[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 10, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H4771-H4775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1945
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 903, RIGHTS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION 
     SECURITY ADMINISTRATION WORKFORCE ACT OF 2021; PROVIDING FOR 
CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2499, FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS FAIRNESS ACT OF 2022; 
  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5129, COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK 
 GRANT MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2022; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 
7691, ADDITIONAL UKRAINE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022; AND FOR 
                             OTHER PURPOSES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Payne). The gentleman from Maryland is 
recognized.
  Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  I reject the notion that America is not strong enough to stand with 
Ukraine as it tramples on autocracy. I reject the notion that America 
and the American people are not strong enough to stand with those in 
Ukraine who are fighting for their survival and fighting against the 
horrible violence of Vladimir Putin. I reject the notion that Americans 
are not empathetic about Mariupol and what the mayor at that time on 
April 12 said; he noted that 210 children were murdered by this vicious 
bombing in the midst of 21,000 dead.
  As I traveled with Leader Hoyer, over and over again I asked the 
question about the children. As UNICEF said, this war is a nightmare 
for Ukraine's children.
  This supplemental for Ukraine recognizes that. It recognizes that 
democracy must stand but that children must be protected with the focus 
on humanitarian aid, eliminating or stopping human trafficking, and 
recognizing that girls and women have been raped. It is time for us to 
speak what the American people have spoken, that

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they are standing with Ukraine. They want a victory for Ukraine.
  This supplemental will help us stand with Ukraine. I ask my 
colleagues to support it and to recognize victory for Ukraine.
  Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I reserve 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to comment a little bit. There have been 
some complaints that our speakers on our side of the aisle here are not 
addressing the issues in Ukraine and the bill that has been presented 
to us this afternoon. But right now we are talking about the rule, and 
we are dealing with procedures for what will happen the rest of this 
week.
  This is a rules debate, and we will get to the substance of the issue 
and the debate on each of the bills that we are talking about right 
now. I am sure, I know that our Members will be talking about the 
Ukraine bill and some of the concerns and some of the positives about 
that bill with all of the time that is allotted for those debates later 
today. I am sure that there will be great discussion about each of the 
bills at great length.
  In the meantime, there is great concern regarding the Disinformation 
Governance Board, and I think that this body needs to discuss that. 
That is why we bring it up.
  Mr. Speaker, I oppose the rule and the previous question, I ask 
Members to do the same, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for her remarks. We 
were interrupted by a motion to adjourn a few moments ago.
  Ukrainians are being slaughtered by Putin's army as we speak. 
Schools, churches, and hospitals have been bombarded, and yet I think 
188 of our colleagues voted just to pack it up and to go home instead 
of acting to provide the people of Ukraine and President Zelenskyy with 
the military and humanitarian assistance that they need. I am very 
glad, and I thank the bipartisan majority that rejected that approach, 
and I want us to make sure we are sending a message of hope and 
solidarity to the people of Ukraine.
  Mr. Speaker, if we have isolationists in the House, I hope that they 
don't flatter themselves to think that Vladimir Putin is some kind of 
civil libertarian. Vladimir Putin is no civil libertarian for those 
people who have found the cause of civil liberties today. Vladimir 
Putin is no civil libertarian.
  He is shutting down the freedom of speech and blocking his people's 
access to social media. He has thrown thousands of people into prison 
for protesting against his war in Ukraine. He just signed a new law to 
impose 15 years in prison on anyone who publishes or broadcasts what 
Russian Government censors consider false information about the 
invasion of Ukraine.
  In fact, it is against the law in Russia now to even describe the 
invasion of Ukraine and the war against Ukraine as an invasion or a 
war. You can't describe it. Talk about Orwellian.
  Why did we hear nothing from our colleagues about that?
  Do they actually think that Vladimir Putin is fighting for civil 
liberties in his bloody and filthy invasion of Ukraine and his attempt 
to demolish a country?
  Mr. Speaker, the American people in every public opinion poll we have 
seen stand strongly with the people of Ukraine. They understand illegal 
aggression when they see it. We know that Vladimir Putin is trying to 
crush the sovereignty of the people of Ukraine.
  America stands with the NATO countries. America stands with the 
democratic governments and peoples of the world. America stands with 
democracy all over the world. That is who we are. That is who we are. 
We will never forget it, and we will never let go of it. We will not 
fall prey to Putin's propaganda, his disinformation, or the conspiracy 
theory that tries to blind us to the reality of what is happening in 
Ukraine today.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the rule and the previous 
question.
  Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, this past February, a 
Democrat staffer organization began a public campaign to unionize. A 
month later, the Committee on House Administration held a hearing on 
the topic of congressional unions.
  To be clear, that hearing was not to consider the resolution that is 
before the House floor today, much less a mark-up. That hearing was, 
however, an opportunity to ask the Office of Congressional Workplace 
Rights--the office that administers the law governing unionization 
efforts in Congress--questions about how staffer unions would 
logistically work. The result of that hearing was more unanswered 
questions.
  While unions play a vital role in many workplaces, including 
throughout my district, they just aren't feasible for Congress. OCWR's 
own General Counsel was unable to provide answers regarding how the 
unique office structures, fluctuating partisan balance, and unavoidable 
turnover due to elections would impact congressional unions. Yet 
Speaker Pelosi is bringing forward the resolution for a vote anyway.
  This isn't about helping all staffers, because if it were then the 
majority would have given Republicans the opportunity to provide our 
input, including a chance to amend today's resolution. But once again, 
the majority is abandoning regular order to push a partisan proposal.
  One of the main concerns of staffers is low pay. As a former staffer 
myself, I know both the opportunities and challenges of working in a 
Congressional office and can assure you that an office providing fair 
pay and maintaining a healthy work environment are the keys to 
recruiting and retaining top talent. And I have great news for everyone 
here today: you don't need to wait for the Speaker to unilaterally 
implement a pay order to start doing so. Every Member's office was 
provided a 21 percent MRA increase in March of this year.
  Further, collective bargaining would not and could not address the 
issue of low pay--Federal law forbids this. Federal law also prohibits 
negotiation on healthcare and retirement benefits even if this 
resolution were to pass. Instead, union dues would just take more money 
out of staff's hard-earned paychecks without really anything to show 
for it.
  Unionization also creates potential conflicts of interest that could 
impact a Member's constitutional responsibilities, including unique 
influence over Members' development and passage of certain legislation, 
and political contributions to Members using dues paid by their staff. 
As a reminder, under current law, congressional staff are not allowed 
to make political contributions to their employers.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose this resolution because it is quite 
simple: unions don't make sense for Congress.
  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in strong support of H. 
Res. 1096 because I believe the time has come to recognize our 
Congressional Workers' Right to Organize. Just as celebrated Mexican 
American Civil Rights Activist and Labor Leader, Cesar Chavez said (`` 
Se Puede.''). Yes, you can.
  Madam Speaker, the American Labor Movement was born out of a creed 
and fundamental belief rooted firmly in protecting the common interests 
of workers by promoting and advancing the social, political, and 
economic equality of every man, woman, and child.
  Throughout our nation's history, workers have come together to 
bravely share their workplace experiences and illustrate their need for 
the protected right to organize. The earliest labor unions were 
inspired by a just society, deriving their ideals from the American 
Revolution. They sought to create conditions that fostered social 
equality, celebrated honest labor, and relied on independent and 
virtuous citizenship.
  It was the American Federation of Labor, a union, that successfully 
negotiated wage increases for its members and enhanced workplace safety 
in the early 20th Century.
  And it was the dedication and efforts from unions like United Farm 
Workers, United Auto Workers, and United Steelworkers, that have long 
championed religious freedoms, the evolving demands of the 
environmental movement; the rights of farm workers; promoting human 
rights both domestically and abroad; advancing civil liberties; social 
justice, and economic equality for every American.
  It took President Franklin D. Roosevelt's leadership and the hard 
work of unions for Congress to pass the Fair Labor Standards Act in 
1938, which is responsible for establishing the eight-hour day and 
five-day week for wage employees. As FDR once told union and civil-
rights leader A. Philip Randolph, he agreed with the labor movement's 
ideas, but it was the work of the activists that made him go out and 
advocate for these reforms.
  Throughout our Nation's history, workers and their unions have 
agitated lobbied, organized, struck, and voted for decades to achieve 
more equitable and safe working conditions.
  For the past thirty years, it has been my great honor to serve the 
California's 40th Congressional District and the American people. I

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have been able to do this through a hard-working, dedicated and 
committed staff.
  I am happy to join my colleagues in bringing Congressional Staff 
closer to having the legal right to organize and bargain collectively.
  Yes, you can.
  (Si, Se Puede)
  The material previously referred to by Mrs. Fischbach is as follows:

                   Amendment to House Resolution 1097

       At the end of the resolution, add the following:
       Sec. 17. Immediately upon adoption of this resolution, the 
     House shall proceed to the consideration in the House of the 
     bill (H.R. 7690) to prohibit the use of Federal funds to 
     establish or carry out the activities of a Disinformation 
     Governance Board of the Department of Homeland Security, 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 Homeland Security; and 
     (2) one motion to recommit.
       Sec. 18. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to the 
     consideration of H.R. 7690.

  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.
  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. Members will record their vote by electronic 
device.
  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 203, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 143]

                               YEAS--218

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     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
     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--203

     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
     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
     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)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Meijer
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Mullin
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Obernolte
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     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

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Bera
     Higgins (LA)
     Kinzinger
     McKinley
     Murphy (NC)
     Reed
     Strickland
     Zeldin

                              {time}  2015

  So the previous question was ordered.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


    Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress

     Barragan (Beyer)
     Bourdeaux (Wexton)
     Brown (MD) (Evans)
     Brownley (Kuster)
     Carter (LA) (Jeffries)
     Carter (TX) (Babin)
     Castro (TX) (Garcia (TX))
     Cawthorn (Moore (AL))
     Correa (Costa)
     Cuellar (Garcia (TX))
     Curtis (Moore (UT))
     Delgado (Neguse)
     DeSaulnier (Beyer)
     Diaz-Balart (Cammack)
     Doyle, Michael F. (Evans)
     Gottheimer (Pallone)
     Herrera Beutler (Katko)
     Horsford (Evans)
     Huffman (Neguse)
     Johnson (TX) (Jeffries)
     Kelly (IL) (Blunt Rochester)
     Kim (CA) (Steel)
     Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
     Lamb (Pallone)
     Langevin (Lynch)
     Lawrence (Stevens)
     Lawson (FL) (Soto)
     Meng (Escobar)
     Mfume (Evans)
     Mooney (Miller (WV))
     Moore (WI) (Beyer)
     Ocasio-Cortez (Bowman)
     Porter (Wexton)
     Price (NC) (Ross)
     Rush (Evans)
     Ryan (Kaptur)
     Scanlon (Garcia (TX))
     Scott, David (Jeffries)
     Sires (Pallone)
     Speier (Escobar)
     Suozzi (Beyer)
     Thompson (MS) (Jeffries)
     Tiffany (Fitzgerald)
     Titus (Connolly)
     Walorski (Wagner)
     Wild (Evans)
     Wilson (FL) (Neguse)
     Wilson (SC) (Timmons)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Jackson Lee). The question is on the 
resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mrs. FISCHBACH. 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 is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217, 
nays 202, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 144]

                               YEAS--217

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     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

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     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
     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
     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--202

     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
     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
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     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
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     Gibbs
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     Gohmert
     Gonzales, Tony
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     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
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     Graves (MO)
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     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
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     Guest
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     Hern
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     Meuser
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     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Mullin
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     Rose
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     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sessions
     Simpson
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     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Bera
     Frankel, Lois
     Higgins (LA)
     Kinzinger
     McKinley
     Murphy (NC)
     Reed
     Spartz
     Strickland
     Zeldin

                              {time}  2029

  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 for:
  Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida. Madam Speaker, had I been present, I 
would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall no. 144.


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana. Madam Speaker, I was attending a funeral 
for a Thin Blue Line Brother and was unable to make it back to 
Washington in time to vote. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``nay'' on rollcall No. 142, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 143, and ``nay'' 
on rollcall No. 144.


    Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress

     Barragan (Beyer)
     Bourdeaux (Wexton)
     Brown (MD) (Evans)
     Brownley (Kuster)
     Carter (LA) (Jeffries)
     Carter (TX) (Babin)
     Castro (TX) (Garcia (TX))
     Cawthorn (Moore (AL))
     Correa (Costa)
     Cuellar (Garcia (TX))
     Curtis (Moore (UT))
     Delgado (Neguse)
     DeSaulnier (Beyer)
     Diaz-Balart (Cammack)
     Doyle, Michael F. (Evans)
     Gottheimer (Pallone)
     Herrera Beutler (Katko)
     Horsford (Evans)
     Huffman (Neguse)
     Johnson (TX) (Jeffries)
     Kelly (IL) (Blunt Rochester)
     Kim (CA) (Steel)
     Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
     Lamb (Pallone)
     Langevin (Lynch)
     Lawrence (Stevens)
     Lawson (FL) (Soto)
     Meng (Escobar)
     Mfume (Evans)
     Mooney (Miller (WV))
     Moore (WI) (Beyer)
     Ocasio-Cortez (Bowman)
     Porter (Wexton)
     Price (NC) (Ross)
     Rush (Evans)
     Ryan (Kaptur)
     Scanlon (Garcia (TX))
     Scott, David (Jeffries)
     Sires (Pallone)
     Speier (Escobar)
     Suozzi (Beyer)
     Thompson (MS) (Jeffries)
     Tiffany (Fitzgerald)
     Titus (Connolly)
     Walorski (Wagner)
     Wild (Evans)
     Wilson (FL) (Neguse)
     Wilson (SC) (Timmons)

         RECOGNIZING CONGRESSIONAL WORKERS' RIGHTS TO ORGANIZE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1097, H. Res. 
1096 is hereby adopted.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 1096

       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. APPROVAL OF REGULATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The regulations described in subsection 
     (b) are hereby approved, insofar as such regulations apply to 
     covered employees of the House of Representatives under the 
     Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and to the extent 
     such regulations are consistent with the provisions of such 
     Act.
       (b) Regulations Approved.--The regulations described in 
     this subsection are the regulations issued by the Office of 
     Compliance on August 19, 1996, under section 220(e) of the 
     Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to implement section 
     220 of such Act (relating to the application of chapter 71 of 
     title 5, United States Code), as published in the 
     Congressional Record on September 4, 1996 (Volume 142, daily 
     edition), beginning on page H10019, and stated as follows:

     ``Sec. 2472 Specific regulations regarding certain offices of 
       Congress

     ``Sec. 2472.1 Purpose and Scope

       ``The regulations contained in this section implement the 
     provisions of chapter 71 as applied by section 220 of the CAA 
     to covered employees in the following employing offices:
       ``(A) the personal office of any member of the House of 
     Representatives or of any Senator;
       ``(B) a standing select, special, permanent, temporary, or 
     other committee of the Senate or House of Representatives, or 
     a joint committee of Congress;
       ``(C) the Office of the Vice President (as President of the 
     Senate), the office of the President pro tempore of the 
     Senate, the Office of the Majority Leader of the Senate, the 
     Office of the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Office of 
     the Majority Whip of the Senate, the Office of the Minority 
     Whip of the Senate, the Conference of the Majority of the 
     Senate, the Conference of the Minority of the Senate, the 
     Office of the Secretary of the Conference of the Majority of 
     the Senate, the Office of the Secretary of the Conference of 
     the Minority of the Senate, the Office of the Secretary for 
     the Majority of the Senate, the Office of the Secretary for 
     the Minority of the Senate, the Majority Policy Committee of 
     the Senate, the Minority Policy Committee of the Senate, and 
     the following offices within the Office of the Secretary of 
     the Senate: Offices of the Parliamentarian, Bill Clerk, 
     Legislative Clerk, Journal Clerk, Executive Clerk, Enrolling 
     Clerk, Official Reporters of Debate, Daily Digest, Printing 
     Services, Captioning Services, and Senate Chief Counsel for 
     Employment;
       ``(D) the Office of the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives, the Office of the Majority Leader of the 
     House of Representatives, the Office of the Minority Leader 
     of the House of Representatives, the Offices of the Chief 
     Deputy Majority Whips, the Offices of the Chief Deputy 
     Minority Whips, and the following offices within the Office 
     of the Clerk of the House of Representatives: Offices of 
     Legislative Operations, Official Reporters of Debate, 
     Official Reporters to Committees, Printing Services, and 
     Legislative Information;
       ``(E) the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, 
     the Office of the Senate Legal Counsel, the Office of the 
     Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives, the 
     Office of the General Counsel of the House of 
     Representatives, the Office of the Parliamentarian of the 
     House of Representatives, and the Office of the Law Revision 
     Counsel;
       ``(F) the offices of any caucus or party organization;

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       ``(G) the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of 
     Technology Assessment, and the Office of Compliance; and
       ``(H) the Executive Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
     the Office of Senate Security, the Senate Disbursing Office, 
     the Administrative Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the 
     Senate, the Office of the Majority Whip of the House of 
     Representatives, the Office of the Minority Whip of the House 
     of Representatives, the Office of House Employment Counsel, 
     the Immediate Office of the Clerk of the House of 
     Representatives, the Immediate Office of the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, the 
     Office of Legislative Computer Systems of the House of 
     Representatives, the Office of Finance of the House of 
     Representatives and the Immediate Office of the Sergeant at 
     Arms of the House of Representatives.

     ``Sec. 2472.2 Application of Chapter 71

       ``(a) The requirements and exemptions of chapter 71 of 
     title 5, United States Code, as made applicable by section 
     220 of the CAA, shall apply to covered employees who are 
     employed in the offices listed in section H2472.1 in the same 
     manner and to the same extent as those requirements and 
     exemptions are applied to other covered employees.
       ``(b) The regulations of the Office, as set forth at 
     section 2420-29 and 2470-71, shall apply to the employing 
     offices listed in section 2472.1, covered employees who are 
     employed in those offices, and representatives of those 
     employees.''.

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