[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 135 (Thursday, October 3, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H6193-H6200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PAY OUR GUARD AND RESERVE ACT
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 370,
I call up the bill (H.R. 3230) making continuing appropriations during
a Government shutdown to provide pay and allowances to members of the
reserve components of the Armed Forces who perform inactive-duty
training during such period, and ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 370, the bill
is considered read.
The text of the bill is as follows:
H.R. 3230
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pay Our Guard and Reserve
Act''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PAY AND ALLOWANCES FOR
CERTAIN RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES.
(a) In General.--There are hereby appropriated for fiscal
year 2014, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-
year appropriations for fiscal year 2014 are not in effect
such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces (as
named in section 10101 of title 10, United States Code) who
perform inactive-duty training (as defined in section
101(d)(7) of such title) during such period.
(b) Termination.--Appropriations and funds made available
and authority granted pursuant to this section shall be
available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1)
the enactment into law of an appropriation (including a
continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts
are made available in this section; (2) the enactment into
law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations
resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such
purpose; or (3) January 1, 2015.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill shall be debatable for 30 minutes,
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member
of the Committee on Appropriations.
The gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) and the gentleman from Indiana
(Mr. Visclosky) each will control 15 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida.
General Leave
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their
remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 3230, and that I may
include tabular material on the same.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Florida?
There was no objection.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 3 minutes.
Mr. Speaker, the Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act would fix a simple
drafting error that existed in H.R. 3210, the Pay Our Military Act.
This bill was intended to appropriate funding so that all of our
servicemembers, Active Duty, Guard, and Reserve, will receive their
paychecks on time and without interruption during the government
shutdown.
As most of you know, our Guard and Reserve members perform two kinds
of training throughout the year: annual training, which occurs for 2
weeks a year; and Inactive Duty for Training, which is commonly
referred to as weekend drill.
While H.R. 3210 appropriated funding for pay and allowances for
servicemembers who perform active service during the shutdown, it
mistakenly omitted pay and allowances for performing inactive duty
training or weekend drill.
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This was a simple technical drafting error in the legislation.
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I have heard from many concerned Members requesting that we address
this issue as quickly as possible to prevent any lapse in pay for our
Guard and Reserve members during this shutdown. This bill would correct
that and ensure that all of our servicemembers receive their paychecks
on time, including for time served on weekend drill.
The Pay Our Military Act passed the House unanimously, and I believe
this bill should have broad bipartisan support as well.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume, and I certainly want to thank the chairman of the Defense
Appropriations Subcommittee, as well as the chairman of the full
committee, for all of their good work on the Appropriations Committee.
It is not out of disrespect that I rise in strong opposition to this
legislation. We are piecemealing destroying the government of the
United States, including the defense and the ability to defend
ourselves of this Nation.
While we would suggest today that we are solving the problems at the
Department of Defense, I would ask the question: What about maintenance
of the existing equipment needed for readiness? Not in here. What about
procurement for new equipment that is being eaten up in Afghanistan?
Not in here. What about research and development to keep technological
superiority of our forces so we are never in a fair fight? Not in here.
What about maintaining facilities where these personnel live, where
they work, where they serve our Nation? Not in here. What about the
commissaries? Not in here.
I recognize that yesterday in Europe the Army Chief of Staff said
that this shutdown is impacting significantly day-to-day operations and
forcing the military to cut training.
There was an additional announcement today by a particular company,
Sikorsky, that said they have ``slowed production of the Blackhawk
helicopter now that Federal contracting inspectors have left their
posts on furlough because of the shutdown.'' The same Federal employees
at Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford are also furloughed, delaying the
delivery of engines and spare parts.
I reference the good chairman of the Subcommittee on Defense
Appropriations, Mr. Rogers, who is chairman of Appropriations. About 2
weeks ago, I noted on this floor that in article 1, section 9,
paragraph 7, it says:
No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in
consequence of appropriations made by law.
It doesn't say anything about partial, temporary continuing
resolutions.
It is time that the Congress of the United States begins
appropriating. I am here as an appropriator to talk about fiscal
policy, but our process has been usurped by those who have a particular
social agenda. It is called the Affordable Care Act.
I just want to reference two incidents that I have been involved in
in the last 10 days, that I am appalled that we have shut the
government down over this fight.
The first is a meeting I had with a constituent of mine in
Merrillville, Indiana. The gentleman has worked hard all of his life as
an independent contractor. Their family had insurance through his wife,
who worked for a small medical practice that was purchased. She was
relieved of her position not because she was a bad employee, but
because of consolidation. Thereafter, of course, you know how this
story turns out. She contracts cancer. My constituent is in my office
in the last 2 weeks because they are foreclosing on his house because
they are broke, and we are arguing about this.
But what infuriates me and profoundly disappoints me is I am getting
on an elevator across this aisle at about 1 in the morning this Tuesday
and one of my colleagues gets on that elevator and my colleague was
gleeful, gleeful and happy and cheery, because my colleague had called
their State exchange at 12:30 a.m. in the morning and for some reason
no one answered the phone and the system didn't work. Why do you think
people are calling that number? They need health insurance. Gleeful
that government didn't work, and that is before we shut it down.
What have we come to here? We have the best country in the world. It
is time we start running it again.
I am opposed to this piecemeal approach.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman
from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers), the chairman of the Appropriations
Committee.
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding me this
time.
Mr. Speaker, the very distinguished chairman of this subcommittee has
rendered invaluable service to this Nation and this body and certainly
this committee, and I thank him for his wonderful service over a long
period of time.
I rise today in support of the brave men and women of our military
who stand at the ready to defend this homeland.
This legislation will provide the men and women of the National Guard
and Reserve with due compensation for their service--on time and in
full--throughout the government shutdown. Our intention with the Pay
Our Military Act was to support all of our men and women in uniform.
This legislation merely fixes a technical drafting error to amend that.
Once again, I believe this is an important action to get us on the
path toward ending this crisis. This bill underscores the need to
sufficiently and appropriately fund the entire Federal Government--to
preserve our national security and get the Nation back on a stable
economic footing. The House and the Senate must work together to flip
the switch on this shutdown not only for our troops, but for everyone
who calls this Nation their home.
It is our responsibility as Members of Congress to take care of our
troops. Just as each of my colleagues in this body voted for the Pay
Our Military Act, I hope they will do the same today to correct that
act.
Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Indiana, my friend, mentioned in his
remarks about the other aspects of the Federal Government that need to
be back in operation. I could not agree with him more on that. However,
the route out of this mess--if you call it--is for the Senate to
appoint conferees.
The House authorized and appointed conferees 2 days ago. We are
waiting on the Senate to do the same. If they appoint conferees, we can
work out the differences between the two bodies, as is the time-honored
tradition of this place, and solve the shutdown problem.
So I ask the Members of the other body to go ahead and appoint
conferees. Let's start talking. We can solve this problem. So far they
refuse to even talk.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Minnesota
(Ms. McCollum), a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, my Republican colleagues are once again
bringing a bill to the floor in response to the terrible news coverage
on their shutdown.
Now, I am very confident that every single Member of the House of
Representatives supports our Guard and Reserve men and women. We all
want them to receive the pay that they have earned. We could do just
that really quickly by passing a clean CR to fund the entire Federal
Government and put an end to this GOP shutdown. But Republican
leadership isn't serious about stopping the shutdown.
We all know that this bill is not a solution. It is just a
distraction. For example, this bill claims to support military pay
during the shutdown. However, while this bill does provide them a
paycheck, it fails to provide them the materials essential for doing
their job.
Let me give you an example of a few of the things that it doesn't
fund: it doesn't fund the maintenance of existing equipment, and we
need that for readiness; the procurement of new equipment if something
needs to be replaced in order to continue a training drill or to be
fully prepared; research and development to keep the technology
superiority of the U.S. forces; and then, as the ranking member pointed
out, keeping the facilities and maintenance moving forward.
This bill fails to ensure that our servicemen and -women will have
the equipment and other support materials that they need. It certainly
won't ensure that our other Federal law enforcement at the FBI or the
DEA are paid even as they continue to work to keep America safe.
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Mr. Speaker, this Republican government shutdown needs to end. The
entire government needs to be funded. The American people don't want
the Tea Party picking winners and losers, deciding what government
services are necessary.
Let's do what is right for the American people and pass a clean
continuing resolution to fund the entire Federal Government.
Mr. Speaker, I enter into the Record the Minnesota Air and Army
National Guard Government Shutdown Impact in its entirety.
MN Air and Army National Guard Government Shutdown Impact (Version 2--2
October 2013)
Addressed from:
Less than 15 days (short term) and
Greater than 15 days (long term).
Federal Full-Time Staff (FTS) Impact:
Emergency Furlough--Number of Federal Personnel Impacted
Army Technicians: 701 (655 Furloughed--93.4%)
Air Force Technicians: 445 (381 Furloughed--85.6%)
Total Force Impacted: 1146 (1036 Furloughed--90.4%)
Short Term impact:
Benefits processing delayed (in processing, retirements,
return to duty) AGR and TECH
1,036 Technicians not at work and not receiving pay
General personnel actions delayed, AGR and TECH
Scheduled travel/training TDY will be cancelled
No new hires or job announcements
Leave accrual stops for technicians after 80 hours (48
already used during furlough)
Over 30 Active Duty Operational Support/Active Duty for
Special Work (ADOS/ADSW) will not report to work
Long term impact:
FTS will incur a debt for benefits
FTS personnel not attending required training courses for
positions
Delayed hiring actions will compound the turmoil of
personnel turnover
Labor relations with union and union members stressed
Personnel readiness will drop due personnel actions not
taking place
Moral of technician force is greatly diminished with
another furlough
Animosity of technician force towards the AGR force
AGRs do not receive Mid-month and subsequent pay until
furlough complete.
Bottom line for Full-Time Staff (FTS) is that very limited
personnel actions will be able to be supported and will be
greatly delayed during a furlough.
FTS Top Three Concerns:
Benefits Processing
Pay
Loss of trained FTS forces due to cancelled training
Personnel Readiness/Soldier-Airman and Family Services Impact:
Short Term Impact:
Family Programs initiatives and support efforts will be
significantly impacted due to unavailability of all
personnel.
Reduce current ability to provide deployment related
services to soldiers and family members by 62%
Reduction in our ability to provide ID cards to soldiers
and family members in select locations.
No retiree counseling services
Slowed processing for GI bill requests and issue resolution
Longer processing times for routine medical readiness
activities due to employees' taking on the responsibilities
of furloughed personnel.
Long Term Impact:
Technicians will incur a debt for benefits
FTS personnel training to be qualified in their positions
Delayed hiring actions further compound turmoil of
personnel turnover
Morale of Technician force is greatly diminished with 2nd
furlough in one year
Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) soldiers may not receive
mid-month and subsequent pay.
Units that deploy within the next two months (Oct-Nov) or
who are currently deployed will experience significant impact
on deployment and family readiness support. Yellow ribbon
events may need to be cancelled due to contracting for venue,
food or lack of child care.
Remaining Defense Travel System (DTS--travel
reimbursements) Vouchers for Soldiers and Military Families
for FY13 will be delayed for payment.
Funeral Honors Team will cease operations.
Reduced capacity in processing enlisted promotion actions
Outside agencies may have to process Federal Tuition
Assistance requests.
Potential loss of ability to deliver timely medical
readiness events across the state, reducing medical readiness
of the force.
Potential reduction in personnel readiness ratings for all
reportable units due to eroded medical readiness ratings.
Logistics Impact:
Maintenance--All Maintenance activities in the MNNG will
cease during shutdown. All Maintenance facilities will be
closed.
Short Term impact:
Maintenance Readiness of the MNNG will decline due to
inability to repair dead-lined equipment while Dual Status
Technicians are furloughed.
Upgrades to MNNG M1A1s will be deferred until funding
resumes.
BFT/JCR Fielding--Fielding team is issuing all remaining
equipment to the USPFO effective 30 Sep 13. USPFO and J4 will
then complete the install and fielding.
Long term impact:
Blue Force Tracker upgrades will be delayed, systems will
go off line after 90 days of non use. Blue Force Tracking is
a United States military term used to denote a GPS-enabled
system that provides military commanders and forces with
location information about friendly (and despite its name,
also about hostile) military forces. If they are not synced
with the satellite once every 90 days they lose their
identity and it costs us more manpower to re-sync them.
Supply:
Short Term impact:
$54,334 of Class 1 (food) has been ordered supporting 23
units in an IDT status for the weekend of 4-6 OCT. These
orders will need to be canceled.
$8,717 for seven commercial bus requests for the weekend of
4-6 OCT canceled.
Long term impact:
An additional $16,198 in Class 1 (food) orders will be
canceled from the local vender if shutdown continues till 30
Oct.
Training:
Short Term impact:
New Equipment Training (NET) for 1/34 Armored Brigade
Combat Team will be suspended based on Inactive Duty Training
and Annual Training restrictions, suspending NET for Bradley
Fighting Vehicle Crews
Training needs to be deferred to colder weather months,
less desirable.
Training/Operations Impact:
Short Term Impact:
Cancellation of upcoming drill weekend will cancel weapons
qualification for many units scheduled to do this at Camp
Ripley. These units will be challenged to re-schedule as
ranges are usually booked first quarter of the fiscal year.
Will be an opportunity for units to re-schedule yet in Oct
short term. Units that have Periodic Health Assessments (PHA)
and Dental events will have to re-schedule. Will negatively
impact personnel readiness.
School cancellations. We will daily be cancelling travel to
schools that start this FY. It will be case by case that we
find school seats later in the FY that troop will be able to
attend. This will be a readiness issue if it goes long term.
Long Term Impact:
Personnel readiness will begin to suffer more as we cancel
schools and medical readiness events. Begin building a larger
pool of Soldiers/Airmen that will need new schools dates and
units will begin to see a larger backlog of troops that need
periodic physicals and dental. The challenge with schools is
that some lower density schools and longer schools will have
fewer opportunities to re-schedule this FY. This becomes a
readiness issue.
Camp Ripley Training Center Impact:
Short Term Impact:
No Active Duty Operational Support (ADOS) or Technicians
Long Term Impact:
After 21 days loss of State Employees paid under the Master
Cooperative Agreement.
Operations--Section is reduced by 50% (2 Technicians, 1
State Military) resulting in reduced support to customers and
no new leases agreements.
Range Control: Reduction 55% (6 ADOS), resulting in reduced
customer support for range safety briefings, general customer
support, and response for Range Safety Checks delayed
Automated Target Systems: State Military, potentially 50%
reduction immediately. Automated Target Personnel would not
be available resulting in limited automated ranges or target
maintenance for military customers and very limited support
to state agencies with signed leases.
Air Operations: Reduction of 100% (3 Technicians and 2
ADOS), resulting in the airfield, UH-60 Simulator being
closed and no fueling operations.
Arden Hills Army Training Site: Reduction of 50% of the
full time staff, resulting in reduced support to customers
and availability.
Logistics (other than billeting which is self supporting)--
Reduction of 100% (17 Technicians), resulting in:
Supply & Services being open 2 days a week.
Housing: Limited AGR Employees will need to Inventory &
Inspect the Troop Issue Buildings when they need to be
turned-in.
Fuel Support: Retail Fuel Points will run out of fuel.
Ammo Supply Point: No ammo for military customers.
Department of Public Safety--No initial impact. After 21
days the section would reduce from 12 guards to 9 guards
resulting in reduced services and ability to man only one
gate.
Joint Visitors Bureau/Public Affairs Office--Reduction of
80% (4 Technicians and 1 ADOS), resulting in no ID Cards, no
Command or Department of the Army photos, reduced protocol
visits and public affairs/community support operations.
Signal Support--100% reduction (1 Technician), resulting in
no on site support for computers, radios, frequency
management, and other support.
Budget--100% reduction (2 Technicians), resulting in only
emergency budget issues being addressed by non-budget
personnel.
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Safety--Reduction of 100% (1 Technician), resulting in all
safety issues reverting back to the state level for oversight
by the State Safety Manager.
Environmental--limited initial impact with the loss of 1
Technician. After 21 days the section would reduce 100% (9
State and 2 Contract), resulting in all Hunt Programs for
Deployed Soldiers will being cancelled at both Camp Ripley
(Dec 2-4) and AHATS (Oct 25-27) and (Dec 6-8). No Native
American Consultation meeting. (Annual Requirement NHPA) REPI
(ACUB) Report to NGB will not get completed. Annual update to
the Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) will
not get completed (Annual Requirement--Sikes Act). No
Environmental Review (National Environmental Protection Act
Requirement) for Sustainment Restoration and Modernization
(SRM) and Military Construction (MILCON) projects will not
take place due to no staff available. All Conservation and
Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) Projects will be
impacted.
Air Bases Impact:
Short Term Impact:
No local flying training operations during any shutdown
period--impact on perishable flying skills
No Mission Ready Airlift or Joint Airborne Air
Transportability Training (JA/ATT)
No Aircraft Maintenance or fuel support presence capable of
preparing aircraft for response to state or national
emergency
No Air Operations Supervision, planners, or instructors to
support response to real world contingencies or training
events
Reduced to an AGR force only, there is no support for any
function beyond maintenance & protection of the facility
Long Term Impact:
Depending on duration of shutdown, aircrew members may go
non-current, non-mission ready along with instructor force
leaving unit with no local means to regenerate an operations
force (unless AMC/ANG issue training waivers)
Medical Readiness requirements, if not completed, render
members non-deployable
Impact on SORTS for any units unable to complete upgrade or
continuation training
Impact on construction projects, such as the contract for
the water line replacement, if we do not have staff to
supervise the operations
Pilot currencies become affected if the shutdown continues
for longer period. Proficiency begins to fade (depending on
experience) after a couple weeks. Additionally, the ``Ready
Aircrew Program (RAP)'' currencies are tracked on a monthly
basis. As pilot currencies expire, they will no longer be
qualified to sit alert. For that reason, we have submitted a
listing of approx. 128 essential employees that we will
require in order to maintain currency for 20 of our 29
pilots. This group will be needed if the shutdown continues
for an extended.
State/Department of Military Affairs Impact:
Number of State Personnel Impacted
State Military Employees (Short Term 2 Oct 2013): 5
State Civilian Employees (Long Term 22 Oct 2013): 131
Total Force Impacted: 136
Over the short term, the direct cost to the State of
Minnesota in lost assistance for payroll through the Master
Cooperative Agreement is just under $300,000.00 per week.
This means that the cost to simply cover the amount of
federal funding unavailable to the state for the 21 days
required per the bargaining agreements to provide notice to
our employees of a layoff will approach $1,000,000.00.
During the notification period, costs will be incurred by
the agency to manage the seniority moves that will be
generated by the layoff. Once the 21 day notification period
ends, costs to the agency will stabilize, but the services
provided by the laid off employees will not be available to
the agency or the people of Minnesota. Efficiency will be
negatively impacted as the seniority moves are made, and
employees must be trained for their new responsibilities. If
the Federal Government shutdown is resolved, then we will
need to unwind whatever management activities we initiate to
comply with the bargaining agreements, causing further
disruption to routines, negative impacts on productivity, and
morale.
If the shutdown continues over the longer term, the
Adjutant General must then decide if any of the services
provided by the employees normally supported by the master
cooperative agreement are essential to state agency
operations. If they are, then the agency will need to
determine how to fund the activities within our existing
state budget, and since we do not carry an aggressive
reserve, other agency activities will need to be cut to fund
the services deemed necessary.
Additionally, the agency will be responsible to pay the
unemployment benefit costs for all laid off state employees
for the duration of layoff.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I am happy now to yield 2 minutes
to the very distinguished gentleman from New Jersey (Mr.
Frelinghuysen), an important member of the Defense Appropriations
Subcommittee.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I thank the chairman for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, in the family of public servants, our military, and
especially their families, deserve special attention, especially during
this government shutdown.
We have spoken with pride many times about our Active Duty soldiers,
sailors, marines, Coast Guard, airmen and airwomen, many deployed in
Afghanistan and other challenging areas around the globe.
I need not remind my colleagues that the men and women of the
National Guard are just as vital to the performance of our military.
They train, deploy, and they fight alongside their Active Duty
brethren. Many of these men and women have completed multiple overseas
deployments in some of these same dangerous areas. They guard us here
at home and meet the challenges of manmade and natural disasters--civil
emergencies like Hurricane Sandy last year in New Jersey or the
flooding in Colorado. Last year, the National Guard alone responded to
more than 100 natural disaster missions.
Mr. Speaker, this bill corrects a drafting error in the Pay Our
Military Act, signed into law last Monday. It is intended to
appropriate funds so that all of our servicemembers--Active Duty, Guard
and Reserve--get paid. It deserves our bipartisan support.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman
from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
(Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to revise and extend
her remarks.)
Ms. JACKSON LEE. I thank the ranking member for the time.
Madam Speaker, I thank the chairman of this committee and the ranking
member of the full committee and I thank the chairman of the Defense
Appropriations Committee. There may be no other Member that has as much
respect as I have in working with the chairman of the Defense
Subcommittee, and I thank him for his service.
All of us want to be helpful to the men and women that we care about
who rise up and serve us, whatever call, as civilian soldiers. So today
I want to offer a solution. Rather than this bill, I would like for our
leadership, the Speaker, to bring to the floor a clean bill to open the
government.
I want my National Guard in Texas--1,900 of them--to be able to be
paid. But I also want their families to have the Affordable Care Act,
and I also want to make sure that they have infrastructure, maintenance
of existing equipment, and procurement of new equipment, research and
development, facilities maintenance, commissaries in the United States.
I hear that there are 20 or 30 or 40 Republicans ready to vote on a
bill that will open the government. Let's open the government to serve
our National Guard.
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Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 1
minute to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Womack), another member of
the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
Mr. WOMACK. I thank the gentleman for the time.
Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the resolution.
It is important for people to remember that the issue that we are
speaking about goes right to the heart of readiness. Never before in
the history of this Nation have we been so reliant on our Guard and
Reserve as now.
I am an example, Madam Speaker, of that reliance. It was my National
Guard battalion that became the first to answer our Nation's call after
9/11 when my Gunslingers from Arkansas took the mission of the
Multinational Force and Observers into Sinai, Egypt--and let me just
add--on very short notice. We were able to go because we were trained
and we were ready.
This sequester has already taken its toll on our military, so to deny
these Guardsmen and Reservists their pay when they're making these
sacrifices makes absolutely no sense to me. In fact, it's incredibly
stupid for our country to be so shortsighted to try to make our
political statements by denying the men and women of the Guard and
Reserve the pay for their sacrifices.
I urge support of the resolution.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, at this time, I yield 1 minute
to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Coffman).
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Mr. COFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3230, the Pay
Our Guard and Reserve Act.
On September 30, Congress passed and the President signed H.R. 3210,
which, I believe, is the Pay Our Military Act, which I introduced.
Every Member of the House voted for that bill. Yet there are those here
today who seem to have sort of temporary amnesia about that and are
saying we are not going to vote for anything piecemeal, that we will
only vote when there is a clean CR for everything, for everybody, for
all aspects of the Federal Government--the discretionary budget.
Yet you already voted piecemeal. You voted for Active Duty personnel.
You voted for Federal civil service. You voted for the contractors
essential for them. You already did that. The message that you're
sending is that the soldiers, the marines, the airmen, the Reserves,
and the Guardsmen, who have sacrificed their lives for this country,
are of lesser status than the Active Duty. You are wrong. That is
simply wrong.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Ros-Lehtinen). The Chair would like to
remind the Members to address their remarks to the Chair.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, I would simply make the point in response to the
gentleman's remarks that I don't want to vote on a clean CR. I'm not
here to do that. I am here to vote on 12 appropriations bills that make
discrete decisions, that make discerning judgments about how best and
most efficiently and most effectively to run the Government of the
United States. The gentleman is mistaken if he thinks I want to vote on
a clean CR. I want to do appropriations bills just as I know Chairman
Rogers wants to do and as Ranking Member Lowey wants to do.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, I agree that the regular order
is to pass individual appropriations bills and to go to conference with
the Senate if they will conference. I agree with my friend from Indiana
on that issue.
At this time, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Florida (Mr.
Bilirakis), my colleague and my friend.
Mr. BILIRAKIS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Madam Speaker, I rise today to show my support for the continued
funding for our veterans and military personnel in the Reserve
components. As vice chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee,
I always find myself in awe of the sacrifices our men and women in
uniform have made in service to our great country.
I remain committed to ending this government shutdown and to fighting
to protect the American people. I have joined my House colleagues to
vote multiple times to keep the government open and to make sure that
Members of Congress face the same consequences under ObamaCare that
hardworking Americans across the country face.
It is my desire, my sincere hope, that the Senate and the President
will come together as soon as possible to join the House in a civil and
open dialogue. We need to enact a fair solution to this situation that
serves all Americans, particularly our Nation's heroes who have so
bravely served us.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, at this point, I yield 1 minute
to the gentlelady from Michigan (Mrs. Miller).
Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong
support of this legislation, the Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act.
The first and foremost responsibility of the Federal Government is to
provide for the common defense. That is actually in the Preamble of our
Constitution. Since our Nation's birth, some 237 years ago, the
National Guard has been at the foundation of our common defense.
Since 9/11, Madam Speaker, we have seen the largest call-up to active
service of our National Guard and Reserve since World War II. They
actually make up about 30 percent of everybody who is in theater. The
men and women of the Guard and Reserve have always answered freedom's
call with bravery and with honor. The enemies and their bullets make no
distinction between the regular Armed Forces and the Guard and Reserve,
so it is beyond me to understand why this Congress would do so.
We have a duty to make certain that those brave men and women have
the training that they need to serve in the defense of our freedoms and
to make certain that they are paid for their service. Vote ``yes'' for
the National Guard and Reserve. Vote ``yes'' on this legislation.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the
gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Bridenstine).
Mr. BRIDENSTINE. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3230 for
our National Guard and Reserve. I would be astonished if any Member of
Congress votes against this bill.
In the midst of a shutdown, due to the President and Harry Reid's
unwillingness to negotiate, Congress came together, and we acted to
fund our Active Duty troops. Following this vote, the radical left
voted against funding our veterans; they voted against funding our
national parks; and they even voted against funding cancer patients.
Now we are trying to pay the Reserve and Guard components, who have
fought valiantly for this country all over the world. The citizen
warriors of my State of Oklahoma and across this country should not
suffer because the radical left, which includes our President, is
unwilling to negotiate.
Voting against our Guard and Reserve servicemembers is every bit as
indefensible as voting against our Active Duty servicemembers and our
vets. I urge my colleagues to act responsibly and to fund our Reserve
and Guard.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I yield 3 minutes to the ranking member of the
Appropriations Committee (Mrs. Lowey).
Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I rise with great respect for Chairman
Young. However, I rise in strong opposition to this reckless Republican
shutdown.
Of course we support the National Guard and Reserves. The House
already passed a full-year funding bill for the Guard and Reserves in
July under the auspices of Chairman Young and our extraordinary ranking
member, Mr. Visclosky; but this bill is inadequate, and it's the wrong
action at this time.
Our troops need training and equipment--two key components absent
from this bill. This measure does nothing to help the CIA, the FBI, the
DEA, the Secret Service, or the Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
This is critical to our Nation's defense.
We could end the shutdown today if the majority would only allow a
vote on the Senate-passed bill, which includes the funding levels that
the Republicans support and that would be signed by the President. Then
we could get to work, as our ranking member said, on a complete bill,
an omnibus bill, through the regular order of the Appropriations
Committee.
The House majority, apparently, can't take the heat from the fire
that they've lit, so now they've put forward this reckless political
attempt to shift blame for their shutdown. Ending the shutdown of our
government couldn't be more simple: stop playing games and pass the
reasonable bill that the Senate and the White House have already agreed
to. Madam Speaker, it's time for the Republicans to stop opposing
reasonable solutions and to end their shutdown. Allow a vote on the
Senate bill.
I have served in this Congress for many years with the distinguished
ranking member, Mr. Visclosky, and the chairman, Mr. Bill Young. I am
embarrassed to go home to my constituents in my district and talk to
them about the dysfunction due to the Republican shutdown of this
government. There are people who don't have child care. There are
people who don't have health care. There are people who are suffering,
who are having trouble paying the rent. Let us open this government and
get our work done.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, understanding that Chairman Young will
close and that he has no further speakers, I would simply make the
observation that I would hope all of us think through the issues that
are pending here today and tomorrow and remember that our ultimate
charge is to be of service to all of the public.
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I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. I yield myself the balance of my time.
Madam Speaker, this is not a political bill. This is a correction
bill. It has been held pretty much to a legislative process rather than
a political process.
I want to say how much I have enjoyed the many years of serving on
the same subcommittees with Mrs. Lowey, and then she advanced to the
high rank as the ranking member on the Appropriations Committee.
To my friend, Mr. Visclosky, we have worked together for so long on
the Defense Appropriations Committee to bring to this House and to this
Congress legislation that had no sign of politics.
H.R. 3230, I believe, will be supported by everybody in the House. It
doesn't solve the overall problem, but it does solve one problem for
the Guard and Reserve. I am satisfied that there will be other
legislation, maybe not following this particular bill, but following in
the course of events that will come later. Today, we are dealing with
H.R. 3230, and I hope that everybody in the Chamber and in the House
will support H.R. 3230 and at least take care of one of the problems.
With that very important thought, I yield back the balance of my
time.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise to speak on H.R. 3230, the Pay
Our Guard and Reserve Act. The members of the National Guard who reside
in the city of Houston are more than numbers; they are friends of mine
who share a passion for love of country and community service that is
unrivaled.
It is very painful to me to see our men and women in the armed
services treated with such disrespect by the majority of the House of
Representatives. I know how they treat members of Congress when we
visit their installations or facilities. They greet us with salutes,
deference and respect.
I have learned to return their greetings in kind not out of habit but
out of true appreciation for who they are and what they do to make the
lives of countless Americans better.
Guard and reservists, unlike regular army or military service
personnel, are part of the support for first responders for communities
in times when a hurricane comes ashore, wildfires strike, tornadoes
touch down and ice storms occur.
When Congress moves to fund only components of the government but not
the entire government they do harm to our nation's security in small
and large ways. One of the large ways they harm our nation's security
is to undermine the cohesiveness of all of the components of our
military force.
The majority bringing a bill to the floor today to include the Guard
and Reserve on their list of favored Federal government programs,
projects or agencies is an afterthought.
If the House majority thought that the Guard and Reserves were
important to the security of our nation, which I believe that they are,
funding would have been in the bill passed that continued pay to
soldiers.
What is most troubling is that if the majority of the House would
actually negotiate with Democrats in the House before introducing these
measures, they would know that this approach will mean that we will
spend the next hundred or two hundred days coming back to fund an
office, agency or Federal component that the majority did not know was
essential.
The regular order for consideration of funding bills allows
committees with jurisdiction and more important in-depth knowledge
about agencies to make funding decisions.
No one member knows everything that there is to know about what each
agency does and how what that agency does impacts or touches on how
well another part of the Federal government functions.
The Federal government is not a group of dismembered parts but a
cohesive unit that works as one for the benefit of the American people.
Attempting to bribe our Guard and Reservists into turning a blind eye
to the best interest of our nation speaks to the character of the
majority's leadership on the matter of the budget.
Attempting to turn one American against another is a shameful act and
one that will not be tolerated or soon forgotten by the American
public.
The House majority see members of the Guard and Reservists as
selfish.
They are far from selfish, they are selfless. Over 662,000 National
Guard and Reserve Troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan as of 2011.
Included in these numbers are 15,877 Army Guard, 11,939 Army
Reservists, 2,068 Navy Reservists, 3,499 Marine Corps Reservists and
over 6,000 Air National Guard, Air Force Reservists and Coast Guard
Reservists from the State of Texas.
If the majority cared about the welfare of the Guard and Reservists
they would have ended the Sequester, which has cost them pay cuts just
like all Federal personnel.
This is not a game--where points can be won or lost--these are lives
being impacted by decisions made by the majority of this body who are
not putting first the America the Guard and Reservists risk their lives
to protect and serve.
The Guard and Reserves will not leave anyone behind--if they did they
know that the ability to defend and protect this nation would be left
behind.
We must learn from these brave men and women to work together for the
good of a nation and not for political gain.
We know what needs to be done--put everyone back to work in the
Federal government; then we can work on the issues that separate us.
Time is important for Federal workers who have been working with
reduced pay for months. We should and can do better than play politics
with the lives of our Guard and Reservists.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
Pursuant to House Resolution 370, the previous question is ordered.
The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.
Motion to Recommit
Mr. ENYART. Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
Mr. ENYART. I am, in its current form.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, I reserve a point of order on
the gentleman's motion.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved.
The Clerk will report the motion to recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Enyart moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3230 to the
Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the
same back to the House forthwith with the following
amendment:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
That upon passage of this bill by the House of
Representatives, the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 59) making
continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other
purposes, as amended by the Senate on September 27, 2013,
shall be considered to have been taken from the Speaker's
table and the House shall be considered to have (1) receded
from its amendment; and (2) concurred in the Senate
amendment.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
{time} 1315
Mr. ENYART. Madam Speaker, the underlying bill pays Reservists and
Guardsmen for weekend drills during this government shutdown, but it
does nothing to pay the full-time support force. The vast majority of
full-time Guardsmen and Reservists wear a uniform but are considered
civil service technicians; thus, they're currently furloughed.
I spent nearly 37 years serving this great Nation's military; 32
years of those years were in the National Guard and the Reserve. As a
young enlisted airman and later as a junior officer in the Army Guard,
I certainly appreciated that paycheck for a weekend of duty. I, like
many of the young troops serving today, needed that paycheck, kind of
like the civilian employees at Scott Air Force Base need their
paychecks or the Forest Service workers in the Shawnee National Forest
need their paychecks or the clerks at the Social Security office in
Carbondale, Illinois, need their paychecks.
The absolute utter cynicism of the underlying bill appalls me. As the
only former general serving in Congress, I'm sponsoring this amendment
to correct the underlying bill which only makes pawns of dedicated
American Reservists and Guardsmen. The only thing that bill does is
give the politicians who sponsored it and who vote for it a claim,
while wrapping themselves in the flag, to say they're supporting the
troops. It's as phony as putting a flag pin on your lapel and claiming
that makes you a patriot.
The underlying bill is as phony as the bill I voted against Tuesday.
That bill was falsely named ``Honoring Our Promise to America's
Veterans Act.'' My father was a disabled veteran. He's buried in a
national cemetery. My
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brother is a combat disabled veteran. I'm a veteran. Between the three
of us, we have accumulated a total of 65 years of military service to
this Nation. I tell you, as a veteran, that bill is a disservice to
veterans. It cut $6.1 billion from the VA budget, which was already
passed by the House. It eliminated funding for VA construction. It
eliminated funding for national cemeteries, that cemetery my father is
buried in. It eliminated funding for medical and prosthetic research.
That bill was a lie to America's veterans and America's voters.
I am sick of phony bills designed solely to create political ads. I
and my constituents are sick of the messaging that makes bad policy out
to be good politics. It is time to drive the moneychangers from the
temple and to bring an end to this sanctimonious foolishness. Just as a
soldier refuses to leave his or her battle buddies behind, I refuse to
leave all of the people who proudly serve this great Nation behind.
Stop this charade. Have the moral courage to tell the truth to the
American people. The amendment I offer today presents the continuing
resolution, which has the Republican budget numbers in it. It would pay
not just the part-time National Guard, not just the part-time
Reservists, but the full-timers, too. It puts 70 percent of the CIA
back to work. It puts the VA back to work. It puts our government back
to work.
Let's not call this a continuing resolution. Let's call it what it
is: Put Our Government Back to Work. I ask you to have the integrity to
vote ``yes'' or ``no.'' If you're a patriot behind that American flag
pin, have the guts to show it.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Point of Order
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, I make a point of order against
the motion to recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida will state his
point of order.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. This motion is not germane and as such is a
violation of rule XVI, clause 7, which states:
No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under
consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
This motion deals with the proposition unrelated to the matter
addressed by the joint resolution and brings in a matter under the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Rules, which fails the committee of
jurisdiction test and, therefore, is a violation of rule XVI, clause 7.
I ask for a ruling from the chair.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from Illinois wish to be
heard on the point of order?
Mr. ENYART. Yes, Madam Speaker, I would like to be heard on the point
of order.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized on
the point of order.
Mr. ENYART. Madam Speaker, my motion to recommit would open up the
entire Federal Government so that the part-time National Guard not only
receives their pay, but also the full-time National Guard. They would
receive all of their benefits. They would receive funds for the
equipment to do their jobs. There would no longer be furloughs. Can the
Chair explain why it is not germane to keep all of the needs of the
National Guard open for public service instead of only their pay?
If we're paying our National Guard, but they can't do their jobs,
what sense does that make? Are we asking our brave soldiers simply to
sit at their desks? What kind of strange House is this that would force
that situation on our brave men and women, the brave men and women that
have been so remarkably addressed by the gentleman across the aisle?
Madam Speaker, if you rule this motion out of order, does that mean
we will not have a chance to keep the entire Federal Government open
today? Can the Chair please explain why we can't keep our part-time
National Guard and the entire Federal Government open today?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is prepared to rule.
The gentleman from Florida makes a point of order that the amendment
proposed in the motion to recommit offered by the gentleman from
Illinois is not germane.
The bill extends funding relating to the Reserve components of the
Armed Forces for all of fiscal year 2014 and a portion of fiscal year
2015. The instructions in the motion propose an order of business of
the House relating to funding for all other agencies and departments
subject to the annual appropriations process for the remainder of the
fiscal year.
On October 2, 2013, a similar motion to recommit was offered to a
joint resolution that, like H.R. 3230, provided for the appropriation
of certain funds. The Chair ruled that motion nongermane on committee
jurisdiction grounds.
Here, similarly, the bill falls within the jurisdiction of Committee
on Appropriations. The instructions contained in the motion to recommit
fall within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Rules.
The motion is not germane. The point of order is sustained.
Mr. ENYART. Madam Speaker, I appeal the ruling of the Chair.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is, Shall the ruling of the
Chair stand as the decision of the House?
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, I move to lay the appeal on the
table.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. ENYART. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by a 5-minute vote
on the passage of the bill, if arising without further proceedings in
recommittal.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 228,
nays 194, not voting 9, as follows:
[Roll No. 515]
YEAS--228
Aderholt
Amash
Amodei
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Cook
Cotton
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Daines
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Joyce
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Latham
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Petri
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Radel
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schock
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stewart
Stivers
Stockman
Stutzman
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NAYS--194
Andrews
Barber
Barrow (GA)
Beatty
Becerra
Bera (CA)
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
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Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Deutch
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matheson
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
O'Rourke
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--9
Bass
Cardenas
Dingell
Foxx
Herrera Beutler
Jones
McCarthy (NY)
Negrete McLeod
Rush
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Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Messrs. BUTTERFIELD, HONDA, Ms. WILSON of
Florida and Messrs. RUIZ and CARNEY changed their vote from ``yea'' to
``nay.''
Messrs. NUGENT, GRIFFIN of Arkansas and Mrs. NOEM changed their vote
from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the motion to table was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 515, I was unexpectedly
detained and missed the rollcall vote No. 515 on the motion to table
the appeal of the ruling of the chair. Had I been present, I would have
voted ``yea''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. MORAN. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 265,
nays 160, not voting 6, as follows:
[Roll No. 516]
YEAS--265
Aderholt
Amash
Amodei
Bachmann
Bachus
Barber
Barletta
Barr
Barrow (GA)
Barton
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bera (CA)
Bilirakis
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Bustos
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Carney
Carter
Cassidy
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Cook
Cotton
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Daines
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Joyce
Keating
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Latham
Latta
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Massie
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Petri
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Radel
Rahall
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Royce
Ruiz
Runyan
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schneider
Schock
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stewart
Stivers
Stockman
Stutzman
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NAYS--160
Andrews
Beatty
Becerra
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Maloney, Carolyn
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--6
Bass
Herrera Beutler
Jones
McCarthy (NY)
Negrete McLeod
Rush
{time} 1357
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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