[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 173 (Tuesday, December 1, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H8838-H8839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
MOTION TO GO TO CONFERENCE ON H.R. 644, TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE
ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 2015
Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule XXII, and
by direction of the Committee on Ways and Means, I have a motion at the
desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Brady of Texas moves to take from the Speaker's table
the bill H.R. 644, with the House amendment to the Senate
amendment thereto, insist on the House amendment, and agree
to the conference requested by the Senate.
Parliamentary Inquiries
Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary
inquiry.
Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, is this motion, which makes changes in the
fast-track procedures that the House voted on earlier in the year,
debatable?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair was about to recognize the
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Brady) for 1 hour of debate.
Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, I have a further parliamentary inquiry.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary
inquiry.
Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, is that time divided equally, as is
normally done on proposals under our rules?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is debatable under the hour rule.
Mr. DOGGETT. So it can be debated without yielding any time to those
of us who are opposed to this motion under the rules of the House?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Brady) will be
recognized for 1 hour.
Mr. DOGGETT. Further parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary
inquiry.
Mr. DOGGETT. Under the new, open, inclusive policies that Speaker
Ryan has announced, when was notice of this conference report coming up
for a vote tonight first provided to all the Members of the House?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not presented a valid
parliamentary inquiry. The Chair will not respond to matters of
scheduling.
Mr. DOGGETT. Well, wasn't it about 30 minutes ago?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Brady) is
recognized for 1 hour.
Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, we need to go to conference and move
the Customs bill forward. We will have a motion to instruct and a full
hour of debate later this evening.
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 Texas (Mr. Brady).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 252,
noes 170, not voting 11, as follows:
[Roll No. 652]
AYES--252
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Ashford
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Bost
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cooper
Costa
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
Farr
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
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Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Larsen (WA)
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
Polis
Pompeo
Price, Tom
Quigley
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (NY)
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
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Wasserman Schultz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOES--170
Adams
Aguilar
Amash
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bishop (GA)
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brat
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
Connolly
Conyers
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
Fattah
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gosar
Graham
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Harris
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kuster
Langevin
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
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Posey
Price (NC)
Rangel
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sherman
Sires
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--11
Black
Fortenberry
Herrera Beutler
Kirkpatrick
Ruppersberger
Rush
Sewell (AL)
Slaughter
Stutzman
Takai
Williams
{time} 1748
Mr. BEYER changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the motion was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
personal explanation
Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, during the votes held on December
1st, 2015, I was inescapably detained and away handling important
matters related to my District and the State of Alabama. If I had been
present, I would have voted ``no'' on Passage of S.J. Res. 24 and
``no'' on S.J. Res. 23. Also, I would have voted ``yes'' on the Motion
to go to Conference on H.R. 644.
personal explanation
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, I was not able to vote today for
medical reasons.
Had I been present on rollcall vote 646, I would have voted ``no.''
Had I been present on rollcall vote 647, I would have voted ``no.''
Had I been present on rollcall vote 648, I would have voted ``yes.''
Had I been present on rollcall vote 649, I would have voted ``yes.''
Had I been present on rollcall vote 650, I would have voted ``no.''
Had I been present on rollcall vote 651, I would have voted ``no.''
Had I been present on rollcall vote 652, I would have voted ``no.''
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