[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H1637-H1640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 DIRECTING THE REMOVAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM HOSTILITIES 
 AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED BY 
                                CONGRESS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Jayapal). Pursuant to clause 1(c) of 
rule XIX, further consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 68) 
to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities 
against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by 
Congress, will now resume.
  The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution.


                            Motion to Commit

  Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, I have a motion to commit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the joint 
resolution?
  Mr. McCAUL. I am in its current form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to commit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. McCaul moves to commit the joint resolution S.J. Res. 
     68 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs with instructions to 
     report the same back to the House forthwith, with the 
     following amendment:
       After paragraph (5) of section 1, insert the following:
       (6) For more than two decades, Qassem Soleimani posed a 
     deadly threat to American personnel and interests as 
     commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary 
     Guard Corps, which is responsible for Iran's extraterritorial 
     military and clandestine operations. His activities to fund 
     and train Iran's terrorist proxies in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, 
     Bahrain, Yemen, and Afghanistan led

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     to the deaths of more than 600 United States troops.
       (7) In late 2019, Soleimani began escalating Iranian-
     supported attacks on Americans, including the assault on the 
     United States Embassy in Baghdad and a rocket attack that 
     killed an American citizen and wounded four United States 
     servicemembers in Iraq. Prior to his death, Soleimani was 
     traveling around the Middle East coordinating further attacks 
     on Americans.
       (8) Removing Qassem Soleimani from the battlefield has 
     increased the safety and security of American troops, 
     diplomats, and citizens, of our partners and allies, 
     including the State of Israel, and of the world.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Texas is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
  Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, here we are, once again, debating war 
powers when the simple fact is we are not engaged in hostilities 
against Iran.
  Why are we wasting precious floor time when all the American people 
really care about today is coronavirus? Today the WHO declared it a 
pandemic. That is the biggest threat to our Nation today.
  So, why are my colleagues launching more partisan political attacks 
against this President for taking justified military action to protect 
Americans against one of the world's most dangerous terrorists?
  That is why my motion states that Soleimani was a terrorist and that 
the world is safer without him, just like the world was safer when 
President Obama ordered the strike on bin Laden when Republicans and 
Democrats came together to praise his decision. President Obama 
conducted thousands of unauthorized strikes in Libya unrelated to 
protecting Americans, and at that time Leader Pelosi said that she was 
satisfied he had the authority for those strikes.
  Soleimani was a mastermind of terror in the Middle East for two 
decades, and that is why President Obama designated him as a terrorist.
  Soleimani funded, trained, and equipped Iran's terrorist proxies in 
Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Afghanistan.
  Soleimani is the one who convinced Russia to fight for Assad.
  Tens of thousands of innocent people in Syria are dead today, victims 
of war crimes, because of Soleimani.
  Soleimani played a key role in the crackdown of protesters in Iraq 
that killed hundreds of Iraqis.
  Most importantly, Madam Speaker, he has the blood of over 600 
American soldiers on his hands.
  Under Soleimani's command, Iran tried to assassinate the Saudi 
Ambassador to the United States in a Washington, D.C., restaurant less 
than 4 miles from where we are standing today.
  The danger he posed to the United States was not just a thing of the 
past. He was directing a campaign of terror and violence against us in 
Iraq, which killed one American and injured four other servicemen.
  He orchestrated the attack on our Embassy in Baghdad.
  Look at this picture. This was not simply a brush fire, Madam 
Speaker. They stormed and attacked our Embassy under Soleimani's 
orders.
  What more evidence do we need than this?
  Soleimani was not done after his attack on our Embassy. He wasn't on 
a vacation when he went to meet with his top lieutenants in Damascus, 
Lebanon, and Baghdad. Secretary Pompeo testified to our committee that 
Soleimani was in the region actively plotting to kill Americans. He was 
going to report back to Tehran, to the Ayatollah, to plan future 
attacks.
  What if our President had done nothing and our Embassy was attacked 
again like in 1979 with diplomats taken hostage? What if the President 
did nothing? What if more United States troops were killed? What then 
would the other side of the aisle be saying?
  Madam Speaker, the enemies of our country are watching this debate 
right now, and they need to know darn well that, if you kill or injure 
Americans, you will pay the price.
  Like President Reagan, I am a firm believer in peace through 
strength. When we show strength like we did with this necessary strike, 
our enemies back down.
  So, Madam Speaker, I call upon my colleagues to drop their 
partisanship, to stand as Americans as we did when President Obama 
struck bin Laden, and to support this simple fact that the world is a 
better place without Soleimani.
  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I claim the time in opposition to the 
motion to commit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I doubt that there is a person on this 
floor who disagrees with the premises that Mr. McCaul just stated. 
Soleimani was a bad person. I said during the course of debate on the 
Slotkin amendment, which referenced exactly that premise, that no one 
lamented the loss of Mr. Soleimani--no one. That is not what this bill 
is about, nor is that what this amendment is about.
  This bill, which is called a partisan bill by Mr. McCaul, had 15 
percent of the Republicans in the United States Senate vote for it.
  This bill, called a partisan bill, says the bill we are voting on, 
the bill we are going to pass, says that Members of the United States 
Armed Forces and intelligence community and all those involved in the 
planning of the January 2, 2020, strike on Qasem Soleimani, including 
President Donald J. Trump, should be commended for their efforts in a 
successful mission. That is what the bill that we are asking this body 
to vote for says.
  Madam Speaker, does that sound to you like a partisan document?
  Now, Madam Speaker, the purpose of this motion is to kill this bill. 
This is a Senate bill. It will send it back to committee. It will not 
allow it to pass with an amendment, and it will preclude it from going 
to the President of the United States.
  Now, what this issue is about is our Constitution, about the power of 
this body, about the responsibility of this body, and about the 
authority of this body to declare or not declare war. That is what this 
bill is about.
  There may be some in this body who want to shrink from that 
responsibility and send it to the President of the United States, but 
our Founders believed that was not what our democracy ought to be. It 
ought to be the Representatives of the people who take them to war, not 
a President--any President, Democratic or Republican--to take us to 
war.
  This is about our responsibility. It commends President Trump, and it 
commends our Armed Forces, and it allows them to defend themselves if 
attacked. But it stands for the proposition that I hope all Members are 
for, that we, the Representatives of the American people, ought to 
decide on their behalf whether they or their sons and daughters go to 
the point of the spear at war--not just one person.
  There are a lot of countries in this world where one person makes the 
decision. They are called dictators. Our Founding Fathers did not want 
dictators running America.
  And I say to my colleagues, of course, our Republican friends who are 
offered this amendment never vote for an MTR, because--and I will not 
read the litany of quotes from so many of you--an MTR is simply to 
delay and defeat. Your quotes, not mine.
  So I ask all of us, without exception, vote against this MTR, vote to 
send this bill to the President of the United States, supported by 15 
percent of the Republicans in the United States Senate. It is not a 
partisan bill. It doesn't attack President Trump. In fact, it says, 
``our troops,'' and ``President Trump ought to be commended.'' It is in 
the bill.
  Don't tell me this is a partisan act. It is not. It is an act of 
responsibility, and to our oath of office, and to the Constitution of 
the United States. Vote ``no.''
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to address their 
remarks to the Chair.
  Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to commit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to commit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.

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  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-
minute vote on the motion to commit will be followed by 5-minute votes 
on passage of S.J. Res. 68, if ordered, and agreeing to the Speaker's 
approval of the Journal, if ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 198, 
noes 212, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 18, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 100]

                               AYES--198

     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
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cunningham
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ferguson
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     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
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     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
     Luria
     Marchant
     Marshall
     Mast
     McAdams
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McKinley
     Meuser
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (NC)
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Posey
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose (NY)
     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
     Torres Small (NM)
     Turner
     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

                               NOES--212

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amash
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Brown (MD)
     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
     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
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     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)
     Lieu, Ted
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     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
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

       
     Massie
       

                             NOT VOTING--18

     Beyer
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brownley (CA)
     Collins (GA)
     Fortenberry
     Gaetz
     Gosar
     Graves (GA)
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     McHenry
     Meadows
     Miller
     Mullin
     Palazzo
     Ratcliffe
     Rooney (FL)
     Speier

                              {time}  1735

  Ms. JACKSON LEE changed her vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the motion to commit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the joint 
resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 227, 
noes 186, not voting 16, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 101]

                               AYES--227

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amash
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brown (MD)
     Buck
     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
     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)
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     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)
     Lieu, Ted
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Massie
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     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
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Upton
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--186

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brindisi
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess

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     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ferguson
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     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
     Luria
     Marchant
     Marshall
     Mast
     McAdams
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meuser
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (NC)
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose (NY)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Scalise
     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
     Van Drew
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--16

     Beyer
     Brownley (CA)
     Collins (GA)
     Fortenberry
     Gaetz
     Gosar
     Graves (GA)
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Meadows
     Miller
     Mullin
     Palazzo
     Ratcliffe
     Rooney (FL)
     Speier

                              {time}  1742

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

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