[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 205 (Friday, December 4, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H6841-H6842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


     MARIJUANA OPPORTUNITY REINVESTMENT AND EXPUNGEMENT ACT OF 2019

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the 
unfinished business is the vote on the motion to recommit on the bill 
(H.R. 3884) to decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, to provide for 
reinvestment in certain persons adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, 
to provide for expungement of certain cannabis offenses, and for other 
purposes, offered by the gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. Lesko), on 
which the yeas and nays were ordered.
  The Clerk will redesignate the motion.
  The Clerk redesignated the motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 174, 
nays 218, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 37, as follows

                             [Roll No. 234]

                               YEAS--174

     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Burchett
     Byrne
     Case
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Comer
     Conaway
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cunningham
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duncan
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ferguson
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Fulcher
     Gabbard
     Gallagher
     Garcia (CA)
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hurd (TX)
     Jacobs
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamb
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Lipinski
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McBath
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McKinley
     Meuser
     Miller
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Murphy (NC)
     Newhouse
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pappas
     Pence
     Perry
     Posey
     Reed
     Rice (SC)
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rooney (FL)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Scalise
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Torres Small (NM)
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Drew
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                               NAYS--218

     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
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     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
     Gaetz
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Hall
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     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)
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu, Ted
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     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
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

     Amash
       
       

                             NOT VOTING--37

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Bacon
     Brooks (IN)
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Clay
     Collins (GA)
     Cook
     Dunn
     Finkenauer
     Foxx (NC)
     Fudge
     Gianforte
     Graves (LA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Johnson (LA)
     King (IA)
     Loudermilk
     Marchant
     McCarthy
     McHenry
     Mitchell
     Mullin
     Norman
     Palmer
     Reschenthaler
     Richmond
     Scott, Austin
     Stewart
     Wagner
     Wright

                              {time}  1216

  Mr. COOPER, Ms. BASS, Messrs. BUTTERFIELD, YARMUTH, and LARSEN of 
Washington changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Messrs. PALAZZO, GUTHRIE, NUNES, and GONZALEZ of Ohio changed their 
vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          Personal Explanation

  Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, due to COVID-19, I was unable to vote the 
week of 12/2/2020. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on 
rollcall N. 232, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 233, and ``nay'' on rollcall 
No. 234.


   MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS

      Barragan (Beyer)
     Bera (Aguilar)
     Bonamici (Clark (MA))
     Boyle, Brendan F. (Jeffries)
     Brownley (CA) (Clark (MA))
     Carson (IN) (Cleaver)
     Castor (FL) (Demings)
     Cohen (Beyer)
     Costa (Cooper)
     DeSaulnier (Matsui)
     Deutch (Rice (NY))
     Doggett (Raskin)
     Doyle, Michael F. (Cartwright)
     Escobar (Garcia (TX))
     Frankel (Clark (MA))
     Garamendi (Sherman)
     Grijalva (Garcia (IL))
     Hastings (Wasserman Schultz)
     Higgins (NY) (Sanchez)
     Jayapal (Raskin)
     Johnson (TX) (Jeffries)
     Kaptur (Dingell)
     Kennedy (Kuster (NH))
     Kim (Davids (KS))
     Kirkpatrick (Stanton)
     Lamb (Golden)
     Langevin (Lynch)
     Lawson (FL) (Demings)
     Lee (NV) (Kuster (NH))
     Lieu, Ted (Beyer)
     Lipinski (Schrader)
     Lofgren (Jeffries)
     Lowenthal (Beyer)
     Lowey (Tonko)
     McEachin (Wexton)
     McNerney (Raskin)
     Meng (Kuster (NH))
     Moore (Beyer)
     Mucarsel-Powell (Wasserman Schultz)
     Nadler (Jeffries)
     Napolitano (Correa)
     Pascrell (Pallone)
     Payne (Wasserman Schultz)
     Peters (Kildee)
     Pingree (Kuster (NH))
     Pocan (Raskin)
     Porter (Wexton)
     Pressley (Trahan)
     Price (NC) (Butterfield)
     Rooney (FL) (Beyer)
     Roybal-Allard Garcia (TX))
     Ruiz (Dingell)
     Rush (Underwood)
     Schneider (Casten (IL))
     Schrier (DelBene)
     Serrano

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     (Jeffries)
     Sires (Norcross)
     Speier (Scanlon)
     Thompson (CA) (Kildee)
     Titus (Connolly)
     Watson Coleman (Pallone)
     Welch (McGovern)
     Wilson (FL) (Hayes)
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. McCollum). 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.
  Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 
965, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 228, 
nays 164, not voting 38, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 235]

                               YEAS--228

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amash
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     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
     Gabbard
     Gaetz
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Hall
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     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)
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu, Ted
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Mast
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Riggleman
     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
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth
     Young

                               NAYS--164

     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Burchett
     Bustos
     Byrne
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Comer
     Conaway
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duncan
     Emmer
     Estes
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Garcia (CA)
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hurd (TX)
     Jacobs
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamb
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Lipinski
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marshall
     Massie
     McCaul
     McKinley
     Meuser
     Miller
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Murphy (NC)
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pappas
     Pence
     Perry
     Peterson
     Posey
     Reed
     Rice (SC)
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rooney (FL)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Drew
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoho
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--38

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Brooks (IN)
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Clay
     Collins (GA)
     Cook
     Cox (CA)
     Dunn
     Ferguson
     Foxx (NC)
     Fudge
     Gianforte
     Graves (LA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Johnson (LA)
     King (IA)
     Loudermilk
     Marchant
     McCarthy
     McHenry
     Mitchell
     Mullin
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Palmer
     Reschenthaler
     Richmond
     Scott, Austin
     Stewart
     Wagner
     Wright

                              {time}  1308

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  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

  Mr. KING of Iowa. Madam Speaker, I was unable to vote on December 3, 
and 4, 2020, due to not being in town. Had I been present, I would have 
voted as follows: ``no'' on rollcall No. 230; ``no'' on rollcall No. 
231; ``no'' on rollcall No. 232; ``no'' on rollcall No. 233; ``yes'' on 
rollcall No. 234; and ``no'' on rollcall No. 235.


                          Personal Explanation

  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 233, I am not 
recorded because of circumstances which caused me to miss the vote. Had 
I been present, I would have voted aye.
  On rollcall No. 234, I am not recorded because of circumstances which 
caused me to miss the vote. Had I been present, I would have voted aye.
  On rollcall No, 235, I am not recorded because of circumstances which 
caused me to miss the vote. Had I been present, I would have voted nay.


   MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS

     Barragan (Beyer)
     Bera (Aguilar)
     Bonamici (Clark (MA))
     Boyle, Brendan F. (Jeffries)
     Brownley (CA) (Clark (MA))
     Carson (IN) (Cleaver)
     Castor (FL) (Demings)
     Cohen (Beyer)
     Costa (Cooper)
     DeSaulnier (Matsui)
     Deutch (Rice (NY))
     Doggett (Raskin)
     Doyle, Michael F. (Cartwright)
     Escobar (Garcia (TX))
     Frankel (Clark (MA))
     Garamendi (Sherman)
     Grijalva (Garcia (IL))
     Hastings (Wasserman Schultz)
     Higgins (NY) (Sanchez)
     Jayapal (Raskin)
     Johnson (TX) (Jeffries)
     Kaptur (Dingell)
     Kennedy (Kuster (NH))
     Kim (Davids (KS))
     Kirkpatrick (Stanton)
     Lamb (Golden)
     Langevin (Lynch)
     Lawson (FL) (Demings)
     Lee (NV) (Kuster (NH))
     Lieu, Ted (Beyer)
     Lipinski (Schrader)
     Lofgren (Jeffries)
     Lowenthal (Beyer)
     Lowey (Tonko)
     McEachin (Wexton)
     McNerney (Raskin)
     Meng (Kuster (NH))
     Moore (Beyer)
     Mucarsel-Powell (Wasserman Schultz)
     Nadler (Jeffries)
     Napolitano (Correa)
     Pascrell (Pallone)
     Payne (Wasserman Schultz)
     Peters (Kildee)
     Pingree (Kuster (NH))
     Pocan (Raskin)
     Porter (Wexton)
     Pressley (Trahan)
     Price (NC) (Butterfield)
     Rooney (FL) (Beyer)
     Roybal-Allard (Garcia (TX))
     Ruiz (Dingell)
     Rush (Underwood)
     Schneider (Casten (IL))
     Schrier (DelBene)
     Serrano (Jeffries)
     Sires (Norcross)
     Speier (Scanlon)
     Thompson (CA) (Kildee)
     Titus (Connolly)
     Watson Coleman (Pallone)
     Welch (McGovern)
     Wilson (FL) (Hayes)

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