Anna Eshoo

Ms. ESHOO

Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of an extraordinary woman and legendary supporter of art and artists, Mary Margaret Anderson, affectionately known to all as ``Moo''. Moo was born in Boston in 1926 and died on October 22, 2019, at the age of 92. She was a graduate of D'Youville College and met her husband Harry, known as Hunk, in 1948. While in college, Hunk started a food service business, Saga Corporation. After Moo and Hunk married in 1950, they moved to Ohio and then to California to expand the business. A trip to Europe and a visit to the Louvre in the 1960's ignited Moo and Hunk's love for contemporary art. They began collecting art which reflected their beliefs in the importance of `head and hands', or ingenuity as well as masterful craftsmanship. They wanted to see the creativity of the artist but also wanted to know that real work went into the art. Much of the family's art collection was hung in their one-story Silicon Valley home and in the Saga headquarters in Menlo Park. The collection contained important Abstract Expressionists, Color Field Painting, Post-Minimalism, California Funk Art, Bay Area Figurative Art, and Contemporary abstract painting. Many of the most significant works are now housed in the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, a collection of 121 works by 86 artists which the Andersons donated in 2014. Two important works by Jackson Pollock and Willem De Koonig were donated shortly before Moo's death, adding to paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, Agnes Martin, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Frank Stella, Wayne Thiebaud and many other important American artists. In addition to the eponymous museum at Stanford, the Andersons donated works to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, among others. Moo loved her husband, daughter, granddaughter, philanthropy, and golf. She gave generously of her time and considerable talents in service to Sacred Heart Schools, St. Francis Center, and Stanford Hospital, and she taught children through Art in Action in Menlo Park. On hearing of Moo's death, Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Levigne, said ``Moo Anderson will forever be remembered for her love of art, but also for her love of sharing art. She opened her home so that students could have that same experience of looking and learning about art. We are so deeply grateful that Moo and Hunk trusted Stanford to be stewards of their remarkable collection and enable people of all ages to experience it on a daily basis.'' Moo was predeceased by her husband Hunk, and leaves her daughter Mary Patricia ``Putter'' Anderson Pence and her beloved granddaughter, Devin Pence. She will be deeply missed by them and by all who had the good fortune to know her. Her legacy will live on through the magnificent art she and Hunk have so generously shared with Stanford and all of us. Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the extraordinary life of an extraordinary woman and expressing our condolences to her daughter, granddaughter and the thousands who loved her and mourn her passing.

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Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 660. This is only the fourth time in its 230-year history, the House of Representatives is voting to authorize a public inquiry into whether to exercise one of the most solemn responsibilities of Congress: impeachment of the President of the United States. Under the Constitution, the criteria for impeachment and removal from office are ``treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.'' While the Constitution does not define the scope of ``high crime and misdemeanors,'' Alexander Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Papers that impeachable offenses are those that arise ``from the abuse or violation of some public trust'' and ``relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself.'' The House determined in 1988 that high crimes and misdemeanors are not necessarily criminal acts but rather ``misconduct that damages the state and the operation of government institutions.'' Last month, a whistle blower alleged that the President had used the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 election by withholding congressionally approved security assistance for Ukraine to coerce them to investigate a political opponent. If true, these allegations are impeachable offenses that threaten the very core of our system of government. What we have learned since our inquiry began on September 24th is deeply troubling. Numerous government officials, both political appointees and career diplomats, have testified under oath how the President's personal lawyer ran a shadow foreign policy to benefit the President's reelection at the expense of legitimate foreign policy objectives. With today's resolution, the House will move into the public phase of the inquiry. The Resolution ensures a fair and transparent process that allows the Majority and the Minority equal time to question witnesses and permits the President's attorneys to present their case, question witnesses, and make requests for additional evidence or testimony. These protections are the same or greater than the ones provided to Presidents Nixon and Clinton during the inquiries into their behavior. I don't take today's vote lightly because I served in Congress during the impeachment of President Clinton. I know firsthand how divisive impeachment can be. However, our democracy cannot function under these circumstances, and my oath to defend the Constitution calls me to support this inquiry. When Benjamin Franklin was asked whether the newly drafted Constitution established a monarchy or a republic, he replied ``a Republic, if you can keep it.'' Each generation of Americans is called to uphold the principles of self-governance, and when those we elect to public office violate our laws and our Constitution, faith in our democracy erodes. I urge my colleagues to vote for this resolution so the American people can hear firsthand how the President abused the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 election. My oath of office is to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and I will continue to do everything I can to live up to this sacred pledge and keep the republic the Founding Fathers built for us.

Ms. ESHOO

Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I was unable to be present during roll call vote number 596 due to a meeting with constituents. I would like the record to reflect how I would have voted: on roll call vote number 596, I would have voted NO.

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Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, first I would like to pay tribute to the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Engel, for helping to bring this to the floor; to everyone that is part of, from both sides of the aisle, the Armenian caucus in the House; and to my sister, friend, Congresswoman Jackie Speier, who shares this heritage with me. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this resolution, H. Res. 296, which affirms the Armenian genocide. This is a historic day in the House of Representatives, and it is one that I have been waiting for for 27 years. Between 1915 and 1923, 1.5 million Armenians--and this is a historical fact that many people are not aware of, that there were hundreds of thousands of Assyrians, Greeks, Arameans, Maronites, and other Christians who were systematically slaughtered by the Ottoman Empire. This is deeply personal for me. I am the only Member of Congress of Armenian Assyrian decent and one of only three of Armenian heritage in the House of Representatives--I think in the entire Congress, Senate and House. Some of you know that I had members of my own family who were among those that perished, and my parents fled with theirs to America. As my father said: The best idea that was ever born was America. What all of those who were persecuted have in common was that they were Christians, and that is why they were hunted down and slaughtered. This resolution not only honors my ancestors, but all of those who perished in the first genocide of the 20th century. The United States has been missing in action on the honor roll of over two dozen countries, 14 of which are NATO allies, and 49 States in our country that have formally recognized the Armenian genocide. Today, we can end over 100 years of silence by passing this resolution. Mr. Speaker, there is also a historic parallel as we are considering this resolution, and that is that Turkey is pursuing the ethnic cleansing of Kurds in Syria, as we meet today. As Pope Francis declared when he visited the Armenian genocide memorial in Yerevan in 2016: ``Memories should not be watered down or forgotten; memory is a source of peace and of the future.'' So today we remember and we say to all those who perished: We remember. We love you. Mr. Speaker, we set an example for the young people of our country that the moral authority of the United States is well and alive as we pass this resolution.

Ms. ESHOO

Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I was unable to be present during roll call vote number 579, 580, and 581 on October 23, 2019 due to my attendance at a funeral. I would like the Record to reflect how I would have voted: On roll call vote number 579, I would have voted YES; On roll call vote number 580, I would have voted YES; On roll call vote number 581, I would have voted NO.

Ms. ESHOO

Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I was unable to be present during roll call vote number 565, 566, and 567 on October 18, 2019. I would like the record to reflect how I would have voted: on roll call vote number 565, I would have voted NO; on roll call vote number 566, I would have voted NO; on roll call vote number 567, I would have voted YES.

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Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Elizabeth (Betty) Jane Kerley, who died peacefully at her Rossmoor home on May 22, 2019. Betty was born on March 6, 1923 in Oakland to first- generation Welsh immigrants, Hugh and Anna Williams. Betty was the youngest of three children and was very proud of her Welsh stock. She was a lively and resilient child, qualities that she drew upon throughout her long life. When Betty was ten, her mother died of pneumonia. Betty took charge of the house, helped by her father Hugh and their housekeeper Mrs. Benson. Betty's father was a noted professional singer who was once Director of the famed Grace Cathedral Boys Choir. Believing that his daughter was a child prodigy, he encouraged her to pursue her unquestionable musical talents to become a concert pianist. Betty attended San Francisco State College to pursue a teaching degree, and in 1944, she married William Strehl, a Seabee who shipped out shortly after their marriage. Their first child Katherine was born in 1944 and their son Bill in 1954. In 1959, Betty became a single mother raising two children on her own. She secured a position with the University of California's Office of the President, and worked at UC for 17 years. Betty met and married Robert F. Kerley (Bob) in 1975, and moved with him to Rossmoor in 1977. There they joined a vibrant community of UC retirees and enjoyed many years of retirement. Betty enjoyed art and gardening, and she and Bob worked tirelessly in her daughter's garden in Menlo Park, California. She started her own interior decorating company, but her real passion was painting . . . first with oils and later watercolors. She lived a long and happy life and was known for her loving smile, her loyalty to family and friends, her wit and laughter, the glint in her eye and for always being a classy lady. She was loved by many and will be dearly missed. Betty is survived by her two children: Katherine (Bill Dempsey) Strehl of Menlo Park, California, Bill (Sue) Strehl of Eugene, Oregon and stepchildren, Kathleen James of Bend, Oregon, Maureen (Taylor) Douglas of Bend, Oregon, Barbara Neill of Austin, Texas and Bill (Jerri Townsend) of Austin, Texas; ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Her beloved husband of 31 years, Bob, died in 2006. She is also survived by her loving caregiver Atiola Raura, Ati's husband Emosi, and their family of seven children who brought love and joy to Betty in her last six years of life. Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me in honoring the life of Elizabeth Jane Kerley, and in extending our most sincere condolences to her family and loved ones.

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Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I'm pleased to rise today in support of my legislation, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, and I thank Chairman Pallone and my legislative partner Congressman Adam Kinzinger for their strong support of this bill. Today, the world generates more data in twelve hours than was generated in all of human history prior to 2003. This data must be stored and processed at data centers which are the backbone of the 21th century economy, but they can be highly energy inefficient. I first wrote legislation in 2005 requiring a report to Congress on the federal government's energy use and costs of data centers. At that time, I had to explain to colleagues what a data center was. Today, we routinely hear about them and most people understand that data centers are a critical part of our national infrastructure and are found in nearly every sector of our economy. The rising importance of data centers in our everyday lives often goes unnoticed, but data centers now consume an estimated 2 percent of all electricity in the United States each year. Over the last decade, data center energy use has quadrupled and will continue to grow as our lives become increasingly tied to the digital world. The federal government alone has more than 2,000 data centers which store everything from Social Security and tax records, to e-books at the Library of Congress. As the nation's largest landowner, employer, and energy user, the federal government should lead by example in this field. The Energy Efficient Government Technology Act requires government agencies to develop plans to implement best practices, purchase more energy efficient information and communications technologies, and submit to periodic evaluation of their data centers for energy efficiency. Importantly, the bill also requires government agencies to formulate specific performance goals and a means to calculate overall cost savings from improvements to energy efficiency. Data centers are critical to our economy and our lives, but they can be extremely inefficient when it comes to energy use. Experts estimate that most data centers could slash their energy use by up to 80 or 90 percent by simply implementing existing technologies and best practices. Several Silicon Valley companies have taken the lead in developing efficient, sustainable data centers, but we can do much more across the private sector and government. The Department of Energy estimates that implementation of best practices alone could reduce the government's data center energy bill by 20 to 40 percent. And the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions found that widespread adoption of energy efficient information technologies could save the federal government over $5 billion in energy costs over 10 years. This legislation will not increase government spending. Instead, it has the potential to save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in reduced energy costs in the future, while setting an example for the private sector to reduce energy usage at data centers. The Energy Efficient Government Technology Act passed the House by voice vote in the previous Congress and has strong support from both energy efficiency advocates and industry groups, including the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, the Alliance to Save Energy, the Information Technology Industry Council, and the U.S. Green Building Council, among others. I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan legislation.

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Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor and celebrate the career of Carol S. Larson, President and CEO of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, who is retiring at the end of 2019 after 30 years with the Packard Foundation and 15 years serving as its President and CEO. Carol's dedication to helping children and families in California, the United States, and around the world has improved countless lives and made immeasurable contributions to the field of philanthropy. A graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School, Carol joined the Packard Foundation in 1989 and assumed the role of Director of Research and Grants, Law and Public Policy at the then-titled Center for the Future of Children where she focused her grantmaking on child health and welfare issues. She edited and contributed to the journal publication The Future of Children on topics ranging from drug-exposed infants, to school-linked services, to home visiting, to juvenile courts, and taught two courses at Stanford Law School on child abuse and neglect. Carol became President and CEO of the Packard Foundation in 2004. Under her leadership, the Foundation averaged $300 million in annual grantmaking and deployed $500 million in total mission investments to hundreds of partners, ranging from community-based organizations around the world to renowned institutions in the Bay Area. During Carol's tenure, the Foundation also provided $349 million in funding to organizations and efforts working to improve the health and well-being of children through the Packard Foundation's Children, Families, and Communities program. This funding has helped increase health care coverage for uninsured children; enrolled more children in preschool and introduced a new Transitional Kindergarten for four-year-olds; improved pediatric and obstetric care through the world-renowned Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University; strengthened the quality of early childhood programs; and ushered in a new understanding that the well-being of children must be viewed through the lens of the whole family. The Packard Foundation's integration of two-generation strategies that seek better outcomes for parents and children together into its work promoting the well-being of children has shaped how philanthropy, policymakers, and advocates act on behalf of families. Under Carol's tenure, the Packard Foundation has also reinforced the Packard family's strong commitment to Northern California. Since 2008, the Foundation has devoted over $156 million through its Local Grantmaking program to organizations committed to increasing opportunities for families and communities in the Bay Area, raising the bar for other Silicon Valley philanthropists to support local organizations. In recognition of her work and her contributions to the field of philanthropy, Carol received the Council on Foundation's Distinguished Service Award in 2016; the American Leadership Forum--Silicon Valley's 2019 John W. Gardner Award; and the World Affairs 2019 Global Citizenship Award for her leadership and dedication to the public good. Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me in congratulating Carol S. Larson on her extraordinary career and expressing our deepest appreciation to her for dedicating her life to improving the lives of children and families, and strengthening our county immeasurably.

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Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the work of Bill Somerville, an extraordinary philanthropist, grant-maker, advisor, and a generous, creative, and devoted advocate for those in need. Bill Somerville grew up in Berkeley, California, and later attended the University of California. He served for 17 years as Executive Director of the pioneering and highly regarded Peninsula Community Foundation and is a nationally recognized expert on creative grant- making, having advised more than 400 community foundations in the United States, Canada, and abroad on effective operations and grantmaking. He has taught courses on philanthropy at Stanford University, UC Berkeley's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and Laney Community College, in Oakland, California. Bill was honored with the 2004 Gerbode Fellowship Award in recognition of outstanding achievement as a nonprofit executive and is a founding member of the National Advisory Board of the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University. He has also been an advisor to the Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare and serves as an advisor to the Peery Family Foundation and the Junior League of Palo Alto. Bill is the author, with Fred Setterberg, of Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of a Maverick Grantmaker, a guide to creative grantmaking. In it, according to the Financial Times, May 2008, ``Somerville describes in engaging prose how to be an effective philanthropist. With no agenda other than his need to set things right in the world, he lays out a series of principles that can be adopted by both endowed national foundations and those with lesser means, providing they have an urge to use their wealth to improve the world.'' Bill Somerville's career as a maverick grant-maker spans 50 years in nonprofit work. In 1990, he founded Philanthropic Ventures Foundation (PVF) which specializes in creative giving programs customized to donors' interests. Under his stewardship, PVF has distinguished itself as a leader in ``venture philanthropy,'' a term coined by Somerville to describe PVF's quick-response, high-impact grant mode, including immediate response grants and paperless giving. Larry Purcell, the highly respected founder of the Catholic Worker House in Redwood City, California, reports that more than 40 years ago he and Bill Somerville became teamsters for the poor by picking up free fresh produce from the South San Francisco Produce Terminal. The Catholic Worker House has continued to distribute thousands of pounds of produce each week, using three 15,000-pound trucks acquired through Bill Somerville's generosity and that of Philanthropic Ventures. A decade ago, Bill Somerville and Philanthropic Ventures Foundation gave the Catholic Worker House seed money to purchase a two-bedroom house in Redwood City for day laborers. In 2018 Bill Somerville and Philanthropic Ventures Foundation provided seed money for Catholic Workers to buy a home in Oakland to house men coming out of San Quentin State Prison. Meanwhile, Catholic Workers in Redwood City, San Bruno, San Jose, and Santa Maria, California, have been feeding, clothing, sheltering, and educating the very poor by the thousands. Bill Somerville and Philanthropic Ventures Foundation have supported each of those Catholic Worker Houses in magnificent ways. According to Purcell, Bill Somerville is great, humble, dedicated, and serves the poor with deep, deep kindness. In Grassroots Philanthropy Bill said ``Philanthropy is a fascinating pursuit. It's the stuff of dreams made practical, a lever that can move the world. Philanthropy is a subject about which I remain unequivocally and unapologetically passionate.'' Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me in honoring the extraordinary work of an extraordinary man, Bill Somerville, and thanking him for his unique leadership. He has strengthened our communities and bettered our nation through his vision, passion, and integrity, and he stands as a role model of what a citizen can do to create transformative change in the lives of so many.

Ms. ESHOO

Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank the chairman of the full committee; the ranking member, Mr. Walden; the ranking member of the subcommittee, Mr. Latta; and the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Doyle, for bringing forward this bipartisan legislation. I hope when the vote is taken on this today by the full House that it is unanimous. And if it is--and it should be--I think we are going to hear applause from across the country, because the American people have been bombarded by robocalls every day. Last year, as has been stated, Americans received an unfathomable 48 billion--with a B--robocalls. So this is an epidemic, and anyone with a phone knows this. I hear it from my constituents daily. I think we all do. I have been subjected to them. All of my colleagues have been subjected to them, and their families, as well. And these calls are not only highly annoying; they are also used to scam people and to swindle them. Last year, an estimated 43 million Americans were scammed out of $10\1/2\ billion. That is a lot of money. And I have some friends, intelligent people, who were convinced by the story at the other end of the line. So the American people, for all the legitimate reasons, are demanding that we do something, and today I think we are delivering a victory for them. I am certainly proud to cosponsor the legislation. And, as has been said, no one bill can completely solve a complex problem, so the FCC and Congress have to remain vigilant to ensure that the statutory and the regulatory protections are sufficient to protect the consumers. There are heavy fees for violators in this bill, so it is really going to cost them, and it is not simply paying because it is a cost of doing business. I urge all of my colleagues to support this.

Ms. ESHOO

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman of the full committee. I want to acknowledge the ranking member of the Health Subcommittee, Dr. Burgess. I want to salute Mr. Doyle and Mr. Smith for their passion and their advocacy inside the Congress and all the advocates and their organizations outside the Congress, without whom we wouldn't be on the floor today on this bill. I am so proud that our Health Subcommittee advanced this bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Mr. Doyle and Mr. Smith. The legislation extends the Autism CARES Act for 5 years, and that is very important. The other very important bookend is that the bill funds research at the NIH to understand the biology behind autism. It will help to build the infrastructure at CDC to advance our understanding of autism, and it trains medical providers on screening, on diagnosis, and on intervention. I think what is so important in the paragraph that I just stated is understanding the biology behind autism. There is so much that we still don't know today. This act renews the Federal Government's commitment to getting the answers. During the hearing on the bill at our Health Subcommittee, we heard how critical the Autism CARES programs are. Researchers, physicians, parents, and patients rely on Autism CARES to fund the support services, research, training, and surveillance programs to get people the diagnoses and the services they need. The act expands research, and it provides services to people who are autistic, with an important focus on addressing racial disparities. Black and Latino children tend to go diagnosed later than White children and are often misdiagnosed. They have less access to services, and they are underrepresented in most autism research. This 5-year renewal addresses these disparities, as well as other challenges related to autism research, education, and detection. My congressional district benefits directly from the act. I am proud that Stanford University receives CARES funding to research how certain innovative treatments can improve social behavior. Between 2014 and 2017, California received $237 million from the NIH to study autism. When the Federal Government invests in research, the return on investment can improve the lives of all Americans. I hope that the House votes unanimously for this legislation. It certainly deserves it. Those families with loved ones who do have autism, I know that their gratitude will be unending for what is built into this act. It is worthy of them, and it is worthy of our vote.

Ms. ESHOO

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2035, the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act. I'm proud that my Subcommittee on Health advanced this bipartisan bill, authored by Representatives Langevin and McMorris Rodgers. This legislation is now being extended for five years and the funding for the program is being increased. The program is administered by the Administration for Community Living and has provided grants to 37 states and Washington, D.C. since it was created in 2009. More than 40 million Americans serve as family caregivers and this program is their lifeline. Being an unpaid caregiver for a loved one can be physically and emotionally exhausting and isolating. The average family caregiver is a woman who works full-time and is providing care to both aging parents and children living at home. This bill allows caregivers to take a break from their caregiving responsibilities. About 85 percent of family caregivers of adults are not receiving any respite services whatsoever but through the Lifespan Respite Care Program, caregivers can receive support services from highly qualified, well-trained staff. Grant programs through the program support day care, transportation and summer camp for Americans living with disabilities. For their caregivers, these programs give them much needed time off, time to do chores around the house or just take a breather. These programs are critical to the many Americans, mostly women, who are taking care of their loved ones every day. I'm proud to support this important legislation and I urge my colleagues to vote for H.R. 2035.

Ms. ESHOO

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of Amendment No. 47 to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020, an amendment I offered with my good friend from Nebraska, Mr. Fortenberry. The Fortenberry-Eshoo amendment declares that the safe return of religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq to their ancestral homelands, and the restoration of fundamental human rights to these communities, remains a priority for the United States. Iraq is home to some of the oldest Christian communities in the world, yet less than 200,000 Christians remain in Iraq, down from 1.4 million in 2002. Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities suffered horrific oppression and violence beginning with the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and again at the hands of ISIS beginning in 2014. In March 2016, Congress, under the leadership of Mr. Fortenberry and myself, declared this brutal and system persecution constituted genocide, one of only three times in history that Congress has made such a declaration. Despite efforts by Congress to help religious and ethnic minorities return to their homelands in Iraq, harassment and threats from armed militia groups continue to jeopardize their safety and long term security. Congress cannot stand by and watch as one of the oldest Christian communities in the world is wiped out. As the daughter of parents who fled religious persecution in the Middle East, this is personal to me. I'm pleased Amendment No. 147 was included in En Bloc 5 to H.R. 2500, which will help ensure Congress does not give up on these vulnerable populations who continue to face persecution and oppression in Iraq.

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Ms. ESHOO. Madam Chair, I thank my colleague, Mr. Khanna, for yielding. I rise in strong support of amendment 423, and I want to thank all of the Members who have worked so hard on this. I am proud to have written legislation in early April of this year, the Prevention of Unconstitutional War with Iran Act, which enjoys 79 cosponsors and prohibits the President from using any funding appropriated by Congress to take military action in or against Iran without authorization from Congress. This amendment mirrors and complements that legislation by prohibiting the use of any funding in this year's NDAA to carry out unauthorized military attacks against Iran. It is very important to have this amendment on the floor because the Trump administration seems determined to provoke military confrontation with Iran, and the President and his hawkish advisers have publicly stated that they don't need authorization from Congress to carry out preemptive attacks. They are wrong. The U.S. Constitution is clear. Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the sole authority to declare war, allowing the American people to decide, through their Representatives in Congress, whether military action is in the best interest of the country. We carry no grief for Iran, not one of us, but this amendment should pass.

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Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Michael Eric Engh, S.J., on the occasion of his retirement as President of Santa Clara University, after a decade of extraordinary leadership. Father Engh was born to Marie and Donald Engh in Los Angeles on December 14, 1949. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1972, and earned his M.A. at Gonzaga University in 1976. He earned his Master of Divinity degree from the Jesuit School of Theology, in Berkeley, California in 1982 and his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin in 1987. Father Engh taught at Loyola Marymount University from 1988 to 2008, became Santa Clara University's 28th President on January 5, 2009, and retires from the Presidency after a most distinguished decade on June 30, 2019. Father Engh serves on a number of boards, including the Board of Trustees of Boston College; the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group; the Board of Directors of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities; the Council of Presidents of the Graduate Theological Union; and the Board of Trustees of Bellarmine College Preparatory. Since arriving at Santa Clara, Father Engh has led the University in defining its vision and setting the course for the future with a bold plan, Santa Clara 2020. Under his decade of leadership the University 's endowment grew to $926 million in 2019, from $515 million in 2009. The University also recorded significant student accomplishments and accolades including Rhodes and Fulbright Scholars. Ten new undergraduate majors were instituted, several Masters programs were launched, and the REAL program for summer research in the College of Arts & Sciences began, among many others, and the Law School's Intellectual Property Program was ranked fourth by US News in 2019. During Father Engh's tenure the campus was beautified and improved, and many new buildings were opened and facilities modernized, with many more in the process of development. The era of Father Engh bears the imprimatur of diversity and inclusion. He established the Office for Diversity and Inclusion in 2013 and created the Blue Ribbon Commission on Diversity and Inclusion in 2016, increasing significantly the number of students of color from 45 percent to 51 percent. Sustainability has been a hallmark of the Engh presidency. He signed the Climate Neutrality Action Plan and established the Office of Sustainability which grew into the Center for Sustainability with additional staff and programming. His efforts resulted in a deep-seated culture of sustainability across the entire University and ingrained in the community the importance of justice and sustainability. Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me in honoring Father Michael Engh for his superb leadership of Santa Clara University which is not only a jewel in the crown of Jesuit universities but also one of the finest institutions of higher learning in the United States. His remarkable decade as President has strengthened our region, our state of California and he is a great blessing to our nation.

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Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a woman who has made extraordinary contributions to our nation, devoting more than 32 years of her professional life to management of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Deborah Feng's responsibilities at NASA included working with and understanding the operations of city government; financial management and budgeting; master planning and facilities construction; information technology; human resources; partnerships, safety and mission assurance; and communications and outreach. More recently, she has become widely known for her leadership in large leasing transactions for NASA Ames, notably the Moffett Federal Airfield Lease (2014). The culmination of her NASA career was serving as Associate Center Director. In December 2018, Deborah Feng completed negotiations to build housing, including affordable apartments, on NASA property. This is the first such project in the nation for NASA employees and those who attend school on the property. Ms. Feng, a Cupertino, California native, attended Lincoln Elementary School, Kennedy Middle School, and Monta Vista High School. She also attended De Anza Community College, where her father taught from the time the College opened in 1969 until his retirement 30 years later. Ms. Feng is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and received her bachelor's degree in Mass Communications, Radio and Television. She also earned her master's degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University and received the prestigious GOLD Award from the College of Business for her leadership in her graduate program. Deborah Feng's personal interests include hiking and biking, often hiking the hills of Cupertino at Fremont Older and Rancho San Antonio. She is a first-degree black belt in Kempo karate and has a daughter Erica, 25, a graduate of De Anza, and a son Dustin, 19, a current student at De Anza. Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House to join me in honoring Deborah Feng for her exemplary service to my constituents and to our entire country, and in wishing her success in her new career as Cupertino's City Manager.

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Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 1379) to reauthorize certain programs under the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposes.

Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on S. 1379.

Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this bipartisan legislation, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act, fondly called PAHPA, so that is the way I am going to refer to it. In January of this year, the House passed a version of this legislation by a vote of 401-17. It was the first suspension that was considered in this new Congress, and so I am really very, very pleased that the Senate finally took up this critical legislation and sent it back to the House for us to consider once again. The bill strips out an unrelated issue that the Senate had to struggle with, and it simply includes the public health emergency and response legislation that my wonderful partner, Representative Susan Brooks, and I have worked on for over a year. Imagine how relieved we are and thrilled we are to be on the floor today with this. Our legislation reflects months of negotiations and compromise reached by the House and Senate. We know the importance of the bill we are considering today, and it actually is critical to our national security. In 2001, our country endured the horrific attacks on September 11 and the anthrax attacks that followed shortly thereafter. Congress realized at that time that our country was not prepared to coordinate responses to mass casualty events or chemical attacks, and it is why I wrote the legislation with then-Representative Richard Burr to address these shortfalls. This bill updates that original legislation by directing Federal agencies to respond to new and emerging threats and also strengthen our Nation's existing preparedness and response programs. This bill reauthorizes critical programs that ensure our Nation is prepared to respond to naturally occurring and manmade disasters. Events over the past few years--the ongoing measles outbreak, destructive wildfires and hurricanes, and the reemergence of Ebola--as well as the constant looming threat of a biological attack by another nation or a hostile state enemy underscore the importance of this legislation. These threats are real, and our country must be prepared to adequately respond to them. Our experience with each one of those hazards reminds us that our country is not yet adequately prepared to deal with potentially devastating, widespread public health crises. That is why this legislation is so critical, and this reauthorization meets the challenges that we face today and those we anticipate facing in the future. The bill provides the authorization and Federal resources to invest in programs that allow the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, to develop medical countermeasures for use after a public health emergency and to address antimicrobial resistance. PAHPA- I reauthorizes the HHS National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters and also authorizes the Children's Preparedness Unit at the CDC. It also establishes an advisory council for people with disabilities and an advisory council on seniors to focus on the needs of these special populations during a public health emergency. It also, very importantly, includes a proposal to prioritize bringing nursing homes back onto the power grid at the same time as hospitals after a disaster, and it includes provisions related to regional health partnerships, pregnant and postpartum women, and environmental health. PAHPA expired last September 30--that is, September 30 of 2018--so reauthorizing these programs is imperative to our national security. Madam Speaker, I am proud of the legislation. I urge my colleagues to once again vote for it. I have said this many times, but it is worth restating again: I salute and couldn't have had a better, more dedicated partner in this effort than Congresswoman Susan Brooks. We look forward to the bill going directly to the President's desk and being signed into law so we can get to work on other things. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would just like to make a few comments in closing because I don't have any more speakers and assert my right to close last. I think every good word that could be said about this legislation has already been stated, so I want to urge all of my colleagues to vote ``aye'' on this. It is legislation that has been scrutinized and re- scrutinized, and even though it has taken time and gone past its reauthorization date, that makes it all the more important that it be passed because the agencies really cannot do what we have been describing, and this has gone on since last October. I think that the bookends on this are national security and public health preparedness for manmade disasters and others, and neither one of these can be addressed by any individual. This has to be done by us on behalf of our country. So I want to thank Catherine Knowles for her very fine work in working with Rachel Fybel from my office. We really pay tribute to you because they have worked so hard every single day, not just for weeks, not just for months, but well over a year to get us to this point. I urge all colleagues to support this legislation. We are proud to recommend it to them. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time,

Ms. ESHOO

Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I was unable to be present during roll call vote number 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, and 202 on May 10, 2019. Had I been present, I would have voted: on roll call vote number 197, I would have voted ``yes''; on roll call vote number 198, I would have voted ``yes''; on roll call vote number 199, I would have voted ``yes''; on roll call vote number 200, I would have voted ``yes''; on roll call vote number 201, I would have voted ``no''; and on roll call vote number 202, I would have voted ``yes.''

Ms. ESHOO

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1520) to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the publication of a list of licensed biological products, and for other purposes, as amended.

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 1520.