Congressional Record, Volume 165 Issue 125 (Wednesday, July 24, 2019)

[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 24, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H7348-H7350]
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HUMANITARIAN STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
CUSTODY ACT

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further
consideration of the bill (H.R. 3239) to require U.S. Customs and
Border Protection to perform an initial health screening on detainees,
and for other purposes, will now resume.
The Clerk will report the title of the bill.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.

Motion to Recommit

Mr. KINZINGER. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
Mr. KINZINGER. I am in its current form.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Kinzinger moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3239 to the
Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the
same back to the House forthwith with the following
amendment:
Page 18, after line 10, add the following:

SEC. 15. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of the Congress that the men and women of
the U.S. Border Patrol should be commended for continuing to
carry out their duties in a professional manner, including
caring for the extraordinarily high numbers of family units,
unaccompanied alien children, and single adults processed in
United States Customs and Border Protection facilities
referenced in this Act.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. KINZINGER. Mr. Speaker, this motion to recommit is very simple.
It affirms this Chamber's appreciation of and support for the men and
women of the United States Border Patrol.
We in this Chamber know that we can debate and disagree all day long
every day, and we have more than enough issues to argue about on a
regular basis, but this institution makes laws. We pass the laws, and
we expect those laws to be carried out faithfully.
This motion to recommit today is about recognizing the men and women
of our U.S. Border Patrol who carry out the very laws that we pass for
their hard work and for their dedication.
Without question, we are facing a crisis on our southern border.
Without question, we are facing a crisis on our southern border, and
our facilities are overcrowded and overwhelmed. And lacking the
resources, our personnel, our CBP agents are overworked, and I can tell
you this because I saw it firsthand.
Now, I didn't go in a windbreaker and get a photo op. I didn't start
a livestream. Mr. Speaker, I went as a lieutenant colonel in the Air
National Guard on a deployment to the mission in Arizona, to the
border.
And for me, going to Arizona with my unit in late February was a nice
respite from the bitter cold of Illinois, but what I saw truly opened
my eyes to the crisis at hand and the shortcomings that our CBP agents
face with their limited resources.
This, by the way, was my fourth deployment to the border, and it was
only my first under President Trump.
So what does that mean? Yes, that means that my three other border
missions and my other deployments came under President Obama, who also
saw the crisis at the border and the dire humanitarian concerns.
In February, I watched from above as border agents struggled to
thwart migrant groups that would systematically stagger their attempts
to run and cross the open border.
My fellow guardsmen shared their accounts of agents giving their last
water bottles to dehydrated migrants. My fellow guardsmen shared
various accounts, and one was about agents giving their last bottle of
water as they came across people who were dehydrated and in a bad
situation, often risking their own safety and their own health.
While my mission was nice in February, today it is pretty hot out in
the desert. These agents are still expected, by their oath and by the
direction of the laws of this body, to walk miles through terrible
terrain that, in many cases, cannot even be accessed by vehicles. They
are often met with a foot chase, sometimes with multiple people or with
dangerous cartel members.
And sometimes this happens even at the end of their shift, so it
means that later they are going to have to call home. They are going to
have to tell their loved ones that they are not going to be home to
tuck the kids in bed or say good night because duty calls.
I listened to defeated Customs and Border Protection agents talk
about the emotional and physical tolls that this crisis was taking on
them and their family as they grappled with these impossible tasks, and
more than once it was mentioned to me the toxic rhetoric used in
describing them in many cases in terms reserved for just our enemies.
I saw the compassion in a CBP agent during one of my missions as he
helped a young woman we found in the desert to safety after she was
left for dead by her cartel handlers because they got spooked and they
ran and abandoned her.
These coyotes work for the cartels, and these cartels make money on
two primary products: people and drugs. Human lives are viewed as
nothing more than commodities for them, and this is what I saw
firsthand. This is what I experienced with the hardworking men and
women of our border, who are often the first and only defense against
such tragedy.
And it is true, the CBP has effectuated over 3,800 migrant rescues so
far this fiscal year risking their own lives to save others. If you
remove CBP, you will cost lives.
And maybe people don't want to believe that, maybe it doesn't fit a
narrative, but it is an undeniable fact. We have placed an
unprecedented burden on our agents asking them to handle some really
tough things, and for that they have been villainized.
The CBP's facilities were not designed as long-term or even short-
term

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shelters for families or children, and those resources to accommodate
them and handle the influx are limited.
If this Congress cannot agree to provide these agents the resources
they need, as this bill fails to do, the least we can do is affirm our
appreciation for their work. Agreeing to this motion to recommit will
not impact the passage of this bill. Voting in favor of this MTR will
not kill the bill that we are voting on here today.
Today what we have is an opportunity and a moment in time to make a
simple statement. This institution can leave politics aside and take
this time to recognize the mothers and fathers, the brothers and
sisters, the sons and daughters, the husbands and wives, our neighbors
and the constituents we serve, the men and women of our U.S. Border
Patrol working in these facilities every day. Let's show our support by
rising above the fray of politics and vote in favor of this MTR.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the MTR.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California is recognized
for 5 minutes.
Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, my bill, the Humanitarian Standards for
Individuals in CBP Custody Act, honors CBP agents by giving them the
assistance they have requested and so desperately need.
This bill gives them the tools to help protect kids and families.
You see, Mr. Speaker, this bill isn't about political trickery. It is
not about partisan gotcha politics.
This bill is about the goodness of the American people. This bill is
a call to our better angels. This bill, and I say this wholeheartedly,
is inspired through prayer and by God's loving grace.
You see, it asks us to remember and heed the words of Jesus in the
good news book of Matthew: ``For I was hungry, and you gave me
something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I
was a stranger, and you welcomed me in'', and, ``Truly I tell you,
whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of
mine, you did for me.''
This bill asks us to fulfill the Golden Rule: ``Do unto others as you
would have them do unto you.''
These principles, you see, are fundamental to our American values.
They are shared by the CBP agents and doctors I spoke with at the
border.
This bill protects children, women, and families by setting
humanitarian standards that require basic health screenings and triage,
formula for infants, diapers for toddlers, and simple necessities like
toothbrushes and soap.
This bill also protects the health of our agents, proud Americans who
work tirelessly in dangerous and inhumane conditions, who are also
parents and suffer lifelong trauma when someone else's child dies under
their responsibilities.
Today, I stand before you not only as a public health professional
and an emergency medicine physician trained in humanitarian aid, I
stand before you as a parent of two young daughters. I stand before you
as a patriot, whose faith in our American values, in the power of basic
human decency, has never been stronger.
Tonight's vote isn't about politics, it isn't about party, it isn't
even about immigration policy.
This vote is about the beauty and power of grace. This vote is about
loving and protecting children, because in the United States of
America, we recognize the inherent dignity of every human being,
because in the United States of America, every child is worth saving,
because in the United States of America, when children die on our
watch, we take action.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the MTR, then
vote ``yes'' for Humanitarian Standards for Individuals Under CBP
Custody.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is
ordered on the motion to recommit.
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.

Recorded Vote

Mr. KINZINGER. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on
the question of passage.
This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 239,
noes 192, not voting 1, as follows:

[Roll No. 506]

AYES--239

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Axne
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Bost
Brady
Brindisi
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Case
Chabot
Cheney
Cisneros
Cline
Cloud
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Conaway
Cook
Costa
Cox (CA)
Craig
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Cunningham
Curtis
Davidson (OH)
Davis, Rodney
Delgado
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duffy
Duncan
Dunn
Emmer
Estes
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx (NC)
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Golden
Gonzalez (OH)
Gonzalez (TX)
Gooden
Gosar
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hagedorn
Harder (CA)
Harris
Hartzler
Hern, Kevin
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Holding
Hollingsworth
Horn, Kendra S.
Horsford
Houlahan
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Kustoff (TN)
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lee (NV)
Lesko
Levin (CA)
Lipinski
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luria
Malinowski
Marchant
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McAdams
McBath
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meadows
Meuser
Miller
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moulton
Mullin
Murphy
Newhouse
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Phillips
Porter
Posey
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Riggleman
Roby
Rodgers (WA)
Roe, David P.
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rooney (FL)
Rose (NY)
Rose, John W.
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Ryan
Scalise
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sherrill
Shimkus
Simpson
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spanberger
Spano
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Timmons
Tipton
Torres Small (NM)
Turner
Underwood
Upton
Van Drew
Vela
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Waltz
Watkins
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Wright
Yoho
Young
Zeldin

NOES--192

Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Casten (IL)
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Courtney
Crist
Crow
Cummings
Davids (KS)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Engel
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Finkenauer
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel
Fudge
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gomez
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Haaland
Hastings
Hayes
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Hill (CA)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Morelle
Mucarsel-Powell
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Pingree
Pocan
Pressley
Price (NC)

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Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rouda
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shalala
Sherman
Sires
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Stanton
Stevens
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Trahan
Trone
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NOT VOTING--1

Gabbard

{time} 2053

So the motion to recommit was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the instructions of the House
on the motion to recommit, I report the bill, H.R. 3239, back to the
House with an amendment.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
Amendment offered by Ms. Lofgren:

Page 18, after line 10, add the following:

SEC. 15. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

Ms. LOFGREN (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous
consent that the amendment be considered as read.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from California?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment.
The amendment was agreed to.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.

Recorded Vote

Mr. KINZINGER. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 233,
noes 195, not voting 4, as follows:

[Roll No. 507]

AYES--233

Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Axne
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brindisi
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Case
Casten (IL)
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Cox (CA)
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Cummings
Cunningham
Davids (KS)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Engel
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Finkenauer
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Haaland
Harder (CA)
Hastings
Hayes
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Hill (CA)
Himes
Horn, Kendra S.
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McAdams
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Morelle
Moulton
Mucarsel-Powell
Murphy
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rose (NY)
Rouda
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shalala
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stanton
Stevens
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres Small (NM)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Van Drew
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Young

NOES--195

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Bost
Brady
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Conaway
Cook
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson (OH)
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duffy
Duncan
Dunn
Emmer
Estes
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx (NC)
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Gonzalez (OH)
Gooden
Gosar
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hagedorn
Hartzler
Hern, Kevin
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Kustoff (TN)
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lesko
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Marchant
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meadows
Meuser
Miller
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Newhouse
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Posey
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Riggleman
Roby
Rodgers (WA)
Roe, David P.
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rooney (FL)
Rose, John W.
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Shimkus
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spano
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Timmons
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Waltz
Watkins
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Wright
Yoho
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--4

Bass
Gonzalez (TX)
Harris
Smith (NE)

{time} 2102

So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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