[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 138 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H8662-H8663]
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PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I missed rollcall 645. I was unavoidably
detained, and had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). 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.
motion to recommit offered by Mr. Obey
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
Mr. OBEY. Yes, I am, Mr. Speaker.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Obey moves that the bill H.R. 2126 be recommitted to
the Committee on Appropriations with instruction to report
the bill back to the House forthwith, with the following
amendment:
On page 77, line 8, strike ``$250,000'' and insert
``$200,000''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] is
recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, section 8077 of this bill reads as follows:
None of the funds provided in this Act may be obligated for
payment on new contracts on which allowable costs charged to
the government include payments for individual compensation
at a rate in excess of $250,000 per year.
This recommittal motion simply reduces that $250,000 salary level to
$200,000. In essence what it says is that if any defense contractor
wants to pay any individual a salary in excess of that paid to the
President of the United States, they cannot do it with taxpayer funds
through contracting, they have to do it out of their own corporate
profits.
When you take a look at the total compensation provided to the CEO's
of some of these corporations, you see one being paid $7,287,000, one
being paid $5,827,000, another $3,596,000, another $3,538,000, and so
on and so forth.
I would simply ask one question. Who do these people think they are,
that they think that they are entitled to be compensated at a rate
higher than the level of the President of the United States?
It seems to me that if we are asked to buy downsizing of the military
budget, if we are asked to buy downsizing of corporations in general,
we ought to also be taking a look at downsizing these outrageously high
salaries paid to these corporate executives.
All this does is say that you cannot compensate any of these
corporations for any salary in excess of the salary paid to the
President of the United States.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. OBEY. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I would like to say to the
gentleman that we are very aware of this issue and it makes a minor
change. We are proposed to accept the gentleman's motion to recommit.
Mr. OBEY. I thank the gentleman.
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 motion to recommit was agreed to.
{time} 1830
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the instruction of the
House, I report the bill H.R. 2126 back to the House with an amendment.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The Clerk will report the
amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
Amendment: by Mr. Young of Florida on page 77, line 8,
strike ``$250,000'' and insert ``$200,000''.
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.
Pursuant to clause 7, rule XV, the yeas and nays are ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device and there were--yeas 294,
nays 125, not voting 15, as follows:
[Roll No.646]
YEAS--294
Abercrombie
Allard
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baesler
Baker (CA)
Baker (LA)
Ballenger
Barcia
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Bentsen
Bereuter
Bevill
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bliley
Blute
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Boucher
Brewster
Browder
Brownback
Bryant (TN)
Bunn
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Canady
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chapman
Christensen
Chrysler
Clement
Clinger
Clyburn
Coble
Coburn
Coleman
Collins (GA)
Combest
Condit
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Cremeans
Cubin
Cunningham
Davis
de la Garza
Deal
DeLauro
DeLay
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Dicks
Dixon
Dooley
Doolittle
Dornan
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards
Ehrlich
Emerson
English
Ensign
Eshoo
Everett
Ewing
Farr
Fawell
Fazio
Fields (TX)
Flanagan
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fowler
Fox
Franks (CT)
Frelinghuysen
Frisa
Frost
Funderburk
Gallegly
Gejdenson
Gekas
Gephardt
Geren
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Goss
Graham
Green
Greenwood
Gunderson
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Hamilton
Hancock
Hansen
Harman
Hastert
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hefner
Heineman
Herger
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoke
Holden
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hoyer
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jacobs
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kaptur
Kasich
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kim
King
Kingston
Klink
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Laughlin
Lazio
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Lightfoot
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Longley
Lucas
Manton
Manzullo
Matsui
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McHale
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
McNulty
Meek
Metcalf
Meyers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Mineta
Mink
Molinari
Mollohan
Montgomery
Moorhead
Moran
Murtha
Myers
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Norwood
Nussle
Ortiz
Oxley
Packard
Parker
Paxon
Payne (VA)
Peterson (FL)
Pickett
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Pryce
Quillen
Quinn
Radanovich
Regula
Richardson
Roberts
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Rose
Royce
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer
Schiff
Scott
Seastrand
Shadegg
Shaw
Shuster
Skeen
Skelton
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Spratt
Stearns
Stenholm
Stockman
Stump
Talent
Tanner
Tate
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Tejeda
Thomas
Thompson
Thornberry
Thornton
Thurman
Tiahrt
Torkildsen
Torres
Traficant
Visclosky
Vucanovich
Walker
Walsh
Wamp
Ward
Waters
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson
Wolf
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Zeliff
NAYS--125
Ackerman
Andrews
Baldacci
Barrett (WI)
Beilenson
Berman
Bonior
Borski
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Bryant (TX)
Camp
Cardin
Chenoweth
Clay
Clayton
Collins (IL)
Collins (MI)
Conyers
Cooley
Costello
Coyne
Crapo
Danner
DeFazio
Dellums
Deutsch
Doggett
Doyle
Durbin
Ehlers
Engel
Evans
Fattah
Fields (LA)
Filner
Flake
Foglietta
Frank (MA)
Franks (NJ)
Furse
Ganske
Gordon
Gutierrez
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hoekstra
Jackson-Lee
Johnson (SD)
Johnston
Kanjorski
Kleczka
Klug
LaFalce
Lantos
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lincoln
Lofgren
Lowey
Luther
Markey
Martinez
Martini
Mascara
McCarthy
McDermott
Meehan
Menendez
Mfume
Miller (CA)
Minge
Nadler
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Orton
Owens
Pallone
Pastor
Payne (NJ)
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Poshard
Rahall
Ramstad
Rangel
Reed
Riggs
Rivers
Roemer
Roth
Roukema
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanders
Sawyer
Schroeder
Schumer
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Shays
Skaggs
Slaughter
Stark
Stokes
Studds
Stupak
Torricelli
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Volkmer
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Williams
Wise
Woolsey
Wyden
Yates
Zimmer
NOT VOTING--15
Becerra
Bishop
Dingell
Dunn
Goodling
Jefferson
Maloney
McKinney
Moakley
Morella
Reynolds
Sisisky
Towns
Tucker
Waldholtz
{time} 1847
Clerk announced the following pair on this vote:
Mrs. Waldholtz for, with Mrs. Maloney against.
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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