[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 101 (Friday, July 8, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H4765-H4772]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Webster). Pursuant to House Resolution
320 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of
the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration
of the bill, H.R. 2219.
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In the Committee of the Whole
Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of
the bill (H.R. 2219) making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other
purposes, with Mr. Bass of New Hampshire (Acting Chair) in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose on Thursday,
July 7, 2011, the bill had been read through page 161, line 12.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Kucinich
Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the
following new section:
``Sec. __. None of the funds in this Act may be used for
military operations in or against Libya except under a
declaration of war against Libya pursuant to clause 11 in
section 8 of article I of the Constitution.''.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5
minutes.
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Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, before the
House completes work on this important bill, I think that it is
imperative that the House is provided with one more opportunity to
clarify its position with respect to the Constitution and our power
under article I, section 8, clause 11 of the Constitution, which reads
as follows, that Congress has the power to declare war.
This amendment says none of the funds in this act may be used for
military operations in or against Libya except under a declaration of
war against Libya pursuant to clause 11 in section 8 of article I of
the Constitution.
So what this amendment does is it recognizes Congress' power to
appropriate and links it, in this case, to Congress' ability to declare
war and enables this House to definitively--definitively--make a
statement that it is our prerogative, our Constitutional right, to
determine whether or not this Nation goes to war, and we are not going
to see any war funded absent a declaration of war by this Congress.
It is imperative that we act, because by September, this
administration will have spent $1 billion on the war without Congress
having any say in that whatsoever. We will have gone to a war without
any ability of Congress to have a voice.
Now, to its credit, this House has taken up numerous proposals
relative to the war in Libya that have sought to limit the sphere of
conduct of hostilities against Libya--no ground troops and no money to
rebels. This amendment, however, gives the House one last opportunity
within this bill to speak very clearly about article I, section 8,
clause 11 and to do it in the context of an appropriations bill which
says that we will not permit any funds to be spent unless this Congress
moves forward with a declaration of war.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. DICKS. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the Kucinich
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. DICKS. First of all, the President has made a very strong case
for our military action in Libya. I think, as Commander in Chief, he
has the authority. We had a U.N. resolution, the NATO allies were
involved and so was the Arab League.
There is another option. The other option is the War Powers Act. And
I hope at some point the President will ask for congressional support
of his initiative in Libya.
The idea that we're going to pull out of this unilaterally and
undermine the NATO alliance I think is a terrible mistake. Although I
have the greatest respect for the gentleman from Ohio, I'm strongly
opposed to his amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I will first admit that this
gentleman introducing this amendment, if nothing else, is certainly
persistent. The only problem is, after 2 lengthy days, 10 and 11 hours
each day, with amendment after amendment being presented, we have just
been given this amendment in the last 5 minutes. We would have liked to
have had a little more time to really analyze it. But a quick analysis
of this amendment tells me that it is very similar to all of the other
Libyan amendments that we have defeated in the last 2 days.
For example, I believe that this amendment would preclude any search-
and-rescue mission on the part of Americans to save Americans. I'm
satisfied it would prevent us from providing any intelligence
surveillance, or reconnaissance. I'm satisfied that it would not permit
us to do any aerial refueling of our coalition or NATO partners. I'm
satisfied that the amendment would prohibit us from even being involved
while operational plans are being developed that might have an effect
on the support role that the United States plays.
So, here we go again. We've already defeated this issue close to a
dozen times in the last 2 days. So I just suggest that we move on and
defeat this amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. KUCINICH. 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 Ohio will be
postponed.
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments printed in the Congressional Record
on which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
The first amendment by Mr. Flake of Arizona.
The second amendment by Mr. Flake of Arizona.
The third amendment by Mr. Flake of Arizona.
Amendment No. 77 by Mr. Huelskamp of Kansas.
An amendment by Mr. Polis of Colorado.
An amendment by Mr. Kucinich of Ohio.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote
after the first vote in this series.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Flake
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the first amendment offered by the gentleman from
Arizona (Mr. Flake) 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 39,
noes 380, not voting 12, as follows:
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[Roll No. 525]
AYES--39
Amash
Bachmann
Benishek
Bishop (UT)
Boustany
Broun (GA)
Burgess
Cantor
Chabot
Chaffetz
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Flake
Garrett
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Griffith (VA)
Huizenga (MI)
Hurt
Jordan
Landry
Lummis
Mack
McClintock
McHenry
Mulvaney
Paul
Posey
Price (GA)
Scott (SC)
Sensenbrenner
Southerland
Stearns
Walberg
Walsh (IL)
Westmoreland
Woodall
NOES--380
Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Austria
Baca
Bachus
Baldwin
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Berg
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Black
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brooks
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Canseco
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Duffy
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gallegly
Garamendi
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gonzalez
Gosar
Granger
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Grijalva
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hochul
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Hultgren
Hunter
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jackson (IL)
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly
Kildee
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Kucinich
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Maloney
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McCollum
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Olver
Owens
Palazzo
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Price (NC)
Quayle
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Richardson
Richmond
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tierney
Tipton
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Webster
Welch
West
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--12
Campbell
Cardoza
Crowley
Culberson
Giffords
Graves (MO)
Hinchey
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Payne
Pelosi
Rokita
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Messrs. McNERNEY and LUETKEMEYER, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, and Mr.
PASCRELL changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. HURT, BISHOP of Utah, SCOTT of South Carolina, CHABOT, and
SOUTHERLAND changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Flake
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the second amendment offered by the gentleman from
Arizona (Mr. Flake) 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 118,
noes 295, not voting 18, as follows:
[Roll No. 526]
AYES--118
Amash
Baldwin
Barton (TX)
Benishek
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Braley (IA)
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Capuano
Chabot
Chaffetz
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clay
Coble
Conyers
Cooper
Courtney
DeFazio
DeLauro
Doggett
Doyle
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Eshoo
Farr
Filner
Flake
Frank (MA)
Garamendi
Garrett
Gibson
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Green, Gene
Griffith (VA)
Gutierrez
Herrera Beutler
Himes
Holt
Honda
Huizenga (MI)
Hurt
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Jones
Jordan
Keating
Kind
Kucinich
Labrador
Lance
Larson (CT)
Levin
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lummis
Mack
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McClintock
McGovern
Mica
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Napolitano
Nunnelee
Olver
Paul
Perlmutter
Peters
Petri
Poe (TX)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Reed
Royce
Sanchez, Loretta
Schakowsky
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sherman
Smith (NE)
Southerland
Speier
Stark
Stearns
Stutzman
Sullivan
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (PA)
Tierney
Tonko
Tsongas
Upton
Velazquez
Walberg
Walsh (IL)
Welch
Woolsey
Yoder
NOES--295
Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Berg
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Costa
Costello
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
DeGette
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Ellison
Ellmers
Emerson
Engel
Farenthold
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gallegly
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Griffin (AR)
Grijalva
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Higgins
Hinojosa
Hochul
Holden
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Hultgren
Hunter
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jackson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Kaptur
Kelly
Kildee
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Lamborn
Landry
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lee (CA)
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
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Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McCollum
McCotter
McDermott
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moran
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Nadler
Neal
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pearce
Pelosi
Pence
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Platts
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Rahall
Rangel
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Richardson
Richmond
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schiff
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sessions
Sewell
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Stivers
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Towns
Turner
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walden
Walz (MN)
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Wu
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--18
Campbell
Cardoza
Carter
Crowley
Culberson
Giffords
Granger
Graves (MO)
Hinchey
Hirono
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Payne
Peterson
Reyes
Rogers (MI)
Wasserman Schultz
Wittman
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
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Mr. POE of Texas changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 526, I was unavoidably
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
Amendment Offered by Mr. Flake
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the third amendment offered by the gentleman from
Arizona (Mr. Flake) 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 100,
noes 321, not voting 10, as follows:
[Roll No. 527]
AYES--100
Amash
Barton (TX)
Becerra
Benishek
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Broun (GA)
Burton (IN)
Camp
Carney
Chabot
Chaffetz
Conyers
Cooper
Dent
Dold
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Filner
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Frank (MA)
Garrett
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Griffith (VA)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hirono
Honda
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hurt
Inslee
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Jordan
Kind
Kingston
Kucinich
Labrador
Landry
Lummis
Mack
Maloney
Manzullo
Matheson
McHenry
Mica
Michaud
Mulvaney
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nunes
Paul
Pence
Peters
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Quayle
Quigley
Reed
Renacci
Ribble
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Loretta
Schrader
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Smith (NE)
Southerland
Speier
Stark
Stearns
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Tsongas
Upton
Velazquez
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Welch
Westmoreland
Woodall
Yoder
NOES--321
Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Baldwin
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Berg
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brooks
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Butterfield
Calvert
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Denham
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gallegly
Garamendi
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gonzalez
Gosar
Granger
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Grijalva
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Herger
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Hochul
Holden
Holt
Hoyer
Hultgren
Hunter
Israel
Issa
Jackson (IL)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly
Kildee
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Marchant
Marino
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Noem
Nugent
Nunnelee
Olson
Olver
Owens
Palazzo
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peterson
Pitts
Platts
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Rehberg
Reichert
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Stivers
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tierney
Tipton
Tonko
Towns
Turner
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walberg
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Webster
West
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--10
Campbell
Cardoza
Crowley
Culberson
Giffords
Gingrey (GA)
Graves (MO)
Hinchey
Jackson Lee (TX)
Payne
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
{time} 1112
Ms. LEE and Ms. WOOLSEY changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. POE of Texas, WESTMORELAND, and DOLD changed their vote from
``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 77 Offered by Mr. Huelskamp
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Kansas
(Mr. Huelskamp) 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.
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The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 236,
noes 184, not voting 11, as follows:
[Roll No. 528]
AYES--236
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Holden
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
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
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--184
Ackerman
Altmire
Amash
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bono Mack
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hanna
Hastings (FL)
Hayworth
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hochul
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kucinich
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Ros-Lehtinen
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--11
Campbell
Cardoza
Crowley
Culberson
Giffords
Graves (MO)
Hinchey
Jackson Lee (TX)
Payne
Rangel
Rush
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). One minute remains in this vote.
{time} 1117
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Polis
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado
(Mr. Polis) 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 113,
noes 307, not voting 11, as follows:
[Roll No. 529]
AYES--113
Amash
Baca
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Bilbray
Blumenauer
Boswell
Braley (IA)
Capuano
Carney
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Cummings
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Deutch
Doggett
Doyle
Duncan (TN)
Ellison
Eshoo
Farr
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gibson
Goodlatte
Gosar
Green, Gene
Griffith (VA)
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Jackson (IL)
Keating
Kind
Kingston
Kucinich
Labrador
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren, Zoe
Lujan
Lummis
Maloney
Markey
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Myrick
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Pallone
Paul
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Reyes
Ribble
Richardson
Richmond
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Ross (FL)
Royce
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Schakowsky
Schrader
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sherman
Slaughter
Speier
Stark
Stearns
Stivers
Tierney
Tonko
Upton
Velazquez
Walsh (IL)
Waters
Waxman
Welch
Woodall
Woolsey
Yarmuth
NOES--307
Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Davis (CA)
Davis (KY)
DeLauro
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Edwards
Ellmers
Emerson
Engel
Farenthold
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Green, Al
Griffin (AR)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hirono
Hochul
Holden
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kaptur
Kelly
Kildee
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Levin
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Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pearce
Pelosi
Pence
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Rahall
Rangel
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schiff
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sessions
Sewell
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Stutzman
Sullivan
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Towns
Tsongas
Turner
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Watt
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Wu
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--11
Barton (TX)
Campbell
Cardoza
Carnahan
Crowley
Culberson
Giffords
Graves (MO)
Hinchey
Jackson Lee (TX)
Payne
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). One minute remains in this vote.
{time} 1120
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Kucinich
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
Kucinich) 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 169,
noes 251, not voting 11, as follows:
[Roll No. 530]
AYES--169
Adams
Akin
Amash
Bachmann
Baldwin
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Bonner
Boustany
Braley (IA)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Camp
Capito
Capuano
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Costello
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
DeFazio
Denham
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Flores
Foxx
Gardner
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Grijalva
Guinta
Gutierrez
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harris
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Himes
Hinojosa
Hirono
Honda
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Issa
Jackson (IL)
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kaptur
Keating
Kingston
Kucinich
Labrador
Landry
Lankford
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
LoBiondo
Lujan
Lummis
Mack
Maloney
Manzullo
McClintock
McGovern
McHenry
McKinley
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Mulvaney
Nadler
Napolitano
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Pearce
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quigley
Reed
Renacci
Ribble
Richardson
Rigell
Roe (TN)
Rokita
Ross (FL)
Rush
Sanchez, Loretta
Schilling
Schmidt
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Southerland
Stark
Stearns
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tierney
Tipton
Upton
Velazquez
Walberg
Walsh (IL)
Waters
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Woodall
Woolsey
Wu
Yoder
Young (AK)
NOES--251
Ackerman
Aderholt
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Austria
Baca
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bilbray
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Black
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brown (FL)
Bucshon
Buerkle
Butterfield
Calvert
Canseco
Cantor
Capps
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Conaway
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
DeGette
DeLauro
Dent
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Fleischmann
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gallegly
Garamendi
Gerlach
Gingrey (GA)
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Granger
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guthrie
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Higgins
Hochul
Holden
Holt
Hoyer
Hunter
Hurt
Inslee
Israel
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Kelly
Kildee
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lungren, Daniel E.
Marchant
Marino
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McCollum
McCotter
McDermott
McIntyre
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neal
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Olver
Owens
Palazzo
Pallone
Pascrell
Paulsen
Pelosi
Pence
Perlmutter
Peters
Platts
Polis
Price (NC)
Quayle
Rahall
Rangel
Rehberg
Reichert
Reyes
Richmond
Rivera
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schock
Schwartz
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stivers
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Turner
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walden
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Wittman
Womack
Yarmuth
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--11
Campbell
Cardoza
Crowley
Culberson
Giffords
Graves (MO)
Hinchey
Jackson Lee (TX)
Lynch
Payne
Whitfield
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So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 530, had I been present, I
would have voted ``aye.''
(By unanimous consent, Mr. Hoyer was allowed to speak out of order.)
Congratulating Representative John Dingell on His 85th Birthday
Mr. HOYER. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a wonderful day of
celebration. Today we celebrate the 85th birthday of an extraordinary
American, an American who has served over five-eighths of his life in
this House, an American whose father served before him, an American who
has been sent to the Congress after Congress after Congress after
Congress, a Member who has made an extraordinary contribution to the
legislative history of this Congress and to the welfare of this
country. John Dingell today is 85 years of age.
Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to now yield to somebody who has not
served with him for 85 years, but has served with him for a very
significant time on the extraordinarily important Energy and Commerce
Committee, my friend from Texas (Mr. Barton).
Mr. BARTON of Texas. Thank you, Congressman Hoyer.
It has been my pleasure to serve for 26 years on the Energy and
Commerce Committee with the distinguished gentleman who is having his
85th birthday.
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What some of our newer Members may not know is what a gentleman
Chairman Dingell is. And the uniqueness of his character is he will
impart his wisdom to those of us in the opposition party and encourage
us to then go out and use it against him, knowing that he is smart
enough, tough enough, and effective enough to beat us at our own game.
He is truly a paragon of this Congress, and will go down, in my
estimation, in history as one of the top 10 Congressmen or -women of
all time.
I want to extend him my warmest 85th birthday wishes and get him to
guarantee that as long as he is able he will serve in this body,
because he is truly a treasure for both sides of the aisle.
Mr. HOYER. Those of you who are new to this body, what Mr. Barton has
just said, if you want an example of a truly great legislator, a
legislator who has year after year sat down with both sides of the
aisle, with all the different interest groups that are represented in
this Congress, and worked together to bring consensus to quality
legislation, you could have no better example than John Dingell.
So I am pleased to rise, Mr. Dingell, and express great admiration,
respect, and deep affection for you, which I know is shared by all of
your colleagues.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2012''.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now
rise and report the bill back to the House with sundry amendments, with
the recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and that the bill,
as amended, do pass.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Gingrey of Georgia) having assumed the chair, Mr. Bass of New
Hampshire, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union, reported that that Committee, having had under
consideration the bill (H.R. 2219) making appropriations for the
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012,
and for other purposes, reported the bill back to the House with sundry
amendments adopted in the Committee of the Whole, with the
recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and that the bill, as
amended, do pass.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under House Resolution 320, the previous
question is ordered.
Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the
Committee of the Whole? If not, the Chair will put them en gros.
The amendments were agreed to.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.
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Motion to Recommit
Mr. BARROW. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
Mr. BARROW. In its current form.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Barrow moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2219 to the
Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the
same back to the House forthwith with the following
amendment:
Page 7, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $20,000,000)''.
Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $20,000,000)''.
Page 12, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $160,000,000)''.
Page 135, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $200,000,000)''.
Mr. BARROW (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent
to dispense with the reading of the amendment.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Georgia?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for
5 minutes.
Mr. BARROW. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
We Americans owe no greater debt than we owe the men and women of our
armed services who risk their lives to protect our freedoms. We
currently have around 350,000 troops deployed overseas. About a third
of that number come from our National Guard and Reserve.
While most Americans don't know it, many National Guard members don't
get the same support we give career servicemembers. When many National
Guardsmen and -women get on the plane to go overseas, their families
don't even know about the services that are available to them, and when
many of those troops get back home, they don't have the help they need
to get back into their daily lives.
To address this disparity, in 2008, Congress established the yellow
ribbon reintegration program to provide a support program tailored to
meet the needs of National Guard and Reserve combat veterans and their
families. The yellow ribbon program helps servicemembers and their
families throughout deployment, with programs such as career
counseling, suicide prevention, access to health care, veterans
benefits, and education benefits. This final amendment would increase
funding for that program by $200 million.
There is an excellent program in my district called the Augusta
Wounded Warrior Project. They have several projects in Georgia to help
wounded veterans. I've had the honor of working with them on some of
these priorities and to meet with some of the returning veterans they
have helped. What I hear over and over is that veterans can't take
advantage of the many different support services available to them if
they don't know about them or don't know how to navigate the
bureaucracy that runs them. The yellow ribbon program helps our
National Guard and Reserve combat veterans make that connection and get
the services that they've earned.
According to the 2010 annual report to Congress, the yellow ribbon
program held over 2,000 events and had over 300,000 contacts with
individual servicemembers and their family members. That's a 50 percent
increase in participation over 2009. And as the total number of
returning National Guard and Reserve combat veterans goes up, the need
goes up. This amendment will help make sure that the yellow ribbon
program can help meet that need.
My amendment makes these funds available through a transfer from the
account for the Afghanistan security forces fund. That account is
funded in this bill at $12.8 billion. While I think those funds are an
important part of our strategy for long-term success in Afghanistan, I
think the highest and best use of a very small part of that money is to
help our National Guard and Reserve combat veterans get back on their
feet again.
My amendment would use about 1.5 percent of that money for this
purpose, which I think is reasonable. In exchange for about 1.5 percent
of what we're about to provide to help the Afghans take care of
themselves, we can provide a 125 percent increase in support for those
American soldiers and their families who make it all possible. I think
that's a pretty good deal.
Finally, my amendment will not in any way delay final passage of this
important legislation. If adopted, we move straight to a final vote on
passage of this legislation.
I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their service
and for their work on this bill. I think my amendment will have
virtually no adverse impact on what we're trying to do for Afghanistan,
but it will have a huge positive impact in meeting the needs of our
combat veterans and their families. I hope that's something we can all
support.
With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. I rise in opposition to the motion to recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Schock). The gentleman is recognized for
5 minutes.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the motion to recommit, I think,
is a strong statement that this is a pretty good Defense appropriations
bill, because the minority, using the procedural vote that minorities
most always use, does not do any real damage to the bill, but it
doesn't really do anything that needs to be done, either, so it's a
procedural vote, and I suggest we just vote against it and get on to
the bill.
But about the yellow ribbon. The bill already contains $246.5 million
for the
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yellow ribbon program, which we support. It's a good program,
especially for reintegration for returning guardsmen and reservists and
their families. In addition, we accepted an amendment by the gentleman
from New Jersey (Mr. Holt) to add $20 million for further suicide
prevention for our returning combat veterans. This comes to a total of
$266.5 million. That's not a bad number, when you consider that we had
to reduce the President's budget by $9 billion.
So I think we did pretty good, and I think that this motion to
recommit is a strong indication that there's nothing really wrong with
this bill, we just ought to go ahead and defeat the motion to recommit
and pass the bill.
I yield to the gentleman from California.
Mr. LEWIS of California. I appreciate my chairman yielding.
I must say that the gentleman from Georgia is making a point that we
all understand. The Guard and Reserve are very important to our future,
clearly, but even more important is for us to get this House back on a
pathway to regular order, whereby we bring bills through the
committees, bring them to the floor, open rules, have the opportunity
to have these debates and the like.
I must say our chairman has done a fabulous job in moving in that
direction, but I also would say that the ranking member of the
subcommittee, who's also ranking member of the full committee, has been
publicly committed to getting us back to regular order. Indeed, as a
tribute to both of their work by way of strengthening the future of the
House and our work this year, I would hope we not just defeat this
motion to recommit but give an overwhelming vote in support of their
fine work on final passage.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my
time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is
ordered on the motion to recommit.
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. BARROW. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule
XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by
5-minute votes on passage of H.R. 2219 and adoption of House Resolution
340.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 188,
noes 234, not voting 9, as follows:
[Roll No. 531]
AYES--188
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
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hochul
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
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
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rohrabacher
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
Shuler
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOES--234
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
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Cooper
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
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
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
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)
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--9
Campbell
Cardoza
Crowley
Culberson
Giffords
Graves (MO)
Hinchey
Jackson Lee (TX)
Payne
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining in this vote.
{time} 1156
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 336,
nays 87, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 532]
YEAS--336
Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Berg
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Chabot
Chandler
Clay
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Cravaack
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Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (KY)
DeLauro
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Edwards
Ellmers
Emerson
Engel
Farenthold
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Hochul
Holden
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kaptur
Kelly
Kildee
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Moran
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pearce
Pelosi
Pence
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quayle
Rahall
Rangel
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Richardson
Richmond
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Loretta
Scalise
Schiff
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sewell
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NAYS--87
Amash
Baldwin
Becerra
Benishek
Blumenauer
Braley (IA)
Capps
Capuano
Chaffetz
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Cohen
Costello
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Doyle
Duncan (TN)
Ellison
Eshoo
Farr
Filner
Flake
Forbes
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gibson
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Jackson (IL)
Johnson (IL)
Keating
Kucinich
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren, Zoe
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Pallone
Paul
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Quigley
Rohrabacher
Royce
Rush
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schrader
Serrano
Speier
Stark
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Velazquez
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--8
Campbell
Cardoza
Culberson
Giffords
Graves (MO)
Hinchey
Jackson Lee (TX)
Payne
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining in this vote.
{time} 1204
Mrs. MALONEY changed her vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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