[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 179 (Tuesday, October 12, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H5626-H5628]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2119, FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION
AND SERVICES IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2021; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF
H.R. 3110, PROVIDING URGENT MATERNAL PROTECTIONS FOR NURSING MOTHERS
ACT; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3992, PROTECT OLDER JOB
APPLICANTS ACT OF 2021; RELATING TO CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENT
TO HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S. 1301, PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR
AMERICANS ACT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts is
recognized.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how many more speakers the
gentlewoman may have.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the
balance of my time.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate that, yet again, my
colleagues on the other side of the aisle have chosen to operate
without input from the minority. Voting for increasing the debt ceiling
without proper consideration in the House is simply irresponsible.
These bills include troubling consequences for small businesses.
Given that the Democrats are unwilling to accept Republican input on
anything else they are working to pass, including but not limited to
stripping the Hyde amendment from all legislation possible, something
that is in moral opposition to millions of Americans, I see no reason
this should be any different. Again, Democrats can pass this extension
using their majority.
Mr. Speaker, we could have done so much good while addressing these
topics. I am deeply disappointed that the majority chooses to pursue
these bills without including House Republicans in negotiations. I ask
that, in the future, they give us all the opportunity to come together
for the good of the American people.
Mr. Speaker, I oppose the rule; I oppose the underlying bills; and I
ask Members to do the same.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. We
are on the precipice of what economists call financial Armageddon,
financial Armageddon. Mark Zandi has said: ``Even if resolved quickly,
Americans would pay for this default for generations.''
Their answer, according to virtually all Republicans, is to go home.
Really? If we defaulted, 6 million jobs would be lost, unemployment
would skyrocket to 9 percent, and $15 trillion in household wealth will
be wiped away. Don't take my word for it, Mr. Speaker. That is
according to the nonpartisan Moody's Analytics.
The only solution my Republican friends can come up with is to leave
town.
Senate Republicans tried to filibuster this deal that Mitch McConnell
developed to temporarily raise the debt limit. Now House Republicans
have used the tools that they have here to unleash their own form of
obstruction.
This isn't about whether you like Mitch McConnell's compromise. I
sure don't. I wanted to take the debt ceiling head-on in a longer term
way. But this is about whether you want to lose 6 million jobs, see
unemployment at 9 percent, and watch $15 trillion in household wealth
evaporate, whether or not you want to cause a financial catastrophe
that will be felt for generations.
Members just cast their votes. We know which side they are on. Mr.
Speaker, 198 Republicans voted to leave town to adjourn this Congress
without solving the massive problem in front of us. That is stunning,
Mr. Speaker. This is the sort of thing that can make you cynical about
Congress and about the direction of our country.
But I choose to focus on the 223 Members, including five Republicans,
who voted to stay here today to pay our bills.
I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this rule, vote ``yes'' on
protecting the full faith and credit of the United States of America,
and vote ``yes'' on preventing financial Armageddon.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I
move the previous question on the resolution.
The previous question was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on adoption of the
resolution.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219,
nays 206, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 315]
YEAS--219
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel, Lois
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Keating
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NAYS--206
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brady
Brooks
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Calvert
Cammack
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Comer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia (CA)
Gibbs
Gimenez
Gohmert
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez (OH)
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hagedorn
Harris
Harshbarger
Hartzler
Hern
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Hill
Hinson
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson
Jacobs (NY)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim (CA)
Kinzinger
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McHenry
McKinley
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunes
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Timmons
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Young
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--7
Higgins (LA)
Kelly (IL)
Lesko
McClintock
Murphy (NC)
Rouzer
Tiffany
{time} 1923
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.
Stated against:
Mr. ROUZER. Madam Speaker, due to a previous commitment to co-host
the WATERS summit in Greenville, NC for the purpose of identifying
potential solutions to mitigate flooding of my constituents--and
because of the schedule change by the Speaker--I was not able to make
the vote on the debt limit increase. Had I been present, I would have
noted ``nay'' on Rollcall No. 315.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted
``yea'' on rollcall No. 314 and ``nay'' on rollcall No. 315.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Adams (Brown)
Armstrong (Meuser)
Auchincloss (Clark (MA))
Axne (Spanberger)
Babin (Arrington)
Baird (Bucshon)
Barragan (Raskin)
Beatty (Kelly (IL))
Bentz (Valadao)
Bilirakis (Fleischmann)
Bishop (GA) (Williams (GA))
Blumenauer (Beyer)
Bonamici (Clark (MA))
Brooks (Boebert)
Brownley (Clark (MA))
Buchanan (Cammack)
Bush (Clark (MA))
Butterfield (Kildee)
Calvert (Valadao)
Cardenas (Aguilar)
Cartwright (Evans)
Case (Schneider)
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Castor (FL) (Demings)
Cawthorn (McHenry)
Chu (Clark (MA))
Cohen (Beyer)
Cole (Lucas)
Correa (Napolitano)
Courtney (Himes)
Crist (Deutch)
Cuellar (Murphy (FL))
Curtis (Owens)
Davids (KS) (Spanberger)
Davis, Danny K. (Underwood)
DeFazio (Brown)
DeGette (Blunt Rochester)
DeSaulnier (Thompson (CA))
DesJarlais (Fleischmann)
DelBene (Schneider)
Diaz-Balart (Cammack)
Doggett (Raskin)
Donalds (Cammack)
Doyle, Michael F. (Evans)
Eshoo (Matsui)
Fallon (Carter (TX))
Fletcher (Lamb)
Foster (Beyer)
Frankel, Lois (Clark (MA))
Fulcher (Johnson (OH))
Gaetz (Greene (GA))
Gallego (Torres (CA))
Garbarino (Miller-Meeks)
Garcia (IL) (Schakowsky)
Gibbs (Smucker)
Gimenez (Cammack)
Gomez (Raskin)
Gonzales, Tony (Ellzey)
Gonzalez, Vicente (Schneider)
Gosar (Boebert)
Gottheimer (Golden)
Granger (Arrington)
Graves (MO) (Long)
Green (TN) (Fleischmann)
Grijalva (Stanton)
Hagedorn (Carl)
Harshbarger (Kustoff)
Hartzler (Bucshon)
Hayes (Clark (MA))
Hice (GA) (Greene (GA))
Higgins (NY) (Pallone)
Huffman (Stanton)
Issa (Valadao)
Jackson (Nehls)
Johnson (SD) (Valadao)
Johnson (TX) (Jeffries)
Kahele (Ross)
Keating (Clark (MA))
Kilmer (Kildee)
Kim (NJ) (Pallone)
Kinzinger (Turner)
Kirkpatrick (Stanton)
Krishnamoorthi (Spanberger)
LaHood (Smucker)
LaMalfa (Valadao)
Lamborn (Bacon)
Langevin (Lynch)
Larsen (WA) (Connolly)
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Lee (NV) (Clark (MA))
Leger Fernandez (Clark (MA))
Letlow (Joyce (PA))
Lieu (Beyer)
Lofgren (Jeffries)
Lowenthal (Levin (CA))
Luetkemeyer (Long)
Malinowski (Pallone)
Maloney, Carolyn B. (Clarke (NY))
McCaul (Kim (CA))
McCollum (Craig)
McEachin (Wexton)
McNerney (Thompson (CA))
Meng (Jeffries)
Miller (WV) (Miller-Meeks)
Moore (WI) (Beyer)
Moore (UT) (Owens)
Moulton (Pallone)
Nadler (Jeffries)
Neal (McGovern)
Neguse (Perlmutter)
Nunes (Garcia (CA))
Obernolte (Kim (CA))
Ocasio-Cortez (Bowman)
O'Halleran (Stanton)
Panetta (Kildee)
Pappas (Kuster)
Pascrell (Pallone)
Payne (Pallone)
Peters (Kildee)
Pingree (Kuster)
Porter (Wexton)
Pressley (Raskin)
Price (NC) (Ross)
Reed (Kelly (PA))
Reschenthaler (Meuser)
Rodgers (WA) (Joyce (PA))
Rogers (AL) (Carl)
Rogers (KY) (Fleischmann)
Roybal-Allard (Torres (CA))
Ruiz (Aguilar)
Rush (Underwood)
Salazar (Cammack)
Schrader (Murphy (FL))
Schrier (Spanberger)
Sewell (Kelly (IL))
Sherman (Garamendi)
Sherrill (Pallone)
Sires (Pallone)
Smith (WA) (Brown)
Spartz (Miller-Meeks)
Speier (Scanlon)
Stansbury (Jones)
Stauber (Bergman)
Steel (Valadao)
Stefanik (Meuser)
Steube (Cammack)
Stewart (Owens)
Strickland (Williams (GA))
Suozzi (Kildee)
Swalwell (Crow)
Tenney (Van Drew)
Thompson (MS) (Brown)
Timmons (Joyce (PA))
Titus (Mfume)
Tlaib (Kildee)
Tonko (Pallone)
Torres (NY) (Cicilline)
Van Duyne (Kim (CA))
Veasey (Brown)
Wagner (Fleischmann)
Walorski (Bucshon)
Waltz (Mooney)
Wasserman Schultz (Soto)
Watson Coleman (Pallone)
Welch (McGovern)
Wilson (FL) (Brown)
Young (Mast)
PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR AMERICANS ACT
The text of Senate amendment to House amendment to S. 1301 is as
follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. INCREASE OF PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.
The limitation under section 3101(b) of title 31, United
States Code, as most recently increased by section 301 of the
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (31 U.S.C. 3101 note), is
increased by $480,000,000,000.
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