[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 103 (Thursday, June 25, 2015)]
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[Page H4761]
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PROVIDING FOR A CONDITIONAL ADJOURNMENT OR RECESS OF THE SENATE AND AN 
              ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following 
privileged concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 19) providing for recess 
of the Senate from June 25, 2015, until July 7, 2015, and adjournment 
of the House from June 25, 2015, until July 7, 2015.
  The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 19

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any 
     day from Thursday, June 25, 2015, through Friday, July 3, 
     2015, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent 
     resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand 
     recessed or adjourned until 12:00 noon on Tuesday, July 7, 
     2015, or such other time on that day as may be specified by 
     its Majority Leader or his designee in the motion to recess 
     or adjourn, or until the time of any reassembly pursuant to 
     section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs 
     first; and that when the House adjourns on any legislative 
     day from Thursday, June 25, 2015, through Friday, July 3, 
     2015, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent 
     resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand 
     adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, or until 
     the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 3 of this 
     concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first.
       Sec. 2.  (a) The Majority Leader of the Senate or his 
     designee, after concurrence with the Minority Leader of the 
     Senate, shall notify the Members of the Senate to reassemble 
     at such place and time as he may designate if, in his 
     opinion, the public interest shall warrant it.
        (b) After reassembling pursuant to subsection (a), when 
     the Senate adjourns on a motion offered pursuant to this 
     subsection by its Majority Leader or his designee, the Senate 
     shall again stand adjourned pursuant to the first section of 
     this concurrent resolution.
       Sec. 3.  (a) The Speaker or his designee, after 
     consultation with the Minority Leader of the House, shall 
     notify the Members of the House to reassemble at such place 
     and time as he may designate if, in his opinion, the public 
     interest shall warrant it.
        (b) After reassembling pursuant to subsection (a), when 
     the House adjourns on a motion offered pursuant to this 
     subsection by its Majority Leader or his designee, the House 
     shall again stand adjourned pursuant to the first section of 
     this concurrent resolution.

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, reserving my right to object.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland is recognized.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I express my deep disappointment that the 
House will adjourn without having concluded its business.
  Charter authority for the Export-Import Bank is set to expire this 
coming Tuesday should Congress fail to reauthorize it, which apparently 
we are going to fail to do. Shutting down the Bank puts at risk tens of 
thousands of jobs at American businesses whose exports are supported by 
the Bank's financing mechanisms.
  Everybody knows that a bill to reauthorize the Bank has the votes to 
pass in this House. Everybody has known that the charter authority to 
back up loans by those who would buy goods from American workers 
expires at the end of this month. The Speaker of this House has said 
that jobs will be lost shortly after we fail to do this act, which we 
apparently are going to fail to do.
  It is the will of the House and ought to be reflected by a vote of 
the House that this charter be renewed. And once we send it down the 
hall, such a bill will pass the Senate. Who said so? Senator Roy Blunt, 
who used to be the majority whip and majority leader and minority whip 
in this House.
  Before leaving to go home to our districts, we ought to reauthorize 
the Bank and provide certainty, Mr. Speaker, to businesses and their 
workers who depend on it to level the playing field against foreign 
competitors.
  There are 85 such banks located in 60 countries with whom we compete. 
This will diminish, at least for a short time, our ability to compete 
in international markets. That will cost, as Speaker Boehner has said, 
jobs in the short term.
  At the same time, I want to say that my friend from Mississippi, 
Representative Thompson, noticed a resolution that was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration today. Mr. Speaker, I believe that 
that resolution deserves to be considered in the committee without 
delay, and I hope it will be.
  In the aftermath of the horrific and racially motivated murders of 
nine innocent people in Charleston last week, Americans across the 
country are taking a long overdue, critical look at the practice of 
allowing confederate symbols of hatred, slavery, and segregation to 
remain on prominent display in our public places. There is no public 
space more visible and more important than this United States Capitol 
Building.
  Mr. Thompson's resolution would authorize the Speaker to remove 
Mississippi's flag--the only one to include the battle flag of the 
Confederacy--from the Capitol complex until such time as the State of 
Mississippi selects a new flag, free from a legacy of bigotry, 
exclusion, and racism.
  I hope that Mississippians will move swiftly to design a new flag 
that more accurately reflects their pride in diversity, tolerance, and 
equality.
  There is no reason why any Member or staffer, especially those whose 
ancestors suffered the horrors of slavery and segregation, should have 
to see that symbol in the temple to liberty that is our Capitol.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I am disappointed that the House is adjourning 
without having completed its task for the June work period and without 
having shown the American people that Congress can do what it has been 
sent to do: support job growth, promote justice, and achieve results 
for those it serves.
  Mr. Speaker, if I thought continuing my objection would lead to the 
swift enactment today or tomorrow of the Export-Import Bank, I would 
object. I do not believe that that would be the result; and, therefore, 
I will shortly withdraw my objection, but with a plea to the majority 
party that they bring to the floor very shortly after we return the 
reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank and that the Committee on 
House Administration give prompt consideration to the resolution of the 
gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Thompson).
  I withdraw my reservation.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reservation is withdrawn.
  Without objection, the concurrent resolution is concurred in.
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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