[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 113 (Thursday, July 29, 2010)]
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House of Representatives

                              {time}  2110
   JAMES ZADROGA 9/11 HEALTH AND COMPENSATION ACT OF 2010--Continued

  Mrs. DAHLKEMPER. Laura was a healthy 41-year-old woman when she spent 
5 weeks working at Ground Zero in the months following 9/11. Now she 
has an incurable cancer and two tumors. She has had numerous cancerous 
lesions removed from her mouth and her airways. She has undergone 
facial rebuilding four times as a result and can barely walk down the 
street due to her breathing problems. Her two sons say that the mother 
they knew died at Ground Zero.
  This bill is the right thing to do for Laura and all the first 
responders who came to the aid of their fellow Americans from across 
this country and are now suffering these horrible consequences.
  I urge my colleagues to stand with these brave Americans and support 
this bill.
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell).
  Mr. PASCRELL. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  My friends from both sides of the aisle, many people responded on 9/
11, a lot of folks from New Jersey. They were put into a situation 
which they did not ask for, did not pray for. These brave people 
deserve to be responded to. If you forget them, if you put them aside, 
we will have done a bad, bad thing here in the Congress of the United 
States.
  I ask you, I plead with you, please recognize--two studies from two 
major hospitals in New Jersey indicate how severe that situation is. 
These people need your help, whether they were contractors, workers, 
firemen, or policemen. I ask you to respond.
  Mr. Speaker, I am so proud to be standing here to support our heroes 
from 9/11.
  While the entire nation watched with sorrow for those we lost and 
tried to heal emotionally after that day--there were only a few brave 
souls who went back to that rubble day-after-day and endured the 
physical and mental strain of clearing the remains of the towers in 
lower Manhattan.
  On that day, we gave those brave souls the ``all clear'' sign, but we 
now know that we were exposing those men and women to a poisonous dust 
that would stay with them for the rest of their lives.
  Today--more than four and a half years after the death of NYPD Det. 
James Zadroga--I am here to say that we need to pass the James Zadroga 
9/11 Health and Compensation Act right away because we are losing these 
brave souls as we speak.
  We need this bill because it will finally provide comprehensive 
health care and compensation for thousands of our ailing 9/11 heroes--
and it does so while being fully paid for by closing foreign tax 
shelters.
  This isn't just a bill for New York and New Jersey--This is a bill 
for all Americans.
  We know that people from all 50 States were in lower Manhattan on or 
after 9/11 and now are facing serious health concerns--there are 435 
congressional districts and 431 of them are represented by the names of 
constituents on the World Trade Center Health Registry.
  After 9/11, we all said we would be there for these brave first 
responders--but today if we vote against this bill we are asking those 
same brave individuals to come to Washington, year after year to fight 
for their health benefits--do we expect them to come here ten years 
from now?
  By then, it may be too late for many of these men and women who 
responded to their Nation's call of duty.
  I urge all my colleagues to support the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and 
Compensation Act.
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to my friend from Long 
Island, Mr. Israel.
  Mr. ISRAEL. I thank the gentleman.
  Mr. Speaker, I spoke earlier today on this bill. I just want to make 
one final point.
  The American people watching this debate are hearing finger pointing 
and blame laying, and you know what? All the finger pointing and all 
the blame laying isn't going to help a single 9/11 responder with his 
or her health care.
  It is very simple: If you believe that these heroes deserve to be 
monitored for their medical conditions and deserve health care, vote 
``yes''; if you don't believe that, vote ``no.'' But let's stop the 
partisan bickering and the posturing and get on to the business at 
hand, which is helping these people.
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 2\1/2\ 
minutes.
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this legislation represents an 
irresponsible overreach and does not contain the necessary protections 
to safeguard taxpayer dollars from abuse, waste, and fraud.
  Ken Feinberg, the special master of the original 9/11 fund, has 
stated that if the fund is reenacted, it should be for a window of 5 
years, not 21, and that it should be done with ``the understanding that 
there would be no changes in the rules and regulations governing the 
original fund, and that the new law would simply be a one-line 
reaffirmation of the original 9/11 fund.'' Unfortunately, the majority 
did not listen to Mr. Feinberg's sound advice. Instead, we are 
considering a bill that creates a fund with an unnecessary 21-year-long 
duration that contains special protections for trial attorneys, extends 
greatly the original fund's eligibility and criteria, and does not 
include the procedural protections necessary to safeguard the fund from 
abuse, waste, and fraud.
  Mr. Speaker, I am sorry to say I think this is another example of the 
Democrats' insatiable appetite for the taxpayers' hard-earned dollars.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this bill.

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  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 2 minutes.
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, this evening I rise not only as a Member of 
Congress, not only as a native New Yorker, and not only as the son of a 
New York City police officer. Today, I also rise as the cousin of 
Battalion Chief John Moran and in strong support of the James Zadroga 
9/11 Health and Compensation Act.
  I want to thank my colleagues from New York, particularly Carolyn 
Maloney and Jerry Nadler, who have done their utmost to shepherd this 
bill through our side of the aisle.
  My cousin, along with almost 3,000 others, died on September 11, 
2001. His last known words to the driver of his truck with the New York 
City Fire Department--at John's request he was dropped off at 2 World 
Trade Center and he said, ``Let me off here, I'm going to try to make a 
difference.''
  I rarely talk about the death of my cousin. The loss of him and other 
close friends who were killed that day is a personal matter. But today 
I need to share John's story because he and thousands of others who 
perished that day would want to know that the survivors of 9/11 will 
also never be forgotten.
  I have joined in the efforts to pay tribute to all those who died for 
our Nation and all those who served our Nation after the attacks. 
Thousands of eloquent speeches have been delivered, medals of valor 
have been issued, but the ultimate tribute has yet to be provided to 
the survivors who served our Nation on that fateful day, and in the 
weeks and the months--and, yes, the years--that have followed. Almost 9 
years after the September 11 attacks, those who dug through rubble, 
through plastics, through toxins, through human remains continue to 
await access to much-needed health services. And those who were told, 
go home, return to life as usual, as normal, are still waiting for that 
much-needed care. These are the very people who our government, our 
Federal Government, urged to go back to Ground Zero, back to Battery 
Park, back to the Financial Service District because the air was safe. 
And they did return to keep digging, keep searching, and keep working, 
but the government was wrong; the air wasn't safe, and now thousands 
are sick and dying.
  Today we have a chance to finally fulfill the commitment to the 9/11 
heroes. In the words of my cousin, my colleagues, today we have a 
chance ``to make a difference.'' Vote for this bill.
  This choice is simple: Either vote to protect foreign corporations 
who are avoiding U.S. taxes or vote to protect those who stood to 
protect our Nation on 9/11 and thereafter.
  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 847, the James 
Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010. This legislation will 
provide care for the thousands of 9/11 responders and others who are 
sick because of Ground Zero toxins.
  Within hours of the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 
11, 2001, fire fighters, police officers and EMTs, construction 
workers, and volunteers from every state in the Union labored together 
without regard for their own health or safety.
  As they set about searching for survivors and then continued the task 
of clean up, they were told the air was safe to breathe.
  Unfortunately, we know better today.
  The cloud they worked in was a poisonous cocktail of thousands of 
tons of coarse and fine particulate matter, pulverized cement and 
glass, asbestos, lead, and other toxic pollutants.
  Now, almost nine years later, we are seeing the potentially deadly 
effects of those toxins. Thousands of responders and people from the 
community surrounding Ground Zero are currently sick and receiving 
treatment. Tens of thousands are undergoing medical monitoring, and 
many more are enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry.
  H.R. 847 helps the World Trade Center responders and members of the 
community who were exposed to the toxins of Ground Zero by providing 
medical monitoring and treatment. I strongly support these provisions.
  This legislation also provides compensation for those who suffered 
economic loss. It reopens the September 11 Victims Compensation Fund 
and provides liability protection to the World Trade Center 
contractors.
  Without the Victims Compensation Fund, those who need and deserve 
compensation have no alternative to the current litigation system. So, 
it's no surprise that some 11,000 workers are suing the World Trade 
Center contractors and the City of New York because of their illnesses.
  The contractors, now subject to suit and potential financial loss, 
came in to help our nation in our time of need. They were told by the 
government that their liability would be taken care of and we need to 
make good on that promise.
  To that end, H.R. 847 provides liability protection to the World 
Trade Center contractors. As with the original Victims Compensation 
Fund, people can either participate in the Victims Compensation Fund or 
litigate, but they cannot do both.
  The solution offered in H.R. 847 is neither easy nor inexpensive. We 
must, however, take care of the people who took care of us following 9/
11. If we don't, not only will we have failed in our moral obligation 
to our nation's responders and volunteers, we risk the possibility that 
others will not answer the call when we need them in the future.
  I wish to thank Speaker Pelosi, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Nadler, Chairman 
Rangel, and Mr. Peter King for their steadfast commitment to help.
  I urge my colleagues to support this legislation.
  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in the strongest possible 
support of the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, H.R. 847.
  Mr. Speaker, every September, we come to the floor of the House of 
Representatives to pay homage to the lives lost on the 11th of 
September in 2001, to recognize that each anniversary is a time of 
solemn commemoration, to extend condolences to the friends, families 
and loved ones of the innocent victims of the terrorists. Every 
September, we come here and reflect about that day in 2001 and to say 
none of us will ever forget what happened. And Mr. Speaker, those words 
are all well and good, those words are all spoken with sincerity and 
those words are all important. However, today this House has a chance 
to do something more, something different than just, ``expressing the 
sense of the House,'' something tangible, something that will help the 
living victims of 9/11.
  Mr. Speaker, when the towers were falling, there were men and women 
who rushed to those towers to help when all human instinct would be to 
run away. Later, workers volunteered and were hired to work on the 
``pile'' at Ground Zero at the World Trade Center. First responders, 
workers, visitors and residents at Ground Zero were exposed to a 
mixture of asbestos, dioxin, jet fuel and other toxins when they were 
told by the federal government that it was safe. Unfortunately, the 
previous Administration declared the site ``safe,'' puttered around 
with piecemeal and short-term efforts, and either by incompetence or 
design, utterly failed to address the now-acknowledged and long-term 
effects of exposure to the ``pile'' at Ground Zero. Nine years of 
waiting for a comprehensive plan of action is long enough; Congress 
must act now to provide for the lasting care of the people who rushed 
to Ground Zero to help others, as well as the thousands who worked on 
the ``pile'' in the aftermath to rebuild the site, and have gotten sick 
from it. We owe the heroes of 9/11 the medical care and compensation 
they deserve. H.R. 847, the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, would 
finally establish a permanent federal program to monitor and treat the 
first responders, workers, and residents who were exposed to the 
harmful contaminants caused by the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
  Mr. Speaker, sadly, there are opponents to this bill. There are 
opponents to this bill that object to the cost. They say we can't 
afford it, that we can't afford to add another program with mandatory 
spending, that these 9/11 victims should come back to Congress every 
fiscal year for funding. Well, this bill is paid for with an offset. 
Then there are other opponents who object to the offset used to pay for 
the bill--an offset which has passed this House three separate times. 
Apparently, those opponents believe that foreign corporations making 
profits in the United States should be able to evade taxes. Then there 
are yet even other opponents to this bill who believe this isn't a 
national issue, that it's a local, New York City issue. To those 
opponents: 9/11 wasn't an attack on New York City; it was an attack 
upon the entire United States. The brave men and women in uniform who 
risk their lives every day in Afghanistan and elsewhere aren't 
defending just New York City, they're defending America.
  Personally, I find it outrageous that we have to even offset the 
costs of this bill at all. For my entire time here in Congress, I have 
strongly supported emergency spending for all Americans who are victims 
of natural and man-made disasters. When there was emergency spending 
needed for the victims of floods and tornadoes in the Midwest, or 
hurricanes on the Gulf Cost, or forest fires out West, I supported that 
spending. In the future, it is likely we will consider emergency 
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it will be helping our citizens affected by the oil spill or something 
else. I strongly believe the victims of 9/11 are owed the same 
consideration by the Members of this House.
  Responders came to Ground Zero in the thousands from all around the 
country, from almost every Congressional District. Over 13,000 
responders to Ground Zero are sick now and already are receiving 
medical treatment. Another 53,000 responders are currently being 
medically monitored and 71,000 individuals are enrolled in the World 
Trade Center Registry, meaning there were exposed to toxins at some 
point. In the coming years, these numbers will only increase as 
symptoms and conditions related to exposure to Ground Zero begin to 
manifest themselves in the victims. This measure would monitor and 
provide treatment to responders to Ground Zero and build on the 
existing monitoring and treatment programs. There's also an economic 
component to this bill. Victims would be able to be compensated for 
their economic losses and contractors would receive liability 
protection. We must pass this bill not only because it's the right 
thing to do for those people who are sick, but for the next generation 
of responders who will have to think twice about volunteering and 
working at a the site of a terrorist attack.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I urge all my colleagues to support the 9/11 Health 
and Compensation Act so that all the victims of 9/11 will receive the 
medical care and help they need and deserve.
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
speak in support of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and 
Compensation Act.
  I would like to thank Congresswoman Maloney from New York for 
introducing this important legislative measure.
  According to a 2008 New York City Department of Health report, as 
much as three years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, both 
psychological and new respiratory problems remain elevated among those 
persons enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry.
  The news is even more disturbing when that figure is quantified as 
nearly 72,000 Americans that are currently registered.
  Three percent of enrollees reported development of new asthma cases; 
16 percent reported post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); and 8 
percent had severe psychological distress.
  And, among the whole population of registrants, minorities, persons 
of low-income, and women experienced higher rates of mental and 
physical problems.
  H.R. 847 would amend Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act to 
provide: medical monitoring as well as treatment benefits to eligible 
emergency responders, as well as recovery and cleanup workers who 
responded to the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on September 11, 
2001.
  This bill would also provide the initial health evaluations, 
monitoring, and treatment benefits that residents and area workers who 
were directly impacted by the attacks need to address their concerns.
  Going forward, we need to empirically study the psychological and 
physiological effects of 9/11 to better understand the new medical 
conditions that have emerged.
  We owe it to those who selflessly risked their lives to save the 
lives of others.
  Presently, the enrollment of the World Trade Center Registry includes 
386 Texans who were affected and are still being affected by this 
tragedy.
  Because the impacts of 9/11 far reach beyond Ground Zero, it is 
important that we in Congress work to provide for the care of those who 
still suffer.
  I am confident that with the passage of this bill, they are one step 
closer to that goal.
  I urge my colleagues to support Health and Compensation Act for the 
medical monitoring, treatment, and scientific research for those 
affected by 9/11.
  Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 847, the James 
Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, ensures that we 
continue to care for and compensate the heroes and heroines of 9/11. 
These are the firefighters, police officers, rescue workers, and 
volunteers who risked their lives to help the country during one of its 
darkest periods. They deserve our help, and we are duty-bound to 
provide it to them.
  I congratulate Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. King of New York and 
the other members of the New York delegation for their long struggle to 
bring this bill to the floor. I also thank Speaker Pelosi for her 
strong commitment to helping the heroes and heroines of
9/11.
  In the days after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Congress came 
together and--in a truly bipartisan effort--conceived of a system 
through which the victims of those terrible attacks could obtain 
medical treatment and just compensation for any injuries that occurred 
as a result of those attacks. As we learned in various hearings and 
markups before the Judiciary Committee, that system was a stunning 
success.
  The 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund, for example, quickly compensated 
those who were injured or lost close family members in the attacks. 
Just over $7 billion was paid out in a 33-month period, with overhead 
costs of less than 3 percent, and with 97 percent of the families of 
deceased victims opting into the fund rather than pursuing tort relief 
in the courts. As Special Master Kenneth Feinberg stated in his written 
testimony before our committee earlier this year: ``this was one of the 
most efficient, streamlined and cost effective programs in American 
history.''
  Despite its incredible success, however, the job is not quite done. 
There remain thousands of people who require the protection of the VCF, 
but who--by no fault of their own--were unable to take advantage of it 
when it was available. This includes first responders, workers, and 
volunteers from around the country who rallied to help locate 
survivors, recover the deceased, and clean up debris from the fallen 
towers. These are the people that the Nation and the world watched on 
television as they dropped everything in their own lives to rush to aid 
those who needed it the most.
  They were told by their government that the air was safe to breath. 
But many are now sick and suffering because of their exposure to the 
toxic dust that covered much of lower Manhattan.
  People are sick and will continue to get sick because of their 
exposure to World Trade Center dust. We must resolve this problem, and 
that means passing H.R. 847.
  The bill would provide medical monitoring and treatment to the 
continuing victims of the 9/11 attacks. It would also reopen the 9/11 
Victims Compensation Fund to provide compensation to those victims.
  One thing is clear: the status quo is unacceptable. Worker's 
compensation has failed. Medical programs aren't covering enough 
people. And the World Trade Center Captive Insurance Fund, created by 
Congress to resolve claims such as those that remain outstanding, has 
instead used the money appropriated to contest each and every one of 
those claims. Six years and $300 million in administrative and legal 
costs later, the Captive Insurance Fund has settled less than 10 
claims.
  I believe this bill, while perhaps not perfect, goes a long way to 
establishing a fair and just program to care for and compensate those 
who continue to bear the deep scars from 9/11. I urge my colleagues to 
support this bill, which is the result of a great deal of work on both 
sides of the aisle, and is the right thing to do for the first 
responders, workers, and volunteers who heard the call of duty and 
helped our country recover from 9/11.
  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the men and 
women who risked their lives for the victims of 9/11.
  In the aftermath of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, 
thousands of courageous men and women from around the country devoted 
themselves tirelessly to the rescue efforts. In the course of their 
work, they were exposed to numerous toxins.
  After giving so much of themselves, many of these firefighters, 
police officers, rescue workers, and innocent bystanders are currently 
suffering from serious respiratory, gastrointestinal, and mental health 
conditions. More than 70,000 individuals have enrolled in the World 
Trade Center Health Registry, signifying that they were exposed to the 
toxins. Over 13,000 responders and 4,500 survivors are sick and 
receiving treatment. Moreover, approximately 53,000 responders have 
entered into medical monitoring.
  For this reason, I support H.R. 847, the
9/11 Health and Compensation Fund.
  H.R. 847 would build on existing programs to provide long-term, 
comprehensive health care and compensation for those in need. By 
establishing the World Trade Center Health Program, this legislation 
would ensure that World Trade Center victims and survivors receive 
proper medical monitoring and treatment. It will also reopen the 9/11 
Victims Compensation Fund, which would help cover economic losses.
  The World Trade Center victims and responders have waited long 
enough. Thousands of Americans were exposed to toxins at Ground Zero, 
and they are sick and need treatment. It is time for action.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, as we approach the 9th anniversary of 
the September 11th, 2001 attacks, I rise in support of legislation that 
would help the thousands of first responders and survivors who were 
exposed to hazardous health conditions in the aftermath of the attacks.
  Congress and the Federal Government have an obligation and a 
responsibility to care for and help the responders and survivors of the 
September llth attacks. The 9/11 Health and Compensation Act would re-
open the federal health and compensation program as well as provide 
medical monitoring and treatment services for 9/11 responders and 
community members who have suffered long-term physical and mental 
health problems due to the residual dust, toxins and chemicals from the 
attacks.

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  Mr. Speaker, this legislation is PAYGO compliant. Let us not forget 
the sacrifice and service of those brave individuals who rushed to the 
scene as well as the survivors. We cannot turn our backs on them. I 
urge my colleagues to support this much-needed bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 847, as amended.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 255, 
nays 159, not voting 18, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 491]

                               YEAS--255

     Ackerman
     Adler (NJ)
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boccieri
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Cao
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Childers
     Chu
     Clarke
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Deutch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Driehaus
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Giffords
     Gonzalez
     Gordon (TN)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilroy
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Kucinich
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Markey (CO)
     Markey (MA)
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McMahon
     McNerney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Minnick
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Nye
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Taylor
     Teague
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)

                               NAYS--159

     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bright
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     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
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     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
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     Castle
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
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     Culberson
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     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Djou
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     Fallin
     Flake
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
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     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Hall (TX)
     Harper
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     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
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     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
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     Kingston
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (NY)
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
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     Marchant
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Olson
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
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     Rohrabacher
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     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
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     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf

                             NOT VOTING--18

     Akin
     Carney
     Clay
     Conyers
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guthrie
     Hoekstra
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     McCarthy (CA)
     Moran (KS)
     Radanovich
     Shadegg
     Tiahrt
     Wamp
     Watson
     Watt
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  2146

  Messrs. CAMP, BONNER, and MACK changed their vote from ``yea'' to 
``nay.''
  Messrs. BRALEY of Iowa and ALTMIRE, Ms. HIRONO, and Mr. BAIRD changed 
their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So (two-thirds not being in the affirmative) the motion was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

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