[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 70 (Friday, May 9, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H4038-H4046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SUCCESS AND OPPORTUNITY THROUGH QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT
The Committee resumed its sitting.
{time} 1100
Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Langevin
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 10
printed in part A of House Report 113-444.
Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Page 25, line 10, strike ``or dropout'' and inserting ``,
dropout''.
Page 25, line 11, insert before the period at the end the
following: ``, or comprehensive career counseling
practices''.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 576, the gentleman
from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin) and a Member opposed each will control
5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Rhode Island.
Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Chairman, I would like to, first of all, thank Chairman Kline and
Ranking Member Miller for their hard work in bringing this bill to the
floor. While it is not perfect, I certainly appreciate their bipartisan
work on the public charter school program.
Mr. Chairman, my amendment basically adds comprehensive career
counseling to the criteria that the Secretary of Education will take
into account when prioritizing grants awarded under this bill. The
amendment would provide school counselors with the most up-to-date
information and training for current and future workforce trends and
needs. As students plan their path forward, this knowledge will be
invaluable.
I am proud to be joined in offering this amendment by my good friend
and colleague, Congressman G.T. Thompson from Pennsylvania. As cochairs
of the bipartisan Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus,
Representative Thompson and I are committed to expanding skills and
training that will provide students of all ages with the capabilities
necessary to meet the demands of the modern economy. It is a true
partnership, and I appreciate his leadership.
Comprehensive career counseling is a vital part of skills training.
It helps to better align school curricula with local workforce trends
and available postsecondary opportunities.
This amendment will help school counselors connect high school
students to the skills they need to succeed in the 21st century
workforce.
As we all can see, it has become clear that high school diplomas are
no longer sufficient training for the modern job market. While not
every job will require a college degree, some sort of postsecondary
education will be absolutely necessary. Whether it comes from a
community college, a skills training program, or on-the-job training,
we need to change what it means to be college- and career-ready. We
need to provide students with the knowledge and expertise that will
truly prepare them for what is next.
Comprehensive career counseling and training doesn't just belong to
charter schools. It is a tool that all students should be able to
access, and I look forward to working with my colleagues to expand this
program to other schools in the future. Today, we have an opportunity
to take a first step in that direction.
I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this amendment.
With that, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. George
Miller), the ranking member.
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
I rise in support of this amendment. He states it quite correctly:
all secondary schools should be equipped to assist bridging the divide
from high school to college to career.
I thank the gentleman for offering the amendment, and I urge my
colleagues to vote in support of it.
Mr. LANGEVIN. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in
opposition, although I am certainly not opposed to this amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania
is recognized for 5 minutes.
There was no objection.
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Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank Chairman
Kline and Ranking Member Miller for their work on the bipartisan
Success and Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Act. This is
the second bipartisan bill the committee has brought to the floor this
week.
I also want to thank the gentleman from Rhode Island, my good friend,
Representative Langevin, who I am proud to join in offering this
bipartisan amendment. We cochair the Congressional Career and Technical
Education Caucus together, and opportunities like this amendment are
really at the heart of education: preparing students for viable
workforce opportunities and to assist the American economy to be
competitive in a global market.
The amendment we have put forward adds comprehensive career
counseling to the criteria the U.S. Secretary of Education will
consider when making grants to support high-performing charter schools
and their expansion.
No matter the school, the further promotion of comprehensive career
counseling helps drive curriculum improvements that are better aligned
with local workforce trends and the availability of postsecondary
opportunities, whether they be non-degree certificate programs,
internships, apprenticeships, or 2-year and 4-year degrees.
In all schools, traditional and charter, we must advance every
opportunity to guide students into postsecondary opportunities that
reflect the individual's talents and interests, which includes offering
them the support and the counseling necessary to begin them on that
path to mobility and success.
I often say it is not where you start out in life, it is where you
end up. And career counseling will help students maximize their
individual potential to achieve during that journey.
Our amendment is supported by the American School Counselor
Association, the Association for Career and Technical Education, the
National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers,
and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment that
builds on the important and valuable reforms included in the underlying
bill, and I thank the gentleman from Rhode Island.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague for his kind words
in support of the amendment.
With that, I urge all my colleagues to support this amendment. Again,
it will give school counselors the most up-to-date information and
training that they need as they are advising their young students about
their career path forward.
I urge my colleagues to support the amendment, and I yield back the
balance of my time.
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I just urge support of
this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Chairman, 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 Rhode Island
will be postponed.
Amendment No. 11 Offered by Ms. Bonamici
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 11
printed in part A of House Report 113-444.
Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Page 26, line 20, insert before the semicolon at the end
the following: ``, including how the State entity met the
objective of sharing best and promising practices described
in subsection (e)(1)(A)(x) in areas such as instruction,
professional development, curricula development, and
operations between charter schools and other public schools,
and the extent to which, if known, such practices were
adopted and implemented by such other public schools;''.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 576, the gentlewoman
from Oregon (Ms. Bonamici) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Oregon.
Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of an amendment to H.R.
10, but I want to start by thanking Chairman Kline and Ranking Member
Miller for collaborating on this bipartisan legislation.
I also want to thank my colleagues today who have offered amendments
that will further strengthen the transparency and oversight of charter
schools.
We have heard a lot of remarks about charter schools expanding
opportunity for students and transforming education in cities and towns
across the country. But we need to remember that charter schools enroll
about 5 percent of public school students.
Charter schools are not the only schools leading in innovation. When
I am in my district in Oregon visiting schools, I am always impressed
by the great things that they are doing.
I visited a public middle school in Forest Grove, Oregon, recently,
where every student has a tablet, and the educators are trained in the
technology to improve instruction and track students' understanding in
real time.
I have visited a public elementary school in Hillsboro, Oregon, that
created a school-wide STEM curriculum that integrates the arts and
creative exploration, where the students are engaged.
And just recently, Lincoln High School, a traditional public high
school from Portland, Oregon, won the national ``We the People''
competition here in Washington, D.C., by displaying their phenomenal
knowledge of the U.S. Constitution.
So I am a strong supporter of traditional schools. Sometimes they are
the community center in the town, the place where generations of family
members have gone.
Mr. Chairman, I am going to support this bill today--and we will pass
it--but Congress needs to redouble our focus on the other 95 percent of
the students in traditional public schools who need relief from the
punitive provisions of No Child Left Behind. I hope, Mr. Chairman and
Ranking Member Miller, that we can come back and find a bipartisan ESEA
reauthorization.
My amendment today recognizes that charter schools are meant to also
benefit traditional public schools. One way the charter schools support
traditional schools is by sharing practices that are evidence-driven
and replicable.
H.R. 10 asks the State entities overseeing charter schools to
disseminate best practices from charter schools to traditional public
schools. The bill already asks States to report on these efforts. But
H.R. 10 does not ask States to measure if the sharing of best practices
is benefiting traditional public schools.
There are some positive examples of traditional schools and charter
schools collaborating to create curricula or rethink instruction, and
the Department of Education and some States are capturing this work.
But we should also be focused on the sharing of best practices. And we
should be especially focused on what we are getting out of it.
My amendment has States include in their reports on charter school
programs the extent to which best practices in instruction and
professional development and curricular programs are being adopted and
implemented by traditional public schools.
Remember, we spend taxpayer money on charter schools, and we grant
them autonomy and flexibility in exchange for them testing new models
of teaching and learning. The goal has been for these educational
laboratories to benefit other students in traditional schools as well.
My amendment emphasizes the original intent of charter schools. It
simply asks the States to consider whether best practices are
transferable and adoptable. Are the efforts to share best practices
benefiting educators and the millions of students in traditional public
schools?
The amendment is a small measure. It doesn't create a new requirement
for States. The report is already required. But it is an important
reminder that innovation in charter schools can also benefit all
students as well.
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I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Will the gentlewoman yield?
Ms. BONAMICI. I yield to the gentleman from California.
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. I thank the gentlewoman for
yielding.
I rise in strong support of this amendment. I think her amendment
addresses one of the concerns that I have had, and I believe many in
the educational community have had for a long time: that we didn't
intend to create two separate systems with public charter schools.
We were hoping to be able to allow some flexibility for innovation
and best practices, and to develop different methods of teaching around
learning, but those were to be shared with the traditional schools.
As Ms. Bonamici points out, traditional schools have also tacked in
many different directions with the use of academies and career
development programs that are best practices in those areas. Those
should be shared with the charters. But that hasn't happened, some of
it for political reasons, some of it because they are both so busy they
haven't been able to get together. But we would all be enriched and all
the systems would be enriched if this sharing in fact takes place.
I think this amendment is very helpful in getting that dialogue and
that sharing and the outcomes started down a road that would benefit
all students, whether they are in the traditional system or whether
they have chosen to go to a charter school.
Thank you very much for offering this amendment.
Ms. BONAMICI. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. KLINE. Mr. Chairman, I claim time in opposition, although I am
not opposed to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Minnesota is
recognized for 5 minutes.
There was no objection.
Mr. KLINE. Mr. Chairman, this amendment improves the bill. I want to
thank the gentlewoman for offering this amendment and bringing it
forward and explaining it so eloquently.
I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I reserve the
balance of my time.
Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Chairman, this does improve the bill. Collaboration
between charter schools and traditional schools is a good thing.
Sharing of practices will be beneficial.
I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I yield back the
balance of my time.
Mr. KLINE. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. Bonamici).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Oregon
will be postponed.
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Amendment No. 12 Offered by Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 12
printed in part A of House Report 113-444.
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment
at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Page 27, line 3, strike ``and''.
Page 27, line 10, strike the period at the end and insert
``; and''.
Page 27, after line 10, insert the following:
``(7) how the State entity has worked with charter schools
receiving funds under the State entity's program to foster
community involvement in the planning for and opening of such
schools.''.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 576, the gentlewoman
from California (Ms. Loretta Sanchez) and a Member opposed each will
control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from California.
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself as
much time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, innovation is important to our country and to our
communities. Innovation and education is a step up in our economic
situation here in the United States.
A high-quality education is a foundation--it is really a foundation,
not just for individuals, but for families, for communities, for our
Nation. That is one of the reasons why I believe that it is important
to have charter schools and to have charter schools compete well, to
have charter schools thought out well. They are an addition to what is
going on in our public school system.
Mr. Chairman, back in my area, I have two very, very outstanding
charter schools right down the street from where I live. One of them is
the Orange County School of the Arts, performing arts; and aside from
that, it has one of the highest academic levels. In fact, it is in the
top 10 charter schools in my home State of California. As you know, we
represent a large amount of people, 38 million or so, so that is saying
something.
I also have the El Sol Science and Arts Academy just down the street.
That is an elementary school. What it has seen is incredible
achievement, the close of the achievement gap for lower-income
students.
But not all schools are high quality--not all charter schools are
high quality, and what we need to do is recommit to ensuring that those
schools we have, both traditional public and charter schools, as well
as private schools, do a good job for America; so that is why I will be
voting for H.R. 10.
My amendment, Mr. Chairman, would simply work to ensure that
community involvement is happening with charter schools. That is
incredibly important.
I know that, when I went to school, community was involved in my
public school, and that is why it was one of the most outstanding
elementary schools in our Nation at the time.
I am pleased to have worked with my colleagues from both sides of the
aisle on the amendment that I am offering today, which will hold public
charter schools accountable in fostering and promoting community
involvement.
Simply said, the amendment requires State entities receiving funds
through the Charter Schools Program to report on how their allocations
are supporting and enhancing community involvement.
The voices in our communities matter, the voices of parents, of
educators, of stakeholders. Let's not forget that it is those
communities that send each of us here to the United States House of
Representatives.
So I believe that charter schools must be engaged with the local
community to understand the students they teach, and my amendment will
strengthen the role of community in the process.
Higher community involvement in schools is essential to the success
of the students and is also essential to the families of those
students.
So I believe that this amendment will help us in making that gap of
achievement that we see in so many areas where charter schools are
located, making that gap of achievement smaller.
While charter schools are not the final solution to the educational
challenges in our country, let's ensure that all of our schools are
positively contributing to the promise of a quality education for every
child in every neighborhood.
I urge my colleagues to support my amendment to improve this bill.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. KLINE. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the
amendment, although I do not oppose the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Minnesota is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. KLINE. Mr. Chairman, this amendment does improve the bill. I
thank the gentlewoman for bringing it forward.
I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I reserve the
balance of my time.
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as
he may consume to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis).
Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman (Ms. Loretta
Sanchez) for bringing forward this amendment.
This amendment represents a best practice for charter schools. It is
an
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important upgrade to our Federal authorization program to ensure that
charter schools work to improve communities, disseminate best practices
to public charter schools, and partner with businesses and with
nonprofits in the community to improve the neighborhoods.
A great school can truly help transform a community. Community
involvement is the key to a public charter school having the maximum
positive impact on the community.
Parents are important partners for a child's education, and one of
the great things that well-functioning, high-quality public charter
schools do is involve parents.
By incorporating this best practice into the Federal authorizing
statute, we encourage States and districts to go even further, to
ensure that parents and the broader community are involved in working
with the public charter school as a component of transforming the
neighborhood.
I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this amendment and ``yes'' on
the underlying bill.
The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Mr. KLINE. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Loretta Sanchez).
The amendment was agreed to.
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments printed in part A of House Report
113-444 on which further proceedings were postponed, in the following
order:
Amendment No. 3 by Ms. Castor of Florida.
Amendment No. 8 by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas.
Amendment No. 9 by Ms. Wilson of Florida.
Amendment No. 10 by Mr. Langevin of Rhode Island.
Amendment No. 11 by Ms. Bonamici of Oregon.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.
Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Castor of Florida
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida
(Ms. Castor) 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 190,
noes 205, not voting 36, as follows:
[Roll No. 212]
AYES--190
Barber
Barrow (GA)
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera (CA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clay
Clyburn
Connolly
Conyers
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Dent
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Gerlach
Gibson
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hanna
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinley
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Moran
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Nolan
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Pitts
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reichert
Richmond
Ros-Lehtinen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ryan (OH)
Saanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schock
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velaazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOES--205
Aderholt
Amash
Amodei
Bachus
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Cook
Cooper
Cramer
Crenshaw
Culberson
Daines
Denham
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gardner
Garrett
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Guthrie
Hall
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Latham
Latta
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Owens
Paulsen
Pearce
Petri
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Southerland
Stewart
Stivers
Stockman
Stutzman
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--36
Bachmann
Bishop (GA)
Burgess
Caardenas
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Coble
Cotton
Crawford
DeGette
Duffy
Granger
Grijalva
Grimm
Gutieerrez
Harper
Hastings (FL)
Horsford
Hurt
Johnson (GA)
Kingston
McAllister
Moore
Nunnelee
Palazzo
Pelosi
Reed
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Schwartz
Scott, David
Smith (TX)
Speier
Whitfield
Williams
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Messrs. OWENS and GINGREY of Georgia changed their vote from ``aye''
to ``no.''
Messrs. PETERS of California, PITTS, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, and Ms.
LOFGREN changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 212 I was unable to
vote due to a medical procedure. Had I been present, I would have voted
``yes.''
Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chair, I missed rollcall vote No. 212 on the Castor
Amendment to H.R. 10--``To amend the charter school program under the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Had I been present, I
would have voted ``yes.''
Amendment No. 8 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the 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.
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Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 179,
noes 220, not voting 32, as follows:
[Roll No. 213]
AYES--179
Barber
Barrow (GA)
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera (CA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Caardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeLauro
DelBene
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Gibson
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Gutieerrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hanna
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
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
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Michaud
Moore
Moran
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Nolan
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Pocan
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Richmond
Ros-Lehtinen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ryan (OH)
Saanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scott (VA)
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
Velaazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOES--220
Aderholt
Amash
Amodei
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
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Carney
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coffman
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Cook
Cooper
Cramer
Crenshaw
Culberson
Daines
Davis, Rodney
Delaney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gabbard
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Guthrie
Hall
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huffman
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Lankford
Latham
Latta
Lofgren
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lynch
Maffei
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Owens
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peters (CA)
Petri
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schock
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Southerland
Stivers
Stockman
Stutzman
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--32
Bachmann
Bishop (GA)
Calvert
Clarke (NY)
Coble
Cole
Cotton
Crawford
DeGette
Duffy
Granger
Grijalva
Grimm
Harper
Hastings (FL)
Hurt
Kingston
McAllister
Nunnelee
Palazzo
Reed
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Schiff
Schwartz
Scott, David
Smith (TX)
Stewart
Waters
Whitfield
Williams
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1151
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 213, had I been present, I
would have voted ``aye.''
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 213 I was unable to
vote due to a medical procedure. Had I been present, I would have voted
``yes.''
Amendment No. 9 Offered by Ms. Wilson of Florida
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida
(Ms. Wilson) 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 is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 373,
noes 32, not voting 26, as follows:
[Roll No. 214]
AYES--373
Aderholt
Amodei
Bachus
Barber
Barletta
Barr
Barrow (GA)
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bera (CA)
Bilirakis
Bishop (NY)
Black
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Caardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cartwright
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Cramer
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Daines
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Grijalva
Guthrie
Gutieerrez
Hahn
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holding
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
Hudson
Huffman
Hultgren
Hunter
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jordan
Joyce
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Kuster
Lance
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
Latta
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Long
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marino
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meadows
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
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Neugebauer
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Saanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanford
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schock
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Speier
Stivers
Stutzman
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tierney
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velaazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Welch
Wenstrup
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Yarmuth
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NOES--32
Amash
Bishop (UT)
Bridenstine
Broun (GA)
Campbell
Chabot
Chaffetz
Duncan (SC)
Farenthold
Fincher
Garrett
Graves (GA)
Griffith (VA)
Harris
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Jones
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lummis
Marchant
Massie
McClintock
Olson
Pompeo
Ribble
Rohrabacher
Stewart
Stockman
Westmoreland
Woodall
NOT VOTING--26
Bachmann
Bishop (GA)
Clarke (NY)
Coble
Cotton
Crawford
DeGette
Duffy
Granger
Grimm
Harper
Hastings (FL)
Hurt
Kingston
McAllister
Nunnelee
Palazzo
Reed
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Schwartz
Scott, David
Smith (TX)
Whitfield
Williams
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1157
Mr. PITTS, Mrs. CAPITO, and Mr. KING of Iowa changed their vote from
``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 214 I was unable to
vote due to a medical procedure. Had I been present, I would have voted
``yes.''
Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Langevin
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode
Island (Mr. Langevin) 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 is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 378,
noes 27, not voting 26, as follows:
[Roll No. 215]
AYES--378
Aderholt
Amodei
Bachus
Barber
Barletta
Barr
Barrow (GA)
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bera (CA)
Bilirakis
Bishop (NY)
Black
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Caardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cartwright
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Cramer
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Daines
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Grijalva
Guthrie
Gutieerrez
Hahn
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holding
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
Hudson
Huffman
Hultgren
Hunter
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jordan
Joyce
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Kuster
LaMalfa
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
Latta
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Long
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meadows
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Neugebauer
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Saanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schock
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Speier
Stewart
Stivers
Stockman
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tierney
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velaazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Welch
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NOES--27
Amash
Barton
Bishop (UT)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Broun (GA)
Chaffetz
DeSantis
Duncan (SC)
Farenthold
Garrett
Gohmert
Griffith (VA)
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Jones
Labrador
Lamborn
Lankford
Lummis
Massie
Pompeo
Ribble
Rohrabacher
Salmon
Sanford
Stutzman
NOT VOTING--26
Bachmann
Bishop (GA)
Clarke (NY)
Coble
Cotton
Crawford
DeGette
Duffy
Granger
Grimm
Harper
Hastings (FL)
Hurt
Kingston
McAllister
Nunnelee
Palazzo
Reed
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Schwartz
Scott, David
Smith (TX)
Whitfield
Williams
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1201
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 215 I was unable to
vote due to a medical procedure. Had I been present, I would have voted
``yes.''
Amendment No. 11 Offered by Ms. Bonamici
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Oregon
(Ms. Bonamici) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
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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 363,
noes 41, not voting 27, as follows:
[Roll No. 216]
AYES--363
Aderholt
Amodei
Bachus
Barber
Barletta
Barr
Barrow (GA)
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bera (CA)
Bilirakis
Bishop (NY)
Black
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Caardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Cramer
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Daines
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Forbes
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grijalva
Guthrie
Gutieerrez
Hahn
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holding
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
Hudson
Huffman
Hultgren
Hunter
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Kuster
Lance
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
Latta
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Long
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meadows
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Neugebauer
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rokita
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Saanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schock
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Speier
Stewart
Stivers
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tierney
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velaazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Welch
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NOES--41
Amash
Bentivolio
Bishop (UT)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Broun (GA)
Burgess
Byrne
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
DeSantis
Duncan (SC)
Flores
Garrett
Gohmert
Gosar
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Jones
Jordan
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lummis
Massie
Mulvaney
Pompeo
Ribble
Rogers (AL)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Salmon
Sanford
Sensenbrenner
Stockman
Stutzman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Woodall
Yoho
NOT VOTING--27
Bachmann
Bishop (GA)
Clarke (NY)
Coble
Cotton
Crawford
DeGette
Duffy
Fortenberry
Granger
Grimm
Harper
Hastings (FL)
Hurt
Kingston
McAllister
Nunnelee
Palazzo
Reed
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Schwartz
Scott, David
Smith (TX)
Whitfield
Williams
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1204
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 216 I was unable to
vote due to a medical procedure. Had I been present, I would have voted
``yes.''
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute, as amended.
The amendment was agreed to.
The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker having assumed the
chair, Mr. Poe of Texas, 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. 10) to amend the charter school
program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and,
pursuant to House Resolution 576, he reported the bill back to the
House with an amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole.
The SPEAKER. Under the rule, the previous question is ordered.
Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment
reported from the Committee of the Whole?
If not, the question is on the committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute, as amended.
The amendment was agreed to.
The SPEAKER. 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.
(By unanimous consent, Mr. Cantor was allowed to speak out of order.)
Moment of Silence for Abducted Nigerian Girls
Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, Americans have watched in horror this week
the atrocious news reports coming out of Nigeria. Hundreds of young
girls have been kidnapped with the intent to be sold into slavery or
marriage simply because they had the courage to seek an education and a
better life.
Just this past weekend, I watched my daughter, not much older than
these girls, graduate from college. As a parent, I cannot imagine the
suffering of the moms and dads who merely wanted a good education for
their daughters.
The Obama administration has taken initial steps to help assist
efforts to return these girls to freedom and to their families. I thank
them for their efforts, and I know all of us stand ready to provide
whatever assistance is necessary.
Members should be aware that, upon our return, we will consider a
bipartisan resolution being considered by the Foreign Affairs Committee
regarding Boko Haram and these kidnappings.
Additionally, when we come back, we will also consider five
bipartisan bills to take steps toward our ultimate goal of ending human
trafficking. Together, these bills provide resources and authorities to
fight domestic human trafficking, provide services to the victims, and
take steps to deal with international human trafficking.
The atrocities in Nigeria have awakened the global conscience and
have reminded us all of the evil of human trafficking. It is also
important to note that the underlying threat posed by extremist groups
in Nigeria and throughout the region is growing.
Whether it is Boko Haram, Ansar al-Sharia, Hezbollah, Hamas, or al
Qaeda, it is critical that we in the House work with the administration
to confront the growing threat these violent extremists pose to
international peace, security, and the protection of innocent lives.
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In the coming days, as we focus on finding and returning these girls
to their homes, may God watch over them and those seeking their return.
Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California, the
Democratic leader.
Ms. PELOSI. Thank you, Mr. Leader, for yielding. Thank you, Mr.
Speaker, for giving the House this opportunity to speak this afternoon
about this despicable crime. I thank the distinguished majority leader
for his remarks, and I associate myself with his remarks in their
entirety. That is how important all of this is.
I want to commend Congresswoman Frederica Wilson for her resolution,
H. Res. 573, condemning the abduction of female students by armed
militants from the terrorist group known as Boko Haram in the
northeastern provinces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Mr. Speaker, it is clear that what happened in Nigeria is outside the
circle of civilized human behavior. It is unconscionable, and these
despicable acts must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. The
capture and captivity of these girls challenges the conscience of the
world in a very specific and very different way, and perhaps that
difference can make a difference.
I wholeheartedly support the decision by President Obama, Secretary
Kerry, and the administration to deploy aid, personnel, law
enforcement, and military experts to Nigeria to partner with local
authorities to find these girls and return them home.
I commend the women Members of the House. In a bipartisan way, 100
percent of the women have signed a letter condemning these actions. I
salute the First Lady for her #BringBackOurGirls tweet and hope that
Members will also be doing that because the most horrible form of
torture for someone who is held by terrorists is when their captors
tells them: nobody knows you are here, who you are and is even worried
about you.
We want to remove all doubt every minute of every day. As we go into
Mother's Day, think of those mothers, think of those fathers, think of
the siblings of these girls. Our thoughts and prayers rest with the
mothers and fathers and siblings of each girl kidnapped and separated
from her family and all of the victims of human trafficking around the
world.
As horrible as it is, as unthinkable as it is, it is happening all
the time, this trafficking issue, so maybe this horrible, heinous crime
will give the attention that human trafficking needs in order for us to
end it, and so let us all subscribe to #BringBackOurGirls.
With that, Mr. Speaker, I thank you, again, for giving us this
opportunity to focus on this despicable action, but to do so
prayerfully, hopefully, and determined to bring back our girls.
The SPEAKER. The Members will rise and the House will observe a
moment of silence for these young women.
Without objection, 5-minute voting will continue.
The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 360,
noes 45, not voting 27, as follows:
[Roll No. 217]
AYES--360
Aderholt
Amodei
Bachus
Barber
Barletta
Barr
Barrow (GA)
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bentivolio
Bera (CA)
Bilirakis
Black
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Boehner
Bonamici
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Caardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Cartwright
Cassidy
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Cicilline
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Cramer
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Daines
Davis (CA)
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duckworth
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellison
Ellmers
Engel
Enyart
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Guthrie
Gutieerrez
Hahn
Hall
Hanabusa
Hanna
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holding
Holt
Honda
Horsford
Hoyer
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huffman
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jordan
Joyce
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Kuster
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
Latta
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Long
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujaan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McGovern
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Meadows
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Moran
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Negrete McLeod
Neugebauer
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters (CA)
Peters (MI)
Peterson
Petri
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Saanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanford
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schiff
Schneider
Schock
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (WA)
Southerland
Speier
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Titus
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Waters
Waxman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Welch
Wenstrup
Westmoreland
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
NOES--45
Amash
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Broun (GA)
Capuano
Castor (FL)
Chu
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Davis, Danny
Deutch
Edwards
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Garrett
Grayson
Griffith (VA)
Grijalva
Johnson (GA)
Jones
Kelly (IL)
Kildee
Lewis
Lummis
Massie
McDermott
Moore
Murphy (FL)
Pingree (ME)
Richmond
Schakowsky
Sewell (AL)
Sires
Stockman
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Velaazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
NOT VOTING--27
Bachmann
Bishop (GA)
Coble
Cotton
Crawford
DeGette
Duffy
Granger
Grimm
Harper
Hastings (FL)
Hurt
Kingston
McAllister
Nunnelee
Palazzo
Reed
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Rush
Schwartz
Scott, David
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Whitfield
Williams
Wittman
{time} 1220
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Stated for:
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 217 I was unable to
vote due to a medical procedure. Had I been present, I would have voted
``yes.''
personal explanation
Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote on May 9, 2014,
on passage of H.R. 10, the Success and Opportunity through Quality
Charter Schools Act, introduced by my colleague John Kline from
Minnesota and passage of H.R. 4438, the American Research
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and Competiveness Act of 2014, introduced by my colleague Kevin Brady
from Texas. If had been able to vote, I would have cast a vote of
``yea'' in support of H.R. 10 and a vote of ``yea'' in support of H.R.
4438.
personal explanation
Mr. DUFFY. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, May 9, 2014, I was at home in
Wisconsin taking care of my amazing wife and our new baby daughter. Had
I been present. I would have voted in the following ways: H.R. 4438--
American Research and Competitiveness Act ``yea,'' Castor Amendment
``nay,'' Jackson Lee Amendment ``nay,'' Wilson (FL) Amendment ``yea,''
Langevin Amendment ``yea,'' Bonamici Amendment ``yea,'' H.R. 10--
Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools ``yea.''
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