[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 17, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H1130-H1133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 557, RELATING TO THE LIBERATION
OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE AND THE VALIANT SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED
FORCES AND COALITION FORCES
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, at this time I am happy to yield 2\1/2\
minutes to the gentleman from Lemoyne, Nebraska (Mr. Osborne), a very
able Member.
Mr. OSBORNE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to speak in support of the
rule and the resolution.
Obviously, much has happened in Iraq since the war began a year ago.
The military occupation of Iraq was amazingly swift and efficient,
taking only a few weeks. Since then much has been accomplished, and I
would like to point out just a few things that I think are noteworthy.
More than 200,000 Iraqis are now involved with security operations.
U.S. troops have been reduced by 20,000. Most importantly, an interim
constitution has been approved, including a bill of rights. The
gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Dunn) and I have formed an Iraqi
Women's Caucus, and we are pleased to see that Iraqi women will be
given an active role in new government, after experiencing years of
brutal oppression, with at least 25 percent representation. More than
17,000 reconstruction projects have been completed. The 240 hospitals
are open, and I think something else worthy of note, health care
spending has been increased 26 times higher than under Saddam. Ninety
percent of the children are now immunized. Electricity and water are
being rapidly restored and improved. Oil production has increased
dramatically. Schools and universities are operating following a
massive infusion of school supplies. Private enterprise is increasing
dramatically. Seventy percent of Iraqis now say that things are going
well, and they see a brighter future.
I just came from a meeting downstairs where we met with seven Iraqis
who are over here as part of a delegation. One of those gentlemen saw
three of his brothers executed and his father executed; their heads
were chopped off. They talked about people who had been buried alive. I
guess it is one thing to stand here and to debate and to talk; it is
another to meet with people who have really experienced the pain and
the suffering that was imposed by Saddam Hussein and to understand the
gratitude that these people have for the military operation that has
been going on in Iraq.
Reconstruction has certainly been difficult. There have been bumps in
the road, as has been true throughout history. Reconstruction is much
further along right now than it was for Germany and Japan following
World War II, and I think we need to not lose track of these
accomplishments.
There should be no disagreement, I believe, in this body that
American troops are doing a remarkable job and deserve our total
support. Also, I feel that there should be no disagreement, that we
must see this conflict through to a successful resolution. It is
important that we present a unified front in this body. I think recent
events in Spain will indicate the danger of being fractionated, of
sending mixed messages to terrorists. So I am hopeful that we can
demonstrate a unified position.
As a young captain told me on a recent visit to Iraq in Afghanistan,
it is better to fight terrorists here than in the United States. I
agree wholeheartedly. Support the resolution and the rule.
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Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield 6 minutes to the
distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha), the ranking
member of the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on
Appropriations, who has absolutely no peer in the House of
Representatives in being in support of the troops in Iraq and the armed
services before and during and after Iraq.
Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I am indignant, I am insulted, and I am
embarrassed that no one came to me and asked me about this resolution.
Nobody said, Do you have any input? Nobody has supported this war. The
gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis) and I put a bill on this floor
that only 16 people voted against. And I am embarrassed that my
colleague would come up with a partisan resolution saying whatever was
said without any consultation to the Democrats, particularly me, who
has voted so strongly for the defense of this country.
I go home and people criticize me for my position on the war. One
fellow said to me, Never in history have so many been misled by so few.
And, unfortunately, he was talking about me. He believed that I had
misled him. I believed there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
I believed there was imminent danger to this country. And the reason we
go to war is because there is a core danger to our national security.
We do not go to war because they drained the swamps in Iraq.
I do not think anybody needs to question the Congress who supports
the troops in Iraq or anyplace else. We voted continuously and
overwhelmingly for the troops. We have tried to make sure they had what
they needed, even though there were mistakes made in the original
deployment.
There were many shortages that we saw. And we made sure when we went
over there, a number of us went over there, we found those shortages,
reported them to the Department of Defense; and we started to rectify
those shortages.
We know there were changes that before our subcommittee an Under
Secretary of Defense came forward and said this war will cost nothing.
This war will be paid for by the oil revenues of the Iraqis. We know
that in the last war our allies came up with $60 billion. We know that
this time we have come up with $150 billion to pay for this war from
the United States. We are paying much of the expense of the allies in
this war.
This is not the time to divide the country. We are talking about we
have got the lowest level of support internationally than we have ever
had. All the polls indicate that overseas we are discredited. We are
discredited because they do not believe what we say.
It is hard to comprehend. I read not long ago where Dean Acheson went
to France and he went to France to talk about the Cuban missile crisis.
And when he went to France, he said, I have got proof. He talked to
President de Gaulle, and President de Gaulle was not one of our best
supporters. He said, I have got photos here which will show you that we
have missiles in Cuba. This was during the missile crisis. President de
Gaulle said, I do not need to see those photos. I will take the word of
the President of the United States.
Now, that is the problem we face. We need to come together. I hope
that this resolution will be withdrawn and that we will change a few
words in it that would make it unified for the whole country.
For instance, is it safer today in Spain? Is it safer in the Middle
East? These are the things that I worry about. Just by putting
something on paper you cannot say it is safe. It is just like the
President, I am sure he thought the war was over when he said the war
is over. I am sure when he made the announcement he thought the war was
over, but that does not make it over. And putting it on paper does not
mean that we are out of this with this conflict.
We need the support of allies. We need the support, the solid support
of this Congress. This is a long-term fight. I had members of the State
Department over before with me in my office and they were telling me
about the transition. This is going to be a very, very difficult
transition. I do not say it was a shotgun wedding, but I would say we
put together something where it is going to be very difficult to get
the Iraqi people to agree when you have the divisions that you have in
Iraq.
So we are going to need everybody's support, not only in Congress;
but we are going to need the people of the world's support because it
is such a difficult issue for us to face.
I am in it for the long run. Any money that they need, any equipment
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they need, anything they need, I am going to be there in front, the
gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis) and I, and all the rest of the
committee and all the rest of the Members of Congress. Because
everybody wants to support the troops. But you put it on paper, it does
not mean that the troops are safer.
Now, I had two young women come to my office. Both of them had lost
their husbands. One had two children, one had one child. I have lost
six from my district. And they are from a very poor family. And they
came in and they went to Walter Reed and they took gifts out to the
wounded at Walter Reed.
Many of us have been out there. The gentleman from Florida (Mr.
Young) has been out there; the gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis)
has been out there. All of us have been out to Walter Reed. And this
one young woman, 22 years old with a child said, You know, I got
married, I got pregnant. Then my husband was deployed and I had a baby.
He was killed and I had a baby. She said, I should not have to live my
whole life in one year.
We support the troops. All of us support the troops. But we cannot
get up here and divide the Nation at this time. This should be a
bipartisan resolution. And I would hope we will be able to work that
out so that everyone can vote for a resolution that shows this great
country is united.
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
Florida (Mr. Goss), the very distinguished vice chairman of the
Committee on Rules and, more importantly, the chairman of the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence.
Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the chairman yielding me the
time.
Mr. Speaker, I think this debate is about the rule, and that is what
we are going to be talking about in order to have more chances to
articulate the sentiments as were just expressed so articulately by the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha).
And I have the highest feelings of praise also for Mr. Murtha and his
very strong record on behalf of our defense forces, our troops. He
knows the subject, and he attends to them very well. And I am sorry
that the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha) is aggrieved by the
procedure today.
I need to tell you that I was not consulted either. This is a
leadership resolution that is simply designed after 1 year of fighting
the war on terror, the chapter in Iraq of the book on the war on
terrorism for 1 year and all the extraordinary success and work that
has happened over there. It is entirely appropriate to commend our
troops who are working so hard and the members of the Coalition. That
is the main thrust of this resolution.
Now, I admit it also says that we are commending and acknowledging
and recognizing the courage and the accomplishment of the Iraqi people
to go through very difficult days. And it is entirely appropriate to do
that. It is no mean thing to come up with an interim constitution in
the operational climate that those folks are operating.
And I think it is entirely appropriate for the House of
Representatives of the Congress of the United States, the people's
House, to say we sympathize with them, we understand what they have
been through. And we are very grateful that they have got the patience
to go forward with it and the commitment to do this hard work.
This is a democracy-building exercise in an area where democracy has
had many false starts and very little success. This is good news. It is
entirely appropriate for us at the end of the year to celebrate the
good news.
There has been some concern, as we saw last night in the Committee on
Rules, about whether or not we should be declaring that we are better
off without Saddam. And the language that was used was that the world
is safer without him. We did not say the world is safe. We are in the
middle of a war on terror. And everybody needs to know that.
And we need the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha) and all his
good works and everybody's good works in this body to support the war
on terror because the war on terror will not be won without commitment.
We know how these people work, and we have to be smart enough to resist
the temptations, the wedges they drive, the propaganda they put out,
apply our capabilities and get the job done. It will take all of us.
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of
my time.
Mr. Speaker, the last speaker, who is my good friend and the
chairperson of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the
ranking member of the Committee on Rules on which he and I serve, just
made the comment that he was not consulted. I say to my good friend
that he is an original cosponsor of the legislation: the gentleman from
Illinois (Mr. Hyde), the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), the
gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms.
Pryce), the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Goss), and the gentleman from
California (Mr. Hunter).
Now, that said, my good friend had the privilege that the gentleman
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha) and the gentleman from Missouri (Mr.
Skelton) did not have, and that was even to be original co-sponsors
even if they were not consulted.
Mr. Speaker, I will be asking for a ``no'' vote on the previous
question because I feel this totally closed rule is just plain wrong.
There is not one single opportunity for any Member of the House to
offer an amendment to this resolution, not even on the motion to
recommit.
Oddly enough, when the current House Republican leadership was in the
minority, a motion to recommit without instructions was one of the
things they complained most about. Now, here they are doing the very
thing they said was so wrong and offensive at that time. Where will the
sanctimony end?
The war in Iraq is one of the most serious issues facing our Nation
today. Anything that speaks to this matter on the floor of the U.S.
House of Representatives should be done, as the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha) said, in a way that allows all responsible
viewpoints to be considered. That is what democracy is all about.
This rule simply gags that process. Ironic, do you not think, when we
are exporting democracy to Iraq.
Mr. Speaker, this is not about stopping consideration of the
underlying resolution. I am not aware of one single Member of this body
who does not support and praise the incredibly brave men and women who
are in harm's way in Iraq.
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I believe we can all agree wholeheartedly on supporting our soldiers,
but there are other important matters that are not addressed in this
resolution, issues that many in this House want to include in this
resolution.
Therefore, if the previous question is defeated, I will offer an
amendment to the rule that will allow the motion to recommit to contain
instructions.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to submit for the Record
immediately prior to the vote on the previous question a description of
the motion to recommit that will be offered if the previous question is
defeated and the rule is amended to allow instructions.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bass). Is there objection to the request
of the gentleman from Florida?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's time has expired.
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of the time.
Mr. Speaker, let me just say that my friend, the chairman of the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, looked at that resolution
and was so proud of it that he immediately joined as a cosponsor, as I
believe everyone in this House should.
Let me just say, Mr. Speaker, obviously everyone in this House should
be in support of a resolution which affirms that the United States and
the world have been made safer with the removal of Saddam Hussein and
his regime from power in Iraq; that commends the Iraqi people for their
courage in the face of unspeakable oppression and brutality inflicted
upon them by Saddam Hussein's regime; that commends the Iraqi people on
the adoption of Iraq's interim constitution and commends the Members of
the U.S. Armed Forces and coalition forces for liberating Iraq; and
expresses its gratitude for their valiant service. That is what we are
doing here today. Everyone should be in support of it.
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The material previously referred to by Mr. Hastings of Florida is as
follows:
Previous Question for H. Res. 561 Rule for H. Res. 557--Iraq Resolution
Amendment in nature of substitute:
Strike all after the resolved clause and insert:
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it
shall be in order without intervention of any point of order
to consider in the House the resolution (H. Res. 557)
relating to the liberation of the Iraqi people and the
valiant service of the United States Armed Forces and
Coalition forces. The resolution shall be considered as read
for amendment. The previous question shall be considered as
ordered on the resolution and preamble to final adoption
without intervening motion except: (1) four hours of debate
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on International Relations;
and (2) one motion to recommit.
Sec. 2. During consideration of House Resolution 557
pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the operation of
the previous question, the Chair may postpone further
consideration of the resolution to a time designated by the
Speaker.
Motion To Recommit With Instructions
M. _____________ moves to recommit the resolution H. Res.
557 to the Committee on International Relations with
instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith
with the following amendments:
Page 2, line 2, strike ``affirms'' and insert
``acknowledges the belief''.
Page 2, line 4, strike the semicolon and insert ``, and the
belief that a final judgment on the value of activities in
Iraq cannot be made until Iraq is stable and secure;''.
Page 3, line 5, strike ``and''.
Page 3, line 9, strike the period and insert a semicolon.
Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
(5) urges the President--
(A) to take all steps necessary to ensure that all members
of the United States Armed Forces serving in Iraq receive the
best force protection equipment available, including
protective body armor and extra-armored wheeled vehicles
capable of providing better protection against explosive
devices;
(B) to ensure that all members of the Armed Forces who
suffer wounds or other injuries, or who incur illness, while
serving in Iraq receive complete, timely, and high-quality
health care to treat the short-term and long-term
consequences of such wounds, injuries, and illnesses;
(C) to recognize the key contributions made by members of
the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and their
families, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and, in consultation
with Congress, to address immediately the disparity that
exists for many Reserve and Guard personnel between the pay
they receive in civilian life and the military compensation
they receive when ordered to active duty;
(D) to acknowledge that there were serious deficiencies in
United States pre-war intelligence on Iraq, particularly in
light of the failure to find any evidence of significant
weapons of mass destruction stockpiles, and to take steps now
to improve intelligence so that United States troops are
better protected and future United States national security
strategies are better informed;
(E) to request sufficient funding immediately to fully
support United States military operations in Iraq and the
surrounding region in order to ensure the safety and well-
being of United States troops deployed to Iraq and the
surrounding region;
(F) to obtain far-reaching international participation in
the securing, reconstruction, and political development of
Iraq, including the protection of women's and children's
rights; and
(G) to take steps to correct the failure of the United
States Government to plan adequately for the post-war
occupation of Iraq, including the failure to integrate
internal United States Government studies and outside expert
opinions that predicted the onset of guerrilla activity and
described how to promote effective reconstruction,
democratization, and civil society development activities,
and the failure to apply those studies and opinions today in
order to improve current United States reconstruction efforts
in Iraq;
(6) expresses deep sorrow and regret for the deaths of more
than 550 and the wounding of more than 3,500 members of the
United States Armed Forces in Iraq and extends support to
their families; and
(7) expresses sorrow and regret for the deaths in Iraq of
United States civilians, United Nations personnel, unknown
numbers of Iraqi civilians, and other noncombatants.
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I
move the previous question.
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.
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. 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 5 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting, if
ordered, on the question of adoption of the resolution.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217,
nays 197, not voting 19, as follows:
[Roll No. 62]
YEAS--217
Aderholt
Akin
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Bass
Beauprez
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
Collins
Cox
Crane
Crenshaw
Cubin
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
Ferguson
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Fossella
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Goode
Goodlatte
Goss
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Isakson
Issa
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Latham
LaTourette
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
Neugebauer
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)
Stearns
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiberi
Toomey
Upton
Vitter
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weller
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NAYS--197
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Alexander
Allen
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
Chandler
Clay
Clyburn
Conyers
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
Gephardt
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green (TX)
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hill
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley (OR)
Hoyer
Inslee
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind
Kleczka
Lampson
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Lowey
Lucas (KY)
Majette
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
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Rodriguez
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanders
Sandlin
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Skelton
Slaughter
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Stenholm
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
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Tierney
Towns
Turner (TX)
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
NOT VOTING--19
Barton (TX)
Bereuter
Gibbons
Hoeffel
Israel
Kirk
Kucinich
Leach
Lynch
Maloney
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Loretta
Smith (WA)
Souder
Tauzin
Tiahrt
Turner (OH)
Weldon (PA)
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bass) (during the vote). Members are
advised there are 2 minutes remaining in this vote.
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Ms. WOOLSEY changed her vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the previous question was ordered.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to offer a personal
explanation of the reason I missed rollcall vote No. 62, On Ordering
the Previous Question for H. Res. 557. At the time the vote was called,
I was seated at a House Armed Services Committee hearing and had just
completed a question to which one of the witnesses was offering a long
response.
I respectfully request that it be entered into the Congressional
Record that if present, I would have voted: Rollcall vote No. 62, on
Ordering the Previous Question--``yea.''
Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 62 I was unavoidably
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''
Mr. TURNER of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 62 I was unavoidably
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''
The SPEAKER pro tempore. 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. HASTINGS of Florida. 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 228,
noes 195, not voting 10, as follows:
[Roll No. 63]
AYES--228
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
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
Collins
Cox
Crane
Crenshaw
Cubin
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeLay
DeMint
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Emerson
English
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Flake
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
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Isakson
Issa
Istook
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
Neugebauer
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
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
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)
NOES--195
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
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
Chandler
Clay
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Costello
Cramer
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dooley (CA)
Doyle
Edwards
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
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley (OR)
Hoyer
Inslee
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind
Kleczka
Lampson
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Lucas (KY)
Lynch
Majette
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
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Rodriguez
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Sandlin
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Skelton
Slaughter
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Stenholm
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
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
NOT VOTING--10
Hoeffel
Israel
Kaptur
Kucinich
Lowey
Maloney
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Smith (WA)
Tauzin
{time} 1231
So the resolution was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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