Cori Bush

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, due to being stuck in traffic, I was unable to make it in time to vote on rollcall No. 181. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 181. Stated against:

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Mr. Halbert Sullivan, founder and CEO of Fathers & Families Support Center (FFSC) who passed away on April 15, 2021. Mr. Sullivan is a shining personification of triumphing over mistakes and using them as a catalyst for change. As the founder of FFSC, Mr. Sullivan was continually recognized for his groundbreaking work in the community, including being awarded with the Gold Pin for the President's Volunteer Service Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Partnership of Community Leadership, multiple honors from the NAACP, Missouri Association of Social Welfare, Washington University, and many others. In 2017, Mr. Sullivan was also named St. Louis' Nonprofit Executive of the Year. He was unquestionably a change agent whose work and impact reverberated in the lives of every person he touched. St. Louis has been made lastingly better because of his legacy and he will be sorely and widely missed.

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor and recognize Rose Mary Johnson, a recently retired educator. Ms. Johnson has led a life of service and true love of community. She has spent several successful years teaching and serving in administrative roles in schools around the region. Shortly after beginning her teaching career, Johnson enlisted in the United States Army Reserves. It was here that she completed and retired with 31 years of service at the rank of Master Sergeant and with an array of medals and honors for her service. In 1994, Ms. Johnson ran for the Jennings School Board on the platform that children needed to receive breakfast at school. She was successfully elected and has now just completed her 27th and final year on the board. Jennings Junior High was recently renamed Johnson Jennings Junior high school in her honor. Rose Mary has been recognized by countless organizations for her unyielding commitment to her community, and since retiring she has continued to volunteer in various capacities. For these reasons and more, St. Louis and I offer our deepest congratulations and gratitude to Rose Mary for her years of service. St. Louis has been enriched because of your contributions.

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Mr. Speaker, St. Louis and I rise today to wish a happy 25th birthday to Michael Brown, Jr. The last birthday that Michael Brown celebrated was his 18th, a celebration that was supposed to mark the beginning of his journey to adulthood filled with years of joy making music, caring for animals, and spending time with those he loved. But just 81 days after his 18th birthday, he was shot and killed by a St. Louis police officer. While I say that St. Louis and I rise today, we have never taken a seat, we have never rested, and we have never stopped striving for a just world, a world where Michael would have been celebrating his birthday today. To Michael Brown, Jr.: We love you, we miss you, we will never forget you, and in your honor, we bring our struggle for justice from the front lines of Ferguson, which is why I am standing here to the Halls of Congress. Stand up, don't stand down. We do this for Mike Brown. Happy birthday.

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairwoman Waters for her and the committee's leadership on this bill. Mr. Speaker, St. Louis and I rise today in support of the Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act, critical legislation that would enhance debt collection protections for consumers, students, servicemembers, and small businesses. This pandemic has devastated Black and Brown communities, like mine in St. Louis. As someone who was uninsured during this pandemic, got sick, and is still struggling with those medical bills, I know the hardship faced every day by people across this country. My amendment to this bill would require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to present a report to Congress that analyzes debt collection practices using consumer complaint data. Debt collectors should not be able to call, email, text you to the point of harassment. Your medical debt should not be reported on your credit, especially in the wake of a global pandemic. The CFPB has an obligation to protect our seniors, protect our frontline workers, protect our service workers, and protect our families by developing tools to combat predatory debt collection practices.

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Mr. Speaker, St. Louis and I rise in solidarity with the Palestinian people and in memory of our brother, Bassem Masri, a Ferguson activist who was with us on the front lines of our uprising for justice following the police murder of Michael Brown, Jr. Bassem was a St. Louis Palestinian. Bassem also lived in Jerusalem, Palestine. Bassem was one of us. He showed up ready. As a Palestinian, he was ready to resist, to rebel, to rise up with us as our St. Louis community mourned Mike Brown, Jr.'s state-sanctioned murder, and as we demanded an end to the militarized police occupation of our communities. Palestinians know what state violence, militarized policing, and occupation of their communities looks like, and they have lived that reality of having to go through checkpoints while trying to live their lives. They know this reality and the reality of so much more. So when heavily militarized police forces showed up in Ferguson in 2014, Bassem and so many others of our St. Louis Palestinian community, our Palestinian siblings showed up, too. I remember sitting in a circle on the grass near where Michael Brown, Jr., was murdered, and I remember them describing to us what to do when militarized law enforcement shot us with rubber bullets or when they tear-gassed us. I remember learning that the same equipment that they use to brutalize us is the same equipment that we can send to the Israel military to police and brutalize Palestinians. I remember Bassem putting his life on the line with us. I remember him live-streaming for the whole world to see our struggle. I remember our solidarity. And I remember the harassment, the extortion, the brutalization he faced for resisting with us. That harassment, that extortion, that brutalization by heavily-armed militarized presence in our community, that is what we fund when our government sends our tax dollars to the Israeli military. St. Louis sent me here to save lives. Bassem's loved ones in his community, our St. Louis community, sent me here to save lives. That means we oppose our money going to fund militarized policing, occupation and systems of violent oppression and trauma. We are anti-war. We are anti-occupation. We are anti-apartheid. Period. If this body is looking for something productive to do with $3 million, instead of funding a military that polices and kills Palestinians, I have some communities in St. Louis City and in St. Louis County where that money can go, where we desperately need investment, where we are hurting, where we need help. Let us prioritize funding there. Prioritize funding life, not destruction. So, today, we remember Bassem. We remember his resistance in the face of militarized police occupation as a St. Louisan and as a Palestinian. We lost him to a health crisis, but we remember his words today. Until all our children are safe, we will continue to fight for our rights in Palestine and in Ferguson. We stand with you in solidarity.

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of YWCA USA, I include in the Record a letter of support for H.R. 7.

Ms. BUSH. Mr. Speaker, St. Louis and I rise in full support of H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act. As a nurse, I earned around 60 percent of what my White male counterparts in the same position earned. I have often imagined how many people in my district experienced the same burdens, like how much overtime and missing wages we could have accrued every single month. We have been chronically underpaid and chronically undervalued. I have stood up to fight for underpaid nurses before and I stand here today to fight for underpaid women, especially women of color everywhere. Pay Black, pay Brown, pay indigenous, pay AAPI women what we're worth. Run us our money and run us our money now.

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, unfortunately, I missed today's vote on the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act, as amended. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 104. Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress Allred (Wexton) Babin (Fallon) Cardenas (Gonzalez, Vicente) Crenshaw (Fallon) Greene (GA) (Gosar) Grijalva (Garcia (IL)) Jayapal (Raskin) Johnson (TX) (Jeffries) Keating (Clark (MA)) Lawson (FL) (Evans) Lieu (Beyer) Lowenthal (Beyer) Mfume (Raskin) Moore (WI) (Beyer) Moulton (Underwood) Napolitano (Correa) Neal (Lynch) Nehls (Fallon) Norcross (Pallone) Omar (Pressley) Payne (Pallone) Porter (Wexton) Rush (Underwood) Sewell (DelBene) Slotkin (Stevens) Stefanik (Tenney) Steube (Timmons) Trahan (Lynch) Wasserman Schultz (Soto) Watson Coleman (Pallone) Wilson (FL) (Hayes) Wilson (SC) (Timmons)

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, first of all, we shouldn't be talking about good police and bad police. There should just be police who are doing their job to serve and protect the people. So let's make that clear. There is no such thing as good police. There is no good nursing. When you go get food, you don't go look for: This place has a good chef; this one has the bad chef; I am going to go where the bad chef is. We don't need this good police/bad police. We need police if we are going to have police. But I will move on. Madam Speaker, St. Louis and I rise on behalf of the more than 788 people who have been killed by law enforcement over the last year. We rise 30 years to the day after the ruthless beating of Rodney King. We rise in honor of Breonna Taylor, who was brutally gunned down by police in her home last March. We rise for George Floyd and all those who have been killed by police since his torture and murder. Those names: William Burgess, Mark Brewer, Dion Johnson, Tony McDade, Rayshard Brooks, Modesto Reyes, Ruben Smith, David McAtee, Kamal Flowers, Robert Harris, Joseph Denton, Vincent Truitt, Sincere Pierce, Jeremy Southern, Angelo Crooms, and Amir Johnson. Madam Speaker, St. Louis and I rise on behalf of the more than 788 people who have been killed by law enforcement over the last year. We rise 30 years to the day after the ruthless beating of Rodney King. We rise in honor of Breonna Taylor who was brutally gunned down by police in her home last March. We rise for George Floyd and all those who've been killed by police since his torture and murder: 1. William Burgess III 2. Mark Brewer 3. Dion Johnson 4. Tony McDade 5. Rayshard Brooks 6. Modesto Reyes 7. Ruben Smith III 8. Jarvis Sullivan 9. David McAtee 10. Kamal Flowers 11. Michael Thomas 12. Robert Harris 13. Rasheed Moorman 14. Ky Johnson 15. Kevan Ruffin 16. Joseph Denton 17. The more than 100 people whose names have been withheld by police 18. Erroll Johnson 19. Malik Canty 20. Richard Price 21. Hakim Littleton 22. Vincent Truitt 23. Aaron Hudson 24. Darius Washington 25. Vincent Harris 26. Jeremy Southern 27. David Brooks Jr. 28. Darrien Walker 29. Ashton Broussard 30. Amir Johnson 31. Julian Lewis 32. Rafael Minniefield 33. Kendrell Watkins 34. Anthony McClain 35. Adrian Roberts 36. Trayford Pellerin 37. Damian Daniels 38. Michael Harris 39. Name withheld by police 40. Robert Jackson 41. Dijon Kizzee 42. Deon Kay 43. Steven D. Smith 44. Major Carvel Baldwin 45. Steve Gilbert 46. Jonathan Darsaw 47. Robert Coleman 48. Caine Van Pelt 49. Darrell Zemault Sr. 50. Aloysius Keaton 51. Charles Eric Moses Jr. 52. Dearian Bell 53. Kurt Reinhold 54. Salaythis Melvin 55. Willie Shropshire Jr. 56. DeMarco Riley 57. Jonathan Price 58. Tyran Dent 59. Momodou Lamin Sisay 60. Stanley Cochran 61. Anthony Jones 62. Kevin Carr 63. Brandon Gardner 64. Donald Ward 65. Terron Jammal Boone 66. Skyleur Young 67. Dana Mitchell Young Jr. 68. Fred Williams III 69. Akbar Muhammad Eaddy 70. Dominique Mulkey 71. Marcellis Stinnette 72. Rodney Arnez Barnes 73. Gregory Jackson 74. Mark Matthew Bender 75. Ennice ``Lil Rocc'' Ross Jr. 76. Jakerion Shmond Jackson 77. Walter Wallace Jr. 78. Maurice Parker 79. Kevin Peterson Jr. 80. Name withheld by police 81. Justin Reed 82. Reginald Alexander Jr. 83. Tutuila Pine Koonwaiyou 84. Fredrick Cox Jr. 85. Rodney Eubanks 86. Brandon Milburn 87. Sincere Pierce 88. Angelo ``AJ'' Crooms 89. Tracey Leon McKinney 90. Name withheld by police 91. Shane K. Jones 92. Shawn Lequin Braddy 93. Javon Brice 94. Kenneth Jones 95. Rodney Applewhite 96. Rondell Goppy 97. Ellis Frye Jr. 98. Terrell Mitchell 99. Mickee McArthur 100. James David Hawley 101. Julius Paye Kehyei 102. Kevin Fox 103. Dominique Harris 104. Andre K. Sterling 105. Casey Christopher Goodson Jr. 106. Kwamaine O'Neal 107. Donald Edwin Saunders 108. Joshua Feast 109. Bennie Edwards 110. Charles E. Jones 111. Jeremy Maurice Daniels 112. Larry Taylor 113. Andre Maurice Hill 114. Sheikh Mustafa Davis 115. Shamar Ogman 116. Marquavious Rashod Parks 117. Larry Hamm 118. Jaquan Haynes 119. Jason Cooper 120. Dolal ldd 121. Carl Dorsey III 122. Tre-Kedrian Tyquan White 123. La Garion Smith 124. Vincent Belmonte 125. Robert ``Lil Rob'' Howard 126. Matthew Oxendine 127. Jason Nightengale 128. Patrick Warren Sr. 129. Heba Momtaz Alazhari 130. Lymond Maurice Moses 131. Kershawn Geiger 132. Zonterious Johnson 133. Christopher Harris 134. Eusi Malik Kater Jr. 135. Tyree Kajawn Rogers 136. Roger D. Hipskind 137. Karl Walker 138. Marvon Payton Jr. 139. Chazz Hailey 140. Patches Vojon Holmes Jr. 141. Treyh Webster 142. Dontae Green 143. Andrew Hogan 144. Dustin Demaurean Powell 145. Gregory Taylor 146. Joe Louis Castillanos 147. Robert Avitia 148. John Alvarado 149. Name withheld by police 150. Rommel Mendoza 151. Jorge Gomez 152. Sean Monterrosa 153. Eric Anthony Galvan 154. Erik Salgado 155. Juan Carlos Alvarez 156. Anthony Angel Armenta 157. Andres Guardado 158. Michael Kristopher Torres 159. Kevin Pulido 160. Martin Humberto Sanchez Fregoso 161. Leonardo Hurtado Ibarra 162. Nick Costales 163. James ``Jay'' Porter Garcia 164. Axel Perez 165. Carlos Baires 166. Name withheld by police 167. Antonio Mancinone 168. Julio Jaramillo 169. Cristhian Eliud Ramos-Murillo 170. Julio Cesar Virula 171. Ray Adrian Lara 172. Gabriel Salinas 173. Ramon Timothy Lopez 174. Roberto Hernandez Jr. 175. Name withheld by police 176. Ryan Shane Hinojo 177. Americo C. Reyes Jr. 178. Jose Vallejos 179. Name withheld by police 180. Daniel Rivera 181. Ronnie Kong 182. Jose Manuel Castro 183. Santos Anthony Villegas 184. Everardo Gonzalez Santana 185. Marco Antonio Sigala Jr. 186. Samuel Mata 187. Cesar Sanchez Ruiz 188. Name withheld by police 189. Jesus Alvarez Pulido 190. Julio Cesar Moran-Ruiz 191. Jesse David Nava 192. Miguel Vega 193. Marco Antonio Benito 194. Christopher Escobedo 195. Ricardo Miguel Munoz 196. Name withheld by police 197. Victor Sanchez 198. Angel Benitez 199. Isaiah Pama 200. Name withheld by police 201. Jason Rodriguez 202. Diego Eguino-Alcala 203. Juan Adrian Garcia 204. Nick Burgos 205. Douglas Sanchez 206. Cesar Vargas 207. Matthew Montoya 208. Jose Marcos Ramirez 209. Miguel A. Nevarez Jr. 210. Yoel Arnaldo Mejia Santel 211. Edwin Morales 212. Alberto Rivas 213. Jose Alfredo Castro-Gutierrez 214. Emmett Cocreham 215. George Cocreham 216. Francisco Danny Flores 217. Daniel Angel Villalobos-Baldovinos 218. Marc Nevarez 219. Name withheld by police 220. Charles Robert Arviso 221. Justin Esqueda 222. Rodolfo ``Rudy'' Martinez-Cortez 223. Luis Robert Zaragoza Barbosa 224. Augustine Morales 225. Pedro Martinez 226. Anthony Arias 227. Stavian Rodriguez 228. Nicolas Segura 229. Michael Anthony Pena 230. Adam Lee Mendez 231. Dolores Hernandez 232. Christian Juarez 233. Evelia Rivera 234. Luis Manuel Vasquez Gomez 235. Reno E. Casanova 236. Andrew Mansilla 237. Leonel Salinas 238. Paul Peraza 239. Christopher Cuevas 240. Name withheld by police 241. Jesus Perez 242. Bryan Cruz-Soto 243. Rodolfo Caraballo Moreno 244. Frank Gonzales 245. David Tovar Jr. 246. Felix Santos 247. Omar Felix Cueva 248. Josue Drumond-Cruz 249. Edwin Adan Velasquez 250. Juan Carlos Pena-Noda 251. Erick Mejia 252. Henry Barnes Jr. 253. Brandon R. Laducer 254. Antonio Black Bear 255. Nicholas Morales-Bessannia 256. Cole F. Stump 257. Trifton Stacy Wacoche 258. Ernie Teddy Serrano 259. Caillen Paoakea Gentzler 260. Peter K. England 261. Christian Hall 262. Reymar Gagarin 263. John A. Vik 264. Gary P. Dorton 265. Justin Mink 266. Name withheld by police 267. Kenneth Bennett 268. Alexander Scott 269. Name withheld by police 270. James Pharr 271. Gerard John 272. Ray Lee Jim 273. Gregory Lee Turnure 274. Donald L. Hunter 275. Jeffrey McClure 276. Michael Seltzer 277. Richard L. Mason 278. Phillip Dibenedetto 279. Jerry M. Bethel 280. Tiffany T. Bingham 281. Brandeis Codde 282. Name withheld by police 283. David Guillen 284. Jason James Kruzic 285. Robert Wenman 286. Matthew L. Fox 287. Julie Colon 288. Louis Lane 289. Lance Bowman 290. Kevin Lee Catlett 291. Name withheld by police 292. Doug Diamond 293. Rodney Liveringhouse 294. Name withheld by police 295. Name withheld by police 296. Taylor Christian Warner aka Tylor Warner 297. Joey Hoffman 298. Eduardo Martinez 299. Kanavis Dujuan Glass 300. Daniel Matheson 301. Michael Joseph Culbertson 302. Marcos Reyes 303. Rodney Morrison 304. Arlan Kaleb Schultz 305. Glynn Farse Young 306. Antwane Burrise 307. Name withheld by police 308. Malcolm Comeaux 309. Grant King 310. David Angulo 311. Deborah White 312. Name withheld by police 313. Name withheld by police 314. Dane Norris 315. Samuel Solomon Cochran Jr. 316. Jacob Wilbur Wright 317. Jason Matthew Henke 318. Winston Joseph Latour Ill 319. Giovanni Cedano-Amaro 320. Juan Rene Hummel Jr. 321. Gary Hardy Jr. 322. Colin E. Davis 323. William Sears 324. Ronald Pope 325. Cryus D. Carpenter 326. Name withheld by police 327. Melissa Halda 328. Christopher Lawings 329. Andrew S. Gwynn 330. Name withheld by police 331. Name withheld by police 332. Anthony Budduke 333. Name withheld by police 334. Donald Anderson 335. Robert Land 336. Lyana Gilmore 337. Name withheld by police 338. Name withheld by police 339. Donald Timothy Miller 340. Name withheld by police 341. Fred John Henry Arcera 342. Name withheld by police 343. Trevor Edwards 344. Ronald Stuart Chipman 345. Name withheld by police 346. Hasani Best 347. Christopher Walker 348. Mark Dawson Jr. 349. Gearil Leonard Williams 350. Corey Lee Cutler 351. Name withheld by police 352. Charles Garland 353. Casper Brown 354. Kurt Phelps 355. Arthur Zalman Ferrel 356. Fernando Napoles 357. Shaon Jermy Ochea Walker 358. Verlon Billy Stiles 359. Refugio Reynaldo Olivo 360. Matthew Patton 361. Samuel Herrera Jr. 362. Robert Samuel Craig Lusk 363. Joshua Clayton Brant 364. Name withheld by police 365. Derek Cooper 366. Julia Anne Moss 367. Randy Fedorchuk 368. Jessie A. Hudnall 369. Name withheld by police 370. James Lucachevitz 371. Kirby Joseph Michael Hengel 372. Name withheld by police 373. Mickel Erich Lewis Sr. 374. John Aycoth 375. Austin Manzano 376. Christopher Ulmer 377. Andrew A. Williams 378. Chester McDonald 379. Justin Caldwell 380. Ariel Esau Lujan 381. Shawn Campbell 382. Name withheld by police 383. Name withheld by police 384. Jason Edward Galliart 385. Name withheld by police 386. Name withheld by police 387. Name withheld by police 388. Ethan Freeman 389. Paul Sulkowski 390. Joey Hoffman 391. Name withheld by police 392. Name withheld by police 393. Steven Belville 394. Keith Beecroft 395. Name withheld by police 396. Michael Nichols 397. Name withheld by police 398. Name withheld by police 399. John Lipski 400. Name withheld by police 401. Bruce Allan Shumaker 402. Michael K. Nelson 403. Clifton Gorman Spencer 404. Brandon Keith Davis 405. Matthew Daniel Johnston 406. Jason S. Cline 407. Thomas Celona 408. Caleb Slay 409. Name withheld by police 410. Jason Neo Bourne 411. Name withheld by police 412. John Wesley Seymour 413. Name withheld by police 414. Name withheld by police 415. Name withheld by police 416. Javier Magana 417. David Viveros 418. Steven Campos 419. Rodriguez Duandre Pam 420. Terry David Fox 421. Name withheld by police 422. Ronny Dunning 423. Daniel David Reyes 424. Vusumuzi Kunene 425. Daron Jones 426. Chris Mellon 427. Eric Lyn Clark 428. Henry Frankowski 429. Name withheld by police 430. Name withheld by police 431. Name withheld by police 432. Christina Markwell 433. Name withheld by police 434. Terrell Smith 435. Duane Scott Murray 436. Peter Russell 437. Jordan D. Patterson 438. Name withheld by police 439. Douglas Hatfield 440. Name withheld by police 441. Nicholas Cory Kausshen 442. Name withheld by police 443. Lorenzo Aguilar 444. Name withheld by police 445. Alonzo Leroy Landy 446. Cory Donell Truxillo 447. Name withheld by police 448. Maurice Jackson 449. Larry Eugene Boyd 450. Nancy King 451. Randy Ward 452. Name withheld by police 453. Estavon Dominic Elioff 454. Name withheld by police 455. Thomas Reeder III 456. Nathaniel Sironen 457. Brad Tyler Masters 458. Joseph R. Crawford 459. Whitney J. Crawley 460. Kurtis Kay Frevert 461. Earl Robert Caperton 462. Name withheld by police 463. Name withheld by police 464. Name withheld by police 465. Joseph Evans 466. Name withheld by police 467. Johnny Bolton 468. Tyquarn Graves 469. Nicholas Ellingson 470. Name withheld by police 471. Name withheld by police 472. Daniel Russell 473. Name withheld by police 474. Mark Clermont 475. Michael Brandon Joyner 476. Name withheld by police 477. Helen Jones 478. Name withheld by police 479. Name withheld by police 480. Alaina Burns 481. Shyheed Robert Boyd 482. Samuel Lorenzo 483. Jeffrey Marvin 484. Name withheld by police 485. Isaac Matheney 486. Name withheld by police 487. Micahel Romo 488. Name withheld by police 489. Jose Guzman 490. Alexander Gonzales 491. Benicio Vasquez 492. Jacob Ryan McDuff 493. Kwamena Ocran 494. Charles Edward Williams 495. Paul Bolden 496. Xzavier D. Hill 497. Mark Bivins 498. Allen Mirzayan 499. Joseph W. Howell 500. Name withheld by police 501. Antonio Carbajal 502. Gary Rodriguez Jr. 503. Name withheld by police 504. Reginald Johnson 505. Name withheld by police 506. Name withheld by police 507. Daniel Young 508. Daniel Canales Jr. 509. Robert Laudell Bull 510. Bradley Alexander Lewis 511. Name withheld by police 512. Name withheld by police 513. Harmony Wolfgram 514. Name withheld by police 515. Javier Magdaleno 516. Kenneth Michael Dallas 517. Name withheld by police 518. Ezekiel Meza 519. Franklin Gray 520. Kevin Hayes 521. Andrew Scott Kislek 522. Name withheld by police 523. Joshua Crites 524. Name withheld by police 525. Anthony Andrew Reunart 526. Name withheld by police 527. Name withheld by police 528. Name withheld by police 529. Kevin Costlow 530. Dennis Denham 531. Anthony Greco 532. Keenan Sailer 533. Brooke Leann Blair 534. Brian Gregory Scott 535. Demarko Montez Henderson 536. Cortez Lee Bogan 537. Name withheld by police 538. Jacob Aaron Thomas 539. Jonathan Turner 540. Name withheld by police 541. Name withheld by police 542. Name withheld by police 543. Adam Bruce Connors 544. Phillip N. Davenport 545. Bruce Diehl 546. Name withheld by police 547. Name withheld by police 548. Name withheld by police 549. Richard Councilman 550. Tracy Drowne 551. John Allen Dunaway III 552. Jason Jesse Gallegos 553. Channing Lamar Spivey 554. Joshua Blessed aka Sergei Jourev 555. Steven Edward Ferguson 556. Sarah Grossman 557. Robert Anthony ``Jordan'' Whitehead 558. John Benedict Coleman 559. Name withheld by police 560. Caleb Rule 561. Israel Berry 562. Thomas Jeffery Sutherlin 563. Ryan Emblem Moore 564. Robert James Lyon 565. Scott Hutton 566. Mary Lawrence 567. Gregory W. Hallback 568. Benjamin Ballard 569. Jarrid Hurst 570. Morgan James Davis 571. Marcus James Uribe 572. Mason James Lira 573. Gregorio Cruz Vanloo 574. William Slyter 575. Hannah R. Fizer 576. Nicholas Hirsch 577. Troy Willey 578. Keith Willliam Brunelle 579. Jack Harry 580. David Lee Jacobs 581. Kellen Fortune 582. Buddy Edward Weeks 583. Cody W. Cook 584. Sabastian S. Noel 585. Benjamin Paul Brooks 586. Aaron Wesley Keller 587. Bonnie Jo Figueroa-Ortiz 588. Michael Pelley 589. James Tober Sr. 590. John Parks 591. Wade Russell Meisberger 592. Brittany S. Teichroeb 593. Jason Noble Snow 594. Wade Protus Phillips 595. Constantin Filan 596. Erick Gilmore 597. Paul Eugene Armstrong 598. Adam Lucas Carroll 599. Kevin Michael Norton 600. Terena Nicole Thurman 601. Sean Ernest Ruis 602. Tim O'Shea 603. Tyler Blevens 604. Name withheld by police 605. Chase Rountree 606. Name withheld by police 607. Kyle Elrod 608. Scott M. Kontowicz 609. John Karl Sieger 610. Christopher Poor 611. Andrew Jacob Preece 612. Howard Owens 613. James Justin Munro Jr. 614. Russell Van Liddell 615. Adrean Stephenson 616. Christopher Kimmons Craven 617. David Lee Rigg 618. David James Pruitte 619. Nicholas Kocolis 620. Jeffrey Scott Haarsrma 621. Johnathan Randell 622. Aaron Michael Griffin 623. Matthew Hilbelink 624. Earl Barton Jr. 625. Chris Minor 626. Joshua Squires 627. Kenneth Reiss 628. Joshua Gay 629. Rick Lee Miller 630. Jeffrey Hubbard 631. Thomas Moles 632. Jimmy Ferrer 633. Keith Allen Fileger 634. Erik Jon Perez 635. Jack Lamar Harris 636. Jeffrey Wratten 637. Shiloh D. Smith 638. Nathan Harrington 639. Scott Huffman 640. Joey Middleton 641. Damien Evans 642. Nikolas Frazier 643. Albert Wheeler 644. Timothy Clevenger 645. Michael Forest Reinoehl 646. Joshua Beedie 647. Andrew Blowers 648. Seth Holliday 649. Jeffrey Meyer 650. Chad Busby 651. Robert Ray Doss Jr. 652. Glenn ``G'' Alvin Eldridge 653. Clay A. Reynolds 654. Name withheld by police 655. Matthew Lyvon Paul 656. Scott Heisler 657. Rickey Wayne Riney 658. Matthew C. Knowlden 659. Joshua Sarrett 660. Andrea Chuma 661. Jeffery Ryan Blunk 662. Christopher Michael Straub 663. Matthew Nocerino 664. Erik ``Ace'' Mahoney 665. Jarred Kemp 666. James Edward Baker 667. Eric Marc-Matthew Allport 668. Justin Lee Tofte 669. Crystal Renee Starling Mcclinton 670. John Hare 671. Shayne Allen Sutherland 672. William Sendelbach 673. Kalun Purucker 674. Anthony Michael Legato 675. Sylvia Kirchner 676. Julie Fandino 677. Rodney Ross 678. Jason Arpad Peters 679. Steven Vest 680. Christopher Allen Kanouff 681. William Earl Lane 682. Justin Dawley 683. Bradley Pugh 684. Darren W. Randolph 685. Paul Bailey 686. Gregory Putnik 687. Chistopher John Kitts 688. Bryan Selmer 689. James Collins 690. Brandon Evans 691. Richard ``RJ'' James Jones 692. Paul Sarver 693. Ryan Fallo 694. Isaac Lemoine Christensen 695. Bennie Biby 696. Frank Murphy 697. John Pacheaco Jr. 698. Quincy Ivan Bishop 699. John Mellone 700. Guy Bradly Able 701. Justin Hammack 702. Michael Moza 703. Jacob Rucker 704. Wendy Jones 705. Jesse James Kale Brown 706. Douglas E. Rash 707. Charles Craig Meeks 708. Cody William Amman 709. Jake Settle 710. David Donovan 711. Joshua D. Evans 712. Dustin James Acosta 713. James Horton 714. Michael Dansby 715. Matthew Thomas 716. Brittany Nicole Yoder 717. Brian Allen Thurman 718. Joshua Lee LaPlace 719. Duane W. Rich 720. Ethan Tyler Calton 721. Craig Steven Wright 722. Leonard Francis Kieren 723. Dylan Ray Scott 724. Kenneth Dale Miller 725. Eric Drake Feenstra 726. David John Donelli 727. Name withheld by police 728. Adam Robertson 729. Benjamin Marley Manley aka Christopher Reeves 730. Joshua Hoffpauir 731. Jacob E. McClure 732. William A. Riley-Jennings 733. Joseph Tanner Casten 734. Tara Rae Liubakka 735. Cole Blevins 736. Jordan Crawford 737. Trevor Seever 738. Jason Williams 739. Henry Martinez Jr. 740. James Reising 741. Amanda Faulkner 742. Michael Conlon 743. Ashli Babbitt 744. John R. Neitling 745. Brian Andren 746. Betty Francois 747. Brian Williams 748. Junius Thomas 749. Daryl Dye 750. Ty Walvatne-Donahey 751. Joshua Van Machado 752. Jeffrey D. Kite 753. Justin Pegues 754. Robert Stephen Calderon 755. Kevin Darion Wells 756. Christopher Austin Dockery 757. Ryan Daniel Stallings 758. Brian Richard Abbott 759. Steven Verdone 760. Caleb McCree 761. John Eric Ostbye 762. Edward Bittner 763. Mark Meza 764. Chase Coats 765. Keith Scales 766. Chad William Songer 767. Richard Fenton Thomas 768. Tracy Hope Walter-Hensley 769. Nicholas Pingel 770. Tilford ``TJ'' Barton 771. Ariella Sage Eloise Crawford 772. Clay Tatum 773. Shae Estelle Jones 774. Joseph Johnson 775. Trey Bartholomew 776. Clifford E. Wilbur Jr. 777. Eric J. Porter 778. Brian D. Ellis 779. Gregory Chandler Metz 780. Royce Robertston 781. Lewis Ruffin Jr. 782. Derrick Thompson 783. Name withheld by police 784. Name withheld by police 785. Name withheld by police 786. Name withheld by police 787. Name withheld by police

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, St. Louis and I rise to offer an amendment to H.R. 1, the For the People Act, which would restore the right to vote to our community members serving sentences for felony convictions. I want to extend my deepest gratitude to Congressman Jones for this partnership. Madam Speaker, America does not love all of its people, and we see that. Right now, more than 5 million people are legally barred from participating in our elections as a result of criminal laws. That is, 1 in 44 Americans, 500,000 Latinx Americans, 1.2 million women, and 1 in 6 Black folks. Madam Speaker, this cannot continue. Disenfranchising our own citizens, it is not justice. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren).

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Jones).

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, let me just say, currently, Vermont, Maine, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico allow for individuals to vote who are incarcerated, just to be clear. Madam Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Tlaib).

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bowman).

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I thank my colleagues, Representative Sarbanes and Representative Lofgren, for their leadership on this bill. Madam Speaker, just to put it out there as a reminder, we are talking about actual people. We are talking about humanity. We are talking about access. We are talking about the right to vote. These are people. I urge a ``yes'' vote. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, St. Louis and I rise today in support of the en bloc amendment to H.R. 1, the For the People Act. Our country's unhoused community members are criminalized, disregarded, and demonized. I have been unhoused and, in those bleak days, I felt as though my own government had forsaken me. My amendment to expand voting access to our unhoused community is rooted in love, a love that says you do not need an address for your vote to matter. We must ensure our unhoused community members and our neighbors are protected from States that want to suppress their votes. Madam Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote.

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk.

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, may I ask how much time is remaining.

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Mr. Speaker, St. Louis and I rise today in support of the Equality Act because all people deserve to live safely and freely. When we say that Black lives matter, we mean that every Black life matters; that Black trans lives matter; that Nina Pop's life mattered. When we protect the lives of our trans family, our unhoused neighbors, our sex workers, our youth, we build a country where everyone can thrive, not just survive. For so many in St. Louis, this bill will be the difference between life and death. Missouri has not only stalled justice, but actively denied justice for our LGBTQIA-plus community. This legislation will mean the difference between having a safe place to call home and being unhoused because, to date, in the year 2021, that kind of discrimination still exists. We rise to tell our LGBTQIA community: Not only do you matter, but you are loved and you are cared for, and we got your back. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Nadler and Representative Cicilline for their work on this.

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Mr. Speaker, St. Louis and I rise today in support of the National Apprenticeship Act of 2021 and in support of our amendment. For more than 80 years since the New Deal, the Registered Apprenticeship Program has sought to build pathways into dignified and stable work. But we know that the promise of good jobs with good pay and benefits has never been fully realized in America. The pandemic has unevenly devastated communities like Missouri's First District, including families of color, unhoused communities, people with disabilities, and heavily incarcerated communities. Mr. Speaker, as we rebuild our economy, we must target jobs to them. Our amendment will ensure childcare is not a barrier to successful reentry home. It centers the more than 5 million young children in this country who have had a parent incarcerated by adding childcare as an essential transitional service. Mr. Speaker, as a single mother, as a nurse, as a former childcare worker, I know what it is like to miss a day of work because a sitter fell through or I couldn't afford childcare. When you are a single mother, not working is rarely an option. Not working means you can't feed or shelter your family. I have been there. I have been evicted, and I have lived in a car with my own children. Over 80 percent of women in jail are mothers to minor children and are their primary caretakers. When anyone is released from prison, they need resources to be reunited with and provide for their families. Our amendment ensures that participation in the workforce can be equally shared by all, including those who need it most. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Scott and his amazing staff for collaborating, and I thank Representatives Bowman and Pressley for their partnership. I urge my colleagues to support my amendment.

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Mr. Speaker, St. Louis and I rise in defense of our Nation's schoolchildren. I cannot sit idly by and allow white supremacy and hatred to have decisionmaking power over our students' futures. To my Republican colleagues: let history remember what you did in this moment. A prerequisite for appointment to these committees and for all that we do must be that you love and represent all people. We owe it to our children and we owe it to their parents to have a House Education and Labor Committee that is committed to fighting for a country where all children have an equitable education in an intentionally anti-racist society. Let me say that again: an intentionally anti-racist society. From the Ferguson-Florissant school district in St. Louis to the Normandy, Hazelwood, Riverview Gardens, Jennings, and University City school districts, to St. Louis Public Schools, all of our school districts deserve better. Harris-Stowe State University, University of Missouri-St. Louis, our tech and trade schools, St. Louis University, and Washington University deserve better. Our teachers, our custodial workers, and our cafeteria workers deserve better. Our students who don't have a roof to sleep under at night, our students who don't have running water at home, our students who don't have enough to eat deserve better. Those living with student debt and those who desire to go to college deserve better. Our parents deserve better. We cannot build an equitable, anti-racist education system if a seated House Education and Labor Committee member incites violence through the perpetuation of racist lies in an attempt to overturn an election. We cannot build an equitable, anti-racist society if a Member of Congress endorses white supremacy. We need to strip them of their committee assignments. And then we must pass our resolution, H. Res. 25, to investigate and expel them.

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from New York for being such a leader at this time. Madam Speaker, St. Louis and I rise to reflect on how our office experienced the white supremacist attack on our Nation's Capitol on January 6. Everybody's experiences are different, and everybody's experiences must be validated. Everybody's experiences. I remember sitting up in the gallery listening to floor speeches, knowing that there was supposed to be a protest happening outside, seeing people outside and thinking that this was just part of the day. Until something happened, and I just felt the need to stand up and walk out. I walked out and walked over to the steps, and I went down a flight. I went to the steps and I went to look to see what was happening outside. I saw the tip-top of flags, and then I saw more of the flags, and I could read words. And then after I could read words, I could see people. Then I realized that people were approaching. So I hopped on the nearest elevator and left and made it back to my office safely. When we came back into our office, we walked in, and we started to see on our televisions people breaching doors. I remember thinking, Is this actually what is happening? The more I watched, people were calling this a protest. Let me say this: That was not a protest. I have been to hundreds of protests in my life. I have co-organized, co-led, led and organized protests not only in Ferguson, Missouri, alongside the amazing Ferguson front line that most people don't even acknowledge--they don't even know their names. They don't even know who died. They don't even acknowledge the amazing people who put their lives and livelihoods on the line for our safety, believing that Black Lives Matter. Because they actually do. And we shouldn't have to say it. It should just be true. But it is not evident in our society when we have to continue to say, ``My life matters.'' And then they hit us with things like this. So I remember sitting in the office with my team and just thinking to myself, I feel like I am back. At this very minute, I feel like I am back. I feel like this was one of the days out there on the streets when the white supremacists would show up and start shooting at us. This is one of the days when the police would ambush us from behind, from behind trees and from behind buildings, and all of a sudden now we are on the ground being brutalized. It felt like one of those days. And I just remember taking a second thinking, if they touch these doors, if they hit these doors the way they hit that door, if they hit these doors and come anywhere near my staff--and I am just going to be real honest about it--my thought process was, we banging to the end. I am not letting them take out my people, and you are not taking me out. We have come too far. So, Madam Speaker, St. Louis and I rise with a message for our Republican colleagues. On January 6, I thought about January 3, and I thought about how we all raised our right hands up and took an oath, each and every one of us, on this very floor. We swore that we would support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Even though that Constitution wasn't written for people who look like me, even though that Constitution wasn't written by people who look like me, and even though that Constitution cemented an unjust nation for people like me, my team and I got to working. We unveiled legislation to investigate and expel those who were responsible for inciting this attack so that we could defend it because we have a duty to fight for a more perfect Union. Because if you cannot stand up to white supremacy in this moment as Representatives, then why did you run for office in the first place? No matter what district you represent, no matter where you live, no matter Democrat or Republican, you represent a district that is, on average, about 700,000 people. Meaning, you have to represent those who love you, those who despise you, those who voted for you, those who swear they will never cast a vote for you, people who talk like you or people who don't look like you. Building better communities, building better lives, building a better society is not a Democratic or Republican issue. We can't build a better society if Members are too scared to stand up and act to reject the white supremacist attack that happened right before our eyes. How can we trust that you will address the suffering that white supremacy causes on a day-to-day basis in the shadows if you can't even address the white supremacy that happens right in front of you in your House? Does your silence speak to your agreement, is the question. In St. Louis, the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately hospitalizing and killing Black and Brown people. I have lived that. We have people dying from gun violence, a crisis that stems from decades of economic disinvestment and disruption from an overreliance on policing that this very Chamber has continually voted to endorse. I have cried those tears. You don't know what that is like. So I ask you today, take a moment to think about what it is like to live what we live through. If you cannot do what is right in the face of a blatant, heinous, foul, white supremacist attack like the one we just saw, how will you do right by the Black and Brown people you represent who just want to know that our children will have safety, that our children will have life, and that they will have shelter, because you represent us, too. So on January 3, we stood together to swear our oath of office to the Constitution. We swore to defend it against all enemies foreign and domestic. Well, it was attacked by a domestic enemy called white supremacy and we must stand together now, today, to uphold that oath and hold every single person who helped incite it accountable.

Ms. BUSH

Ms. BUSH. Madam Speaker, St. Louis and I rise in support of the Article of Impeachment against Donald J. Trump. If we fail to remove a white supremacist President who incited a white supremacist insurrection, it is communities like Missouri's First District that suffer the most. The 117th Congress must understand that we have a mandate to legislate in defense of Black lives. The first step in that process is to root out white supremacy, starting with impeaching the white supremacist in chief.