary leadership as the chair- Our firefighters and first responder
people are sick of this and it must end. man of the Rules Committee for so heroes: those who weigh in when emer-
Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, for many years. I thank the chairman and gency disaster calls upon them for re-
the record, the minority leader came to the members of his committee for ex- lief resources.
the floor and was criticizing commu- peditiously bringing us to the floor for The extraordinary heroes in Ukraine,
nity projects, and maybe he doesn’t this very, very important legislation. fighting on the frontlines of the battle
know this, let me inform him: that This will probably be my last speech for democracy: In this legislation, we
over 100 of his Members on the Repub- as Speaker of the House on this floor, proudly deliver another consequential
lican side requested and received com- and I am hoping to make it my short- round of security, economic and hu-
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munity projects, all of which I am est. Members have planes to catch, manitarian aid.
happy to say were vetted. Maybe he is gifts to wrap, toys to assemble, carols As the President of Ukraine said the
suggesting that they should all give to sing, religious services to attend to. other night, it isn’t about charity; it is
them back because I know they are In terms of singing songs, one that I about security; it is about working to-
going to vote ‘‘no’’ on this bill and go always think of at this time and in this gether. What a special honor it was for
home and do a press release and a press setting is an English song: Christmas is us to be on the floor when President
conference, but he ought to understand coming, the goose is getting fat, Zelenskyy spoke powerfully about the
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courage and commitment, heroism and We have to do better. We knew this Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana. Mr.
hope of the people. budget was due on September 30 of this Speaker, witness then the demise of a
Of course, our everyday heroes, year, yet we decided to wait. The Ap- nation once great. Witness the arro-
America’s working families, the people propriations Committee, the Repub- gance of thieves in suits from their
who make our country work, our fami- licans within the House Appropriations wealth and comfort as they spend the
lies grow, our communities thrive for Committee, worked our tails off to American treasure of a generation yet
our children, securing critical invest- make sure that we had something that unborn.
ments for the health, housing edu- was responsible; that gave back to Witness as they smile, in full knowl-
cation, economic well-being, and more; America; that provided the security of edge that they are comfortable with
on top of, under President Biden, form- Americans, and the Democrats in this taking the position that they are bet-
ing nearly 10 million jobs, largely in House and in the Senate failed to bring ter managers of our Nation’s decline.
the private sector, but with the public that budget forward until the last But witness ye, also, that the Amer-
policy to enable that to happen. minute. ican people have had enough. We strug-
Indeed, this bill puts people over pol- It is cold outside, but what we are gle, we the people. Americans from sea
itics. doing as a body, what Members of this to shining sea cannot pay for groceries
Mr. Speaker, it was sad to hear the body are doing to the American people or fuel. They are cold and hungry and
minority leader earlier say that this is so much colder. feel betrayed by this body.
legislation is the most shameful thing This $1.7 trillion will aggravate our I understand that sentiment and pas-
to be seen on the House floor in this debt. It will aggravate our inflation. sion because I share it.
Congress. I can’t help but wonder: has During a season where families are now The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
he forgotten January 6? making decisions whether to buy their time of the gentleman has expired.
Indeed, this is a day of immense pa- kids presents— b 1200
triotism, immense patriotism as we re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
form the Electoral Count Act of 1987 to time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I
thwart future attempts to disrupt the Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I re- would tell the gentleman from Lou-
peaceful transfer of power, and as I said serve the balance of my time. isiana (Mr. HIGGINS) that his veterans
before, here, in the heart of our democ- Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speak- bill is included in this omnibus pack-
racy. er, I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman age.
Mr. Speaker, this is truly a package from Georgia (Mr. CLYDE), my good Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of
for the people. With immense gratitude friend, and also fellow Naval officer. my time.
to Chairwoman ROSA DELAURO, Chair- Mr. CLYDE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speak-
man PATRICK LEAHY, and Vice Chair gentleman for yielding. er, I yield myself the balance of my
SHELBY, I urge a strong bipartisan If every Senate Republican did their time to close.
‘‘aye’’ vote. job, we wouldn’t be in this mess. Yet Mr. Speaker, I say again that in mod-
I wish everyone a happy, healthy, yesterday, 18 Republican Senators ern American history, a lameduck om-
and safe New Year. Happy Holidays. voted for this $1.7 trillion omnibus bill nibus package has never been passed
Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, in order to skip town for Christmas. before the new majority takes over.
Happy Hanukkah. Whatever it is you Those Senate Republicans got played Where is the claim that there is a
celebrate, be safe. by the Democrats as expertly as my threat to democracy? Where is the talk
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speak- wife plays the violin. about institutional integrity when we
er, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman Unfortunately, we are likely to see are doing this unprecedented step?
from California (Mr. GARCÍA) my good Republicans in this body do the very This package is designed to sideline
friend and fellow Naval officer. same thing and get played the very the incoming Republican House major-
Mr. GARCÍA of California. Mr. same way as the Senate, hoping to ity, to sideline incoming Speaker
Speaker, it is cold outside. It is about quickly and quietly pass this massive KEVIN MCCARTHY by extending many
24 degrees outside of the Chamber right spending bill with no questions or ac- programs in this bill for multiple years
now, and as a kid from southern Cali- countability. and providing large funding increases
fornia, that is especially cold. But that But Americans deserve the truth. A for Democrat priorities. This is on top
is not as cold as what is happening in- vote for this bill is a vote for increas- of the out-of-control spending that has
side this Chamber. ing inflation as Americans struggle to led to historic inflation rates this year.
Right now, as we speak, our Nation is afford the costs of living; bolstering Why are we not curbing wasteful gov-
$31 trillion in debt. We are suffering foreign nations’ border security, while ernment spending? Why are we not
from record-high inflation, and we are woefully ignoring our wide-open south- funding border security and border en-
about to vote on a $1.7 trillion spending ern border, rubber-stamping wasteful forcement? Why are we not unleashing
bill, a record-high spending bill that is pork projects like LGBTQ museums, to American energy dominance? Why are
going to aggravate these things; and bee-friendly highways and everything we not investing in our law enforce-
more than half of the Members of Con- in between, empowering alphabet agen- ment officers?
gress have not shown up to vote on this cies like the ATF with more money, as This omnibus does nothing to effec-
bill, not to engage in debate. bureaucrats destroy our Nation and in- tively address any of the crises that we
The Democratic Party has not al- fringe on our freedoms, pouring an ad- are currently facing.
lowed us to bring this forward through ditional $45 billion into Ukraine, with Mr. Speaker, for those reasons, I urge
the normal debate process, through the zero accountability, and green-lighting my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on the rule,
committees, through markups, just another year of the left’s Big Govern- and I yield back the balance of my
bringing it to the floor. ment, socialist agenda, right before the time.
Mr. Speaker, that is cold. The fact end of Democrats’ one-party rule in Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield
that this bill pays more credence to the Washington. myself the balance of my time.
borders of foreign nations like Tunisia A vote for this omnibus bill is a vote Mr. Speaker, the decision before us
and Egypt than to ours—the fact that for America last. I urge all my col- today is clear. Either we choose to do
the Speaker of the House speaks of the leagues to reject the swamp status quo the job the American people elected us
personal desires and necessities of and stand up for America and vote to do and vote for a good bipartisan, bi-
Members of Congress and prioritizes ‘‘no’’ on this monstrosity. cameral bill, or we shut down the gov-
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that over American citizens is cold. Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I con- ernment 2 days before Christmas as a
The fact that we, this week, had tinue to reserve the balance of my massive storm wreaks havoc on Ameri-
more Members of Congress show up to time. cans’ holiday travel plans. It is as sim-
listen to a speech by a president of a Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speak- ple as that.
foreign nation than to vote on the an- er, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman Games like the one House Repub-
nual operating budget for our entire from Louisiana (Mr. HIGGINS), my good licans are playing by using this bill as
Nation is cold. friend. a political wedge to threaten their
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counterparts in the Senate is equal Huffman Meng Schiff Reschenthaler Smith (MO) Upton
Jackson Lee Mfume Schneider Rice (SC) Smith (NE) Valadao
parts dangerous and destructive. Jacobs (CA) Moore (WI) Schrader Rodgers (WA) Smith (NJ) Van Drew
As Republican Senator KEVIN Jayapal Morelle Schrier Rogers (AL) Smucker Van Duyne
CRAMER said: ‘‘The reality is this kind Jeffries Moulton Scott (VA) Rogers (KY) Spartz Wagner
Johnson (TX) Mrvan Scott, David Rose Stauber Walberg
of chest-thumping and immaturity Rosendale Steel Waltz
Kahele Murphy (FL) Sewell
doesn’t instill confidence in their abil- Kaptur Nadler Sherman Rouzer Stefanik Weber (TX)
ity to lead.’’ Keating Napolitano Sherrill Roy Steil Webster (FL)
You hear it all the time: Don’t let Kelly (IL) Neal Sires Rutherford Steube Wenstrup
Khanna Neguse Slotkin Salazar Stewart Westerman
the perfect be the enemy of the good. I Kildee Newman Scalise Taylor Williams (TX)
Smith (WA)
will be one of the first to say that this Kilmer Norcross Soto Schweikert Tenney Wilson (SC)
bill isn’t perfect. It doesn’t address ev- Kim (NJ) O’Halleran Spanberger Scott, Austin Thompson (PA) Wittman
Kind Ocasio-Cortez Sempolinski Tiffany Womack
erything I wanted, nor does it address Kirkpatrick Omar
Speier
Sessions Timmons Yakym
everything in the way I wanted. But it Stansbury
Krishnamoorthi Pallone Simpson Turner Zeldin
Stanton
is a good bill. Kuster Panetta
Stevens
Lamb Pappas NOT VOTING—10
It was put together through hours of Strickland
Langevin Pascrell Buck Hollingsworth McKinley
hard-fought negotiations that involved Larsen (WA) Payne
Suozzi
Cawthorn Johnson (GA) Torres (NY)
Members in both Chambers from both Swalwell
Larson (CT) Pelosi Crenshaw Jones
Takano
sides of the aisle. It is not anyone’s Lawrence Peltola Gallagher Kinzinger
Lawson (FL) Perlmutter Thompson (CA)
fault but their own that House Repub- Lee (CA) Peters Thompson (MS)
licans chose to walk away from the ne- Lee (NV) Phillips Titus b 1234
gotiating table. Leger Fernandez Pingree Tlaib
Levin (CA) Pocan Tonko Mr. CARTER of Georgia and Mrs.
At the end of the day, we are here to Torres (CA) MILLER of West Virginia changed
Levin (MI) Porter
legislate, to get stuff done. We are here Lieu Pressley Trahan their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’
to help the American people, and that Lofgren Price (NC) Trone
So the resolution was agreed to.
Lowenthal Quigley Underwood
requires us to keep the lights on. The result of the vote was announced
Luria Raskin Vargas
The last time Republicans held the Lynch Rice (NY) Veasey as above recorded.
majority in the House, they left us in a Malinowski Ross Velázquez A motion to reconsider was laid on
prolonged government shutdown that Maloney, Roybal-Allard Wasserman
Carolyn B. Ruiz Schultz the table.
cost our country and taxpayers over $11 Maloney, Sean Ruppersberger Waters Stated for:
billion. I can promise you that the Manning Rush Watson Coleman Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, I regret that I was
Democrats have no plan of letting that Matsui Ryan (NY) Welch
delayed by traffic to vote. Had I been present,
happen under our watch. McBath Ryan (OH) Wexton
McCollum Sánchez Wild I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 547.
We must pass this rule and the un- McGovern Sarbanes Williams (GA) MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
derlying bill and get it to the Presi- McNerney Scanlon Wilson (FL) RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
dent’s desk. Meeks Schakowsky Yarmuth
Aguilar (Soto) Cleaver (Davids Garbarino
Mr. Speaker, I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on Amodei (KS)) (Fischbach)
NAYS—206
the rule and the previous question. (Balderson) Clyburn Garcı́a (IL)
Aderholt Fallon Jordan Auchincloss (Wasserman (Correa)
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Allen Feenstra Joyce (OH) (Wasserman Schultz) Gibbs (Joyce
of my time, and I move the previous Amodei Ferguson Joyce (PA) Schultz) Cohen (Casten) (PA))
question on the resolution. Armstrong Finstad Katko Axne (Pappas) Conway Gimenez (Diaz-
The previous question was ordered. Arrington Fischbach Keller Babin (Nehls) (Valadao) Balart)
Babin Fitzgerald Kelly (MS) Bacon (Flood) Cooper (Beyer) Gomez (Torres
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Bacon Fitzpatrick Kelly (PA) Baird (Bucshon) Costa (Correa) (CA))
question is on the resolution. Baird Fleischmann Kim (CA) Barr (Donalds) Courtney Gonzales, Tony
The question was taken; and the Balderson Flood Kustoff Barragán (Clarke (Perlmutter) (Weber (TX))
Banks Flores LaHood (NY)) Crawford (Moore Gonzalez,
Speaker pro tempore announced that Barr Foxx LaMalfa Beatty (AL)) Vicente
the ayes appeared to have it. Bentz Franklin, C. Lamborn (Cherfilus- Crow (Blunt (Garcia (TX))
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speak- Bergman Scott Latta McCormick) Rochester) Gooden (TX)
Bice (OK) Fulcher LaTurner Bentz
er, on that I demand the yeas and nays. Biggs Gaetz Lesko (Fitzgerald)
Cuellar (Garcia (Joyce (PA))
The yeas and nays were ordered. (TX)) Gosar (Weber
Bilirakis Garbarino Letlow Bera (Beyer) (TX))
Curtis
The vote was taken by electronic de- Bishop (NC) Garcia (CA) Long Bishop (GA)
(Armstrong) Gottheimer
vice, and there were—yeas 215, nays Boebert Gibbs Loudermilk (Strickland) (Craig)
Davis, Danny K.
Bost Gimenez Lucas Blumenauer Graves (MO)
206, not voting 10, as follows: Brady Gohmert Luetkemeyer (Beyer)
(Evans)
Dean (Evans) (Fleischmann)
[Roll No. 547] Brooks Gonzales, Tony Mace Bonamici
DeFazio Greene (GA)
Buchanan Gonzalez (OH) Malliotakis (Wasserman
YEAS—215 Bucshon Good (VA) Mann Schultz)
(Pallone) (Moore (AL))
DeGette (Blunt Grijalva (Torres
Adams Casten Dingell Budd Gooden (TX) Massie Brooks (Moore
Rochester) (CA))
Aguilar Castor (FL) Doggett Burchett Gosar Mast (AL))
DelBene Grothman
Allred Castro (TX) Doyle, Michael Burgess Granger McCarthy Brown (MD)
(Strickland) (Fitzgerald)
Auchincloss Cherfilus- F. Calvert Graves (LA) McCaul (Ruppersberger)
Axne McCormick Escobar Cammack Graves (MO) McClain Brown (OH) Demings (Evans) Hartzler (Weber
Barragán Chu Eshoo Carey Green (TN) McClintock (Cherfilus- DeSaulnier (TX))
Beatty Cicilline Espaillat Carl Greene (GA) McHenry McCormick) (Beyer) Hayes (Raskin)
Bera Clark (MA) Evans Carter (GA) Griffith Meijer Brownley DesJarlais Hern (Flood)
Beyer Clarke (NY) Fletcher Carter (TX) Grothman Meuser (Correa) (Fleischmann) Herrell (Joyce
Bishop (GA) Cleaver Foster Chabot Guest Miller (IL) Buchanan Doggett (PA))
Blumenauer Clyburn Frankel, Lois Cheney Guthrie Miller (WV) (Bucshon) (Takano) Herrera Beutler
Blunt Rochester Cohen Gallego Cline Harris Miller-Meeks Budd (Kustoff) Doyle, Michael (Valadao)
Bonamici Connolly Garamendi Cloud Harshbarger Moolenaar Burgess (Weber F. (Evans) Hice (GA)
Bourdeaux Cooper Garcı́a (IL) Clyde Hartzler Mooney (TX)) Duncan (Weber (Bishop (NC))
Bowman Correa Garcia (TX) Cole Hern Moore (AL) Bush (Bowman) (TX)) Higgins (NY)
Boyle, Brendan Costa Golden Comer Herrell Moore (UT) Bustos (Pappas) Escobar (Garcia (Pallone)
F. Courtney Gomez Conway Herrera Beutler Mullin Cárdenas (Soto) (TX)) Houlahan
Brown (MD) Craig Gonzalez, Crawford Hice (GA) Murphy (NC) Carter (GA) Ferguson (Evans)
Brown (OH) Crow Vicente Curtis Higgins (LA) Nehls (Murphy (NC)) (Kustoff) Hudson (Rouzer)
Brownley Cuellar Gottheimer Davidson Hill Newhouse Carter (TX) Fletcher (Evans) Huffman
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Bush Davids (KS) Green, Al (TX) Davis, Rodney Hinson Norman (Nehls) Flores (Weber (Casten)
Bustos Davis, Danny K. Grijalva DesJarlais Hudson Obernolte Cartwright (TX)) Issa (Calvert)
Butterfield Dean Harder (CA) Diaz-Balart Huizenga Owens (Beyer) Foster (Casten) Jackson (Nehls)
Carbajal DeFazio Hayes Donalds Issa Palazzo Castor (FL) Frankel, Lois Jacobs (NY)
Cárdenas DeGette Higgins (NY) Duncan Jackson Palmer (Wasserman (Wasserman (Zeldin)
Carson DeLauro Himes Dunn Jacobs (NY) Pence Schultz) Schultz) Jayapal
Carter (LA) DelBene Horsford Ellzey Johnson (LA) Perry Castro (TX) Gallego (Beyer) (Cicilline)
Cartwright Demings Houlahan Emmer Johnson (OH) Pfluger (Takano) Garamendi Johnson (LA)
Case DeSaulnier Hoyer Estes Johnson (SD) Posey Chu (Takano) (Correa) (Nehls)
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H10074 CORRECTION CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 23, 2022
Johnson (TX) Miller (IL) Schakowsky growing from 3,826,373 in 1997 to 13,158,100 in Whereas, on September 22, 1906, at 9 p.m.,
(Pallone) (Donalds) (Casten) 2018; 10,000 White men and boys gathered at the
Joyce (OH) Miller (WV) Schneider corner of Pryor and Decatur Streets, an area
Whereas, as of December 31, 2020, the ongo-
(Valadao) (Murphy (NC)) (Perlmutter)
Kahele (Correa) Miller-Meeks
ing National Motorcycle Profiling Survey known as Five Points in downtown Atlanta;
Schrader (Blunt
Katko (Kim (Keller) (2015–2020), conducted by the Motorcycle Whereas the mob was motivated by the
Rochester)
(CA)) Moolenaar Scott, David Profiling Project, found that approximately media’s false coverage of Black men brutal-
Keating (Bergman) (Garcia (TX))
1⁄2 of the motorcyclists surveyed felt they izing White women;
(Perlmutter) Moore (UT) Sewell (Clarke had been profiled by law enforcement at Whereas city officials, which included
Kelly (IL) (Armstrong) (NY)) least once, and approximately 90 percent of Mayor James G. Woodward, attempted to
(Casten) Moore (WI) survey participants urge their State and calm the crowds but failed to do so;
Sherrill
Kelly (PA) (Raskin)
(Phillips) Federal elected officials to legislatively ad- Whereas, going through Decatur Street,
(Keller) Morelle
Khanna (Blunt (Perlmutter)
Simpson dress the issue of motorcyclist profiling; Pryor Street, Central Avenue, and through-
(Fulcher) Whereas motorcyclist profiling means the out the central business district, assaulting
Rochester) Moulton
Kildee (Evans) (Pappas) Sires (Pallone) illegal use of the fact that a person rides a hundreds of Black people, the mob of White
Kilmer Mrvan Slotkin (Raskin) men and boys continued to hunt and kill At-
motorcycle or wears motorcycle-related ap-
(Strickland) (Perlmutter) Smith (WA) lanta’s Black residents into the night;
(Garcia (TX))
parel as a factor in deciding to stop and
Kind (Beyer) Murphy (FL) question, take enforcement action, arrest, or Whereas, in an attempt to control the mob,
Kirkpatrick (Wasserman Smucker (Joyce
(PA)) search a person or vehicle with or without Mayor Woodward called the fire department
(Pallone) Schultz)
Spartz (Bucshon) legal basis under the Constitution of the out to disperse the mob using large streams
Krishnamoorthi Napolitano
(Pappas) (Correa) Speier (Torres United States; of water, but the mob quickly regathered
Kuster (Pappas) Neal (Evans) (CA)) Whereas complaints surrounding motorcy- and continued to shoot and stone Atlanta’s
LaHood (Kustoff) Neguse Stansbury clist profiling have been cited in all 50 Black residents;
LaMalfa (Perlmutter) (Perlmutter) States; Whereas, by Monday, September 24, 1906,
(Fleischmann) Newman (Correa) Stauber Whereas nationwide demonstrations to what is now known as Downtown Atlanta,
Lamborn Obernolte (Fischbach) was under military rule;
(Fleischmann) (Pfluger)
raise awareness and combat motorcyclist
Steel (Kim (CA)) Whereas the massacre continued, with
Langevin Ocasio-Cortez profiling have been held in multiple States;
Stefanik (Zeldin) plans to move outside of the city and into
(Pappas) (Bowman) Steube (Diaz-
Whereas, in 2011, the State of Washington
Larson (CT) O’Halleran signed into law legislation stating that the Brownsville, a Black community south of
Balart)
(Blunt (Pappas) criminal justice training commission shall downtown with about 1,500 residents;
Stevens (Casten)
Rochester) Omar (Blunt ensure that issues related to motorcyclist Whereas the community gathered to pre-
Stewart
LaTurner Rochester)
(Armstrong) profiling are addressed in basic law enforce- pare and fight back, and with great fear of a
(Valadao) Owens counterattack they were disarmed by State
Lawrence (Armstrong)
Suozzi (Clarke ment training and offered to in-service law
(NY)) enforcement officers in conjunction with ex- Troops, and more than 250 African-American
(Garcia (TX)) Palazzo men were arrested;
Swalwell isting training regarding profiling;
Lawson (FL) (Fleischmann)
(Evans) Pascrell (Correa) Whereas reported incidents of motorcyclist Whereas, through the duration of the mas-
Lee (NV) (Pallone) Thompson (CA)
profiling have dropped approximately 90 per- sacre, armed Black residents defended their
(Pappas) Payne (Pallone) (Torres (CA)) neighborhoods, both in Brownsville and in
Thompson (MS) cent in the State of Washington since the
Leger Fernandez Peters (Torres Dark Town;
(Strickland) 2011 legislation was signed into law; and
(Perlmutter) (CA)) Whereas at least 25 Black residents were
Letlow (Nehls) Pingree (Beyer) Tiffany Whereas, as of 2020, Maryland, Louisiana,
murdered, 2 White men were killed, hundreds
Lofgren Pocan (Raskin) (Fitzgerald) and Idaho passed laws addressing the issue of
of Black residents were wounded, and thou-
(Takano) Porter (Beyer) Titus (Pallone) motorcyclist profiling: Now, therefore, be it
Tlaib (Levin Resolved, That the House of Representa- sands of Black businesses and homes were
Long (Bucshon) Posey (Diaz-
Loudermilk Balart) (MI)) tives— burned or destroyed;
(Fleischmann) Pressley Trahan (Pappas) (1) promotes increased public awareness on Whereas the story of the Atlanta race mas-
Lowenthal (Perlmutter) Trone (Phillips) the issue of motorcyclist profiling; sacre is only 1 of many such atrocities and
(Beyer) Price (NC) (Ross) Turner (Garcia (2) encourages collaboration and commu- horrific incidents, and shows the lasting im-
Luetkemeyer Quigley (Blunt (CA)) pact of White supremacy in the United
(Kim (CA)) Rochester) nication with the motorcyclist community
Van Drew States; and
Luria (Connolly) Rice (NY) (Nehls)
and law enforcement to engage in efforts to
Whereas the theft of property from Black
Lynch (Pappas) (Wasserman Van Duyne end motorcyclist profiling; and
landowners as well as the displacement
Mace (Nehls) Schultz) (Nehls) (3) urges State law enforcement officials to
Malliotakis Rice (SC) (Weber caused by the terrorizing of the Black com-
Vargas (Correa) include statements condemning motorcyclist
(Yakym) (TX)) munity in Atlanta, Georgia, shows how his-
Veasey (Clarke profiling in written policies and training ma-
Maloney, Sean P. Rodgers (WA) toric racism and injustice have significantly
(NY)) terials.
(Torres (CA)) (Bilirakis)
Velázquez
contributed to persistent wealth inequality
Manning (Ross) Rogers (AL)
(Clarke (NY)) f between Black and White Americans in the
McBath (Calvert) United States: Now, therefore, be it
Wagner
(Strickland) Rogers (KY)
(Fleischmann)
CONDEMNING THE ATROCITIES Resolved, That the House of Representa-
McCaul (Weber (Fleischmann) THAT OCCURRED IN ATLANTA, tives—
(TX)) Roybal-Allard Waltz (Dunn)
McClain (Correa) Watson Coleman GEORGIA, IN 1906, IN WHICH (1) condemns the actions of the White su-
(Fitzgerald) Ruiz (Takano) (Pallone) WHITE SUPREMACIST MOBS BRU- premacist mobs that drove out Black resi-
McHenry Rush (Torres Welch (Pallone) TALIZED, TERRORIZED, AND dents of Atlanta, Georgia;
(Donalds) (CA)) Wenstrup (2) honors the memory of the victims and
(Johnson (OH)) KILLED DOZENS OF BLACK
Meeks Ryan (OH) acknowledges the lasting impact that this
(Cherfilus- (Blunt Williams (GA) AMERICANS, AND REAFFIRMING incident has had on the Black community of
McCormick) Rochester) (Perlmutter) THE COMMITMENT OF THE Atlanta, Georgia;
Meijer (Upton) Salazar (Dunn) Williams (TX) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Meng (Clarke Sánchez (Levin (Weber (TX)) (3) expresses support for the designation of
(NY)) (CA)) Wilson (FL)
TO COMBATING HATRED, INJUS- a national day of remembrance for the vic-
Meuser (Nehls) Scanlon (Evans) (Cicilline) TICE, AND WHITE SUPREMACY tims of forced migrations of Black Ameri-
Pursuant to House Resolution 1531, cans throughout United States history; and
f (4) reaffirms the commitment of the Fed-
H. Res. 1382 is considered as adopted. eral Government to combat White suprem-
PROMOTING AWARENESS OF MO- The text of the resolution is as fol- acy and seek reconciliation for racial injus-
TORCYCLIST PROFILING AND EN- lows: tice.
COURAGING COLLABORATION H. RES. 1382
f
AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE Whereas the horrific act of lynching im-
MOTORCYCLE COMMUNITY AND pacted race relations in the United States PROVIDING FOR A CORRECTION IN
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LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS and shaped the geographic, political, social, THE ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 2617
and economic conditions of Black people in
TO PREVENT INSTANCES OF Pursuant to House Resolution 1531, S.
ways that are still relevant today;
PROFILING Whereas more than 4,400 Black people were Con. Res. 51 is considered as adopted.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1531, lynched across 20 States between 1877 and The text of the concurrent resolution
H. Res. 366 is considered as adopted. 1950, 594 of whom were Black victims in is as follows:
The text of the resolution is as fol- Georgia and 36 of those documented victims S. CON. RES. 51
were killed in Fulton County; Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep-
lows:
Whereas, until 1906, Atlanta, Georgia, was resentatives concurring), That, in the enroll-
H. RES. 366 home to more than 50,000 Black residents, ment of H.R. 2617, the Clerk of the House of
Whereas motorcycle ridership has contin- many of whom owned homes and businesses Representatives shall make the following
ued to increase over time with registrations in the city; corrections:
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