[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 15 (Monday, January 22, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H618-H620]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017
Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the order of the House of
today, I call up the bill (H.R. 195) to amend title 44, United States
Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the
Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and
employees of the United States, and for other purposes, with the Senate
amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment thereto, and
ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the Senate
amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment.
Senate amendment to House amendment to Senate amendment:
On page 1, line 6, strike [February 16] and insert:
February 8.
Motion to Concur
Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the motion.
The text of the motion is as follows:
Mr. McCarthy moves that the House concur in the Senate
amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to
H.R. 195.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House of today,
the motion shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the majority leader and minority leader or their
respective designees.
The gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy) and the gentleman from
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 4 minutes.
Mr. Speaker, for 3 days, the Nation has watched as tens of thousands
of Federal employees were forced to stay home; as our men and women in
uniform went without pay; as opioid treatment centers got cut off; and
as parents faced the harrowing prospect that their children would lose
their health insurance.
The American people never wanted this to happen. Republicans in
Congress did not want this to happen. We did everything in our power to
make sure this didn't happen.
The House passed a clean bill. A bipartisan majority in the Senate
voted to pass that clean bill, but Senate Democrats shut it down.
We were told this was about immigration, but Republicans already said
we would sit at the table. We already were at the table every single
day before this shutdown, negotiating in good faith. Despite this
political drama, I remain eager to get back to the table and put this
all behind us.
So I must ask: What was gained here at the expense of the American
people? What was gained at the expense of our Nation's reputation as a
great and deliberative Republic?
Every policy in the House's original bill, the Senate passed today.
Every single policy is the same. If the Senate had passed this same
bill on Friday, all this disgraceful political theater would have never
happened.
Now, as it always should have been, our government will open, our
troops will be paid, and our children will have health insurance.
But that is not enough. We cannot continue to repeat the same
mistakes again. As my father used to tell me, it is not your mistakes
that define you; it is what you learned from them.
So let's commit to each other and to the American public that we will
not continue to fund our government through these short-term CRs. Let's
commit that we will pass through both Houses every appropriations bill
with full funding for our troops, full funding for our defense, and
full funding for every service our government owes to its people.
We all know this shutdown was an embarrassment. It didn't need to
happen. It should have never happened, and it will not happen again.
That, Mr. Speaker, is the government that the people want, the
government that the people need, and the government that the American
people deserve.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 3\1/2\ minutes.
Mr. Speaker, as I said this morning, the reason why the government
shut down is because the Republican majority has failed to fund the
government. They have the majority of the House, the majority of the
Senate, and the Presidency of the United States.
And with all due respect to my friend, the majority leader, five
previous shutdowns were purposefully perpetrated by my Republican
friends; the last for 16 days.
The continuing resolution on the floor today reflects that failure.
It does not, 9 months after we should have been done, establish the
level of spending for this fiscal year. It is 9 months late.
As a result, another continuing resolution may be inevitable. And in
this resolution, we will extend the harmful effects of another CR to
both defense and nondefense agencies for another 17 days.
That means that Congress will be more than 4 whole months into the
fiscal year without a budget agreement. This is dangerous, Mr. Speaker,
both to our military and to our civilian agencies, each of which
require budget certainty.
Before February 8, Republicans must work with Democrats to resolve
the issues at hand. This means working together to lift the budget caps
in accordance with the principle of parity, which Speaker Ryan agreed
to over the past 4 years and should continue to today and in the
future.
It also means working in a bipartisan, bicameral way to address the
status of DREAMers, now that President Trump created a crisis with his
ending of the DACA program. Congress should act responsibly to allow
these young people to stay, as more than 80 percent of Americans
believe should be done.
Mr. Speaker, it requires reauthorizing community health centers and
other critical health programs essential to complement the passage of
the CHIP reauthorization, which is included in this CR.
We also have a responsibility to help those impacted by the
devastating hurricanes in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.
Virgin Islands; those affected by the wilderness fires in California;
and communities struggling to combat opioid abuse.
Congress must not waste the next 17 days as it has the last 114. I
will be voting ``no,'' Mr. Speaker, on this continuing resolution, not
because I don't want to see it pass, but because it does not guarantee
that Congress will address the issues that have been referenced.
I pray that neither I nor Congress will be in this same position come
February 8. I hope we will address in a positive manner the issues
before us.
I am now pleased, Mr. Speaker, to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman
from California (Ms. Pelosi), the minority leader.
(Ms. PELOSI asked and was given permission to revise and extend her
remarks.)
Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and I
associate myself fully with his remarks. I thank the gentleman, Mr.
Hoyer, for his great leadership.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Republican's latest stopgap
funding bill. I take great pride in House Democrats overwhelmingly
supporting the first continuing resolution in September to give the
majority a chance to get the job done.
But after months of Republicans' excuses and extensions, I refuse to
be an
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enabler to the Republicans' failures any longer.
This past week once again exposed the utter incompetence of the
Republican-controlled government. Here we are ending the Trump shutdown
with Republicans' fourth stopgap short-term bill. The Republicans have
failed to get their act together for the fourth time to fund the
government for a full year.
In August, Defense Secretary Mattis was asked: What would be the
effect of another stopgap short-term spending bill on the military?
You all know he replied: ``It just creates unpredictability. It makes
us rigid. We cannot deal with new and revealing threats. We know our
enemies are not standing still.''
``So it's about as unwise as can be.''
Mr. Speaker, there are also other statements for the Record to that
effect from the Navy Secretary, et cetera.
Now, the Trump shutdown will end, but Republicans' wasteful
incompetence continues. There is a dark cloud over the Capitol, Mr.
Speaker: the deficit-exposing GOP tax scam, which has added nearly $2
trillion to the national debt.
The Republicans have made their choice: tax breaks for corporations
and the wealthiest are more important than certainty for our military.
Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. They
control what bills we vote on in Congress. We could have brought up a
long-term bill long before now.
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We have placed our suggestions on the table as to what would be on
the domestic side of that: resources for the opioid epidemic that kills
94 people every day in our country, for funding for veteran
infrastructure and services, for saving millions of Americans' pensions
in crisis today, for funding community health centers and lifesaving
research at the NIH, for childcare for hardworking parents, for
protecting patriotic young DREAMers, and, as our distinguished whip
said earlier, for making sure we have the resources for those affected
by hurricanes, fires, and especially our folks in Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands.
Because of the Republican majority's weakness, we still do not have a
long-term spending bill that funds the military and the domestic
investments that keep America strong. We take an oath of office to
protect and defend. Now we have to fund that.
We have not delivered strong disaster recovery funding to Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, and other victims of hurricanes.
Congressional Democrats continue to propose bipartisan solutions, but
Republicans refuse to take yes for an answer.
We have not protected our courageous young DREAMers. Not only should
we protect them, we should embrace them and value them. We should be
grateful for the inspiration they are to America.
This is about meeting the needs of the American people. It is also
about honoring the values that have made our Nation a beacon to the
world.
Today we end the Trump shutdown, but it does not diminish our
leverage or our determination on the Democratic side to meet the needs
of the American people. Democrats are united in our determination to
get the job done. We are unified for a better deal, better jobs, better
pay, and a better future.
Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to Republicans' latest stop-gap
funding bill.
I take great pride in House Democrats overwhelming support for the
first continuing resolution in September.
But after months of Republican excuses and extensions, I refuse to
enable Republicans' failure any longer.
The past week has once again exposed the utter incompetence of
Republican-controlled government.
Here we are, ending the Trump shutdown with Republicans' 4th stop-
gap, short-term bill; the 4th time Republicans have failed to get their
act together to fund the government for a full year.
In August, Defense Secretary Mattis was asked: what would be the
effect of another stop-gap, short term spending bill on the military?
``It just creates unpredictability,'' he said. `` It makes us rigid.
We cannot deal with new and revealing threats. We know our enemies are
not standing still . . . So it's about as unwise as can be.''
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer has said: ``We have put $4 billion in
a trash can, poured lighter fluid on it, and burned it . . . Four
billion is enough to buy a squadron of F-35s, two Arleigh Burke-class
destroyers, 3,000 Harpoon missiles. It's enough money to buy us
additional capacity that we need. Instead, it's lost, because of
inefficacy in the ways of the continuing resolution.''
Now, the Trump shutdown will end, but Republicans' wasteful
incompetence continues.
There's a dark cloud over the Capitol: the deficit-exploding GOP tax
scam--which has added nearly 2 trillion to the debt.
Republicans made their choice: tax breaks for corporations and the
wealthiest were more important than certainty for our military.
Republicans control the House, the Senate and the White House--they
control what bills we vote on in the Congress.
So, my colleagues, why haven't we voted:
For resources for the opioid epidemic that kills 94 people every day?
For funding our veterans' infrastructure and services?
For saving the millions of American pensions in crisis today?
For funding community health centers & lifesaving research at NIH?
For child care for hard-working parents?
For protecting patriotic young DREAMers?
Why were tax breaks for billionaires and corporations so urgent?
120 days after allowing CHIP to expire, Republicans suddenly claim to
care about children on CHIP--but only as part of a cruel Sophie's
choice to pit sick children against DREAMers fearful for their future.
Because of the Republican Majority's weakness, we still do not have a
long-term spending bill that funds the military and the domestic
investments that keep our nation strong.
We have not delivered strong disaster recovery funding for Puerto
Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and other victims of hurricanes and
wildfires.
Congressional Democrats continue to propose bipartisan solutions. But
Republicans refuse to take yes for an answer!
We have not yet protected our courageous young DREAMers. Not only
should we protect them, we should embrace them--value them. We should
be grateful for the inspiration they are to America.
This is about meeting the needs of the American people. This is about
honor the values that make our nation a beacon to the world.
Today, we end the Trump shutdown, but it does not diminish our
leverage or our determination to meet the needs of the American people.
Democrats are unified in our determination to get the job done. We
are unified for our Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better
Future. And our fight continues.
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, we have 10\1/2\ days remaining before we have
another crisis in funding our government. Those are legislative days.
We have more calendar days. Let us try to use every one of those days
to reach agreement on funding the government so we don't have another
CR, which all of us believe is bad fiscal policy and substantive
policy.
Mr. Speaker, I urge us to come together so that we can avoid another
crisis like this and address the issues that we know need to be
addressed.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan), the Speaker of the House.
(Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to revise and
extend his remarks.)
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for
yielding.
Mr. Speaker, I just want to say a few words about the last couple of
days.
I know there is great relief that this episode is coming to an end.
This shutdown did not need to happen. However brief, it inflicted
needless costs on the country.
There are no winners here today--I want to make that clear--no
winners except for, perhaps, the millions of families who depend on the
Children's Health Insurance Program. Soon the longest reauthorization
in the program's history is about to become law.
But this is not a moment to pat ourselves on the back, not even
close. We very much need to heed the lessons of what just happened
here.
We need to move forward in good faith: yes, on DACA and immigration
and, yes, on funding our military so that it gets the resources that
our military so badly needs. Let's address these urgent challenges.
Finally, I think all of us want to join in thanking the men and women
who
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serve in our Armed Forces and who serve in our government around the
country and around the globe. They and their families are the ones that
kind of get caught up in things like this. For them, these aren't
political debates; they are livelihoods.
The country's safety and security depend on responsible governing.
That is why I sincerely hope that we never find ourselves in this
position again.
I thank all of our Members for their patience this week.
Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the previous question is
ordered.
The question is on the motion by the gentleman from California (Mr.
McCarthy).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 266,
nays 150, not voting 14, as follows:
[Roll No. 44]
YEAS--266
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Bera
Bergman
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Bustos
Byrne
Calvert
Carbajal
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Connolly
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crist
Cuellar
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Delaney
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garamendi
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Gonzalez (TX)
Goodlatte
Gottheimer
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Hanabusa
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kilmer
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kuster (NH)
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Langevin
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawson (FL)
Lewis (MN)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lynch
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Newhouse
Noem
Nolan
Norman
Nunes
O'Halleran
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perlmutter
Perry
Peterson
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Posey
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Francis
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Scalise
Schneider
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin
NAYS--150
Adams
Aguilar
Amash
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Beyer
Biggs
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Butterfield
Capuano
Cardenas
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Correa
Crowley
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Gomez
Gosar
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hastings
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kind
Krishnamoorthi
Larsen (WA)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Massie
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Moulton
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peters
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Richmond
Ros-Lehtinen
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Serrano
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sires
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--14
Amodei
Barton
Bridenstine
Burgess
Carson (IN)
Cummings
Garrett
Granger
Green, Gene
Herrera Beutler
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Valadao
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining.
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So the motion to concur was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Stated for:
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Mr. Speaker, I was detained in a traffic
security line trying to get in to vote. Had I been present, I would
have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 44.
Mr. VALADAO. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, January 22, 2018, I missed the
vote because I was attending the funeral of a family member in
California. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall
No. 44.
Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted
``yea'' on rollcall No. 44.
Stated against:
Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, on January 22, 2018, I missed
rollcall vote No. 44 because of illness. Had I been present, I would
have voted ``no''.
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