[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 143 (Wednesday, September 10, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H7980-H7984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  MISSISQUOI AND TROUT RIVERS WILD AND SCENIC RIVER STUDY ACT OF 2008

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1419 and rule

[[Page H7981]]

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. 3667.

                              {time}  1728


                     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. 3667) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate a segment of the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in the State of 
Vermont for study for potential addition to the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System, with Mr. Doyle (Acting Chairman) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Pomeroy). When the committee of the whole 
rose earlier today, amendment No. 3 printed in House report 110-834, 
offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake), had been disposed 
of.


                Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Grijalva

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona 
(Mr. Grijalva) 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 vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 418, 
noes 0, not voting 20, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 581]

                               AYES--418

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Bordallo
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Carter
     Castle
     Castor
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Childers
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Faleomavaega
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Graves
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hirono
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Norton
     Nunes
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Petri
     Pickering
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Salazar
     Sali
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Saxton
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sestak
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--20

     Abercrombie
     Baca
     Cardoza
     Cazayoux
     Christensen
     Culberson
     Feeney
     Fortuno
     Harman
     Hinojosa
     Hodes
     Hulshof
     Keller
     Lee
     Levin
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pitts

                              {time}  1753

  Mr. MACK 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. The question is on the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, as amended.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, 
was agreed to.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mrs. 
Tauscher) having assumed the chair, Mr. Pomeroy, 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. 3667) to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the 
Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in the State of Vermont for study for 
potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 
pursuant to House Resolution 1419, he reported the bill back to the 
House with an amendment adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment 
reported from the Committee of the Whole? If not, the question is on 
the amendment.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. SALI. Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. SALI. Yes, in its current form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Sali of Idaho moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3667 to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources with instructions to 
     report the same back to the House forthwith with the 
     following amendment:

       At the end add a new title designated and entitled ``Title 
     II--American Energy Act'', comprised of the text of H.R. 
     6566, 110th Congress, as introduced in the House of 
     Representatives (and conform the title designation, section 
     numbers, and any references to such sections, accordingly).

[[Page H7982]]

  Mr. GRIJALVA. Madam Speaker, I reserve a point of order on the 
motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from Idaho is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. SALI. Madam Speaker, today, millions of Americans will go to 
work, and the overwhelming majority of them will drive. No matter what 
type of car they use, tens of millions of Americans will use privately 
owned passenger automobiles to get to and from work and school, the 
stores where they shop, and the soccer fields where their kids 
practice. That's reality. That's here and now.
  We have to think about how to help the people that we represent 
today, the great majority of our fellow citizens for whom the past few 
months have been an energy nightmare.
  We are here today because my colleagues and I on this side of the 
aisle believe in what our distinguished leader has called the All-of-
the-Above Energy Agenda. Many of us, including me, came here during the 
August recess to call on our friends in the majority to come back and 
work with us on an energy policy that would enable us to access 
America's incredible natural resources in an environmentally 
responsible way quickly and effectively.
  That's why I'm offering this motion to recommit so that the House may 
vote on the American Energy Act now. Madam Speaker, this is a question 
of stewardship. We all look forward to a future where fossil fuels are 
less prevalent. We're all working toward that future. We need to pursue 
solar and wind power, advance hydrogen fuel cell technology, and 
encourage nuclear energy so we can cut through the red tape and 
construct plants as soon as possible.
  All of these are components of the American Energy Act, and I rise to 
call for a vote on that act today. But the American Energy Act also 
calls for drilling right now.

                              {time}  1800

  We need to drill--drill offshore, drill in ANWR, drill in the 
National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, drill in the new fields of North 
Dakota--aggressively develop oil sands and oil shale; we need to drill 
wherever there is a realistic promise of obtaining fuel for America's 
families.
  Let me give you some examples of why. According to an assessment 
conducted by the Minerals Management Service of technically recoverable 
oil and natural gas, the OCS contains 86 billion barrels of oil and 420 
trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Both could be obtained safely and 
in an environmentally sound way.
  In addition, there are an estimated 18 billion barrels of oil and 76 
trillion cubic feet of natural gas, or approximately 20 percent of the 
undiscovered technically recoverable resources in the OCS that are 
completely off-limits today, but the extreme lobby that seems to have a 
grip on the majority's energy policies won't allow us to go get it, and 
people suffer as a result.
  My motion to recommit promotes and offers effective incentives for 
energy conservation and more efficient use of our energy resources. It 
promotes all manner of alternative energy sources, and even establishes 
a renewable energy trust fund using revenues generated by exploration 
in the deep ocean and on the Arctic coastal plain.
  We fuel our cars and trucks and heat our homes and businesses because 
hardworking men and women take risks, drill for oil, refine it, store 
it, ship it and then sell it to individual customers. We need more of 
it--a lot more--now.
  We are all mindful that drilling won't make our energy problems 
disappear, but it will start us in the right direction. In the next few 
years, the oil that new drilling provides would start flowing into our 
fuel pumps. And in the interim, the fact that America is finally 
shattering our long-term dependence on foreign oil will send an 
unmistakable signal to friend and foe alike that America will use more 
of her own resources and thereby regain a degree of economic 
independence that we have lost for far too long.
  We have heard talk that there will be another new comprehensive 
energy bill from the Democrats. We also just took a break for more than 
an hour because there is not agreement across the aisle on what that 
bill will look like. Apparently, there are real questions whether the 
Democrat Members even support the proposal of Speaker Pelosi of a day 
ago. But I submit that now is the time to stop politicking, to do the 
right thing and vote on this motion to recommit right now. Everything 
the American public is asking us to do is included in this motion. 
America wants this all-of-the-above kind of legislation.
  Now a point of order has been reserved. That means that those across 
the aisle will try to beat this motion on a technicality. If we ask 
Americans, do you care more for an amendment to this river study bill 
that is totally free of technicalities or for Congress to finally vote 
to conserve, produce alternative energy and drill here and drill now, 
we all know they wouldn't care one whit about technicalities. They want 
energy.
  Earlier, Chairman Rahall said Republicans and Democrats have been too 
busy trying to blame each other for high gas prices. Well, I say 
America is blaming all of Congress for high gas and diesel prices. And 
I submit on my side of the aisle, by offering this amendment--that 
America wants--we're doing our part to make things right with the 
American people.
  I invite my colleagues across the aisle, don't sidestep this 
opportunity to do the right thing because of a technicality. Do the 
right thing. Vote for this motion to recommit so we can finally get the 
job done that the American public is demanding.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. GRIJALVA. Madam Speaker, I make a point of order that the motion 
to recommit contains nongermane instructions in violation of clause 7 
of rule XVI.
  Let me add, Madam Speaker, the Office of the Inspector General just 
released an investigation that they conducted on the office responsible 
for protecting the taxpayers in the royalty collections on our public 
lands. Let me just give a couple of quotes from the summary of the 
report.
  ``A culture of ethical failure. The single most serious problem our 
investigations revealed is a pervasive culture of exclusivity, exempt 
from the rules that govern all other employees of the Federal 
Government. In other cases, the results of our investigation revealed a 
program taxed with implementing a business model program, such as 
royalty-in-kind marketers, donned a private sector approach to 
essentially everything they did. This included effectively opting 
themselves out of the Ethics in Government Act, both in practice, and 
at one point even explored doing so by policy or regulation. We also 
discovered a culture of substance abuse and promiscuity in the RIK 
program, both within the program, including supervisors who engaged in 
illegal drug use and had sexual relations and consort with industry in 
the oil business.''
  I mention those because the gravity of this particular problem, this 
pathological behavior, should be noted and looked into by this 
Congress. When we get our new energy policy on the floor--soon--I hope 
that the other side will join with me in ensuring that ethical reform 
of the agency responsible for the protection of the taxpayers' 
investment are part and parcel of any comprehensive energy reform.
  With that, I insist on the point of order, Madam Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does any other Member wish to be heard on 
the point of order?
  If not, the Chair is prepared to rule.
  The gentleman from Arizona makes a point of order that the 
instructions in the motion to recommit are not germane. The bill, H.R. 
3667, as amended, is confined to the study of two rivers under the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act and closely related issues.
  The instructions in the motion to recommit address H.R. 6566, a bill 
containing subjects unrelated to the pending bill and containing 
provisions outside the jurisdiction of the Committee on Natural 
Resources. As such, the Chair finds that the motion to recommit is not 
germane. The point of order is sustained.
  Mr. SALI. Madam Speaker, I appeal the ruling of the Chair.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is, Shall the decision of the 
Chair stand as the judgment of the House?


                Motion to Table Offered by Mr. Grijalva

  Mr. GRIJALVA. Madam Speaker, I move to table the appeal of the Chair.

[[Page H7983]]

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. SALI. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule 
XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by 5-
minute votes on the passage of the bill, if arising without further 
proceedings in recommittal, and the motion to suspend the rules with 
regard to H.R. 4081.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 228, 
nays 187, not voting 18, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 582]

                               YEAS--228

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Heller
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hirono
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--187

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Childers
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     Lamborn
     Lampson
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Platts
     Poe
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--18

     Baca
     Cardoza
     Cazayoux
     Davis (AL)
     Feeney
     Fossella
     Harman
     Hinojosa
     Hodes
     Hulshof
     Lee
     Levin
     McCrery
     Neal (MA)
     Ortiz
     Pearce
     Peterson (MN)
     Pitts

                              {time}  1825

  Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS changed her vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  So the motion was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. BOEHNER. Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. BOEHNER. I am.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr Boehner moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3667 to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources with instructions to report 
     the same back to the House promptly in the form to which 
     perfected at the time of this motion, with the following 
     amendment:
       After the new paragraph (19)(A) added to section 5(b) of 
     the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, insert the following (and 
     redesignate the subsequent subparagraphs accordingly):
       ``(B) include in the study completed under this paragraph 
     an assessment of any effect a wild and scenic designation in 
     the study area is likely to have on jobs, including 
     agricultural employment;''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. BOEHNER. Madam Speaker and my colleagues, on behalf of all my 
Republican colleagues, I want to welcome my Democrat colleagues back to 
the House.
  Five weeks ago, after the protest of the minority, you adjourned the 
House without a vote on the American Energy Act, H.R. 6566. You and 
your fellow Democrats left town for five weeks, but Republicans refused 
to leave. And we were here each and every day during the August recess 
talking to thousands of Americans that were coming through the Capitol, 
and we stood here every day asking for a vote on our bill that does all 
of the above, the American Energy Act; a bill that the American people 
want us to vote on. And that's all we're asking for is a vote.
  And today, instead of allowing a vote on our all-of-the-above plan, 
there are rumors that there is going to be a bill coming to the floor 
quickly that no one has ever seen, that does some of the above, maybe a 
little of the above, but clearly not what the American people want, 
which is ``all of the above,'' some bill that's being written in the 
back room in the dark of night that no one has yet seen.
  Now, listen, the American people don't want a sham. They don't want a 
hoax. They have suffered all summer long in the face of high gas prices 
and high energy prices, and they are demanding a vote here in this 
Congress on a plan that does all of the above, not some of the bill, 
not a little bit of the above, but all of the above.
  Madam Speaker, you promised that this would be the most open and 
accountable Congress in history. And in that light, I respectfully ask 
you now give the American people a vote on the American Energy Act, 
H.R. 6566. Will it be on the floor this week? Will you commit to giving 
the American people a straight up-or-down vote on a plan they want, the 
all-of-the-above plan, the American Energy Act?
  Madam Speaker, this is the U.S. House of Representatives. As all of 
my colleagues have known, we all refer to this as the people's House 
because none of us got here without being elected by all of the people 
in our districts. Why

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not let the House work its will? Why not allow the Congress to decide 
the future of our energy security here in America? And I don't think 
the American people are going to rest until Congress takes action on 
energy that does all of the above.
  So, Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend my motion to 
recommit to include the text of H.R. 6566, the American Energy Act.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Ohio?
  Mr. GRIJALVA. I object.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.
  Mr. BOEHNER. Madam Speaker, this is a sham. I withdraw my motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the motion is withdrawn.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. GRIJALVA. Madam Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on passage will be followed by a 5-minute vote on the 
motion to suspend the rules with regard to H.R. 4081.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 299, 
noes 118, not voting 16, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 583]

                               AYES--299

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blumenauer
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Butterfield
     Camp (MI)
     Cannon
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castle
     Castor
     Chandler
     Childers
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gilchrest
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayes
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hirono
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Klein (FL)
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Platts
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (OH)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--118

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barton (TX)
     Bilbray
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Campbell (CA)
     Cantor
     Carter
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Deal (GA)
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Emerson
     Everett
     Fallin
     Flake
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (WA)
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hunter
     Issa
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Latham
     Latta
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Pickering
     Poe
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Regula
     Reynolds
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Scalise
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Walberg
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--16

     Baca
     Berman
     Cardoza
     Cazayoux
     Feeney
     Harman
     Hinojosa
     Hodes
     Hulshof
     Lee
     Levin
     McCrery
     Ortiz
     Peterson (MN)
     Pitts
     Velazquez

                              {time}  1849

  Messrs. FORBES and WITTMAN of Virginia changed their vote from 
``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

                          ____________________