January 29, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 18 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                  LET'S GET DOPING OUT OF THE OLYMPICS

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, as we put the pieces back together 
again, the Budget Committee had a meeting with the Congressional Budget 
Office director. We know that it is clear that during this shutdown, 
the Nation lost $11 billion; $3 billion of it will not be recoverable. 
A shutdown is foolish. It hurts the American people.
  And I am committed: One, to increase the pay of American workers, 
Federal workers, tomorrow, and, as well, to reflect that a shutdown 
should not hold our patriotic fellow workers hostage.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in that.
  Today, however, I am excited that I am introducing a bill, which is 
H.R. 835, the Anti-Doping Act, with Dr. Burgess and, of course, in the 
other body, Senator Wicker and Senator Whitehouse, that deals with the 
World Anti-Doping Agency that failed to suspend the Russian Anti-Doping 
Agency for missing a crucial December 31, 2018, deadline, and for the 
violations at the Olympics.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join in supporting this 
legislation. Let's get doping out of the Olympics. Let's have sports 
that are fair and square and to do what is right for these wonderful 
young athletes.

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