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Date: 2014-05-22
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

H.R. 4717. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I. Section 8 of Constitution of the By Mr. LANKFORD: H.R. 4715. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Section 8. Clause 1: "The Congress shall have Power To . . . provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States" By Mr. GARDNER: H.R. 4716. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I. Section 8. clause 18 of the United States Constitution: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers. and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States. or in any Department or Officer thereof By Mr. TIBERI: H.R. 4717. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1. Section 7 and Article 1. Section By Mr. TIBERI: H.R. 4718. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1. Section 7 and Article 1. Section By Mr. REED: H.R. 4719. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution. By Mr. WALBERG: H.R. 4720. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I. Section 8. Clauses 12. 14 and 18 of the Constitution of the United States. the authority to raise and support an army. to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper carrying into execution the foregoing powers. By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: H.R. 4721. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I. Section 8. Clause 3 Article I. Section 8. Clause 1 By Mr. BISHOP of New York: H.R. 4722. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I. Section 8 By Mr. CASTRO of Texas: H.R. 4723. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following:
Date: 2014-05-28
Speaker: MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New Mexico

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of the Hermiston Reversionary Interest Release Act. In 1954. the Federal Government conveyed 250 acres near Hermiston. Oregon. to the State of Oregon. to establish an agricultural experiment station. The agricultural experiment station ultimately became the Oregon State University Agricultural Research and Experiment Center. The Hermiston Center focuses on the innovation and implementation of agricultural and horticultural opportunities. and it provides solutions to production restraints. This work is crucial to the agricultural economy of the region. Oregon State University would like to move the Hermiston Center to a new location and is looking to Congress to remove Federal restrictions placed on the land at the time of conveyance in order to sell or to develop the property. H.R. 3366 removes these Federal restrictions and will allow Oregon State to develop its agricultural research facilities to meet the future needs of the agricultural sector. Allowing the flexibility that H.R. 3366 provides is a priority for Oregon State University and the region. and we gladly support this bill and the universitys continued research. With that. Mr. Speaker. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 2014-05-28
Speaker: MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New Mexico

Mr. Speaker. I thank my colleagues for their work on this important piece of legislation. I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 2014-05-28
Speaker: MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New Mexico

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of H.R. 503. the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Act. Following the ordered invasion and occupation of Kuwait by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. the United States. along with the United Nations Security Council. demanded the immediate halt and pullback of forces under the threat of military action. After Saddam Hussein defied the United Nations Security Councils demands. the United States. along with its NATO and Arab allies. began Operation Desert Shield. followed by Operation Desert Storma 100hour land war which expelled the Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Approximately 700.000 members of the American Armed Forces served as part of Operation Desert Storm and Operation Desert Shield. Of those. 293 died in theater. and 148 were killed in action. H.R. 503 authorizes the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Association to build the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial as a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia. in order to honor the members of the American Armed Forces who served on active duty and those who made the ultimate sacrifice in support of our country. Honoring those who have served and those who have died is a duty shared by all Americans. regardless of political affiliation. We support this bipartisan bill and look forward to its adoption. With that. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 2014-05-28
Speaker: MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New Mexico

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank my colleagues from Tennessee and Washington. and I am very honored to support this piece of legislation. particularly on the day after we formally observed Memorial Day. It is truly an honor to recognize the men and women and the families who give the ultimate sacrifice to protect this country. With that. I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 2014-05-28
Speaker: MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New Mexico

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of S. 611. the Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act. Senate 611 provides technical amendments to the Tuf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act. which passed Congress over 10 years ago. in order to settle land claims with the Pueblo of Sandia. but due to uncertainty over the valuation of land within the U.S. Forest Service. has still not been implemented. Specifically. this bill requires the Secretary of Agriculture. at the request of the Sandia Pueblo and the Secretary of the Interior. to transfer certain national forest land to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the Pueblo. if a land exchange with the Pueblo required by the Tuf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act is not completed within 30 days of this Acts enactment. The bill would also affect a land conveyance. a transfer of rightofway from the tribe to the Forest Service. and would require the National Forest land in question to remain undeveloped so that the Pueblo will be able to use the land for ceremonial purposes in perpetuity. This bill is the companion of H.R. 3605. a bill I introduced in the House. That bill was reported favorably out of committee. Since the Senate bill has already passed that body. we have decided to vote on that bill to. hopefully. pass it with efficiency. It is difficult for many tribal communities to access and protect sacred sites. So when we have the opportunity to place sacred sites under tribal control. I think it is important for this body to act. The Pueblo of Sandia and the entire New Mexico delegation supports S. 611. I ask my colleagues to stand with me in support of this important bill. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 2014-05-28
Speaker: MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New Mexico

Mr. Speaker. I thank my colleague. I just want to reiterate my gratitude to the entire New Mexico delegation. the Governor of Pueblo Sandia. Governor Paisano. the lieutenant governor. and the entire tribal council. I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 2014-05-28
Speaker: MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New Mexico

Thank you. Chairman WOLF and Ranking Member FATTAB. for your leadership and tireless work on this bill. Madam Chairman. my amendment would add $2 million to the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act programs. This will partially restore these programs to presequestration levels and provide desperately needed funding for increasing the collaboration between our Nations criminal justice and mental health systems. My amendment is offset by the Department of Justices general administration account. While I recognize the importance of funding the DOJ. this amendment amounts to less than twotenths of 1 percent of DOJs total administrative budget. Even though this $2 million investment is modest. it will have a tremendous impact on existing State and local law enforcement agencies all across the country to provide a broad range of mental health services. including mental health courts. mental health and substance abuse treatment. rehabilitation and community reentry services. and training for State and local law enforcement to help them identify and improve responses to people with mental illnesses. I want to particularly express my support for crisis intervention training for State and local police officers. which receives funding through the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act. Officer encounters with mentally ill individuals during crises too often end in tragedy. Crisis intervention training can help prevent injuries to officers. alleviate harm to the person in crisis. promote the decriminalization of individuals with mental illness. and reduce the stigma associated with mental disorders. We can all agree that the mental health and criminal justice systems in this country are failing the American people. Focused more on prosecution than on prevention and rehabilitation. jail is often used as a de facto holding area for the mentally ill. The Department of Justice estimates that 64 percent of local jail inmates and 56 percent of State inmates have symptoms of severe mental illness. Without treatment. rehabilitation. and community reentry services. these individuals are much more likely to spend their lives in and out of the prison system. In fact. 81 percent of mentally ill inmates in State prison and 79 percent of mentally ill inmates in local jails have had prior convictions. Considering that it takes more money to keep a person in jail for a year than to send him or her to college. we cannot afford to do nothing. I believe my amendment is in the spirit of this bills goal of investing in prevention and rehabilitation in order to reduce recidivism and longterm incarceration costs. I urge my colleagues to support my amendment and ensure that our criminal justice and mental health systems have the funds that they need to serve this countrys most vulnerable people. With that. I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 2014-05-29
Speaker: CAROLYN B. MALONEY (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New York

Mr. Speaker. shame on us. Twenty kids killed in Newtown. Connecticut. You can see their faces here. Six college kids killed this week in Santa Barbara. Guns kill more young people in America than cancer. yet we cant pass universal background checks. an assault weapons ban. or limits on massacre magazines. Shame on us. We even have a gag order on any publicly funded health research into gun violence. As Edmund Burke said: There is no issue that is so controversial that it cannot be debated. I would add that there is no issue that is so controversial that it cannot be researched. especially if such research could save lives. Congress is failing the American people. and it is time to stop. Lets pass the Thompson amendment today. We owe it to the families who have lost loved ones to gun violence. and we owe it to the families whose loved ones could be saved by real gun safety reforms.
Date: 2014-05-29
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I move to strike the requisite number of words. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.
Date: 2014-05-29
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. let me take this moment to thank the chairman of the subcommittee. Mr. WOLF. for his longstanding service and commitment to so many issues that so many of us have worked on for such a very long period of time. helping the most vulnerable and helping those who often cannot help themselves. Let me associate myself with the remarks that have been made by the author of this amendment. and also the ranking member. Mr. FATTAH. who spoke to the question of justice. Mr. Chairman. I have served on the reiterations of the Legal Services Corporation in my own community way before coming to the United States Congress. I am reminded of the early words of the Constitution that said that we organize to create a more perfect union. Then I matched that with our Bill of Rights that so many people. if they cannot recite all of them. they know issues like due process. right to a trial by jury. freedom of speech. freedom of religion. freedom of access and movement. All of those things are deprived to persons in many instances who cannot access the courts. I remember. in particular. my Gulfcoast Legal Services Corporation. which worked extensively on issues dealing with housing. for good hardworking people sometimes come up against a brick wall. a hard wall. where they have done everything they could but they are facing eviction. they have come upon difficulty. There is relief for that eviction if they can get to the courthouse either to explain to their landlord or find some relief. Many have experienced housing discrimination. but they do not have access to the courts or to resources necessary to provide them with a lawyer to be able to address their injustice or their indignity. I too am a strong supporter of the DEA. I sit on the House Judiciary Committee. I was hoping that we could find some pathway to move forward in recognizing that the numbers of those needing Legal Services Corporation dollars is mounting. Lawyers in law firms have come to me who are members of the State Bar of Texas. the American Bar Association. and begged for the funding of the Legal Services Corporation. I believe that all of us on this floor have good intentions. and I know that we have a respect for the Legal Services Corporation. I am hoping we can find a way to work with the gentlemans amendment and support it because I am. in essence. providing the documentation that I have seen firsthand. where people have stood under the scales of justice emptyhanded. They were not balanced. they did not receive support. because they could not access the courthouse. a vital and important part of democracy in America. With that. Mr. Chairman. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee .
Date: 2014-05-29
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 34. line 8. after the dollar amount. insert "(reduced by $500.000)". Page 38. line 2. after the dollar amount. insert "(increased by $500.000)". The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.
Date: 2014-05-29
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.
Date: 2014-05-29
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. let me. again. express my appreciation for this appropriation and make a statement regarding some of the jurisdiction that comes under Commerce and Justice that is not particularly being discussed at this moment. but I thought it was appropriate because we do have discussions regarding civil rights. I wanted to mention that. over the last couple of months. we have had some unfortunate discussions around the National Basketball Association regarding issues of discriminatory conversations that were not responsible to the vastness of the NBA or its regulatory scheme. We regulate. on Judiciary. the National Basketball Association. the NFL. and Major League Baseball and many other sports. Over the years. we have had the opportunity to raise questions about diversity and about the outreach into minority communities. Today. in Houston. Major League Baseball is having what they call the civil rights weekend. I will be looking forward to calling in Major League Baseball to address some of the questions of diversity and race in their particular support. It is interesting that they are having an event in Houston now. with not one local elected official present. or respected or asked to be present. To me. that raises the question of whether or not Major League Baseball even gets it. We are delighted that they have chosen to honor some icons. and I honor them as well and will. hopefully. have the opportunity to recognize them by way of my office tomorrow. Again. as we talk about justice questions. as I sit on the Judiciary Committee. over the years. have dealt with players associations and antitrust issues. questions of discrimination that cross the gamut of sports organizations. it is really disturbing that we come to the 21st century and 2014 and have these same issues being raised again. Just as I turn. for a moment. to the NBA. I just want to make the point that. as there is a decision to look at options for the Clippers. I am not from the area. but I would hope that. as there are options to look at a purchase of the Clippers. that it is not done without opportunities for minority purchasers to be involvedinvestors. We are not where we need to be. and. again. the Justice Department deals with civil rights. and Major League Baseball is not where it needs to be when it comes to a city. has an event on civil rights. and has no local elected officials that are engaged. no outreach programs that are extensive the way they need to be. I thank the chairman for allowing me to raise this point regarding the question of civil rights that falls under the jurisdiction of this committee. the funding of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. but also. under my authorizing committee. and raise a concern that we have work to do. not only in this Congress. but we have work to do into these major sports organizations that represent diversity. but they dont really have diversity. Mr. Chairman. I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 2014-05-29
Speaker: CAROLYN B. MALONEY (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: New York

Mr. Chair. I rise in support of Representative ESTYs amendment to remove this misguided rider that will only prevent law enforcement from doing its job. Since the ATF launched this initiativethe socalled long gun ruleto track multiple purchases of rifles and assault weapons. it has become a crucial tool with which to investigate and prosecute straw purchasers who enable the flood of illegal guns to cities and towns across our Nation. In my home city of New York. 85 percent of guns used in crimes were originally sold in a different State. When we see the toll that illegal guns takes on our streets. why do we in Congress stand idle. now blocking law enforcement from addressing this crisis? In the first 8 months of this initiative. the Bureau launched 120 investigations into gun trafficking in highpowered assault weapons. and a former special agent has called this rule a huge tool to combat illegal sales. Please vote "no" on this misguided rule. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Date: 2014-05-29
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: At the end of bill. before the short title. add the following new section: SEC. . None of the funds made available by this Act for the "DEPARTMENT OF JUS-
Date: 2014-05-29
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I rise in support of the gentlemans amendment and will add the point that many of these Federal workers are women who are the head of their household. and. therefore. the undermining of their compensation based upon overtime and the theft of wages because they are not paid fully for their work and hours really undermines the family. So I believe that this is a very important amendment. and I ask my colleagues to support the gentleman.
Date: 2014-05-30
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Let me thank the ranking member for yielding and. as well. the chairperson. and let me collectively add my appreciation for the two leaders of this committee. They have committed themselves. without question. to the security of this Nation. I thank them for their collaboration.
Date: 2014-05-30
Speaker: AL GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. today I missed the following votes: Democratic Motion to Recommit H.R. 4681. Had I been present. I would have voted "yes" on this bill. H.R. 4681Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015. Had I been present. I would have voted "yes" on this bill.
Date: 2014-05-30
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. today. I rise to congratulate the service of retiring Admiral Robert Papp. Jr.. the Commandant of the Coast Guard. and to acknowledge the coming on board. if you will. of Commandant Paul F. Zukunft. to thank them for their collective service and to acknowledge Admiral Robert Papp. Jr.. for his commitment to a rising and excelling United States Coast Guard. In every hearing that the Coast Guard appears before us. as a member of the Homeland Security Committee and a ranking member on Border Security and Maritime Security. I acknowledge that sight of Coast Guard helicopters rescuing thousands during Hurricane Katrina. plucking them out of the raging waters and saving lives. Many people dont remember 1.000 died. Today. that ceremony is occurring. I pay tribute to them. and I hope that many of us will have the opportunity to congratulate both of them. Thank you for your service to this Nation. You are remembered.