[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 27 (Friday, February 18, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H1227-H1244]
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FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2011
The Committee resumed its sitting.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Arizona (Mr. Flake).
Mr. FLAKE. I thank the gentlelady for yielding.
The gentleman before said, in the base bill, these represent the
largest cuts we've ever made. That is true, but we are running the
largest deficit we have ever run. We have had the largest debt we have
ever had, and what the situation calls for are deeper cuts than are in
the underlying bill.
If we are really going to get on the right track here, we have got to
understand that we have to make unprecedented cuts and realize that
what we are doing here is a rounding error compared to what we are
going to have to do with entitlement spending, which is going to come.
But to ensure that we can make those choices when we deal with
entitlements, we've got to go deeper than we are going in this base
bill.
Again, we are running a deficit of $1.5 trillion this year on a debt
of $14 trillion. The $100 billion in the base bill is 1/15th of the
entire deficit that we are running--just 1/15th. That's not enough. We
have to go further. I support the Jordan amendment. Let's make deeper
cuts.
Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Brady), who has been the chair and ranking member of
the House Administration Committee.
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Thank you for allowing me to speak on
this.
Madam Chair, I am embarrassed to be here. I am embarrassed to be a
Member of this House right now. I am embarrassed to have to stand up
here and fight for the little people who can't fight for themselves.
I was here on 9/11. I was in my office, and the police officers came
in to get me out of my office. I wanted to stay. They said, No,
Congressman, we've got to get you out. As he's taking me out, he's
going back in. He's putting his life in harm's way, and we're talking
about taking money from him. It's totally ridiculous.
Madam Chair, we don't want to hurt our little guys and gals; we don't
want to hurt our House staff members; we don't want to hurt our
administrators, our Sergeant-at-Arms, our doorkeepers, the ladies in
the cloakroom who take good care of us. All of these people and the
administrators here don't make overtime. They put their time in like we
do.
We're running 67 hours in this House today--67 hours. Do you know
what it's costing us? $2 million to put this CR on a bridge to nowhere.
That's where it's going. It's a disgrace that we've got to hurt the
little people, and I'm not going to let that happen.
You hear about yield back. Well, we yield back. We want them to yield
back their money. We want them to yield it back to us. They do an
excellent job.
Madam Chair, I don't want them to yield back. I'm not going to let
them yield back. I'm not even yielding back now. I'm just done.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Chair, how much time remains on each side?
The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Tennessee has 10\1/2\ minutes
remaining. The gentleman from Washington has 11 minutes remaining.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. At this time, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
New Hampshire (Mr. Guinta).
Mr. GUINTA. I thank the gentlelady from Tennessee for yielding time.
Madam Chair, I am not embarrassed to be here as part of this
institution. I am honored. I am honored to represent New Hampshire in
its quest for fiscal discipline, fiscal responsibility, and fiscal
restraint.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we are at the precipice of our country in terms
of spending. We simply offer an amendment that further reduces the
necessary spending restraints our country is demanding. This is about
listening to our country, listening to the people who just elected this
Congress to restore discipline with respect to our spending
recognitions in Washington.
Ladies and gentlemen, this amendment, which I am happy and honored to
cosponsor, first cuts our own institution. In New Hampshire, I say to
the people in New Hampshire, we are going to cut first ourselves before
we make other tough cuts in this country.
This amendment further reduces our own expenditure. And, finally, it
takes 5.5 percent across the board with a few exceptions in the eight
non-security divisions of the CR.
I support this amendment. I think we have to get serious about
spending in this Nation and send a strong message that we are listening
to the American people.
Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished former chairman and
ranking member of the THUD Subcommittee, the gentleman from
Massachusetts (Mr. Olver).
Mr. OLVER. Madam Chairman, this is a thoughtless and destructive
amendment. I strongly oppose the underlying bill and believe it
profoundly limits the transportation options for Americans and will
damage our economy through hundreds of thousands of lost jobs. But I do
respect that Chairman Latham provided oversight and made tough
decisions on priorities.
Unfortunately, the Jordan amendment, after all these days of
individually considered amendments, does none of that. It reduces every
account by 5.5 percent without any understanding or probably even
concern for
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the impact. For example, it ensures a part-time air traffic control
system by cutting more than half a billion from the operating expenses
of the FAA. Does the gentleman really intend to close down the
Columbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland airports 1 day each month?
This amendment would result in the funding shortfall of nearly a
billion dollars in the tenant-based section 8 program, resulting in the
eviction of 120,000 people.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr.
Cole), a valued member of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee.
Mr. COLE. This has been a great week for fiscal conservatives. Under
Chairman Rogers and the Appropriations Committee and the entire
Republican Conference, we have actually enacted or are on the verge of
enacting historic cuts and passing them through this body. We have let
others come and participate with their ideas and suggestions.
My concern is not the amount of money involved in the amendment; it's
the method adopted to achieve the savings. Across-the-board cuts
essentially mean you lose the ability to eliminate, to root out and to
prioritize. In fact, you adopt the priorities of the people that wrote
the original budget. And with all due respect to my friends on this
side, that means we are adopting our friends' on this side's priorities
when we cut in this manner.
So I think we should embrace the spirit behind this amendment--it's
well motivated--but reject the method, and go back to the thoughtful,
targeted and tough kinds of decisions that Chairman Rogers, the
Appropriations Committee and our entire conference and every Member has
had the opportunity to participate in.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Chair, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from
Kansas (Mr. Huelskamp).
Mr. HUELSKAMP. I thank the gentlelady for yielding.
I rise in support of this amendment.
The American people have spoken. They demand that Washington stop its
out-of-control spending now, not sometime in the future. And despite
what the administration tells you, every last dime in this bill will be
borrowed. Every last dime of the $1 trillion will be borrowed. The cost
of this bill, this bill alone, will exceed $500 for every single
household in America, just for this bill.
We have to stop the spending now. We cannot afford it. The massive
debt burden on our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren
cannot be afforded.
Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr.
Bonner), a distinguished member of the committee.
Mr. BONNER. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
I rise to add my voice in opposition to the amendment offered by my
friend from Ohio.
I, too, am a member of the RSC. I think many of the good points that
have been made on the House floor during the last few days can be
attributed to the good work and the heartfelt convictions of the
members of the Republican Study Committee and its long-standing
commitment to freedom and liberty. But I believe this approach taken by
this amendment is misguided.
Madam Chair, the Appropriations Committee has put before the House a
CR that makes significant cuts to all areas of our Federal Government,
but these cuts have been made with deliberate intent and after careful
consideration. In other words, they have been done surgically, and I
believe this amendment would take a more indiscriminate hatchet
approach.
The Republican Pledge to America states, ``we will roll back
government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at
least $100 billion in the first year alone''; but it doesn't say we
have to accomplish this task in the first spending bill before us, and
it did not envision accomplishing it in the remaining 7 months.
I hope we can defeat this amendment.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Indiana (Mr. Pence).
(Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. PENCE. Madam Chair, this Nation currently faces a $1.65 trillion
deficit, $14 trillion national debt. And despite all the talk for the
President's so-called fiscal discipline, this administration just
proposed a budget that will add $12 trillion to that mountain range of
debt facing our children and grandchildren.
Fortunately, under the leadership of Chairman Rogers, House
Republicans are keeping our word to the American people. We said, if
you gave us a second chance to lead this Congress, we would find at
least $100 billion in savings this year, and House Republicans will do
that before we adjourn for this week.
But House conservatives believe we can do more. I truly believe that
the Jordan amendment--which provides an across-the-board cut of 5.5
percent, more for the legislative branch, doesn't touch our most
cherished ally, Israel--is one of those opportunities where you have a
chance to underpromise and overperform.
We said to the American people that we would do at least $100
billion. We have added hundreds of millions of dollars to that. Let's
do more. Let's do $22 billion more. Let's underpromise, overdeliver,
and set this Nation back on a pathway towards fiscal responsibility and
reform.
Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), who is the ranking member on the Labor-HHS
subcommittee.
Ms. DeLAURO. If the majority party really wanted to do something
about the deficit, they could look to other parts of the budget for
significant cuts in savings instead of coming back over and over again
with ever-deeper cuts to the programs that make investments in
education, in health care, in job training and in scientific research.
Democrats are committed to reducing the deficit. We believe you ought
to start by ending the tax subsidies and special interest waste. Let's
look at it:
Forty billion dollars in oil subsidies, $8 billion in farm subsidies,
$7.4 billion that could be saved by shutting down the practice of
treaty shopping, $3 billion a year that could be saved if we allowed
cheaper generic drugs in the market.
This across-the-board amendment cut is an example of the majority's
reckless rush to slash without regard to the impact on the economy, the
businesses that create jobs, or middle class working people who are
doing their best for their families and educating their kids for the
future.
The majority is hitting families and children and the elderly, and
they are not laying a glove on the special interest tax subsidies.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Texas (Mr. Barton).
(Mr. BARTON of Texas asked and was given permission to revise and
extend his remarks.)
Mr. BARTON of Texas. I rise in strong support of the Jordan
amendment. I am obviously not a freshman. I have been in the Congress
for 26 years. I am very supportive of what Chairman Rogers and all the
appropriators have done.
I think it's an interesting point to have the ranking minority member
yielding to the chairman of the committee, but that's Congress at its
finest.
But I would point out that our budget deficit this year is $1.6
trillion. I would point out that the Obama budget, the smallest deficit
it reports over a 10-year period, is about $750 billion.
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The Republican Study Committee, under the leadership of Mr. Jordan,
is the point of the spear that is lancing the out-of-control, reckless
Federal spending that is bankrupting this country. This amendment
complements what Chairman Rogers has done. We need to support it, to
put them in the best position when we have the negotiations with our
friends in the other body. Please vote for this necessary amendment.
Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Notre
Dame and California (Mr. Lungren), the former Attorney General.
Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. I stand before you as a
conservative member of the Republican Study Committee, former chairman
of the Republican Study Committee, in strong opposition to this
proposal.
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Across-the-board cuts are a lazy Member's way to achieve something.
This will cut 11 percent for the security of the Congress. Since the
tragedy in Tucson, I have had innumerable Members come to me as the
chairman of House Administration and asking me what more we can do for
the security of this House, our Members, and our constituents. There is
not a single Member of this House who has asked me to cut security.
Quite the contrary. This would cut 250 officers. It would not allow me
to do the things you have asked me to do in terms of securing your
offices here or at home.
Secondly, the greatest obligation we have here, I believe, is
oversight of the Federal Government. So what does this amendment do? It
cuts us twice as much as those we are supposed to follow. It makes no
sense whatsoever. If you want us to do our job and be secure in our
job, I would humbly ask you to defeat this amendment.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Chair, I yield myself 15 seconds to respond to
the gentleman's comments.
I would take issue with saying any Member of this House is lazy or
that this is a lazy process. Indeed, it is not. As I said, 26 States
have used across-the-board cuts to get their fiscal house in order.
This government has overspent. We have to get it under control. Let's
complement what has been done by the appropriators and make these
across-the-board cuts.
I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan).
Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina. Madam Chair, I rise today in support of
this amendment.
Folks, it's time to stop the spending insanity in this country. The
American people know the government's too large, it spends too much
money, and indebts future generations. We are $14 trillion in debt and
we are $1.5 trillion in the red this year.
I am part of an 87-Member freshman class that said go back to the
drawing board, get us a hundred billion; but don't stop there. Do not
stop there. We have got hard decisions to make in this body. Everyone's
got to row this boat if we are going to survive as an American
government. We have got to stop. I support this amendment, and ask you
to do so as well.
Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished ranking member of
the Agriculture Subcommittee from California (Mr. Farr).
Mr. FARR. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I rise in opposition to this amendment. We have been on a 3-day
marathon talking about how we are going to cut, squeeze, and trim the
Federal Government. Frankly, we haven't even hit the big stuff.
Seventy-five percent of the budget isn't even up for discussion here on
the floor. What you are seeing with this amendment is you are taking a
meat axe to essentially a bloody mess.
We know this bill is not going anywhere because it doesn't really get
into trying to do structural reform. If we really wanted to deal with
debt, you deal with a plan to get rid of debt, not just with a hacking
and hacking away. Let's devise a plan that will really make this
country deal with its debt just like you do with your mortgage, your
long-term mortgage. It's a lot of money. People aren't scared, as long
as they have a job, to how they are going to pay their mortgage because
they have a plan. That's not what we are getting at. This amendment is
a meat axe to a bloody mess that ought to be opposed.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished chairman of the
Agriculture Subcommittee, and a member of the Defense Subcommittee, Mr.
Kingston of Georgia.
Mr. KINGSTON. I thank the gentleman for yielding and rise in
opposition to this amendment. And I do so as a proud RSC member and
somebody who fought hard to get us to $100 billion in this cut, who has
pledged to work for more cuts in fiscal year 2012. I support the
Goodlatte balanced-budget amendment and the spending cap.
But I have got to say to my conservative friends, when you cut across
the board, who do you think is going to be in charge of where these
cuts come from? The EPA Director, who is putting in the clean air and
all the greenhouse emissions stuff. Do you think she is going to cut
that out of her budget? What about the Department of Justice? You think
they are going to take this out of the lawsuit money to Arizona? What
about the EPA that came up with a law that dairy farmers had to have an
emergency response plan if they spilled milk because it was considered
an oil? What about the immigration department? Do you think they are
going to back off their priorities, or do you think they are going to
implement RSC priorities?
You and I have some disagreements with the administration, so I don't
see why it helps us to empower them to make the decisions on where this
5 percent will come from. Because I can say if I was them, I know what
I would cut, and it would not be the priorities that you would have.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Florida (Mr. Southerland).
(Mr. SOUTHERLAND asked and was given permission to revise and extend
his remarks.)
Mr. SOUTHERLAND. I thank the gentlewoman from Tennessee for yielding
time.
I rise in support of the Jordan amendment. You know, many people here
have taken notice that many of us are freshmen. Well, I am a freshman,
and I am proud to be a freshman. I tell you this, one thing I am not a
freshman at, I am not a freshman at trying to perpetuate my family's
55-year-old business that's struggling under the taxation and the
regulation of this Federal Government. I am not a freshman when it
comes to that.
I am an expert, because that's what my dad did and that's what my
granddad did. And God willing, if this body practices courage and does
what is right, my children and my grandchildren down the line will be
able to continue and perpetuate that line of tradition.
You know, I hear the words meat axe and draconian. What's draconian
and meat axe is leaving every American in this country with $43,000 of
national debt, $14 trillion of debt, which puts us at a very weak
standing among the world, which owns now 50 percent of our debt. That
is a security issue.
People stand here and they talk about security. Nothing is greater to
our security than making sure that we own our debt rather than those
countries around the world who mean us harm.
Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from
Melbourne, Florida, where my uncle was the former mayor, Mr. Posey.
Mr. POSEY. I thank my friend across the aisle for the time. I thought
the across-the-board cuts were not supposed to apply to national
security. I thought we were going to make cuts like the folks back home
make cuts. If a family back home gives an across-the-board 5 percent
cut and they apply it, they are in deep trouble.
They might be able to cut back on their entertainment. They might be
able to not go out to eat an extra night. They may be able to cut back
on their water or their electric usage. But if they pay their mortgage
company 5 percent less than is due for the security over their head,
they are out on the street; and they end up in bigger problems than
they started. So I think that's why we need to make these cuts
surgically in our budget.
Let's take NASA, for example. The committee already cut over $300
million from the NASA budget. The Weiner amendment cut $300 million
more almost. Why would anyone want to yield the ultimate military high
ground, which is space, to countries who in the very best of times are
not friendly to us? Space is the free world's Golan Heights. I implore
my colleagues to help defeat this very, very well-intended, but
misguided, amendment. Thank you very much.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
California (Mr. Campbell).
Mr. CAMPBELL. I thank the lady from Tennessee for yielding. You know,
I came down here because I heard the opposition to this amendment
decrying about the devastation that will occur to the country if this
amendment were to pass, and I would like to make just two points.
One, discretionary spending in this country has increased 38 percent
in the last 4 years, 38 percent. Has Americans' spending increased 38
percent? Has Americans' income increased 38 percent? No. All this
amendment does is it
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asks the government to spend what it spent 2 years ago.
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Most Americans would probably like to do that. Why is that such a
devastation? But there's even a greater reason. We have a $1.5 trillion
going to $1.6 trillion deficit. If we do not get this debt under
control--and fast--we will be making cuts of 50 percent overnight
because of the debt crisis that will hit when people stop buying our
debt. Madam Chair, this does not threaten government services. It is
actually a step toward saving them from the debt crisis that is ahead
of us.
Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from New
Jersey (Mr. Frelinghuysen) who is the chairman of the Energy and Water
Appropriations Subcommittee and a valued senior member of the Defense
Subcommittee.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
I would like to associate my remarks with those who rise to oppose
the amendment, basically because it's across the board. Right now we
are affecting the Army Corps of Engineers in a way that will affect
most of our major navigation around the country. Mississippi, Missouri,
Ohio River. We need to get these projects moving. They are important to
commerce, billions of dollars of commerce, suppliers, producers. And
lastly, there is a national security aspect. We need to maintain the
reliability of our nuclear stockpile. That's under the Department.
There is nothing more important than the nuclear stockpile. Protecting
that stockpile, making sure it's reliable, and that we meet the
requirements of cleanups across the Nation. Across the board cuts would
impact that in a big way.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DICKS. Madam Chair, how much time do we have on both sides?
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington has 2 minutes
remaining. The gentlewoman from Tennessee has 4\1/4\ minutes remaining.
Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from
Virginia, the chairman of the Commerce, Justice, and Science
Subcommittee.
Mr. WOLF. I thank the gentleman.
I rise in opposition to the amendments. If we really want to deal
with getting deficits under control, we have got to deal with
entitlements. Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, that's where we
have to go.
Secondly, this really will result in the layoffs of several hundred
FBI agents at the FBI. We met with Director Mueller on Friday. Can you
see the message when Osama bin Laden in a cave in Pakistan hears that
the FBI has had a layoff of FBI agents? Thirdly, it would require
layoffs at the DEA.
Lastly, for anybody interested in NASA--and so many Members came up
to say, Please, help NASA--this would result in a $1 billion cut of
NASA and the losses of thousands of jobs not only of NASA employees but
also NASA contractors in Alabama, in Florida, in Texas, in California,
and around the country. I urge defeat of the amendment.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Chair, I yield the balance of my time to the
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Jordan), the author of this amendment.
Mr. JORDAN. I thank the gentlelady for yielding.
Madam Chair, let me start by thanking the Appropriations Committee. I
do appreciate the work they have done. Look, this is unprecedented.
Appropriators cutting tens of billions of dollars, getting to the $100
billion that is so important and what we told the voters we were going
to do. I appreciate that.
But I am still struck with this fact: One thing that the American
people understand is that spending is out of control. There is no way
around it. And several speakers have went through and listed this
program that would be impacted, this agency that would be impacted.
Look, I understand that. It's not pleasant to reduce spending. I get
that. But I always bring it back to what the typical family has to do.
Think about the family out there who is making $50,000 a year and
spending $85,000. There are some good things that that other $35,000 is
being spent on, probably some very good things. Maybe they are going
out to dinner or they have an entertainment night, and they are doing
good things, healthy things for their family. But the point is that
they are spending more than they are taking in, and they have to cut
back, even if some of those things are positive things.
And the Federal Government is even worse because we are taking in
$50,000 and spending $85,000 year after year after year, and the
President's budget highlights that. We run trillion-dollar deficits for
the next decade. We pile up more debt on top of the $14 trillion. This
amendment builds on a good bill and simply says, Let's get to a full
$100 billion in savings outside of national defense and non-security
savings. We think that's a good first step towards putting this country
on a path that is actually sustainable, as the gentleman from Arizona
pointed out, towards at least reducing our deficit by one-fifteenth.
Imagine that, just one-fifteenth. This is what the American people sent
us here to do. This is what the American people elected 87 freshmen
Republicans to do, just this very thing, to reduce spending.
I just want to finish with this, because sometimes the people of this
country say it a lot better than the politicians. In my time in public
life, I have never seen the American people more receptive to the
things that have to be done to fix this country. They get it. The
central question is, Will the political class demonstrate the same
commitment, the same courage that the American people have demonstrated
over the last year? Let me read you this, and this just came to our
office 2 days ago.
``Dear Representative Jordan, my research center receives the
majority of its funding from Federal Department of Education sources.
If those funds are cut, we stand to lose our programs and, as a result,
maybe our livelihoods. However, my greater concern is with the future
of this Nation. Federal spending, if not dramatically cut, will
inevitably lead to this Nation's ruin and will destroy all
opportunities for our children. We must bring sanity back to the
management of our Nation's fiscal resources. Jim, our forefathers
pledged their lives, their fortune, and their sacred honor to create an
exceptional Nation where our rights are endowed by our Creator. If I
have to sacrifice my livelihood to maintain this great experiment
called America, it's the very least I can do in service to this
country. Please stand firm in your fight for fiscal responsibility to
preserve this great Nation.''
Colleagues, that's the standard of the American people. That's the
commitment we have to meet. That's what this debate is all about. If we
don't do this, the future for our kids and our grandkids is diminished.
This is about making sure America remains the greatest country in
history.
I urge a ``yes'' vote on the amendment.
Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from
Idaho, Mike Simpson, who has been the ranking member on Interior and
now the chairman of the Interior and Environmental Subcommittee.
Mr. SIMPSON. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
It's important to remember what we're doing here. We're dealing with
a CR that funds the government for the last 7 months. This is not a
full-year appropriation bill. We're dealing with a much shorter period
of time. So the $100 billion that we were asked to reduce in this
budget, if you looked at it, by the time this probably gets done,
would, in effect, be about $200 billion if it were a full-year
appropriations bill. The Appropriations Committee has done its job. It
has done what our Conference asked us to do.
We had actually had amendments on the floor that would reduce some
accounts to less than what they have in the appropriations process. So
I guess they would be paying us, I don't know. But some of the
amendments have just gone too far. This one I think goes too far. And
as some have said, across-the-board cuts don't give us the opportunity
to decide what our priorities are. What we need to do is make sure that
we get this amendment defeated, that we get this CR to fund the
government for the last 7 months passed, and then get on with doing a
budget for 2012, which was not done last year, and pass the
appropriations bills so that we can fund the government for the next
year at a level that I think many of the
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RSC members will be happy with when we get that done.
Mr. DICKS. Madam Chair, I move to strike the requisite number of
words.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the distinguished lady from Texas, Kay
Granger, who is the chairman of the State, Foreign Ops Appropriations
Subcommittee.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman may yield but not blocks of time.
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Ms. GRANGER. Madam Chairwoman, I rise in opposition to the Jordan
amendment.
This amendment would cut an additional $2.5 billion from the State,
Foreign Operations title of the CR after the subcommittee has brought
significant and thoughtful cuts to the table. This title is already $10
billion below 2010, including supplementals. To achieve that, we put
lower priority programs on pause, reduced and eliminated
underperforming, wasteful and duplicative programs and zeroed out
administrative priorities like climate change.
The programs that are funded in the State, Foreign Operations title
of this bill protect our top national security priorities. The
gentleman claims his amendment exempts national security, but it does
not exempt the national security provisions in the State, Foreign
Operations title. The Jordan amendment reduces U.S. operations in
frontline states including Afghanistan and Iraq.
The subcommittee has tried to responsibly protect these funds from
drastic reductions in the State, Foreign Operations title, given that
we have men and women in harm's way in our civilian forces just as we
do in our military forces.
Aside from cutting $450 million from security assistance, the
amendment would cut $55 million from the Pakistan Counterinsurgency
Capability Fund.
Israel is protected from this amendment's cuts, but Egypt, Jordan,
Afghanistan, and Iraq are not. Given the fragile situation in these
frontline states and in the Middle East, I believe cutting these funds
would undermine our security.
Mr. Chairman, for these reasons I must oppose the amendment.
Mr. DICKS. I yield to the chairman of the Transportation
Appropriations Subcommittee, THUD, Mr. Latham from Iowa.
Mr. LATHAM. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
And I appreciate very much what's going on and the reduction of
spending. I'm just very concerned that this is not really a thoughtful
way of doing it, that if we're after waste, fraud and abuse in our
budget, this is going to cripple us as far as finding out where those
places are. It will continue to fund items, lines in the budget that
have waste, fraud and abuse and will not eliminate those.
And also, when you look at just the transportation portion, I think
the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) brought the point up too,
but this would, in fact, stop air traffic control for a period of
weeks. And I don't think many of us here would like to see our airports
close down for several weeks because we don't have air traffic control.
And that's exactly what would happen.
Mr. DICKS. Reclaiming my time, I yield to the gentlewoman from
Missouri, the chairman of the Financial Services Appropriations
Subcommittee.
Mrs. EMERSON. I want to echo the words of all of our colleagues in
opposition to this bill.
Let me talk a little bit about two things that in my bill, the
Financial Services bill, that would be drastically impacted.
Number one, an additional 5.5 percent cut totaling $1.02 billion
would actually reduce assistance to small businesses but would hurt
agencies that protect American citizens from deceptive business
practices and fraud.
In addition to that, it would result in dangerous cuts to the
Treasury Department's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence,
funding for enforcement of Iran sanctions, judicial security and drug
task forces.
I realize it's a well intentioned effort, but it goes too far. I urge
a ``no'' vote.
Mr. DICKS. I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Virginia.
Mr. MORAN. Madam Chairwoman, the CR, I believe, is irresponsible, but
this amendment would commit this country to an economic death spiral.
It may sound like heresy, but the reality is you can't run the
strongest government and the strongest economy in the world on less
than 15 percent of GDP.
Look back to the Clinton years when we were at 20 percent. We had the
strongest economy ever. People at the top tax rates brought home more
after-tax income than any time in American history. We created 23
million more jobs and we had a surplus. And that surplus is what we
should be aiming for.
Not only do we need to cut spending, sure, but we also need to raise
revenue. We need to come to a balance. This is an imbalanced amendment.
It is an irresponsible one, and our country and our people deserve
better.
Mr. DICKS. In closing, let me point out that the amendment to impose
an across-the-board cut would allow OMB to make the individual funding
decisions. We have spent 4 days and nights thoughtfully considering
programs and levels. This amendment is not thoughtful and should be
defeated.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Tennessee
will be postponed.
Amendment No. 199 Offered by Mr. Poe of Texas
Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Chairwoman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec.__. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used by the Department of Justice, or any other Agency, to
litigate the continuation of the case United States of
America v. The State of Arizona and Janice K. Brewer
regarding Arizona law S.B. 1070.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to the order of the House of February 17,
2011, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe) and a Member opposed each will
control 5 minutes.
Mr. FATTAH. I reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Chairwoman, I understand a point of order is
reserved by the other side.
This amendment to the CR is very simple. The State of Arizona has
implemented laws in its State to protect the dignity and sovereignty of
the State. The United States Federal Government, in all of its awesome
power, has jumped in and sued the State of Arizona at taxpayers'
expense, preventing them from enforcing the rule of law in their own
State.
The Federal Government doesn't enforce the rule of law on the
borders. Just recently, the GAO has reported that only 44 percent of
the border is secure. That means somebody else controls the other 56
percent of the southern border, and it is not the United States of
America. Arizona is trying to protect its people. The Federal
Government won't protect the border, but yet it sues the State of
Arizona.
This legislation will prohibit the Federal Government from using its
resources and any money to implement the lawsuit against the United
States of America v. The State of Arizona and Janice Brewer, the
Governor thereof.
It's a very simple amendment.
I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Carter).
Mr. CARTER. I thank my friend for yielding.
This law, and I understand that a point of order has been raised, but
this is serious business we're talking about here. The sovereign State
of Arizona is being overrun by dangerous people, that being murderers,
up and down that border.
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I've been to that Arizona border. I've seen the fence being built in
Arizona, and I've seen the fence that it replaced, which wouldn't even
hold in a pair of goats. And yet we have a flood flowing across this
border.
And so what does the Governor of that State do? Steps forward and
says that the Federal Government is not meeting its obligation. We are
going to protect our citizens.
Now, one of the things that I have been very concerned about--I will
yield to my friend in a moment.
One the things I have been very concerned about, as I've watched the
judiciary and the legal system develop, is we've learned how to use our
court system as a battering ram against our opponents, both our
opponents in business and now our opponents in politics and in other
places, just to batter them into position. The United States Government
should not be battering the State of Arizona into a position that the
State believes is contrary to the will of their people.
I now yield to my friend from Arizona.
Mr. PASTOR of Arizona. I want to thank my friend, Congressman Carter,
for yielding.
You see, the problem I have is that 2 hours ago, 3 hours ago, there
was great debate about the States who took on the Federal Government
over a question of the constitutionality of ObamaCare; and there was a
decision that was rendered, and that's going to go to appeal, and
everybody is happy because they agree with the decision.
In Arizona, Arizona decided to pass SB 1070. It went to Federal
court. Judge Bolton decided that some sections were constitutional,
some were unconstitutional, and we are now going through the process of
the Ninth Circuit and probably to the Supreme Court.
So what's good for the goose is good for the gander. So I would tell
you, why don't you let the process occur, and that way we'll know
whether or not Arizona has the power to deal with immigration and
whether or not the States can deal with the constitutional issue of
ObamaCare.
Mr. POE of Texas. This issue is an issue of public safety, which is
the first obligation of the Federal Government, to protect the people,
to protect the homeland. And that is why it's important the Federal
Government get out of the way of the State of Arizona trying to protect
the good citizens there in Arizona from the drug cartels that are
coming into their State.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. Does the gentleman continue to reserve his point of
order?
Mr. FATTAH. I continue to reserve.
{time} 1330
Mr. GRIJALVA. Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. GRIJALVA. My strong opposition to this amendment is because it
would bar the Department of Justice or any other Federal agency from
challenging the constitutionality of this law in Arizona or any other
law.
The precedent being set by the Poe amendment, if it were to be
adopted, would establish a dangerous new standard. It opens the door to
congressional restraints on active pending Department of Justice
litigation in a potentially endless variety of cases through backdoor
de-funding moves.
The precedent is being set here, and I appreciate the gentleman's
point about Arizona working its will; but there are also people that
believe in the Constitution, as we all do, who would want to know that
the law in Arizona passes constitutional muster. This is what this
lawsuit is about. This is why we have separation of powers. This is why
we have a Constitution, to protect the interests of all people.
SB 1070, you can support it; I can oppose it. The point being that
there is a third part of our government that will decide whether or not
this law is constitutional. I believe all of us would like to uphold
constitutional laws.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Point of Order
Mr. FATTAH. Madam Chair, I insist on my point of order.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his point of order.
Mr. FATTAH. I make a point of order against the amendment because it
proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation in an
appropriation bill and, therefore, violates clause 2 of rule XXI.
The rule states in pertinent part: An amendment to a general
appropriation bill shall not be in order if changing existing law.
The Acting CHAIR. Does any Member wish to be heard on the point of
order?
Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Chair, I wish to speak on the point of order.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized.
Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Chair, the law does not legislate. In fact,
it prohibits legislation. All it does is tell the Department of Justice
they can't spend any money on this lawsuit.
I would accept the ruling of the Chair.
The Acting CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the point
of order?
If not, the Chair is prepared to rule.
The Chair finds that this amendment requires new determinations of
Federal officials. Specifically, the amendment would require
discernment of what actions amount to continuation of litigation. By
limiting funds for the ``continuation'' of a case, the amendment would
occasion more than merely incidental decisions as to what tends to
continue it.
The amendment therefore constitutes legislation in violation of
clause 2 of rule XXI. The point of order is sustained and the amendment
is not in order.
Announcement By the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments printed in the Congressional Record
on which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
Amendment No. 50 by Ms. McCollum of Minnesota.
Amendment No. 232 by Mr. Nadler of New York.
Amendment No. 214 by Mr. Kline of Minnesota.
Amendment No. 11 by Mr. Pence of Indiana.
Amendment No. 533 by Mr. Young of Alaska.
Amendment No. 524 by Mr. Nadler of New York.
Amendment No. 466 by Mr. Poe of Texas.
Amendment No. 575 by Mr. Rehberg of Montana.
Amendment No. 267 by Mr. King of Iowa.
Amendment No. 268 by Mr. King of Iowa.
Amendment No. 83 by Mrs. Emerson of Missouri.
Amendment No. 89 by Mr. Kind of Wisconsin.
Amendment No. 88 by Mr. Kind of Wisconsin.
Amendment No. 104 by Mrs. Blackburn of Tennessee.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote
after the first vote in this series.
Amendment No. 50 Offered by Ms. Mc Collum
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
Minnesota (Ms. McCollum) on which further proceedings were postponed
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 148,
noes 281, not voting 4, as follows:
[Roll No. 90]
AYES--148
Andrews
Bachmann
Baldwin
Barrow
Barton (TX)
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berman
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Camp
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carney
Castor (FL)
Chabot
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Conyers
Costello
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Fudge
Garamendi
Garrett
Gosar
Griffith (VA)
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Huizenga (MI)
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Israel
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kingston
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Manzullo
Markey
Matheson
McCarthy (NY)
McClintock
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Napolitano
Noem
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Quigley
Rangel
Reichert
Richmond
Rokita
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schmidt
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sherman
Shimkus
Slaughter
Speier
Stark
Stivers
Sutton
Tiberi
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Waters
Waxman
Weiner
Woolsey
Wu
NOES--281
Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Amash
Austria
Baca
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Berkley
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Calvert
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Chaffetz
Clyburn
Coble
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Cooper
Costa
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Culberson
Davis (CA)
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Grijalva
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Hinchey
Holden
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Inslee
Issa
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lynch
Mack
Maloney
Marchant
Marino
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Nadler
Neal
Neugebauer
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Peters
Peterson
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Rahall
Reed
Rehberg
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Richardson
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Scalise
Schilling
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Stearns
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Watt
Webster
Welch
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--4
Cardoza
Giffords
McCollum
Quayle
1358
Messrs. PENCE, MACK, ALEXANDER, SCOTT of South Carolina, BOUSTANY,
GRIFFIN of Arkansas, NUGENT, ROHRABACHER, CASSIDY, BACA, BUTTERFIELD,
VISCLOSKY, MARCHANT, THOMPSON of Mississippi, DAVID SCOTT of Georgia
and Ms. RICHARDSON changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. GOSAR, LARSON of Connecticut, GARRETT, CLARKE of Michigan,
JONES, MANZULLO, FILNER, DAVIS of Illinois, RUSH, GUTIERREZ, COURTNEY,
HOLT, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mrs. CAPPS and Ms. PELOSI
changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
(By unanimous consent, Mr. Cantor was allowed to speak out of order.)
Legislative Program
Mr. CANTOR. Madam Chairman, I will be brief.
First of all, I want to thank Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member
Dicks and their incredible staff for the leadership and amazing
endurance that they have displayed through this process.
Madam Chairman, they, along with the staff of the Parliamentarian's
Office, the Clerk's office, the Congressional Budget Office, the
Sergeant at Arms Office, many of the leadership offices, Members'
offices, and of course the Capitol Police, have been working around the
clock, literally, in order for us to facilitate this debate. So I thank
all of the staff.
Madam Chairman, we've had an extraordinary debate, and I want to
thank the Members for their patience, their enthusiasm, and their
participation in this remarkable development of events in this debate.
{time}
I would say to Members that all of us want to finish and complete
this bill today.
Madam Chairman, I would say, as Members know, we are operating under
a unanimous consent agreement; and under that agreement, we still have
18 hours of debate and 103 amendments to go. Now, while none of us want
to restrict anyone's ability to speak their piece and voice their
opinions, certainly a lot has been said throughout the last 80-some
hours of discussion on this bill, so I would ask Members to be mindful
of the prudence of being concise and expeditious in their remarks. If
we proceed in that vein, Madam Chairman, perhaps we could finish at a
reasonable hour this evening.
Mr. LEWIS of California. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. CANTOR. I yield to the gentleman from California.
Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Leader, I understand your recognizing
Mr. Rogers and Mr. Dicks and others and our staffs for their fabulous
work; but I think it would be a shame if we didn't recognize a specific
person who has essentially been Mr. Rogers' right hand during all of
this discussion. He is leaving the House at the end of the month to go
to the private sector. He is a fabulous, fabulous guy, who is respected
on both sides of the aisle.
Let's give Jeff Shockey a hand.
Amendment No. 232 Offered by Mr. Nadler
The Acting CHAIR (Mrs. Capito). Without objection, 2-minute voting
will continue.
There was no objection.
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Nadler) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 98,
noes 331, not voting 4, as follows:
[Roll No. 91]
AYES--98
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Blumenauer
Braley (IA)
Campbell
Capuano
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Coble
Cohen
Conyers
Costello
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Doggett
Doyle
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Eshoo
Farr
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Grijalva
Hastings (FL)
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Inslee
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kucinich
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren, Zoe
Lujan
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McDermott
McGovern
Meeks
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
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Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Pallone
Paul
Payne
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Richardson
Rohrabacher
Roybal-Allard
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Schakowsky
Serrano
Sires
Slaughter
Speier
Stark
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Woolsey
Yarmuth
NOES--331
Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Amash
Andrews
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Benishek
Berg
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Clyburn
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (CA)
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers
Emerson
Engel
Farenthold
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harman
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Holden
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Israel
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly
Kildee
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pearce
Pelosi
Pence
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Richmond
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Rothman (NJ)
Royce
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schiff
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sewell
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Van Hollen
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Wu
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--4
Giffords
Gutierrez
McCollum
Quayle
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
{time} 1407
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 214 Offered by Mr. Kline
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota
(Mr. Kline) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 289,
noes 136, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 92]
AYES--289
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Amash
Andrews
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Berkley
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carter
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Clay
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Costa
Costello
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Engel
Farenthold
Filner
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Holden
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Israel
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Maloney
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meeks
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Pence
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Rothman (NJ)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Loretta
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Tonko
Towns
Turner
Upton
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--136
Ackerman
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Courtney
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Edwards
Ellison
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Grimm
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Harman
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
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Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lujan
Lynch
Markey
Matsui
McCaul
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Richardson
Richmond
Rohrabacher
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Sewell
Sherman
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Woolsey
Wu
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
Clarke (NY)
NOT VOTING--7
Broun (GA)
Giffords
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
McCollum
Meehan
Quayle
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
{time} 1410
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. MEEHAN. Madam Chair, on rollcall No. 92, the Kline Amendment No.
214, I was inadvertently detained. Had I been present, I would have
voted ``aye.''
Mr. McCAUL. Madam Chair, on rollcall No. 92 I mistakenly voted
``no.'' Please let the Record reflect that I intended to vote ``aye.''
Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Pence
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana
(Mr. Pence) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 240,
noes 185, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 93]
AYES--240
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Benishek
Berg
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Costello
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paul
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Rahall
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--185
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bono Mack
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Dent
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Richardson
Richmond
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
Amash
NOT VOTING--7
Giffords
Gutierrez
Harper
Hinojosa
Keating
McCollum
Quayle
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
{time} 1413
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 533 Offered by Mr. Young of Alaska
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alaska
(Mr. Young) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 243,
noes 185, not voting 5, as follows:
[Roll No. 94]
AYES--243
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
[[Page H1236]]
Capito
Cardoza
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Costa
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Holden
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paul
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Reed
Rehberg
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--185
Ackerman
Amash
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costello
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gerlach
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hayworth
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reichert
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Wu
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--5
Giffords
Hinojosa
McCollum
Quayle
Woolsey
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
{time} 1417
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 524 Offered by Mr. Nadler
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Nadler) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 196,
noes 231, not voting 6, as follows:
[Roll No. 95]
AYES--196
Ackerman
Adams
Amash
Baldwin
Bartlett
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Campbell
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chaffetz
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Culberson
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gibson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffith (VA)
Grijalva
Hanabusa
Harman
Harris
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Heller
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kucinich
Labrador
Landry
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McClintock
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Rehberg
Richardson
Richmond
Rohrabacher
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schilling
Schrader
Schwartz
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Webster
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
NOES--231
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chandler
Coble
Cole
Conaway
Cooper
Costa
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Maloney
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
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McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pence
Perlmutter
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Rothman (NJ)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--6
Aderholt
Giffords
Gutierrez
Hinojosa
McCollum
Quayle
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
{time} 1420
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mrs. MALONEY. Madam Chair, I inadvertently voted against Amendment
No. 524 which would protect our libraries and booksellers from Patriot
Act searches and seizures. I change my vote to a ``yea,'' as I did in
2005 when I voted in favor of this very amendment.
Amendment No. 466 Offered by Mr. Poe of Texas
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Poe) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 249,
noes 177, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 96]
AYES--249
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Amash
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Costa
Costello
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Holden
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paul
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Rahall
Reed
Rehberg
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--177
Ackerman
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hayworth
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Keating
Kildee
Kissell
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reichert
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--7
Giffords
Green, Gene
Grimm
Hinojosa
Kaptur
McCollum
Quayle
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
{time} 1423
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. GRIMM. Madam Chair, on rollcall No. 96, I was unavoidably
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''
Stated against:
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Madam Chair, on rollcall No. 96, had I been
present, I would have voted ``no.''
Amendment No. 575 Offered by Mr. Rehberg
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Montana
(Mr. Rehberg) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 239,
noes 187, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 97]
AYES--239
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Amash
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
[[Page H1238]]
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paul
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--187
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cravaack
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gibson
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--7
Ellison
Giffords
Hall
Hinojosa
McCollum
Quayle
Waxman
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
{time} 1426
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. CRAVAACK. Madam Chair, on rollcall vote 97, I mistakenly voted
``no.'' I intended to vote ``yes.''
Stated against:
Mr. ELLISON. Madam Chair, on February 18, 2011, I inadvertently
missed rollcall No. 97. Had I been present, I would voted ``no.''
Amendment No. 267 Offered by Mr. King of Iowa
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr.
King) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 241,
noes 187, not voting 5, as follows:
[Roll No. 98]
AYES--241
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Amash
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paul
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--187
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
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Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--5
Giffords
Hinojosa
McCollum
Quayle
Schock
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
{time} 1429
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 268 Offered by Mr. King of Iowa
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr.
King) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 237,
noes 191, not voting 5, as follows:
[Roll No. 99]
AYES--237
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Amash
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Dold
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paul
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--191
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gibson
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Marchant
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--5
Diaz-Balart
Giffords
Hinojosa
McCollum
Quayle
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
{time} 1432
Mr. MARCHANT changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. HANNA. Madam Chair, on rollcall vote No. 99, I inadvertently
voted ``no.'' I had intended to vote ``aye.''
Amendment No. 83 Offered by Mrs. Emerson
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Missouri
(Mrs. Emerson) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
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The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 246,
noes 182, not voting 5, as follows:
[Roll No. 100]
AYES--246
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Amash
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Holden
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paul
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--182
Ackerman
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--5
Giffords
Hall
Hinojosa
McCollum
Quayle
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
{time} 1435
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 89 Offered by Mr. Kind
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin
(Mr. Kind) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the
noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 183,
noes 246, not voting 4, as follows:
[Roll No. 101]
AYES--183
Adams
Amash
Andrews
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berkley
Berman
Bilbray
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Bono Mack
Brady (PA)
Buerkle
Burton (IN)
Campbell
Cantor
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carney
Castor (FL)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Cooper
Costello
Crowley
Culberson
Davis (CA)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Dent
Deutch
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Eshoo
Fattah
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Forbes
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Gallegly
Garamendi
Gingrey (GA)
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Hall
Hanabusa
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Heck
Heinrich
Heller
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Holt
Honda
Huizenga (MI)
Hunter
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Jordan
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kucinich
Lance
Landry
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
Lujan
Lynch
Mack
Manzullo
Markey
Matheson
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McKinley
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Moran
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nugent
Olver
Pallone
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Pence
Peters
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Polis
Price (GA)
Quigley
Rigell
Rivera
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Schiff
Schrader
Schweikert
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Stearns
Sutton
Terry
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walberg
Wasserman Schultz
Weiner
West
Whitfield
Wittman
Wolf
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--246
Ackerman
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Becerra
Berg
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Canseco
Capito
Cardoza
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Chu
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Conyers
Costa
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
Denham
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Dold
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers
Emerson
Engel
Farenthold
Farr
Filner
Fincher
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Fortenberry
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Griffin (AR)
Grijalva
Guthrie
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Gutierrez
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hensarling
Herger
Hirono
Holden
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Hultgren
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Levin
Lewis (GA)
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Maloney
Marchant
Marino
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (NC)
Moore
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pearce
Perlmutter
Peterson
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Richardson
Richmond
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rokita
Rooney
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Rothman (NJ)
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Sanchez, Loretta
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schwartz
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sessions
Sewell
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Velazquez
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Walz (MN)
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Webster
Welch
Westmoreland
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--4
Giffords
Hinojosa
McCollum
Quayle
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining on
this vote.
{time} 1440
Messrs. WALBERG, AL GREEN of Texas, MORAN and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ
changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Madam Chair, on rollcall 101, I mistakenly
voted ``no''; however, I intended to vote ``aye.''
Amendment No. 88 Offered by Mr. Kind
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin
(Mr. Kind) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the
noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 123,
noes 306, not voting 4, as follows:
[Roll No. 102]
AYES--123
Amash
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Camp
Campbell
Capps
Cardoza
Carney
Carson (IN)
Chu
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Cooper
Costello
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Doggett
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Goodlatte
Griffith (VA)
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Hurt
Inslee
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Keating
Kind
Kucinich
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lummis
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller, George
Nadler
Napolitano
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Richardson
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Slaughter
Speier
Stark
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Woodall
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOES--306
Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Calvert
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Capuano
Carnahan
Carter
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Costa
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (KY)
DeLauro
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Filner
Fincher
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Grijalva
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Himes
Hinchey
Hirono
Holden
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Israel
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kaptur
Kelly
Kildee
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Levin
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Moore
Moran
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neal
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Perlmutter
Peters
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Richmond
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Rothman (NJ)
Royce
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sewell
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Webster
Welch
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--4
Giffords
Hinojosa
McCollum
Quayle
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
{time} 1443
Mr. INSLEE changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 104 Offered by Mrs. Blackburn
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) on which further proceedings were postponed
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
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The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 147,
noes 281, not voting 5, as follows:
[Roll No. 103]
AYES--147
Akin
Amash
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Benishek
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bono Mack
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Campbell
Canseco
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Conaway
Davis (KY)
DesJarlais
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Harris
Hartzler
Hayworth
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
Labrador
Lamborn
Landry
Lankford
LaTourette
Latta
Long
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nugent
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Price (GA)
Reed
Rehberg
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Roe (TN)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Ross (FL)
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Shimkus
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stutzman
Thornberry
Tiberi
Turner
Walberg
Walsh (IL)
Webster
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Woodall
Yoder
Young (IN)
NOES--281
Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barletta
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Berg
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bilbray
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonner
Boren
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Denham
Dent
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Duffy
Edwards
Ellison
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Fortenberry
Frank (MA)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Garamendi
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gonzalez
Granger
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Grimm
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harman
Harper
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Heck
Heinrich
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Kucinich
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lucas
Lujan
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Noem
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Olver
Palazzo
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Posey
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reichert
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rivera
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schilling
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Stivers
Sullivan
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tierney
Tipton
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Upton
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
West
Westmoreland
Wilson (FL)
Wolf
Womack
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--5
Giffords
Hinojosa
McCollum
Owens
Quayle
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
the vote.
{time} 1446
Mr. GINGREY of Georgia changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. GERLACH. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 103, I inadvertently voted
``yea.'' I intended to vote ``nay.''
Recognizing Congresswoman Harman
Mr. DICKS. I move to strike the requisite number of words.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. DICKS. Today may well be the last day of a very distinguished
career of Congresswoman Jane Harman from California. And I want to
recognize Jane in the well, and you can say a few words, and then we
will have some other people making brief comments.
Jane.
Ms. HARMAN. Thank you, Norm Dicks, my longest-standing, certainly not
my oldest, friend in the House, and thank you, colleagues.
My congressional career will close on February 28 so that the
constitutionally required special election to replace me can coincide
with a statewide referendum Governor Brown intends to hold in
California later this year. This timing will save taxpayer money, a
very good thing, ensure a higher turnout, and most quickly fill the
vacancy created by my resignation.
The messages that have flooded my offices since I have announced my
departure have touched me deeply. The extraordinary honor of a
congratulatory statement by the President was completely unexpected and
absolutely thrilling. But the message I may treasure most came from one
of my four children. It said simply, ``Brave Mama.''
For 17 years, I have worked my heart out for the people of
California's 36th Congressional District. I cast votes with which some
strongly disagreed, but I have always tried my best to listen and lead.
The opportunity awaiting me at the Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars is enormous, following in the footsteps of our
former Member, Lee Hamilton. It is truly a center of excellence and a
place where I believe I can add real value to bipartisan scholarship
and policymaking. But nothing--and I mean nothing--will ever replace
the two-decade long journey I have just completed as I sought and won a
seat in Congress, my first and only elected office.
I have worked closely with many of you in committees and caucuses,
like the Blue Dogs and the New Democrats, and on legislation. With some
here, I have visited garden spots, like North Korea, Libya, Syria,
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen, to assess the threats we face. And
those threats, as you all know, are extremely serious. Such foreign
travel is, I believe, a wonderful way to build personal bipartisan
friendships, something dearly needed here.
As a lifelong, passionate, ``bipartisan in my bones'' Democrat, I
have been criticized by both sides. But the center is where, in my
view, most Americans are and where, in many cases, the best policy
answers are. I will bring that perspective with me to my new post at
the Wilson Center.
Let me make two final points.
First, over the years, I have worked hard to hire and train the best
staff on the planet.
{time} 1450
We call ourselves Team Harman. And at annual reunions, I marvel at
how they and their families have grown. I truly love them and know how
their extraordinary efforts are appreciated by my constituents and by
other offices.
And second, I always say that I represent the smartest constituents
on earth. This is not a joke. They have
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helped me enormously to do my job well. Sidney, my young Sidney and I,
and our ever-growing family thank them for the milestones and the
memories. I may be changing my day job, but not my residence or my
heart.
So as I conclude my final statement on the floor of this House, I
depart with great affection and gratitude to wonderful colleagues, to
very longstanding friends, to a leadership with whom I have worked
closely, to my sisters from California and throughout the United
States, on both sides of the aisle, all of you have become valued,
valued, valued, very valued friends. And I thank you, again, for the
honor of serving with you.
Mr. DICKS. I yield to the Democratic leader.
Ms. PELOSI. To our valued, valued, valued friend, Jane Harman, to a
proud Californian, to a great leader in our country, I know I speak for
everyone in this Congress on this occasion when I say we have been
proud to call you colleague and, again, for many of us, to value you as
a friend.
Jane's contribution to our country is one as a patriot. Not only for
her great service in the Congress of the United States, but she and her
family, her young Sidney, have been a source of strength to our
country, whether it comes to security, our national security, the arts,
or the education of the next generation.
We all know that our first responsibility is to keep the American
people safe. No one has done more in that regard than Jane Harman, and
also in conveying the values of our great Nation throughout the world.
The Woodrow Wilson Center is fortunate indeed to have her leadership.
It will be a great combination.
And so I say, Jane, we all choke up when we hear you say it's your
last statement on the floor. We have all benefited from your wisdom. We
congratulate you and send you off with great love, brave mama.
Mr. DICKS. I now yield to the Democratic Whip, the gentleman from
Maryland.
Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman from Washington State for yielding,
and I thank the leader for her remarks.
Jane Harman and I have known each other for almost half a century. We
in fact grew up together in many ways, became involved in public
service, and I have seen her grow into one of the great leaders in this
country on issues of national security.
National security is one of the most bipartisan issues with which we
deal. Everyone knows that we swear an oath to defend the Constitution
and laws of this Nation, and that we have a responsibility to ensure
the safety of our country and the safety of our people. Few among us
have taken more to heart that responsibility than Jane Harman of
California.
Jane, of course, as all of you know, served on the Intelligence
Committee. She served on the Intelligence Committee as ranking member
for a long period of time. And if you ask the people in the
intelligence community or in the defense community--and of course she
served on the staff of the Department of Defense as well in a number of
administrations--they will tell you that Jane Harman is as
knowledgeable, as incisive, as thoughtful, as analytical as anybody
with whom they have dealt in the Congress of the United States. We will
be a lesser Congress for her leaving us and have less of an expertise,
although many experts we still have.
Jane has been a voice to the American people on the focus that we
have needed to keep our country safe and to confront those terrorists
who would put us at risk.
Jane, we owe you a debt of gratitude, your constituents owe you a
debt of gratitude, and your country owes you a debt of gratitude.
The sadness of your leaving is leavened somewhat by the fact that you
will continue to be involved and your expertise will continue to be
available in your new position as the leader of the Woodrow Wilson
Center, a distinguished center of thought and focus on issues of
international security and policy.
We thank you for your service. We wish you the very best. And we are
so glad to know that you are just a few blocks down the road so that we
will be able to call upon you to give your very thoughtful insights,
analysis, and advice to the issues that confront this Nation and all of
us, Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, which, as
you rightly point out, is not an issue of ideology but of practical
safety for our citizens and Nation.
Thank you, dear friend. Thank you, dear colleague. Thank you, dear
American leader.
Mr. DICKS. I yield to the gentleman from California, our former
chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Defense Subcommittee, Mr.
Lewis, our good friend.
Mr. LEWIS of California. I thank the gentleman.
As Arlene and I were sharing thoughts about you, dear Jane, she
expressed some consternation that she had not been able to find a young
Sid. But, nonetheless, she suggested she was going to put up with me
anyway.
Jane, we have admired your work for all of my life in public affairs.
Since I have been in the Congress you have become a wonderful friend as
well as a policy partner. I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed our
years together on the Intelligence Committee.
Our work on behalf of our national security together hand in hand has
been very important to Arlene and myself. You are a wonderful person, a
wonderful personality, and we love you and wish you well as you go
forward, Jane.
Mr. DICKS. I have known Jane for 42 years. She was a staff assistant
to Senator Tunney when I was a staff assistant to Senator Magnuson. We
have worked together as colleagues ever since. We love Sidney. We are
so excited that there still is a Woodrow Wilson Center for you to go
to. We appreciate your great service to our country and thank you for
everything that you have done.
Mr. DREIER. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. DICKS. I yield to my friend from California.
Mr. DREIER. I thank my friend for yielding. I know we have lots of
work to do here and we have gone through an extraordinary process over
the last few days, but the moment I heard something was being said
about my friend Jane Harman, I wanted to rush downstairs to say that
when I think of Jane Harman, I think of the quintessential individual
committed to bipartisanship.
She has always worked to reach across the aisle, whether it's dealing
with national security and foreign policy issues or domestic issues or,
for us, issues as we share the representation of Los Angeles area.
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And I want to say that the Woodrow Wilson Center is going to be--we
all respected Lee Hamilton--but an even greater place now with Jane
Harman there.
Mr. DICKS. Jane, we wish you well at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Lee
Hamilton did a fantastic job. We know you will too.
Amendment No. 336 Offered by Mr. Bishop of New York
Mr. BISHOP of New York. Madam Chairman, I have an amendment at the
desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. Not later than 90 after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office and
the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall,
jointly--
(1) study the effect that this Act will have on job levels;
and
(2) report the findings of the study in the Employment
Situation Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to the order of the House of February 17,
2011, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bishop) and a Member opposed
each will control 5 minutes.
Mr. ADERHOLT. Madam Chairman, I reserve a point of order on the
gentleman's amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The point of order is reserved.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.
Mr. BISHOP of New York. Thank you, Madam Chairman.
I yield myself 4\1/2\ minutes.
My amendment is very simple and very straightforward. It would simply
append to the end of the bill a requirement that not later than 90 days
after
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the enactment of H.R. 1, the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall
jointly conduct a study that would illustrate the effect that this act
will have on job levels and, second, that these effects will be
reported on a monthly basis to the American people on the first Friday
of each month.
We have competing visions of what the effect of H.R. 1 will be. We
have the Economic Policy Institute, which has estimated that the
implications of H.R. 1 will be a job loss of over 800,000. We have the
Center for American Progress saying that the result of passing H.R. 1
will be a job loss of 650,000 jobs directly and 325,000 indirect jobs
lost.
And then we have Speaker Boehner. Speaker Boehner says, and I'm
quoting him exactly, he says that if we reduce spending, we'll create a
better environment for job creation in America.
And so very simply put, what my amendment does is it finds out who's
right. Is the Economic Policy Institute right? Is the Center for
American Progress right? Or is Speaker Boehner and others who believe
that this will in fact create jobs?
And let me say why I am so focused on this.
H.R. 1 cuts funding for the Office of Science by 20 percent, $1.1
billion; and it cuts funding by 40 percent for the energy efficiency
and renewable energy program. These are the two programs that support a
Department of Energy lab in my district. That is the second largest
employer in my district.
And so I asked the administrators of the lab to tell me what the
implications would be. So this is one set of cuts in one district on
one facility. And what the implications will be would be a layoff of a
third of the workforce and the shutdown of two very important
analytical pieces of equipment that attract 3,300 scientists from all
over the world.
So we would lay off a third of my constituents, and we would reduce
the number of scientists who use this facility by 3,300. So that's
3,300 people not staying in our hotels, not renting our cars, not
eating in our restaurants, not buying their coffee in our delis.
That's just one district, one facility, one decision.
Let us find out whether or not this bill, H.R. 1, will in fact be the
engine of job creation that the majority has presented it to be, or
will it destroy jobs as we believe it will and as the Center for
Academic Progress believes that it will.
With that, I yield the balance of my time to the gentlelady from
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro).
Ms. DeLAURO. I thank the gentleman and rise to support his amendment.
We should have a quantifiable way of finding out the impact of this
continuing resolution on job creation. What else could be more
important than that?
There was an examination of the jobs that came out of the economic
recovery program. If this continuing resolution would be enacted into
law, will the unemployment rate decrease? Will wages go up for middle
class families? Will this continuing resolution help to turn the
economy around?
I would think that the majority would welcome the opportunity to
verify their claim that the continuing resolution would create jobs.
Let's prove us wrong. We believe that it will destroy jobs. Prove us
wrong--unless you feel that if jobs are lost, so be it.
So why not have the Bureau of Labor Statistics work on these critical
issues? And I ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, what
are you afraid of?
Point of Order
Mr. ADERHOLT. Madam Chairman, I make a point of order against the
amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes
legislation in an appropriation bill and therefore violates clause 2 of
rule XXI. The rule states in pertinent part: ``An amendment to a
general appropriation shall not be in order if changing existing law.''
The amendment imposes additional duties.
I ask for a ruling of the Chair.
The Acting CHAIR. Does any Member wish to be heard on the point of
order?
Mr. BISHOP of New York. Madam Chairman, I am prepared to accept your
ruling on the point of order, but I would like to make this comment.
And the comment is, Why would you not want to have the information
that this amendment would elicit? It's very important information. We
all know that our actions have consequences. We all know that the
Republican leadership promised us the most transparent Congress in
history.
The Acting CHAIR. The Chair is prepared to rule. The gentleman is not
addressing the point of order.
The Chair finds that this amendment imposes new duties. The amendment
therefore constitutes legislation in violation of clause 2 of rule XXI.
The point of order is sustained, and the amendment is not in order.
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Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Madam Chair, I move that the Committee do now
rise.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Westmoreland) having assumed the chair, Mrs. Capito, Acting Chair 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. 1)
making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other
departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2011, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution
thereon.
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