[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 140 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H10130-H10135]
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FURTHER PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4274, DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR,
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTourette). The Chair would advise that
the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier) has 24\1/2\ minutes
remaining, and the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter) has 12
minutes remaining in the debate on the rule.
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, moving right along in an expeditious manner,
as we have been trying to throughout the day on most of the questions
we have faced here, I yield 4 minutes to the distinguished gentleman
from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Mr. Istook), a member on the Committee on
Appropriations.
Mr. ISTOOK. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule regarding the
appropriations measure on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education.
There has been a lot of work, of course, that has gone with this
bill, as there always is, this being one of the largest spending bills
each year that comes before the House.
I especially want to compliment the chairman of the Subcommittee of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, the gentleman from
Illinois (Mr. Porter). This is always a very difficult bill, bringing
together, as it does, so many different issues, so much major funding.
The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Porter) has gone to great pains to
work with a large number of Members who had concerns over this measure.
I know the gentleman is personally very pleased with the additional
funding for medical research through the National Institute of Health,
which are in this bill, the efforts to increase the efficiency of the
money that actually reaches the classroom through Federal funding for
education, whether it be through different block grants and things such
as impact aid. I know the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Porter) has been
very diligent in that.
Mr. Speaker, there is one particular portion of the bill, however,
that I want to make sure that I mention. A part of this bill each year
involves Federal family planning funds under title 10 as it is called.
In the Federal Family Planning Program of title 10, within the bill, is
a measure which was adopted in the Committee on Appropriations in
consultation, of course, with the authorizing committee involved to
make a major reform in that particular program.
Mr. Chairman, 1\1/2\ million teenagers each year receive services
under the title 10 Family Planning Program. Some of it is treatment for
sexually transmitted diseases. Some of it is providing contraceptives
and counseling to young people.
Since this program has been in place since 1971, however, which
provides a mechanism for Federal dollars to provide contraceptives to
teenagers with neither the knowledge nor consent of their parents,
since that time, Mr. Speaker, the out-of-wedlock pregnancy rate among
teenagers in America has doubled.
We hear a lot of talk about family involvement in major issues of our
times, and certainly the rate of teenage pregnancy is one of those.
The measure adopted by the Committee on Appropriations has been
desired by a great many American families for a great number of years.
It says, in most simple terms, that an unemancipated minor, a teenager
who is still dependent upon their parents, should not be provided
contraceptives at Federal taxpayers' expense unless their parents are
notified.
This does not apply to any particular other types of services. This
does not, for example, say that parents have to be notified if it is
some sort of emergency medical care. But if taxpayers' money is to be
used to pay for future sexual activity by a teenager, this simply says
that the parent ought to be notified.
As the parent of teenagers myself, Mr. Speaker, I know that they
cannot receive pierced ears without parents being notified. They cannot
go on field trips or get aspirins at school without parents being
notified.
Yet Federal taxpayers' dollars are used to provide contraceptives to
teenagers and the parents are never told. If my child were picked up
for using drugs or using alcohol, I would expect to be notified.
The real tragedy is that there is not even notification for children
who are below the age of consent. We have laws on the books in this
State on statutory rape, contributing to the delinquency of a minor,
taking indecent liberties with a minor, and so forth, and the title 10
clinics ignore those laws. They neither report violations of them to
the parents nor to law enforcement authorities.
This bill has reforms in it that says they will provide notification
in both of those instances. It is a very important measure to try to
get parents involved in monitoring and helping with the life and the
problems and the circumstances of their youth.
This measure needs to be preserved in this bill. We will have debate
on measures to take it out. It is important that we keep it in.
Mr. Speaker, I urge adoption of the rule.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy).
Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong
opposition to this rule, and I do so because I recognize that, while
there is a political purpose being served by the use of the marshal law
tactic to go in and select out one particular provision of the Labor-
HHS bill and to use this chamber to then debate just that particular
provision for the next few hours, what we are doing, and for political
purposes because the Republicans feel they can win on that issue, but
what they do not talk about are the other provisions that are hidden in
this bill, provisions like eliminating the Federal Fuel Assistance
Program, eliminating the program to provide summer youth jobs to
hundreds of thousands of children all across our country who in the
middle of summer need to go to work.
What we are not seeing is a debate about whether or not we believe as
a Congress, whether the Republicans agree in the Congress, that what we
ought to do is go out and cut the Federal Fuel Assistance Program, cut
a program that millions of Americans count on and will count on this
winter to make sure that they stay warm.
We are in a situation where we read in the newspaper about how well
America is doing and how much money the wealthy in our country have
made and how the unemployment rate is down and the inflation rate is
down and the stock market up, until the last month or so used to be up.
But what we do not read about are the millions and millions of very
poor people. We do not read about the hundreds of thousands of senior
citizens that every winter hang blankets across parts of their houses
because they simply cannot afford to keep those houses warm, that have
to choose between having a hot meal or staying warm in their beds at
night.
How many times do we have to have our elderly people suffer because
they do not get enough money in Social Security? Then we turn around in
this bill and cut a billion dollars out of the
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money, the Federal tax monies to go into this program.
My colleagues say, well, we do not have the billion dollars. I will
tell them something. The money is in this bill. There is plenty of
money in this bill to pay for fuel assistance. The fuel assistance
program was paid for years ago.
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
California (Ms. Woolsey).
(Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to revise and extend her
remarks.)
Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, this Labor-HHS appropriations bill makes me
believe that some of my colleagues in the majority party would benefit
from spending time back in the classroom. The numbers in this
appropriations bill simply do not add up.
From Head Start through higher education and into the workplace, this
bill shortchanges the vast majority of Americans.
I am most concerned about the damage done to American school children
in this bill. The funds for education do not make the grade. Those of
us who have done our homework know that overcrowded classrooms are one
of the biggest obstacles to improving education for our children.
What parents and teachers already know is that smaller class size
makes for better learning experiences and results in better grades. In
fact, even the very Republican governor of my home State of California
has made smaller classes a priority in our State.
But it costs money, Mr. Speaker. It costs money to reduce class size,
because smaller classes mean more training and more teachers that need
to be hired. Smaller classes mean building more classrooms.
This bill does nothing to help schools reduce class size. It cheats
our students out of funds they need to get a good education. It
deserves to fail.
This bill particularly fails teenagers. This Republican effort, Mr.
Speaker, is designed to give the right wing ``score card'' information
before the November 3 election and, in doing so, force young women to
risk unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to yield 1 minute to my very good
friend, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Manzullo).
Mr. MANZULLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in favor of the rule. It is
important we pass this rule because we will have on the floor a very
interesting story of a 37-year-old schoolteacher who repeatedly
statutorily raped his 13-year-old student, brought her to a title 10
clinic, which gave her birth control devices, a shot of Depo-Provera in
the arm which led to very serious medical consequences on her part.
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This will be an opportunity for Members of Congress to keep language
that allows parents the right to be notified whenever their little
girls are being given contraceptive devices.
The language that we will be asking people to support is the Istook-
Barcia-Manzullo language, which is a perfecting amendment to the
Castle-Greenwood amendment that will be offered on the floor.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
California (Ms. Pelosi).
Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me this
time and for her leadership. I rise in opposition to the rule on the
Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill.
This is a bill that should attend to the urgent human needs and lay
the building blocks for our children's and our Nation's future. But
this Republican-designed bill fails on both counts.
The rule proposed today is an example of the misplaced priorities of
the Republican leadership. In an effort again to appease their radical
right wing, the Republican leadership is proposing a rule that caters
to those who would undermine family planning and ignores all of the
critical priorities contained in this bill.
Mr. Speaker, when on earth will we be awakened to what should be our
priorities in this legislation and in this Congress? When we get a
report that over 1 in 5 children in America lives in poverty, when we
know that tens of millions of individuals cannot afford health
insurance, when we see that class sizes are too large and children are
struggling to learn in schools that are in need of repair, workers
deserve adequate safeguards to protect them from needless injury, and
what are we talking about once again on this floor? Stopping funding
for family planning.
It should be the mission of this House to attend to the urgent needs
of the American people and to answer the call to address inequities in
education, health care and worker safety. And it is through the Labor-
HHS bill that we can do this to share the benefits of prosperity with
those in need.
This bill abandons our children by slashing the administration's
education initiatives, including education for the disadvantaged, Head
Start, and Safe and Drug-Free Schools. It abandons workers by cutting
OSHA workplace safety enforcement and mine safety. It deserts young
people by eliminating or severely cutting the Summer Jobs Program and
Out of School Youth Opportunities. It disregards the needs of the poor
by eliminating or slashing home energy assistance, LIHEAP.
Mr. Speaker, this rule and this bill is bad policy and fails to
attend to today's priorities. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no.''
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Wilmington, Delaware (Mr. Castle), my very good friend.
Mr. CASTLE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman from
California for yielding because he knows I am in opposition to this
rule, and I am very, very strongly in opposition to it. Let me explain
why I am opposed.
This has been a very controversial piece of legislation. Labor-HHS
has had a lot of different aspects to it, all the way from LIHEAP to
summer jobs, and a lot of people have questioned and have wanted to
change it one way or another. Probably the most controversial of these
items is what we are debating right here which is the amendments with
regard to parental notification with respect to contraceptive drugs or
devices.
As I understand it, and somebody correct me if I am wrong,
essentially we are debating this rule and we are going to debate this
bill, and then we are going to consider these two amendments, and we
are not going to consider the rest of this bill, which is going to end
up in the omnibus bill anyhow, so we are essentially down to setting up
a mechanism by which we are going to vote on two very difficult
amendments, and I happen to be a cosponsor of one of them, with a
strong belief that it is the right way to go.
This is a heck of a way to legislate. This is a piece of legislation
which has waited until little over 24 hours away the time that we are
supposed to leave here and that probably would have taken 3 or 4 days
on the floor if it had been done correctly, and here we are with a very
truncated rule process in order to move forward on it. My judgment is
it has little to do with being prochoice or prolife or anything of
those things, it is a process question that we have here.
I hope that everybody in this Congress will step forward and oppose
this rule. This simply is not a good way to do business. It is what
happens at the end of sessions such as this, and this is a shining
example of the wrong way to proceed.
So I would encourage each and every one of us, when the time comes
for this vote, to come over here and to vote ``no'' on this rule, end
this bill, and let happen what is going to happen, and that is it will
be rolled into the omnibus bill and the appropriations which have to be
done, hopefully will be done, that way.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Texas (Ms. Jackson-Lee).
(Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to revise
and extend her remarks.)
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from
New York for yielding me this time.
This is always a very difficult decision or decisions, plural,
because this bill deals with Americans who are in pain. It deals with
senior citizens, it deals with the mentally disabled, it deals with
teenagers who are sexually abused by a parent or loved one and who are
looking for relief if out of that sexual abuse comes an impregnation.
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Yet now we come to the floor with the most acrimonious and
destructive rule that I could imagine in these last waning hours of
this Congress.
Today I engaged in a very painful debate, because it was my job. I
came back from that debate and voted to adjourn this House, something
that I rarely do. And I did so because my constituents in Texas, some
32 of them died this summer in the most intense heat we had ever been
impacted by or felt.
This rule would eliminate the dollars used to help air-condition or
heat the homes of poor senior citizens, those of my constituents in
Texas who would have died if not for that money. This devastates the
LIHEAP monies for senior citizens and the infirm.
This as well devastates the kind of work we have done to keep
teenagers off the streets in the hot summer and takes summer jobs money
away from hardworking, deserving teenagers who use that money to
supplement their family's income, and then it takes Goals 2000, a
program that goes into rural and inner-city schools and slashes it 50
percent, schools that depend upon these matching dollars to lift their
scores and give incentives to their children that come many times from
broken homes.
This is an abuse of power. This is an offensive rule, and it should
be defeated.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Texas (Mr. Green).
(Mr. GREEN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. GREEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from New York for
allowing me to rise in opposition to this bill and the rule.
This appropriations bill grossly underfunds our national priority of
providing the best public education for each and every child. There is
not enough time left in this 105th Congress to talk about how bad this
bill is. Let me just try to hit some of the highlights.
Goals 2000, an education program that started with President Bush and
continued under this President, is cut 50 percent from last year's
funding level. The School-to-Work program is cut by $250 million. The
America Reads program is eliminated. In addition to these extremist
cuts, my Republican colleagues want to deny initial funding to many
other important education programs.
Funds for Title I grants are frozen, cutting the administration's
request by $437 million, denying over a half a million students in high
poverty communities the extra help they need to master the basic
courses. Funding for College Work Study is cut by $50 million below the
administration's request, denying 57,000 needy students college work
study awards. Head Start is cut by $160 million below the
administration's request, denying slots to 25,000 low-income children.
Mr. Speaker, we have worked hard in Houston to ensure that we have
the best Head Start program possible. We have three new providers now,
and by collaborating with our public schools, we can truly give our
children a real head start on life, but we cannot by short-circuiting
and not providing the funding. We have made great strides, but
additional funds are needed to meet the overwhelming need in the Head
Start program.
The Republican approach to education is a wrong approach, and I think
it is an approach that the American people do not want. That is why I
urge my colleagues to vote down this shortsighted bill.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
New York (Mrs. Lowey).
(Mrs. LOWEY asked and was given permission to revise and extend her
remarks.)
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me this
time.
Mr. Speaker, last year I was proud to stand on the House floor and
work hard with our distinguished chairman and good friend, the
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Porter), to pass a bipartisan Labor-HHS-
Education spending bill. I frankly am sad and disgusted that today we
are called here at the last minute to debate a phoney rule on the same
bill designed by the Republican leadership simply as a pre-election
gift to their right wing.
This rule is a sham designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to
give opponents of family planning a procedural advantage in a vote on
their provision which was defeated on the House floor 2 years in a row.
It is my understanding that after the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr.
Istook) gets his antifamily planning vote, we will simply rise and
discontinue debate on this important bill with its key education and
health care programs.
I strongly urge my colleagues to vote down this bogus rule. Because
the Republican leadership could not get an agreement to bring up the
bill under a fair rule, the bill did not come up. Week after week went
by and still no Labor-HHS appropriations bill. Now, 1 day before target
adjournment, the bill is brought up suddenly and under a fake rule that
is not about policy, but about election year politics.
If the rule does pass, then I urge my colleagues to support the
Greenwood-Castle substitute and oppose the Istook second degree
amendment.
The Istook second degree contains the same language restricting
teenagers' access to Title X family planning services which was
defeated on the House floor just last year. This parental consent
restriction will deny vulnerable teens the contraceptive services they
need to avoid pregnancy, HIV and STDs.
Last year's attack on the Title X program failed because a majority
of Members understood that denying teens access to family planning does
not promote abstinence. I only wish it were that simple. Instead,
Members understand that the Istook language will increase STDs and HIV
infections, unintended pregnancies and abortions.
I urge my colleagues to support the Greenwood-Castle substitute, it
takes the responsible, sensible route, and defeat this sham rule.
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire of the Chair how much time is
remaining on both sides?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier)
has 17\1/2\ minutes remaining; the gentlewoman from New York (Ms.
Slaughter) has 30 seconds remaining.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, we have no further requests for time, and
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I would urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this rule. We have
already voted on the rule itself. This is a minor modification that was
made to consider those two amendments numbered 2 and 3. There are a
number of Members on our side who hope very much to have a debate on
that question. We will be proceeding with funding in a wide range of
other areas, and so I hope that we can proceed with this as quickly as
possible and get to this appropriations work.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the
previous question on the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous
question.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a
quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not
present.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently a quorum is not present.
The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
Pursuant to clause 5 of rule XV, the Chair will reduce to a minimum
of 5 minutes the period of time within which a vote by electronic
device, if ordered, will be taken on the question of agreeing to the
resolution.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 224,
nays 201, not voting 9, as follows:
[Roll No. 500]
YEAS--224
Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Bereuter
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bliley
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Brady (TX)
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Cannon
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Cook
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Cooksey
Costello
Cox
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cunningham
Davis (VA)
Deal
DeLay
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
English
Ensign
Everett
Ewing
Fawell
Foley
Forbes
Fossella
Fowler
Fox
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Furse
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goodlatte
Goodling
Goss
Graham
Granger
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kasich
Kelly
Kim
King (NY)
Kingston
Klug
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lucas
Manzullo
McCollum
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Morella
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oxley
Packard
Pappas
Parker
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pitts
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Quinn
Radanovich
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Riggs
Riley
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roukema
Royce
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Shimkus
Shuster
Skeen
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stump
Sununu
Talent
Tauzin
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Upton
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Wicker
Wilson
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NAYS--201
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baesler
Baldacci
Barcia
Barrett (WI)
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Cardin
Carson
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Coyne
Cramer
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fazio
Filner
Ford
Frank (MA)
Frost
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gonzalez
Goode
Gordon
Green
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Hamilton
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Klink
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson
Lantos
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Pickett
Pomeroy
Poshard
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Sherman
Sisisky
Skaggs
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stenholm
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Wexler
Weygand
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates
NOT VOTING--9
Buyer
Fattah
Horn
Kennelly
McDade
Pickering
Pryce (OH)
Scarborough
Whitfield
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Mr. ACKERMAN changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
Mr. EHRLICH and Mr. ARMEY changed their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the previous question was ordered.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Motion to Reconsider the Vote Offered by Ms. Furse
Ms. FURSE. Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote on the previous
question.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTourette). Did the gentlewoman from
Oregon vote on the prevailing side in ordering the previous question?
Ms. FURSE. Yes, Mr. Speaker.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman qualifies.
Motion to Table Offered by Mr. DeLay
Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, I move to table the motion offered by the
gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. Furse).
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay) to table the motion to reconsider the
vote offered by the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. Furse).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Ms. FURSE. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 15-minute vote, followed by a
5-minute vote on passage of the resolution.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 231,
noes 197, not voting 6, as follows:
[Roll No. 501]
AYES--231
Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barcia
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Bereuter
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bliley
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Brady (TX)
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Cannon
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Cook
Cooksey
Costello
Cox
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cunningham
Davis (VA)
Deal
DeLay
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
English
Ensign
Everett
Ewing
Fawell
Foley
Forbes
Fossella
Fowler
Fox
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goodling
Goss
Graham
Granger
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall (TX)
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kasich
Kelly
Kim
King (NY)
Kingston
Klug
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lucas
Manzullo
McCollum
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Moran (KS)
Morella
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oxley
Packard
Pappas
Parker
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Poshard
Quinn
Radanovich
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Riggs
Riley
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roukema
Royce
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Shimkus
Shuster
Skeen
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stenholm
Stump
Sununu
Talent
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Upton
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Wicker
Wilson
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--197
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baesler
Baldacci
Barrett (WI)
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Cardin
Carson
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Coyne
Cramer
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
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Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Fazio
Filner
Ford
Frank (MA)
Frost
Furse
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Hamilton
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Klink
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson
Lantos
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Pickett
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Sherman
Sisisky
Skaggs
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Wexler
Weygand
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates
NOT VOTING--6
Andrews
Buyer
Kennelly
McDade
Pryce (OH)
Whitfield
{time} 1806
Mr. BARR of Georgia changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the motion to table the motion to reconsider was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTourette). The question is on the
resolution.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 214,
noes 209, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 11, as follows:
[Roll No. 502]
AYES--214
Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barcia
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bateman
Bereuter
Bilirakis
Bliley
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Brady (TX)
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Cannon
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Condit
Cook
Cooksey
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cunningham
Davis (VA)
Deal
DeLay
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Emerson
English
Ensign
Everett
Ewing
Fawell
Foley
Forbes
Fossella
Fowler
Fox
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gekas
Gibbons
Gillmor
Gingrich
Goode
Goodlatte
Goodling
Goss
Graham
Granger
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kasich
Kelly
Kildee
Kim
King (NY)
Kingston
Knollenberg
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lucas
Manzullo
McCollum
McCrery
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Moran (KS)
Murtha
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neumann
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Ortiz
Oxley
Packard
Pappas
Parker
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Redmond
Regula
Riggs
Riley
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roukema
Royce
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shimkus
Shuster
Skeen
Skelton
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stenholm
Stump
Sununu
Talent
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--209
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baesler
Baldacci
Barrett (WI)
Bass
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Berry
Bilbray
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Cardin
Carson
Castle
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Ehrlich
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Ford
Frank (MA)
Franks (NJ)
Frost
Furse
Ganske
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gilchrest
Gilman
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green
Gutierrez
Hamilton
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Horn
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Klink
Klug
Kolbe
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson
Lazio
Leach
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Markey
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McHugh
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Miller (FL)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (VA)
Morella
Nadler
Neal
Ney
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Pickett
Pomeroy
Poshard
Price (NC)
Ramstad
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Shays
Sherman
Sisisky
Skaggs
Slaughter
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Wexler
Weygand
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
Walsh
NOT VOTING--11
Buyer
Cox
Dooley
Fazio
Kennelly
Lantos
Lowey
Martinez
McDade
Pryce (OH)
Yates
{time} 1820
Mr. MOLLOHAN and Mr. HOLDEN changed their vote from ``aye'' to
``no.''
Messrs. LIVINGSTON, PORTER and BONILLA, Mrs. KELLY and Mr. SHAW
changed their vote from ``present'' to ``aye.''
So the resolution was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTourette). Without objection, the
motion to reconsider is laid on the table.
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I object.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.
Motion to Reconsider the Vote Offered by Mr. Dreier
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote.
Motion to Table Offered by Mr. Portman
Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I move to lay on the table the motion to
reconsider.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Portman) to table the motion to reconsider the
vote offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 230,
noes 192, not voting 12, as follows:
[[Page H10135]]
[Roll No. 503]
AYES--230
Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barcia
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Bereuter
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Blagojevich
Bliley
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Brady (TX)
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Cannon
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Cook
Cooksey
Cox
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cunningham
Davis (VA)
Deal
DeLay
Dickey
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
English
Ensign
Everett
Ewing
Foley
Forbes
Fossella
Fowler
Fox
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goodling
Goss
Graham
Granger
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Jones
Kasich
Kelly
Kildee
Kim
King (NY)
Kingston
Klug
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lucas
Manzullo
McCollum
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Moran (KS)
Morella
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oxley
Packard
Pappas
Parker
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Quinn
Radanovich
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Riggs
Riley
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roukema
Royce
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Shimkus
Shuster
Skeen
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stenholm
Stump
Sununu
Talent
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Upton
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--192
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baesler
Baldacci
Barrett (WI)
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Berry
Bishop
Blumenauer
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Cardin
Carson
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Ford
Frank (MA)
Frost
Furse
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green
Gutierrez
Hamilton
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Klink
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson
Lantos
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Markey
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Pickett
Pomeroy
Poshard
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Sherman
Sisisky
Skaggs
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Wexler
Weygand
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
NOT VOTING--12
Buyer
Diaz-Balart
Dooley
Fawell
Fazio
Harman
Johnson, Sam
Kennelly
Martinez
McDade
Pryce (OH)
Yates
{time} 1841
So the motion to table was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
____________________