{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2022-12-27-pt1-PgE1359-2", "2022-12-27", 117, 2, "168", null, "PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2617, AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES...", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E1359", "E1359", "[{\"name\": \"Ron Estes\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"117\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1082\"}, {\"congress\": \"117\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2617\"}, {\"congress\": \"117\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4373\"}]", "168 Cong. Rec. E1359", "Congressional Record, Volume 168 Issue 202 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 202 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E1359]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nPROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO HOUSE AMENDMENT\nTO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2617, AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD\nAND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023;\n  RELATING TO CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4373, FURTHER\nADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2023; RELATING\nTO CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1082, SAMI'S LAW; AND FOR\n                             OTHER PURPOSES\n\n                                 ______\n\n                               speech of\n\n                             HON. RON ESTES\n\n                               of kansas\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Friday, December 23, 2022\n\n  Mr. ESTES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Leader Brady and\nChairman Neal for their yeoman-like work on SECURE 2.0. This has been a\ntruly bipartisan and bicameral effort that will assist all Americans\nsave more for their retirement for longer throughout their lives.\n  When SECURE 2.0 passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan\nsupport, it had multiple provisions I helped introduce, including an\nincrease in RMD age, retirement matching for student loan repayment,\nand enhancing 403(b) plans.\n  As the House and Senate went through negotiations on this package, I\nwas pleased to see that Unclaimed Savings Bonds was included, something\nthat I have been working on since before I have been in Congress.\n  The U.S. Treasury is sitting on potentially billions of dollars in\nbonds which haven't been claimed--mostly because people don't know they\nor their parents or grandparents even own bonds. If given access to\nfederal records and the dormant bonds, most states would be able to\nmake it easy for people to look up if they own lost bonds and to\nreclaim ownership.\n  Approximately $29.7 billion in savings bonds have reached final\nmaturity and ceased to pay interest. While Treasury claims that only\none percent of all matured savings bonds have not been redeemed, it's\nmuch more.\n  States already have programs in place to help their residents find\nlost or forgotten assets. It's a program that I'm passionate about, as\nI helped connect Kansans with their money and assets as Kansas State\nTreasurer for 6 years, fighting the U.S. Treasury tooth-and-nail the\nentire way.\n  While my standalone unclaimed savings bond bill required Treasury to\nprovide states with the names, addresses, and serial numbers--the best\nway to make sure Americans are reconnected with their rightful\nproperty--the provision in this bill makes Treasury's providing of\nserial numbers optional.\n  I believe that this deliberate change is due to Treasury's failure to\nkeep accurate records. This crucial information is necessary, and\nCongress overwhelmingly intended for Treasury to provide it. I would\nlike to make it clear that it is the intent of Congress that, where\npossible, states should be able to access the serial numbers of\nunclaimed savings bonds.\n  Inclusion of this provision is a positive step, but Americans won't\nsee the full benefit until Treasury stops playing games with the\nsavings bond program.\n  I would briefly like to touch on the underlying Omnibus bill. It is a\nshame that good legislation supported by Republicans and Democrats like\nSECURE 2.0 has been tucked into a 4,000-plus-page bill that nobody has\nread in total. It contains highly partisan and reckless spending\nthroughout, which I fundamentally oppose.\n  I believe that last-minute legislation like this is a terrible way to\nrun the greatest country in the world and I urge my colleagues to vote\nno.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2022-12-27-pt1-PgE1359-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6089090020395815, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}