[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 135 (Tuesday, September 13, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H6119-H6123]
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EMPOWERING PARENTS THROUGH QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 392 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. 2218.
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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. 2218) to amend the charter school program under the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, with Mr. Yoder (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,
September 8, 2011, a request for a recorded vote on amendment No. 8
printed in part A of House Report 112-200 by the gentleman from Iowa
(Mr. King) had been postponed.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now resume on
those amendments printed in part A of House Report 112-200 on which
further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
Amendment No. 7 by Mr. Holt of New Jersey.
Amendment No. 8 by Mr. King of Iowa.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for the second
electronic vote in this series.
Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Holt
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey
(Mr. Holt) 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 vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 195,
noes 220, not voting 16, as follows:
[Roll No. 702]
AYES--195
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Baldwin
Barrow
Bartlett
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bilbray
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Dent
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Fitzpatrick
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gerlach
Gibson
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hochul
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinley
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reichert
Richardson
Richmond
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)
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Tsongas
Upton
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Yarmuth
NOES--220
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Amash
Austria
Bachus
Barton (TX)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
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
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paul
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Rehberg
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
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
Speier
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--16
Baca
Bachmann
Barletta
Capuano
Giffords
Himes
King (NY)
Larson (CT)
Lewis (GA)
Lynch
Marino
Miller, Gary
Noem
Reyes
Towns
Visclosky
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There are 2 minutes remaining in
this vote.
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Messrs. ROHRABACHER, REED, DENHAM, DUFFY, ROSKAM, GINGREY of Georgia,
Mrs. SCHMIDT, and Mrs. BLACK changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. LEVIN, DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, and Ms. TSONGAS changed their
vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. King of Iowa
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr.
King) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes
prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
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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 43,
noes 374, not voting 14, as follows:
[Roll No. 703]
AYES--43
Amash
Bartlett
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Campbell
Chaffetz
Coffman (CO)
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Flake
Fleming
Franks (AZ)
Garrett
Gohmert
Graves (GA)
Harris
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Jordan
King (IA)
Lamborn
Mack
McClintock
Miller (FL)
Mulvaney
Paul
Pence
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Price (GA)
Renacci
Rigell
Southerland
Stutzman
Walsh (IL)
Westmoreland
NOES--374
Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Austria
Baca
Bachus
Baldwin
Barrow
Barton (TX)
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Benishek
Berg
Berkley
Berman
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Black
Blumenauer
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Chabot
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Cohen
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
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
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Duffy
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gallegly
Garamendi
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grijalva
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hochul
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Hunter
Hurt
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly
Kildee
Kind
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Kucinich
Labrador
Lance
Landry
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Maloney
Manzullo
Marchant
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McCollum
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Mica
Michaud
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neugebauer
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Olver
Owens
Palazzo
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Platts
Polis
Posey
Price (NC)
Quayle
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Reyes
Ribble
Richardson
Richmond
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
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 (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Stearns
Stivers
Sullivan
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tierney
Tipton
Tonko
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Walberg
Walden
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Webster
Welch
West
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Woolsey
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--14
Bachmann
Barletta
Capuano
Giffords
King (NY)
Larson (CT)
Lewis (GA)
Marino
Miller, Gary
Noem
Schiff
Smith (TX)
Towns
Visclosky
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining in
this vote.
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Mr. BURTON of Indiana 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. HERGER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 703, I inadvertently voted
``no'' when I intended to vote ``yes.''
Stated against:
Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 703, had I been present, I
would have voted ``no.''
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Fleischmann). The question is on the committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended.
The amendment was agreed to.
The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Yoder) having assumed the chair, Mr. Fleischmann, 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. 2218) to
amend the charter school program under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, and, pursuant to House Resolution 392, reported
the bill back to the House with an amendment adopted in the Committee
of the Whole.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is
ordered.
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 committee 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. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill?
Ms. HANABUSA. I am opposed to it in its current form.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Ms. Hanabusa moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2218 to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce with instructions to
report the same back to the House forthwith with the
following amendment:
Page 20, after line 15, insert the following:
``(j) Background Checks to Protect Students From Sexual and
Violent Predators.--
``(1) Background checks.--Each State entity that receives a
grant under this section shall have in effect policies and
procedures for charter schools receiving funds under the
entity's program that--
``(A) require that criminal background checks be conducted
for school employees that include--
``(i) a search of the State criminal registry or repository
in the State in which the school employee resides and each
State in which such school employee previously resided;
``(ii) a search of State-based child abuse and neglect
registries and databases in the State in which the school
employee resides and each State in which such school employee
previously resided;
``(iii) a search of the National Crime Information Center
of the Department of Justice;
``(iv) a Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint check
using the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification
System; and
``(v) a search of the National Sex Offender Registry
established under section 19 of the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16919);
``(B) prohibit the employment of an individual for a
position as a school employee if such individual--
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``(i) refuses to consent to the criminal background check
described in subparagraph (A);
``(ii) makes a false statement in connection with such
criminal background check;
``(iii) has been convicted of a felony consisting of--
``(I) homicide;
``(II) child abuse or neglect;
``(III) a crime against children, including child
pornography;
``(IV) spousal abuse;
``(V) a crime involving rape or sexual assault;
``(VI) kidnapping;
``(VII) arson; or
``(VIII) physical assault, battery, or a drug-related
offense, committed within the past 5 years; or
``(iv) has been convicted of any other crime that is a
violent or sexual crime against a minor;
``(C) require that a charter school that receives
information from a criminal background check conducted under
this subsection that an individual who has applied for
employment with such school as a school employee is a sexual
predator report to local law enforcement that such individual
has so applied;
``(D) require that the criminal background checks described
in subparagraph (A) be periodically repeated; and
``(E) provide for a timely process by which a school
employee may appeal the results of a criminal background
check conducted under this subsection to challenge the
accuracy or completeness of the information produced by such
background check and seek appropriate relief for any final
employment decision based on materially inaccurate or
incomplete information produced by such background check, but
that does not permit the school employee to be employed as a
school employee during such process.
``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) School employee.--The term `school employee' means--
``(i) an employee of, or a person seeking employment with,
a charter school, and who has a job duty that results in
exposure to students; or
``(ii) an employee of, or a person seeking employment with,
a for-profit or nonprofit entity, or local public agency,
that has a contract or agreement to provide services with a
charter school, and whose job duty--
``(I) is to provide such services; and
``(II) results in exposure to students.
``(B) Sexual predator.--The term `sexual predator' means a
person 18 years of age or older who has been convicted of, or
pled guilty to, a sexual offense against a minor.''.
Mr. KLINE (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent
that the reading be dispensed with.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Minnesota?
Ms. HANABUSA. I object, Mr. Speaker.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.
The Clerk will read.
The Clerk continued to read.
Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve all points of order against the
motion.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved.
The gentlewoman from Hawaii is recognized for 5 minutes.
Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, let us be very clear that this is a final
amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill and, if adopted,
will still allow the bill to go to final passage. This is an attempt to
make a bill better.
Regardless of how we may feel about the underlying bill, we can all
agree that there is nothing we wouldn't do to protect our children.
Again, this is not an attempt to the kill the bill. The bill will not
be killed, and if this amendment is adopted, it will allow the bill to
go forward to final passage. This just makes a statement that we should
all be able to agree with, and that is that we wish to protect our
children from sexual predators and abductors.
What this amendment does is to say anyone who receives a grant in
support of the high quality charter schools requires that each State
entity that receives a grant under this section shall require a
criminal background check to be conducted of such school employees.
It also prohibits the employment of any individual for a position in
such school, whether it's a nonprofit that does contracts with the
school or the school, itself, until the criminal background check is
done; and if you refuse to do so, you cannot be employed.
And if you're convicted of a felony--now, these are important points
that we're protecting them from: homicide, child abuse and neglect, a
crime against children, spousal abuse, sexual abuse, kidnapping, arson,
physical assault or battery, drug-related offenses, or crimes against a
minor--this is what this bill requires.
Now, in 2010 the GAO said we don't have any Federal bills that
protect our children. Here we are. We're going to allow for grants to
be given to charter schools. Why not just support this amendment which,
in fact, will make this a better bill?
What it will do is it will say no one, no one shall work with our
children until such time that they have done a criminal background
check.
The bill also permits that, if you believe somehow you've been
wrongfully accused, you can appeal. But during the period of time of
that appeal, we're also protecting the children because you're not
going to be able to work with them until such time as your appeal is
done.
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Think about this. This is a statement that we are saying we're going
to make the schools better. We're going to make charter schools safe
for the children. How can we not support such a measure?
That is why, Mr. Speaker, I ask that Members here support this motion
to recommit.
And be very clear: this does not stop the bill. This is like a final
amendment. Regardless of how it votes, we vote for it--and I think we
should all vote for it--it will go to final passage. This is not going
to, in essence kill, the bill. It will let it go forward.
So with that in mind, I can't imagine how anyone who sits in this
Chamber can't be in support of this amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to withdraw my reservation of
the point of order.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reservation is withdrawn.
Mr. KLINE. I rise in opposition to the motion to recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Minnesota is recognized
for 5 minutes.
Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, we're all concerned about the safety of our
students and all of our schools. Ensuring our students are in a safe
environment is a critical part of the duties of our teachers,
principals, administrators, school authorities. But whether the
students attend charter schools or traditional public schools, all of
our students and parents need to know that schools are providing a safe
environment for them.
That's why this issue is best considered when we look at the full
Elementary and Secondary Education Act later this fall, the law that
governs all public schools.
This motion would single out charter schools from the rest of the
public schools, something we've worked very hard and in a bipartisan
way to avoid.
Therefore, I urge my colleagues to vote against this motion, reject
this motion to recommit, and support the underlying bill.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, as the House of Representatives
continues to discuss how we can improve upon our nation's system of
education, I would like to address my colleagues and constituents on
the importance of collaboration on this issue. Our nation's young
people play a vital role in the future of our country, and we must
focus on the best interests of our children.
Over 20,000 students in my state of Indiana attend public charter
schools. Parents seeking fresh opportunities for their children are
finding successful charter school programs within some communities that
educate our children in new and innovative ways. Whereas misguided
programs, such as private school vouchers, take money away from
improving our schools, investing in well-managed charter schools is one
way to improve upon existing public school systems. Through these
efforts, public school educators are able to offer experiential
learning programs that take creative approaches to teaching.
H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools
Act, has come to a vote at a critical time in our nation's history.
America is at a crossroads with record unemployment, staggering
deficits and widespread public discontent. Members of Congress must
make the tough decisions that will make preparing all American children
for the global economy a priority.
Although I realize the bill fails to address the needs to reform all
of our schools, I decided to vote in support of Empowering Parents
through Quality Charter Schools Act. I support the Charter Schools
Program and believe we must continue to invest in school infrastructure
and innovative teaching styles. I believe this legislation takes a
positive step toward adding civil rights protections for students with
disabilities and ensuring higher levels of overall quality within
public charter schools.
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As the husband of a public school principal, I recognize the need to
ensure that America's children are all equally prepared for the future.
I pledge to continue working with all of my colleagues to invest in
across-the-board improvements in all of our public schools and create
incentives that include traditional public schools, students, parents
and educators.
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. HANABUSA. 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 189,
noes 231, not voting 11, as follows:
[Roll No. 704]
AYES--189
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
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hochul
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
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)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
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
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Yarmuth
NOES--231
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Amash
Austria
Bachus
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
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
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)
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
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
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
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
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--11
Bachmann
Barletta
Capuano
Giffords
Gohmert
King (NY)
Lewis (GA)
Marino
Miller, Gary
Towns
Westmoreland
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining in this vote.
{time} 1419
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 704, I was unavoidably
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
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. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 365,
noes 54, not voting 12, as follows:
[Roll No. 705]
AYES--365
Adams
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Austria
Bachus
Baldwin
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Benishek
Berg
Berkley
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Cicilline
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (KY)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellison
Ellmers
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garamendi
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hochul
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Israel
Issa
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly
Kildee
Kind
King (IA)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Langevin
Lankford
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Long
Lowey
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Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Mack
Maloney
Manzullo
Marchant
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McCotter
McGovern
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moran
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Nadler
Neal
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Olver
Owens
Palazzo
Pallone
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Pence
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quayle
Quigley
Rahall
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Richmond
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Runyan
Ruppersberger
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
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Speier
Stark
Stearns
Stivers
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Wasserman Schultz
Watt
Waxman
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Woolsey
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--54
Ackerman
Aderholt
Amash
Baca
Bishop (NY)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Castor (FL)
Chu
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Conyers
Critz
Davis (IL)
Deutch
Dicks
Edwards
Filner
Flake
Fudge
Garrett
Griffith (VA)
Grijalva
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hinchey
Holden
Hurt
Inslee
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Kucinich
Larsen (WA)
Lee (CA)
Lummis
McDermott
Moore
Napolitano
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Rangel
Richardson
Rush
Sewell
Sutton
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Walsh (IL)
Walz (MN)
Waters
Welch
Wilson (FL)
NOT VOTING--12
Akin
Bachmann
Barletta
Berman
Capuano
Giffords
King (NY)
Lewis (GA)
Marino
Miller, Gary
Stutzman
Towns
{time} 1427
Mr. PASTOR of Arizona and Ms. SUTTON changed their vote from ``aye''
to ``no.''
Mr. PAYNE changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
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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