[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 165 (Thursday, November 5, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H8133-H8136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
MOTION TO GO TO CONFERENCE ON H.R. 22, SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
REAUTHORIZATION AND REFORM ACT OF 2015
Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 512, I offer a
motion.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Shuster moves that the House take from the Speaker's
table the bill (H.R. 22), with the House amendment to the
Senate amendment thereto, insist on the House amendment, and
request a conference with the Senate thereon.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is
recognized for 1 hour.
Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, this motion is to authorize a conference on
H.R. 22. This bill helps improve our Nation's transportation
infrastructure.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the
previous question on the motion.
The previous question was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Shuster).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 371,
noes 54, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 624]
AYES--371
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
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Bost
Boustany
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
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
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duffy
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Emmer (MN)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibbs
Gibson
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffith
Grijalva
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Hill
Himes
Hinojosa
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Knight
Kuster
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Matsui
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meng
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Moulton
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Newhouse
Noem
Nolan
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Palazzo
Pallone
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pitts
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Polis
Price (NC)
Price, Tom
Quigley
Rangel
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothfus
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Webster (FL)
Welch
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOES--54
Amash
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Buck
Burgess
Carney
Chabot
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Delaney
DesJarlais
Duncan (SC)
Fleming
Flores
Franks (AZ)
Garrett
Gohmert
Gosar
Grothman
Harris
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hurt (VA)
Jones
Jordan
Labrador
Lummis
Massie
Meadows
Mulvaney
Neugebauer
Palmer
Pittenger
Pompeo
Posey
Ratcliffe
Roskam
Rouzer
Salmon
Sanford
Schweikert
Smith (TX)
Stutzman
Weber (TX)
Wenstrup
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--8
DeFazio
Ellmers (NC)
Jeffries
Meeks
Rush
Takai
Velazquez
Walker
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Mr. GROTHMAN changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the motion was agreed to.
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The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Motion to Instruct
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Huffman moves that the managers on the part of the
House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses on the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the
bill H.R. 22 be instructed to--
(1) agree to the provisions of the Senate amendment that
establish the total amount of funding to be provided for each
of fiscal years 2016 through 2021 out of the Highway Trust
Fund for surface transportation programs; and
(2) insist on section 1414(b) of the House amendment
(relating to adjustments to contract authority).
Mr. HUFFMAN (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. Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XXII, the
gentleman from California (Mr. Huffman) and the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Shuster) each will control 30 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Since 2009, this Congress has failed to make some hard choices. As a
result, highway, transit, and safety programs have limped along with
flat funding. States and transit authorities have been unable to plan
major, long-term projects as they watch this Congress extend these
programs for a few months at a time, often waiting until midnight of
the next government shutdown, and then extend them again with short-
term patches.
The Federal gas tax, which pays for these highway and public transit
investments, has not been raised in 22 years. Its purchasing power has
fallen 40 percent.
And for all the progress we made last week under Speaker Ryan in
terms of allowing policy amendments to be offered to the bill, let us
all recognize that the Republican leadership blocked every single
proposed amendment regarding the funding inadequacies in this bill.
Democrats and Republicans offered a wealth of options to fund the
program: increasing the gas tax; using repatriated revenue to increase
investment in the United States; creating a bipartisan, bicameral task
force to address the shortfall in the highway trust fund; and simply
indexing the gas tax to account for the cost of inflation.
Regrettably, the Republican leadership, despite all the pledges of
openness, would not let this House debate even a single proposal to
address the shortfall in the highway trust fund.
Mr. Speaker, we can do better.
Today, I offer a motion to instruct conferees that recognizes that we
are woefully underinvesting in our Nation's infrastructure. This motion
instructs conferees to adopt the higher funding levels for highway,
transit and highway safety programs that are contained in the
bipartisan Senate DRIVE Act. The DRIVE Act provides $342 billion over 6
years. That is $17 billion more than the House bill.
The DRIVE Act provides $12 billion more than the House bill over 6
years to reconstruct our highways and rebuild our crumbling bridges.
This small increase only begins to deal with the 147,000 structurally
deficient or functionally obsolete bridges in our country. That is, by
the way, one out of every four bridges.
This funding will only begin to address the two-thirds of the
Nation's roads that are in less than good condition.
The DRIVE Act provides $4.4 billion over 6 years for local transit
agencies to help more people move safely to their jobs. This small
increase will only begin to address the $86 billion state of good
repair backlog that exists nationwide for our local transit agencies.
In 2013, Americans took 10.7 billion public transit trips. Mr.
Speaker, many of these were on systems that were built a century ago.
Congestion is a ballooning problem around our country. It affects 42
percent of America's major roads and costs our economy $121 billion a
year. The status quo funding in the House bill will only worsen the
congestion in our cities and suburbs.
This motion also instructs conferees to include section 1414(b) of
the House bill in a final conference report. This section provides a
mechanism to automatically adjust investment levels, should additional
money come into the trust fund during the 6-year term of this bill.
Additional receipts could come into the trust fund from a number of
places. There could be higher-than-anticipated vehicle miles traveled.
There could be a bigger infusion into the trust fund from a subsequent
act of Congress.
If actual receipts do come into the trust fund exceeding the
estimated receipts for the most recently completed year, program levels
would automatically be adjusted by the additional amount at the
beginning of the next fiscal year. This ensures that any additional
funds that Congress makes available can quickly flow to States to
invest in badly needed infrastructure projects.
The Secretary would distribute this additional funding
proportionately to each of the highway transit and safety programs
funded in the highway trust fund authorized in the final conference
report.
I urge my colleagues to support this motion.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to instruct. The STRR
Act act is a bipartisan bill that reflects the input of Members from
both sides of the aisle. It has been a carefully crafted compromise.
This motion would threaten that compromise and dismantle the bipartisan
House position as we head into negotiations with the Senate.
The STRR Act is a multiyear bill that provides needed certainty for
States and local governments. It helps improve our Nation's
transportation infrastructure and maintains a strong commitment to
safety, but it also provides important reforms that help us continue to
do the job more effectively.
Key provisions in this bill will refocus our transportation programs
on national priorities, promote innovation to make our surface
transportation system programs work better, provide greater flexibility
for State and local governments to address their needs, streamline the
Federal bureaucracy, accelerate the project approval process, and
facilitate the flow of freight and commerce.
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The STRR Act continues the Federal role in providing a strong
national transportation system, which enables our country to remain
economically competitive and helps ensure our quality of life.
This bill has widespread support. We have received nearly 300 letters
of support from throughout the stakeholder community, so I would urge
all Members to oppose the gentleman's motion.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton), who is our ranking member on the
Subcommittee for Highways and Transit.
Ms. NORTON. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
We will, of course, continue to press for the DRIVE Act funding, the
small amount of increased funding in conference. But I do want to thank
Chairman Shuster, Ranking Member DeFazio, Subcommittee Chair Graves,
and all of the Members and staff who contributed to the Surface
Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act that has brought us to
this point.
Of course, many of us wanted to invest even more in desperately
needed transportation and infrastructure projects. However, we simply
can't wait any longer to address the crumbling roads, bridges, and
transit systems that Americans depend on every day.
While we will continue to press Congress to make more funding
available in future years, I support moving this bill to conference as
a means of providing necessary funding and certainty to our States and
local partners for the next 6 years.
While this is not a perfect bill--it is a most imperfect bill--it is
encouraging that we were able to get together
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on both sides of the aisle to come together as a model for how we
should proceed in the future.
Passage is necessary to shore up the highway trust fund and allow
critical projects to move forward around the country. Now, as we move
to conference, I will continue to work with Ranking Member DeFazio and
our Republican counterparts to see this bill across the finish line.
Our work to ensure robust funding for our roads, bridges, and transit
systems is just beginning. This bill is a good bridge to the future,
but we must work diligently to identify and secure additional sources
of revenue in coming years.
This motion is a first step on the path to higher investment levels.
I look forward to working with the Senate to produce a comprehensive
bill for the President to sign.
Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Again, I want to thank all the Members that have worked on this bill.
I know that the two Members on the floor here are valued members of the
committee.
Again, I oppose the instruction because I believe it really--we have
got a delicate balance here; and a strong position moving into the
Senate to get this over the goal line and get ourselves a long-term,
multiyear highway transportation bill is just something that I think we
all want. It is all good for the country.
The gentleman brings up some good points on the funding of it. As
soon as we get this bill passed, on the President's desk and signed, we
have really got to sit down with the stakeholder community and Members
on both sides of the aisle, both sides of the Capitol, people around
the States, and figure out a way to move forward in the future to have
a fully funded, robust transportation highway trust fund.
So again, I appreciate what the gentleman is saying, but, again, at
this point, I urge opposition to this motion to instruct.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I respectfully request an ``aye'' vote.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is
ordered.
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to instruct.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on the motion to instruct will be followed by a 5-minute
vote on agreeing to the Speaker's approval of the Journal, if ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 179,
nays 239, not voting 15, as follows:
[Roll No. 625]
YEAS--179
Adams
Aguilar
Ashford
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
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
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Graham
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
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
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NAYS--239
Abraham
Aderholt
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)
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Emmer (MN)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
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
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaHood
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
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
Russell
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
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--15
Cleaver
Coffman
Cole
DeFazio
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Fattah
Hanna
Jeffries
Meeks
Payne
Rush
Takai
Velazquez
Wagner
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Messrs. AMODEI, BRADY of Texas, STIVERS, DIAZ-BALART, CHAFFETZ,
COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, ROKITA, FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY DAVIS of
Illinois, Ms. GRANGER, and Mr. BISHOP of Utah changed their vote from
``yea'' to ``nay.''
Ms. WILSON of Florida changed her vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the motion to instruct was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 625, on the motion to
instruct conferees on H.R. 22 by Mr. Huffman of California, I was
unavoidably detained and unable to cast my vote. Had I been present, I
would have voted ``no.''
Mr. TAKAI. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, November 5, 2015, I was absent
from the House due to illness. Due to my absence, I am not recorded on
any legislative measures for the day. I would like the record to
reflect how I would have voted had I been present for legislative
business.
Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 618, the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, as amended.
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I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 619, the Schakowsky of
Illinois Amendment to Senate Adt. to the Text.
I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall 620, the Mullin of Oklahoma
Amendment to Senate Adt. to the Text.
I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall 621, the Burgess of Texas
Amendment to Senate Adt. to the Text.
I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall 622, the Neugebauer of Texas
Amendment to Senate Adt. to the Text.
I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 623, the Adoption of the House
Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 22.
I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 624, the Motion to go to
Conference on the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 22.
I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 625, the Motion to Instruct
Conferees on the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 22.
personal explanation
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, on November 4th and 5th, I missed the
following votes due to a medical emergency. If I would have been
present, I would have voted:
On vote No. 607, on agreeing to the Perry Amendment, I would have
voted ``no.''
On vote No. 608, on agreeing to the Mulvaney Amendment Part B Number
2, I would have voted ``no.''
On vote No. 609, on agreeing to the Mulvaney Amendment Part B Number
3, I would have voted ``no.''
On vote No. 610, on agreeing to the Mulvaney Amendment Part B Number
4, I would have voted ``no.''
On vote No. 611, on agreeing to the Mulvaney Amendment Part B Number
5, I would have voted ``no.''
On vote No. 612, on agreeing to the Mulvaney Amendment Part B Number
6, I would have voted ``no.''
On vote No. 613, on agreeing to the Rothfus Amendment, I would have
voted ``no.''
On vote No. 614, on agreeing to the Royce Amendment, I would have
voted ``no.''
On vote No. 615, on agreeing to the Schweikert Amendment, I would
have voted ``no.''
On vote No. 616, on agreeing to the Westmoreland Amendment, I would
have voted ``no.''
On vote No. 617, on agreeing to the Young of Iowa Amendment, I would
have voted ``no.''
On vote No. 618, on Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass S. 1365 as
Amended, I would voted ``no.''
On vote No. 619, on agreeing to the Schakowsky Amendment, I would
have voted ``aye.''
On vote No. 620, on agreeing to the Mullin Amendment, I would have
voted ``no.''
On vote No. 621, on agreeing to the Burgess Amendment, I would have
voted ``no.''
On vote No. 622, on agreeing to the Neugebauer Amendment I would have
voted ``aye.''
On vote No. 623, on Agreeing to Amendments En Gros, I would have
voted ``aye.''
On vote No. 624, on Motion to go to Conference, I would have voted
``aye.''
On vote No. 625, on Motion to Instruct Conferees, I would have voted
``aye.''
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