[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 113 (Thursday, July 29, 2010)]
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House of Representatives
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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
spending for some new disaster or attack, whether
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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
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Castle
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Cooper
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
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
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Hall (TX)
Harper
Hastings (WA)
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Hunter
Inglis
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan (OH)
King (IA)
Kingston
Kline (MN)
Lamborn
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lee (NY)
Lewis (CA)
Linder
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
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)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schmidt
Schock
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Stearns
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walden
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
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Akin
Carney
Clay
Conyers
Griffith
Grijalva
Guthrie
Hoekstra
Kilpatrick (MI)
McCarthy (CA)
Moran (KS)
Radanovich
Shadegg
Tiahrt
Wamp
Watson
Watt
Young (FL)
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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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