[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 83 (Friday, May 17, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H3950-H3953]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              EQUALITY ACT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to prohibit discrimination on the 
basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other 
purposes, will now resume.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. STEUBE. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. STEUBE. I am in its present form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Steube moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5 to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the 
     same back to the House forthwith with the following 
     amendment:
       Add at the end of the bill the following:

     SEC. 13. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

       Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act may 
     be construed to diminish any protections under title IX of 
     the Education Amendments of 1972.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman is 
recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
  Mr. STEUBE. Mr. Speaker, I want to make it abundantly clear exactly 
what this motion to recommit does, so I am going to read it. It is very 
short.
  ``Nothing in this act or any amendment made by this act may be 
construed to diminish any protections under title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972.''
  The threat that this bill poses for women's sports at every level is 
profound. As described by the Nation's leading expert on sports, sex, 
and biology, Professor Doriane Lambelet Coleman, she states: ``There is 
a significant performance difference between males and females. . . . 
Testosterone is the primary driver of that difference. There is a wide 
gap, no overlap, between the male and female testosterone ranges. . . . 
There is no scientific doubt that testosterone is the reason that men 
as a group perform better than women in sports. Indeed, this is why men 
and women dope with androgens. . . .''
  Requiring that biological females face competition from biological 
males will mean the end of women's sports in any meaningful sense.
  As tennis great Martina Navratilova has written in The Washington 
Post: ``In its current form, the Equality Act would do significant 
damage to title IX

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and to the Amateur Sports Act, which governs sports outside of 
educational settings. The new legislation would amend the 1964 Civil 
Rights Act by redefining `sex' to include `gender identity.' Without an 
exception, the definition would apply to all amendments to the 1964 
act, including title IX. Most schools, colleges, the NCAA, and the 
Olympic Committee would be affected because they receive Federal funds 
and operate in interstate commerce.
  ``The legislation would make it unlawful to differentiate among girls 
and women in sports on the basis of sex for any purpose. For example, a 
sports team couldn't treat a transgender woman differently from a woman 
who is not transgender on the grounds that the former is male-bodied. 
Yet the reality is that putting male- and female-bodied athletes 
together is co-ed or open sport. And in open sport, females lose.
  ``Some Equality Act advocates argue that this is hyperbole and 
outdated stereotype. They say, as the ACLU has, that there is `ample 
evidence that girls can compete and win against boys.' They are wrong. 
The evidence is unequivocal that starting in puberty, in every sport 
except sailing, shooting, and riding, there will always be significant 
numbers of boys and men who would beat the best girls and women in 
head-to-head competition. Claims to the contrary are simply a denial of 
science.''
  Those are not my words. Those are the words of female tennis great 
Martina Navratilova.
  In footnote 44 of the committee report on this bill, the Democrat 
majority states: ``The committee acknowledges that the addition of sex 
as a protected characteristic under title VI of the bill raises some 
questions about how the revised title VI should be read in relation to 
title IX of the Education Amendments Act. It is the committee's 
intention not to alter in any way title IX or the scope or availability 
of its exemptions as they currently stand. Rather, title IX and the 
revised title VI should be read as being complimentary provisions that 
provide overlapping protection against sex discrimination.''
  But, of course, we all know that allowing biological males to compete 
against biological females is not an ``overlapping protection.'' It is, 
instead, a violation of women's rights to engage in competitive sports 
on an even playing field and to enjoy the protection of their own 
spaces reserved for biological females.
  So this motion to recommit is essential to protecting the rights of 
women and girls in sports that H.R. 5 currently denies.
  Even the Obama administration wrote a letter to schools regarding 
title IX enforcements making clear that they should continue to be able 
to enforce policies that are ``tailored requirements based on sound, 
current, and research-based medical knowledge about the impact of the 
individual's participation on the competitive fairness or physical 
safety of the sport.''
  Adoption of this motion to recommit will not kill the bill. It will 
not delay the bill's consideration. If this motion to recommit is 
adopted, the bill proceeds directly to final passage.
  If H.R. 5 becomes law, our daughters will be asking us: ``What did 
you do when moves were made to eliminate women's sports?'' It is worth 
considering that question now before it is too late.
  I urge all my colleagues to join me in protecting title IX and 
protecting women's sports and supporting this motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Ms. HILL of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the motion to 
recommit with all of my heart.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. HILL of California. Mr. Speaker, I can't believe that we are 
standing here and having a man tell me what kind of protection I need 
in sports. This is fear-mongering about trans women playing in sports. 
Are you kidding me?
  I don't know if my colleagues on the other side of the aisle realize 
that they have met trans people, but they have. They definitely have. I 
have met many, and this motion reflects nothing more than the prejudice 
of my colleagues.
  My staff has put together a lot of talking points for you today, but 
it is much simpler than that. The Equality Act ensures that LGBTQ women 
and girls who are lesbian, bisexual, or transgender will all have the 
same opportunities as their peers in sports, in housing, and in jobs.
  The discrimination that trans individuals face just trying to live 
their lives every single day is something beyond what most of us could 
ever imagine.
  Through my work and the issue of homelessness, I saw trans women 
disproportionately affected by discrimination at every single stage of 
their lives. They have higher rates of poverty, higher rates of sexual 
abuse, higher rates of homelessness.

  And I can tell you, no trans person is trying to game the system to 
participate in sports. That does not happen, and that is a sad scare 
tactic that has no place on the floor of the people's House.
  State schools and athletic organizations across the country have 
found for many years that letting LGBTQ student athletes, including 
girls and women who are transgender, participate in sports does not 
harm women's and girls' sports in any way.
  As an athlete, athletic success is based on so many factors, like 
individual ability and strength, and those abilities vary widely for 
people who aren't even trans. It has nothing to do with whether someone 
is transgender or not. In fact, major advocates for women and girls in 
sports, such as the National Women's Law Center, the Women's Sports 
Foundation, Women's Leaders in College Sports, and others, support 
trans-inclusive policies and oppose efforts to exclude transgender 
people from participating in sports.
  This is not a new concept. Trans people have participated in sports 
for years. Stop the fear-mongering. This is 2019, and we are not afraid 
of the boogieman that you are trying to create. We are ready to move 
forward and tell all of our constituents, all of our communities, all 
Americans that they matter equally.
  You, my colleagues, are on the wrong side of history, and we will be 
waiting for you on the other side when we reject this amendment and 
pass H.R. 5.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Hampshire (Mr. 
Pappas).
  Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, thank you to my colleague, Representative 
Hill from California, my fellow co-chair of the Equality Caucus, as she 
rightfully notes nothing--nothing--in the Equality Act infringes upon 
women's rights. If it did, we wouldn't be supporting it so vociferously 
today.
  This MTR is an army of words marching in search of an issue that 
doesn't exist. For those of us who have been involved in the fight for 
equality, this tactic isn't new or surprising. We have seen it before. 
We have seen the deliberate distractions, the unfounded fears, the 
faulty arguments on our way toward progress.
  This legislation simply gives LGBTQ individuals full equality--
nothing more and nothing less.
  When we end legal discrimination in housing, employment, and public 
services, we will steer our Nation closer to the full realization of 
its founding principles and the notion that we are all created equal.
  As a proud member of the LGBTQ community, I can attest that attitudes 
in this country have changed for the better, and it is time that our 
laws catch up. Congress can send a message to LGBTQ Americans 
everywhere that we see you, that we celebrate you for who you are.
  This vote will change laws, and it will save lives.
  In passing the Equality Act today, we can say, unequivocally, that 
everyone matters, that everyone can be themselves, that no one should 
live in fear or be treated as a second-class citizen in the United 
States of America, not today and not ever--full equality under the law, 
nothing less and nothing more.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this motion to recommit. I 
welcome you to become a part of history. Join us on the right side of 
history. Do the right thing today. Vote ``no'' on this MTR, and stand 
for full equality for the LGBTQ community.
  Ms. HILL of California. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.

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  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. STEUBE. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair 
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on 
the question of passage.
  This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 181, 
noes 228, not voting 23, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 216]

                               AYES--181

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Budd
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     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
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Lipinski
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marchant
     Marshall
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meadows
     Meuser
     Miller
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Perry
     Posey
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rooney (FL)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Upton
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Williams
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho
     Zeldin

                               NOES--228

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     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)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill (CA)
     Himes
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     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
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Massie
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Morelle
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     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
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--23

     Brady
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Clyburn
     Dingell
     Duffy
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     LaHood
     Moulton
     Pence
     Peterson
     Ratcliffe
     Rose (NY)
     Ryan
     Smucker
     Swalwell (CA)
     Turner
     Walker
     Weber (TX)
     Westerman
     Wilson (SC)
     Young

                              {time}  1204

  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 236, 
noes 173, not voting 23, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 217]

                               AYES--236

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Green (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill (CA)
     Himes
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Hurd (TX)
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Kaptur
     Katko
     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
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Reed
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     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
     Stefanik
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--173

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost

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     Brooks (AL)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Budd
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ferguson
     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
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunter
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     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
     Norman
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rooney (FL)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Spano
     Stauber
     Steil
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Upton
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Williams
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--23

     Brady
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Clyburn
     Dingell
     Duffy
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     LaHood
     Moulton
     Peterson
     Ratcliffe
     Rose (NY)
     Ryan
     Smucker
     Steube
     Swalwell (CA)
     Turner
     Walker
     Weber (TX)
     Westerman
     Wilson (SC)
     Young


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). The Chair will remind all 
persons in the gallery that they are here as guests of the House and 
that any manifestation of approval or disapproval of proceedings is in 
violation of the rules of the House.

                              {time}  1212

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated against:
  Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, due to my only daughter, Amie Westerman, 
having her wedding rehearsal dinner on Friday, May 17, 2019, I will not 
be present for the vote on H.R. 5, The Equality Act. Had I been present 
for the vote, I would have recorded a Nay vote.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. ROSE of New York. Mr. Speaker, due to a death in my family, I had 
to miss votes on Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17.
  Had I been present, I would have voted: ``nay'' on rollcall No. 210, 
McKinley Amendment No. 2 to H.R. 987; ``yea'' on rollcall No. 211 
Harder Amendment No. 6 to H.r. 987; ``yea'' on rollcall No. 212 Wexton 
Amendment No. 21 to H.R. 987; ``nay'' on rollcall No. 213 Motion to 
Recommit for H.R. 987; ``yea'' on rollcall No. 214 Final Passage for 
H.R. 987; ``nay'' on rollcall No. 216 Motion to Recommit for H.R. 5; 
and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 217 Final Passage for H.R. 5.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. BUCSHON. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained on May 17, 2019, 
in order to deliver the Commencement Address at the Concordia Seminary 
in Saint Louis, Missouri. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on rollcall No. 215, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 216, and ``nay'' 
on rollcall No. 217.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I was absent during this morning's 
vote on final passage of H.R. 5 due to travel for an unavoidable 
medical appointment back in Ohio. Had I been present for this vote on 
H.R. 5, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 215, ``yea'' on 
rollcall No. 216, and ``nay'' on rollcall No. 217.

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