[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 25, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H3630-H3643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012
The Committee resumed its sitting.
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 112-88 on
which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
Amendment No. 2 by Ms. Woolsey of California.
Amendment No. 12 by Mr. Hunter of California.
Amendment No. 24 by Mr. Sarbanes of Maryland.
Amendment No. 25 by Mr. Murphy of Connecticut.
Amendment No. 27 by Mr. Cole of Oklahoma.
Amendment No. 28 by Mr. Garamendi of California.
Amendment No. 26 by Mrs. Maloney of New York.
Amendment No. 30 by Mr. Himes of Connecticut.
Amendment No. 31 by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas.
Amendment No. 32 by Mr. Andrews of New Jersey.
Amendment No. 37 by Mr. Richmond of Louisiana.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote
after the first vote in this series.
Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Woolsey
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
California (Ms. Woolsey) 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 83,
noes 334, not voting 14, as follows:
[Roll No. 343]
AYES--83
Amash
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berman
Blumenauer
Campbell
Capuano
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
DeGette
Deutch
Dingell
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Eshoo
Farr
Frank (MA)
Garamendi
Gutierrez
Hastings (FL)
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Keating
Kind
Kucinich
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren, Zoe
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCollum
McGovern
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Nadler
Neal
Olver
Pallone
Paul
Payne
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Quigley
Rangel
Ribble
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schrader
Serrano
Slaughter
Speier
Stark
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Upton
Velazquez
Walden
Walz (MN)
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOES--334
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 (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
Chu
Cicilline
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Costello
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
DeFazio
DeLauro
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Doggett
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers
Emerson
Engel
Farenthold
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Fudge
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
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Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee (TX)
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
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)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McDermott
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moran
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Napolitano
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)
Quayle
Rahall
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Richardson
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Rothman (NJ)
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schiff
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sherman
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
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walberg
Walsh (IL)
Wasserman Schultz
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--14
Berkley
Braley (IA)
Costa
Filner
Frelinghuysen
Giffords
Grijalva
Hastings (WA)
Jackson (IL)
Long
McCarthy (NY)
Miller (NC)
Sewell
Waters
{time} 1830
Messrs. McDERMOTT, JONES, CLAY, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. McNERNEY, Ms.
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ and Mr. FATTAH changed their vote from ``aye'' to
``no.''
Messrs. WU, WALDEN, DINGELL and Ms. CLARKE of New York 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. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 343, I was away from the Capital
region attending the Civil Rights Freedom Riders' 50th Anniversary
Celebration. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
Stated against:
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Chair, on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, my
vote on rollcall vote No. 343 was incorrectly recorded as ``aye'', when
I intended to vote ``no.''
Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Hunter
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Bishop of Utah). The unfinished business is the
demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman
from California (Mr. Hunter) 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 203,
noes 213, not voting 15, as follows:
[Roll No. 344]
AYES--203
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Benishek
Berg
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clay
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dreier
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
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
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paul
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Rehberg
Renacci
Ribble
Richardson
Richmond
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Shuster
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stivers
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
West
Westmoreland
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--213
Ackerman
Altmire
Amash
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Campbell
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Duffy
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Flake
Fleming
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gerlach
Gingrey (GA)
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Platts
Poe (TX)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reichert
Reyes
Ross (AR)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schiff
Schmidt
Schock
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Simpson
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Stearns
Stutzman
Sullivan
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tiberi
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Webster
Weiner
Welch
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--15
Clarke (MI)
Conyers
Filner
Frelinghuysen
Giffords
Grimm
Hall
Hastings (WA)
Jackson (IL)
Long
Maloney
McCarthy (NY)
Miller (NC)
Schakowsky
Schrader
{time} 1834
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 344, I was away from the Capitol
region attending the Civil Rights Freedom Riders' 50th Anniversary
[[Page H3632]]
Celebration. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 344, had I been present, I
would have voted, ``no.''
Amendment No. 24 Offered by Mr. Sarbanes
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Maryland
(Mr. Sarbanes) 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 198,
noes 225, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 345]
AYES--198
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Boren
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Dent
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gerlach
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCollum
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
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Platts
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rogers (AL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross (AR)
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
Shimkus
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)
Wolf
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOES--225
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Amash
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
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
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Kucinich
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
Latta
Lewis (CA)
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
Petri
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Roskam
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
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
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--8
Filner
Frelinghuysen
Giffords
Hastings (WA)
Jackson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Long
McCarthy (NY)
{time} 1838
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas changed her vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 345, I was away from the Capital
region attending the Civil Rights Freedom Riders' 50th Anniversary
Celebration. Had I been present, I would have voted, ``aye.''
Amendment No. 25 Offered by Mr. Murphy of Connecticut
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 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 208,
noes 212, not voting 11, as follows:
[Roll No. 346]
AYES--208
Ackerman
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Connolly (VA)
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Dent
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Fitzpatrick
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gerlach
Gibson
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffith (VA)
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Harris
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Hurt
Inslee
Israel
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Manzullo
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCollum
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Platts
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Renacci
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rogers (KY)
Ross (AR)
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
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Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Stivers
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
NOES--212
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
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Conaway
Conyers
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
DesJarlais
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers
Farenthold
Fincher
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Hartzler
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Kucinich
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
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
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)
NOT VOTING--11
Clarke (MI)
Coffman (CO)
Diaz-Balart
Filner
Frelinghuysen
Giffords
Hastings (WA)
Jackson (IL)
Long
McCarthy (NY)
Smith (NJ)
{time} 1842
Mr. HOLT changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 346, I was away from the Capitol
region attending the Civil Rights Freedom Riders' 50th Anniversary
Celebration. Had I been present, I would have voted, ``aye.''
Amendment No. 27 Offered by Mr. Cole
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma
(Mr. Cole) 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 261,
noes 163, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 347]
AYES--261
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Amash
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
Capito
Carnahan
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Cooper
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dold
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Fudge
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
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Meeks
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moran
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
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
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Speier
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Waters
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--163
Ackerman
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Frank (MA)
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Jones
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
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--7
Filner
Frelinghuysen
Giffords
Hastings (WA)
Jackson (IL)
Long
McCarthy (NY)
{time} 1848
Mr. CLEAVER changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Ms. WATERS and Ms. SPEIER changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
[[Page H3634]]
Stated against:
Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 347, I was away from the Capitol
region attending the Civil Rights Freedom Riders' 50th Anniversary
Celebration. Had I been present, I would have voted, ``no.''
Amendment No. 28 Offered by Mr. Garamendi
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California
(Mr. Garamendi) 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 168,
noes 256, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 348]
AYES--168
Ackerman
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heck
Heinrich
Higgins
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lowey
Lujan
Lummis
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Price (NC)
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Runyan
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
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
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOES--256
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Amash
Andrews
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
Cardoza
Carney
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Cooper
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dold
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
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hayworth
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Himes
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
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
Moran
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paul
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Quigley
Rahall
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
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Watt
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--7
Filner
Frelinghuysen
Giffords
Hastings (WA)
Jackson (IL)
Long
McCarthy (NY)
{time} 1853
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California 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.
Stated for:
Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 348, I was away from the Capital
region attending the Civil Rights Freedom Riders' 50th Anniversary
Celebration. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
Amendment No. 26 Offered by Mrs. Maloney
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New York
(Mrs. Maloney) 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 176,
noes 248, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 349]
AYES--176
Ackerman
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
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
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Harris
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Inslee
Israel
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Posey
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richmond
Rohrabacher
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
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NOES--248
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Amash
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
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
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Costello
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dold
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
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
Hanna
Harper
Hartzler
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Holden
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
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
Moran
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Richardson
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--7
Filner
Frelinghuysen
Giffords
Hastings (WA)
Jackson (IL)
Long
McCarthy (NY)
{time} 1857
Mr. ROHRABACHER changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 349, I was away from the Capitol
region attending the Civil Rights Freedom Riders' 50th Anniversary
Celebration. Had I been present, I would have voted, ``aye.''
Amendment No. 30 Offered by Mr. Himes
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from
Connecticut (Mr. Himes) 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 184,
noes 240, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 350]
AYES--184
Ackerman
Adams
Altmire
Amash
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (CA)
Berman
Bilirakis
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Burgess
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clay
Coble
Cohen
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cravaack
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
DeGette
DeLauro
Dent
DesJarlais
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Duffy
Duncan (TN)
Ellison
Ellmers
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Frank (MA)
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Green, Al
Griffith (VA)
Grijalva
Hastings (FL)
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Huizenga (MI)
Hurt
Inslee
Israel
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Jones
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lummis
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
McClintock
McCollum
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meehan
Mica
Michaud
Miller, George
Murphy (CT)
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Paul
Paulsen
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Platts
Polis
Price (NC)
Quayle
Quigley
Rahall
Reed
Rehberg
Renacci
Ribble
Richardson
Richmond
Roe (TN)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Rothman (NJ)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stivers
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tipton
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
West
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (FL)
NOES--240
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Benishek
Berg
Berkley
Biggert
Bilbray
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brooks
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Carter
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Chu
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
DeFazio
Denham
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dold
Dreier
Duncan (SC)
Edwards
Emerson
Engel
Farenthold
Fincher
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Fudge
Gallegly
Garamendi
Garrett
Gonzalez
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Hultgren
Hunter
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Kucinich
Labrador
Lamborn
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lee (CA)
Lewis (CA)
Loebsack
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McCotter
McDermott
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meeks
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Moore
Moran
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Nadler
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Pearce
Pence
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Rangel
Reichert
Reyes
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Sanchez, Loretta
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stark
Stearns
Stutzman
Sullivan
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tonko
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walsh (IL)
Watt
Webster
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Woolsey
Wu
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--7
Filner
Frelinghuysen
Giffords
Hastings (WA)
Jackson (IL)
Long
McCarthy (NY)
{time} 1903
Messrs. HUNTER, CONNOLLY of Virginia, CHANDLER and STARK, Ms. CLARKE
of New York and Mrs. SCHMIDT changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
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Messrs. JOHNSON of Ohio, BROUN of Georgia, DOGGETT and DUFFY 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. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 350, I was away from the Capital
region attending the Civil Rights Freedom Riders' 50th Anniversary
Celebration. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
Amendment No. 31 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas
(Ms. Jackson Lee) 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 191,
noes 232, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 351]
AYES--191
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
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
Cole
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
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
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
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
McCollum
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
Renacci
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Ross (AR)
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 (WA)
Speier
Stark
Stivers
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Webster
Weiner
Welch
West
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOES--232
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
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)
Conaway
Costa
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)
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
Hayworth
Heck
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
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)
Quayle
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (FL)
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Southerland
Stearns
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--8
Filner
Frelinghuysen
Giffords
Hastings (WA)
Jackson (IL)
Long
McCarthy (NY)
Smith (TX)
{time} 1908
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair on rollcall 351, I was away from the Capital
region attending the Civil Rights Freedom Riders' 50th Anniversary
Celebration. Had I been present, I would have voted, ``aye.''
Amendment No. 32 Offered by Mr. Andrews
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey
(Mr. Andrews) 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 178,
noes 246, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 352]
AYES--178
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
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
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
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Israel
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
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
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
Ross (AR)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Runyan
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
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Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Walz (MN)
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOES--246
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
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
Cooper
Costa
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)
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
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Inslee
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)
Lowey
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
Moran
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paul
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (FL)
Royce
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Wasserman Schultz
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--7
Filner
Frelinghuysen
Giffords
Hastings (WA)
Jackson (IL)
Long
McCarthy (NY)
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So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 352, I was away from the Capital
region attending the Civil Rights Freedom Riders' 50th Anniversary
Celebration. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
Amendment No. 37 Offered by Mr. Richmond
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Louisiana
(Mr. Richmond) 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 177,
noes 246, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 353]
AYES--177
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Boren
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Critz
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeLauro
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Fortenberry
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gohmert
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Landry
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lummis
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pelosi
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Renacci
Richardson
Richmond
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Stearns
Stivers
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Walden
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Weiner
Welch
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOES--246
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Amash
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carnahan
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Costello
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (KY)
DeGette
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dold
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Himes
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
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Latham
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moran
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Perlmutter
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
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
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Sessions
Shimkus
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Visclosky
Walberg
Walsh (IL)
Walz (MN)
Waxman
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--8
Filner
Frelinghuysen
Giffords
Hastings (WA)
Hirono
Jackson (IL)
Long
McCarthy (NY)
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Mr. LIPINSKI changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mr. KUCINICH changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
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So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 353, I was away from the Capital
region attending the Civil Rights Freedom Riders' 50th Anniversary
Celebration. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
Amendment No. 39 Offered by Mr. Flake
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 39
printed in House Report 112-88.
Mr. FLAKE. 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 subtitle H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1085. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL
GUARD TO SOUTHWESTERN BORDER OF UNITED STATES.
It is the sense of the Congress that the deployment of
National Guard personnel (as defined in section 101(c) of
title 10, United States Code) along the southwestern border
of the United States for the purposes of assisting United
States Customs and Border Protection in securing the
international border between the United States and Mexico,
should continue through the end of fiscal year 2011.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 276, the gentleman
from Arizona (Mr. Flake) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
Mr. FLAKE. This amendment would simply include sense of Congress
language in the bill that would express that Congress supports
extending the current deployment of National Guard troops on the border
through the rest of the fiscal year.
As many are aware, in October of last year about 1,200 National Guard
troops were deployed along the southwestern border. According to the
Department of Homeland Security, the presence of National Guard troops
is helping to bridge the gap until we train enough border agents to
patrol the rest of the border as authorized by Congress.
To be more specific, the Governor of Arizona recently indicated that
under this deployment, the Arizona National Guard has been involved in
approximately 19,000 observations, 10,000 apprehension assists, 235
drug seizure assists involving about 18 tons of marijuana.
However, unless action is taken, this deployment will end at the end
of next month when troops will be coming off the border; they will be
coming off the border likely before that as well.
In Arizona, those in the Yuma sector will tell you that the presence
of National Guard troops has been instrumental in us achieving actually
operational control, which means that if an illegal alien crosses the
border in the Yuma sector, you have a reasonable expectation of
catching him or her.
So we need that there to maintain operational control, and we also
need that presence in the Tucson sector where we have something far
from operational control. It would be a step backwards in the Tucson
sector which continues to deal with human smuggling and drug smuggling.
Whether we like it or not, the southwestern border is not secure. In
February of this year, the GAO testified that ``the Border Patrol
reported achieving varying levels of operational control--873, 44
percent, of nearly 2,000 southwest border miles by the end of fiscal
year 2010.''
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So we have a long ways to go, and we certainly need these National
Guard troops there. It is not the time to do that. When you talk
particularly with the local ranchers, farmers and residents along the
border who regularly come in contact with groups coming across the
border, many times armed and many times carrying drugs, they certainly
support the stay of the National Guard. When I talk to the ranchers,
they have particular praise for the actions of the National Guard
there. They've done a good job. So, until we can have operational
control of more of the border, we've got to ensure that these National
Guard troops stay.
My understanding is that the President now supports keeping them
there if we can find the resources to do so.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. SMITH of Washington. I rise to claim time in opposition, although
I am not in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for
5 minutes.
There was no objection.
Mr. SMITH of Washington. I just want to express my support for the
amendment.
Certainly, border security continues to be a challenge and a
priority. The National Guard troops are helping. Now, in a bipartisan
way, there is agreement on that, so I support Mr. Flake's amendment,
and I urge the body to support it as well.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment No. 40 Offered by Mr. Flake
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 40
printed in House Report 112-88.
Mr. FLAKE. Mr. 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 subtitle I of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 1099C. CLOSING OF NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER.
Section 9078 of the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-396; 106 Stat. 1919) is amended by
striking ``There is established'' and all that follows
through ``That section 8083'' and inserting ``Section 8083''.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 276, the gentleman
from Arizona (Mr. Flake) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is straightforward. It simply
seeks to repeal the authorization for the National Drug Intelligence
Center which was included in the 1993 Defense Appropriations Act.
The NDIC is an entity that has received hundreds of millions of
taxpayer dollars over the years. This is despite steady criticism that
it has been ineffective at accomplishing its mission. This is a mission
that has been described as duplicative and ought to be realigned
elsewhere.
The Wall Street Journal noted on January 31, ``Conservatives have
argued the center is a waste of taxpayer money, and critics argue it
has never fulfilled its promise to provide high-quality analysis of
drug networks.''
I have come to this floor many times, seeking to eliminate funding or
to otherwise close the NDIC. However, reducing funding or ending
funding for the NDIC has been far from a solo mission. Earlier this
year, we voted in the CR debate to end funding for the NDIC.
According to Citizens Against Government Waste, President Bush
proposed the termination of the NDIC in budget requests for fiscal
years 2006, 2007 and 2008.
In 2006, a spokesman for the Department of Justice asserted that the
resources of the NDIC should be ``realigned to support priority
counterterrorism and national security initiatives.''
Even the current administration's Deputy Attorney General James Cole
said that many of the center's functions can be performed elsewhere, as
reported in ``CQ Today'' on February 14 of this year.
As I mentioned, during consideration of H.R. 1, 262 Members of this
body voiced their opposition to the NDIC when they voted in favor of an
amendment that I offered to strike funding in its entirety for fiscal
year 2011. Yet the NDIC still received more than $34 million in fiscal
year 2011, and stands to receive more in fiscal year 2012 unless we do
something to stop it.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. CRITZ. I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. CRITZ. Mr. Chairman, right now, as we discuss the NDIC once
again, I am concerned for the folks who are working at the NDIC, doing
the great work, and am worried about them as their work and their jobs
are, again, turned into a political football.
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As the gentleman from Arizona has said, this is obviously not the
first time that he has offered amendments or has offered legislation to
close the NDIC. I am a reasonable human being, and at the vote that he
referenced earlier this year, I sent Mr. Flake a note on February 22,
asking him for the information that he was just citing. I want to do
good things for this country, and if there had been duplicative
functions and if the NDIC had not been doing the job that they tell me,
I wanted to see that information. I did not receive any response to
that February 22 information, so I then had my staff do research.
I found that some of the information being referenced was from a GAO
report from April 1993. Some of the personal testimonies against the
NDIC were from a gentleman who was fired and from another man who
hadn't worked there for 16 years.
I then quantified/qualified what NDIC does, and noted that they are
the only strategic drug threat assessment organization in the country.
Many times, they're compared to the El Paso Intelligence Center, EPIC,
which does tactical, ``tactical'' meaning that they have a 24-hour
watch system that is prepared to respond quickly to requests from law
enforcement. Many times, they're talked about as the ``fusion
centers.'' Well, the fusion centers are operational. They support
multi-jurisdictional investigations.
The NDIC is the only strategic drug intelligence center in the
country. They offer strategic drug threat assessments, money laundering
reporting, issue-based intelligence reports, support to the
intelligence community and senior policymakers. They also have a
product called DOMEX, Document and Media Exploitation Support.
What's interesting is that the prior amendment talked about the
borders of Arizona and how important it was to secure them. DOMEX and
the NDIC also have operations in Arizona, and according to the Phoenix
DEA, they are doing an incredible job assisting and enhancing the
Strike Force investigations being conducted here in Arizona.
The Arizona Attorney General's Office recently sent a letter to NDIC,
stating, ``I wish to take this opportunity to express the appreciation
of this office for all of the work NDIC has done in connection with the
investigation of money laundering.''
Now, when talking about money laundering and the work the NDIC is
doing, the money that is made illicitly through drugs also finds its
way into illicit activity and terrorism as well, so the NDIC serves as
the center where all the information comes in. They produce the reports
and then ship them out to all the agencies. They eliminate redundancy.
That's their whole mission.
In fact, on March 31 of this year, Donna Bucella, Assistant
Commissioner of Office of Intelligence and Operations Coordination,
testified before a Senate committee, and cited NDIC's participation in
a weekly briefing, which includes over 290 participants, talking about
the illicit drug trafficking across the world. They produce eight
analytical mapping products each week that are a key centerpiece of the
briefings in the teleconference.
In their budget request, the Department of Justice says that the NDIC
``facilitates the development of sound strategies, initiatives,
policies, and regulations to counter threats, and promotes effective,
intelligence-driven decision-making in support of the Attorney
General's priorities.''
The NDIC is not duplicative. They've proven it time and time again.
It is time we stopped rehashing information from the mid-1990s to
eliminate this center.
Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from
New York (Mr. Nadler), a member of the Judiciary Committee.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds.
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, nowhere in this bill is the National Drug
Intelligence Center either authorized or funded at all. That was
changed a few years ago. It used to be funded from DOD. It's now
entirely funded and authorized in the Department of Justice. This
amendment has no business in this bill. It ought to be in the
authorization or in, perhaps, the appropriations bill for the
Department of Justice.
The only reason that the parliamentarian might rule this germane is
that the rule waives all points of order. Yet this should not be voted
on. This should not be considered in this bill. It has nothing to do
with this bill. It's authorized and appropriated in the Department of
Justice bill.
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Mr. FLAKE. May I inquire as to the time remaining?
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona has 3 minutes remaining.
Mr. FLAKE. I yield myself the balance of my time.
Let me just say that two successive administrations, one Republican,
one Democrat, have either called for eliminating or severely reducing
the funding that goes to the NDIC because, as we have heard before, the
programs are duplicative, wasteful. And there is no doubt that some
good work goes on there. Nobody is disputing that. But there is also
good work that goes on at the ONDCP or the DEA or other drug
enforcement agencies or other agencies that have that as part of their
portfolio.
That's the problem here. For years and years, we have been funding
programs just because a particular powerful Member of this body or
somebody sought an earmark or several earmarks or earmarks over a
series of years to fund particular institutions or programs. That's
what we have here. That's the legacy we are left with here. And we are
simply trying to say enough is enough. We have got to save money
somewhere. And if we can't do it with a program like this, where can we
do it? When are we going to get serious about this debt and deficit
that we have?
So that's what we're doing here. The reason we're doing it on this is
because we're seeking to strike authorization. As we know, if we don't
have authorization for a program, it's more difficult for that program
to be funded. Believe me, we will be back in the appropriations process
to go after this funding as well, but we thought we ought to go here.
This was ruled in order. It is germane to the bill. And that's why we
are here.
Let me just stress again, we have to get serious about this fiscal
situation we are in. If we can't get serious about a program like this
that's been called duplicative and wasteful, and two successive
administrations, one Republican, one Democratic, have urged to either
eliminate or severely reduce funding for, and yet Congress keeps coming
back and providing far more money than the administration even wants
for this because they know there are other programs, other agencies,
other institutions that are doing this same work, if we can't save
money here, I don't know where we're going to save it, Mr. Chairman.
So I would urge adoption of the amendment. Let's do something here
for the taxpayer and something for our defense and intelligence and our
antidrug efforts by making sure that programs that are not effective
end and that funding be placed elsewhere.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Mr. CRITZ. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will
be postponed.
Amendment No. 41 Offered by Ms. Schakowsky
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 41
printed in House Report 112-88.
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. I would like to speak in favor of the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1068. FREEZE IN BUDGET OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNTIL
UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINIONS ACHIEVED.
(a) Freeze.--
(1) In general.--Unless and until the requirement specified
in paragraph (2) is met for the entire Department of Defense,
except as provided in subsection (b), the aggregate
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amount of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for
military functions administered by the Department of Defense
(other than the functions excluded by subsection (c)) for a
fiscal year may not exceed--
(A) in the case of fiscal year 2012, the aggregate amount
of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for
military functions administered by the Department of Defense
(other than the functions excluded by subsection (b)) for
fiscal year 2011; and
(B) in each fiscal year after fiscal year 2012, the
aggregate amount of funds appropriated or otherwise made
available for such functions for the previous fiscal year.
(2) Requirement for unqualified audit opinion.--The
requirement of this paragraph is that the Department of
Defense (including every major Pentagon component and every
major defense acquisition program of the Department) is
certified by the Inspector General of the Department of
Defense or an independent public accountant as achieving an
unqualified audit opinion.
(b) Waiver.--The President may waive subsection (a) with
respect to a component or program of the Department if the
President certifies that applying the subsection to that
component or program would harm national security or members
of the Armed Forces who are in combat.
(c) Exclusion of Overseas Contingency Operations and
Military Personnel Pay and Benefits.--In determining the
aggregate amount of funds appropriated or otherwise made
available for military functions administered by the
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent
fiscal year for purposes of subsection (a), there shall be
excluded all amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available--
(1) in any supplemental appropriations Act; or
(2) in any general appropriations Acts for--
(A) overseas contingency operations;
(B) military personnel, reserve personnel, and National
Guard personnel accounts of the Department of Defense,
generally title I of the annual Department of Defense
appropriations Act; and
(C) wounded warrior programs of the Department of Defense.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 276, the gentlewoman
from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Illinois.
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself as much time as I may
consume.
For those who are interested in fiscal responsibility, this amendment
would freeze Department of Defense spending until the Pentagon is able
to pass an audit--able to pass an audit. This freeze could be waived by
the President if it would harm our national security. And my amendment
excludes spending for Wounded Warriors and defense personnel accounts
as well as for overseas contingency operations.
Though defense spending currently accounts for over 20 percent of our
Federal budget, DOD remains one of the few Federal agencies unable to
pass an independent audit. This leaves the Pentagon vulnerable to
serious waste and fraud. A recent GAO review of selected major weapons
systems found that $70 billion had been lost through waste, mainly due
to ``poor management and execution problems.'' Tens of billions more
have been paid to fraudulent contractors.
I remember back in 2002, then-Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld admitted
that he could not account for $2.3 trillion in Pentagon expenditures.
For over two decades, the Pentagon has been under obligation to face an
audit, and currently it must be auditable by September 2017. But recent
status reports have raised serious concerns that this goal will not be
met.
Waste and fraud in the Pentagon have serious consequences, both for
our fiscal stability and our national security. My amendment provides a
real incentive for the Pentagon finally to pass an audit. It is
irresponsible to continue what Secretary Gates has called the gusher of
defense spending without ensuring that we know where taxpayer dollars
are going.
I believe this is a commonsense idea. It is also a bipartisan one. My
amendment is very similar to a proposal that Senator Coburn made to the
National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform on which I also
served last year. It is a constitutional requirement that ``a regular
statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public
money shall be published from time to time.'' Well, these are very
difficult financial times, and we're faced with difficult choices and
the prospect of cutting critical government programs. This accounting
of funds has become more important than ever, including the Pentagon.
I yield 1 minute of my remaining time to the gentlewoman from
California, Barbara Lee.
Ms. LEE. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of this very commonsense
amendment. And I want to thank my colleague, Congresswoman Jan
Schakowsky, who has been such a strong leader on sensible and serious
deficit reduction efforts.
This amendment is very similar to an amendment that I submitted to
Rules. And I want to thank Congresswoman Schakowsky for continuing to
move this forward, because it is just extremely important that the
financial statements of the Defense Department be audited.
Where are our defense dollars going? We have no idea. Sadly, the
Department of Defense Inspector General and the GAO have documented
time and time again the Department's inability to answer this very
basic question. Some of my colleagues may make the argument the
Department of Defense is making so much progress on this issue in
response to congressional engagement requiring the records to be
audited by September 2017, but this is too late. Billions of dollars
are going out of the door each month.
The American people deserve to know where our defense dollars are
going. There can be no more blank checks and certainly no blank
checkbook to be handed over to any President.
I thank the gentlelady for yielding and for this very commonsense
amendment.
Mr. FORBES. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. FORBES. Mr. Chairman, first of all, I want to applaud the
gentleladies for the amendment they have brought forward because they
have hit a true problem with the Department of Defense. There is a
statute requiring that the Department of Defense audit their financial
records, and they have failed do that. They didn't do it in 2007,
didn't do it in 2008, didn't do it in 2009, didn't do it in 2010. They
are not going to do it this year. But this is part of a bigger problem.
Mr. Chairman, one of the things that we have got to do for the
national defense of this country, first of all, is determine what the
true threat assessment is without having budgetary influences. The
independent panel that reviewed our QDR has said that they are very,
very concerned that our QDR, our defense strategies, are dictated more
by the budget than they are by risk assessments. And I am proud of the
fact that the chairman and the ranking member have fought very hard to
make sure in this bill they have moved us in that direction.
Secondly, we've got to determine the true cost of defending the
country based on those risk assessments. And thirdly, we've got to
determine what the risks are if we don't do it. And the fourth thing,
as the gentlelady mentioned, we've got to know where our money is
going, and right now we do not know that. But the unfortunate thing is
this bill is just a bridge too far. It is a risky situation to begin
cutting all of the funding from many of these operations and we are not
cutting the missions.
While I agree with the gentlelady's concern and think we need to work
towards it, I am proud of the work that we have done in this committee
this year to move that forward. I can assure the gentlelady we are
going to continue to work to hold DOD's feet to the fire and to make
sure they're accountable for the dollars they spend. The American
taxpayers deserve that.
But I hope we will reject this amendment because our men and women in
uniform and the people of the United States also deserve to make sure
we're doing everything possible to defend and protect this country, and
I'm afraid this amendment would put that defense in jeopardy. For that
reason, Mr. Chairman, I hope we will reject the amendment.
I reserve the balance of my time.
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The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Illinois has 1\1/2\ minutes
remaining.
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Chairman, it seems to me, since we agree, that
the
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problem is that the Pentagon has never explained where its money is
going, and because there are waivers within this, that anything
declared in need of national defense, and we certainly take care of our
troops, will be excluded from the legislation, that it is time,
finally. It's not just the last year, the year before, the year before
that. It's been about 20 years before the Pentagon itself has explained
where all the money goes.
And being such a huge part of our budget, it seems like now would be
a good time, particularly because there are so many open doors left in
this so that our national security and our troops are in no way
jeopardized by my bill. I would really appreciate all of us being able
to work together to make sure that the taxpayers know where this huge
amount of money is going. The time is long overdue.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. FORBES. May I inquire as to how much time is remaining?
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 3 minutes
remaining.
Mr. FORBES. Mr. Chairman, the gentlelady makes a good point, it is
past time this happened, but this is a very risky thing to do.
One of the things, these waivers are limited. The second thing is,
it's very difficult for the President to come in and make sure he is
making all the appropriate waivers. This could jeopardize monies that
we are spending for training, money that we are spending for modeling
and simulation to forecast risk assessments that may hit the United
States and where they hit the United States.
I think we need to be very, very careful before we come in with a
sledge hammer and begin hitting all of this funding across the board,
that we make sure that we recognize we have a problem. But the key for
us, Mr. Chairman, is to make sure we are very, very deliberate and very
careful about how we address that problem.
I think we have done it in this bill. I think we have done it in a
bipartisan manner. It was 60-1 in the bill, and I think, Mr. Chairman,
I hope that we will reject this avenue because I don't think we can
afford to just go in and carte blanche cut off all the funding, as much
as I may wish we could do that. I think it's dangerous for the American
people and for the defense of the country. I hope, once again, we will
defeat the amendment.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. May I ask how much time remains?
The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Illinois has 30 seconds
remaining.
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Vote ``yes.''
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. FORBES. I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).
The amendment was rejected.
Amendment No. 42 Offered by Mr. Smith of Washington
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 42
printed in House Report 112-88.
Mr. SMITH of Washington. I have an amendment at the desk.
Mr. McKEON. I ask unanimous consent that the debate time for
consideration of amendment No. 42 be expanded by 10 minutes and that
such time shall be equally divided and controlled by the gentleman from
Washington (Mr. Smith) and myself.
The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman
from California?
There was no objection.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Page 456, line 13, insert before the period at the end the
following: ``, except for the purpose of prosecuting such
individual in a United States court''.
Page 456, starting on line 14, strike subsection (b) and
insert the following:
(b) Individual Described.--An individual described in this
subsection is an individual who is not a citizen of the
United States or a member of the Armed Forces.
Page 456, after line 23, insert the following:
(c) Transfer Limitation.--During fiscal year 2012, the
Secretary of Defense may not use any of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated in this Act or otherwise
available to the Department of Defense to transfer any
individual described in subsection (b) to the United States,
its territories, or possessions, until 45 days after the
President has submitted to the congressional defense
committees the plan described in subsection (d).
(d) Comprehensive Plan Required.--The President shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for the
disposition of each individual described in subsection (b)
who is proposed to be transferred to the United States, its
territories, or possessions. Such plan for each individual
shall include, at a minimum--
(1) an assessment of the risk that the individual described
in subsection (b) poses to the national security of the
United States, its territories, or possessions;
(2) a proposal for the disposition of each such individual;
(3) the measures to be taken to mitigate any risks
described in paragraph (1);
(4) the location or locations at which the individual will
be held under the proposal for disposition required by
paragraph (2);
(5) the costs associated with executing the plan, including
technical and financial assistance required to be provided to
State and local law enforcement agencies, if necessary, to
carry out the plan;
(6) a summary of the consultation required in subsection
(e); and
(7) a certification by the Attorney General that under the
plan the individual poses little or no security risk to the
United States, its territories, or possessions.
(e) Consultation Required.--The President shall consult
with the chief executive of the State, the District of
Columbia, or the territory or possession of the United States
to which the disposition in subsection (d)(2) includes
transfer to that State, District of Columbia, or territory or
possession.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 276, and the previous
order, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith) and a Member opposed
each will control 10 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Washington.
Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
This amendment has to do with whether or not to try anyone in
Guantanamo or any non-U.S. citizen captured abroad going forward in
Article 3 courts in the United States. The underlying legislation
prohibits anyone currently at Guantanamo or anyone who would be brought
there in the future and, for that matter, any non-U.S. citizen captured
abroad from being tried in Article 3 courts.
This really grew out of the larger debate over whether or not to
close Guantanamo Bay. But one thing I want to make clear, you can
support my amendment even if you believe that Guantanamo Bay should
remain open. Now, I don't. I believe that we should close it, that we
should handle those terrorists, whether we handle them by military
commission, by Article 3 court, or by indefinite detention, that they
should not be held at Guantanamo. But you can still hold Guantanamo Bay
open and support my amendment.
What my amendment says is we want to make sure that Article 3 courts
are still a possibility for trying these terrorists. The main problem I
have with the underlying bill is it takes that possibility off the
table and requires either a military commission or indefinite
detention, and I think that is a bad and dangerous policy.
Now, we have to understand that we have already tried and convicted
over 400 international terrorists in our Federal courts, in our Article
3 courts. As we sit here right now, or as I stand here right now, we
have over 300 convicted terrorists being held in prisons in the United
States. There is no question that we can do this, no question that we
can do it safely. By going in this bill and taking off the table the
option of Article 3 courts, all we are doing is we are tying the hands
of our Department of Justice and our President as they seek ways to
bring terrorists to justice and take them off the battlefield.
Right now we have over 170 inmates at Guantanamo Bay. We don't know
what to do with a fair number of them for a variety of different
reasons. That undermines our ability to fight the terrorism threat that
we are trying to confront. It doesn't help it. So I ask simply that we
give the President all the tools in his toolbox.
I support military commissions. I support indefinite detention. In
certain instances that's going to be necessary, but I also support our
Article 3 courts that have over 200 years of history, that are some of
the most respected courts in the world for their ability to bring swift
and fair justice to all criminals.
We should not undermine our President's ability to make use of those
courts in prosecuting our fight against
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the terrorists and, therefore, I urge you to support this amendment.
I will add one thing, actually. In my amendment, if the President is
going to bring people from Guantanamo Bay to be tried here in Article 3
courts, he does have to notify Congress. He does have to establish that
he feels that can be done in that particular case safely and fairly. It
does require that. But I think more than anything it gives the
President the option of Article 3 courts, which he needs in order to
properly prosecute the war against terrorism.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McKEON. I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 10
minutes.
Mr. McKEON. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
My good friend and colleague, Ranking Member Smith, and I and our
staffs and others have been working together for a long time to try to
come to agreement, and we have come to agreement on many points of this
bill, but there are a few little differences here.
His amendment would be a change and a weakening of existing law
regarding restrictions relating to Guantanamo detainees. The National
Defense Authorization Act of the year 2011, last year, prohibited the
transfer of Guantanamo detainees to the United States, prohibited
certain detainee transfers to countries overseas and prohibited the
construction or modification of facilities in the United States to
house Guantanamo detainees. Ranking Member Smith amendment's would
relax all of these restrictions. His amendment would allow Guantanamo
detainees and other detainees to be transferred to the United States to
face prosecution.
I share his goal of seeking justice for victims of terrorism.
However, I disagree that it's necessary to bring detainees to the
United States to do so.
I feel strongly that many Guantanamo detainees and other law of war
detainees overseas should be prosecuted in the military commission
system instead of bringing them into the United States. We currently
have multimillion-dollar facilities ready to try detainees for their
war crimes at Guantanamo that are sitting empty.
Additionally, Guantanamo detainees who already have habeas protection
would likely be granted further constitutional rights if brought onto
U.S. soil. I strongly oppose Ranking Member Smith's amendment. There is
no need to bring Guantanamo or other law of war detainees into the
United States.
And with our increasing concerns relating to the recidivist rates and
activities of Guantanamo detainees, there is also no reason to loosen
restrictions on transferring detainees overseas to countries where they
are likely to return to the fight and threaten our men and women in
uniform, U.S. citizens, or the U.S. homeland.
I strongly oppose this amendment.
I reserve the balance of my time.
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Mr. SMITH of Washington. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin).
(Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his
remarks).
Mr. LANGEVIN. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the amendment offered by my
colleague and the ranking member, Mr. Smith of Washington, to strike
language in the bill concerning the transfer of detainees to U.S. soil
for prosecution.
Mr. Chairman, simply put, this amendment does not require that
detainees be transferred to U.S. soil. It simply allows a range of
options for prosecution of terror suspects and supports our most sacred
national values.
As currently written, this legislation ties our hands at a crucial
time in Gitmo's history. It's important to note that, as of today, over
400 terrorism convictions have occurred in U.S. Federal courts since 9/
11. Prosecuting terrorists in the U.S. is just one of many options,
including military commissions and detainee transfers, which must be
available in order to bring these terrorists to justice.
Now, a ``yes'' vote for the amendment is a vote for our national
values, for due process, and for leaving all our prosecutorial options
on the table when dealing with the world's most hardened terrorists.
Again, I want to thank the gentleman from Washington for his
thoughtful amendment. Again, this does not require that detainees be
transferred to U.S. soil. It just leaves that potential option on the
table if the President so deems that that would be an option that
should be exercised.
Mr. McKEON. I yield 2 minutes to my friend and colleague, the
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Thornberry).
Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Chairman, I think the bottom line here is that
the American people have made their views on this subject quite clear,
and their views are they do not want Guantanamo terrorists brought here
to our homeland. And that view has been reflected in legislation that
was passed even in an overwhelmingly Democratic Congress during the
last term.
And I would suggest that there are good reasons that the American
people feel that way, that they don't want terrorists brought here to
our homeland. Part of that reason, I would suggest, is that the
administration has not done a lot to promote confidence in its ability
to handle these situations. They come up with one plan, they get
criticism, and they back off. It's back and forth. And so we have had
needless delays ever since this administration has been in office
because, frankly, they have been inept when it comes to having a plan
that deals with terrorists that the American people can trust.
Now, maybe if we had a different history there could be some greater
confidence in giving greater options, as the gentleman wants to do, or
to having some other possibilities. But we cannot rewrite history, and
the trust is simply not there.
Instead, what we have are some rather petulant comments by the
Attorney General saying that, well, they still want to close Guantanamo
and they still want to try them in Article 3 courts even though the law
is the other way and the opinion of the American people is clearly the
other way. So I believe that the current law that we had in last year's
bill should be the same policy for next year.
I do think it's important to point out that this only applies to the
coming fiscal year. This is not a forever thing. But this does continue
the ban on bringing terrorists here to our homeland for the coming
fiscal year. If you're given the history of where we've been and where
we are, that's what the American people want.
Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the
gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler).
Mr. NADLER. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Mr. Chairman, this amendment is not about closing Guantanamo. As was
said before, it does not demand the closing of Guantanamo. It does say
that detainees, whether they're held at Guantanamo or held somewhere
else, can come to the United States if the administration decides that
they should be tried in a regular court or can be tried in the military
court at Guantanamo or presumably even in a military court somewhere
else.
We keep talking about terrorists. Some of these people are
terrorists. Some are accused of being terrorists and are not. Some were
simply picked up by some rival group in Afghanistan and sold for $5,000
for a bounty to American troops and labeled as terrorists. And it may
be that the prosecuting authorities, that the military authorities
decide that it will be better justice or for the convenience of the
Armed Forces to have this person tried in a regular court. Now, we know
that the regular courts have convicted 470, I think, terrorists;
whereas, the military courts have convicted all of five or six.
We also know that the statutory underpinnings of the military courts
are under challenge and will be under challenge in front of the courts
and that anyone convicted there is probably going to go for years
before that conviction is affirmed by the Supreme Court. So it may very
well be that in some or many cases or a few cases it makes sense from
justice and from operational efficiency to try people in a regular
court as we have done since the Declaration of Independence.
That's what the gentleman's amendment does. It gives the executive
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branch the power, the discretion, and the authority to make intelligent
decisions. We can all agree or disagree whether the current or next
administration makes intelligent decisions. That's what political
debate is about. But we shouldn't tie their hands. We should let them
use military tribunals; although, I hope they do that very sparingly.
We should let them use Article 3 courts as American tradition and
justice would normally dictate, and we should stand on our Constitution
and our traditions of due process. And, therefore, I support the
amendment.
Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to my friend and
colleague, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Schilling).
Mr. SCHILLING. Thank you, Chairman.
I oppose this amendment for a very simple but serious reason. This
amendment seeks to loosen the prohibition on detainee transfers from
Guantanamo into the United States. I must strongly oppose it.
The amendment would permit the President to commence detainee
transfers merely by producing a plan and receiving certification from
the Attorney General. It gives Congress no authority to alter or
disapprove such a plan once submitted. This is fundamentally no
different from the state of affairs that existed in 2009 when President
Obama and Attorney General Holder created a fiasco by trying to bring
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to New York for trial.
By seeking to strike section 1037, this amendment would also pave the
way for transfer of detainees to military bases inside of the United
States prior to prosecution or civilian facilities like Thompson
prison, which is in my home State of Illinois.
There is no reason to bring detainees to the United States of
America. I have been to Guantanamo, and the detention facilities there
are state-of-the-art facilities. They are safe and humane.
I want to thank our soldiers who stand guard day and night with the
worst of the worst.
Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Andrews).
(Mr. ANDREWS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Chairman, I assume we universally share the view
that we want those who have committed acts of terrorism against
innocent people be brought to justice. And we have entrusted that
responsibility to prosecutors in the military, the Justice Department,
and to our intelligence community. This amendment lets those
prosecutors do their job unimpeded by judgments that we are making
without all the facts.
If this amendment doesn't pass, the underlying bill says to those
prosecutors, even if you think, as has been the case with over 400
other suspects convicted in Article 3 courts, that an Article 3 trial
is the right thing to do, you may not do it. It says to those
prosecutors, even if you think live testimony from a Guantanamo
detainee in a criminal court in this country in someone else's trial
will help you win a conviction, you may not do it. Even if you think
that we could gain standing with allies by having such a person tried
in another jurisdiction, it would achieve a better result for our
country and for an alliance against terrorism, you may not make that
choice.
Congress should set broad policy for our country. We should not
Monday morning quarterback or backseat drive. By limiting the options
of our prosecutors, I believe that's what we're doing, and we are
risking the undesired and ironic result that will make it more
difficult for those with whom we've entrusted this task to achieve the
goal of bringing these people to justice.
Mr. Smith's amendment is well considered. It broadens the options of
those prosecutors and, I think, hastens the day when those who deserve
to be brought to justice will, in fact, be brought to justice.
I urge a ``yes'' vote on Mr. Smith's amendment.
Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to my friend and
colleague, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wittman).
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