[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 20, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1353]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. BART STUPAK

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 19, 2007

  Mr. STUPAK. Madam Speaker, on Friday, June 15, 2007, I missed votes 
because I had left Washington, I attend my son's swearing in to the 
California State Bar. I rise today to enter into the record how I would 
have voted had I been able to vote.
  House rollcall vote 466. I would have voted ``no'' on the McHenry 
Amendment to the Foxx Amendment, which failed by a vote of 108-300. 
This amendment would have resulted in a 50 percent cut to the General 
Counsel's office.
  House rollcall vote 467. I would have voted ``yes'' on the Foxx 
Amendment, which would have reduced funding of the Office of the 
Secretary by $1.241 million.
  House rollcall vote 468. I would have voted ``yes'' on the Fallin 
Amendment to reduce Office of the Secretary funding by $138,000.
  House rollcall vote 469. I would have voted ``yes'' on the Drake 
Amendment, to provide $9.1 million for the 287(g) program, which trains 
and supports local law enforcement to enforce immigration laws, and 
reduces the Under Secretary for Management by $10.4 million.
  House rollcall vote 470. I would have voted ``yes'' on the King of 
New York amendment, which would provide $40 million for domestic 
nuclear detection office.
  House rollcall vote 471. I would have voted ``no'' on the Brown-Waite 
amendment to provide an additional $89.125 million for border fencing 
and technology because the bill fully funds the President's $1 billion 
request.
  House rollcall vote 472. I would have opposed the Burgess amendment 
that would have cut the Under Secretary for Management by $15 million 
and fund the Secure Flight program because the Administration has no 
plan for this program's operations and privacy protections.
  House rollcall vote 473. I would have supported the Ferguson 
amendment which would have cut the Under Secretary for Management by 
$50 million and increase Buffer Zone Protection grants, doubling 
funding for the program.
  House rollcall vote 474. I would have supported the McHenry amendment 
to cut Under Secretary for Management and increase Citizenship and 
Immigration Services immigration processing by $30 million.
  House rollcall vote 475. I would have voted ``no'' on the Pearce 
Amendment. The amendment would cut aviation explosive investment by 
$125 million and increases Customs and Border Protection by a like 
amount. This amendment would delay security improvements to detect 
explosives at airports and in air cargo. This bill already contains 
record numbers of border patrol agents and border protection funding.
  House rollcall vote 476. While I support border fencing, I would have 
opposed the Carter Amendment. The amendment would eliminate the 
following requirements--State, local and Federal consultation on border 
fencing; a 15-day public notification of environmental waivers; and a 
good-management expenditure plan for the $1 billion provided in this 
bill for border fencing and technology. As a Representative of a border 
community, I have strong concerns about eliminating the requirement the 
Department consults with border communities and states when 
constructing fencing.
  House rollcall vote 477. I would have voted ``no'' on the McCaul 
Amendment, which would eliminate the requirement to certify the cost 
effectiveness of unmanned aerial vehicle use at the borders before 
additional ones may be procured.
  House rollcall vote 478. I would have voted ``yes'' on Amendment No. 
105, offered by Rep. King (IA). The amendment would provide an 
additional $5 million for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to 
promote an employment eligibility program, bringing the total to $35 
million.
  House rollcall vote 479. I would have voted ``no'' on the Bilbray 
Amendment. The amendment would provide $150 million additional funding 
to REAL ID, when there was already $50 million in the bill.
  House rollcall vote 480. I would have voted ``no'' on the McCaul 
Amendment (No. 99), which would strike a provision in the bill to limit 
funding in this or any other bill until pending litigation on the human 
resource system is resolved.
  House rollcall vote 481. I would have voted ``no'' on the Rogers (KY) 
Amendment No. 2. The amendment would cap the number of aviation 
screeners at 45,000.
  House rollcall vote 482. I would have voted ``no'' on the Poe 
Amendment. This amendment would require people traveling to and from my 
District and Canada to have a passport and would not allow the 
Department of State to implement an alternative passport document.
  House rollcall vote 483. I would have voted ``yes'' on the LaTourette 
Amendment to restrict funding in the Act from implementing the Western 
Hemisphere Travel Initiative before June 1, 2009. I strongly support 
not allowing the administration to implement WHTI before 2009 because 
the Administration has failed to report on how it will implement the 
program in a way that does not affect trade and protect the privacy of 
my constituents.
  House rollcall vote 484. I would have voted ``no'' on the Tancredo 
Amendment, which would restrict funding in the Act from implementing 
the Visa Waiver program, a program with 27 countries today.
  House rollcall vote 485. I would have opposed the Tancredo Amendment 
No. 7 which would block State and local communities from receiving 
grant funding if they are found to be acting in contravention of the 
law that States and locals cannot prevent the sharing of immigration 
information with the Federal government. Neither DHS nor the Department 
of Justice has ever found this to have happened.
  House rollcall vote 486. I would have voted ``no'' on the Royce 
Amendment that would require all $1 billion in the bill for border 
fencing and technology only for two layers of pedestrian fence.
  House rollcall vote 487 I would have voted ``no'' on the Forbes 
Amendment which would eliminate the ability to extend Temporary 
Protected Status granted victims from war-torn countries.
  House rollcall vote 488. I would have voted ``no'' on the Rogers (KY) 
Amendment. The amendment would eliminate the Davis-Bacon prevailing 
wage requirement in the bill. Our contract workers deserve to be paid a 
prevailing wage and I strongly oppose this amendment.
  House rollcall vote 489. I would have voted ``no'' on the Rogers (KY) 
Amendment No. 1. The amendment would reduce funding in the bill across-
the-board by 5.7 percent, or a total of $2.1 billion.
  House rollcall vote 490. I would have opposed the Republican Motion 
to Recommit on this bill.
  House rollcall vote 491. I would have voted ``yes'' on final passage 
of the Fiscal Year 2008 appropriations bill, which includes $1 billion 
for border security, funding for an additional 500 agents on the 
northern border, and reverses cuts made by the administration to 
critical first responder grant programs.
  House rollcall vote 492. I would have voted against the Hayes 
Amendment, which would cut $30 million, or 15 percent, from the NATO 
Security Investment Program.
  House rollcall vote 493. I would have voted for the Blumenauer/Brown-
Waite Amendment to cut $201 million from the BRAC 2005 account and 
increase the BRAC 1990 account by $50 million. There is currently a 
$3.5 billion backlog in environmental clean up projects necessary as a 
result of previous BRAC rounds. This amendment ensures that we continue 
to make progress on rehabilitating old bases.
  House rollcall vote 494. I would have voted ``no'' on the Price 
Amendment to cut $50 million from the BRAC 1990 account, which funds 
old environmental clean up programs. The amendment would then increase 
VA medical services funding by $22 million. The bill already includes 
$28.9 billion for veterans' medical care, the largest increase in the 
history of the VA.
  House rollcall vote 495. I would have voted ``yes'' on the Moran 
Amendment. This amendment would have increased the beneficiary 
transportation account by $10 million.
  House rollcall vote 496. I would have voted ``yes'' on the Garrett 
Amendment to add $10 million to the State Extended Care facilities 
account. As I represent the Jacobetti Veterans Home in Marquette, MI, I 
have been a strong supporter of veterans' homes.
  House rollcall vote 497. I would have voted ``yes'' on the Musgrave/
Salazar amendment to prohibit the Army from studying the possible 
expansion of the Pinon Canyon maneuver site, a training site in 
Colorado.
  House rollcall vote 498. I would have voted ``yes'' on the final 
passage of the 2008 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs 
Appropriations bill, which included the largest increase in VA funding 
in U.S. history.

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