[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 66 (Thursday, May 10, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H2633-H2636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2013
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. West). Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule
XIX, further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5326) making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and
for other purposes, will now resume.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
Motion to Recommit
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
Mr. NADLER. I am opposed.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Nadler moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5326 to the
Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the
same back to the House forthwith with the following
amendment:
Page 17, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,500,000)''.
Page 21, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.
Page 37, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $20,500,000)''.
Page 38, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
Page 39, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
Page 39, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $4,500,000)''.
Page 39, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $500,000)''.
Page 40, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
Page 40, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Page 65, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $9,000,000)''.
Page 70, line 6, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $7,000,000)''.
Mr. NADLER (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent
to dispense with the reading.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from New York?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York is recognized
for 5 minutes.
Parliamentary Inquiry
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his inquiry.
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, if the final amendment I am offering were to
be adopted, is it not the case that the bill will be amended and that
the House will then proceed to final passage right away?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair stated earlier today, if a
motion to recommit with forthwith instructions is adopted, the
amendment is reported by the chair of the committee and is immediately
before the House.
Mr. NADLER. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, whether it is an attempt to deny women reproductive or
other health services, or a refusal to support efforts to achieve equal
pay for equal work, many women in America today feel under siege.
Indeed, many women across the country feel a war is being waged upon
them by policymakers.
Today, with this final amendment to the CJS Appropriations bill,
Members of the House will have a chance to say where they stand.
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This is the final amendment to the bill. It will not kill the bill or
send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill,
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as amended, will proceed to final passage.
This amendment would increase, by $20 million, money spent on grants
under the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA.
Passed in 1994, VAWA is a landmark piece of legislation that has
helped an incalculable number of women and families avoid or recover
from crimes of violence. Grant programs under VAWA target domestic
violence, dating violence, stalking, sexual assault, and rape. These
are crimes many women know all too well.
Indeed, violence against women remains a pervasive problem and a
national tragedy. In 2008, about 1.8 million women over the age of 12
were subjected to a crime of violence. In that same year, almost 3,000
women were murdered, many by someone close to them. Every year, 1.3
million women over the age of 18 are assaulted by intimate partners. We
need to do more to stop this epidemic; we need to do more for America's
women.
I want to acknowledge what I expect the opponents of this motion may
say--that funding for the VAWA grant programs in the underlying bill is
a few million dollars above last year's level and above the President's
request. I would point out, as a response, that the money in this bill
is hundreds of millions of dollars below the last authorized amount and
$15 million below the appropriation for fiscal year 2010. Additionally,
this is not the last stop for this bill. When we conference with the
Senate, which has a higher total funding level for CJS, we should have
the highest possible funding level for VAWA from which to negotiate.
The amendment offsets the $20 million increase for VAWA by cuts to
administrative accounts. We have heard from our colleagues of the need
to cut government spending, to cut administrative expenses, to prevent
the types of excesses we have seen recently in the GSA and other
agencies with Las Vegas conference extravaganzas. Well, now is our
chance to put our money where our mouth is and shift funding from these
types of administrative expenses to preventing violence against women.
This is a question of values and priorities. What kind of message do
we want to send to women across the country? Do we want GSA-style wild
party, extravagant conferences or do we want to safeguard the lives of
women? Do we value women's safety? Are we willing to make sure that we
have the resources needed?
I ask all Members today: Stand up for your mothers; stand up for your
wives; stand up for your daughters and for women everywhere. Stop the
violence. Pass this motion to recommit.
I now yield to the sponsor of a truly meaningful bill to reauthorize
VAWA based on bipartisan legislation which has already passed the
Senate and a former victim of domestic violence herself, the gentlelady
from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore).
Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to please see this
request through the eyes of a child who was assaulted by a family
member and comes forward at school to confide in a beloved teacher; the
woman in an isolated rural area, where local law enforcement is under-
resourced and transportation or legal services may be lacking or
nonexistent; the women on college campuses, where rates of intimate
partner violence are among the highest. Please, Mr. Speaker, see this
through the eyes of victims with disabilities who are at high risk of
abuse and are often dependent on their abusers for care.
In short, this VAWA funding means that a woman--and even men--who
have been victimized can step out of the shadows away from their
abusers and get access to counseling, legal services, or other
services. And, Mr. Speaker, every single day, for three women, this
VAWA funding is a difference between life and death.
It is so true that the CJS legislation before us has provided the
requested level of support for victims and their families; but it's
been chronically underfunded since the day they opened their doors, and
there are thousands of men, women, and children who are not being
served.
Please, this is an opportunity to provide a small increase to fill
the gap between available resources and the desperate need to serve
folks. We must commit adequate resources toward these effective,
lifesaving programs. And, Mr. Speaker, we must do it now.
I ask my colleagues to vote for this motion to recommit.
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, to summarize, we can devote $20 million to
Las Vegas-style conferences and administrative expenses or to services
to prevent violence against women. That's the choice. Vote ``yes'' on
the motion to recommit.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to
recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized
for 5 minutes.
Mr. WOLF. You know, Mr. Nadler, you could have offered an amendment
last night. We had a whole total open process. And Mr. Runyan--where is
Mr. Runyan?--Mr. Runyan added money to this project, to Violence
Against Women.
Secondly, this is a bipartisan bill. There's been no political
shenanigans at all. And let me tell you something--I wasn't going to
mention it; we didn't make it a big deal--this bill has $420 million.
We're $7.5 million above the current fiscal year for this issue. Also,
we're $7.5 million above President Obama's request for Violence Against
Women. We're above it. And then with Mr. Runyan, we are even higher
above it.
Also, this administration has not been good on sexual trafficking. We
have language in this bill to direct the Attorney General to have a
task force at every U.S. attorney's office for sexual trafficking. We
are above the administration on sexual trafficking. So, I mean, it is
kind of political. We are above the administration, and we have a task
force on this issue. And so I could go on and on and on.
But last night, we had a whole, totally open, and we accepted a
number of amendments. You could have come down here up to midnight last
night.
There is no disagreement about the importance of these programs and
need to stop it. It is very important. This is a good bill, a solid
bill, bipartisan support. Members on both sides of the aisle had ample
opportunity to have their amendments considered. In fact, on floor
consideration, 63 amendments were offered and 36 were adopted.
We were above the President's request on Violence Against Women. We
were above the President's request on the issue of sexual trafficking.
Also, and I know some of you were concerned about it, the NICS
background check, we were above the administration on that, and also
have language directing the Attorney General to deal with that NICS
issue. The Brady Commission, the Brady people support it, and the NRA
supports it. So on all of those issues, we were above the
administration.
I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida.
Mrs. ADAMS. I thank you, and I would again ask my colleagues on the
other side of the aisle to quit making politics with an issue so near
and dear to all of us.
We are above what the President put in. Just like the chairman said,
we have constantly been above what the President has asked for. And
you, as well as I, know that this has become a political issue when it
should never have been a political issue. We can no longer allow
politics to take control over good policy. We can no longer allow
misrepresentation about amounts and this and that over good policy.
We have a bill coming to the floor. We know that we need to address
this issue, and it has been addressed even more than the administration
has asked for. So with that, I would ask that you do not--do not--
approve this motion to recommit.
Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I think we have actually said enough. I think
it is a good bill. I want to thank again Mr. Fattah and all the Members
on both sides of the aisle. It was a good, bipartisan bill. I urge
rejection of the amendment, and 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.
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Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were 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, and approval of the Journal, if
ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 181,
nays 233, not voting 17, as follows:
[Roll No. 248]
YEAS--181
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
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
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hochul
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
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
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
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
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Yarmuth
NAYS--233
Adams
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
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)
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 (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
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
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
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)
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
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--17
Aderholt
Berman
Burgess
Cardoza
Donnelly (IN)
Filner
Heinrich
Mack
Markey
McIntyre
Napolitano
Noem
Paul
Paulsen
Royce
Slaughter
Stutzman
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Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ changed her vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
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 248, I was away from the Capitol
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I
would have voted ''yea.''
Mr. LUJAN. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 248 on H.R. 5326, I
mistakenly recorded my vote as ``nay'' when I should have voted
``yea.''
Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 248, I was unavoidably
detained, but had I voted I would have voted ``yea.''
Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, May 10th, 2012, I was
absent during rollcall vote No. 248 in order to attend my grandson's
graduation. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on the
Motion to Recommit with Instructions H.R. 5326, Making appropriations
for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other
purposes.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 247,
nays 163, not voting 21, as follows:
[Roll No. 249]
YEAS--247
Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Amodei
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Berkley
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Calvert
Camp
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carney
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Costa
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dold
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Frelinghuysen
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
Higgins
Hochul
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
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lungren, Daniel E.
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pearce
Pence
Perlmutter
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner (NY)
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Turner (OH)
Upton
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NAYS--163
Altmire
Amash
Andrews
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Broun (GA)
Butterfield
Campbell
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Flake
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lummis
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Neal
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Pelosi
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Ross (AR)
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Sires
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--21
Baca
Barton (TX)
Berman
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Cardoza
Carson (IN)
Cooper
Costello
Donnelly (IN)
Filner
Gallegly
Heinrich
Mack
McIntyre
Napolitano
Noem
Paul
Paulsen
Slaughter
Stutzman
{time} 1451
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 against:
Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 249, I was away from the Capitol
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I
would have voted ``nay.''
Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to be present for rollcall vote
No. 249 today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.''
Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, May 10th, 2012, I was
absent during rollcall vote No. 249 in order to attend my grandson's
graduation. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on final
passage of H.R. 5326, Making appropriations for the Departments of
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.
personal explanation
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained and missed
rollcall vote Nos. 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, and 249. Had I been
present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall vote Nos. 246 and 248.
Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall vote Nos.
244, 245, 247 and 249.
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