[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 10, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H4105-H4117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Carter of Georgia). Pursuant to House
Resolution 303 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. 2685.
Will the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins) kindly take the chair.
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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. 2685) making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other
purposes, with Mr. Collins of Georgia (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,
a request for a recorded vote on an amendment offered by the gentleman
from Texas (Mr. Poe) had been postponed, and the bill had been read
through page 162, line 25.
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were
postponed, in the following order:
Amendment by Mr. Lowenthal of California.
Amendment No. 4 by Mr. Huffman of California.
Amendment by Mr. Visclosky of Indiana.
Amendment by Mr. Nadler of New York.
Amendment by Mr. Nadler of New York.
Amendment by Mr. Forbes of Virginia.
Amendment by Mr. Poe of Texas.
Amendment by Mr. Walberg of Michigan.
Amendment by Mr. Nolan of Minnesota.
Amendment by Mr. Clawson of Florida.
Amendment by Mr. Poe of Texas.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote
in this series.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Lowenthal
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment 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 is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 195,
noes 237, not voting 1, as follows:
[Roll No. 334]
AYES--195
Adams
Aguilar
Ashford
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Comstock
Connolly
Conyers
Courtney
Cramer
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Dold
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Emmer (MN)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibson
Graham
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Hinojosa
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Hurt (VA)
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McKinley
Meeks
Meng
Miller (MI)
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roby
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanford
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOES--237
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
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)
Conaway
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davis, Rodney
Denham
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Doggett
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers (NC)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Himes
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jordan
Joyce
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
MacArthur
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Russell
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Scalise
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
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
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--1
Gowdy
{time} 2211
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Huffman
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California
(Mr. Huffman) 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 is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 252,
noes 179, not voting 2, as follows:
[Roll No. 335]
AYES--252
Adams
Aguilar
Amash
Ashford
Babin
Bass
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brat
Bridenstine
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Buck
Burgess
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Connolly
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Conyers
Cooper
Courtney
Cramer
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Duckworth
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers (NC)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garrett
Gibson
Gohmert
Gosar
Graham
Grijalva
Guinta
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Harris
Hastings
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Holding
Honda
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Huffman
Hurd (TX)
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Knight
Kuster
Labrador
LaMalfa
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Massie
Matsui
McCarthy
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
McSally
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Miller (FL)
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neugebauer
Noem
Nolan
O'Rourke
Olson
Pallone
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Pittenger
Pocan
Polis
Pompeo
Price (NC)
Price, Tom
Quigley
Rangel
Ratcliffe
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Rush
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanford
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sherman
Sinema
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stewart
Stutzman
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Wagner
Walden
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Wittman
Yarmuth
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IN)
NOES--179
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Beatty
Benishek
Bishop (UT)
Bost
Boustany
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Bucshon
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costa
Costello (PA)
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davis, Rodney
Dent
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Emmer (MN)
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gibbs
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Hardy
Harper
Hartzler
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Hudson
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt (VA)
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Joyce
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kline
Lamborn
Lance
Larson (CT)
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
MacArthur
Marino
McCaul
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Mica
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Posey
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rigell
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Ruppersberger
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Scalise
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Stefanik
Stivers
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Visclosky
Walberg
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Walz
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Womack
Woodall
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--2
Gowdy
Rice (NY)
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 2216
Mr. McCARTHY changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Visclosky
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana
(Mr. Visclosky) 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 is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 174,
noes 257, not voting 2, as follows:
[Roll No. 336]
AYES--174
Adams
Amash
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibson
Grayson
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Rangel
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanford
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOES--257
Abraham
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
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)
Brownley (CA)
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
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Gene
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
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
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Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Russell
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanchez, Loretta
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Vela
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--2
Gowdy
Quigley
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 2219
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Nadler
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Nadler) 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 is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 173,
noes 259, not voting 1, as follows:
[Roll No. 337]
AYES--173
Adams
Amash
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibson
Grayson
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanford
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOES--259
Abraham
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
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)
Brownley (CA)
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
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
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
Jackson Lee
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
MacArthur
Maloney, Sean
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
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Russell
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanchez, Loretta
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Vela
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Waters, Maxine
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--1
Gowdy
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 2222
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Nadler
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Nadler) 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 181,
noes 251, not voting 1, as follows:
[Roll No. 338]
AYES--181
Adams
Amash
Ashford
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibson
Grayson
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
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Hinojosa
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Massie
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanford
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOES--251
Abraham
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Amodei
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Brownley (CA)
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
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Gene
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
Jolly
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
MacArthur
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
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
Noem
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Russell
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Vela
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--1
Gowdy
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 2225
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Forbes
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia
(Mr. Forbes) 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 is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 321,
noes 111, not voting 1, as follows:
[Roll No. 339]
AYES--321
Adams
Aguilar
Allen
Amodei
Ashford
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Beatty
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bost
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Capps
Capuano
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Cartwright
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Connolly
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crowley
Culberson
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Rodney
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Deutch
Dingell
Dold
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Edwards
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Graham
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hahn
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Honda
Hoyer
Hudson
Huffman
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Katko
Keating
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
King (IA)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Knight
Kuster
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawrence
Levin
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Long
Love
Lowenthal
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lummis
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Massie
Matsui
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McGovern
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (MI)
Moore
Moulton
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Napolitano
Neal
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Nolan
Norcross
Nugent
O'Rourke
Olson
Pallone
Palmer
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Rangel
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanford
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shuster
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
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
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Turner
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Welch
Wenstrup
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Woodall
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOES--111
Abraham
Aderholt
Amash
Bass
Becerra
Bilirakis
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boustany
Brown (FL)
Buck
Burgess
Calvert
Cardenas
Carter (TX)
Castor (FL)
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clawson (FL)
Collins (GA)
Conyers
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
Dent
DeSantis
Diaz-Balart
Doggett
Donovan
Duncan (TN)
Ellison
Engel
Fleischmann
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Granger
Graves (GA)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Hanna
Hardy
Harris
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Huelskamp
Israel
Jeffries
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Jenkins (WV)
Johnson, E. B.
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kind
King (NY)
Kirkpatrick
Labrador
Lance
Lee
Lewis
LoBiondo
Loudermilk
Lowey
MacArthur
McDermott
McNerney
Meadows
Meeks
Meng
Miller (FL)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mulvaney
Nadler
Nunes
Palazzo
Polis
Price (NC)
Price, Tom
Quigley
Rigell
Roby
Rogers (KY)
Rooney (FL)
Ruppersberger
Rush
Schrader
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Trott
Upton
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Womack
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
NOT VOTING--1
Gowdy
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 2230
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Messrs. PAYNE and BUCSHON changed
their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Poe of Texas
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Poe) 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 117,
noes 315, not voting 1, as follows:
[Roll No. 340]
AYES--117
Allen
Amash
Babin
Barton
Bishop (MI)
Blum
Blumenauer
Bost
Brat
Buchanan
Buck
Burgess
Carter (GA)
Clawson (FL)
Clay
Cohen
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
Denham
DesJarlais
Doggett
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Fincher
Gabbard
Garrett
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Grayson
Green, Gene
Griffith
Hardy
Harris
Heck (NV)
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Holding
Honda
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Katko
Keating
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lofgren
Loudermilk
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Marchant
Massie
McCaul
McClintock
McMorris Rodgers
Messer
Mica
Mooney (WV)
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Nolan
Olson
Pallone
Palmer
Perry
Pingree
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Roe (TN)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ross
Rouzer
Ruiz
Salmon
Sanford
Schrader
Schweikert
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sherman
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Tonko
Trott
Upton
Walden
Weber (TX)
Welch
Westmoreland
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoho
NOES--315
Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Amodei
Ashford
Barletta
Barr
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonamici
Boustany
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cole
Comstock
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Dent
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibbs
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Grijalva
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Himes
Hinojosa
Hoyer
Huffman
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Knight
Kuster
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Love
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marino
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McKinley
McNerney
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Moore
Moulton
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Noem
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Palazzo
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Polis
Pompeo
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Rothfus
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruppersberger
Rush
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Titus
Torres
Tsongas
Turner
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--1
Gowdy
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 2233
Mr. COFFMAN changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Walberg
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan
(Mr. Walberg) 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 233,
noes 199, not voting 1, as follows:
[Roll No. 341]
AYES--233
Abraham
Adams
Allen
Amash
Babin
Barletta
Becerra
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Blackburn
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boustany
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Buck
Burgess
Byrne
Capps
Capuano
Carney
Carter (GA)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clay
Coffman
Cohen
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Conaway
Cooper
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crowley
Curbelo (FL)
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Engel
Esty
Farenthold
Fattah
Fincher
Flores
Forbes
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garrett
Gibson
Goodlatte
Gosar
Graves (LA)
Grayson
Green, Gene
Griffith
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Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hanna
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins
Himes
Holding
Honda
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huffman
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Keating
Kennedy
Kind
Kline
Knight
Kuster
Labrador
LaMalfa
Langevin
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawrence
Lee
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Lofgren
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Messer
Mica
Miller (MI)
Mooney (WV)
Mulvaney
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Neal
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Nolan
O'Rourke
Olson
Pallone
Palmer
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Pingree
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price (NC)
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Renacci
Ribble
Richmond
Roe (TN)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothfus
Royce
Ryan (OH)
Salmon
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanford
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Speier
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Tipton
Tonko
Trott
Tsongas
Upton
Van Hollen
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walters, Mimi
Walz
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Wittman
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoder
Yoho
Zeldin
NOES--199
Aderholt
Aguilar
Amodei
Ashford
Barr
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Bishop (UT)
Black
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Carter (TX)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Clarke (NY)
Clawson (FL)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cole
Comstock
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Costa
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeGette
Delaney
Denham
Dent
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donovan
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Eshoo
Farr
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Fortenberry
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gibbs
Gohmert
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Grijalva
Hahn
Hardy
Harper
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Herrera Beutler
Hill
Hinojosa
Hoyer
Hunter
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Katko
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kildee
Kilmer
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Lamborn
Lance
Larsen (WA)
Levin
Lewis
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Marino
Matsui
McCollum
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Miller (FL)
Moolenaar
Moore
Moulton
Mullin
Nadler
Napolitano
Noem
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
Palazzo
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Poliquin
Quigley
Rangel
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rooney (FL)
Roskam
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Russell
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Stefanik
Stewart
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Titus
Torres
Turner
Valadao
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walorski
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Womack
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zinke
NOT VOTING--1
Gowdy
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 2237
Mr. RICE of South Carolina changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Nolan
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota
(Mr. Nolan) 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 is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 56,
noes 375, not voting 2, as follows:
[Roll No. 342]
AYES--56
Amash
Blum
Blumenauer
Burgess
Capuano
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clawson (FL)
DeFazio
Doyle, Michael F.
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Gohmert
Grayson
Grijalva
Hahn
Hastings
Honda
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jones
Jordan
Keating
Kennedy
Kuster
Lawrence
Lee
Lewis
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Massie
McDermott
McGovern
Moulton
Mulvaney
Neal
Nolan
O'Rourke
Pallone
Perry
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Posey
Rohrabacher
Sanford
Schrader
Slaughter
Speier
Takano
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Watson Coleman
Welch
NOES--375
Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Amodei
Ashford
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonamici
Bost
Boustany
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Capps
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donovan
Duckworth
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellison
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Engel
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
Goodlatte
Gosar
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins
Hill
Himes
Hinojosa
Holding
Hoyer
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Israel
Issa
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Katko
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Levin
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lummis
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Matsui
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Price (NC)
Price, Tom
Quigley
Rangel
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
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
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
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Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Torres
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--2
Gowdy
Tiberi
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 2239
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Clawson of Florida
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida
(Mr. Clawson) 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 is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 107,
noes 323, not voting 3, as follows:
[Roll No. 343]
AYES--107
Amash
Blum
Blumenauer
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Burgess
Capuano
Carter (GA)
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clawson (FL)
Clay
Cohen
Conyers
DeFazio
Dent
DesJarlais
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Fincher
Fleming
Fortenberry
Frankel (FL)
Gabbard
Garrett
Gibson
Gohmert
Gosar
Grayson
Grijalva
Hahn
Heck (NV)
Hice, Jody B.
Himes
Honda
Huelskamp
Huffman
Hurt (VA)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Katko
Keating
Kennedy
Labrador
Lieu, Ted
Lofgren
Loudermilk
Lowenthal
Lummis
Lynch
Massie
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Meadows
Miller (FL)
Moulton
Mulvaney
Neal
Neugebauer
Nolan
O'Rourke
Pallone
Palmer
Paulsen
Payne
Perry
Pingree
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Posey
Price, Tom
Rangel
Ribble
Rohrabacher
Rooney (FL)
Rothfus
Salmon
Sanford
Schrader
Scott, Austin
Slaughter
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (PA)
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Watson Coleman
Welch
Westmoreland
Williams
Woodall
Yarmuth
Yoho
NOES--323
Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Amodei
Ashford
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonamici
Boustany
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Capps
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Connolly
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Dold
Donovan
Duffy
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Forbes
Foster
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibbs
Goodlatte
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Hill
Hinojosa
Holding
Hoyer
Hudson
Huizenga (MI)
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Joyce
Kaptur
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Knight
Kuster
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Love
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Matsui
McCarthy
McCaul
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Mica
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Newhouse
Noem
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Pascrell
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pittenger
Pitts
Poliquin
Pompeo
Price (NC)
Quigley
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rokita
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Takai
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Torres
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--3
Bost
Gowdy
Hultgren
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
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So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Poe of Texas
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Poe) 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 is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 114,
noes 318, not voting 1, as follows:
[Roll No. 344]
AYES--114
Amash
Babin
Barletta
Barton
Bilirakis
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Blumenauer
Bost
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Buck
Burgess
Carter (GA)
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Cohen
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Davis, Rodney
Denham
DesJarlais
Doggett
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Engel
Farenthold
Fincher
Flores
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gabbard
Garrett
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Gene
Griffith
Hahn
Harris
Heck (NV)
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Honda
Hudson
Huelskamp
Hultgren
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Katko
Labrador
LaMalfa
Long
Loudermilk
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Marchant
Massie
McCaul
McClintock
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Mooney (WV)
Mulvaney
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Nolan
Olson
Pallone
Palmer
Pearce
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Roe (TN)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Ross
Rouzer
Salmon
Sanford
Schrader
Schweikert
Sensenbrenner
Shimkus
Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Weber (TX)
Welch
Westmoreland
Williams
Woodall
Yoho
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NOES--318
Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Amodei
Ashford
Barr
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Bonamici
Boustany
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Bridenstine
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cole
Comstock
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Dent
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibbs
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Green, Al
Grijalva
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Himes
Hinojosa
Holding
Hoyer
Huffman
Huizenga (MI)
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Knight
Kuster
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Love
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marino
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McNerney
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Moore
Moulton
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Noem
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Palazzo
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Polis
Pompeo
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reed
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Rothfus
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Smith (MO)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--1
Gowdy
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
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So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. MacArthur
Mr. MacARTHUR. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Mooney of West Virginia). The Clerk will
designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to divest or retire, or to prepare to divest or
retire, KC-10 aircraft.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 303, the gentleman
from New Jersey and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey.
Mr. MacARTHUR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
I have an amendment regarding the KC-10 air-to-air refueling tanker.
Air superiority is critical if we are going to protect our men and
women on the ground and our interests, and that requires that we have
fighters in the air. It is of vital importance. It is why the Air
Mobility Command is so important. It may not be as exciting as fighters
and close air support, but it is every bit as essential. The KC-10 air-
to-air refueler is the larger, newer of the tankers, and the KC-135 is
the smaller, older version.
This is the problem. The KC-46 is a new tanker that the Air Force is
introducing. It has had development problems, and it is not ready for
prime time. General Welch of the Air Force confirmed that the new
tanker was not intended to replace the KC-10 but that it is at risk of
being replaced due to budget cuts, and he has confirmed that it would
cost more in the midterm to replace the KC-10.
Just to put the difference in capabilities in perspective, the KC-10
can carry 350,000 pounds of fuel. The other tanker--the older KC-135--
and the new KC-46 can only carry 200,000. It is 200,000 versus 350,000.
The KC-10 carries double the payload, and it carries more passengers.
The long and the short is that this tanker is essential for our ability
to project force, and in this world of increased global threats, we
cannot afford to deteriorate our capabilities.
The answer, I believe, is to prohibit the early retirement of the KC-
10 tanker. We did that in the National Defense Authorization Act. There
is no provision in the budget to replace the KC-10. I am simply looking
to close the loop tonight and prohibit in the Defense Appropriations
bill any funding for the early retirement of the KC-10.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. MacARTHUR. I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Let me congratulate the gentleman from New Jersey,
my colleague, for his advocacy on behalf of the KC-10.
Mr. Chairman, none of the good work we have done in the Middle East
could have been done without the remarkable history of the men and
women who work on those KC-10s and these tankers, allowing so many
flights to go without any problems, any issues. That is a remarkable
plane. I support the gentleman's amendment, and I congratulate him for
introducing it.
Mr. NORCROSS. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. MacARTHUR. I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey.
Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Chairman and my colleagues from New Jersey, I stand
in support of this amendment, and I appreciate the fact that
Congressman MacArthur has kept in the forefront how important this is,
not just for New Jersey but for our Nation as a whole.
We are strategically located in that one area that makes it extremely
efficient to refuel. More importantly, we have two ways of getting the
fuel to those planes, which is so strategically important. It is over
land and it is underground. That has been why McGuire-Fort Dix has been
the place for this command to be joined together for years and years. I
think this is not only strategically smart for our country, but this is
an efficient way of spending the taxpayers' money to make sure that we
get the best bang for the buck.
Mr. MacARTHUR. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. MacArthur).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Schiff
Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used after March 31, 2016, for Operation Inherent Resolve
in the absence of a law enacted by Congress before such date
that specifically authorizes the use of military force
against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 303, the gentleman
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from California and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Chairman, 10 months ago, we entered into the war
against ISIS. During the course of that war, we have put our pilots and
other servicemembers at considerable risk, and we have suffered
casualties. We have expended hundreds of millions, if not billions, of
dollars, and, as yet, there is no end in sight to this conflict.
In the beginning of the conflict and our participation in it, the
administration took the position that it didn't need an authorization
from Congress although it desired one. The administration relied on the
authorities that were passed in 2001 and 2002. The authority in 2001,
passed in the hours after 9/11, authorized the use of force against
those responsible for 9/11. That is al Qaeda. He also relied on the
authorization passed in 2002, which authorized the use of force against
Iraq. In fact, neither of those authorities is on point. The use of
force that we are employing now against ISIL is being used against an
organization that didn't exist on 9/11 and, in fact, is often at war
with the organization that was responsible for 9/11. That is al Qaeda.
Nonetheless, the administration has asserted that it can rely on
these authorities, and it asked Congress to pass a new authorization
because it felt that was the preferential course. At the time and
before the midterm elections, the leadership in the House of
Representatives took the position that a lame duck Congress should not
be voting on a new war and that a vote must wait until after the
elections. So the Congress abdicated its constitutional responsibility
to have a debate and a war declaration, and, instead, we awaited the
elections.
The elections came and the elections went, and those of us who raised
the cry that it was time for Congress to do its job were met with a new
response: we couldn't vote on an authorization now because the
administration had not sent us one, even though there is nothing in the
Constitution that provides that Congress shall declare war only when
asked by the Executive or only when asked politely by the Executive.
Nonetheless, we sat, once again, derelict until the administration sent
us a draft authorization.
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Then there was a new explanation for inaction. We couldn't act on
this new authorization because we didn't like the terms of it. This was
irrespective of the fact that the Congress has all the power it needs
to change that draft or operate under a completely new draft
authorization, and still we did nothing.
Then the explanation was given we couldn't act on a war authorization
because we had to have a vote on the negotiations with Iran, even
though those negotiations were not yet complete. So we had a vote on
the negotiations with Iran, in fact, a vote to later have a vote.
Now we are here once again with a series of shifting rationales for
why we don't have a debate on this war ongoing now for 10 months. This
must come to an end. The amendment that I have offered this evening
would provide that no funds shall be expended for the war against ISIS
after a certain date in March of next year unless Congress authorizes a
war against ISIS. If this is worth fighting--and I believe it is; I
believe this ought to be authorized--it is worth having Congress do its
job. If we are going to ask our servicemembers to risk their lives, we
ought to have the courage ourselves to make a vote on this war.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chairman, currently, U.S. forces are
conducting multiple airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria. Without
this authority, these campaigns would stop immediately.
Should this Authorization for Use of Military Force be replaced?
Perhaps it should. On May 19, Speaker Boehner urged President Obama to
start from scratch on a measure to legally authorize the Islamic State
conflict, declaring, ``We don't have a strategy.'' I agree with the
Speaker, we have no strategy with regard to ISIL.
Recently, President Obama stated he still does not have a complete
strategy for defeating the Islamic State. A sad commentary--shifting
rationale, shifting strategy, no strategy. At a time when sectarian
tensions are at their highest levels since the end of Operation Iraqi
Freedom in December of 2001, the terrorists have once again succeeded
in capturing control of major cities in Iraq, killing innocent
citizens, causing thousands of families to flee.
What kind of message are we sending with this amendment to both the
Iraqi people, to our soldiers and marines who have valiantly served and
sacrificed, and even now the President suggesting sending another 400
advisers to advise and to train and equip Iraqis to recapture Ramadi?
This amendment is not about substance; it is about symbolism.
Unfortunately, its effect would be much more than symbolism. Acceptance
of this amendment would rob our Nation of one of the key authorities
our Commander-in-Chief relies on to keep us safe. I strongly urge
rejection of the amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. SCHIFF. May I inquire how much time I have remaining?
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 1\1/2\ minutes
remaining.
Mr. SCHIFF. I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr.
Visclosky), my colleague.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, if I could make a comment. As the
chairman indicated, this is a very complicated situation. Because lives
are at stake, it is all the more reason, I think, to support the
gentleman's amendment to force this body, if you would, to very
carefully define what our purpose is, what our policy is, and how we
should go about its implementation. I do support the gentleman's
amendment and thank him for yielding time.
Mr. SCHIFF. I thank the gentleman and would like to respond to my
colleague's points.
First of all, the effect of this is not to end funding immediately.
The effect of this would end funding in 9 months if we fail to take up
and pass an authorization. Certainly, 10 months into the war and 9
months from now ought to be ample time for the Congress to do its
constitutional duty.
Second, my colleague makes the point that he doesn't agree with the
President's strategy. We may take issue with the President's strategy,
and we all have our opinions about how this war ought to be waged, but
one thing is clear: it is not going to impact the strategy if Congress
does its job or not. That impacts our institution; that doesn't impact
the Presidency. It is our institutional interest in having a voice in
the war-making authority that is at stake here.
Finally, the gentleman asked: What kind of a message are we sending
with an amendment like this? I would say the message we are sending is
that we value our Constitution; we respect the requirements of our
Constitution. Our Constitution says that Congress--not the Executive,
but Congress--shall have the power to declare war.
My colleague says this is merely a symbolic act. I suppose that is
true if you think that the constitutional clause that gives the
Congress the power to declare war is only symbolic, but I think it is
far more than symbolic and key to the balance of power.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from California (Mr. Schiff).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. SCHIFF. 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 California
will be postponed.
amendment offered by mr. walberg
Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. 10003. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to promulgate Directive 293, issued December 16,
2010, by
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the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 303, the gentleman
from Michigan and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan.
Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of my amendment that
would reiterate Congress' objection to a proposed policy change by the
Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs,
OFCCP, that would treat healthcare providers as Federal contractors.
In December of 2010, OFCCP quietly issued directive 293, asserting
that contractual arrangements under Medicare, TRICARE, and the Federal
Employees Health Benefits Program will trigger OFCCP jurisdiction. This
is absurd. This directive would reclassify a majority of hospitals in
the United States as Federal contractors, subjecting hospitals in your
district and mine to OFCCP's often crushing regulatory burden.
With respect to TRICARE, the agency aggressively asserted its
jurisdiction in a 2009 administrative case, OFCCP v. Florida Hospital
of Orlando. OFCCP argued the hospital was a Federal subcontractor by
virtue of its participation as a provider of a TRICARE network of
providers. The agency took this troubling position despite the fact
that the Department of Defense, which regulates TRICARE, previously
concluded, Mr. Chairman: ``It would be impossible to achieve the
TRICARE mission of providing affordable health care for our Nation's
Active Duty and retired military members and their families if onerous
Federal contracting rules were applied to the more than 500,000 TRICARE
providers in the United States.''
Unfortunately, the administrative law judge in the case did not heed
DOD's warning and failed to see this policy change for what it is--an
expansion of government power over the healthcare sector. As such,
Congress acted to oppose this outreach, and in 2012 the National
Defense Authorization Act clarified that a TRICARE network healthcare
provider is not--is not--a Federal contractor or subcontractor.
As chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, I am deeply
concerned by this attempt by OFCCP to expand its jurisdiction through
executive fiat. In response, I introduced the Protecting Health Care
Providers from Increased Administrative Burdens Act in the 113th
Congress, which clarified that healthcare providers are not Federal
contractors subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Labor's
OFCCP.
Our actions on the committee in bringing attention to this issue have
been successful in prompting OFCCP to place a moratorium on the policy.
However, as OFCCP has previously defied Congress and the Department of
Defense, I believe this amendment is necessary. Therefore, I ask the
House support my amendment that would prohibit funds to be used under
this act for implementing this overreaching policy and affirmatively
show the House will not support such actions by the Department of Labor
and OFCCP.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg).
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chair, I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Indiana is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I yield to the gentlewoman from Michigan for a
colloquy.
Mrs. LAWRENCE. I thank the ranking member for yielding.
As you know, TRICARE provides coverage to over 9.5 million people
worldwide, including Active Duty, activated Guard and Reserve members,
retiree survivors, and their families. To ensure coverage, they must
choose between independently practicing TRICARE certified medical
health counselors and/or supervised mental health counselors.
I entered my amendment and withdrew it, but it is important that we
get this on the Record.
The independent providers must have a master's degree from a mental
health counseling program accredited by the Council for Accreditation
of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, which we call CACREP.
They must also pass the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Exam
by January 1, 2017.
But this rule unfortunately has unintended consequences that require
counselors to complete their education at an institution that only has
been accredited by CACREP. This freezes out some of our most respected
institutions, including Harvard, Columbia, and, in my home State of
Michigan, the University of Michigan and Michigan State University.
I am extremely concerned about and would ask for the committee's
support in addressing this issue. With more time, we can get this
right, ensure our military members have as much access to care as
possible.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Michigan
for bringing this issue to the committee's attention. I look forward to
working with her on it to address the unintended consequences of the
existing DOD rule.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Huizenga of Michigan
Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan. 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:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. 10003. None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used by the Defense Logistics Agency to implement the
Small Business Administration interim final rule titled
``Small Business Size Standards; Adoption of 2012 North
American Industry Classification System'' (published August
20, 2012, in the Federal Register) with respect to the
procurement of footwear.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 303, the gentleman
from Michigan and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan.
Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
I rise today to offer this amendment that will ensure a fair and open
bidding process to supply our men and women on the front lines with one
of the most indispensable pieces of equipment that they use every day--
their boots.
My amendment would prohibit the use of funds by the Defense Logistics
Agency to implement the 2012 Small Business Administration's rule in
regard to footwear preventing the Defense Logistics Agency from bidding
the contract as a small business set-aside.
When SBA released this rule, there was significant concern that they
did not go through the normal rulemaking and public comment process,
and more specifically did not perform due diligence on how the changes
would actually affect the footwear industry and military supply base,
which the SBA has acknowledged.
This rule dramatically changed the competitive landscape amongst
companies supplying very compliant footwear to the U.S. military. There
are very few of these manufacturers here in the United States, and even
fewer that manufacture Berry Compliant footwear. This amendment would
ensure that all businesses capable of supplying high-quality footwear
to our warfighters are able to compete for that contract.
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I might add, Mr. Chairman, that last year, we had been able to get
language inserted in that would call for a study. I just wanted to have
a quick quote from that on the impact of jobs. This is from the report
that was issued:
Although the overall impact on the industrial base is low,
the abrupt and drastic change in the small business size
standards is likely to have an impact. The DOD footwear
industry is highly capable, but also very dependent on DOD
orders. It's important to consider both the short-term and
long-term health of the industrial base.
The industry is also a critical element to the Nation's
national security because of the enduring need to meet
wartime footwear requirements.
The emphasis here is mine. Given the industry's sensitive and
critical position, such abrupt and drastic policy changes that impact
the competitive landscape should be executed with greater moderation.
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I think, Mr. Chairman, that is the concern here today, and that is
why I would urge my colleagues to support this vital amendment.
I do appreciate the opportunity for dialogue that I have been having
with my colleague from Illinois and also with the Small Business
Committee on that.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. BOST. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the gentleman's
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. BOST. Mr. Chairman, as you may know, the reason I stand in
opposition is the Small Business Administration sets these standards.
As of 2012, this standard was set in place.
Though I am more than willing to work with the gentleman in the
future on what might come forward actually through the Small Business
Committee, the concern I have is that those that do qualify under small
business inadvertently, through his language, would be removed from
that.
The concern I have also is that is located in my district, with a
company that has already received a contract under that.
It is a process that we have in place. We know that there may be
flaws in the process, and in the Small Business Committee, we are going
to be working on those. I believe that the gentleman has sincere hopes
to try to straighten this problem out for his district. I understand
that.
I believe that this is not the way to do this. I stand in opposition.
I hope that others will join me in voting ``no'' on this, but I do give
the commitment that, if a ``no'' vote does occur, I will be working
with him.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. BOST. I yield to the gentleman from Indiana.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. I appreciate the gentleman yielding, and I simply
would add my voice to his in opposition to the gentleman's amendment.
It is certainly my belief and understanding that the Defense
Logistics Agency is executing an acquisition program that maximizes to
every extent possible long-term contracts and multiple award strategies
that limit variability to limit each vendor's economic risk.
The gentleman mentions small manufacturers. Some of the largest
companies in the country are involved at the Department of Defense,
which is fine. They do wonderful work for our country. We ought to make
sure that we protect the prerogatives of small businesses to make sure
that they are on equal footing for these contracts so that you have
that limit on economic risk for all vendors, big and small.
I appreciate the gentleman's objection, and I would join him in it.
Mr. BOST. I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan. Mr. Chairman, in closing, I do appreciate
my colleague from Illinois and other members from the Small Business
Committee who are committed to working at this.
The concern, again, would be one of our capacity and our industrial
base and being able to supply that most vital of needs for our men and
women in uniform, which is their footwear. When we talk about large, we
talk about small at the same time because 400 is the number of west
Michigan jobs that are in the balance here; but we wouldn't be able to
reach the full capacity if we needed to surge again in a very unstable
world, as we have been dealing with a number of crises around the
world.
Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``yes'' vote, and I yield back the balance of
my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment Offered by Ms. Lee
Ms. LEE. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be obligated or expended pursuant to the Authorization for
Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. 1541
note) after December 31, 2015.
Ms. LEE (during the reading). Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent to
dispense with the reading.
The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from California?
There was no objection.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 303, the gentlewoman
from California and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from California.
Ms. LEE. Mr. Chairman, my amendment is really very simple. It is
cosponsored by Representatives Grijalva and Ellison. It prohibits any
funding in this bill pursuant to the 2001 Authorization for the Use of
Military Force after December 31, 2015.
This timeline gives the President and the Congress sufficient time--
that is 8 months after this is signed into law--to determine what if
any authorization would be needed to replace the 2001 AUMF.
This amendment is not only timely, but it really is necessary. On
September 14, 2001, I could not vote for the 2001 AUMF. That was an
authorization that I knew would provide a blank check to wage war any
time, for any length, anywhere.
In the last 14 years, it has become increasingly clear that this
authorization has essentially provided the President--this is any
President--President Bush, now President Obama--the authority to wage
war against anyone, anywhere, at any time, against any country, with no
authorization from Congress.
In fact, the Congressional Research Service has found that the 2001
AUMF has been used more than 30 times to justify military action and
other activities, including warrantless surveillance and wiretapping,
indefinite detention practices at GTMO, targeted killing operations
using lethal drones, and the open-ended expansion of military
operations abroad, which have nothing to do with the original
congressional intent.
In addition to the activities I mentioned, the AUMF has reportedly
been invoked to deploy troops in Afghanistan, Yemen, Djibouti, Kenya,
Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia. The 2001 AUMF is now being cited as the
authority for the now 10-month-long war against ISIL--and, yes, we are
in a war.
We know that ISIL must be degraded and dismantled, but Congress must
do our job. We should debate and vote on the use of force. That is our
constitutional responsibility.
I know that, while many of us may not share a common position on how
to deal with the 2001 authorization, many of us do agree that the
overly broad authority is a major and concerning deterioration of
congressional oversight and warmaking authority.
I think many of us can agree that a robust debate and vote is
necessary, long overdue, and must take place, whatever we believe about
how we should vote. The American people deserve to have their
Representatives speak for them on these grave matters which the
Constitution requires.
Let me be clear. With the 2001 authorization still on the books in
its current form, any administration can continue to rely on this blank
check to wage endless war. That is why my amendment to prohibit funding
for the 2001 AUMF after December 31, 2015, is so important.
There was very little debate. I remember that very moment that we had
this debate on this resolution 12 years ago. I think the debate maybe
was about 1 hour--pro and con, 30 minutes. I probably was the only one
who voted and said ``no'' in terms of the debate, but it wasn't a very
long debate, and I am sure, if we had had more time to debate this,
more Members would have realized that this was a blank check.
Let's repeal this. I have introduced this legislation once again to
get this off the books. Congress cannot continue to abdicate its
constitutional responsibility while the United States now is embroiled
in yet another open-ended war in the Middle East.
We can begin to address this today by passing this amendment,
providing Congress and the President with plenty of time to decide what
measures should replace this authorization before the end of the year.
I yield to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky), our ranking
member, and thank him for his leadership.
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Mr. VISCLOSKY. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I join in
support of her amendment.
As she indicated, more than 14 years have passed. The United States
withdrew their large troop presence and marked the end of combat
operations in Iraq since then. Security operations for Afghanistan were
transferred to the Afghan National Security Forces in June of 2013. The
basic mission of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has been to train
those forces, including the Afghan Army.
I think the gentlewoman made a very good point. She and I may not
agree on what that resolution and authority should look like in the
end, all the more reason for all of us collectively, both parties, to
have a fulsome debate on that issue.
Ms. LEE. I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the
gentlewoman's amendment.
In order to prosecute the global war on terrorism, one of our primary
current missions, the President, our Commander in Chief, relies on this
Authorization for the Use of Military Force, which he is trying and
attempting to repeal.
This AUMF, better known as the 9/11 AUMF, is necessary for the
Department of Defense and U.S. military forces to address conducting
campaigns against al Qaeda and al Qaeda-related affiliated forces
worldwide by using this authority. It has been used by both this
President and his predecessor since 2001.
Granted, this amendment was written to sunset on the last day of this
calendar year, but without a follow-on authority in place, killing the
9/11 AUMF would tie our Nation's hands and our Commander in Chief's
hands with regard to combating worldwide terrorism in 7 short months.
This amendment cripples our ability to conduct counterterrorism
operations with partner nations and our allies against al Qaeda and
their affiliates.
Once again, the gentlewoman attempts to put in place a major policy
change that does not belong in an appropriations bill, this Defense
bill.
The terrorist threat today is no less real and, in many ways, far
more dangerous than it was when Congress overwhelmingly gave the
President that authority in 2001 to protect us against those who want
to do us harm.
These terrorist organizations pose a real threat to United States
persons and interests. It is my judgment this amendment erroneously
assumes that al Qaeda and its affiliates ended their terrorist acts
once major military operations ceased in Afghanistan. Obviously, they
haven't.
Recent disastrous events in Yemen and, most recently, frightening
developments in Iraq and Syria have shown its affiliates and new
terrorist groups are on the rise.
This amendment would effectively eliminate the President's ability to
address that threat or other emerging threats from al Qaeda and like-
minded groups in north Africa, the Horn of Africa, and elsewhere and
leave our Nation and our allies more vulnerable to attacks.
Therefore, I strongly urge opposition to this amendment, and I yield
back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Ms. LEE. 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 California
will be postponed.
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Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now
rise.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Woodall) having assumed the chair, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, 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. 2685) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, had come
to no resolution thereon.
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