[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 6, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H29-H32]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
HIRE MORE HEROES ACT OF 2015
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and
pass the bill (H.R. 22) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows:
H.R. 22
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 ``Hire More Heroes Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. EMPLOYEES WITH HEALTH COVERAGE UNDER TRICARE OR THE
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
IN DETERMINING EMPLOYERS TO WHICH THE EMPLOYER
MANDATE APPLIES UNDER PATIENT PROTECTION AND
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
(a) In General.--Section 4980H(c)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(F) Exemption for health coverage under tricare or the
veterans administration.--Solely for purposes of determining
whether an employer is an applicable large employer under
this paragraph for any month, an individual shall not be
taken into account as an employee for such month if such
individual has medical coverage for such month under--
``(i) chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, including
coverage under the TRICARE program, or
``(ii) under a health care program under chapter 17 or 18
of title 38, United States Code, as determined by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan) and the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) each
will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Wisconsin.
General Leave
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that
all Members may have 5 legislative days within to which to revise and
extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 22,
currently under consideration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Wisconsin?
There was no objection.
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
Madam Speaker, only a law as bad as ObamaCare would penalize a small
business for hiring a veteran.
Madam Speaker, right now, the law says if you have at least 50 full-
time employees, you must give all of them health insurance even if they
are already getting health insurance elsewhere. In fact, over 9 million
veterans are already getting health care through the VA, but they are
not exempt. Every employer has to cover them anyway.
So here is what is happening. Businesses have an incentive to turn
away veterans, not because they don't want to hire them, but because it
is too expensive to hire them. This is serving as a penalty to hiring
our Nation's veterans.
Madam Speaker, nobody works harder than our men and women that serve
us in our military. They fought for our country, and they sacrificed.
The least we can do is remove this penalty from putting a veteran on
your payroll. The way I see it is we owe it to them. We should make it
as easy as possible for them to find a job. That is what we are trying
to do with this legislation.
What this bill says is that if you are already getting health care
through TRICARE or the VA, then you are exempt from the mandate. Anyone
can hire you without any fear of this penalty. I think we can all agree
that more veterans on the payroll means a healthier economy for all of
us.
Now, I think all families need relief from ObamaCare. All of us need
relief from this law that we think is going to collapse under its own
weight, but I consider this bill as an installment plan, as one piece
of our ongoing efforts to fully repeal and replace this law.
Madam Speaker, we have an enormous generation of talented men and
women who have served this country so honorably overseas in the recent
years. The least we can do is make it easier for an employer to hire
them and remove this penalty that puts a price tag on hiring the
bravest among us.
Most of all, I want to thank Congressman Rodney Davis for bringing
this issue to our attention. I want to thank Congressman Davis for
introducing this legislation.
With that, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. LEVIN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I shall
consume.
First of all, I would like to congratulate Mr. Ryan on your selection
in election, I guess, as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. We
look forward to working together.
Madam Speaker, I support this bill. This bill encourages the hiring
of veterans. The unemployment rate has continued to decline for post-9/
11 veterans, and these improvements are part of a larger economic
recovery.
In November 2013, the unemployment rate for these veterans was nearly
10 percent. One year later, the rate has dropped to 5.7 percent, the
national average; yet for female post-9/11 veterans, the unemployment
rate remains high, above 8 percent.
This bill continues as part of our national commitment to help the
veterans of this country. I want to emphasize this if I might: as we
legislate, we need to balance priorities. We need to maintain--very
differently than just spoken--the basic structure of ACA, which is
providing millions and millions of Americans with insurance and with
coverage they never had.
We also need to encourage the hiring of the veterans of this country
who have served this Nation and serve this Nation so well. That is a
supreme obligation of this institution; therefore, I support this
legislation and reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, at this time, I would like to
yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Topeka, Kansas (Ms. Jenkins), a
member of the Ways and Means Committee.
Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Madam Speaker, I was a freshman lawmaker in 2010 when the President's
partisan health care law was passed through Congress and became law. I
worried at the time that it would take our health care system in the
wrong direction and would lead to numerous unintended consequences that
could hurt American families. Now that the law is being implemented, we
can see that this is indeed true.
The employer mandate penalty tax is a troublesome and confusing piece
of the President's health care law. The American people want to see it
fixed. The legislation that we are debating right now will exempt those
who employ members of our Nation's military and veterans from the
employer mandate.
Because our current and former servicemembers already receive health
care from TRICARE and the VA, it simply does not make sense to force
small businesses to treat these folks as if they do not have health
insurance, which drives up the cost of doing business, leaving less for
employees' salaries. In fact, the current law effectively punishes
small businesses for hiring these heroes.
Madam Speaker, I was a proud cosponsor and supporter of this
legislation in the last Congress, and I am happy to again stand today
in support of this commonsense provision. I ask that you support it.
Mr. LEVIN. Madam Speaker, it is now my pleasure to yield as much time
as she shall consume to the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Gabbard),
someone who has served this Nation
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and now serves all of the people of Hawaii and I think, once again, all
the people of this country.
Ms. GABBARD. Madam Speaker, I am rising today in very strong support
of this Hire More Heroes Act introduced by my friend, the gentleman
from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis), someone whom I have been privileged
to work with and am proud to cosponsor this legislation.
When he first came to me with this idea, it was a no-brainer that I
would support it because of the key constituencies that this
legislation serves: our veterans and our small businesses. In addition
to that, I think, as we kick off this 114th Congress, it is a great
message and exactly the right tone that we are focused on these two
constituencies.
By exempting veterans who have health insurance through the VA or
from the DOD from being counted toward that 50-employee limit under the
Affordable Care Act, this legislation creates important incentives. It
encourages small businesses to grow and expand their workforce, and it
establishes an incentive to hire more veterans.
Madam Speaker, there are many people who already receive insurance
because of their service to our country. I used to be one of them. I
was covered under TRICARE for a long period of time after both of my
deployments to the Middle East, and it just makes sense that these
individuals who already have great medical coverage would not have to
count towards the numbers of employees that would trigger the employer
mandate under the Affordable Care Act.
Most importantly, this bill is about serving veterans. Servicemembers
who are transitioning to civilian life bring exceptional training,
critical skill sets, and proven leadership ability back to their local
communities.
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Unfortunately, as a country, we are facing an unacceptable number of
unemployed veterans, people who are experienced, who are capable and
energetic, who are coming back from serving oftentimes in conflicts
overseas. These are veterans who will serve as a great asset to
businesses and organizations of any size because they come with a
built-in unique work ethic, a great deal of training, and real-world
experience. These are people who are highly disciplined, who know what
it means to work as a member of a team. They know what it means to put
the mission first, and they are servant leaders at their very best.
This bill provides an incentive for businesses to hire these veterans
and, in turn, helps these veterans be successful in their transition to
civilian life. This commonsense legislation benefits both veterans and
small businesses, while also growing our economy. I urge all of our
colleagues to strongly support H.R. 22.
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the
gentlewoman from Indiana (Mrs. Walorski).
Mrs. WALORSKI. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman and
Representative Rodney Davis.
Today I honor the 54,000 veterans in my district and 20 million
veterans across America who deserve the opportunity to have a job with
the Hire More Heroes Act. The bill makes a change to ObamaCare and
encourages small businesses to hire more veterans by exempting veterans
as long as they already have health insurance.
Currently, the employer mandate under ObamaCare requires that all
businesses with more than 50 employees provide health insurance to
their employers or pay a penalty. But according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, the unemployment rate for veterans last year was 6.6
percent, for those who served on Active Duty after 9/11 it was 9
percent. What saddens me about this is both of these percentages were
higher than the national average of 6.3 percent.
No veteran in the United States of America should be jobless because
of ObamaCare's employer mandate. Our brave men and women return from
serving our Nation, return to civilian life while facing many
challenges. Getting a job should not be one of them. This bill will
ensure that employers can and will hire veterans and will not be
penalized.
I urge my colleagues to support this bill. We must do everything in
our power to ensure our finest men and women who come home have every
opportunity we promised them.
Mr. LEVIN. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis), the author of this
legislation.
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I thank you for this
opportunity today. Chairman Ryan, my colleague from the great State of
Michigan, I thank you for your support for this piece of legislation.
Earlier today, a new Congress was sworn in, each of us swearing to
uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. A new Congress
is another opportunity to do the people's work, to further the ideas
and priorities of our constituents and put our Nation on solid footing
for an even brighter future.
I am honored that this 114th Congress is opening with the Hire More
Heroes Act, a bill that I have introduced and an idea that didn't come
from Washington, D.C. It began with a constituent of mine, Brad Lavite,
who is actually up in the gallery today. Brad had this idea, and as a
superintendent of the Madison County Veterans' Assistance Commission, I
am proud to have him here today to see the culmination of what that
idea has turned into and the bipartisan support that you see for this
idea on the floor of the House today.
Brad helps the nearly 35,000 veterans living in Madison County
navigate the VA system and actually find other resources, including
helping our veterans find employment. After explaining ObamaCare to
veterans throughout southwestern Illinois and how it impacts their VA
health benefits, he began wondering why they were subject to the
employer mandate if they were not even in need of health care coverage.
Brad raised his concern with me at one of our veterans advisory board
meetings, and shortly thereafter we began work on the Hire More Heroes
Act.
This bill will help businesses hire more of our Nation's veterans by
making a commonsense change to ObamaCare. In just a few months, the
President's health care law will mark its fifth anniversary; 5 years of
delays, canceled policies, costly Web site glitches, and increased out-
of-pocket expenses for hardworking middle class families.
Unfortunately, the law's problems don't end there. We continue to see
its lingering impact on our economy as many small businesses delay
hiring, cut hours, and, in some cases, reduce payroll. In fact, the
National Small Business Association found that 91 percent of small
businesses have seen increases in their health care costs, and two-
thirds of their members listed ObamaCare as a reason for holding off on
investing in people. And, Madam Speaker, I must remind everybody that
investing in people is how we create jobs here in America.
The Hire More Heroes Act exempts veterans already enrolled in their
own health care plans through the Department of Defense or through the
VA from being counted toward the 50-employee limit as part of the
employer mandate required under ObamaCare. By making this commonsense
change to the law, we will not only provide small businesses with much-
needed relief, but also help more of our veterans find work.
Despite receiving some of the best training in the world, post-9/11
veterans are consistently faced with higher unemployment rates than
that of other veterans. So as more and more of our veterans return
home, the Hire More Heroes Act will give those who have sacrificed and
served our country a leg up in a very competitive job market. Last
Congress, this legislation passed this House overwhelmingly by a count
of 406-1, almost as bipartisan as you can get, but it was held up in
the Senate.
The Hire More Heroes Act is just one example of the bipartisan bills
that the House will bring up this Congress. Later this week, we will
further the American people's call for greater energy independence and
job creation by voting to approve the Keystone XL pipeline and by
helping Americans by restoring the 40-hour workweek under ObamaCare.
With a new Congress, and
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if the President is willing to work with us, we have an opportunity to
end the stagnation in Washington and make our government work for the
people again.
I ask all of my colleagues to defend the oath that they have just
taken and help hire more of our heroes by voting ``yes'' on this piece
of legislation.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to avoid references to
occupants in the gallery.
Mr. LEVIN. Madam Speaker, I ask the gentleman if he has other
speakers.
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. We have four additional speakers.
Mr. LEVIN. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot), the chairman of the Small Business
Committee.
Mr. CHABOT. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Madam Speaker, in the fall, we made a commitment to the American
people, a commitment to produce solutions that grow our economy and
create more opportunity and help our small businesses and make life
better for working families. Today, the new American Congress begins
the work of making good on that commitment, and we start with a bill
that helps two groups critical to America's success: our veterans and
our small businesses.
The Hire More Heroes Act is a bipartisan bill which passed the House,
as has been mentioned before, with more than 400 votes last year. It
would make it easier for small businesses to hire veterans by exempting
those veterans who already receive health care at the VA from
ObamaCare's costly employer mandate. This commonsense solution offsets
the cost of hiring a veteran by addressing one of ObamaCare's many
failures, and there are many.
As I have said many times before, I and many of my colleagues believe
that ObamaCare should be repealed in its entirety. It may take awhile
to do that, and so we can do some other things in the meantime. This is
one of those things, a realistic thing which will actually help the
American people.
ObamaCare is placing tremendous burdens on small businesses looking
to grow and individuals looking for work. This bill alleviates one of
the many burdens ObamaCare places on our small businesses and, in doing
so, helps our returning war fighters find meaningful work.
Small businesses are responsible for the majority of new jobs created
in America today. As the new incoming chairman of the House Small
Business Committee, my goal each day will be to make life better for
America's small businesses so they can continue to innovate and create
jobs for more Americans who are seeking them.
Even though unemployment has come down to some degree, we need to do
a lot better. The bill before us today is an important step towards
that goal and towards our commitment to the American people to create
more jobs, real jobs in the private sector. I encourage my colleagues
to support the bill.
Mr. LEVIN. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the
gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Black), a member of the Ways and Means
Committee.
Mrs. BLACK. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Hire
More Heroes Act. In my home State of Tennessee, we have over 525,000
veterans who have served our country in both war and peace--veterans,
people like my son, Steve, and my husband, Dave.
But today, too many of these Americans are struggling to find work.
In fact, the unemployment rate among post-September 11 veterans is
chronically higher than the national unemployment rate. I believe that
we can do better. After all, our veterans have sacrificed for our
country. Congress should, at the very least, make certain that
Washington does not stand between them and access to a steady job.
The Hire More Heroes Act will help accomplish this by exempting
veterans who already have health insurance from being counted as full-
time workers under ObamaCare's employer mandate, meaning that business
owners can hire veterans without fear of being slapped with an
ObamaCare penalty. That is why this body passed the legislation by an
overwhelming vote of 406-1 last year. Unfortunately, our efforts were
stonewalled in the Democrat-controlled Senate. But today, we have an
opportunity to start anew.
I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the Hire More Heroes Act, and
I thank the gentleman from Illinois for his work on this critical
measure.
Mr. LEVIN. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
This basically is how it is supposed to work. A constituent in
central Illinois, Brad Lavite, approaches his Congressman, Congressman
Davis, and says there is a problem with the law affecting our Nation's
veterans. So his Congressman goes to work, does the research, and then
writes legislation to fix the law, and here we are. This is how it is
supposed to work. This is how the Founders intended the Congress to
work.
Here is what we are fixing. We are saying there will not be a penalty
based on the health care law affixed to our veterans. We have got a
new, great generation. We have all read the books and heard the
stories, and it is true, of the Greatest Generation, the World War II
generation. We now have a new great generation, the men and women since
9/11 who have bravely fought for this country and sacrificed for us are
a generation of people who have developed the kinds of leadership
skills, the kinds of courage, the experiences, the sacrifices their
families made, and they are bringing that home to serve our country
even further. They are bringing this great experience and talent and
skills to our economy. We need to remove every conceivable barrier that
exists that prevents them from sharing these talents with us.
This bill takes us a big step in the right direction to removing this
barrier that disincentivizes a small business from hiring a veteran and
instead turns it into an incentive so we can hire our heroes, our
veterans.
With that, I reserve the balance of my time to close.
Mr. LEVIN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
As I said at the beginning, we need to, as we legislate, balance
priorities. We have here a very different view of the ACA than has been
expressed by several. But that isn't the point of this legislation.
This is about the veterans of this country.
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This isn't about Keystone. We will debate that some other time. We
have very different views. This is no way a precedent to that. We will
debate the 40-hour week later this week. We have some very different
views, to put it mildly, about the legislation entitled the ``40-hour
week.''
I should also like to point out regarding ACA that businesses, small
businesses with fewer than 50 employees, aren't even required to
contribute to or offer insurance to their employees.
This bill is called the Heroes Act because the focus of this bill is
to make sure that there isn't any disincentive for anybody to hire
veterans. The rate of unemployment for veterans has been higher. I had
the chance in Roseville, Michigan, to meet with veterans, Vietnam
veterans, some months ago. I was deeply troubled by the high rate of
unemployment for those Vietnam veterans. This country has not done an
adequate job in terms of making sure that veterans have a real
opportunity to work.
That is the tribute that we must provide, and it is more than a
tribute; it is an obligation to those who have served this Nation. That
is why this is called the Heroes Act. Let's not distort it. Let's not
undermine what is the purpose of this legislation. Those who have
served deserve as our priority any reasonable effort to provide them
with the opportunity that they want. They have served. Now they want to
work. We need to make sure they have that opportunity to work.
It is within that spirit that I support this legislation and urge its
passage.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of
the time only to say that our constituents have been very clear to all
of us on both sides of the aisle that they want to see us come together
to find
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common ground to make a positive difference in the lives of Americans,
particularly our veterans, and this bipartisan effort reflects that.
I am very proud to be here with Congressman Davis, with Congressman
Levin, to be doing this.
With that, I simply ask all Members to support it, and I yield back
the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan) that the House suspend the rules
and pass the bill, H.R. 22.
The question was taken.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam 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 412,
nays 0, not voting 3, as follows:
[Roll No. 7]
YEAS--412
Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Ashford
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Bost
Boustany
Boyle (PA)
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chu (CA)
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clawson (FL)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Doyle (PA)
Duckworth
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers
Emmer
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffith
Grijalva
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Hill
Himes
Hinojosa
Holding
Honda
Hoyer
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huffman
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Knight
Kuster
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Latta
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lowenthal
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lummis
Lynch
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Massie
Matsui
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Moulton
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Napolitano
Neal
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Palazzo
Pallone
Palmer
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pittenger
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Quigley
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanford
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schock
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Titus
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Welch
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--3
Larson (CT)
Pitts
Zinke
{time} 1831
Mrs. CAPPS changed her vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and
the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Personal Explanation
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. Speaker, on January 6, 2015--I was not
present for rollcall votes 6 and 7. If I had been present for these
votes, I would have voted: ``nay'' on rollcall vote 6, ``aye'' on
rollcall vote 7, the Hire More Heroes Act, as I had done previously in
the 113th Congress when it passed the House (rollcall vote 115) on
March 11, 2014.
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