[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 20, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H9995-H9996]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE
Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to offer the resolution previously
noticed.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution.
The Clerk read as follows:
H. Res. 504
Whereas Joseph Goebbels served as the Third Reich's
Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda in Nazi
Germany from 1933-1945;
Whereas Joseph Goebbels openly used xenophobia and racism
in his quest to dehumanize European Jewry;
Whereas Joseph Goebbels made Jews the scapegoat of German
economic insecurity, fostering flagrant anti-Semitism;
Whereas the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum reports
``that Joseph Goebbels delivered a passionate anti-Semitic
speech to the Nazi party faithful in Munich on November 9,
1938 . . . After the speech, Nazi officials order the Storm
Troopers (SA) and other party formations to attack Jews and
to destroy their homes, businesses, and houses of worship.
The violence against Jews lasts into the morning hours of
November 10th, and becomes known as Kristallnacht--the `Night
of Broken Glass'. Several dozen Jews lose their lives and
tens of thousands are arrested and sent to concentration
camps.'';
Whereas Nazi Germany and their collaborators killed six
million European Jews and millions of others as part of their
``Final Solution'';
Whereas by invoking the specter of Joseph Goebbels, the
Representative from Florida, Mr. West, thoroughly belittles
the horrors and suffering experienced by the victims and
survivors of the Holocaust;
Whereas the American Jewish Committee issued a December 15,
2011, statement saying ``To make a linkage between any
mainstream political party in the United States and the
heinous atrocities committed by the Third Reich should be
simply beyond the pale, whatever political differences may
arise in a heated electoral season . . . By invoking the
image of Joseph Goebbels and the Gestapo, Representative West
has displayed a complete lack of understanding of the worst
genocidal era in human history. Moreover, he has diminished
and trivialized the unique evil perpetrated by the Third
Reich through his unfortunate use of language'';
Whereas the Anti-Defamation League said in a December 16,
2011, letter to the Representative from Florida, Mr. West,
``We were deeply dismayed by Rep. West's remark comparing the
Democratic Party's attempts to articulate views to the
American people through the media to the efforts of the Nazi
propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels . . . Such outrageous
Holocaust analogies have no place in our political dialogue.
They are offensive, they trivialize real historical events,
and they diminish the memory of the six million Jews and
millions of others who perished in the Holocaust'';
Whereas the Representative from Michigan, Mr. Conyers,
wrote in a letter to the Representative from Florida, Mr.
West, that the Representative from Florida should ``help
raise the level of congressional discourse in a vigorous
debate'';
Whereas the Representative from Florida, Mr. West,
responded back in a letter to the Representative from
Michigan, Mr. Conyers, that ``The Democrat Party does indeed
have a vicious propaganda machine, it espouses lies and
deceit and the Master of deceptive information would be truly
proud'';
Whereas in the repetition of this abhorrent and outrageous
sentiment to the Representative from Michigan, Mr. Conyers,
the Representative from Florida, Mr. West, demonstrates not
only the willful and malicious misapplication of history, but
also his disdain for the decorum of the Congress; and
Whereas the conduct of the Representative from Florida was
repugnant: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives disapproves of
the behavior of the Representative from Florida, Mr. West,
for bringing discredit to the House by offending the memory
of those who died during the Holocaust.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution qualifies.
Motion to Table
Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I move to table the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to lay the
resolution on the table.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by 5-minute votes
on adoption of the motion to instruct on H.R. 3630; and adoption of
House Resolution 501.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 231,
nays 188, not voting 14, as follows:
[Roll No. 947]
YEAS--231
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Amash
Amodei
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
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)
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 (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
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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)
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 (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner (NY)
Turner (OH)
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NAYS--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
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
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
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 (IL)
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
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
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Slaughter
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)
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--14
Austria
Bachmann
Coble
Diaz-Balart
Filner
Giffords
Johnson, E. B.
King (IA)
Olver
Paul
Schrader
Smith (NE)
Smith (WA)
Woolsey
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining.
{time} 1552
Messrs. RANGEL, PETERSON, and PERLMUTTER changed their vote from
``yea'' to ``nay.''
Mr. CASSIDY and Mrs. EMERSON changed their vote from ``nay'' to
``yea.''
So the motion to table was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Stated for:
Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 947 I was
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''
Stated against:
Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 947, I was away from the Capitol
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I
would have voted ``nay.''
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