[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 1, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H3361-H3363]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, I rise to offer a question of
the privileges of the House previously noticed.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution.
The Clerk read as follows:
H. Res. 304
Whereas Michael Cohen testified under oath as a witness
before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on
February 27, 2019;
Whereas Michael Cohen falsely testified under oath, ``I
have never asked for, nor would I accept, a pardon from
President Trump'';
Whereas in truth and fact, attorney for Michael Cohen,
Lanny Davis, admitted on March 6, 2019, that Cohen ``directed
his attorney to explore possibilities of a pardon at one
point with Donald J. Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani as well as
other lawyers advising President Trump'';
Whereas in truth and fact, attorney for Michael Cohen,
Michael Monico, admitted in a March 12, 2019, letter that
Cohen's testimony was inaccurate;
Whereas in truth and fact, the ex post representation by
Cohen's attorney does not annul Cohen's intentionally false
and misleading testimony;
Whereas in truth and fact, Cohen's testimony under oath was
delivered in the context of apologizing for all his criminal
activities;
Whereas in truth and fact, Cohen's denial of ever seeking a
pardon contained no qualifiers about the context of his
statement;
Whereas in truth and fact, Cohen's denial of ever seeking a
pardon, as uttered under oath in his testimony, was absolute
and unequivocal;
Whereas in truth and fact, Cohen testified under oath that
he and his lawyers spent hours editing his written statement
submitted to the Committee on Oversight and
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Reform preceding his testimony, which included the written
assertion, ``I have never asked for, nor would I accept, a
pardon from President Trump'';
Whereas in truth and fact, Cohen's denial in his written
statement of never asking for a Presidential pardon was an
unqualified assertion;
Whereas Michael Cohen falsely testified under oath that he
``did not want to go to the White House'' and he ``did not
want a role or title in the administration'';
Whereas in truth and fact the United States Attorney's
Office for the Southern District of New York submitted to
Federal court a sentencing memorandum expressing Michael
Cohen's desire to work in the White House, explaining:
``during and after the campaign, Cohen privately told friends
and colleagues, including in seized text messages, that he
expected to be given a prominent role and title in the new
administration. When that did not materialize, Cohen found a
way to monetize his relationship with and access to the
President'';
Whereas Michael Cohen falsely testified under oath on other
factual matters of material significance;
Whereas Michael Cohen's intentionally false testimony was
aimed at obscuring the truth and ameliorating the extent of
his own personal embarrassment;
Whereas intentionally false testimony to a committee of the
House of Representatives harms the integrity of the
proceedings of the House;
Whereas it is a Federal crime to provide false information
to Congress and the failure to enforce this crime further
undermines the integrity of the House; and
Whereas it is the judgment of the House of Representatives
that providing a copy of the official transcript of the
hearing of the Committee on Oversight and Reform on February
27, 2019, to the Department of Justice would aid the Attorney
General's consideration of investigation and potential
prosecution of Michael Cohen's criminal conduct: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, that the House of Representatives directs the
chair of the Oversight and Reform Committee to submit to the
Attorney General an official copy of the transcript of the
hearing during which Michael Cohen testified under oath on
February 27, 2019.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution qualifies.
Motion to Table
Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Hoyer moves that the resolution be laid on the table.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 226,
noes 183, not voting 22, as follows:
[Roll No. 174]
AYES--226
Aguilar
Allred
Amash
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brindisi
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Case
Casten (IL)
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Cox (CA)
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Cummings
Cunningham
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeLauro
DelBene
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Engel
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Finkenauer
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green (TX)
Grijalva
Haaland
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Hill (CA)
Himes
Horn, Kendra S.
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (TX)
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McAdams
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Morelle
Moulton
Mucarsel-Powell
Murphy
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rose (NY)
Rouda
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shalala
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stanton
Stevens
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres Small (NM)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Van Drew
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOES--183
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Bost
Brady
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Conaway
Cook
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson (OH)
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duffy
Duncan
Dunn
Emmer
Estes
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx (NC)
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Gonzalez (OH)
Gooden
Gosar
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hagedorn
Hartzler
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Kustoff (TN)
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lesko
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Marchant
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meadows
Meuser
Miller
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Newhouse
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Posey
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Roby
Rodgers (WA)
Roe, David P.
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose, John W.
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Shimkus
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spano
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Timmons
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Waltz
Watkins
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Wright
Yoho
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--22
Abraham
Adams
Armstrong
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Cloud
Davis (CA)
DeGette
Harris
Hastings
Hern, Kevin
Johnson (GA)
King (IA)
Norman
Perry
Riggleman
Rooney (FL)
Scalise
Titus
Vargas
Woodall
Young
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Mr. VAN DREW changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the motion to table was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Stated against:
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been
present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 174.
Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained.
Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 174.
Personal Explanation
Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I spoke at the memorial service
for Indiana's former Senator Birch Byah and missed roll call votes 172
to 174. Had I been present, I would have cast the following votes:
Roll Call 172, on the Previous Question on the Rule, H. Res. 329,
vote YEA.
Roll Call 173, on H. Res. 329, vote YEA.
Roll Call 174, the Motion to Table the Green of Tennessee Privileged
Resolution, H. Res. 304, vote YEA.
personal explanation
Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained and could not get
to the floor. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on
rollcall No. 172, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 173, and ``nay'' on rollcall
No. 174.
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