[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 62 (Friday, April 27, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H2246-H2252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
INTEREST RATE REDUCTION ACT
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further
consideration of the bill (H.R. 4628) to extend student loan interest
rates for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans, will now resume.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
Motion to Recommit
Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill?
Mrs. CAPPS. Yes, I am opposed to this bill in its current form.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mrs. Capps moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4628 to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on
Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the same back
to the House forthwith with the following amendment: Add at
the end of the bill the following new section:
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION AGAINST CUTS IN HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS
FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
Nothing in this Act shall endorse, promote, or result in a
reduction of, or increased costs for, benefits in health
insurance coverage offered by health insurance companies for
women and children, including benefits for commonly
prescribed contraception, mammograms, cervical cancer
screenings, childhood immunizations, and health screenings
for newborns.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlelady from
California is recognized for 5 minutes in support of her motion.
Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, this is the final--it's the only--amendment
to this bill. It will not kill the bill or send it back to committee.
Instead, if the House adopts this amendment, it will immediately move
to final passage.
It appears that we now all agree that we cannot let student loan
rates double
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come this July--that's good--but I wish we were also looking for a
bipartisan solution to funding the continuation of low rates on student
loans. Instead, the majority is engaging in another partisan attack on
public health funding, funding that improves the lives of Americans and
the productivity of our workforce.
I strongly oppose this position and the proposed cuts to the
prevention fund, funds that will make women and children healthier, and
that's why I've offered this straightforward amendment. It would ensure
that poor policy decisions made here in Congress, namely, to get rid of
the only dedicated funding we have for public health and prevention, do
not give insurance companies an excuse to cut benefits or to increase
the costs of preventative services for women and children. These
services include critical access to contraception, mammograms, cancer
screenings, and immunizations.
Whatever our strong disagreements are about the underlying bill, we
surely can agree that no insurance company should use this as an excuse
to hinder access to basic preventative services. The Public Health and
Prevention Fund is a critical investment in both our Nation's health
and our economic future, especially for women and children.
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Its value cannot be understated. A healthy mother is better able to
raise a child; a healthy child will be ready and able to learn in
school; and a healthy worker is more productive for American
businesses.
Moreover, this fund is critical to bringing down health care costs.
It targets the most prevalent and preventable of chronic diseases like
diabetes and heart disease. The fund has been used to ensure that our
children have the vaccines they need to avoid painful and expensive
childhood illnesses. It supports programs to prevent birth defects and
autism surveillance. And the fund supports critical women's health
screenings. There will be 600,000 screenings cut with the repeal of
this fund.
These are not frivolous programs. As mothers and grandmothers, we
know the importance of preventing birth defects and having access to
vaccines, knowing we're doing everything we possibly can to ensure that
our children have a healthy start. As a nurse, I know the importance of
preventing chronic diseases and catching cancer early. As a taxpayer, I
surely know that we cannot afford to keep ignoring the cost benefit of
prevention, programs that have a 5-to-1 return on our smart
investments. States and counties all over the country are realizing the
importance of prevention programs. That's why they've all embraced the
prevention fund that this bill wipes out, and it wipes it out
completely. In fact, 760 nonpartisan groups across the country have
signed on in support of the prevention fund.
I would like to insert this list of organizations for the public
record, 760 nonpartisan groups. This investment in public health has
been a long time coming. To abolish it now will send us back to square
one, just when we can least afford to do that.
Finally, Mr. Speaker, the women of this country are watching. They're
watching us here today. They have watched as countless bills and budget
proposals have moved through this House attacking and zeroing out
programs that keep women healthy, their children fed, and families
above water.
Now is the time to stand up for women. Vote for this final amendment
to this bill to show the women of America that we support them and we
support their families and we support the services that they need to
lead a happier and healthier life.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Groups Supporting the Prevention and Public Health Fund
[Total count: 760 (3/26/2012)]
National Organizations
317 Coalition; A World Fit for Kids; AARP; AcademyHealth;
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; Action for Healthy
Schools; Active Network; Adapted Physical Activity Council;
Adult Congenital Heart Association; Adventist HealthCare,
Inc.; Advocates for Better Children's Diets; AIDS Alliance
for Children Youth & Families; AIDS Foundation of Chicago;
AIDS United; Alliance for a Just Society; Alzheimer's
Foundation of America; American Academy of Family Physicians;
American Academy of HIV Medicine; American Academy of
Pediatrics; American Academy of Physician Assistants.
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance; American Art Therapy Association;
American Association for Health Education; American
Association for International Aging; American Association for
the Study of Liver Diseases; American Association of Colleges
of Nursing; American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic
Medicine; American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy;
American Association of People With Disabilities; American
Association of Poison Control Centers; American Association
of School Administrators; American Association on Health and
Disability; American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network;
American College of Cardiology; American College of Clinical
Pharmacy; American College of Gastroenterology; American
College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; American
College of Preventive Medicine; American Congress of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists; American Council on
Exercise.
American Counseling Association; American Dental Education
Association; American Diabetes Association; American
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; American
Federation of Teachers; American Foundation for Suicide
Prevention; American Health Planning Association; American
Heart Association/American Stroke Association; American
Hiking Society; American Journal of Health Promotion;
American Kidney Fund; American Liver Foundation; American
Lung Association; American Medical Student Association;
American Muslim Health Professionals; American Nurses
Association; American Organization of Nurse Executives.
American Physical Therapy Association; American Psychiatric
Association; American Psychological Association; American
Public Health Association; American Sleep Apnea Association;
American Social Health Association; American Society for
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; American Society of Clinical
Oncology; American Thoracic Society; amfAR, the Foundation
for AIDS Research; Aniz, Inc.; Applied Research Center;
Arthritis Foundation; Ascension Health; Asian & Pacific
Islander American Health Forum; Association for Prevention
Teaching and Research; Association for Professionals in
Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
Association of American Medical Colleges; Association of
Black Cardiologists; Association of Community Health Nursing
Educators; Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs;
Association of Public Health Laboratories; Association of
Population Centers; Association of Schools of Public Health;
Association of State & Territorial Health Officials;
Association of State & Territorial Public Health Nutrition
Directors; Association of State and Territorial Dental
Directors; Association of State and Territorial Directors of
Nursing; Association of University Centers on Disabilities;
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses;
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention; Bazelon Center
for Mental Health Law; Building Healthier America; Campaign
for Community Change; Campaign for Public Health Foundation;
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; Campaign to End Obesity
Action Fund; Caring Ambassadors Program; C-Change; Center for
Adolescent Health & the Law; Center for Biosecurity,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Center for Health
Improvement; Center for Science in the Public Interest;
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder; Children Now; Children's Dental Health Project;
Children's Health Fund.
Coalition for Health Funding; Coalition for Health Services
Research; Colon Cancer Alliance; Columbia University Mailman
School of Public Health; Commissioned Officers Association of
the U.S. Public Health Service; CommonHealth ACTION;
Community Access National Network; Community Action
Partnership; Community Catalyst; Community Food Security
Coalition; Community Organizations in Action; Consortium of
Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine; Council of
State and Territorial Epidemiologists; Crohn's and Colitis
Foundation of America.
DC Breastfeeding Coalition, Inc.; Defeat Diabetes
Foundation; Defeat Diabetes Fund; Dialysis Patient Citizens;
Digestive Disease National Coalition; Directors of Health
Promotion and Education; Disability Policy Consortium;
Doctors for America; Epilepsy Foundation; Every Child By
Two--Carter/Bumpers Champions for Immunizations; Faces &
Voices of Recovery; Families USA; Family Violence Prevention
Fund; Family Voices; Federation of Associations in Behavioral
& Brain Sciences; Fight Colorectal Cancer; Friends of AHRQ.
Friends of NCHS; Friends of SAMHSA; Global AIDS Alliance;
Grassroots Organizing; Health Care for America Now; Health
Promotion Advocates; Health Rights Organizing Project;
Healthcare Leadership Council; HealthHIV; Heartland Alliance
for Human Needs and Human Rights; Hep C Connection; Hepatitis
B Foundation; Hepatitis B Initiative of Washington, D.C. (HBI
DC); Hepatitis Foundation International; HIV Medicine
Association; HIV Prevention Justice Alliance; Immunization
Action Coalition; Infectious Diseases Society of America.
INSPIREHealth.org.; Institute for Alternative Futures;
Institute for Public Health Innovation; Institute of Social
Medicine and Community Health; Integrated Healthcare
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Policy Consortium; International Association for Indigenous
Aging; International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium
(IC&RC); International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub
Association; Interstitial Cystitis Association; Iron
Disorders Institute; Laotian American National Alliance;
League of United Latin American Citizens; Lung Cancer
Alliance.
Lymphoma Foundation of America; Main Street Alliance; March
of Dimes Foundation; Media Policy Center; MedImmune; MEND
Foundation; Mended Little Hearts; Mental Health America;
Metropolitan Community Churches; National Alliance of Multi-
ethnic Behavioral Health Associations; National Alliance of
State and Territorial AIDS Directors; National Asian American
Pacific Islander Mental Health Association; National Assembly
on School-Based Health Care; National Assoc. of Area Agencies
on Aging (n4a); National Association for Public Health
Statistics and Information Systems; National Association for
Sport and Physical Education; National Association of Chain
Drug Stores.
National Association of Children's Hospitals; National
Association of Chronic Disease Directors; National
Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.; National
Association of Counties; National Association of County and
City Health Officials; National Association of County
Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Directors;
National Association of Hepatitis Task Forces; National
Association of Local Boards of Health; National Association
of People with AIDS; National Association of Public Hospitals
and Health Systems; National Association of School Nurses;
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Directors; National Association of State Head Injury
Administrators; National Association of State Mental Health
Program Directors; National Athletic Trainers' Association;
National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS; National
Business Coalition on Health.
National Center for Healthy Housing; National Coalition for
LGBT Health; National Coalition for Promoting Physical
Activity; National Coalition of STD Directors; National
Coalition on Health Care; National Committee for Quality
Assurance; National Council for Community Behavioral
Healthcare; National Council of Asian Pacific Islander
Physicians; National Council of Jewish Women; National
Council of La Raza; National Council on Aging; National
Education Association; National Environmental Health
Association; National Family Planning & Reproductive Health
Association.
National Federation of Families for Children's Mental
Health; National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke
Prevention; National Health Council; National Health Equity
Coalition; National Indian Project Center; National
Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality; National Kidney
Foundation; National Korean American Service and Education
Consortium; National Latino AIDS Action Network; National
Latino Tobacco Control Network (NLTCN); National League of
Cities; National Minority AIDS Council; National MS Society;
National Network of Public Health Institutes; National
Nursing Centers Consortium; National Nursing Network
Organization; National Patient Advocate Foundation.
National Physicians Alliance; National Psoriasis
Foundation; National REACH Coalition; National Recreation and
Park Association; National Rural Health Association; National
Viral Hepatitis Roundtable; National WIC Association;
National Women and AIDS Collective (VT); Nemours; North
American Management; North American Quitline Consortium;
Northeast Business Group on Health; Northwest Federation of
Community Organizations; Novo Nordisk; OCA; Oncology Nursing
Society.
Out of Many, One; Pacific Business Group on Health;
Partnership for Prevention; Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy
Group; Pew Children's Dental Campaign; Physician Assistant
Education Association; Physicians for Social Responsibility;
Planned Parenthood Federation of America; PolicyLink;
Population Association of America; Prevent Blindness America;
Prevent Cancer Foundation; Prevention and Public Health Fund;
Prevention Connections.
Prevention Institute; Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses
Association; Professional Association of Social Workers in
HIV and AIDS; Project Inform; Public Health Foundation;
Public Health Institute; Public Health Law and Policy; Public
Health Management Corporation; Public Health Solutions;
Pulmonary Hypertension Association; Rails-to-Trails
Conservancy; Raising Women's Voices for the Health Care We
Need; Rescue Social Change Group; Research Institute for
Independent Living; RWJF Center for Health Policy; Safe Kids
USA; Safe Routes to School National Partnership; Safe States
Alliance.
Samuels and Associates; Service Employees International
Union; Sexuality Information and Education Council of the
U.S.; Small Business Majority; Society Against STI's & HIV;
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine; Society for
Advancement of Violence and Injury Research; Society for
Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Society for Public Health
Education; Society for Vascular Surgery; Society of General
Internal Medicine; State and Territorial Injury Prevention
Directors Association; State Associations of Addiction
Services; Strategic Health Concepts; Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Association; Summit Health Institute for Research and
Education, Inc.; Tethys Bioscience, Inc.; The AIDS Institute;
The Arc of the United States; The Center for HIV Law and
Policy. The Corporate Hepatitis Alliance; The Global Justice
Institute; The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent
Health; The National LGBT Cancer Project--Out With Cancer;
Treatment Access Expansion Project (MA); Trust for America's
Health; U.S. PIRG; United Church of Christ, Justice and
Witness Ministries; United Fresh Produce Association; United
Ostomy Associations of America; United States Breastfeeding
Committee; United States Conference of Mayors; United Way
Worldwide; Up2Us; Upstream Public Health; Urban Coalition for
HIV/AIDS Prevention Services; U.S. Soccer Foundation; Voices
for America's Children; VSP Vision Care; WomenHeart: The
National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease. YMCA of the
USA.
State Organizations
Alabama
AIDS Alabama; Alabama Public Health Association; American
Lung Association in Alabama; Birmingham AIDS Outreach;
Southern AIDS Coalition, Inc.
Alaska
Alaska Public Health Association; American Lung Association
in Alaska.
Arizona
American Academy of Pediatrics--AZ Chapter; American Lung
Association in Arizona; Arizona Public Health Association;
Maricopa County Dept of Public Health.
Arkansas
American Lung Association in Arkansas; Community Health
Centers of Arkansas, Arkansas Primary Care Association; The
Living Affected Corporation; University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences.
California
ACCESS Women's Health Justice; AIDS Project Los Angeles;
All Saints Home Care And Referral Services; American Academy
of Pediatrics--California Chapter 4; American Lung
Association in California; Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness
Center; Asian and Pacific AIDS Intervention Team; Association
of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations; Beach Cities
Health District; Berkeley Media Studies Group; Bienestar
Human Services; Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los
Angeles; California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Counselors; California Center for Public Health Advocacy;
California Conference of Local Health Department Nursing
Directors; California Conference of Local Health Officers;
California Food Policy Advocates.
California Foundation for the Advancement of Addiction
Professionals; California Hepatitis C Task Force; California
Immigrant Policy Center; California Newsreel; California Pan-
Ethnic Health Network; California Partnership; California
Primary Care Association; California Public Health
Association; California School Health Centers Association;
California WIC Association; Children's Hospital and Research
Center Oakland; Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of LA;
Community Health Councils; County Health Executives
Association of California; County of Los Angeles Department
of Public Health; County of Santa Clara, California; County
of Sonoma, California; Desert AIDS Project; First 5; First 5
LA; Having Our Say Coalition.
Health Justice Network; Health Officers Association of
California; Hep B Free Long Beach; JWCH Institute, Inc.;
Korean Resource Center; Latino Coalition for a Healthy
California; Libreria del Pueblo Inc.; North County Health
Services; Prochilo Health, Inc.; Redwood AIDS Information
Network & Services; Regional Asthma Management & Prevention;
Senior Moments; Solano County Health and Social Services
Department; South Bay Coalition; Special Services for Groups,
Inc.--PALS for Health; STOP AIDS Project; Thai Health and
Information Services, Inc.; The California Hepatitis
Alliance; The Friends of AIDS Foundation; The Greenlining
Institute; United Cambodian Community.
Colorado
American Lung Association in Colorado; Boulder County
Public Health; Colorado AIDS Project; Colorado Association of
Local Public Health Officials; Colorado Community Health
Network; Colorado Progressive Coalition; Colorado Public
Health Association; Community Health Association of Mountain/
Plains States; LiveWell Colorado; Northern Colorado AIDS
Project.
Connecticut
American Academy of Pediatrics--CT Chapter; American Lung
Association in Connecticut; Connecticut Association of
Directors of Health; Connecticut Certification Board;
Connecticut Citizen Action Group; United Action Connecticut;
Khmer Health Advocates, Inc.
Delaware
American Academy of Pediatrics--Delaware Chapter; American
Lung Association in Delaware; Delaware Center for Health
Promotion; Delaware Public Health Association; Health
Education Network of Delaware; Nemours Health and Prevention
Services; The Ministry of Caring, Inc.
District of Columbia
American Lung Association in the District of Columbia.
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Florida
AIDS Service Association of Pinellas; ALERT Health, Inc.;
American Lung Association in Florida; DYNS Services, Inc.;
Florida Health Care Coalition; Florida Public Health
Association; ISAIAH; Nemours Florida Prevention Initiative;
NOFLAweb.org; Okaloosa AIDS Support and Informational
Services, Inc.; Riverfund, Inc. (The River Fund); Youth
Education Services.
Georgia
American Lung Association in Georgia; Atlanta Regional
Health Forum; Bryan County Health Department; Camden County
Health Department; Center for Pan Asian Community Services,
Inc; Chatham County Health Department; Effingham County
Health Department; Georgia AIDS Coalition; Georgia Equality;
Georgia Public Health Association; Glynn County Health
Department; Grady Health System Infectious Disease Program;
HIV Dental Alliance; Institute for Health and Productivity
Studies, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University;
Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University; Long
County Health Department; Liberty County Health Department;
McIntosh County Health Department; The Youth Becoming Healthy
Project, Inc.
Hawaii
American Academy of Pediatrics--Hawaii Chapter; American
Lung Association in Hawaii; CHOW Project; Faith Action for
Community Equity; Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation; Hawai'i
Primary Care Association; Hawaii Public Health Association;
Malama Pono Health Services; Papa Ola Lokahi.
Idaho
Allies Linked for the Prevention of HIV & AIDS; American
Lung Association in Idaho; Idaho Community Action Network;
Idaho Public Health Association.
Illinois
AIDS Foundation of Chicago; American Academy of Pediatrics,
Illinois Chapter; American Heart Association--Midwest
Affiliate; American Lung Association in Illinois; Asian
Health Coalition; Chicago Department of Public Health;
Chicago House and Social Service Agency; Children's Heart
Foundation; Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children;
Cook County Department of Public Health; David Ostrow &
Associates, LLC; Employers Coalition on Health; Illinois
Alliance to Prevent Obesity; Illinois Association of Public
Health Administrators; Illinois Maternal and Child Health
Coalition; Illinois Primary Health Care Association; Illinois
Public Health Association; Illinois Public Health Institute;
Lee County Health Department; Midwest Business Group on
Health; Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium; Open Door
Clinic; Project VIDA; Springfield Harm Reduction Initiative;
The Phoenix Center; Total Health Awareness Team.
Indiana
American Lung Association in Indiana; Indiana Association
of Public Health Physicians and Local Health Departments
Organization, Inc.; Indiana Association of School Nurses;
Indiana Primary Health Care Association; Indiana Public
Health Association; State of Indiana, State Personnel
Department.
Iowa
AIDS Project of Central Iowa; American Lung Association in
Iowa; Community HIV/Hepatitis Advocates of Iowa Network; Iowa
Counties Public Health Association; Iowa Public Health
Association; Wilson Resource Center.
Kansas
American Lung Association in Kansas; Kansas Association for
the Medically Underserved; Kansas Association of Local Health
Departments; Kansas Public Health Association.
Kentucky
AIDS Interfaith Ministries of Kentuckiana, Inc; American
Lung Association in Kentucky; Christian County Health
Department; Kentucky Health Departments Association; Kentucky
Public Health Association; Kentucky Voices for Health.
Louisiana
American Academy of Pediatrics--Louisiana Chapter; American
Lung Association in Louisiana; Health Law Advocates of
Louisiana, Inc.; Louisiana Primary Care Association;
Louisiana Public Health Institute.
Maine
American Lung Association in Maine; Maine Primary Care
Association; Maine Public Health Association; Maine People's
Alliance.
Maryland
AIDS Action Baltimore; American Lung Association in
Maryland; CASA de Maryland; Johns Hopkins AIDS Education and
Training Center; Maryland Association of County Health
Officers; Maryland Partnership for Prevention; Moveable
Feast; Older Women Embracing Life; South Asian Americans
Leading Together; Trans-United.
Massachusetts
American Lung Association in Massachusetts; Boston Public
Health Commission; Health Resources in Action, Inc.;
Immigrant Service Providers Group/Health; Massachusetts
Healthy Communities System; Massachusetts League of Community
Health Centers; Massachusetts Public Health Association; New
England AIDS Education and Training Center; Plymouth AIDS
Support Services; Victory Programs, Inc.; Western
Massachusetts Center for Healthy Communities.
Michigan
American Academy of Pediatrics--Michigan Chapter; American
Lung Association in Michigan; Huron County Health Department;
Michigan Association for Local Public Health; Michigan
Association of School Nurses; Michigan Positive Action
Coalition; Michigan Primary Care Association; Michigan Public
Health Association; Monroe County Public Health Department;
Public Health-Monroe County; Tuscola County Health
Department; United Health Organization.
Minnesota
American Lung Association in Minnesota; Local Public Health
Association of Minnesota; Minnesota AIDS Project; Minnesota
Association of Community Health Center; Minnesota Public
Health Association; TakeAction Minnesota.
Mississippi
American Lung Association in Mississippi; Mississippi
Primary Health Care Association.
Missouri
American Lung Association in Missouri; Doorways Interfaith
Housing; Missouri Association of Local Public Health
Agencies; Missouri Hepatitis C Alliance; Missouri Primary
Care Association; Missouri Public Health Association.
Montana
American Lung Association in Montana; Indian People's
Action; Montana Organizing Project; Montana Public Health
Association; RiverStone Health.
Nebraska
American Lung Association in Nebraska; CityMatCH; Nebraska
AIDS Project; Nebraska Appleseed; Nebraska Cancer Coalition;
Nebraska Public Health Association; Nebraska State
Association of County & City Health Officials; Nebraska Urban
Indian Health Coalition; Public Health Association of
Nebraska.
Nevada
American Lung Association in Nevada; Nevada Public Health
Association; Partners for a Healthy Nevada; Progressive
Leadership Association of Nevada.
New Hampshire
American Academy of Pediatrics--New Hampshire Pediatric
Society (State Chapter); American Lung Association in New
Hampshire; Bi-State Primary Care Association; Community
Health Institute; Granite State Organizing Project; New
Hampshire Public Health Association.
New Jersey
American Lung Association in New Jersey; Hepatitis C
Association; Hyacinth AIDS Foundation; MAAT Center; New
Jersey Association of County Health Officers; New Jersey
Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies, Inc.;
New Jersey Health Officers Association; New Jersey Primary
Care Association; New Jersey Public Health Association; New
Jersey Public Health Institute; New Jersey Women and AIDS
Network.
New Mexico
American Lung Association in New Mexico; First Nations
Community HealthSource; New Mexico Hepatitis C Alliance
Alliance; New Mexico Primary Care Association; New Mexico
Public Health Association.
New York
African Services Committee; American Academy of
Pediatrics--New York 1 Chapter; American Academy of
Pediatrics--New York 3 Chapter; American Academy of
Pediatrics--New York 2 Chapter; American Lung Association in
New York; Amethyst Women's Project; B Free CEED Coalition; Be
Active New York State; Black Women's Blueprint; Brooklyn
Perinatal Network, Inc.; CEO Services; Community Health Care
Association of New York State.
FamilyCook Productions; Gay Men of African Descent; HIV Law
Project; Harm Reduction Coalition; Harlem United Community
AIDS Center, Inc.; Hepatitis Outreach Network; Liberty
Research Group; Latino Commission on AIDS; Love Alive
International; Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center; Make
the Road New York; NYC Hepatitis B Coalition; New York
Academy of Medicine; New York Harm Reduction Educators, Inc.
New York Immigration Coalition; New York Public Health
Association; New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy;
New York State Association of County Health Officials; NYC
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; NYU Langone Medical
Center; Status C Unknown; The Amos Project; The Community
Heart Health Coalition of Ulster County; The Hepatitis C
Mentor & Support Group, Inc.; The Wellness Institute of
Greater Buffalo; The Women's Center; VillageCare; Visual AIDS
for the Arts, Inc.
North Carolina
American Academy of Pediatrics--NC Chapter; American Lung
Association in North Carolina; Asthma Alliance of North
Carolina; Nia's Ark; North Carolina Alliance for Health;
North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors; North
Carolina Community Health Center Association; North Carolina
Fair Share; North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition; North
Carolina Public Health Association; Pitt County Memorial
Hospital Pediatric Asthma Services.
North Dakota
American Lung Association in North Dakota; Ehrens
Consulting; North Dakota Association for the Education of
Young Children; North Dakota Dietetic Association;
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North Dakota Medical Association; North Dakota Public Health
Association; Young People's Healthy Heart Program.
Ohio
American Lung Association in Ohio; Association of Nurses in
AIDS Care; Association of Ohio Health Commissioners; Cerebral
Palsy Association of Ohio; Mahoning Valley Organizing
Collaborative; Miami Valley Positives for Positives;
Northeast Ohio Alliance for Hope; Ohio AIDS Coalition; Ohio
Alliance for Retired Americans; Ohio Association of Community
Health Centers; Ohio Public Health Association; Progress
Ohio; UHCAN Ohio; The MetroHealth System; Toledo Area Jobs
with Justice.
Oklahoma
American Lung Association in Oklahoma; Oklahoma Public
Health Association; Tulsa Health Department.
Oregon
American Academy of Pediatrics--Oregon Pediatric Society
(Oregon Chapter); American Lung Association in Oregon;
Multnomah County; Oregon Action; Oregon Coalition of Health
Care Purchasers; Oregon Coalition of Local Health
Officials; Oregon Primary Care Association; Oregon Public
Health Association; Oregon Public Health Institute;
Tobacco-Free Coalition of Oregon.
Pennsylvania
Action AIDS; Adult Congenital Heart Association; Alder
Health Services; American Academy of Pediatrics--Pennsylvania
Chapter; American Lung Association in Pennsylvania; City of
Philadelphia Department of Public Health; OraSure
Technologies, Inc.; Pennsylvania Public Health Association;
Reading Risk Reduction; The Food Trust.
Rhode Island
American Lung Association in Rhode Island; Ocean State
Action; Rhode Island Public Health Association.
South Carolina
American Lung Association in South Carolina; Palmetto AIDS
Life Support Services, Inc.; REACH U.S. Southeastern African
American Center of Excellence in the Elimination of
Disparities in Diabetes (REACH U.S. SEA-CEED); South Carolina
Eat Smart Move More Coalition; South Carolina Fair Share;
South Carolina Primary Health Care Association; South
Carolina Tobacco Collaborative.
South Dakota
American Lung Association in South Dakota; South Dakota
Public Health Association; West South Dakota Native American
Organizing Project.
Tennessee
American Lung Association in Tennessee; Nashville CARES;
Positive East Tennesseans; Tennessee Association of People
With AIDS; Tennessee Public Health Association.
Texas
American Lung Association in Texas; Healthy Family
Initiatives; La Fe Policy Research and Education Center;
Texas Association of Local Health Officials; Texas Public
Health Association.
Utah
American Academy of Pediatrics--Utah Chapter; American Lung
Association in Utah; Association for Utah Community Health;
Utah Public Health Association.
Vermont
American Lung Association in Vermont; Center for Health and
Learning; Ottauquechee Community Partnership; Vermont Public
Health Association.
Virginia
American Lung Association in Virginia; K.I. Services, Inc.;
Tenants and Workers United; Virginia Organizing Project;
Virginia Public Health Association.
Washington
American Lung Association in Washington; Childhood Obesity
Prevention Coalition; Comprehensive Health Education
Foundation; King County Board of Health; Public Health--
Seattle and King County; School Nurse Organization of
Washington; Snohomish Health District; Thurston County Board
of Health; Washington Association of Local Public Health
Officials; Washington Health Foundation- Healthiest State in
the Nation Campaign; Washington Public Health Association;
YWCA of Seattle--King County--Snohomish County, Seattle WA.
West Virginia
American Lung Association in West Virginia; Covenant House,
Inc. West Virginia; Kanawha-Charleston Health Department;
West Virginia Primary Care Association.
Wisconsin
American Lung Association in Wisconsin; Wisconsin
Association of Local Health Departments and Boards; Wisconsin
Primary Health Care Association; Wisconsin Public Health
Association.
Wyoming
American Lung Association in Wyoming.
Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, I claim time in opposition.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. BOEHNER. How in the world did we ever get here?
Think about this. This is a fight being picked over an issue that
everyone knew was going to be resolved. It's a fight being picked over
an issue that there is no fight over. Five years ago, the Democrats put
this clip in the law that would require student loan interest rates to
more than double on July 1. I don't know why they did it, but they did
it. Nobody wants to see student loan interest rates go up, especially
when you have recent college graduates of which 50 percent are either
unemployed or underemployed as a result of the President's economic
policies.
We've had Democrats and Republicans for months who have been talking
about trying to fix this problem. While we don't yet have the long-term
solution to this problem--the chairman is continuing to work on it--we
believe that we shouldn't put students at risk and that we ought to
make sure that their interest rates don't go up. So we developed this
short-term policy to solve this problem for the next year while the
committee has time to look at a long-term solution to this problem.
But why do people insist that we have to have a political fight on
something where there is no fight? There is absolutely no fight. People
want to politicize this because it's an election year. But my God, do
we have to fight about everything? Now we're going to have to fight
over women's health. Give me a break.
This is the latest plank in the so-called ``war on women,'' entirely
created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain. Let's
review the facts. The President in his budget called for reductions in
spending in this slush fund that's given to the Secretary of HHS. The
President called for a reduction in spending. You may have already
forgotten that several months ago you all voted to cut $4 billion out
of this slush fund while they passed the payroll tax credit bill. To
accuse us of wanting to gut women's health is absolutely not true.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is beneath us. This is beneath the dignity
of this House and the dignity of the public trust that we enjoy from
our constituents. They expect us to come here and to be honest with
each other, to work out these issues. To pick this big political fight
where there is no fight is just silly. Give me a break.
Vote ``no'' on this motion to recommit. Vote ``yes'' on the final
bill. Let's send it over to the Senate now.
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
Mrs. CAPPS. 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 the bill, if ordered, and the motion to
suspend the rules on H.R. 3834, if ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 178,
noes 231, not voting 22, as follows:
[Roll No. 194]
AYES--178
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bonamici
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
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Fattah
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hochul
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kissell
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
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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)
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
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
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
Amodei
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
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
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)
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
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
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
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
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 (NE)
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)
NOT VOTING--22
Blumenauer
Camp
Canseco
Cardoza
Cassidy
Davis (KY)
Doggett
Farr
Filner
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holden
Jenkins
Kingston
Marino
McHenry
Nunes
Paul
Rangel
Sires
Slaughter
Towns
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining.
{time} 1232
Mr. MARKEY changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 194, I was away from the Capitol
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I
would have voted ``aye.''
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. 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 215,
noes 195, not voting 22, as follows:
[Roll No. 195]
AYES--215
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Amodei
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Hochul
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McCotter
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Myrick
Noem
Nugent
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
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
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 (NY)
Turner (OH)
Upton
Walden
Walz (MN)
Webster
West
Whitfield
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--195
Ackerman
Altmire
Amash
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Black
Bonamici
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duncan (SC)
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Fattah
Fincher
Flake
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Fudge
Garamendi
Garrett
Gonzalez
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Himes
Hinchey
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kucinich
Labrador
Lamborn
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neugebauer
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quayle
Quigley
Rahall
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Ross (AR)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Shuler
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walberg
Walsh (IL)
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Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Westmoreland
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Woodall
Woolsey
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--22
Blumenauer
Camp
Canseco
Cardoza
Cassidy
Costa
Davis (KY)
Farr
Filner
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holden
Jenkins
Kingston
Marino
McHenry
Nunes
Paul
Rangel
Sires
Slaughter
Towns
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Roby) (during the vote). There is 1
minute remaining.
{time} 1245
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. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 195, had I been present, I
would have voted ``aye.''
Stated against:
Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 195, I was away from the Capitol
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I
would have voted ``no.''
Personal Explanation
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained and missed
rollcall vote Nos. 193, 194, and 195. Had I been present, I would have
voted ``aye'' on rollcall vote Nos. 193 and 194. I would have voted
``no'' on rollcall vote No. 195.
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