[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 27 (Thursday, February 13, 2003)]
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                        House of Representatives

    PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY WORK, AND FAMILY PROMOTION ACT OF 2003--
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  Mr. WATERS. Unfortunately, the Republican bill does not do that. I 
would ask for an aye on the Democratic alternative.
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Gerlach) for the sake of a colloquy.
  Mr. GERLACH. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time 
and I rise to engage in a colloquy. Would the gentleman so engage?
  Mr. HERGER. If the gentleman would yield, yes.
  Mr. GERLACH. In 1996, I was the lead sponsor of legislation that 
overhauled Pennsylvania's welfare system. When this legislation was 
implemented, I worked with the Chester County Chamber of Business and 
Industry in my district to initiate what later became the Jobs and 
Advancement Through Mentoring program. This program provides welfare 
recipients who are entering the workforce with volunteer mentors 
recruited from the local business community. The intent of the program 
is to make sure that welfare recipients do not just start working, but 
that they have a volunteer partner in the community helping them over 
the rough spots during that first year of employment in helping to 
ensure lifetime self-sufficiency and productivity.
  While I realize that the bill we are debating today expresses the 
sense of Congress that States should encourage mentoring programs, I 
believe we should do more. That is why I have drafted an amendment to 
require States to identify approaches to establishing voluntary 
community-based mentoring programs like the one I just described.
  Let me emphasize that States would only be required to formally 
consider mentoring programs. They would not be mandated to actually 
create them.
  Mr. Chairman, I would be very appreciative if you would give every 
consideration to including this amendment in any conference agreement 
that may be forthcoming.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The time of the gentleman has 
expired.
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 30 seconds to respond.
  Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman for his interest and 
activity on the mentoring issue. The programs you have described are 
important to helping welfare recipients to succeed in the workforce.
  The gentleman's proposal will be considered, and I look forward to 
working with him to support these types of mentoring programs so that 
we can help even more recipients achieve independence through work.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro).
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Cardin 
substitute.
  At a time of great need with our economy stagnant and unemployment 
high, the underlying bill is so misguided. It eliminates education as 
an activity that counts towards necessary work requirements. It 
abandons the 15 million children eligible for child care assistance who 
will not be covered because of woefully inadequate funding.
  In my home State of Connecticut alone, 4,000 families have been 
waiting in line for child care assistance since August 2002. It leaves 
our States in the midst of the worst fiscal crises since World War II 
with a massive unfunded mandate by shifting the burden of welfare to 
the States without providing them with the estimated $11 billion 
necessary to meet those needs.
  The Cardin substitute has a strong work requirement. It give States 
the flexibility to increase access to education and training. It 
increases mandatory funding for child care by $11 billion over the next 
5 years.
  Mr. Chairman, the underlying bill does not encourage personal 
responsibility or promote families. If anything, it discourages hard-
working families by offering them too little or no hope that their 
cycle of dependency can ever be broken.
  I urge my colleagues to turn aside this misguided, inadequate bill 
and support the Cardin substitute.
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Arizona (Mr. Hayworth), a key person on the Committee on Ways and 
Means.
  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Chairman, I thank my friend from California for 
yielding me time.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the substitute offered by my 
friend from Maryland (Mr. Cardin). It may be well intentioned, but it 
fails to embrace a couple of realities and perhaps this is the 
fundamental difference among friends.
  Mr. Chairman, success in welfare reform means reducing the number of 
people who seek welfare, people who actually go to work. There is news 
to celebrate according to our own Department of Labor, Mr. Chairman. 
The job market in the United States, despite the challenges we face 
now, which we all admit we have, from July of 1996 when we first passed 
this to last month, January of 2003, according to our own Department of 
Labor, the workforce has added 11 million jobs.
  Unemployment is a real concern. We all understand that. But actually, 
unemployment was reduced from when we passed this measure in the last 
Congress, in April of 2002.
  Now, understand the welfare rolls are reducing. We have held constant 
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dollars that are going to the States. It is a net increase. No one 
doubts that there are fiscal challenges facing the States. But, Mr. 
Chairman, the fact is, the States as laboratories of democracy must 
fashion their own solutions, not flexibilities in the form of pseudo-
mandates from the Hill, but reasonable, rational solutions based on the 
work that is fundamental and inherent in this act, that rewards work, 
that provides funding for child care, that instead of cursing the 
darkness, lights a candle of opportunity for so many families.
  That is what makes this reform historic. That is why we should reject 
the Cardin substitute and support H.R. 4.
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Sandlin), a valuable member of the Committee on Ways and 
Means.
  Mr. SANDLIN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me 
time.
  Mr. Chairman, the House needs to pass a reauthorization of the 
welfare reform bill. Welfare reform was designed to help people by 
getting them a job, not handing them a check.
  CBO estimates that implementing the work requirements of the 
Republican bill will cost States $11 billion. It makes absolutely no 
sense to impose an unfunded mandate on our States. This mandate will 
cost my State of Texas $688 million at a time when we are facing a 
budget deficit of $10 billion in the State. That is irresponsible and 
that is simply a tax increase on our citizens.
  On a more personal level, American families want jobs and the quality 
education and training to get good jobs. The Republican bill eliminates 
vocational educational training as a work-related activity and 
increases work participation hours for mothers with children under 6 
years from 20 hours to 40 hours. It is irresponsible.
  Let us do the right thing. Let us forge a working partnership with 
America's families as envisioned by the Cardin amendment. We need to be 
an asset, not a stumbling block to helping our citizens obtain the jobs 
and the dignity they deserve.
  Let us support State governments. Reject the Republican bill and 
support Cardin-Kind-Woolsey.
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I would like to remind my good friend from Texas that 
in H.R. 4, his State of Texas will receive an additional $370 million 
for child care over the next 5 years.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. 
Pence).
  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks, and include extraneous material.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Chairman, I rise today reminded of the tribute that we 
have paid to a former President named Ronald Reagan just a few days ago 
on what was his 92nd birthday. I think of what Ronald Reagan spoke 
about as a vision for welfare in America. He said, ``It is not simply 
to provide for the needy, but more than that, to salvage these, our 
fellow citizens, to make them self-sustaining and, as quickly as 
possible, independent of welfare.''
  President Reagan would say on many occasions that we measure the 
success of welfare not by how many people arrive on it, but how many 
people leave it. And as we look at welfare reform this day, it is 
undeniable that the welfare reform of 1996, that we continue and expand 
through this legislation, is an unqualified success.
  As this diagram demonstrates, Mr. Chairman, welfare caseloads in the 
millions: 1994, 14 million Americans on welfare; 2001, 5 million 
Americans. But that does not tell the story. We can look at the cold 
and hard statistics: 3.6 million fewer Americans living in poverty 
today than 1996, 2.7 million fewer children, a million fewer African 
American children in poverty today since welfare reform.
  But as the father of three small children, Mr. Chairman, this is the 
most compelling statistic to me: Tanya was a single mother, went on 
public assistance when her twin girls were just a year old. But since 
completing her program with CalWORKS last year, Tanya has not only 
escaped welfare, but she has been able to earn enough money to buy her 
own home for those little girls. Welfare reform has worked, Mr. 
Chairman, and I oppose the substitute and will stand with the 
underlying bill in keeping that Reagan vision alive.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) 
has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from California (Mr. Herger) 
has 3 minutes remaining.
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Kingston).
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me 
time.
  Mr. Chairman, I just want to go over some of the facts because there 
is so much rhetoric we are hearing from those who oppose this bill. But 
these are what the facts say: Since 1996, work among welfare recipients 
has tripled; employment of single mothers is now more than 70 percent, 
an all-time high; since 1994, welfare caseloads have fallen by 60 
percent, leaving less than 2 percent of the U.S. population on welfare.
  That is a positive story. The cycle of poverty is broken. There are 
3.6 million fewer Americans living in poverty today than did in 1996.
  Had we listened to those who were so against welfare reform, 2.7 
million fewer children live in poverty today than in 1996, including 1 
million African American children. This is from the U.S. Census Bureau. 
This is not from the Republican Party. This is fact.
  Child care, we hear how it is bad for children. The child care has 
gone from 3 billion to 9.7 billion in child care assistance. Again, 
very positive things, a significant change since the bill.
  These are great reasons to vote for this legislation, and I urge my 
colleagues to do so.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from California has the right 
to close.
  Does the gentleman from Maryland wish to proceed?
  Mr. CARDIN. Am I correct that the gentleman from California has no 
further requests for time other than closing?
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Chairman, that is correct.
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Mr. Chairman, 41 of our 46 States responded to a survey saying that 
if the Republican bill is enacted, they will have to fundamentally 
change their programs. The programs we have all been bragging will 
about will be no longer. They will need to change them radically and 
create what is known as makeshift work-fare-type jobs that lead 
nowhere.
  We just got a letter today from many of our governors saying, please 
do not take a significant step backwards in reforming welfare. This is 
not the time to replace State flexibilities with unfunded mandates.
  If you are going to give the dollar amounts of the extra monies the 
States receive under your bill, why do you not tell the whole story, 
the extra cost? Every State will end up in the negative under the 
Republican bill.
  If you believe the 1996 bill was a success, why are you going back 
and destroying what we did in 1996 on flexibility to the States? If you 
believe that child care is important and we need to help our States, 
why are you not supporting the substitute that provides $11 billion of 
extra money for child support?
  If you believe the arguments that have been made on both sides of the 
aisle, you will support the substitute.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I have great respect for my colleague on the Committee 
on Ways and Means, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cardin). I 
appreciate his hard work on this issue. I do, however, have a 
difference of opinion with him regarding the amendment we are 
considering, and I oppose it for several reasons.
  The gentleman's amendment weakens work requirements and would lead to 
less work, more welfare and more poverty. Like the failed AFDC program 
that preceded TANF, the substitute promotes more welfare dependence. It 
places new mandates on States by requiring them to assess every 
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for child care needs, barriers to work and history of domestic 
violence, and by prohibiting States from applying sanctions to those 
who refuse to work.

                              {time}  1530

  The substitute, which we estimate to cost at least $20 billion over 
the next 5 years, is just too expensive and would greatly increase 
deficits.
  However, I would like to commend the gentleman for including certain 
provisions that mirror those in our H.R. 4. Those provisions include 
maintaining the basic TANF funding and block grant structure, requiring 
parents to engage in real work for 24 hours per week, raising total 
work requirements to 40 hours per week at State option, increasing 
State work rate requirements and adding reducing poverty as a TANF 
purpose.
  I urge the Members to oppose this amendment and vote in support of 
H.R. 4.
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to urge my colleagues to 
support the Democratic alternative to the welfare reform bill.
  Our alternative gives families the tools they need to lift themselves 
out of poverty--I'm talking about education and quality child care.
  Individuals working to leave welfare must have access to higher 
education, GED courses, and English as a Second Language programs in 
order to make a successful transition to the world of work.
  The facts are clear--women who obtain GED certification, participate 
in on-the-job training, or attend college have higher average annual 
earnings and a greater probability of employment.
  Individuals with limited English speaking skills earn 24 percent less 
than their employed counterparts who are fluent in English. Language 
barriers limit non-English speaking workers to jobs that tend to be 
low-wage and seasonal, making it difficult to attain self-sufficiency.
  It's time for us to enact a welfare law that recognizes that families 
want to work--they simply need the proper tools to succeed. I urge my 
colleagues to support the Democratic alternative.
  Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA. Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the people of Puerto 
Rican and Hispanic families, I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of 
the Democratic substitute proposed today by my colleague Mr. Cardin. 
Since the 1996 changes, Puerto Rico according to the HHS report, has 
met the mandates of TANF, it has reduced its welfare rolls by 56 
percent--Puerto Rico has followed the rules.
  However, the Commonwealth's TANF families have not had access to all 
of the tools Congress established to support moving them from welfare 
to work. The Commonwealth is committed to our families' self-
sufficiency. According to the recently release HHS report, of the TANF 
cases closed 23 percent of the recipients are working--this is more 
than 11 States and it is in an economy of 11 percent unemployment as 
opposed to 5 or 6 percent.
  We want our families to move from welfare to work; but we need the 
tools to make that transition possible.
  Our commitment to families is further demonstrated by the fact that 
in 2001 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico collected twice the amount in 
child support payments than it received from the Federal Government in 
TANF. Puerto Rico according to HHS collected more in child support than 
24 States.
  The Democratic substitute allows Puerto Rico and the territories to 
access all of the tools Congress established to help families move from 
welfare to work. Again, I urge my colleagues to vote for the democratic 
substitute to insure that no American family is left without the 
necessary tools to end the cycle of poverty.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). All time for debate has 
expired. The question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
offered by the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cardin).
  The question was taken; and the Chairman pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 197, 
noes 225, not voting 12, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 28]

                               AYES--197

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Alexander
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Ballance
     Becerra
     Bell
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown, Corrine
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carson (IN)
     Carson (OK)
     Case
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Cooper
     Costello
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley (CA)
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green (TX)
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley (OR)
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Kleczka
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Majette
     Maloney
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sabo
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                               NOES--225

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Beauprez
     Bereuter
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burns
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chocola
     Coble
     Cole
     Collins
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Cunningham
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Feeney
     Flake
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goss
     Granger
     Graves
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Isakson
     Issa
     Istook
     Janklow
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Manzullo
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Osborne
     Ose
     Otter
     Owens
     Oxley
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Saxton
     Schrock
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Turner (OH)
     Upton
     Vitter
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Allen
     Burr
     Combest
     Conyers
     Cox
     Cubin
     Ferguson
     Gephardt
     Payne
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Tiberi
     Turner (TX)


                Announcement by the Chairman Pro Tempore

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. LaHood) (during the vote). Two minutes 
to vote. Two minutes.

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                              {time}  1550

  Mrs. KELLY and Mr. GOODE changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. KUCINICH and Mr. LIPINSKI changed their vote from ``no'' to 
``aye.''
  Stated for:
  Mr. TURNER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 28 (the Cardin 
substitute) I was unable to cast my vote because I was attending a 
briefing by Secretary Ridge and Secretary Thompson in the Roosevelt 
room at the White House on Project Bioshield and unable to return 
before the vote was closed. If I had been present I would have voted 
``aye'' on rollcall No. 28.
  So the amendment in the nature of a substitute was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. There being no further amendments, under 
the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Simpson) having assumed the chair, Mr. LaHood, Chairman pro tempore of 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported 
that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 4) 
to reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for 
temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality 
child care, and for other purposes, pursuant to House Resolution 69, he 
reported the bill back to the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  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. Cardin

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. CARDIN. I am in the present form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Cardin  moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 4, to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report the 
     same to the House forthwith with the following amendments:
       Page 87, after line 14, insert the following:

     SEC. 202. FINDINGS.

       The Congress finds that additional funding for child care 
     is necessary given the additional financial burdens on the 
     States resulting from the implementation of this Act, due to 
     the worsening of economic conditions since the last 
     consideration of welfare reform legislation by the House of 
     Representatives, including--
       (1) the severe deficits of more than $80,000,000,000 
     affecting the States, the largest budget gaps in half a 
     century, that will necessitate reductions in vital services, 
     including the loss of Medicaid for nearly 1,000,000 
     Americans;
       (2) the loss of 2,300,000 jobs since March 2001, including 
     42 percent more job cuts in January 2003 than in December, 
     and an unemployment rate of nearly 6 percent representing 
     9,000,000 Americans;
       (3) the loss of unemployment benefits by 1,000,000 men and 
     women whose benefits have expired and whom Congress has 
     failed to assist;
       (4) an increase in child poverty in 2001 for the first time 
     in 8 years;
       (5) the increase of homelessness by nearly 20 percent in 
     the last year; and
       (6) substantial waiting lists for child care in at least 18 
     States, many in the tens of thousands, and actions by other 
     States to make fewer families eligible for child care 
     services.
       Page 87, line 15, strike ``202'' and insert ``203''.
       Page 88, line 14, strike ``203'' and insert ``204''.
       Page 89, line 1, strike ``204'' and insert ``205''.
       Page 93, line 3, strike ``205'' and insert ``206''.
       Page 94, line 8, strike ``206'' and insert ``207''.
       Page 95, line 11, strike ``207'' and insert ``208''.
       Page 95, strike line 17 and all that follows through line 2 
     on page 96 and insert the following:

     SEC. 209. INCREASE IN ENTITLEMENT FUNDING.

       (a) In General.--Section 418(a) (42 U.S.C. 618(a)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (A), by inserting ``and paragraph (6)'' after ``paragraph 
     (3)'';
       (2) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (E);
       (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``fiscal year 2002.'' 
     and inserting ``each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006; 
     and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(G) $3,217,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
       ``(H) $3,717,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.'';
       (3) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
       ``(4) Amounts reserved for indian tribes.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve 2 percent of 
     the aggregate amount appropriated under paragraphs (3) and 
     (5) for each fiscal year for payments to Indian tribes and 
     tribal organizations for each such fiscal year for the 
     purpose of providing child care assistance.
       ``(B) Use of funds; application of child care and 
     development block grant act of 1990.--Subsections (b) and (c) 
     shall apply to amounts received under this paragraph in the 
     same manner as such subsections apply to amounts received by 
     a State under this section.'';
       (4) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (7); and
       (5) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
       ``(5) Additional general entitlement grants.--
       ``(A) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts appropriated 
     under paragraph (3) for any fiscal year, there are 
     appropriated for additional grants under paragraph (1)--
       ``(i) $1,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
       ``(ii) $1,750,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
       ``(iii) $2,250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
     through 2008.
       ``(B) Additional grant.--In addition to the grant paid to a 
     State under paragraph (1) for each of fiscal years 2003 
     through 2007, of the amount available for additional grants 
     under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
     pay the State an amount equal to the same proportion of such 
     available amount as the proportion of the State's grant under 
     paragraph (1) bears to the amount appropriated under 
     paragraph (3) for the fiscal year.
       ``(6) Requirement for grant increase.--Notwithstanding 
     paragraphs (1), (2), and (5), the aggregate of the amounts 
     paid to a State under this section for each of fiscal years 
     2003 through 2008 may not exceed the aggregate of the amounts 
     paid to the State under this section for fiscal year 2002, 
     unless the State ensures that the level of State expenditures 
     for child care for the fiscal year is not less than the level 
     of State expenditures for child care that were matched under 
     a grant made to the State under paragraph (2); and that the 
     State expended to meet its maintenance of effort obligation 
     under paragraph (2) for fiscal year 2002.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1108(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 
     1308(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``or 413(f)'' and 
     inserting ``413(f), or 418(a)(4)(B)''.
       In the table of contents, strike the item relating to 
     section 208 and insert the following:
Sec. 209. Increase in entitlement funding.
       In the table of contents, redesignate the items relating to 
     sections 202 through 207 as items relating to sections 203 
     through 208, respectively.
       In the table of contents, insert after the item relating to 
     section 201 the following:
Sec. 202. Findings.


  Mr. CARDIN (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the motion to recommit be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Maryland?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his 
motion.
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, the motion is very straightforward. It 
increases child care by $11 billion, which is the cost, the extra cost, 
to the States.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Bell), a new member of the House.
  Mr. BELL. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from Maryland 
for yielding me this time.
  Mr. Speaker, we have all heard from the Republican side of the aisle 
the phrase ``compassionate conservative,'' and while our Republican 
colleagues may have the conservative part down, there is absolutely 
nothing compassionate about gutting one of the most successful 
government reform programs in recent history.
  Let us look at the facts. The bipartisan welfare reforms of 1996 have 
cut the welfare rolls by more than 50 percent. We have succeeded in 
breaking the welfare web, the so-called welfare web. But that 
apparently is not enough for our Republican colleagues.
  If we look at H.R. 4, there is absolutely nothing that is fiscally 
responsible about H.R. 4. It would place a huge unfunded mandate upon 
States all across this country when they can least afford it, including 
my State of Texas, which is staring at a $10 billion shortfall and has 
no way of getting out of it at the present time. And that is happening 
all across this country, yet now we are going to put this unfunded 
mandate on them.
  This bill increases the number of work hours for mothers with young 
children from 20 to 40 hours, while at

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the same time it decreases the amount of child care money which will be 
provided for these mothers.
  Now, let us think about that. If the idea is to move people off of 
the welfare rolls, why would we set them up to fail from the very 
beginning? It makes no sense, and in no way, shape or form is it 
compassionate.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote for the motion to recommit.
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, the majority will say that they have a 
letter from the Congressional Budget Office saying that this is not an 
unfunded mandate, but what the majority will not mention is that they 
have a letter from the Congressional Budget Office that says that this 
bill will significantly change the way the States have to spend their 
money on TANF; that it will cost them an additional $11 billion in 
order to comply with the mandates that are included in this bill.
  Now, my definition of an unfunded mandate is telling the States they 
have to do something and not giving them the extra money to do it with. 
That is exactly what the bill does. It mandates the States to develop 
workfare programs, it requires the States to spend more money on child 
care in order to deal with the new work requirements, and the States do 
not have the money and resources to do it.
  Mr. Speaker, I have heard my colleagues on both sides of the aisle 
say they are for child care, that children should not be penalized, 
that we have to have safe and affordable child care. Our States are 
telling us they need the money. This motion does one thing and one 
thing only: It increases the amount of child care by $11 billion to 
equal what our Congressional Budget Office is telling us is the 
increased burden on the States. That is all it does.
  I would urge my colleagues to listen to our governors. Listen to what 
we have said in the past about unfunded mandates. Listen to what we 
have said about protecting our children and support the motion to 
recommit.
  Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the 
motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. 
Johnson) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to 
vote down this motion to recommit and pass the bill.
  We are adding $2 billion in money for child care for the States. But 
beyond that, remember that we are giving the States exactly the amount 
of money we gave them 5 years ago, but the welfare rolls are half that 
amount. So the States have all that additional money that they can 
devote to child care or meeting the other needs of people working to 
get off welfare and into the job market.

                              {time}  1600

  Mr. Speaker, there is money there both in welfare, lots of money, 
more than there has ever been in the history of our country. 
Furthermore, we have added $2 billion in the child care block grant. We 
have made sure it has grown every year.
  There is $170 billion available over the next 5 years from the State 
and Federal governments for TANF. We have a balanced, sound, strong 
bill that will support women and their families as they make the 
transition from welfare to work, and I urge rejection of the motion to 
recommit and passage of this landmark legislation.
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the motion to recommit. 
I am especially supportive of provisions that would encourage funding 
of the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery (UPARR) program. This program 
has helped communities across the United States rebuild and repair 
blighted areas in an attempt to create open and green space 
opportunities for working families.
  In my community, children are often forced to play in abandoned lots 
or next to superhighways. They literally share their playgrounds with 
drug dealers on grounds that are unsafe.
  One project funded by UPARR near my district renovated a hazardous 
park electrical system, repairing damaged and dangerous wiring, and 
improving and installing walkway safety lighting.
  Thanks to the UPARR program, children like those in my community have 
been able to experience more opportunities in a safer, cleaner 
environment. Despite UPARR's success and far-reaching impacts in our 
communities, this omnibus bill will essentially shut down the entire 
program by eliminating almost $30 million dollars in funding for the 
program.
  I support the motion to recommit and am hopeful that this body will 
remember the importance of our urban parks--not only for their 
recreational value but for the health and well being of our children.
  Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Simpson). 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 question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, 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 
the passage of the bill.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 197, 
nays 221, not voting 16, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 29]

                               YEAS--197

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Alexander
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Ballance
     Becerra
     Bell
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown, Corrine
     Capps
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carson (IN)
     Carson (OK)
     Case
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Cooper
     Costello
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley (CA)
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green (TX)
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Honda
     Hooley (OR)
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Kleczka
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lynch
     Majette
     Maloney
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pastor
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sabo
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner (TX)
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                               NAYS--221

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Beauprez
     Bereuter
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burns
     Burr
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chocola
     Coble
     Cole
     Cox
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Cunningham
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English
     Feeney
     Flake
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goss
     Granger
     Graves
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter

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     Hyde
     Isakson
     Issa
     Istook
     Janklow
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (OK)
     Manzullo
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Osborne
     Ose
     Otter
     Oxley
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Saxton
     Schrock
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Turner (OH)
     Upton
     Vitter
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--16

     Allen
     Capuano
     Collins
     Combest
     Conyers
     Cubin
     Everett
     Ferguson
     Gephardt
     Holt
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Tiberi
     Weldon (PA)
     Wilson (SC)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Simpson) (during the vote). Members are 
advised that 2 minutes remain in this vote.

                              {time}  1616

  Mr. GORDON changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 230, 
nays 192, not voting 13, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 30]

                               YEAS--230

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Beauprez
     Bereuter
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boyd
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burns
     Burr
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chocola
     Coble
     Cole
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Cunningham
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English
     Feeney
     Flake
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goss
     Granger
     Graves
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Isakson
     Issa
     Istook
     Janklow
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Manzullo
     Marshall
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Osborne
     Ose
     Otter
     Oxley
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Saxton
     Schrock
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Turner (OH)
     Upton
     Vitter
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wolf
     Wu
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--192

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Alexander
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Ballance
     Becerra
     Bell
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown, Corrine
     Capps
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carson (IN)
     Carson (OK)
     Case
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costello
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley (CA)
     Doyle
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green (TX)
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley (OR)
     Hostettler
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Kleczka
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Majette
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pastor
     Paul
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sabo
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner (TX)
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--13

     Allen
     Capuano
     Collins
     Combest
     Cubin
     Everett
     Ferguson
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Tiberi
     Weldon (PA)
     Wilson (SC)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes 
remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1623

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. ALLEN. Mr Speaker, on February 13, 2003, I was unavoidably absent 
for rollcall votes, due to the death of a family member.
  Had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall votes 27 
(Kucinich Substitute to H.R. 4), 28 (Cardin Substitute to H.R. 4), and 
29 (motion to recommit H.R. 4).
  I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall vote 30 (passage of H.R. 4, 
welfare bill).

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