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| CREC-2024-12-30-pt1-PgS-FrontMatter | 2024-12-30 | 118 | 2 | 170 | House of Representatives | SENATE | SENATE | FRONTMATTER | S7353 | S7353 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7353 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 195 (Monday, December 30, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 195 (Monday, December 30, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7353] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S Vol. 170 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2024 No. 195 | |||
| CREC-2024-12-30-pt1-PgS7353-2 | 2024-12-30 | 118 | 2 | 170 | House of Representatives | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7353 | S7353 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7353 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 195 (Monday, December 30, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 195 (Monday, December 30, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7353] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at 10 a.m. _________________________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-30-pt1-PgS7353-3 | 2024-12-30 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Senate | SENATE | SENATE | CALLTOORDER | S7353 | S7353 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7353 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 195 (Monday, December 30, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 195 (Monday, December 30, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7353] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Senate Monday, December 30, 2024 The Senate met at 12:30 and 1 second p.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Robert P. Casey, Jr., a Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-30-pt1-PgS7353-4 | 2024-12-30 | 118 | 2 | 170 | APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7353 | S7353 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7353 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 195 (Monday, December 30, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 195 (Monday, December 30, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7353] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mrs. Murray). The legislative clerk read the following letter: U.S. Senate, President pro tempore, Washington, DC, December 30, 2024. To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Robert P. Casey, Jr., a Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to perform the duties of the Chair. Patty Murray, President pro tempore. Mr. CASEY thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore. ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-30-pt1-PgS7353-5 | 2024-12-30 | 118 | 2 | 170 | ADJOURNMENT UNTIL THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2025 | SENATE | SENATE | ADJOURNMENT | S7353 | S7353 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7353 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 195 (Monday, December 30, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 195 (Monday, December 30, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7353] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] ADJOURNMENT UNTIL THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2025 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 12 noon on Thursday, January 2, 2025. Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:30 and 38 seconds p.m., adjourned until Thursday, January 2, 2025, at 12 noon. | |||
| CREC-2024-12-26-pt1-PgS-FrontMatter | 2024-12-26 | 118 | 2 | 170 | House of Representatives | SENATE | SENATE | FRONTMATTER | S7351 | S7351 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7351 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 193 (Thursday, December 26, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 193 (Thursday, December 26, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7351] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S Vol. 170 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2024 No. 193 | |||
| CREC-2024-12-26-pt1-PgS7351-2 | 2024-12-26 | 118 | 2 | 170 | House of Representatives | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7351 | S7351 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7351 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 193 (Thursday, December 26, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 193 (Thursday, December 26, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7351] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Friday, December 27, 2024, at 12 p.m. _________________________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-26-pt1-PgS7351-3 | 2024-12-26 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Senate | SENATE | SENATE | CALLTOORDER | S7351 | S7351 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7351 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 193 (Thursday, December 26, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 193 (Thursday, December 26, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7351] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Senate Thursday, December 26, 2024 The Senate met at 2:30 and 1 second p.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Tammy Duckworth, a Senator from the State of Illinois. ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-26-pt1-PgS7351-4 | 2024-12-26 | 118 | 2 | 170 | APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7351 | S7351 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7351 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 193 (Thursday, December 26, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 193 (Thursday, December 26, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7351] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mrs. Murray). The legislative clerk read the following letter: U.S. Senate, President pro tempore, Washington, DC, December 26, 2024. To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Tammy Duckworth, a Senator from the State of Illinois, to perform the duties of the Chair. Patty Murray, President pro tempore. Ms. DUCKWORTH thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore. ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-26-pt1-PgS7351-5 | 2024-12-26 | 118 | 2 | 170 | ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2024, AT 12:30 P.M. | SENATE | SENATE | ADJOURNMENT | S7351 | S7351 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7351 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 193 (Thursday, December 26, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 193 (Thursday, December 26, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7351] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2024, AT 12:30 P.M. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 12:30 p.m. on Monday, December 30, 2024. Thereupon, the Senate, at 2:30 and 32 seconds p.m., adjourned until Monday, December 30, 2024, at 12:30 p.m. | |||
| CREC-2024-12-23-pt1-PgS-FrontMatter | 2024-12-23 | 118 | 2 | 170 | House of Representatives | SENATE | SENATE | FRONTMATTER | S7349 | S7349 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7349 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 191 (Monday, December 23, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 191 (Monday, December 23, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7349] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S Vol. 170 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2024 No. 191 | |||
| CREC-2024-12-23-pt1-PgS7349-2 | 2024-12-23 | 118 | 2 | 170 | House of Representatives | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7349 | S7349 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7349 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 191 (Monday, December 23, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 191 (Monday, December 23, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7349] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at 10 a.m. _________________________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-23-pt1-PgS7349-3 | 2024-12-23 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Senate | SENATE | SENATE | CALLTOORDER | S7349 | S7349 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7349 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 191 (Monday, December 23, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 191 (Monday, December 23, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7349] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Senate Monday, December 23, 2024 The Senate met at 9:53 and 24 seconds a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Tammy Duckworth, a Senator from the State of Illinois. ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-23-pt1-PgS7349-4 | 2024-12-23 | 118 | 2 | 170 | APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7349 | S7349 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7349 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 191 (Monday, December 23, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 191 (Monday, December 23, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7349] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mrs. Murray). The senior assistant legislative clerk read the following letter: U.S. Senate, President pro tempore, Washington, DC, December 23, 2024. To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Tammy Duckworth, a Senator from the State of Illinois, to perform the duties of the Chair. Patty Murray, President pro tempore. Ms. DUCKWORTH thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore. ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-23-pt1-PgS7349-5 | 2024-12-23 | 118 | 2 | 170 | ADJOURNMENT UNTIL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2024, AT 2:30 P.M. | SENATE | SENATE | ADJOURNMENT | S7349 | S7349 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7349 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 191 (Monday, December 23, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 191 (Monday, December 23, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7349] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] ADJOURNMENT UNTIL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2024, AT 2:30 P.M. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until Thursday, December 26, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. Thereupon, the Senate, at 9:53 and 53 seconds a.m., adjourned until Thursday, December 26, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS-FrontMatter-11 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Senate | SENATE | SENATE | FRONTMATTER | S7247 | S7247 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7247 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7247] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] S E N A T E Vol. 170 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2024 No. 190 | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7247-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | PRAYER | SENATE | SENATE | PRAYER | S7247 | S7247 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7247 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7247] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] PRAYER The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Today's opening prayer will be offered by the wonderful Senator from the State of Oklahoma James Lankford. The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer: Let us pray. Wonderful Counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, the One who holds the government on Your shoulders, we are grateful for all the joy in this Christmas season. When we were arrogant, powerless, and without hope, You came. The first Christmas You set the example of humility. You are the suffering servant who loved us and forgave us when we could bring You nothing. We could never say thank You enough. A prayer of blessing on the Senators who are retiring from the Senate this week. In the days ahead, help them to hear Your voice and to know Your affection. I pray for my friend Chaplain Barry Black and his family as they care for him. Give him rest, healing, and fresh insight into Your word and vision in the days ahead. Father, You told us that when we lack wisdom, we should ask You. We are asking now. As we start this day, we do not know how it will end, but we are fixing our eyes on You, and we are asking for Your help. If You could guide the wise men from the East with a star, You can certainly guide us with Your wisdom and with Your presence. Today, would You give us the clarity of mind to hear Your thoughts, the humility to listen to each other, and the boldness to do the right thing the right way. Forgive us as only You can and heal our land as we turn to You. I pray this in the powerful and present Name of Jesus. Amen. ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7247-3 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE | SENATE | SENATE | PLEDGE | S7247 | S7247 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7247 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7247] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Presiding Officer led the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7247-4 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7247 | S7247 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7247 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7247] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mrs. Murray). The senior assistant legislative clerk read the following letter: U.S. Senate, President pro tempore, Washington, DC, December 20, 2024. To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Alex Padilla, a Senator from the State of California, to perform the duties of the Chair. Patty Murray, President pro tempore. Mr. PADILLA thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore. ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7247-5 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7247 | S7247 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7247 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7247] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] EXECUTIVE CALENDAR The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the Senate will resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Benjamin J. Cheeks, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California. | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7247-6 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Recognition of the Majority Leader (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECSESSION | S7247 | S7247 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7247 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7247] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Recognition of the Majority Leader The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader is recognized. | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7247-7 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Government Funding (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECSESSION | S7247 | S7247 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7247 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7247] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Government Funding Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, if Republicans do not work with Democrats in a bipartisan way very soon, the government will shut down at midnight. It is time to go back to the original agreement we had just a few days ago. It is time the House votes on our bipartisan CR. It is the quickest, simplest, and easiest way we can make sure the government stays open while delivering critical emergency aid to the American people. If the House put our original agreement on the floor today, it would pass, and we could put the threat of a shutdown behind us. Our agreement would keep the government open, provide emergency aid for communities battered by hurricanes and other natural disasters, support our seniors, support our doctors, nurses, rural hospitals, and protect our farmers from the dairy cliff. As I said, the only--only--way to get anything done is through bipartisanship. | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7247-8 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Business Before the Senate (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECSESSION | S7247 | S7248 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7247 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7247-S7248] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Business Before the Senate Mr. President, now on Senate business, as the Senate continues working on government funding, the Senate has other matters to attend to on the floor. Today, the Senate is scheduled to vote on two more district judges: Ben Cheeks to be the district judge for the Southern District of California and Serena Murillo to be the district judge for the Central District of California. For the information of my colleagues, our first vote will be at 11 o'clock to advance the Cheeks nomination. If cloture is invoked, the Senate will then vote to confirm Judge Cheeks [[Page S7248]] sometime this afternoon. And after that, we will proceed with a rollcall vote to advance the Murillo nomination. It is my hope that we can finish voting on these two judicial nominees by the end of the day. | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7247 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Senate | SENATE | SENATE | CALLTOORDER | S7247 | S7247 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7247 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7247] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [[Page S7247]] Senate (Legislative day of Monday, December 16, 2024) The Senate met at 10 a.m., on the expiration of the recess, and was called to order by the Honorable Alex Padilla, a Senator from the State of California. ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7248-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Government Funding (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECSESSION | S7248 | S7248 | [{"name": "Chuck Grassley", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7248 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7248] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Government Funding Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I am here to visit with my colleagues about the Social Security bill that is before the Senate, but before I do that, I would like to give my point of view from past shutdowns of the Federal Government and why the shutdown of the Government is a bad idea. Usually, people approach shutting the Government down because they have some big scheme they want to accomplish, and they will accomplish it during the negotiations to opening up the Government or accomplishing from the threat of shutting down the Government. What I have found in past instances when that has been tried: You shut the government down. You open the government up. And that Member or Members have not accomplished the goal that they wanted to accomplish. It costs money to shut the Government down. It costs money during this week to get ready to shut the Government down. And after a period of time of a day or, at the most, 35 days, about 6 or 7 years ago, Government opens up, and it costs money to open the Government up. The Government is supposed to be a service for the American people, and you can't serve the American people when the Government isn't operating. So I hope that something can be accomplished today or tomorrow so the Government stays open. | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7248-3 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Social Security Trust Fund (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECSESSION | S7248 | S7249 | [{"name": "Jeff Merkley", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Chuck Grassley", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7248 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7248-S7249] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Social Security Trust Fund Mr. President, now to the Social Security trust fund, that fund is speeding toward insolvency. Come 2033, seniors will automatically see their retirement benefits cut 25 percent, absent congressional action. Congress should be working toward a consensus on legislation to ensure that this never happens. Instead, we are on the cusp of enacting significant changes to Social Security that will result in larger cuts that would normally happen 2033 but now happen sooner. If the bill before us is enacted, a typical senior would see their benefits cut by an additional $4,000 and 6 months earlier than that date that is predicted now to be the year 2033. That is quite a stocking stuffer for 50 million seniors that depend on Social Security, some who have no other income, like from pensions, for example. While the vast majority of seniors stand to receive a lump of coal for Christmas, a select few State and local government employees will be gifted a boost in their benefits. In Iowa, only 1 percent of the retirees would benefit, while everyone else would get less. That doesn't sound fair to me. Now, don't get me wrong. I have great respect for the government workers in Iowa. This includes the police officers and firefighters to whom we owe our gratitude. Congress should work to address the inequities that the bill before us is trying to solve. Let's be crystal clear: This bill would increase unfairness in how Social Security benefits are calculated. The Social Security windfall elimination provision--or WEP, as it is called around here--which this bill repeals, addresses a real concern that exists in how the Social Security benefit formula works, or more, how it fails to work when the governme… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7248 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Social Security Fairness Act (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECSESSION | S7248 | S7248 | [{"name": "Chuck Grassley", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7248 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7248] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Social Security Fairness Act Mr. President, finally, the Senate will keep working on the Social Security Fairness Act. We should pass the bill sent to us by the House as soon as we can. It is very important for our retired teachers and firefighters and postal workers and police officers and so many other public servants who deserve their full Social Security benefits. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Iowa. | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7249 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Gaza (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECSESSION | S7249 | S7251 | [{"name": "Jeff Merkley", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Alex Padilla", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7249 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7249-S7251] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Gaza Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, we are all here, getting ready to leave after we fund the government and return home to our families. We get pretty excited about this time of year thinking about the holidays to come. We are heading home to our loved ones. We know there will be extended family gatherings. There will be games with the children. There will be exchanges of presents. There will be food. There will be awesome food--ham, turkey, all kinds of wonderfully crafted vegetable dishes--and there will be so much that we can drink. Oh, yes. There will be wine varieties. There will eggnog; perhaps some of it will be spiked. There will be carbonated apple juice or cranberry juice for the kids. We will put it into glasses, and we will have a toast. We will really celebrate life. We will celebrate life with a roof over our heads, with our loved ones close by, and with our cupboards well- stocked. Also in these holidays, there will be time for reflection in every religious tradition. For those of us who are fortunate to have that roof over our heads and food in the cupboards and our loved ones close by, we will recognize that, for so many, that is not the case. For so many here in the United States, who by virtue of economic conditions or the ravages of disease or mental afflictions, they will not have a roof over their heads; they may not have family members close by; they may not even have a cupboard, let alone one that is well-stocked. We will ponder our responsibility to try to improve those conditions. We will ponder the landscape across the broader globe, knowing that in many places, people have been so ravaged by natural disasters, so affected by conflict and war. I am sure we will see programs and comment… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7251-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 766 (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SCONSENTREQUEST | S7251 | S7252 | [{"name": "Benjamin L. Cardin", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Chuck Grassley", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Gary C. Peters", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "John Thune", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "766"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "766"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "766"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7251 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7251-S7252] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 766 Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, in a moment, I am going to be making a unanimous consent request. I am going to wait for Senator Grassley to be on the floor. Let me just, if I might, explain what the unanimous consent will be. It deals with H.R. 766. I am a proud sponsor of the Preventive Health Savings Act since the 113th Congress as it stands. The Congressional Budget Office scores budgetary implications of preventive health legislation in a 10-year timeframe, limiting Congress's ability to understand the long-term impacts of meaningful prevention policies. This bicameral, bipartisan legislation would direct CBO to more accurately reflect the long-term cost saving potential of preventive healthcare initiatives and encourage the use of data-informed preventive health measures. On March 19 of this year, the House of Representatives passed this legislation by voice vote. Now, here is the challenge we have. This legislation will allow us to implement preventive healthcare sooner. That will save lives and will save dollars. To just give you one example, we now have a multicancer blood screening test that could be implemented for certain targeted populations. The longer that is delayed--and being reimbursable under our healthcare system--the more people are not going to have the advantage of that, and more lives are going to be lost. And later detection of cancer, we know, is a more costly type of care that is needed, and it costs more money. So we have a chance today, because this is a House-passed bill, to send this bill to the President, and that is why I will be making a unanimous consent request in regards to the bill. I know that Senator Grassley has other legislation that he has bee… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7251 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Cloture Motion (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SCLOTURE | S7251 | S7251 | [{"name": "Richard J. Durbin", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "John Thune", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Alex Padilla", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7251 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7251] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Cloture Motion Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 849, Benjamin J. Cheeks, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California. Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Tammy Baldwin, Catherine Cortez Masto, Debbie Stabenow, Patty Murray, Amy Klobuchar, Chris Van Hollen, Jack Reed, Jeanne Shaheen, Andy Kim, Margaret Wood Hassan, Elizabeth Warren, Christopher A. Coons, Adam B. Schiff, Jeff Merkley. The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the nomination of Benjamin J. Cheeks, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from California (Mr. Schiff) are necessarily absent. Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 3… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7252 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | COUNTER-UAS AUTHORITY EXTENSION ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7252 | S7253 | [{"name": "Gary C. Peters", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "5639"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "5639"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "5639"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7252 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7252-S7253] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] COUNTER-UAS AUTHORITY EXTENSION ACT Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, as if in legislative session and notwithstanding rule XXII, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 5639, which was introduced earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 5639) to extend the authority for the protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. Mr. PETERS. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read three times and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 5639) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 5639 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Counter-UAS Authority Extension Act''. SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF COUNTER-UAS AUTHORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(i)) is amended by striking ``December 20, 2024'' and inserting ``September 30, 2025''. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan. Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, as we near the deadline to fund the government tonight without a clear path from my Republican colleagues in the House, it appears that w… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7253 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | EXECUTIVE CALENDAR | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7253 | S7254 | [{"name": "John Cornyn", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7253 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7253-S7254] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] EXECUTIVE CALENDAR The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas. 118th Congress Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, it is hardly breaking news that this is December 20--5 days before Christmas, a day celebrated by 2 billion people throughout the world. It is also the last day of the 118th Congress, and there is no better time than the present to take stock of what we have done or not done this last year. Students around the country wrapped up their semester, and they have come home with a report card to show their parents the grades they have earned in things like math, science, English, and other subjects. Of course, report cards are a helpful metric of advancement--or not, as the case may be. It is also a means to hold people accountable--where they are excelling, where they need to improve. Here in the Senate, I think it is important to issue the Democratic majority a similar report card-style evaluation. People may wonder: Well, why would it just be of the Democratic majority and not the Senate as a whole? Well, obviously each of us represents our respective State, but there is one important difference: Only the majority leader, the Democratic majority leader, sets the Senate's schedule. That means we consider bills that only he calls up for consideration. No one else in the Senate--not the other 99 of us--can schedule bills for votes. That also means that what he does not schedule on the Senate's calendar is not considered, including bills that have passed the House, even by broad bipartisan majorities. And in a few short days, all the bills that he has chosen not to schedule will suffer a quiet death. The majority leader's ability to run this Chamber has repercussions in every Sta… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7254 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | TRUTH AND HEALING COMMISSION ON INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL POLICIES ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7254 | S7267 | [{"name": "Brian Schatz", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Lisa Murkowski", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "1723"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "1723"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "1723"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7254 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7254-S7267] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] TRUTH AND HEALING COMMISSION ON INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL POLICIES ACT Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, earlier this week, I spoke about the historic accomplishments of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs with my good friend and vice chair Lisa Murkowski over the last 4 years. I made it very clear that the foundation of this success--and continues to be--Native leaders, communities, and advocates sharing their priorities and telling us what is most important to them. I also emphasized that we cannot and will not rest on our laurels because our progress is still in progress. That is why, today, we have to pass S. 1723, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act. This bill would establish a Federal commission to investigate the Federal Indian boarding school era, when the Federal Government partnered with religious institutions in an attempt to assimilate Native children at so-called schools, often far from their homes and families, where they were stripped of their cultures, languages, and identities and beaten and abused, both mentally and physically. Thousands--likely more--died at those schools, and those who returned home were never the same. The Truth and Healing Commission would turn the page on this shameful era and help begin the healing process for Native survivors, descendants, and communities and those who continue to experience the generational trauma and lasting legacy of these policies today. S. 1723 passed out of the committee after extensive bipartisan debate. Since then, Vice Chair Murkowski and I have worked with the bill's sponsor, Senator Warren, the Native American Boarding School Coalition, and other advocates to refine the bill and to accommodate feedback. The current version of this legis… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7267-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Unanimous Consent Request--S. 993 (Executive Calendar) | SENATE | SENATE | SCONSENTREQUEST | S7267 | S7268 | [{"name": "Ms. MASTO", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Edward J. Markey", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Catherine Cortez Masto", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "993"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "993"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7267 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7267-S7268] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Unanimous Consent Request--S. 993 Ms. MASTO. Mr. President, throughout my career, I have been committed to tackling the drug problem in this country and protecting our communities. I have passed bills to hold criminals accountable and crack down on fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking. But I am here today because our work to protect Americans from these harmful drugs is far from over. As we continue our work to keep our families safe from fentanyl, we must also focus on new drugs that are emerging, like xylazine. Drug traffickers have been adding xylazine to fentanyl to increase the potency of the drug and to boost their profits. Its nickname is ``tranq'' because it is an animal tranquilizer, and it is surging, unfortunately, across the United States. I have been hearing from law enforcement in Nevada about how xylazine is spreading to the West. Between the years 2019 and 2022, the number of overdose deaths in this country related to xylazine skyrocketed by 276 percent. Xylazine can do catastrophic damage to our communities, and, right now, it is almost entirely unregulated. We have to get ahead of that. That is why I have introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Combating Illicit Xylazine Act with Senators Chuck Grassley and Maggie Hassan. This bill has the support of over 115 bipartisan Members of Congress in both Chambers because it is essential. This legislation would make xylazine a schedule III drug and give the DEA, or the Drug Enforcement Administration, and local law enforcement the resources they need to get it off our streets, while also protecting its use as a veterinary tranquilizer for our farmers and ranchers. Let me stress this again. This legislation also gives our veterinarians the ability to still have… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7267 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | EXECUTIVE CALENDAR | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7267 | S7267 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7267 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7267] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] EXECUTIVE CALENDAR The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada. | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7268 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Pharmacy Benefit Managers (Executive Calendar) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7268 | S7269 | [{"name": "Ron Wyden", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Catherine Cortez Masto", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7268 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7268-S7269] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Pharmacy Benefit Managers Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, earlier this week, Democrats and Republicans from both the House and the Senate made a deal that struck a blow against the healthcare middlemen that manipulate our healthcare system to enrich themselves. Unfortunately, the very first act of the second Trump administration--or should I say, the first Musk administration--was to step in and strip out the bipartisan agreement that stops the drug middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers from ripping off taxpayers and seniors. We all understand that healthcare is an unavoidable expense for most American families. That is why I went into public service. Healthcare is not a Democratic or a Republican issue; it is a family issue. And we know if you or your loved ones don't have their health, everything else in the house goes by the board. Unfortunately, the chaos sown by the President-elect and his billionaire ``mini-me''--though, again, it is hard to tell which is which--they serve to protect the middlemen, the pharmacy [[Page S7269]] benefit managers, and insurance companies that take money out of the system while our families are stuck with big medical bills and substandard care. Donald Trump has spent the last 2 weeks telling everybody who will listen that he wants to take on the drug middlemen. Let me quote Donald Trump here. He said: They're rich as hell. We're going to knock them out. Well, at the very first opportunity to do that, he abandoned that pledge in order to follow Elon Musk's lead. You don't choose to do business with pharmacy benefit managers, but I will tell you, they are dining out on your paycheck, nevertheless. These PBMs squat between Big Pharma and the insurance companies. … | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7269 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Defending American Property Abroad Act (Executive Calendar) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7269 | S7273 | [{"name": "Bill Hagerty", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Tim Kaine", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Katie Boyd Britt", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Tommy Tuberville", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Ron Wyden", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "5137"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7269 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7269-S7273] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Defending American Property Abroad Act Mr. HAGERTY. Mr. President, I am here today to discuss worrying developments in Mexico, our neighbors to the south, and to promote a solution in which we can all work together in the next Congress. Sadly, I also need to call out actions by our own U.S. trade representative that would directly undermine American companies facing threats from Mexico by allowing the Mexican government to expropriate their properties. Under the leadership of Mexico's previous President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador--colloquially known as ``AMLO''--and current President Claudia Sheinbaum, the Mexican government is committing a blatant theft against a major America company and, by extension, the United States itself. Earlier this year, AMLO launched an aggressive campaign of intimidation and ``lawfare'' to support the outright theft of assets in Mexico belonging to Vulcan Materials, an Alabama-based company that has been a trusted partner in our Nation's infrastructure development for decades. Vulcan built and operated the only deepwater port on the Yucatan Peninsula and has used it to supply the crushed limestone essential to infrastructure projects from Florida to California. Vulcan's operations in Mexico are not just a business venture; they form [[Page S7270]] a critical link in our supply chain and a testament to the importance of American investment in Mexico. But AMLO decided that he wanted Vulcan's assets for himself. Cloaking his true intentions under the facade of environmental claims, AMLO shut down Vulcan's operations and sent armed law enforcement and the military to intimidate Vulcan's employees. And now, under his handpicked successor, President Sheinbaum, Mexico is now seizing Vulcan's de… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7273-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Vote on Cheeks Nomination (Executive Calendar) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7273 | S7273 | [{"name": "Jon Tester", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Richard J. Durbin", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "John Thune", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7273 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7273] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Vote on Cheeks Nomination All postcloture time has expired. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Cheeks nomination? Mr. TESTER. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from California (Mr. Schiff) are necessarily absent. Mr. THUNE: The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 330 Ex.] YEAS--49 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Fetterman Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Kaine Kelly Kim King Klobuchar Lujan Markey Merkley Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Sinema Smith Stabenow Tester Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--47 Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Braun Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Daines Ernst Fischer Graham Grassley Hagerty Hawley Hoeven Hyde… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7273-3 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Recognition of the Minority Leader (Executive Calendar) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7273 | S7273 | [{"name": "Mitch McConnell", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7273 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7273] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Recognition of the Minority Leader The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Republican leader is recognized. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to complete my remarks prior to the next rollcall vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7273-4 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | End of the 118th Congress (Executive Calendar) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7273 | S7274 | [{"name": "Mitch McConnell", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7273 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7273-S7274] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] End of the 118th Congress Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, it is not entirely clear yet how or when Congress will conclude its end-of-the-year business. But when the Senate does adjourn, I will just about mark the end of my tenure as the Republican leader. I have made it clear this year that our colleagues haven't seen the last of me. I still fully intend to keep frustrating my critics in the years ahead. But while I still command this particular podium, I thought I might make a few observations I have picked up along the way. Folks come to Washington to do one of two things: either to make a point or to make a difference--to make a point or to make a difference. It is usually not that hard to tell who is doing which, especially in situations like the one we are in right now. The people who are here to make a difference recognize pretty quickly you never get everything you want, but, often, you can get quite a lot. And the folks who prefer to make a point have a funny habit of reminding us out loud how poorly they understand that fact. I don't care to count how many times I have reminded our colleagues-- and our House counterparts--how harmful it is to shut the government down and how foolish it is to bet your own side won't take the blame for it. Recent history doesn't leave a whole lot of room for interpretation on this one: When you try to use normal government function as a bargaining chip, you pay a political price. That said, if I took it personally every time my advice went unheeded, I probably wouldn't have spent as long as I have in this particular job. Getting a legislative outcome in the Senate requires large majorities of people who don't share all of the same views to actually work together toward outco… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7273 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Nomination of Benjamin J. Cheeks (Executive Calendar) | SENATE | SENATE | SNOMINATIONS | S7273 | S7273 | [{"name": "Richard J. Durbin", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Jon Tester", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Tommy Tuberville", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7273 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7273] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Nomination of Benjamin J. Cheeks Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Benjamin Jerome Cheeks to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Born in Albany, GA, Judge Cheeks earned his B.A. from the University of Miami in 2000 and his J.D. from the Washington College of Law at American University in 2003. Judge Cheeks began his career in public service as an assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office from 2003 to 2010. Cheeks then served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California between 2010 and 2013. Prior to joining the bench, he worked as a criminal defense attorney at his own firm from 2013 to 2024. As a member of the Criminal Justice Act panel, Judge Cheeks was regularly assigned to represent indigent defendants, and those cases comprised 98 percent of his caseload. Since July of 2024, Judge Cheeks has served as a magistrate judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Judge Cheeks enjoys the strong support of both of his home State Senators, and the American Bar Association unanimously rated him as ``qualified'' to serve on the district court. Having served as a prosecutor, defense attorney, and Federal magistrate judge, Judge Cheeks is well prepared to serve as a district judge in the Southern District of California. I am proud to support his nomination and urge my colleagues to do the same. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana. Mr. TESTER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the Murillo cloture motion be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without obje… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7274-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | EXECUTIVE CALENDAR | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7274 | S7274 | [{"name": "Tammy Baldwin", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7274 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7274] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] EXECUTIVE CALENDAR The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Serena Raquel Murillo, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The senior Senator from Wisconsin. Ms. BALDWIN. Junior. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Junior. Thanks for the correction. ____________________ | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7274-3 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE NATIONAL MONUMENT LOCATION ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7274 | S7275 | [{"name": "Tammy Baldwin", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Marsha Blackburn", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "John Barrasso", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "1318"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "1318"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7274 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7274-S7275] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE NATIONAL MONUMENT LOCATION ACT Ms. BALDWIN. Madam President, as if in legislative session and notwithstanding rule XXII, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 1318, the Women's Suffrage National Monument Location Act, which was received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 1318) to authorize the location of a monument on the National Mall to commemorate and honor the women's suffrage movement and the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. Ms. BALDWIN. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time. Ms. BALDWIN. I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (H.R. 1318) was passed. Ms. BALDWIN. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Ms. BALDWIN. Madam President, I rise today to speak to the Women's Suffrage National Monument Location Act to designate the Women's Suffrage National Monument be built on the National Mall. I was proud to introduce this bill with Senator Blackburn, as she and I represent both the first and the final States to ratify the 19th Amendment and grant women the right to… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7274 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | CLOTURE MOTION | SENATE | SENATE | SCLOTURE | S7274 | S7274 | [{"name": "Richard J. Durbin", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "John Thune", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7274 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7274] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 850, Serena Raquel Murillo, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California. Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Tammy Baldwin, Catherine Cortez Masto, Debbie Stabenow, Patty Murray, Amy Klobuchar, Chris Van Hollen, Jack Reed, Jeanne Shaheen, Andy Kim, Margaret Wood Hassan, Elizabeth Warren, Christopher A. Coons, Adam B. Schiff, Jeff Merkley. The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the nomination of Serena Raquel Murillo, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from California (Mr. Schiff) are necessarily absent.- Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance) The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 47, as follows: … | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7275-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | DESIGNATING THE GENERAL GEORGE C. MARSHALL HOUSE, IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, AS AN AFFILIATED AREA OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM | SENATE | SENATE | DESIGNATING | S7275 | S7276 | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "3195"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "3195"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7275 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7275-S7276] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] DESIGNATING THE GENERAL GEORGE C. MARSHALL HOUSE, IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, AS AN AFFILIATED AREA OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM The bill (S. 3195) to designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes, which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GENERAL GEORGE C. MARSHALL HOUSE AS AN AFFILIATED AREA. (a) In General.--The General George C. Marshall House in the Commonwealth of Virginia is established as an affiliated area of the National Park System (referred to in this section as the ``affiliated area'') to promote public appreciation of the significant historic contributions made by United States military leader and statesman George Catlett Marshall, Jr. (b) Description of Affiliated Area.--The affiliated area shall consist of the area generally depicted as the ``General George C. Marshall House Property, Leesburg, Virginia'' on the map entitled ``General George C. Marshall House, Proposed Affiliated Area'', numbered 999/189,974, and dated September 2023. (c) Administration.--The affiliated area shall be managed in a manner consistent with-- (1) this section; and (2) any law generally applicable to units of the National Park System. (d) Management Entity.--The George C. Marshall International Center shall be the management entity for the affiliated area. (e) Agreements.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this sect… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7275 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | THE CALENDAR | SENATE | SENATE | SCALENDAR | S7275 | S7275 | [{"name": "John Barrasso", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "3195"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "3195"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "6395"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "6395"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7275 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7275] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] THE CALENDAR Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, as if in legislative session, and notwithstanding rule XXII, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 6395, and the Senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following bills: Calendar No. 596, which is S. 3195, and H.R. 6395. There being no objection, the committee was discharged of the relevant bill, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bills en bloc. Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I now ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment, where applicable, be agreed to; that the bills, as amended, if amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bills passed, en bloc, as follows: ____________________ | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7276-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | THE CALENDAR | SENATE | SENATE | SCALENDAR | S7276 | S7276 | [{"name": "John W. Hickenlooper", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "1553"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "1553"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "2997"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "2997"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7276 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7276] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] THE CALENDAR Mr. HICKENLOOPER. Madam President, as if in legislative session and notwithstanding rule XXII, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2997 and the Senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following bills: Calendar No. 581, S. 1553; and H.R. 2997. There being no objection, the committee was discharged of the relevant bill, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bills en bloc. Mr. HICKENLOOPER. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment, where applicable, be agreed to; that the bills, as amended, if amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bills passed en bloc, as follows: ____________________ | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7276-3 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | RESILIENCY FOR RANCHING AND NATURAL CONSERVATION HEALTH ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7276 | S7276 | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "1553"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "1553"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7276 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7276] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] RESILIENCY FOR RANCHING AND NATURAL CONSERVATION HEALTH ACT A bill (S. 1553) to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing permits and leases, and for other purposes, which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act''. SEC. 2. TEMPORARY USE OF VACANT GRAZING ALLOTMENTS FOR HOLDERS OF GRAZING PERMITS OR LEASES DURING EXTREME NATURAL EVENTS AND DISASTERS. Title IV of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 405. VACANT GRAZING ALLOTMENTS MADE AVAILABLE TO HOLDERS OF GRAZING PERMITS OR LEASES DURING EXTREME NATURAL EVENTS AND DISASTERS. ``(a) Definition of Secretary Concerned.--In this section, the term `Secretary concerned' means-- ``(1) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land; and ``(2) the Secretary, with respect to public lands. ``(b) Allotments.-- ``(1) In general.--The Secretary concerned may make available to the holder of a grazing permit or lease issued by either Secretary concerned the temporary use of a vacant grazing allotment if-- ``(A) 1 or more grazing allotments covered by the grazing permit or lease of the holder of the grazing permit or lease are temporarily unusable, as determined by the Secretary concerned, because of un… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7276-4 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | CLIFTON OPPORTUNITIES NOW FOR VIBRANT ECONOMIC YIELDS ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7276 | S7277 | [{"name": "John W. Hickenlooper", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "John Barrasso", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "John Kennedy", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "1553"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "2997"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "2997"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7276 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7276-S7277] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] CLIFTON OPPORTUNITIES NOW FOR VIBRANT ECONOMIC YIELDS ACT The bill (H.R. 2997) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Mesa County, Colorado, certain Federal land in Colorado, and for other purposes, was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. Mr. HICKENLOOPER. Madam President, Mesa County, CO, out in the far west part of the State, is bursting with opportunities for economic development. The CONVEY Act, which passed the Senate today, will help make sure there is sufficient space to continue that growth. This bill will direct the transfer of Federal land near Clifton, CO, to the local Mesa County government to support their domestic economic development. Specifically, the bill accelerates the sale of 31 acres of land near Interstate 70 in Clifton, CO. It is a parcel of land that was previously set aside for the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Valley Reclamation Project, but Reclamation has indicated its intent to relinquish the 31 acres considered in the [[Page S7277]] sale. The county will pay fair market value for those 31 acres of Federal land. The Federal Government has already determined that it no longer needs this land, and Mesa County has plans for ways to put it to work. This is a win-win for the Federal Government, for Mesa County, for Colorado, and for our country. By passing the CONVEY Act today, we will finally push this land transfer over the finish line. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming. Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I would just like to say a few words, if I may, about the Senate passing S. 1553. In Wyoming, we refer to it as the RANCH Act, and that stands for Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health. This is an important pi… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7276 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL MINERALS IN HEALTHCARE ACT OF 2023 | SENATE | SENATE | RECOGNIZING | S7276 | S7276 | [{"name": "John Barrasso", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "John W. Hickenlooper", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "6395"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "6395"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7276 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7276] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL MINERALS IN HEALTHCARE ACT OF 2023 The bill (H.R. 6395) to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to require the Secretary of the Interior to include the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultations regarding designations of critical minerals, elements, substances, and materials was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. Mr. BARRASSO. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. HICKENLOOPER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________ | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7277 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Unanimous Consent Request--S. 4772 (Executive Calendar) | SENATE | SENATE | SCONSENTREQUEST | S7277 | S7281 | [{"name": "John Kennedy", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Rand Paul", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Christopher A. Coons", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "4772"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "4772"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7277 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7277-S7281] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Unanimous Consent Request--S. 4772 Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, as we know, our colleagues in the House of Representatives are, at the moment, trying to pass a continuing resolution to keep government open. As we also know, our government is supposed to shut down if the House and the Senate don't act tonight, I think, at midnight. Part of the efforts of our colleagues in the House would be, of course, not only to keep government open but to extend the National Flood Insurance Program, which is also scheduled to expire, I think, tonight at midnight. The National Flood Insurance Program, as I think most people know, is hardly perfect, but it is important. It is almost impossible to buy flood insurance in the private sector. Many people, unfortunately, when they buy homeowner's insurance, think their homeowner's insurance covers them for flood. It does not. Many Americans, unfortunately, found that out, for example, with the horrible flooding in Appalachia. Virtually all of our friends and neighbors in the Appalachia area and in South Carolina and Kentucky and in Florida who were victims of Hurricane Helene did not have flood insurance. I think many of them had homeowner's, but they were not covered for flood. The private sector--I don't want to overstate this--but for the most part, it is almost impossible to get flood insurance in the private sector. That is why we have a National Flood Insurance Program. The National Flood Insurance Program is not exactly a model of efficiency. Under President Biden, it has been screwed up even more. FEMA, which is in charge of our Flood Insurance Program, implemented something called Risk Rating 2.0. It has been a disaster. It is a mess. It looks like something that my beagle used to h… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7281 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 5119 (Executive Calendar) | SENATE | SENATE | SCONSENTREQUEST | S7281 | S7283 | [{"name": "James Lankford", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Sheldon Whitehouse", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Christopher A. Coons", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "5119"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "5119"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7281 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7281-S7283] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 5119 Mr. LANKFORD. Madam President, several years ago, it was a December like this; there were big bills that were coming through the House and the Senate, one of them being the National Defense Authorization Act, which has passed every single year for the last six decades. Stuck in that multi, multi, multipage bill was a little piece on beneficial ownership. Now, most everyone just didn't even notice what it would be. But in the past couple of years, the Biden administration has released the rules for beneficial ownership and what will be required to be able to deal with ``opportunities for fraud.'' What it has become is a way to be able to get from every single small business in America--I do need to emphasize these were all small business; in fact, smallest of the small businesses--every LLC, every businessowner in America a list of them of this: their name, their date of birth, their address, an I.D. number--that is simple--but then, also, a listing of all the senior officers of the company, someone who has authority over the appointment or removal of a senior officer, and this little jewel--someone who substantially influences important decisions in your company. Every business owner in America is required by January 1--in just a couple of weeks--to turn in that document for every single business that they own. Now, for many folks in real estate or in construction or in many other businesses, they actually start a company and raise it up for that company. And so they may not own one company or have one LLC; they may have 20 or 30. And they have to go through the paperwork for every single one of those and be able to turn in, including answering the question: Who influences your importa… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7283 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Unanimous Consent Request--S. 2796 (Executive Calendar) | SENATE | SENATE | SCONSENTREQUEST | S7283 | S7284 | [{"name": "Markwayne Mullin", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Mike Lee", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Dan Sullivan", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "James Lankford", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "2796"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "2796"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7283 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7283-S7284] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Unanimous Consent Request--S. 2796 Mr. MULLIN. Madam President, for 8 years, beginning with my time in the House, I have worked on the Miami-Illinois Land Claim Settlement Act, which is now S. 2796. I want to thank Chief Lankford of the Miami Tribe for his assistance to move this bill forward and to help lay out a solid, factual background before the Indian Affairs Committee, which is why it uniquely came out of the committee. This is a unique piece of legislation. The Miami Tribe is not seeking a settlement for their treaty claim or an appropriation from Congress. This is zero cost to Congress. The Miami Tribe--or ``My-am-uh'' Tribe-- is not seeking a settlement. The Tribe is simply asking Congress to do what only Congress can: to extinguish the Tribe's treaty title claim to the land in Illinois. First, this bill will remove a cloud on the title for non-Indian landowners in eastern and central Illinois, benefiting the Tribe and non-Tribal members alike. Second, the bill will allow the Tribe the opportunity to plead their case before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. This is a straightforward bill, cosponsored by both of my colleagues from Illinois, Senator Durbin and Senator Duckworth. The Miami Tribe has waited long enough to get this done, and it is time to act. Madam President, as if in legislative session and notwithstanding rule XXII, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 489, S. 2796; that the bill be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The senior Senator from Utah. Mr. LEE. Madam President, reserving the right to object, I ha… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7284 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Pay Our Military Act (Executive Calendar) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7284 | S7285 | [{"name": "Dan Sullivan", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7284 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7284-S7285] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Pay Our Military Act Mr. SULLIVAN. Madam President, I was coming down here to try to pass [[Page S7285]] my bill, the Pay Our Military Act. This bill would have made sure that we are paying our military, including our Coast Guard, in the event of a government shutdown. A few hours ago, this looked like we really were going to have to do this. We ran the hotline on the Republican side. Every Republican Senator voted for this. And it makes sense. This has usually been a bipartisan issue. If there is a government shutdown, which none of us want, we need to pay the men and women who are on the frontlines, in our country, overseas, many in dangerous situations defending our freedom--to make sure they are paid, to make sure they are paid. The good news is, it looks like, just walking onto the floor here, the House is overwhelmingly passing the continuing resolution. It is not, I am sure, the deal I would have negotiated, but, nevertheless, it looks like there is a likelihood of that coming over here tonight soon, we hope, after the passage. It is likely going to pass in the House overwhelmingly and will likely pass here in the Senate later this evening. So we will likely not have a government shutdown, which is good. And our military, who is doing a great job around the world, won't be subject to this crazy situation, which has happened before: The government shuts down, and the young men and women defending our freedom all around the world are not getting paid. So with that, I am not going to ask for unanimous consent on this bill. I was hopeful nobody was going to block it. I am not sure if anyone was going to block it. At prior times, when we had been barreling toward a government shutdown, the Senate has actuall… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7285-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Vote on Murillo Nomination (Executive Calendar) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7285 | S7285 | [{"name": "Richard J. Durbin", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "John Thune", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7285 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7285] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Vote on Murillo Nomination The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Murillo nomination? Mr. DURBIN. I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), and the Senator from California (Mr. Schiff) are necessarily absent. Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 332 Ex.] YEAS--49 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Fetterman Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Kaine Kelly Kim King Klobuchar Lujan Markey Merkley Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Sinema Smith Stabenow Tester Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--47 Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Braun Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Daines Ernst Fischer Graham Grassley Hagerty Hawley Hoeven Hyde-Smith Johnson Kennedy Lankford Lee Lummis M… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7285-3 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | LEGISLATIVE SESSION | SENATE | SENATE | SLEGISLATIVE | S7285 | S7285 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7285 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7285] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] LEGISLATIVE SESSION ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7285-4 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | SOCIAL SECURITY FAIRNESS ACT OF 2023 | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7285 | S7287 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "82"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7285 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7285-S7287] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] SOCIAL SECURITY FAIRNESS ACT OF 2023 The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Durbin). Under the previous order, the Senate will resume the legislative session and the clerk will report the pending business. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 82) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader. Judicial Confirmations Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, we just passed our 235th judge. It is historic. It sets a record. In a few moments, I will be speaking about that. But first, let us finish our housekeeping and other business, so we can [[Page S7286]] finish the business for the Senate for this year. Cloture Motion Mr. SCHUMER. So I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on Calendar No. 693, H.R. 82, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Brian Schatz, Jeanne Shaheen, Tammy Baldwin, Alex Padilla, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Christopher A. Coons, Patty Murray, Tim Kaine, Jack Reed, Peter Welch, Margaret Wood Hassan, Chris Van Hollen, Debbie … | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7285 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Nomination of Serena Raquel Murillo (Executive Calendar) | SENATE | SENATE | SNOMINATIONS | S7285 | S7285 | [{"name": "Richard J. Durbin", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Dan Sullivan", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7285 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7285] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Nomination of Serena Raquel Murillo Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Serena Murillo to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Born in Pomona, CA, Judge Murillo received her B.A. from the University of California, San Diego and her J.D. from Loyola Law School. After law school, she worked as a post-bar law clerk at Shernoff, Bidart, and Echeverria in Claremont, CA. She then worked as an associate attorney at McNicholas & McNicholas in Los Angeles, where she represented plaintiffs in personal injury cases. From 1997 to 2014, Judge Murillo served as a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. She prosecuted various criminal cases, including juvenile matters, felonies, white- collar crime, and criminal appeals. She tried approximately 68 cases to verdict in State court, half of which were jury trials. Since 2015, Judge Murillo has been a judge on the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County. From 2018 to 2019, she served by appointment of the chief justice of the California Supreme Court as an associate justice pro tem on the California Court of Appeal. She has presided over approximately 55 jury trials in civil, felony, and misdemeanor matters, nearly all of which were criminal trials. She has also taught as a lecturer in law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law since 2022. The American Bar Association rated Judge Murillo as ``well qualified'' to serve on the district court. She has deep ties to the Central District of California, and she enjoys the strong support of her home State Senators and the California legal community. Judge Murillo's litigation background and experience as both an advocate and… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7287-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Cloture Motion (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SCLOTURE | S7287 | S7287 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7287 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7287] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Cloture Motion Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 851, David Michael Capozzi, of Maryland, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years. (New Position) Charles E. Schumer, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Tammy Baldwin, Richard J. Durbin, Catherine Cortez Masto, Debbie Stabenow, Patty Murray, Amy Klobuchar, Chris Van Hollen, Jack Reed, Jeanne Shaheen, Andy Kim, Margaret Wood Hassan, Elizabeth Warren, Christopher A. Coons, Adam B. Schiff, Jeff Merkley. ____________________ | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7287-3 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | LEGISLATIVE SESSION | SENATE | SENATE | SLEGISLATIVE | S7287 | S7287 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7287 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7287] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] LEGISLATIVE SESSION Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I move to proceed to legislative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. ____________________ | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7287-4 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7287 | S7287 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7287 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7287] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 854. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The legislative clerk read the nomination of Elaine Marie Clegg, of Idaho, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years. | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7287-5 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Cloture Motion (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SCLOTURE | S7287 | S7287 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7287 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7287] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Cloture Motion Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 854, Elaine Marie Clegg, of Idaho, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years. Charles E. Schumer, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Tammy Baldwin, Richard J. Durbin, Catherine Cortez Masto, Debbie Stabenow, Patty Murray, Amy Klobuchar, Chris Van Hollen, Jack Reed, Jeanne Shaheen, Andy Kim, Margaret Wood Hassan, Elizabeth Warren, Christopher A. Coons, Adam B. Schiff, Jeff Merkley. Mr. SCHUMER. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. King). The Senator from New York. ____________________ | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7287-6 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | JACKIE ROBINSON BALLPARK NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE SITE ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7287 | S7287 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7287 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7287] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] JACKIE ROBINSON BALLPARK NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE SITE ACT ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7287-7 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | HOLCOMBE RUCKER PARK NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE SITE ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7287 | S7288 | [{"name": "Kirsten E. Gillibrand", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Mike Crapo", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Thom Tillis", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "6852"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "6852"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "8012"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "8012"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7287 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7287-S7288] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] HOLCOMBE RUCKER PARK NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE SITE ACT Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, if you have ever had kids, you know how important it can be to encourage their education. But with many competing priorities, you sometimes need to use creative strategies to inspire success. That is something that Holcombe Rucker did. Rucker was a Black World War II veteran and teacher in the 1940s in Harlem. He started a small outdoor basketball team for Black youth and encouraged his players to maintain good grades and decorum. Some say he is the father of outdoor organized basketball for youth and helped give thousands of kids better pathways to higher learning. Holcombe Rucker grew up a poor parentless kid from 141st Street. He served in the Army during World War II before earning his bachelor's degree from City College. He then taught English at a Harlem junior high school, while also serving as a recreation director for both the St. Phillip's Church Community Center and the city parks department. When Rucker formed his youth basketball tournament in the late 1940s, however, he didn't get much support from city recreational leaders. So he often paid out of his own shallow pockets to provide refreshments and T-shirts and other essentials for players. Rucker would even share his lunch with his students, often coming home to his wife with an empty stomach. Rucker believed education and supervised recreation could make an enormous difference in the lives of his students. It is no surprise then why many of his players saw him as a father figure and credited him with helping to set them on a better path. As Rucker's summer tournaments grew in popularity, parks department officials finally moved them to a more desirable location. That would ulti… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7287 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7287 | S7287 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7287 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7287] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 851. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The legislative clerk read the nomination of David Michael Capozzi, of Maryland, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years. (New Position). | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7288 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | WYOMING PUBLIC LANDS INITIATIVE ACT OF 2023 | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7288 | S7297 | [{"name": "John Barrasso", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Ron Wyden", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "1348"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "1348"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "1890"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "1890"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "2570"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7288 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7288-S7297] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] WYOMING PUBLIC LANDS INITIATIVE ACT OF 2023 ______ MALHEUR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT FOR THE OWYHEE ACT Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following bills: Calendar No. 422, which is S. 1348, and Calendar No. 501, which is S. 1890. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bills en bloc, which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with amendments to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: S. 1348 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Wyoming Public Lands Initiative Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Bureau.--The term ``Bureau'' means the Bureau of Land Management. (2) Range improvement.--The term ``range improvement'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1902). (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior. (4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Wyoming. (5) Wilderness area.--The term ``wilderness area'' means a wilderness area designated by section 3. [[Page S7289]] SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Encampment river canyon wilderness.-- (A) In general.--Certain Federal land administered … | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7297 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | GABRIELLA MILLER KIDS FIRST RESEARCH ACT 2.0 | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7297 | S7302 | [{"name": "Tim Kaine", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Rand Paul", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Bill Cassidy", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Roger F. Wicker", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Ron Wyden", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "82"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "3391"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "10545"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7297 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7297-S7302] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] GABRIELLA MILLER KIDS FIRST RESEARCH ACT 2.0 Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, in 2013, in my first year in the Senate, a 10-year-old child in Virginia, Loudoun County, named Gabriella Miller passed away from an inoperable brain tumor. Nothing could be worse for a family. Her parents, Ellyn and Mark, and her brother suffered greatly in this. But as many do, in an amazing way, in a mysterious way, in a time of suffering, they turned their tragedy into a cause. Shortly after I came to the Senate, Mark and Ellyn Miller came to see me and talk to me about their daughter Gabriella. They asked me a question: Senator, what percentage of medical research in this country is devoted to pediatric conditions? I thought, well, you know, pediatric--under age 18. Maybe it is 12 percent of the population. So I guessed 12 percent. They said: Less than 1 percent. Less than 1 percent of medical research funding in the NIH and other Agencies was devoted to pediatric conditions. There was kind of a--I don't know--it was a conventional wisdom of: No, we don't put research into that, but if we can research adult conditions, we can kind of apply it to pediatric conditions--which everyone here knows that is not the case. Many pediatric conditions are very different than adult conditions. So I began to work with the Miller family on a bill to increase research at the NIH and other Federal Agencies for pediatric conditions, especially pediatric conditions of the kind that killed Gabriella Miller. The following year, in 2014, I partnered with Virginia Congressman-- and then a Republican leader in the Senate--Eric Cantor and others to pass the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program to fund NIH research on pediatric cancer, and the 10-year… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7302 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | LEGISLATIVE SESSION | SENATE | SENATE | SLEGISLATIVE | S7302 | S7306 | [{"name": "Rand Paul", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Richard J. Durbin", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "John Thune", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Ted Cruz", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Ron Wyden", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Mike Crapo", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Mike Lee", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Sheldon Whitehouse", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Thom Tillis", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "82"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7302 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7302-S7306] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] LEGISLATIVE SESSION The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will resume legislative session. The Senator from Kentucky. Amendment No. 3346 Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, I call up my amendment, No. 3346, and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Paul] proposes an amendment numbered 3346. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To adjust the normal and early retirement ages for Social Security benefits and increase the maximum age for delayed retirement credits) At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. ADJUSTMENT TO NORMAL AND EARLY RETIREMENT AGE. Section 216(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416(l)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end; (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: ``(F) with respect to an individual who-- ``(i) attains 62 years of age after December 31, 2024, and before January 1, 2032, such individual's early retirement age (as determined under paragraph (2)(A)(ii)) plus 60 months; or ``(ii) receives a benefit described in paragraph (2)(B) and attains 60 years of age after December 31, 2024, and before January 1, 2032, 67 years plus the number of months in the age increase factor (as determined under paragraph (5)(A)) for the calendar year in which such individual attains 60 years … | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7306 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | AMERICAN RELIEF ACT, 2025 | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7306 | S7307 | [{"name": "Patty Murray", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Susan M. Collins", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Richard J. Durbin", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "John Thune", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "10545"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "10545"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "10545"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7306 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7306-S7307] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] AMERICAN RELIEF ACT, 2025 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of H.R. 10545, which the clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 10545) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be up to 30 minutes for debate, equally divided. The senior Senator from Washington. Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I will not use 15 minutes, but I do want to just let our colleagues know that I am very pleased that we are on the verge of passing long overdue relief desperately needed by communities that are recovering from disaster, as well as avoiding a damaging shutdown. The only reason it took so long and this much chaos to get here is that House Republicans chose chaos and chose to follow the whims of the richest man in the world. Needless to say, that is not how this should work. But I am glad that at the end of the day, we will avoid a shutdown and get disaster relief out to families and communities that are struggling after being hit by hurricanes and fires and floods and so much more. I worked hard with Members on both sides of the aisle to finally get this aid across the line and to make sure we did so in a comprehensive way that meets the wide range of critical needs in the country, because it is painfully clear there are so many communities that are still reeling from hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, flooding, and more that really do need this support. So, despite all the unnecessary chaos and delay, I am glad we are finally here, getting this done. This relief will make a critical difference fo… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7307-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 3433 (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SCONSENTREQUEST | S7307 | S7307 | [{"name": "Michael F. Bennet", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Rand Paul", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "3433"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "3433"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "3433"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7307 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7307] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 3433 Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, in a moment, I will ask for unanimous consent to pass H.R. 3433, the bipartisan Give Kids a Chance Act. I would like to highlight how important this legislation is for children with cancer all across this country. The Give Kids a Chance Act finally authorizes the FDA to direct companies who are conducting research for adult cancer drugs to study those drugs in combination with others to see whether they also can work well for kids who have cancer. The bill continues the work that Senator Rubio and I started in 2017, when we worked together to pass the RACE for Children Act, which required sponsors of certain adult cancer drugs to study the benefits or the effects and their use in children. Since then, Senator Rubio and I have both learned that combination therapies can be effective treatments and reduce the risk of side effects significantly, both for adults and for kids. That is why this legislation is so important. This bill can help save the lives of children all over our country who have the most aggressive forms of cancer. It would ensure that pharmaceutical companies are being held accountable to study how their drugs affect children who may have the same kind of cancer as adults but who need more tailored treatment in combination with other drugs. I know Senator Rubio and I have both heard numerous stories from patients who have asked for themselves and parents who have asked on behalf of their children and who have advocated on behalf of children who have passed away. This bill also authorizes the FDA to take enforcement action against companies that do not conduct the pediatric trials that are required under the Pediatric Research Equity Act and require… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7307-3 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 4531 (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SCONSENTREQUEST | S7307 | S7308 | [{"name": "Margaret Wood Hassan", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Rand Paul", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Michael F. Bennet", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "4531"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "4531"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7307 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7307-S7308] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 4531 Ms. HASSAN. Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to pass into law lifesaving, bipartisan legislation that will enable us to keep fighting the opioid and fentanyl epidemic that has destroyed families and devastated communities across our country. New data from just this week found that drug overdose deaths dropped 17 percent from last summer to this summer. We now have a much better sense of what works to prevent and treat addiction, the resources we need to do so, and the light that exists on the other end of this terrible, terrible tunnel. But we can only get there if we keep up the fight. The SUPPORT Act of 2018 established vital addiction treatment infrastructure. Reauthorizing this law is essential to our addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts. Just two of many examples include funding addiction treatment for pregnant women and supporting first responders. The original SUPPORT Act passed the Senate with 98 votes, and the bipartisan reauthorization passed the House with 386 votes. Now the Senate must send it to the President's desk before we adjourn for the year. This is not the time for complacency, nor is it time for despair. Nothing less than people's lives depend on us acting. So, Mr. President, as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4531 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; further, that the bill be considered read a third time and [[Page S7308]] passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The Senator from Kentucky. Mr… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7307 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7307 | S7307 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7307 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7307] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] EXECUTIVE CALENDAR The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will resume executive session to consider the following nominations, en bloc: Calendar Nos. 851, 853, 854, and 857. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of David Michael Capozzi, of Maryland, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years (New Position); Ronald L. Batory, of New Mexico, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years; Elaine Marie Clegg, of Idaho, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years; and Lanhee J. Chen, of California, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years? The nominations are confirmed en bloc. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's actions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado. | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7308-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | EXECUTIVE CALENDAR | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECCAL | S7308 | S7312 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7308 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7308-S7312] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session and the Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged from further consideration of PN Nos. 794; 795; 796, excepting Peter Gauthier, Mark Gray, Steven Rynecki, Lori Du Trieuille; 898, excepting Kenneth MacLean, Amanda Van den Dool, Adriana Harvey; 1535; 1536; 1538; 1539, excepting Sean Jones, Karl Fickenscher; 1540 excepting Kenneth MacLean; 1975; 2031; 2146; 2148; 2233; 2234; 2235; 2004; 1537 excepting Janee P. Pierre-Louis; 1978; and 2147; that the Senate proceed to their en bloc consideration and vote without intervening action or debate; that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate resume legislative session. There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the nominations en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nominations of PN Nos. 794; 795; 796, excepting Peter Gauthier, Mark Gray, Steven Rynecki, Lori Du Trieuille; 898, excepting Kenneth MacLean, Amanda Van den Dool, Adriana Harvey; 1535; 1536; 1538; 1539, excepting Sean Jones, Karl Fickenscher; 1540 excepting Kenneth [[Page S7309]] MacLean; 1975; 2031; 2146; 2148; 2233; 2234; 2235; 2004; 1537 excepting Janee P. Pierre-Louis; 1978; and 2147, en bloc? The nominations were confirmed en bloc, as follows: PN794 The following-named Members of the Foreign Service of the Department of Commerce to be a Consular Officer and a Secretary in the Diploma… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7308 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | Senate Accomplishments (Executive Session) | SENATE | SENATE | SEXECSESSION | S7308 | S7308 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7308 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7308] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Senate Accomplishments Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, the work of the 118th Congress comes to an end. The majority in this Chamber will soon change hands. Tonight, I would like to take a moment to thank my colleagues for their outstanding work over the past 4 years. This was the most productive, ambitious, and historic 4 years the Senate has seen in decades. I am proud that many of our biggest accomplishments were bipartisan--something I hope the incoming majority embraces as a model. And the accomplishments speak for themselves. They are enormous. I was so proud to lead the Senate when we did so much for so many people-- and, as I said, so much of it bipartisan. It started at the beginning in 2020, when COVID was at its worst. We passed the American Rescue Plan, sending checks to every mailbox and shots in every arm. It helped reduce the problems with COVID so quickly--more quickly than people ever felt. We passed a once-in-a-generation bipartisan infrastructure law. You see the effects of it all over America right now. Infrastructure is being rebuilt. People are being employed. Our country is getting more efficient, which it always does when we have better infrastructure. It rebuilt America's roads, bridges, and highways. It provided kids with safe drinking water. Rural communities and urban communities got access to broadband, which they had never had before--so essential in the 21st century. We brought manufacturing jobs back to our shores and revitalized American innovation through the Chips and Science Act. We took on the NRA and won by passing the first gun safety law in 30 years. We passed the greatest expansion of veterans care in a generation to ensure that no veteran is denied treatment related to toxic exposu… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7312-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | APPOINTMENTS | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7312 | S7312 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7312 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7312] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] APPOINTMENTS PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair announces, on behalf of the Republican Leader, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 106-398, as amended by Public Law 108-7, and in consultation with the Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Finance, the appointment of the following individual to serve as a member of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission: Hal Brands of Maryland Vice Robin Cleveland of Virginia (term ends 12/31/24). The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 110-315, announces the appointment of the following individual to be a member of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity: Dr. Gary Ransdell of Kentucky. ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7312-3 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | SIGNING AUTHORITY | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7312 | S7312 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7312 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7312] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] SIGNING AUTHORITY Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the junior Senator from Virginia, the senior Senator from Ohio, and the senior Senator from Maryland be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions from December 20, 2024, through January 3, 2025. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________ | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7312-4 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | APPOINTMENTS AUTHORITY | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7312 | S7312 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7312 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7312] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] APPOINTMENTS AUTHORITY Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the upcoming adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore, and the majority and minority leaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, boards, conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________ | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7312-5 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | D.C. ROBERT F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL STADIUM CAMPUS REVITALIZATION ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7312 | S7313 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "4984"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "4984"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7312 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7312-S7313] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] D.C. ROBERT F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL STADIUM CAMPUS REVITALIZATION ACT Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 648, H.R. 4984. [[Page S7313]] The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 4984) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the District of Columbia so that the District may use the Campus for purposes including residential and commercial development, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time. Mr. SCHUMER. I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate on the bill, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (H.R. 4984) was passed. Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________ | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7312 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | LEGISLATIVE SESSION | SENATE | SENATE | SLEGISLATIVE | S7312 | S7312 | 170 Cong. Rec. S7312 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7312] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] LEGISLATIVE SESSION The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will now resume legislative session. ____________________ | |||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7313-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | GOVERNMENT SERVICE DELIVERY IMPROVEMENT ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7313 | S7313 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "5887"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "5887"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7313 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7313] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] GOVERNMENT SERVICE DELIVERY IMPROVEMENT ACT Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 686, H.R. 5887. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 5887) to amend chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code, to improve Government service delivery, and build related capacity for the Federal Government, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 5887) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________ | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7313-3 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | KEEPING MILITARY FAMILIES TOGETHER ACT OF 2024 | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7313 | S7314 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "2181"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "2181"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7313 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7313-S7314] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] KEEPING MILITARY FAMILIES TOGETHER ACT OF 2024 Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask that the Chair lay before the Senate the message to accompany S. 2181. The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following message from the House of Representatives: Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 2181) entitled ``An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the sunset on entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of veterans and certain individuals and to repeal the sunset on authority to bury remains of certain spouses and children in national cemeteries, and for other purposes.'', do pass with amendments. Motion to Concur Mr. SCHUMER. I move to concur in the House amendment, and I ask unanimous consent that the motion be agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The motion was agreed to. Motion to Concur Mr. SCHUMER. I move to concur in the House amendment to the title and ask unanimous consent the motion be agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered. The motion was agreed to. Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered. [[Page S7314]] ____________________ | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7313 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | TAXPAYER RESOURCES USED IN EMERGENCIES ACCOUNTABILITY ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7313 | S7313 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "5098"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "5098"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7313 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7313] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] TAXPAYER RESOURCES USED IN EMERGENCIES ACCOUNTABILITY ACT Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 685, S. 5098. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 5098) to require certain agencies to develop plans for internal control in the event of an emergency or crisis, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayer Resources Used in Emergencies Accountability Act'' or the ``TRUE Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. OMB GUIDANCE. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Covered agency.--The term ``covered agency'' means an agency described in section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code. (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (3) Internal control.--The term ``internal control'' means a process that is-- (A) effected by the management and other personnel of an entity; and (B) designed to provide reasonable assurance with respect to the achievement of objectives relating to-- (i) effectiveness and efficiency of operations; (ii) reliability of financial reporting; and (iii) compliance with applicable law. (b) Guidance.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of … | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7314 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF FLYING ELEMENTS IN ORBIT ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7314 | S7315 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "3658"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "3658"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "3658"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7314 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7314-S7315] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF FLYING ELEMENTS IN ORBIT ACT Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be discharged from further consideration of S. 3658 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3658) to promote space situational awareness and space traffic coordination and to modify the functions and leadership of the Office of Space Commerce, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the Cornyn substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 3362) was agreed to. (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') The bill (S. 3658), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. S. 3658 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Situational Awareness of Flying Elements in Orbit Act'' or the ``SAFE Orbit Act''. SEC. 2. SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND SPACE TRAFFIC COORDINATION. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce shall facilitate … | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7315 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | SAVE OUR SEAS 2.0 AMENDMENTS ACTS | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7315 | S7316 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "5649"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "5649"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "S", "number": "5649"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7315 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7315-S7316] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] SAVE OUR SEAS 2.0 AMENDMENTS ACTS Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 5649, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 5649) to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 5649) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 5649 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act''. SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO THE MARINE DEBRIS PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION. Section 3(d) of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1952(d)) is amended-- (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``and Contracts'' and inserting ``Contracts, and Other Agreements''; (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and contracts'' and inserting ``, contracts, and other agreements… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7316-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | HOUSE BILLS | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7316 | S7316 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "4955"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "4955"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "8667"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "8667"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "9124"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "9124"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7316 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7316] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] HOUSE BILLS Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged and the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following bills en bloc: H.R. 4955, H.R. 8667, and H.R. 9124. There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bills en bloc. Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bills be considered read a third time and passed and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bills were passed, en bloc, as follows: ____________________ | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7316-3 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | HENRY PARHAM VA CLINIC | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7316 | S7316 | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "4955"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "4955"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7316 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7316] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] HENRY PARHAM VA CLINIC The bill (H.R. 4955) to name the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the ``Henry Parham VA Clinic'' was ordered to third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________ | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7316-4 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | DUANE E. DEWEY VA CLINIC | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7316 | S7316 | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "8667"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "8667"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7316 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7316] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] DUANE E. DEWEY VA CLINIC The bill (H.R. 8667) to rename the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Cadillac, Michigan, as the ``Duane E. Dewey VA Clinic'' was ordered to third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________ | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7316-5 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | LOUIS A. CONTER VA CLINIC | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7316 | S7316 | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "9124"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "9124"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7316 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7316] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] LOUIS A. CONTER VA CLINIC The bill (H.R. 9124) to name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Auburn, California, as the ``Louis A. Conter VA Clinic'' was ordered to third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________ | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7316-6 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | U.S. CONGRESSMAN SAM JOHNSON MEMORIAL VA CLINIC ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7316 | S7317 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "4136"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "4136"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7316 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7316-S7317] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] U.S. CONGRESSMAN SAM JOHNSON MEMORIAL VA CLINIC ACT Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4136 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 4136) to name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Plano, Texas, as the ``U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson Memorial VA Clinic''. There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 4136) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. [[Page S7317]] ____________________ | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7316 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | THINK DIFFERENTLY DATABASE ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7316 | S7316 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "670"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "670"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7316 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7316] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] THINK DIFFERENTLY DATABASE ACT Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 670, which was received from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 670) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a website to promote awareness of available resources for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 670) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________ | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7317-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | FISHERY IMPROVEMENT TO STREAMLINE UNTIMELY REGULATORY HURDLES POST EMERGENCY SITUATION ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7317 | S7317 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "5103"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "5103"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7317 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7317] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] FISHERY IMPROVEMENT TO STREAMLINE UNTIMELY REGULATORY HURDLES POST EMERGENCY SITUATION ACT Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5103 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 5103) to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to approve or deny spend plans within a certain amount of time, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 5103) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________ | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7317-3 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | MORNING BUSINESS | SENATE | SENATE | SMBUSINESS | S7317 | S7317 | [{"name": "Amy Klobuchar", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "99", "type": "SRES", "number": "28"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7317 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7317] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] MORNING BUSINESS ______ REGULATIONS FOR RECORDINGS OF SENATE FLOOR PROCEEDINGS Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Congressional Record updated ``Regulations for Recordings of Senate Floor Proceedings.'' There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Regulations for Recordings of Senate Floor Proceedings Adopted by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on December 20, 2024 1.0 Scope--S. Res. 28 (99th Congress) authorized broadcast coverage and recordings of proceedings in the Senate Chamber. These regulations describe the procedures for preparation, transfer, and distribution of such recordings. 2.0 Definitions--For purposes of these regulations, the following terms shall have the meaning specified. 2.1 Depository means the Library of Congress or the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. 2.2 Recording means an audio and color video recording of proceedings in the Senate Chamber. 2.3 Recording Studio means the Senate Recording Studio operated by the Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate. 2.4 Rules Committee means the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. 2.5 Secretary means the Secretary of the Senate. 3.0 Preparation of Recordings-- 3.1 The Recording Studio shall make at least two archival- quality audio and color video recordings of proceedings in the Senate Chamber. 3.2 The Recording Studio may, upon request, make additional recordings for Members. Members who receive recordings shall pay the fee set by Rules a… | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7317-4 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | THOMAS R. CARPER WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7317 | S7318 | [{"name": "Jeff Merkley", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7317 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7317-S7318] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] THOMAS R. CARPER WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, this week, the Senate passed important legislation to Oregon's ports and waterways, the backbone of our regional economy. This legislation includes key provisions that I fought for to ensure the safe navigation of the Lower Columbia River's deep draft channel, which connects the Pacific Northwest and much of the country to the world. According to the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association, the channel supports more than 49 million metric tons of international trade cargo, accounting for over $31 billion in value and supporting at least 40,000 local jobs. The benefits of ensuring clear passage along the channel reach well beyond the region. The channel is the country's top wheat export gateway, the second largest U.S. soy export gateway, and the third largest grain export gateway in the world, as well as the top West Coast exporter for cars. Since 1891, through authorizations in a patchwork of Federal laws and agreements, the Port of Portland--and later along with the Ports of Vancouver, Woodland, Kalama, and Longview, WA--has assisted in dredging and maintaining the channel. For the last 60 years, this work has been done by the Dredge Oregon, on behalf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a dredge owned by the Port of Portland and used exclusively for Columbia River channel maintenance. While the dredge has performed extremely well on demand and often under difficult circumstances, the vessel is now nearly 60 years old and in desperate need of replacement. I am pleased that section 1325 of this year's Water Resources Development Act will clearly authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to replace Dredge Oregon with a more modern vessel. This language … | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7317 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | SUPPORTING AMERICA'S CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7317 | S7317 | [{"name": "Charles E. Schumer", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "9076"}, {"congress": "118", "type": "HR", "number": "9076"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7317 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7317] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] SUPPORTING AMERICA'S CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACT Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 9076 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 9076) to reauthorize child welfare programs under part B of title IV of the Social Security Act and strengthen the State and tribal child support enforcement program under part D of such title, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 9076) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________ | |
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7318-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | VOTE EXPLANATION | SENATE | SENATE | VOTEEXPLAIN | S7318 | S7318 | [{"name": "Josh Hawley", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7318 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7318] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] VOTE EXPLANATION Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. President, had there been a recorded vote, I would have voted ``no'' on the en bloc confirmation of Executive Calendar Nos. 851, 853, 854, and 857. ____________________ | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7318-3 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7318 | S7318 | [{"name": "Chris Van Hollen", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7318 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7318] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) on its 40th anniversary. Since its founding four decades ago by members of Congress from both sides of the aisle, EESI has steadfastly pursued its vision of a sustainable, resilient, and equitable world--a vision I share. EESI's work is a reminder that there is considerable common ground if we work together to find it. For the sake of our planet, our economy, our health, and our children's future, I hope we have the strength to do just that. EESI plays a key role as it informs Congress of developments in the energy, environmental, and climate space. Every year, EESI convenes dozens of congressional briefings, publishes white papers, releases newsletters, and hosts a podcast. All of this science-based, nonpartisan information--clearly explained and synthesized--helps us develop good policy. EESI has also been one of the driving forces behind the annual Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency EXPO and Policy Forum. I have the privilege of serving as a deputy cochair of the Senate Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, which showcases, on a bipartisan basis, the many benefits of clean energy and helps cohost the EXPO. I am very proud to have participated in almost every EXPO since 2003. At these EXPOs, clean energy leaders convene and share what their organizations are doing to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency. They describe how clean energy and energy efficiency are creating good-paying jobs in their communities, expanding economic development in rural areas, helping families and businesses become more resilient to extreme weather and cli… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7318-4 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | TRIBUTE TO SARAH BENEDICT ANSTAETT | SENATE | SENATE | TRIBUTETO | S7318 | S7319 | [{"name": "Tammy Baldwin", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7318 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7318-S7319] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] TRIBUTE TO SARAH BENEDICT ANSTAETT Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, I rise today to celebrate and honor the service of Sarah Benedict Anstaett, my State director. Soon, Sarah will retire from the U.S. Senate after a lengthy career serving the people of Wisconsin and our Nation. Sarah's steadfast dedication to constituent services has set a high standard for our office that will have a lasting impact. With over 25 years of Federal experience, Sarah's mentorship and willingness to pass on her wealth of knowledge to junior staffers is not only a testament to her rare style of leadership, but to her belief in the importance of quality public service. Sarah holds a BA in psychology and a masters in social work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, making her exceptionally well qualified to handle any constituent service concern. [[Page S7319]] Under Sarah's guidance, my office has assisted thousands of Wisconsinites and their families who were confronted with urgent and often very serious challenges. Sarah joined our Madison area House of Representatives staff as a caseworker. Constituents coming to our office with concerns were met with Sarah's capable and calm approach to problem solving. She was incredibly effective in addressing all manner of issues and quickly became an indispensable part of the team. She traveled throughout our district, meeting constituents where they were--especially our seniors--in places that allowed them to interact directly with the Federal Government. During this time, Sarah and her husband Dave welcomed two children, which spurred our office to embrace family- forward work policies and practices. When I took my seat in the Senate, I was delighted that Sarah chose to continue with our team. In my … | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7318 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | McALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT | SENATE | SENATE | ALLOTHER | S7318 | S7318 | [{"name": "James Lankford", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7318 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7318] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] McALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I rise today to express my gratitude to the Armed Services Committee and Energy and Natural Resources Committee for working to include an important provision that passed as part of the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (FY25 NDAA). The provision is in section 1706, titled ``Use of royalty gas at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant.'' The Department of Defense has issued a charge to ensure that all U.S. military installations are energy resilient by 2035. Under 10 U.S.C. Sec. 2911, the Secretary of Defense is responsible for ``ensur[ing] the readiness of the armed forces for their military missions by pursuing energy security and energy resilience.'' In implementing this section of the U.S. Code, the Department of Defense has pursued a plan to establish microgrids at all military installations, utilizing a diverse array of energy sources to be energy resilient. In FY 2022, the Department of Defense consumed $4.2 billion in fuel for installation energy. Further, natural gas was the largest nonelectric fuel source, used in almost 75 percent of installation energy consumption. As my colleagues know, the purpose of energy resilience is to ensure our military installations are able to continue operations in the event of a local, gridwide, or national energy supply disruption. In 2021, Senate Report 117-39, which accompanied the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016, requested that the Department of Defense review a 2016 analysis of installations with likely gas and oil reserves to provide a recommendation for a pilot site to initiate use of on-site mineral reserves for energy resilience and security purposes. The program aimed to provide the installation wit… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7319-2 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | TRIBUTE TO CHRISTINE RAHLF | SENATE | SENATE | TRIBUTETO | S7319 | S7320 | [{"name": "Tammy Baldwin", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7319 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S7319-S7320] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] TRIBUTE TO CHRISTINE RAHLF Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, I rise today to celebrate and honor the service of Christine ``Chris'' Rahlf, my veterans services representative. Soon, Chris will retire from the U.S. Senate after a lengthy career serving the people of Wisconsin and our Nation. Chris began her career as an officer in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps. Equipped with a BS in Civil Engineering from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Chris began her Federal service managing construction projects at the Naval Training Center in Newport, RI. She later moved to California, where she directed the quality assurance program and supervised more than 100 evaluators at Diego Garcia. She finished her Active service in the Navy as the course director for the Naval Facilities Contracts Training Center, improving both course pass rates and test scores, as well as developing models for future course curricula. Following her time in the Navy, Chris received an MBA at San Diego State University and worked in project management at several large corporations based in California. Upon her return to Wisconsin, she joined Faith Technologies located in Menasha and held a variety of leadership positions during her time on their team. She developed strong relationships in her local community, later running for a seat in the Wisconsin State Assembly to serve Northern Ozaukee County and Washington County. In early 2019, we were fortunate to have Chris join our staff. Her tireless work ethic and commitment to public service were evident from the moment we met. Chris fully dedicated herself to supporting, uplifting, and communicating with veterans across Wisconsin something you could say she has spent her entire life doing. As the daughter of a 10… | ||
| CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7319 | 2024-12-20 | 118 | 2 | 170 | TRIBUTE TO JENNIFER GARNER | SENATE | SENATE | TRIBUTETO | S7319 | S7319 | [{"name": "Tammy Baldwin", "role": "speaking"}] | 170 Cong. Rec. S7319 | Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S7319] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] TRIBUTE TO JENNIFER GARNER Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, I rise today to celebrate and honor the service of Jennifer ``Jen'' Garner, my northeastern Wisconsin regional representative. Soon, Jen will retire from the U.S. Senate after a lengthy career serving the people of Wisconsin and our Nation. Jen's well-deserved retirement comes after 46 years of working in the political sphere in some form or another. She graduated from Northern Michigan University with a BS in public administration and hit the ground running. She has worked on political campaigns large and small, for and with local union members and leaders, in community and statewide organizations, local government, and finally on our Senate team. Her more than 40-year commitment to public service is evidenced by her strong connections to labor and manufacturing communities in the region that she serves. I first met Jen many years ago when I was seeking a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and she was working with AFSCME. She will regularly share that I ``knocked her socks off'' in our initial meeting. But really, I was the one impressed with Jen's strategic approach and tenacity. And I never forgot that during our many interactions throughout my time in the House. When the opportunity came for her to join our staff, it was an easy decision for both of us. During her time on our staff, Jen has continually developed and strengthened relationships across her service area. Jen serves the people of Wisconsin in 11 counties--Marinette, Oconto, Waupaca, Outagamie, Winnebago, Calumet, Brown, Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Kewaunee, and Door--on my behalf. When we travel around together, Jen is an instant ambassador and magnet at gatherings large and small. She is recognized and w… |
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