Congressional Record Congressional Record · 2023-12-06 Date2023-12-06 PublicationVolume 169, issue 201 Sections166 House · 58 Senate House sections CONGRATULATING MAJOR ART MILLER ON HIS MILITARY RETIREMENT REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF THE LATE HONORABLE TAMMY MARIE STEWART ITZEL CHAVEZ-SANDOVAL CONGRESSIONAL VETERAN COMMENDATION FOR COLONEL EDWARD MESCHKO RECOGNIZING THE LOSS OF A GREAT MUSICIAN AND OUTSTANDING LIFE OF DAVID RUSSELL BATISTE, JR. RECOGNIZING PAT O'BANNON JESSICA MENENDEZ CELEBRATING THE THIRTIETH PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY OF BISHOP DARRYL SYLVESTER BRISTER HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MR. JAMES PURCELL CONGRESSIONAL VETERAN COMMENDATION FOR CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER HERBERT RICH CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF UNITED STATES NAVY COMMANDER LEONARD MERRIMAN III KATHERINE NOLASCO STRONGLY CONDEMNING AND DENOUNCING THE DRASTIC RISE OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF PHILIP M. BAPTISTE, JR. HONORING CYNTHIA MURRAY KAYRA RODAS CONGRESSIONAL VETERAN COMMENDATION FOR SPECIALIST KELVIN HICKS RECOGNIZING A GREAT HUMANITARIAN AND OUTSTANDING PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS OF MR. RAYMOND M. "RAY" FRITZ CELEBRATING MR. JOHN ROBERT McGRATH'S 100TH BIRTHDAY KOI ANNINO CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF CONSTANCE "CONNIE" MARRIOTT SELICO HONORING THE SERVICE OF BILLY SOLLIE STRONGLY CONDEMNING AND DENOUNCING THE DRASTIC RISE OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF CLAUDE AUNDRAY STEWARD, SR. ALAYNA McCALL RECOGNIZING DOUG HOUSE FOR HIS INDUCTION INTO THE QUAD CITIES AFL-CIO HALL OF FAME CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF MRS. MAUREEN ROSARY O'DONNELL SCHEUERMANN PERSECUTION OF THE BAHA'I F IRAN ALI ALCALA HONORING CORTEZ POLICE SERGEANT MICHAEL MORAN RECOGNIZING THE JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MILITARY LOUNGE ANGEL NOEMI RODRIGUEZ RECOGNIZING MAYOR FRANK KUNTZ HONORING DR. DOCK J. AND CARRIE THOMAS JORDAN BELEN ANGUIANO CELEBRATING THE OUTSTANDING LEGISLATIVE CAREER OF RANDAL L. GAINES HONORING THE SERVICE OF DANIEL CROSS PERSONAL EXPLANATION ERICA REED CELEBRATING FIRST RESPONDERS IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA HONORING FRANK THORNTON ON HIS RETIREMENT HONORING THE LATE CLAUDE MORSE OF COFFEE COUNTY, TENNESSEE CELEBRATING THE 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF JIMMY AND HAVA McCLINTOCK HONORING ANN DUBAY RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MS. LANAE CARRINGTON HONORING THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF SERVICE OF KATHLEEN M. WILBUR HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF BESSIE RODRIGUEZ HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF LT. HOPE KIRKENDALL PERSONAL EXPLANATION RECOGNIZING WILLIAM "BILLY" COOKE HONORING CW5 SCOTT GRONOWSKI FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE IN DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS House of Representatives DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE MORNING-HOUR DEBATE THANKING INDIANOLA ROTARY CLUB HONORING BRITT ORTIZ' CAREER NOVEMBER 22 RECOGNIZED AS KIMCHI DAY ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE CELEBRATING HOMEGOING OF LIEUTENANT FRED BREWER, JR. CELEBRATING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON HONORING NOAH MacMILLAN HONORING JOHN "ANDREW" FISTER FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY SECURING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY IN U.S. COLLEGES COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IS POWERFUL AGENT FOR FREEDOM, PEACE, AND DEMOCRACY IN MEMORY OF PASTOR CHARLES GILCHRIST ADAMS CONGRATULATING THE STEWARTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL TIGERS OHIO'S NUCLEAR ENERGY PROBLEMS CELEBRATING THE 30-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF A PLACE CALLED HOME RECESS MISS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TEEN ALYSON SHARP AFTER RECESS PRAYER THE JOURNAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE HONORING MAJOR JEFFREY HOERNEMANN AID FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE HONORING GARY PETERSON BEST COMMUNITIES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION CELEBRATING GARTH FAGAN IMPACTS OF INFLATION RECOGNIZING LAURA PENROD RECOGNIZING DR. J. WILLIAM McROBERTS IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN LAHAINA HONORING MICHAEL MORAN HIGHLIGHTING LACK OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN RURAL AMERICA CELEBRATING DONALD LEWIS CONGRATULATING VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY TROJAN EXPLOSION MARCHING BAND CHOICE IN AUTOMOBILE RETAIL SALES ACT OF 2023 DEFENDING EDUCATION TRANSPARENCY AND ENDING ROGUE REGIMES ENGAGING IN NEFARIOUS TRANSACTIONS ACT RECESS AFTER RECESS DEFENDING EDUCATION TRANSPARENCY AND ENDING ROGUE REGIMES ENGAGING IN NEFARIOUS TRANSACTIONS ACT CHOICE IN AUTOMOBILE RETAIL SALES ACT OF 2023 RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY RESIGNATIONS AS MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ELECTING MEMBERS TO CERTAIN STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AUTHORIZING THE CLERK TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS IN ENGROSSMENT OF H.R. 5933, DEFENDING EDUCATION TRANSPARENCY AND ENDING ROGUE REGIMES ENGAGING IN NEFARIOUS TRANSACTIONS ACT HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER NATIONAL MINERS DAY HONORING GLEN SCHALLER HONORING ANTHONY WHITE KEY PIECES OF LEGISLATION ISSUES OF THE DAY CONCERN FOR OUR COUNTRY ISSUES IGNORED BY THE MEDIA RECESS AFTER RECESS CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2670, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 ADJOURNMENT EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6610 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6611 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6612 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6621 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6622 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6623 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6624 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6625 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6626 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6627 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6628 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6629 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6630 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6613 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6631 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6632 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6633 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6634 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6635 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6636 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6637 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6638 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6639 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6640 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6614 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6615 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6616 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6617 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6618 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6619 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6620 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6641 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6650 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6651 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6652 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6642 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6643 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6644 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6645 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6646 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6647 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6648 Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 6649 House of Representatives Senate sections Senate PRAYER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER LEGISLATIVE SESSION CONCLUSION OF MORNING BUSINESS EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) Supplemental Funding (Executive Session) Food and Drug Administration (Executive Session) Border Security (Executive Session) Unanimous Consent Request--S. 25 (Executive Session) Military Promotions (Executive Session) Assault Weapons Ban (Executive Session) Military Promotions (Executive Session) Unanimous Consent Request--S. 494 (Executive Session) Unanimous Consent Request--S. 173 (Executive Session) Israel (Executive Session) Cloture Motion (Executive Session) Supplemental Funding (Executive Session) Supplemental Funding (Executive Session) Vote on Rayes Nomination (Executive Session) CLOTURE MOTION LEGISLATIVE SESSION EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) EXECUTIVE CALENDAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION PROVIDING REMOTE ACCESS TO COURT PROCEEDINGS FOR VICTIMS OF THE 1988 BOMBING OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103 OVER LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL APPOINTMENT MORNING BUSINESS TRIBUTE TO HAROLD HEPPER TRIBUTE TO DR. CARL HEILMAN RECOGNIZING MID KANSAS COOPERATIVE RECOGNIZING THE MISSOURI HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE MEASURES REFERRED 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. 3416 SENATE RESOLUTION 487--COMMEMORATING THE CENTENNIAL OF THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION SENATE RESOLUTION 488--RECOGNIZING JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES FOR HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE OF TRULY GREAT PROMISE IN THE UNITED STATES SUCCEED IN SCHOOL, ON THE JOB, AND IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION... SENATE RESOLUTION 489--DESIGNATING DECEMBER 16, 2023, AS "NATIONAL WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA DAY" SENATE RESOLUTION 490--REMEMBERING THE DECEMBER 6, 2019, TERRORIST ATTACK AT NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA AND COMMEMORATING THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES, AND THOSE WHO WERE INJURED, IN THE LINE OF DUTY AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND PROPOSED TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Text of Senate Amendment 1371 Text of Senate Amendment 1372 AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET ORDERS FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2023 ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 10 A.M. TOMORROW DISCHARGED NOMINATION CONFIRMATIONS