[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 133 (Friday, September 9, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H6033-H6035]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further 
consideration of H.R. 1892 will now resume. The Clerk will report the 
title.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment 
to the amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole?
  If not, the question is on the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as amended.
  The amendment was 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.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Ms. HOCHUL. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill?
  Ms. HOCHUL. I am opposed to the bill in its current form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Ms. Hochul moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 1892, to the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence with instructions 
     to report the same back to the House forthwith with the 
     following amendment:
       At the end of title III (page 26, after line 6), add the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 312. PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDING TO COUNTER THE THREAT 
                   POSED BY TRANSNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING.

       In obligating and expending funds authorized to be 
     appropriated in this Act, the head of each element of the 
     intelligence community shall include as a priority activities 
     in support of countering the threat posed by transnational 
     drug trafficking and the protection of United States borders 
     from drug-related crime, violence, and gang-related activity 
     in connection with transnational drug trafficking.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Ms. HOCHUL. My amendment will very simply help the intelligence 
community prioritize its funding and ensure that we direct it toward 
securing our borders from many threats--terrorists as well as drug 
dealers.
  I want to be clear that support for my simple amendment, which is a 
statement of our priorities, will ensure that our intelligence 
community cooperates fully to protect our borders against terrorists as 
well as the scourge of drug dealers. If support for my amendment is 
passed, we can also vote on the underlying bill immediately following. 
So my amendment does not harm the bill, and I want to make that very 
clear.
  Last night, as we sat in this Chamber, we all became aware of the 
continued threat that we all face as intelligence reports were coming 
out about unspecified threats in New York City and in Washington, 
perhaps putting us in danger. And while the President so eloquently 
laid out his comments on how we need to get our country back to work 
and people off the unemployment lines, I will tell you today there are 
groups of individuals I'd like to see on the unemployment lines--the 
terrorists and the drug dealers, who are trying to do harm to this 
country. My amendment is simply a statement of our priorities.

                              {time}  1110

  Just 2 days ago in my district in Upstate New York, we had the 
largest drug bust come over from Canada in our history. It equated to 9 
million doses of cocaine that was going to be spread through our 
community.
  Mr. Speaker, that is intolerable. We have got to do more to secure 
our borders, and we can work harder with our intelligence community and 
their resources to secure our borders, and that's exactly what my 
amendment would do.
  It is not just the northern border; we all know what's occurring on 
the southern border. Military operations are being conducted in our 
country by Mexican drug cartels even as we speak. We have to do more to 
protect our borders.
  The murder capital of the world is not in some Far Eastern country, 
Middle East. It is miles away from the U.S. border near El Paso, Texas. 
I have a real problem with that as an American citizen. We need to do 
more to protect our borders.
  As the President spoke last night, we have to do so much more to get 
our economy going again. Has anyone ever calculated the true cost to 
our economy of what the drug problem is doing, this illegal drug 
trafficking that's coming through our borders, what it's doing to our 
communities on the southern border and on the northern border?
  Ladies and gentlemen, we have got to do much more, and my amendment 
is simply an opportunity. If you support this, it is a statement of 
saying the intelligence community will make a

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higher priority of protecting our borders from the drug dealers and 
terrorists and drug dealers who want to do us harm.
  I think this is a simple amendment. Again, support for this will not 
hurt the underlying bill. We can vote on this amendment and immediately 
support the bill following.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. I rise in opposition to the motion to 
recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, this goes to the fundamental 
heart of why some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle--and 
I think their intentions are good--but fundamentally do not understand 
the role and function of the intelligence community to protect the 
United States of America.
  Just as the gentlelady stated, the newspaper reported a very credible 
threat to the security of the United States and to the violence of the 
citizens and maybe two prominent cities here on our homeland. So every 
day somebody gets up around the world with the sole intention of 
killing innocent Americans in this country through an act of terrorism.
  In addition to that, people are trying to penetrate our cybernetworks 
all over this country, not only for intellectual property, but to cause 
harm and damage. We have nuclear treaties and nuclear proliferation 
that we ask and push and nudge our intelligence services to be on top 
of and not to make a mistake. Don't make a mistake that would result in 
a catastrophic event anywhere in the world, let alone here in the 
United States of America.
  I know some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle don't 
want to deal with the hard issues of the border. But taking it from an 
open, aggressive, build a fence, put more resources on the border, 
getting serious about policing our southern border to take it into the 
classified, nobody can see it, see, aren't we doing something, is the 
wrong thing to do for this country.
  We need to stand up for these men and women who we ask every day to 
protect this country. When you try to divert resources to gang violence 
from our intelligence services, that sends a very clear signal to 
America: you don't get it.
  I want terrorists caught. I want a great raid on somebody like Osama 
bin Laden. I want all of the resources of the intelligence community 
geared to keeping us safe.
  We have a Border Patrol; we have National Guard. We have lots of 
other ways to secure our border. Let's not waste the resources. Let's 
not give a slap in the face to every member of our intelligence 
community who is risking their life today to get a piece of 
information, to take an action that keeps us safe here in the homeland.
  I strongly urge the rejection of this misguided amendment.
  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

  Ms. HOCHUL. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair 
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on 
the question of passage.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 145, 
noes 257, not voting 29, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 697]

                               AYES--145

     Ackerman
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Braley (IA)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cuellar
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Deutch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holt
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kildee
     Kind
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Levin
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     McCollum
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Napolitano
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Pingree (ME)
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Richardson
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--257

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Amash
     Austria
     Bachus
     Bartlett
     Bass (NH)
     Benishek
     Berg
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capuano
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Farenthold
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     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)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Lewis (CA)
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McDermott
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meehan
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson
     Petri
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Rahall
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schwartz
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Speier
     Stearns
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Watt
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Woolsey
     Yoder
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--29

     Akin
     Bachmann
     Barletta
     Barton (TX)
     Bishop (UT)
     Brown (FL)
     Cardoza
     Diaz-Balart
     Giffords
     Granger
     Holden
     Honda
     Johnson (GA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Marino
     McCotter
     Miller, Gary
     Neal
     Paul
     Pitts
     Reyes
     Sullivan
     Thompson (PA)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Wilson (SC)
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Two minutes are remaining 
in this vote.

                              {time}  1132

  Messrs. SCOTT of Virginia, CROWLEY, COHEN, and McDERMOTT changed 
their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.

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  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 384, 
noes 14, not voting 33, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 698]

                               AYES--384

     Ackerman
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Dicks
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holt
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Inslee
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Long
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Moran
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Quayle
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Southerland
     Speier
     Stearns
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Sutton
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Walz (MN)
     Watt
     Waxman
     Webster
     Welch
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (IN)

                                NOES--14

     Amash
     Blumenauer
     Capuano
     Duncan (TN)
     Filner
     Gibson
     Kucinich
     Lee (CA)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Stark
     Woolsey

                             NOT VOTING--33

     Akin
     Bachmann
     Barletta
     Barton (TX)
     Bishop (UT)
     Boswell
     Brown (FL)
     Cardoza
     Conyers
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Giffords
     Granger
     Holden
     Honda
     Lewis (GA)
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Marino
     McCotter
     Miller, Gary
     Neal
     Paul
     Pelosi
     Pitts
     Reyes
     Smith (NJ)
     Sullivan
     Thompson (PA)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Wilson (SC)
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Two minutes are remaining 
in this vote.

                              {time}  1138

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Mr. CARDOZA. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, I was unable to vote on H.R. 
1892, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 because 
of road closures caused by flooding in and around my home. The roads 
were impassable, and I regret that I could not be present for votes. 
Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on final passage.


                          Personal explanation

  Mr. AKIN. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall Nos. 697 and 698, I was delayed 
and unable to vote. Had I been present I would have voted ``no'' on 
rollcall No. 697 and ``aye'' on rollcall No. 698.


              Authorizing the Clerk to Correct Engrossment

  Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that in 
the engrossment of the bill, H.R. 1892, the Clerk be authorized to make 
such technical and conforming changes as necessary to reflect the 
actions of the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Michigan?
  There was no objection.

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