[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 86 (Monday, June 1, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H3619-H3624]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
STRENGTHENING FISHING COMMUNITIES AND INCREASING FLEXIBILITY IN
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 274 and rule
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House
on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill,
H.R. 1335.
Will the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis) kindly take the
chair.
{time} 1831
In the Committee of the Whole
Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of
the bill (H.R.
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1335) to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for
fishermen, and for other purposes, with Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois
(Acting Chair) in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today,
amendment No. 8 printed in House Report 114-128 offered by the
gentleman from California (Mr. Huffman) had been disposed of.
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 114-128 on
which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
Amendment No. 1 by Mrs. Dingell of Michigan.
Amendment No. 4 by Mr. Lowenthal of California.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.
Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mrs. Dingell
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment printed in House Report 114-128 offered
by the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Dingell) 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 155,
noes 223, not voting 54, as follows:
[Roll No. 264]
AYES--155
Adams
Aguilar
Ashford
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Graham
Grayson
Grijalva
Hahn
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lieu, Ted
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Neal
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Rice (NY)
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Welch
Yarmuth
NOES--223
Abraham
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donovan
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Emmer (MN)
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Pitts
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Russell
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--54
Aderholt
Becerra
Bishop (GA)
Castor (FL)
Clyburn
Crawford
Crowley
Cuellar
Curbelo (FL)
Dold
Doyle, Michael F.
Duffy
Ellmers (NC)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Gowdy
Granger
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Gutierrez
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Jackson Lee
Jolly
Kaptur
Kind
Lewis
Lipinski
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Meng
Moore
Napolitano
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Paulsen
Pittenger
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Richmond
Roe (TN)
Rush
Sanchez, Loretta
Shimkus
Takai
Thompson (MS)
Waters, Maxine
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Yoder
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Messrs. LATTA, McKINLEY, PEARCE, and DIAZ-BALART changed their vote
from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Chair, on Monday, June 1st, 2015, I was absent
during rollcall vote No. 264. Had I been present, I would have voted
``yea'' on the Dingell Amendment to H.R. 1335--Strengthening Fishing
Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act.
(By unanimous consent, Mr. Wittman was allowed to speak out of
order.)
Sportsmen's Trophy Presentation
Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Chairman, recently, the Congressional Sportsmen's
Caucus held its annual Member shoot-out, where Members get together
from the Republican and Democrat sides and shoot a round of sporting
clays, skeets, and trap. It is a friendly day where we get together and
have some great competition. It is in the interest of the shooting
sports and of our outdoor efforts there. And it was a great privilege
to be there with the other Members.
We had a record turnout this year of Members from both sides of the
aisle. We are blessed that Team Republican will retain the shoot-out
trophy this year but by a narrow margin, with a winning score of 235-
227.
It is a real honor for me to serve as the co-chair of the
Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation. I have Congressman Jeff Duncan of
South Carolina here, who is our co-vice chairman; and we also have
Congressman Tim Walz, who is our other co-chairman.
With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from the great
State of Minnesota (Mr. Walz), the co-chair of our caucus.
Mr. WALZ. Mr. Chairman, I thank my friend, the gentleman from
Virginia for yielding.
Congratulations to the gentleman and his team and to everyone who
participated.
Congratulations to Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, who was the
Republican top gun, and to Mike Thompson of California, who was the
overall top gun. Congratulations to them.
As the gentleman said, this is the largest bipartisan caucus in the
Congress. The Congressional Sportsmen's
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Foundation--the folks who are out there protecting our hunting,
fishing, and outdoor heritage--thank you to all of them and to all the
sponsors who made this possible.
It is great day for a great cause, and it shows that there are many
things that bind us together.
So I congratulate the gentlemen, and we look forward to a friendly
competition again next year.
Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Lowenthal
The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, 2-minute voting will continue.
There was no objection.
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment printed in House Report 114-128 offered
by the gentleman from California (Mr. Lowenthal) on which further
proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice
vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 149,
noes 227, not voting 56, as follows:
[Roll No. 265]
AYES--149
Adams
Aguilar
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Courtney
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Graham
Grayson
Grijalva
Hahn
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jeffries
Johnson, E. B.
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lieu, Ted
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Neal
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peters
Pingree
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Rice (NY)
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Welch
Yarmuth
NOES--227
Abraham
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Ashford
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costa
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donovan
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Emmer (MN)
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Perlmutter
Perry
Peterson
Pitts
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Russell
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--56
Aderholt
Becerra
Bishop (GA)
Castor (FL)
Clyburn
Crawford
Crowley
Cuellar
Curbelo (FL)
Delaney
Dold
Doyle, Michael F.
Duffy
Ellmers (NC)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Gowdy
Granger
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Gutierrez
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Jackson Lee
Johnson (GA)
Jolly
Kaptur
Kind
Lewis
Lipinski
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Meng
Moore
Napolitano
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Paulsen
Pittenger
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Richmond
Roe (TN)
Rush
Sanchez, Loretta
Shimkus
Takai
Thompson (MS)
Waters, Maxine
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Yoder
{time} 1912
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Chair, on Monday, June 1st, 2015, I was absent
during rollcall vote No. 265. Had I been present, I would have voted
``yea'' on the Lowenthal Amendment to H.R. 1335--Strengthening Fishing
Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the 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 pro tempore (Mr.
Fleischmann) having assumed the chair, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois,
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. 1335) to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and
stability for fishermen, and for other purposes, and, pursuant to House
Resolution 274, he reported the bill back to the House with an
amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. 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 amendment in the nature of a
substitute, as amended.
The amendment was agreed to.
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.
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Motion to Recommit
Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois). Is the
gentleman opposed to the bill?
Mr. PETERS. I am opposed.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Peters moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1335 to the
Committee on Natural Resources with instructions to report
the same back to the House forthwith with the following
amendment:
Add at the end the following:
SEC. __. PROTECTING FISHING COMMUNITIES FROM TOXIC POLLUTION.
In the aftermath of an oil or hazardous materials spill
none of the amendments to fishery conservation requirements
made by sections 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, and 15 of this Act shall
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apply to any fishery impacted by such spill until--
(1) the relevant Regional Fishery Management Council has
fully assessed the impacts of the spill to stocks of fish,
fishing communities, and the marine environment;
(2) the polluter has paid for any cleanup or removal of
pollution related to the spill in the marine environment that
impacts a fishery, restored such fisheries to limit the long-
term impact on stocks of fish, and provided compensation for
the economic and job loss to the United States fishing
industry and communities; and
(3) the polluter has paid for testing of fish to ensure
that consumers are protected from toxins that have entered
the food chain, and for testing of water quality to help
fishermen avoid areas of pollution and find the safest areas
to fish.
Mr. PETERS (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent
to dispense with the reading.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from California?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California is recognized
for 5 minutes.
Mr. PETERS. 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 proceed immediately to final passage, as amended.
Mr. Speaker, preserving our beaches and bays and our coastal
communities for future generations has to be a bipartisan endeavor.
Congress passed landmark fisheries legislation in 1976 and reauthorized
it in 1996 and 2006 with broad support from both parties.
Unfortunately, today's bill is a partisan one that will undermine our
four-decade history of responsible and successful fisheries management.
It creates loopholes and lessens transparency and accountability, which
can only harm our coastal communities.
My amendment today is simple: give communities and regional experts
at fishery management councils input, and increase the ability of local
agencies to hold polluters more accountable after a spill.
Just a few weeks ago, on the California coast north of Santa Barbara,
a pipeline ruptured beneath a coastal cliff, spilling 105,000 gallons
of crude oil onto the beach and tidelands and into the Pacific Ocean.
Despite rapid cleanup efforts from environmental officials and
volunteers from across the State, the leak killed abundant marine life,
including lobsters, seals, kelp bass, and local fish populations. It
also forced the closure of local State beaches during the Memorial Day
weekend, depriving local businesses of revenue from visitors coming to
enjoy the scenic California coast.
Now, the short-term harm has been evident, but the long-term damage
to the marine life, coastal ecosystems, and biodiversity, including
fisheries and food stocks that are part of the region's economy, that
damage won't be known for some time.
What is clear is that coastal communities deal with the harm from a
spill long after the initial cleanup ends, and they deserve greater
oversight over those who caused the damage.
My amendment addresses this issue in three ways: first, it directs
the regional fishery management council to conduct a full environmental
assessment of the spill; second, it requires the responsible party to
pay for any pollution cleanup and restoration of the harmed fishers,
and to provide compensation for economic and job losses due to the
spill; and third, it protects public safety and food quality by
requiring that polluters pay for testing of toxins in fish and in local
waters to help fishermen determine the safest areas for fishing.
These provisions are necessary because, as we have seen from past
cleanups, the long-term direct and indirect environmental damage is not
always immediately apparent, particularly on fish and wildlife
populations and marine biodiversity. This is our experience.
For example, despite massive cleanup efforts following the infamous
Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, a 2007 study conducted by NOAA found
that 26,000 gallons of oil from the Exxon Valdez were still trapped in
the sand along the shoreline of Alaska. Those thousands of gallons of
oil that remain decades later continue to damage fragile marine
ecosystems and wildlife habitat and breeding grounds.
That 1989 spill caused more than $300 million in economic harm to
more than 32,000 Alaskans whose livelihoods depended on commercial
fishing in that region. And in Santa Barbara, where last month's spill
occurred, tourism, both on- and offshore, are central to the regional
economy and will undoubtedly be harmed by this pollution.
Mr. Speaker, I represent San Diego, California, where the marine
industry, the maritime industry, and our large natural harbor are key
to the region's tourism economy which supports 158,000 local jobs and
$18.3 billion in economic impact. A spill like this could devastate our
local economy and irreparably harm our delicate ecosystem.
It is imperative that Congress hold responsible parties accountable
in the case of a destructive oil spill. We should all agree that
supporting coastal communities and the businesses that depend on
rivers, bays, lakes, beaches, and oceans deserve support and shouldn't
be forced to pay for the mistakes of polluters.
Join me in supporting our local economies, protecting our coastal
environments, ensuring public safety for consumers, and setting a
higher standard for accountability.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote for this motion to
recommit, and I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion
to recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, on the policy level, this stuff is
already covered in the Oil Pollution Act, the Superfund covers it, and
if you are really serious about doing this, lines 8 and 9 would be
changed to ``NOAA,'' as they are in the current statute. They have the
expertise and the money to actually accomplish it.
But, Mr. Speaker, if I could say to all of you, with apologies to
those who have been sending emails and dear colleagues around here,
this amendment, you should simply throw it back. It is not a keeper.
This is simply a fish story that is based on a big whopper. This
amendment would actually take the bill, and it would gut it, clean it,
and filet it. So, please, do not fall for this hook, line, and sinker.
I am not fishing for compliments here. But we have been floundering
to find a solution for a long time, and that is why the underlying bill
has a boatload of support for it.
I realize this is as good as it gets. I am okay, but those involved
in the fishing community recognize that the status quo is not working
as it was intended to work and needs to be fixed in some particular
way. That is why, on the underlying bill, the commercial industry, the
fishing industry, and the recreationists already are in support and
have publicly said that. That is the first time all three groups have
actually gotten together on this particular bill.
They realize there needs to be change in the status quo. They realize
there needs to be transparency, which the underlying bill gives and is
not there in the status quo. They realize that the science that has
been used under the status quo is crappy and that this mandates
multiple sources, better sources being used to make these final
decisions.
So, just for the halibut--and I had one for ``bass,'' but I have
already censored it myself--vote ``no'' on the amendment and support
the underlying 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.
Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-
minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute
vote on passage of the bill, if ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 155,
nays 233, not voting 54, as follows:
[[Page H3623]]
[Roll No. 266]
YEAS--155
Adams
Aguilar
Ashford
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Graham
Grayson
Grijalva
Hahn
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lieu, Ted
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Neal
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Rice (NY)
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Welch
Yarmuth
NAYS--223
Abraham
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donovan
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Emmer (MN)
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Perry
Pitts
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Russell
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--54
Aderholt
Becerra
Bishop (GA)
Castor (FL)
Clyburn
Crawford
Crowley
Cuellar
Curbelo (FL)
Delaney
Dold
Doyle, Michael F.
Duffy
Ellmers (NC)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Gowdy
Granger
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Gutierrez
Hinojosa
Jackson Lee
Jolly
Kaptur
Kind
Lewis
Lipinski
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Meng
Moore
Napolitano
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Paulsen
Pittenger
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Richmond
Roe (TN)
Rush
Sanchez, Loretta
Shimkus
Takai
Thompson (MS)
Waters, Maxine
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Yoder
{time} 1931
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, June 1st, 2015, I was absent
during rollcall vote No. 266. Had I been present, I would have voted
``yea'' on the Democratic Motion to Recommit H.R. 1335--Strengthening
Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management
Act.
personal explanation
Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 264, 265, 266, I was
unavoidably detained by American Airlines on the tarmac at Ronald
Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Had I been present, I would
have voted ''nay'' on all three rollcall votes.
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. GRIJALVA. 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 225,
noes 152, not voting 55, as follows:
[Roll No. 267]
AYES--225
Abraham
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donovan
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Emmer (MN)
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Keating
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lynch
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moulton
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Pitts
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Russell
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOES--152
Adams
Aguilar
Ashford
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Foster
[[Page H3624]]
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibson
Graham
Grayson
Grijalva
Hahn
Hanna
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lieu, Ted
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Neal
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rice (NY)
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Welch
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--55
Aderholt
Becerra
Bishop (GA)
Castor (FL)
Clyburn
Crawford
Crowley
Cuellar
Curbelo (FL)
Delaney
Dold
Doyle, Michael F.
Duffy
Ellmers (NC)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Gowdy
Granger
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Gutierrez
Hinojosa
Jackson Lee
Jolly
Kaptur
Kind
Lewis
Lipinski
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Meng
Moore
Napolitano
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Paulsen
Pittenger
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Rangel
Richmond
Roe (TN)
Rush
Sanchez, Loretta
Shimkus
Takai
Thompson (MS)
Waters, Maxine
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Yoder
{time} 1941
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. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 267, I was unavoidably
detained due to weather. Had I been present, I would have voted
``aye.''
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 267 on passage of the
Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in
Fisheries Management Act (H.R. 1335), I am not recorded because of
prior commitments in my Congressional District. Had I been present, I
would have voted ``aye.''
Stated against:
Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, June 1st, 2015, I was absent
during rollcall vote No. 267. Had I been present, I would have voted
``nay'' on the final passage of H.R. 1335--Strengthening Fishing
Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act.
Personal Explanation
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today I missed the following
votes: Dingell Amendment. Had I been present, I would have voted
``yes'' on this bill; Lowenthal Amendment. Had I been present, I would
have voted ``yes'' on this bill; Democratic Motion to Recommit H.R.
1335. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on this bill;
Final Passage of H.R. 1335. Had I been present, I would have voted
``no'' on this bill.
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