[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 6, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H3489-H3499]
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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2013
General Leave
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all
Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks
and to include extraneous material on the further consideration of H.R.
5325, and that I may include tabular material on the same.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Graves of Georgia). Is there objection
to the request of the gentleman from New Jersey?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 667 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. 5325.
Will the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ros-Lehtinen) kindly take the
chair.
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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. 5325) making appropriations for energy and water
development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2013, and for other purposes, with Ms. Ros-Lehtinen (Acting Chair)
in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose on Tuesday,
June 5, 2012, the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Flores) had been disposed of, and the bill had been read through page
56, line 24.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I yield to the gentleman from Virginia for the
purpose of engaging in a colloquy.
Mr. HURT. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
In Virginia's Fifth District, State and local officials have been
working diligently to attract new businesses to create new jobs in
Southside, Virginia. In Henry County, a county located in Virginia's
Fifth District, local officials have identified a 200-acre site that
has the potential to attract major economic development opportunities
at a time when the Martinsville-Henry County area suffers from the
highest unemployment rate in Virginia--15 percent and 10 percent
respectively.
Unfortunately, Federal regulators, including the Army Corps of
Engineers, have resisted moving forward with this important initiative
and stalled the
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county's permit application because of the lack of an identified end-
user for the site. At the same time, the potential companies that would
invest in this site and create jobs in Southside, Virginia, are
unwilling to commit their resources due to the risk and time delays
associated with an outstanding permit with the Corps.
While State regulators have issued permits for the Henry County site,
the Corps continues to be steadfast in its unwillingness to move
forward with the permit, even though they have issued permits for
similar speculative development projects in the past which subsequently
attracted new industries and jobs to that area.
Mr. Chairman, this site represents an economic opportunity that could
bring thousands of jobs to an area of Virginia that is still struggling
with double-digit unemployment. This project has bipartisan support
from members of the congressional delegation, as well as Virginia's
governor, Bob McDonnell.
Virginia has proven that it is the most attractive State for business
and has been recognized as such in the past year. If given the
opportunity, I have no doubt that the site would be the impetus for
economic development in Martinsville and Henry County, an area which
needs economic development more than ever.
Mr. Chairman, I would ask your assistance in working with me to
ensure that Federal regulators are not needlessly stalling economic
development and job creation in Virginia's Fifth District and other
areas of our country.
With that, I thank the chairman for his leadership on this bill and
on this issue, and I look forward to working with him.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I thank the gentleman from Virginia for bringing
these concerns to my attention.
I agree that we must assure that Federal agencies and regulations are
not contributing to unnecessary delays that harm economic development
and job creation, especially at a time of economic distress and high
employment.
I pledge our committee pledges to work with the gentleman and others
who have seen an overreaching regulatory process negatively affect job
prospects in their districts to address these problems.
With that, Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Chair, I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Indiana is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
Mr. DOYLE. Madam Chair, I rise today to engage in a colloquy with the
chairman and the ranking member.
I'm here today to express my concern with the future of the Nation's
inland waterway system.
The bill before us today, despite the chairman's best efforts,
continues a trend of underfunding needed infrastructure improvements in
our Nation's locks and dams. This underfunding is a combination of the
administration's request and lack of a long-term solution to the Inland
Waterways Trust Fund.
Locks and dams are a crucial mechanism of commerce and mode of
transportation in Pennsylvania. They allow for the transport of
commodities that are essential to businesses in my region, like coal,
grain, and scrap metal. Along the Allegheny River, the Army Corps'
budget for operating locks and dams was cut by nearly one-half in just
one year.
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Projects on other rivers in the Pittsburgh region, the Ohio and the
Monongahela, have slowed to a stop or are in need of repair. The cuts
to this fund have the Corps and surrounding communities and businesses
wondering exactly how or if a repair will be made if something breaks.
But this is only a portion of the work that needs to be done, and the
mechanism that we have to fund new or major rehabilitation projects,
the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, is also in need of repair. Even in
times of fiscal restraint, we must find ways to fund projects that
protect our safety and allow the use of our waterways for commerce. The
longer we wait to fully respond to the critical needs for our
infrastructure, the more they are going to cost.
Madam Chairman, just in a recent article in the Pittsburgh Post-
Gazette, quoting our local Corps person:
This is it for the Allegheny locks and dams. If something
breaks we've got to scramble for funds, and there's no
guarantee we'll fix it.
This has forced the Corps to adopt a fix-when-fail attitude towards
maintaining about 200 locks and related dams on about 11,000 miles of
the Nation's rivers. The average lock is over 60 years old. In
Pittsburgh, they're over 80 years old.
Mr. Chairman, I would like to work with you and the ranking member to
find a solution to this urgent need.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr.
Critz).
Mr. CRITZ. Thank you, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Visclosky, and Chairman, for
yielding.
I would like to add my voice to Mr. Doyle's on the issue of the aging
state of our Nation's waterways and the vast shortfalls and funding on
urgently needed projects. I believe the chairman has done his best,
given if available funds in the trust fund and would like to work with
the gentleman from New Jersey to find a long-term solution to this
issue.
Consisting of over 230 lock chambers, our inland waterways move
hundreds of millions of tons of cargo annually. To move this cargo on
the Nation's highways would require an additional 24 million trucks,
would cost billions more in fuel costs, and generate millions of tons
of pollution.
The Federal Government has invested in this infrastructure for over
200 years. The locks and dams that are the backbone of this system are
built with a 50-year design life; yet many, for example, those on the
Monongahela River in western Pennsylvania, are over 100 years old.
I am deeply troubled by the lack of funding for these projects and
specifically by the lack of progress on finding a solution to the
funding shortfalls in the Inland Waterways Trust Fund. This fund
generates roughly $85 million per year through a fuel tax on barges,
yet falls well short of the $380 million per year the Inland Waterways
Users Board estimates is needed to fully fund capital reinvestments in
the system.
The Transportation Department projects that the waterway traffic will
increase 20 percent by 2020. We can no longer afford to sit on our
hands and wait for these vital lanes of commerce to fail. We need to
invest in America and keep our Federal waterways open for business. The
Inland Waterways System is far too important to allow it to continue to
languish with inadequate funding and crumbling infrastructure.
I look forward to working with the chairman, the ranking member, and
Mr. Doyle to find a solution to this urgent need.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I yield to the chairman of the subcommittee, the
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Frelinghuysen).
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I assure the gentlemen from Pennsylvania that I
share their concern with the funding of the inland system and the
solvency of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund. This is why you see
extensive report language on the Olmsted Locks and Dam and the cost
overruns at that project, as well as language on the trust fund itself.
As the gentlemen are aware, any changes to address the solvency of the
trust fund are most appropriately discussed within the authorizing
committees. I know they're aware of the situation and are evaluating
various options.
The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman from Indiana has expired.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I yield to the ranking member for the purpose of a
colloquy.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
I simply would associate myself with the chairman's remarks, Mr.
Critz's remarks and Mr. Doyle's remarks and would simply conclude my
portion by thanking both gentlemen for raising this vital issue. We
engage in investing in infrastructure in Afghanistan. We create
infrastructure investment in Iraq and elsewhere. It is time that we
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repair and invest in the infrastructure, the waterway infrastructure in
the United States of America, to create jobs in the short term and to
create jobs in the future.
Again, I really, from the bottom of my heart, thank the gentlemen for
raising this issue and look forward to working with them.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I yield back the balance of my time.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Flake
Mr. FLAKE. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk that is
designated as No. 1.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. Each amount made available by this Act (other
than an amount required to be made available by a provision
of law) is hereby reduced by 0.27260690084897576 percent.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to the order of the House of Tuesday, June
5, 2012, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake) and a Member opposed
each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
Mr. FLAKE. Madam Chair, funded at $32 billion, the FY2013 Energy and
Water appropriation bill that we have under consideration today
actually spends about $87 million more than we did last year. With a
$1.3 trillion deficit and a national debt that's now more than $15
trillion, I think we have got to do better here.
This amendment simply says let's pare it back. Let's do an across-
the-board cut of .027. Now, the reason we picked that number is that
would bring us back exactly to last year.
I think when you look across the country, you look at what State and
local governments are doing in order to balance their budgets.
Sometimes they are going all the way back to 2005, 2004, or maybe more
to balance their budgets. What are we doing here in Congress with a $15
trillion debt? We're actually increasing spending on some bills.
Now, we have cut others, and I have supported the so-called Ryan
budget where we do make some overall cuts, and that's good. But when
you have a bill like this, I don't know how we can justify increasing
spending $87 million over last year. Again, as some will say, well,
this conforms to the budget agreement, the Ryan budget act and the
302(a) levels that we have set. That is true it does; but I would
suggest that if we're increasing funding here, this is a good place to
find savings and perhaps the 302(b) level should have been set a little
lower.
I would urge adoption of the amendment. Again, this is simply a cut
that would take us back to where we were last year--not 2008 or 2009,
but FY12. I don't think that's unreasonable.
With that, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to the
gentleman's amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I take exception to any claim that
our bill unnecessarily increases spending. There is one reason that
this bill is $188 million above fiscal year 2000: it's defense,
national security. Many Members may not realize it, but nearly one-
third of our bill supports critical national security needs, including
nuclear weapons. That is actually the origin of why we have a
Department of Energy today: it's the Atomic Energy Act.
Only two subcommittees received increases in fiscal year 2013, the
Energy and Water bill and the Defense bill, because those increases are
needed to support national security. There are no other reasons.
The defense portion of this bill is almost $300 million more than
last year, an increase which directly supports our nuclear weapons and
national security. Even with those security increases, our bill is
still less than one-third of 1 percent above last year's bill. That
means the rest of the bill is cut deeply.
It means that spending for our nondefense accounts is cut by 800
million below last year's levels. Even with the increase for defense
spending, our bill is still below 2009 levels, actually quite close to
2008 levels. So I'll not accept any criticism that our bill in any way
is not reflective of this body's work to reduce spending. The House's
commitment to cut spending, Federal spending, was fully engaged in in a
bipartisan way by the Energy and Water Subcommittee.
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The gentleman's amendment would cut the bill simply because of the
increases we provided for defense spending. To be clear, the amendment
is a cut to national security. That's the point I'll make very clear to
any Member who has questions on whether to vote for this amendment.
I urge my colleagues to vote ``no,'' to protect defense spending, and
I also add a postscript. Our bill, historically, has done things for a
lot of States. And Arizona has benefited from the Central Arizona Water
Project. It may not have happened during Mr. Flake's tenure as a Member
of Congress, but in a bipartisan way we've looked after the needs his
constituents and Arizonans.
We are reducing spending. And even as we reduce spending, we have
obligations to look at other needs across the country in the energy
sector as well as the water sector, which is why I relate the Arizona
Central Arizona Project.
So we're cutting spending. We're reducing spending. We're keeping our
commitment to the American taxpayers.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Indiana is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I also want to add my voice to the chair's in
opposition to the gentleman's amendment. We just had a colloquy on the
House floor with several Members from the State of Pennsylvania
relative to the fate of 230 lock chambers on our inland waterways that
carry hundreds of millions of tons of cargo. If they fail, we would
need, as has already been mentioned this morning, 24 million additional
trucks, which would cost billions more in fuel and generate millions of
tons of pollution. These locks that are the backbone of this Nation's
inland waterway system were built with a 50-year design life. Many of
those that exist in western Pennsylvania are now over a hundred years
old.
Relative to cuts, I want to emphasize to our colleagues that there
was a lot of work that the chairman, the members of this subcommittee,
and the staffs put into this bill to make very discreet, discerning
decisions, and in many instances, to make cuts. I would take simply one
program as an example: environmental cleanup.
We have, again, a national responsibility to clean up these legacies
of the Cold War for the health and safety of 300 million people. But we
made discreet decisions. For defense environmental site-by-site
decisions, for example, on the Office of River Protection in the State
of Washington, we are $30 million below last year's level. For the Oak
Ridge National Laboratory in the State of Tennessee, we're $20 million
below last year's level. For the Savannah River site in South Carolina,
we are $43 million below in the current year level. For the Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant we are $12 million below last year's level. And
for technology development, to do a better job on this, we're $1
million below. We made discreet decisions.
I would simply close by saying that the gentleman at the close of his
remarks said that he wants this cut to take us back to where we were.
Those locks were built a hundred years ago. I don't want to go back
there. We are here to take this Nation forward and to invest in the
future of this Nation so that the young people of this Nation have a
future. I do not want to go back to where we were.
I am adamantly opposed to the gentleman's amendment, and I yield back
the balance of my time.
Mr. FLAKE. What I simply meant was take back the spending level to
where we were last year. Nobody wants to go back in time. But if we
want to talk of a future for our kids, as was mentioned, saddling them
with $15 trillion in debt doesn't give them much of a future. And
that's the problem here. We just keep doing that bill after bill after
bill after bill--increasing spending.
I take the gentleman's point on the needs of defense, but we've got
to find savings. We've got to find savings here. We can't continue to
go on and pile up more debt. And I would suggest that
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finding savings amounting to one-quarter of one penny on this bill is
not unreasonable.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. FLAKE. Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will
be postponed.
Amendment Offered by Mr. DeFazio
Mr. DeFAZIO. I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used by the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy to
implement or administer any change to the requirement in
section 9.104 1(d) of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations
(as in effect on January 19, 2001), that to be determined
responsible, a prospective contractor must have a record of
satisfactory compliance with antitrust laws.
Mr. DeFAZIO (during the reading). I ask unanimous consent that the
reading be suspended.
The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman
from Oregon?
There was no objection.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I reserve a point of order on the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The point of order is reserved.
Pursuant to the order of the House of Tuesday, June 5, 2012, the
gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) and a Member opposed each will
control 10 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oregon.
Mr. DeFAZIO. This is a very, very dramatic map. The colors indicate
gasoline prices across America as of last week by county. As you can
see, the entire west coast of the United States is in bright red.
Now we often hear from the oil and gas industry that prices are set
internationally. This is an international market. You have to
understand that.
Well, that's kind of interesting. Crude oil prices are down
dramatically. U.S. production of crude is up a million-and-a-half
barrels a day. We're exporting gasoline from the United States of
America. But somehow we're missing that international market on the
west coast. We're being price gouged on the west coast of the United
States through a series of rather interesting or perhaps suspicious
circumstances.
The largest refinery in Washington State, Cherry Point, experienced a
fire in February, and it's been quite a bit of time in recovery. It's
been delayed several times. It's now coming back online. But given the
fact that it was known that the largest refinery in the Northwest was
offline, one would think that other refineries in California would
endeavor to stay online, particularly as we begin the summer driving
season. Well, no, actually not, because they had to do routine
maintenance.
So five refineries in California, just before Memorial Day weekend in
May, decided that it was time for routine maintenance. Then, suddenly
we had a shortage. Well, actually we didn't have a shortage. There were
no gas stations with yellow flags. There were no gas stations with
little red flags. No one was going without gasoline, but a shortage was
declared by the industry and the price was jacked up.
So while the rest of the country has seen prices come down, following
the international markets, the price on the west coast has gone up,
skyrocketing last week 13 cents for a gallon of regular. In one week it
went up. It dropped a penny yesterday. All right. We're on the way
down. It seems it always goes down a lot slower than it goes up. Kind
of interesting.
So I contacted the President's working group for oil price and market
manipulation, and my inquiry has been referred to various departments
within the government, including the Justice Department, to look at
antitrust implications; the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and
others, to look at potential market manipulation.
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So I just thought in light of the fact that there may have been--may
have been--some market manipulation here and perhaps at other times in
the past, that we should just have a simple statement of fact on behalf
of the United States House of Representatives. No oil or gas company
convicted of antitrust violations should be able to access any of the
$500 million in the Fossil Energy Research and Development section.
That is to say, taxpayers of the United States should not gift money to
oil and gas companies that have been convicted of price-gouging the
taxpayers of the United States of America. Pretty simple.
I mean, I have even greater concerns over that account; and I joined
with 102 Republicans, last night, and 36 Democrats in voting to delete
the $500 million for fossil energy research and development. I think
the industry can fund it on its own. And I would hope at least those
102 Republicans last night who voted to totally eliminate that account
and the 36 Democrats who voted to totally eliminate that account would
join with me today to say, well, we didn't eliminate the account, but
we're not going to allow anybody convicted of antitrust that is price-
gouging American consumers and taxpayers to access these taxpayer
dollars to subsidize their private research and development and
profits.
With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Chair, I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Indiana is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I would simply note that what the gentleman from
Oregon proposes is a commonsense approach to ensuring the highest
ethical standards for companies that receive a contract with the DOE's
Office of Fossil Energy. We should not be rewarding companies that have
a history of predatory economic practices with Federal contractors.
If his amendment is allowed in order, I would certainly urge my
colleagues to support it, and I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I rise to claim time in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. The gentleman highlights some very difficult
issues that deserve our attention, and I especially share my
colleague's concern about gasoline prices, and that's why the committee
has focused on trying to reduce gas prices in the future.
However, the areas of antitrust determinations, compliance, and
enforcement that he mentions, quite honestly, are within the purview of
the authorizing committee. We are aware of them. We're acutely aware of
them. We understand where he's coming from.
Point of Order
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I make a point of order against the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman may state his point of order.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I make a point of order against the amendment
because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation
in an appropriation bill and therefore violates clause 2 of rule XXI.
The rule states in pertinent part: an amendment to a general
appropriation bill shall not be in order if changing existing law. The
amendment imposes additional duties.
I ask for a ruling from the Chair.
The Acting CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the point
of order? If not, the Chair will rule.
The gentleman from New Jersey makes a point of order that the
amendment offered by the gentleman from Oregon proposes to change
existing law, in violation of clause 2(c) of rule XXI.
The amendment would limit funds for an assistant Secretary in the
Department of Energy to implement or administer any change to a cited
regulation as in effect on January 19, 2001. The Chair is aware that
such regulation is no longer effective under current law. The amendment
would therefore require a determination by the assistant Secretary of
the state of prior regulation, and a further determination of what, if
anything, has effected a ``change'' to that prior regulation.
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By requiring a new determination, the amendment constitutes
legislation within the meaning of clause 2(c) of rule XXI. The point of
order is sustained. The amendment is not in order.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Flake
Mr. FLAKE. I have an amendment at the desk, designated as Flake No.
2.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available under this Act
may be used for the Batteries and Electric Drive Technology
program within the Department of Energy's Efficiency and
Renewable Energy Program.
Mr. FLAKE (during the reading). Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent
to dispense with the reading.
The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman
from Arizona?
There was no objection.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to the order of the House of Tuesday, June
5, 2012, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake) and a Member opposed
each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
Mr. FLAKE. Madam Chair, I know we have been on this bill a long time,
and I don't plan to take my full 5 minutes here.
This amendment would simply prohibit funding for the Department of
Energy Batteries and Electric Drive Technology program, preventing
unnecessary Federal spending to the tune of about $171 million.
We all know that for too long Washington has meddled too much in the
energy market. Not only has the government proved itself to be ill-
equipped to pick winners and losers, I think government is just plain
bad at it. The list of winners is dubious at best, and it's a diverse
one, from oil subsidies, ethanol mandates, to Solyndra, and now the
Chevy Volt. The common thread is a seemingly endless supply, endless
stream of taxpayer funding.
Enter the Batteries and Electric Drive Technology program. This is
one of the countless acronyms that taxpayers know little of despite
helping to fund these programs to the tune of a few hundred million
dollars. Interestingly, the BEDT is the very program that developed the
Chevy Volt battery that we've all heard so much about and, I think, the
manufacturing lines that are now stopping or diminishing.
While I wholeheartedly support my colleagues' commitment to work to
reduce the burden of rising energy and gasoline prices, I believe it
would be imprudent to acquiesce key funding in this regard to
components of the President's go green or go bust initiative. This
hasn't gone too well, and I don't know why we continue to fund it.
Instead, I think we ought to eliminate the energy subsidies and
preferential policies while encouraging free market growth and
innovation. We could start out by eliminating funding for the BEDT.
I urge support for the amendment, and I reserve the balance of my
time.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I rise to claim the time in
opposition.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I rise to oppose the amendment. There is valuable,
cutting-edge research in the Department of Energy that enables future
generations of vehicle technologies to proceed, technologies that are
too far in the future for American private sectors to support, but that
will keep future generations of manufacturing and jobs here in the
United States and have the consequence of lowering what Americans have
to pay for gasoline at the pump.
This amendment--and we're all supporting cutting wasteful spending--
would virtually eliminate this important piece of our comprehensive
approach; and, therefore, I strongly oppose it.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Chair, I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Indiana is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I also rise in opposition to the gentleman's
amendment. We need to move away from our dependency on fuel imported by
unfriendly nations. I have in past debates on this floor, and I would
do it again, referenced the senior Senator from Indiana, Senator Lugar,
who has long characterized our energy crisis paramount, as one of
national security, given where those petroleum purchases take place.
The fact is, if we can get more miles per gallon, we have solved part
of that national security crisis.
None of us today standing here or sitting here are going to be able
to do much about the price of a barrel of oil. But if each one of those
individual drivers can get some relief by getting an extra mile per
gallon for their vehicle, we have also helped ameliorate their economic
pressure and the costs that they have.
I think it is shortsighted to eliminate this program which has the
potential to address a major issue in the viability and practicality of
electric vehicles, and that is the battery. We need to be looking at
the cost, performance, life, and abuse tolerance of batteries, and I do
support the Department's efforts on this front and have been active for
a number of years in seeking additional funds for it because I think it
does a great value to this country's future.
I oppose the gentleman's amendment, and I yield back the balance of
my time.
Mr. FLAKE. Madam Chair, it was mentioned that government research,
the Federal Government typically gets involved in research when the
return is too far out for commercial enterprise to realize any benefit.
I would suggest that that just doesn't apply here at all. We're talking
about batteries. And those who tout this program claim that we already
have evidence on the road, the Chevy Volt, of this technology working,
and so that's not too far out. So if there's technology on the road, or
in this case mostly still sitting in the lots, apparently, because
these cars aren't selling very well, it isn't out there too far in the
future.
I think we get confused about what really is the role of the Federal
Government with regard to research when we have programs like this
where there could be profit--and is, in certain technologies tomorrow--
and it becomes less research and more subsidy, and that's where I think
this program falls into.
With that, I urge support for the amendment, and I yield back the
balance of my time.
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The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake).
The amendment was rejected.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Flake
Mr. FLAKE. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, designated
as Flake No. 3.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available under this Act
may be used by the Department of Energy to fund the Wind
Powering America Initiative.
Mr. FLAKE (during the reading). Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent
to dispense with the reading.
The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman
from Arizona?
There was no objection.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to the order of the House of Tuesday, June
5, 2012, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake) and a Member opposed
each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
Mr. FLAKE. Madam Chair, this amendment would prohibit funding for the
Wind Powering America initiative under the Department of Energy.
Hot air jokes aside here, nobody can say that the Federal Government
has not been good to the wind industry. Turbines made for popular
earmarks in Congresses past, and wind technology research and
development receives tens of millions of Federal dollars annually.
Developers continue to reap billions of dollars from a two-decade-old
production tax credit that will hopefully be allowed to expire this
year.
But as much as I disagree with my colleagues who would have us
continue to prop up an industry that even Secretary Chu of the Energy
Department describes as mature, that's not what
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this amendment is about. This amendment is about putting an end to Wind
Powering America, an initiative that just picks winners and losers and
operates in the rarified air of a Federal program that is actively
advocating on behalf of a particular industry.
Had you happened across an Associated Press article announcing WPA's
creation 13 years ago, you would have mistaken it for a trade
organization. The Energy Department described WPA as an initiative
aimed at building national awareness of wind's benefits, increasing
customer demand, overcoming institutional biases, and even advocating
on behalf of the wind production tax credit.
These goals have evolved into egregious examples of unnecessary
waste, like a podcast titled: ``When wind developed doesn't match up to
potential, look at policy.'' And with episodes like Careers in Wind
Energy, WPA goes around to the Nation's K 12 schools to promote wind
energy workforce development and pushes its Wind for Schools project to
implement wind-energy curricula.
While it's hard to understand why taxpayer monies are funding WPA,
it's downright impossible to find out how they are funding WPA. The
last time WPA was mentioned in an appropriation bill was in 2003 in a
conference report approving level funding at $3.1 million. In fact, we
couldn't find funding figures more recent than 2008, when an Energy
Department budget request confirmed it to be $5.5 million. After that,
WPA falls into the bureaucratic abyss. This amendment would not only
put an end to this federalized wind-advocacy program, it would end the
practice of blindly funding it.
This amendment is anything but tilting at windmills. Congress ought
to make a point to not oversee how much we spend, but how we spend it.
We can do just that by eliminating the Wind Powering America project.
I urge support for the amendment and reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DICKS. Madam Chair, I rise to claim the time in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. DICKS. The amendment prohibits funds for the Wind Powering
America program, which has been funded since 1999 to increase
information-sharing in support of expanding domestic wind power.
Madam Chairman, I rise to oppose the amendment. I appreciate my
colleague's continued efforts to stop inappropriate or wasteful Federal
spending. However, there is a distinction between improper and proper
Federal activities, and I believe this amendment would eliminate an
example of the latter.
I agree with my colleague that the government should not be funding
the deployment of proven technologies, and for that reason we have
significantly ramped back the wind energy program. In fact, our bill
cuts the program by 25 percent and focuses the remaining funds on
unproven technologies not yet in the market, like offshore wind. I know
they don't have any of that in Arizona, but we have significant
offshore wind in Washington State.
There is also a proper Federal role for facilitating the free flow of
information where market failures prevent the efficient operation of
free markets. In this case, a small program facilitates the free flow
of information collected by national laboratories, such as resource
maps and detailed wind data. Programs like this use small amounts of
Federal funds to fix a market failure and get government out of the way
so that our private sector can get to the work of creating
manufacturing and construction jobs here at home.
We can talk about which specific parts of this program should be cut,
but I cannot support its complete elimination, and I must oppose the
amendment.
I yield to the distinguished ranking member of the subcommittee, Mr.
Visclosky.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I appreciate the gentleman yielding.
I believe that there is a proper role for government where there is
no private organization willing or able to fill an information need,
and information is vital if we are going to improve our energy policy.
This program provides a venue at a very modest cost to the taxpayers
to disseminate valuable information that supports the diversification
of the Nation's energy supply.
While I do appreciate the gentleman from Arizona's efforts to search
out sources of wasteful and inappropriate spending, I disagree that
this program is one of those instances and join my colleague from
Washington in opposition to the amendment.
Mr. DICKS. Again, the gentleman from Arizona would eliminate this
entire program; we think that is overstepping.
With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the gentleman
from Arizona's amendment. While we may have our differences--and not
all of his amendments that he has proposed have passed--he has been
congenial and a class act and I'd like to thank him. I would like to
thank him also for his continued efforts, which have been recognized on
the other side too, to fight wasteful Federal spending.
We agree, I think most of us, that our government should not be
funding the deployment of proven technologies. For that reason, our
committee and our bill has significantly ramped back the wind energy
program to 25 percent below fiscal year 2012 and focused the remaining
funds on unproven technologies not yet in the market, like far offshore
wind. If there are small cases where the Department is carrying out
activities not appropriate for the Federal Government, they should be
eliminated.
So I salute the gentleman, and I am pleased to support his efforts. I
yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. FLAKE. I rise to thank the gentleman and express a lot of shock
here. But I appreciate the fine work the gentleman does on this
legislation.
Again, this program is advocacy for a proven technology. After 13
years of this program, to spend more--and we really don't understand
how much each year, but it could be $5.5 million--for people in the
Federal Government, on taxpayer dollars, to go and advocate on behalf
of wind energy. All of us receive visits frequently from people in the
wind industry who have proven technology, who are out there already
deploying it. Why in the world we should continue to spend hard-earned
taxpayer dollars to advocate for these programs, I just don't know.
So I thank the gentleman, the chairman of the committee, for
supporting the amendment, and I urge its adoption.
Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake).
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I suspect, Madam Chair, that the ranking member,
Mr. Visclosky, and I are going to use this opportunity to thank a whole
host of people who have allowed us to bring this bill to the floor and,
we hope, to a very successful conclusion.
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First of all, to Chairman Rogers from Kentucky and his working
partner, Congressman Norm Dicks, on behalf of the committee, we want to
thank you for giving us full support, bipartisan support, and giving us
the flexibility to have a number of hearings to do a comprehensive
approach through that hearing process and your insistence, both of you,
on what we call regular order, the ability of the Appropriations
Committee to work in a bipartisan way. I shouldn't comment on the House
in general, but in terms of our committee, there's been a good
bipartisan working relationship. So you've laid the foundation for Mr.
Visclosky and me to sort of proceed in regular order, and we're
grateful.
I'd also like to thank the Members for their cooperation in terms of
amendments. I think we started maybe last year with 103 amendments. A
lot of
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amendments were drawn into a unanimous consent situation, so we've been
able to reduce the amendments, and Members have come to the floor,
spoken on an expeditious basis and, I think, performed admirably, and I
think they have made our bill better and more comprehensive.
I'd also like to thank those who are on the floor, particularly our
committee staff, Rob Blair, our clerk, who's to my left, Joe Levin,
Loraine Heckenberg, Angie Giancarlo, Perry Yates, and Trevor Higgins.
On the minority, I'd like to thank Taunja Berquam. I'd also like to
thank my personal staff, Nancy Fox and Katie Hazlett, and Mr.
Visclosky's personal staff, Joe DeVooght.
And of course, Madam Chair, there are a whole host of people who make
the floor work on the appropriations side. Some of them would not like
to be publicly recognized. But let me say, in our heart, we hold them
dear because we're able to get our bill to the floor, make sure that
our amendments all meet the letter of the law and the Constitution, the
Parliamentarian having vetted all those amendments. So we're highly
appreciative of that.
And I certainly would be happy to yield to my ranking member if he
cares to--I'm sure he would--make some remarks.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I appreciate the gentleman yielding very much. And I
think the only other thank-you I would add, and I would very sincerely
join the chair in all of the recognitions that he has enumerated, is
the Chair, herself, as well as all of those others who have served us
over the last 4 days and done a very expeditious job.
I cannot thank the chairman enough for all he has done for us and for
this country and for being the consummate gentleman. It is a privilege
and a delight to work with you, as well as the other members of the
subcommittee.
I would point out that, while we agree very substantively on this
bill, there are degrees of differences. We did not, in the intervening
last 4 days, agree on every amendment, but we had reasoned and
thoughtful debate. We had votes, and decisions were made.
It is a profound privilege that people like Chairman Frelinghuysen,
Mr. Dicks, and I have serving this country in this Congress. I am an
institutionalist, and this is a perfect example of how that institution
should work: to meet collectively, to resolve our differences, and to
work as hard as we can to hopefully, in fiscal year 2013, leave this
country a little bit better.
Again, thank all of the people, and particularly the staff and the
Chair for all their good work.
I appreciate the chairman for yielding.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Reclaiming my time, I want to also note this is
the last Energy and Water bill that Mr. Dicks will be participating in.
And I say on behalf of our committee that we've always known that
you're fully engaged in every subcommittee where you are so prominent,
and we want to thank you for that.
Let me say, too, that we're pleased we've built in our bill some
common ground for energy policy across our Nation. Most importantly, as
I said in my remarks, the national security segment: what we need to do
to make sure that our nuclear stockpile is reliable, that we proceed
with cleanups, things that we do relative to naval reactors and the
next generation of nuclear ballistic submarines, and the comprehensive
energy policy that's directed not only towards research into the future
but trying to minimize rising gas prices, which have affected every
American pocketbook.
Lastly, we've done it with a lot less money. We're actually, in some
cases, close to the 2008 level, somewhere between 2008 and 2009. And
while some people may like to damn us, we've done our best to cut
spending and reflect the real economy out there, the fact that people
are paying too much in the way of taxes, we have too much debt and such
a large deficit. We've done our part.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were
postponed, in the following order:
An amendment by Mr. Rohrabacher of California.
An amendment by Mr. Stearns of Florida.
An amendment by Mr. Shimkus of Illinois.
An amendment by Mr. Tipton of Colorado.
An amendment by Mr. Luetkemeyer of Missouri.
An amendment by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote
after the first vote in this series.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Rohrabacher
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California
(Mr. Rohrabacher) on which further proceedings were postponed and on
which the noes 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 181,
noes 229, not voting 21, as follows:
[Roll No. 319]
AYES--181
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Amash
Amodei
Bachmann
Barrow
Barton (TX)
Benishek
Bilbray
Black
Blackburn
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coffman (CO)
Conaway
Costello
Cravaack
Crawford
Cuellar
Culberson
DeFazio
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donnelly (IN)
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Harris
Hartzler
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Hochul
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kissell
Kline
Kucinich
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Latham
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Luetkemeyer
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Meeks
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Peterson
Petri
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roe (TN)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sherman
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stutzman
Sullivan
Sutton
Thornberry
Upton
Visclosky
Walberg
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Woodall
Yoder
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--229
Ackerman
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Austria
Bachus
Baldwin
Barletta
Bartlett
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Berg
Berkley
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Bonner
Bono Mack
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Chandler
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crenshaw
Critz
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
DeGette
DeLauro
Denham
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Doyle
Dreier
Edwards
Ellison
Emerson
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Fleischmann
Frank (MA)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gallegly
Garamendi
Gibson
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Granger
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffith (VA)
Grijalva
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hall
Hanabusa
Harper
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly
Kildee
Kind
Kingston
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Kinzinger (IL)
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lucas
Lujan
Lummis
Lynch
Maloney
Marino
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McKinley
McNerney
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Neal
Nunnelee
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pastor (AZ)
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Richmond
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Roybal-Allard
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Stivers
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tiberi
Tierney
Tipton
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Turner (NY)
Turner (OH)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Walden
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Womack
Woolsey
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
NOT VOTING--21
Baca
Berman
Castor (FL)
Chu
Coble
Engel
Filner
Hahn
Hanna
Lewis (CA)
McKeon
Miller, Gary
Moore
Napolitano
Pascrell
Paul
Platts
Richardson
Rothman (NJ)
Shuler
Slaughter
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Messrs. McNERNEY, HOYER, HALL, MARKEY, GERLACH, SARBANES and RAHALL
changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. ROGERS of Michigan, HUELSKAMP, NUNES, GRIFFIN of Arkansas,
PETRI, SMITH of New Jersey, KUCINICH, Mrs. BUERKLE, Messrs. McCAUL,
CUELLAR, DesJARLAIS and WEBSTER changed their vote from ``no'' to
``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. FILNER. Madam Chair, on rollcall 319, I was away from the Capitol
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I
would have voted ``no.''
Amendment Offered by Mr. Stearns
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida
(Mr. Stearns) 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 Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 348,
noes 60, not voting 23, as follows:
[Roll No. 320]
AYES--348
Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Amash
Amodei
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Baldwin
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carney
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Cicilline
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (KY)
DeFazio
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Doggett
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Eshoo
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanabusa
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hochul
Holden
Holt
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee (TX)
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Kucinich
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Levin
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Mack
Maloney
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McGovern
McHenry
McIntyre
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Nadler
Neal
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Olver
Owens
Palazzo
Pallone
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pearce
Pelosi
Pence
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quayle
Quigley
Rahall
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sewell
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Speier
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tierney
Tipton
Tonko
Tsongas
Turner (NY)
Turner (OH)
Upton
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Waters
Waxman
Webster
Welch
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--60
Andrews
Bass (CA)
Berkley
Carnahan
Carson (IN)
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Courtney
Crowley
Davis (IL)
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dingell
Edwards
Ellison
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hastings (FL)
Himes
Hinchey
Honda
Jackson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Kildee
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
McCollum
McDermott
Meeks
Perlmutter
Peters
Rangel
Richmond
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sires
Smith (WA)
Stark
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Towns
Velazquez
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Watt
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
NOT VOTING--23
Baca
Berman
Castor (FL)
Chu
Coble
Engel
Filner
Hahn
Hanna
Johnson (GA)
Lewis (CA)
McKeon
Miller, Gary
Moore
Moran
Napolitano
Pascrell
Paul
Platts
Richardson
Rothman (NJ)
Shuler
Slaughter
{time} 1346
Mr. SERRANO changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas and Ms. PELOSI changed their vote from
``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. FILNER. Madam Chair. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 320, I was away
from the Capitol due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I
been present, I would have voted ``no.''
Amendment Offered by Mr. Shimkus
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois
(Mr. Shimkus) 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 Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 326,
noes 81, not voting 24, as follows:
[[Page H3497]]
[Roll No. 321]
AYES--326
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Amash
Andrews
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Baldwin
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carney
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chandler
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman (CO)
Cohen
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (KY)
DeFazio
DeGette
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Eshoo
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanabusa
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Hochul
Holden
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly
Kildee
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Kucinich
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McHenry
McIntyre
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moran
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neal
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quayle
Quigley
Rahall
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schiff
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sewell
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Speier
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tierney
Tipton
Tonko
Towns
Turner (NY)
Turner (OH)
Upton
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Walz (MN)
Webster
Welch
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--81
Ackerman
Amodei
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Brown (FL)
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carson (IN)
Chaffetz
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Conyers
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeLauro
Doggett
Edwards
Ellison
Fattah
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hastings (FL)
Heck
Hinchey
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Kissell
Langevin
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren, Zoe
Lujan
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
Nadler
Olver
Pallone
Pastor (AZ)
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Rangel
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Schakowsky
Serrano
Stark
Thompson (MS)
Tsongas
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Woolsey
NOT VOTING--24
Baca
Berman
Castor (FL)
Chu
Coble
Engel
Farr
Filner
Hahn
Hanna
Johnson (GA)
Lewis (CA)
McKeon
Miller, Gary
Moore
Napolitano
Pascrell
Paul
Platts
Richardson
Rothman (NJ)
Shuler
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
{time} 1353
Mr. CICILLINE and Ms. WATERS changed their vote from ``aye'' to
``no.''
Mrs. SCHMIDT and Ms. BONAMICI changed their vote from ``no'' to
``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. FILNER. Madam Chair, on rollcall 321, I was away from the Capitol
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I
would have voted ``no.''
Amendment Offered by Mr. Tipton
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado
(Mr. Tipton) 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 Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 355,
noes 51, not voting 25, as follows:
[Roll No. 322]
AYES--355
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Amash
Amodei
Andrews
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Baldwin
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Benishek
Berg
Berkley
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonamici
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Carney
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Cooper
Costello
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (CA)
Davis (KY)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Eshoo
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanabusa
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hochul
Holden
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Israel
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly
Kildee
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Langevin
Lankford
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Mack
Maloney
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McGovern
McHenry
McIntyre
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, George
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neal
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pallone
Pascrell
Paulsen
Pearce
Pelosi
Pence
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quayle
Rahall
Rangel
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Runyan
[[Page H3498]]
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schiff
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schrader
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sewell
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sutton
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tierney
Tipton
Tonko
Tsongas
Turner (NY)
Turner (OH)
Upton
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waxman
Webster
Welch
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--51
Ackerman
Blumenauer
Cardoza
Carnahan
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Costa
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (IL)
Edwards
Ellison
Farr
Fattah
Fudge
Garamendi
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hinchey
Holt
Honda
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Kucinich
Larsen (WA)
Lee (CA)
McCollum
McDermott
Meeks
Miller (NC)
Moran
Nadler
Olver
Pastor (AZ)
Quigley
Richmond
Rush
Schakowsky
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sires
Speier
Stark
Thompson (MS)
Towns
Velazquez
Watt
Woolsey
NOT VOTING--25
Baca
Berman
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chu
Cleaver
Coble
Engel
Filner
Gohmert
Hahn
Hanna
Lewis (CA)
McKeon
Miller, Gary
Moore
Napolitano
Paul
Platts
Richardson
Rothman (NJ)
Shuler
Slaughter
Sullivan
Waters
{time} 1357
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. FILNER. Madam Chair, on rollcall 322, I was away from the Capitol
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I
would have voted ``aye.''
Amendment Offered by Mr. Luetkemeyer
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the second amendment offered by the gentleman from
Missouri (Mr. Luetkemeyer) 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 Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 242,
noes 168, not voting 21, as follows:
[Roll No. 323]
AYES--242
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Amash
Amodei
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Benishek
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Costello
Courtney
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
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
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Himes
Hochul
Holden
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Marino
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
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 (IN)
NOES--168
Ackerman
Andrews
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Berg
Berkley
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boren
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Chandler
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Fortenberry
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
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)
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Manzullo
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Neal
Noem
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Rehberg
Reyes
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
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
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Yarmuth
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--21
Baca
Berman
Castor (FL)
Chu
Coble
Engel
Filner
Gohmert
Hahn
Hanna
Lewis (CA)
Marchant
McKeon
Miller, Gary
Napolitano
Paul
Platts
Richardson
Rothman (NJ)
Shuler
Slaughter
{time} 1402
Messrs. KUCINICH and MARKEY changed their vote from ``aye'' to
``no.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. FILNER. Madam Chair, on rollcall 323, I was away from the Capitol
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I
would have voted ``no.''
Amendment Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the fourth amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) on which further proceedings were postponed and
on which the noes 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 Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 150,
noes 260, not voting 21, as follows:
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[Roll No. 324]
AYES--150
Ackerman
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Bilbray
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gibson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hochul
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kucinich
Larson (CT)
Latham
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Loebsack
Lowey
Lynch
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Neal
Nugent
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Sires
Smith (WA)
Speier
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Yarmuth
NOES--260
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Amash
Amodei
Andrews
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Berkley
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Cicilline
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Costa
Costello
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
LaTourette
Latta
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Maloney
Manzullo
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schwartz
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stark
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner (NY)
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)
NOT VOTING--21
Baca
Berman
Castor (FL)
Chu
Coble
Fattah
Filner
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Lewis (CA)
Marchant
McKeon
Miller, Gary
Napolitano
Paul
Platts
Richardson
Rothman (NJ)
Shuler
Slaughter
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So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. Filner. Madam Chair, on rollcall 324, I was away from the Capitol
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I
would have voted ``aye.''
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I move that the Committee do now
rise.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Nugent) having assumed the chair, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, 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. 5325)
making appropriations for energy and water development and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other
purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.
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