[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 217 (Sunday, December 20, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H7281-H7283]
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            EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
joint resolution (H.J. Res. 110) making further continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes.
  The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution.
  The text of the joint resolution is as follows:

                             H.J. Res. 110

       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 (division A of Public Law 
     116-159) is further amended by striking the date specified in 
     section 106(3) and inserting ``December 21, 2020''.
       This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Extension of 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
New York (Mrs. Lowey) and the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger) each 
will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from New York.


                             General Leave

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members

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have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and 
include extraneous material on H.J. Res. 110, currently under 
consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, on Friday, I informed the House that we were very close 
to agreement on a year-end funding package.
  I am pleased to say that we have now reached agreement, but logistics 
of assembling such a comprehensive bill require additional time. This 
continuing resolution provides that additional time and will allow this 
Congress to complete our work on government funding and coronavirus 
relief. I urge my colleagues to join me in support of this clean 
extension of funding.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I rise today in support of this short-term continuing resolution.
  As I said last week, we have been negotiating night and day for weeks 
to reach agreement on full-year appropriations bills and a coronavirus 
relief package. I am proud that we have reached agreement that will 
fully fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year and provide 
more desperately needed relief for the American people and businesses 
impacted by the coronavirus.
  Passing this CR is simply a stopgap measure to give the House and the 
Senate time to pass this bipartisan agreement and get it to the 
President's desk for a signature. I urge my colleagues to join me in 
voting in favor of this continuing resolution.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I want to thank my colleagues for supporting this stopgap measure to 
avoid a government shutdown as we finish our critical work to fund 
government and respond to the COVID pandemic.
  As my time in Congress nears a close, I must briefly, very briefly, 
reflect on my 32 years of service, which has been guided by a basic 
principle: When you see a problem, do something about it. In times of 
crisis like we face today, and after September 11 and Superstorm Sandy, 
delivering relief has been my sacred duty.
  I will be forever grateful to colleagues, advocates, and excellent 
staff who helped me secure critical Federal funds directly for my 
district, indelibly shape women's health policy, enact lifesaving food 
allergy labeling and the .08 BAC drunk driving standard, and too many 
other achievements to fully recount now.
  Limited debate time leaves me unable to acknowledge by name all of my 
exceptional staff, but I must thank my chief of staff for the last 16 
years, Elizabeth Stanley, and my unequaled district director, Pat 
Keegan, who, for more than 26 years, has led my outstanding district 
staff in solving thousands of cases for constituents who needed help.
  Our successes are often overlooked amid partisan rancor and the 
notion that institutions of government are irrevocably broken. I do not 
believe they are.
  To my colleagues from both sides of the aisle, across the country, 
and the political spectrum, our work together is a testament to the 
enduring values of public service and of a collective commitment to 
better the world. You inspired me to be a better legislator, and I am 
grateful. While I leave Congress as the first chairwoman of the House 
Appropriations Committee, the title I still cherish most is United 
States Representative from New York. To those I have represented: Thank 
you for your trust and confidence.
  To my family, my wonderful husband, Steve; my children and their 
spouses, Dana and David, Doug and Ellen, and Jackie and David; and my 
grandchildren, Jillian, Daniel, Ilan, Jesse, Jonah, Rebecca, Jonathan, 
and Solene, your endless support has made my career possible. I hope 
you are ready for a lot more of me.
  Mr. Speaker, with gratitude for having had the honor and privilege to 
serve, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the joint resolution, H.J. Res. 110.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mr. BIGGS. Mr. 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 329, 
nays 65, not voting 35, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 248]

                               YEAS--329

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Axne
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Barr
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cline
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Comer
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Davis, Rodney
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Emmer
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Ferguson
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (CA)
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Grothman
     Haaland
     Hagedorn
     Hall
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill (AR)
     Himes
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Huizenga
     Hurd (TX)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (TX)
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lesko
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Meuser
     Mfume
     Miller
     Moolenaar
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Newhouse
     Norcross
     Nunes
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Rutherford
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Smucker
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stevens
     Stivers
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Turner
     Underwood
     Upton
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Womack
     Woodall
     Young
     Zeldin

                                NAYS--65

     Allen
     Amash
     Arrington
     Babin
     Banks
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bishop (NC)
     Brooks (AL)

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     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Cloud
     Conaway
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     DesJarlais
     Estes
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gohmert
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Guthrie
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Jordan
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Long
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McClintock
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Olson
     Palmer
     Posey
     Rice (SC)
     Rose, John W.
     Roy
     Schweikert
     Smith (MO)
     Stewart
     Taylor
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams

                             NOT VOTING--35

     Abraham
     Bishop (UT)
     Brady
     Byrne
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Collins (GA)
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Flores
     Green (TN)
     Guest
     Holding
     King (IA)
     Loudermilk
     Marchant
     McHenry
     Mitchell
     Murphy (NC)
     Norman
     Perry
     Rogers (AL)
     Rooney (FL)
     Sensenbrenner
     Spano
     Steube
     Thornberry
     Trone
     Walker
     Webster (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wright
     Yarmuth
     Yoho

                              {time}  1933

  So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and 
the joint resolution was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Mr. BRADY. Mr. Speaker, I have been unexpectedly withheld. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``yea'' on H.J. Res. 110.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, on roll call No. 248, I am not 
recorded because of circumstances which caused me to miss the vote. Had 
I been present, I would have voted aye.


   MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS

     Allred (Wexton)
     Axne (Davids (KS))
     Barragan (Beyer)
     Bera (Aguilar)
     Bishop (GA) (Butterfield)
     Blumenauer (Beyer)
     Bonamici (Clark (MA))
     Boyle, Brendan F. (Jeffries)
     Brownley (CA) (Clark (MA))
     Bustos (Kuster (NH))
     Cardenas (Carbajal)
     Carson (IN) (Clay)
     Case (Cartwright)
     Castor (FL) (Demings)
     Cisneros (Carbajal)
     Cleaver (Davids (KS))
     Cohen (Beyer)
     Costa (Correa)
     Davis (CA) (Scanlon)
     Dean (Scanlon)
     DeFazio (Davids (KS))
     DeGette (Blunt Rochester)
     DelBene (Cicilline)
     DeSaulnier (Matsui)
     Deutch (Rice (NY))
     Doggett (Raskin)
     Escobar (Garcia (TX))
     Eshoo (Thompson (CA))
     Finkenauer (Underwood)
     Fletcher (Raskin)
     Frankel (Clark (MA))
     Gaetz (Gabbard)
     Garamendi (Sherman)
     Gianforte (Suozzi)
     Gonzalez (TX) (Gomez)
     Grijalva (Garcia (IL))
     Hastings (Wasserman Schultz)
     Heck (Kildee)
     Jayapal (Raskin)
     Johnson (TX) (Jeffries)
     Kelly (IL) (Clarke (NY))
     Kennedy (McGovern)
     Khanna (Sherman)
     Kilmer (Kildee)
     Kim (Davids (KS))
     Kirkpatrick (Stanton)
     Lamb (Sherrill)
     Langevin (Lynch)
     Larson (CT) (Cicilline)
     Lawrence (Kildee)
     Lawson (FL) (Demings)
     Lieu, Ted (Beyer)
     Lipinski (Schrader)
     Lofgren (Jeffries)
     Lowenthal (Beyer)
     McEachin (Wexton)
     McNerney (Raskin)
     Meng (Clark (MA))
     Moore (Beyer)
     Moulton (McGovern)
     Mucarsel-Powell (Wasserman Schultz)
     Nadler (Jeffries)
     Napolitano (Correa)
     Neguse (Perlmutter)
     Pascrell (Pallone)
     Payne (Wasserman Schultz)
     Peters (Kildee)
     Peterson (McCollum)
     Pingree (Cicilline)
     Pocan (Raskin)
     Porter (Wexton)
     Price (NC) (Butterfield)
     Richmond (Butterfield)
     Rouda (Aguilar)
     Roybal-Allard (Garcia (TX))
     Ruiz (Dingell)
     Rush (Underwood)
     Ryan (Kildee)
     Schakowsky (Underwood)
     Schneider (Casten (IL))
     Schrier (Spanberger)
     Serrano (Jeffries)
     Sewell (AL) (Cicilline)
     Shimkus (Pallone)
     Sires (Pallone)
     Smith (WA) (Courtney)
     Speier (Scanlon)
     Titus (Connolly)
     Vargas (Correa)
     Veasey (Beyer)
     Velazquez (Clarke (NY))
     Watson Coleman (Pallone)
     Welch (McGovern)
     Wilson (FL) (Hayes)

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