March 11, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 47 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session
MOVING OUR DEMOCRACY AND CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS TOWARDS MODERNIZATION RESOLUTION; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 47
(Extensions of Remarks - March 11, 2020)
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[Extensions of Remarks] [Pages E294-E295] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] MOVING OUR DEMOCRACY AND CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS TOWARDS MODERNIZATION RESOLUTION ______ speech of HON. ZOE LOFGREN of california in the house of representatives Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the following exchange of letters on H. Res. 756: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, Washington, DC, March 3, 2020. Hon. Zoe Lofgren, Chairperson, Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Chairperson Lofgren: I write concerning H. Res. 756, the Moving Our Democracy and Congressional Operations Towards Modernization Resolution. There are certain provisions in this legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. In order to expedite floor consideration of H. Res. 756, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure agrees to forgo action on the bill. However, this is conditional on our mutual understanding that forgoing consideration of the bill would not prejudice the Committee with respect to the appointment of conferees or to any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill or similar legislation that fall within the Committee's Rule X jurisdiction. I also request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this Committee to any conference committee which is named to consider such provisions. Please place a copy of this letter and your response acknowledging our jurisdictional interest into the committee report on H. Res. 756 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Sincerely, Peter A. DeFazio, Chair. ____ House of Representatives, Committee on House Administration, Washington, DC, March 4, 2020. Hon. Peter A. Defazio, Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Chairman Defazio: Thank you for your letter regarding H. Res. 756, the Moving Our Democracy and Congressional Operations Towards Modernization Resolution. This House resolution was referred primarily to the Committee on House Administration with additional referrals to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on the Judiciary. I recognize that this resolution contains provisions that fall within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. I appreciate your Committee's willingness to be discharged from further consideration of H. Res. 756 and that this discharge is not a waiver of future jurisdictional claims by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure over this subject matter and will not prejudice your Committee with respect to the appointment of conferees if this were to be necessary. I would be pleased to include your letter and this response in the Congressional Record during floor consideration of H. Res. 756. Sincerely, Zoe Lofgren, Chairperson. ____ House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, DC, March 5, 2020. Hon. Zoe Lofgren, Chair, Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Chair Lofgren: This is to advise you that the Committee on the Judiciary has now had an opportunity to review the provisions in H. Res. 756, the ``Moving Our Democracy and Congressional Operations Towards Modernization Resolution,'' that fall within our Rule X jurisdiction. I appreciate your consulting with us on those provisions. The Judiciary Committee has no objection to your including them in the resolution for consideration on the House floor, and to expedite that consideration is willing to forgo action on H. Res. 756, with the understanding that we do not thereby waive any future jurisdictional claim over those provisions or their subject matters. In the event a House-Senate conference on this or similar legislation is convened, the Judiciary Committee reserves the right to request an appropriate number of conferees to address any concerns with these or similar provisions that may arise in conference. Please place this letter into the Congressional Record during consideration of the [[Page E295]] measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our committees. Sincerely, Jerrold Nadler, Chairman. ____ House of Representatives, Committee on House Administration, Washington, DC, March 5, 2020. Hon. Jerrold Nadler, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Chairman Nadler: Thank you for your letter regarding H. Res. 756, the Moving Our Democracy and Congressional Operations Towards Modernization Resolution. This House resolution was referred primarily to the Committee on House Administration with additional referrals to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on the Judiciary. I recognize that this resolution contains provisions that fall within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary. I appreciate your Committee's willingness to be discharged from further consideration of H. Res. 756 and that this discharge is not a waiver of future jurisdictional claims by the Committee on the Judiciary over this subject matter and will not prejudice your Committee with respect to the appointment of conferees if this were to be necessary. I would be pleased to include your letter and this response in the Congressional Record during floor consideration of H. Res. 756. Sincerely, Zoe Lofgren, Chairperson. ____________________