[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 44 (Thursday, March 5, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H1515-H1519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
RIGHTS FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY OFFICERS ACT OF 2020
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 877 and rule
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House
on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill,
H.R. 1140.
Will the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Neguse) kindly take the chair.
{time} 1015
In the Committee of the Whole
Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of
the bill (H.R. 1140) to enhance the security operations of the
Transportation Security Administration and stability of the
transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system
under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation
Security Administration who provide screening of all passengers and
property, and for other purposes, with Mr. Neguse (Acting Chair) in the
chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today,
amendment No. 9, printed in House Report 116-411 offered by the
gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Mucarsel-Powell) had been postponed.
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 116-411 on
which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
Amendment No. 7 by Mr. Cisneros of California.
Amendment No. 9 by Ms. Mucarsel-Powell of Florida.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.
Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Cisneros
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California
(Mr. Cisneros) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 399,
noes 1, not voting 35, as follows:
[Roll No. 87]
AYES--399
Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Allred
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Axne
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady
Brindisi
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Carbajal
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Case
Casten (IL)
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cline
Cloud
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Comer
Conaway
Connolly
Cook
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Cox (CA)
Craig
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
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Cunningham
Curtis
Davids (KS)
Davidson (OH)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duncan
Dunn
Emmer
Engel
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Estes
Evans
Ferguson
Finkenauer
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fletcher
Flores
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx (NC)
Frankel
Fudge
Fulcher
Gabbard
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez (OH)
Gonzalez (TX)
Gooden
Gosar
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al (TX)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Haaland
Hagedorn
Harder (CA)
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck
Hern, Kevin
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Higgins (NY)
Hill (AR)
Himes
Holding
Hollingsworth
Horn, Kendra S.
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hudson
Huffman
Huizenga
Hurd (TX)
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Keller
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kildee
Kim
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Kustoff (TN)
LaHood
Lamb
Lamborn
Langevin
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Lesko
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Long
Loudermilk
Lowenthal
Lowey
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Marshall
Massie
Mast
Matsui
McAdams
McBath
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McHenry
McKinley
McNerney
Meadows
Meeks
Meng
Meuser
Miller
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Morelle
Moulton
Mucarsel-Powell
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (NC)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
Norman
Norton
Nunes
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Olson
Omar
Palazzo
Pallone
Palmer
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pence
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Posey
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Radewagen
Raskin
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Riggleman
Roby
Roe, David P.
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose (NY)
Rouda
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Rutherford
Ryan
Sablan
San Nicolas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scalise
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shalala
Sherman
Sherrill
Shimkus
Simpson
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Soto
Spanberger
Spano
Speier
Stanton
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stevens
Stewart
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Taylor
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres Small (NM)
Trahan
Trone
Turner
Underwood
Upton
Van Drew
Vargas
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Waltz
Wasserman Schultz
Watkins
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Welch
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wexton
Wild
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Wright
Yarmuth
Yoho
Young
Zeldin
NOES--1
Amash
NOT VOTING--35
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Cardenas
Cheney
Davis, Rodney
DelBene
Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
Green (TN)
Grijalva
Hayes
Herrera Beutler
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Johnson (TX)
Kilmer
LaMalfa
Larsen (WA)
Lawrence
Lewis
Lucas
Marchant
Mullin
Newhouse
Rodgers (WA)
Rooney (FL)
Rose, John W.
Roy
Schrier
Scott, David
Sires
Smith (WA)
Timmons
Veasey
Waters
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Messrs. OLSON, DUNCAN, and Mrs. LESKO changed their vote from ``no''
to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mrs. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted
``yea'' on rollcall No. 87.
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained.
Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 87.
Mr. BERA. Mr. Chair, I missed the following vote due to a committee
hearing. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No.
87.
Amendment No. 9 Offered by Ms. Mucarsel-Powell
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida
(Ms. Mucarsel-Powell) on which further proceedings were postponed and
on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 403,
noes 0, not voting 32, as follows:
[Roll No. 88]
AYES--403
Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Allred
Amash
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Axne
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NC)
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady
Brindisi
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Case
Casten (IL)
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Cicilline
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cline
Cloud
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Comer
Conaway
Connolly
Cook
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Cox (CA)
Craig
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Cunningham
Curtis
Davids (KS)
Davidson (OH)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny K.
Davis, Rodney
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duncan
Dunn
Emmer
Engel
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Estes
Evans
Ferguson
Finkenauer
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fletcher
Flores
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx (NC)
Frankel
Fudge
Fulcher
Gabbard
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez (OH)
Gonzalez (TX)
Gooden
Gosar
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al (TX)
Griffith
Guest
Guthrie
Hagedorn
Harder (CA)
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings
Hayes
Heck
Hern, Kevin
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Higgins (NY)
Hill (AR)
Himes
Holding
Hollingsworth
Horn, Kendra S.
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hudson
Huffman
Huizenga
Hurd (TX)
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Keller
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kildee
Kim
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Kustoff (TN)
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamb
Lamborn
Langevin
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Lesko
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Long
Loudermilk
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Marshall
Massie
Mast
Matsui
McAdams
McBath
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McHenry
McKinley
McNerney
Meadows
Meeks
Meng
Meuser
Miller
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Morelle
Moulton
Mucarsel-Powell
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (NC)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
Norman
Norton
Nunes
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Olson
Omar
Palazzo
Pallone
Palmer
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pence
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Posey
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Radewagen
Raskin
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Riggleman
Roby
Roe, David P.
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose (NY)
Rouda
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Rutherford
Ryan
Sablan
San Nicolas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scalise
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sewell (AL)
Shalala
Sherman
Sherrill
Shimkus
Simpson
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Soto
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Spanberger
Spano
Speier
Stanton
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stevens
Stewart
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Taylor
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres Small (NM)
Trahan
Trone
Turner
Underwood
Upton
Van Drew
Vargas
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Waltz
Wasserman Schultz
Watkins
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Welch
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wexton
Wild
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Wright
Yarmuth
Yoho
Young
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--32
Cheney
Chu, Judy
DelBene
Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
Green (TN)
Grijalva
Grothman
Haaland
Herrera Beutler
Jayapal
Johnson (TX)
Kilmer
Larsen (WA)
Lawrence
Lewis
Marchant
Mullin
Newhouse
Ratcliffe
Rodgers (WA)
Rooney (FL)
Rose, John W.
Roy
Schrier
Scott, David
Serrano
Sires
Smith (WA)
Timmons
Veasey
Waters
Wilson (FL)
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So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Mr. Chair, had I been present, I would
have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 88.
Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been
present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 88.
The Acting CHAIR. There being no further amendments, under the rule,
the Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Neguse) having assumed the chair, Mr. Butterfield, Acting Chair of the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1140) to
enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security
Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce
by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to
employees of the Transportation Security Administration who provide
screening of all passengers and property, and for other purposes, and,
pursuant to House Resolution 877, he reported the bill, as amended by
that resolution, back to the House with sundry further amendments
adopted in the Committee of the Whole.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is
ordered.
Is a separate vote demanded on any further amendment reported from
the Committee of the Whole? If not, the Chair will put them en gros.
The amendments were agreed to.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.
Motion to Recommit
Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill?
Mrs. LESKO. I am in its current form.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mrs. Lesko moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1140 to the
Committee on Homeland Security with instructions to report
the same back to the House forthwith with the following
amendment:
Add at the end of section 4 the following:
(c) Rule of Construction.--During the transition period and
after the conversion date, the Secretary shall ensure that
the Transportation Security Administration continues to
prevent the hiring of individuals who have been convicted of
a sex crime, an offense involving a minor, a crime of
violence, or terrorism.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from
Arizona is recognized for 5 minutes in support of her motion.
Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, I first want to say that the vast majority
of TSA officers are good, hardworking professionals, but there are some
bad actors.
On February 6, 2020, the State of California announced the arrest and
prosecution of a former TSA screener, resulting from an FBI
investigation. According to the criminal complaint, the TSA screener
used ``fraud or deceit to falsely imprison a woman going through
security'' while stationed as a travel document checker at Los Angeles
International Airport in June 2019.
The screener insisted that the woman passenger needed extra screening
in a private elevator, where he told the passenger to reveal her ``full
breasts'' and to ``lift her pants and underwear.'' The victim in the
case stated that she complied with the TSO's instructions out of fear.
Fortunately, this offender was immediately fired by the TSA. However,
under this bill, H.R. 1140, if it passed, this predator could be on the
Federal payroll for months or even years.
But this is not an isolated incident. In addition to the sexual
predator at LAX, in the last 5 years alone, a screener in Boston was
caught luring teenage girls into posing for nude photos; a screener at
LaGuardia molested a female college student in the airport bathroom;
and two screeners in Denver plotted to grope attractive men.
My amendment is simple. It would enhance aviation security and
protect the flying public by preventing the TSA from hiring any
candidate with a history of sexual misconduct, offenses involving
minors, or terrorism.
This amendment is identical to an amendment offered by my Democratic
colleague, Ms. Underwood, which was not offered here today. The
Underwood amendment was made in order by the Rules Committee. The rule
was supported by every Democrat in the House.
Republicans strongly support the Underwood amendment. We were
disappointed we did not have an opportunity to vote on it earlier.
The Underwood amendment preserves the authority TSA currently has to
prevent the hiring of candidates with a history of sexual misconduct,
offenses involving minors, or terrorism.
The Underwood amendment is so important because current law bars a
litany of criminals from working in sensitive roles at airports. The
amendment simply ensures that current safeguards remain in place.
There is no reason that someone with a conviction for sexual assault
or terrorism should be a TSA employee. To be clear, the Underwood
amendment, my amendment, would prevent the hiring of sexual predators
like Harvey Weinstein.
We have two options today: adopt the Underwood amendment and keep
sexual predators off the Federal payroll, or reject it and reward
sexual predators with a paycheck from the taxpayers.
Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support the motion to recommit,
and I yield back the balance of my time.
Mrs. DEMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this motion to
recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized
for 5 minutes.
Mrs. DEMINGS. Mr. Speaker, 47,000 Transportation Security officers
just heard the comments of my colleague, Mrs. Lesko, and many of them
we will see today as we cast our votes and fly home to our districts. I
am sure many people on this House floor will say, ``Thank you for your
service,'' to the 47,000 men and women who do the jobs to keep the
flying public safe every day.
The behavior that Mrs. Lesko cited from LAX, that is offensive to, I
am sure, everyone in this room. But let me be clear: There is nothing
in this bill that will allow the TSA to hire individuals who have been
convicted of sex crimes or offenses against a minor, a crime of
violence, or terrorism.
And let me be clear. In the example, also, that she cited, there is
nothing that would have precluded this person from being hired in the
first place. The behavior took place after the person was hired.
This is a red herring. We decided not to offer this amendment because
it simply isn't necessary.
TSA conducts rigorous background checks and will continue to do so.
Now, let me say this: I was assigned to the Orlando International
Airport as a police captain during 9/11, and I did not come today to
play political games, and neither did the 242 cosponsors of this bill.
Mr. Speaker, let me make this clear. A vote for this motion to
recommit is a vote against the Transportation Security officers. They
are the frontline
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workers who worked through a government shutdown, without being paid,
to keep America safe. They are still showing up today, each of them
interacting with thousands of passengers even as we face a public
health crisis.
Today, you have a choice: move this bill forward and provide TSOs the
basic rights and benefits they deserve, or deny them those rights. It
is just that simple.
Mr. Speaker, today, we have a bipartisan solution that will allow us
to ensure that the workforce gets the same compensation, benefits, and
protections as are available to most other Federal employees. It is
about time that the TSA Federal workforce be treated like Federal
employees.
This is the time not to just say, ``We appreciate you,'' but to show
them how much we appreciate them.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote against this motion and in
support of the bill on final passage.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is
ordered on the motion to recommit.
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.
Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-
minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute
vote on passage of the bill, if ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 227,
nays 175, not voting 27, as follows:
[Roll No. 89]
YEAS--227
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Axne
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Bishop (UT)
Bost
Brady
Brindisi
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Bustos
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cisneros
Cline
Cloud
Cole
Collins (GA)
Comer
Conaway
Cook
Cox (CA)
Craig
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crist
Crow
Cunningham
Curtis
Davidson (OH)
Davis, Rodney
Delgado
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Duncan
Dunn
Emmer
Estes
Ferguson
Finkenauer
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx (NC)
Frankel
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Golden
Gonzalez (OH)
Gooden
Gosar
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hagedorn
Harder (CA)
Harris
Hartzler
Hern, Kevin
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Holding
Hollingsworth
Horn, Kendra S.
Houlahan
Hudson
Huizenga
Hurd (TX)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Kuster (NH)
Kustoff (TN)
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamb
Lamborn
Latta
Lee (NV)
Lesko
Lipinski
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luria
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McAdams
McBath
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meadows
Meuser
Miller
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moulton
Mucarsel-Powell
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (NC)
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Phillips
Porter
Posey
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Riggleman
Roby
Roe, David P.
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose (NY)
Rouda
Rouzer
Rutherford
Scalise
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sherrill
Shimkus
Simpson
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spanberger
Spano
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Torres Small (NM)
Turner
Underwood
Upton
Van Drew
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Waltz
Watkins
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wild
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Wright
Yoho
Young
Zeldin
NAYS--175
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Amash
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Case
Casten (IL)
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Demings
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Engel
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Green, Al (TX)
Haaland
Hastings
Hayes
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kildee
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Langevin
Larson (CT)
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu, Ted
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Morelle
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Pingree
Pocan
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shalala
Sherman
Soto
Speier
Stanton
Stevens
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Trahan
Trone
Vargas
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--27
Cheney
DelBene
Green (TN)
Grijalva
Herrera Beutler
Jayapal
Johnson (TX)
Kilmer
Larsen (WA)
Lawrence
Lewis
Marchant
Mullin
Newhouse
Ratcliffe
Rodgers (WA)
Rooney (FL)
Rose, John W.
Roy
Schrier
Scott, David
Sires
Smith (WA)
Timmons
Veasey
Waters
Wilson (FL)
{time} 1119
Mr. COHEN changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
Mr. DEUTCH and Ms. FRANKEL changed their vote from ``nay'' to
``yea.''
So the motion to recommit was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the
instructions of the House in the motion to recommit, I report the bill,
H.R. 1140, back to the House with an amendment.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
Amendment offered by Mr. Thompson of Mississippi.
Add at the end of section 4 the following:
(c) Rule of Construction.--During the transition period and
after the conversion date, the Secretary shall ensure that
the Transportation Security Administration continues to
prevent the hiring of individuals who have been convicted of
a sex crime, an offense involving a minor, a crime of
violence, or terrorism.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment.
The amendment was agreed to.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and
nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 230,
nays 171, not voting 28, as follows:
[Roll No. 90]
YEAS--230
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Axne
Bacon
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
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Cunningham
Davids (KS)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny K.
Davis, Rodney
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
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 (OH)
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Haaland
Harder (CA)
Hastings
Hayes
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horn, Kendra S.
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Joyce (OH)
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kildee
Kim
Kind
King (NY)
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lamb
Langevin
Larson (CT)
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Mast
Matsui
McAdams
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McKinley
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Morelle
Moulton
Mucarsel-Powell
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rose (NY)
Rouda
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shalala
Sherman
Sherrill
Slotkin
Smith (NJ)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stanton
Stauber
Stevens
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres Small (NM)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Van Drew
Vargas
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Yarmuth
Young
Zeldin
NAYS--171
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Bishop (UT)
Bost
Brady
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cline
Cloud
Cole
Collins (GA)
Comer
Conaway
Cook
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson (OH)
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duncan
Dunn
Emmer
Estes
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx (NC)
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Gooden
Gosar
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hagedorn
Harris
Hartzler
Hern, Kevin
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hurd (TX)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kinzinger
Kustoff (TN)
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lesko
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Marshall
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
Meadows
Meuser
Miller
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Murphy (NC)
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Riggleman
Roby
Roe, David P.
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rouzer
Rutherford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Shimkus
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smucker
Spano
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Waltz
Watkins
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Wright
Yoho
NOT VOTING--28
Cheney
DelBene
Green (TN)
Grijalva
Herrera Beutler
Jayapal
Johnson (TX)
Kilmer
Larsen (WA)
Lawrence
Lewis
Marchant
Mullin
Newhouse
Perry
Ratcliffe
Rodgers (WA)
Rooney (FL)
Rose, John W.
Roy
Schrier
Scott, David
Sires
Smith (WA)
Timmons
Veasey
Waters
Wilson (FL)
{time} 1131
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Personal Explanation
Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, on March 5, 2020, I was
not able to cast my votes during the vote series due to a family
emergency. Had I been in attendance, I would have voted:
1. YES on Amendment No. 7, Cisneros (D-CA)--Requires the Secretary of
Homeland Security to prioritize the hiring of veterans and related
preference eligible individuals, including disabled veterans and widows
or widowers of veterans, for positions within the Transportation
Security Administration;
2. YES on Amendment No. 9, Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) [on behalf of
Schrier (D-WA)]--Would ensure the Administrator of TSA in coordination
with the Director of CDC and NIAID shall ensure that TSA employees are
provided the proper guidance regarding prevention and protections
against coronavirus, including guidance and resources;
3. NO on Republican Motion to Recommit; and
4. YES on Final Passage of H.R. 1140--Rights for Transportation
Security Officers Act of 2020.
personal explanation
Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote due to extenuating
circumstances. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on
rollcall No. 87, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 88, ``nay'' on rollcall No.
89, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 90.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I was not present at votes on
Thursday, March 5, as I was travelling back to Washington state to meet
with coronavirus response leaders. Had I been present, I would have
voted ``yea'' on Roll Call No. 87 (Cisneros Amendment), ``yea'' on Roll
Call No. 88 (Mucarsel-Powell/Schrier Amendment), ``nay'' on Roll Call
No. 89 (Motion to Recommit), and ``yea'' on Roll Call No. 90 (Final
passage of H.R. 1140) because the bill strengthens workplace rights for
Transportation Security Officers, improving job conditions, and
enhancing the security of the traveling public.
personal explanation
Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, from Monday, March 2, to Thursday,
March 5, I was not able to make the recorded votes below. Had I been
present, I would have voted: ``yea'' on rollcall No. 90, ``yea'' on
rollcall No. 89, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 88, ``yea'' on rollcall No.
87, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 86, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 85, ``yea'' on
rollcall No. 84, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 83, ``yea'' on rollcall No.
82, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 81, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 80, and ``yea''
on rollcall No. 79.
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