[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 42 (Thursday, March 13, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H2401-H2405]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
FAITHFUL EXECUTION OF THE LAW ACT OF 2014
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further
consideration of H.R. 3973 will now resume.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment offered
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by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.
Mr. DeSANTIS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 191,
nays 227, not voting 13, as follows:
[Roll No. 127]
YEAS--191
Barber
Barrow (GA)
Beatty
Becerra
Bera (CA)
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
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
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Nolan
O'Rourke
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
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
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NAYS--227
Aderholt
Amash
Bachus
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
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
Foxx
Frelinghuysen
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Latham
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Maffei
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McAllister
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
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)
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
Sherman
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
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--13
Amodei
Bachmann
Bass
Cantor
Dingell
Franks (AZ)
Gosar
McKeon
Rangel
Rush
Smith (WA)
Wagner
Waxman
{time} 1642
Messrs. POSEY, MARCHANT, BUCSHON, RYAN of Wisconsin, and MAFFEI
changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
Mr. HIGGINS and Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California changed their vote
from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. 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
Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I have a
motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill?
Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I am opposed
to the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico moves to recommit
the bill H.R. 3973 to the Committee on the Judiciary with
instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith
with the following amendment:
Add at the end of the bill the following:
SEC. 3. PROTECTING NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN
ENEMIES AND SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
The amendments made by this Act do not apply to information
that would expose critical national security and foreign
policy legal, strategic, and tactical positions to
terrorists, drug cartels, money launderers, or foreign
enemies of the United States.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from
New Mexico is recognized for 5 minutes in support of her motion.
Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, this is the
final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it
back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to
final passage, as amended.
Mr. Speaker, we have heard passionate arguments in support of and in
opposition to this bill. We have heard Members argue that this bill is
needed to prevent the Obama administration's overreach on issues such
as immigration and health care.
Conversely, we have heard Members note that the Republican leadership
has refused to pass comprehensive immigration reform, refused to raise
the minimum wage, and refused to compromise on a budget until they had
shut down the Federal Government. These Members argue that this has
forced the President to act within his constitutional authority to
faithfully execute the law.
That sharp rhetoric and disagreement is a result of the political
realities that we find ourselves in today, and it reflects Congress's
failure to work together and solve problems on behalf of the American
people.
I oppose the underlying bill, but I more strongly oppose the gridlock
that has consumed this Congress and is leading it to become the most
unproductive Congress and uncompromising Congress in the history of the
United States.
I believe that we can move past that today by coming together and
supporting my amendment, which would address significant national
security concerns raised by this legislation.
My amendment would ensure that the bill's requirement that the
executive branch explain why it prioritizes resources would not impact
or expose critical national security and foreign policy interests,
positions, or strategies to terrorists, drug cartels, and foreign
enemies of the United States.
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Mr. Speaker, Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National
Laboratory are located in my home State of New Mexico. These
laboratories ensure the safety, reliability, and effectiveness of the
Nation's nuclear deterrent.
The experiments and tests that they conduct are at the cutting edge
of science and human understanding. They work every day to study,
analyze, solve, and prepare for emerging and potential national
security threats, contingencies, and risks.
They help inform our Nation's defense and foreign policy
decisionmakers on how to confront the increasingly complex dangers that
our Nation faces.
I am sure there is not one Member of this body that would want the
sensitive national security work conducted at the National Laboratories
and other government agencies to be revealed to terrorists, to drug
cartels and foreign enemies. But that is the risk that all of us will
bear if we pass this bill today with this current broad language.
This bill requires the Attorney General to monitor every executive
branch agency and every Federal officer who issues a formal or informal
policy that refrains from enforcing any Federal statute, rule,
regulation, program or policy.
So let me say that again: it would require the Attorney General to
monitor every Federal officer's alleged non-enforcement of any Federal
statute, rule, regulation, program, or policy.
The language would include Federal officials who are making decisions
on national security concerns and interests, based on information and
assistance supplied, in many cases, by the national labs in my home
State.
This could put the Attorney General in the dangerous position of
choosing between keeping strategic foreign policy positions and
information from foreign enemies, and complying with the requirements
of this legislation.
This would, undoubtedly, lead to litigation, court cases, and
appeals, costing the American government embarrassing legal battles and
leaving taxpayers to foot the bill.
That time and money is better spent on the activity that these
national security agencies are intended to conduct: providing for the
safety of the American people.
It just doesn't make sense to impose costly reporting requirements on
activities that could potentially hurt national security interests. You
wouldn't require a general to reveal his strategy and tactics before he
goes into battle.
Mr. Speaker, we came together just last week to pass an aid package
for Ukraine to address national security concerns due to recent Russian
aggression. We passed that bill on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis.
Leaders of both parties came together in solidarity.
We can do that again today with the adoption of this amendment, which
ensures that nothing in this bill adversely impacts our Nation's
security.
I want to be clear. The adoption of this amendment will not prevent
the passage of the underlying bill. If adopted, it will be incorporated
into the bill and will be immediately voted upon.
Although we may all disagree on the need for the underlying bill, we
have an opportunity to stand united and support our Nation's vital
policy and foreign policy goals.
I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this final amendment.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. DeSANTIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to
recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida is recognized for
5 minutes.
Mr. DeSANTIS. Mr. Speaker, we have in this country a government of
laws, not of men. The Congress passes laws, the President executes
laws, and the courts adjudicate disputes under those laws.
One law on the books already requires the Attorney General to report
to Congress when the executive branch suspends enforcement of a law due
to constitutional concerns, and AGs ranging from Holder to Gonzalez
have done this.
When the executive branch suspends execution of the law for other
reasons, this same reporting requirement should apply, and, in fact,
may even be more important on separation of powers grounds. This
transparency will help Congress safeguard its constitutional authority,
and will allow the American people to evaluate the actions of the
executive branch.
Now, why is this necessary?
Yesterday's paper, The Wall Street Journal:
Last week the administration quietly excused millions of
people from the requirement to purchase health insurance or
else pay a tax penalty.
This latest political reconstruction has received zero
media notice, and the Health and Human Services Department
didn't think the details of this delay were worth discussing
in a conference call, press materials, or fact sheet.
Instead, the mandate suspension was buried in an unrelated
rule that was meant to preserve some health plans that don't
comply with ObamaCare benefits and redistribution mandates.
This is no way to run a government. Surely, this is not consistent
with being the most transparent administration in history.
Now, some have said that the transparency requirements would be
burdensome, but this raises the question, exactly how many laws is this
administration suspending?
This bill can only be burdensome if the administration is
consistently suspending duly enacted laws.
My question is: What is wrong with a little sunlight?
Now, I have not heard the President's defenders articulate a limiting
principle regarding his actions. ``If Congress does not do what I want,
I will do it anyway'' is not a limiting principle, and is not
consistent with constitutional government.
Here is a limiting principle. U.S. Supreme Court, Kendall v. United
States:
To contend that the obligation imposed on the President to
see the laws faithfully executed implies a power to forbid
their execution is a novel construction of the Constitution,
and is entirely inadmissible.
Now, news reports have detailed how the latest ObamaCare suspensions
are tailored to help the President's party in the midterm elections.
Now, this is not sufficient justification. Of course there is always
going to be another election around the corner.
Once you do suspension to get to 2014, well, you are going to have
2016. Do you need to get Hillary across the finish line?
Then when a Republican President takes over, guess what? That
President's supporters are going to say, hey, they suspended these
provisions. Why don't you suspend the provisions that we don't like?
Pretty soon, you end up with Presidents of both parties picking and
choosing what they want to enforce.
Here is the deal. Short-term political advantages and fleeting policy
victories do not trump our duty to support and defend the Constitution.
This is true whether the President is a Democrat or a Republican.
I would much rather lose out on my preferred policy outcomes and see
my party lose an election while safeguarding our constitutional order,
because it is, ultimately, that Constitution which does the most to
protect our freedoms.
If we go down the road where Presidents of both parties simply
enforce what is good for their party and disregard what is not, then we
will no longer be a government of laws, but a government of men, and
this institution will be forever diminished.
The Constitution delegates the Congress the power to make law, not to
make suggestions. The Faithful Execution of the Law Act will help shine
a light on executive branch failures to faithfully execute the laws of
our land.
A vote for this bill is a vote for transparency, for the rule of law,
and for constitutional government.
I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this motion, and vote ``yes''
to pass this bill.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is
ordered on the motion to recommit.
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I demand a
recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on
the question of passage of the bill.
This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 192,
noes 225, not voting 14, as follows:
[Roll No. 128]
AYES--192
Barber
Barrow (GA)
Beatty
Becerra
Bera (CA)
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
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
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Nolan
O'Rourke
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
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
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOES--225
Aderholt
Amash
Bachus
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
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
Foxx
Frelinghuysen
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
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
McAllister
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
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)
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
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--14
Amodei
Bachmann
Bass
Capito
Courtney
Dingell
Franks (AZ)
Gosar
McClintock
Rangel
Rush
Smith (WA)
Wagner
Waxman
{time} 1702
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 128 I was unavoidably
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
(By unanimous consent, Mr. MEEHAN was allowed to speak out of order.)
Congressional Hockey Challenge
Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity to address
our colleagues for 1 minute on behalf of the Congressional Hockey
Caucus and our colleagues from both sides of the aisle who now, for the
sixth year, have participated in what we call the Congressional Hockey
Challenge.
This is the game for charity in which we have Members of Congress who
play hockey and three of our friends from the Parliament in Canada,
representing the lawmakers, play against a team of lobbyists. The game
specifically supports hockey for children in underprivileged
communities who would not otherwise have access to the game.
In addition, it has raised dollars for scholarships for children from
underprivileged communities to go on to play hockey in college. This
was the sixth annual game, and to date, we have raised over a $500,000
for that charity.
Let me just close with this observation. In addition to being able to
play with our colleagues and the lobbyists, we were joined on each side
by very, very special guests. They were members of the Wounded Warriors
ice hockey team.
The lobbyist team was privileged to have retired Army reservist
Joseph Bowser, who lost a leg in Iraq, playing on their team. Our side
was joined by retired Army Captain Mark Little, who lost both legs in
Iraq.
I might tell you that there is no more inspirational thing than to
see the courage of two young men who have found hockey as a way to find
continued aspiration and accomplishment.
I will close my observations by saying that the winning goal--and
this was no giveaway. This was a remarkably competitive game. The
winning goal was scored by Captain Mark Little.
So on behalf of my colleagues, I am pleased to report that the pride
of the institution is intact. Congress won 7-5.
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, 5-minute voting will
continue.
There was no objection.
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.
Recorded Vote
Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 244,
noes 171, not voting 16, as follows:
[Roll No. 129]
AYES--244
Aderholt
Amash
Bachus
Barber
Barletta
Barr
Barrow (GA)
Barton
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bera (CA)
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Bustos
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Cook
Cotton
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Daines
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Farenthold
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Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Frelinghuysen
Gallego
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Latham
Latta
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Maffei
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McAllister
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
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peters (CA)
Peterson
Petri
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Rahall
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schneider
Schock
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sherman
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
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NOES--171
Beatty
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Crowley
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
Garamendi
Garcia
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
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
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Nolan
O'Rourke
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters (MI)
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rohrabacher
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sires
Slaughter
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--16
Amodei
Bachmann
Bass
Becerra
Courtney
Dingell
Franks (AZ)
Gosar
Hinojosa
Rangel
Richmond
Rush
Smith (WA)
Wagner
Waters
Waxman
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining.
{time} 1714
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York changed her vote from ``aye'' to
``no.''
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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