[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 48 (Wednesday, April 20, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H2366-H2380]
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ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 219 and rule
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the bill,
H.R. 6.
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In the Committee of the Whole
Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of
the bill (H.R. 6) to ensure jobs for our future with secure,
affordable, and reliable energy, with Mr. Simpson (Acting Chairman) in
the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier
today, amendment No. 10 printed in House Report 109-49 offered by the
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell) had been disposed of.
Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Waxman
Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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Amendment No. 9 offered by Mr. Waxman:
At the end of title I, add the following new subtitle and
make the necessary conforming changes in the table of
contents:
Subtitle E--Plan to Reduce Oil Demand
SEC. 151. PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS.
(a) Proposed Actions.--For purposes of reducing waste of
oil and decreasing demand for foreign oil, not later than 6
months after the date of enactment of this Act, appropriate
Federal Departments and agencies, as identified by the
President, shall propose voluntary, regulatory, and other
actions sufficient to reduce demand for oil in the United
States by at least 1.0 million barrels per day from projected
demand for oil in 2013.
(b) Request to Congress.--If the President determines that
the Departments and agencies referred to in subsection (a)
lack authority or funding to implement the actions proposed
under subsection (a), the President shall request the
necessary authority or funding from Congress no later than 9
months after the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) Final Actions.--No later than 12 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Departments and agencies
referred to in subsection (a) shall finalize the actions
proposed pursuant to subsection (a) for which they have
authority and funding.
(d) Presidential Determination.--The Departments and
agencies referred to in subsection (a) may finalize
regulatory and other actions pursuant to subsection (c) that
achieve demand reductions less than the demand reduction
specified in subsection (a) if the President, after public
notice and opportunity for comment, determines that there are
no practical opportunities for the nation to further reduce
waste of oil.
(e) CAFE.--Nothing in this section shall mandate any
changes in average fuel economy standards (``CAFE''
standards) prescribed under chapter 329 of title 49 of the
United States Code.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 219, the gentleman
from California (Mr. Waxman) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman).
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Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Before I discuss the merits of this amendment that I seek to offer, I
want to extend my appreciation to the Chairman of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton), for his
courtesy to me in allowing me to offer this amendment. I hope that I
can convince him and my colleagues to support this amendment.
A balanced energy bill should not just be production of more energy,
but it should be conservation, reduction of the demand side of the
equation, and I feel that the legislation is lacking in that regard.
What my amendment would seek to do is to reduce the amount of oil that
is wasted every single year.
Let me tell my colleagues what the amendment does not do. It does not
mandate anything. It does not mandate an increase in the CAFE standards
for automobiles, although I think that is a good idea, but we do not
mandate it. It does not mandate any new, burdensome regulations or
expensive technologies, and it does not force Americans to change their
personal habits. It simply calls on the President to come up with a
plan to lead in an effort to reduce the waste of oil.
Now, in this House, even this is controversial, as amazing as it may
seem. This seems to be the only place in America where trying not to
waste oil is a bad thing. The other body voted on this very same
amendment, and they voted to accept it 99 to 1.
Now, I know we are going to hear in a minute that this is a back-door
way to impose new standards or regulations. That is nonsense. The
amendment only asks the President to come up with some ideas for not
wasting oil, and there are a lot of different things that can be done:
keeping tires properly inflated, improving air traffic management,
ensuring that we reduce heavy truck idling, use fuel-efficient engine
oil, weatherize homes that use heating oil.
Now, all that we have to have the President do is to come up with
ideas and to appeal to the American people on a patriotic basis that
they simply should be more conscious of the waste and perhaps shut off
their cars when they run into a Starbucks. I have no doubt the American
people would respond.
It worked in California. When we had our energy crisis a few years
ago, we had a real energy crunch, and the people in California pitched
in and, almost overnight, reduced energy waste by 4 to 10 percent,
depending on whose numbers you accept. Overnight, with no preparation,
California achieved the small reduction that this amendment calls for.
That is the least we can do.
This legislation that is before us overall is going to increase the
amount of oil we are going to have to bring in from the Middle East. We
are going to be more and more dependent. For our national security's
sake, we ought to simply reduce some of the waste in oil that goes on
every single year.
I am particularly struck that at a time when we have so many brave
American men and women serving overseas, willing to sacrifice
everything for us, we may not be able to muster the political will to
ask the American people to chip in a little and reduce the waste of
oil.
If we defeat this amendment, we are waving the white flag. We are
waving that white flag to surrender to the oil companies and the other
special interests. We will be saying we simply will not even try. The
greatest country in the world cannot even find the will to achieve
small reductions in the waste of oil. I do not think that is the
message we want to send.
I would ask that my colleagues support this. This is a minimal step.
It is common sense. At least it can put us on the side of trying to
reduce waste. The President is simply called on to exert that
leadership to come up with a plan. If he does not think he can do it,
well, he does not have to do it. But if he has some ideas, let us try
to do at least the minimum we can do to reduce the waste of oil that is
causing us to bring in and use, and in fact overuse, oil that we have
to bring in from overseas.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the
amendment, and I yield myself such time as I may consume.
It may seem odd that I would ask the House to rise to give the
gentleman the right to offer an amendment that I am going to oppose,
but I think it is worthy of debate. We had a debate in the Committee on
Energy and Commerce on this amendment, and I glanced at it, and it
appears to be the identical amendment.
Is it the identical amendment from the Committee on Energy and
Commerce?
Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. BARTON of Texas. I yield to the gentleman from California.
Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, yes, it is.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. It looked to me like it was. We had a good
debate on it there and it was rejected, and I honestly hope that the
House does the same.
Mr. Chairman, I want to read a part of the amendment. It says under
section 151, ``Presidential actions. For purposes of reducing waste of
oil and decreasing demand for foreign oil, not later than 6 months
after the date of enactment of this act, appropriate Federal
departments and agencies identified by the President shall propose
voluntary, regulatory, and other actions,'' other actions, ``sufficient
to reduce the demand for oil in the United States by at least 1 million
barrels per day from projected demand for oil in 2013.''
Now, let us go through that. The gentleman is stating that we are
wasting oil. I guess when I hop in my pickup truck to go to the store
to get some milk, then I am wasting gasoline. But my wife does not
think I am wasting it, my children or stepchildren do not think I am
wasting it when they get to drink the milk that I go get, but I guess
maybe we are. So I do not know how we would identify this waste, but I
assume there would be some Federal commission that could identify the
waste of oil.
Of course, it talks about decreasing the demand for foreign oil.
Well, oil is oil. We do get about 14 million barrels a day from
overseas, and God bless us that we do. Our economy would come to a halt
if we did not. So I am not sure how we would work on that.
It talks about being voluntary, regulatory, but then it says ``other
actions.'' ``Other'' could be mandatory. ``Other'' could be whatever
the President of the United States says it is.
But the gentleman from California goes on to say, in subsection B,
``If the
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President determines that the departments and agencies lack the
authority or funding to implement the actions proposed,'' in the
section I just read, ``then the President should come to the Congress
and request the necessary authority.''
Now, here we have an economy that in the last year in the United
States, demand for energy has gone up, not down. The price of gasoline
in nominal dollars has doubled in the last year. Demand has gone up 2
percent. We have doubled the price and demand has gone up. But yet,
somehow, the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman) thinks if we accept
this amendment, that we are going to be able to wave some magic wand at
the presidential level, and maybe at the congressional level, and
reduce demand for oil by 1 million barrels.
We are only producing around 7 or 8 million barrels a day
domestically, but somehow, just by having a group hug in the Federal
agencies, we are going to find a way to reduce demand by 1 million
barrels.
I do not think it is going to work that way. We can emote all we
want, but we have a growing economy, a growing population, and we are
probably going to continue to need more oil, not less. So the way to do
it is to find ways to produce more and to find real-world ways to
consume less and get more bang for the buck.
This amendment does not get us there, with all due respect. I hope we
would oppose it. I strongly support the gentleman's right to offer it,
but I just as strongly support my right to oppose it, and I hope at the
appropriate time the House will vote ``no'' on the Waxman amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The gentleman from California has
30 seconds remaining.
Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the remaining time.
This only calls on the President to come up with some ideas talking
to the people that are heading up his agencies. If he thinks he needs
legislative authority, he should ask for it. But at least it makes him
focus on not wasting oil, and there is a lot of waste that goes on. And
the President can simply appeal to people: tune up your motors, promote
oil savings in the industrial sector, keep vehicles properly tuned,
improve the tire inflations, improve air traffic management. Some of
these small things can add up to savings, and the savings we call for
are the savings based on projections of future oil.
I ask for an ``aye'' vote.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my
time.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the
noes appeared to have it.
Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California
(Mr. Waxman) will be postponed.
It is now in order to consider Amendment No. 11 printed in House
report 109-49.
Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Abercrombie
Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment No. 11 offered by Mr. Abercrombie:
In title II, subtitle A, add at the end the following new
section:
SEC. 209. SUGAR CANE ETHANOL PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Program.--The term ``program'' means the Sugar Cane
Ethanol Pilot Program established by subsection (b).
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Energy.
(b) Establishment.--There is established within the
Department of Energy a program to be known as the ``Sugar
Cane Ethanol Pilot Program''.
(c) Project.--
(1) In general.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary
shall establish a pilot project that is--
(A) located in the State of Hawaii; and
(B) designed to study the creation of ethanol from cane
sugar.
(2) Requirements.--A pilot project described in paragraph
(1) shall--
(A) be limited to the production of ethanol in Hawaii in a
way similar to the existing program for the processing of
corn for ethanol to show that the process can be applicable
to cane sugar;
(B) include information on how the scale of projection can
be replicated once the sugar cane industry has site located
and constructed ethanol production facilities; and
(C) not last more than 3 years.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section $8,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
The Acting Chairman. The gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Abercrombie) and
a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Abercrombie).
Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
(Mr. ABERCROMBIE asked and was given permission to revise and extend
his remarks.)
Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Chairman, I do not believe, if the gentleman
from Texas (Mr. Barton) would corroborate here, that there is going to
be opposition to this amendment.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. ABERCROMBIE. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I am supportive, but my
understanding is that the gentleman from Arizona is going to be
nonsupportive.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Well, he has not heard me speak yet.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Hopefully, the gentleman from Hawaii and I,
together, can overcome him. I do support the gentleman's amendment at
the appropriate time.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Chairman, the sheer weight of logic plus our
considerable mutual charm I think has some hope in that direction.
Mr. Chairman, I rise today in favor of this amendment. Please allow
me to say two things before I proceed. First, I want to express my
gratitude to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) and to the gentleman
from California (Mr. Pombo) and their committee staffs. Believe me, a
lot of work went into this in the midst of all of the other pressures
of various other items that were before them. This means a great deal.
In every one of these bills, particularly in this energy bill, people
have things to which they are deeply committed, including my good
friend, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake), with respect to both
the philosophy involved and what the consequences might be from any
given item.
Now, in the great scheme of things, this might not seem like a lot to
a lot of people, but for those of us who understand what it is, if we
can actually grow our own renewable energy with sugarcane in the form
of biomass can actually provide by being converted to ethanol. That is
why this is here.
I am not certain, and the gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Case) will speak
shortly about it too, as to whether there are larger, logistical issues
involved or political issues. But I can tell my colleagues this:
Whatever arguments there are out there about whether sufficient time or
funds are being committed to renewable energy, alternative energy, this
is something that we can do. And this is something where we are getting
support from the oil and gas companies in Texas, in Louisiana.
Hawaii and Florida can join in, because we are growing sugarcane,
sugarcane can become ethanol, ethanol can help reduce the dependency on
oil and gas. And we can work with the oil and gas companies to see to
it that we have blends that will allow us to reduce our dependency on
foreign oil, on foreign sources. That is what this is about.
We can grow our own energy in Hawaii if we get the chance to do this.
And the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) and the gentleman from
California (Mr. Pombo) have recognized this. They are going to give us
the chance, and if this works, I am in contact with people, for
example, like at Southern University in Louisiana, just speaking with
them tonight, with the idea that perhaps we can take the sugarcane
industry, and instead of always having to be in the position of having
to defend ourselves against wage slavery around the rest of the world,
that we will be able to have good jobs, good income in the United
States of America, and be growing our own energy.
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That is what this is about, and that is why I ask for the support of
my colleagues on this.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. ABERCROMBIE. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I support the amendment, and I
strongly encourage the majority to support it, and we will work with
the gentleman in conference to maintain it if he will promise to work
with his Hawaiian Senators to get them to do that also.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE. I will do that, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. I am in support of the Abercrombie amendment and
hope that the House accepts it.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Chairman, this is a very, very big opportunity
and challenge for us that I think we will be able to meet.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The gentleman from Arizona (Mr.
Flake) controls 5 minutes.
Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I rise today in opposition to the sugar cane ethanol pilot program.
This proposal, the problem with it is that it combines two programs,
and both waste taxpayer money.
First, the sugar subsidy artificially raises the price of sugar that
you buy every day. Whenever you eat a candy bar or drink a can of 7-Up,
you are paying more because the government artificially raises the
price of sugar.
Now, if you want to raise the cost of gas by forcing taxpayers to put
fuel mixed with processed subsided sugar in your tank, it just seems
strange in this bill, because I thought the purpose of this bill was
actually to lower the cost of energy.
Second, ethanol is simply another taxpayer subsidy that could only
find support in Congress, certainly not in the marketplace. Study after
study demonstrates that it actually uses more energy to produce than it
actually yields at the end.
And ethanol subsidies came about decades ago. It was just to jump-
start the industry. And soon it will be on it own; the market will take
over. Well, guess what, decades later we are still subsidizing ethanol.
Well, why in the world should we do this and turn this to sugar now?
When grain-producing States have long found a way to keep ethanol
alive, now sugar-producing States want into the act. My district has a
great supply of prickly pear. Now, some people will eat it; it is sold
at the airports. I would submit that is just as good a source of sugar
for ethanol. If you use enough energy, you can turn anything into
ethanol. But should we do it on the taxpayer's dime? I would say, no,
we should not.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE. If the gentleman will yield, I will be happy to
bring in prickly pears.
Mr. FLAKE. I enjoy it when the gentleman brings macadamia nuts into
the committee; we enjoy those a lot. But I would not propose that we
make ethanol out of it. It simply makes no sense at all to try to turn
sugar, or for that matter corn, into gasoline.
Additionally, those of us who oppose ethanol need to stand up today
to oppose this amendment because what may seem like a small program
now, once sugar States discover what corn States have discovered, it
will become much, much bigger and spending will become more and more
and more. 10 million will become 20 and then 30 and then soon it is
hundreds of millions of dollars.
This comes at the detriment of taxpayers who will pay more at the
pump. Again, let me say that the purpose of this bill, the stated
purpose, is during an energy crisis to bring down the cost of energy.
And here we are employing programs that will simply make you pay, one,
more at the pump, and, two, more in taxes because you are supporting
this kind of subsidy.
I thought it was kind of strange, when I was a kid the worse prank
you could play, it was hardly a prank, it was property damage, but was
to put sugar in someone's tank. That was the worst thing you could do.
And here you are going to ask the taxpayers to pay for it. It just
seems wrong to me.
With all deference to my good friend from Hawaii, I just do not think
that I can support this amendment. I am under no illusion, given the
committee's support, the Republican's support for the amendment that I
can beat it. But someone needs to stand up and say what this really is.
It is another taxpayer subsidy that is going to raise the cost of
energy.
For that reason I oppose it. Let us keep sugar out of your gas tank.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman from Arizona (Mr.
Flake) yield his remaining time to me?
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Abercrombie) has
1\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Chairman, I yield my remaining time to the gentleman
from Texas (Mr. Barton).
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Barton) will control 1\1/2\ minutes.
There was no objection.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I might
consume.
Might I just say for the edification of my good friend, the gentleman
from Arizona (Mr. Flake), that when you take those two cans of Coke
that you are talking about, just tell me whether the Diet Coke is
cheaper than the other one that has sugar in it. I do not think so. You
are not saving any money that way. That is not going to work.
But I would be happy some other time perhaps to have a full blown
discussion about this at another point.
Chairman Dreier, Ranking Member Slaughter and the Members
of the Committee on Rules. I offer this amendment to H.R. 6
with the hope of reducing our nation's reliance on oil and
advancing our efforts in Hawaii to become more energy self-
sufficient. This is philosophically consistent with other
provisions of H.R. 6 encouraging energy production.
My amendment authorizes a 3-year demonstration program for
the production of ethanol from sugar cane in Hawaii.
Specifically, $8.0 million would fund a $1.00 per gallon
payment to refiners and 8.0 million gallons of ethanol fuel.
This pilot program would parallel the existing corn program
to show that the process can be applicable to cane sugar and
can be replicated on a larger scale.
Nationally, the sugar cane industry is currently
formulating a program to process 700,000 tons of cane sugar
into ethanol. With a large domestic surplus of sugar, and the
possibility of additional imported sugar being allowed into
the domestic market through free trade agreements, a program
of such size would stabilize domestic markets and produce a
significant volume of ethanol.
This pilot project will provide invaluable insight on
problems that may arise with a national program. The State of
Hawaii has passed a law that goes into effect on April 1,
2006, mandating a 10 percent ethanol blend for gasoline
consumption in the state. Oil refineries are building ethanol
storage and blending facilities in anticipation of meeting
the requirement. Locally produced ethanol would be less
expensive than importing the estimated 45 million gallons of
ethanol needed to fulfill the 10 percent requirement.
Because of the relatively low domestic price of sugar,
Hawaii producers for some time been considering and now
planning ethanol production from the cane sugar that would
otherwise have gone into the domestic sugar market. The State
of Hawaii is prepared to take advantage of this within
months. However, this amendment is also supported by the
other sugar cane growers who would like to identify any
problems that might result from the large scale production of
sugar cane ethanol.
This amendment was developed after the House Energy and
Commerce Committee completed its markup but the amendment has
been signed off by the majority side of the Energy Committee.
I urge my colleagues to allow floor debate on this
demonstration project and rule this amendment in order. Thank
you very mush for your consideration.
Mr. Chairman, I yield my remaining time to the gentleman from Hawaii
(Mr. Case).
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Hawaii is recognized for 1\1/
2\ minutes.
Mr. CASE. Mr. Chairman, let me make four quick points on this
amendment. First of all, I completely and wholeheartedly support it.
Second, the credit for this amendment goes to my colleague and the
senior Democrat, the gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Abercrombie) who I
thank. Since I have almost all of the agriculture in my particular
district, this shows teamwork.
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Third, this morning, in Kahalui, Maui, the price of a premium gallon
of gas was $2.98 per gallon. Across the street from that gas station,
stands one of the most highest yield sugar plantations in the whole
world, a sugar plantation that is threatened across the way, threatened
across the board.
If we can produce ethanol from that sugar plantation, we can kill a
bunch of birds with one stone. We can preserve agriculture in this
country. This is revolutionary. If we can produce meaningful energy
from prickly pears, or whatever you want, from sugar, all power to it;
it is going to work for all of us. If we can save the sugar industry by
producing energy from the sugar industry, it will be good for us, and
it will be good for many of the other issues that we care so much
about. I urge adoption of this amendment.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds of my minute
and a half, which was Mr. Flake's minute and a half, to the gentleman
from Arizona (Mr. Flake).
Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me the
time. I just want to point out the cost of a can of 7-Up or Coke does
cost more because we inflate the price of sugar.
The cost of a candy bar, I believe, is four cents more than you would
pay otherwise because of subsidized sugar prices.
And the problem is what economists call concentrated benefits,
diffuse costs. Nobody is going to come here to Washington to lobby
against a subsidy that only costs them four cents; but, boy, the sugar
industry, which reaps millions and millions of dollars in benefits from
subsidized sugar is surely going to come to Washington, and that is why
we are going to have this kind of amendment today.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to my good
friend, the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce).
Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Abercrombie
amendment. What we are engaged in today is just trying to find
commonsense suggestions to really sustain the American way of life.
Affordable energy, affordable agriculture are two things that sustain
the American way of life.
This accomplishes good work toward both. I will submit more comments
for the Record. But I do want to support the amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the Abercrombie Amendment.
This amendment will authorize a modest program to develop ethanol from
sugar cane, which would be added to fuel in Hawaii to meet the EPA
Clean Air Act requirements for oxygenated fuels. The State of Hawaii
also mandated a 10 percent ethanol blend for gasoline in the state in
order to improve the state's air quality.
Hawaii must meet Federal standards for clean air by mandating clean
burning fuel. Ethanol is currently the only acceptable ingredient to
blend with gasoline to meet Clean Air Act requirements.
Unfortunately for Hawaii the dominant crop is sugar instead of corn.
If Hawaii grew corn, they would already be receiving tax credits for
ethanol production like almost every other state in the nation.
According to the Congressional Research Service the tax credits for
ethanol production will total more than $1.4 billion. Congress annually
provides tax credits, research funding and grants to turn rice straw,
biomass, agriculture waste, woody debris and corn into ethanol.
Congress is spending billions to increase our nation's production and
consumption of ethanol from every source imaginable. Congress has
decided ethanol production is worthwhile, and has provided at least $10
billion in incentives and tax credits since 1978 when an alcohol tax
exemption was made law. Congress should pass this amendment in order to
have a consistent ethanol policy.
Mr. Chairman, I urge passage of this amendment.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
I just want to say that we are supporting all forms of energy. We
accepted amendments in the committee for animal methane, livestock
methane. This is a pilot program. It is a nominal amount of dollars. I
honestly do not know whether sugar cane will be economical to turn into
ethanol, but it is well worth the 3-year pilot program to see if it is.
I actually hope that it is. I would want it to be successful. But
this is a very, very small, nominal program. And I would also point out
there are not many States that can grow sugar cane. Hawaii would be
one. I guess Florida would be one. Perhaps Louisiana. Maybe even Texas,
although I do not think we have.
So I would hope we would support the Abercrombie amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Abercrombie).
The amendment was agreed to.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 12
printed in House Report 10-94.
Amendment No. 12 Offered by Ms. Kaptur
Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment No. 12 offered by Ms. Kaptur:
In title III, subtitle A, add at the end the following new
section (and amend the table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 305. STRATEGIC FUELS RESERVE.
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended--
(1) in section 2(2) (42 U.S.C. 6201(2)), by striking
``Strategic Petroleum Reserve'' and inserting ``Strategic
Fuels Reserve'';
(2) in section 3 (42 U.S.C. 6202)--
(A) in paragraph (8)(C), by striking ``petroleum products''
each place it appears and inserting ``fuel products''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(11) The term `fuel products' means petroleum products
and alternative fuels, including ethanol and biodiesel.'';
(3) in title I (42 U.S.C. 6212 et seq.) by striking
``Strategic Petroleum Reserve'' each place it appears and
inserting ``Strategic Fuels Reserve'';
(4) in part B of title I (42 U.S.C. 6231 et seq.)--
(A) by striking ``petroleum products'' each place it
appears, including headings (and the corresponding items in
the table of contents), and inserting ``fuel products'';
(B) by striking ``petroleum product'' each place it
appears, including headings (and the corresponding items in
the table of contents), and inserting ``fuel product''; and
(C) by striking ``Petroleum products'' each place it
appears and inserting ``Fuel products'';
(5) in section 165 (42 U.S.C. 6245)--
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ``of petroleum'' and
inserting ``of fuel''; and
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ``Petroleum Accounts''
and inserting ``Fuel Accounts''; and
(6) in section 167 (42 U.S.C. 6247)--
(A) in the section heading (and the corresponding item in
the table of contents), by striking ``SPR Petroleum'' and
inserting ``SFR Fuel''; and
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ``SPR Petroleum'' and
inserting ``SFR Fuel''.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 219, the
gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) and a Member opposed each will
control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur).
Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
The over-reliance of the United States on imported petroleum creates
a major strategic vulnerability for our Nation, with nearly half the
energy supply of our country now imported, and that reliance grows
every day.
My amendment has a goal of taking a small step toward energy
independence in the following way: we have something called a Strategic
Petroleum Reserve managed by the Department of the Interior, which has
in that reserve about 700 million barrels of oil, allowing us to
maintain a temporary shield from increased costs on oil.
The purpose of my amendment only allows, it does not require, the
Secretary of Energy the discretion of including ethanol, biodiesel, and
other alternative fuels in the Strategic Fuel Reserve. So it takes the
word ``petroleum'' out, although petroleum will remain the major fuel;
but it offers some encouragement, albeit mild, to try to get us to
think differently about a new future for our country.
Every one of us has that responsibility, including the Secretaries of
the Interior and Energy. This amendment is neutral. If the Secretary
decided to secure alternative fuels, it would be paid for by the
exchange or sale of crude oil from the existing reserve.
Ethanol and other bio-based fuels are two of the ways in which
America can truly become more self-sufficient in fuel production and
usage. This chart shows, just over the last 20 years or so, our
petroleum consumption and how much more of it is imported, to now well
over half.
It is projected in another 15 years our imported petroleum will rise
to 75 percent. By 2050, most easily drawn-down reserves in the world
will have been
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drawn down, not just by our country but by nations like China, for
example, which are using more and more petroleum every year.
We simply cannot live in the 20th century any more. It is now the
21st century. If we look where we are importing our crude reserves,
they are coming largely from the Middle East, followed by Mexico,
Venezuela, Nigeria, many places that have difficulties politically.
Increasing use of renewable fuels will result in significant economic
benefits to our Nation as well. For example, biodiesel production is
dramatically increasing, going from about 5 million gallons in 2001 to
five times that much this past 2003.
And Congress expanded the existing reserve in 2000 to include the
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve. There is absolutely no reason that
biodiesel cannot ultimately become part of that reserve and help us to
transition off our increasing reliance on petroleum.
The use of biofuels makes environmental sense, allowing us to better
preserve our natural environment. Biodiesel, for example, contains no
sulfur, or aromatics associated with air pollution, and the use of
something like biodiesel provides a 78.5 percent reduction in
CO2 emissions when compared to petroleum diesel.
Currently the SPR, the reserve, contains a number of domestic and
foreign crude oils, and those fuels are stored separately. Adding
additional storage capacity for other fuels could be planned very
easily by the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of the Interior.
The National Farmers Union, for example, is supporting this effort.
People across this country really know America has to change. This is
one small baby step. It is just encouraging language. It asks that
those responsible for the current strategic reserve think more
creatively, take the time to look at these alternative fuels, and help
put America on a more energy-independent course.
Without question, the farmers across this country need new value
added; and with the price of oil skyrocketing, and it really will not
go down, it has not gone down in the last 30 years if you look at the
progression of oil pricing in the spot markets, for example. And now
these fuels are competitive.
There are many States taking the lead. Take Minnesota, take Iowa,
take Nebraska, take the Dakotas. There are many places that have seen
the future and are developing it. I think we here in Congress should
respond to that inventiveness and that desire of the American people to
invent their way to a new fuel future.
And, in fact, when you come to my part of the country and you look
across the fields, you can see part of America's future in the fields
of the future, and fuels of the future that will be produced on them
and are being produced on them more and more every day.
Why should the Departments of Energy and the Interior not help us to
move America forward. I would ask for favorable consideration of this
amendment. And I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) for
allowing the amendment and the Rules Committee for granting it.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in respectful opposition.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) will
control 5 minutes.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may
consume. I think we have shown today, and we certainly have shown in
committee, that the majority is looking for reasons to say yes to as
many ideas and amendments as Members have, whether in the minority or
the majority.
So I have had every reason to try to find a way to say yes to the
gentlewoman of Ohio's (Ms. Kaptur) amendment; but unfortunately I
cannot, because it is just not practical.
Oil in the crude state lasts indefinitely. You can store it
underground for long periods of time. And if we ever need it, pump it
out, refine it, and use it. These alternative fuels that the
gentlewoman from Ohio's (Ms. Kaptur) amendment would refer to are
refined and they have a much shorter shelf life, 30 days, 60 days, 90
days.
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If we accept the gentlewoman's amendment, it would become law. What
we would create is a situation where we would be refining product that
we would be putting into reserve that you would continually have to be
changing. And so what you would do is just create another intermediate
step in the marketplace because the strategic refined reserve would
really never be permanent. You would always be changing it.
In the case of ethanol, today ethanol is not put into the gasoline
until it is ready to go to the service station because of its very
short shelf life. So with ethanol you mix it with the gasoline and then
you send it to the station, and then it is consumed immediately. So the
ethanol reserve, I am not even sure if you could do that or not.
So the intentions of the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) are
certainly in the right direction, but this is an idea that is just not
practical. I wish it were. If I thought it were, we would try to find a
way to accept it, but I do not think it would be helpful, and so,
reluctantly, I oppose it.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. Chairman, how much time is remaining?
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Barton) has 3 minutes remaining.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the
gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) to close on her amendment.
Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time.
If the gentleman and my colleagues could read the amendment, it does
not prescribe any format for the Secretaries of Energy or Interior to
use in creating this reserve. In fact, the reserve could actually be
stored in the form of the raw material which is processed very easily
and can be done immediately because the processing technology is on
line.
So it literally could be the type of Commodity Credit Corporation
booking that we use for other grains in our country and other material
that we use in refining of alcohol-based fuels. So it does not say to
the Secretary that they have to buy it in this form or store it in a
given form. They could actually store the grain and use the powers of
the Commodity Credit Corporation, for example, to broker those
reserves. But nonetheless it would be available in the country.
We are talking about a process that actually is simpler than refining
petroleum and refining crude and one that is much less dirty. So if I
could beg the gentleman as we move towards conference, perhaps, I would
like to move forward with this amendment in some form to find a manner
in which it can work and with which the gentleman is comfortable.
National Farmers Union,
April 19, 2005.
Hon. Marcy Kaptur,
House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Congresswoman Kaptur: On behalf of the over 260,000
members of the National Farmers Union, we write in strong
support of your amendment to H.R. 6 which will establish
renewable fuel reserves as an important foundation to
lessening our dependence on foreign oil.
Thanks to your leadership your legislation can help store
renewable fuels in case of possible future consumer
disruptions. We applaud your efforts and we want to work
closely with you on making this amendment part of H.R. 6.
We look forward to working with you on this issue and
commend you for your dedication to renewable fuels.
Sincerely,
David J. Frederickson,
President.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute.
Mr. Chairman, I wish I could find a way to say ``yes.''
Unfortunately, I cannot.
I think the underlying bill which has an authorization to increase
the crude Strategic Petroleum Reserve and build it out to a billion
barrels and also try to build some new refineries in this country, if
we take those two things together, we will have the same effect as the
gentlewoman's intent, which is to create the ability, if we ever need
the SPR, to move the large amounts more quickly and to refine them more
quickly and thus disrupt the American economy as little as possible.
I continue to oppose the gentlewoman's amendment. I urge a ``no''
vote.
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Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the
noes appeared to have it.
Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Ms.
Kaptur) will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 13
printed in House Report 109-49.
Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Conaway
Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment No. 13 offered by Mr. Conaway:
In title III, subtitle B, add at the end the following new
section:
SEC. 334. OIL, GAS, AND MINERAL INDUSTRY WORKERS.
Congress recognizes that a critical component in meeting
expanded domestic oil and gas supplies is the availability of
adequate numbers of trained and skilled workers who can
undertake the difficult, complex, and often hazardous tasks
to bring new supplies into production. Years of volatility in
oil and gas prices, and uncertainty over Federal policy on
access to resources, has created a severe shortage of skilled
workers for the oil and gas industry. To address this
shortage, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the
Secretary of Labor, shall evaluate both the short term and
longer term availability of skilled workers to meet the
energy security requirements of the United States, addressing
the availability of skilled labor at both entry level and at
more senior levels in the oil, gas, and mineral industries.
Within twelve months of the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Labor, and the
Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a report
with recommendations as appropriate to meet the future labor
requirements for the domestic extraction industries.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 219, the gentleman
from Texas (Mr. Conaway) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway).
Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, I offer this amendment to address what is a critical
shortage of labor within the oil and gas industry and the mineral
industries.
Since 1999 there has been a significant drop in the number of jobs in
the oil field. As the price of oil and natural gas have fluctuated,
workers have come and gone in this industry. We are now at a point
where we are at a critical shortage of workers across the spectrum,
roughnecks, well service hands, pulling unit hands and others, as well
as the technical engineers, geologists, geophysicists. They are key to
continuing the search for domestic production.
As an example, one community in my district, Kermit, Texas, in 1998-
1999 had some 9,000 people living there. As a result of the downturn in
those years and the loss of jobs, that community now has 6,000 people
living there. Even with the significant increases in the price of
natural gas and crude oil that we are experiencing today, those people
have not come back to Kermit, Texas. We are facing this critical
shortage.
My amendment would simply require the Energy Department, in
consultation with the Interior Department as well as the Labor
Department, to conduct a study of the impact that this shortage is
having and to present possible solutions to the shortage.
By way of trying to be a bit dramatic, each barrel of oil we import,
each MCF of natural gas we import, adds to our trade deficit each and
every day. The need to import a barrel of oil or the need to import an
MCF of natural gas causes us to remain dependent on those foreign
sources.
I speak in favor of this amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman
from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce), a former oil and gas company owner.
Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time.
I would support the amendment. As an oil and gas service company, we
did not actually own oil and gas wells, but we owned a company that
repaired the wells. My wife and I faced the problem daily of where to
find employees and how to retain those employees.
In the 1999-2000 period, the price of oil fell to $6 for New Mexico
type of oil. Revenues in service companies like ours fell to 20 percent
of the original values. Although my wife and I were able to keep every
employee for the duration of that period of time, about 11 months,
many, many of the firms laid off 68 to 70 percent of their employees
and gave pay cuts in the industry.
That is the sort of cyclical thing that we face in the oil and gas
industry, and now that the price has come back up, literally there are
no workers to be had because they do not wanted to come back to a
cyclical industry. We face limitations on production based on the lack
of availability of labor.
So I think that this important study should be done to find out where
we can get labor, where we can get solutions to simply keep our oil
fields working. The viability of our oil fields really is going to
determine the price of natural gas and petroleum in this economy.
I think the gentleman's amendment is well placed, and again, I would
heartily endorse it and request Members to vote for it.
Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman
from Oklahoma (Mr. Boren).
Mr. BOREN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Conaway amendment.
I come from an energy State. I come from a State that produces oil
and gas. It produces not only oil and gas, but it produces jobs for our
local economy. And I rise in support of this amendment because it is a
jobs amendment.
In the 1980s and the 1990s we saw a great fluctuation in the price of
oil and gas. We lost some jobs and some of those jobs never came back.
Even though today we have higher oil and gas prices, some of those
folks that were involved in the industry never came back. That tax base
has been lost, and young people are not entering into the industry like
they were before. They are not entering into the PLM programs, the
programs that are so vital to our industry.
So it is very important that we support this amendment so that we
have more tool pushers, more roughnecks and more truck drivers in
places like Oklahoma.
I would ask each Member to vote for this amendment.
Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Texas (Mr. Barton), the chairman of the Committee on Energy and
Commerce.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway) has 2
minutes remaining.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Conaway
amendment. I think it adds to the bill. It is a study to ask the
Department of Energy and the Department of Labor to see what the supply
of labor is in the oil field industry, both in the short term and the
long term.
You hear stories that all the landmen have retired and the
geophysicists have retired, and you even hear some stories that we do
not have the roughnecks to go out and operate the rigs. There is a big
natural gas plague going on in Texas right now. There is some oil
production drilling going on.
So I think this is a useful element, and I hope we would support it.
I thank the gentleman from Midland, Texas (Mr. Conaway), for offering
it.
Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Chairman, I would like to close with one statistic. In 1981 there
were some 1.6 million people employed in the oil and gas industry.
Today, at the end of 2004, that number now just barely reaches 500,000.
A dramatic decrease in the number of good, solid jobs in this economy
and jobs in an industry that is clearly vital to our national interest.
I encourage my colleagues to vote in favor of the amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by
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the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway).
The amendment was agreed to.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 14
printed in House Report 109-49.
Amendment Offered by Ms. Solis
Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows: folllows:
Amendment No. 14 offered by Ms. Solis:
Strike subtitle D of title III (relating to refinery
revitalization) and make the necessary conforming changes in
the table of contents.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 219, the
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Solis) and a Member opposed each will
control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Solis).
Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Today I rise to offer my amendment to strike the refinery
revitalization provisions in H.R. 6. The refinery revitalization
provisions are the biggest environmental and public health injustices
that the Congress and Bush administration can perpetrate on the
American people. The bill would strip our States and communities and
local air boards and other Federal agencies of existing authorities and
give these authorities to the Department of Energy. The energy czar is
then required to establish refinery revitalization zones in more than
1,200 counties and, in each instance, can veto our States and
communities.
This language is crafted on false premises. In two separate letters
in the summer and fall of 2004, the EPA stated that it was not aware of
any pending permits under the public health laws we are undermining.
According to the 2005 Energy Information Administration's annual energy
outlook, refining capacity is expected to grow through 2025 under
existing laws.
The refinery revitalization provisions are opposed by a wide variety
of groups. The following are 15 national entities representing public
entities, health care entities and civil rights organizations:
The National Association of Counties, the National
Conference of State Legislatures, the National League of
Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the Environmental
Council of States, the State and Territorial Air Pollution
Program Administrators, the Association of Local Pollution
Control Officials, the South Coast Air Quality Management
District in California, all major environmental and public
health groups including the League of Conservation Voters,
the National Hispanic Environmental Council, the National
Council of La Raza, and the League of United Latin American
Citizens.
Most of the neighborhoods in refinery communities are low-income
minority communities with the least availability to defend themselves
from corporate pollution, and most are vulnerable to environmental and
public health problems, yet are targets in this very language.
More than 70 percent of Latinos and African Americans live in
counties with dirty air. Latino children have asthma at a much higher
rate than non-Latino children, and death rates from asthma among
African Americans are 2.5 time higher than for whites. Yet this
language would put the Department of Energy in charge of protecting our
health.
Perhaps before we harm the health of most underserved populations,
before we strip States and communities of their rights to protect
themselves, and before we turn a good part of this Nation into a
refinery revitalization zone, perhaps we should have a real dialogue,
that would have tremendous impacts in our communities, that would truly
represent those concerns and voices we represent.
I urge my colleagues to support my amendment to protect our
communities and support the amendment to strike this egregious
language.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
(Mr. BARTON of Texas asked and was given permission to revise and
extend his remarks.)
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the
amendment.
Mr. Chairman, we have not built a new refinery in the United States
since 1976. Now, we have expanded some existing refineries, but we have
closed dozens, if not hundreds, of small refineries.
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We are importing refined product because we do not have the ability
to meet our needs for refined petroleum products with our existing
refinery base. Our refineries are operating at 95 percent capacity
every day.
Now, this amendment that the gentlewoman from California wants to
strike would say that we are going to go out and do an inventory of
existing refinery sites that have been closed or manufacturing sites
that have been closed where there is high unemployment, high
unemployment. So you have to have two things. You have to have an
existing refinery site or a manufacturing site that is no longer in
use, and you have to have very high unemployment.
We think there are around 100 of those sites. I think the exact
number is 96; and under this part of the bill, if a community wants to
solicit a refinery, we set up an expedited procedure that is led by the
Department of Energy where you can go and request all the number of
permits. We do not waive any permit. We do not eliminate any permit.
We are not mandating that anybody has to seek one of these, but I
think it would be a positive to build 5, 6, 7 million barrels of new
refinery capacity in this country using state-of-the-art technology so
that we can meet 100 percent of our refined product needs, take some
load off the existing refinery base, and, yes, create some jobs in
America. I think that would be a good thing, not a bad thing.
So I strongly oppose this amendment and would encourage all the other
Members to oppose the amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gene
Green).
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I reluctantly rise in
opposition because the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Solis) is a
good member of our committee, and we work on lots of issues together.
I represent a blue collar district. We have probably more refineries
in the district I represent now than anyone else in the country and
those are our jobs, are our tax base and what economic development we
have, and they are blue collar jobs. They are minority jobs in our
district.
I am concerned, though, about what is happening in our country. We
continually transfer our blue collar industrial capacity overseas. My
concern is we are seeing the same thing happen whether it be with
refineries or petrochemical plants just like we have seen with our
textiles. It would not be very difficult to move a chemical plant to
where they are still flaring natural gas or to have a refinery ship us
refined product.
That is why I think the provision of the bill is really good, and I
think the amendment does a disservice maybe to our whole country
because we need to expand our refining capacity, again, reopening
those, make them get the permits, but also make sure that we keep those
jobs in our country instead of moving overseas.
Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Chairman, I would like to inquire how much time is
remaining.
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The gentlewoman from California
(Ms. Solis) has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/4\ minutes to the gentleman from
Maine (Mr. Allen).
Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me
time.
Mr. Chairman, refinery emissions cause asthma. Since the refineries
pose a threat to human health, they are regulated under the Clean Air
Act; but this energy bill undermines EPA's ability to enforce clean air
standards at refining facilities. The provision moves the task of
environmental protection from the EPA to the Department of Energy where
it does not belong.
The bill would place the Secretary of Energy in charge of the
permitting process, the official record and the only environmental
review document. DOE is even given the power to issue permits which EPA
and State governments have denied.
EPA's three decades of expertise would be supplanted by an agency
without experience enforcing the Clean
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Air Act. It may be time to expand existing refineries or build new
ones, but EPA is not the problem. EPA has no outstanding refinery
permit requests; and if there were a problem, there would be a backlog,
and there is none.
Putting DOE in charge will create more bureaucracy, not more
refineries. EPA's Clean Air Act knowledge is an asset in expedited
permitting, not a liability, because the DOE is much more likely to
issue permits that will be struck down in court.
Please vote for the Solis amendment.
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of the
time.
Again, I oppose the Solis amendment. I was at the White House earlier
this week and was briefing the President on the energy bill that came
out of the various committees; and when I mentioned this particular
element, which I consider to be an important element of the bill,
something that we did not have in last year's bill, his initial, off-
the-cuff reaction was, A, it was very good; and, B, could we add
abandoned military bases.
Obviously, it is not in order to change the amendment on the floor,
but when we go to conference, if the President decides that the
official position of the White House is to support the amendment plus
add abandoned military bases, we will have a debate in the conference
and hopefully add that.
But the bottom line on this is we need more refinery capacity. We
need it in this country. Why not put it at old refinery sites or old
manufacturing sites where they have high unemployment and we can create
some good jobs for America, and oh, yes, by the way, most of these jobs
will be union jobs.
I would urge a ``no'' vote on the Solis amendment. Let us vote for
jobs in America.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back my time.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentlewoman from California (Ms. Solis) has
1\1/4\ minutes remaining.
Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Chairman, I yield for a unanimous consent request to
the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich) to allow him to enter his
statement into the Record.
(Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Chairman, I enter my statement in the Record in
support of the Solis amendment.
Mr. Chairman, no one wants an oil refinery in their neighborhood. So
in order to force one open, this bill encourages them to be established
in neighborhoods with high unemployment or recent layoffs.
The University of Texas and the Houston Chronicle studied the air
near refineries in the Houston area. The paper wrote that they ``found
the air . . . so laden with toxic chemicals that it was dangerous to
breathe.'' Houston is not alone.
Multiple penalties of hundreds of thousands of dollars for
environmental violations have been handed to refineries so far this
year. And we surely have not forgotten last month's BP refinery
explosion that killed 15 people.
Let's employ the unemployed but not at the expense of their families'
health and well-being. That is kicking them when they're down.
Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/4\ minutes to the gentleman from
Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar).
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me
time.
I could well envision a procedure that would require the EPA to
coordinate in a consultative process with the Department of Energy to
resolve environmental issues, but the crafters of this bill have I
would say knowing the gentleman from Texas not intentionally but
unintentionally overreached. They extend this authority for the
Secretary of Department of Energy to overturn a range of Federal laws.
The Corps of Engineers regulates activities that would have adverse
effect on navigable waters of the United States. Private parties could
locate wharves, docks, other structures in the water that would
obstruct commerce; but the Corps of Engineers has permitting authority
that says, no, you cannot do that.
With this language, the Secretary of Energy could throw out a century
of regulatory authority, for example, in the case where a refinery has
been denied a permit to build a structure in a navigable waterway. The
applicant would appeal to the Secretary of Energy who would just simply
overturn the corps.
Refineries often are not located near navigable waterways to
facilitate barge traffic. If the corps said, no, you are going to do
something that is going to obstruct navigation, the Secretary of Energy
could overturn the corps.
I do not think that is intended, and this authority goes even further
to FAA and other agencies under the jurisdiction of our committee. It
should be defeated.
Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the Solis
amendment to the energy bill.
This amendment ensures that the Federal laws and regulations that
pertain to ensuring clean air and water and a solid quality of life for
our constituents are not stripped out just because they or their
community is facing some economic distress.
Specifically, the Solis amendment would strip out language that
cynically allows refineries to move into economically distressed
communities, override Federal environmental laws, trample on local
zoning laws and ignore community opposition to set up shop.
The fact that this bill allows the oil companies to ride roughshod
over those communities facing tough economic times is a travesty.
Urban and rural communities facing tough times cannot and should not
serve as dumping grounds for the oil industry.
Just because a community is facing an economic downturn is no reason
to say that population can now be exposed to refineries and their
byproducts in their community--and that these people do not deserve the
protections of the Clear Air Act as just one example.
The House has the opportunity to strip out the special rights and
ensure equal rights for all of our constituents.
While I represent New York City and do not see any oil refineries
planning to set up shop there any time soon, this amendment is an
attack on all communities facing tough times and will lead to greater
victimization of people suffering.
Please support the Solis amendment and strip out the damaging special
rights for refineries in this bill.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. All time for debate on the amendment has
expired.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
California (Ms. Solis).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the
noes appeared to have it.
Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California
(Ms. Solis) will be postponed.
Sequential Votes Postponed In Committee Of The Whole
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were
postponed, in the following order:
amendment No. 14 by Ms. Solis of California;
amendment No. 12 by Ms. Kaptur of Ohio;
amendment No. 9 by Mr. Waxman of California;
amendment No. 7 by Mr. Bishop of New York;
amendment No. 6 by Mr. Mike Rogers of Michigan to the amendment of
Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut;
amendment No. 5 by Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut;
amendment No. 4 by Mr. Boehlert of New York;
amendment No. 3 by Mr. Markey of Massachusetts;
amendment No. 2 by Mr. Dingell of Michigan.
The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote
after the first vote in this series.
Amendment No. 14 Offered by Ms. Solis
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
California (Ms. Solis) on which further proceedings were postponed and
on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 182,
noes 248, not voting 4, as follows:
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[Roll No. 115]
AYES--182
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baird
Baldwin
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Carnahan
Carson
Case
Castle
Chandler
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Ehlers
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Frank (MA)
Gerlach
Gilchrest
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hastings (FL)
Higgins
Hinchey
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
Kucinich
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Leach
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Marshall
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Price (NC)
Rahall
Ramstad
Rangel
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Saxton
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Shays
Sherman
Simmons
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Tauscher
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Wilson (NM)
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
NOES--248
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Baca
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carter
Chabot
Chocola
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crenshaw
Cubin
Cuellar
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gibbons
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Green, Gene
Gutknecht
Hall
Harman
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Istook
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Keller
Kennedy (MN)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Latham
LaTourette
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Matheson
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris
Melancon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Murphy
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Ortiz
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Royce
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (TX)
Sodrel
Souder
Stearns
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--4
Andrews
Delahunt
Emanuel
Kelly
{time} 2120
Messrs. OTTER, GRAVES, FORD and Ms. HARMAN changed their vote from
``aye'' to ``no.''
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. GILCHREST and Mr. GONZALEZ changed their
vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 12 Offered by Ms. Kaptur
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The pending business is the demand
for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) on which further proceedings were postponed and on
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 186,
noes 239, not voting 9, as follows:
[Roll No. 116]
AYES--186
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Carnahan
Carson
Case
Chandler
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Costa
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Doyle
Ehlers
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Ford
Frank (MA)
Gilchrest
Gordon
Green (WI)
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Herseth
Higgins
Hinchey
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hostettler
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (MN)
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
Kucinich
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Leach
Lee
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Marshall
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Nussle
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Souder
Spratt
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
NOES--239
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Allen
Baca
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boren
Boustany
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carter
Castle
Chabot
Chocola
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Cooper
Crenshaw
Cubin
Cuellar
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (KY)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dingell
Doggett
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards
English (PA)
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Green, Al
Green, Gene
[[Page H2376]]
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hulshof
Hyde
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Istook
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Keller
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Latham
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Matheson
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris
Melancon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Murphy
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Ortiz
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Salazar
Saxton
Schwarz (MI)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Sodrel
Stearns
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Towns
Turner
Upton
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Wasserman Schultz
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--9
Andrews
Bachus
Emanuel
Gohmert
Grijalva
Hunter
Kelly
Mollohan
Pickering
Announcement by the Acting Chairman
The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised 2 minutes
remain in this vote.
{time} 2126
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Waxman
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California
(Mr. Waxman) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 166,
noes 262, not voting 6, as follows:
[Roll No. 117]
AYES--166
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Bass
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Bradley (NH)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson
Case
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis, Tom
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Doggett
Ehlers
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Ford
Frank (MA)
Gilchrest
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Harman
Herseth
Higgins
Hinchey
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Johnson (IL)
Jones (OH)
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
Kirk
Kucinich
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Leach
Lee
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Menendez
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Platts
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Ramstad
Rangel
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Saxton
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Shays
Sherman
Skelton
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Walsh
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
NOES--262
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Baca
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Barton (TX)
Beauprez
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Castle
Chabot
Chandler
Chocola
Clay
Cleaver
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Cox
Cramer
Crenshaw
Cubin
Cuellar
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Deal (GA)
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dingell
Doolittle
Doyle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Istook
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Kanjorski
Keller
Kennedy (MN)
Kildee
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Latham
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marshall
Matheson
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moran (KS)
Murphy
Murtha
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Ortiz
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Poe
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Rahall
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Royce
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Salazar
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Smith (TX)
Sodrel
Souder
Stearns
Strickland
Stupak
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Towns
Turner
Upton
Visclosky
Walden (OR)
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--6
Andrews
Bachus
Emanuel
Kelly
LaTourette
Slaughter
Announcement by the Acting Chairman
The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised 2 minutes
remain in this vote.
{time} 2134
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 117, had I been present,
I would have voted ``aye.''
Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Bishop of New York
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The pending business is the demand
for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New
York (Mr. Bishop) on which further proceedings were postponed and on
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
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The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 170,
noes 259, not voting 5, as follows:
[Roll No. 118]
AYES--170
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Carnahan
Carson
Case
Chandler
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Ford
Frank (MA)
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Higgins
Hinchey
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jefferson
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
Kirk
Kucinich
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McGovern
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Menendez
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Platts
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Shays
Sherman
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Tauscher
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
NOES--259
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boren
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carter
Castle
Chabot
Chocola
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Costa
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crenshaw
Cubin
Cuellar
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards
Ehlers
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Istook
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Keller
Kennedy (MN)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Latham
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marshall
Matheson
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McIntyre
McKeon
McMorris
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Murphy
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Ortiz
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Poe
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Skelton
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Sodrel
Souder
Stearns
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Towns
Turner
Upton
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--5
Andrews
Clay
Emanuel
Kelly
McDermott
Announcement by the Acting Chairman
The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised that 2
minutes remain in this vote.
{time} 2141
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Rogers of Michigan to Amendment No. 5
Offered by Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan
(Mr. Rogers) to the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
Connecticut (Mrs. Johnson) on which further proceedings were postponed
and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 259,
noes 172, not voting 3, as follows:
[Roll No. 119]
AYES--259
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Baca
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Berry
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carson
Carter
Chabot
Chandler
Chocola
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Conyers
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cubin
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Deal (GA)
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dingell
Doolittle
Doyle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards
Emerson
Everett
Feeney
Flake
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gallegly
Gibbons
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Gutknecht
Hall
Harman
Harris
Hart
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden
Hostettler
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hunter
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Istook
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Keller
Kennedy (MN)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
King (IA)
Kingston
Kline
Knollenberg
Kuhl (NY)
Latham
LaTourette
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McIntyre
McKeon
McMorris
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Murphy
Murtha
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Ortiz
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Pastor
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Pickering
Pitts
Poe
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Rahall
Rangel
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Royce
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Salazar
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (TX)
Sodrel
Souder
Stearns
Strickland
Stupak
Sullivan
Tancredo
Tanner
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Visclosky
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Watt
Weldon (FL)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--172
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
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Bartlett (MD)
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Bradley (NH)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Carnahan
Case
Castle
Cooper
Costa
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis, Tom
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Doggett
Ehlers
Engel
English (PA)
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Ferguson
Filner
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Foley
Ford
Fossella
Frank (MA)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gilchrest
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hefley
Higgins
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hyde
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kind
King (NY)
Kirk
Kolbe
Kucinich
LaHood
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Leach
Lee
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Menendez
Mica
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Platts
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Ramstad
Regula
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Saxton
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Serrano
Shays
Sherman
Sherwood
Simmons
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Sweeney
Tauscher
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Wamp
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Waxman
Weiner
Weldon (PA)
Wexler
Wolf
Woolsey
Wu
NOT VOTING--3
Andrews
Emanuel
Kelly
Announcement by the Acting Chairman
The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised that 2
minutes remain in this vote.
{time} 2148
Mr. WAMP changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mr. MEEK of Florida changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The question is on the amendment
offered by the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. Johnson), as amended.
The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the
ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 346,
noes 85, not voting 3, as follows:
[Roll No. 120]
AYES--346
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Baca
Bachus
Baird
Barrett (SC)
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Bean
Beauprez
Berkley
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Bradley (NH)
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brown (OH)
Brown (SC)
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardin
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson
Carter
Castle
Chabot
Chandler
Chocola
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cubin
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
Delahunt
DeLauro
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doolittle
Doyle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards
Ehlers
Emerson
English (PA)
Eshoo
Etheridge
Everett
Fattah
Feeney
Ferguson
Filner
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Gutknecht
Hall
Harman
Harris
Hart
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden
Honda
Hooley
Hostettler
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Istook
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Keller
Kennedy (MN)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Lantos
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Lofgren, Zoe
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marshall
Matheson
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinney
McMorris
Meek (FL)
Melancon
Mica
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murphy
Murtha
Musgrave
Myrick
Neal (MA)
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Oberstar
Ortiz
Osborne
Otter
Owens
Oxley
Pastor
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothman
Royce
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Sabo
Salazar
Sanchez, Loretta
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Skelton
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Sodrel
Souder
Spratt
Stearns
Strickland
Stupak
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Towns
Turner
Upton
Visclosky
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Waters
Watt
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Westmoreland
Wexler
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wu
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--85
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baker
Baldwin
Becerra
Berman
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Capps
Capuano
Case
Davis (CA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Doggett
Engel
Evans
Farr
Frank (MA)
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Higgins
Hinchey
Holt
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Kennedy (RI)
Kind
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Lee
Lewis (GA)
LoBiondo
Lowey
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McNulty
Meehan
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore (WI)
Nadler
Napolitano
Obey
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Rangel
Roybal-Allard
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanders
Saxton
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Sherman
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Solis
Stark
Tauscher
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Watson
Waxman
Weiner
Wolf
Woolsey
NOT VOTING--3
Andrews
Emanuel
Kelly
Announcement by the Acting Chairman
The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised 2 minutes
remain in this vote.
{time} 2156
Messrs. GUTIERREZ, BLUMENAUER, and MEEHAN changed their vote from
``aye'' to ``no.''
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. CARNAHAN, and Ms. BERKLEY changed
their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment, as amended, was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Boehlert
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Boehlert) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
[[Page H2379]]
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 177,
noes 254, not voting 3, as follows:
[Roll No. 121]
AYES--177
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson
Case
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Crowley
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis, Tom
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Doggett
Ehlers
Engel
English (PA)
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Foley
Ford
Frank (MA)
Frelinghuysen
Gerlach
Gilchrest
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Harman
Harris
Hastings (FL)
Hefley
Herseth
Higgins
Hinchey
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Inglis (SC)
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Kennedy (RI)
Kind
King (NY)
Kirk
Kucinich
LaHood
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Leach
Lee
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Menendez
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Platts
Price (NC)
Ramstad
Rangel
Reynolds
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Saxton
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Serrano
Shaw
Shays
Sherman
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson (CA)
Tiberi
Tierney
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Weldon (PA)
Wexler
Wolf
Woolsey
Wu
Young (FL)
NOES--254
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Baca
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Castle
Chabot
Chandler
Chocola
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Conyers
Cox
Cramer
Crenshaw
Cubin
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Deal (GA)
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dingell
Doolittle
Doyle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards
Emerson
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Flake
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gibbons
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Hall
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hensarling
Herger
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden
Hostettler
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Issa
Istook
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Keller
Kennedy (MN)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
King (IA)
Kingston
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
Latham
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marshall
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McIntyre
McKeon
McMorris
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moran (KS)
Murphy
Murtha
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Ortiz
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Pickering
Pitts
Poe
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Rahall
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reyes
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Royce
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Salazar
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Smith (TX)
Sodrel
Souder
Stearns
Strickland
Stupak
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Towns
Turner
Upton
Visclosky
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wynn
Young (AK)
NOT VOTING--3
Andrews
Emanuel
Kelly
Announcement by the Acting Chairman
The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised that 2
minutes remain in this vote.
{time} 2202
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Markey
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) on which further proceedings were postponed
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 200,
noes 231, not voting 3, as follows:
[Roll No. 122]
AYES--200
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Bass
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Boswell
Boucher
Bradley (NH)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Carnahan
Carson
Case
Castle
Chandler
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Costello
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis, Tom
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Ehlers
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Ferguson
Filner
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Ford
Frank (MA)
Frelinghuysen
Gerlach
Gilchrest
Gonzalez
Gordon
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Higgins
Hinchey
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inglis (SC)
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kaptur
Kennedy (MN)
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
Kirk
Kucinich
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Leach
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Petri
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Ramstad
Rangel
Reichert
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Saxton
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Shays
Sherman
Simmons
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Tauscher
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walsh
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
NOES--231
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Baca
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Barton (TX)
Beauprez
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boren
Boustany
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carter
Chabot
Chocola
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Costa
Cox
Cramer
Crenshaw
Cubin
Cuellar
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Deal (GA)
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Feeney
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gallegly
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Garrett (NJ)
Gibbons
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Issa
Istook
Jefferson
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Kanjorski
Keller
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Latham
LaTourette
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris
Melancon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Murphy
Murtha
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Ortiz
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Regula
Rehberg
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Skelton
Smith (TX)
Sodrel
Souder
Stearns
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Towns
Turner
Upton
Walden (OR)
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--3
Andrews
Emanuel
Kelly
Announcement by the Acting Chairman
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson) (during the vote). Members are
advised 2 minutes remain in this vote.
{time} 2209
Mr. HALL changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Dingell
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan
(Mr. Dingell) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 188,
noes 243, not voting 3, as follows:
[Roll No. 123]
AYES--188
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson
Case
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Cramer
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Ehlers
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Ford
Frank (MA)
Gonzalez
Gordon
Graves
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Higgins
Hinchey
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
Kucinich
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Scott (VA)
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Shays
Sherman
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
NOES--243
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Castle
Chabot
Chandler
Chocola
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Cox
Crenshaw
Cubin
Cuellar
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (KY)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Green (WI)
Green, Gene
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Istook
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Kanjorski
Keller
Kennedy (MN)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McIntyre
McKeon
McMorris
Melancon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Murphy
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Ortiz
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA)
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Sodrel
Souder
Stearns
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Visclosky
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--3
Andrews
Emanuel
Kelly
Announcement by the Acting Chairman
The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised 2 minutes
remain in this vote.
{time} 2217
Mr. BOEHLERT changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Mr. HALL. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
LaHood) having assumed the chair, Mr. Simpson, Acting Chairman 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. 6) to
ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable
energy, had come to no resolution thereon.
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