[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 19, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3374-S3377]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-158. A resolution adopted by the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Ohio urging the United States 
     Commission on International Religious Freedom to take 
     whatever action is necessary to address and rectify the 
     situation described in this resolution, and consider adding 
     Canada to the Special Watch List of countries where the 
     government engages in violations of religious freedom; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.

                        House Resolution No. 194

       Whereas, The citizens of Ohio are citizens of the United 
     States, which by its nature 1s a country of religious freedom 
     free of government interference; and
       Whereas, Civilized societies normative structures show 
     churches to have jurisdictions separate from civil 
     authorities, with the civil authorities having no authority 
     in church governance, courts, preaching, or sacraments; and
       Whereas, The first line of the First Amendment of the Bill 
     of Rights states that ``Congress shall make no law respecting 
     an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free 
     exercise thereof,'' thus upholding freedom of religion as one 
     of our most sacred of Rights; and
       Whereas, The founders themselves elaborated upon and 
     celebrated religious freedom in their writings; and
       Whereas, Thomas Jefferson in his letter to the Danbury 
     Baptist Convention, said ``Believing with you that religion 
     is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he 
     owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that 
     the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not 
     opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of 
     the whole American people which declared that their 
     legislature should ``make no law respecting an establishment 
     of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,'' thus 
     building a wall of separation between Church & State. 
     Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation 
     in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with 
     sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which 
     tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he 
     has no natural right in opposition to his social duties''; 
     and
       Whereas, Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, believed 
     that any government involvement in the church would corrupt 
     the church and coined the term ``separation of church and 
     state'' to keep the church safe from government interference; 
     and
       Whereas, The State of Ohio itself was founded upon similar 
     premises from its inception as a part of the Northwest 
     Territory; and
       Whereas, The Northwest Ordinance stated in its first 
     article, ``No person, demeaning himself in a peaceable and 
     orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode 
     of worship or religious sentiments in the said territory''; 
     and
       Whereas, The Northwest Ordinance stated in its third 
     article, ``Religion, morality and knowledge, being necessary 
     to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and 
     the means of education shall forever be encouraged''; and
       Whereas, The Ohio Constitution's Bill of Rights states in 
     Article I Section 7, ``All men have a natural and 
     indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the 
     dictates of their own conscience. No person shall be 
     compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, 
     or maintain any form of worship, against his consent; and no 
     preference shall be given, by law, to any religious society; 
     nor shall any interference with the rights of conscience be 
     permitted. No religious test shall be required, as a 
     qualification for office, nor shall any person be incompetent 
     to be a witness on account of his religious belief; but 
     nothing herein shall be construed to dispense with oaths and 
     affirmations. Religion, morality, and knowledge, however, 
     being essential to good government, it shall be the duty of 
     the general assembly to pass suitable laws to protect every 
     religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its own 
     mode of public worship, and to encourage schools and the 
     means of instruction''; and
       Whereas, The citizens of Ohio have a robust system of local 
     religious charity systems; and
       Whereas, The citizens of Ohio have stood against injustices 
     throughout our history; and
       Whereas, During the American Civil War, to help rid the 
     nation of the injustice of slavery, the State of Ohio 
     provided the United States government with more than two 
     hundred sixty regiments, upwards of three hundred thousand 
     men, including the prominent Generals McDowell, Buell, 
     Sheridan, McClellan, Sherman, and future President Ulysses S. 
     Grant; and
       Whereas, Ohio abolitionists played a prominent role in the 
     Underground Railroad, helping thousands escape the bondage of 
     slavery to find freedom, such as our involvement in the 
     abolition of slavery in the North; and
       Whereas, We, the members of the House of Representatives of 
     the 134th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, are the 
     State representative body of such a freedom-loving people; 
     and
       Whereas, During the COVID-19 emergency, the government of 
     Ohio stood up for religious liberty and exempted religious 
     services from COVID-19 restrictions; and
       Whereas, The State of Ohio has a vested interest in the 
     affairs of Canada, being our neighbor to the North and Ohio's 
     number one trading partner in the world in both imports and 
     exports; and
       Whereas, Ohio's exports to Canada benefit many segments of 
     the economy, and thousands of individual companies, on both 
     sides of the border; and
       Whereas, Indeed Ohio is not alone in valuing freedom. The 
     Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states that 
     ``Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms,'' which 
     include the ``freedom of conscience and religion.'' The 
     arrests and actions described below, taken to enforce overly 
     burdensome and unjustified orders, however, do not seem to 
     live up to this praiseworthy statement; and
       Whereas, We, the members of the House of Representatives of 
     the 134th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, have taken 
     note of the abuses of religious liberty that have gone on 
     throughout the Provinces of Canada during the COVID-19 
     pandemic; and

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       Whereas, Pastor James Coates of Edmonton, Alberta was 
     jailed for thirty-five days and in solitary confinement for 
     seven days straight for holding religious services at a 
     capacity not in keeping with the Public Health Act; and
       Whereas, Brothers Artur and David Pawlowski, pastors from 
     Alberta, Canada were arrested and spent three days in jail 
     for organizing a church service that ignored COVID-19 social 
     distancing rules and mask mandates; and
       Whereas, Pastor Coates, and perhaps other Canadian pastors, 
     have held services in undisclosed locations, essentially 
     going underground, in order to avoid persecution by 
     government authorities, and to allay congregant's fears; and
       Whereas, Pastor Tobias Tissen of Steinbach, Manitoba, was 
     arrested for holding an outdoor service that violated a 
     health order that prohibited gatherings of more than five 
     people; and
       Whereas, Under Province of Alberta health orders, in-person 
     faith group meetings, and other religious gatherings, have 
     been prohibited in private homes while the emergency is in 
     effect, thus intruding into the most sacred liberties of its 
     citizens, those of religious freedom and privacy; and
       Whereas, All of the Canadian provinces have at times 
     prohibited religious gatherings outright, or have limited the 
     size of religious gatherings, and many provinces still have 
     severe size limitations on religious gatherings either held 
     indoors or outdoors, punishable by harassment, fines, and 
     jail time of faith leaders, thus limiting the parishioners' 
     or members' ability to attend the assembly of their choice, 
     and generally limiting religious liberty; and
       Whereas, On December 8, 2021, Canada's Senate Bill C-4 
     received royal assent and became law. This act is overly 
     broad in scope and has potential negative implications for 
     religious liberties and expression, including a prison 
     sentence of up to five years for merely expressing a biblical 
     view of marriage, thus restricting the ability of religious 
     leaders from expressing sincerely held religious beliefs on 
     marriage and sexuality; and
       Whereas, In 1998, the Congress of the United States 
     established the United States Commission on International 
     Religious Freedom; and
       Whereas, The Commission includes members appointed by the 
     President of the United States, by the President Pro Tempore 
     of the United States Senate, and by the Speaker of the United 
     States House of Representatives; and
       Whereas, The purpose of the Commission, as enumerated in 
     federal law, in part, is to consider and recommend options 
     for policies of the United States government with respect to 
     each foreign country the government of which has engaged in 
     or tolerated violations of religious freedom; and
       Whereas, The Commission maintains a Special Watch List of 
     countries where the government engages in or tolerates 
     ``severe'' violations of religious freedom; Now, therefore, 
     be it
       Resolved, That we, the members of the House of 
     Representatives of the 134th General Assembly of the State of 
     Ohio, urge the United States Commission on International 
     Religious Freedom to take whatever action is necessary to 
     address and rectify the situation, described in this 
     resolution, and consider adding Canada to the Special Watch 
     List; and be it further
       Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
     transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to each 
     commissioner of the United States Commission on International 
     Religious Freedom, the President of the United States, the 
     President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, the 
     Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, each 
     member of the Ohio Congressional delegation, the Prime 
     Minister of Canada, the Speaker of the House of Commons of 
     Canada, the Speaker of the Senate of Canada, and the news 
     media of Ohio.
                                  ____


       POM-159. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature 
     of the State of Hawaii affirming Hawaii's ongoing commitment 
     to the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, the United 
     Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and endorsement of the 
     Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.

                  Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 108

       Whereas, the scientific consensus is clear that human 
     activities are primarily responsible for accelerating global 
     climate change, and that the climate crisis now represents 
     one 4 of the preeminent threats to global civilization; and
       Whereas, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 
     (IPCC) reported in 2018 that we must achieve net zero in 
     greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the middle of this century 
     in order to have a reasonable chance of limiting global 
     warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius; and
       Whereas, the IPCC released its Sixth Assessment Report from 
     Working Group II, which was approved by one hundred ninety-
     five member states, in February 2022, and the summary for 
     policy makers notes that there is high confidence that ``the 
     rise in weather and climate extremes has led to some 
     irreversible impacts as natural and human systems are pushed 
     beyond their ability to adapt''; and
       Whereas, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio 
     Guteres responded, ``The IPCC is an atlas of human suffering 
     . . . according to current commitment, global emissions are 
     set to increase almost 14 percent. . . . It will destroy any 
     chance of keeping 1.5 alive . . . coal and other fossil fuels 
     are choking humanity''; and
       Whereas, the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2021 
     adopted landmark legislation, Resolution 48/13, recognizing 
     that a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human 
     right; and
       Whereas, changes in Hawaii's climate are already being 
     felt, as evidenced by rising sea levels, coastal inundation, 
     ocean warming as well as coral bleaching, heightened risk of 
     wild fires, and increasing severe storms; and
       Whereas, the entire community is impacted by the health and 
     safety risks of fossil fuel expansion, particularly those who 
     also face socioeconomic and health inequities, including low-
     income families, those experiencing homelessness, people of 
     color and indigenous peoples, youth, seniors, those 
     experiencing mental and physical disabilities, and people 
     with health conditions; and
       Whereas, youth and future generations have the most to lose 
     from a lack of immediate action to stop fossil fuel expansion 
     as they face major and lifelong health, ecological, social, 
     and economic impacts from prolonged and cumulative effects of 
     climate change, including food and water shortages, 
     infectious diseases, and natural disasters; and
       Whereas, the Paris Climate Agreement is silent on coal, 
     oil, and gas, an omission with respect to the supply and 
     production of fossil fuels (the largest source of GHG) that 
     needs to be collectively addressed by other means; and
       Whereas, the Glasgow Climate Pact provided for incremental 
     improvements, only calling for a phase down, not a phase out, 
     of coal; and
       Whereas, global governments and the fossil fuel industry 
     are currently planning to produce about one hundred twenty 
     percent more emissions by 2030 than what is needed to limit 
     warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and avert catastrophic climate 
     disruption, and such plans risk undoing the work of the State 
     to reduce GHG emissions; and
       Whereas, the fossil fuel industry is currently claiming 
     over fifty percent of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic 
     recovery funding from senior levels of government in the 
     Group of Twenty, thereby siphoning away recovery funding 
     badly needed by cities and other industries; and
       Whereas, the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure 
     and expanded reliance on fossil fuels expose communities to 
     untenable risks to public health and safety at the local and 
     global levels; and
       Whereas, the economic opportunities presented by a clean 
     energy transition far outweigh the opportunities presented by 
     an economy supported by expanding fossil fuel use and 
     extraction; and
       Whereas, the community is committed, as part of the climate 
     emergency response, to a just energy transition and to 
     ambitious investments in the green infrastructure and 
     industries that will create jobs and rapidly decarbonize the 
     economy; and
       Whereas, Hawaii recognizes that it is the urgent 
     responsibility and moral obligation of wealthy fossil fuel 
     producers to lead efforts to end fossil fuel development and 
     to manage the decline of existing production; and
       Whereas, a new global initiative is underway calling for a 
     Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty that would end new 
     fossil fuel exploration and expansion, phase out existing 
     production in line with the global commitment to limit 
     warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and accelerate equitable 
     transition plans; now, therefore,
       Be it Resolved by the Senate of the Thirty-first 
     Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, 
     the House of Representatives concurring, that this body 
     affirms the State's ongoing commitment to the goals of the 
     Paris Climate Agreement, the United Nations Sustainable 
     Development Goals, and greenhouse gas reduction targets as 
     called for by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 
     and pledges to meet its proportionate greenhouse gas 
     reductions under the Paris Climate Agreement; and
       Be it further Resolved that the State and each county are 
     requested to formally endorse the call for a Fossil Fuel 
     NonProliferation Treaty; and
       Be it further Resolved that the United States government is 
     urged to support the initiative for a Fossil Fuel 
     NonProliferation Treaty; and
       Be it further Resolved that certified copies of this 
     Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the United Nations 
     Secretary General and High Commissioner for Human Rights, 
     President and Vice President of the United States, President 
     Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, Majority and 
     Minority Leaders of the United States Senate, Speaker and 
     Minority Leader of the United States House of 
     Representatives, members of the Hawaii congressional 
     delegation, Governor, and Mayor of each county.
                                  ____


       POM-160. A resolution adopted by the House of 
     Representatives of the State of New Hampshire condemning the 
     Communist Party of China and the People's Republic of China; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

                        House Resolution No. 15

       Whereas, the communist party of China has ruled over the 
     People's Republic of China with an iron fist for 73 years 
     since its founding in 1949; and
       Whereas, the People's Republic of China has illegally 
     occupied Tibet since 1951; and

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       Whereas, the People's Republic of China has illegally 
     occupied Xinjiang since 1949; and
       Whereas, the communist party of China and the People's 
     Republic of China are committing genocide against Uyghurs and 
     other ethnic and religious groups; and
       Whereas, the communist party of China and the People's 
     Republic of China have harvested organs of falun gong 
     practitioners and political prisoners; and
       Whereas, the communist party of China and the People's 
     Republic of China have violated the ``one country, two 
     systems'' policy which gave Hong Kong special autonomy; and
       Whereas, the communist party of China and the People's 
     Republic of China have violently and undemocratically clamped 
     down on dissent in Hong Kong; and
       Whereas, the People's Republic of China has illegally 
     constructed artificial islands in the South China Sea and 
     have laid claim to other countries' sovereign territorial 
     waters; and
       Whereas, the People's Republic of China is increasingly 
     becoming a threat to global democracy; and
       Whereas, the communist party of China and the People's 
     Republic of China have made it their goal to destabilize 
     America and its allies; and
       Whereas, the Republic of China (Taiwan) is one of the 
     world's strongest democracies; now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the House of Representatives:
       That the New Hampshire house of representatives stands with 
     the people of Hong Kong and commends the Republic of China 
     (Taiwan) for its strong democratic system; and
       That the New Hampshire house of representatives condemns 
     the communist party of the People's Republic of China in the 
     strongest possible terms and calls on the federal government 
     to do more to curb the communist party of China's global 
     influence, impose more sanctions on the communist party of 
     China, and to either eliminate the ``one China'' policy or to 
     recognize the Republic of China (Taiwan) as the official 
     China; and
       That the house clerk forward copies of this resolution to 
     the President of the United States, the President of the 
     United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United 
     States House of Representatives, the New Hampshire 
     congressional delegation, the Ambassador of the People's 
     Republic of China to the United States, and the Taipei 
     Economic and Cultural Representative.
                                  ____


       POM-161. A resolution adopted by the House of 
     Representatives of the State of New Hampshire calling for the 
     federal government to construct a nuclear waste repository to 
     permanently store our nation's nuclear waste; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.

                        House Resolution No. 16

       Whereas, the United States has no permanent nuclear waste 
     storage facility; and
       Whereas, spent nuclear fuel and other radioactive 
     byproducts of nuclear power generation have nowhere to go and 
     must remain on the sites of nuclear power facilities; and
       Whereas, keeping nuclear waste on-site of nuclear power 
     facilities potentially increases the risk to safety; and
       Whereas, the state of New Hampshire has such a facility in 
     Seabrook which stores nuclear waste on-site; now, therefore, 
     be it
       Resolved by the House of Representatives:
       That the New Hampshire house of representatives requests 
     the federal government construct a nuclear waste repository 
     to permanently store our nation's nuclear waste; and
       That copies of this resolution, signed by the speaker of 
     the house of representatives be forwarded by him to the 
     President of the United States, the President of the United 
     States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of 
     Representatives, and to each member of the New Hampshire 
     congressional delegation.
                                  ____


       POM-162. A resolution adopted by the House of 
     Representatives of the State of New Hampshire supporting the 
     principles of federalism; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

                         House Resolution No. 9

       Whereas, our nation was organized by the Constitution with 
     a clear division of civil authority between the federal 
     government and the individual states; and
       Whereas, the Constitution contains several provisions 
     intended to establish and preserve that proper balance of 
     civil authority between the federal government and the 
     individual states; and
       Whereas, those provisions in the original Constitution 
     include, in Article I, a Senate with equal suffrage for all 
     states, equal suffrage for the House of Representatives when 
     selecting a President, and a specific limitation of federal 
     authority with the enumerated powers of Congress. In Article 
     III there is a specific list of original jurisdictional 
     authorities for the Supreme Court and Congressional control 
     of appellate jurisdictional authority for the Supreme Court. 
     In Article V equal suffrage is required for all states when 
     proposing and ratifying constitutional amendments; and
       Whereas, in the Bill of Rights certain rights of the people 
     are enumerated m the first 8 amendments and the Ninth 
     Amendment reserves all unremunerated rights for the people; 
     and
       Whereas, the Tenth Amendment clearly states: ``The powers 
     not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor 
     prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States 
     respectively, or to the people;'' and
       Whereas, James Madison said in Federalist #45 ``The powers 
     delegated [that is, enumerated] by the proposed Constitution 
     to the federal government are few and defined. Those which 
     are to remain in the state governments are numerous and 
     indefinite. The former [federal powers) will be exercised 
     principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, 
     and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation 
     will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to 
     the several states will extend to all the objects which in 
     the ordinary course of affairs concern the lives, liberties, 
     and properties of the people, and the internal order, 
     improvement, and prosperity of the state;'' and
       Whereas, James Madison warned in 1792: ``If Congress can 
     apply money indefinitely to the `general welfare,' and are 
     the sole and supreme judges of the `general welfare,' they 
     may take the care of religion into their own hands; they may 
     establish teachers in every state, county, and parish, and 
     pay them out of the public treasury; they may take into their 
     own hands, the education of children, establishing in like 
     manner schools throughout the Union; they may undertake the 
     regulation of all roads other than post roads. In short, 
     everything, from the highest object of state legislation down 
     to the most minute object of police would be thrown under the 
     power of Congress . . .''; and
       Whereas, in 1791 Thomas Jefferson wrote: ``I consider the 
     foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 
     `all powers not delegated to the United States, by the 
     Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are 
     reserved to the states or to the people.' To take a single 
     step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the 
     powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field 
     of power, no longer susceptible of any definition;'' and
       Whereas, in 1800 Thomas Jefferson wrote: ``What an 
     augmentation [growth] of the field for jobbing, speculating, 
     plundering, office-building, and office-hunting would be 
     produced by an assumption of all the state powers into the 
     hands of the [federal] government. The true theory of our 
     Constitution is surely the wisest and best: that the States 
     are independent as to everything within themselves, and 
     united as to everything respecting foreign nations;'' and
       Whereas, Richard Henry Lee, in 1788 wrote: ``In forming a 
     federal constitution, which ex vi termini, supposes state 
     governments existing, and which is only to manage a few great 
     national concerns, we often find it easier to enumerate 
     particularly the powers to be delegated to the federal head 
     than to enumerate particularly the individual rights to be 
     reserved;'' and
       Whereas, Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story wrote in 1833: 
     ``Let us never forget that our constitutions of government 
     are solemn instruments, addressed to the common sense of the 
     people and designed to fix and perpetuate their rights and 
     their liberties. They are not to be frittered awav to please 
     the demagogues of the day. They are not to be violated to 
     gratify the ambition of political leaders. They are to speak 
     in the same voice now and forever. They are of no man's 
     private interpretation. They are ordained by the will of the 
     people and can be changed only by the sovereign command of 
     the people''; now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the House of Representatives:
       That the state of New Hampshire, on behalf of all the 
     citizens of this individual state, renews its commitment to 
     all of the unalienable rights of its citizens and all of the 
     constitutional civil authority reserved for the individual 
     state of New Hampshire; and
       That the clerk of the New Hampshire house of 
     representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to the 
     President of the United States, the President of the United 
     States Senate, and the Speaker and the Clerk of the United 
     States House of Representatives.
                                  ____

       POM-163. A resolution adopted by the House of 
     Representatives of the State of New Hampshire requesting an 
     investigation on whether opioids, benzodiazepines, and 
     exposure to chemical agents contribute to suicides by 
     veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

                         House Resolution No.8

       Whereas, in fiscal 2012, the Veterans Administration issued 
     benzodiazepines to 28 percent of the 640,000 veterans seen 
     for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the amount of 
     prescriptions at the Veterans Administration for these drugs 
     amounted to 2.4 million in fiscal 2014; and
       Whereas, 27 percent of veterans who received opioid 
     analgesics from 2004-2009 also received benzodiazepines; and
       Whereas, benzodiazepines can be addictive and can possibly 
     enhance fear following trauma and suicidal thoughts, they 
     also have some valid uses, such as stopping panic attacks 
     from escalating, easing sleep disorders, and helping agitated 
     patients at high risk of harm to themselves or others; and
       Whereas, the 2015 suicide rate for female veterans 
     receiving care through the Veterans Health Administration was 
     17.8 per 100,000, compared to 45.6 male veterans under care; 
     and
       Whereas, the Department of Veterans Affairs now reports 
     that the New Hampshire

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     veterans suicide rate of 33 per year was, ``significantly 
     higher than the national suicide rate;'' and
       Whereas, 20.6 armed service veterans are taking their own 
     lives each day, substantially higher than the national 
     average, with the suicide rate for veterans aged 18-34 
     increased substantially to 45 deaths per 100,000; and
       Whereas, while the Veterans Administration's clinical 
     practice guidelines recommend against their use in patients 
     with PTSD due to ``lack of efficacy data and growing evidence 
     for the potential risk of harm,'' physicians often prescribe 
     them to patients who come to them already taking those 
     medications because abruptly stopping them can incur serious 
     risks; and
       Whereas, the suicide rate among veterans ages 18 to 27 
     receiving care at VA medical facilities is 79 per 100,000, 
     and suicide rates among armed service veterans receiving care 
     has been substantially higher than among those not under 
     care; now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the House of Representatives:
       That the New Hampshire house of representatives 
     respectfully urges the Congress of the United States, the 
     Department of Defense, and the Department of Veteran Affairs 
     to continue to investigate whether opioids, benzodiazepines, 
     exposure to agent orange, insecticides, pyridostigmine 
     bromide, and nerve agents including, but not limited to, 
     sarin and cyclosarin, as well as vaccines administered to 
     military personnel such as Mefloquine, and constant, long 
     term stress from service in the theater of operations are 
     contributing to the high number of suicides by veteran 
     members of the armed forces and whether veteran members of 
     the armed forces who seek treatment for conditions that cause 
     pain should receive alternative treatments such as 
     chiropractic, physical therapy, occupational therapy, 
     acupuncture, massage therapy, and/or osteopathic manipulation 
     before receiving prescriptions for opioids; and
       That the house clerk forward official copies of this 
     resolution to the President of the United States, the Speaker 
     of the United States House of Representatives, the President 
     of the United States Senate, the Secretary of Defense, the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and to all the members of the 
     New Hampshire congressional delegation with the request that 
     this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional 
     Record as a high priority for the Congress of the United 
     States of America.
                                  ____


       POM-164. A resolution adopted by the Council of the County 
     of Maui, affirming the county of Maui's ongoing commitment to 
     the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and endorsement of 
     the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.


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column, the following information was inadvertently not included:
  
  The Record has been corrected to read: POM-164. A resolution 
adopted by the Council of the County of Maui, affirming the county 
of Maui's ongoing commitment to the goals of the Paris Climate 
Agreement and endorsement of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation 
Treaty; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.


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