Congressional Record, Volume 168 Issue 70 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)

[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 70 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF S. 3522, UKRAINE DEMOCRACY DEFENSE LEND-
LEASE ACT OF 2022; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the House Committee on
Rules, I call up House Resolution 1065 and ask for its immediate
consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

H. Res. 1065

Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be
in order to consider in the House the bill (S. 3522) to
provide enhanced authority for the President to enter into
agreements with the Government of Ukraine to lend or lease
defense articles to that Government to protect civilian
populations in Ukraine from Russian military invasion, and
for other purposes. All points of order against consideration
of the bill are waived. The bill shall be considered as read.
All points of order against provisions in the bill are
waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered
on the bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage
without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their
respective designees; and (2) one motion to commit.
Sec. 2. House Resolution 1035 is hereby adopted.
Sec. 3. House Resolution 188, agreed to March 8, 2021 (as
most recently amended by House Resolution 1017, agreed to
March 31, 2022), is amended by striking ``April 29, 2022''
each place it appears and inserting (in each instance) ``May
13, 2022''.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland is recognized
for 1 hour.
Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the
customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr.
Reschenthaler), pending which I yield myself such time as I may
consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is
for the purpose of debate only.

general leave

Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Maryland?
There was no objection.
Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, the Rules Committee met yesterday and
reported a rule, House Resolution 1065 providing for consideration of
S. 3522, the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act under a closed
rule.
The rule provides for 1 hour of debate equally divided and controlled
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs. The rule provides for one motion to commit.
The rule extends recess instructions, suspension authority, and same
day authority through May 13, 2022. Finally, the rule deems H. Res.
1035 as passed.
Mr. Speaker, Vladimir Putin's criminal war of aggression and atrocity
against the sovereign nation of Ukraine has dismembered the second
largest country in Europe. Putin's soldiers have killed more than 2,700
Ukrainian civilians and more than 100 children in Ukraine. They have
raped and murdered untold numbers of women, leaving their bodies in the
street. They have wounded thousands of civilians. They have displaced
10 million Ukrainians, creating the largest exodus of displaced persons
since the Nazis rampaged through Europe. They have traumatized a
nation.
It is a sobering thing to canvas the damage today, which is Holocaust
Remembrance Day. Putin's invasion is intended to deal a fatal blow to
democracy in Ukraine and around the world. Putin's lurch into fascist
aggression has actually unified and galvanized the democratic world,
the democratic nations, and peoples and movements of the world.
I concede that Putin still has his cheerleaders for his homophobia,
his corruption, and his white nationalist racism around the world. I
concede that some people, even in this body, continue to chant the
filthy words ``Russia hoax'' to describe what we know from our own
intelligence community of Putin's unceasing efforts to subvert
democracy all over the world. I concede that Vladimir Putin has been
called a genius by a former twice-impeached President for his assault
on a sovereign democratic nation.
The vast majority of Americans and vast majority of democratic
societies around the world reject Putin's atrocities against democracy.
President Zelenskyy and President Biden have rallied the world against
Putin and in defense of the heroic people of Ukraine standing strong
against this aggression--people who have more courage in their pinky
than Vladimir Putin and his thugs will ever be able to understand.
Mr. Speaker, NATO members have sent or promised at least $8 billion
in weapons to Ukraine. The billions we have sent from the United States
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America has made a key difference in allowing the people of Ukraine to
defend themselves. The people of America paid for anti-tank and anti-
air systems, for helicopters, for drones, for grenade launchers, for 50
million rounds of ammunition, and more.
Today, the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 comes
before Congress as an important part of the effort to defend Ukraine.
This act is rooted in the lend-lease program of World War II, which
President Roosevelt proposed in January of 1941, which allowed our
government to lend or to lease war supplies and equipment to any nation
whose security was defined as vital to the defense and the security of
the United States.
Passage of that act enabled Great Britain and Winston Churchill to
keep fighting and to survive the fascist Nazi bombardment until the
United States could enter the war.
President Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine needs weapons to sustain
themselves, and President Biden has answered that call with billions in
military assistance since Russia's full-blown invasion began on
February 24, a day that will live in infamy in the freedom-loving
world.
On April 21, last Thursday, President Biden announced that we will be
sending an additional $800 million in military aid to Ukraine, the
eighth such installment, which will include 72 howitzers, 144,000
artillery rounds, 72 tactical vehicles, and more than 121 Phoenix Ghost
tactical drones. Today, I understand President Biden has asked for an
additional aid package for the next several months.
But S. 3522 will streamline current legal authorities under the Arms
Export Control Act that allows our government to lend defense articles
needed to defend civilian populations. We will eliminate red tape to
make it easier for our government to lend or lease necessary military
equipment in this struggle to defend Ukraine.
The legislation requires the Biden administration to establish
expedited procedures for delivering military equipment to Ukraine and
other affected Eastern European countries to defend populations made
vulnerable by Vladimir Putin's aggression. It also facilities the
provisioning of loaned and/or leased defense articles to Ukraine,
easing a myriad of administrative regulations and processes.
Mr. Speaker, I urge everyone to support this legislation, and I
reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman,
my good friend from Maryland, (Mr. Raskin), for yielding me the
customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, the rule before us today provides for consideration of
S. 3522, the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022.
Mr. Speaker, let me start by saying that I strongly support this
bill, which streamlines existing defense authorities to enable the
President to enter into a lend-lease agreement directly with Ukraine
and Eastern European countries.

I know I speak for my Republican colleagues in expressing my
wholehearted support for the people of Ukraine as they defend
themselves and their democracy against Vladimir Putin's atrocities.
That is why I look forward--and so do so many of my colleagues--to
voting for this bill later today.
However, I have to urge my colleagues to oppose this rule as it
continues Speaker Pelosi's authoritarian lockdown of the House of
Representatives.
For over 2 years the Speaker has used COVID-19 as an excuse to deny
Members the ability to advocate on behalf of the people they represent.
This rule keeps those oppressive procedures in place, despite the fact
that even the bluest of States are easing their COVID restrictions.
This is just further proof that my colleagues across the aisle care
only about political science, not about real science.
Further, Mr. Speaker, this rule fails to provide for consideration of
legislation to address the serious issues facing the American people.
Under the Biden administration, our Nation has careened from one crisis
to the next.
Right now, families across the country are facing a 41-year high in
inflation and skyrocketing gas and food prices. These are expected to
cost the average American family $5,000 a year.

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This morning we learned the U.S. GDP fell by 1.4 percent during the
first quarter of 2022. This is getting worse by the day. Forty percent
of small businesses are planning to raise prices by 10 percent just to
keep up with inflation. This economic crisis is not the result of the
war in Ukraine as President Biden and the leftists on the other side of
the aisle like to claim. This crisis is a direct result of the
Democrats' out-of-control spending and their far-left, dangerous,
radical policies.
Just look at the fact that inflation has increased every month since
Joe Biden has been President. Putin didn't invade Ukraine until
February of this year, yet during President Biden's first year in
office--again, well before the invasion of Ukraine--gas prices jumped
nearly 53 percent, from $2.25 a gallon to $3.44 a gallon. Again, that
was before Russian soldiers ever crossed the border in Ukraine.
But talking about borders, let's talk about our southern border. The
border crisis is a direct result of Joe Biden's incompetence, and the
radical policies of the left are leading to disaster. Thanks to the
open border policy of the left, last month over 200,000 illegal
immigrants were encountered at our southern border. That is a new
Biden-era high. Again, that is over 200,000 illegal immigrants. To put
this in perspective for my colleagues, that is roughly three
congressional districts.
Since Biden took office, over 2.4 million illegal immigrants have
been apprehended at our southern border, including more than 40
individuals who are on the terrorist watch list. This is only going to
get worse if President Biden gets away with lifting title 42.
So, again, Mr. Speaker, while I support S. 3522 and, of course, the
people of Ukraine, I believe this is a missed opportunity to help the
American people, the people in southwestern Pennsylvania, and the
people throughout this Nation.
Mr. Speaker, I, therefore, urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the
previous question and ``no'' on the rule, and I reserve the balance of
my time.
Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to hear from my friend from Pennsylvania
that he supports S. 3522, the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act.
This is a moment of grave emergency in Ukraine as Putin's army
continues to bomb hospitals and schools, rape and assault women, and
murder the civilian population.
I am, of course, disappointed that even when we agree, the minority
caucus insists upon disagreeing and bringing up matters that are
utterly extraneous to this resolution. But my friend mentioned
authoritarian lockdowns, oppressive procedures, and dangerous and
radical policies. I didn't know if he was referring to Vladimir Putin
or to the prior President whose dangerous, radical appeasement of
Vladimir Putin empowered and emboldened him as Vladimir Putin has tried
to undermine NATO; and the last President did everything in his power
to undermine NATO and to weaken NATO. But at this point we have the
opportunity to rally the democratic world, the democratic nations of
the world, the democratic societies, peoples, and movements against
Putin's bloody, imperial invasion of Ukraine.
That is what is on the table right now. That is what is on the table
in the world today. That is where democracy is on the line.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from
Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin).
Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Ukraine Democracy
Defense Lend-Lease Act.
In the spring of 1941, Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act, which
allowed the United States to rapidly deliver weapons and military
supplies to Allies like Great Britain, assisting their heroic fight
against Adolph Hitler. Once dead set on creating a global empire, he
failed.
In the spring of 2022, another murderous dictator has emerged,
committed to destroying a sovereign democracy and reconstituting old
borders of the USSR. We must ensure that Putin also fails.

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Since Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the Biden
administration has made impressive progress in the delivery of crucial
security assistance to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. And yet, it is
time to cut through the remaining bureaucratic red tape and accelerate
the delivery of critical equipment to the brave warfighters on the
ground in Ukraine.
Mr. Speaker, they deserve nothing less than our swift and unwavering
support. Freedom and democracy are at stake.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the rule and pass the
Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act. We must stand with the
Ukrainian people in their fight for their democracy, for their freedom,
and for their homeland.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Maryland said that we just can't help
but to disagree. Nothing could be further from the truth. This bill
could be passed on the suspension calendar. This is going to pass by
well over two-thirds vote. It passed, I believe, unanimously in the
Senate. The fact that we are here debating a rule on this instead of
just passing this on suspension is a waste of time. This bill will
pass.
But we have got a real crisis at the southern border. We have got
inflation. Even the Biden administration said we are expected to have
food shortages. We also are failing to project American power abroad,
which is leading to chaos all over the world.
We agree on the issue with Ukraine, yet we are still here wasting
valuable time that we could be using to address real problems.
But let's just go back to the southern border. As I mentioned earlier
in my remarks, just in March, encounters at the southern border hit a
new Biden-era high of over 200,000 individuals encountered at the
southern border. In addition to apprehending individuals from the
terrorist watch list, Border Patrol agents are seeing an increase in
illicit drugs, including deadly fentanyl. Alarmingly, fentanyl border
seizures increased by 134 percent in fiscal year 2021. President Biden
and House Democrats had this open border policy that is creating a
humanitarian and a security crisis both at the border and in our
communities where people are literally dying from fentanyl overdoses.

With all that in consideration, the Democrats and the left still want
to do away with title 42 and lift it. That is why, Mr. Speaker, if we
defeat the previous question, I will personally offer an amendment to
the rule to immediately consider H.R. 471, the PAUSE Act of to 2021.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my
amendment in the Record along with any extraneous material immediately
prior to the vote on the previous question.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Pennsylvania?
There was no objection.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman
from New York (Ms. Stefanik), who is the Republican Conference chair.
She will explain the amendment.
Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the previous question so
that we can immediately consider H.R. 471, the PAUSE Act introduced by
the gentlewoman from New Mexico, Yvette Herrell, to ensure title 42
remains in place.
Mr. Speaker, since Joe Biden took office and started implementing his
radical open border policies, over 2.4 million illegal immigrants have
been apprehended at our southern border. We just had the highest number
of border encounters in the past 20 years--over 220,000 in March alone.
In FY 2022, CBP has seized hundreds and hundreds of thousands of
pounds of drugs and thousands and thousands of pounds of illicit
fentanyl, the leading cause of death for adults aged 18-45. What is
worse, over 40 people on the U.S. terrorist watch list were encountered
at our U.S. southern border. And just today, Secretary Mayorkas, when
asked if those individuals on the U.S. terrorist watch list had been
released into the United States of America, could not answer that
question. That should stun every American. It is unacceptable that the
Secretary of Homeland Security cannot answer a question about whether
those dangerous terrorists have been released into the United States of
America.
In fact, just yesterday, in previous testimony, Secretary Mayorkas
claimed that the Biden administration has ``effectively managed'' the
crisis at the southern border and delusionally believes that the
southwest border is somehow secure. Let me tell you something, Mr.
Speaker, the American people are smart. There is nothing effective
about this border crisis. No good management has come from the Biden
administration when it comes to the southern border.
This has been an invasion. Just look at the numbers. President
Obama's own Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, said 1,000
apprehensions a day would be a crisis. We are already at the 7,000
mark, and we could see upwards of 18,000 a day if title 42 is lifted.
I just came back with my colleagues on a congressional delegation
from Eagle Pass, Texas, from the Del Rio sector of our southern border.
This was a delegation led by Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, hosted
by our colleague, Tony Gonzales, who has been such a tremendous voice
standing up for his constituents, particularly Border Patrol officers
and their families.
It was a somber day. Just hours before, our Border Patrol identified
the remains of Texas National Guardsman Bishop Evans. In fact, I had
the opportunity to go on the boat with the river Border Patrol
officers, the two individuals who actually identified the remains.
God bless Bishop Evans. God bless his grandmother who has laid him to
rest.
This is irresponsible of Joe Biden; and Joe Biden, Secretary
Mayorkas, and this administration must be held accountable.
We also spoke to ranchers, local leaders, and local elected
officials. They broke down in tears talking about the risks to their
livelihood and their families. One rancher told us, in fact, that his
children needed to carry pistols if they wanted to go outside and play
in their yard because they needed to protect themselves as droves of
illegal immigrants cross their property.
Do you know whom they blame, Mr. Speaker?
They blame Joe Biden, and they blame this administration who has
turned their backs on having a secure border. They have turned their
backs on the people, not just of south Texas but the people across this
country.
We also witnessed a processing facility where illegal immigrants were
given brand new iPhones--just released. I thought they were doing
facial recognition technology to run through a list. No. They were
doing facial recognition technology to hand the illegal immigrants
their cell phone paid for by U.S. taxpayer dollars.
This is a crisis. Every district across the country is a border
district and every State is a border district.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the
gentlewoman from New York.
Ms. STEFANIK. On top of that, we have seen flights in the middle of
the night relocating illegal immigrants to other States across the
Nation, including my home State of New York.
This current crisis is untenable. Our systems are well-beyond the
breaking point. The drug crisis caused by our porous border is reaching
every part of this country causing deaths in every congressional
district. Every Member of Congress needs to step up and secure the
border. Our colleagues across the aisle have had over a year to put
forth any bill to secure the border. They have failed to put forth any
single bill, and, now, because we are heading toward a November
election, they are honestly worried. And they should be, because the
American people are smart. They know this is a result of their failed
policies.

In my district in northern New York, I am proud to represent Border
Patrol officers who have been transferred over and over and over again
to the southern border. They are stepping up to do their job. They are
stepping up to address this catastrophe caused by Joe Biden.
House Republicans are going to be unified. We stand behind the PAUSE
Act to make sure title 42 remains in place, which is why we will oppose
the previous question.

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Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I think that all of these efforts to distract us from
the issue at hand are meant to cover up the very clear pro-Russian and
pro-Putin faction at the heart of their side of the aisle.
Last month in March of this year, the very distinguished gentlewoman
from Georgia went on a radio show called the ``Voice of Rural
America,'' and she followed Donald Trump's sickening appeasement of
Vladimir Putin and blamed Ukraine for the situation.
She said:

You see, Ukraine just kept poking the bear and poking the
bear which is Russia, and Russia invaded. There is no win for
Ukraine here. Russia is successful in this invasion.

When Members of Congress are cheerleaders for Vladimir Putin and are
voices of nothing but defeatism, fatalism, and pessimism for democracy
in Europe, then they try to distract us with a lot of phony rhetoric
about other issues.
She also said:

NATO has been supplying the neo-Nazis with powerful weapons
and extensive training on how to use them. What the hell is
going on with these NATO Nazis.

Mr. Speaker, we have to decide which side we are on.
When Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and Americans looked at what was
happening in Europe during World War II and they saw Nazis marching
down the street, they did not see very fine people on both sides of the
street. They did not start cheerleading for Mussolini, Hitler, and
Franco. Yet we have people here who go out and speak on the side of
Vladimir Putin and on the side of Russia.

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Let's pass this Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act to show
where America is. We are not cheerleaders for Vladimir Putin. We are
not going to follow the Trump-Putin axis down the road toward autocracy
and kleptocracy and sedition and insurrection and corruption and coups
in the United States. That is not where we are going.
This is the land of the free, the home of the brave. We stand for
democracy here, not Vladimir Putin.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania
(Ms. Scanlon), a distinguished member of the Rules Committee.
Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, many people say ours is a nation of
immigrants. But our Nation also has an unfortunate history of political
opportunists who attack the latest wave of immigrants and seek to stoke
fear and chaos in order to gain or cling to power.
Whether the attacks were against my ancestors, the Irish; those at
the southern border today; or the many other groups in between, we have
heard the same language and scare tactics year after year, generation
after generation. But then as now, those attacks are a sham. They are
attention-seeking to divide and distract us from their proponents' lack
of seriousness, their lack of solutions, and, at times, their own
misconduct.
Now, I rise today in support of the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-
Lease Act and hope to send it quickly to President Biden's desk. The
Senate acted quickly to pass this bill and send it our way.
Eighty years ago, the U.S. created the lend-lease program to provide
military and humanitarian aid to Great Britain and our Allies in Europe
as they stood on the front lines to oppose the Axis powers that
threatened democracies around the world, including our own.
Today, the Ukrainian people are standing on the front lines in the
fight for democracy and against tyranny. The U.S. needs to provide them
with every possible measure of humanitarian and military aid.
To date, Congress and President Biden have led the world in
supporting the Ukrainian people, sending nearly $14 billion in food,
medical supplies, and military assistance to Ukraine, working in close
collaboration with our allies.
With this aid, the Ukrainian armed forces have been incredibly
effective in opposing Putin's unlawful and unprovoked invasion. But the
Ukrainian success is dependent on them having the equipment and
supplies to continue fighting, and this bill will ensure that they do.
This is a bill that every freedom- and democracy-loving Member of the
House should support, and I look forward to its swift passage on the
floor.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Just two quick points in rebuttal for my friend from Pennsylvania.
First off, if there is concern about the humanitarian crisis on the
southern border, the best thing you can do is try to bring order to
that southern border. The trek that these individuals have to take is
incredibly dangerous. Women and children are often exploited. Coyotes
are making literally millions of dollars. Oftentimes, when the illegal
immigrants come to the United States, they are put in sort of
indentured servant status to the drug cartels and the coyotes.
The perverse thing about arguing that you care about people is that
if you really did care about the humanitarian crisis, you would share
the Republican viewpoint of law and order.
Secondly, to the fact that we need to act quickly on the bill
regarding Ukraine, my colleagues across the aisle could have passed
this bill on Tuesday. The fact that we are here wasting time on a bill
that could have passed by suspension just shows the lack of seriousness
on the other issues facing the American people. To act quickly, my
colleagues should have been advocating this bill be run on Tuesday on
suspension.
Here to talk more about these issues is the Republican leader of the
Oversight and Reform Committee, Mr. James Comer of Kentucky, who
recently led a delegation to the southern border.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr.
Comer).
Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, Oversight and Reform Committee Republicans
witnessed firsthand the crisis on the border after the southern border
trip I led earlier this month.
By pushing blanket amnesty and eroding interior enforcement,
President Biden has now signaled to the world that our laws can be
violated with little to no consequence.
In 2021, over 2 million apprehensions of illegal immigrants were
made. This is the most ever recorded by U.S. Border Patrol. In fact, I
want to quote Punchbowl News because they really put it into
perspective yesterday morning when they reported: ``According to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, during the past 3 weeks, the agency has
`encountered an average of 7,800 migrants per day across the southwest
border. This compares to a historical average of 1,600 per day in the
prepandemic years,' a roughly 480 percent increase.''
The surge of illegal immigrants is overwhelming the Department of
Homeland Security. As a result, DHS was forced to release hundreds of
thousands of these illegal border crossers into the United States.
Catch and release does not work. It only encourages more illegal
immigration. The numbers we have don't even account for illegal
immigrants who have evaded capture entirely. That number is estimated
to be in the hundreds of thousands.
The situation only gets worse when we look at how much fentanyl and
other deadly drugs are being smuggled across the border by cartels. On
our trip, we witnessed hundreds of discarded backpacks littering the
ground, backpacks that once carried illicit narcotics.
The Biden administration's border policies have only boosted the
human smuggling industry and empowered drug cartels.
Now, President Biden's decision to terminate the CDC's public health
order under title 42 on May 23 will turn this national security and
humanitarian crisis into a catastrophe.

Former Obama administration Secretary of Homeland Security Johnson
once said that only 1,000 apprehensions per day was ``a relatively bad
number'' that ``overwhelms the system.'' He described 4,000
apprehensions per day as a crisis.
The Department of Homeland Security now predicts as many as 12,000 to
18,000 illegal migrants per day will attempt to cross the border
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title 42 order terminates, overwhelming the congregate processing
facilities in ports and Border Patrol stations that we toured along the
border in California and Arizona.
This administration's plan to address this catastrophe boils down to
simply speeding up the release of even more illegal border crossers.
Mr. Speaker, that is no plan at all. Placing illegal immigrants over
Americans is unacceptable.
Committee on Oversight and Reform Republicans have been at the
forefront of this crisis, demanding answers and seeking to hold the
administration accountable to the American people.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to
the gentleman from Kentucky.
Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, the American people should know this: We will
persist in exposing the waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement by this
administration that has led to this current crisis. We will do
everything in our power to stop the flow of fentanyl across President
Biden's broken border.
Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I find this astounding. We are here to talk about aid to
Ukraine, how to streamline and expedite aid to defend the people of
Ukraine, and they will talk about anything but.
I was willing to believe that the distinguished gentlewoman from
Georgia and several other Members were isolated in their Conference.
Now, I am starting to think that maybe they are speaking for the whole
Conference.
I wonder if my good friend from Pennsylvania would explicitly
repudiate some of these statements made by the gentlewoman from
Georgia.
Does the minority Conference agree that NATO has been supplying the
``neo-Nazis in Ukraine'' with powerful weapons?
Does the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania support or
dissociate himself from the argument that the aid that we send to
Ukraine falls ``into the hands of Nazis,'' a statement made by the
gentlewoman from Georgia, echoing Putin's filthy claim that his war on
the sovereign democracy of Ukraine is, in fact, an attempt to denazify
the country?
Of course, we hear distinct echoes in everything that we get from the
erudite gentlewoman from Georgia.
Does the minority agree that Putin invaded because Ukraine repeatedly
poked the bear?
I mean, I can't understand why they won't talk about defending
Ukraine. That is what this legislation is about. That is what this rule
is about. They want to talk about anything other than that.
We can debate all of those other important issues in other contexts
at the right time. This is how the House of Representatives works. But
why are they covering up for the pro-Putin faction within their
Conference? I would like them to dissociate themselves from the people
who are blaming Ukraine for Russia's bloody imperial invasion and war
of human rights violations and atrocities against the people. Please do
that.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman
from Georgia (Mrs. Greene).
Mrs. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the previous
question so that we can immediately consider H.R. 471, the PAUSE Act of
2021.
This important bill, introduced by my good friend Yvette Herrell,
would maintain health screening protections at the border and ensure
that the Biden administration does not allow foreigners to enter our
country illegally without being properly vetted.
I am from Georgia. For those of us that don't live in border States,
it is a lot different when we see on the news the stories of the
massive invasion at our southern border. It is a lot different when we
read about it.
But when I went to the border just a few days ago with Congressman
Tony Gonzales--he put together a great trip, and I am so grateful--it
became very clear to me. What is happening at our southern border is a
crisis of epic proportions, and it is difficult to comprehend it until
you actually see it in person.
This is a complete human and drug trafficking operation that is doing
nothing for Americans but hurting our country and enriching the
cartels. They have grown their network and expanded it massively
throughout their country, into our country, far-reaching, even into our
cities, as was explained to us by the Border Patrol, where they recruit
from our own American cities to come down to Mexico to help them
traffic humans and drugs across our southern border.
This should never be happening, and it certainly was not happening
not long ago under the Trump administration, where we had the most
secure border we have had in decades.
Mr. Speaker, I urge our Congress to take this very seriously. As we
are discussing other countries and other borders, this is the one
country where we all swear an oath to uphold our laws and defend our
Constitution, and we serve the American people from each of our own
districts.
We should be taking extreme seriousness to this invasion at our
southern border, not only for the COVID-19 pandemic but also for the
many other dangerous diseases such as tuberculosis and others that they
bring into our country.
Passing title 42 is imperative, and it is the most important thing
this Congress can do at this time, as there is an average of 7,000
people coming across the border every single day and hundreds of
thousands of got-aways that we don't know who they are, where they are
from, and what their purpose and intent is to do in the United States
of America.
We already know that 42 known terrorists have been apprehended at our
southern border, but we don't know how many terrorists exist in those
hundreds of thousands of got-aways.
When I listen to a grown man cry over the amount of illegal aliens
that are, 24 hours a day, coming across his ranch in Eagle Pass, it is
a shame, and it is a tragedy.
Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, the United States of America just witnessed the most
astonishing spectacle. We are here to debate aid to the people of
Ukraine defending themselves against a massive invasion by Vladimir
Putin and his army. Then, the minority puts up the distinguished
gentlewoman from Georgia, who does not mention Ukraine once.
She does not mention the thousands of Ukrainian civilians who have
been slaughtered by Putin's army. She does not mention more than 100
Ukrainian children who have been shot and killed by the Russian army.
Instead, she talks about a massive invasion at the border, a massive
invasion, which their own speakers have said, today, hundreds of
thousands of people have been apprehended in.
That is very different from a military invasion, the one in Ukraine.
Of course, the gentlewoman is not going to talk about that. She had a
lot to say the other day when she heckled me continuously. When I came
to the floor, it was like ``The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' in here
with her chanting about the Russia hoax and Russia this and Russia
that.
Now, she had the opportunity to tell the world what her views about
Russia are. I put them out there, exactly what she has said. She said
that the aid that the taxpayers of America are sending to the people of
Ukraine to defend themselves against Vladimir Putin and the Russian
army falls into the hands of Nazis.

{time} 1315

I want to see her proof.
Where is her evidence?
She talks about NATO Nazis. Does the minority believe that our allies
in NATO, who are trying to defend the people of Ukraine, are Nazis? Has
it come to this?
The gentlewoman talked about massive invasion. We had a massive
invasion of our own Chamber. * * *
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, I would request to have words taken
down.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland will be seated.
Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the
offending remark.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Maryland?
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, no objection.

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the words are withdrawn.
There was no objection.
Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, the House rules do forbid engaging in
personalities. I accept the advice of the Parliamentarian that I used
unparliamentary language to make my point, and I certainly respect the
necessity for parliamentary decorum.

{time} 1330

Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close when my friend from
Pennsylvania is prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my
time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, I would tell my colleague across the
aisle that I still have several speakers, just so we are on the same
page.
Mr. Speaker, there were comments made prior regarding why we, on our
side of the aisle, are not talking about the underlying bill.
The answer to that is very simple. Let's put this into perspective.
We are here debating the rule.
We are not debating final passage. In fact, we don't need to debate
final passage because the vast majority of my colleagues agree on this
particular bill. We are not here debating final passage of the bill.
We are debating, in essence, the rest of the legislative calendar for
the day. We simply are arguing that in this calendar and in the agenda
for the rest of the day, we should be considering other important
matters, such as the crisis at the southern border.
So I just felt like I needed to put that in perspective.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr.
Guest), my good friend.
Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose the previous question.
Right now, the men and women of law enforcement are battling to
secure our borders. Every day they are pushing back against drug
smugglers, human traffickers, and the cartels. Make no mistake, this is
the worst border crisis in our Nation's history and this administration
took just over a year to bring our national security to this state.
I know because I have seen it myself. I was at the border a few days
ago for my second trip in two weeks and I heard from the men and women
on the border. Every single person we talked with told the same story.
They told us that this administration, President Biden's
administration, has abandoned them. They asked us to please provide
help.
Instead of providing help, President Biden and many of my colleagues
on the left have attacked the last tool the men and women of law
enforcement have to perform their duties.
Without the Court's intervention, this administration would have
stripped the last tool these law enforcement officers have to secure
our border. I am glad that some of my colleagues across the aisle have
seen the value in preserving title 42.
They have seen the importance of securing our borders against
criminals and terrorists that we know are exploiting the crisis to
enter America. They see the devastating impact that 18,000 encounters a
day would have on communities across our Nation if title 42 is removed.
Most importantly, they see the hard work of the men and women of law
enforcement on the border, and like Republicans, they want to help.
I hope the rest of the Democratic Caucus will join them and support
these men and women who are risking their lives to secure our Nation.
Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, my good friend from Pennsylvania suggests that this is
something that we didn't actually need to bring to the floor, that it
could have been done on a suspension vote. And yet, I am certain that
my dear friend is aware that a number of suspension votes on things as
simple as post office renamings have been voted down by the minority.
There was a distinguished judge who a post office was going to be
named after and that was sabotaged on a suspension vote. There have
been multiple votes like that.
In fact, we have a resolution that we put forward to affirm support
for NATO and its democratic principles. And that was rejected by 63
Members of the minority caucus; 63 Members voted against a resolution
expressing unequivocal support for a strong NATO and for the democratic
principles underlying it.
Mr. Speaker, I would love if it were as simple as he was suggesting,
that we could all agree to this, but they are not agreeing with the
things that we are putting forward about the need to unite for
democracy around the world. That is why we are precisely in this
situation we are in.
Even when we are trying to talk about the importance of this new
lend-lease expediting program to allow the U.S. Government to lend
military equipment, to lease military equipment to Ukraine and to get
it done quickly, it seems like our friends keep on wanting to change
the subject to talk about anything other than that.
Mr. Speaker, I don't know what to say other than I wish we were
unified in supporting this rule for the legislation that we are
bringing forward to make it a lot easier to get support to the people
of Ukraine, the support they need to fight off the bloody military
invasion being conducted by Putin's army.

Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman
from Tennessee (Mr. Green), my good friend, to rebut the gentleman from
Maryland.
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, it is frustrating to hear the
political games being played, when a piece of legislation isn't really
about what it is intended to be about or what the title says that it
is.
My colleague, whom I have respect for, and have watched him argue
cogently on some issues, is actually incorrect on this. Suggesting that
because I voted ``no'' on this bill I somehow don't support NATO, it is
really, quite frankly, absurd.
I remember being in Iraq in 2003 when British SAS soldiers were
wounded, and my Tier One task force went in, and we pulled those guys
off the battlefield wounded. I took care of them in the back of the
helicopter. I am fully supportive of NATO.
Quite frankly, it angers me that the suggestion because I voted on a
piece of legislation that had a clause in it that didn't make sense to
me that I am somehow not supportive of NATO. No one has been more
supportive of NATO.
Yes, many of us voted ``no'' on that bill, but it was because it
created this extra body to discuss democracy when we are at war trying
to save a democracy.
How about we focus NATO on what is going on in Ukraine and not
forming some new discussion group about democracy?
So, yeah, several of us voted no. But I assure you, Mr. Speaker, and
my colleague from Maryland, that has nothing to do with a lack of
support for NATO. Because when I was on that battlefield helping that
British SAS warrior and they are supporting us, I didn't see a lot of
other people who might be pointing a finger at us for not supporting
NATO on that battlefield that day. There was nobody in this room in
that helicopter flying into Baghdad with me.
Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman for his service, of
course, and also for his clarification about his particular vote.
The House Resolution we are talking about is 831, calling on the
United States Government to uphold the founding democratic principles
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and establishing a center for
democratic resilience within the headquarters of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
Of course, everyone in the majority voted for it. I think the vast
majority of the people on the gentleman's side of the aisle voted for
it, but there were 63 Members who did find this or that clause
objectionable and, therefore, voted against it. But that is precisely
my point.
My good friend from Pennsylvania takes me to task for saying, Why
didn't we just do this on a suspension vote basis, just bring it up
here and let it glide through. Because nothing is simple when we are
talking about these issues.
There are some people who are out there on the radio calling NATO
Nazis and saying that the money that Americans are putting into Ukraine
is going

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to support Nazis. I haven't heard anybody renounce or repudiate that
point of view.
Then there are others who find far more substantive and defensible
problems with what we are doing.
In any event, they have been voting against it, so we were not able
to do a suspension resolution. So we bring it up to have a discussion
about Ukraine to see if we can get unity and then they take us off in
50 other directions.
It is a sad thing to see that when President Zelenskyy and the people
of Ukraine have demonstrated democratic courage, bravery, and valor to
the entire world, and democratic societies are trying to get together
to mobilize behind democracy to oppose what Vladimir Putin and his gang
of thugs in Moscow and their allies in different places, like Orban in
Hungary and--well, I don't want to get into the whole rogues' gallery
of tyrants and bullies that they have gathered to support them.
We have got to be building the democratic forces. We should be
together on this. We should be able to think about this in a far
broader way than just talking points for the next election.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, let me just be clear. We are not
going down several roads. We are going down one road with this argument
and that is the southern border.
I am willing to bet that this vote will pass, the underlying bill
will pass with over a two-thirds vote. We could have tried to run this
on Tuesday. Even if it did fail, we could have been here running it
today.
We have delayed this when we have serious business to discuss,
particularly the southern border. And that is what we are debating; the
fact that the legislative business for today should include the crisis
at the southern border.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr.
Carter), my good friend, and a good pharmacist, to talk more about the
crisis at the southern border.
Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the previous
question so that we can immediately consider H.R. 471 to reinstate
title 42 and protect our Nation from the influx of drugs and illegal
immigrants flocking across our southern border.
Mr. Speaker, it is no coincidence that a 480 percent spike in border
encounters, combined with a 68 percent drop in deportations, has led to
the most deadly year on record for opioid overdoses.
This administration must answer for its atrocious public health
record. The fentanyl that is invading our schools and killing our
children is coming across the southern border. No mask is going to
protect them from the dangers hiding in what appears to be an everyday
painkiller. And this administration isn't going to protect them either.

Unlike President Biden and border czar, Harris, I have been to the
southern border. In fact, I have been there four times. I have seen the
gaping holes where a wall should be, the vast areas of land where
smugglers can walk into our country virtually unchecked.
Lifting title 42 will open the flood gates even further. Like pouring
hot water into a cold glass, the rule of law at our southern border is
shattering.
Right now, in America, your child is forced to be vaccinated and wear
a mask in order to attend school, but illegal immigrants are bused
around the country without so much as a COVID test.
Explain to me how a President can justify extending pandemic-era
student loan pauses, advocate for mask mandates on airplanes, and
insist on vaccine mandates for healthcare workers, but when it comes to
protecting our immigration system, suddenly the pandemic is no longer a
concern.
If you are worried about contracting COVID, I suggest spending time
at the southern border, because apparently, you can't contract it
there.
Title 42 is a necessary rule that is preventing our border crisis
from becoming a full-blown catastrophe. Removing it now would shackle
our Border Patrol agents and threaten our immigration system, as we
know it.
Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I yield
myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, let me just start by reiterating that I and the vast
majority of my colleagues support S. 3522, and we look forward to
voting on that bill later today. We need to bolster Ukraine's defense
capability and protect vulnerable civilian populations in Ukraine.
However, we are debating the rule right now. The rule before us
extends Speaker Pelosi's authoritarian COVID lockdown that has stripped
rank-and-file Members of their ability to advocate for the people they
represent.
Let's just look at the stats. Ninety percent of the country is in a
low-risk community level. That is according to the CDC; over 90 percent
of the country. So why is the Speaker so afraid to let the House get
back to work?
If the Speaker followed the real science, not the political science
the left has followed through this entire pandemic, the Speaker would
allow the people's House to resume regular business.
Further, this rule is a missed opportunity to address the serious
issues that are facing American families. American families are getting
hammered by inflation. Gas prices are out of control. The border crisis
is raging, and we are being told by President Biden that we are
expected to face food shortages in future months.

{time} 1345

On top of all that bad news, just this morning, we learned the GDP
decreased at an annual rate of 1.4 percent in the first quarter of
2022. Our GDP is decreasing. This is the weakest showing since the
pandemic recovery began and this falls well below the projections of
economists.
So, instead of passing legislation to address the serious economic
crisis we are facing and the serious security issue we are facing at
the southern border, Democratic leadership is sending the House home a
day early. We were supposed to be here tomorrow. Yet, we are getting
sent home early, despite all these issues facing the American people.
We can do a lot more for this country and the American people. For
that reason, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the previous
question and ``no'' on the rule, and I yield back the balance of my
time.
Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I thank my friend for our lively discussion today. And I am glad to
hear, again, that he supports the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease
Act of 2022, S. 3522. I wish we could have focused on the meaning of
this legislation, rather than for them to fight about the rule and to
raise subjects that are not part of this legislation.
More than 10 million Ukrainians have been forced out of their homes;
have been forced to flee in the worst mass exodus of refugees since
World War II. Thousands of Ukrainian civilians have been killed. More
than 100 Ukrainian children have been murdered by Putin's Army.
And I have heard the word authoritarian uttered on the other side of
the aisle today, and it applies to whom? Not Vladimir Putin. They used
it to apply to Nancy Pelosi, to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, because they disagree with some interpretations of the
rules of the House.
Well, this is a serious moment for people who are serious about
democracy in the new century. If allowed to continue, Vladimir Putin
will spread his rampage beyond Ukraine into neighboring countries in
Eastern Europe, and then other authoritarian and autocratic leaders
around the world will decide they will be able to do to their neighbors
what Vladimir Putin was allowed to do to his neighbor.
This legislation is named after what President Roosevelt made happen
during World War II, the Lend-Lease program that, without declaring
war, America would come to the aid of its allies by lending and leasing
military equipment to our allies in order to secure the democratic
world. And that is where we are again.
So we need to streamline all of the red tape. We need to expedite the
delivery of equipment to our allies in Ukraine. And I hope we will hear
the end of the constant statements of defeatism and pessimism and
surrender that we get from so many people who are out there and
continue to take the position of the former President Trump

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that Vladimir Putin is some kind of genius for invading his neighbor.
He is not a genius. He is a mass murderer. He is not a genius. He is a
human rights violator, and he is a perpetrator of war crimes.
The world needs to know where America stands. And we should stand, if
we could, unified, for the people of Ukraine, for democracy in Europe,
and for democracy all around the world.
Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the rule and the previous
question.
The material previously referred to by Mr. Reschenthaler is as
follows:

Amendment to House Resolution 1065

At the end of the resolution, add the following:
Sec. 4. Immediately upon adoption of this resolution, the
House shall proceed to the consideration in the House of the
bill (H.R. 471) to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human
Services from lessening the stringency of, and to prohibit
the Secretary of Homeland Security from ceasing or lessening
implementation of, the COVID-19 border health provisions
through the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other
purposes. All points of order against consideration of the
bill are waived. The bill shall be considered as read. All
points of order against provisions in the bill are waived.
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the
bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without
intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce; and (2) one
motion to recommit.
Sec. 5. Clause l(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to the
consideration of H.R. 471.
Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I
move the previous question on the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous
question on the resolution.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. 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.
Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes
the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of
the resolution.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 218,
nays 204, not voting 7, as follows:

[Roll No. 139]

YEAS--218

Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
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
Kelly (IL)
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
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
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
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
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NAYS--204

Aderholt
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
Carey
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
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
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
Harris
Harshbarger
Hartzler
Hern
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
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)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Norman
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--7

Allen
Fulcher
Kinzinger
Meng
Newhouse
Salazar
Sherman

{time} 1425

Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS and Mr. TURNER changed their vote from ``yea'' to
``nay.''
So the previous question was ordered.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Ms. SALAZAR. Madam Speaker, I was unavoidably detained and unable to
vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No.
139.

members recorded pursuant to house resolution 8, 117th congress

Adams (Manning)
Bass (Beyer)
Brooks (Moore (AL))
Brown (MD) (Evans)
Brown (OH) (Jeffries)
Brownley (Correa)
Carey (Balderson)
Casten (Foster)
Castro (TX) (Correa)
Cawthorn (Gaetz)
Craig (Pallone)
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
DeSaulnier (Beyer)
Doyle, Michael F. (Evans)
Garcia (TX) (Correa)
Gomez (Correa)
Grijalva (Stanton)
Hartzler (Lamborn)
Higgins (NY) (Pallone)
Johnson (TX) (Jeffries)
Lamb (Pallone)
Lawson (FL) (Wasserman Schultz)
Levin (MI) (Beyer)
Lowenthal (Beyer)
Meijer (Katko)
Morelle (Jeffries)
Ocasio-Cortez (Escobar)
O'Halleran (Stanton)
Perlmutter (Neguse)
Pfluger (Mann)
Price (NC) (Butterfield)
Ross (Beyer)
Scott, David (Jeffries)
Sires (Pallone)
Strickland (Jeffries)
Suozzi (Beyer)
Taylor (Van Duyne)
Trahan (Beyer)
Veasey (Escobar)
Wagner (McHenry)
Waters (Takano)
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Beatty). The question is on the
resolution.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam 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.
This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 220,
nays 205, not voting 4, as follows:

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[Roll No. 140]

YEAS--220

Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
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
Kelly (IL)
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
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
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NAYS--205

Aderholt
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
Cammack
Carey
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
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
Harshbarger
Hartzler
Hern
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
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)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
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)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--4

Allen
Calvert
Harris
Kinzinger

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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.

Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress

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