{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2025-06-30-pt1-PgS4078-2", "2025-06-30", 119, 1, null, null, "H.R. 1", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S4078", "S4079", "[{\"name\": \"Michael F. Bennet\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1\"}]", "171 Cong. Rec. S4078", "Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 113 (Monday, June 30, 2025)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 113 (Monday, June 30, 2025)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S4078-S4079]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                                 H.R. 1\n\n  Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, as the Senate debates H.R. 1, I would like\nto state for the record several motions I have to address a range of\nissues with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) that I believe the\nSenate must address.\n\n       The following are motions to commit in the jurisdiction of\n     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry:\n       Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee\n     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate with\n     instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days,\n     not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session,\n     with changes that--\n       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and\n       (2) would ensure that the Secretary of Agriculture\n     continues to pay States 50 percent of the administrative\n     costs incurred in operating the supplemental nutrition\n     assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition\n     Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) in order to prevent\n     overburdening States with those costs.\n\n  The proposal currently in the bill would force states to shoulder 75\npercent of administrative costs, on top of a proposal that would shift\nthe responsibility for a portion of benefit expenditures onto States.\nBut in States like Colorado, where the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights\nstrictly limits state spending and revenue growth, taking on additional\ncosts of a major Federal program like SNAP, whether through benefit\nexpenditures or increased administrative costs, would be incredibly\ndifficult without cutting other essential services. And Colorado is not\nalone. Every State faces its own budget constraints, and this kind of\ncost shift would destabilize the program and put food access at risk\nwhen State budgets fall short. SNAP reduces poverty, strengthens rural\neconomies, and generates $1.50 in local economic activity for every\nFederal dollar invested. It is one of the most effective investments we\ncan make to keep families fed and local economies afloat. That is why\nwe should not be making it harder for States to afford to administer\nthe program. We should be focused on strengthening SNAP's delivery and\nresponsiveness, not destabilizing it.\n  Senator Adam Schiff also supports this motion.\n\n       Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee\n     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate with\n     instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days,\n     not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session,\n     with changes that--\n       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and\n       (2) would rescind voluntary conservation funding provided\n     by the Inflation Reduction Act and reinvest the full amount\n     of those rescinded funds into the Environmental Quality\n     Incentives Program, the Conservation Stewardship Program, the\n     Regional Conservation Partnership Program, and the\n     Agricultural Conservation Easement Program.\n       Senators Cory Booker, Adam Schiff, and Peter Welch also\n     support this motion.\n       Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee\n     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate with\n     instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days,\n     not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session,\n     with changes that--\n       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and\n       (2) would ensure that all rescinded voluntary conservation\n     funding provided by the Inflation Reduction Act is fully\n     reinvested in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program\n     (EQIP), the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), the\n     Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), and the\n     Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP).\n\n  These programs play a central role in the Department of Agriculture's\nconservation support. Not only do these programs help farmers and\nranchers protect our natural resources, but they are also incredibly\npopular and consistently oversubscribed. The programs are not just\nabout conservation either. They help producers stay afloat by giving\npractical ways to manage climate risks while keeping their operations\nrunning and providing financial stability. In Colorado, farmers and\nranchers are already doing the hard work of conserving water, improving\nsoil health, and protecting the land. These programs support their\nleadership with voluntary, locally driven solutions. But too often,\nproducers ready to do more are turned away because funding runs out.\nThat is why we made historic investments in conservation through the\nInflation Reduction Act. The motion I am submitting today would ensure\nthat every dollar that is rescinded from those investments is returned\nto these trusted and proven programs. Farmers and ranchers are already\nstepping up to protect the land and water we all depend on. The least\nwe can do is follow through on the commitments we made to them.\n\n       Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee\n     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate with\n     instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days,\n     not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session,\n     with changes that--\n       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and\n       (2) would establish an emergency relief grant program for\n     migrant and seasonal farmworkers affected by federally\n     declared natural disasters.\n       The following are motions to commit in the jurisdiction of\n     the Committee on Finance:\n       Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee\n     on Finance of the Senate with instructions to report the same\n     back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on which\n     the Senate is not in session, with changes that--\n       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee;\n       (2) would strike any provision that forces more paperwork\n     on Medicaid enrollees every 6 months; and\n       (3) would ensure big corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay\n     a fair share in taxes.\n\n  My motion to commit would cut bureaucratic redtape in the\nreconciliation bill under consideration today, and I thank Finance\nCommittee Ranking Member Ron Wyden for his support of my motion as\nwell. Among the many egregious Medicaid policies in this bill is a\nrequirement that Medicaid expansion adults must prove their eligibility\nevery 6 months--twice as often as they do today. Like the other\nMedicaid cuts, this is being disguised as cutting waste, fraud, and\nabuse. But we know that is not what is going to happen. We know that\nqualified people are going to get inappropriately dropped off Medicaid\nfor administrative reasons. Putting aside whether we think people\ndeserve health insurance regardless of where they live or how much\nmoney they make, which incidentally I do, this policy will lead to more\npeople being uninsured, more uncompensated care for hospitals and\nhealth clinics, and worse health outcomes. This seems in contradiction\nto the administration's supposed commitment to Making\n\n[[Page S4079]]\n\nAmerica Healthy Again, which is why I oppose this provision, along with\nall of the Medicaid cuts in this bill. My motion to commit will strike\nthis unnecessary and harmful requirement, and I urge my colleagues to\nsupport it.\n\n       Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee\n     on Finance of the Senate with instructions to report the same\n     back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on which\n     the Senate is not in session, with changes that--\n       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and\n       (2) would increase the amount and availability of the Child\n     Tax Credit to match levels of the expanded Child Tax Credit,\n     adjusted for inflation, by ensuring big corporations and the\n     ultra-wealthy pay a fair share.\n       Senators Raphael Warnock, Cory Booker, Catherine Cortez\n     Masto, Richard Durbin, and Ron Wyden also support this\n     motion.\n       The following are motions to commit in the jurisdiction of\n     the Committee on Judiciary:\n       Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee\n     on Judiciary of the Senate with instructions to report the\n     same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on\n     which the Senate is not in session, with changes that--\n       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and\n       (2) would ensure the definition of `affected area' in\n     downwind states includes the States of Arizona, Colorado,\n     Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah,\n     Wyoming and the territory of Guam due to the catastrophic\n     amounts of radiation exposure in these areas after U.S.\n     testing above ground nuclear weapons during World War II and\n     the Cold War.\n       Senators John Hickenlooper, Ben Ray Lujan, Ruben Gallego,\n     Jacky Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto, Martin Heinrich, and\n     Mark Kelly also support this motion.\n       Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee\n     on Judiciary of the Senate with instructions to report the\n     same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on\n     which the Senate is not in session, with changes that--\n       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and\n       (2) would--\n       (A) establish child-appropriate procedures in immigration\n     court;\n       (B) expand access to legal representation for unaccompanied\n     children;\n       (C) create dedicated children's dockets within immigration\n     courts; and\n       (D) protect the due process rights and safety of children\n     in federal custody.\n       Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee\n     on Judiciary of the Senate with instructions to report the\n     same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on\n     which the Senate is not in session, with changes that--\n       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and\n       (2) would--\n       (A) streamline the work authorization process for asylum\n     seekers and DACA recipients;\n       (B) reduce USCIS application backlogs through staffing and\n     modernization;\n       (C) ensure timely adjudication of employment-related\n     benefits; and\n       (D) strengthen legal pathways to support economic growth\n     and reduce strain on cities like Denver.\n       Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee\n     on the Judiciary of the Senate with instructions to report\n     the same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day\n     on which the Senate is not in session, with changes that--\n       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and\n       (2) would--\n       A. create a path to legal status for long-time agricultural\n     workers; and\n       B. modernize the H-2A visa program to stabilize the farm\n     workforce and protect U.S. food security.\n       The following is a motion to commit in the jurisdiction of\n     the Committee on Foreign Relations:\n       Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee\n     on Foreign Relations of the Senate with instructions to\n     report the same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting\n     any day on which the Senate is not in session, with changes\n     that--\n       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and\n       (2) would--\n       (A) support international efforts to disrupt firearms\n     trafficking networks;\n       (B) enhance firearm tracing capabilities and cooperation\n     with Mexico and Central America;\n       (C) prevent U.S. weapons from fueling regional violence and\n     forced migration.\n       The following is a motion to commit in the jurisdiction of\n     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:\n       Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee\n     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate\n     with instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3\n     days, not counting any day on which the Senate is not in\n     session, with changes that--\n       (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and\n       (2) would increase funding for fentanyl interdiction\n     technology and border screening.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2025-06-30-pt1-PgS4078-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9905089866369963, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}