[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 51 (Friday, April 8, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H2565-H2567]
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FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AMENDMENTS, 2011
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order
at any time to take from the Speaker's table the bill H.R. 1363, with
the Senate amendment thereto, and to consider in the House, without
intervention of any point of order, a motion offered by the chair of
the Committee on Appropriations or his designee that the House concur
in the Senate amendment; that the Senate amendment be considered as
read; that the motion be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Appropriations; and that the previous question be considered as ordered
on the motion to final adoption without intervening motion.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from California?
Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, this only
affects this bill tonight; isn't this correct?
Mr. DREIER. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. DICKS. I yield to the gentleman from California.
Mr. DREIER. I thank my friend for yielding.
Let me say, yes, this only addresses the measure, the short-term
continuing resolution, that we are considering this evening.
Mr. DICKS. And the only amendment to this is the $2 billion in cuts;
is that correct?
Mr. DREIER. If the gentleman would further yield, the gentleman is
absolutely correct.
Mr. DICKS. So this would look a lot like the Dicks amendment that was
offered in the Rules Committee for a clean CR?
Mr. DREIER. If the gentleman would yield, I would say that the
groundwork that was laid earlier this week by my very good friend from
Seattle has, I know, played an integral role in getting us to this very
important point.
Mr. DICKS. We could have done it a little earlier, is all I am
saying.
Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from California?
There was no objection.
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the order of the
House of today, I call up the bill (H.R. 1363) making appropriations
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2011, and for other purposes, with the Senate amendment thereto, and I
have a motion at the desk.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the Senate
amendment.
The text of the Senate amendment is as follows:
Senate amendment:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
Section 1. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public
Law 111-242) is further amended--
(1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and
inserting ``April 15, 2011'';
(2) by adding after section 294, as added by the Additional
Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 (section 1 of
Public Law 112-6), the following new sections:
``Sec. 295. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for `Department of Transportation--Office of the
Secretary--Transportation Planning, Research, and
Development' at a rate for operations of $9,800,000.
``Sec. 296. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for `Department of Transportation--Federal Aviation
Administration--Facilities and Equipment' at a rate for
operations of $2,927,500,000.
``Sec. 297. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for `Department of Transportation--Federal Aviation
Administration--Research, Engineering, and Development' at a
rate for operations of $187,000,000.
``Sec. 298. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for `Department of Transportation--Federal Railroad
Administration--Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail
Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service' at a rate for
operations of $1,000,000,000.
``Sec. 299. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for `Department of Transportation--Federal Railroad
Administration--Railroad Research and Development' at a rate
for operations of $35,100,000.
``Sec. 300. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for `Department of Transportation--Federal Transit
Administration--Capital Investment Grants' at a rate for
operations of $1,720,000,000.
``Sec. 301. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for `Department of Transportation--Federal Transit
Administration--Research and University Research Centers' at
a rate for operations of $64,200,000.
``Sec. 302. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for `Department of Housing and Urban Development--
Public and Indian Housing--Public Housing Operating Fund' at
a rate for operations of $4,626,000,000.
``Sec. 303. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 226, amounts
are provided for `Department of Housing and Urban
Development--Community Planning and Development--Community
Development Fund' at a rate for operations of $4,230,068,480,
of which $0 shall be for grants for the Economic Development
Initiative (EDI), $0 shall be for neighborhood initiatives,
and $0 shall be for grants specified in the last proviso of
the last paragraph under such heading in title II of division
A of Public Law 111-117: Provided, That the second and third
paragraphs
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under such heading in title II of division A of Public Law
111-117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.''.
This Act may be cited as the ``Further Additional
Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011''.
Motion to Concur
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Rogers of Kentucky moves that the House concur in the
Senate amendment to H.R. 1363.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House of today,
the motion shall be debatable for 20 minutes, equally divided and
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Appropriations.
The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers) and the gentleman from
Washington (Mr. Dicks) each will control 10 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Kentucky.
General Leave
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their
remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 1363.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Kentucky?
There was no objection.
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, we come here tonight just moments before the government
is forced to close its doors with very good news. We have an agreement
with the Senate and the White House to fund the government for the rest
of the fiscal year, while providing critical resources for our national
defense.
In addition, when this agreement is signed into law, we will have
taken the unprecedented step of passing the largest non-defense
spending cut in the history of the Nation, tens of billions of dollars
larger than any other non-defense reduction. This remarkable
achievement is the result of hard-fought negotiations that required all
sides to come together to find common ground.
The American people need and deserve to have a functioning
government, but they also deserve a government that spends its taxpayer
dollars responsibly, a government that won't saddle their children and
grandchildren with unsustainable and reckless debt.
Our constituents have sent us the message that the standard tax-and-
spend culture in Washington is no longer acceptable. It has been the
goal of this new Republican majority to keep precious tax dollars where
they are needed most, in the hands of businesses and individuals across
the Nation so that they can create jobs and grow our economy.
This agreement will mark the end of a budget process that should have
been completed almost a year ago by the previous Congress. Yet
sometimes the end result is worth the wait, and the unparalleled
spending cuts in this bill will not only save the taxpayers tens of
billions of dollars this year, but will allow Congress to continue the
trend of reductions to dig our Nation out of our dangerous deficits and
debt for years to come.
Now that a broad agreement has been reached, my committee will work
over the next few days to craft legislation to bring to the floor next
week.
While we continue to work, we must make responsible decisions to fund
our troops and their families, keep the lights on in government, and
continue to provide the services that Americans depend on every day.
This temporary CR allows us to meet these needs by providing funding
through next Friday, April 15, while also making $2 billion in
additional spending cuts to show the American people that we are
serious about cutting spending wherever and whenever we can.
Mr. Speaker, I guarantee the final legislation will rein in Federal
spending, and this CR keeps us on track to cut excessive Federal
spending as we continue to finalize a deal. We are determined to
deliver to the American people a complete budget with historic levels
of deep and real spending cuts, cuts that will keep our economy moving
in the right direction.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DICKS. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
First of all, I would like to thank the President and the leaders in
the House and Senate on both sides for the compromise and for averting
a government shutdown.
I think there was a major decision made tonight by both parties and
by the administration to keep the government open.
(0010)
That's what the American people sent us here to do. They sent us here
to work out compromises, to be able to resolve issues and to move
forward, and I think this is an example of that.
Now, this CR will run for 1 week to April 15. It is basically a clean
CR in the sense of there is no ideologically driven language. It has $2
billion in it in cuts, but they are in the underlying agreement. And so
I think this is acceptable.
My understanding is that there are cuts in discretionary spending and
in some of the mandatory accounts. I am pleased that the leaders were
able to reach this agreement.
We still have a lot of work to do. I want to say to my chairman that
I still look forward to working on the 2012 appropriations bills, and I
hope that we can work and have an open process where we can bring these
bills to subcommittee, full committee and to the floor with open rules.
I would like to yield to my chairman just to make sure that that is
still the path we want to go in this year. We want to avoid what
happened in 2006.
Now, I reminded you--sometimes you forget a little bit--that when the
Republicans lost in 2006, there were a number of unfinished
appropriations bills and we had to do an omnibus in 2007. We did it a
little faster, by the way. It didn't take quite as long. But we're glad
that this agreement was reached, and I look forward to getting on with
the work of the 2012 appropriations items.
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. DICKS. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky.
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I really deeply appreciate the gentleman's
reminding us again that he and I are determined to bring to the floor
every single one of the 12 appropriations bills and complete our work
in the House before the August recess.
Mr. DICKS. Absolutely. And we will work hard to cooperate in order to
do that. We will try to keep a reasonable number of amendments on our
side. I hope you can do that on your side.
I yield back the remainder of my time and ask for a vote.
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my
time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the previous question is
ordered.
The question is on the motion by the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr.
Rogers).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and
nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 348,
nays 70, not voting 14, as follows:
[Roll No. 253]
YEAS--348
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Austria
Baca
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Berman
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brooks
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clay
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (KY)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
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Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellmers
Emerson
Eshoo
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gallegly
Garamendi
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Granger
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grijalva
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holden
Hoyer
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee (TX)
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly
Kildee
Kind
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Napolitano
Neal
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Olver
Owens
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pelosi
Pence
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quayle
Quigley
Rahall
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Richardson
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sewell
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tierney
Tipton
Tonko
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Watt
Webster
Welch
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Wu
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NAYS--70
Amash
Bachmann
Baldwin
Barton (TX)
Blumenauer
Broun (GA)
Canseco
Capuano
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chu
Clarke (NY)
Crowley
Davis (IL)
Duncan (SC)
Ellison
Engel
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Gohmert
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Gutierrez
Harris
Hastings (FL)
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Huelskamp
Jackson (IL)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jordan
King (IA)
Kucinich
Labrador
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Long
Mack
Maloney
Markey
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
Meeks
Miller, George
Mulvaney
Nadler
Palazzo
Pallone
Payne
Pearce
Rangel
Richmond
Rigell
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Scott (SC)
Serrano
Southerland
Towns
Velazquez
Walsh (IL)
Weiner
Wilson (SC)
Woolsey
NOT VOTING--14
Ackerman
Becerra
Berkley
Cleaver
Fortenberry
Frelinghuysen
Giffords
Hinchey
Moore
Paul
Polis
Waters
Waxman
Young (AK)
0040
Mr. SCHOCK and Ms. BASS of California changed their vote from ``nay''
to ``yea.''
So the motion to concur was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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