[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 80 (Thursday, May 19, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H2849-H2867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
General Leave
Mr. DENT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and
include extraneous material on the further consideration of H.R. 4974,
and that I may include tabular material on the same.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaMalfa). Is there objection to the
request of the gentleman from Pennsylvania?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 736 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. 4974.
Will the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins) kindly resume 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. 4974) making appropriations for military construction,
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes, with Mr.
Collins of Georgia in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, the
amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Grayson) had been
disposed of and the bill had been read through page 71, line 6.
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Amendment Offered by Mr. Heck of Washington
Mr. HECK of Washington. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The 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. __. Upon the acceptance by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs of the newly constructed holes 10 through 18 at the
golf course at American Lake Veterans Hospital on a portion
of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, which were designed by Jack
Nicklaus on a pro bono basis, the holes shall be designated
as the ``Nicklaus Nine''.
Mr. HECK of Washington (during the reading). Mr. Chair, I ask
unanimous consent that the amendment be considered read.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I reserve a point of order on the gentleman's
amendment.
The CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
The Clerk will continue to read.
The Clerk continued to read.
The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from
Washington and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Washington.
Mr. HECK of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I actually plan on withdrawing
my amendment, but would like to make my colleagues aware of some
amazing work being done in my district on behalf of veterans and
wounded warriors.
Mr. Chairman, millions--millions--of people watched the U.S. Open at
Chambers Bay in Washington's 10th Congressional District last June. It
showcased, frankly, the irreplaceable beauty of golf in the Pacific
Northwest. But just a 10-minute drive from Chambers Bay, you will also
find yourself at beautiful American Lake.
At American Lake, that is where veterans recover and heal from
injuries at the VA facility, which is located near Joint Base Lewis-
McChord. A big part of that recuperation includes a bit of TLC from
another golf course in addition to Chambers Bay.
Since 1955, 61 years, nine holes of golf at the American Lake
Veterans Golf Course is where South Sound veterans could escape the
stresses of their daily lives and engage in some healthy competition.
And let's be honest, it is hard to look forward to a visit to the
doctor, but looking forward to a round of golf with your buddies is
something entirely different. It has become a great way for older vets
to connect with younger vets for more recent conflicts.
Currently, American Lake Veterans Golf Course--it is important that
you hear this--is the Nation's only golf course designed specifically
for the rehabilitation of wounded and disabled veterans. Almost all of
the dedicated volunteers there are veterans as well. Well, except one,
and his name is Jack Nicklaus--yes, that Jack Nicklaus--the ``Golden
Bear,'' widely regarded, perhaps, as the greatest golfer of our time,
who now spends his time actually designing golf courses. He is the one
who helped design and expand the American Lake Veterans Golf Course to
include a back nine. They went from nine holes to 18. The back nine is
now in place, and the course is waiting for VA Secretary McDonald to
sign the necessary paperwork to formally accept the course
improvements.
The course exists because of the determination of hardworking
volunteers--really angels among us. And now it is time to honor one of
those committed volunteers for his commitment to our veterans and
wounded warriors, and officially designate holes 10 through 18 as the
Nicklaus Nine.
With the Nicklaus Nine, we will now have an 18-hole, 100 percent ADA
accessible golf course to accommodate returning troops and our local
combat veterans. With the Nicklaus Nine, we will have double the
accessibility and green to offer our veterans who have given so much to
all of us.
Now, I am going to tell you a story, and I guarantee it is going to
stay with you, I guarantee that you are going to remember this story.
There is a program at American Lake Veterans Golf Course that teaches
blind veterans how to play golf. One year, we had a local golfer--his
name happens to be Ray Reed--who was sent to the National Blind Golf
Tournament in Iowa. Ray Reed, blind, wounded warrior.
And do you know what he did at that national golf tournament? He
scored a hole in one. Yes, blind veterans can golf, and they learn how
to do that at American Lake. It is incredible. They are an inspiration
to all of us.
Mr. Chairman, to avoid a point of order on my amendment, I would like
to withdraw it at this time. But I hope that I can work with my
colleagues on both sides of the aisle to find another vehicle, or a
standalone bill, to get this done. I strongly believe it to be
appropriate to honor and bestow on he who has changed the name of golf,
the Golden Bear, this honor for changing the lives of wounded warriors.
I hope this will encourage the design and development of more golf
courses around the U.S. devoted to our veterans and our wounded
warriors.
With that, Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleagues.
Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment.
The CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from
Washington?
There was no objection.
The CHAIR. The amendment is withdrawn.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Gibson
Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The 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 for this Act may
be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs to preclude the
territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam from inclusion in
the meaning of the Republic of Vietnam under the Agent Orange
Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-4) and the amendments made by
that Act.
The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from New
York and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I reserve a point of order on the gentleman's
amendment.
The CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chair, I am here this morning to bring forward an
amendment that is for our sailors who fought in the Vietnam war. This
is about ensuring they get the health care and the benefits that they
have earned through their service in Vietnam.
But in a broader sense, this is really about justice. This is about
veterans who went forward and fought that war, a deeply unpopular war
that divided our Nation. They were never asked
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about their political leanings or what their views were on the war.
They simply did what they were ordered to do. They went forward and
they gave their very best effort to serve us.
In the process of that war, we used Agent Orange to defoliate. In the
case of these sailors, serving just offshore in Vietnam, we had ships
that were involved in resupply operations at the ports and at the
harbor, and they were vulnerable. They were vulnerable because there
was vegetation near the ports and the harbors. As our countermeasure to
that, we defoliated to give standoff for those ships to protect them.
But what we have learned over time, Mr. Chairman, is that that was
poisoning our sailors, and anyone that was in close proximity. Now, and
in fact in 1991, this body, along with the Senate and the President of
the United States of America, enacted a law, the Agent Orange Act of
1991, that ensured that our veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange
had access to the health care and the benefits that they had earned.
Regrettably, in 2002, executive overreach led to a rule that narrowed
the interpretation of our law. Now it is so that you have to have
served on the ground in Vietnam or in the Riverine Navy to get access
to this law and to these benefits.
Mr. Chairman, the people's representatives never spoke on that. This
is an issue we have dealt with time and again in this Chamber, both
sides of the aisle, fighting back, fighting for our article I
prerogatives. And this is very clear here. This body spoke. We said we
had to try to make right what was wrong.
So now we have about 90,000 sailors that don't have access to health
care. Mr. Chairman, be advised and be assured that Members of this body
fight every day for these veterans in a case-by-case basis, and we do
win some of these, but we don't win all of them. It is just flatly
wrong.
Mr. Chairman, what this amendment does is really ensure that our
article I prerogatives are secured. That we go back to the original
language that we passed and the President signed.
I would ask all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support
this amendment.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Point of Order
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I insist on my point of order.
The CHAIR. The gentleman will state his point of order.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I make a point of order against this amendment.
Although it is a very well-intended amendment, and I am very
sympathetic to what he wants to do, I think there might be a way, if
the gentleman withdraws and tries to perfect that amendment, that it
might be made in order.
This amendment proposes to change existing law and constitutes
legislation in an appropriation bill and, therefore, violates clause 2
of rule XXI.
The rule states in pertinent part: ``An amendment to a general
appropriation bill shall not be in order if changing existing law.''
The bill gives direction to that effect.
I ask for a ruling from the Chair.
Again, I would ask my colleague to consider withdrawing and see if he
can perfect that amendment so that it would be made in order.
The CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the point of
order?
Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I just want to say, I have the deepest
respect for the chairman, a dear colleague and friend. But I have to
say that I am astounded that we would talk about a point of order here
when we are talking about our language. This is what we passed.
What we saw is that the executive branch, with fiat, changed what it
is that we passed. So I don't know how it is that we are legislating to
their executive overreach. This is merely an amendment that goes back
to our language.
And it is not just me standing here today; 320 of our colleagues in
the United States House of Representatives, on both sides of the aisle,
believe that this needs to get done. And nearly half of the Senate, an
exact companion, also believe that.
Now, because of our friendship and because of the way that we have
worked together, I just want to enter into a colloquy and get
clarification from the chairman.
What I think I heard him say moments ago is that, if I withdraw, he
will work with us so that we can reassert our Article I powers and
ensure that we have justice for these Vietnam veterans who deserve
these benefits.
Can I get that clarification from the chairman?
The CHAIR. The Chair will hear each Member individually on the point
of order.
A point of order is pending.
The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized to be heard on the
point of order.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, on the point of order, the point I am trying to
make is this: if the amendment is withdrawn, it can be reworked so that
it would be in order. We believe that there is a way to do that even
today. That is the offer I am making to you. If the amendment is
withdrawn, there is a possibility that this amendment could be made in
order, but it does have to be perfected.
I am a cosponsor of the actual underlying legislation, so I support
it. But at the moment, in our view, it does constitute legislation in
an appropriation bill, and, therefore, it violates clause 2 of rule
XXI.
But I pledge to work to the best of our ability to try to make it in
order, even today, if possible.
The CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized.
Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chair, given the pledge of my dear friend from
Pennsylvania to work to make sure that we have justice and that we can
move forward and help these veterans, I ask unanimous consent to
withdraw my amendment.
The CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from
New York?
There was no objection.
The CHAIR. The amendment is withdrawn.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar
Mr. GOSAR. 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 for the Veterans Experience Office.
The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from
Arizona and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer a simple amendment to
prevent wasteful new administrative spending within the VA General
Administration Account, and to ensure that scarce resources are not
diverted away from the priorities that need them most.
My amendment will strengthen and support the position of this
committee to ensure that none of the funds made available by this act
may be used by the administration's proposed bureaucracy quagmire
called the Veterans Experience Office. While the name may make this
proposed new nationwide office sound like a good idea, this proposal
would unleash a new cadre of Federal bureaucrats to stand between the
veterans and their benefits, repeating those terrifying nine words,
``I'm from the government and I'm here to help.''
We all share the goal of improving each and every veteran's
experience with the VA. However, it would be foolish to permit the
creation of a new general administration program that would siphon off
more than $72 million away from the programs and offices prioritized by
this committee as those most in need of support.
I commend the committee for identifying this wasteful proposal in
their report, stating, ``While the committee supports the Secretary's
efforts to improve the ways VA interacts with veterans, it has doubts
about the wisdom of establishing a large new office with regional
staffing at this late date in the administration.''
While the position of the committee is clear, my amendment is
necessary to ensure that the administration is prohibited from
transferring limited funds within the general administration account to
fund this unwise and duplicitous proposal. This administration is
notorious for ignoring the will
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of Congress and seeking out loopholes to advance the executive branch's
agenda. This track record of rogue behavior is why this amendment is so
necessary in order to carry out the committee's recommendation and
properly care for our veterans.
The VA doesn't need more money to hire more people pushers to create
an even larger bureaucracy between the veterans and their benefits.
Instead, let's ensure resources are allocated where they have the most
effective and efficient benefit for those who have given their country
so much.
I ask my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment. I thank
Chairman Dent and Ranking Member Bishop for their time.
I reserve the balance of my time.
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Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition, but I am not
opposed to the gentleman's amendment.
The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is
recognized for 5 minutes.
There was no objection.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I understand the gentleman's concerns about
starting this large, new office at the VA. As you can see from our
report, we cut the request for General Administration by $81.3 million,
largely because of our concerns about funding this large office; so I
think we have already achieved what the gentleman is looking to
accomplish. It is hard to imagine that the VA could find $81 million in
another account to backfill this office.
I will not oppose the gentleman's amendment. I will tell the
gentleman, however, that this will inevitably become a conference issue
because the Senate supports the creation of the office. I do not object
to the amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I move to strike the last word.
The CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, the bulk of the request of the
increase for the General Administration was intended for the
establishment of the Veterans Experience Office. Up until now, the
Veterans Experience Office's activities have been funded through the
Office of Enterprise Integration. However, the FY 2017 budget proposes
to make the Veterans Experience Office a standalone office within the
General Administration and requests $72.6 million in funding and 204
full-time equivalents via direct budget authority.
While we all support the Secretary's efforts to improve the way the
VA interacts with the veterans, we had doubts about the wisdom of
establishing a large, new office with regional staffing at this late
date in the administration. It was decided not to include this funding.
However, there is nothing in the bill that prevents the Secretary from
continuing to fund the office in the way that he did in the previous
fiscal year.
Conversely, the amendment before us will prevent this office from
being funded, period. I believe that the amendment is a bridge too far.
While I don't support making the Veterans Experience Office a free-
standing office, I also don't support taking the Secretary's
flexibility away either. I believe that the bill is the right approach.
I urge Members to oppose the amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I rebut.
This President and his agencies have shown time and time again that
they are eager to ignore the will of Congress and to implement his
agenda wherever they can. This is a necessary reminder that the VA is
hardly a vestibule of good behavior. I think we need to make them
concentrate on doing their procedures right that they currently cannot
do right. I urge Members to accept my amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar
Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The 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 to--
(1) carry out the memorandum from the Veterans Benefit
Administration known as Fast Letter 13-10, issued on May 20,
2013; or
(2) create or maintain any patient record-keeping system
other than those currently approved by the Department of
Veterans Affairs Central Office in Washington, D.C.
The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from
Arizona and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I offer an amendment. I have offered similar
amendments in the last 2 years, and they have passed each time. I had
hoped that it would not be necessary to offer this amendment again this
year.
Unfortunately, an investigation from the Government Accountability
Office that was released last month found that the VA schedulers are
still manipulating appointment wait times and are underestimating how
long veterans have to wait to get care at a VA facility. The GAO's most
recent audit found that schedulers changed dates and shortened wait
times for 15 to 20 percent of the cases reviewed. To make matters
worse, USA Today recently claimed to have studied more than 70
investigative reports, and it found that these manipulations were being
performed at the behest of the VA supervisors.
Last year, a different inspector general investigation uncovered an
actual memo from the VA leadership that encouraged this type of
behavior. The memo I speak of is known as the Fast Letter 13-10, and it
was handed down directly from the Office of the Director of the
Veterans Benefits Administration to the Philadelphia VA Regional
Benefit Office. I was appalled--but not totally surprised--to learn of
this memo.
The need for my amendment first surfaced 2 years ago as a response to
explosive allegations about the Phoenix VA's keeping secondary,
unofficial records of claims and appointment requests. My commonsense
amendment simply prohibits the VA from keeping unofficial recordkeeping
systems and manipulating wait times.
I have said this before, but it is sad that we have to pass
amendments to prevent this type of behavior. When government
bureaucrats don't use good judgment or common sense, Congress must
address these issues. We must have one consistent patient recordkeeping
system within the VA in order to provide accountability, uniformity,
and to prevent employee manipulation.
I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. I thank Chairman Dent
and Ranking Member Bishop for their time.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition, but I am not
opposed to the gentleman's amendment.
The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is
recognized for 5 minutes.
There was no objection.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, this amendment is familiar to us since the
gentleman offered it last year. I am not sure it is necessary to repeat
the language this year since we know the VA has rescinded the Fast
Letter guidance. After all, with the IG investigation into the dual
scheduling systems, it doesn't seem likely that the VA is maintaining
recordkeeping systems that are not approved by headquarters; but I am
not going to object to the amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GOSAR. I thank the gentleman.
Mr. Chair, we want to reward good behavior, and until they illustrate
good behavior, the amendment is going forward. I appreciate the
chairman's support.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Mica
Mr. MICA. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The 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. __. (a) For an additional amount for ``Veterans Health
Administration--Medical Services'' for grants to States under
subchapter III of chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code,
to expand, remodel, or alter existing buildings for
furnishing nursing home
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care to veterans in State homes that are former nursing home
facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, as
authorized by section 8133 of such subchapter, there is
hereby appropriated, and the amount otherwise provided by
this Act for ``Departmental Administration--General
Administration'' is hereby reduced by, $10,000,000.
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to implement, administer, or enforce the prioritization
requirements in paragraphs (1)(C) or (2) through (5) of
section 8135(c) of title 38, United States Code, with respect
to the appropriation in subsection (a).
The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from
Florida and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida.
Mr. MICA. Mr. Chair, this is a simple amendment.
I get to chair a subcommittee called Transportation and Public
Assets. We get to oversee, in the public assets portion, all of the
various properties around the United States that are public assets that
are sitting idle. For example, in some States we have many VA
properties that are medical--some hospitals, some nursing homes--that
are sitting idle. Some of them are vacant, and some of them are closed.
In order to put them into productive use for our veterans, I have
tried to craft an amendment that, of course, doesn't apply to all of
the facilities. I would like to do that, but this is fairly limited. It
says that we have a nursing home that has been vacated or a nursing
home that is not being used, and some of them, for several years, have
sat vacant. This allows the Secretary discretion, and it also sets
aside a small number of funds to help bring that property into a
condition so that it can be transferred to the State. You have these in
Pennsylvania, Mr. Chair. You have these across the Rust Belt. We have
them even in Florida. What we don't have is the authority for the VA to
move forward with these properties in their transferring and get the
properties into condition and make the little bits of changes in the
properties to transfer them to the States.
This will apply to 49 States. There are 49 States that have State
VAs. Many of them run nursing homes. In my State, for example, we run
seven nursing homes now. We do it more cost-effectively. We can do it
faster. We can take those idle assets and put them into use. In some
places in the Rust Belt, you need to consolidate some of the
facilities, and this will allow us to do that, too, and to run them
cheaper and give better services to our veterans, not spread out the
limited number of even staffers whom we have and administrators. Think
of what you can save just on that.
This is an amendment to try to move that process forward. We are not
trying to get ahead of anybody who is in line for any kind of a VA
facility. What we are trying to do is, again, tell the VA Secretary
that he can move forward and put a little bit of money aside that will
make a big, big difference with these facilities that are sitting
vacant or half empty across the country, and it does apply to 49
States.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition, but I am not
opposed to the gentleman's amendment.
The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is
recognized for 5 minutes.
There was no objection.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I understand there is a great demand throughout
our Nation for State veterans' homes, and I wish we had the allocation
to provide more for this program than we did.
I do want to raise a concern with the language that it might--I say
``might.'' I am not saying ``definitely''--favor some States rather
than increase funding for the entire State HOME Program. I was pleased
to hear the gentleman state that he is not trying to jump ahead of
other States that may be in line, but this is an issue that we are
going to have to discuss at the conference committee.
I am not going to object to the amendment.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. MICA. I appreciate that.
Mr. Chair, I think if there are differences in language, we have
tried to work with the parliamentarian and the committee, and I know
you all are busy in trying to get a very important piece of legislation
out, but this small amendment can make a big difference.
Again, this is in Rust Belt States, even in growing States like
Florida, and there is no more cost to the Federal taxpayer in the
operation. In fact, we will save money in the operation because the
States take these over. And if the States take them over, it is one
less burden on the VA. We have seen how difficult it is sometimes to
get services from the VA, to have these facilities come on line.
To the nursing home folks, listen to this. This is to nursing homes:
we have a tremendously expanding, aging veterans' population, and we
can't keep up with it all, and the Federal Government sometimes does it
the least efficiently. This allows us to take those empty or half empty
or partially used facilities and get them to the States, to sometimes
consolidate the operations and save money on administration, operation,
and expedite and get that service to our veterans as soon as possible.
I urge the Members' support of this small amendment. I will be glad
to work with the chairman, with the ranking member, and with others and
craft this in any way that they feel comfortable, but the objective is
very important at this stage.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman
from Florida (Mr. Mica).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar
Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The 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 in contravention of sections 575.106 or 575.206 of
title 5, Code of Federal Regulations.
The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from
Arizona and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, in a 2015 report from the VA Office of the
Inspector General, it was discovered and reported that two senior staff
members used their positions of power to financially and personally
benefit from unethical behavior.
Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves not only coerced two VA managers to
leave their positions against their will, they then manufactured
circumstances that allowed for them to take the positions in question.
To make matters worse, these women then took advantage of the VA's
relocation expense program. Relocation bonuses may be given to current
employees if an open position will be difficult to fill without such an
incentive. In both of these instances, this clearly was not the case.
In total, these women walked away with more than $400,000 in taxpayer
funds.
As if these actions weren't heinous enough, when the VA did attempt
to hold Rubens and Graves accountable, the VA was subsequently
overturned because they failed to discipline the other employees
involved in this case. I am appalled--but ultimately, again, not
surprised--to hear of this story. The VA has been riddled with scandal
and plagued with lawlessness for years now.
Chairman Miller said it best in the days that followed the reversal
of the VA's decision, stating: ``Every objective observer knows that
the Federal civil service system coddles and protects misbehaving
employees instead of facilitating fair and efficient discipline; and
until VA and Obama administration leaders acknowledge this problem and
work with Congress to solve it, it will never be fixed.''
Mr. Chair, my amendment is a commonsense approach that simply
reaffirms the requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations for
employment incentives and relocation expenses.
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Had the VA followed these regulations, Diana Rubens and Kimberly
Graves wouldn't have been able to force two managers to leave and then
get reimbursed for moving across the country to take their spots.
I have said this before, but it is sad that we have to pass
amendments to
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prevent this type of behavior. When government bureaucrats fail to
serve the American people through the use of common sense, Congress
must address these issues personally.
I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. I thank the
distinguished chair and ranking member for their help.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I claim the time to speak in opposition, but I
am not opposed to the amendment.
The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5
minutes.
There was no objection.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, no one shares the gentleman's concerns more than
I do about the inappropriate relocation incentive payments the VA
initially paid to two executives at the Philadelphia regional office.
The VA has since reformed its policies, and I hope we will never ever
hear again about such egregious staff misconduct and inappropriate
reimbursements.
However, I do think that the relocation incentive can be an important
tool in some circumstances. Although I have no objection to the
gentleman's amendment, I think this may need to be refined a bit in
conference to reflect the usefulness of the tool, when used
appropriately.
As I said, there was egregious misconduct in Philadelphia, as the
gentleman correctly points out. There is no question. In fact, many of
us went and visited the Philadelphia regional office at about that time
for a hearing, both Republicans and Democrats, authorizers and
appropriators, to discuss the challenges at that particular office.
That said, I have no objection to the amendment.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. DENT. I yield to the gentleman.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I have the deepest respect for the
gentleman from Pennsylvania and for the gentleman who is offering the
amendment, but I think that we may be just going a little bit too far
here.
Mr. Chair, this amendment will restrict the ability of the VA and the
departments and related agencies funded in this act to use incentives
to get experienced, talented, and capable individuals to take on
difficult-to-fill positions. In other departments, they call these
hardship posts. These are the jobs no one wants to do but are vital to
the function of government.
I think we can all agree that there are times when we need to provide
incentives to those individuals whom we are asking to fill difficult
jobs. At times, we need to take action to make a job more appealing,
and sometimes we need to provide incentives to compete with the
salaries that are typically paid outside of the Federal Government for
some of the positions.
I am concerned that this amendment will decrease the availability and
quality of candidates possessing the competencies that are required for
filling the hard-to-fill posts. We would not run a Fortune 500 company
this way. Why are we limiting the ability of the U.S. Government to
recruit and hire the best and the brightest?
I respectfully urge my colleagues to vote ``no.''
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, trust is a series of promises kept, and it is
very notable that the VA has lost the trust of Congress and the
American people and, more importantly, our veterans. So until we get
this right, until they can actually earn the respect and do the due
diligence that they are expected to do for our veterans, it is a
requirement of us to make sure, like a dog on a bone, to hold them
accountable.
I hope that everybody will vote for this amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar
Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The 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 to implement, administer, or enforce the exception in
clause (iii) of section 1.218(a)(8) of title 38, Code of
Federal Regulations.
Mr. GOSAR (during the reading). Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent
that the amendment be considered as read.
The CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from
Arizona?
There was no objection.
The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from
Arizona and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, recently, a veteran receiving care from the VA
contacted my office to express his concern about pro-union fliers being
posted in VA facilities. The veteran sent me a picture of one of these
fliers, shown here for your reference. Right here.
As you can see, this flier is an attempt to recruit union activists.
Another flier, just above it, praises the agenda at the AFL-CIO. The
veteran who contacted me was appalled that he was barraged by these
pro-union advertisements during his visits to the VA. I couldn't agree
more.
Our Nation's heros should not be subjected to blatantly partisan
advertisements while trying to receive medical care at VA facilities.
My staff investigated this issue and found that, while solicitations
like these are prohibited by law, union lobbyists were able to carve
out a special exemption that allowed solicitation of labor organization
membership or dues in VA facilities. This is a blatant abuse of
taxpayer-funded facilities for the purpose of pushing a pro-union
agenda. Given the obvious political nature of these groups, they should
not be allowed to advertise in the VA facilities.
Furthermore, the fact that VA employees are engaging in union
activities while on the clock is unacceptable, given the current state
of the VA. Any time these employees spend time doing union activities
is time they cannot spend treating our veterans. With a massive backlog
of cases and the fact that veterans have literally died waiting for
care, this abuse of taxpayer money and our veterans must be put to an
end.
For that reason, I introduced the amendment currently at the desk. My
amendment will prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or
enforce the current union loophole. Defunding this exemption that
allows unions to solicit members and dues at VA facilities would place
unions under the same regulatory framework as other 501(c)'s.
I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. I thank the
distinguished chair and ranking member.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition.
The CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, this is just another attack on
organized labor and working people. The conduct that the gentleman
wishes to prohibit is consistent with the National Labor Relations Act,
and it is consistent with the traditions of this country. It is freedom
of speech, and I think it ought to be allowed.
I certainly object to this. I think that the working people ought to
have an opportunity to express themselves and utilize fully the First
Amendment, even in our VA facilities. I couldn't imagine that people
who support the Constitution would want to muzzle working people and
limit their ability to seek associations with like-minded people.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, once again, my amendment is critical to
ensuring that our veterans receive the care they deserve in a
nonpoliticized environment. Again, this amendment idea came from a
veteran who was outraged about the VA being littered with union
recruitment fliers.
No veteran should be forced to endure blatantly partisan union
advertisements in a taxpayer-funded building in order to receive the
medical care they earned defending our country.
We should all agree that the VA employees should be spending their
taxpayer-funded time treating veterans, not posting union fliers and
negotiating for higher wages, especially given the VA claims and the
backlog of appeals that exist.
I encourage adoption of the amendment.
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I also want to make sure that people understand that this amendment
would create that the unions be treated as any other 501(c).
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, well, once again, we want to make sure that
everybody is treated fairly about this. As you can see, the blatant
attempt here about recruitment to the unions within our VA is outright
disgusting.
We want to make sure that everybody is treated fairly and has the
opportunity for fair speech, but this gives a hand up to the unions. I
ask all my colleagues to vote for this amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, again, this is another nasty rider.
This is a rider that is totally unnecessary and inappropriate on this
bill. It violates the Constitution. It certainly limits the rights of
people in veterans facilities to be able to have freedom of speech and
freedom of association. It is a bad proposition. I urge my colleagues
to oppose it.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on
the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Perry
Mr. PERRY. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The 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 new section:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to implement or enforce Executive Order 13502.
The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from
Pennsylvania and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
Mr. PERRY. Mr. Chair, in 2009, the President issued Executive Order
13502, which strongly encourages Federal agencies to require project
labor agreements, or PLAs, on Federal construction projects exceeding
$25 million in cost. This amendment simply states, as already read,
that none of the funds made available by this act may be used to
implement or enforce this executive order.
Now, project labor agreements, Mr. Chair, discourage what is called a
merit shop contractor from bidding on taxpayer-funded construction
contracts. Let me be clear. That means, if you don't have a union, you
can't even bid.
By the way, the vast majority of all work conducted in the United
States, private or government, is conducted by nonunion contractors. It
is not meant to disparage unions. It is just saying that there should
be open competition for everybody.
Because it is a limited competition, it actually drives up the cost
that each of us pay for the construction, somewhere between 12 and 18
percent, needlessly. Even if it is only 12 percent, why pay it? It
results in fewer infrastructure improvements simply because there is
just not as much money because we are paying more for the ones that we
are doing.
It is a project-specific collective bargaining agreement with
multiple unions that is unique only to the construction industry. It is
done nowhere else, only in the construction industry.
Now, the NLRA permits construction employees to execute a PLA, a
project labor agreement, voluntarily. When the PLA is mandated by a
government agency, construction contracts can be awarded only to
contracts and subcontractors that agree to the terms and conditions of
the PLA, essentially making them a union organization.
Typically, the contractors have to recognize the union as the
representative of their employees. No longer is the private business
the representative, but only the union is the representative, and they
have to hire from the union hall.
Furthermore, if you ever pay prevailing wage or the Federal minimum
wage for these kinds of projects, there is a thing called the fringe
benefits, which includes your medical, your dental, your retirement.
Those all will be put into union-managed benefits and pension programs.
So even if you are a private employer that is not unionized, all that
money, all those fringe benefits go to those programs.
You must obey the restrictive and sometimes inefficient rules of job
classification. So, for instance, if you are an electrician, you might
want to wire something up, but if you need some conduit, you can't go
get it because you are not a laborer. You are an electrician, and you
have to wait for the laborer to go get it. That doesn't happen in
nonunion environments. It is just inefficient.
Furthermore, PLAs force employees to pay union dues, whether they are
in the union or not, and then accept unwanted union representation.
They also forfeit the benefits earned during the life of the project
unless they join the union and become vested in union benefit plans. So
they lose all that.
Quite honestly, it is just simply a union recruiting plan at taxpayer
expense. I don't have problems with the union; I just don't think that
we should be paying for them.
The PLA requirements and preferences on taxpayer-funded contracts
expose procurement officials to intense political pressure because they
are not negotiating normally. It is negotiated under the terms of the
project labor agreement, not just a regular contract where you agree to
do so much work and we would agree to pay so much. You agree to do it
at this time, and we agree to accept that timeframe. It disrupts local
collective bargaining agreements already in place because it is
contract specific for the project at the time. Obviously, because of
that, it stifles competition.
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You stifle competition, it raises the cost. Who is paying the extra
cost? The American taxpayer. It creates, or potentially creates,
contracting and construction delays. We don't need any more delays at
the VA. I think we have been through that plenty of times.
Now, we just want to get the best price. We want everybody involved.
We want everybody able to bid and able to participate. Let the
government, let the taxpayer get the best job for the best price.
Under this amendment, PLAs for military construction would not be
forbidden. They are still not forbidden; they are just not mandated.
Again, this amendment simply allows none of the funds made by the
executive order to be used to implement or enforce Executive Order
13502.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chairman, I rise to claim the time in opposition.
The CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
The DOD does a lot of construction projects--this bill is certainly a
testament to that--and these are often complex projects. They build
facilities that are used to repair ships or store munitions, and
usually when we read about large, complex construction projects, it is
often in the context of delays or cost overruns or concerns on the
workforce front. Folks want to see local opportunities on local
projects.
Now, a project labor agreement allows Federal agencies to negotiate
exclusively with the building trades to ensure both union and open shop
contractors are able to participate on the project. The agreement
establishes quality worksite conditions and works to ensure
construction is finished on time and under budget.
When executed properly, PLAs are flexible, and they encourage
participation from a wide variety of prime and subcontractors. In fact,
PLAs are used on big, private projects. Look at every significant hotel
project, casino project, stadium project.
I worked professionally in economic development before I came here.
These project labor agreements were vital to seeing projects happen.
Why? Because they save money and because they keep projects on schedule
and because they use local workers.
You have seen the first project labor agreement in Navy history in my
district--just one, mind you. What is the
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outcome? Well, the project is going to be completed at a cost of $250
million below what was originally projected. With a contract that was
worked out ahead of time, it meant that local workers were assigned on
the front end. They brought in quality workers, local workers, and that
strengthens our local communities. By partnering with local trades and
using apprenticeship programs, this is helping to grow the next
generation of tradespeople, giving opportunities to veterans and to
women and minority communities. So it means that we are not just
building a wharf in my district; it means we are building the next
generation of workers. We are building the middle class.
When you compare this with similar large, complex projects, the
project that we just had with a project labor agreement had fewer
problems and will deliver more value for taxpayers. So I do not
understand why we would take this valuable tool out of our toolbox. We
should be encouraging these efforts.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
The CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I just want to state I have no objection to
the gentleman's amendment. The Department of Defense has awarded one
construction contract, that is the explosives-handling wharf in Kitsap,
Washington--I believe, in the gentleman's district--where the
solicitation favored PLAs.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has not awarded any contracts that
have used PLAs, and they currently have no solicitations that favor
PLAs. That said, I am very sympathetic with the gentleman's amendment,
and I urge adoption of the amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. I move to strike the last word.
The CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I am very disappointed that,
instead of seeking to pass the most bipartisan bill possible, my
colleagues would prefer to weigh down the bill that funds veterans and
military construction with a divisive rider.
PLAs can be an essential tool to allow large projects to be completed
on time and on budget. They are a benefit to both employers and
employees. A project labor agreement provides a single collective
bargaining unit, which allows for easier management of a project. They
provide a reliable and uninterrupted supply of workers. They provide
uniform wages, uniform benefits, overtime pay. A PLA sets the terms and
conditions of employment for all workers onsite, including the work
conditions and the rules. In addition, a PLA prohibits strikes and work
stoppages.
It is insulting that some would seek to prevent the use of PLAs on
this bill when it is one of the best tools available to guarantee that
veterans are hired as skilled construction workers. The use of a PLA
does not prevent nonunion small businesses from participating. They
have to agree to the terms and to sign on to the PLA. In addition, the
PLA does not make the project union only.
Simply put, project labor agreements help both the government and the
private sector increase the efficiency and the quality of its project
by promoting a business model that employs a highly skilled workforce.
Such a workforce ensures that construction projects are built correctly
the first time, on time and, as a result, on budget.
I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment.
I would note that this House has repeatedly refused to adopt similar
amendments on this bill.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. PERRY. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire how much time I have
remaining.
The CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 30 seconds remaining.
Mr. PERRY. Mr. Chairman, I just want to reiterate that this does not
take this tool out of the toolbox. It just doesn't require it. With all
due respect to those who say, well, it stops strikes from happening and
it makes sure it is on time and on budget, a simple contract that
millions of Americans sign every single day without a project labor
agreement does that already.
If project labor agreements are necessary, why aren't we all doing it
with the work on our homes or the work on our businesses? The fact is
it is not done everywhere because it is not necessary. The fact is it
discourages participation, because you can participate if you want to
join the union, or at least de facto join the union because you are
going to do everything by the union code, every single thing, all your
employees, all your representation.
I urge adoption of the amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire how much time I have
remaining.
The CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington has 2\1/2\ minutes
remaining.
Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman
from New Jersey (Mr. Norcross).
Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Chair, let's start out by talking about some of the
facts, because I hear some talking points from those who are trying to
disturb and remove all workers' rights.
There is nothing that currently is in place that mandates project
labor agreements be used. If so, we would have thousands and thousands
of them. It makes them permissible when a large and complex job would
benefit from a precontract agreement, because that is what we are
talking about. We are not talking about building a house or renovating
a bedroom. Large, complex projects, that is what we are talking about.
All it talks about is, before you sign a contract, make sure that you
spell out very specifically the issues that could come up germane to
that job.
I have negotiated in my past life over 100 of these. Why? Because
employers understand that this is to their benefit. There is a better
cost ratio balance when they do a project labor agreement. They are
public jobs, they are private jobs where nobody is mandating everything
or anything.
What we are saying here is that entering into a project labor
agreement does one very important thing that nobody quite remembers
here: Helmets to Hardhats, taking our veterans who served our country,
giving them an opportunity to come home, put their uniform away, and go
to work on a construction project. That alone is worth its weight in
gold, and that is what Helmets to Hardhats does under a project labor
agreement. It creates and allows that next generation of construction
workers, those skilled craftsmen, to be part of that. Not one dime of
that apprenticeship program comes from the government.
This works. Why does it work? Because it saves money. The employer
likes it because there are less headaches on the job, and it is
probably the most important tool that could be in that worker's
toolbox, to make sure that they level the playing field for a quality
job that comes in on time and under budget.
Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry).
The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on
the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be
postponed.
Amendment Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The 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 by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in contravention
of subchapter III of chapter 20 of title 38, United States
Code.
The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentlewoman from
Texas and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer the Jackson Lee
amendment that clearly recognizes the importance of those who have
served and
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their lives after. My amendment says none of the funds made available
by this act for the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used in
contravention of subchapter III of chapter 20 of title 38 of the U.S.
Code, which refers to the benefits for homeless veterans in training
and outreach programs.
Texas and Florida and California happen to be some of the States that
have the highest number of homeless veterans. These are individuals who
put on the uniform unselfishly. Now they are homeless for a variety of
reasons. I hope that this amendment will reinforce and reemphasize the
importance of ensuring that the rate of homelessness among veterans in
the United States does not increase.
As well, my amendment will remind us of our obligation to provide our
veterans the assistance needed to avoid homelessness, which includes
adequate funding for programs like the Veterans Administration
Supportive Housing that provides case management services, adequate
housing facilities, mental health support, and addresses other issues
that contribute to veterans' homelessness.
I have, on my staff, a wounded warrior. We work a lot with homeless
veterans. We visit their centers. We provide them with a sense that
their commitment to this Nation will never be forgotten. Today in our
country there are approximately 107,000 veterans, male and female, who
are homeless on any given night, and perhaps twice as many, 200,000,
experience homelessness at some point during the course of a year.
I remember dealing with one of my nonprofits that was renting a space
just to help three or four or five veterans. Unfortunately, the
landlord was not sensitive to the fact that he did not have all the
moneys to pay his rent. He was ultimately evicted. But it wasn't just
he who was evicted, who was trying to be the Good Samaritan, it was
veterans who called that place home.
Many other veterans are considered near homeless or at risk because
of their poverty and lack of support from their family. In my hometown
of Houston, for example, we have had large numbers of homeless
veterans, but we have begun to work on it.
I hope that this amendment will remind people of supportive service
programs, residential rehabilitation programs, and HUD VA programs. I
ask support of my amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition, but I do not
oppose the amendment.
The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is
recognized for 5 minutes.
There was no objection.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, the gentlewoman has offered the amendment in
previous years, and we have accepted it. I have no objection to it
being included again in the bill this year.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, how much time do I have remaining?
The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman
from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), the distinguished ranking member and a
strong supporter of veterans and leadership on the MILCON bill.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for
yielding.
I just want to let my voice be heard to congratulate the gentlewoman
on her amendment. It has been adopted previously by this House. I think
it is a great amendment. We support our homeless veterans. I
congratulate the gentlewoman for offering the amendment.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, let me thank Mr.
Dent and Mr. Bishop for their leadership, and certainly the
appropriators, the full committee chairman and ranking member, on the
tasks that they have before them.
We are not going to end homelessness for veterans if we do not invest
in programs that will help them. My amendment is to ensure that we are
reminded that these veterans can be rehabilitated and can be provided a
new pathway in life. It is simply a continuing way to say thank you.
Whenever I speak before veterans, whenever I speak before the United
States military, I remind them--though they do not need to be
reminded--that they unselfishly put on the uniform without question.
They put on the uniform without question, and they followed orders.
They followed the orders of the Commander in Chief. So now I hope that
we, as Members of Congress, will follow orders and increase investment
in the HUD-VASH program allocated to communities with the highest
numbers of homeless veterans, support all council agencies to promote
and give incentives to local coordination or plans and have our local
communities own these plans so that they will bring down the cost of
homelessness or the size of homelessness to prevent or to provide, if
you will, for the homeownership that is so very important that our
veterans desire.
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But the most important point is, why don't we stand and salute and
stand at attention and say to our veterans: we hear you. Homelessness
must not exist among our veterans.
I ask my colleagues to support this amendment. It reminds us of
funding for veterans who are homeless, as well as for programs for
veterans who are homeless.
Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. It is Jackson Lee
Amendment No. 350.
Thank you for this opportunity to describe my amendment, which simply
provides that:
``None of the funds made available by this Act for the Department of
Veteran Affairs--Benefits for Homeless Veterans and Training and
Outreach Programs may be used in contravention of the title 38, Part
II, Chapter 20, Subchapter II and III of the U.S. Code
This amendment will help ensure that the rate of homelessness among
veterans in the United States does not increase.
I thank Subcommittee Chairman Dent and Ranking Member Bishop for
their hard work in shepherding this important legislation to the floor.
I offer the Jackson Lee Amendment because I believe reducing and
eliminating homelessness among veterans, those who risked their lives
to protect our freedom, should also be one of the nation's highest
priorities.
Homelessness among the American veteran population is on the rise in
the United States and we must be proactive in giving back to those who
have given so much to us.
My amendment will help remind us of our obligation to provide our
veterans the assistance needed to avoid homelessness, which includes
adequately funding for programs Veterans Administration Supportive
Housing (VASH) that provide case-management services, adequate housing
facilities, mental health support, and address other areas that
contribute to veteran homelessness.
VASH is a jointly-administered permanent supportive housing program
for disabled Veterans experiencing homelessness in which VA medical
Centers provide referrals and case management while Public Housing
Agencies (PHAs) administer the Section 8 housing vouchers.
Mr. Chair, our veterans deserve the best services available, and I
believe that we could be doing much more for them.
Today, in our country, there are approximately 107,000 veterans (male
and female) who are homeless on any given night.
And perhaps twice as many (200,000) experience homelessness at some
point during the course of a year.
Many other veterans are considered near homeless or at risk because
of their poverty, lack of support from family and friends, and dismal
living conditions in cheap hotels or in overcrowded or substandard
housing.
While significant progress has been made, ending homelessness among
veterans remains a big challenge.
In my hometown of Houston for example, between the years 2010 and
2012, the number of homeless veterans increased from 771 to 1,162.
We must remain vigilant and continue to fight for those who put on
the uniform and fought for us.
Providing a home for veterans to come home to every night is the very
least we can do.
Mr. Chair, programs like VASH have succeeded in changing lives.
In 2012 alone, 35,905 veterans lived in the public housing provided
by VASH.
I have seen the impact of such grants in my home state of Texas, and
within my congressional district in Houston, and I am sure that this
funding has positively impacted many communities across this country.
In Texas, there are committed groups in Houston, working to eradicate
the issue of homelessness.
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For example, the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center has been
involved in changing veterans' lives in a mighty way by providing
Veterans and their families with access to affordable housing and
medical services that will help them get back on their feet.
Mr. Chair, we cannot let this issue of homelessness continue.
I urge my colleagues to support the Jackson Lee Amendment and commit
ourselves to the hard but necessary work of ending veteran homelessness
in America.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Gibson
Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The 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 in this Act may
be used to enforce VA Adjudication Procedure Manual M21-1,
Part IV, Subpart ii, Chapter 1, Section H, Topic 28.h related
to Developing Claims Based on Service Aboard Ships Offshore
the RVN.
The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from New
York and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.
Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the Parliamentarian and the
chairman and the ranking member. Earlier this morning, I offered this
amendment and it needed to be perfected. I greatly appreciate the staff
and the work of the team here so that we could get this in a form to
where it certainly meets muster. This is a very important amendment.
Half a century ago, our Nation was embroiled in a war in Vietnam. It
divided the Nation. But for our young men and women who went forward
and fought on our behalf, their loyalties were never divided. They did
everything that they could every day to serve our Nation in a very
difficult circumstance.
What developed over that time were soldiers, sailors, airmen, and
marines who became sick. They were exposed to Agent Orange. This was
part of that war. Our Nation had chosen to defoliate as a means of
protecting troops with Agent Orange. But what we learned over time is
that there was a direct link between exposure to Agent Orange and nine
maladies, including cancer, diabetes and Parkinson's.
This body, in 1991, recognizing this, came together with the
President of the United States and enacted the Agent Orange Act of
1991. Unfortunately, in 2002, there was an overreach on the part of the
executive that narrowed that interpretation. And since that time,
Members here on both sides of the aisle have been fighting to ensure
that our sailors who served just offshore in Vietnam got access to the
health care that they desperately need.
Mr. Chairman, over half of these sailors who were exposed are already
in Heaven. They are gone now. And for those that are left here, time is
of the essence. It is an urgent matter that we get this passed. Three
hundred twenty of my colleagues agree with this on both sides of the
aisle, and about half the Senate.
So today, we offer this amendment to reassert our article I
prerogatives to ensure that, for every serviceman and woman that goes
forward, that they know that, regardless of the difficulty of the fight
and the difficulty of the proposition and what it may mean for the
politics here in America, we will never turn our back on our servicemen
and -women.
Mr. Chair, I ask my colleagues to support this amendment, and I
reserve the balance of my time.
Announcement by the Chair
The CHAIR. The Chair will remind Members to turn off cell phones when
they enter the House Chamber.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I claim time in opposition, but I am not
opposed.
The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is
recognized for 5 minutes.
There was no objection.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, we support the amendment. We appreciate the
good work that my friend from New York (Mr. Gibson) has done to
advocate on behalf of all veterans, and particularly his commitment to
helping those who suffered from Agent Orange exposure, as well as many
other issues.
So I support the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chair, I deeply appreciate the support of the
chairman and ranking member, and I respectfully request the support of
the House on this amendment.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman
from New York (Mr. Gibson).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Mr. Chairman, I have an
amendment at the desk.
The 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 in contravention of Executive Order No. 13672 of July
21, 2014 (``Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478,
Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and
Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity'').
The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 736, the gentleman from New
York and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, last night, this
House adopted a provision as part of the defense bill that rolls back
antidiscrimination provisions contained in executive orders issued by
the President in recent years. This is one of the ugliest episodes I
have experienced in my 3-plus years as a Member of this House.
The inclusion of such hate-based language in a defense bill designed
to support our military sends exactly the wrong message at a time when
we should all be unified in supporting the efforts of our
servicemembers around the world.
My father was a veteran. He was nearly killed in the service of his
country. I have never voted against a defense bill before. I never
thought I would. Almost a quarter of the constituents I represent in
the Hudson Valley of New York come from families where a member is
serving in the military or has served in the military. I represent the
United States Military Academy at West Point. We have helped 800
veterans, one at a time, out of my district office in my 3 years in
Congress, and we have passed legislation directly aimed at making their
lives better.
So, it is not with an easy heart that I come to the House floor and
oppose the defense bill, but this legislation snuck into the bill--and
was kept in the bill--despite a bipartisan effort to remove it, sends
exactly the wrong signal and it says that we are so concerned about
discriminating against a group of LGBT Americans that we are willing to
destroy the bipartisan cooperation we should have on the defense bill.
So my amendment today gives us another chance. It gives us a chance
to correct some of the damage done last night by some Members of this
body.
What it would say is quite simple: we shall not do anything in this
bill that contravenes the antidiscrimination executive orders of the
President. It is pretty simple.
We should not be spending taxpayer dollars to promote hate, and we
should not be justifying that by some religious exemption, when, in
fact, the language in the defense bill simply rolls back the
antidiscrimination provisions that the President put in an executive
order to those contained in the original Civil Rights Act and the ADA.
It is specifically designed to exclude LGBT Americans. And in doing
that, it aligns itself with the parallel efforts we see happening in
States like North Carolina.
It is wrong and it doesn't have anything to do with our military; it
doesn't have anything to do with fighting ISIS; it doesn't have
anything to do with religious protections. It is about bigotry, plain
and simple.
Today, we have another chance to do the right thing and to send the
right message and to stick up for our military.
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Mr. DENT. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. I yield to the gentleman from
Pennsylvania.
Mr. DENT. I support the amendment, and I certainly oppose
discrimination in any way, shape, or form, particularly as, in this
case, it relates to Federal contracting. I do support the amendment.
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Reclaiming my time, I want to
thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and I want to acknowledge that
it was the gentleman from Pennsylvania, together with Mr. Hanna from
New York, who courageously led the effort to roll back the
discrimination in a bipartisan way in the Rules Committee. And that
effort was thwarted.
So I am very honored by the gentleman's support, and I am honored by
the position you have taken in this House over the last couple of days.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition.
The CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Chairman, I do respect the gentleman for his right
to come and offer under an open rule, in a different bill, his
objections to what occurred last night.
Last night, the House of Representatives passed the bill. And today,
the gentleman is offering a limiting amendment that would turn back
that agreement that we made.
Mr. Chairman, several days ago, the House Armed Services Committee
handled this issue. It was not sneaking something in. It was a
straight-up vote. It was a vote that was held in the Armed Services
Committee, it passed. The final vote was 60-2.
Mr. Chairman, that is a bipartisan vote. That is a vote from people
on the committee who viewed that they were not going to let one issue
or another get in the way of supporting the men and women of our United
States military. They very clearly--all of them on the committee--
understood during this long markup exactly the implications, and they
lived with the decision.
I am here today to say that the gentleman is fully entitled to do as
he is doing, but the vote was held last night. The overwhelming
viewpoint was let's support the United States military and let's get
this done, not the next day come on the floor with spilled milk on your
face and say: I want to go back and I want to relitigate a decision
that we made last night with every Member here on the floor.
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. SESSIONS. I yield to the gentleman. I admire the gentleman.
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Well, I appreciate the
admiration.
Let me ask my colleague: Is it necessary to discriminate against gays
and lesbians to support our military?
Mr. SESSIONS. Reclaiming my time, that issue was handled--and the
gentleman knows this--in committee.
I yield to the gentleman.
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. It was resolved last night. It
was resolved last night in the affirmative. In other words, this House
said that it would include in a defense bill a provision that would
roll back basic employment questions for gays and lesbians.
My question to my colleague is simply, Mr. Chairman, if that is
necessary for the promotion of national defense. Is it necessary to
discriminate against gays and lesbians and transgender Americans to
keep our country safe?
Mr. SESSIONS. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the
gentleman. I am not without an understanding that there are people who
do have ideas which override other bigger ideas. I am simply saying to
you, Mr. Chairman, I stand in opposition to what the gentleman is
attempting to do here, the next day, in a separate bill, to limit what
we did last night, when this body did understand that many people have
a strong viewpoint that supports the gentleman, and more people have a
viewpoint that is against that.
That is not my point. My point is, we need to transcend that as a
body. And we did last night. We spoke very clearly. We need to support
the men and women of the United States military. And we do not believe
this is a stumbling block because we don't view what the gentleman is
saying is the critical and key issue. That is why I stand in opposition
to what the gentleman is doing.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous
consent to reclaim my time.
The CHAIR. Is there an objection to the request of the gentleman from
New York?
Mr. SESSIONS. Objection.
The CHAIR. Objection is heard.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
The CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from New
York (Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney).
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Mr. Chair, I would like to
again express my thanks for my colleague's admiration. It is nice to
have admiration. It is better to have rights and it is better to be
treated equally and without condescension.
I would just note, Mr. Chairman, that the question remains unanswered
of whether it is necessary to discriminate against gays and lesbians in
Federal contracting to protect our country, to support our troops? Is
it necessary to remove employment protections in employers covering 28
million Americans so that we can fight the war on ISIS? Is it necessary
to protect ourselves in our houses of worship by discriminating in
Federal contracting in businesses that are in the business of commerce
and in private contracting?
It is a tired and old and false choice to suggest that we need to
discriminate to keep ourselves safe, to keep ourselves free. And people
in earlier times have made those arguments, and they have, one after
another, been reversed.
So the notion that because this House did it last night, it can't get
it right today, is at odds with a lot of American history. This House
got a lot of things wrong for a lot of people for a lot of years. And
then finally, slowly, almost despite ourselves, we figured out that we
can be safe and free and equal. And in fact, becoming more equal in
some ways makes us safer because it is the promotion of our values
through our actions and our ideas and our words, not just our weapons
that promote our values around the world.
{time} 1030
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentlewoman from
Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for his
kindness.
I want to briefly join in the gentleman's recounting of our history,
and I want to remind people of the eloquent statement of the Attorney
General, Attorney General Lynch, who indicated that civil rights is a
very large tent, and it embraces all Americans.
Whether it is religious freedom or religious rights, or whether it is
civil rights issues dealing with the race and ethnicity of Americans,
we have always overcome.
I believe that the men and women of the United States military
deserve better than to have the kind of poisonous amendments that
undermine the very reason that they put on the uniform, for us to be
free, to speak freely, to associate, and to stand as who we are.
I am saddened because my history is a reminder that I did not stand
equal in this Nation, either as a woman or an African American, or even
as an immigrant, which my grandparents were.
So I join in pleading with this House to not, in any way, strip us of
civil rights and tear up the Constitution, the 14th Amendment, the
Fifth Amendment of due process. That would be shame on us.
I join the gentleman in his amendment, and I ask that we consider
those who we like and who we dislike. They are Americans, and they
deserve the right to be respected under the law.
I would ask that the gentleman's amendment be accepted, voted on,
respected; and let us be the Americans that our Constitution dictates
and our flag says we are.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my
time.
The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman
from New York (Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney).
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The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. Mr. Chairman, I demand a
recorded vote.
The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on
the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed.
Announcement by the Chair
The 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. Mulvaney of South Carolina.
Amendment by Mr. Mulvaney of South Carolina.
Amendment by Mr. Mulvaney of South Carolina.
Amendment by Mr. Mulvaney of South Carolina.
Amendment No. 3 by Mr. Blumenauer of Oregon.
Amendment by Mr. Fleming of Louisiana.
Amendment by Mr. Huffman of California.
Amendment by Mr. Gosar of Arizona.
Amendment by Mr. Perry of Pennsylvania.
Amendment by Mr. Gosar of Arizona.
Amendment by Mr. Perry of Pennsylvania.
Amendment by Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote
after the first vote in this series.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Mulvaney
The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr.
Mulvaney) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 52,
noes 372, not voting 9, as follows:
[Roll No. 217]
AYES--52
Amash
Becerra
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brooks (AL)
Buck
Burgess
Capuano
Cohen
DesJarlais
Duncan (TN)
Foster
Garrett
Gosar
Grayson
Griffith
Grijalva
Himes
Honda
Huffman
Jones
Jordan
Labrador
Lee
Lieu, Ted
Lofgren
Lummis
Massie
McClintock
McGovern
Messer
Moore
Mulvaney
Nadler
Pallone
Palmer
Perry
Polis
Rice (SC)
Rokita
Royce
Sanford
Schrader
Schweikert
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Tonko
Waters, Maxine
Welch
Woodall
Yoho
NOES--372
Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Amodei
Ashford
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bost
Boustany
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Capps
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clawson (FL)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
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
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins
Hill
Holding
Hoyer
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
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
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
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
McCollum
McDermott
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moulton
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Napolitano
Neal
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Nolan
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Palazzo
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price (NC)
Price, Tom
Quigley
Rangel
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Titus
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--9
Fattah
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Salmon
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
{time} 1056
Messrs. COLLINS of Georgia, HULTGREN, HARDY, ENGEL, FARR, and Ms.
BASS changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. POLIS, WELCH, HONDA, McGOVERN, JORDAN, GRIJALVA, and COHEN
changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Mulvaney
The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr.
Mulvaney) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 51,
noes 371, not voting 11, as follows:
[Roll No. 218]
AYES--51
Amash
Becerra
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brooks (AL)
Buck
Burgess
Capuano
Cohen
DesJarlais
Duncan (TN)
Foster
Garrett
Gosar
Grayson
Griffith
Himes
Honda
Huelskamp
Huffman
Jones
Jordan
Labrador
Lee
Lieu, Ted
Lofgren
Lummis
Massie
McClintock
McGovern
Messer
Moore
Mulvaney
Nadler
Pallone
Palmer
Perry
Polis
Rice (SC)
Rokita
Royce
Sanford
Schrader
Schweikert
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Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Stutzman
Welch
Woodall
Yoho
NOES--371
Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Amodei
Ashford
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bost
Boustany
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Capps
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clawson (FL)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
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
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins
Hill
Holding
Hoyer
Hudson
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
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
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
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
McCollum
McDermott
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moulton
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Napolitano
Neal
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Nolan
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Palazzo
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price (NC)
Price, Tom
Quigley
Rangel
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
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
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--11
Fattah
Grothman
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Pelosi
Salmon
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Announcement by the Chair
The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1100
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Mulvaney
The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr.
Mulvaney) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 56,
noes 363, not voting 14, as follows:
[Roll No. 219]
AYES--56
Amash
Becerra
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brooks (AL)
Buck
Burgess
Capuano
Clarke (NY)
Cohen
DesJarlais
Duncan (TN)
Foster
Garrett
Gosar
Grayson
Griffith
Himes
Honda
Huelskamp
Huffman
Jones
Labrador
LaHood
Lee
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lofgren
Lummis
Massie
McClintock
McGovern
Messer
Moore
Mulvaney
Nadler
Pallone
Palmer
Perry
Polis
Rice (SC)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Royce
Ruppersberger
Sanford
Schrader
Schweikert
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Stutzman
Watson Coleman
Welch
Woodall
Yoho
NOES--363
Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Amodei
Ashford
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Beatty
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bost
Boustany
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Capps
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clawson (FL)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
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
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Graham
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins
Hill
Holding
Hoyer
Hudson
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Jolly
Jordan
Joyce
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Knight
Kuster
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawrence
Levin
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
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
McCollum
McDermott
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moulton
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Napolitano
Neal
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Nolan
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Palazzo
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price (NC)
Price, Tom
Quigley
Rangel
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Rush
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Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
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
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--14
Bass
Fattah
Granger
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Pelosi
Russell
Salmon
Stivers
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Announcement by the Chair
The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1103
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Mulvaney
The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr.
Mulvaney) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 64,
noes 360, not voting 9, as follows:
[Roll No. 220]
AYES--64
Amash
Becerra
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brooks (AL)
Buck
Capuano
Castro (TX)
Clarke (NY)
Cohen
DeFazio
DesJarlais
Doyle, Michael F.
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Foster
Garrett
Gosar
Grayson
Griffith
Grijalva
Harris
Himes
Honda
Huelskamp
Huffman
Jones
Jordan
Labrador
LaHood
Lee
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lofgren
Lummis
Massie
McClintock
McGovern
McNerney
Messer
Moore
Mulvaney
Nadler
Nolan
Pallone
Palmer
Perry
Pingree
Polis
Rice (SC)
Rokita
Roskam
Royce
Sanford
Schweikert
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Watson Coleman
Welch
Woodall
Yoho
NOES--360
Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Amodei
Ashford
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bost
Boustany
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Capps
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clawson (FL)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
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
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donovan
Duckworth
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins
Hill
Holding
Hoyer
Hudson
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
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
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawrence
Levin
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
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
McCollum
McDermott
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moulton
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Napolitano
Neal
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Palazzo
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pittenger
Pitts
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price (NC)
Price, Tom
Quigley
Rangel
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
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
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--9
Burgess
Fattah
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Salmon
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Announcement by the Chair
The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1106
Mr. CASTRO of Texas changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Blumenauer
The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer)
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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 233,
noes 189, not voting 11, as follows:
[Roll No. 221]
AYES--233
Adams
Aguilar
Amash
Ashford
Barletta
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brooks (AL)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buck
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Collins (NY)
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crowley
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers (NC)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Farr
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garrett
[[Page H2862]]
Gibson
Graham
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grothman
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Hardy
Hastings
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Hunter
Hurt (VA)
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (GA)
Jones
Joyce
Kaptur
Katko
Kelly (IL)
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Knight
Kuster
Labrador
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Love
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Massie
Matsui
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
McSally
Meeks
Meng
Miller (MI)
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Moulton
Mulvaney
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Newhouse
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Poliquin
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reed
Ribble
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Rigell
Rogers (AL)
Rohrabacher
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanford
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Stivers
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Upton
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Zeldin
NOES--189
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Babin
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bost
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Clawson (FL)
Cole
Collins (GA)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Emmer (MN)
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Guinta
Guthrie
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hurd (TX)
Issa
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Jolly
Jordan
Keating
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kline
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lipinski
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy
McCaul
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Moolenaar
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reichert
Renacci
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (KY)
Rokita
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Russell
Scalise
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zinke
NOT VOTING--11
Fattah
Granger
Grijalva
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Salmon
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Announcement by the Chair
The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1109
Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina changed her 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. Fleming
The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Fleming)
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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 219,
noes 202, not voting 12, as follows:
[Roll No. 222]
AYES--219
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Ashford
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Boustany
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Clawson (FL)
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
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
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)
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Russell
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
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
NOES--202
Adams
Aguilar
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duffy
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Graham
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Hardy
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Jolly
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kinzinger (IL)
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
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Poliquin
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reichert
Rice (NY)
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Richmond
Ros-Lehtinen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Upton
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--12
Culberson
Fattah
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Hudson
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Salmon
Sewell (AL)
Stivers
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Announcement by the Chair
The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1112
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Huffman
The 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 265,
noes 159, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 223]
AYES--265
Adams
Aguilar
Ashford
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clawson (FL)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duffy
Edwards
Ellison
Emmer (MN)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibson
Graham
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hardy
Hastings
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Hultgren
Hurd (TX)
Israel
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (GA)
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Knight
Kuster
LaHood
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Love
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCarthy
McDermott
McGovern
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Newhouse
Noem
Nolan
Norcross
Nunes
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Poliquin
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rigell
Rohrabacher
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tiberi
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walden
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
NOES--159
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cole
Collins (GA)
Conaway
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Garrett
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hunter
Hurt (VA)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Jones
Jordan
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kline
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meadows
Mica
Miller (FL)
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Neugebauer
Nugent
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rokita
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Russell
Sanford
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Walberg
Walker
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoho
Young (AK)
Zinke
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
McCollum
NOT VOTING--8
Fattah
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Salmon
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Announcement by the Chair
The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1118
Messrs. HARDY and HULTGREN 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. Gosar
The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 200,
noes 225, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 224]
AYES--200
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (OH)
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
[[Page H2864]]
Lummis
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Russell
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Upton
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IN)
Zinke
NOES--225
Adams
Aguilar
Ashford
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Bost
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
Cole
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duffy
Edwards
Ellison
Emmer (MN)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garrett
Gibson
Graham
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Joyce
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McKinley
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Ros-Lehtinen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shuster
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Turner
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--8
Fattah
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Salmon
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Announcement by the Chair
The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1121
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Perry
The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry)
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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 209,
noes 216, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 225]
AYES--209
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (OH)
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Russell
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shuster
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
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 (IA)
Young (IN)
Zinke
NOES--216
Adams
Aguilar
Ashford
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Bost
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
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Duffy
Edwards
Ellison
Emmer (MN)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibson
Graham
Graves (MO)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Joyce
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McKinley
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Ros-Lehtinen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
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Torres
Tsongas
Turner
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--8
Fattah
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Salmon
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Announcement by the Chair
The CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1124
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York
The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Sean
Patrick Maloney) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 212,
noes 213, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 226]
AYES--212
Adams
Aguilar
Amash
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
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Emmer (MN)
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibson
Graham
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Hastings
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Hurd (TX)
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Jolly
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reed
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Ros-Lehtinen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
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
Stefanik
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Upton
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Zeldin
NOES--213
Abraham
Aderholt
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)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Garrett
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Russell
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
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)
Zinke
NOT VOTING--8
Fattah
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Salmon
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
{time} 1132
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the last three lines of the bill.
The Clerk read as follows:
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Construction and
Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2017''.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise and
report the bill back to the House with sundry amendments, with the
recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and that the bill, as
amended, do pass.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Thompson of Pennsylvania) having assumed the chair, Mr. Collins of
Georgia, 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. 4974) making appropriations for military construction, the
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes, directed him to
report the bill back to the House with sundry amendments adopted in the
Committee of the Whole, with the recommendation that the amendments be
agreed to and that the bill, as amended, do pass.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is
ordered.
For what purpose does the gentleman from Maryland, the minority whip,
seek recognition?
Parliamentary Inquiry
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary
inquiry.
Mr. HOYER. I want to raise a parliamentary inquiry, initially, with
reference to the fact that Mr. Ryan, our Speaker, has told us that, if
people were in the well, the vote would be held open.
I was standing in the well. No one came or no one had the courage to
come into the well to change their vote. But notwithstanding that, the
vote kept changing.
Mr. Speaker, from a parliamentary perspective, how is that possible?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair may not yet have made a request
for changes.
Mr. HOYER. I saw no one come to the desk to change their vote, Mr.
Speaker.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman have a parliamentary
inquiry?
Mr. HOYER. The parliamentary inquiry is: How can the vote change when
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no one comes to the well to change their vote?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair may not yet have made a request
for changes.
Mr. HOYER. I didn't hear the Chair request change. But I do know
that, from my own personal observation, not one of those Members who
apparently changed their vote--because it kept changing on the board--
came to this well and had the courage to change from green to red or
red to green.
How is that possible, Mr. Speaker?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not stated a parliamentary
inquiry.
Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the
Committee of the Whole? If not, the Chair will put them en gros.
The question is on the amendments.
The amendments were agreed to.
Parliamentary Inquiry
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary
inquiry.
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I did not hear and, therefore, was not able
to ask for a recorded vote on the motion to rise. The Speaker did not
articulate that so the House could hear it, and I request a vote on the
motion to rise.
Now, the Speaker may tell me we are past that point, but the fact of
the matter is, nobody on this House floor heard the Speaker articulate
the issue of whether the Committee ought to rise.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The House is definitely past that point.
Is the gentleman seeking a recorded vote?
Mr. HOYER. On the motion to rise, yes, sir.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has put the question on the
adoption of the amendments.
Mr. HOYER. I ask for a recorded vote on the adoption of the
amendment.
Which amendment is the Speaker talking about?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has put the question on the
amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole.
Mr. HOYER. Yes, I do.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. A recorded vote is requested.
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my
request for a recorded vote.
It is my understanding that because the amendment was defeated,
magically, without anybody coming to the well to change their vote, by
giving to the majority the right to have the ability, without coming to
the well and telling America that you were going to change a vote.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's request is withdrawn.
The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 241,
noes 183, not voting 9, as follows:
[Roll No. 227]
AYES--241
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)
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
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
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
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
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
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
NOES--183
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
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
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
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
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
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)
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
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
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
NOT VOTING--9
Buchanan
Fattah
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Salmon
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
{time} 1157
Mr. CUELLAR changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Foxx). The question is on the passage of
the bill.
Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
Members will record their votes by electronic device.
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 5-minute vote on passage 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 295,
nays 129, not voting 9, as follows:
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[Roll No. 228]
YEAS--295
Abraham
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Ashford
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bera
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (IN)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Bustos
Byrne
Calvert
Capps
Carney
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Connolly
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
Delaney
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donovan
Duckworth
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Eshoo
Farenthold
Farr
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gabbard
Garamendi
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Gene
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Knight
Kuster
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Larsen (WA)
Latta
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lummis
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Meng
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Nolan
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanford
Scalise
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Vela
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Walz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NAYS--129
Adams
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Beyer
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brooks (AL)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capuano
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Courtney
Crowley
Cummings
Davis, Danny
DeGette
DeLauro
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Esty
Fincher
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gallego
Grayson
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hastings
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Langevin
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lynch
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Meeks
Moore
Moulton
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Norcross
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Rangel
Richmond
Rogers (AL)
Roybal-Allard
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Speier
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Westmoreland
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--9
Fattah
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Quigley
Salmon
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
{time} 1209
Ms. PINGREE and Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico changed
their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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