[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 35 (Thursday, March 3, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H1134-H1135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              THE JOURNAL

  The unfinished business is the question on agreeing to the Speaker's 
approval of the Journal, which the Chair will put de novo.
  The question is on the Speaker's approval of the Journal.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro 
tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 217, 
noes 154, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 61, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 110]

                               AYES--217

     Abraham
     Adams
     Allen
     Ashford
     Barletta
     Barr
     Becerra
     Beyer
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonamici
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Capps
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (TX)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cole
     Collins (NY)
     Comstock
     Cooper
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Dent
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duncan (SC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garrett
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Griffith
     Guthrie
     Hahn
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Himes
     Huffman
     Hultgren
     Issa
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jolly
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     King (NY)
     Kline
     Kuster
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lowenthal
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lummis
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McHenry
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meadows
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Palmer
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Ratcliffe
     Ribble
     Roby
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney (FL)
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Russell
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sinema
     Slaughter
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stutzman
     Takai
     Takano
     Thornberry
     Titus
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Wagner
     Walden
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Whitfield
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yarmuth
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

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                               NOES--154

     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Amash
     Babin
     Barton
     Bass
     Bera
     Blum
     Bost
     Brady (PA)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Capuano
     Carney
     Carter (GA)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Chaffetz
     Clarke (NY)
     Clawson (FL)
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Costello (PA)
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     Delaney
     Denham
     DeSantis
     Dold
     Duffy
     Ellison
     Ellmers (NC)
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Fudge
     Gibson
     Gosar
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Guinta
     Gutierrez
     Heck (NV)
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Honda
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hurd (TX)
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Knight
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     LoBiondo
     Love
     Lowey
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Sean
     Marchant
     Matsui
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKinley
     McSally
     Meehan
     Messer
     Miller (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nugent
     Pallone
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Peters
     Peterson
     Poe (TX)
     Poliquin
     Price, Tom
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rokita
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rouzer
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Smith (MO)
     Speier
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner
     Valadao
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walker
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Westerman
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (AK)

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

       
     Tonko
       

                             NOT VOTING--61

     Amodei
     Beatty
     Benishek
     Blumenauer
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Byrne
     Cardenas
     Collins (GA)
     Cook
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crawford
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Granger
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Grothman
     Hanna
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Hinojosa
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Hunter
     Hurt (VA)
     Keating
     King (IA)
     Kirkpatrick
     Larsen (WA)
     Loebsack
     McCaul
     Mica
     Miller (MI)
     Moore
     Mulvaney
     Napolitano
     Palazzo
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pittenger
     Pitts
     Pompeo
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Reed
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Roskam
     Roybal-Allard
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Trott
     Westmoreland

                              {time}  1148

  So the Journal was approved.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to be present in the House 
Chamber for certain rollcall votes on February 26th and the week of 
February 29 through March 3, 2016.
  Had I been present on those dates, I would have voted ``yea'' for 
rollcalls 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 108, and 110 and ``nay'' on 
rollcalls 101, 106, 107, and 109.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote on 
Thursday, March 3, 2016, due to important events being held today in 
our district in Houston and Harris County, Texas.
  If I had been able to vote, I would have voted as follows:
  On the Motion on Ordering the Previous Question on the Rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 4557, the Blocking Regulatory Interference 
from Losing Kilns Act, I would have voted ``no.''
  On H. Res. 635, the Rule providing for consideration of H.R. 4557, I 
would have voted ``no.''
  On S. 1826, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 99 West 2nd Street in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, as the 
Lieutenant Colonel James ``Maggie'' Megellas Post Office, I would have 
voted ``yea.''
  On passage of H.R. 4557, the Blocking Regulatory Interference from 
Losing Kilns Act of 2016, I would have voted ``no.''
  On the Journal Vote, I would have voted ``yea.''


                          personal explanation

  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, I was absent due to illness and was 
not present for roll call votes on Thursday, March 3, 2016. Had I been 
present, I would have voted in this manner:
  Rollcall Vote No. 106--Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 
635--the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 4557--Blocking 
Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2016--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote No. 107--Adoption of H. Res. 635--the rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 4557--Blocking Regulatory Interference from 
Closing Kilns Act of 2016--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote No. 108--S. 1826 To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 99 West 2nd Street in Fond du 
Lac, Wisconsin, as the Lieutenant Colonel James ``Maggie'' Megellas 
Post Office Office--``yes.''
  Rollcall Vote No. 109--Passage of H.R. 4557--Blocking Regulatory 
Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 1016--``yes.''
  Rollcall Vote No. 110--Journal--``yes.''
  Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, February 29; 
Tuesday, March 1; Wednesday, March 2; and Thursday, March 3, 2016, I 
was on medical leave while recovering from hip replacement surgery and 
unable to be present for recorded votes. Had I been present, I would 
have voted:
  ``Yes'' on rollcall vote No. 102 (on the motion to suspend the rules 
and pass H.R. 4238).
  ``Yes'' on rollcall vote No. 103 (on the motion to suspend the rules 
and pass H.R. 136).
  ``Yes'' on rollcall vote No. 104 (on the motion to suspend the rules 
and pass H.R. 3735).
  ``Yes'' on rollcall vote No. 105 (on passage of H.R. 3716).
  ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 106 (on ordering the previous question on 
H. Res. 635).
  ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 107 (on agreeing to the resolution H. 
Res. 635).
  ``Yes'' on rollcall vote No. 108 (on the motion to suspend the rules 
and pass S. 1826).
  ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 109 (on passage of H.R. 4557).
  ``Yes'' on rollcall vote No. 110 (on approving the journal).

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