{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where congress = 119 sorted by date descending", "rows": [["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgD228", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Highlights + Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D228", "D229", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HCONRES\", \"number\": \"72\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"624\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"625\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3956\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3962\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6644\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6719\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D228", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D228-D229]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Monday, March 2, 2026\n\n[[Page D228]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n See Resume of Congressional Activity.\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S719-S740\nMeasures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced,\nas follows: S. 3956-3962, and S. Res. 624-625.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S731\nMeasures Reported:\n H.R. 6719, to prohibit threats to a minor, with an amendment in the\nnature of a substitute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S731\nMeasures Passed:\n Authorizing the Use of Emancipation Hall: Senate agreed to H. Con.\nRes. 72, authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol\nVisitor Center for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days\nof remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S728\nMeasures Considered:\nHousing for the 21st Century Act--Agreement: Senate resumed\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 6644,\nto increase the supply of housing in America.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S719-28\n During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 84 yeas to 6 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 44), three-\nfifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the\naffirmative, Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the\nmotion to proceed to consideration of the bill.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S728\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill,\npost-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, March 3, 2026; and\nthat all time during recess, adjournment, and Leader remarks count\npost-cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.\n Pages S735-36\nNominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:\n Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New Jersey, to be Archivist of the United\nStates.\n Sheria Akins Clarke, of South Carolina, to be United States District\nJudge for the District of South Carolina.\n Jeffrey Brodsky, of Florida, to be a Governor of the United States\nPostal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2029.\n Jeffrey M. Kuhlman, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for\nthe District of Kansas.\n Adam Cassady, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace\nand Digital Policy.\n Kathleen S. Lane, of Montana, to be United States District Judge for\nthe District of Montana.\n Kaveh Farzad, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy\n(International Affairs).\n Anthony W. Mattivi, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for\nthe District of Kansas.\n William Gallo, of Florida, to be a Governor of the United States\nPostal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2030.\n Anthony J. Powell, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for\nthe District of Kansas.\n Preston Wells Griffith III, of Virginia, to be Representative of the\nUnited States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations,\nwith the rank of Ambassador.\n Evan Rikhye, of the Virgin Islands, to be Judge for the District\nCourt of the Virgin Islands for a term of ten years.\n Preston Wells Griffith III, of Virginia, to be Representative of the\nUnited States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency,\nwith the rank of Ambassador.\n Justin D. Smith, of Missouri, to be United States Circuit Judge for\nthe Eighth Circuit.\n Yeouk Kim, of Texas, to be Representative of the United States of\nAmerica to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with the rank\nand status of Ambassador.\n\n[[Page D229]]\n\n Kara Marie Westercamp, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United\nStates Court of International Trade.\n James O'Neill, of Texas, to be Director of the National Science\nFoundation for a term of six years.\n Kenneth Sorenson, of Hawaii, to be United States Attorney for the\nDistrict of Hawaii for the term of four years.\n Robert Steffens, of Texas, to be a Governor of the United States\nPostal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2032.\n Johnson TeeHee II, of Oklahoma, to be United States Marshal for the\nEastern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S740\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S729-30\nPetitions and Memorials:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S730-31\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S731-33\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S733-35\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S729\nRecord Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--44)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S728\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:16 p.m.,\nuntil 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (For Senate's program, see the\nremarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S735-36.)"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgD229-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/House of Representatives", "HOUSE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDHCHAMBER", "D229", "D229", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1091\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1094\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5254\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5729\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7744\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7752\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D229", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D229]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n House of Representatives\n\nChamber Action\nPublic Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 9 public bills, H.R. 7744-\n7752; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 1091-1094, were introduced.\n Pages H2335-36\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page H2336\nReports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:\n H.R. 5254, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into\nan agreement with the Gateway Arch Park Foundation to host private\nevents in Gateway Arch National Park buildings, and for other purposes,\nwith an amendment (H. Rept. 119-536); and\n H.R. 5729, to authorize direct emergency acquisition flexibilities\nfor the National Park Service for the purpose of retaining, vetting,\napproving, and expediting contractor approval for the clearing,\nrebuilding, maintenance, and improvement of the Grand Canyon grounds\nthat have been impacted by the Dragon Bravo Fire, with an amendment (H.\nRept. 119-537).\nSpeaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed\nRepresentative Smith (NE) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.\n Page H2335\nGuest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Dr.\nEdrees Bridges, United States Capitol Police, Washington, DC.\n Page H2335\nQuorum Calls--Votes: There were no Yea and Nay votes, and there were no\nRecorded votes. There were no quorum calls.\nAdjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 9:02 a.m."], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgD229-3", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/House Committee Meetings", "HOUSE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDHCMEETINGS", "D229", "D229", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D229", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D229]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n No hearings were held.\n\nJoint Meetings\n No joint committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgD229-4", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2026-03-03", "", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDCOMMITTEEMEETINGS", "D229", "D230", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7567\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7744\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D229", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D229-D230]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,\n\n MARCH 3, 2026\n\n (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)\n\n Senate\n\n Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine an update\non the National Defense Strategy; to be immediately followed by a\nclosed session in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.\n Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee\non Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness, to hold hearings to\nexamine AI that improves safety, productivity, and care, 10:15 a.m.,\nSR-253.\n Committee on the Judiciary: to hold oversight hearings to examine\nthe Department of Homeland Security, 9 a.m., SD-106.\n Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, to hold hearings to\nexamine confronting child trafficking and the failure to protect\nAmerica's most vulnerable, 2 p.m., SD-226.\n\n[[Page D230]]\n\n Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold a joint hearing with the\nHouse Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative\npresentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars and multi VSOs, 10 a.m.,\nSD-G50.\n\n House\n\n Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, begin markup on H.R.\n7567, the ``Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026'', 5 p.m.,\n1300 Longworth.\n Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 7744, the\n``Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026'', 4\np.m., H-313 Capitol.\n\n Joint Meeting\n\n Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold a\njoint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to\nexamine the legislative presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars and\nmulti VSOs, 10 a.m., SD-G50."], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgD229", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D229", "D229", null, null, "172 Cong. 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D229", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D229]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgD230", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDAHEAD", "D230", "D233", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"204\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"601\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"815\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"933\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"952\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"971\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1135\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1276\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1744\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1829\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1981\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2071\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2102\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2504\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2787\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2827\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3004\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3447\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3493\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3527\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3798\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3923\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4171\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6162\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6196\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6428\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6644\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6955\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7058\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7065\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7127\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7567\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7605\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7616\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7630\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7632\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7633\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7641\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7642\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7649\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7653\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7654\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7669\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7674\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7675\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7688\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D230", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D230-D233]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD\n\n Week of March 3 through March 6, 2026\n\n Senate Chamber\n\n On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to\nproceed to consideration of H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century\nAct, post-cloture.\n During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared\nlegislative and executive business.\n\n Senate Committees\n\n (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)\n Committee on Armed Services: March 3, to hold hearings to examine\nan update on the National Defense Strategy; to be immediately\nfollowed by a closed session in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.\n March 4, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold\nhearings to examine the current readiness of the Joint Force, 2:30\np.m., SH-216.\n March 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the American\nsmall drone industrial base, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.\n Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 3,\nSubcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness, to hold\nhearings to examine AI that improves safety, productivity, and care,\n10:15 a.m., SR-253.\n March 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 933, to\nauthorize programs for the National Aeronautics and Space\nAdministration for fiscal year 2025, S. 3923, to improve the weather\nresearch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,\nsupport improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, and\nexpand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data,\nand certain coast guard promotions, 10 a.m., SR-253.\n March 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the\nnominations of Arvind Raman, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary of\nCommerce for Standards and Technology, and Matthew Anderson, of\nColorado, to be Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and\nSpace Administration, 10 a.m., SR-253.\n Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 4, business\nmeeting to consider S. 601 and H.R. 1276, bills to remove\nrestrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky, S. 815, to\ndesignate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in\nGalax, Virginia, as the ``Rick Boucher Amphitheater'', S. 1135, to\namend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the\nInterior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the\nBonneville Shoreline Trail, S. 1981, to require the Secretary of\nAgriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to utilize grazing for\nwildfire risk reduction, S. 2102, to establish the Ralph David\nAbernathy, Sr., National Historic Site, S. 2787, to amend the\nFederal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to ensure that\nranchers who have grazing agreements on national grasslands are\ntreated the same as permittees on other Federal land, S. 3004, to\ndirect the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Bureau of\nLand Management land to the city of Price, Utah, S. 3493, to provide\nfor the conveyance of certain Federal land in Carson City, Nevada,\nS. 3527, to release from wilderness study area designation certain\nland in the State of Montana, to improve the management of that\nland, H.R. 204, to require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the\nSecretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding\nhazardous fuels reduction activities, H.R. 952, to convey the\nreversionary interest of the United States in certain land in\nSacramento, California, H.R. 1829, to require the Secretary of\nAgriculture to convey certain lands within the Apache-Sitgreaves\nNational Forest, and the nominations of Stevan Pearce, of New\nMexico, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, David\nLaCerte, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the Federal Energy\nRegulatory Commission, and Kyle Haustveit, of North Dakota, to be\nUnder Secretary of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.\n Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 4, business\nmeeting to consider the nomination of the nomination of Douglas\nWeaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory\nCommission; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine a\ndiscussion draft of an original bill entitled, ``the Toxic\nSubstances Control Act Fee Reauthorization and Improvement Act of\n2026.'', 10 a.m., SD-562.\n Committee on Foreign Relations: March 5, to hold hearings to\nexamine the nomination of Frank Garcia, of Virginia, to be an\nAssistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, 10 a.m., SD-419.\n Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 5, to\nhold hearings to examine transforming health care with data,\nfocusing on improving patient outcomes through next-generation care,\n10 a.m., SD-430.\n Committee on the Judiciary: March 3, to hold oversight hearings to\nexamine the Department of Homeland Security, 9 a.m., SD-106.\n March 3, Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, to hold\nhearings to examine confronting child\n\n[[Page D231]]\n\ntrafficking and the failure to protect America's most vulnerable, 2\np.m., SD-226.\n March 5, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 3798, to\namend title 18, United States Code, to establish criminal offenses\nwith respect to violations involving ATMs, regardless of whether the\nATM is located on the physical premises of a financial institution,\nand the nominations of Robert Cekada, of Florida, to be Director,\nBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Andrew B.\nDavis, and Christopher R. Wolfe, both to be a United States District\nJudge for the Western District of Texas, Anna St. John, to be United\nStates District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, John\nThomas Shepherd, to be United States District Judge for the Western\nDistrict of Arkansas, Robert Rotter, to be United States Marshal for\nthe Northern District of Iowa, Daniel Satterlee, to be United States\nMarshal for the District of South Dakota, and David St. Pierre, to\nbe United States Marshal for the District of Maine, all of the\nDepartment of Justice, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.\n Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 3, to hold a joint hearing\nwith the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the\nlegislative presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars and multi VSOs,\n10 a.m., SD-G50.\n March 4, Full Committee, to hold a joint hearing with the House\nCommittee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative\npresentation of the American Legion and multi VSOs, 9:45 a.m., SD-\nG50.\n Select Committee on Intelligence: March 4, to receive a closed\nbriefing on certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.\n\n House Committees\n\n Committee on Agriculture, March 4, Full Committee, continue markup\non H.R. 7567, the ``Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026'',\n8 a.m., 1300 Longworth.\n Committee on Appropriations, March 4, Subcommittee on Agriculture,\nRural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related\nAgencies, oversight hearing on the Department of Agriculture, Trade\nand Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 10:30 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.\n March 4, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,\nand Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Preparing for the Future:\nAmerica's Community Colleges'', 10:30 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing And Urban\nDevelopment, And Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Inspectors\nGeneral for the Department of Transportation and the Department of\nHousing and Urban Development'', 10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,\nand Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Member Day'', 10:30 a.m.,\n2358-C Rayburn.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies,\nhearing entitled ``Member Day'', 1 p.m., 2008 Rayburn.\n March 6, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on the\nLibrary of Congress and Government Publishing Office, 9 a.m., 2362-B\nRayburn.\n Committee on Armed Services, March 4, Full Committee, hearing\nentitled ``Speed to Scale: Revitalizing the Defense Industrial\nBase'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.\n March 4, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``Energy,\nInstallations, and Environment Update'', 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.\n March 5, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``U.S. Defense Strategy and\nPosture'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. Part of this hearing is closed.\n Committee on Education and Workforce, March 4, Subcommittee on\nHigher Education and Workforce Development, hearing entitled\n``Building an AI-Ready America: Strengthening Employer-Led\nTraining'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.\n Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 4, Subcommittee on Energy,\nhearing entitled ``America's Energy Infrastructure: Authorizing\nPipeline Safety'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.\n March 4, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``Ready for\nReuse: Legislative Proposals to Unleash the Potential of America's\nBrownfields Sites'', 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.\n Committee on Financial Services, March 4, Full Committee, markup\non H.R. 2071, the ``Save our Shrimpers Act''; H.R. 4171, the ``Small\nEntrepreneurs' Empowerment and Development Act of 2025''; H.R. 6955,\nthe ``Main Street Capital Access Act''; H.R. 7127, the ``Restoring\nthe Secondary Trading Market Act''; and H.R. 7688, the ``DPA\nModernization Act of 2026'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, hearing entitled\n``Fighting Fraud on the Front Lines: Challenges and Opportunities for\nFinancial Institutions'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, hearing entitled ``The Role\nof Self-Regulatory Organizations in the U.S. Markets: Examining FINRA\nand the MSRB'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.\n Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 4, Full Committee, markup on\nH.R. 7654, to authorize the consolidation of reports required to be\nsubmitted by the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy of\nthe Department of State, and for other purposes; H.R. 7642, to\nauthorize the recruitment and retention of specialized disaster\nassistance professionals by the Department of State; H.R. 7641, to\nprovide for a pilot program to require congressional notification of\nadditional information for certain foreign assistance programs; H.R.\n7633, to require the United States flag to be displayed on United\nStates foreign assistance; H. Res. 971, condemning the coercive\nactions of the People's Republic of China against Japan in response\nto statements regarding Taiwan and reaffirming the United States\ncommitment to its allies in the Indo-Pacific\n\n[[Page D232]]\n\nregion; H.R. 1744, to extend and authorize annual appropriations for\nthe United States Commission on International Religious Freedom\nthrough fiscal year 2028; H.R. 3447, to require the Secretary of\nCommerce to issue standards with respect to chip security mechanisms\nfor integrated circuit products, and for other purposes; H.R. 7616,\nto require the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to identify\nand mitigate relationships that pose a risk to United States foreign\npolicy interests between certain European institutions and certain\ncovered entities of concern, and for other purposes; H.R. 7058, to\nrequire the Secretary of State to conduct assessments of the risks\nposed to the United States by foreign adversaries who utilize\ngenerative artificial intelligence for malicious activities, and for\nother purposes; H.R. 7653, to enhance diplomatic engagement on\ninternational biotechnology and biosecurity matters; H.R. 7632, to\ndesignate a Coordinator for hybrid warfare accountability, require\nthe Secretary of State to submit a report identifying Chinese\nentities materially supporting Russia's defense industrial base and\nrecommending appropriate sanctions, and for other purposes; H.R.\n7649, to ensure that persons found responsible for the unauthorized\ndiversion or destruction of United States humanitarian assistance\nare liable to the United States, and for other purposes; H.R. 7605,\nto abolish the United States African Development Foundation; H.R.\n7630, to prohibit United States recognition of the claims of\nsovereignty of South Ossetia or Abkhazia within the Republic of\nGeorgia; H.R. 7669, to require a report that describes the current\nrestrictions imposed by the Taliban on women and girls in\nAfghanistan since August 2021; H.R. 6428, to require the Secretary\nof State to submit a report on participation in educational and\ncultural exchange programs; H.R. 6196, to authorize and encourage\nthe United States to pursue a model of locally led development and\nhumanitarian response and expand engagement with local actors and\nincrease its local partner base; H.R. 2504, to require the Secretary\nof State to develop a strategy to strengthen United States-European\nnuclear energy cooperation and combat Russian malign influence in\nthe nuclear energy sector in Europe; H.R. 7675, to require the\nSecretary of State to establish the Initiative on Foreign Investment\nScreening, and for other purposes; and H.R. 7674, to require the\nSecretary of State to submit to Congress a strategy to support a\ndemocratic transition in Venezuela, and for other purposes, 11 a.m.,\n2172 Rayburn.\n March 5, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Advancing National\nSecurity through Public Diplomacy'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.\n March 5, Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, hearing\nentitled ``Merit, Accountability, and Performance at State:\nEvaluating Promotion and Placement'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.\n Committee on Homeland Security, March 4, Subcommittee on\nOversight, Investigations, and Accountability, hearing entitled\n``Highway Safety Under Threat: Examining Non-Domiciled CDL Issuance\nto Illegal Aliens'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.\n Committee on the Judiciary, March 4, Full Committee, hearing\nentitled ``Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security'', 10\na.m., 2141 Rayburn.\n Committee on Natural Resources, March 4, Subcommittee on Indian\nand Insular Affairs, hearing on H.R. 2827, to provide for the\nequitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land\nin Illinois, and for other purposes; H.R. 6162, the ``Albuquerque\nIndian School Act of 2025''; and H.R. 7065, the ``Seneca Nation Law\nEnforcement Efficiency Act'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.\n March 4, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries, hearing\nentitled ``Oversight of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act'', 2 p.m., 1324\nLongworth.\n Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 4, Full\nCommittee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of\nFederal Funds in Minnesota: Part II'', 9 a.m., HVC-210.\n Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 4,\nSubcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and\nEmergency Management, hearing entitled ``The General Services\nAdministration: Examining the Future of Federal Real Estate\nManagement to Reduce Costs for the Taxpayer'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.\n Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 4, Subcommittee on Oversight\nand Investigations, hearing entitled ``Delivering for Veterans and\nCaregivers: Year One of the Dole Act'', 2:15 p.m., 360 Cannon.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Hidden Wounds:\nEffectively Supporting Veterans with TBI'', 10:15 a.m., 360 Cannon.\n Committee on Ways and Means, March 4, Full Committee, hearing\nentitled ``Hearing with Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive\nOfficer, Frank J. Bisignano'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Work and Welfare, hearing entitled\n``Reclaiming 'Forgotten' Fraudulent Pandemic Unemployment Funds Frozen\nby Banks'', 10 a.m., 2020 Rayburn.\n Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 4, Full\nCommittee, hearing entitled ``CI Screening, Vetting, and Watch\nListing'', 2 p.m., HVC-304. This hearing is closed.\n\n Joint Meeting\n\n Joint Hearing: March 3, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to\nhold a joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs\nto examine the legislative presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars\nand multi VSOs, 10 a.m., SD-G50.\n March 4, Full Committee, to hold a joint hearing with the House\nCommittee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative\npresentation of the American Legion and multi VSOs, 9:45 a.m., SD-\nG50.\n Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 4, to hold\nhearings to examine responding to China's infiltration and coercion\nin Europe, 2:30 p.m., 2247, Rayburn Building.\n\n* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was\nno accompanying report. A total of 15 written reports have been\nfiled in the Senate, 112 reports have been filed in the House.\n\n[[Page D233]]"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgD233-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D233", "D234", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6644\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D233", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D233-D234]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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Rec. D233", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D233]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Resume of Congressional Activity\n\n SECOND SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED NINETEENTH CONGRESS\n\n The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative\nbusiness transacted by the Senate and House.\n The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the\nSenate by the President for Senate confirmation.\n\n DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY\n\n January 3 through February 28, 2026\n\n Senate House Total\n Days in Session............... 32 31 . .\n Time in Session............... 145 hrs., 25\u007f 110 hrs., 8\u007f . .\n Congressional Record:\n Pages of proceedings.......... S717 H2334 . .\n Extensions of remarks......... . . E170 . .\n Public bills enacted into law. 4 7 11\n Private bills enacted into law . . . . . .\n Bills in conference........... . . 1 . .\n Measures passed, total........ 51 77 128\n Senate bills.................. 6 4 . .\n House bills................... 5 50 . .\n Senate joint resolutions...... . . . . . .\n House joint resolutions....... 1 3 . .\n Senate concurrent resolutions. 1 . . . .\n House concurrent resolutions.. 1 2 . .\n Simple resolutions............ 37 18 . .\n Measures reported, total...... *34 110 144\n Senate bills.................. 32 . . . .\n House bills................... 1 100 . .\n Senate joint resolutions...... 1 . . . .\n House joint resolutions....... . . 1 . .\n Senate concurrent resolutions. . . . . . .\n House concurrent resolutions.. . . . . . .\n Simple resolutions............ . . 9 . .\n Special reports............... . . 2 . .\n Conference reports............ . . . . . .\n Measures pending on calendar.. 242 82 . .\n Measures introduced, total.... 437 945 1,382\n Bills......................... 376 806 . .\n Joint resolutions............. 8 15 . .\n Concurrent resolutions........ 3 7 . .\n Simple resolutions............ 50 117 . .\n Quorum calls.................. . . 1 . .\n Yea-and-nay votes............. 43 65 . .\n Recorded votes................ . . 12 . .\n Bills vetoed.................. . . . . . .\n Vetoes overridden............. . . . . . .\n DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS\n\n January 3 through February 28, 2026\n\n Civilian nominees, totaling 115 (including 4 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Confirmed...........................................13...\n Unconfirmed........................................102...\n Other Civilian nominees, totaling 790 (including 124\n nominees carried over from the First Session), disposed\n of as follows:\n\n Confirmed..........................................105...\n Unconfirmed........................................685...\n Air Force nominees, totaling 426 (including 14 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Confirmed..........................................252...\n Unconfirmed........................................174...\n Army nominees, totaling 2,172 (including 1,978 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Confirmed...........................................94...\n Unconfirmed......................................2,078...\n Navy nominees, totaling 119 (including 5 nominees carried\n over from the First Session), disposed of as follows:\n\n Confirmed...........................................44...\n Unconfirmed.........................................75...\n Marine Corps nominees, totaling 144 (including 56 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Confirmed...........................................41...\n Unconfirmed........................................103...\n Space Force nominees, totaling 1 (including 1 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Unconfirmed..........................................1...\n Summary\n Total nominees carried over from the First Session...2,182\n Total nominees received this Session.................1,585\n Total confirmed........................................549\n Total unconfirmed....................................3,218\n Total withdrawn..........................................0\n Total returned to the White House........................0"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgE171-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT OF PAULA McKINNEY-RAINEY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "RECOGNIZING", "E171", "E171", "[{\"name\": \"Brendan F. Boyle\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. E171", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E171]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT OF PAULA McKINNEY-RAINEY\n\n ______\n\n HON. BRENDAN F. BOYLE\n\n of pennsylvania\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, March 2, 2026\n\n Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and\ncongratulate Paula McKinney-Rainey, both a constituent of mine and a\nvalued member of my staff, as she retires from the House of\nRepresentatives next month.\n Paula is a proud Philadelphian and is an alumnus of Penn State\nUniversity, as well as an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. Prior to\njoining my office in 2015, she had extensive experience working in\nstate and local governments as well as the nonprofit sector in a\nvariety of capacities. Paula was a Management Analyst in the County of\nLos Angeles Chief Administration Office before spending several years\nserving Pennsylvanians in roles with the Pennsylvania Department of\nCommunity and Economic Development and the Governor's Office of Housing\nand Community Revitalization.\n Through Paula's almost eleven years of service in my office, she has\nhelped thousands of constituents with a variety of issues. Through her\nextraordinary efforts, Paula has demonstrated outstanding care and\nempathy for those she serves. Over the years, she has also been an\nindispensable community representative on my behalf, providing\ncountless constituents and stakeholders with information on how our\noffice and their government can help them in their moment of need.\n In addition to her role in my office, Paula is also a longtime\ndedicated community leader. For more than twenty years, she has served\nas a Philadelphia Committeeperson in the city's 61st Ward, working\nthirteen hour days at polling stations every Election Day to help\neducate voters.\n Mr. Speaker, I hope all my colleagues will join me to congratulate\nPaula on her retirement, thank her for her exceptional career as a\ncivil servant, and commend her on her unwavering commitment to not just\nthe City of Philadelphia, but to our entire Nation.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgE171-3", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "PERSONAL EXPLANATION", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "PERSONALEXPLAIN", "E171", "E171", "[{\"name\": \"Seth Magaziner\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2503\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. E171", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E171]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PERSONAL EXPLANATION\n\n ______\n\n HON. SETH MAGAZINER\n\n of rhode island\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, March 2, 2026\n\n Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Speaker, on February 24, 2026, a historic blizzard\nand flight cancellations prevented me from making it to Washington,\nD.C. in time to vote in support of the ROTOR Act. Had I been present, I\nwould have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 72, S. 2503--ROTOR Act.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgE171-4", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HUB'S RESTAURANT", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "CELEBRATING", "E171", "E171", "[{\"name\": \"Janice D. Schakowsky\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. E171", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E171]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HUB'S RESTAURANT\n\n ______\n\n HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY\n\n of illinois\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, March 2, 2026\n\n Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and celebrate\nthe 50th anniversary of Hub's Restaurant in Skokie, a family-owned\nestablishment whose history began on March 1, 1976, when brothers Tony\nand John Thanoukos purchased the restaurant and began building what\nwould become a lasting institution.\n From the outset, Tony and John worked together to grow the business,\nproviding high-quality Greek and American food and establishing a\nreputation for consistency, value, and welcoming service. Their\npartnership laid the foundation for a family legacy that has now\nspanned five decades.\n In the mid-1990s, the brothers divided the business, with Tony\nleading operations in Skokie and John leading operations in Chicago.\nWhile the locations went their separate ways, the shared family history\ndating back to 1976 reflects the joint effort that built the Hub's\nname.\n For 50 years, Hub's in Skokie has provided jobs, supported community\nevents, catered gatherings large and small, and served as a place where\nneighbors and families come together. Its longevity reflects the\ndedication of the Thanoukos family and the loyalty of the community it\nhas served.\n Reaching a 50-year milestone is a momentous achievement for any\nbusiness. The Thanoukos family and the entire Hub's team should take\ngreat pride in this accomplishment. On behalf of the residents of\nIllinois' 9th Congressional District, I congratulate the Thanoukos\nfamily and the entire Hub's team on this anniversary. I wish them\ncontinued success in the years ahead.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgE171-5", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA GAY NEWS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "RECOGNIZING", "E171", "E171", "[{\"name\": \"Brendan F. Boyle\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. E171", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E171]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA GAY\n NEWS\n\n ______\n\n HON. BRENDAN F. BOYLE\n\n of pennsylvania\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, March 2, 2026\n\n Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate\nand celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of Philadelphia Gay\nNews (PGN), the second-longest continuously publishing LGBTQ newspaper\nin the Nation, and a pillar of the Philadelphia journalistic community.\n Under the extraordinary leadership of founder Mark Segal, PGN has\nremained the preeminent voice for Philadelphia's LGBTQ community for\ndecades and has been a source of some of our region's finest\njournalism. From being the forum of the first ever op-ed from a major-\nparty presidential candidate published in an LGBTQ newspaper, to being\nrecognized with an historical marker by the Commonwealth of\nPennsylvania, PGN has been a trailblazing publication since its\nfounding in 1976.\n PGN could not have had the tremendous success that it has had over\nthe last half-century if not for the vision and exceptional leadership\nof Mark Segal. Mark's role as both a longtime civic leader in\nPhiladelphia and as an icon of our Nation's LGBTQ community cannot be\noverstated. He founded Gay Youth in 1970 and was a founding member of\nthe Gay Liberation Front in 1969. Mark also partnered with the Obama\nAdministration in 2012 to create the John C. Anderson Apartments in\nPhiladelphia, the Nation's first LGBTQ-friendly senior affordable\nhousing facility. The same tireless work ethic that helped him build\nPGN continues to influence his various civic efforts, for which our\ncity and country are immeasurably better off and for which we are all\ngrateful.\n Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join me in recognizing and\ncongratulating Mark and the entire Philadelphia Gay News team as we\ncelebrate the 50th anniversary of this extraordinary journalistic\ninstitution.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgE171-6", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS", "SENATE", "EXTENSIONS", "ESENATECOMMITTEE", "E171", "E172", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"4\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"4\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"204\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"601\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"815\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"933\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"952\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"953\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1135\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1276\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1829\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1981\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2102\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2787\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3004\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3493\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3527\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3798\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3923\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. E171", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E171-E172]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS\n\n Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February\n4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized\nschedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees,\nsubcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This\ntitle requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate\nDaily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and\npurpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or\nchanges in the meetings as they occur.\n As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this\ninformation, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this\ninformation for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the\nCongressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.\n Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, March 3, 2026 may be found in the\nDaily Digest of today's Record.\n\n MEETINGS SCHEDULED\n\n MARCH 4\n 9:30 a.m.\n Committee on Energy and Natural Resources\n Business meeting to consider S. 601 and H.R. 1276, bills\n to remove restrictions from a parcel of land in\n Paducah, Kentucky, S. 815, to designate the outdoor\n amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax,\n Virginia, as the ``Rick Boucher Amphitheater'', S.\n 1135, to amend the National Trails System Act\n\n[[Page E172]]\n\n to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a\n study on the feasibility of designating the Bonneville\n Shoreline Trail, S. 1981, to require the Secretary of\n Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to\n utilize grazing for wildfire risk reduction, S. 2102,\n to establish the Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., National\n Historic Site, S. 2787, to amend the Federal Land\n Policy and Management Act of 1976 to ensure that\n ranchers who have grazing agreements on national\n grasslands are treated the same as permittees on other\n Federal land, S. 3004, to direct the Secretary of the\n Interior to convey certain Bureau of Land Management\n land to the city of Price, Utah, S. 3493, to provide\n for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Carson\n City, Nevada, S. 3527, to release from wilderness study\n area designation certain land in the State of Montana,\n to improve the management of that land, H.R. 204, to\n require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the\n Secretary of the Interior submit accurate reports\n regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities, H.R.\n 952, to convey the reversionary interest of the United\n States in certain land in Sacramento, California, H.R.\n 1829, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey\n certain lands within the Apache-Sitgreaves National\n Forest, and the nominations of Stevan Pearce, of New\n Mexico, to be Director of the Bureau of Land\n Management, David LaCerte, of Louisiana, to be a Member\n of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Kyle\n Haustveit, of North Dakota, to be Under Secretary of\n Energy.\n SD-366\n 9:45 a.m.\n Committee on Veterans' Affairs\n To hold a joint hearing with the House Committee on\n Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative\n presentation of the American Legion and multi VSOs.\n SD-G50\n 10 a.m.\n Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation\n Business meeting to consider S. 933, to authorize\n programs for the National Aeronautics and Space\n Administration for fiscal year 2025, S. 3923, to\n improve the weather research of the National Oceanic\n and Atmospheric Administration, support improvements in\n weather forecasting and prediction, and expand\n commercial opportunities for the provision of weather\n data, and certain coast guard promotions.\n SR-253\n Committee on Environment and Public Works\n Business meeting to consider the nomination of the\n nomination of Douglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a\n Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; to be\n immediately followed by a hearing to examine a\n discussion draft of an original bill entitled, ``the\n Toxic Substances Control Act Fee Reauthorization and\n Improvement Act of 2026.''.\n SD-562\n 2:30 p.m.\n Committee on Armed Services\n Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support\n To hold hearings to examine the current readiness of the\n Joint Force.\n SH-216\n Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe\n To hold hearings to examine responding to China's\n infiltration and coercion in Europe.\n RHOB-2247\n 3 p.m.\n Select Committee on Intelligence\n To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence\n matters.\n SH-219\n\n MARCH 5\n 9:30 a.m.\n Committee on Armed Services\n To hold hearings to examine the American small drone\n industrial base.\n SD-G50\n 10 a.m.\n Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation\n To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Arvind\n Raman, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary of Commerce\n for Standards and Technology, and Matthew Anderson, of\n Colorado, to be Deputy Administrator of the National\n Aeronautics and Space Administration.\n SR-253\n Committee on Foreign Relations\n To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Frank\n Garcia, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of\n State for African Affairs.\n SD-419\n Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions\n To hold hearings to examine transforming health care with\n data, focusing on improving patient outcomes through\n next-generation care.\n SD-430\n 10:15 a.m.\n Committee on the Judiciary\n Business meeting to consider S. 3798, to amend title 18,\n United States Code, to establish criminal offenses with\n respect to violations involving ATMs, regardless of\n whether the ATM is located on the physical premises of\n a financial institution, and the nominations of Robert\n Cekada, of Florida, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol,\n Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Andrew B. Davis, and\n Christopher R. Wolfe, both to be a United States\n District Judge for the Western District of Texas, Anna\n St. John, to be United States District Judge for the\n Eastern District of Louisiana, John Thomas Shepherd, to\n be United States District Judge for the Western\n District of Arkansas, Robert Rotter, to be United\n States Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa,\n Daniel Satterlee, to be United States Marshal for the\n District of South Dakota, and David St. Pierre, to be\n United States Marshal for the District of Maine, all of\n the Department of Justice.\n SH-216\n\n MARCH 11\n 2:30 p.m.\n Committee on Indian Affairs\n To hold oversight hearings to examine Federal policies\n governing Indian water rights settlements, including S.\n 953, to provide for the settlement of the water rights\n claims of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the\n San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.\n SD-628\n\n CANCELLATIONS\n\n MARCH 4\n 2:30 p.m.\n Committee on the Judiciary\n Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer\n Rights\n To hold hearings to examine competition and monopsony in\n the proposed Netflix-Warner Brothers transaction.\n SD-226\n\n POSTPONEMENTS\n\n MARCH 4\n 10:30 a.m.\n Joint Economic Committee\n To hold hearings to examine evaluating the U.S.\n competitiveness and investment advantages of a\n Destination-Based Cash Flow Tax (DBCFT).\n SH-216"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH-FrontMatter-3", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "House of Representatives", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "FRONTMATTER", "H2335", "H2335", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2335", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2335]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S\n\nVol. 172\n\nWASHINGTON, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2026\n\nNo. 39"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2335-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "HDESIGNATION", "H2335", "H2335", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2335", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2335]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE\n\n The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following\ncommunication from the Speaker:\n\n Washington, DC,\n\n March 2, 2026.\n I hereby appoint the Honorable Adrian Smith, to act as\n Speaker pro tempore on this day.\n Mike Johnson,\n Speaker of the House of Representatives.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2335-3", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "PRAYER", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "PRAYER", "H2335", "H2335", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2335", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2335]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PRAYER\n\n Dr. Edrees Bridges, United States Capitol Police, Washington, D.C.,\noffered the following prayer:\n Oh, merciful benefactor, and wise sustainer, we pause in gratitude\nfor the time entrusted and the work set before us.\n Bless these leaders with patience to labor faithfully in the duties\nof this day, knowing that the quiet work of the present shapes the\ndirection and strength of the future.\n Grant them vision to build with care, courage to act with conviction,\nand steadiness to continue when progress unfolds slowly.\n Allow their efforts to become foundations of hope for generations yet\nunseen and guide their decisions with wisdom that seeks the good of\nall.\n May their service honor the trust placed in them and strengthen the\npath for those who follow.\n Let their labor be carried forward with integrity today and\nremembered with gratitude tomorrow.\n As they labor in trust and responsibility, protect the Members of\nthis House, their staff, and all who serve within these solemn Halls,\nand guide their efforts toward justice, peace, and the flourishing of\nthis Nation.\n Amen.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2335-4", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "THE JOURNAL", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "HJOURNAL", "H2335", "H2335", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2335", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2335]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n THE JOURNAL\n\n The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has examined the Journal of the\nlast day's proceedings and announces to the House the approval thereof.\n Pursuant to clause 1 of rule I, the Journal of the last day's\nproceedings is approved.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2335-5", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "PLEDGE", "H2335", "H2335", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2335", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2335]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE\n\n The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will lead the House in the Pledge\nof Allegiance.\n The SPEAKER pro tempore led the Pledge of Allegiance as follows:\n\n I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of\n America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation\n under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2335-6", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "ADJOURNMENT", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ADJOURNMENT", "H2335", "H2335", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2335", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2335]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ADJOURNMENT\n\n The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the House stands\nadjourned until noon tomorrow for morning-hour debate and 2 p.m. for\nlegislative business.\n There was no objection.\n Thereupon (at 9 o'clock and 2 minutes a.m.), under its previous\norder, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at\nnoon for morning-hour debate.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2335-7", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "HPUBBILLS", "H2335", "H2336", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1091\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1092\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1093\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1094\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7744\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7745\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7746\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7747\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7748\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7749\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7750\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7751\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7752\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. H2335", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Pages H2335-H2336]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS\n\n Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the\nfollowing titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:\n\n By Mr. COLE:\n H.R. 7744. A bill making appropriations for the Department\n of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30,\n 2026, and for other purposes; to the Committee on\n Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the\n Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the\n Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as\n fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.\n By Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. McDowell, Mrs. Luna,\n Mr. Rose, Mr. Van Epps, and Mr. Lawler):\n H.R. 7745. A bill to establish certain requirements\n relating to wellness checks for the health and welfare of\n certain members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes;\n to the Committee on Armed Services.\n By Mr. BELL:\n H.R. 7746. A bill to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 8390 North Broadway in St.\n Louis, Missouri, as the ``Chuck Stone Post Office''; to the\n Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.\n By Mr. BERGMAN (for himself, Mr. Suozzi, and Mr.\n Owens):\n H.R. 7747. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the\n Social Security Act to streamline the certification process\n for State Veterans Homes by allowing certain facilities\n certified by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be deemed\n in compliance with specified Medicare and Medicaid\n requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on\n Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy\n and Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be\n subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for\n consideration of such provisions as fall within the\n jurisdiction of the committee concerned.\n By Mr. DELUZIO (for himself, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Garamendi,\n and Mr. Rulli):\n H.R. 7748. A bill to enhance safety requirements for trains\n transporting hazardous materials, and for other purposes; to\n the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in\n addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,\n for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in\n each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within\n the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.\n By Mr. FEENSTRA (for himself, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Valadao,\n Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Kean, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Yakym,\n Mr. Lawler, Ms. McBride, and Ms. Lofgren):\n H.R. 7749. A bill to amend the National Quantum Initiative\n Act to make certain additions relating to quantum modeling\n and simulation, and for other purposes; to the\n\n[[Page H2336]]\n\n Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.\n By Mr. LATIMER:\n H.R. 7750. A bill to prevent election interference; to the\n Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee\n on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined\n by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such\n provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee\n concerned.\n By Mrs. McIVER (for herself and Mrs. McBath):\n H.R. 7751. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation\n to carry out a program to make grants for the improvement or\n construction of greenway paths, and for other purposes; to\n the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.\n By Mr. SCHMIDT (for himself, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr.\n Estes, and Mr. Mann):\n H.R. 7752. A bill to amend section 2703 of title 18, United\n States Code, to require emergency disclosure of location\n information to law enforcement or public safety answering\n point; to the Committee on the Judiciary.\n By Ms. HOULAHAN (for herself and Mr. Obernolte):\n H. Res. 1091. A resolution expressing support for declaring\n 2026 the ``Year of Math'' in the United States; to the\n Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.\n By Mr. KHANNA:\n H. Res. 1092. A resolution condemning Israeli settlement\n expansion, settler violence, and related human rights abuses\n in the West Bank, and calling for accountability and specific\n United States policy responses to deter further violations\n and protect the viability of a negotiated two-State solution;\n to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the\n Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently\n determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of\n such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the\n committee concerned.\n By Mr. KHANNA (for himself and Ms. Lee of\n Pennsylvania):\n H. Res. 1093. A resolution acknowledging oppression, forced\n eviction, and suffering experienced by tens of thousands of\n Bhutanese citizens during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and\n encouraging steps toward justice, reconciliation, and lasting\n peace; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.\n By Ms. NORTON (for herself, Ms. Wilson of Florida, and\n Mrs. Dingell):\n H. Res. 1094. A resolution calling on the Senate to ratify\n the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of\n Discrimination Against Women; to the Committee on Foreign\n Affairs.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2335", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "House of Representatives", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "CALLTOORDER", "H2335", "H2335", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2335", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2335]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n[[Page H2335]]\n\nHouse of Representatives\n\n The House met at 9 a.m. and was called to order by the Speaker pro\ntempore (Mr. Smith of Nebraska).\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2336-10", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "ADDITIONAL SPONSORS", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "HADDSPONSORS", "H2336", "H2336", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"321\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"637\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"722\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"885\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"930\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"981\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1035\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1072\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1076\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1087\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1464\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1529\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1657\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1993\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2315\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2678\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2705\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3002\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3069\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3144\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3151\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3304\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3723\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4008\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4062\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4448\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5128\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5363\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5512\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5653\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5732\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5890\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6124\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6677\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6856\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6857\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7088\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7099\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7118\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7146\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7382\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7481\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7616\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7622\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7651\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7657\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7658\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7678\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7702\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7716\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. H2336", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2336]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ADDITIONAL SPONSORS\n\n Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and\nresolutions, as follows:\n\n H.R. 637: Mr. Vasquez.\n H.R. 722: Mr. LaHood.\n H.R. 885: Ms. Boebert, Mr. Wied, Mr. Gooden, Mrs. Luna, and\n Mr. Crenshaw.\n H.R. 1464: Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania and Ms. Kamlager-Dove.\n H.R. 1529: Ms. Wilson of Florida and Mr. Quigley.\n H.R. 1657: Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Deluzio, Mr.\n Ruiz, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr.\n Ivey, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Bishop.\n H.R. 1993: Mr. Van Orden, Mrs. Foushee, and Mr. Vasquez.\n H.R. 2315: Mr. Patronis and Mr. McClintock.\n H.R. 2678: Mr. Pocan.\n H.R. 2705: Mr. McClintock.\n H.R. 3002: Mr. Green of Texas.\n H.R. 3069: Mr. Larson of Connecticut.\n H.R. 3144: Mr. Van Orden and Mr. Crank.\n H.R. 3151: Mrs. Kim.\n H.R. 3304: Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia and Mr. Garcia of\n California.\n H.R. 3723: Mr. Goldman of Texas.\n H.R. 4008: Mr. Van Orden.\n H.R. 4062: Ms. Chu.\n H.R. 4448: Mr. Fulcher and Mr. Comer.\n H.R. 5128: Mr. Sorensen.\n H.R. 5363: Mr. Davis of North Carolina.\n H.R. 5512: Mr. Fulcher.\n H.R. 5653: Ms. Titus.\n H.R. 5732: Mr. Conaway.\n H.R. 5890: Mr. Fulcher.\n H.R. 6124: Mr. Jackson of Illinois and Mr. Thanedar.\n H.R. 6677: Mr. Nadler, Ms. Sanchez, and Mrs. Grijalva.\n H.R. 6856: Ms. Brownley and Mr. Auchincloss.\n H.R. 6857: Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia and Mr. Lieu.\n H.R. 7088: Mr. Nadler and Ms. Pingree.\n H.R. 7099: Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Craig, and Mr. Sorensen.\n H.R. 7118: Ms. Schrier and Mrs. Miller of West Virginia.\n H.R. 7146: Ms. Wasserman Schultz and Mr. McGuire.\n H.R. 7382: Mr. Magaziner.\n H.R. 7481: Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Adams, Mr. Pallone, Mr.\n Costa, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Schrier,\n Mr. Whitesides, Mr. Mannion, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Lieu.\n H.R. 7616: Mr. Lawler.\n H.R. 7622: Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr.\n Finstad, Mrs. Kim, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Davis of North\n Carolina, and Ms. Ansari.\n H.R. 7651: Mr. Steube, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Downing, and Mrs.\n Biggs of South Carolina.\n H.R. 7657: Ms. Norton.\n H.R. 7658: Mr. Riley of New York.\n H.R. 7678: Mr. Guest, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, and Mr.\n Mann.\n H.R. 7702: Mr. Fine.\n H.R. 7716: Ms. Adams.\n H. Res. 321: Ms. Salinas.\n H. Res. 930: Mr. Kean.\n H. Res. 981: Mr. Suozzi and Mr. Edwards.\n H. Res. 1035: Mr. Magaziner.\n H. Res. 1072: Mrs. Luna.\n H. Res. 1076: Mr. Gooden.\n H. Res. 1087: Ms. Norton.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2336-11", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS, LIMITED TAX BENEFITS, OR LIMITED TARIFF BENEFITS", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "HEARMARKS", "H2336", "H2342", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7744\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. H2336", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Pages H2336-H2342]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS, LIMITED TAX BENEFITS, OR LIMITED TARIFF\n BENEFITS\n\n Under clause 9 of rule XXI, lists or statements on congressional\nearmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits were\nsubmitted as follows:\n\n Offered By Mr. Cole\n\n The following table is submitted in compliance with clause\n 9 of rule XXI, and lists the congressional earmarks (as\n defined in paragraph (e) of clause 9) contained in H.R. 7744.\n The bill does not contain any limited tax benefits or limited\n tariff benefits as defined in paragraphs (f) and (g) of\n clause 9 of rule XXI.\n\n[[Page H2337]]\n\n HOMELAND SECURITY\n [Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending]\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n Requestor(s)--\n Agency Account- Project- Recipient- State - Amount- -------------------------- Origination\n House Senate\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Acushnet Office of Acushnet Office of MA....... $2,140,000 ........... Markey, S\n EOC Emergency Management Emergency Management Warren\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Hazard Monitoring and Agribusiness Development HI....... 1,125,000 ........... Hirono, S\n PDM Wildfire Detection System Corporation Schatz\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Historic Whitehall Anne Arundel County MD....... 226,000 ........... Alsobrooks, S\n PDM Shoreline Van\n Hollen\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Columbia Beach Resilience Anne Arundel County MD....... 1,175,000 ........... Alsobrooks, S\n PDM Project Van\n Hollen\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Gunners Brook Floodplain Barre City VT....... 591,000 ........... Sanders, S\n PDM Restoration and Debris Welch\n Catcher Reconfiguration\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Beckley-Raleigh County EOC Beckley-Raleigh County WV....... 3,206,000 ........... Capito, S\n PDM HVAC Upgrades Convention Center Justice\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Town of Berkley Emergency Berkley Police Department MA....... 105,000 ........... Markey, S\n EOC Operations Center Warren\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Boone County Emergency Boone County Illinois IL....... 800,000 Foster ........... H\n EOC Operations Center Emergency Management\n Agency\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Portable Generator for Borough of Hamburg NJ....... 220,000 ........... Kim S\n PDM Critical Infrastructure\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Metuchen Borough Emergency Borough of Metuchen NJ....... 1,034,487 Pallone Booker, Kim H\n EOC Services Center Building\n Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Mountainside Emergency Borough of Mountainside NJ....... 365,000 Kean ........... H\n EOC Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Boynton Beach Harbor Marina Boynton Beach Community FL....... 1,145,144 Frankel ........... H\n PDM Seawall Replacement Redevelopment Agency\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Callaway County Emergency Callaway County MO....... 2,606,000 Onder ........... H\n EOC Operations Center\n Relocation\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- CORE3 ECC/Admin Building Central Oregon OR....... 1,034,487 Bynum ........... H\n EOC Intergovernmental Council\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Klukwan Landslide Chilkat Indian Village AK....... 1,234,000 ........... Murkowski S\n PDM Protection Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Glacial Lake Outburst Flood City and Borough of Juneau AK....... 3,253,000 Begich Murkowski H/S\n PDM Disaster Mitigation--Flood\n Resilience on the\n Mendenhall River\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Artesia Emergency City of Artesia CA....... 925,000 Tran ........... H\n EOC Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Atascadero City of Atascadero CA....... 1,000,000 ........... Padilla, S\n EOC Emergency Operations Schiff\n Center Technology Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Atmore Storm City of Atmore AL....... 1,250,000 ........... Britt S\n PDM Drainage Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Emergency Disaster Energy City of Austin TX....... 1,145,144 Doggett ........... H\n PDM Hubs\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Beaumont Underpass City of Beaumont TX....... 827,000 Babin ........... H\n PDM Flooding Early Warning\n System Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Cypress Ditch Improvement City of Bellaire TX....... 1,145,144 Fletcher ........... H\n PDM Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Village Creek Stormwater City of Birmingham AL....... 2,645,000 ........... Britt S\n PDM Park Floodplain\n Restoration\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Boyd Lining Project City of Bloomfield NM....... 750,000 ........... Heinrich S\n PDM\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Brighton Emergency City of Brighton/Brighton CO....... 15,000 ........... Bennet, S\n EOC Operations Center Software Fire Hickenloop\n er\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Brisbane Glen Park Pump City of Brisbane CA....... 1,145,144 Mullin ........... H\n PDM Station Replacement\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Camarillo Hybrid City of Camarillo CA....... 1,145,144 Brownley ........... H\n PDM Microgrid Standby Power\n Resiliency Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- 3rd Avenue SE Downtown Pump City of Cedar Rapids IA....... 1,407,000 Hinson ........... H\n PDM Station Backup Generator\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Chino Hills Fire Risk City of Chino Hills CA....... 1,628,000 Kim (CA) ........... H\n PDM Reduction Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Otay Valley Regional Park City of Chula Vista CA....... 837,000 ........... Padilla, S\n PDM (OVRP) Wildfire Hazardous Schiff\n Fuels Reduction\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Bradley County Emergency City of Cleveland TN....... 1,328,000 Fleischmann ........... H\n EOC Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Emergency Operations Center City of Concord CA....... 1,034,487 DeSaulnier ........... H\n EOC Upgrades Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Emergency Operations Center City of Concord NC....... 326,000 McDowell ........... H\n EOC Technology and Equipment\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Davenport Water City of Davenport IA....... 2,996,000 Miller- ........... H\n PDM Pollution Control Plant Meeks\n Flood Mitigation Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- San Francisquito Creek City of East Palo Alto CA....... 600,000 Mullin ........... H\n PDM Floodway Study\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Hillside Natural Area City of El Cerrito CA....... 1,145,144 Garamendi ........... H\n PDM Hazardous Fuels Management\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[[Page H2338]]\n\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Pump Station Upgrade City of El Segundo CA....... 1,145,144 Lieu ........... H\n PDM Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Back-Up Generator City of Englewood KS....... 44,000 ........... Moran S\n PDM Procurement\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Erie Emergency City of Erie PA....... 2,606,000 Kelly (PA) Fetterman H\n EOC Operations Command Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Locks Creek and Sessoms City of Fayetteville NC....... 4,212,000 Rouzer ........... H\n PDM Drainage Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Flagstaff--Fanning City of Flagstaff AZ....... 1,500,000 ........... Gallego, S\n PDM Wash Flood Mitigations Kelly\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Strategic Placement of City City of Foley AL....... 2,063,000 ........... Britt S\n PDM of Foley Utilities\n Underground\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Frankfort Riverbank City of Frankfort KY....... 5,800,000 Comer ........... H\n PDM Stabilization\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- West Patrick Street at City of Frederick, Maryland MD....... 1,145,144 McClain Alsobrooks, H\n PDM Maryvale Ditch Flood Delaney Van\n Mitigation Project Hollen\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Gladewater High Hazard Dam City of Gladewater TX....... 1,563,000 Moran ........... H\n PDM\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Flood Control Levee City of Glasgow MT....... 2,487,000 ........... Sheehy S\n PDM Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Greeley--Gold Hill City of Greeley CO....... 8,685,000 Evans (CO) ........... H\n PDM Pipeline\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Greenacres City of Greenacres FL....... 1,034,487 Frankel ........... H\n EOC Emergency Operations\n Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Hampton NH Coastal City of Hampton Department NH....... 1,250,000 ........... Shaheen S\n PDM Resiliency Storm Water of Emergency Management\n Inflow/Infiltration\n Reduction Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Harrisonburg Suter City of Harrisonburg VA....... 1,750,000 ........... Kaine, S\n PDM Street Drainage Warner\n Improvement Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Holladay City Hall Seismic City of Holladay, Utah UT....... 1,759,000 Kennedy Curtis H/S\n PDM Retrofit Project (UT)\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Huntsville Hospital for City of Huntsville AL....... 2,597,000 Strong ........... H\n PDM Women and Children\n Generator Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Indianapolis City of Indianapolis IN....... 1,145,144 Carson ........... H\n PDM Howland Ditch Greenway\n Flood Control Improvement\n Project Design\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Irvine/COAST City of Irvine CA....... 1,125,000 Min ........... H\n PDM Wildfire Prevention SR-133\n Restoration Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Jackson Midtown City of Jackson Public MS....... 1,125,000 ........... Wicker S\n PDM Area Stormwater Works Department\n Infrastructure\n Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Jackson Queens Area City of Jackson Public MS....... 1,125,000 ........... Wicker S\n PDM Stormwater Infrastructure Works Department\n Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Jasper Flood City of Jasper AL....... 893,000 ........... Britt S\n PDM Mitigation Infrastructure\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Kingman--Bull City of Kingman AZ....... 493,000 ........... Gallego, S\n PDM Mountain Channel Kelly\n Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Lake Worth Beach Emergency City of Lake Worth Beach FL....... 1,034,487 Frankel ........... H\n EOC Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Las Vegas-- City of Las Vegas NV....... 150,000 ........... Cortez S\n EOC Emergency Operations Masto,\n Upgrades Rosen\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Sumter County Storm City of Livingston AL....... 3,093,000 ........... Britt S\n PDM Drainage Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Lompoc--EOC City of Lompoc CA....... 375,000 ........... Schiff S\n EOC Emergency Generator\n Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Long Beach Harbor City of Long Beach MS....... 2,558,000 ........... Hyde-Smith, S\n PDM Mitigation Project Wicker\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Los Alamitos Emergency City of Los Alamitos CA....... 382,880 Tran ........... H\n EOC Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Louisville City of Louisville CO....... 100,000 ........... Bennet, S\n EOC Emergency Operations Hickenloop\n Center er\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Madelia Wastewater Lift City of Madelia MN....... 1,980,000 ........... Klobuchar, S\n PDM Station Accredited Levee Smith\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Meriden for City of Meriden CT....... 1,003,003 Hayes Blumenthal, H\n EOC Combined Emergency Murphy\n Operations Center/\n Emergency Communications\n Center Public Safety\n Communications Upgrades\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Elm Street Housing City of Montpelier VT....... 1,458,000 ........... Sanders, S\n PDM Elevation Welch\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Charleston Slough Tide City of Mountain View CA....... 1,145,144 Liccardo ........... H\n PDM Gates Improvement Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Mt. Juliet City of Mt. Juliet TN....... 1,000,000 Rose ........... H\n EOC Emergency Operations\n Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Walter Mary Burke Park City of New Baltimore MI....... 1,000,000 ........... Peters, S\n PDM Shoreline Restoration Slotkin\n Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- New Rochelle City Park City of New Rochelle NY....... 1,145,144 Latimer ........... H\n PDM Drainage Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[[Page H2339]]\n\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of North Myrtle Beach City of North Myrtle Beach SC....... 2,606,000 Fry ........... H\n EOC Emergency Operations\n Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Southern End Erosion City of Ocean Shores WA....... 1,145,144 Randall ........... H\n PDM Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Palm Desert City of Palm Desert CA....... 296,000 ........... Padilla S\n PDM Emergency Resiliency Plan\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Peachtree City City of Peachtree City GA....... 1,172,000 Jack ........... H\n EOC Emergency Operations\n Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Pines Point Hurricane City of Pembroke Pines FL....... 428,619 Wasserman ........... H\n PDM Mitigation Schultz\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Gust Lane Flood Mitigation City of Portsmouth VA....... 1,145,144 Scott (VA) ........... H\n PDM Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- West River Flood Response City of Providence RI....... 825,000 Amo Reed, H\n PDM Initiative Whitehous\n e\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Emergency Operations Center City of Rancho Cucamonga CA....... 1,034,487 Aguilar ........... H\n EOC (EOC) Relocation\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Abalone Cove Landslide City of Rancho Palos Verdes CA....... 1,145,144 Lieu ........... H\n PDM Stabilization Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Klondike Canyon Landslide City of Rancho Palos Verdes CA....... 1,145,144 Lieu Schiff H\n PDM Emergency Mitigation\n Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Citywide Flood Mitigation City of Ridgeland MS....... 4,000,000 ........... Hyde-Smith, S\n PDM Wicker\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Keith Creek Greenway City of Rockford IL....... 2,000,000 ........... Duckworth, S\n PDM Improvements Durbin\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Sacramento Fire Department City of Sacramento CA....... 1,034,487 Matsui ........... H\n EOC EMS Division Integration\n EOC\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Planning & Design of Salt City of Saint Paul AK....... 375,000 ........... Murkowski S\n PDM Lagoon & Community Pond\n Flood Mitigation\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Hazard Mitigation City of San Bernardino CA....... 1,145,144 Aguilar ........... H\n PDM Infrastructure Resiliency\n Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Seattle Waterfront Elliott City of Seattle WA....... 1,145,144 Jayapal Cantwell H\n PDM Bay Seawall Project, Phase\n 2\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Seattle Public Library City of Seattle WA....... 1,145,144 Smith (WA) ........... H\n PDM Columbia Branch Seismic\n Structural Upgrade\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- MLK Street South Flooding City of St. Petersburg FL....... 1,145,144 Castor ........... H\n PDM Alleviation\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- 88th Avenue North Storm City of St. Petersburg FL....... 1,145,144 Castor ........... H\n PDM Drainage Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Taunton Emergency City of Taunton MA....... 1,034,487 Auchincloss ........... H\n EOC Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Thousand Oaks City of Thousand Oaks CA....... 1,145,144 Brownley Schiff H\n PDM Community Resilience\n Center Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- N. Summit St. Restoration City of Toledo OH....... 1,145,144 Kaptur ........... H\n PDM\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Toledo Public Safety City of Toledo OR....... 1,000,000 ........... Merkley, S\n EOC Building Outfit Wyden\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Savin Rock Beach City of West Haven CT....... 2,479,000 ........... Blumenthal, S\n PDM Reinforcement Murphy\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- West Haven EOC City of West Haven CT....... 1,034,487 DeLauro Blumenthal, H\n EOC Murphy\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Westlake Village City of Westlake Village CA....... 336,000 Brownley ........... H\n EOC Emergency Operations\n Center Resilience Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Lower Brandywine Flood City of Wilmington, DE....... 1,509,000 ........... Blunt S\n PDM Mitigation Project Delaware Rochester,\n Coons\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Wrightsville City of Wrightsville GA....... 450,000 ........... Warnock S\n EOC Emergency Operations\n Center Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Yonkers Warburton Avenue City of Yonkers NY....... 1,145,144 Latimer Schumer H\n PDM Slope Stabilization\n Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Technology for South Site Clark County NV....... 1,034,487 Lee (NV) Cortez H\n EOC Emergency Operations Masto,\n Center Rosen\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Flamingo Water Resources Clark County Water NV....... 1,145,144 Titus Cortez H\n PDM Center Emergency Power Reclamation District Masto\n Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Cleveland County Emergency Cleveland County NC....... 1,954,000 Moore (NC) ........... H\n EOC Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Coffee County Emergency AL 977,000.. Moore (AL) ........... H\n EOC Operation Center}Coffee\n County, Alabama\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- State Emergency Operations Colorado Department of CO....... 585,000 ........... Bennet, S\n EOC Center Technology Update Public Safety--Division of Hickenloop\n Homeland Security and er\n Emergency Management\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Coosa County Emergency Coosa County Emergency AL....... 126,000 ........... Britt S\n EOC Management Utilities Management Agency\n Preservation\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Emergency Operations Center County of Butte CA....... 130,000 LaMalfa ........... H\n EOC Technology Refresh\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[[Page H2340]]\n\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Mercer County for Emergency County of Mercer NJ....... 1,875,000 ........... Booker, Kim S\n EOC Operations Center\n Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Monroe County Goose Pond County of Monroe PA....... 2,432,000 Bresnahan Fetterman H\n PDM Dam Rehabilitation Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- County of Orange Emergency County of Orange CA....... 1,034,487 Correa ........... H\n EOC Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Orange County Emergency County of Orange NY....... 1,034,487 Ryan ........... H\n EOC Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Pontotoc County Emergency County of Pontotoc, MS....... 2,031,000 Kelly (MS) ........... H\n EOC Management Operations Mississippi\n Center Construction\n Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Sacramento County Emergency County of Sacramento CA....... 990,000 Bera ........... H\n EOC Operations Center Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Ulster County Emergency County of Ulster NY....... 1,034,487 Ryan Schumer H\n EOC Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Washington County Emergency County of Washington IL....... 2,009,000 Bost ........... H\n EOC Operations Center Emergency Management\n Agency\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA- Federal Assistance- Covington County Emergency Covington County Emergency MS....... 1,303,000 Guest ........... H\n EOC Operations Center Management Agency\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Northwest Service Area Grid Cowlitz County Public WA....... 1,145,144 Perez Cantwell H\n PDM Resiliency Utility District No. 1\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Seismic Resiliency Diablo Water District CA....... 1,145,144 DeSaulnier ........... H\n PDM Reservoir and Transmission\n Line Improvement Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Flood Reduction Project DuPage County Stormwater IL....... 225,000 ........... Durbin S\n PDM Management\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Alberta Avenue Storm and El Paso County Hospital TX....... 1,145,144 Escobar ........... H\n PDM Domestic Water District\n Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Frio County EOC Frio County TX....... 1,954,000 Gonzales ........... H\n EOC\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Gibson County Emergency Gibson County, Tennessee TN....... 117,000 Kustoff ........... H\n PDM Generator\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Emergency Operations Center Habersham County GA....... 2,500,000 ........... Ossoff S\n EOC\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Harford County Department Harford County Department MD....... 525,000 ........... Alsobrooks, S\n EOC of Emergency Services of Emergency Services Van\n Emergency Operations Hollen\n Center Equipment Upgrade\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Tributary C116-00-00 Harris County Flood Control TX....... 1,145,144 Green (TX) ........... H\n PDM Conveyance and Drainage District\n Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Emergency Operations Center Hawaii Emergency Management HI....... 1,034,487 Case ........... H\n EOC IT Modernization Agency\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Emergency Operations Center Henry County GA....... 1,149,000 ........... Ossoff S\n EOC Display and Control\n Systems Equipment\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Mobile Generators for the Honolulu Fire Department HI....... 315,000 ........... Schatz S\n PDM Honolulu Fire Department\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Humboldt County--Emergency Humboldt County NV....... 500,000 ........... Cortez S\n EOC Operations Center Masto,\n Rosen\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Freeport Nuisance Flooding Incorporated Village of NY....... 1,145,144 Gillen ........... H\n PDM Mitigation Freeport\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Iron County Forestry Iron County Forestry WI....... 375,000 ........... Baldwin S\n PDM Department--Saxon Harbor Department\n Lake Superior Shoreline\n Restoration Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Roadway Wildfire Hazard Jefferson County Parks & CO....... 1,000,000 Pettersen ........... H\n PDM Mitigation in Jefferson Conservation\n County\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Kentucky Emergency Kentucky Emergency KY....... 869,000 Rogers ........... H\n PDM Management Flood Management\n Monitoring System\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Lawrence County EOC Lawrence County Office of TN....... 2,606,000 DesJarlais ........... H\n EOC Emergency Management\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Livingston Parish Emergency Livingston Parish LA....... 2,606,000 Letlow ........... H\n EOC Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Lower Makefield Township Lower Makefield Township PA....... 5,211,000 Fitzpatrick ........... H\n PDM Flood Mitigation and\n Stormwater Management\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Lyon County--Emergency Lyon County NV....... 375,000 ........... Cortez S\n EOC Backup Generators Masto,\n Rosen\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Holly Beach Farm Resiliency Maryland Department of MD....... 1,145,144 Elfreth Alsobrooks, H\n PDM Natural Resources Van\n Hollen\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Jorstad Substation Grid Mason County PUD 1 WA....... 1,145,144 Randall ........... H\n PDM Resilience Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Mat-Su Revetment and Road Matanuska-Susitna Borough AK....... 2,000,000 ........... Murkowski S\n PDM Upgrades\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Mesa County Douglas Wash Mesa County Public Works CO....... 869,000 Hurd ........... H\n PDM Detention Basin Project Division\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Germantown, Englewood, Miami Conservancy District OH....... 8,685,000 Turner ........... H\n PDM Taylorsville Upstream Dam\n Walls Rehabilitation\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[[Page H2341]]\n\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Middle Peninsula Emergency Middle Peninsula Planning VA....... 506,000 ........... Kaine, S\n EOC Operations Center District Commission Warner\n Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Montezuma County Emergency Montezuma County CO....... 186,000 ........... Bennet, S\n EOC Operations Center Hickenloop\n er\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Washington Ferry Road Montgomery Area Chamber of AL....... 4,000,000 ........... Britt S\n PDM Restoration Commerce\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Wheaton Branch Flood Montgomery County MD....... 1,145,144 Raskin Alsobrooks, H\n PDM Mitigation Department of Van\n Environmental Protection Hollen\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- MATB Wastewater Treatment Municipal Authority of the PA....... 1,205,000 ........... Fetterman, S\n PDM Plant Flood Mitigation Town of Bloomsburg McCormick\n Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Little Mill Creek Upper New Castle County, Delaware DE....... 758,000 ........... Blunt S\n PDM Reach Flood Control (Public Works Department) Rochester,\n Project Major Maintenance Coons\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- New Hampshire State New Hampshire Division of NH....... 250,000 ........... Shaheen S\n EOC Emergency Operations Homeland Security and\n Center Modernization Emergency Management\n Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- DHSEM Portable Backup NM Department of Homeland NM....... 1,500,000 ........... Heinrich, S\n PDM Generators and Water Security and Emergency Lujan\n Support Management\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Wanchese Marine Industrial North Carolina Department NC....... 2,605,000 ........... Tillis S\n PDM Park Authority Living of Commerce\n Shoreline Resiliency\n Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Nye County--Gamebird Road Nye County NV....... 323,000 ........... Cortez S\n PDM Improvements Planning and Masto,\n Design Project Rosen\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Nye County--Area Master Nye County NV....... 338,000 ........... Rosen S\n PDM Drainage Plan (AMDP)\n Update\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Statewide Emergency Oregon Department of OR....... 1,500,000 ........... Merkley, S\n EOC Coordination Center Emergency Management Wyden\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Ouachita Parish I-20 South Ouachita Parish Police Jury LA....... 6,000,000 ........... Cassidy, S\n PDM Frontage Road Drainage Kennedy\n Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Lealman Community Hurricane Pinellas County Board of FL....... 2,606,000 Luna ........... H\n PDM Shelter Hardening County Commissioners\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Emergency Operations Center Prince George's County MD....... 469,000 ........... Alsobrooks, S\n EOC Communications Government Van\n Enhancements Hollen\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Pulaski County Emergency Pulaski County GA....... 570,000 ........... Warnock S\n EOC Operations Center Radio\n System Modernization\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Southwestern WI Regional Resilient Southwest WI....... 150,000 ........... Baldwin S\n PDM Planning Commission-- Wisconsin\n Resilient Southwest\n Wisconsin\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Rio Vista--Emergency Rio Vista Fire Department CA....... 1,034,487 Thompson ........... H\n EOC Operations Center (CA)\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Emergency Siren Warning Roosevelt County NM....... 262,000 ........... Heinrich, S\n PDM System Upgrades Lujan\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Well 9 Seismic Resiliency Sammamish Plateau Water and WA....... 1,125,000 ........... Cantwell S\n PDM Water Transmission Main Sewer District\n Design\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- San Miguel Community San Miguel Community CA....... 1,034,487 Panetta ........... H\n EOC Services District Services District\n Emergency Operations\n Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Westminster SC Emergency Management SC....... 1,314,000 ........... Graham S\n PDM Emergency Standby Division\n Generator and Control\n Center for Drinking Water\n Plant\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Sedgwick County Emergency Sedgwick County KS....... 2,000,000 ........... Moran S\n EOC Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Shelby County Emergency Shelby County Emergency TN....... 1,034,487 Cohen ........... H\n EOC Operations Center Management and Homeland\n Security Agency\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Catfish Canal Stormwater South Carolina Office of SC....... 1,359,000 ........... Graham S\n PDM Improvements Mitigation Resilience\n Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Emergency Operations Southern University and A&M LA....... 1,034,487 Fields ........... H\n EOC Centers Complex College\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Suffolk County Emergency Suffolk County Fire, Rescue NY....... 1,954,000 Garbarino ........... H\n EOC Operations Center Project and Emergency Services\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Taylor County Emergency Taylor County Board of FL....... 2,606,000 Dunn ........... H\n EOC Operations and Public County Commissioners\n Safety Complex\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Terrebonne Parish Emergency Terrebonne Parish LA....... 1,129,000 Higgins ........... H\n EOC Operations Center Consolidated Government\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Wildwood Crest Flood The Borough of Wildwood NJ....... 3,572,000 Van Drew ........... H\n PDM Mitigation Crest\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- City of Sunbury Flood The Municipal Authority of PA....... 1,000,000 ........... Fetterman S\n PDM Mitigation Project the City of Sunbury\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Longboat Key Storm The Town of Longboat Key FL....... 1,954,000 Buchanan ........... H\n PDM Resiliency Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Barrington Police Cove Park Town of Barrington RI....... 475,000 ........... Reed, S\n PDM Seawall Repair Whitehous\n e\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Bristol Independence Park Town of Bristol RI....... 900,000 ........... Reed, S\n PDM Seawall Restoration Whitehous\n e\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[[Page H2342]]\n\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Bristol Seawall Repair Town of Bristol RI....... 660,000 ........... Whitehouse S\n PDM\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Town of Burnsville Town of Burnsville WV....... 488,000 ........... Capito, S\n PDM Landslide Remediation Justice\n Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Wallum Lake Dam Spillway Town of Burrillville RI....... 345,000 ........... Reed S\n PDM Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- East Lyme EOC Town of East Lyme CT CT....... 395,000 ........... Blumenthal, S\n EOC Emergency Management Murphy\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Joint Emergency Operations Town of Fairfield CT....... 562,500 Himes ........... H\n EOC Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Town of Hamden Emergency Town of Hamden CT....... 1,034,487 DeLauro ........... H\n EOC Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Hardwick Flood Recovery & Town of Hardwick VT....... 70,000 ........... Welch S\n PDM Resilience Plan\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Town of Hempstead-- Town of Hempstead NY....... 1,780,000 ........... Gillibrand, S\n PDM Bulkheads Schumer\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Hull Harborview Road Town of Hull MA....... 1,145,144 Lynch ........... H\n PDM Coastal Resiliency and\n Shoreline Protection\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Town of Lake Arthur Pump Town of Lake Arthur LA....... 900,000 ........... Kennedy S\n PDM Station\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Lynnfield Emergency Town of Lynnfield MA....... 1,034,487 Moulton ........... H\n EOC Operations Center Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- New Town Hall Emergency Town of Norton MA....... 22,000 ........... Markey, S\n EOC Operations Center Warren\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Town of Ossining--Town-Wide Town of Ossining NY....... 99,000 ........... Gillibrand, S\n PDM Drainage Study Schumer\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Scituate Cedar Point Town of Scituate MA....... 1,145,144 Keating ........... H\n PDM Seawall\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Plantsville Center Flooding Town of Southington CT....... 300,000 ........... Blumenthal, S\n PDM Study Murphy\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Hendricks Head Town of Southport ME....... 1,165,000 ........... Collins, S\n PDM Infrastructure King\n Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Newbury Neck Peninsula Town of Surry ME....... 2,928,000 ........... Collins, S\n PDM Storm Evacuation King\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Westhampton Public Safety Town of Westhampton MA....... 885,757 McGovern ........... H\n EOC Complex Emergency\n Operations Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Town of Woodbridge Town of Woodbridge CT....... 1,034,487 DeLauro ........... H\n EOC Emergency Operations\n Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- UW-Whitewater Emergency UW-Whitewater Police WI....... 225,000 ........... Baldwin S\n EOC Operations Center Department\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Village of La Farge Storm Village of La Farge WI....... 250,000 ........... Baldwin S\n PDM Sewer Improvements\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Highbrook Avenue Drainage Village of Pelham NY....... 1,145,144 Latimer Schumer H\n PDM Improvement Project\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Village of Wellington Village of Wellington FL....... 1,034,487 Frankel ........... H\n EOC Emergency Operations\n Center\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Winston County Road and Winston County Commission AL....... 900,000 ........... Britt S\n PDM Bridge Restoration\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- Yakima Valley Emergency Yakima Valley Emergency WA....... 1,953,000 Newhouse Cantwell H\n EOC Operation Center Management\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFEMA Federal Assistance- York County Flood York County Emergency ME....... 1,762,000 ........... Collins S\n PDM Protection Management Agency\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2336-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 7744", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "CASTATEMENT", "H2336", "H2336", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7744\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. H2336", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2336]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n By Mr. COLE:\n H.R. 7744.\n Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\n to the following:\n The principal constitutional authority for this legislation\n is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of\n the United States (the appropriation power), which states:\n ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in\n Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In\n addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the\n Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress\n shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for\n the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States .\n . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions\n establish the congressional power of the purse, granting\n Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine\n their purpose, amount, and period of availability, and to set\n forth terms and conditions governing their use."], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2336-3", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 7745", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "CASTATEMENT", "H2336", "H2336", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7745\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. H2336", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2336]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n By Mr. ARRINGTON:\n H.R. 7745.\n Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\n to the following:\n Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2336-4", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 7746", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "CASTATEMENT", "H2336", "H2336", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7746\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. H2336", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2336]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n By Mr. BELL:\n H.R. 7746.\n Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\n to the following:\n Article I, Section 8, Clause 7"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2336-5", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 7747", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "CASTATEMENT", "H2336", "H2336", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7747\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. H2336", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2336]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n By Mr. BERGMAN:\n H.R. 7747.\n Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\n to the following:\n Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States\n Constitution\n S.R. 7748.\n Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\n to the following:\n Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2336-6", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 7749", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "CASTATEMENT", "H2336", "H2336", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7749\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. H2336", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2336]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n By Mr. FEENSTRA:\n H.R. 7749.\n Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\n to the following:\n Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2336-7", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 7750", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "CASTATEMENT", "H2336", "H2336", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7750\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. H2336", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2336]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n By Mr. LATIMER:\n H.R. 7750.\n Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\n to the following:\n Article I, Section 4, Clause 1"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2336-8", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 7751", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "CASTATEMENT", "H2336", "H2336", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7751\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. H2336", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2336]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n By Mrs. McIVER:\n H.R. 7751.\n Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\n to the following:\n The Constitution's Spending Clause (Article I, Section 8,\n clause 1) and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I,\n Section 8, clause 18) grant Congress the authority to enact\n this legislation."], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2336-9", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 7752", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "CASTATEMENT", "H2336", "H2336", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7752\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. H2336", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2336]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n By Mr. SCHMIDT:\n H.R. 7752.\n Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\n to the following:\n section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgH2336", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Constitutional Authority Statement", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "CASTATEMENT", "H2336", "H2336", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2336", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2336]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT\n\n Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of the Rules of the House of\nRepresentatives, the following statements are submitted regarding the\nspecific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the\naccompanying bill or joint resolution."], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS-FrontMatter", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Senate", "SENATE", "SENATE", "FRONTMATTER", "S719", "S719", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. S719", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S719]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n S E N A T E\n\nVol. 172\n\nWASHINGTON, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2026\n\nNo. 39"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS719-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "PRAYER", "SENATE", "SENATE", "PRAYER", "S719", "S719", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. S719", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S719]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PRAYER\n\n The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:\n Let's pray.\n Mighty God, we do not even know what tomorrow holds, but we know You\nhold tomorrow. In these turbulent times for our Nation and world, our\neyes are on You.\n As our lawmakers attempt to protect, defend, and declare as it\nrelates to their constitutional responsibilities, grant them wisdom,\ncourage, and faith for the living of these days. Lord, keep them within\nthe circle of Your prevailing providence.\n We pray for our brave military personnel who are willing to give the\nlast full measure of devotion to pay the price for freedom. Lord, we\npray for their families who are following the news of their loved ones\nexperiencing the ferocity of combat.\n Remind us all once more that Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot\nheal.\n We pray in Your powerful Name. Amen.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS719-3", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE", "SENATE", "SENATE", "PLEDGE", "S719", "S719", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. S719", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S719]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE\n\n The President pro tempore led the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows:\n\n I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of\n America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation\n under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS719-4", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S719", "S719", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. S719", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S719]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME\n\n The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Budd). Under the previous order, the\nleadership time is reserved.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS719-5", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "CONCLUSION OF MORNING BUSINESS", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SCONBUSINESS", "S719", "S719", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. S719", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S719]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONCLUSION OF MORNING BUSINESS\n\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning business is closed.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS719-6", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "LEGISLATIVE SESSION", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SLEGISLATIVE", "S719", "S728", "[{\"name\": \"Chuck Grassley\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"John Thune\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Charles E. Schumer\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Richard J. Durbin\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Andy Kim\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Richard Blumenthal\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Brian Schatz\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Adam B. Schiff\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Tim Kaine\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Jeff Merkley\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"John Barrasso\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6644\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. S719", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S719-S728]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n LEGISLATIVE SESSION\n\n ______\n\n HOUSING ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ACT--Motion to Proceed\n\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will\nresume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 6644, which the\nclerk will report.\n The senior assistant bill clerk read as follows:\n\n Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 343, H.R. 6644, a bill to\n increase the supply of housing in America, and for other\n purposes.\n\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.\n\n Crime Victims Fund\n\n Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I am going to refer to billions of\ndollars. I am not referring to billions of taxpayer dollars. I am\nvisiting with you about billions of crime fines that are not collected.\n For many years, I have addressed and pressed the Justice Department\nto ensure that the Crime Victims Fund has sufficient resources. That\nfund supports victims and survivors of crime in our hometowns and all\nacross America. Congress established the fund to be taxpayer-neutral.\nIts balances are filled through criminal fines and penalties that the\nJustice Department collects and deposits in that Crime Victims Fund.\n Last Congress, my oversight revealed that the Biden Justice\nDepartment failed to collect and deposit more than $1 billion in fines\nand penalties. The Biden-Harris administration was weak on crime and\nweak on protecting victims. Since my oversight, the balance of the fund\nhas increased from $1 billion in 2023--the lowest in over a decade--to\nits current balance of $3.5 billion.\n Last April, this Senator, along with Senators Ernst, Crapo, and\nRisch, sent a letter to the Justice Department. In that letter, we\nurged the Justice Department to avoid the failures of the Biden\nadministration. In June 2025, the Justice Department updated its\npolicies to prioritize vindicating the rights of victims. It is a step\nin the right direction.\n According to the Department of Justice statistics, at the end of\nfiscal year 2024, the Department identified over $10 billion in\noutstanding criminal fines and penalties that remain uncollected. That\nmoney could help many victims and survivors of crime.\n On February 11 of this year, I, along with Senators Collins, Ernst,\nCrapo, and Risch, wrote to the Justice Department about their efforts\nto collect that money. Our letter highlighted two main points: First,\ncollecting the money would hold criminals accountable. Second,\ncollecting the money would provide a substantial boost to the Crime\nVictims Fund.\n We Senators urged the Justice Department in our letter to prioritize\ncollecting these funds and to keep our offices updated on how those\nefforts to collect that money go. I look forward to hearing from the\ncurrent Department of Justice about the status of these efforts so we\ncan make sure that victims of crime are benefited from the bad aspects\nof criminal activity.\n I yield the floor.\n I suggest the absence of a quorum.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.\n The senior assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.\n Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the quorum\ncall be rescinded.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.\n\n Waiving Quorum Call\n\n Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to waive the\nmandatory quorum call in relation to the motion to proceed to Calendar\nNo. 343, H.R. 6644.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.\n\n Recognition of the Majority Leader\n\n The majority leader is recognized.\n\n[[Page S720]]\n\n Iran\n\n Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, over the weekend, American forces took\naction against the longtime threat posed by the mullahs in Tehran.\n For decades, Iran has fomented terror throughout the Middle East,\nendangering U.S. servicemembers, U.S. citizens and personnel in the\nregion, and many of our allies.\n In addition, Iran has relentlessly pursued the development of its own\nnuclear program, despite repeated violations identified by the\ninternational atomic watchdog, the IAEA.\n Iran is also aggressively growing the range and inventory of its\nballistic missiles and launchers, an inventory that is already the\nlargest in the region. Combine that with a Navy that aims to threaten a\nkey shipping channel, and it is clear that Iran poses a serious risk to\nAmerica's national security interests, as well as those of our allies\nand partners.\n President Trump and his administration relentlessly pursued a\ndiplomatic solution to the threat posed by Iran, but the Iranian regime\nrefused diplomatic off-ramps, so now the President is taking action.\n My prayers are for the success of the mission and, above all, for the\nsafety of U.S. personnel in harm's way. Four U.S. servicemembers have\nlost their lives as a result of Iranian attacks. My thoughts and\nprayers today are with their families and loved ones and with their\nfellow servicemembers.\n\n Affordable Housing\n\n Mr. President, ask a group of people what they think of when they\nthink of the American dream, and home ownership is pretty likely to\ncome up: a house, a neighborhood, a yard for the kids or pet to play.\nGetting the keys to a place of your own, that is a part of the American\ndream for a lot of Americans, but it is a part of the American dream\nthat has been out of reach for many.\n A lot of Americans, particularly younger Americans, are simply being\npriced out of the housing market. Home prices have risen sharply in the\npast few years, surging roughly 50 percent since the pandemic,\naccording to the New York Times.\n A 2025 report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard\nreported:\n\n The US median existing single-family home price hit a new\n high of $412,500 in 2024, according to the National\n Association of Realtors. . . . This is a shocking five times\n the median household income and significantly above the\n price-to-income ratio of 3 that traditionally has been\n considered affordable.\n\n With numbers like these, it is no wonder that the age of first-time\nhome buyers has risen sharply as well--to an alltime high of age 40.\n The American people have been through a lot over the last few years,\nnotably the historic inflation crisis that defined the Biden\nadministration. And since we took office last January, Republicans'\npriority here in Congress has been easing the burden on hard-working\nAmericans.\n That started with preventing a massive $2.6 trillion tax hike that\nwas scheduled to hit Americans making less than $400,000 a year. And it\ncontinued with a slew of new tax relief for hard-working Americans in\nthe Working Families Tax Cuts, which Republicans passed last summer.\nThere is nothing like having more money in your pocket to make it a\nlittle easier to deal with financial challenges and unexpected bills.\n In January of this year, we took aim at healthcare costs with a bill\nthat included multiple measures to lower the price of prescription\ndrugs at the pharmacy counter. And this week, we are tackling the\nchallenges of home ownership and beginning work on the most significant\nhousing bill in a decade or more.\n The ROAD to Housing Act, the product of extensive work from the\nSenate Banking Committee, particularly from its chairman Tim Scott,\npackages together a number of bills focused on lowering housing costs\nand increasing housing supply, and it takes aim at these goals in\nmultiple ways.\n One primary focus of the bill is removing unnecessary regulatory\nbarriers that drive up the costs of housing or complicate construction.\nThe bill's Housing Supply Expansion Act, for example, which is the\nproduct of Senators Britt, Tillis, Crapo, and others, removes the\noutdated chassis requirement for manufactured housing. This will not\nonly lower the cost of manufactured homes, but it will also allow for\nmore innovation in the manufactured home design process, such as two-\nstory houses.\n Manufactured homes are already substantially less expensive than\nsite-built dwellings, and removing the outdated chassis rule will\nfurther increase their affordability and create more manufactured\noptions that suit more families. And that is just the tip of the\niceberg.\n Senator Rounds has multiple bills in the ROAD to Housing Act that\nwill increase supply by streamlining the environmental review process.\nThe Choice in Affordable Housing Act--the work of Senators Cramer,\nSullivan, Moran, and Curtis, as well as others, will streamline\ninspection requirements for affordable homes financed by multiple\ngovernment programs.\n And I could go on. There are a lot more measures in the ROAD to\nHousing Act to eliminate or streamline regulations. And with\nregulations accounting for around 25 percent of the costs of\nconstructing a single-family dwelling and for roughly 40 percent of the\ncosts of multifamily projects, anything we can do to streamline and\nsimplify can go a long way toward making housing more affordable.\n But the ROAD to Housing Act does a lot more than simply targeting\nunnecessary regulations. The act is also designed to unleash private\nsector investment in more affordable homes. ROAD Act legislation from\nSenators Scott, Moreno, McCormick, Cassidy, and Crapo, for example,\nwill increase the statutory cap that limits banks' ability to invest in\nmore affordable housing and other community development projects.\n The Build Now Act from Senator Kennedy creates a pilot program to\nincentivize a wide variety of housing development in communities that\nparticipate in the Federal Community Development Block Grant Program.\n There is a lot more in the ROAD to Housing Act than I can discuss in\none speech. There is much more I could say on the way these bills will\nstreamline regulation and unleash investment, and I haven't even\nmentioned the bill's provisions to help veterans or increase the supply\nof housing in rural communities or help Americans living in government-\nassisted housing build the savings that they need for home ownership.\n There is a lot in this bill. And I want to extend my thanks to\nBanking Committee Chairman Scott and Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren\nfor putting in the work to assemble so many good pieces of legislation\nand to get the final product to the floor.\n The ROAD to Housing Act doesn't spend a single taxpayer dollar. But\nby removing barriers to affordable housing construction and unleashing\ninvestment, this bill stands to open the door to affordable homes for\nhard-working Americans around the country. I look forward to passing\nthis legislation in the very near future.\n I yield the floor.\n I suggest the absence of a quorum.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.\n The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.\n Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order\nfor the quorum call be rescinded.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.\n\n Recognition of the Minority Leader\n\n The Democratic leader is recognized.\n\n Iran\n\n Mr. SCHUMER. Well, Mr. President, today the Senate grieves the deaths\nof four U.S. servicemembers who were killed in action this weekend. We\nhold their families in our hearts; we pray for all American families\nwho have loved ones serving right now in uniform; and we pray for\neveryone across the Middle East who are right now in harm's way--many\nwho have relatives here in America, including relatives who have fled\nthe regime in Iran and all who are worried for their families and\nfriends back home across the region.\n Today, many Americans across the country and across the political\nspectrum are wondering: Why are our troops back in conflict in the\nMiddle East? That is what Americans are wondering: Why has Donald Trump\nstarted a new war with Iran?\n Let me be clear. I will not shed a tear for Ali Khamenei, the Supreme\nLeader\n\n[[Page S721]]\n\nof Iran who was killed in the initial rounds of airstrikes over the\nweekend. For decades, Khamenei sponsored terrorist attacks against\nAmerican troops. He called for the destruction of Israel and America.\nAnd under his rule, the people of Iran have suffered immensely.\n But no matter how you feel about the Iranian regime, we stand at a\ndangerous moment for our troops and for the Middle East and even,\nperhaps, for the world. Donald Trump has just launched America into a\nfull-scale conflict against one of our most fervent adversaries without\na plan, without an endgame, and without authorization from Congress or\neven a debate in full view of the American people. The consequences are\nalready mounting. As I have said, four American servicemembers have\nbeen killed, several others have been wounded, and the President says\nmany more casualties are likely to come.\n This is not what the American people want. The American people want\nmore effective action to address the rising costs that are crushing\nthem. They want more access to affordable healthcare and to buy homes\nand to get good-paying jobs. They don't want a war that leads to lost\nAmerican lives and that costs billions and billions of taxpayer\ndollars. They don't want a war that raises the price of gas at the\npump.\n Make no mistake about it, this is a war of choice, not necessity. And\nregardless of whether you are a Democrat or a Republican or an\nIndependent or even if you don't pay attention to politics, there is\none thing almost everyone agrees on: We are sick and tired of endless\nwars in the Middle East. And there is real danger that this is the road\nwe are on right now.\n Americans are sick of Donald Trump paying so much attention to\nmilitary escapades while costs keep going up here at home--Venezuela,\nSomalia, Iran, and on and on. Where is Donald Trump going to strike\ntomorrow? He is one of the most trigger-happy Presidents in all of\nAmerican history.\n Donald Trump ran for office on the promise to wind down America's\nendless wars. What he is doing is exactly--exactly--the opposite. He is\npicking military fights all over the world and not taking care of\nbusiness here at home. One year into office, Donald Trump has broken\nhis promise to end forever wars again and again and again, from\nVenezuela to threats against Greenland to, now, a new war with Iran.\n Congress must act to rein in Donald Trump's belligerence. Very soon,\nthe Senate will vote on a bipartisan War Powers Resolution I am leading\nwith Senators Kaine and Schiff and Paul. Our resolution affirms what\nthe Constitution already says: The President cannot send U.S. forces to\nfight a war in Iran without congressional approval. As soon as our\nresolution comes to the floor, Senators need to pick a side: Stand with\nAmericans who don't want war, or stand with Donald Trump as he\nsinglehandedly starts another war.\n I urge my colleagues to support our resolution. The American people\nwill be watching how Senators vote, and they will remember those whose\nthumbs pointed yea and whose thumbs pointed nay.\n I yield the floor.\n I suggest the absence of a quorum.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.\n The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.\n Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for\nthe quorum call be rescinded.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.\n Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, over the weekend, President Trump launched\na military attack on Iran. While there has been bipartisan backing for\nstopping Iran's development of nuclear weapons for many years and its\nsupport for regional terrorist proxies to also come to an end, there is\nno consensus in America for another interminable war in the Middle\nEast.\n A war in Iran could create another long-term military commitment with\ndeadly consequences. Already, we see the tragic death of four U.S.\nservicemembers and serious injury of others, as well as attacks in nine\ncountries around the region.\n The impulsiveness of President Trump, particularly without\ncongressional approval on matters of war, is of further concern.\nArticle I, section 8 of the Constitution says the American people\nshould make this decision through their elected Members of Congress.\nThe power to declare war in our Constitution is an explicit power of\nCongress.\n I think back to a statement made on the floor by my colleague and\nfriend Senator Tim Kaine when he discussed this section of the\nConstitution. He made note of the fact that the person who was leading\nthat discussion at the time was George Washington, the most famous\ngeneral in the history of the United States, a military leader whose\nprowess brought us to this moment of opportunity in history.\n And yet, here was George Washington at the Constitutional Convention,\nendorsing a document which said, when it came to the decisions of war,\nit was beyond the President; it was for the American people to make\nthrough Congress.\n Under the law, the President--Congress overwhelmingly affirmed this\nprovision when it passed the War Powers Act of 1973, over the veto of\nPresident Nixon. I remember that era very well. It was the controversy\nof the Vietnam war and the decision of Congress to stand firm on the\nproposition that the Constitution would prevail and that Congress would\nultimately make the decision.\n President Nixon challenged that decision by Congress, vetoed the\nbill, and the Congress rallied enough troops--congressional troops,\nthat is--when it came to Democrats and Republicans, to override\nPresident Nixon's veto of the War Powers Act.\n There are many critics of the War Powers Act today. I am not one of\nthem. Certainly, it can be improved, but it came at a time in our\nhistory when Congress stood up as an institution and said to the\nPresident: You are wrong. You are asking for more power than the\nConstitution gives you.\n Under the War Powers Act, the President has the authority to approve\nmilitary attacks as it responds to an imminent threat or with the\nexpressed authorization of Congress. Neither of those things apply in\nthe situation today with Iran.\n Let me be clear: The Iranian regime sponsors terrorism, wants to\ndestroy Israel, and undermines U.S. interests. They have pursued\nnuclear weapons, and they are guilty of brutal repression of their\npeople.\n These issues are troubling, but they don't result in our ignoring the\nConstitution. They shouldn't.\n I support Senator Kaine's War Powers Resolution requiring\ncongressional approval for any further war with Iran. Our Founders were\nvery wise with this point: One should never send our sons and daughters\ninto war without the consent of the people.\n I have made this argument throughout my congressional career,\nregardless of whether the occupant of the White House was a Democrat or\na Republican.\n\n Department of Homeland Security\n\n Mr. President, on a separate topic, tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary\nCommittee will convene an oversight hearing where it will finally hear\nfrom DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. We have seen her on television. We have\nseen her on Capitol Hill. We have never seen her officially in the\nSenate Judiciary Committee. Tomorrow will be the first time.\n I want to thank Chairman Grassley for holding onto the hearing after\nmonths and months of stonewalling by the Secretary. She said she was\njust too busy to come and appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee.\n When I was chair of that committee, I restored the longstanding\ntradition of regular oversight hearings with the DHS Secretary because\nholding the executive branch accountable is one of our constitutional\nresponsibilities.\n Under Secretary Noem's leadership, DHS is operating without a moral\ncompass or any respect for the rule of law. Tomorrow, she must answer\nfor this recklessness.\n The administration has claimed that it is targeting the ``worst of\nthe worst.'' But DHS's own data shows that during the President's first\nyear back in office, fewer than 14 percent of those arrested had\ncharges or convictions for violent offenses.\n Think of that. This is supposed to be an effort to stop deadly,\ncriminal, illegal aliens--immigrants--in this country, and yet when we\nlook at the record\n\n[[Page S722]]\n\nof the ICE operation and DHS, in this current scene, what we find is\nthat six out of seven people detained and arrested by this effort have\nno criminal record--six out of seven--including many who have been\nAmerican citizens swept up in this paramilitary operation.\n Here is the reality: The administration has not backed down from\nStephen Miller's arbitrary quota of 3,000 arrests a day. A number like\nthat cannot be met if you focus on stopping the ``worst of the worst''\nliving in the United States.\n To meet that number, ICE is casting a wider net, sweeping up American\ncitizens, people with legal status, Dreamers--DACA--and people with no\ncriminal record--people who built their lives and raised their children\nhere, becoming valued members of our communities.\n The administration says it is going after the gangsters. They are\ngoing after the gardeners. Let's call this for what it is--political\ntheater and deliberate cruelty intended to terrorize our communities.\n My home State of Illinois saw it play out in the streets with\ndangerous consequences.\n Last month, I met Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen and a teacher in a\nMontessori school in Chicago. On a Saturday morning in October, she was\ntaking a load of clothes to her local church to share with people who\nneeded them. She was stopped on Kedzie Avenue. During a Capitol Hill\nspotlight hearing, she told us the story of what happened next.\n She didn't do anything provocative, and ICE agents turned their\nweapons on her and shot her five times--five times. Miraculously, she\nsurvived, but the agent involved in shooting her bragged about shooting\nher and covering up the evidence in his post to his friends.\n The administration brought trumped-up charges against her. And what\nhappened several weeks later? They dropped all the charges. After\nshooting this innocent woman five times in the streets of Chicago,\nsaying that she was a domestic terrorist, they dropped every charge\nagainst her in the weeks that followed.\n Judges appointed by both political parties have ruled against the\ngovernment in thousands of cases, challenging detention of immigrants\nafter these aggressive, many times unnecessary, enforcement options.\nBut the administration continues to violate hundreds of court orders.\n The American people are sick and tired of seeing this campaign of\nterror and lawlessness unfold before our very eyes. That is why Senate\nDemocrats have drawn a hard line in the DHS funding negotiations,\ndemanding commonsense, basic police reforms to rein in ICE's\nlawlessness.\n These reforms include removing the masks, displaying identification,\nstopping roving patrols, obtaining judicial warrants to enter private\nhomes, and following the same use-of-force standards that law\nenforcement agencies across America already follow.\n Tomorrow, Secretary Noem will finally come in before the Senate\nJudiciary Committee and answer for what happened on her watch. Believe\nme, she has a lot to answer for. Under her leadership, DHS has become\nPresident Trump's de facto paramilitary force, an Agency determined to\nviolate court orders, lie to the American people, disregard our\namendments and the Bill of Rights, and racially profile immigrants and\nU.S. citizens alike with the Kavanaugh stops.\n The American people are demanding answers. It is the duty of the\nSenate Judiciary Committee to ask these important questions. My\nDemocratic colleagues and I intend to do just that.\n I yield the floor.\n Mr. KIM. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for\nthe quorum call be rescinded.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Britt). Without objection, it is so\nordered.\n\n Iran\n\n Mr. KIM. Madam President, I rise today to give voice to the American\npeople. It is the American people who have had their sons and daughters\nsent to war. It is the American people who will worry and sacrifice and\nsuffer because of the decision made with little regard for them. It is\nthe American people who deserve to have a say when we send our\nservicemembers into harm's way. It is the American people whose voice\nhas not been listened to as we woke up yet again this weekend to a new\nwar in the Middle East.\n I am proud to stand with my colleagues and cosponsor this resolution.\nThis isn't just a resolution that pits one branch of government against\nanother. Yes, Congress has a constitutional responsibility to declare\nwar, which is what the President called this--in his own words, he said\nthat this was a war--but Congress has a deeper responsibility to speak\non behalf of the American people. We are here to speak on behalf of the\nAmerican people because the Trump administration hasn't been listening\nto them.\n I was a college student a generation ago when our country invaded\nIraq. In the weeks before the invasion, George W. Bush delivered a\nState of the Union Address where he said--falsely--that Iraq was hiding\nefforts to produce weapons of mass destruction, and he spoke about\nproving America's ``resolve.''\n Less than a week ago, President Trump came here to the Capitol to\ndeliver his State of the Union Address. He made little effort to make a\ncase to the American people of the need for a military operation in\nIran--just a few words in the longest ever State of the Union Address--\nbut he did speak about proving America's ``resolve.''\n We have seen this before. A President manufactures an imminent\nthreat, chooses to start a war with unclear objectives, and uses\nAmerica's resolve as an excuse for war without end because they have no\nplan to end it.\n But unlike 2003, President Trump refused to make the case to the\nAmerican people. Right in his State of the Union Address, he refused to\nmake the case. And he refuses to seek approval from Congress for the\nuse of military force, as President Bush did in 2003.\n I believe that this is unacceptable. More importantly, the American\npeople believe it too.\n A week and a half ago, with rumors of war circulating, I held a\ntownhall in Asbury Park, NJ, and I asked the people there: Raise your\nhand if you want Donald Trump to order an attack on Iran.\n Nobody did.\n I asked them--a couple hundred people were in attendance--to raise\ntheir hand if they believed the American people should have a say in\nany decision that sends American sons and daughters into harm's way in\nIran.\n Everyone's hand went up.\n Before being elected to Congress, I spent much of my career in\nnational security--at the Pentagon, in Afghanistan, Iraq, in the White\nHouse National Security Council--working on countering Iranian\nterrorism. I know that the threat from Iran demands a serious approach,\nand I know that the approach this administration is taking is not a\nserious one and is risking long-term damage to the United States and\nits interests, not to mention the short-term harm and tragedy that we\nhave seen as now the death toll of American servicemembers is up to\nsix.\n President Trump and his administration made no serious attempt to\nfind a diplomatic solution to the threat Iran posed to the world. He\nsent negotiators who are already tasked with negotiating with Russia\nand Ukraine, with Israel and Palestine. Avoiding war through diplomacy\ncannot be a part-time job. He took no real steps to bring our allies\nand partners into the effort that could create a safer world without\nthe use of military force.\n President Trump had no meaningful strategy for pressuring Iran\nthrough sanctions that actually targeted the regime, not the Iranian\npeople.\n Donald Trump's administration and the Republicans in this Congress\nhave actively cut programs, like internet freedom efforts, that\nundermined Iranians who were speaking out in their own attempts to\nbring freedom and stability to the country.\n While failing to pursue a more sustainable solution, President Trump\nplanned to put Americans in harm's way with this military operation.\nThat is where the planning clearly stopped.\n Asked yesterday how long this war will go on for, Donald Trump said 4\nweeks, then 4 to 5 weeks, while also saying ``As long as we want it\nto.''\n This morning, the President refused to rule out the use of American\nground troops in Iran. He said:\n\n[[Page S723]]\n\n I don't have the yips with respect to boots on the ground.\n This came after he said multiple times that he expects servicemembers\nto be killed in this operation.\n An open-ended war isn't just antithetical to what the American people\nwant, it is dangerous and unpredictable. We have seen this path before.\nPursuing regime change can have significant unintended consequences,\nand there is no guarantee that what comes next will be better.\n Trump's shifting of objectives raises questions about whether it will\nbe enough and whether our military will be back at this again in just a\nfew months, as they are today following the strikes last summer that\nTrump claimed obliterated the nuclear program he now calls a threat yet\nagain.\n Beyond the near term, this military operation will have lasting\nconsequences even after the bombs stop falling. Donald Trump may think\nthat ``might makes right,'' but history proves him wrong. We have the\nbenefit of a generation of time from the last time we were in this\nsituation. Might may have led to regime change in Iraq, but it made our\ncountry less secure by doing lasting damage to America's reputation and\nspawning new threats while weakening our ability to engage globally. It\nled to more than 4,400 Americans killed. It cost our country trillions\nof dollars--not just in military spending but in the cost of caring for\nthe tens of thousands of servicemembers wounded and injured during that\nwar. It is why, in a Pew survey of recent years, 62 percent of all\nAmericans said that the Iraq war was not worth fighting.\n\n That number, by the way, was higher with those who fought in it.\nSixty-four percent of veterans of the war said it was not worth it.\n That is why it is so important that we take actions right now. Let's\nbe clear. Donald Trump chose this war, but it was not his choice to\nmake. It is the American people who deserve to have a say.\n With this vote that we are pushing forward on, we not only have an\nopportunity to ensure that the voices of the American people are heard,\nwe have an obligation to ensure that the mistakes of the past are not\nrepeated.\n I urge my colleagues to join in this bipartisan effort and vote yes.\n I yield the floor.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.\n Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam President, I received a text just a couple of\nhours ago from a Connecticut serviceman, serving in the Middle East\ndirectly in harm's way, who asked me a very simple question: What is\nthe vision of success? And I am trying to formulate for him an answer\nthat does justice to his sacrifice, that keeps faith with his family\nand the tens of thousands of other service men and women whose bravery\nis unquestionable. Their skill is undoubtable. Bravery and skill are\nnot a strategy and, alone, are not a vision of success.\n We have said countless times that war must be a last resort, never a\nfirst choice. Yet the administration seems to be engaging in a war of\nchoice that is needless and reckless, conducted chaotically, and, most\nalarmingly, spreading and widening throughout the region. It is no\nlonger a conflict involving only the United States and Iran or the\nUnited States and Israel with Iran; it is now a regional conflagration.\n War demands precision and discipline in formulating goals and\nstrategy, in conducting the kinetic operations that are the foundation\nfor success. But in this war, which has been rejected while diplomacy\nis still within reach, the administration has failed to present the\nAmerican people with a clear objective, an end game, or an exit\nstrategy, and it shows exactly why the Founders said that the Congress\nshould have the power to declare war.\n Not only does the Congress speak for the American people, and they\nmust be the ones to approve war, but an arbitrary and reckless use of\nwar power is more likely when it is done by an autocrat who claims and\nseizes authoritarian power.\n There is a discipline imposed when democracy functions, and democracy\ndemands passage of the War Powers Act. That is the reason that I will\nvote for it and why I have supported it.\n What is the vision of success? The President has been all over the\nplace in his statements on Truth Social, earlier today on TV--snippets\nof conversation, 1 or 2 minutes long, with reporters individually. It\nmay be deposing a regime, but so far, there has been change within the\nregime but no regime change. It may be stopping nuclear capacity, but\nthe President said just last June that its capacity had been\nobliterated.\n Secretary of State Marco Rubio said just half an hour or so ago that\nthe goal was to destroy the ballistic missile capability of Iran before\nthey ``cross the line of immunity in . . . a year or a year and a\nhalf.'' Crossing the line of immunity in a year or a year and a half is\nno imminent threat. Iran has had ballistic missiles for years and the\ncapacity to produce them.\n The simple fact is, there is no imminent threat, and my colleagues\nhave said publicly that their intelligence briefings indicate there was\nno imminent threat either to the homeland or to our allies in the\nregion that justify this attack on Iran.\n The simple fact is, Donald Trump is workshopping a war. He is making\nit up as he goes along in real time. He is inventing and discarding and\nreviving objectives as though he were a child playing with a puzzle,\ntrying to fit the pieces into a coherent whole. There is no coherent\nwhole right now, and it ought to anger the American people that lives\nare put at risk, that resources are spent, that the region is now on\nfire without a strategy or an explanation from the President to the\nAmerican people.\n Maybe most alarming, the administration continues to talk about\nregime change. Well, history teaches that regime change almost\ninevitably leads to boots on the ground and prolonged American\ninvolvement.\n The simple fact is that regime change cannot be achieved at 30,000\nfeet. Airpower alone has never delivered regime change. It is a matter\nof simple common sense. Bombing cannot achieve a change in the\ngovernmental structure of a country.\n The President has asked that the people of Iran rise up and change\ntheir regime. It is an invitation to slaughter innocent lives,\npotentially lost because of a President that seems to promise relief\nthat he cannot or will not deliver, unless our sons and daughters in\nuniform are put on the ground in Iran with the burden on them in blood\nand years lost away from home and wounds that last long after the\nfighting ends.\n The President has thrust our Nation into a widening war that risks\nalmost inevitable expansion without making the case to the American\npeople, without seeking congressional authorization, without explaining\nhow the conflict ends, and maybe, most egregiously, without building\nsupport among the American people.\n We sat in the Chamber last week for a speech lasting 108 minutes.\nOnly 3 of those minutes were devoted to Iran and in a very cursory,\nsuperficial way. He has failed to build support from the American\npeople because this war is against their wishes. He knows it is against\ntheir wishes because he promised he would not engage in such a war;\nthat he would end wars, not start them; that forever wars would be an\nanathema. Yet that is the risk we face now, a forever war. Whether it\nis short or long, a war must be approved by this body.\n I want to be clear, a nuclear-armed Iran is unacceptable. Iran's\nmalign activities throughout the region, its support for terrorist\nproxies, its killing its own people, its killing Americans--this regime\nhas blood on its hands, not just the group that was killed in the\nattack most recently, but the entire regime. Its destabilizing actions\nimpose a severe danger to us and to our allies, and its terrorist\nproxies will continue to cause death and destruction throughout the\nregion.\n So the broad concern about this regime and the threat it imposes is\nwell-justified. The President stopped negotiations that might have\nachieved the same ends that he is seeking here. And we have seen this\nstory before, the absence of a clear end state, disregard for\ndiplomacy, military action for regime change. The President risks\nrepeating some of the most painful chapters in our history, conflicts\nthat were entered with great confidence and bravado but prolonged\nwithout defined purpose or exit--unilateral action without lawful\nauthorization. This is not how constitutional democracies decide\nmatters\n\n[[Page S724]]\n\nof war, and we must not underestimate our adversaries amidst this\nuncertainty.\n Iran is weakened, but it is far from incapable. Iranian strikes have\nalready killed six servicemembers and the President himself has said\nthere will be more casualties. It is not a narrow engagement. It is a\nregional conflict touching many countries, many domains, and,\npotentially, many fronts.\n My foremost concern is for the safety and well-being of the men and\nwomen in our Armed Forces, like the one who texted me earlier today,\nalong with their families who are now in harm's way. I salute their\nbravery. I pray for their protection. But bravery is not a strategy.\nHope is not a strategy. We must remember that civilians are also caught\nin the crossfire: Families in Iran, in Israel, across the region, these\nlives have been tragically changed by this widening conflict.\n After 20 years of war in the Middle East, after all the lives lost,\ntrillions spent, and promises of quick victory that stretched into\nyears and years of sacrifice, we should be cautious, not reckless,\nabout another potentially open-ended conflict.\n Iran's pursuit of nuclear capability, its support for terrorist\nproxies, its repeated attack on American personnel are dangerous,\ndestabilizing, destructive. They have armed militias across the region.\nThey have threatened Israel's security. So we must be vigilant and\nresolute, but vigilance is not a strategy either. Wars are\nunpredictable. Vigilance does not mean impulsiveness. Vigilance\nrequires strategy and objectives clearly defined. The Constitution is\nclear: Congress alone has the authority to declare war and approve it.\nIt is a necessary part of the process.\n The War Powers Act requires that the President inform and consult\nCongress when introducing American forces into hostile facilities.\nThese requirements are not optional. They are not procedural niceties.\nThey are the constitutional requirements that must be obeyed. The\nquestion is raised by many: How long will this conflict be prolonged?\nThe simple fact is the President has said 4, 5 weeks, maybe longer,\nmaybe shorter.\n We know for sure that the President alone can't answer that question.\nThe enemy has a vote. The enemy can prolong this war. President Trump\nhas chosen the path of war that could lead to American men and women on\nthe ground in Iran without explanation, without imminent threat,\nwithout clearly defined objectives. This decision carries consequences\nthat will long outlast his Presidency. We have a duty constitutionally\nto act on the War Powers Act. I hope my colleagues will join me in\nsupporting it.\n I yield the floor.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii.\n Mr. SCHATZ. Madam President, this is a war of choice. It did not have\nto happen. There was no imminent threat from Iran. The indications\nright up until the attacks were that negotiations were actually\ntrending well. And remember, if Donald Trump hadn't pulled out of the\nJCPOA to begin with, Iran's nuclear program would have continued to be\nmanaged. This is the President of the United States asserting that he\ncan do whatever he wants, wherever he wants, with the most powerful\nmilitary in history at his disposal.\n It is important to point out that a lot of people put Donald Trump in\noffice because he promised to oppose forever wars. It was central to\nhis foreign policy pitch as a candidate for over a decade. But what we\nhave seen over the past 2 months alone is a President that is eager to\nuse kinetic force as a first option and then figure it out from there.\nThe challenge with the Venezuela action was that our men and women in\nthe military and intelligence agencies executed that thing so\nefficiently and effectively that I think Donald Trump got it into his\nhead: This is great. What else you got? This is great. Are we doing\nthis in Cuba? Are we doing this in Iran? What else you got?\n So he gets on an airplane, and he starts shooting the breeze with\nMembers of the Republican Congress, and he decides in that moment on\nAir Force One to start a war--to start a war. In the days after\ncapturing Nicolas Maduro, the administration offered up confusing and\ncontradictory claims. They said the United States was going to run\nVenezuela indefinitely but then left most of the illegitimate Maduro\nregime in place.\n They said American companies would go in and build the refineries,\neven though most of the American companies said they wanted nothing to\ndo with it.\n Maybe, most confusingly, they said the United States would control\noil sales but not the revenue of those sales.\n Two months later, we still don't know what their plan is. And that\nwas easy compared to this. That was easy compared to this. There is no\ncoherent strategy, much less an attempt to even explain it.\n I want everybody to understand how unique this is in American\nhistory--maybe world history--to have a leader say: I declare war, and\nI will let you know why later. I am going to send Secretary Hegseth out\nthere to say some things that are kind of indecipherable, then\nSecretary Rubio, certainly a better communicator, but also\nindecipherable. Then the President of the United States has a press\nconference, presumably to explain himself, and he is personally so\ndistracted by the ballroom renovation that it makes me sound like I am\nsome person who is so obsessed with Donald Trump that I watch MSNBC, I\nhave an IV drip of MSNBC and TikTok to make me hate this President. But\nactually, that is what he did. He took a kinetic action against another\ncountry and then when it was his time to explain why, he sort of talked\na bit about it, but then he was really passionate about the curtains\nthat he chose, about the color of the ballroom, about the jackhammers\nrunning from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. That is his passion, and he is\nletting these neoconservatives run wild within his administration.\n I want to make a very specific point about tomorrow's--hopefully\ntomorrow's--War Powers Resolution introduced by Senator Kaine and\nothers to block the use of American forces in Iran. I will support\nthat, of course. But make no mistake, if a War Powers Resolution is\ndefeated, that does not constitute an authorization of the use of\nmilitary force.\n The way this works is that a President has some flexibility to\nbasically take a kinetic action to use the U.S. military to protect\nAmerican interests if there is an imminent threat. What do we mean by\nimminent threat? It is what it sounds like. They are about to attack\nus. And Secretary Rubio--again, very good communicator and I talk to\nhim all the time--he said it about an hour and a half ago. He said it.\nThe imminent threat--I want you to listen to this logic chain--the\nimminent threat to the United States was that Israel was going to\nattack Iran, and we anticipated that in retaliation, Iran was going to\nattack our interests, therefore, imminent threat. That is not what we\nmean by imminent threat. There are no bank shots when we are describing\nan imminent threat.\n If we want to conduct a war of choice--and we have in the past--we\nneed hearings, we need briefings, we need a proper debate, and then we\nneed a vote on the authorization of the use of military force that is\nfoundational to the oath of office that we took when we became U.S.\nSenators. This is actually not a particularly controversial point,\nexcept that we are in this very weird moment where I think the public\nwas sort of not tracking at all that maybe the President was going to\nwake up one morning and go: Why don't we go to war with Iran? I will\nexplain it to you over a period of time. I understand that his method\nof communication is, if nothing else, rather unconventional and\nmeandering and contingent and that he thinks he is preserving his\noptionality: Maybe it will be short. Maybe it will be long. We will see\nwhat happens--all that stuff.\n\n You can't do that with the American people. The American people are\nnot his negotiating counterpart. They are the foundation that you need\nif you are going to take military action. If you are going to go to\nwar, you need the American people behind you, and you need them to\nunderstand: Why in the heck are we doing this?\n Do I think Iran is a malevolent actor in the region and even across\nthe planet? Of course, I do. But that is not the question at hand. The\nquestion at hand\n\n[[Page S725]]\n\nis, Why in the world are we trying to do another regime change?\n Iraq, Libya, Vietnam--I don't care what you think should happen. This\nis a question of what is very likely to happen based on what always\nhappens when our best designs and our extraordinary, trained,\ncourageous military executes well. In the first couple of days, there\nare two things that everybody does. They correctly praise our U.S.\nservicemembers, and then they say--if anybody raises any objections,\nthey go: Oh, do you want that bad guy still in power? Is that what you\nwant?\n Of course, I don't want a bad guy in power. However, the world is\nfull of bad guys in power.\n So the question at hand is not ``Do I wish there were better people\nin charge of other countries?'' but, rather, ``Has it met the threshold\nfor the U.S. Government to declare war against another country,\nespecially in a region where we keep screwing it up?'' That is not a\nrhetorical question.\n I sound like Donald Trump a year and a half ago. He just is so\nfixated. I don't know if it is the ballroom or his legacy or some sort\nof revenge fantasy about Iran, but this man is not thinking clearly\neither politically or geostrategically. Geostrategically, this is a\nterrible decision, and he has no plan for what happens next.\n His view is just like it was in Venezuela: We are going to decapitate\nthe person we don't like. We will get a client state--not so easy in\nIran, not so easy in Iran. And these things have a terrible tendency to\nmetastasize. They really do.\n After the Iraq war--my goodness--I thought there was going to be\nbipartisan consensus that we are not going to go into a war of choice\nagain. Congress has a duty not just to check a reckless President but\nalso to represent the will of the people, and the American people--\nleft, right, and center--do not want another regime-change war in the\nMiddle East. It is about time our President started paying attention to\nthe American people.\n I yield the floor.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.\n Mr. SCHIFF. Madam President, we are at war once again--this time with\nIran. It is a war that the President declared, incidentally, almost\naccidentally when he talked about the prospect of casualties among our\nbrave servicemembers being a possible outcome--an outcome that has\nalready, all too tragically, come to pass with the deaths of six of our\ntroops and the grave injuries of others.\n The massive size of the deployment also makes clear this is war in a\nreal sense, in a constitutional sense--the scale of the bombing, the\ndanger to not only our forces in the region but to all of our regional\npartners, the Iranian retaliation through the Persian Gulf, the closing\nof the Straits of Hormuz, the bombing of our bases, the bombing of\nships--Iranian ships and those of our allies. As for the length of the\ndeployment, the President says it could be weeks--at least a month or\nmore. He is unwilling to rule out the threat of boots on the ground--\nAmerican boots on the ground. The President says he may go there.\n All of this inescapably points to the fact that we are at war. We are\nat war once again. Once again, we are at war without an imminent threat\nof attack on the United States.\n The President said the Iranian nuclear capability had been\nobliterated. That was false, but there was no evidence presented by the\nPresident that the Iranians were making a mad dash to develop the bomb,\nno evidence that the centrifuges were spinning out weapons-grade\nuranium, no evidence they were close to developing the mechanism of a\nbomb--none.\n Despite the President's bizarre claim they were 2 weeks away from\nhaving a bomb, there is no evidence to support such a baseless,\nintelligence-free claim, nor is there evidence that the Iranians had\ndeveloped a missile capability that could hit the United States--none.\nTo suggest such things brings painfully to mind the false claims and\nthe overhype of intelligence that got us into the war in Iraq.\n Have we learned nothing?\n We are at war once again. We are at war once again without\ncongressional authorization. The Constitution gives Congress alone the\npower to declare war. That power was placed in our hands by our\nFounders, not by accident but by design. They feared an Executive grown\ntoo fond of warmaking. And given that now this is at least the third\nbroad use of military force by this President, I believe the Founders'\nworst fears have come to pass. He is too fond of going to war to gain\nthe oil assets of one country and to engage in the regime change of\nanother.\n Have we given up any semblance of allegiance to that part of our\nConstitution--the war power--even as we appear to have surrendered our\nother great power--the power of the purse?\n Are we now a mere constitutional afterthought--not a paper tiger--\nindeed, not a tiger at all--unable to constrain a runaway Executive,\nunwilling to even demand a vote on an authorization to use force when\nour troops are getting killed, uncomprehending of the long-term damage\nwe do to our system of checks and balances, of the license we are\ngiving a future President to do as they please, to make war as they\nwill, and be confident that Congress will not make a peep of the\nlicense we give to other powers around the world to use force, not\ndiplomacy, in Ukraine, Taiwan, or elsewhere?\n We are at war once again. We are at war once again over regime\nchange. We have killed the Ayatollah Khamenei. Good riddance. He was a\nbrutal dictator who slaughtered his own people and sponsored terrorism\naround the region for decades that claimed American lives and\nthreatened to wipe Israel off the map. Good riddance. Our military\nattack killed him and over 40 other leaders of the regime. This may\nhave only rid the world of part of the regime, but make no mistake,\nthis war is about regime change.\n The President has urged Iranians to rise up and take control of their\ncountry. He has told them that this may be the last chance they have to\ndo so. He has bragged that no other President has given them this\nopportunity.\n Pete Hegseth may try to deny it, but this is what regime change is\nall about. And regime change is messy. Don't take my word for it. Take\nhis, the President's--this President's--who says that regime-change\nwars unleash chaos. Yes, they do, and that is what this war has\nunleashed.\n And what of the brave Iranian people, who have been urged to rise up\nagainst their rulers to bring down armed IRGC goons without having the\narms themselves to do so? If they do--if they rise up--are we prepared\nto support them? If they are mowed down, will we come to their rescue\nor will we simply mourn their passing?\n What is the plan? What are the contingencies? Why has the President\nleft our country and the Iranian people in the dark? Could it be\nbecause there is no plan, and there is only hope?\n Have we learned nothing from Afghanistan? Have we learned nothing\nfrom Iraq and elsewhere that it is difficult, costly, dangerous, time-\nconsuming, and deadly to try to change a country, to try to change a\nculture, to build a new nation in our image or any other, and that it\nis impossible to do so through the dropping of bombs, the firing of\nmissiles, even long-term occupation?\n My fellow Americans, we are at war once again, and I join my fellow\ncosponsors of this War Powers Resolution, once again, to urge your\nsupport; to demand that this President, if he believes the threat is\nimminent, that war is justified, that the deaths of our troops are\njustified, that the expenditure of billions--not on the American\npeople, not on their healthcare, their groceries, or their housing--is\nworth the cost, to come before this Congress, this Senate, the American\npeople, and make the case for a war authorization; to make the case now\nbefore other servicemembers are killed or, if not, to cease and desist\nfrom further hostilities.\n I urge a ``yea'' vote.\n I yield the floor.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.\n Mr. KAINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator\nMerkley and I be permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each prior to\nthe scheduled rollcall vote.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.\n Mr. KAINE. Madam President, I want to thank my colleague from\nCalifornia and my cosponsor on the War Powers Resolution, which will be\nheard within the next 48 hours or so.\n\n[[Page S726]]\n\n I spoke on this at some length on Thursday, before the President\nlaunched the U.S. attack on Iran on Saturday morning, and I asked the\nquestion: Have we learned nothing from 25 years of war in the Middle\nEast? Have we learned nothing? Have we learned nothing from nearly two\ndecades-plus of war against Iraq and Afghanistan?\n And I wanted to go into: What did the wars against Iraq and\nAfghanistan mean? Because they mean some things that should compel us\nto learn some lessons. And then I will talk about, at least, a couple\nof lessons we should learn.\n In Afghanistan, 2,324 U.S. servicemembers were killed--uniformed\ntroops and DOD civilians--and 3,917 U.S. citizens who were contractors\nwere killed. So 6,241 people were killed--American servicemembers and\ncontractors--and 20,913 military personnel were injured in Afghanistan.\nThe injuries among our contractors is unknown. There was a number that\nit was up to 2,500 by March 2007, but we were there until 2021. So the\nactual number is much higher.\n So 6,241 Americans were killed in Afghanistan, and as far as we know,\nprobably more than 25,000 U.S. military personnel and contractors were\ninjured. Afghan civilians: 46,319 Afghan civilians' deaths have been\ndirectly attributed to the war in Afghanistan.\n What was the cost to the American taxpayer of the war in Afghanistan?\nIt was $2.3 trillion in total cost, including the interest and the\nfuture obligation for veterans care for the veterans who served so\nhonorably.\n So when I ask about ``Have we learned anything in the last 25 years\nfrom the war in Afghanistan?'' those 6,241 deaths, 25,000 injuries, and\n$2.3 trillion should have taught us something.\n Iraq: 4,598 U.S. military personnel were killed in Iraq.\n I remember, early in my time as Governor, going to Iraq to visit the\nVirginia Guard troops who were deployed there and going to the base\nwhere somebody I went to church with, who was a State employee at our\ndepartment of social services, had been killed.\n So 4,598 U.S. personnel were killed, and 3,650 U.S. contractors were\nkilled in Iraq, totaling 8,248 American servicemembers and contractors\nkilled in Iraq. The total killed in both Iraq and Afghanistan: 14,489\nAmericans lost their lives. Each one of them had a name; each one of\nthem had a family; each one of them had a life of experience; each one\nof them had a future that was never to be. We ought to have learned\nsomething from this.\n\n In Iraq, 32,000 of our troops were injured, and another 10,569\ncontractors were injured--that should teach us something. And in the\nIraqi civilian population--this was a harder one to analyze and\nestimate--but the estimates are somewhere between 185,000 to 208,000\nIraqi civilians were killed. And the total cost of the Iraq war, to add\nto the $2.3 trillion of the war in Afghanistan, was $2.9 trillion, and\nthat is the military costs, plus the veterans' care.\n If you add up the cost of both of these wars--the cost of the war,\nthe cost of the veterans' care, and then the interest on the debt we\nincurred to pay for the war--the total cost to American taxpayers of 25\nyears of war in Iraq and Afghanistan was nearly $8 trillion.\n Here is a statistic that stunned me: As of 2021, nearly 31,000 U.S.\nservicemembers and veterans who served in the 9/11 era--post-9/11 era\ndied by suicide, four times the number of servicemembers who were\nkilled. We should have learned something. We should have learned\nsomething.\n What are the lessons that we should learn from this carnage? From\n14,489 of our Americans killed, from 66,000 of our troops and\ncontractors injured--all this civilian death, all this money, what\nshould we learn? First, that we should not be going into a war in the\nMiddle East, or anywhere, without a good, solid reason that has had its\ntires kicked and that has demonstrated that it is of a magnitude\nsufficient to warrant losses that could reach this scale.\n So what is the reason asserted for going to war with Iran? The\nPresident has asserted many reasons: We are doing it to stop their\nnuclear program. But he obliterated it 6 months ago, and he had a\ndiplomatic deal that controlled it that he tore up 7 or 8 years ago. So\nit is not about the nuclear program.\n We want to protect Iranian protestors. But wait a minute. This\nPresident is deporting to Iran Iranian refugees living in the United\nStates, including Iranian refugees who will be persecuted in Iran\nbecause of their religion. He doesn't care about Iranians being\nmistreated by the regime.\n We need to go to war to stop a ballistic missile program. But the\nintelligence, as publicly reported, suggests that the missile program\ndoes not pose a danger to the U.S. mainland for at least a decade.\n The President tweeted the other night: We should go to war with\nIran--or suggested because they interfered in the 2020 election. He is\nblaming them because he still can't admit that he lost the--is that\nwhat we should send our sons and daughters into war for, because the\nPresident can't admit that he lost the 2020 election?\n Or maybe it is about oil. What are the two nations that the President\nhas invaded? Venezuela and Iran. Boy, they are really different\nnations, except there is one thing about them that is in common: They\nare both oil-producing nations. This President has asserted no real\nreason that is clear to the American public, and that is why the\nAmerican public, so far, is so against this.\n And then the other thing is, we shouldn't go in and run this risk\nwith no reasons; and even if you have a reason, you shouldn't go in\nwithout a plan. So what is the plan? The President has said it would be\n2 or 3 days. The President has said it will be 5 or 6 weeks. The\nPresident said: I am not going to rule out boots on the ground. The\nPresident has said: We will bomb until we are done and then, Iranians,\ntake over your government. That is the plan? We are going to bomb until\nwe stop and then it is a jump ball for whoever wants to take over? That\nis not a plan.\n It is not a plan that is well-designed when Kuwait shoots down three\nU.S. F-15s. Kuwait is an ally. We are working together with Kuwait. And\nin the opening days of this, if an ally is shooting down three U.S. F-\n15s because: Oh, wow, we didn't realize they were U.S. planes, what\nkind of a plan is that? There is no rationale, and there is no plan;\nand without a rationale or a plan, why would we ignore the lessons of\nthe last 25 years?\n Look, I pray, just like we all do, that the consequences of Iran will\nnot be those that I read to you earlier: the consequences of Iraq and\nthe consequences in Afghanistan. But Iran is a bigger nation than both\nwith a bigger population than both and a more powerful military than\nboth. We went into Iraq and achieved what many thought was a very\nprompt victory: Mission accomplished. We will be viewed as liberators.\nIt seemed like it was smooth sailing a month in, and then 10 years\nlater, those numbers kept racking up and racking up and racking up. To\nuse Lincoln's words from his second inaugural address, ``Fondly do we\nhope--fervently do we pray''--that consequences of a war against Iran\nwill not be what were the consequences of wars against Iraq and\nAfghanistan, but we would be foolish to stand here and say we know they\nwill not be. We have to have the humility to acknowledge, with the fact\nthat U.S. servicemembers have already lost their lives and been\ninjured, that we could face serious consequences--serious consequences\nin the loss and death of our troops, serious consequences of\ninstability in the region, serious consequences in rising energy prices\nfor Americans.\n Who in the world will be the chief beneficiary of energy prices going\nup--the cost of oil going up? I will tell you who: Vladimir Putin.\nRussia has an economy that is very centered on oil exports and on the\nprices of natural gas, and Vladimir Putin has just seen a massive\nsurplus likely come into the Russian state treasury for a significant\nperiod of time, as long as energy prices are elevated by this war in\nthe Middle East.\n We will have this War Powers vote within the next 48 hours or so, and\nevery Member of this body will do the most solemn thing any of us ever\ndo: Vote on whether the United States should be at war. That sounds\nlike an abstraction. Vote on whether we want to send our own kids--our\nown sons and\n\n[[Page S727]]\n\ndaughters, the most precious resource we have in this country--into a\nwar that could end up like the wars we have just recently exited in the\nsame region.\n I pray so hard for my colleagues to exercise the judgment that this\nis not the right time for more war. If more war with Iran would be the\nanswer, we have been at war with them essentially since 1953 when we\ntoppled their democratically elected government, and it has been back\nand forth for 70 years--us striking them, them striking us, us striking\nthem, them striking us. Hundreds and hundreds--thousands of people\nkilled. If more war were the answer, we would have found it before now.\nIt is not the answer now. I pray that my colleagues will support the\nWar Powers Resolution.\n I yield the floor.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.\n\n Trump Administration\n\n Mr. MERKLEY. Madam President, I so much appreciate the studied and\nthoughtful words of my colleague from Virginia, and I appreciate his\nleadership on the War Powers Resolution that we will be voting on, as\nhe put it, within the next 48 hours.\n My question is: Is the United States still a republic? Do we still\nhave a Constitution that means anything? That Constitution assigns\ntaxation authority to Congress, but this body sat idle while President\nTrump stole the taxation authority through his tariffs for a year. No\nother President even considered the possibility of stealing the power\nof taxation. They always came--including for tariffs--they always came\nto Congress because that is what the Constitution says. The\nresponsibility is here.\n The power of the purse is assigned to Congress in the Constitution.\nThat is the defining difference between an authoritarian strongman\ngovernment and a democratic republic. It is the representatives of\nevery corner of the land coming together and designing the programs and\ndeciding how much those programs should be funded, and it is the\nresponsibility of the President to carry out those programs.\n But this President decided not to. He canceled program after program\nthat was authorized and funded by Congress--by law--with the words: I\nam canceling this program because it doesn't align with the priorities\nof this administration. Under our Constitution, the President doesn't\nget to do that, but this body sat idle allowing the President to steal\nthe power of the purse, and yet we took an oath to the Constitution and\ndid nothing to defend it when the President violated it.\n And now the power of war. The Constitution assigns that power\ndirectly to Congress. Madison noted:\n\n [T]he Executive is the branch of power most interested in\n war, and most prone to it. [The Constitution] has\n accordingly, with studied care, vested the question . . . in\n the legislature.\n\n And yet President Trump just launched a war. He didn't call it a\nstrike or a limited strike. He launched a war. He called it a war. It\nis a war. It was a surprise attack. I was thinking about how we felt\nwhen Japan launched a surprise attack on Hawaii. Now, we have done that\nto Iran. Consider that parallel. And we did it while we were in the\nmiddle of negotiations. We did it while we were saying negotiations\nwere going very well, and yet we launched a surprise, devastating\nattack that the President says he will pursue for week after week until\nthe job is done. But what is the job? There was no imminent threat to\nthe United States of America.\n Now, on the way walking over here from my office, a reporter said:\nMarco Rubio has clarified there was an imminent threat and that the\nimminent threat was that Israel was going to strike Iran and Iran would\nretaliate against bases in the region so we had to go to war. Are we\nnow such an enfeebled Nation that Israel decides when we go to war? And\nwe couldn't just say to Netanyahu: Hell no, you are not going to strike\nIran. Are we, like, on the leash--we are the puppy dog on the leash\nheld by Binyamin Netanyahu? Is that what has become of the great United\nStates of America?\n And yet, if the information that I was told on the way here, that the\nargument now is the imminent threat that we had to respond to was that\nNetanyahu was going to strike Iran and thus the risk of retaliation and\nthus we needed to strike Iran first, well, what about the option of\ntelling Binyamin: Hell no, you are not going to do that. We are in the\nmiddle of negotiations that are going quite well to end the threat that\nIran poses in developing nuclear weapons. And by the way, they aren't\ndeveloping nuclear weapons. And by the way, we had a diplomatic path\nthat was pretty phenomenal.\n Shouldn't it always be diplomacy before war? And we had diplomacy.\nDiplomacy--setting out an agreement in which Iran dismantled its\nplutonium reactor and filled it with concrete, in which they exported\nall of their more highly enriched uranium outside of Iran, an agreement\nin which so much was removed and so many inspectors were present to\nmake sure that there was no nuclear weapon program. But who tore up\nthat treaty? The same man who just launched a war in violation of the\nConstitution of the United States.\n When Madison spoke and said ``the Executive is the branch of power\nmost interested in war,'' he prefaced it by saying, ``The constitution\nsupposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the\nExecutive is the branch of power most interested in war.''\n What was he talking about? He was talking about the fact that a head\nof state may want to write their name in history by conquering land, a\nhead of state may want to write their name in history by eliminating\nsome foreign leader they don't like, and that, so often, those\njustifications are not in the interest of the country as a whole, and,\ntherefore, there has to be a debate of the representatives of the\ncountry as a whole as to whether to engage in such a war. That was the\nwisdom, with studied care, the Founders vested in this Chamber.\n I powerfully disagreed with President George W. Bush's war on Iraq.\nIt was justified by an argument that there were weapons of mass\ndestruction. And the inspectors in Iraq said: We will go anywhere and\nlook at anything that you--the United States--think that there is a\ndepot of weapons of mass destruction.\n And the Bush administration said: Well, you are not looking in the\nright places.\n And the inspectors said: We will go anywhere you want.\n And the United States said: They are sneaking them out the back gate\nwhen you come in the front gate.\n And the inspectors said: We will cover the back gate.\n It seemed like the argument was terribly flimsy and yet possibly\ntrue, but at least George W. Bush came to Congress in the preceding\nyear, in 2002, and said: I want an authorization for the use of\nmilitary force because I am concerned about weapons of mass destruction\nin Iraq. And there was a significant debate here, and eventually it\npassed in October of 2002. And that debate carried the Senate to a\nfavorable outcome of creating an AUMF by a 77-to-23 vote.\n I do not think Congress reached the right decision on that day, but\nat least, as the Founders intended, it was debated here in this Chamber\nso that one person who might want to write his name in history by\nconquering some other foreign leaders, changing the dynamic in the\nworld, conquering new lands--at least such an authoritarian leader must\nhave their ambitions tempered by this Chamber.\n But there was no tempering here. There has been no debate on an\nauthorization for use of military force, as there should have been and\nas the President should have requested. And I hope, had we had such a\ndebate, we would have come to a better, wiser conclusion than our\npredecessors did back in 2002.\n This is an extraordinarily dangerous moment for America because we\nhave a President who has repeatedly shredded the Constitution. He\nshredded it on taxation powers allocated to Congress by the\nConstitution. He shredded it by canceling the power of the purse,\nassigned programs developed by Congress under the power of the purse\nand ending them without authorization. And now he has shredded it by\ngoing to war in Iran without an authorization for the use of military\nforce.\n So we will use the one tool we have, the War Powers Resolution, to\nsay: Mr. President, hell, no. And we should say\n\n[[Page S728]]\n\n``hell, no'' at a minimum to say: Mr. President, if you want that\npower, come and put before us a proposal for the authorization for\nmilitary force so that it will be properly debated in advance.\n Presidents who squander the blood of our children and the wealth of\nour Nation should never ever be allowed to do so without the studied\nconsent of Congress to address an extraordinarily dangerous situation.\n Think about how many people died in Afghanistan and Iraq. Think about\nthe 8,000 who died. How about the 50,000 who were so seriously injured.\nHow about the $8 trillion--blood and purse. We must vote for the War\nPowers Resolution to say: Hell, no, Mr. President; end this war.\n\n Cloture Motion\n\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before\nthe Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.\n The senior assistant executive clerk read as follows:\n\n Cloture Motion\n\n We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the\n provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate,\n do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to\n proceed to Calendar No. 343, H.R. 6644, a bill to increase\n the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes.\n John Thune, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Katie Boyd\n Britt, Jim Banks, John Barrasso, John R. Curtis, Kevin\n Cramer, Joni Ernst, Pete Ricketts, Bernie Moreno,\n Markwayne Mullin, Mike Crapo, Ted Budd, Roger F.\n Wicker, James Lankford, Chuck Grassley, Cindy Hyde-\n Smith.\n\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the mandatory quorum\ncall under rule XXII has been waived.\n The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the\nmotion to proceed to H.R. 6644, a bill to increase the supply of\nhousing in America, and for other purposes, shall be brought to a\nclose?\n The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.\n The clerk will call the roll.\n The legislative clerk called the roll.\n Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the\nSenator from Indiana (Mr. Banks), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn),\nthe Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr.\nPaul), and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch).\n Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet),\nthe Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Pennsylvania\n(Mr. Fetterman), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock) are\nnecessarily absent.\n The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 84, nays 6, as follows:\n\n [Rollcall Vote No. 44 Leg.]\n\n YEAS--84\n\n Alsobrooks\n Baldwin\n Barrasso\n Blackburn\n Blumenthal\n Blunt Rochester\n Boozman\n Britt\n Budd\n Cantwell\n Capito\n Cassidy\n Collins\n Cortez Masto\n Cramer\n Crapo\n Cruz\n Curtis\n Daines\n Duckworth\n Durbin\n Ernst\n Fischer\n Gallego\n Gillibrand\n Graham\n Grassley\n Hagerty\n Hassan\n Hawley\n Heinrich\n Hickenlooper\n Hirono\n Hoeven\n Husted\n Hyde-Smith\n Justice\n Kaine\n Kelly\n Kennedy\n Kim\n King\n Klobuchar\n Lankford\n Lujan\n Lummis\n Markey\n Marshall\n McConnell\n McCormick\n Merkley\n Moody\n Moran\n Moreno\n Mullin\n Murkowski\n Murray\n Ossoff\n Padilla\n Peters\n Reed\n Ricketts\n Rosen\n Rounds\n Sanders\n Schatz\n Schiff\n Schmitt\n Schumer\n Scott (SC)\n Shaheen\n Sheehy\n Slotkin\n Smith\n Sullivan\n Thune\n Tillis\n Warner\n Warren\n Welch\n Whitehouse\n Wicker\n Wyden\n Young\n\n NAYS--6\n\n Johnson\n Lee\n Murphy\n Scott (FL)\n Tuberville\n Van Hollen\n\n ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1\n\n Booker\n\n NOT VOTING--9\n\n Banks\n Bennet\n Coons\n Cornyn\n Cotton\n Fetterman\n Paul\n Risch\n Warnock\n The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ricketts). On this vote, the yeas are 84,\nthe nays are 6. One Senator responded ``present.''\n Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in\nthe affirmative, the motion is agreed to.\n The motion was agreed to.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS719", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Senate", "SENATE", "SENATE", "CALLTOORDER", "S719", "S719", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. S719", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S719]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n[[Page S719]]\n\nSenate\n\n The Senate met at 3 p.m. and was called to order by the President pro\ntempore (Mr. Grassley).\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS728-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "MORNING BUSINESS", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SMBUSINESS", "S728", "S728", "[{\"name\": \"Peter Welch\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. S728", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S728]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n MORNING BUSINESS\n\n ______\n\n BERTA CACERES\n\n Mr. WELCH. Mr. President, today marks 10 years since the murder of\nHonduran environmental leader Berta Caceres. She lost her life after\nrallying her indigenous Lenca community to halt construction of the\nAgua Zarca Dam project.\n Berta's killers were hired by the corrupt DESA hydroelectric company,\nfinanced by national and international banks. Some have been convicted.\nAll are appealing. Others remain at large, while Berta's organization,\nthe Council of indigenous and Popular Organizations of Honduras,\ncontinues to receive threats.\n Throughout her life, Berta Caceres not only fought for the rights of\nHondurans; she also built networks of solidarity across the hemisphere,\norganizing opposition against destructive policies, including the\nmilitarization of law enforcement and resource-extractive projects that\nharm indigenous communities and the environment.\n Impunity for killings of Honduran social activists is endemic, but\nBerta's case shows that accountability is possible. The new Honduran\nGovernment can demonstrate that it is committed to truth, justice, and\nthe rule of law by ensuring that all those involved in her\nassassination are severely punished, as well as those responsible for\nthe hundreds of killings of other human rights and environmental\nactivists in that country. It should study the findings in the recent\nInterdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts' report on Berta\nCaceres' murder and publicly commit to vigorously implement its\nrecommendations.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS728-3", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "RECOGNIZING IDAHO OLYMPIANS", "SENATE", "SENATE", "RECOGNIZING", "S728", "S729", "[{\"name\": \"Mike Crapo\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. S728", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S728-S729]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n RECOGNIZING IDAHO OLYMPIANS\n\n Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, with my colleagues Senator Jim Risch,\nRepresentative Mike Simpson, and Representative Russ Fulcher, I\ncongratulate five Idaho-connected athletes who competed in the 2026\nWinter Olympics in Milano-Cortina. Qualifying for Team USA is an\naccomplishment in and of itself, and we commend these five incredible\nIdahoans for their hard work and commitment that resulted in them\nrepresenting our great State and country on this world stage.\n Now three-time Olympian Chase Josey, of Sun Valley, competed in\nsnowboarding in both the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing 2022, earning\n7th place in the snowboard halfpipe, and he earned 6th place in the\nsnowboard halfpipe in the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang in 2018,\nbefore his return to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina, where\nhe earned 11th in the halfpipe. He took 5th in the halfpipe at the 2021\nFIS Snowboard World Championships, and most recently 12th in this\ncompetition in 2025. Team USA notes that Chase's father Bill taught him\nto snowboard at age 5\n\n[[Page S729]]\n\non the slopes of Sun Valley. He has since been a strong presence in\ncompetitive snowboarding.\n Five-time Olympic medalist Hilary Knight, of Sun Valley, has become a\nmainstay on the U.S. women's hockey team. She brought home one gold and\nthree silver medals in four Olympics prior to the 2026 competitions,\nwhere she again helped secure Team USA's gold-medal win. Hilary Knight\nserved as captain of the team and is the new American point and goal-\nscoring leader for Olympic women's ice hockey. She earned a silver\nmedal in the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing in 2022, following her\nearning a gold medal in the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang in\n2018, a silver medal in the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014, and\na silver medal in the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010. She\nhas had 15 years of participation with the U.S. Women's National Team,\nhelping to earn 10 gold and 5 silver medals in the Women's World\nChampionships. Given her legendary career and leadership that has\ninspired so many in Idaho and across the globe, her selection to serve\nas a flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics\nin Milano-Cortina was a well-deserved honor.\n Ryder Sarchett, of Ketchum, competed in alpine skiing in his first\nOlympic Games, earning 25th in the men's giant slalom at the 2026\nWinter Olympics in Milano-Cortina. Ryder, who began skiing at age 2 and\nski racing at age 10, earned 10th at the World Cup giant slalom in Val\nd'Isere, France, in December 2025. This followed him achieving gold in\nthe men's giant slalom at the 2024 FIS Alpine Junior World\nChampionships in Portes du Soleil, France, with Team USA noting,\n``Sarchett became the first American to win the junior world\nchampionships giant slalom title since River Radamus claimed gold in\n2019 . . .''. He has skied for the University of Colorado Boulder,\nwinning the men's giant slalom at the Utah Invitational and placing 8th\nin slalom at the NCAA championships, helping his team win the team\ntitle by 2 points.\n The 2026 Winter Olympics were also the first Olympic Games for\nSamantha ``Sammy'' Smith, who grew up splitting time between Boise and\nSun Valley. She competed in cross-country skiing, earning 19th in\nsprint classic style in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina.\nTeam USA notes that Sammy made her World Cup debut in Norway in March\n2023 as the youngest woman in the field by 2 years. She then went on to\nearn a silver medal in the freestyle sprint at the 2024 FIS Ski Junior\nWorld Championships in Planica, Slovenia. Sammy earned multiple top 30\nFIS World Cup finishes and the U.S. Nordic Olympic Women Gold Rush\nAward for her grit and grace beyond race results. She also won the U.S.\nnational championship in the classic sprint in January 2025. In\naddition to skiing, she is a division I soccer player for Stanford\nUniversity. Her many soccer achievements include her serving as a\ncaptain of the U.S. team at the 2023 Pan American Games, where her team\nearned bronze.\n Another first-time Olympian John Steel Hagenbuch, of Ketchum,\ncompeted in cross-country skiing for Team USA. He earned 14th in the\nmen's 10-kilometer interval start free and contributed to his team's\n6th place finish in the 4x7.5-kilometer relay. Team USA notes, ``John\nSteel Hagenbuch has established himself as one of the most decorated\ncollegiate cross-country skiers in recent history while simultaneously\ncompeting at the international level.'' His many successes as a skier\nfor Dartmouth include his two-time NCAA championships in the 7.5-\nkilometer classic, earning United States Collegiate Ski Coaches\nAssociation Men's Nordic National Skier of the Year honors, and\nnumerous Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association championships. He also\nearned bronze in February 2024 in the skate sprint at the U23 FIS\nCross-Country Ski World Championships in Planica, Slovenia.\n The Idaho Olympians we are honoring and their teammates often\novercome significant injuries and other setbacks to continue showing up\nday in and day out to prepare, improve, and prevail. They are\nextraordinary examples of consistency. They make the choice over-and-\nover-again not to push snooze on their dreams but get up and keep\nmoving forward. We commend them for their hard work and thank them for\ntheir representation of our great State and Nation in the 2026 Winter\nOlympics in Milano-Cortina. Congratulations, Olympians.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS728", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "AUTHORIZING THE USE OF EMANCIPATION HALL IN THE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER FOR A CEREMONY AS PART OF THE COMMEMORATION OF THE DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE OF VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST", "SENATE", "SENATE", "COMMEMORATING", "S728", "S728", "[{\"name\": \"John Thune\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HCONRES\", \"number\": \"72\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HCONRES\", \"number\": \"72\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. S728", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S728]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nAUTHORIZING THE USE OF EMANCIPATION HALL IN THE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER\nFOR A CEREMONY AS PART OF THE COMMEMORATION OF THE DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE\n OF VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST\n\n Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate\nproceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 72, which was\nreceived from the House.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent\nresolution by title.\n The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:\n\n A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 72) authorizing the\n use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a\n ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of\n remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.\n\n There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the\nconcurrent resolution.\n Mr. THUNE. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to\nand the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table\nwith no intervening action or debate.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.\n The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 72) was agreed to.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS729-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT", "SENATE", "SENATE", "MSGPRESIDENT", "S729", "S729", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. S729", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S729]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT\n\n Messages from the President of the United States were communicated to\nthe Senate by Ms. Holstead, one of his secretaries.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS729-3", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SMSGEXEC", "S729", "S729", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. S729", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S729]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED\n\n As in executive session the Presiding Officer laid before the Senate\nmessages from the President of the United States submitting sundry\nnominations which were referred to the appropriate committees.\n (The messages received today are printed at the end of the Senate\nproceedings.)\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS729-4", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS", "SENATE", "SENATE", "EXECUTIVECOMM", "S729", "S730", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. S729", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S729-S730]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS\n\n The following communications were laid before the Senate, together\nwith accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as\nindicated:\n\n EC-2845. A communication from the Chief for Regulatory\n Development, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,\n Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law,\n the report of a rule entitled ``Restoring Integrity to the\n Issuance of Non-Domiciled\n\n[[Page S730]]\n\n Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL)'' (RIN2126-AC98) received\n during adjounment of the Senate in the Office of the\n President of the Senate on February 20, 2026; to the\n Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.\n EC-2846. A communication from the Senior Counsel, Office\n of the Secretary, Department of Commerce, transmitting,\n pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removing\n Outdated and Overly-Prescriptive Regulations Governing the\n Use of Penalty Mail in the Location and Recovery of Missing\n Children'' (RIN0605-AA81) received in the Office of the\n President of the Senate on February 13, 2026; to the\n Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.\n EC-2847. A communication from the Senior Counsel, Office\n of the General Counsel, Department of Commerce, transmitting,\n pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Survey of\n International Trade in Services Between U.S. and Foreign\n Persons and Surveys of Direct Investment'' (RIN0691-AA95) in\n the Office of the President of the Senate on February 13,\n 2026; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and\n Transportation.\n EC-2848. A communication from the President of the United\n States to the President pro tempore of the United States\n Senate, transmitting, consistent with the War Powers\n Resolution, a report relative to military action taken on\n February 28, 2026, against the Government of the Islamic\n Republic of Iran; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.\n EC-2849. A communication from the Acting Director of the\n Peace Corps, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of\n Inspector General's Semiannual Report for the period of April\n 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025; to the Committee on\n Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.\n EC-2850. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Office\n of the General Counsel, Department of Transportation,\n transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a\n nomination for a position covered by the Federal Vacancies\n Reform Act of 1998 for the position of Assistant Secretary\n for Research & Technology, Department of Transportation,\n received in the Office of the President of the Senate on\n February 13, 2026; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and\n Transportation.\n EC-2851. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Office\n of the General Counsel, Department of Transportation,\n transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to action on\n a nomination for a position covered by the Federal Vacancies\n Reform Act of 1998 for the position of Under Secretary of\n Transportation Policy, Department of Transportation, received\n in the Office of the President of the Senate on February 13,\n 2026; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and\n Transportation.\n EC-2852. A communication from the Senior Counsel, Office\n of the General Counsel, Department of Commerce, transmitting,\n pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removing\n Obsolete Regulations to the Voluntary Consumer Product\n Information Labeling Program'' (RIN0605-AA74) received in the\n Office of the President of the Senate on February 13, 2026;\n to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.\n EC-2853. A communication from the Senior Counsel, Office\n of the General Counsel, Department of Commerce, transmitting,\n pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removing\n Obsolete Regulations Establishing Procedures for a Voluntary\n Labeling Program for Household Appliances and Equipment To\n Effect Energy Conservation'' (RIN0605-AA72) received in the\n Office of the President of the Senate on February 13, 2026;\n to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.\n EC-2854. A communication from the Senior Counsel, Office\n of the General Counsel, Department of Commerce, transmitting,\n pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Eliminating\n Redundant Regulatory Part Related to Public Information and\n Disclosure'' (RIN0648-BO37) received in the Office of the\n President of the Senate on February 13, 2026; to the\n Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.\n EC-2855. A communication from the Senior Counsel, Office\n of the General Counsel, Department of Commerce, transmitting,\n pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removing\n Unnecessary Regulations Regarding the Seal of the Department\n of Commerce'' (RIN0605-AA71) received in the Office of the\n President of the Senate on February 13, 2026; to the\n Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.\n EC-2856. A communication from the Senior Counsel, Office\n of the General Counsel, Department of Commerce, transmitting,\n pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Updating and\n Streamlining the Regulations Governing the Handling and\n Settlement of Claims Under the Federal Tort Claims Act''\n (RIN0605-AA83) received in the Office of the President of the\n Senate on February 13, 2026; to the Committee on Commerce,\n Science, and Transportation.\n EC-2857. A communication from the Senior Counsel, Office\n of the General Counsel, Department of Commerce, transmitting,\n pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removing\n Unnecessary Department-Specific Regulations Related to\n Employee Responsibilities and Conduct'' (RIN0605-AA75)\n received in the Office of the President of the Senate on\n February 13, 2026; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and\n Transportation.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS729", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL HAROLD STANFORD", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SADDITIONAL", "S729", "S729", "[{\"name\": \"Tommy Tuberville\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. S729", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S729]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS\n\n ______\n\n TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL HAROLD STANFORD\n\n Mr. TUBERVILLE. Mr. President, Alabama is proud to be home to\nso many great veterans who have represented us well on the world stage.\nThat is certainly true for LTC Harold Stanford of Barfield, AL. The\nClay County native joined the Alabama Army National Guard while he was\nstill in high school before going to Jacksonville State University and\njoining the ROTC unit there.\n Harold's Alabama training took him across the country, but one stop\nin Rockville, MD, would chart the course for his nearly three-decade\nmilitary career. While here, Harold helped protect our Nation's Capital\nand surrounding area during the Vietnam war. This was also where Harold\ntook his first helicopter flight, and he decided that aviation was how\nhe would use his gifts to serve our country. He became an Army pilot\nand served two tours in Vietnam in the 60s. His company became known as\nthe Rattlers.\n Harold received the Distinguished Flying Cross medal--the highest\nhonor for aerial flight--for his bravery during a mission where he\nsuccessfully landed his Chinook after losing an engine due to enemy\nfire. Harold safely landed the chopper along with 8,000 pounds of ammo\nand the whole crew intact. But Harold's service extended far past being\na skilled pilot. He devoted much of his time off duty to serving a\nleper colony, demonstrating the very best of American generosity and\ngoodwill. Over the years, he has received numerous other decorations,\nincluding the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Joint Service\nCommendation medal, seven Air Medals, several unit citations, and many\nmore.\n We could all learn a thing or two from Harold. After retiring from\nthe military, Harold continued to fly corporate planes for another 18\nyears. Eventually, after 22 moves, the Stanfords returned home to the\nBarfield community in 2002 and settled into the house next door from\nwhere his wife Martha grew up. Harold credits Martha for standing by\nhis side in every step of their lives. They recently celebrated 67\nyears of marriage together and are the proud parents of two adult sons:\nDavid and Michael. For 16 years, Harold continued saving lives as a\nfireman with the Barfield Volunteer Fire Department. Harold has stayed\ninvolved in his retirement. He is a member of the VFW Post 9581,\nAmerican Legion, and the Vietnam Helicopter Association.\n As his wife Martha says, ``[Harold] had a very strong feeling of\nservice to [his] country.'' Alabama is grateful for veterans like\nHarold who continue to put country and community above themselves. It\nis my honor to recognize Harold Stanford as the March Veteran of the\nMonth.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS730", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SPETANDMEM", "S730", "S731", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HJRES\", \"number\": \"98\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HJRES\", \"number\": \"98\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HCONRES\", \"number\": \"3008\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HCONRES\", \"number\": \"3008\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. S730", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S730-S731]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS\n\n The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and\nwere referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:\n\n POM-32. A concurrent resolution adopted by the General\n Assembly of the State of South Carolina applying to the\n United States Congress to call a convention under Article V\n of the United States Constitution, for the limited purpose of\n proposing a constitutional amendment to set a limit on the\n number of terms that a person may be elected, as a member, to\n the United States House of Representatives and the United\n States Senate; to the Committee on the Judiciary.\n\n House Concurrent Resolution No. 3008\n\n Whereas, the legislature of South Carolina hereby makes an\n application to Congress, as provided by Article V of the\n Constitution of the United States of America, to call a\n convention limited to proposing an amendment to the\n Constitution of the United States of America to set a limit\n on the number of terms that a person may be elected, as a\n member, to the United States House of Representatives and the\n United States Senate; and\n Whereas, the Secretary of State is hereby directed to\n transmit copies of this application to the President and\n Secretary of the Senate of the United States; the Speaker,\n Clerk, and Judiciary Committee Chairman of the House of\n Representatives of the Congress of the United States; the\n members of the Senate and House of Representatives from this\n State; and the presiding officers of each of the legislative\n houses in the several states, requesting their cooperation;\n and\n Whereas, this application shall be considered as covering\n the same subject matter as the applications from other states\n to Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the number\n of terms for which a person may be elected to the House of\n Representatives of the Congress of the United States and the\n Senate of the United States. This application shall be\n aggregated with those applications for the purpose of\n attaining the two-thirds of states necessary for requiring\n Congress to call a limited convention on this subject, but it\n shall not be aggregated with any other applications on any\n other subject; and\n Whereas, this application constitutes a continuing\n application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution\n of the United States of America until the legislatures of at\n least two-thirds of the several states have made applications\n on the same subject. Now, therefore, be it\n Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate\n concurring:\n That the members of the General Assembly, by this\n resolution, apply for a convention under Article V of the\n United States Constitution in order to propose a\n congressional term limits amendment.\n Be it further resolved that the General Assembly of the\n State of South Carolina adopts this concurrent resolution\n expressly subject to the following reservations,\n understandings, and declarations:\n (1) an application to the Congress of the United States to\n call an amendment convention of the states pursuant to\n Article V of the United States Constitution confers no power\n to Congress other than the power to call such a convention.\n The power of Congress to exercise this ministerial duty\n consists solely of the authority to name a reasonable time\n and place for the initial meeting of a convention; and\n (2) Congress shall perform its ministerial duty of calling\n an amendment convention of the states only upon the receipt\n of applications for an amendment convention for the\n substantially same purpose as this application from two-\n thirds of the legislatures of the several states; and\n (3) Congress does not have the power or authority to\n determine any rules for the governing of an amendment\n convention of the states called pursuant to Article V of the\n United States Constitution. Congress does not have the power\n to set the number of delegates to be sent by any state to\n such a convention, nor does it have the power to name\n delegates to such a convention. The power to name delegates\n remains exclusively within the authority of the legislatures\n of the several states; and\n (4) by definition, an amendment convention of the states\n means that states shall vote on the basis of one state, one\n vote; and\n (5) a convention of the states convened pursuant to this\n application must be limited to consideration of the topics\n specified in this concurrent resolution and no other. This\n application is made with the express understanding that an\n amendment that in any way seeks to amend, modify, or repeal\n any provision of the Bill of Rights, the thirteenth,\n fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the United States\n Constitution shall not be authorized for consideration at any\n stage. This application shall be void ab initio if ever used\n at any stage to consider any change to any provision of the\n Bill of Rights; and\n (6) pursuant to Article V of the United States\n Constitution, Congress may determine whether proposed\n amendments shall be ratified by the legislatures of the\n several states or by special state ratification conventions.\n The South Carolina General Assembly recommends that Congress\n select ratification by the legislatures of the several\n states; and\n (7) the South Carolina General Assembly may provide further\n instructions to its delegates and may recall its delegates at\n any\n\n[[Page S731]]\n\n time for a breach of a duty or a violation of the\n instructions provided.\n POM-33. A house joint resolution adopted by the General\n Assembly of the State of Tennessee urging the United States\n Congress to require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs\n to add COVID-19 treatments and anthrax vaccinations as pre-\n qualifying for care under the PACT Act; to the Committee on\n Veterans' Affairs.\n\n House Joint Resolution No. 98\n\n Whereas, many servicemembers have reportedly been\n unlawfully forced to accept COVID-19 drugs and anthrax\n vaccinations; and\n Whereas, our government has a history of subjecting our\n servicemembers to experimental conditions and substances\n without their consent; and\n Whereas, our national security and readiness to necessarily\n conduct war is adversely impacted by the unlawful\n administering of drugs and substances or exposures to\n experimental conditions. Many injuries are reported to have\n occurred in our servicemembers from a forced requirement to\n accept COVID-19 ``vaccinations''; and\n Whereas, our civilian and military leaders owe both an\n allegiance to the welfare of the warfighter and a\n responsibility to the Republic to ensure rules, regulations,\n and laws are followed closely in the administering of health\n care to our servicemembers; and\n Whereas, the PACT Act of 2022 expanded the Department of\n Veterans Affairs coverage of health care and benefits for\n veterans to include those exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange,\n and other toxic substances; and\n Whereas, recognizing a potential for generational damage,\n this law helps us provide generations of veterans--and their\n survivors--with the care and benefits they've earned and\n deserve. It has been appropriate to recognize other chemical\n substances of which the unnecessary and forced exposure has\n caused damage to our servicemembers and their families; and\n Whereas, the Department of Veterans Affairs has\n historically been slow to respond to toxic exposures, often\n leaving the servicemember or veteran exposed with no recourse\n nor help for decades; it is incumbent upon our government to\n care for the wounded and injured warriors; and\n Whereas, a group of whistleblowers has asserted that COVID-\n 19 treatments were issued while the chemicals were only\n Emergency Use Authorized (EUA). The servicemen and\n servicewomen alleged that the U.S. Department of Defense\n (DOD) has unlawfully administered EUA products as if they\n were fully licensed Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-\n approved products. Military regulations state service members\n have a legal right to refuse EUA products; and\n Whereas, these whistleblowers contend that the FDA issued\n approval for Pfizer's Comirnaty vaccine in August 2021, but\n that none of the FDA-approved vaccines were available. FDA\n documents dated November 2021 state: ``In the U.S., there are\n no licensed vaccines or antiviral drugs for the prevention of\n COVID-19.'' Furthermore, the FDA said the EUA-authorized\n Pfizer vaccines were ``legally distinct'' from the FDA-\n approved Comirnaty vaccines that were unavailable for service\n members in the U.S.; and\n Whereas, anthrax vaccinations are reported to have been\n issued to millions of servicemembers, even at times when the\n drug was not fully approved; and\n Whereas, in October 2004, a federal judge ordered the\n military to stop requiring anthrax vaccines for U.S. military\n personnel. In response, the Pentagon halted mandatory anthrax\n vaccinations ``until further notice,'' but noted the court\n did not question the safety or effectiveness of the vaccine.\n Tennessee troops were issued anthrax vaccinations in 2004;\n now, therefore,\n Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the One\n Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly of the State of\n Tennessee, the Senate Concurring, that we strongly urge the\n United States Congress to require the Department of Veterans\n Affairs to add COVID-19 treatments, conducted under Emergency\n Use Authorization (EUA) and before FDA approval was granted,\n as pre-qualifying for care under the PACT Act.\n Resolved, That we also strongly urge Congress to require\n the Department of Veterans Affairs to add anthrax\n vaccinations as qualifying for care under the PACT Act; and\n be it further\n Resolved, That we also urge Congress to conduct a full\n investigation and provide a report of the timeline, including\n the accountable persons who made decisions, recommendations,\n and approvals of the decision to require servicemembers to\n accept the introduction of these chemicals, with their\n possible harmful or toxic side effects and outside of legal\n and lawful permission, into their bodies; and be it further\n Resolved, That a certified copy of this resolution be\n transmitted to the Speaker and the Clerk of the United States\n House of Representatives, the President and the Secretary of\n the United States Senate, and each member of the Tennessee\n Congressional delegation.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS731-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SINTROBILLS", "S731", "S731", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3956\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3957\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3958\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3959\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3960\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3961\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3962\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. S731", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S731]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS\n\n The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the\nfirst and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:\n\n By Mr. SANDERS:\n S. 3956. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986\n to impose an annual tax on the net value of assets held by a\n taxpayer, and for other purposes; to the Committee on\n Finance.\n By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Ms. Cantwell):\n S. 3957. A bill to support National Science Foundation\n education and professional development relating to artificial\n intelligence; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and\n Transportation.\n By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Fetterman, Mr.\n Lujan, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Warnock, Mr.\n Murphy, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Booker, Mr. Welch, Mr.\n Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Sanders):\n S. 3958. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008\n to transition Puerto Rico to the supplemental nutrition\n assistance program, and for other purposes; to the Committee\n on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.\n By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Booker, Mr.\n Schatz, Mr. King, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Warren, Mr. Markey,\n Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Wicker):\n S. 3959. A bill to focus limited Federal resources on the\n most serious offenders; to the Committee on the Judiciary.\n By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Coons, and Mr.\n Wicker):\n S. 3960. A bill to give Federal courts additional\n discretion to determine whether pretrial detention is\n appropriate for defendants charged with nonviolent drug\n offenses in Federal criminal cases; to the Committee on the\n Judiciary.\n By Mr. SCHIFF:\n S. 3961. A bill to prohibit solicitation by institutional\n investors after a major disaster, and for other purposes; to\n the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.\n By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. McCormick):\n S. 3962. A bill to improve interagency coordination between\n the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the\n Economic Development Administration, and for other purposes;\n to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS731-3", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SSUBMISSION", "S731", "S731", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"624\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"625\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. S731", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S731]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS\n\n The following concurrent resolutions and Senate resolutions were\nread, and referred (or acted upon), as indicated:\n\n By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Van Hollen,\n Mr. King, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Duckworth,\n Mr. Booker, and Mr. Kim):\n S. Res. 624. A resolution expressing support for the\n designation of the week of March 2 through March 6, 2026, as\n ``National Social and Emotional Learning Week'' to recognize\n the critical role social and emotional learning plays in\n supporting the academic success and overall well-being of\n students, educators, and families; to the Committee on\n Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.\n By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Ms. Hirono):\n S. Res. 625. A resolution designating February 2026 as\n ``Hawaiian Language Month'' or ``Olelo Hawai'i Month''; to\n the Committee on the Judiciary.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS731-4", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SCOSPONSORS", "S731", "S733", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"79\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"79\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"104\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"104\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"339\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"339\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"339\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"494\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"494\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"567\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"567\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"606\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"606\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"620\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"620\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"624\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"624\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"986\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"986\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1336\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1336\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1574\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1574\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1677\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1677\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1829\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1829\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1885\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1885\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1892\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1892\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1918\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1918\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1929\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1929\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2282\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2282\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2409\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2409\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2525\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2525\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2667\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2667\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2903\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2903\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2947\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2947\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3135\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3135\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3211\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3211\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3394\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3394\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3397\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3397\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3398\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3398\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3455\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3455\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3513\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3513\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3653\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3653\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3659\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3659\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3761\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3761\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3789\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3789\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3791\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3791\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3865\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3865\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3916\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3916\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3923\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3923\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3938\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3938\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3940\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3940\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3953\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3953\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. S731", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S731-S733]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS\n\n S. 339\n\n At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from\nPennsylvania (Mr. McCormick) was added as a cosponsor of S. 339, a bill\nto amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare\ncoverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests.\n\n S. 494\n\n At the request of Mr. Schmitt, the name of the Senator from\nCalifornia (Mr. Schiff) was added as a cosponsor of S. 494, a bill to\nestablish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, and for\nother purposes.\n\n S. 567\n\n At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from\nMaryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer),\nthe Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms.\nBaldwin) were added as cosponsors of S. 567, a bill to award a\nCongressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Rhode Island\nRegiment, in recognition of their dedicated service during the\nRevolutionary War.\n\n[[Page S732]]\n\n S. 624\n\n At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from Maryland\n(Ms. Alsobrooks) was added as a cosponsor of S. 624, a bill to amend\ntitle 5, United States Code, to achieve parity between the cost-of-\nliving adjustment with respect to an annuity under the Federal\nEmployees Retirement System and an annuity under the Civil Service\nRetirement System, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 986\n\n At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Maryland\n(Ms. Alsobrooks) was added as a cosponsor of S. 986, a bill to address\nand take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.\n\n S. 1336\n\n At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin\n(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1336, a bill to require\nthe Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grant program to address\nforestry workforce development needs, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 1574\n\n At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from\nMinnesota (Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1574, a bill to\namend the Stored Communications Act to include Tribal courts as courts\nof competent jurisdiction.\n\n S. 1677\n\n At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from\nWashington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Delaware (Ms. Blunt\nRochester) were added as cosponsors of S. 1677, a bill to provide\nhealth insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and\nservices related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly\nor birth defect.\n\n S. 1829\n\n At the request of Mr. Hawley, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma\n(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1829, a bill to combat\nthe sexual exploitation of children by supporting victims and promoting\naccountability and transparency by the tech industry.\n\n S. 1885\n\n At the request of Mrs. Britt, the name of the Senator from New\nHampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1885, a bill to\nrequire the Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the\nSecretary of Health and Human Services acting through the Surgeon\nGeneral, to implement a mental health warning label on covered\nplatforms, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 1892\n\n At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from\nWisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Justice),\nthe Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) and the Senator from Colorado\n(Mr. Bennet) were added as cosponsors of S. 1892, a bill to clarify\nthat amounts from declinations should be deposited in the Crime Victims\nFund and to temporarily provide additional deposits into the Crime\nVictims Fund.\n\n S. 1918\n\n At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Michigan\n(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1918, a bill to amend the\nInternal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable tax credit against\nincome tax for the purchase of qualified access technology for the\nblind.\n\n S. 1929\n\n At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Alaska\n(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1929, a bill to\nestablish programs to reduce rates of sepsis.\n\n S. 2282\n\n At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Kansas\n(Mr. Marshall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2282, a bill to amend the\nFood, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to reauthorize the Farm and\nRanch Stress Assistance Network, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 2409\n\n At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr.\nSullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2409, a bill to amend the\nFederal Meat Inspection Act to exempt from inspection the slaughter of\nanimals and the preparation of carcasses conducted at a custom\nslaughter facility, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 2525\n\n At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Virginia\n(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2525, a bill to address\ntransnational repression by foreign governments against private\nindividuals, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 2667\n\n At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New\nHampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2667, a bill to\nprevent violence in the West Bank and authorize the imposition of\nsanctions with respect to any foreign person endangering United States\nnational security and undermining prospects for a two-state solution by\ncommitting illegal violent acts.\n\n S. 2903\n\n At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Vermont\n(Mr. Welch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2903, a bill to amend the\nEmployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group\nhealth plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with\nsuch a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step\ntherapy protocol, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 2947\n\n At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Kansas\n(Mr. Marshall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2947, a bill to establish\na Federal Clearinghouse on Safety and Best Practices for Nonprofit\nOrganizations, Faith-based Organizations, and Houses of Worship within\nthe Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 3135\n\n At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Alaska\n(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3135, a bill to require\nthe Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to authorize\nmanufacturers of certain vehicles to suspend engine derate or shutdown\nfunctions in prolonged cold weather conditions, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 3211\n\n At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Delaware\n(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3211, a bill to require the\nOffice of Management and Budget to consider revising the Standard\nOccupational Classification system to establish a separate code for\ndirect support professionals, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 3394\n\n At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Maine\n(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3394, a bill to direct the\nUnited States Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guideline\nrelating to child sexual abuse material.\n\n S. 3397\n\n At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Maine\n(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3397, a bill to make coercion\nof children to commit harm a criminal offense, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 3398\n\n At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Maine\n(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3398, a bill to amend title\n18, United States Code, to criminalize intentional threats to\ndistribute child sexual abuse material, and to provide appropriate\npenalties for the use of child sexual abuse material to extort or\ncoerce victims.\n\n S. 3455\n\n At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the names of the Senator from\nCalifornia (Mr. Schiff) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) were\nadded as cosponsors of S. 3455, a bill to authorize urbanized area\nformula grants for service improvement and safety and security\nenhancement, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 3513\n\n At the request of Mr. McCormick, the names of the Senator from Utah\n(Mr. Curtis) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added as\ncosponsors of S. 3513, a bill to impose sanctions with respect to\nforeign persons dealing in crude oil or petroleum products of Russian\nFederation origin.\n\n S. 3653\n\n At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from Alaska\n(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3653, a bill to require\nthe Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out\n\n[[Page S733]]\n\nefforts to inform veterans of their rights with regards to the receipt\nof health care, benefits, and services furnished under provisions of\nlaw administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 3659\n\n At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from\nVirginia (Mr. Kaine) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. McCormick)\nwere added as cosponsors of S. 3659, a bill to establish a Strategic\nResilience Reserve of the United States, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 3761\n\n At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from\nMinnesota (Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3761, a bill to\namend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt qualified student\nloan bonds from the volume cap and the alternative minimum tax.\n\n S. 3789\n\n At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from California\n(Mr. Schiff) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3789, a bill to provide for\na temporary adjustment to the prospectus thresholds for certain General\nServices Administration projects, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 3791\n\n At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from\nConnecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3791, a\nbill to reauthorize Regional Ocean Partnerships, and for other\npurposes.\n\n S. 3865\n\n At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland\n(Ms. Alsobrooks) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3865, a bill to prevent\ndiscrimination, including harassment, in employment.\n\n S. 3916\n\n At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from\nMississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3916, a bill to\nprohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and for\nother purposes.\n\n S. 3923\n\n At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from North\nCarolina (Mr. Budd) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were\nadded as cosponsors of S. 3923, a bill to improve the weather research\nof the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, support\nimprovements in weather forecasting and prediction, and expand\ncommercial opportunities for the provision of weather data.\n\n S. 3938\n\n At the request of Mr. King, the names of the Senator from Nebraska\n(Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Florida (Mrs. Moody), the Senator from\nPennsylvania (Mr. McCormick), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr.\nHoeven) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as cosponsors of\nS. 3938, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize\nrepresentatives of veterans service organizations to participate in\npresentations to promote certain benefits available to veterans during\npreseparation counseling under the Transition Assistance Program of the\nDepartment of Defense, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 3940\n\n At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from North\nDakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3940, a bill to\namend the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act\nof 1994 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to testify before\nCongress, and for other purposes.\n\n S. 3953\n\n At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from\nCalifornia (Mr. Padilla) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy)\nwere added as cosponsors of S. 3953, a bill to authorize the Director\nof the National Museum of African American History and Culture to\nsupport African American history education programs, and for other\npurposes.\n\n S.J. RES. 79\n\n At the request of Mr. Mullin, the name of the Senator from\nPennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 79,\na joint resolution honoring the sacrifice of Marine Corps Lance\nCorporal David L. Espinoza, Marine Corps Sergeant Nicole L. Gee, Marine\nCorps Staff Sergeant Darin Taylor Hoover, Army Staff Sergeant Ryan\nChristian Knauss, Marine Corps Corporal Hunter Lopez, Marine Corps\nLance Corporal Rylee J. McCollum, Marine Corps Lance Corporal Dylan R.\nMerola, Marine Corps Lance Corporal Kareem M. Nikoui, Marine Corps\nCorporal Daegan W. Page, Marine Corps Sergeant Johanny Rosario, Marine\nCorps Corporal Humberto A. Sanchez, Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jared\nM. Schmitz, and Navy Petty Officer Third Class Maxton W. Soviak.\n\n S.J. RES. 104\n\n At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from Maine (Mr.\nKing), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from\nMassachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the\nSenator from Maryland (Ms. Alsobrooks), the Senator from Illinois (Mr.\nDurbin), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from\nMassachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich),\nthe Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Connecticut\n(Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator\nfrom Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res.\n104, a joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed\nForces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran\nthat have not been authorized by Congress.\n\n S. RES. 606\n\n At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from\nCalifornia (Mr. Schiff) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 606, a\nresolution condemning the Government of Iran for its suppression of the\nright of Iranians to peacefully assemble.\n\n S. RES. 620\n\n At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from Kansas\n(Mr. Marshall), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator\nfrom South Carolina (Mr. Scott) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr.\nBooker) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 620, a resolution\ndesignating February 28, 2026, as ``Rare Disease Day''.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS731", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "REPORTS OF COMMITTEES", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SCOMMREPORT", "S731", "S731", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6719\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. S731", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S731]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n REPORTS OF COMMITTEES\n\n The following reports of committees were submitted:\n\n By Mr. GRASSLEY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, with\n an amendment in the nature of a substitute:\n H.R. 6719. An act to prohibit threats to a minor, and for\n other purposes.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS733-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Introductory Statement on S. 3959", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SSTATEMENTSIND", "S733", "S734", "[{\"name\": \"Richard J. Durbin\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3959\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. S733", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S733-S734]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Booker, Mr. Schatz, Mr.\n King, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Warren, Mr. Markey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.\n Sanders, and Mr. Wicker):\n S. 3959. A bill to focus limited Federal resources on the most\nserious offenders; to the Committee on the Judiciary.\n\n S. 3959\n\n Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of\n the United States of America in Congress assembled,\n\n SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.\n\n This Act may be cited as the ``Smarter Sentencing Act of\n 2026''.\n\n SEC. 2. SENTENCING MODIFICATIONS FOR CERTAIN DRUG OFFENSES.\n\n (a) Controlled Substances Act.--The Controlled Substances\n Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended--\n (1) in section 102 (21 U.S.C. 802), by adding at the end\n the following:\n ``(61) The term `courier' means a defendant whose role in\n the offense was limited to transporting or storing drugs or\n money.''; and\n (2) in section 401(b)(1) (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1))--\n (A) in subparagraph (A), in the flush text following clause\n (viii)--\n (i) by striking ``10 years or more'' and inserting ``5\n years or more''; and\n (ii) by striking ``15 years'' and inserting ``10 years'';\n and\n (B) in subparagraph (B), in the flush text following clause\n (viii)--\n (i) by striking ``5 years'' and inserting ``2 years''; and\n (ii) by striking ``not be less than 10 years'' and\n inserting ``not be less than 5 years''.\n (b) Controlled Substances Import and Export Act.--Section\n 1010(b) of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act\n (21 U.S.C. 960(b)) is amended--\n (1) in paragraph (1), in the flush text following\n subparagraph (H)--\n (A) by inserting ``, other than a person who is a\n courier,'' after ``such violation'';\n (B) by striking ``person commits'' and inserting ``person,\n other than a courier, commits''; and\n (C) by inserting ``If a person who is a courier commits\n such a violation, the person shall be sentenced to a term of\n imprisonment of not less than 5 years and not more than life.\n If a person who is a courier commits such a violation after a\n prior conviction for a serious drug felony or serious violent\n felony has become final, the person shall be\n\n[[Page S734]]\n\n sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years\n and not more than life.'' before ``Notwithstanding section\n 3583''; and\n (2) in paragraph (2), in the flush text following\n subparagraph (H)--\n (A) by inserting ``, other than a person who is a\n courier,'' after ``such violation'';\n (B) by striking ``person commits'' and inserting ``person,\n other than a courier, commits''; and\n (C) by inserting ``If a person who is a courier commits\n such a violation, the person shall be sentenced to a term of\n imprisonment of not less than 2 years and not more than life.\n If a person who is a courier commits such a violation after a\n prior conviction for a serious drug felony or serious violent\n felony has become final, the person shall be sentenced to a\n term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years and not more\n than life.'' before ``Notwithstanding section 3583''.\n (c) Applicability to Pending and Past Cases.--\n (1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``covered\n offense'' means a violation of a Federal criminal statute,\n the statutory penalties for which were modified by this\n section.\n (2) Pending cases.--This section, and the amendments made\n by this section, shall apply to any sentence imposed after\n the date of enactment of this Act, regardless of when the\n offense was committed.\n (3) Past cases.--In the case of a defendant who, before the\n date of enactment of this Act, was convicted or sentenced for\n a covered offense, the sentencing court may, on motion of the\n defendant, the Bureau of Prisons, the attorney for the\n Government, or on its own motion, impose a reduced sentence\n after considering the factors set forth in section 3553(a) of\n title 18, United States Code.\n\n SEC. 3. DIRECTIVE TO THE SENTENCING COMMISSION.\n\n (a) Directive to Sentencing Commission.--Pursuant to its\n authority under section 994(p) of title 28, United States\n Code, and in accordance with this section, the United States\n Sentencing Commission shall review and amend, if appropriate,\n its guidelines and its policy statements applicable to\n persons convicted of an offense under section 401 of the\n Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841) or section 1010 of\n the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C.\n 960) to ensure that the guidelines and policy statements are\n consistent with the amendments made by section 2 of this Act.\n (b) Considerations.--In carrying out this section, the\n United States Sentencing Commission shall consider--\n (1) the mandate of the United States Sentencing Commission,\n under section 994(g) of title 28, United States Code, to\n formulate the sentencing guidelines in such a way as to\n ``minimize the likelihood that the Federal prison population\n will exceed the capacity of the Federal prisons'';\n (2) the findings and conclusions of the United States\n Sentencing Commission in its October 2011 report to Congress\n entitled, Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal\n Justice System;\n (3) the fiscal implications of any amendments or revisions\n to the sentencing guidelines or policy statements made by the\n United States Sentencing Commission;\n (4) the relevant public safety concerns involved in the\n considerations before the United States Sentencing\n Commission;\n (5) the intent of Congress that penalties for violent,\n repeat, and serious drug traffickers who present public\n safety risks remain appropriately severe; and\n (6) the need to reduce and prevent racial disparities in\n Federal sentencing.\n (c) Emergency Authority.--The United States Sentencing\n Commission shall--\n (1) promulgate the guidelines, policy statements, or\n amendments provided for in this Act as soon as practicable,\n and in any event not later than 120 days after the date of\n enactment of this Act, in accordance with the procedure set\n forth in section 21(a) of the Sentencing Act of 1987 (28\n U.S.C. 994 note), as though the authority under that Act had\n not expired; and\n (2) pursuant to the emergency authority provided under\n paragraph (1), make such conforming amendments to the Federal\n sentencing guidelines as the Commission determines necessary\n to achieve consistency with other guideline provisions and\n applicable law.\n\n SEC. 4. REPORT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.\n\n Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this\n Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on\n the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the\n Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report outlining\n how the reduced expenditures on Federal corrections and the\n cost savings resulting from this Act will be used to help\n reduce overcrowding in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, help\n increase proper investment in law enforcement and crime\n prevention, and help reduce criminal recidivism, thereby\n increasing the effectiveness of Federal criminal justice\n spending.\n\n SEC. 5. REPORT ON FEDERAL CRIMINAL OFFENSES.\n\n (a) Definitions.--In this section--\n (1) the term ``criminal regulatory offense'' means a\n Federal regulation that is enforceable by a criminal penalty;\n and\n (2) the term ``criminal statutory offense'' means a\n criminal offense under a Federal statute.\n (b) Report on Criminal Statutory Offenses.--Not later than\n 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney\n General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the\n Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of\n Representatives a report, which shall include--\n (1) a list of all criminal statutory offenses, including a\n list of the elements for each criminal statutory offense; and\n (2) for each criminal statutory offense listed under\n paragraph (1)--\n (A) the potential criminal penalty for the criminal\n statutory offense;\n (B) the number of prosecutions for the criminal statutory\n offense brought by the Department of Justice each year for\n the 15-year period preceding the date of enactment of this\n Act; and\n (C) the mens rea requirement for the criminal statutory\n offense.\n (c) Report on Criminal Regulatory Offenses.--\n (1) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of\n enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal agency\n described in paragraph (2) shall submit to the Committee on\n the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the\n Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report, which\n shall include--\n (A) a list of all criminal regulatory offenses enforceable\n by the agency; and\n (B) for each criminal regulatory offense listed under\n subparagraph (A)--\n (i) the potential criminal penalty for a violation of the\n criminal regulatory offense;\n (ii) the number of violations of the criminal regulatory\n offense referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution\n in each of the years during the 15-year period preceding the\n date of enactment of this Act; and\n (iii) the mens rea requirement for the criminal regulatory\n offense.\n (2) Agencies described.--The Federal agencies described in\n this paragraph are the Department of Agriculture, the\n Department of Commerce, the Department of Education, the\n Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human\n Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department\n of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of the\n Interior, the Department of Labor, the Department of\n Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, the Commodity\n Futures Trading Commission, the Consumer Product Safety\n Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the\n Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Farm Credit\n Administration, the Federal Communications Commission, the\n Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Election\n Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the\n Federal Maritime Commission, the Federal Mine Safety and\n Health Review Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the\n National Labor Relations Board, the National Transportation\n Safety Board, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the\n Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, the Office\n of Congressional Workplace Rights, the Postal Regulatory\n Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the\n Securities Investor Protection Corporation, the Environmental\n Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, the\n Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the Office of Government\n Ethics.\n (d) Index.--Not later than 2 years after the date of\n enactment of this Act--\n (1) the Attorney General shall establish a publicly\n accessible index of each criminal statutory offense listed in\n the report required under subsection (b) and make the index\n available and freely accessible on the website of the\n Department of Justice; and\n (2) the head of each agency described in subsection (c)(2)\n shall establish a publicly accessible index of each criminal\n regulatory offense listed in the report required under\n subsection (c)(1) and make the index available and freely\n accessible on the website of the agency.\n (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be\n construed to require or authorize appropriations.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS733", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SSTATEMENTS", "S733", "S734", "[{\"name\": \"Richard J. Durbin\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3959\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3959\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. S733", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S733-S734]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS\n\n ______\n\n By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Booker, Mr. Schatz, Mr.\n King, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Warren, Mr. Markey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.\n Sanders, and Mr. Wicker):\n S. 3959. A bill to focus limited Federal resources on the most\nserious offenders; to the Committee on the Judiciary.\n\n S. 3959\n\n Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of\n the United States of America in Congress assembled,\n\n SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.\n\n This Act may be cited as the ``Smarter Sentencing Act of\n 2026''.\n\n SEC. 2. SENTENCING MODIFICATIONS FOR CERTAIN DRUG OFFENSES.\n\n (a) Controlled Substances Act.--The Controlled Substances\n Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended--\n (1) in section 102 (21 U.S.C. 802), by adding at the end\n the following:\n ``(61) The term `courier' means a defendant whose role in\n the offense was limited to transporting or storing drugs or\n money.''; and\n (2) in section 401(b)(1) (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1))--\n (A) in subparagraph (A), in the flush text following clause\n (viii)--\n (i) by striking ``10 years or more'' and inserting ``5\n years or more''; and\n (ii) by striking ``15 years'' and inserting ``10 years'';\n and\n (B) in subparagraph (B), in the flush text following clause\n (viii)--\n (i) by striking ``5 years'' and inserting ``2 years''; and\n (ii) by striking ``not be less than 10 years'' and\n inserting ``not be less than 5 years''.\n (b) Controlled Substances Import and Export Act.--Section\n 1010(b) of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act\n (21 U.S.C. 960(b)) is amended--\n (1) in paragraph (1), in the flush text following\n subparagraph (H)--\n (A) by inserting ``, other than a person who is a\n courier,'' after ``such violation'';\n (B) by striking ``person commits'' and inserting ``person,\n other than a courier, commits''; and\n (C) by inserting ``If a person who is a courier commits\n such a violation, the person shall be sentenced to a term of\n imprisonment of not less than 5 years and not more than life.\n If a person who is a courier commits such a violation after a\n prior conviction for a serious drug felony or serious violent\n felony has become final, the person shall be\n\n[[Page S734]]\n\n sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years\n and not more than life.'' before ``Notwithstanding section\n 3583''; and\n (2) in paragraph (2), in the flush text following\n subparagraph (H)--\n (A) by inserting ``, other than a person who is a\n courier,'' after ``such violation'';\n (B) by striking ``person commits'' and inserting ``person,\n other than a courier, commits''; and\n (C) by inserting ``If a person who is a courier commits\n such a violation, the person shall be sentenced to a term of\n imprisonment of not less than 2 years and not more than life.\n If a person who is a courier commits such a violation after a\n prior conviction for a serious drug felony or serious violent\n felony has become final, the person shall be sentenced to a\n term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years and not more\n than life.'' before ``Notwithstanding section 3583''.\n (c) Applicability to Pending and Past Cases.--\n (1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``covered\n offense'' means a violation of a Federal criminal statute,\n the statutory penalties for which were modified by this\n section.\n (2) Pending cases.--This section, and the amendments made\n by this section, shall apply to any sentence imposed after\n the date of enactment of this Act, regardless of when the\n offense was committed.\n (3) Past cases.--In the case of a defendant who, before the\n date of enactment of this Act, was convicted or sentenced for\n a covered offense, the sentencing court may, on motion of the\n defendant, the Bureau of Prisons, the attorney for the\n Government, or on its own motion, impose a reduced sentence\n after considering the factors set forth in section 3553(a) of\n title 18, United States Code.\n\n SEC. 3. DIRECTIVE TO THE SENTENCING COMMISSION.\n\n (a) Directive to Sentencing Commission.--Pursuant to its\n authority under section 994(p) of title 28, United States\n Code, and in accordance with this section, the United States\n Sentencing Commission shall review and amend, if appropriate,\n its guidelines and its policy statements applicable to\n persons convicted of an offense under section 401 of the\n Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841) or section 1010 of\n the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C.\n 960) to ensure that the guidelines and policy statements are\n consistent with the amendments made by section 2 of this Act.\n (b) Considerations.--In carrying out this section, the\n United States Sentencing Commission shall consider--\n (1) the mandate of the United States Sentencing Commission,\n under section 994(g) of title 28, United States Code, to\n formulate the sentencing guidelines in such a way as to\n ``minimize the likelihood that the Federal prison population\n will exceed the capacity of the Federal prisons'';\n (2) the findings and conclusions of the United States\n Sentencing Commission in its October 2011 report to Congress\n entitled, Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal\n Justice System;\n (3) the fiscal implications of any amendments or revisions\n to the sentencing guidelines or policy statements made by the\n United States Sentencing Commission;\n (4) the relevant public safety concerns involved in the\n considerations before the United States Sentencing\n Commission;\n (5) the intent of Congress that penalties for violent,\n repeat, and serious drug traffickers who present public\n safety risks remain appropriately severe; and\n (6) the need to reduce and prevent racial disparities in\n Federal sentencing.\n (c) Emergency Authority.--The United States Sentencing\n Commission shall--\n (1) promulgate the guidelines, policy statements, or\n amendments provided for in this Act as soon as practicable,\n and in any event not later than 120 days after the date of\n enactment of this Act, in accordance with the procedure set\n forth in section 21(a) of the Sentencing Act of 1987 (28\n U.S.C. 994 note), as though the authority under that Act had\n not expired; and\n (2) pursuant to the emergency authority provided under\n paragraph (1), make such conforming amendments to the Federal\n sentencing guidelines as the Commission determines necessary\n to achieve consistency with other guideline provisions and\n applicable law.\n\n SEC. 4. REPORT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.\n\n Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this\n Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on\n the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the\n Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report outlining\n how the reduced expenditures on Federal corrections and the\n cost savings resulting from this Act will be used to help\n reduce overcrowding in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, help\n increase proper investment in law enforcement and crime\n prevention, and help reduce criminal recidivism, thereby\n increasing the effectiveness of Federal criminal justice\n spending.\n\n SEC. 5. REPORT ON FEDERAL CRIMINAL OFFENSES.\n\n (a) Definitions.--In this section--\n (1) the term ``criminal regulatory offense'' means a\n Federal regulation that is enforceable by a criminal penalty;\n and\n (2) the term ``criminal statutory offense'' means a\n criminal offense under a Federal statute.\n (b) Report on Criminal Statutory Offenses.--Not later than\n 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney\n General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the\n Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of\n Representatives a report, which shall include--\n (1) a list of all criminal statutory offenses, including a\n list of the elements for each criminal statutory offense; and\n (2) for each criminal statutory offense listed under\n paragraph (1)--\n (A) the potential criminal penalty for the criminal\n statutory offense;\n (B) the number of prosecutions for the criminal statutory\n offense brought by the Department of Justice each year for\n the 15-year period preceding the date of enactment of this\n Act; and\n (C) the mens rea requirement for the criminal statutory\n offense.\n (c) Report on Criminal Regulatory Offenses.--\n (1) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of\n enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal agency\n described in paragraph (2) shall submit to the Committee on\n the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the\n Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report, which\n shall include--\n (A) a list of all criminal regulatory offenses enforceable\n by the agency; and\n (B) for each criminal regulatory offense listed under\n subparagraph (A)--\n (i) the potential criminal penalty for a violation of the\n criminal regulatory offense;\n (ii) the number of violations of the criminal regulatory\n offense referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution\n in each of the years during the 15-year period preceding the\n date of enactment of this Act; and\n (iii) the mens rea requirement for the criminal regulatory\n offense.\n (2) Agencies described.--The Federal agencies described in\n this paragraph are the Department of Agriculture, the\n Department of Commerce, the Department of Education, the\n Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human\n Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department\n of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of the\n Interior, the Department of Labor, the Department of\n Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, the Commodity\n Futures Trading Commission, the Consumer Product Safety\n Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the\n Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Farm Credit\n Administration, the Federal Communications Commission, the\n Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Election\n Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the\n Federal Maritime Commission, the Federal Mine Safety and\n Health Review Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the\n National Labor Relations Board, the National Transportation\n Safety Board, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the\n Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, the Office\n of Congressional Workplace Rights, the Postal Regulatory\n Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the\n Securities Investor Protection Corporation, the Environmental\n Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, the\n Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the Office of Government\n Ethics.\n (d) Index.--Not later than 2 years after the date of\n enactment of this Act--\n (1) the Attorney General shall establish a publicly\n accessible index of each criminal statutory offense listed in\n the report required under subsection (b) and make the index\n available and freely accessible on the website of the\n Department of Justice; and\n (2) the head of each agency described in subsection (c)(2)\n shall establish a publicly accessible index of each criminal\n regulatory offense listed in the report required under\n subsection (c)(1) and make the index available and freely\n accessible on the website of the agency.\n (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be\n construed to require or authorize appropriations.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS734", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "SENATE RESOLUTION 624--EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNATION OF THE WEEK OF MARCH 2 THROUGH MARCH 6, 2026, AS \"NATIONAL SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING WEEK\" TO RECOGNIZE THE CRITICAL ROLE SOCIAL...", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SRESOLUTION", "S734", "S735", "[{\"name\": \"Richard J. Durbin\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"624\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"624\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"624\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3960\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3960\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. S734", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S734-S735]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS\n\n ______\n\n SENATE RESOLUTION 624--EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNATION OF THE\n WEEK OF MARCH 2 THROUGH MARCH 6, 2026, AS ``NATIONAL SOCIAL AND\n EMOTIONAL LEARNING WEEK'' TO RECOGNIZE THE CRITICAL ROLE SOCIAL AND\nEMOTIONAL LEARNING PLAYS IN SUPPORTING THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND OVERALL\n WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND FAMILIES\n\n Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. King, Mr.\nBlumenthal, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Kim)\nsubmitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee\non Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:\n\n S. Res. 624\n\n Whereas decades of research demonstrate how social and\n emotional learning (referred to in this preamble as ``SEL'')\n promotes academic achievement, mental wellness, healthy\n behaviors, and long-term success;\n Whereas, according to a study by researchers at the\n University of Southern California and Yale University,\n students participating\n\n[[Page S735]]\n\n in an SEL intervention demonstrate, on average, a 4.2\n percentile point increase in academic achievement (with a 3.8\n percentile point increase in math and 6.3 percentile point\n increase in literacy), with longer interventions showing an\n 8.4 percentile point increase in academic achievement;\n Whereas, according to a longitudinal National Institute of\n Child Health and Human Development study by researchers at\n the University of Washington, the University of Minnesota,\n the University of California San Francisco, the University of\n Virginia, and Rush University Medical Center, individuals\n with greater social skills aggregated from kindergarten\n through sixth grade had lower cardiometabolic risk in\n adulthood;\n Whereas, according to a study by researchers at the\n Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning,\n Loyola University Chicago, and the University of Illinois\n Chicago, SEL programs that addressed the 5 core social and\n emotional competencies (self-awareness, self-management,\n social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible\n decision-making) increased academic performance by 11\n percentile points, improved the ability of students to manage\n stress, and improved the attitudes of students about\n themselves, others, and school;\n Whereas, according to a study by researchers at Yale\n University, the University of Rochester, the University of\n Maryland, and Loyola University Chicago, students\n participating in SEL at school had higher ``school\n functioning,'' including grades, test scores, attendance,\n homework completion, and engagement;\n Whereas a study in the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis\n found that, on average, for every dollar spent on the\n evidence-based SEL programs examined, there was an $11 return\n on investment;\n Whereas, according to a study published by the American\n Public Health Association, the development of social and\n emotional skills in kindergarten has been associated with\n improved outcomes for young adults later in life, resulting\n in reduced societal costs for public assistance, public\n housing, police involvement, and detention;\n Whereas, in response to a Pew Research Center survey of\n parents of K-12 students, 93 percent of the parents said that\n schools teaching children to develop social and emotional\n skills was important;\n Whereas research from Yale University, the University of\n Cantabria, Jagiellonian University, and Pennsylvania State\n University indicates that educators who demonstrate greater\n social and emotional competence are frequently more capable\n of protecting themselves from burnout; and\n Whereas the week of March 2 through March 6, 2026, would be\n an appropriate period to designate as ``National Social and\n Emotional Learning Week'': Now, therefore, be it\n Resolved, That the Senate--\n (1) supports the designation of ``National Social and\n Emotional Learning Week'';\n (2) recognizes the role that social and emotional learning\n plays in promoting academic achievement, mental and\n behavioral health, and future career success for students;\n (3) expresses support for expanding access to social and\n emotional learning for each student and teacher; and\n (4) encourages the people of the United States to identify\n opportunities among Federal agencies to advance social and\n emotional learning to support the academic success and\n overall well-being of students, parents, educators, and their\n communities.\n ______\n\n By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Wicker):\n\n S. 3960. A bill to give Federal courts additional discretion to\ndetermine whether pretrial detention is appropriate for defendants\ncharged with nonviolent drug offenses in Federal criminal cases; to the\nCommittee on the Judiciary.\n\n S. 3960\n\n Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of\n the United States of America in Congress assembled,\n\n SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.\n\n This Act may be cited as the ``Smarter Pretrial Detention\n for Drug Charges Act of 2026''.\n\n SEC. 2. RELEASE CONDITIONS AND DETENTION IN FEDERAL CRIMINAL\n CASES.\n\n Section 3142 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--\n (1) by striking ``(42 U.S.C. 14135a)'' each place it\n appears and inserting ``(34 U.S.C. 40702)''; and\n (2) in subsection (e)(3)--\n (A) by striking subparagraph (A); and\n (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E)\n as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D), respectively.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS735-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2026", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SORDERFOR", "S735", "S736", "[{\"name\": \"John Thune\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6644\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. S735", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S735-S736]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2026\n\n Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the\nSenate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m.\non Tuesday, March 3, 2026; that following the prayer and pledge, the\nJournal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed\nexpired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later\nin the day, morning business be closed, and the Senate resume\nconsideration of the motion to\n\n[[Page S736]]\n\nproceed to H.R. 6644, postcloture; further, that the Senate recess from\n12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. to allow for weekly conference meetings;\nfinally, that all time during recess, adjournment, and leader remarks\ncount postcloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 6644.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS735", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "SENATE RESOLUTION 625--DESIGNATING FEBRUARY 2026 AS \"HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE MONTH\" OR \"OLELO HAWAI'I MONTH\"", "SENATE", "SENATE", "DESIGNATING", "S735", "S735", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"625\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"625\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"625\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. S735", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S735]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nSENATE RESOLUTION 625--DESIGNATING FEBRUARY 2026 AS ``HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE\n MONTH'' OR ``OLELO HAWAI'I MONTH''\n\n Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Ms. Hirono) submitted the following\nresolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:\n\n S. Res. 625\n\n Whereas the Hawaiian language, or `Olelo Hawai`i--\n (1) is the Native language of Native Hawaiians, the\n aboriginal, Indigenous people who--\n (A) settled the Hawaiian archipelago as early as 2,000\n years ago, over which they exercised sovereignty; and\n (B) over time, founded the Kingdom of Hawai`i; and\n (2) was once widely spoken by Native Hawaiians and non-\n Native Hawaiians throughout the Kingdom of Hawai`i, which\n held one of the highest literacy rates in the world prior to\n the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai`i in 1893 and\n the establishment of the Republic of Hawai`i;\n\n Whereas the Republic of Hawai`i enacted a law in 1896\n effectively banning school instructional use of `Olelo\n Hawai`i, a law that continued in effect over the generations-\n long territorial period;\n Whereas the Republic of Hawai`i banned the use of `Olelo\n Hawai`i to communicate and punished children for speaking\n `Olelo Hawai`i in schools and on the playground;\n Whereas parallel to the Federal efforts to eliminate Native\n American languages spoken by Indian Tribes, the ban on the\n use of `Olelo Hawai`i led to the near extinction of the\n Hawaiian language by the 1980s, when fewer than 50 fluent\n speakers under 18 years old remained;\n Whereas, since the 1960s, Native Hawaiians have led a\n grassroots revitalization of their Native language, launching\n a number of historic initiatives, including--\n (1) the Hawaiian language course and degree programs\n through the University of Hawai`i system;\n (2) the statewide Hawaiian language immersion preschools\n created by the Native Hawaiian nonprofit `Aha Punana Leo,\n combining speakers and non-speakers in language nests;\n (3) the Hawai`i State Department of Education Hawaiian\n language immersion program developed from a base of `Aha\n Punana Leo graduates; and\n (4) the research conducted by the Hawaiian language college\n at the University of Hawai`i at Hilo relating to Indigenous\n language immersion teacher training, curriculum materials,\n and best practices, which allowed the State of Hawai`i to\n develop an integrated preschool through doctorate Hawaiian\n immersion program;\n\n Whereas the Hawaiian language revitalization movement\n inspired systemic Native language policy reform, including--\n (1) the State of Hawai`i recognizing `Olelo Hawai`i as an\n official language in the Constitution of the State of Hawai`i\n through a majority vote of its Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian\n citizenry in 1978;\n (2) the State of Hawai`i removing the 90-year ban on\n teaching `Olelo Hawai`i in public and private schools in\n 1986;\n (3) the bipartisan enactment of the Native American\n Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.) in 1990, which\n established the policy of the United States to preserve,\n protect, and promote the rights and freedom of Native\n Americans to use, practice, and develop Native American\n languages, including the Native Hawaiian language; and\n (4) the State of Hawai`i designating the month of February\n as `` `Olelo Hawai`i Month'' to celebrate and encourage the\n use of the Hawaiian language;\n\n Whereas the enactment of the Native American Language\n Resource Center Act of 2022 (20 U.S.C. 7457) in 2023--\n (1) reconfirmed a Federal commitment to revitalizing Native\n American languages, including the Hawaiian language; and\n (2) resulted in the Department of Education awarding the\n Hawaiian language college at the University of Hawai`i at\n Hilo a 5-year grant to establish and lead the first National\n Native American Language Resource Center with State and\n Tribal college and university partners to support the\n revitalization of other Native American languages through\n expertise and best practices; and\n\n Whereas the enactment of numerous laws by Congress over\n many decades to promote education, Native American language\n revitalization, and cultural preservation recognizes and\n implements the special political and trust relationship with\n the Native Hawaiian Community: Now, therefore, be it\n Resolved, That the Senate--\n (1) designates February 2026 as ``Hawaiian Language Month''\n or `` `Olelo Hawai`i Month'';\n (2) commits to preserving, protecting, and promoting the\n use, practice, and development of `Olelo Hawai`i in alignment\n with the Native American Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 2901 et\n seq.); and\n (3) urges the people of the United States and interested\n groups to celebrate `Olelo Hawai`i Month with appropriate\n activities and programs to demonstrate support for `Olelo\n Hawai`i.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS736-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S736", "S736", "[{\"name\": \"Ted Cruz\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. S736", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S736]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY\n\n Mr. CRUZ. Mr. President, today, Texans celebrate 190 years of\nindependence. On March 2, 1836, Texans fought bravely for liberty and\nfor independence from Mexico. Many heroes, including William Barret\nTravis, James Bowie, and Davy Crockett, laid down their lives for the\nfuture of the Lone Star State.\n It is a longstanding tradition on Texas Independence Day to read\naloud the words of Colonel William Barret Travis, the leader of the\nbesieged forces at the Alamo. His call for reinforcements reminds us of\nthe bravery, resilience, and fortitude of those who fought and died for\nliberty. And today, I would like to take a moment to read his letter:\n\n To the people of Texas & All Americans in the World:\n Fellow citizens & compatriots--I am besieged, by a thousand\n or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna--I have sustained a\n continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not\n lost a man.\n The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion,\n otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the\n fort is taken--I have answered the demand with a cannon shot,\n & our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never\n surrender or retreat.\n Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism &\n everything dear to the American character, to come to our\n aid, with all dispatch--The enemy is receiving reinforcements\n daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in\n four or five days.\n If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain\n myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never\n forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country.\n Victory or Death.\n Signed, William Barret Travis.\n\n Texans are known for their resilience, work ethic, courage, and\npatriotism--qualities forged in sacrifice, sealed in blood, and handed\ndown by the very man who gave everything for Texas independence.\n I would also like to note that Texas' founding father, the George\nWashington of Texas, Sam Houston, was born on March 2, 1793, and he\nlater led the Texans to victory at the Battle of San Jacinto. He left\nbehind an extraordinary legacy of leadership and sacrifice.\n I will close with words of wisdom that Sam Houston shared:\n\n Govern wisely and as little as possible.\n\n Today, as we remember the Alamo and the birth of the Republic of\nTexas, our own independent nation for 9 glorious years, we remember the\ntremendous bravery of men past, and we renew a promise for the future:\na promise to defend liberty, a promise to stand firm in the face of\nadversity, and a promise that the spirit of victory or death will\nalways live on in the Lone Star State.\n To every Texan, I wish you a proud and happy Texas Independence Day.\nGod bless you.\n I yield the floor.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maryland.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS736-3", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "WAR POWERS RESOLUTION", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S736", "S737", "[{\"name\": \"Chris Van Hollen\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. S736", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S736-S737]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n WAR POWERS RESOLUTION\n\n Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. President, I rise today in support of Senator\nKaine's War Powers Resolution to halt Donald Trump's unjustified,\nillegal, regime-change war against Iran.\n We have a lawless President who is shredding our Constitution and\nattacking our democracy right here at home. And that same lawlessness\nand recklessness has pervaded our foreign and national security policy,\nnow putting American troops in harm's way in Donald Trump's war of\nchoice.\n Let's not forget, colleagues, what Donald Trump and JD Vance promised\nthe American people. Think back to all the times that they looked the\nAmerican people in the eye and said they would not drag America into\nanother war, especially another war in the Middle East. They said it\nover and over. They called themselves the ``pro-peace'' ticket.\n Vice President Vance wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed in 2023 making\nthe case for Trump's 2024 Presidential candidacy. The headline of his\nop-ed: ``Trump's Best Foreign Policy? Not starting Any Wars.'' That is\nwhat JD Vance promised would come from a Trump-Vance White House.\n The Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sold ``No War\nwith Iran'' shirts in 2020. Four years later, she declared:\n\n A vote for Donald Trump is a vote to end wars, not start\n them.\n\n That is our current Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.\n Donald Trump even calls himself now ``the peacemaker'' and on\nelection night in 2024, he said:\n\n I'm not going to start wars, I'm going to stop wars.\n\n That was Donald Trump at the end of his campaign repeating what he\nhad said throughout his Presidential campaign. Well, they broke their\npromises. They lied directly to the American people.\n President Trump has already ordered more military strikes against\nmore countries than any President in the modern era, including against\ncountries that have never been targeted by the U.S. military. And now,\nTrump has launched an all-out illegal regime-change war of choice\nagainst Iran.\n Let's be clear: This is not a war to make us safer. What the\nPresident has done is to make the world less safe for Americans, and he\nhas chosen to put American service men and women at risk for a war that\nhe said he would never start; that he promised he would never start.\n As of today, we have lost six brave American servicemembers to this\nwar. I pray for them and their families. They should still be with us\ntoday. In response to their deaths, President Trump said just yesterday\nthat ``sadly, there will likely be more. . . . That's the way it is.''\n That is how Donald Trump responds to American troops killed in this\nwar of choice that he started. He said:\n\n That's [just] the way it is.\n\n Really, colleagues? We should not send our sons and daughters to\nfight and die. We should not spend billions of dollars of taxpayer\nmoney for a war that is not in our interests and has no end in sight.\nNo one--no one--in the Trump administration, including the President,\nhas made a credible argument why it is in America's interest to start a\nwar against Iran. They haven't because there isn't.\n Donald Trump and his administration have spent the last 48 hours\ntelling different reporters and news agencies a whole host of different\nobjectives and a whole set of different timelines. One claim that has\nbeen thoroughly debunked was that Iran was going to strike America\nfirst. That is a lie. It is a proven lie.\n So now, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is spinning another version of\nthis. He said we had to strike Iran first because Israel launched an\nattack on Iran. And here is his twisted logic. Israel was going to\nstrike Iran, and, of course, we knew nothing about that, but we knew\nthat if Israel struck Iran, that Iran would strike us, so we had to\nstrike Iran first.\n The deception is deep, and it is sickening. This administration lied\nto the American people during the campaign before they were in office,\nand they are lying now.\n Another objective that has been cited was to end Iran's nuclear\nweapons capability. But we know that Iran does not have a nuclear\nweapons capability. That is also a lie. And, of course, we know that\nPresident Trump told the country that American and Israeli strikes last\nyear had completely obliterated the Iranian nuclear weapons program.\nRemember that? And, of course, this is the President who in his first\nterm, ripped up the agreement between the United States and Iran to\nprevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons.\n We also know from the Omani intermediaries, including the Foreign\nMinistry of Oman, that Iran was willing to\n\n[[Page S737]]\n\nput much tighter restraints on any future possible nuclear enrichment\nprograms. But apparently, the Trump administration had already decided\nto go to war.\n Another reason we heard from members of the administration--they are\nconstantly shifting rationales--has been Iran's ballistic missile\nprogram. But Iran has zero missiles that can reach the United States.\nNot even close. None.\n So in yet another interview, Donald Trump said the aim is ``freedom\nfor the Iranian people.'' In other words, regime change--regime\nchange--the regime change he promised he would never undertake if he\nbecame President.\n Colleagues, we all know, every one of us, that the Iranian Government\nis a terrible regime, brutal to its own people, dangerous to the\nregion. But we also learned from history that bombs don't turn\ndictatorships into democracies. And already, the Israeli and American\nstrikes on Iran have produced mass civilian casualties. We have already\nseen reports of hospitals being bombed. In one strike alone, at least\n175 civilians were killed at an elementary school, most of them\nschoolgirls, which has the hallmarks of a war crime.\n These killings should not be a surprise, especially when Secretary\nHegseth said this morning that the operation would have ``no stupid\nrules of engagement.'' That is what the Secretary of Defense said--\nanything goes.\n This is not a way to bring solidarity and support from the Iranian\npeople. When we and the Israelis take out a country's leadership, we\nhave no idea what will emerge next. In fact, back in 1953, the United\nStates and the United Kingdom backed a coup against a democratically\nelected leader in Iran that enabled the Shah of Iran to consolidate\npower in the country. Some people thought that served American\ninterests at the time. Instead, it became one of the primary drivers of\nthe Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the creation of the Islamic Republic\nand its ideology.\n So beware what you ask for. Indeed, according to public reports, the\nCIA assessed that the most likely scenario if the Supreme Leader were\nkilled was that more radical elements of the IRGC would take power in\nIran.\n This does not advance America's interests in the region or the world.\nIt will not make us safer. It will make the world less safe for\nAmerica.\n And is it now the policy of the United States to go to war against\nevery regime we hate? Colleagues, that is going to cost a lot of\nAmerican lives and treasure. And that is presumably why Trump and Vance\nhad previously been opposed to regime change and wars of choice.\n So beware what we ask for when we open up Pandora's box. Have we not\nlearned the lessons of Iraq? The Iraq war cost the lives of 8,000\nAmerican soldiers and contractors. It cost trillions of dollars in\ntaxpayer money. The war upended the region, killed hundreds of\nthousands of Iraqi civilians, and helped spawn ISIS. It was the worst\nU.S. foreign policy blunder in a generation.\n\n The big winner from the war in Iraq? Iran. Iran was the big winner.\n So now Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says this war against Iran is\nsomething he has ``yearned to do for 40 years.'' Well, he got the war\nhe wanted from Donald Trump. But there is a reason past Presidents have\nnot started wars against Iran, and that is because they have refused to\nrisk American lives and open Pandora's box for a regime change war when\nthey had no idea how it would end.\n This war is rapidly turning into a conflict that we feared--a\nwidespread, escalatory regional war with no end in sight. Iran has\nretaliated to U.S. and Israeli attacks by attacking U.S. assets and\nbases in every Arab country in the Persian Gulf, as well as targets in\nIsrael, resulting in a further loss of lives. This includes drones and\nmissile strikes on civilian infrastructure throughout the region. And\njust last night, Hezbollah joined the fray, launching missiles into\nIsrael, prompting airstrikes from Israel into Beirut and across\nLebanon.\n This is not ``America First,'' and we have no idea where it is going.\nWhat we do know is that the Framers of our Constitution never\nenvisioned this to be allowed under our system of government. It is why\nthe Framers, in our Constitution, gave Congress the power to declare\nwar. They didn't want to give that power to one person. They didn't\nwant to give that power to somebody like Donald Trump, who has said\npublicly that the only thing constraining his power is ``my own\nmorality, my own mind.'' That is what Donald Trump has said.\n Colleagues in the Senate, you must understand that that is not what\nthe Constitution requires. The Constitution requires Congress to act to\ndeclare war. So it is more important than ever that Congress stand up\nfor the Constitution and that Congress insist that the President cannot\ncontinue these hostilities without approval from Congress. He shouldn't\nhave started them without the approval of Congress.\n So the resolution before us asks a simple question: Do you support\nthe Constitution of the United States and the role it gives to the U.S.\nCongress--that role to declare war?\n Do you believe that we, the people's elected representatives in the\nHouse and Senate, should have a voice in whether American lives--and\nspecifically the lives of the members of our Nation's Armed Forces--are\nput at grave risk?\n Do you believe that this regime change war of choice that Donald\nTrump promised he would never launch serves American interests or makes\nour Nation safer?\n The American people do not want this war, and the Constitution\nentrusts the power to declare war with the U.S. Congress. Let's not\nsurrender that responsibility.\n I urge my colleagues to support the War Powers Resolution and vote\nyes.\n I yield the floor.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wisconsin.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS736", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ADJOURNMENT", "S736", "S736", "[{\"name\": \"John Thune\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. S736", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S736]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT\n\n Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, if there is no further business to come\nbefore the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous\norder following the remarks of Senators Cruz, Baldwin, Van Hollen,\nDuckworth, and Welch.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS737", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "WAR POWERS RESOLUTION", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S737", "S738", "[{\"name\": \"Tammy Baldwin\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. S737", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S737-S738]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n WAR POWERS RESOLUTION\n\n Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of my\ncolleague from Virginia Senator Kaine's resolution prohibiting the\nUnited States from continuing this illegal war in Iran.\n I want to start with the basic premise that I think we can all agree\non: We are here to represent the people of our States and their\ndesires. Wisconsinites have been unequivocal that they do not want\nanother foreign war. I agree with them, and for a while, it seemed\nDonald Trump did too. The President promised not to get into more\nforeign wars, but the President broke that promise and has gone all in\non war with Iran. The consequences are dire. Six American\nservicemembers are now dead. My heart absolutely breaks for their\nparents, their siblings, their children, their spouses, and their\ncommunities. Thousands of Americans in uniform who are stationed in the\nregion are at risk because of the President's reckless and illegal war.\n And what does the President have to say? He says that it is likely\nmore Americans are going to die. He said that is just the way it is. He\nsaid that. The President's callous response shows his disregard for the\nmen and women he is supposed to lead.\n Our Constitution is crystal clear: If our country is going to war,\nCongress needs to vote on it.\n In 2002, Congress debated the war in Iraq, and I opposed it. I\nbelieved the Bush administration dangerously underestimated the\npotential consequences and did not have a clear path forward after the\ninitial military operation. I was right. As a result, thousands of\nbrave service men and women died, taxpayers paid billions of dollars,\nand we got ourselves into a yearslong war in the Middle East.\n I have the same concerns today. I fully agree that Iran's regime is a\ndangerous and murderous one and can't be allowed to obtain a nuclear\nweapon, but how we deal with them and keep America safe matters.\nDiplomacy--the hard work of peacefully negotiating--is the answer, not\nwar. That is exactly why I supported the 2015 deal that kept Iran from\ngetting a nuclear weapon, but President Trump ripped that deal up and\nallowed Iran's nuclear program to flourish.\n Wisconsinites see exactly what this President is doing, and they do\nnot support it. They want President Trump to live up to his promises\nand to address their kitchen-table issues and concerns, not pull our\ncountry into another foreign war.\n\n[[Page S738]]\n\n I yield the floor.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS738", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "WAR POWERS RESOLUTION", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S738", "S739", "[{\"name\": \"Tammy Duckworth\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. S738", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S738-S739]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n WAR POWERS RESOLUTION\n\n Ms. DUCKWORTH. Mr. President, I come here today to support Senator\nKaine's War Powers Resolution.\n You know, I am proud of every mission that I completed in Iraq, but I\nwould never wish another needless, endless, unjustified war like the\none that I served in on anyone else. I wouldn't wish it on the heroes\nwhose blood would be soaked into that desert sand. I would not wish it\non their families, who would spend their days anxiously awaiting for\nnews from half a world away. I wouldn't wish it on the American people,\nwho are desperate for their President to focus on bringing their costs\ndown here at home, not on starting new, expensive, forever wars\ncontinents away.\n So I am here today to keep a promise I first made two decades ago. I\nran for Congress so that when the drums of war started beating once\nagain, I would be in a position to make sure that our elected officials\nfully considered the true cost of the war not just in dollars and cents\nbut in human lives as well. That was the vow I made to the troops I\ndeployed with and to all those who have served since I hung up my\nuniform.\n Today, I am speaking here under this great Capitol dome to keep that\nmost sacred promise because, sadly, right now, American servicemembers\nare already in harm's way 6,000 miles east in what could be yet another\npreventable war. These troops are ready to do their jobs no matter\nwhat, just as they have done time after time, tour after tour. So, to\nme, it is tragic that even as they prepare to do their jobs, our\nPresident and certain Members of this Chamber seem so ready to neglect\ntheir own.\n As we all know, on Saturday morning, without any known imminent\nthreat to America or American interests, Donald Trump launched an\nillegal military campaign against Iran.\n Look, I want a democratic Iran, and I want to see the Iranian people\nfree from the iron grip of its brutal, authoritarian regime, and I am\nnot about to shed a tear for the Ayatollah's death. He was no friend of\nthe United States' nor to his own people. He was responsible for the\nbrutal murders of thousands of his own citizens in just the past few\nmonths alone. However, my first concern is always going to be the\nnational security of the United States, and I am troubled because of\nthe consequences that are sure to come because of Trump's actions.\n Our troops and Americans all around the world are at greater risk\nbecause Trump wanted to thump his chest and look like a tough guy on\nTV. For no real reason he can explain, Trump is marching us closer and\ncloser to another costly, bloody, protracted conflict--a war without\nany defined end state and even without a concept of a plan for how to\nprevent the chaos and instability that will come next.\n Far from making America greater or better or stronger or whatever new\nadjective he is using this week, Trump's actions have made our Nation\nand our allies less safe. He has made them less secure.\n By continuing to strain our military with wars of choice, Trump is\nhanding a gift to bad actors like Russia and the PRC, as his never-\nending chaos makes it harder for our Armed Forces to focus on defending\nour critical interests in places like the Indo-Pacific.\n So, no, Trump's actions over the past 72 hours--or ever--haven't put\nAmerica first; they have made the situation for America worse.\n The sad fact of the matter is that what we are facing today is in\nlarge part a manufactured crisis. Iran is no ally of ours. We have been\nadversaries since long before Trump took office. I have always\ncondemned their proxy activity and ballistic missile program, and I\ncertainly agree that they cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.\nBut we can't forget that Donald Trump is the one who pulled the United\nStates out of the very deal that was limiting their weapons development\nprogram. Trump is the one who made sure Iran no longer had to play by\nthe rules and curb their nuclear production. Trump and his inability to\nconduct foreign policy are what made today's nightmare a reality.\n His historical incompetence is what gave them the matchbox and the\nmotivation to start a fire, and now he is angry that it is starting to\ncatch. He is mad because they are doing the very things his actions\nencouraged them to do. It is circular logic which has already had fatal\nconsequences--fatal for the six American heroes who have already lost\ntheir lives in this conflict and fatal for the hundreds of civilians\nwho have already become the most horrible kind of collateral--moms and\ndads who this evening should be able to sit down and eat dinner with\ntheir little girl, who should be able to kiss their little boy\ngoodnight, who should be able to go bed dreaming of a tomorrow that\ndoesn't include missiles or misery.\n Now he has created a power vacuum in Iran, resulting in an unstable\nregime that is willing to do anything to hold on to power. Now he has\ncreated an open invitation for well-funded, organized terrorist groups\nto swoop in and snatch away any chance the Iranian people have for\nfreedom and self-governance.\n War is always tragic, but when it is preventable, it is not just\ntragic but a travesty too. Trump wouldn't let himself be dragged by the\nbone spurs to serve in uniform when his country needed him, so how dare\nhe try to drag us into yet another war of his choice today. But this\ndraft dodger is too infatuated with maximum pressure to consider even\nminimum diplomacy. Once again, the Trump foreign policy doctrine has\nproven reckless, senseless, and dangerous--a doctrine in which fact and\nfiction are one and the same and one in which avarice outweighs advice\nevery damn time.\n It is shameful--terrifying--that we have a Commander in Chief who\nseems to come to military decisions by virtue of temper tantrums and\nannounces them via tweet, a President who doesn't seem to care if he\nkeeps to the path of fire and fury that he has been treading; our own\nhomeland will be in greater danger, more wounded warriors will be sent\nto Walter Reed, and more fallen heroes will be laid to rest in\nArlington; a President who is so obsessed with being the tough guy,\nthat he doesn't seem to give--well, doesn't seem to care; a President\nwho is happy to squander the lives of our heroes for his own personal\ngain.\n Now, after this weekend, he has officially traded deterrence for\ninstability and chaos and made us all less safe in the process--\nAmericans, certainly, but also our partners in the region and the\nIranian people themselves, who did not ask for any of this; Iranian\nfamilies who suffered decades under the Ayatollah's tyrannical iron\ngrip and who, at long last, want to feel safe and secure.\n Look, Trump may have run to his podiatrist instead of running toward\ndanger in Vietnam, but I actually know what it is like to leave your\nblood, your sweat--your limbs--in a war zone half a world away. So I\nknow what is at stake for the thousands of troops this administration\nis getting ready to send into harm's way, and I can tell you this: It\nis a whole lot easier to cover your eyes and order other Americans to\nsacrifice if you don't have to sacrifice anything yourself. It is much\neasier to ignore the everyday realties of war from inside the hallowed\nhalls of the White House, but it is nearly impossible if you have been\noutside the wire yourself.\n So as those drums of war echo louder than they have in years, I am\nhere today because, despite what he thinks, Donald Trump does not have\nthe authority to unilaterally force us into war.\n He may have never read the Constitution, but I have. So let me direct\nhis attention to article I, which makes it clear that the President\ndoes not have the power to declare war; only Congress does. We are the\nones tasked with deciding when and how Americans are sent into combat.\nWe are the ones charged with that most solemn duty, yet Trump is acting\nalso if article I simply doesn't exist, as if obeying the Constitution\nis optional, as if our founding document is a yellowing, crumbling\npiece of paper he can crumble up at will.\n Refusing to allow him to get away with this should not--must not--be\na partisan issue. No matter if you are struggling to pay rent or your\nname is plastered in fake gold on a building on\n\n[[Page S739]]\n\nFifth Avenue, no one can ignore the Constitution. No matter if you are\na Mar-a-Lago worker pulling double shifts or the President of the\nUnited States, no one is above the law.\n Look, I believe there are certain solemn, urgent times when our\nmilitary must be called upon to defend us. There are certain moments\nwhen the threat in question is significant and imminent, instances when\nmilitary force is the most effective tool at hand and that using it is\nnecessary to protect America and her interests. The thing is, from what\nlittle information Trump has shared publicly so far, this is not one of\nthose times.\n But if the administration thinks I am wrong, then the floor is\ntheirs. We are only a 20-minute walk from the White House. It is not\nthat hard to find us here. We are the building with the big dome on\ntop. If they actually believe that this war is justified, then they\nneed to come to Congress and do their jobs, explaining their case and\ngiving the American people a say through their elected representatives.\n They need to respect the American people enough to actually tell them\nwhy they are being forced to bear the costs of this conflict, both in\ndollars and cents and daughter and sons.\n The White House needs to respect our servicemembers enough to prove\nwhy war with Iran is worth turning more moms and dads into Gold Star\nparents. They need to prove that they have thought this through enough,\nthen they can tell us what an end state in Iran would look like.\n Then, when their case has been made, when Congress' debate is done,\nwe, in this Chamber, must vote. It is our duty; it is our burden; it is\nthe least we can do for those willing to sacrifice everything to\nsafeguard our democracy.\n But if the Trump administration refuses to do that, if they refuse to\nadhere to the first article of our Constitution, well then it begs the\nquestion: What are they hiding?\n This week, we will vote on Senator Kaine's War Powers Resolution, and\nI am well aware that many of my colleagues are claiming to have a\ndifficult time deciding how to vote. To them, let me say this: We ask a\nlot of tough things of our troops and military families. Serving in a\ncombat zone is hard. Hugging your husband or your wife, your father or\nyour daughter, for the last time before they deploy, not knowing if you\nwill ever see them again, that is hard. The least we can do here in\nreturn is ensure that we Senators take our duties as seriously as our\nmilitary men and women do theirs.\n So to my Republican colleagues: Please, think about the fact that\nTrump cared so little about your beliefs on this matter that he\nwillfully, illegally circumvented our Chamber entirely, preferring to\nsow chaos and fear, leaving Americans in a lurch and their elected\nrepresentatives in the dark, choosing to start an unlawful war rather\nthan simply ask for your expertise for your constitutionally mandated\nvote.\n And think about that Trump still has not been able to tell us of an\nimminent threat to American interests that would have actually required\nmilitary action anywhere near this scale. And then after reflecting on\nall of that, all I am asking is that you vote for what you know is\nright.\n Moving forward, I will come back to the Chamber every afternoon, if\nnecessary, to remind the Nation of the hard lessons learned the last\ntime a President rashly sent our sons and daughters into another\nunjustified war in the Middle East, trying to ensure that this time we\ndo right by our troops, trying to ensure that this time we actually\nfully, soberly consider the consequences of Washington's decisions on\nthose who serve and their families.\n\n God bless each and every one of our troops in harm's way right now.\n I yield the floor.\n The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moreno). The Senator from Vermont.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS739", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "WAR POWERS RESOLUTION", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S739", "S740", "[{\"name\": \"Peter Welch\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. S739", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S739-S740]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n WAR POWERS RESOLUTION\n\n Mr. WELCH. Mr. President, we must act. The President has made a\ndecision unilaterally without consultation of Congress to start yet\nanother war in the Middle East. It is a reckless decision that is very\ndetrimental to the well-being of our country and very threatening to\nthe Constitution.\n There are three issues that are absolutely essential to consider by\nthis Congress. First of all, No. 1, America does not want this war. And\nI trust the American people. The reason America does not want this war\nis they have seen it before. They saw it in Iraq where the\njustification was weapons of mass destruction. They saw it in\nAfghanistan where the justification was getting rid of the Taliban.\nThey saw it in Libya where the justification was getting rid of\nQadhafi.\n In each case--Saddam, Qadhafi, the Taliban--yes, they were evil\npeople doing bad things--but what was a lie to the American people, and\nthey saw, was that there were no weapons of mass destruction. The\nTaliban is now back in power after 20 years of war, and the chaos that\nwas sown in Libya lives with us to this day.\n America understands that it is easy for a President to assert he\nwants to go to war. He is the Commander in Chief. He can do it, as he\nhas done in this case, by bypassing Congress. But what the American\npeople have seen is that it is easy to start a war, but the\nconsequences and the costs are not avoidable, and they have been very\ndamaging to the well-being of the people of this country; they have\nbeen very damaging to our prosperity; and, of course, they have caused\nimmense loss of life of our wonderful soldiers and men and women in\nuniform. The American people get it.\n No. 2, we cannot, under our Constitution, go to war on the basis of a\ndecision by one man. The whole point in our Constitution of vesting\nwar-making authority in the Congress was because our Founders saw how\nKings abused their powers to go to war, how an autocrat abuses his\npower to unilaterally decide to go to war.\n A quote from Abraham Lincoln:\n\n The provision of the Constitution [that is, our\n Constitution] giving the war-making powers to Congress, was\n dictated . . . by the following reasons . . . Kings had\n always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars,\n pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the\n people was the object. This, our Convention understood\n [Lincoln said] to be the most oppressive of all Kingly\n oppression and they resolved to so frame the Constitution\n that no one man should hold the power of bringing this\n oppression upon us.\n\n Yet, in fact, that is exactly what is happening now. One man--Donald\nTrump--unilaterally decided to start this war. It is the same person,\nby the way, with--who as candidate Trump decried, and quite rightly,\nthe rush to war. He decried especially wars of regime change as total\nfailures. He decried the $7 trillion that was spent in Iraq and\nAfghanistan.\n So now, we have a new situation where the President woke up one day,\nannounced he is going to war, and abandoned his America First\ncommitment. What is clear here is this war is not necessary. Iran, the\nAyatollah, the regime is a threat. We have been containing that threat.\nThere were negotiations about their nuclear capabilities that were\nmaking significant progress. Don't forget that this administration is\nthe one that tore up the agreement in the Obama administration where we\nhad eyes on exactly what was happening in the Iran nuclear program and\nthere was compliance. And we have substituted it with bluster and now,\nultimately, this war of choice.\n This is a war that has been pushed hard by Prime Minister Netanyahu,\nwho just before the war started was whispering in the ear of Donald\nTrump, and it is pretty clear that the President was persuaded by\nNetanyahu. The President should be more persuaded by the voices of the\nAmerican people who have learned lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan and\neven going to back to Vietnam.\n The third reason Americans don't want this war is they want us in\nthis Congress, in this administration, to focus on the needs of\nAmericans. We have a situation in Vermont now that is similar to what\npeople face all over this country. Healthcare is something that is out\nof reach for everyday Americans. That is absolutely essential. And you,\nyourself, and I and others did our level best to try to extend tax\ncredits to working families and farmers and small businesses who\ndepended on them to be able to continue to have healthcare. With the\nOne Big Beautiful Bill, 15 million people are losing Medicaid access.\n What we are seeing is the acceleration of income inequality where\npeople\n\n[[Page S740]]\n\nwho work hard, oftentimes two jobs, who don't have more time in their\nlife to even work more, at the end of the month can't pay their bills.\nAnd isn't it time that we focus on meeting the needs of Americans?\nBasic things like healthcare, like affordable housing, like childcare,\nthings that make a family secure, things that make a community strong.\n There is absolutely no coherent rationale that the President has\noffered for the end game of this war against Iran. And there is\nabsolutely no explanation from the President about why he has abandoned\nwhat he asserted was his longtime opposition to wars of regime change.\n And this is the question for all of us in this Chamber who serve in\nthe U.S. Senate and who have responsibilities under the Constitution,\nspecifically article I: Will this U.S. Senate allow a single man to\nplunge this Nation into war when it is our constitutional\nresponsibility to make a decision as to whether to send our men and\nwomen into combat? That is our responsibility and vote, as all of us\nwill. We cannot avoid our responsibility to vote, to stand and to be\ncounted.\n\n Now, at the close, I want to say something that I know every single\none of the Members of the Senate feels very strongly, and that is\nsupport for our men and women in uniform.\n We have brave members of the Vermont Guard that are serving right\nnow, and I speak of my concern for them, their well-being, and their\nfamilies. But I express that same strong sensibility toward every\nfamily who has a servicemember serving in this conflict, and I say that\nto every servicemember in the conflict: We support you.\n But, Mr. President, this is a wrong decision. You do not have the\nright to make this decision unilaterally.\n And I say to my colleagues in the Congress: We must stand up and do\nour job and meet our responsibility. And that is why I am a strong\nsupporter of Senator Kaine and Senator Paul's War Powers Resolution.\n I yield the floor.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS740-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "NOMINATIONS", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SNOMINATIONS", "S740", "S740", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. S740", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S740]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n NOMINATIONS\n\n Executive nominations received by the Senate:\n\n NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\n\n BRADFORD PENTONY WILSON, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE ARCHIVIST OF\n THE UNITED STATES, VICE COLLEEN JOY SHOGAN.\n\n THE JUDICIARY\n\n SHERIA AKINS CLARKE, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TO BE UNITED\n STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA,\n VICE ROBERT BRYAN HARWELL, RETIRED.\n JEFFREY M. KUHLMAN, OF KANSAS, TO BE UNITED STATES\n DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS, VICE ERIC F.\n MELGREN, RETIRED.\n KATHLEEN S. LANE, OF MONTANA, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT\n JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA, VICE SUSAN P. WATTERS,\n RETIRING.\n ANTHONY W. MATTIVI, OF KANSAS, TO BE UNITED STATES\n DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS, VICE DANIEL D.\n CRABTREE, RETIRED.\n ANTHONY J. POWELL, OF KANSAS, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT\n JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS, VICE JULIE A. ROBINSON,\n RETIRED.\n EVAN RIKHYE, OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, TO BE JUDGE FOR THE\n DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FOR A TERM OF TEN YEARS,\n VICE WILMA ANTOINETTE LEWIS, TERM EXPIRED.\n JUSTIN D. SMITH, OF MISSOURI, TO BE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT\n JUDGE FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, VICE WILLIAM DUANE BENTON,\n RETIRING.\n KARA MARIE WESTERCAMP, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE A JUDGE OF THE\n UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE, VICE STEPHEN A.\n VADEN, RESIGNED.\n\n UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE\n\n JEFFREY BRODSKY, OF FLORIDA, TO BE A GOVERNOR OF THE\n UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 8,\n 2029, VICE WILLIAM ZOLLARS, TERM EXPIRED.\n\n DEPARTMENT OF STATE\n\n ADAM CASSADY, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AMBASSADOR AT LARGE FOR\n CYBERSPACE AND DIGITAL POLICY, VICE NATHANIEL FICK, RESIGNED.\n\n DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY\n\n KAVEH FARZAD, OF MARYLAND, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF\n ENERGY (INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS), VICE ANDREW EILPERIN LIGHT,\n RESIGNED.\n\n UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE\n\n WILLIAM GALLO, OF FLORIDA, TO BE A GOVERNOR OF THE UNITED\n STATES POSTAL SERVICE FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 8, 2030,\n VICE ANTON GEORGE HAJJAR, TERM EXPIRED.\n\n DEPARTMENT OF STATE\n\n PRESTON WELLS GRIFFITH III, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE\n REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE VIENNA\n OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS , WITH THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR.\n PRESTON WELLS GRIFFITH III, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE\n REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE\n INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, WITH THE RANK OF\n AMBASSADOR.\n YEOUK KIM, OF TEXAS, TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED\n STATES OF AMERICA TO THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN\n NATIONS, WITH THE RANK AND STATUS OF AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY\n AND PLENIPOTENTIARY.\n\n NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION\n\n JAMES O'NEILL, OF TEXAS, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL\n SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR A TERM OF SIX YEARS, VICE SETHURAMAN\n PANCHANATHAN.\n\n DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE\n\n KENNETH SORENSON, OF HAWAII, TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY\n FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS, VICE\n CLARE E. CONNORS, TERM EXPIRED.\n\n UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE\n\n ROBERT STEFFENS, OF TEXAS, TO BE A GOVERNOR OF THE UNITED\n STATES POSTAL SERVICE FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 8, 2032,\n VICE ROBERT M. DUNCAN, TERM EXPIRED.\n\n DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE\n\n JOHNSON TEEHEE II, OF OKLAHOMA, TO BE UNITED STATES\n MARSHAL FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA FOR THE TERM OF\n FOUR YEARS, VICE KERRY LEE PETTINGILL, TERM EXPIRED."], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgS740", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 10 A.M. TOMORROW", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ADJOURNMENT", "S740", "S740", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. S740", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S740]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 10 A.M. TOMORROW\n\n The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate stands adjourned until 10 a.m.\ntomorrow.\n Thereupon, the Senate, at 7:16 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, March\n3, 2026, at 10 a.m.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgD223", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D223", "D224", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"616\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"623\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"617\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"618\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"619\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"620\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"621\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"622\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"972\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1070\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2245\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2815\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3926\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3955\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6644\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D223", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D223-D224]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Thursday, February 26, 2026\n\n[[Page D223]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S691-S717\nMeasures Introduced: Thirty bills and eight resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 3926-3955, and S. Res. 616-623.\n Pages S706-07\nMeasures Passed:\n Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act: Committee on Energy and\nNatural Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R.\n2815, to provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village\nCorporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and\nthe bill was then passed.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S697-99\n Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act: Committee on\nEnergy and Natural Resources was discharged from further consideration\nof H.R. 972, to amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act\nto adjust the boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area,\nand the bill was then passed.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S697-99\n Digital Coast Act: Senate passed S. 2245, to amend the Digital Coast\nAct to improve the acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data\nof the Digital Coast program and to extend the program, after agreeing\nto the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.\n Pages S715-16\n National STEM Week Act: Senate passed S. 1070, to establish a\nNational STEM Week to promote American innovation and enhance STEM\neducation pathways for all students, including those in rural, urban,\nand underserved communities, after agreeing to the committee amendment\nin the nature of a substitute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S716\n Career and Technical Education Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 617,\nsupporting the goals and ideals of ``Career and Technical Education\nMonth''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S716\n Career and Technical Education: Senate agreed to S. Res. 618,\nrecognizing the importance of career and technical education (``CTE'')\neducators and work-based learning coordinators in delivering high-\nquality CTE, preparing students for success in the workplace, the\nclassroom, and in life, and supporting dynamic workforce pipelines that\nenable the United States to grow and lead in critical economic sectors.\n Page S716\n National Elizabeth Peratrovich Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 619,\ndesignating February 16, 2026, as ``National Elizabeth Peratrovich\nDay''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S716\n Rare Disease Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 620, designating February\n28, 2026, as ``Rare Disease Day''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S716\n National Public Schools Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 621,\ndesignating the week of February 23 through February 27, 2026, as\n``National Public Schools Week''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S716\n National FFA Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 622, expressing support\nfor the designation of February 21 through February 28, 2026, as\n``National FFA Week'', recognizing the important role of the National\nFFA Organization in developing the next generation of globally\nconscious leaders who will change the world, and celebrating the 50th\nanniversary of the chartering of the State of Alaska as a State FFA\nAssociation.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S716\nMeasures Considered:\nHousing for the 21st Century Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration\nof the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 6644, to increase the\nsupply of housing in America.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S692-97\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed\nto consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of\nRule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the\nunanimous-consent agreement of Thursday, February 26, 2026, a vote on\ncloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, March 2, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S692\n Prior to the consideration of this measure, Senate took the following\naction:\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session to\nconsider the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.\n Page S692\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at\napproximately 3 p.m., on Monday, March 2, 2026, Senate resume\nconsideration of the\n\n[[Page D224]]\n\nmotion to proceed to consideration of the bill; and that the motion to\ninvoke cloture with respect to the motion to proceed to consideration\nof the bill ripen at 5:30 p.m.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S717\nAppointments:\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that a correction\nto the appointment made on February 24, 2026, be printed in the Record:\n United States Commission on Civil Rights: The Chair, on behalf of the\nPresident pro tempore and upon the recommendation of the Majority\nLeader, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 98-183, as amended by\nPublic Law 103-419, appointed the following individual to the United\nStates Commission on Civil Rights, for a term of six years: Sara\nFrankenstein vice Gail Heriot.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S715\nNomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:\n By 57 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. EX. 43), Ryan McCormack, of Virginia,\nto be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy.\n Pages S691-92, S699-702, S717\n During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 60 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 42), Senate agreed to the motion to\nclose further debate on the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S697\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S704-05\nExecutive Reports of Committees:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S705-06\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S707-09\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S709-12\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S703-04\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S712-13\nRecord Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--43)\n Pages S697 and S702\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 2:54 p.m.,\nuntil 3 p.m. on Monday, March 2, 2026. (For Senate's program, see the\nremarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S717.)"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgD224", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D224", "D225", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1552\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1602\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3315\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3747\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6719\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D224", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D224-D225]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nNOMINATIONS\nCommittee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nthe nominations of Mark Ditlevson, of Minnesota, and Brian Birdwell, of\nTexas, who was introduced by Senator Cruz, both to be an Assistant\nSecretary of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered\nquestions in their own behalf.\nNOMINATIONS\nCommittee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 445\nmilitary nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.\nRIGHTSIZING REGULATION\nCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a\nhearing to examine an update from the Prudential regulators, focusing\non rightsizing regulation to promote American opportunity, after\nreceiving testimony from Michelle W. Bowman, Vice Chair for\nSupervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Travis\nHill, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Jonathan V.\nGould, Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; and\nKyle S. Hauptman, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration.\nTECH COMPETITION, CRITICAL MINERALS, AND SUPPLY CHAIN\nCommittee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on\ntech competition, critical minerals, and supply chain security from\nJacob Helberg, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered\nfavorably reported the following business items:\n S. 1602, to coordinate Federal research and development efforts\nfocused on modernizing mathematics in STEM education through\nmathematical and statistical modeling, including data-driven and\ncomputational thinking, problem, project, and performance-based\nlearning and assessment, interdisciplinary exploration, and career\nconnections;\n S. 3747, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to recognize\nstudents who have completed secondary school education in a home school\nsetting as high school graduates;\n S. 1552, to promote and protect from discrimination living organ\ndonors, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and\n S. 3315, to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services and\nthe Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to\ncoordinate to improve cybersecurity in the health care and public\nhealth sectors with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the\nfollowing business items:\n\n[[Page D225]]\n\n H.R. 6719, to prohibit threats to a minor, with an amendment in the\nnature of a substitute; and\n The nominations of Gregory Gilmore, to be United States Attorney for\nthe Central District of Illinois.\nFDA BUREAUCRACY\nSpecial Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nFDA bureaucracy, focusing on regulator to roadblock, after receiving\ntestimony from Annie Kennedy, EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases,\nWashington, D.C.; Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Harvard Medical School, Boston,\nMassachusetts; Bradley Campbell, Amicus Therapeutics, Princeton, New\nJersey; and Cara O'Neill, Cure Sanfilippo Foundation, Columbia, South\nCarolina."], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgD225-2", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/House Committee Meetings", "HOUSE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDHCMEETINGS", "D225", "D225", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D225", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D225]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n No hearings were held.\n\nJoint Meetings\n No joint committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgD225-3", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2026-03-02", "", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDCOMMITTEEMEETINGS", "D225", "D225", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D225", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D225]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR MONDAY,\n\n MARCH 2, 2026\n\n (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)\n\n Senate\n\n No meetings/hearings scheduled.\n\n House\n\n No hearings are scheduled."], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgD225-4", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D225", "D226", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6644\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. 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Rec. D225", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D225]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n House of Representatives\n\nChamber Action\n Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 24 public bills, H.R. 7720-\n7743; and 5 resolutions, H. Res. 1086-1090 were introduced.\n Pages H2331-33\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages H2333-34\nReports Filed: There were no reports filed today.\nSpeaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed\nRepresentative Kennedy (UT) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.\n Page H2331\nGuest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. Lisa\nWink Schultz, Office of the Senate Chaplain, Washington, DC.\n Page H2331\nQuorum Calls--Votes: There were no Yea and Nay votes, and there were no\nRecorded votes. There were no quorum calls.\nAdjournment: The House met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 9:34 a.m."], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgE169-2", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "RECOGNIZING THE BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "RECOGNIZING", "E169", "E169", "[{\"name\": \"Chris Pappas\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. E169", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E169]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nRECOGNIZING THE BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR BLACK HISTORY\n MONTH\n\n ______\n\n HON. CHRIS PAPPAS\n\n of new hampshire\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Thursday, February 26, 2026\n\n Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the Black\nHeritage Trail of New Hampshire, in celebration of Black History Month.\n Originally founded in 1994, the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail,\nwhich has since grown into the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire,\nhas fought to uncover and honor the often-overlooked Black history in\nthe Granite State and southern Maine for more than 30 years.\n The mission of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire is to\npromote awareness and appreciation of African American history and life\nin order to build more inclusive communities today. The Trail shares\nstories of prominent African American figures from New Hampshire and\nsouthern Maine, and since becoming a statewide organization in 2016,\nhas expanded its outreach efforts through tours, educational public\nprograms, partnerships with schools, and markers in more than seventeen\ncities and towns. More recently, the Trail has begun enhancing its\nefforts to foster more inclusive and informed communities through\naugmented experiences, the first of which was unveiled at the African\nBurying Ground Memorial Park in Portsmouth in 2025. This information\nwill soon turn sites across the state into a veritable outdoor museum\nof African American history.\n Through events, discussions, conferences, publications, tours, and an\never-growing network of historical markers, the Trail provides\nopportunities for everyone in our state to learn these stories of\nencouragement and achievement. These experiences create a lasting\nimpact as they highlight the critical role that African Americans have\nhad in shaping our country. They help all of us to understand,\nconfront, and overcome the challenges that we still face today in\nrealizing the promise of our founding documents.\n As we recognize the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, I also\nwant to highlight the organization's Executive Director, JerriAnne\nBoggis. Taking up the mantle of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail founder\nValerie Cunningham, Ms. Boggis has worked not only to preserve NH's\nAfrican American history but has relentlessly advocated for its central\nplace in American history. In doing so, she is helping to shape a\nbetter future for all of us.\n The Black Heritage Trail helps confront the systemic racism, bias,\nand injustice that have festered in our country for too long. On behalf\nof my constituents in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, I\nthank Ms. JerriAnne Boggis, her staff, and the tour guides, volunteers,\nboard members, sponsors, and supporters of the Black Heritage Trail of\nNew Hampshire for their commitment to bringing Black history to light\nand ensuring that these stories are never forgotten. I thank the Black\nHeritage Trail of New Hampshire for helping us learn about our history\nand working to create a stronger future for everyone.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgE169-3", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S WORDS STILL RING TRUE TODAY; THE FAILINGS OF THE STATE OF THE UNION", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E169", "E169", "[{\"name\": \"Marcy Kaptur\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. E169", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E169]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S WORDS STILL RING TRUE TODAY; THE FAILINGS OF THE\n STATE OF THE UNION\n\n ______\n\n HON. MARCY KAPTUR\n\n of ohio\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Thursday, February 26, 2026\n\n Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today and include in the Record a\nportion of President Harry S. Truman's Address in St. Paul at the\nMunicipal Auditorium on October 13, 1948. While this speech is over 50\nyears old, the sentiments still remain today, as highlighted by the\nPresident's recent State of the Union. Millions have lost access to\nmuch needed food assistance, while prices at the grocery store continue\nto rise. Daycare centers and rural hospitals are closing. Ill-\nconsidered tariffs have cost every hardworking family more than $1,750\nand caused untold inflation which is making everyday life unaffordable.\nWe cannot pretend all is well when many of our fellow citizens know it\nsimply is not. I hope that my colleagues across the aisle will join me\nin this pursuit, because all the people we represent surely need it.\n\n Well, I have been studying the Republican Party for over 12\n years at close hand in the Capital of the United States. And\n by this time, I have discovered where the Republicans stand\n on most of the major issues.\n Since they won't tell you themselves, I am going to tell\n you.\n They approve of the American farmer--but they are willing\n to help him go broke.\n They stand four-square for the American home--but not for\n housing.\n They are strong for labor--but they are stronger for\n restricting labor's rights.\n They favor a minimum wage--the smaller the minimum the\n better.\n They indorse educational opportunity for all--but they\n won't spend money for teachers or for schools.\n They think modern medical care and hospitals are fine--for\n people who can afford them.\n They approve of social security benefits--so much so that\n they took them away from almost a million people.\n They believe in international trade--so much so that they\n crippled our reciprocal trade program, and killed our\n International Wheat Agreement.\n They favor the admission of displaced persons--but only\n within shameful racial and religious limitations.\n They consider electric power a great blessing--but only\n when the private power companies get their rake-off.\n They say TVA is wonderful--but we ought never to try it\n again.\n They condemn ``cruelly high prices''--but fight to the\n death every effort to bring them down.\n They think the American standard of living is a fine\n thing--so long as it doesn't spread to all the people.\n And they admire the Government of the United States so much\n that they would like to buy it.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgE169-4", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "RECOGNIZING EARL BRIGHAM", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "RECOGNIZING", "E169", "E169", "[{\"name\": \"Daniel Webster\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. E169", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E169]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n RECOGNIZING EARL BRIGHAM\n\n ______\n\n HON. DANIEL WEBSTER\n\n of florida\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Thursday, February 26, 2026\n\n Mr. WEBSTER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize my friend,\nEarl Brigham, as he celebrates 50 years of dedicated service as a\nbarber in Downtown Winter Garden\n Earl lost his hearing at around two years of age. When he was ten,\nhis parents enrolled him in the Florida School for the Deaf and the\nBlind in St. Augustine. There, he mastered American Sign Language,\nexcelled in sports, and graduated in 1966. Following graduation, he was\nencouraged to learn a trade and immediately entered barber school,\nbeginning a career that would span decades and impact generations.\n For 50 years, Earl has faithfully served customers at his barber shop\non Plant Street in Winter Garden. What started as a profession quickly\nbecame a ministry of connection. His shop is more than a place for\nhaircuts, it is a place of laughter, friendship, and community.\n Along the way, Earl built a beautiful family. He and his wife, Robin,\nraised seven children and are now proud grandparents of nineteen\ngrandchildren. They raised their children to be bilingual, fluent in\nboth English and American Sign Language, reflecting Earl's lifelong\nrole as a bridge between the deaf and hearing worlds.\n In addition to his work as a barber, Earl has faithfully served the\nLord. For more than 35 years, he has served as a pastor to the deaf\ncommunity, including the past 17 years at West Orlando Baptist Church.\nThrough both his ministry and profession, he has strengthened families,\nencouraged faith, and brought people together.\n I join his family, friends, the City of Winter Garden, and his many\nlocal customers in celebrating 50 years of faithful service. Earl's\nsteadfast faith, joyful spirit, and commitment to others make him a\ntrue pillar of our community. I am grateful to call him my barber and\neven more grateful to call him my friend.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgE169-5", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "PERSONAL EXPLANATION", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "PERSONALEXPLAIN", "E169", "E170", "[{\"name\": \"Daniel Meuser\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. E169", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E169-E170]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PERSONAL EXPLANATION\n\n ______\n\n HON. DANIEL MEUSER\n\n of pennsylvania\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Thursday, February 26, 2026\n\n Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, on Roll Call No. 72, I mistakenly voted Yes\nwhen I intended to vote No.\n\n[[Page E170]]\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgE170-2", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "HONORING DR. BRENDA KAYS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E170", "E170", "[{\"name\": \"Nathaniel Moran\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. E170", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E170]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING DR. BRENDA KAYS\n\n ______\n\n HON. NATHANIEL MORAN\n\n of texas\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Thursday, February 26, 2026\n\n Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Brenda Kays.\n Since 2016, Dr. Kays has steadfastly served as President of Kilgore\nCollege. She brought more than three decades of experience in community\ncollege education to Kilgore. Dr. Kays has always led with heart for\nstudents and a vision for the future of education in East Texas.\n Dr. Kays served as the first female president in Kilgore College's\nhistory. In this role she worked to bring students' dreams to life.\nUnder her leadership, our community saw innovative programs launched,\nnew facilities built, partnerships strengthened, and enrollment reach\nrecord numbers.\n At the heart of her work is the people. Dr. Kays worked tirelessly to\nhelp students discover their potential, assist faculty members to find\nnew ways to inspire, and support the staff who made all of the details\ncome to life.\n For nearly a decade, she has led with integrity, vision, and an\nunwavering commitment to student success.\n I am grateful for Dr. Kays' leadership, her dedication, and her\nforty-plus years of service to community college students. And,\nespecially these last few extraordinary years with us.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgE170-3", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "PERSONAL EXPLANATION", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "PERSONALEXPLAIN", "E170", "E170", "[{\"name\": \"James R. Baird\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. E170", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E170]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PERSONAL EXPLANATION\n\n ______\n\n HON. JAMES R. BAIRD\n\n of indiana\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Thursday, February 26, 2026\n\n Mr. BAIRD. Mr. Speaker, on February 24, 2026, I was unable to make it\nto the floor for three votes. Had I been present, I would have voted\nYEA on Roll Call No. 71, On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass H.R.\n6329; NAY on Roll Call No. 72, On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass\nS. 2503; and YEA on Roll Call No. 73, On Ordering the Previous\nQuestion."], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgE170", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAIGON BROADCASTING TELEVISION NETWORK", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "CELEBRATING", "E170", "E170", "[{\"name\": \"Derek Tran\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. E170", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E170]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAIGON BROADCASTING TELEVISION\n NETWORK\n\n ______\n\n HON. DEREK TRAN\n\n of california\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Thursday, February 26, 2026\n\n Mr. TRAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 25th anniversary\nof the Saigon Broadcasting Television Network, otherwise known as SBTN.\nSBTN, the first 24-hour Vietnamese-language television channel\nspecifically for overseas audiences, provides premier news coverage and\nentertainment programs to millions of Vietnamese people abroad. For 25\nyears, SBTN has served as an example of the importance of a free press\nand the strength of the Vietnamese diaspora community.\n Headquartered in Garden Grove, California, SBTN was founded in 2001\nby Truc Ho4, a Vietnamese American musician, producer, and human-rights\nadvocate. The network provided programming for the rapidly growing\nVietnamese community in the United States, and it soon established\nitself in Southern California before spreading to cities such as\nBoston, Dallas, and Washington, D.C. This growth eventually led SBTN to\nexpand internationally, becoming one of the primary television networks\nfor Vietnamese audiences living outside Vietnam. Today, SBTN offers\nboth original programming and acquired content, including news, dramas,\nmovies, documentaries, variety shows, music, talk shows, kids'\nprogramming, and more.\n What sets SBTN apart is its staunch support for free expression and\ndemocratic values. Since the network's founding, it has stood as a\ncounter-narrative to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam's state-run\nmedia, refusing to air programs produced under the communist\ngovernment's control. Rather than allow Vietnamese media to be\ndominated by an oppressive regime, SBTN has reported on human rights\nabuses and political dissent, providing critical coverage to millions\nof its international Vietnamese viewers. The network's belief system is\ndeeply rooted in the experiences of the Vietnamese diaspora, as much of\nits original audience and leadership fled persecution from communist\nVietnam in search of freedom and democracy. Amid ongoing repression and\ncensorship by the Communist Party of Vietnam, SBTN remains essential in\ndelivering trusted, independent reporting to Vietnamese-speaking\naudiences around the world.\n I am thrilled to represent such an exemplary television network in my\ndistrict, especially one whose accomplishments are so dear to my\nfamily's own experiences. The network's commitment to providing\ndependable news, preserving the Vietnamese language and culture, and\nenriching the lives and experiences of the Vietnamese community is\ncommendable. I congratulate SBTN on its 25th anniversary and continue\nto be grateful for its invaluable service to our Nation.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgH-FrontMatter-4", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "House of Representatives", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "FRONTMATTER", "H2331", "H2331", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2331", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2331]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S\n\nVol. 172\n\nWASHINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2026\n\nNo. 38"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgH2331-2", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "HDESIGNATION", "H2331", "H2331", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2331", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2331]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE\n\n The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following\ncommunication from the Speaker:\n\n Washington, DC,\n\n February 26, 2026.\n I hereby appoint the Honorable Mike Kennedy to act as\n Speaker pro tempore on this day.\n Mike Johnson,\n Speaker of the House of Representatives.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgH2331-3", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "PRAYER", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "PRAYER", "H2331", "H2331", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2331", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2331]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PRAYER\n\n Reverend Lisa Wink Schultz, Office of the Senate Chaplain,\nWashington, D.C., offered the following prayer:\n Lord, You are the God of all compassion. Just as a father has\ncompassion on his children, You have compassion on all who fear You.\nMay all who work in the House of Representatives truly fear You, for\nthis is the whole duty of man.\n We praise You for being slow to anger and abounding in love. You do\nnot treat us as we deserve. During this Lenten season, make us keenly\naware that we are like grass, which flourishes like the flowers of the\nfield, but when the wind blows, it is gone and never to be remembered.\n Give wisdom and strength to our lawmakers as they work for\nrighteousness and justice, especially for the oppressed. Satisfy them\nwith Your love so that their youth is renewed like the eagles.\n We pray in Your loving name.\n Amen.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgH2331-4", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "THE JOURNAL", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "HJOURNAL", "H2331", "H2331", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2331", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2331]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n THE JOURNAL\n\n The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has examined the Journal of the\nlast day's proceedings and announces to the House the approval thereof.\n Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgH2331-5", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "PLEDGE", "H2331", "H2331", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2331", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2331]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE\n\n The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will lead the House in the Pledge\nof Allegiance.\n The SPEAKER pro tempore led the Pledge of Allegiance as follows:\n\n I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of\n America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation\n under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgH2331-6", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "ADJOURNMENT", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ADJOURNMENT", "H2331", "H2331", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2331", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2331]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ADJOURNMENT\n\n The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the House stands\nadjourned until 9 a.m. on Monday, March 2, 2026.\n There was no objection.\n Thereupon (at 9 o'clock and 34 minutes a.m.), under its previous\norder, the House adjourned until Monday, March 2, 2026, at 9 a.m.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgH2331-7", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "EXECUTIVECOMM", "H2331", "H2331", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. H2331", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2331]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.\n\n Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from\nthe Speaker's table and referred as follows:\n\n EC-2956. A letter from the General Counsel, Farm Credit\n Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule\n -- General Provisions (RIN: 3052-AD65) received February 17,\n 2026, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121,\n Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture.\n EC-2957. A letter from the Interim Agency Head, AmeriCorps,\n transmitting the FY 2025 Annual Management Report to\n Congress, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106(a)(1); Public Law 97-258\n (as amended by Public Law 101-576, Sec. 306(a)); (104 Stat.\n 2854); to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.\n EC-2958. A letter from the Program Analyst, Federal\n Register Certifying Officer, Policy Office, Census Bureau,\n Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final\n rule -- Removing Redundant Language From the Regulations\n Governing the Furnishing of Personal Census Data [Docket No.:\n 260108-0018] (RIN: 0607-AA71) received February 18, 2026,\n pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec.\n 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and\n Government Reform.\n EC-2959. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Labor,\n transmitting the Semiannual Report of the Office of the\n Inspector General for the period April 1, 2025 to September\n 30, 2025; to the Committee on Oversight and Government\n Reform.\n EC-2960. A letter from the Chief Financial Officer,\n Architect of the Capitol, transmitting the semiannual report\n of disbursements for the operations of the Architect of the\n Capitol for the period of July 1, 2025, through December 31,\n 2025, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 1868a(a); Public Law 113-76, div.\n I, title I, Sec. 1301(a); (128 Stat. 428); to the Committee\n on House Administration.\n EC-2961. A letter from the Sergeant at Arms, House of\n Representatives, transmitting the Sergeant at Arm's\n semiannual report from July 1 -- December 31, 2025; to the\n Committee on House Administration.\n EC-2962. A letter from the Solicitor General, Department of\n Justice, transmitting a decision by the Department of Justice\n to not appeal ``American Federation of Teachers v. Department\n of Education, No. 25-cv-628 (D. Md. Aug. 14, 2025)'',\n pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 530D(a)(1); Public Law 107-273, Sec.\n 202(a); (116 Stat. 1771); to the Committee on the Judiciary.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgH2331-8", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "HPUBBILLS", "H2331", "H2333", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1086\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1087\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1088\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1089\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1090\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7720\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7721\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7722\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7723\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7724\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7725\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7726\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7727\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7728\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7729\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7730\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7731\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7732\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7733\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7734\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7735\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7736\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7737\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7738\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7739\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7740\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7741\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7742\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7743\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. H2331", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Pages H2331-H2333]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS\n\n Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the\nfollowing titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:\n\n By Mr. MESSMER:\n H.R. 7720. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development\n Block Grant Act of 1990 to require States to account for\n fraudulent payments made under such Act; to the Committee on\n Education and Workforce.\n By Mr. GROTHMAN:\n H.R. 7721. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development\n Block Grant Act of 1990 to implement an improper payment\n threshold under such Act; to the Committee on Education and\n Workforce.\n\n[[Page H2332]]\n\n By Mr. ONDER:\n H.R. 7722. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development\n Block Grant Act of 1990 to require triennial comprehensive\n reviews of State performance under such Act; to the Committee\n on Education and Workforce.\n By Ms. FOXX:\n H.R. 7723. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development\n Block Grant Act of 1990 to debar child care providers that\n committed fraud from receiving financial assistance under the\n Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education\n and Workforce.\n By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:\n H.R. 7724. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development\n Block Grant Act of 1990 to sustain sanctions against\n noncompliant State under such Act; to the Committee on\n Education and Workforce.\n By Mr. RULLI:\n H.R. 7725. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development\n Block Grant Act of 1990 to require States disclose agency\n regulatory participation under such Act; to the Committee on\n Education and Workforce.\n By Mrs. MILLER of Illinois:\n H.R. 7726. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development\n Block Grant Act of 1990 to withhold funds from noncompliant\n States under suchAct; to the Committee on Education and\n Workforce.\n By Mr. ALFORD (for himself, Mr. Thompson of\n Pennsylvania, Ms. Tokuda, and Mr. Cuellar):\n H.R. 7727. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social\n Security Act to ensure the continued designation of certain\n critical access hospitals under the Medicare program, and for\n other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.\n By Mr. CASAR (for himself, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms.\n Escobar, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr.\n Doggett, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr.\n Espaillat, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Frost, Ms.\n Tlaib, Ms. Jayapal, and Mrs. Ramirez):\n H.R. 7728. A bill to interconnect the Electric Reliability\n Council of Texas to its neighbors, and for other purposes; to\n the Committee on Energy and Commerce.\n By Mr. CASTEN:\n H.R. 7729. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to require\n the issuance of rules relating to shared savings frameworks\n for certain transmitting utilities, and for other purposes;\n to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.\n By Mr. CLINE (for himself, Mr. Correa, Ms. Lee of\n Florida, and Mr. Neguse):\n H.R. 7730. A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to\n modify certain bankruptcy eligibility requirements, and for\n other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.\n By Mrs. FISCHBACH (for herself, Mr. Stauber, Ms.\n Tenney, Mr. Wied, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, and Mr.\n Hurd of Colorado):\n H.R. 7731. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of\n 1986 to remove the income limitation on the exclusion from\n gross income of any medal or prize money won in competition\n in the Olympic Games or Paralympic Games; to the Committee on\n Ways and Means.\n By Mr. FITZGERALD (for himself, Ms. Lofgren, and Mr.\n Cline):\n H.R. 7732. A bill to amend section 1960(a) of title 18,\n United States Code; to the Committee on the Judiciary.\n By Mrs. FOUSHEE (for herself, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Kamlager-\n Dove, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mrs.\n McIver, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms.\n Randall, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Goldman of\n New York):\n H.R. 7733. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to\n ensure access to obstetrician-gynecologists for female\n prisoners, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the\n Judiciary.\n By Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida (for himself and Mr.\n Bishop):\n H.R. 7734. A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture,\n Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to include additional\n priorities as research and extension initiatives, and for\n other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.\n By Mr. GOLDEN of Maine (for himself, Mr. Bergman, Mr.\n Suozzi, and Mr. Bacon):\n H.R. 7735. A bill to require the Department of Veterans\n Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee to\n assess the effectiveness of certain mental health activities\n of the Departments, and for other purposes; to the Committee\n on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on\n Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by\n the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such\n provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee\n concerned.\n By Mr. HORSFORD (for himself, Ms. Bynum, Mr. Neal, Mr.\n Thompson of California, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Schneider,\n Mr. Beyer, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. DelBene,\n Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Larson of Connecticut,\n Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms.\n Ross, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Ms.\n Norton, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Friedman,\n Ms. Salinas, Mr. Amo, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Whitesides,\n Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Menefee, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Hoyle of\n Oregon, Mr. McGarvey, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Swalwell, Mr.\n McGovern, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Levin, Mr. Smith of\n Washington, Ms. Craig, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Walkinshaw,\n Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania,\n Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Randall, Mrs. Cherfilus-\n McCormick, and Mr. Courtney):\n H.R. 7736. A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S.\n Customs and Border Protection to refund tariffs collected\n under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and\n for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.\n By Mrs. KIM (for herself, Mr. Timmons, and Ms.\n Salazar):\n H.R. 7737. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of\n 1986 to treat digital asset indexes as eligible investments\n for purposes of Trump accounts; to the Committee on Ways and\n Means.\n By Mr. LIEU (for himself and Mr. Davidson):\n H.R. 7738. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to\n require that notice of criminal surveillance orders be\n eventually provided to targets, to reform the use of non-\n disclosure orders to providers, to prohibit indefinite\n sealing of criminal surveillance orders, and for other\n purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.\n By Ms. MALOY (for herself, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr.\n Kennedy of Utah, and Mr. Owens):\n H.R. 7739. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of\n 1938 to provide overtime compensation exceptions to employers\n of emergency medical technicians and paramedics in rural\n areas; to the Committee on Education and Workforce.\n By Mr. MFUME (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Nadler, Mr.\n Bishop, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Doggett, Ms.\n Lofgren, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeGette, Mr.\n McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. McCollum,\n Mr. Lynch, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Moore of\n Wisconsin, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Clarke of New\n York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Carson,\n Mr. Himes, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Quigley, Mr.\n Garamendi, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms.\n Bonamici, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Beatty, Ms.\n Brownley, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Meng, Mr.\n Peters, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Ms.\n Kelly of Illinois, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Dingell, Mr.\n Lieu, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Evans of\n Pennsylvania, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Espaillat, Ms.\n Jayapal, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Soto,\n Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Casten, Ms. Craig, Mrs. Fletcher,\n Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. McBath, Ms.\n Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Stanton,\n Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Ms. Ross, Mr. Torres\n of New York, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mrs. Cherfilus-\n McCormick, Ms. Balint, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Casar, Ms.\n Crockett, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Frost, Mr. Goldman of New\n York, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms.\n Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania,\n Mr. Moskowitz, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Scholten, Mr.\n Thanedar, Ms. McClellan, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Bell, Mr.\n Conaway, Mr. Figures, Mr. Mannion, Mr. Olszewski, Ms.\n Randall, and Ms. Simon):\n H.R. 7740. A bill to authorize the Director of the National\n Museum of African American History and Culture to support\n African American history education programs, and for other\n purposes; to the Committee on House Administration.\n By Mr. MULLIN (for himself and Mr. Levin):\n H.R. 7741. A bill to promote competition in the area of\n digital energy management tools, enhance consumer access to\n electric energy and natural gas information, allow for the\n development and adoption of innovative products and services\n to help consumers, organizations, and governments manage\n their energy usage and improve electric grid reliability, and\n for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.\n By Mr. PFLUGER (for himself and Mr. Gottheimer):\n H.R. 7742. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934\n to provide for time limits for action by the Federal\n Communications Commission on applications for the transfer of\n control or assignment of any license or other authorization\n subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, and for other\n purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.\n By Ms. PINGREE:\n H.R. 7743. A bill to provide for a limitation on the\n obligation of funds for certain immigration enforcement\n purposes until a report on the use of databases by\n immigration officers is submitted; to the Committee on the\n Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland\n Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the\n Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as\n fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.\n By Mr. FIGURES (for himself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Sewell,\n Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr.\n Bell, Mr. Amo, Mr. Cleaver, Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. Watson\n Coleman, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr.\n Horsford, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Clarke of New\n York, Mrs.\n\n[[Page H2333]]\n\n McBath, Ms. McClellan, and Mr. Johnson of Georgia):\n H. Res. 1086. A resolution recognizing the historical\n significance of the Clotilda, condemning the United States\n role in the Atlantic slave trade, and acknowledging its\n lasting impact on African Americans; to the Committee on\n Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on House\n Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by\n the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such\n provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee\n concerned.\n By Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida (for herself, Ms.\n Barragan, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Cherfilus-\n McCormick, Mr. Frost, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms.\n McCollum, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Soto, Ms.\n Wasserman Schultz, and Ms. Wilson of Florida):\n H. Res. 1087. A resolution recognizing community water\n fluoridation as a safe, effective public health intervention\n to prevent tooth decay and promote oral and physical health;\n to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.\n By Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell,\n Mr. Bishop, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Carson,\n Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr.\n Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean\n of Pennsylvania, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Evans of\n Pennsylvania, Mr. Fields, Mr. Figures, Mrs. Foushee,\n Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr.\n Goldman of New York, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Jackson of\n Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove,\n Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Ms.\n Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lynch, Mr. McGovern, Mrs.\n McIver, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms.\n Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Quigley, Mrs.\n Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr.\n David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Simon, Mr.\n Soto, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms.\n Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Veasey, Mrs. Watson\n Coleman, and Ms. Wilson of Florida):\n H. Res. 1088. A resolution recognizing and celebrating the\n significance of Black history museums and cultural\n institutions; to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in\n addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a\n period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each\n case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the\n jurisdiction of the committee concerned.\n By Ms. TOKUDA (for herself, Mr. Case, Ms. Moore of\n Wisconsin, and Ms. Meng):\n H. Res. 1089. A resolution expressing support for the\n designation of February 2026 as ``Hawaiian Language Month''\n or ```Olelo Hawai`i Month''; to the Committee on Education\n and Workforce.\n By Mr. VEASEY (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis):\n H. Res. 1090. A resolution expressing support for the\n designation of February 2026 as ``Low Vision and Vision\n Impairment Awareness Month''; to the Committee on Energy and\n Commerce.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgH2331", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "House of Representatives", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "CALLTOORDER", "H2331", "H2331", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. 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H2333", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Page H2333]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n By Mr. CASAR:\n H.R. 7728.\n Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\n to the following:\n Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgH2333-11", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 7729", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "CASTATEMENT", "H2333", "H2333", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7729\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. 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