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Date: 2016-06-14
Speaker: CAROLYN B. MALONEY (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New York

That same year. I voted for a Federal Assault Weapons Ban signed into law by President Clinton that also banned massacresized magazines. Unfortunately. this ban expired in 2004. and Congress. under pressure from the NRA. has since refused to reauthorize it. even when facts show that reauthorizing it would save lives. It should come as no surprise that. of the 10 mass shooting incidents in the United States. 7 of them involved the use of an assaultstyle rifle. That is why I fully and wholeheartedly support the commonsense proposal to reinstate a Federal ban on the sale and manufacture of assault weapons and massacresized magazines. and that is why so many Members of Congress have introducedon both sides of the aislecommonsense gun reform bills. And lets be clear. These measures are not some kind of assault on Second Amendment freedoms for hunters or those who wish to have a gun for selfprotection. The assault ban is a limited. commonsense measure to help keep people safe. It is time for us to stand up together and to pass these commonsense bills because this time #WeAreAllOrlando.
Date: 2016-06-14
Speaker: WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I rise today in memory of those whose lives were lost in my home State at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Floridians. Americans. and people around the world are in mourning today. grieving for those young lives lost and for their families. When will this body finally say "enough"? Gun violence is a public health crisis. and we must do better. No one needs an ARI5 assault rifle. This was the weapon of war that was used in Newtown. Aurora. and San Bernardino. We need to reinstate the assault weapon ban to reduce the chances that we have more tragedies. People on the terrorist watch list should not be able to get a gun. This is common sense. but the majority continues to block this critical security measure. I also rise to commend our law enforcement and healthcare professionals whose lifesaving work is ongoing. Acts of love like these will always conquer hate. They always have. The American people will continue to stand with our LGBTQ and Latino brothers and sisters. and we will work that much harder and that much smarter and that much faster to ensure their safety and equal rights in their communities. Love will win. Hate will be defeated.
Date: 2016-06-14
Speaker: LORETTA SANCHEZ (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Cali

fornia. Mr. Speaker. I rise today to honor a friend. a role model. a mentor. Mr. Amin David. He passed away in his home on May 21 of this year at the age of 83. He was an immigrant from Mexico. and his life quickly became the epitome of the American Dream. He came here to California. ended up being an entrepreneur and owning businesses and being such an integral part of Orange County. California. He founded. with others. in 1978. a group called Los Amigos of Orange County. whose motto was "We love to help"-"Nos gusta ayudar." And help they did. no matter what. Whoever came before their Wednesday morning meeting every week would get help. He also helped a marginalized community. In a very volatile time in Orange County. the change of diversity was happening. He sat on the Orange County Human Relations Commission and on the Anaheim Planning Commission. and he was an active member of the police chiefs advisory council and helped to foster dialogue between the police and our community. He fought for marginalized communities and called out prejudices like Islamophobia and antiSemitism. He is survived by his wife and his four children. I am proud to have called him a friend.
Date: 2016-06-14
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. if I could every minute of the day offer to those in Orlando who had to experience the most horrific terroristic mass shooting in the United States. I would do so every minute of the day. I would also do so. however. for others who have suffered at the hands of those who have used guns violently and used guns illegally. for I am not ashamed to be someone who understands the First Amendment. the Second Amendment. and all amendments. to stand and say that it is immoral that this Congress does not act to move forward on securing the American people. It is important to know that assault weapons. guns have been used in mass shootings: San Bernardino. Chattanooga. Tennessee. Charleston. South Carolina. Garland. Texas. Oak Creek. Wisconsin. and Fort Hood. Texas. Mother Emanuel. of course. is Charleston. and then. of course. Newtown. where babies were murdered and slaughtered. This was a hateful crime. and more than one in three hate crimes end in violence. It was Hispanics. It was the LGBTQ community. Tell it what it is: hatefulness. terrorism. Pass the assault weapons ban now. No fly. no buy now. Time to act. It is immoral for us not to act.
Date: 2016-06-14
Speaker: DANNY K. DAVIS (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Illinois

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker. in this House. the Republican leadership has failed to provide sufficient investment in major emergencies facing Americans. They have refused to address the horrible epidemic of gun violence that plagues communities like mine and provides extremists an easy tool to kill dozens of people in minutes. Further. the Republican leadership has refused to give sufficient funds to combat the Zika virus. risking the health and wellbeing of Americans. They have refused to raise the minimum wage to help working families improve their quality of life and have advanced efforts to reduce access to school meals for lowincome children. Yet. today. the priority of Republican leadership is a bill to blindfold the Internal Revenue Service to large donors to any 501(c) organizations except under very narrow circumstances. opening the floodgates for unlimited. anonymous donations. possibly from foreign sources. The confidential disclosure of donors provides an important check on secret money from foreign governments or individuals that could be funneled into our elections. This is not a freedom of speech issue. This is not a fight for American freedom. This is a fight to protect the secret efforts to funnel so much money into certain coffers to undermine the integrity of our election system. I strongly oppose this bill and hope the Republican leadership will focus on addressing the true emergencies facing American families. such as gun violence. hunger. poverty. and health. These are real deal issues.
Date: 2016-06-14
Speaker: AL GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the leadership on both sides of the aisle for extending the time tonight. I am very grateful to the staffs who have helped us with the preparation for this evenings activities. Mr. Speaker. I am honored to be here this evening for many reasons. One of the reasons has to do with today being a very special day. Today is Flag Day. Flag Day is a day for us to honor the flag of the United States of America. which is one of the reasons I am wearing my flag tie. I want people to know that I am proud to be an American. and I am proud to honor the flag and to salute the flag. Flag Day is a date that we honor the flag for its adoption back on June 14. 1777. I say the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. and I say it proudly. I say it proudly because it means something to meeach word means something to meto 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. "With liberty and justice for all" are words of great importance tonight. and they are important because of some circumstances that have occurred in other parts of our country. We have had some tragic circumstances to befall some persons in Florida. I was reared in Florida. I went to Florida A&M University. I went to elementary school and high school in Florida. Florida means something to me. but the people there are most important. because the people of Florida are people of goodwill. people who mean well. people who enjoy themselves. Florida is a vacation spot. if you will. Because so many people come there to vacation. it is expected that they would have the opportunity to enjoy themselves. to go out and be a part of the nightlife. We have Disney World in Florida. many attractions to attract people from around the country to Florida. Unfortunately. some things have happened there recently that are going to cause us to pause for a moment as we. tonight. will celebrate. to a certain extent. commemorate. LGBT Pride Month. LGBT Pride Month. celebrate and commemorate this month. But we will also memorialize some of the things that have happened in terms of lives that have been lost. I am proud tonight to note that there will be a Member joining me who has had some circumstances occur in his State that he will call to our attention that will have to be memorialized. and persons will have to be remembered for the services that they have given. but also because they lost their lives. I am proud to ask my colleague to come over now. the Honorable JIM CLYBURN. and ask him to give his comments. He is a leader in this Congress. He is a person who stands for justice for all. as is indicated in the flag. "liberty and justice for all." He stands for this. After the incident that took place in
Date: 2016-06-14
Speaker: AL GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. CLYBURN. before you step away. with reference to the letter from the Birmingham jail. which I agree with you. is one of the greatest literary works that I have had an opportunity to read. it becomes especially important when you understand how Dr. King actually produced it. He did not have a library. He did not have persons to assist him. It is my understanding that he was able to slip notes out to people who would come and visit him. and they compiled these notes into the letter. I want to mention this. Those clergy people that you talk about. in that letter that they wrote. if you read it first. you will see a line of logic that many people abide with. that many people of that time and this time would find very reasonable. It is after you get into Dr. Kings message where he dissects each and every point that they make one by one by one that you realize that there is something not only special about Dr. Kingand there is something very special about himbut that this was a seminal moment in time. It was a seminal moment in time in that Dr. King was educating all of us in the eons to come about the evils of bigotry and hatred. Those warnings that he gave us and the lessons. he takes us back into Biblical Scriptures about those who. at that time in the biblical days. were considered outside educators. No one is an outside educator if you come for righteous reasons. So I am mentioning this to you because I have a great appreciation for that letter as well. and I am pleased that you brought it up. As you know. tonight our theme is: You are not alone. I greatly appreciate what you have said about the LGBTQ community. because we want them to know they are not alone. We are allies. we are friends. We are people on whom they depend. And we do so because of a debt we owe. to a certain extent. We didnt get here by ourselves. Someone suffered and sacrificed so that we could have this opportunity to stand in the Congress of the United States of America. and indeed to breathe the breath of freedom we have because of others. And they are not alone. I appreciate what you have said about the LGBTQ community. If you have additional commentary. I would welcome it.
Date: 2016-06-14
Speaker: AL GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

I will add to what you have just said. Mr. CLYBURN. When you are not alone and you have some people to show up. it means something. But there are people who believe that everybody has to show up for something significant to occur. This would take us to the eighth chapter of the Book of Judges and a man named Gideon. The evidence has shown usyou and I. Mr. CLYBURNthat there are times when you can have too many people to get a job done. You dont have to have everybody to have the genesis of a movement. You dont have to have every person in Congress to sign onto something to have that become the genesis of the movement. If you get enough people to sign on. what you have can be heard in this Congress. And that is called a discharge petition. There are some pieces of legislation right now that are pending with discharge possibilities. What we have to do is take a few people. just as Gideon did. make enough noise. as he did. have a righteous cause. as he did. have a means of weeding out some of the people who may not be ready for the work that has to be done. and then work with those who are ready to work. I believe that we can do great things in this Congress. understanding that we dont have to have everyone on board to have the genesis of a great movement.
Date: 2016-06-15
Speaker: DAVID SCOTT (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Georgia

Mr. Speaker. the United States Congress today gives great and special recognition to an extraordinary Georgian and a great American. Ms. Jocelyn Dorsey. for her pioneering and trailblazing career with WSB Television. the flagship station in Atlanta. Georgia. of Cox Enterprises. and also for her induction into the prestigious Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. I am pleased to join with my colleagues. both Democrats and Republicans. as we share with the Nation Ms. Dorseys remarkable contributions and her high nobility of purpose. Jocelyn Dorsey was the very first African American to anchor a television newscast in the Atlanta market. ushering in the New South. She broke down racial barriers in televisionin anchoring. in reporting. in management. in producing. Jocelyn Dorsey is a oneofakind because she was able to put together an awardwinning public affairs television program called "People to People." Truly. through this program. Jocelyn Dorsey has done and is doing Gods work. which is in helping those who need help the most: children who need shelter. children with disabilities. and disabled veterans. As well. her work in breast cancer and prostate cancer and for Sisters By Choice is absolutely legendary. Every year. Jocelyn Dorsey is a major partner in Georgias largest job fairs and health fairs. bringing badly needed jobs to thousands of Georgians and to our military veterans. What an extraordinary person Ms. Jocelyn Dorsey is. She has been with this station. WSB. for 43 years. That is very significant because WSB Television has been in existence for 67 years43 years out of the stations 67 years of existence. As famous WSB sportscaster Chuck Dowdle said. Jocelyn Dorsey is the backbone of WSB Television. Mr. Speaker. she loves her motorcycle. and she rode that motorcycle all the way from Alaska to Key West. Florida. and raised $250.000 for the Special Olympics. You talk about Gods work. That is it that she is doing7.680 miles. It took her 21 days. I am telling you. Mr. Speaker. that God gives us His loving kindness and His grace by His divine calling to certain persons. Such a person is Jocelyn Dorsey. and we in the United States Congress today take great pride in having her story. which is a great American story. enshrined into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD and into the congressional Library of Congress for all times. for generations to comeforever. God bless Jocelyn Dorsey with WSB Television. and God bless the Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. and God bless the United States of America.
Date: 2016-06-15
Speaker: JUDY CHU (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. once again. our country has been shocked by a horrific act of gun violence. and. once again. the only real response from Congress has been a moment of silence. Well. this is not the time to be silent. Congress needs to act. and Congress needs to act now. This murderer at the Pulse nightclub of Orlando. who was once on the terror watch list. was free to walk into a store and purchase an assault weapon that could kill 49 people and wound 53 others. Today. someone inspired by ISIS. who was deemed too dangerous to even board a plane. could walk into a gun store to buy whatever weapon they want. That is outrageous. That is why we must pass the no fly. no buy legislation that would keep those on the terrorist watch list from buying lethal weapons. Unless we act to finally keep the most dangerous weapons out of the most dangerous hands. our moments of silence will become our legacy of silence.
Date: 2016-06-15
Speaker: BRENDAN F. BOYLE (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Pennsyl

vania changed his vote from "yea" to "nay." Messrs. BOUSTANY and McHENRY changed their vote from "nay" to "yea." So the previous question was ordered. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Date: 2016-06-15
Speaker: WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. colleagues. we stand before you as the congressional womens softball team. Our bipartisan team. which we are very proud of. has won the Congressional Womens Softball Game for the last 2 years in a row. and we are looking to threepeat against the Bad News Babes press team tonight. So we encourage all of you to come out tonight. Tell your staffs and anyone that is interested in helping to raise money to beat cancer to join us tonight at 7 at Watkins Recreation Center near Eastern Market. You are going to see a phenomenal competition. We are raising money for the Young Survival Coalition. which is an organization that helps young women under 40 years old who are diagnosed with breast cancer. I know many of you know that I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 41 years old. 81/2 years ago. and continue to be a survivor who is very proud to be healthy. and continue to spread the message that women need to pay attention to their breast health. I stand here with my sisters in Congress. sisters in the fight against breast cancer. I yield to the gentlewoman from the great State of Alabama . my friend and cocaptain.
Date: 2016-06-15
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3. line 2. after the dollar amount. insert "(reduced by $2.000.000) (increased by $2.000.000)". The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 783. the gentlewoman from Texas and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
Date: 2016-06-15
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I want to thank the chairman of the subcommittee and the ranking member of the subcommittee for coming forward on what I know is a very hard task. I thank them so very much. I thank the Rules Committee. in this structured rule. for allowing this amendment to come forward. and I would like to share with my colleagues my intense commitment to the language of this amendment and the purpose. Over the last year. I have been working with IFES and NDI. and I have been working with women around the world who have come here to the United States Congress to discuss peace and security. The purpose of this amendment is to encourage the Secretary of Defense to allocate resources needed to provide technical assistance to U.S. military women. to military women in other countries. so military women to military women. in combating violence as a weapon of war. terrorism. human trafficking. narcotics trafficking. and their impact on women and girls. I recall the aftermath of the Afghan war. when we went over to Afghanistan. when they were writing the constitution. Members of the United States Congress. women. insisted on womens rights being in that constitution. I. myself. went to Afghanistan and met with women parliamentarians. and we thought that we had secured their place in the infrastructure of that country. But. ultimately. when the Taliban rose up again. girls schools were burned. and women were not protected. I believe that now that more women are in the militarynot only in the United States. but they are in the military around the worldthis womentowomen conversation is a very important dialogue to help protect women and girls. Again. it is to give them the technical assistance and to help provide the Department of Defense with the resources needed for that technical assistance. Terrorism. human trafficking. narcotics trafficking has a great impact on women and girls. To find your school burned has an impact. It will help curb terrorism. this communication between women in the military of the United States and around the world. by making available American technical military expertise to militaries in other countries like. for example. Nigeria. which is combating violent jihadists such as Boko Haram. These victims include Christians. Muslims. journalists. healthcare providers. relief workers. school children. and members of the diplomatic corps. and the armed services. Terrorists across the globe have wreaked havoc on our society and cannot be tolerated or ignored. for their actions pose a threat to our national security and the security of the world. I ask for support for the Jackson Lee amendment.
Date: 2016-06-15
Speaker: MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New Mexico

Mr. Chairman. I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 7. line 14. after the dollar amount. insert "(reduced by $1.000.000)". Page 7. line 23. after the dollar amount. insert "(reduced by $3.000.000)". Page 8. line 11. after the dollar amount. insert "(reduced by $3.000.000)". Page 31. line 8. after the dollar amount. insert "(increased by $7.000.000)". The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 783. the gentlewoman from New Mexico and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from New Mexico.