Congressional Record, Extensions of Remarks, December 27, 2022, Page E1360
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A page of the Congressional Record, Extensions of Remarks, dated December 27, 2022, at page E1360. It carries the end of a tribute to a retiring colleague on the Committee on Education & Labor, followed by remarks on the omnibus legislation under the heading Providing for Consideration of the Senate Amendment to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 2617. The speaker states that the bill establishes a permanent, nationwide Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program to address food insecurity among children when school is out, enacts the Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act, and funds NOAA's Tsunami Warning Centers and the Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office. The remarks are the speakers' own.
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E1360 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 27, 2022
rehabilitation and claims assistance they need. ers from being discriminated against in the stressors on our ocean and coastal resources
Richard even managed to convince me to go workplace. and expand competitive research grants to
several thousand feet underground to visit a This legislation includes several bills and in- study threats to ocean health. Although the bill
coal mine and assess its safety features. And vestments I have fought for this Congress. does not include specific investments in blue
in typical fashion, Richard was quick to ensure The bill establishes a permanent, nationwide carbon ecosystems, I will continue to advocate
the invitation of one of my Republican col- Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) for natural climate solutions and appreciate
leagues to join in this venture. program to address food insecurity among the investments in improving the resilience of
The Committee on Education & Labor will children when school is out. As the Chair of such ecosystems included in the Inflation Re-
miss his wealth of knowledge and his enthu- Education and Labor Committee’s Civil Rights duction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure law.
siasm for finding ways to improve the life of and Human Services Subcommittee, I have The Pacific Northwest must also be ready
those workers who lack a voice but need one. been working on needed updates to our fed- for a potential Cascadia Subduction Zone
We can always count on him to offer what he eral child nutrition programs. This is an impor- earthquake and related tsunami, so I appre-
would call ‘‘an observation, not a criticism.’’ tant victory that builds on the successes of the ciate that this legislation contains funding for
In conclusion, Richard has led his profes- Pandemic-EBT program and it will help pre- NOAA’s Tsunami Warning Centers and for the
sional life doing the ‘‘good trouble, necessary vent summer hunger. I have also been fighting National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
trouble’’ that Congressman John Lewis has for increases in funding to nutrition programs (NTHMP) to help prepare vulnerable commu-
called us to do. I know that I speak for the for seniors through the Older Americans Act, nities in the event of a tsunami. Additionally,
Committee in thanking him for his service to and I am grateful that this year’s bill responds harnessing energy from waves, currents, and
this House and the American People and wish to increasing need amid growing demand and tides is an exciting frontier in the clean power
him well in his retirement. rising costs by including more funding for OAA sector, and I am pleased that this legislation
f Title III nutrition programs. includes funding for the Department of Ener-
My Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act gy’s Water Power Technologies Office, which
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION is enacted under this omnibus funding bill. supports investments in hydropower, marine,
OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO These provisions will create an Office of the and hydrokinetic energy technologies, includ-
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE Retirement Savings Lost and Found to provide ing research at the Pacific Marine Energy
AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2617, AGRI- workers with tools to locate and manage ac- Center in Oregon.
CULTURE, RURAL DEVELOP- counts after leaving an employer. Tracking re- Education is one of the best investments
MENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN- tirement savings accounts after leaving an em- our country can make. Every student in our
ISTRATION, AND RELATED ployer can be extremely difficult, and many country deserves access to a high-quality,
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS people lose access completely. The Retire- well-rounded education, and this legislation
ACT, 2023; RELATING TO CONSID- ment Savings Lost and Found Act will give makes investments in many important pro-
ERATION OF SENATE AMEND- workers tools to access and preserve their grams. I’m pleased that the omnibus legisla-
MENT TO H.R. 4373, FURTHER AD- hard-earned savings. tion includes a more than $70 million for the
DITIONAL CONTINUING APPRO- Economic inflation caused by increased Institute of Education Sciences and encour-
PRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS consumer demand, global supply chain disrup- ages the pursuit of quick turnaround, high-re-
ACT, 2023; RELATING TO CONSID- tions, and the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine ward projects to improve student achievement
ERATION OF SENATE AMEND- by Russia have shifted global markets and af- and advance education equity—language
MENTS TO H.R. 1082, SAMI’S LAW; fected everyday costs. Higher prices are based on bipartisan legislation I introduced
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES straining household budgets and depriving this year. Additionally, the legislation’s $1.38
--- workers of the full benefits of our growing billion investment in Title IV–A of the Every
SPEECH OF economy. I am pleased that this legislation in- Student Succeeds Act will provide students
HON. SUZANNE BONAMICI cludes a nearly $2 billion increase for the with greater opportunities to receive an engag-
OF OREGON Child Care and Development Block Grant pro- ing, well-rounded education and support the
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
gram and an almost $1 billion increase for development of safe, healthy, welcoming
Head Start. These long overdue investments learning environments. I am also grateful that
Friday, December 23, 2022 follow my continued calls to improve the care this year’s federal budget continues the long,
Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in economy for families and care workers, includ- bipartisan recognition of the importance of the
support of the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Ap- ing in two letters I led that were signed by arts and humanities by providing $207 million
propriations Bill. more than half of the Democratic Caucus. Ad- each for the National Endowment for the Arts
One of the most basic and important re- ditionally, this legislation will help families with (NEA) and the National Endowment for the
sponsibilities of Congress is to keep the gov- rising energy costs by providing $5 billion for Humanities (NEH). The NEA was instrumental
ernment funded and operating, and it is our the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance in supporting local arts organizations during
obligation to spend taxpayer money wisely. A Program and expanding who can access the the height of the pandemic, and this additional
budget is a statement of values and priorities, services of Community Action Agencies. Al- funding will allow it to foster greater creativity
and this budget focuses on helping hard- though these are needed investments to ad- and promote equity in the arts around the
working families get ahead, supporting vulner- dress housing affordability and childcare ac- country.
able populations at home and abroad, and cess, there is still much more we need to do, Additionally, I secured more than $35 million
growing the economy. including extending the powerful, enhanced in Community Project Funding for 15 projects
This bipartisan bill invests in affordable child Child Tax Credit that House Democrats in- in NW Oregon that will make our communities
care, helps to address the climate crisis, in- cluded in the American Rescue Plan and up- stronger and create new opportunities for fam-
creases the maximum Pell Grant award by dating the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to ilies and workers. Addressing the climate crisis
$500, provides $47 billion for the National In- remove barriers to housing development. and expanding access to affordable housing
stitutes of Health to help develop treatments Ocean acidification, harmful algal blooms are top priorities in my work, and these
and cures for chronic diseases, secures fund- (HABs), and are hypoxia are significant threats projects reflect my commitment to putting for-
ing for manufacturing jobs created by the his- to coastal communities, industries, and Tribes ward real solutions to address the challenges
toric bipartisan Creating Helpful Incentives to across the United States. The ocean is resil- we face. These projects will bolster the econ-
Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and ient, but we cannot afford to wait to take ac- omy in Oregon by building more affordable
Science Act, serves veterans exposed to tion. I am pleased that this legislation invests housing, making our roads safer and more
harmful chemicals by providing $5 billion in in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- sustainable, supporting small businesses, en-
mandatory funding under the Honoring our ministration’s (NOAA) Integrated Ocean Acidi- hancing workforce development to provide
Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics fication Program to expand scientific research people the skills needed for advanced manu-
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(PACT) Act, and includes nearly $45 billion in and monitoring of ocean acidification to iden- facturing and a good job, and promoting equity
emergency and humanitarian aid for Ukraine. tify risks and inform vulnerable communities, in foster care:
The FY23 omnibus bill also includes the Preg- industries, and coastal and ocean managers Notably missing from this end-of-year pack-
nant Workers Fairness Act, which requires of ways to prepare. The bill also includes age is comprehensive immigration reform. Fur-
employers to give pregnant workers basic ac- harmful algal bloom and hypoxia research and ther inaction harms our communities and
commodations like an extra bathroom break monitoring investments through NOAA to economy. Dreamers, essential workers like
and stool to sit on, preventing pregnant work- strengthen research about environmental farmworkers, educators, and nurses, and
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December 27, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1361
many more are stuck in our antiquated immi- South. At the time, no colored man was safe The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley
gration system. Next year, I will continue fight- from lynching if a white woman, no matter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021 will en-
ing to secure the dignity of immigrants in our what her standing or motive, cares to charge sure that Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley
communities. him with insult or assault. are properly honored for their sacrifice and
I would like to thank Chair DELAURO and her Unfortunately, many innocent adolescents commitment to equality and justice.
staff for their tireless work to negotiate this im- like Emmett Till fell victim to these tortuous In doing so, this legislation will help move
portant legislation, and I look forward to voting killings. this Nation one step closer to fulfilling its
in favor. Emmett Till was brutally murdered on Au- promise that in America all men are created
f gust 28, 1955, for allegedly flirting with a white equal, that they are endowed by their Creator
woman four days earlier. with certain unalienable Rights, that among
PERSONAL EXPLANATION The white woman, her husband and brother, these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Hap-
made Emmett carry a 75-pound cotton gin fan piness.
HON. ZOE LOFGREN to the bank of the Tallahache River. They then
OF CALIFORNIA forced Emmett to remove his clothes. f
The 2 men began beating Emmett, nearly to
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION
death, gouged his eye out, shot him in the
Tuesday, December 27, 2022 head and then threw his body into the river. OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO
Despite malicious efforts from authorities to HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE
Ms. LOFGREN. Madam Speaker, on De-
quickly bury Emmett’s body, his mother, AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2617, AGRI-
cember 22, 2022, I instructed via email com-
Mamie Bradley demanded it be sent back to CULTURE, RURAL DEVELOP-
munication that my proxy record a NAY vote
Chicago. MENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
on the passage of S. 3773. However, the
Here is where she decided to invite media ISTRATION, AND RELATED
proxy inadvertently voted different from my in-
outlets to Emmett’s funeral, left his casket AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
structions on Roll Call No. 541, the passage of
open during the funeral, and let these media ACT, 2023; RELATING TO CONSID-
S. 3773. I was recorded as voting YEA, when
outlets show the world what racist murderers ERATION OF SENATE AMEND-
I instructed a NAY vote.
had done to her only son. MENT TO H.R. 4373, FURTHER AD-
f DITIONAL CONTINUING APPRO-
It is, of course, fitting, and proper that this
PERSONAL EXPLANATION legislation bears the name of Emmett Till and PRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS
his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. Till’s slaying in ACT, 2023; RELATING TO CONSID-
HON. RITCHIE TORRES 1955 and his mother’s decision to have an ERATION OF SENATE AMEND-
open casket at his funeral, stirred the Nation’s MENTS TO H.R. 1082, SAMI’S LAW;
OF NEW YORK
conscience and galvanized a generation of AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Americans to join the fight for equality.
Tuesday, December 27, 2022 Fast forward to 1998 in the small town of SPEECH OF
Mr. TORRES of New York. Madam Speak- Jasper, Texas, three white men offered James HON. ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT
er, on Friday, December 23, 2022, I was not Byrd, Jr. ride home. OF VIRGINIA
present in the House Chamber. Had I been The next morning James Byrd, Jr.’s body
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call was found. He was beaten, chained to the
No. 547. back of a truck, had spray paint all over his Tuesday, December 23, 2022
f
face, and dragged alive until he was decapi- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I in-
tated, all because of the color of his skin. tend to vote yes on the end-of-year funding
EMMETT TILL AND MAMIE TILL- This was an act of unfathomable racist bru- bill. However, I object to a provision added by
MOBLEY CONGRESSIONAL GOLD tality. the Senate to the Pregnant Workers Fairness
MEDAL ACT OF 2021 On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery was Act (PWFA). The PWFA ensures that preg-
fatally shot and killed by Travis McMichael and nant workers who work for employers with 15
SPEECH OF his father George McMichael. Ahmaud Arbery or more employees have access to reason-
was jogging through his neighborhood, un-
HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE armed, and was tragically killed by the
able accommodations in the workplace for
OF TEXAS pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical con-
McMichaels who claim they thought he was a ditions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES local burglar. Pregnant workers are just as capable as
Thursday, December 29, 2022 They followed him in their truck and eventu-
their colleagues, but if they are denied reason-
ally shot him as he struggled fighting Travis
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in able accommodations, such as water or rest
off.
support of S. 450, Emmett Till and Mamie Till- Local law enforcement attempted to cover breaks, some workers face increased health
Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021 up the killing by telling Arbery’s family that he risks including premature births, pregnancy
which will posthumously award a Congres- had been killed while committing a crime and complications, and even miscarriage. The pur-
sional Gold Medal in commemoration of Em- that the men who shot him would face no pose of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
mett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley. After which, charges. (PWFA) is to ensure that pregnant workers do
the medal will be given to the National Mu- Luckily, footage of the incident was taken not have to make the difficult choice between
seum of African American History and Culture. and this footage was widely shared. financial security and a safe and healthy preg-
I loudly applaud and support the Emmett Till Finally, after national outcry sparked activ- nancy. Despite the purpose of the bill—which
and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold ism, the McMichaels were arrested and is to expand the accommodations for preg-
Medal Act of 2021. The passage of this legis- charged, and convicted in the killing of nancy, childbirth, or related medical condi-
lation is long overdue and today is a monu- Ahmaud Arbery and given a life sentence. tions—language was added by the Senate
mental day for the United States of America. This tragedy was immediately characterized that may undermine the bill’s purpose.
This bill, the Emmett Till and Mamie Till- as yet another modern-day lynching. When the Senate finally considered the
Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of More than 150 years since Reconstruction, PWFA on December 8, 2022, it was after lan-
2021, provides for the posthumous presen- some still try to utilize false narratives that de- guishing in that chamber for over one and
tation of a Congressional Gold Medal in com- humanize people of color suspected of crimes one-half years. It should be noted that PWFA
memoration of Emmett Till and Mamie Till- to legitimate their inhumane treatment. passed the House of Representatives by a
Mobley. Sadly, hundreds of thousands of people of vote of 315 to 101, on May 14, 2021, with
After the award, the medal shall be given to color have been killed, and many of the killers, over 230 organizations ranging from the busi-
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the National Museum of African American His- like those of Emmett himself, were never suc- ness community to religious organizations and
tory and Culture. cessfully prosecuted. other groups. Not a single one of these orga-
In January of 1900, Ida B. Wells gave a Over the past half century, the United nizations demanded language to exempt em-
speech declaring that our country’s national States has made tremendous progress in ployers from providing accommodations to
crime at the time was lynching. overcoming the badges and vestiges of slav- pregnant and other workers with related condi-
Lynching was a terror tactic frequently used ery. But this progress has been purchased at tions on the basis of the religious views of the
against African Americans in the Jim Crow great cost. employers.
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