Congressional Record Congressional Record · 2020-11-18 Date2020-11-18 PublicationVolume 166, issue 196 Sections130 House · 89 Senate House sections HONORING MATTHEW NICHOLAS SUTHERLAND HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MR. GEORGE V. RAINEY PERSONAL EXPLANATION HONORING PENNSYLVANIA STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOANNA McCLINTON HONORING NNAMDI P.J. ANYANIKE REMEMBERING TOMMY PACELLO RECOGNIZING LUCERO STOCKETT FOR HER PROMOTION TO CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT HONORING STAMEY'S BARBECUE IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA CONGRATULATING THE SULLIVAN EAGLES SOFTBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2020 MISSOURI CLASS II STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP HONORING LUKE JAMES STANTON RECOGNIZING CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT JOHN T. BEY'S RETIREMENT FOLLOWING HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CELEBRATING PUERTO RICO'S CHEMIST DAY IN RECOGNITION OF JOHN KUHNLE HONORING BRENON D. CARR RETIREMENT OF CHP COMMISSIONER WARREN STANLEY PERSONAL EXPLANATION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ROGER LEE WILSON OF SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA PERSONAL EXPLANATION HONORING COLE S. CAYLOR HONORING CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 2 MARWAN SAMEH GHABOUR IN RECOGNITION OF RENEE REYNOLDS HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE "FATHER OF THE FINAL FOUR" TOM JERNSTEDT CELEBRATING THE RETIREMENT OF VICTOR BIRD HONORING THE LEGACY OF MS. JEAN D. THOMPSON CONGRATULATING THE VIENNA EAGLES SOFTBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2020 MISSOURI CLASS I STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP HONORING THOMAS J. MANN, IV HONORING THE LIFE OF SAMUEL FIGUEROA THANKS BLAKE PERSONAL EXPLANATION HONORING JERALD MUTCHLER TRIBUTE TO BRIAN POTTS INTRODUCTION OF A BILL TO REQUIRE AN ACCREDITATION PROCESS FOR EDX TESTING CELEBRATING THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA RECOGNIZING WAUKEGAN TO COLLEGE RECOOGNIZING JERRY THORNE SUPPORTING MOTION TO GO TO CONFERENCE ON H.R. 6395 HONORING JACK T. CHIRPICH CONGRATULATING COLE COUNTY MISSOURI ON THE COMMEMORATION OF ITS BICENTENNIAL CONGRATULATING BOONE MEADOW ELEMENTARY A BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS House of Representatives DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE MORNING-HOUR DEBATE URGENT NEED FOR CORONAVIRUS RELIEF RECOGNIZING PERSONNEL THE NATION CONTINUES TO FACE AN INCREASINGLY DEADLY PANDEMIC RECOGNIZING DANE HAYGOOD PROTECTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DURING PANDEMIC REMEMBERING MARINE CORPORAL RONALD R. PAYNE, JR. DEFENDING MOTION TO RECOMMIT ANOTHER ABDICATION OF DUTIES CONGRESS ELECTS PRESIDENT IF NO ELECTORAL COLLEGE WINNER PENNSYLVANIA VOTERS CONCERNED ABOUT VOTING IRREGULARITIES CONGRATULATING JIMMY RAY FOR BEING VETERAN OF THE YEAR RECESS AFTER RECESS PRAYER THE JOURNAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER WHAT IS HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON? PASS SOS ACT TO HELP LIVE MUSIC VENUES SURVIVE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWNS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AT WORK CONGRATULATING DONNA GIVENS UPON HER RETIREMENT FEDERAL EXECUTIONS DURING A PANDEMIC IS MORALLY BANKRUPT CONGRATULATING MOLDOVA'S NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT MAIA SANDU DESPERATE CALL FOR HELP MUST BE ANSWERED HONORING THE CAREER OF RODERIC WOODRUFF GROAT, A/K/A ROD WOOD FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRATULATING MARILYN BLACK ON HER RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE CONDEMNING ACTS BY PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION THAT VIOLATE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS RECOGNIZING SIGNIFICANCE OF GENUINE AUTONOMY OF TIBET AND TIBETAN PEOPLE SECURING AMERICA FROM EPIDEMICS ACT REAFFIRMING VITAL ROLE OF UNITED STATES-JAPAN ALLIANCE EXPRESSING IMPORTANCE OF UNITED STATES ALLIANCE WITH REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF KOREAN AMERICANS RECOGNIZING 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUTBREAK OF KOREAN WAR LIBYA STABILIZATION ACT AFFIRMING NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF UNITED STATES-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP FIGHTING EMERGING NARCOTICS THROUGH ADDITIONAL NATIONS TO YIELD LASTING RESULTS ACT DESERT LOCUST CONTROL ACT HAITI DEVELOPMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND INSTITUTIONAL TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE ACT CARIBBEAN BASIN SECURITY INITIATIVE AUTHORIZATION ACT EXPRESSING SUPPORT OF THREE SEAS INITIATIVE IN ITS EFFORTS TO INCREASE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY CONDEMNING POISONING OF RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY PROHIBITING RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN G7 CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS PARTNERING AND LEVERAGING ASSISTANCE TO STOP TRASH FOR INTERNATIONAL CLEANER SEAS ACT AMERICAN VALUES AND SECURITY IN INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS ACT BELARUS DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND SOVEREIGNTY ACT OF 2020 UKRAINE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT AMENDING DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S REWARDS PROGRAM TROPICAL FOREST AND CORAL REEF CONSERVATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2020 COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE RECESS AFTER RECESS MOTION TO GO TO CONFERENCE ON H.R. 6395, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 6395, WILLIAM M. (MAC) THORNBERRY NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 PERMISSION FOR MEMBER TO BE CONSIDERED AS PRIMARY SPONSOR OF H.R. 3025 HONORING TOLEDO METROPARKS CONGRATULATING CINCINNATI ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL'S FOOTBALL TEAM WHY I WEAR A MASK RECOGNIZING OAKCREST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT GOVERNMENT REMEMBERING CECIL CORBIN-MARK REMEMBERING FORMER REDDING, CALIFORNIA, CHIEF OF POLICE BOB BLANKENSHIP COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM STOP THE IMPORTATION OF SYNTHETIC FENTANYL FROM CHINA RISING NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS DISCUSSES COVID-19 DISPARITIES FAREWELL REMARKS ADJOURNMENT BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF PAYGO LEGISLATION EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Constitutional Authority Statement Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 8777 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 8778 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 8779 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 8780 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 8769 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 8770 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 8771 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 8772 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 8773 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 8774 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 8775 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 8776 Senate sections Senate PRAYER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME CONCLUSION OF MORNING BUSINESS EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) Recognition of the Majority Leader (Executive Session) Senator Chuck Grassley (Executive Session) Coronavirus (Executive Session) Recognition Of The Minority Leader (Executive Session) Coronavirus (Executive Session) Senator Chuck Grassley (Executive Session) Judicial Nominations (Executive Session) Cloture Motion (Executive Session) Remembering Private First Class Delbert Littrell (Executive Session) Coronavirus (Executive Session) Thanksgiving (Executive Session) Thanksgiving (Executive Session) CLOTURE MOTION EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Farewell to the Senate (Executive Calendar) Order of Procedure (Executive Calendar) Coronavirus (Executive Calendar) Vote on Mizelle Nomination (Executive Calendar) LEGISLATIVE SESSION MAGNITSKY ACT TRIBUTE TO ASYA BRANCH NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) Cloture Motion (Executive Session) LEGISLATIVE SESSION EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) Cloture Motion (Executive Session) LEGISLATIVE SESSION EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) Cloture Motion (Executive Session) EXECUTIVE CALENDR EXECUTIVE CALENDAR EXECUTIVE CALENDAR EXECUTIVE CALENDAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION TRIBUTE TO MIRA BALL GEORGETOWN LAW'S "LAWYERS AS LEADERS" COURSE VOTE EXPLANATION ETHIOPIA TRIBUTE TO MAJOR CATHERINE "CATIE" SHUTTERS SUNDIN- RECOGNIZING BOYD INDUSTRIES, INC. MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE MEASURES REFERRED MEASURES PLACED ON THE CALENDAR EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS Introductory Statement on S. 4914 Introductory Statement on S. 4915 SENATE RESOLUTION 777--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE NEED FOR COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND AFFORDABILITY FOR ALL PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE RESOLUTION 778--RECOGNIZING INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATORS' DAY ON DECEMBER 15, 2020 SENATE RESOLUTION 779--RECOGNIZING NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND CELEBRATING THE HERITAGES AND CULTURES OF NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS TO THE UNITED STATES AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET THE CALENDAR WALTER B. JONES, JR. POST OFFICE AUDIE MURPHY POST OFFICE BUILDING RALPH HALL POST OFFICE OPHA MAY JOHNSON POST OFFICE SPECIALIST MATTHEW R. TURCOTTE POST OFFICE EINAR `SARGE' H. INGMAN, JR. POST OFFICE BUILDING LIEUTENANT MICHAEL R. DAVIDSON POST OFFICE BUILDING STAFF SERGEANT DYLAN ELCHIN POST OFFICE BUILDING PERMITTING THE SCIPIO A. JONES POST OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, TO ACCEPT AND DISPLAY A PORTRAIT OF SCIPIO A. JONES PAUL EATON POST OFFICE BUILDING MOTHER FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI POST OFFICE BUILDING JULIUS L. CHAMBERS CIVIL RIGHTS MEMORIAL POST OFFICE JOSEPH G. DEMLER POST OFFICE ERNEST `ERNIE' T. PYLE POST OFFICE DR. C.O. SIMPKINS, SR., POST OFFICE SENIORS FRAUD PREVENTION ACT OF 2019 IDENTIFYING OUTPUTS OF GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS ACT NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH ORDERS FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020, THROUGH MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020 ADJOURNMENT UNTIL FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020, AT 8:15 A.M. NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED NOMINATIONS CONFIRMATIONS