[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 16, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H5845-H5857]
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  CONDEMNING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RACIST COMMENTS DIRECTED AT MEMBERS OF 
                                CONGRESS

  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 491, I call up 
the resolution (H. Res. 489) condemning President Trump's racist 
comments directed at Members of Congress, and ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Cleaver). Pursuant to House Resolution 
491, the resolution is considered read.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 489

       Whereas the Founders conceived America as a haven of refuge 
     for people fleeing from religious and political persecution, 
     and Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison 
     all emphasized that the Nation gained as it attracted new 
     people in search of freedom and livelihood for their 
     families;
       Whereas the Declaration of Independence defined America as 
     a covenant based on equality, the unalienable Rights of life, 
     liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and government by the 
     consent of the people;
       Whereas Benjamin Franklin said at the Constitutional 
     convention, ``When foreigners after looking about for some 
     other Country in which they can obtain more happiness, give a 
     preference to ours, it is a proof of attachment which ought 
     to excite our confidence and affection'';
       Whereas President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, ``Remember, 
     remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, 
     are descended from immigrants and revolutionists'';
       Whereas immigration of people from all over the Earth has 
     defined every stage of American history and propelled our 
     social, economic, political, scientific, cultural, artistic, 
     and technological progress as a people, and all Americans, 
     except for the descendants of Native people and enslaved 
     African Americans, are immigrants or descendants of 
     immigrants;
       Whereas the commitment to immigration and asylum has been 
     not a partisan cause but a powerful national value that has 
     infused the work of many Presidents;
       Whereas American patriotism is defined not by race or 
     ethnicity but by devotion to the Constitutional ideals of 
     equality, liberty, inclusion, and democracy and by service to 
     our communities and struggle for the common good;
       Whereas President John F. Kennedy, whose family came to the 
     United States from Ireland, stated in his 1958 book ``A 
     Nation of Immigrants'' that ``The contribution of immigrants 
     can be seen in every aspect of our national life. We see it 
     in religion, in politics, in business, in the arts, in 
     education, even in athletics and entertainment. There is no 
     part of our nation that has not been touched by our immigrant 
     background. Everywhere immigrants have enriched and 
     strengthened the fabric of American life.'';
       Whereas President Ronald Reagan in his last speech as 
     President conveyed ``An observation about a country which I 
     love'';
       Whereas as President Reagan observed, the torch of Lady 
     Liberty symbolizes our freedom and represents our heritage, 
     the compact with our parents, our grandparents, and our 
     ancestors, and it is the Statue of Liberty and its values 
     that give us our great and special place in the world;
       Whereas other countries may seek to compete with us, but in 
     one vital area, as ``a beacon of freedom and opportunity that 
     draws the people of the world, no country on Earth comes 
     close'';
       Whereas it is the great life force of ``each generation of 
     new Americans that guarantees that America's triumph shall 
     continue unsurpassed'' through the 21st century and beyond 
     and is part of the ``magical, intoxicating power of 
     America'';
       Whereas this is ``one of the most important sources of 
     America's greatness: we lead the world because, unique among 
     nations, we draw our people -- our strength -- from every 
     country and every corner of the world, and by doing so we 
     continuously renew and enrich our nation'';
       Whereas ``thanks to each wave of new arrivals to this land 
     of opportunity, we're a nation forever young, forever 
     bursting with energy and new ideas, and always on the cutting 
     edge'', always leading the world to the next frontier;
       Whereas this openness is vital to our future as a Nation, 
     and ``if we ever closed the door to new Americans, our 
     leadership in the world would soon be lost''; and
       Whereas President Donald Trump's racist comments have 
     legitimized fear and hatred of new Americans and people of 
     color: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
       (1) believes that immigrants and their descendants have 
     made America stronger, and that those who take the oath of 
     citizenship are every bit as American as those whose families 
     have lived in the United States for many generations;
       (2) is committed to keeping America open to those lawfully 
     seeking refuge and asylum from violence and oppression, and 
     those who are willing to work hard to live the American 
     Dream, no matter their race, ethnicity, faith, or country of 
     origin; and
       (3) strongly condemns President Donald Trump's racist 
     comments that have legitimized and increased fear and hatred 
     of new Americans and people of color by saying that our 
     fellow Americans who are immigrants, and those who may look 
     to the President like immigrants, should ``go back'' to other 
     countries, by referring to immigrants and asylum seekers as 
     ``invaders,'' and by saying that Members of Congress who are 
     immigrants (or those of our colleagues who are wrongly 
     assumed to be immigrants) do not belong in Congress or in the 
     United States of America.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution shall be debatable for 1 
hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on the Judiciary.
  The gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler) and the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Collins) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.


                             General Leave

  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and 
insert extraneous material on H. Res. 489.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 3 minutes.
  Mr. Speaker, the comments described in this resolution were not just 
offensive to our colleagues; they were inconsistent with the principles 
and values upon which this Nation was founded.
  In urging four female Members of Congress of color to ``go back'' 
where they came from, these comments were not only factually incorrect, 
but they were also deeply hurtful and divisive.
  These were shocking comments, even from an administration that rips 
children from the arms of their parents and warehouses asylum seekers 
in facilities under inhumane conditions. We cannot let this moment pass 
without a forceful condemnation.
  Need I remind the Speaker that this is the same President who 
defended the ``very fine people'' at the neo-Nazi march in 
Charlottesville, who denounced the ``s-hole countries'' in Africa and 
the Caribbean, who claimed that Haitian immigrants ``all have AIDS,''

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and who declared that a Mexican American judge who was born in the 
United States had an ``inherent conflict of interest'' against him.
  At every turn, Democrats have denounced offensive comments that 
emanate from the White House, but the silence coming from the other 
side of the aisle has been deafening. I hope that will finally change 
today.
  This Congress must speak--loudly and with one voice--to condemn the 
President's words and, more importantly, to condemn the sentiments 
behind them.
  The United States should be a beacon of hope and a refuge to those 
who need its protection, and it should welcome with open arms those who 
embody our values and ideals.
  From our earliest days as a nation, we have welcomed people fleeing 
persecution and violence and those who seek economic opportunity and 
freedom in a land whose diversity is one of its greatest strengths. But 
the President has, instead, pursued a relentless campaign to build both 
a literal and a figurative wall around this Nation.
  We must not turn our backs on our historic commitment to immigration 
and to refuge, and we must not fall prey to racial stereotypes and 
nativist fear-mongering that thinks that some immigrants who came here 
years ago are okay but those who come here today, because they are from 
so-called s-hole countries, are not okay.
  It was Martin Luther King who told us: ``I have a dream that my four 
little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be 
judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their 
character.''
  The offensive words by the President undermine that dream. They 
contradict that dream.
  Mr. Chair, I hope that all of my colleagues will join me in 
denouncing racism and in supporting this resolution, and I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, this is the third time that I have stood in this well 
this year on this floor about this subject, and I have been clear at 
every juncture: Racism, bigotry, and anti-Semitism will find no refuge 
in the people's House.
  We expect each other to speak fairly, truthfully, and respectfully of 
all our fellow Members of Congress and of the President--not because we 
agree with each other all the time, but because we have great respect 
for the Americans who elected us and to represent them from one end of 
Pennsylvania Avenue to the other.
  I come here today, Mr. Speaker, with much grief and many questions. 
The first may be procedural, but it is not trivial.
  The Democrats wrote a resolution last night. It is on the floor 
today. I just have a question: What happened to the 72-hour rule 
ensuring Members have an opportunity to review legislation and seek 
feedback from constituents before voting on it? What happened to 
regular order? This never came through committee.
  Why does the House have rules if the Democratic majority only follows 
them when politically convenient? And, also, as was brought up in the 
rules debate, there was even no consultation with others who would want 
to be a part of this.
  The President has every right to be frustrated with Congress for the 
work that we have failed to do on multiple fronts, including the 
border. I also understand that his recent tweets make it hard for us to 
move forward.
  Attacks are like quicksand: They trap and they defeat us before we 
know it. They are distracting us from legislating. That was true when a 
lawmaker implied last week that a Member of the House leadership was 
singling out ``newly elected women of color'' and when other 
Representatives were accused of enabling a racist system.
  It is true as we see little to no concern from my colleagues across 
the aisle when a foreign flag is raised over an American facility or a 
terrorist firebombed another facility.
  It is true when the President of the United States, out of 
frustration, tweeted this weekend, and it is true of many comments 
coming from lawmakers today.
  In fact, it is interesting for my chairman to say that they have 
called out the President every time but, also, many times--and this is 
just a small listing of every week that they have not called out their 
own Members for things that I cannot read on this floor.

  Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, we are too quick this Congress to allow 
political ends to justify procedural means. But that is not democracy 
rooted in our unalienable rights, rights the second clause in this 
resolution affirms. The resolution is simply a lesson in political 
expediency.
  Integrity is a prerequisite to our covenant to govern by the consent 
of the people, which this resolution also affirms.
  We knew when we voted for the House rules this January that we could 
not, in this Chamber, use certain language about other democratically 
elected leaders. We agreed to let ideas compete for our votes and use 
rhetoric as a tool to build bridges instead of as kindling to burn 
those bridges down. Yet not a week goes by, as we have already pointed 
out, without Members of this body issuing statements or tweets that I 
could not and will not read from this floor without violating our 
rules.
  It is amazing, but not surprising, that some of my colleagues are 
using this platform to call for impeachment since many have been making 
that call since November of 2016--no justification then, and definitely 
not now.
  You see, Mr. Speaker, pleas for decorum are not merely a refuge for 
lawmakers who find themselves in the minority. Decorum is a symptom of 
a healthy and confident democracy. When we can debate ideas on this 
floor, decorum ensures democracy's every voice can be heard.
  I would like to lend my voice to the chorus of lawmakers supporting 
the first 15 clauses of this resolution, but for the misguided title 
and the fourth page of this resolution, we could have had a suspension 
vote.
  To its credit, the resolution states the House of Representatives 
``is committed to keeping America open to those lawfully seeking refuge 
and asylum.'' I agree.
  Everyone who votes for this resolution will now be on record as 
opposing illegal immigration, and I hope we can all work together to 
address the border crisis based on that common foundation.
  Again, you don't need a vote on this resolution to do that. You 
simply have to look at the border and acknowledge the crisis.
  But we will still have a problem with this resolution. We cannot, by 
our own House rules, support a resolution that labels the President in 
this way, and I will not.
  The rules that have governed this body since the first United States 
Congress do not allow us to devolve in that way. However, it doesn't 
mean that we can't condemn racial or ethnic prejudice. It doesn't mean 
we can't decisively reject anti-Semitism, as we have on this floor. In 
my view, we have not done it so far in this Congress to that extent, 
but we have time for a clarion call on that front. I know some 
colleagues on both sides of the aisle who could join each other in that 
conviction.
  Our own standards of decorum, however, in fact, empower us to welcome 
to America every person who respects our laws and wants to help defend 
our freedoms. These standards also give us a platform to admit when we 
and those around us make mistakes.
  When we consider the power of this Chamber to legislate for the 
common good, I wonder why my colleagues have become so eager to attack 
the President that they are willing to sacrifice the rules, precedents, 
and the integrity of the people's House for an unprecedented vote that 
undercuts its very democratic processes.
  I wonder, if the comments in view today are what some of my 
colleagues say they are, why this resolution had to rephrase them to 
make its point. The resolution condemns comments in a way that exposes 
the breathtaking partisanship of today's exercise.
  The resolution quotes only three words from the comments it rejects--
the words ``go back'' and ``invaders.'' Beyond those three words, the 
resolution substitutes its own phrasing and editorializing for the 
words this resolution has in view.
  Again, a partisan show. That is a tell that today's resolution is 
more of a political jab than anything else. It is, therefore, a signal 
for us to take a moment to look inward.

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  I wonder if, when we are tempted to accuse our sister, our brother, 
our fellow American, political foe, or Madam Speaker of racism--by the 
way, I do not believe that the President is a racist. I do not believe 
the Speaker of this House is a racist. I do not believe the majority 
leader is a racist. I do not believe the minority leader is a racist. 
We can go down this line. I do not believe that. Then why do we insist 
on using this floor to litigate the propriety of statements made 
outside these walls?
  We assign a lot of wicked intent to a lot of tweets, even though 280 
characters offers us the least context for making our points and 
endless potential for misunderstanding each other.
  To be fair, a lot of political speech today seems to be made to 
deepen our divide by highlighting our differences, and that is a cause 
for sadness. That is exactly what the rules of decorum in this body are 
designed to guard against.
  We have a choice this afternoon, Mr. Speaker. We can pursue 
escalation against our fellow Americans, or we can pursue 
reconciliation on their behalf. Only one of those options makes room 
for this body to do its job: the legislating of the solutions for the 
challenges of the American people.
  Many of the Members are my friends, and I am thankful for the chance 
to work alongside each of them every day. But, today, we renew our 
commitment to the democratic ideals of this Chamber by voting against a 
flawed resolution, against a political statement, against something 
that could not even be written in a proper way without adding editorial 
and paraphrased comments.
  I would ask each of my friends on both sides of the aisle to evaluate 
what is before them, evaluate what we have done, and evaluate what we 
don't take up for political convenience when it is our side saying it.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished majority leader of the House.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding.
  I want to thank the gentleman from Georgia, who is my friend; and I 
want to respectfully say to him: This resolution is not about 
partisanship. It is about prejudice and the necessity to confront it.
  Mr. Speaker, my father was from Denmark. He was born and raised in 
Copenhagen and came here as an adult in his twenties. I have a large 
extended family in Denmark.
  The President of the United States, Mr. Speaker, did not tell me to 
go back to Denmark.
  He did not tell the Speaker of this House, a woman proud of her 
Italian American heritage, to go back to Italy.
  He did not tell the Irish American Members of this body to go back to 
Ireland or tell those of German ancestry to go back to Germany. No.
  He told four women of color, three of whom are natural-born citizens, 
born and raised in their home country of America, to ``go back'' to 
their countries.
  This is their country, Mr. Speaker, I would tell the President.
  And it is the country of our colleague who came here as a refugee 
from Somalia. She endured hardships and arrived on our shores like so 
many others, seeking freedom, safety, and opportunity.
  She is an American citizen, one who chose to give back to her 
community and our country through public service. This is her country.
  I will not speculate on this floor about the motives or intentions of 
the President, but no one can dispute that the words he said and wrote 
were racist words--and have been called such by Republicans--with a 
long history of being used to demean, dismiss, and denigrate some 
American citizens as less than others, as not fully belonging in our 
country because of the color of their skin or the origin of their 
families.
  Mr. Speaker, to oppose this resolution is, in effect, saying the 
words were acceptable.

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  They were not acceptable. Such words should never be acceptable from 
the leader of this country, or frankly, anybody else. They demean our 
Declaration of Independence; they demean our Constitution; and they 
demean our Pledge of Allegiance: ``One Nation . . . indivisible.''
  So I urge this House to come together and support this resolution. No 
matter whether one supports this President or not; whether one believes 
he is a racist or not; vote for this resolution that condemns the words 
he spoke. They hurt. They are not American. They are not us. The 
sentiment was not one we ought to espouse.
  Mr. Speaker, I say to the President, if I were speaking to him: The 
next time you wish to denigrate and demean those who came here, or the 
children and grandchildren of immigrants, say it to me. Say it to all 
of us in this House. Say it to every descendant of immigrants.
  Express the sentiment of the House of Representatives that this is 
not the conversation that we have in America. We lift our lamp beside 
the golden door. Let us keep that flame bright.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Before we go any further, let me just remind 
Members to refrain from engaging in personality-based remarks toward 
the President.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock).
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, we have, unfortunately, entered a period 
of our history when our political rhetoric has become hyperbolic, just 
as our political views are becoming increasingly irreconcilable. We 
would all be well-advised not to continue down this road.
  ``America, love it or leave it,'' is not a new sentiment nor a 
radical sentiment, and it certainly is not a racist sentiment. It 
should remind us of commonly-held and enduring founding principles that 
ought to be uniting us as a free people: Respect for the rule of law, 
and for the uniquely American principles of individual liberty, 
constitutionally-limited government, and personal responsibility that 
have produced the happiest, most productive and most powerful Nation in 
the history of the world.
  Every nation has a right to protect its culture, traditions, 
institutions, and principles. This fundamental consensus is what binds 
us together and unites us as a free people, and it is what makes 
possible all of the compromises and accommodations required by 
democratic self-government.
  We have entered an era when that consensus is breaking down. We have 
seen a growing hostility to our American Founders, our American 
founding principles, and our proud American heritage.
  Legal immigration, immigrants who come to our country by obeying our 
laws, respecting our Nation's sovereignty, and bringing with them a 
sincere desire to embrace our Constitution and the principles of 
liberty that animate and inform our form of government, is integral to 
this process.
  Some of the most patriotic Americans I know are legal immigrants who 
obeyed our laws, who waited patiently in line, who did everything our 
country asked of them.
  Some of the most unpatriotic Americans I know were born here and have 
enjoyed all of the blessings of liberty, without ever appreciating or 
even understanding the principles that produced our Nation's greatness 
and its goodness.
  Socialism and slavery spring from the same principle--in Lincoln's 
words: ``It is the same spirit that says, `you work and toil and earn 
bread, and I'll eat it.''' He reminded us that ``A house divided 
against itself cannot stand.'' He said: ``I do not expect the house to 
fall--but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all 
one thing or all the other.''
  He understood that freedom and slavery were antithetical; and though 
they might be held together in a temporary accommodation, they could 
not coexist for long.
  Today, we face the same conflict between freedom and socialism, and 
it is time to choose.
  Now, I wish the President were more temperate in the words he 
sometimes uses, and I agree that the tone of his recent remarks was 
unnecessarily provocative. But his central point is irrefutable. There 
is no requirement for those who hate our country to remain here when 
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countries with different principles and values to choose from and that 
have, in turn, produced very different results.
  This is as true of those born here as those who have come here from 
abroad. The President spoke not of race but of patriotism, American 
patriotism. And to call that racist fundamentally misunderstands and 
misrepresents the question before our country today.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from 
New Jersey (Mr. Malinowski), the sponsor of the resolution.
  Mr. MALINOWSKI. Mr. Speaker, when I saw the President's comments over 
the weekend, my first thought was, my politics may not always be the 
same as the Congresswomen he was attacking; but all of us are 
Americans. And unlike most of them, I was actually born in a foreign 
country.
  I took the oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United 
States when I was 10 years old, with my mom, when I was sworn in to be 
a citizen 5 years after we came here from Poland.
  Does the President think I should go back because I am an immigrant 
who disagrees with his policies?
  There are 44 million of us American citizens who were born somewhere 
else, and we new Americans know what it means to be American because we 
chose America. We know the alternative.
  Many of us do come from broken countries, a communist country, in my 
case, broken by communism and, in many cases, broken by leaders who did 
just what we are condemning today, using race and religion to divide 
people.
  The President may be doing it cynically. He wants the drama. He wants 
the reality show.

  In my district, we have to deal with the reality that these words are 
dangerous. Every synagogue in my district either has armed security or 
is struggling with the question of whether to have it. Every mosque has 
State Police coming to Friday prayers.
  We know that the words the President uses to drive up his ratings can 
be like sparks to the gasoline of disturbed minds in our country; that 
the man who massacred Jews in Pittsburgh was obsessed with migrant 
caravans and blamed Jews for helping refugees; that the man who 
murdered Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, believed immigrants are 
invaders who should go back to their country.
  These fringe haters have always been with us. Never before have their 
twisted thoughts been legitimized by the highest leaders in our land.
  Yesterday, after the President's tweets, the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer 
website gloated that this is the kind of white nationalism we voted 
for.
  Now, we have to decide, is this the kind of politics that we want in 
our country?
  Mr. Speaker, this resolution is not really about the President. We 
know who he is. My Republican colleagues know who he is.
  The question is--the only question left to us is, who are we? Because 
this is not about him. This is about us.
  Are we still the country of immigrants and of laws that every great 
American leader, from Ben Franklin, to FDR, to John F. Kennedy, to 
George Bush, believed in?
  Do we still believe what Ronald Reagan said that: ``Americans lead 
the world because, unique among nations, we draw our people, our 
strength, from every country and every corner of the world;'' that new 
Americans ``renew our pride and gratitude in the United States of 
America, the greatest, freest Nation in the world''?
  This is the choice that every Member of the House will have to make 
tonight. Do we agree with President Reagan's hopeful, confident, 
patriotic vision of America, or with President Trump's message of fear?
  Mr. Speaker, Republicans and Democrats can afford to disagree about 
many things in this House; but let us not be divided on decency to our 
fellow Americans.
  At this defining moment for our country and for this body, let us 
come together to support this resolution.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Gonzalez).
  Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I was one of the first 
Republicans, I believe, to speak out once the comments became public on 
Sunday. I did it Sunday afternoon, and then I did it again on Monday.
  But I cannot, in good faith, support this resolution because I can't 
possibly overlook the partisan nature in which it was brought forward, 
and the number of issues that we have control over in the House that we 
are choosing to ignore and have continued to ignore since we were sworn 
in in January.
  We have Members of this body who have called detention facilities 
concentration camps; have supported people who are labeling our Border 
Patrol agents and our ICE officers as Nazis.
  The gentleman just mentioned some folks outside of this body of 
Congress who may, he believes, have been inspired by certain comments. 
Well, where is the condemnation of these?
  When are we going to stand up and condemn those who call Americans, 
who are doing their jobs, by the way, enforcing laws that we enact, 
Nazis? When are we going to push back on that?
  When are we going to push back on comments, after one of our Members 
was criticized, they said, and I quote: After the comments, ``I got a 
text message from a friend who's like, hey, next time, you know, really 
clarify. Maybe talk like a fourth grader because maybe the racist 
idiots would understand you better''?
  Am I a racist idiot? Do I read at a fourth-grade level? Do the 
Members of this body?
  Have we gotten so broken as a Congress, where a simple disagreement 
results in us labeling one another racist idiots? Is that who we are?
  Where's the condemnation? When are we going to speak out about that?
  And I don't have to remind this body about the last time we were here 
for a similar process, when one of our Members said: ``It's all about 
the Benjamins,'' implying that Members of both sides of the aisle are 
being purchased and bought by our Jewish brothers and sisters.
  When are we going to stand up and speak out against that? Because I 
have been here for 7 months now, and it is the same thing over and over 
again.
  And the people who lose--and we all know this--are the constituents 
who are relying on us to actually work to solve problems.
  We have done nothing to support USMCA, to bring it up for a vote. We 
have done nothing to bring down the cost of prescription drugs. We 
haven't done anything since we have been here, and the reason is 
because we have been focused on fighting each other online; biting back 
and forth; rushing in front of the cameras; boosting our Twitter 
followers; and inciting the very division that prevents us from seeking 
common ground.
  I, like I know most of my colleagues, came here to find common 
ground. We came here to fight for the ideals that make our Nation 
great.
  I am the son of Cuban immigrants, proudly.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Tlaib).
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of this resolution 
because I want every single person in my district to know that not only 
are they part of the squad, but they are--we are all here to stay. I 
want them to know that they belong; that we see and hear them loud and 
clear.
  Mr. Speaker, I am more proud today than ever to be the daughter of 
Palestinian immigrants; to be the first in my family to graduate high 
school and, later, college; to have grown up in the city that birthed 
movements that fought and won against racism and inequality in our 
country. It is a city that taught me to never back down; to speak up 
when I see injustice, and one that elected the first of two Muslim 
women serving in the United States Congress.
  This resolution chooses all of us. It chooses you. It chooses those 
who are marginalized and, more importantly, it chooses the values that 
we all must live up to.
  We cannot allow anyone, especially the President of the United 
States, to erode our core American values. I urge my colleagues to 
please choose our country, choose the American people, and to support 
this resolution.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Meuser).

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  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H. Res. 489, 
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latest legislative attack on the President. Much like most of the ideas 
and comments coming from the leading members of the socialist left, 
yesterday's press conference was, at best, political theater.
  In the last few days, Democratic Members of this House have attacked 
the President with claims of racism. Some have even said and then 
walked back similar comments referring to the Democratic House Speaker. 
None of those accusations are based in fact.
  As the representative of the people of the Ninth Congressional 
District of Pennsylvania, I feel it is most important to address this 
matter and then move on to engage in the work and the matters of real 
substance and importance to the people of our country, rather than 
baseless name-calling and offensive lectures.
  The ongoing policy debate across the country will continue to be 
socialism versus American exceptionalism. The people will decide our 
direction. What has really happened here is that the President and his 
supporters have been forced to endure months of allegations of racism 
and ``concentration camp'' accusations.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds 
to the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, this ridiculous slander does a disservice to 
our Nation and to the American people, and I, like many, am tired of 
it. I urge a ``no'' vote on the resolution aimed purely at harassing 
the President of the United States.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I said earlier today that I wish we 
were not here, but we are here. Now, I wish to indicate that I am 
appalled at any commentary that demeans or hurts a fellow human being 
or a fellow American or fellow world citizen. So the recounting of 
various statements, I realize and recognize that comments were made 
about statements to ease the pain of those who were receiving it.
  Right now, we are talking about comments that came from the highest 
office in the land, which really does reflect what this little book, 
the Constitution, says, that this Nation was organized to create a more 
perfect union. Yet, unfortunately, the officer in the White House, the 
President of the United States, took to tweeting and talked about the 
first African American woman from the Seventh District, the first 
Palestinian American woman, the youngest woman elected to Congress, and 
the first Somali American woman, women of color.
  It is imperative today that, along with H. Res. 494, my resolution, 
we condemn this action, and we do it together. I ask my Republican 
colleagues to vote for the underlying resolution.
  Mr. Speaker, as a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary 
and Homeland Security, I rise in support of H. Res. 489, a resolution 
condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of 
Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, on November 6, 2018, in an election widely regarded as a 
referendum on the performance and disapproval of the Administration of 
President Donald J. Trump, the American people voted to vest control of 
the U.S. House of Representatives in the Democratic Party to restore 
the system of checks and balances designed by the Framers in 1787 in 
Philadelphia.
  The Representatives elected to the 116th Congress comprise the most 
diverse class in American history with respect to its racial, ethnic, 
and religious composition, and also includes the largest contingent of 
female Representatives and the most members ever of the LGBTQ 
community.
  Among the cohort of the 40 Representatives first elected to the 
Congress in the November 2018 election are several whose membership is 
historic, including the Representative for the Seventh District of 
Massachusetts, the first African American woman elected from the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; the Representative from the Thirteenth 
District of Michigan, the first Palestinian-American woman elected to 
Congress; the Representative from the Fourteenth District of New York, 
the youngest woman ever elected to Congress; and the Representative 
from the Fifth District of Minnesota, the first Somali-American elected 
to Congress.
  In the discharge of their official duties as Members of Congress, 
these talented and dedicated Members of Congress traveled to the 
southern border of the United States to observe the living conditions 
and treatment received by migrants and refugees seeking asylum in the 
United States who are currently being held in detention facilities 
operated under control or supervision of the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP), some consisting of nothing more than tent villages 
cordoned off under highways.
  Upon their return to the Capitol, these Members of Congress reported 
their shock and horror regarding the appalling and inhumane conditions 
to which detainees were being subjected by CPB at a public hearing of a 
House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
  On July 14, 2019, the President of the United States reacted to the 
criticism of his Administration's treatment of detainees by these 
Members of Congress in a series of unhinged tweets that questioned 
their loyalty to the United States and implied that due to the 
circumstances of their birth they had no right to exercise the 
responsibilities and privileges of duly elected Members of Congress.
  Specifically, the President tweeted that it was:
  ``So interesting to see ``Progressive'' Democrat Congresswomen, who 
originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and 
total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the 
world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly . 
. . and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest 
and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why 
don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested 
places from which they came.''
  The President's statements are false in that three of Members of 
Congress he impugned are in fact natural born citizens and the fourth-
is a naturalized citizen.
  Although the recent statements of the President are inaccurate and 
offensive, they are consistent with prior statements he has made to 
stoke to division, discord, and disharmony among the American people.
  Let us not forget that the current President of the United States 
burnished his political reputation by claiming falsely for more than 5 
years that his predecessor was born in Kenya and not in the United 
States and thus was an illegitimate President. The current President of 
the United States launched his 2016 campaign for the Presidency by 
saying of persons from Mexico seeking to immigrate to the United 
States: ``They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're 
rapists.''
  The current President of the United States claimed that a Hispanic 
federal jurist could not preside over a court proceeding to which then 
presidential candidate Donald J. Trump and the Trump Organization were 
defendants accused of civil fraud because ``He's a Mexican!''
  In January 2018 the current President of the United States is 
reported to have inquired of his advisors: ``Why are we having all 
these people from (expletive deleted) countries come here?'', referring 
to persons from countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and Central and 
South America.
  And most contemptible of all, on August 15, 2017 the current 
President of the United States said he regarded as some ``very fine 
people,'' the neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and Ku Klux Klansmen who 
descended on the peaceful community of Charlottesville, Virginia to 
advocate racism and who were met by peaceful counterprotestors in a 
clash that the white supremacists turned violent and resulted in the 
death of Heather Heyer and left injured many other innocent persons who 
were gathered to affirm the principles of the Declaration of 
Independence and the U.S. Constitution, and to honor the sacrifice of 
unsung American heroes who devoted their lives to the ongoing quest to 
continue perfecting our union.
  Mr. Speaker, the recent and past statements and actions of the 
current President of the United States demean the office he holds and 
falls short of the standard set by the 16th President, whose 
administration was devoted to unity, healing, and ending racial 
division.
  In his famous March 4, 1861, Inaugural Address, President Abraham 
Lincoln foretold the reasons why the efforts of the current President 
of the United States to rend our union are destined to fail:
  ``We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though 
passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. 
The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely 
they will be, by the better angels of our nature.''
  Before closing, Mr. Speaker, I think it appropriate to share my 
perspective on immigration and significant and positive impact it has 
in the development of this, the greatest nation in human history.
  Like the Framers did in the summer of 1776, it is fitting that we 
gather in the nation's capital on a sweltering July day to reflect upon 
America's long and continuing struggle for justice, equality, and 
opportunity.
  After all, all that any of us wants is an honored place in the 
American family.
  I am often reminded that as I speak there is a family somewhere about 
to begin a dangerous but hopeful quest.

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  Somewhere south of the border, maybe across the Rio Grande from El 
Paso, Laredo, Corpus Christi, or Brownsville or maybe just south of 
Tucson or San Diego or Douglass, Arizona.
  Somewhere there is a family in the Old Country anxiously about to 
embark on their own journey to the New World of America.
  They come for the same reason so many millions came before them, in 
this century and last, from this continent and from every other.
  They come for the same reason families have always come to America: 
to be free of fear and hunger, to better their condition, to begin 
their world anew, to give their children a chance for a better life.
  Like previous waves of immigrants, they too will wage all and risk 
all to reach the sidewalks of Houston or Los Angeles or Phoenix or 
Chicago or Atlanta or Denver or Detroit.
  They will risk death in the desert; they will brave the elements, 
they will risk capture and crime, they will endure separation from 
loved ones.
  And if they make it to the Promised Land of America, no job will be 
beneath them.
  They will cook our food, clean our houses, cut our grass, and care 
for our kids.
  They will be cheated by some and exploited by others.
  They work in sunlight but live in twilight, between the shadows; not 
fully welcome as new Americans but wanted as low-wage workers.
  Somewhere near the borders tonight, a family will cross over into the 
New World, willed by the enduring power of the American Dream.
  I urge all Members to join me in supporting H. Res. 489.
  All American should take pride in and celebrate the ethnic, racial, 
and religious diversity that has made the United States the leader of 
the community of nations and the beacon of hope and inspiration to 
oppressed persons everywhere.
  And in addition to the love and pride Americans justifiably have for 
their country, all persons in the United States should cherish and 
exercise the rights, privileges, and responsibilities guaranteed by the 
Constitution of the United States.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from West Virginia (Mrs. Miller).
  Mrs. MILLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in opposition to the 
resolution on the floor.
  For the past 7 months, the President has stated that there is a 
crisis on our border. Republican House leadership has said there is a 
crisis on the border. My colleagues have said there is a crisis on the 
border. And I have said there is a crisis on the border.
  Throughout this, the Washington Democrats have denied it again and 
again. From the party leadership and the committee chairs in hearings 
and even on the House floor, many have said that the crisis is fake, 
phony, nonexistent, manufactured, imaginary, and false. They turned a 
blind eye to a crisis because of political opposition, and the media 
followed suit.
  A few weeks ago, several of my colleagues across the aisle took a 
trip to our southern border, bringing cameras and journalists along 
with them. They finally came to terms with what the Republicans have 
been saying for months.
  However, instead of focusing on the root of the problem, 
underfunding, overcrowding, backlogged cases, and unprecedented surges, 
they opposed funding and passed a bill to ban construction on the 
southern border.
  For 7 months, my colleagues across the aisle have denied a crisis and 
failed to act. They still haven't acted. I want to work together to 
solve this crisis. Instead, we are here debating political nonsense. I 
have had enough talk about tweets, squads, infighting, labels, and 
petty disagreements.
  When we look at the content of the legislation brought up for 
discussion today, it is no surprise that the American people have such 
a low approval of Congress. If it is not a messaging bill to placate 
the activists, it is an advancement of the socialist agenda, a bill to 
handcuff our President, or a denouncement of American values.
  I came to Congress to create jobs, grow the economy, innovate our 
energy industry, and fix West Virginia's infrastructure. I was sent 
here to move our country forward and to solve the problems that 
actually affect the lives of those we represent. To improve our 
communities, our country, that is why we are all here.
  This resolution is a waste of time. I urge my colleagues to oppose 
this legislation and any legislation that doesn't deliver the results 
for our country that our citizens deserve.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cohen).
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I join in supporting this resolution. I felt 
that we should have had a stronger resolution that censured the 
President, H. Res. 490, because the conduct that has been charged is 
beneath the Office of the President. He should not disparage people and 
suggest they go back to where they were born.
  Ms. Ocasio-Cortez was born in the Bronx, and her parents were born in 
Puerto Rico. Mr. Trump should know that Puerto Rico is the United 
States of America.
  From references to Haiti and African countries as ``-hole'' countries 
to the ``fine people on both sides'' in Charlottesville with neo-Nazis 
and Klansmen there, he has gone out of his way to find opportunities to 
besmirch Hispanic Americans, people of Mexican descent, African 
Americans, and African countries. This is wrong and beneath the Office 
of the President.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Let me remind Members, again, to refrain 
from engaging in personality-based remarks toward the President or any 
other Member.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I ask for a time check on both 
sides, please.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia has 12\1/4\ 
minutes remaining, and the gentleman from New York has 20 minutes 
remaining.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, at this time I yield 3 minutes 
to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Duffy).
  Mr. DUFFY. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman for yielding.
  I just want to note at the start of this resolution for the first 
three pages I agree with everything. We have great quotes in here of 
our Founders and American Presidents who talk about the strength of 
this country that has come from immigrants and immigration, and I 
wholeheartedly concur.
  As we get to page 4, though, I have significant disagreement. I would 
note that on page 4 on the whereas, it is noted that ``Trump's racist 
comments have legitimized fear and hatred of new Americans,'' and I 
just want to make a point to my friends across the aisl because in 
paragraph 2 you note that it is committed to keeping America open to 
those who lawfully seek refuge and asylum from violence and oppression. 
Lawfully seek refuge and asylum.

  But I would note that, just recently, President Trump has said those 
who have sought asylum, had a hearing, and have a deportation order, 
you all are offended by that. You didn't include in your resolution 
those who had deportation orders issued, your opposition to them being 
removed. So you actually agree with us and President Trump that those 
who have lawful orders of deportation should be sent out of the 
country, just to cite your resolution.
  But I want to note, Mr. Speaker, that I have looked closely at the 
chain of three tweets sent out by President Trump, and in those tweets 
I see nothing that references anybody's race, not a thing. I don't see 
anyone's name being referenced in the tweets.
  But the President is referring to people--Congresswomen--who are 
anti-American. And lo and behold, everybody in this Chamber knows who 
he is talking about. Who are the anti-American Members of Congress? He 
didn't say their names. He did not say their race, but he commented on 
how they view America. And we all know who he was talking about.
  I want immigrants to come to this country, but if you come to this 
country, shouldn't you love this country? We all come here and see 
imperfection, and we work every week trying to make our country better, 
but to say I wholeheartedly dislike the country, the fact that I am 
going to call the President an mf'er, good Lord, what has the 
institution become?
  And then to come to this floor and chastise the President for a 
couple of tweets, when that is the language we use against him?
  That is rich, Mr. Speaker, that that is the language that the left 
would use and then try to call out the President who didn't cite a race 
or he didn't cite a name.
  I look at this, and I think we are all called to do better and be 
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should make this country better. But when I look at some who say I 
believe that socialism is a purer form of government and a better 
economic economy over capitalism that has given us the freest, most 
generous, most prosperous country that has ever existed on the face of 
the Earth, and we want to trade this in for a system that has always 
failed?
  I think you are going to see Republicans push back against that, and 
I think many Democrats will push back against that, and I think that is 
what this argument really comes down to.
  And one other note, I look at some of my conservatives like Candace 
Owens, Diamond and Silk, Justice Thomas--
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  The gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler) is recognized.
  Let me again say, please direct your comments to the Chair.


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman will state her parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, my inquiry is this. My colleague across the 
aisle just referred to Members of Congress as ``anti-American.'' I 
believe that those words are defamatory, and I would like to ask 
whether that is appropriate for a request for the gentleman to take 
down his words.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not issue an advisory 
opinion. I have directed both sides to please address the Chair, number 
one; and number two, I ask that Members refrain from engaging in any 
personality-based remarks. So the Chair is not going to issue an 
advisory opinion at this point.
  Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, so a Member can say that other Members of 
Congress are anti-American and no resolution for that? We would like to 
ask the gentleman to take down his words.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman making a demand that the 
words be taken down?
  Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, yes, I am asking that the gentleman's words 
be taken down.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In order for the words to be taken down, the 
objection has to be contemporaneous to the remarks.
  Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, I was trying to get the attention.
  Mr. Speaker, I will relinquish the point, but I just want to remind 
my colleagues that that is completely inappropriate to tell any of us 
that we are anti-American.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Let me just say, if the violation occurs 
again, I will interrupt mid-sentence.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I now yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Pelosi), the distinguished Speaker of the House.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank 
him for his leadership in so many ways in this Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend Mr. Malinowski and Mr. Raskin for bringing 
this important resolution to the floor.
  Mr. Speaker, I come to this floor prayerfully. It is really very sad. 
It was interesting to me--and I spoke out about this--that on Sunday in 
Catholic Masses, and I don't know beyond that, that the gospel of the 
day was the gospel of the Good Samaritan. A person asked Jesus, ``What 
do I have to do to enter the kingdom of Heaven?''
  And Christ replied, ``Love thy neighbor as thyself. Show mercy.'' 
That very same day he went on to talk and then he said, ``Well, how do 
I do this?''
  And Jesus gave him the example of the Good Samaritan. Everyone is 
familiar with how a stranger helped another stranger, a foreigner 
helped another foreigner, the Good Samaritan. Love thy neighbor as 
thyself, show mercy.

                              {time}  1500

  On that very same day, coincidentally, ironically, sadly, whatever 
adverb you want to use, the President was instituting raids into the 
homes of families.
  I went to Spanish mass this weekend and saw the dignity of those 
families, the beauty of the children, and the fear that the President 
had struck in their hearts, as we were listening to the Gospel of the 
Good Samaritan to show mercy and love thy neighbor as thyself. That 
very same day, unfortunately, there were those who were not informed by 
that Gospel.
  So here we are later in that day, it was stunning to hear the words 
that were used, go home, to some of our colleagues, the same words that 
were used to so many people in our country whether because they weren't 
born here or because they didn't look like some others here: Go home.
  As annoyed and as insulted as we all should be about the President 
saying that about our colleagues, it is also not showing mercy for him 
to say that about so many people in our country, as he wants to split 
up families.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Malinowski and Mr. Raskin for the 
opportunity to speak to the statements that the President made later in 
the day of the Gospel of the Good Samaritan: Mr. Malinowski, who was 
born abroad; Mr. Raskin for his firm leadership in advancing this 
important resolution.
  The House hopefully has come together standing as one to denounce the 
White House's xenophobic attacks on our Members, on our people, and to 
defend the values of America.
  And what is America? America is many things: the land of a great 
Constitution, which is under threat; a beautiful land that God has 
given us, which is being degraded; values that we share that are being 
undermined. But America is also a Nation largely, but not totally, 
largely of immigrants.
  As this resolution so beautifully states, `` . . . the Founders 
conceived America as a haven for refuge for people fleeing from 
religious and political persecution, and Thomas Jefferson, Alexander 
Hamilton, and James Madison all emphasized that the Nation gained as it 
attracted new people in search of freedom and livelihood for their 
families.''
  The resolution quotes our most iconic Presidents, who all recognized 
that immigrants are the constant reinvigoration of America, of hope, 
determination, optimism, and courage to make the future better.
  Those are American values. Those are American traits: hope, optimism, 
courage. Many of these immigrants, when they come here with those 
values and those traits, make America more American.
  Franklin Roosevelt said: ``Remember always that all of us, and you 
and I especially, are descended from immigrants.''
  President John F. Kennedy wrote that: ``The contribution of 
immigrants can be seen in every aspect of our national life.''
  President Ronald Reagan so beautifully in his last speech as 
President of the United States, which is quoted in this resolution, 
said: ``If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in 
the world would soon be lost.''
  Yet, the President's comments about our colleagues this weekend 
showed that he does not share those American values. These comments 
from the White House are disgraceful and disgusting, and the comments 
are racist. How shameful to hear him continue to defend those offensive 
words, words that we have all heard him repeat not only about our 
Members, but about countless others.
  Our caucus will continue to forcefully respond to those attacks on 
our Members, which reflect a fundamental disrespect for the beautiful 
diversity of America. There is no place anywhere for the President's 
words, which are not only divisive, but dangerous, and have legitimized 
and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color.
  It is so sad, because you would think that there would be a given 
that we would universally in this body just say, of course. And there 
is no excuse for any response to those words but a swift and strong, 
unified condemnation.
  Every single Member of this institution, Democratic and Republican, 
should join us in condemning the President's racist tweets. To do 
anything less would be a shocking rejection of our values and a 
shameful abdication of our oath of office.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, point of order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman will suspend.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Point of order.
  Ms. PELOSI. To protect the American people, I urge a unanimous vote.

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  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I was just going to ask the 
gentle Speaker of the House if she would like to rephrase that comment.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I cleared my remarks with the 
Parliamentarian before I read them.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I make a point of order the 
gentlewoman's words are unparliamentary and request that the words be 
taken down.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will remind all Members please do 
not make personality-based comments.
  The gentleman from Georgia is recognized.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I made a point of order that the 
gentlewoman's words were unparliamentary and request they be taken 
down.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman making a demand that the 
words be taken down?
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I request that the gentlewoman's 
words are unparliamentary and request that they be taken down.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All Members will suspend.
  The Clerk will report the words.

                              {time}  1625

  The Clerk read as follows:

       Every single Member of this institution, Democratic and 
     Republican, should join us in condemning the President's 
     racist tweets. To do anything less would be a shocking 
     rejection of our values and a shameful abdication of our oath 
     of office.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is ready to make a statement.
  I came in here to try to do this in a fair way. I kept warning both 
sides--``let's not do this''--hoping we could get through.
  Ms. Jayapal had a situation where we could be in here on another 
motion to take down words of a friend of mine. But we don't ever, ever 
want to pass up, it seems, an opportunity to escalate, and that is what 
this is.
  I dare anybody to look at any of the footage and see if there was any 
unfairness. But unfairness is not enough, because we want to just 
fight.
  I abandon the Chair.

                              {time}  1645

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hoyer). The Chair is prepared to rule.
  The words of the gentlewoman from California contain an accusation of 
racist behavior on the part of the President.
  As memorialized in Deschler-Brown Precedents, chapter 29, section 
65.6, characterizing an action as racist is not in order. The Chair 
relies on the precedent of May 15, 1984, and finds that the words 
should not be used in debate.


                Motion Offered by Mr. Collins of Georgia

  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
  The Clerk read as follows:
       Mr. COLLINS of Georgia moves that the words of the 
     gentlewoman from California be stricken from the Record.


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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins).
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. 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 190, 
nays 232, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 480]

                               YEAS--190

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     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
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     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 (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     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
     Ratcliffe
     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)
     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
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                               NAYS--232

     Adams
     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
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     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 (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     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, Al (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
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     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
     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)
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     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--10

     Biggs
     Burgess
     Collins (NY)
     Gohmert
     Granger
     Lynch
     Marchant
     Peterson
     Soto
     Williams

                              {time}  1727

  Ms. HAALAND and Mr. GOTTHEIMER changed their vote from ``yea'' to 
``nay.''
  Mr. CRAWFORD changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                      Motion Offered by Mr. Nadler

  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I move that the gentlewoman from California

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(Ms. Pelosi) be permitted to proceed in order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Kildee). The question is on the motion 
offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler).
  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. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this will 
be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 231, 
noes 190, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 481]

                               AYES--231

     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
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     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, Al (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
     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
     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)
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     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

                               NOES--190

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     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
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     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
     Huizenga
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     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
     Ratcliffe
     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)
     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
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Biggs
     Burgess
     Collins (NY)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Gohmert
     Granger
     Hudson
     Marchant
     Peterson
     Soto
     Williams

                              {time}  1748

  So the motion was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman will be allowed to proceed 
in order.
  The Chair announces the remaining time in debate. The gentleman from 
Georgia has 9\1/4\ minutes remaining.
  Without objection, the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) 
controls the time and has 19 minutes remaining.
  There was no objection
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), the minority leader.
  Mr. McCARTHY. Madam Speaker, on page 1 of the original Thomas 
Jefferson Manual of Parliamentary Practice he writes that: ``It is very 
material that order, decency, and regularity be preserved in a 
dignified public body.''
  Now, we all have the awesome privilege of serving in that dignified 
public body: this, the people's House. Our American democracy and its 
institutions are looked up to as an example for the entire world. 
Jefferson's emphasis on order and decency is just as important today is 
it was more than 200 years ago.
  Unfortunately, that was not the case today.
  Madam Speaker, today is a day that historians will write about. It is 
a sad day for this House, the people's House. Our rules of order and 
decency were broken today, and worse, the House just voted to condone 
this violation of decorum.
  Madam Speaker, I know there is frustration in this body. But it is 
our duty to focus not on retribution but on building a more perfect 
union.
  We can be doing so much more, and we should be doing so much better.
  Madam Speaker, I would ask that all Members take it upon themselves 
to uphold the dignity of this institution. Let us preserve and promote 
those ideals of order and decency that this body was founded upon and 
that this body will need if we are to address the many challenges 
facing our Nation.
  Madam Speaker, it is not just our Nation that is watching; the world 
is watching us. I hope we can rise to the occasion.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman 
from California (Ms. Bass), who is a distinguished member of the 
Judiciary Committee.
  Ms. BASS. Madam Speaker, the world is watching, and the world is in 
shock.
  Today I rise to speak in support of this resolution condemning the 
hateful rhetoric of Donald Trump. His comments were beneath the dignity 
of the Office of President of the United States, and they have no place 
in our country.
  My four colleagues he attacked have every right to be in the United 
States. They are just as American as any one of us, and it is shameful 
that the leader of our country would seek to disparage them for 
political gain. But the sad truth is that if we were to pass a 
resolution every time Donald Trump were to say something offensive, 
little else would happen in Congress.
  For that reason this moment has to be about much more than condemning

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Donald Trump. This moment has to be about moving our country back 
toward its best values and ensuring that every American, regardless of 
origin, race, or sex, has an opportunity to succeed.
  The American people want to see us fighting for jobs, healthcare, 
free elections, and policies that recognize the humanity of all who 
seek refuge in our Nation.
  As chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, I remember when the 
President said to Black America: What do you have to lose?
  When the leader of this Nation attacks two of our Members--two of the 
four women are members of the Congressional Black Caucus--what we have 
lost is a President who has dignity.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. DeGette). The time of the gentlewoman 
has expired.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I yield the gentlewoman from 
California an additional 15 seconds.
  Ms. BASS. Someone who has the capacity to bring our country together 
is what we have lost. But even for this President, this is a new low: 
using rhetoric against someone of a different race based on the belief 
that one's race is superior. Since the President will not lead, we 
must.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will--in case anybody forgot--
remind everyone in this House on both sides of the aisle that the rules 
will be strictly enforced for the remainder of this debate. Members are 
advised to think closely about their words particularly when referring 
to personalities.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman 
from New York (Mr. Jeffries), who is the distinguished Democratic chair 
of the Democratic Caucus of the House.
  Mr. JEFFRIES. Madam Speaker, our diversity is a strength; it is not a 
weakness. We are a nation of immigrants, some voluntary, others 
involuntary, but as Dr. King once observed, ``We may have all come on 
different ships, but we're in the same boat now.''
  We are a gorgeous mosaic of people from throughout the world. We are 
White, we are Black, we are Latino, we are Asian, and we are Native 
American. We are Christian, we are Jewish, we are Muslim, we are Hindu, 
we are believers, and we are nonbelievers. We are gay, we are straight, 
we are young, we are older, we are women, and we are men. We are 
citizens, and we are Dreamers.
  Out of many we are one. That is what makes America a great country. 
No matter what xenophobic behavior is coming out of 1600 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, we will never let anyone take that away from us--not now, not 
ever.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from California (Mr. Swalwell).
  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Madam Speaker, we have an opportunity 
today to condemn or condone. Birtherism is racist. Saying a Mexican 
judge can't be fair because of his heritage is racist. Saying 
immigrants from Mexico are rapists is racist. Saying there were good 
people on both sides in Charlottesville is racist. Calling African 
countries * * * countries is racist, and telling four Members of this 
body to go home is racist.


                             point of order

  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, point of order.


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  July 16, 2019, on page H5854, the following appeared: Calling 
African countries * * * countries is racist, and telling four 
Members of this body to go home is racist. Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. 
Madam Speaker, point of order.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read as follows with a 
small cap title inserted in the proper position in debate: Calling 
African countries * * * countries is racist, and telling four 
Members of this body to go home is racist. POINT OF ORDER Mr. 
COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, point of order.


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

  Madam Speaker, I move to take down words.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will suspend.
  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Do you think it is not racist?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his point of order.
  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Do you think it is not racist, Mr. 
Collins?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will suspend.
  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Is that what you are saying right now, 
Mr. Collins?
  Mr. Collins, is it not racist to say these things?
  Because you can say that right now.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California is out of 
order.
  The gentleman from California shall suspend.
  For what purpose does the gentleman from Georgia rise?
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I make a point of order that 
the gentleman's words are unparliamentary, and I insist they be taken 
down.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the words.

                              {time}  1800

  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Madam Speaker, I will withdraw an 
offensive word.
  Madam Speaker, may I have an additional 30 seconds?
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. The gentleman from California has 30 seconds.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Texas controls the 
time. The gentleman has 30 seconds remaining. Does the gentlewoman wish 
to grant him an additional 30 seconds?
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to 
the gentleman from California (Mr. Swalwell).
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I now withdraw my point of 
order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia withdraws his 
point of order.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Madam Speaker, we have an opportunity 
today to condemn or condone.
  Birtherism is racist.
  Saying a Mexican judge cannot be fair because of his heritage is 
racist.
  Saying immigrants from Mexico are rapists is racist.
  Telling four Members of this body to go home because of where you 
believe they are from is racist.
  There is racism coming out of the White House. There is racism coming 
out of the White House. So where will you stand today?
  That is the question we face: Where will we stand? Will we stop and 
extinguish the flames of racism from the White House or will we 
continue to fan them?
  History and our children are watching.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I yield as much time as he may 
consume to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise).
  Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, the last vote that we just saw on the 
House floor is beneath the dignity of the House.
  We have rules for a reason. Just because one party is in the 
majority, Madam Speaker, doesn't mean that the rules don't apply to 
them. The rules apply to all of us. Just as we are passing laws here, 
that ought to apply to all people fairly across this country. The 
reason we have these rules is so that we can rise above the fray.
  We have disagreements on this floor. What is great about this country 
is we have the ability to come and battle over the disagreements, but 
we shouldn't get into personality conflicts on this floor. We shouldn't 
be trying to accuse people of one thing or another, disparagingly, on 
this floor.
  That is why we have these rules, so that we can actually debate the 
issues that people care about rather than engaging in this constant 
barrage of personality attacks that we have seen week after week after 
week.
  The American people expect us to be spending our time up here 
fighting for the issues they care about. They want us to be spending 
time focusing on lowering their prescription drug prices, lowering 
healthcare prices, rather than this foolishness. They want us to be 
solving the crisis at the border, not ignoring it, not disparaging it, 
but actually focusing on solving it.
  These are easy issues for us to solve if we come together and spend 
real time in good faith working on them, rather than this foolishness.
  Look at all of the other problems that our country faces, that people 
call on us to address. They expect that we are spending our time up 
here focusing on those problems, getting our economy back on track like 
it is now. It took people working together, and it is working.
  We can do more.
  Fighting the evils across this world, when you look at what Russia is 
doing, when you look at what Iran is doing, when you look at what China 
is doing, us to be coming together, standing up and working on those 
problems for the people who sent us here, not worried about ourselves, 
not fighting amongst

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ourselves, but actually focusing on their problems, that is why we are 
supposed to be up here. That is why the rules of the House should apply 
to all people, not just selectively to some.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from California (Mr. Ted Lieu).
  Mr. TED LIEU of California. Madam Speaker, I am an immigrant; I am a 
person of faith; and I served on Active Duty in the United States 
military because I love America.
  Yet, throughout my life, I have had people tell me to go back to 
China or Japan or North Korea. And like many immigrants, when I get 
that ``go back'' insult, it is hateful. It makes me feel like I don't 
belong here in this country.
  And make no mistake, when people tell me to go back where I came 
from, that is a racist insult that is based on race. If I were White, 
they would not tell me to go back to China. I experience that insult 
because my race happens to be Asian.
  But the good news is that Americans, at record high levels, support 
immigrants. We are not going anywhere. America is our home. And I will 
still be standing here long after the occupant of the White House 
leaves.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. 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.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
distinguished gentlewoman from Washington State (Ms. Jayapal).
  Ms. JAYAPAL. Madam Speaker, I am appalled at the statements coming 
from the White House telling people who dissent that somehow you should 
go back to your country if you criticize the United States. Well, let 
me remind you that dissent is patriotic and, in fact, a core value to 
our democracy, enshrined in our Constitution.
  And, yes, I am a proud naturalized citizen born in India, a proud 
patriot, a proud person who belongs in this country.
  And it is not the first time I have heard, ``go back to your own 
country,'' but it is the first time I have heard it coming from the 
White House. And, frankly, Madam Speaker, I am appalled that, on this 
floor, my Republican colleagues would call any of us anti-American.
  That is why this vote is so important, because we have to let the 
rest of the country know that the House of Representatives will stand 
up for the Constitution, represent and defend every single person in 
the country, regardless of the color of their skin or the country of 
their birth.
  Madam Speaker, my Republican colleagues have been talking about 
patriotism, about love of country. One of them said ``love it or leave 
it.'' But what is love if not to make what we love better through our 
critique, our work, and our service. That is what real Americans do.
  We do not stifle dissent. We do not otherize or sow hatred, and we 
certainly never say ``go back to your country'' to a brown or a Black 
person, because that is a racist trope.
  I hope that every single Member of this Chamber, Republican and 
Democrat, will join me in rejecting the President's message and vote in 
support of this resolution. Madam Speaker, that is the American thing 
to do.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Dean).
  Ms. DEAN. Madam Speaker, words matter. Decency matters.
  Recently, President Trump told four Congresswomen of color to ``go 
back'' to their home countries.
  Mr. President, they are home.
  Three of these Congresswomen, my colleagues, were born in the United 
States. The fourth, also my colleague, is a naturalized U.S. citizen. 
They are as American as I am, as the President is, as the First Lady is 
or anyone else, period.
  Telling people who look different to go back to where they came from 
is a refrain laced with hate. This rhetoric is neither new nor a 
surprise, but that doesn't mean we can allow it to stand. And it belies 
a fundamental misunderstanding of our Nation's promise, that we are all 
created equal and that everyone has a role to play in building a more 
perfect Union--not just White Americans, every American.
  We hereby recognize these words for what they are: offensive, 
hateful. And the people we represent deserve better.
  As a cosponsor, I believe we must call out hate wherever we see it, 
whether in our own houses or in the White House.
  Madam Speaker, I urge all Members to support the resolution. Words 
matter.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the 
distinguished gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis).
  Mr. LEWIS. Madam Speaker, I rise with a sense of righteous 
indignation to support this resolution.
  I know racism when I see it. I know racism when I feel it. And at the 
highest level of government, there is no room for racism. It sows the 
seeds of violence and destroys the hopes and dreams of people.
  The world is watching. They are shocked and dismayed because it seems 
we have lost our way as a nation, as a proud and great people. We are 
one Congress, and we are here to serve one House: the American House, 
the American people.
  Some of us have been victims of the stain, the pain, and the hurt of 
racism. In the 1950s and during the 1960s, segregationists told us to 
go back when we protested for our rights. They told ministers, priests, 
rabbis, and nuns to go back. They told the innocent little children 
seeking just an equal education to go back.
  As a nation and as a people, we need to go forward and not backwards.
  With this vote, we stand with our sisters. Three were born in 
America, and one came here looking for a better life.
  With this vote, we meet our moral obligations to condemn hate, 
racism, and bigotry in every form.
  Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me the time. 
Let's do what is right, what is fair, and what is just.
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan).
  Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, ``we the people,'' ``a more perfect Union,'' 
``the common defense,'' ``general welfare,'' ``common good,'' ``these 
United States''--the words and phrases of our founding documents were 
about unity, were about us coming together against the political and 
economic concentration of power.
  Division is the enemy in the United States today. We are unraveling 
before the very eyes of the American people. And I believe that this 
President, that the White House does not want to talk about the issues 
facing the American people today.
  Madam Speaker, 75 percent of the American people are living paycheck 
to paycheck; seniors are paying $1,000 a month for prescription drugs; 
students are drowning in student loans.

                              {time}  1815

  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of 
my time.
  Madam Speaker, I will not belabor this. I have made many of the 
points that I have said before. I think this was rushed to the floor. I 
think this is what happens, unfortunately, when things are rushed.
  There are things that need to be done, and the decorum of this House 
is important. We have had a long lesson of that today.
  The very essence of the resolution, which has issues beyond, needs to 
be considered. When we do this, then I think, as I said in my opening--
and I will stick by what I said then--this needs to be voted down. This 
does not need to go forward.
  We need to get to a certain time when we are back to, literally, 
doing the people's business. This is the third time, Madam Speaker, 
that I have been on the floor doing this--third time--more time than I 
have done on immigration, more time than I have done on any other 
bills, bills that could actually get signed into law.

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  As my whip said a few moments ago, there are things we could sit down 
and find common ground on, but it seems like common ground is gone.
  There are some of us willing to reach our hands across the aisle and 
say, ``Let's find common ground because people are hurting. Why don't 
we solve those?'' Instead, we continue, seemingly, to want to continue 
to go to the press release or to the political statement, which is 
frustrating. I understand, but we have to get better.
  We have to look at this and ask: What happens to the American people? 
What happens to the people who sent us here, who are looking at this 
and asking what they need to do to make their lives better, not the 
lives in this body?
  When we understand that, that is when we come together. That is when 
we take the decorum of this House. That is when we find ways to speak 
to each other as friends who have been elected to serve a common 
purpose. That is our higher aim. When we denigrate that, we are not 
being honest with ourselves.
  Let's get to the people's business. There are budget issues looming. 
There are caps looming. There is a debt ceiling looming. There are 
still problems at our border, which is a crisis. These need to be 
fixed.
  Let's take up those bills. Let's have honest debate. I will put a 
bill up; you put a bill up. Let's do what we are supposed to do here, 
have markups, run things through committee. Let's take seriously what 
we said to do.
  We both, at times, as parties, have been guilty of not doing that. 
Let's focus now--at least where we are now--and say this is not the way 
forward and this is not where we need to be because of the many 
problems inherent in the resolution itself but, also, the way it was 
brought to us. We have seen that play out on the floor today.
  Is that really how we are going to leave it with the American people, 
that rules can be broken and then nothing is done about it? Is that 
really where we are going to be, that we are not going to bring issues 
to the floor that can be discussed, that have been brought through 
committee, that actually affect people's lives?
  That is the frustration I have, Madam Speaker.
  Time for debate on this needs to be done. We need to vote ``no.'' We 
need to move forward.
  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, the way to move forward is by voting ``yes'' on the 
underlying resolution.
  To paraphrase the Declaration of Independence, it is indicated that 
we all are created equal, with certain unalienable rights of life, 
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
  That is immigrant and nonimmigrant. That is an individual whose 
religion you believe in and one you do not. That is a lifestyle that 
you may not know and understand. It may be a race or ethnicity that you 
have never come to be able to accept.
  In this Nation, the founding Thirteen Colonies fleeing persecution 
were described as creating an experiment. It was not a perfect 
experiment.
  There were some of us who came to this Nation in the bottom of the 
belly of a slave boat. There were some who were indentured servants. 
Many came by boat. Some walked across a border that has created havoc. 
But they were people desperate for freedom and the right to make their 
lives better.
  We can account for those people by the history books and the decades 
of heroes and sheroes who have come in a different skin, a different 
religion, a different basis. They have even put on the uniform of this 
Nation because they love this country.
  I am reminded of the era of Dr. Martin Luther King, the many miles he 
walked with the soldiers, the Civil Rights soldiers, and his early book 
titled ``Why We Can't Wait.''
  I join with the idea that we must work for the American people. We 
must provide for the increase in the minimum wage, good healthcare, and 
education.
  At the same time, there is something in this Nation that our children 
demand that we do. What are the values of the red, white, and blue? 
What are the values of those stars that represent the many States of 
this Nation? The values are that we are a Nation based upon laws, 
morality, values, a love of country, due process, equality, and 
justice. It means that every single person must have the fundamental 
right of respect.
  This resolution is simply that. It is a fundamental right to respect 
and dignity--in this instance, for four Members of the United States 
Congress from Boston, from New York, from Minnesota, and from Michigan.
  As they go on to their places, it is very clear that they must have 
the respect that is deserving of this particular Congress.
  These four women are no less deserving of dignity than anyone else. 
This resolution is simply one that is to seek--not condoning, as was 
said--a condemnation of attitudes that may parlay racist beliefs.

  No one stands for that. We cannot go on to all that is good without 
saying to the Nation and the world that this is not good; it is not 
America; and we will not accept that as our definition because we do 
believe in the creation of a more perfect Union.
  I conclude by saying that we condemn the hurtful and offensive 
comments that demean immigrants and people of color, especially if 
those comments originate from the White House. What we will do today is 
accept the challenge of Dr. Martin Luther King, a peacemaker, a man of 
hope, and we will say why we can't wait because the Nation calls upon 
our higher angels.
  That is what we will do when we affirm this resolution on behalf of 
the people of the United States of America.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to vote for this very important 
resolution, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speaker, today, with this resolution, the 
House continues the fight for equality and dignity for every person.
  It's not important to us where you came from. It only matters that 
you're here now.
  Sin embargo vamos a luchar por la igualidad y la dignidad de cada 
persona.
  No es importante para nosotros de donde vienes. Solo nos importa que 
estes aqui ahora.
  When I was Harris County Commissioner, I was told, ``Go back to 
Mexico and crawl back under the rock you came from.''
  When we were debating the anti-immigrant racial profiling bill SB 4 
in the Texas Senate, I received a call. ``I've got guns. Lots of 
guns,'' the man said. But this credible death threat didn't stop us.
  An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us as Americans.
  Un ataque contra uno es un ataque contra todos como Americanos.
  Mr. CUMMINGS. Madam Speaker, I rise to condemn the racist statements 
made by the president of the United States against my colleagues here 
in Congress.
  Our nation is a beacon of hope to the world, a nation where people 
arrive with the goal of embracing the American dream. They and their 
children make vital economic, educational, civic, and social 
contributions to the American fabric--they become business owners, 
doctors, and even members of Congress. It is clear that the diversity 
that this country provides is not our problem, it is our promise.
  Although the president has indicated that there are ``many people 
[who] agree with'' his comments, I, and many Americans, were 
disappointed that the individual who acts as our representative on the 
world stage would share these racist sentiments. I have confidence that 
the beliefs reflected in the president's statements are not held by the 
American people as a whole and do not reflect who we are as a nation.
  This country has endured too many obstacles and undergone too many 
lessons learned to accept these offensive statements. We have endured 
slavery, forced displacement, Jim Crow laws, and internment camps. We 
are still working to fight against redlining, voter intimidation, hate 
crimes, and mass incarceration. Our country deserves better than this. 
The world deserves better than this.
  Americans yearn for a day when we are not fighting each other but are 
fighting towards a common mission to continually improve our great 
nation as the United States of America.
  This is why my colleagues and I are committed to fulfilling this 
agenda. We are working to lower drug prices, we are working to restore 
voting rights for every American, we are working to eliminate the 
opioid epidemic, and we are committed to ensuring that we find 
solutions to the problems in our criminal justice system.
  Let me be clear, these words should have no place in the dialogue of 
our United States of America.
  That is why I am a proud cosponsor of H. Res. 489, a resolution 
condemning President

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Trump's racist remarks against my colleagues who have dedicated their 
lives to public service and representing the constituents of their home 
districts.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in supporting this resolution and 
condemning the president for these incendiary comments.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 491, the previous question is ordered on 
the resolution and the preamble.
  The question is on the resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 240, 
noes 187, not voting 6, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 482]

                               AYES--240

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amash
     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
     Clyburn
     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
     Dingell
     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, Al (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
     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
     Pelosi
     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)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Upton
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--187

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     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
     Duffy
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ferguson
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     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 (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     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
     Ratcliffe
     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)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Turner
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Biggs
     Burgess
     Gohmert
     Granger
     Marchant
     Williams

                              {time}  1849

  Mr. KING of New York changed his from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the resolution was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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