[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 77 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE SESSION

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  PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE 5, 
UNITED STATES CODE, OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION RELATING TO ``ADDRESSING THE HOMEWORK GAP THROUGH THE E-RATE 
                           PROGRAM''--Resumed

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
resume consideration of S.J. Res. 7, which the clerk will report.
  The assistant bill clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 7) providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal 
     Communications Commission relating to ``Addressing the 
     Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program''.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.


                        Veterans History Project

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I want to report to my colleagues what I 
am doing today: delivering some history to the Library of Congress.
  I will tell you about that project in the Library of Congress. This 
is something that I have done around Veterans Day each year for the 
last 8 years. In the past and including today, it has added up to the 
histories of about 95 veterans who have told their stories to me and my 
staff. Veterans are an important part of our communities. The 
sacrifices of the brave men and women who have served our country 
should never be forgotten.
  My office recently interviewed 12 of these 95 veterans--this time 
from the Cedar Rapids, IA, area--for what the Library of Congress calls 
the Veterans History Project. Stories of our veterans help us to better 
understand the sacrifices that have granted us security and prosperity 
and have allowed us to live in freedom and with the liberties of this 
great Nation, the United States of America. Today, these stories of the 
latest 12 veterans will be delivered to the Library of Congress, 
preserving these firsthand accounts for future generations to 
appreciate the role of the people who defend our freedoms.
  For the project that we had in Cedar Rapids, I want to give a special 
thank-you to Teri Van Dorston, at the Veterans Memorial Building in 
Cedar Rapids, for hosting the event that we held last November there 
and to Randy Langel from Kirkwood Community College for coordinating 
the students to perform and record these interviews.
  I look forward to hosting another Veterans History Project event in 
November of this year in the Western Iowa city of Council Bluffs.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   Recognition of the Majority Leader

  The majority leader is recognized.

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