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Date: 2015-05-12
Speaker: BRENDAN F. BOYLE (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Pennsyl

vania. Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. I just want to say how proud I am to stand with Mr. NUGENT as well as with my fellow Notre Dame alumnus. Mr. KING. in backing this very sensible and decent piece of legislation. I would also say. as he was mentioning the unfortunate tragedies that have happened to members of the NYPD. as a proud resident of the city of Philadelphia. I have only been a Member of Congress for a few months. but I have been in elective office for 6 years. and during that time we. unfortunately. lost more Philadelphia police officers killed in the line of duty. as well as three Philadelphia firefighters killed in the line of duty. That was more than in any 5- or 6year period in the citys history. which dates to 100 years before the founding of our country. So it is a sad and solemn reminder of the sacrifice that they are willing to make on our behalf each and every day. I believe that supporting this legislation is a proper gesture that we can make here in this House. and I am happy to support it. With that. Mr. Speaker. I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 2015-05-13
Speaker: CAROLYN B. MALONEY (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New York

Mr. Speaker. another Mothers Day has come and gone. and millions of Americans took time out to express their gratitude to their mothers for all the wonderful things they do. But some still have an outdated picture in their minds of their mothers spending all their time home baking cookies when. more typically. American mothers are at a job bringing home the bacon. According to a Mothers Day report produced by the Joint Economic Committee. the typical American family has changed dramatically over the last 50 years. and fewer than one in five families match the old stereotype of the father at the job and the mom at home. Today. fully 70 percent of mothers are in the labor force because they have to be in the labor force to provide for their families. Our lives have changed dramatically. but our public policies havent kept pace with these changes. For instance. the United States and Papua New Guinea are the only two countries in the worldthe only two in the worldthat do not provide paid leave for the birth of a child. So before another Mothers Day rolls around. lets give mothers something they really want: policies that allow them to hold wellpaying jobs so that they can help provide for their families.
Date: 2015-05-13
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I rise today to really speak to the American people. First. let me say that I join my colleagues in standing. again. on Wednesday to ask to bring the girls back and to ask that the dastardly group of Boko Haram be brought to justice immediately and that they cease their violence in Nigeria. I also stand today to ask the incredible question: How can we put on the floor of the House H.R. 36. the PainCapable Unborn Child Protection Act. which is merely a disregard. disrespect for the Constitution and a womans right to choice. I look forward to a vigorous debate. standing on the side of the Constitution. But as I look today. I also realize that more of Congress work is not done. While we are dealing with violating womens rights. we are not dealing with the highway trust fund bill. In my own county of Harris. there are 3.616 bridges. and 1.559 of them are deficient. Our citizens are driving over bridges that are destroying the economy. destroying their cars. and stopping them from moving about the community in the way that they should. Mothers and fathers and carpoolers and workers are trying to get to work. The total deficiency is 43 percent. When are we going to get a longterm infrastructure bill? When are we going to stand up as Americans and not Republicans and Democrats? Democrats want to stand up with Americans to pass a longterm infrastructure bill.
Date: 2015-05-13
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Let me thank the ranking member and the chairman of the full committee. As my colleagues have done. let me also acknowledge the chairman of the Crime Subcommittee. Mr. SENSENERENNER. on which I serve as the ranking member. As many have noted. let me acknowledge the work of Mr. GOODLATTE and
Date: 2015-05-13
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Madam Speaker. I have had more than a momentous time to be in this body. I was moved by the conviction of my friend and colleague and the Speaker.
Date: 2015-05-13
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Twintotwin transfusion syndrome is a condition where the two fetuses unequally share blood circulation. The news was devastating. but they had to make a decision that was guided by the doctor and their faith. The Campbells were told that without selective termination. they risked the loss of both fetuses. They would not have any. At 22 weeks. in consultation with their doctorsand I know their faiththey made the difficult decision to abort one fetus in order to save the other. Today the lifesaving procedure for one of the fetuses would be illegal under the new 20week ban. Madam Speaker. I beg of my colleagues. I know there will be those who will vote. but as I stand here today. I do not condemn the conviction of my friends. But right now I am welled up with tears because I have hugged those who had nowhere else to go. And no man can stand and tell a woman what rape is and how it feels and what the results of that is. That is why the Constitution in the Ninth Amendment and the Supreme Court interpreted Roe v. Wade as it did.
Date: 2015-05-13
Speaker: CAROLYN B. MALONEY (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New York

Madam Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership. I rise in opposition to H.R. 36. It endangers womens health. It contains a woefully inadequate rape exception. is patently unconstitutional. and it contains no health exception for the mother. The entire premise that women must provide "proof of rape" is preposterous and hurtful to women who have already faced incredible trauma. Most of us cannot begin to fathom what a woman has faced in these situations. The FBI rates rape the second worst crime. preceded only by murder. in terms of the destruction and continuing harm to the victim. This is truly adding insult to injury. The majority party expects survivors to be mindful of keeping good medical paper records and to file paperwork that they. the majority. have decided that the rape victim should file. The reality is that abortions after 20 weeks are rare and represent just 1.5 percent of pregnancies that are terminated. In almost all of these cases. the women choosing an abortion are doing so because there is a grave problem with their pregnancy and their own health that affects their fetus. Some fetuses are incompatible with life. and in some cases. going to full term would destroy a womans ability to have future children.
Date: 2015-05-13
Speaker: CAROLYN B. MALONEY (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New York

Even after four decades of settled law. some of my colleagues still refuse to cede women their constitutional right and the autonomy and human dignity that goes with being allowed to make your own decisions about your own body and your own health care. The party of individual rights and states rights wants to go into medical. personal decisions of women in this country with their doctors. I urge my colleagues to reject this awful bill. H.R. 36. and recognize that women are both capable and prepared to make decisions about their own bodies and their own medical care.
Date: 2015-05-14
Speaker: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. in just 5 legislative days. the highway trust fund authorization will expire. Transportation projects all across the country will come to a screeching halt. Thousands of workers will be unnecessarily laid off. Despite the Republicans now having a majority in both House and Senate. we continue to find ourselves legislating by crisis. Today. 65 percent of our Nations roads are rated as less than good condition. Twentyfive percent are in poor condition. In Texas alone. we have over 300.000 miles of public roads. almost 10 percent of which are rated poorly. I urge my colleagues to commit to a longterm plan that will provide certainty. increase transit revenues. and keep workers in our construction industries on the job. especially during this upcoming construction season. As our roads erode and our transit system decays. it is imperative that we do our jobs and be responsible legislators. I urge my colleagues to enact a longterm bill as soon as possible.
Date: 2015-05-14
Speaker: CAROLYN B. MALONEY (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New York

Mr. Speaker. when it comes to the highway trust fund. this Congress has kicked the can down the road so many times that pretty soon we will not even have a road. In just 5 legislative daysin 5 legislative daysthe fund will expire. and with it. 660.000 goodpaying jobs will be on the chopping block. America cannot lead the next century with broken roads and bridges collapsing. We are spending barely enough to repair the infrastructure of yesterday. as China and Europe build a transit system worthy of the 21st century. In my district alone. we have two large infrastructure projectsthe Second Avenue Subway and the East Side Accessand both of them depend. as do large infrastructure projects. on Federal funding. They create thousands of jobs. and they will cut commute times. They are investments in productivity and economic growth for our country. After a dozen shortterm extensions. it is time for a longterm highway bill. Our future depends on it. Our economic growth depends on it.
Date: 2015-05-14
Speaker: GRACE MENG (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. LEE ZELDIN. along with Ranking Member ELIOT ENGEL. I would also like to give a thankyou to the Lebanese bankers because many would believe that everybody there is involved in this. We had credible Lebanese bankers who came in and said. "We want some help." We want to make sure that the good actors are rewarded and the bad actors are put away. And finally. I would like to thank the staff that has worked incredibly hardMatt Zweig. Ansley Rhyne. and Mira Resnickfrom the Foreign Affairs Committee. They have worked very closely together to make this a good piece of legislation. one that will be a tool so that this administration can finally put the boot on the throat of Hezbollah and all likeminded terrorists.
Date: 2015-05-14
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the gentleman. I know a lot of hard work has gone into the preparation of the underlying bill. We are approaching Memorial Day and then celebrating Veterans Day. as we acknowledge our soldiers on the front line. I hope my colleagues will support the Jackson Lee amendments dealing with the outreach to small businesses and minorityowned businesses with the Department of Defense to deal with HBCUs. which are very. very important in equalizing the research opportunities and working to ensure the protection of the DOD software. I am hopeful that we will have an opportunity to address my issue dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder. I put the first center that was not in a veterans hospital in Houston. I believe we need to realize how devastating PTSD is and ensure that we have the opportunity for more funding. The overseas contingency fund needs to be restrained and brought in. I want to support the amendment by
Date: 2015-05-14
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Let me thank the gentleman very much for yielding to me. and let me thank the chairman of the full committee. Mr. Chairman. I rise to support Jackson Lee amendment No. 64. and I am very pleased to have the support of the ranking member and the chairman. This amendment is supported by Mr. BUTTERFIELD. who is the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. along with Ms. ADAMS and Ms. BARBARA LEE. It focuses on Historically Black Collegesit is something that I have offered on a number of occasionsand their ability to expand their capacity in science. technology. engineering. and math. It includes Hispanicserving institutions. Native American colleges. and the National Science Foundation Directorates. It focuses these entities on building their capacities by collaborating with the Department of Defense. We know that the Department of Defense has a myriad of opportunities for research and development. i.e.. some of the research that has been done on triple negative breast cancer. which is an amendment that I offered in the last DOD. Certainly. it is well renowned that the Internet had its early beginnings with the Department of Defense. and many other powerful research finds and successes have come from that. I would just say that this amendment is now included in the en bloc. and I thank both the chairman and the ranking member as it now opens the doors for these institutions of higher learning to collaborate with their professors and their students academically to do research or to collaborate where necessary and build capacity on science. technology. engineering. and math. I thank the gentleman for including my amendment. I believe it enhances the educational opportunities of young people. and it moves forward the R&D. which is so vital to this country. by expanding the opportunities to unique institutions which serve a very special population and which have educated these young people from the 1800s.
Date: 2015-05-14
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 77. after line 21. insert the following:
Date: 2015-05-14
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Let me thank the Chairman for his kindness. May I ask the Chairman how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas has 2 minutes remaining.
Date: 2015-05-14
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. let me conclude by first thanking the gentleman from Colorado. I think. Mr. Chairman. it evidences that the appreciation for small businesses reaches from States like Texas to New York to California to Missouri to Colorado and Florida and many other places. I would ask my colleagues to support this important amendment investing in our small businesses. womenowned and minority businesses of America. Mr. Chairman. I conclude by saying I want to also thank my colleagues for my amendment being in en bloc amendment No. 4. and I will later include a statement into the RECORD regarding amendment No. 75. With that. I ask for support of amendment No. 52. I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 2015-05-14
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. again. let me offer my appreciation to the chairman and ranking member for including my amendment. No. 75. in en bloc amendment No. 4. I want to thank. also. my good friend from Rhode Island . Both of us serve on the Committee on Homeland Security. He serves on the Armed Services Committee. but we see that there are overlapping issues. My amendment simply makes an important contribution to the bill by ensuring that changes made to DOD computing systems using software bought and modified for agency operations will not result in the disruption of DOD operations. I would like to offer this amendment in recognition of a great unsung hero of the modern computing age. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. who was one of the first programmers. who invented the first compiler for a computer programming language and was a visionary who worked to make machineindependent programming languages possible. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper is not very well known outside of the world of computing. but I salute her work in advancing the science of advanced computing systems while she served as a member of the armed services. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Date: 2015-05-14
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

The Jackson Lee amendment will provide the Department of Defense chief privacy officer with the tools it needs to plan and execute updates and changes to the DOD computer networks. In this world of hacking and the importance of securing our infrastructure of cybersecurity. I believe that this amendment will contribute to the improvement of the DOD and protect against cyber attacks. Again. I thank the chairman and ranking member for including my amendment. Mr. Chair. I thank Chairman THORNBERRY and Ranking Member SMITH for their work on this bill and their devotion to the men and women of the Armed Forces. I also thank them for including in En Bloc Amendment #4 the Jackson Lee Amendment (No. 125). which makes an important contribution to the bill by ensuring that changes made to DOD computing systems using software bought and modified for agency operations will not result in the disruption of DOD operations. I would like to offer this amendment in recognition of a great unsung hero of the modern computing age. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper who is one of the first programmers who invented the first compiler for a computer programming language. and was the visionary who worked to make machineindependent programming languages possible. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper is not very well known outside of the world of computing. but I salute her work in advancing the science advance computing systems while she served as a member of the armed services. The Jackson Lee Amendment will provide the Department of Defense Chief Privacy Officer with the tools it needs to plan and execute updates and changes to DOD computer networks. There is no entity like the Department of Defense so the agency will need all of the resources necessary to prepare to transition its computing networks using software and components purchased and modified for specialized purposes. The importance of DOD functions for the security of our nation makes the importance of modernizing their computing systems of value to the nation and the demands they will face today and into the future. Jackson Lee Amendment No. 125 will ensure that changes made to DOD computing systems using software bought and modified for agency use will not result in disruption of DOD operations. I thank the Chairman and Ranking Member for including this amendment in this En Bloc Amendment #4 and I encourage all Members to support it.
Date: 2015-05-15
Speaker: CAROLYN B. MALONEY (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New York

I thank the ranking member for yielding" and for his strong leadership. Mr. Chairman. I rise in strong support of the amendment I have cosponsored with the gentleman from California. Representative ROYCE. and I thank him for his outstanding leadership not only on this issue. but on so many of them. This particular amendment expresses U.S. support for the defeat of the terrorist organization Boko Haram. Combating Boko Haram is in our national interest and is certainly in the interest of security in the region. and the United States should support the regional allies in their operations against Boko Haram. which are making significant progress in combating them. We just marked the 1year anniversary of the kidnapping of 270 young schoolgirls from Nigeria. This horror raised the awareness of the world to the terror of Boko Haram and what it has unleashed on Nigerians for years. The amendment clearly affirms that Boko Haram represents a threat not just to our Nation. but to the world. and certainly to stability in the region. The amendment calls for United States supportwhich may be in the form of equipment. training. technical supportfor a coordinated military response in Africa to combat Boko Haram. Since its formation. the coalition has made significant gains against this terrorist threat and has started to improve stability in the region. Many of the young girls have escaped and have come here to speak to us in Congress. The amendment also calls for reports to Congress on the progress of the mission and an accounting of U.S. support. Combating Boko Haram is and should remain a national security interest. and we must remain vigilant in fighting this enemy. I urge my colleagues to support this important amendment. Again. I thank Chairman ROYCE for his attention. strong leadership. and for really saving lives in this region. He is securing stability in the region and for America. too.
Date: 2015-05-15
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. on this day that we honor the fallen. who have been given the duty and obligation to protect and serve. the Nations law enforcement officers. I also stand here to mourn those marines and those Nepal rescue workers who died on the side of a Nepal mountain. attempting to bring help and food and opportunity and survival to those who have been struck by this horrific earthquake and one that has followed. Many have died. and it is only the kind of integrity of Americans that. wherever there is need. we answer the call. The same today. as thousands of law enforcement officers gather on the west steps. we know that throughout our communities. where there is a need. they will come. Earlier this week. I submitted into the RECORD the numbers of Houston police officers who died in the line of duty. I honor them. and I honor those who have fallen and those who serve. As I end this 1 minute. I end it with a moment of silence. In honor of all of those who have fallen. our soldiers and our law enforcement officers. we thank you for your service. God bless you. and God bless the United States of America.
Date: 2015-05-15
Speaker: AL GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

I thank the friend from the great State of Texas. He and I happen to share more than being Members of Congress. We are Members of Congress from the same State. I am honored that you have not only worked hard in Congress. but you have also been a part of activities outside of Congress. and I am honored to work with you on at least one project. and we hope to do some good for the great State of Texas on this project together. I am grateful to you. and I am grateful for your kind words. Thank you so much.
Date: 2015-05-18
Speaker: GENE GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. it doesnt take long for a Texan to brag about things that we do in Texas. But I wanted to take my 1 minute today to talk about what the Houston Rockets have done for the first time in 19 years to advance to the next level of the NBA playoffs. being a Rockets fan for as long as we have had them. I know all Houstonians and basketball fans were amazed that they came from three games behind to win. Also. basketball is not the only thing. In fact. a couple blocks from where the Rockets play. the Houston Astros are playing. A few years ago. we had the worst team in baseball. but they have been leading their division and just swept another home stand. So I want to congratulate the Houston Rockets for moving forward in the playoffs and also the Houston Astros because it is a long season. We need to keep it up. But they are bringing sports history into Houston again.