[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 17, 2022)]
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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 6531, TARGETING RESOURCES TO 
 COMMUNITIES IN NEED ACT OF 2022; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 
 7309, WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 2022; AND PROVIDING 
  FOR CONSIDERATION OF S. 2938, JOSEPH WOODROW HATCHETT UNITED STATES 
        COURTHOUSE AND FEDERAL BUILDING, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I 
call up House Resolution 1119 and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 1119

       Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
     in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 6531) to 
     provide an increased allocation of funding under certain 
     programs for assistance in areas of persistent poverty, and 
     for other purposes. All points of order against consideration 
     of the bill are waived. An amendment in the nature of a 
     substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 
     117-44, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the 
     report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
     resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as 
     amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order 
     against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The 
     previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, 
     as amended, and on any further 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 Oversight and 
     Reform or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to 
     recommit.
       Sec. 2.  Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 
     order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 7309) to 
     reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. All 
     points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 
     In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
     recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now 
     printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a 
     substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 
     117-43, modified by the amendment printed in part B of the 
     report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
     resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as 
     amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order 
     against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The 
     previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, 
     as amended, and on any further 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 Education and 
     Labor or their respective designees; (2) the further 
     amendments described in section 3 of this resolution; (3) the 
     amendments en bloc described in section 4 of this resolution; 
     and (4) one motion to recommit.
       Sec. 3.  After debate pursuant to section 2 of this 
     resolution, each further amendment printed in part C of the 
     report of the Committee on Rules not earlier considered as 
     part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 4 of this 
     resolution shall be considered only in the order printed in 
     the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 
     report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 
     the time specified in the report equally divided and 
     controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn 
     by the proponent at any time before the question is put 
     thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be 
     subject to a demand for division of the question.
       Sec. 4.  It shall be in order at any time after debate 
     pursuant to section 2 of this resolution for the chair of the 
     Committee on Education and Labor or his designee to offer 
     amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed 
     in part C of the report of the Committee on Rules 
     accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed of. 
     Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be 
     considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 
     divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
     member of the Committee on Education and Labor or their 
     respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and 
     shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
     question.
       Sec. 5.  All points of order against the further amendments 
     printed in part C of the report of the Committee on Rules or 
     amendments en bloc described in section 4 of this resolution 
     are waived.
       Sec. 6.  Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 
     order to consider in the House the bill (S. 2938) to 
     designate the United States Courthouse and Federal Building 
     located at 111 North Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as 
     the ``Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and 
     Federal Building'', and for other purposes. All points of 
     order against consideration of the bill are waived. An 
     amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 
     text of Rules Committee Print 117-45 shall be considered as 
     adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. 
     All points of order against provisions in the bill, as 
     amended, are waived. The previous question shall be 
     considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any 
     further amendment thereto, to final passage without 
     intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally 
     divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking 
     minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform or 
     their respective designees and the chair and ranking minority 
     member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
     or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to commit.
       Sec. 7.  House Resolution 1118 is hereby adopted.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Pennsylvania is 
recognized for 1 hour.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the 
customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess), 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

  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members be 
given 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, 
House Resolution 1119, providing for consideration of three measures.
  The first is H.R. 6531, the Targeting Resources to Communities in 
Need Act, under a closed rule. The rule self-executes a manager's 
amendment from Chairwoman Maloney and provides 1 hour of debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform, and provides one motion to recommit.
  The second is H.R. 7309, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act, under a structured rule. The rule self-executes a manager's 
amendment from Chairman Scott, provides 1 hour of debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Education and Labor, makes in order 39 amendments, 
provides en bloc authority, and provides one motion to recommit.
  The third is S. 2938, to designate the United States Courthouse and 
Federal Building located at 111 North Adams Street in Tallahassee, 
Florida, as the ``Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and 
Federal Building'' under a closed rule.
  The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally divided among and 
controlled by the chairs and ranking minority members of the Committees 
on Oversight and Reform and Transportation and Infrastructure and 
provides one motion to commit.
  Finally, the rule deems passage of H. Res. 1118.
  Mr. Speaker, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, known 
around here as WIOA, is our Nation's flagship workforce development 
law. WIOA is the culmination of decades of policymaking by Congress to 
create a federally supported, State-managed system of programming for 
job training, adult education, and career services, as well as programs 
to connect employers with jobseekers, and help with placement, 
recruitment, and retention.
  WIOA helps achieve our country's key goals of reducing poverty and 
driving economic growth by helping working Americans get the skills, 
knowledge, and experience they need to successfully participate in 
today's job market. With a new skill, certification, or degree, workers 
can apply for better-paying jobs, earning more for themselves and their 
families.
  WIOA and its predecessors have been a successful formula for 
workforce development for over 60 years, and today's bill will ensure 
that WIOA can continue serving workers and their families in our 
changing and dynamic economy.
  Today's bill is an overdue reauthorization for WIOA. While the bill 
makes a variety of important technical adjustments to keep the law 
relevant as our economy changes and evolves, the bill also upholds the 
core programs and services that have a demonstrated record of success.
  The bill's main achievement is raising WIOA's funding levels to meet 
the needs of our workforce. Since the 1980s, the number of working 
Americans has doubled, but the funding for our workforce development 
programs has fallen by over 60 percent even as jobs and our economy 
have been invented and changed at a dizzying pace. Most of the drop in 
funding happened within the last 20 years as that pace accelerated.
  The story of WIOA is the same as that of many of our Nation's key 
programs to help working families. Twenty years of harmful budget cuts 
and misguided austerity led by Republican Presidents and Republican 
majorities in Congress have resulted in WIOA lacking the proper funding 
to meet the needs of the American workforce and to allow members of 
that workforce to reach their full potential.
  The funding authorized by this bill will allow WIOA programs to train 
over 1 million workers a year, creating real, tangible benefits for 
workers and employers. Put simply, with this boosted funding, workers 
will be able to get better jobs, and businesses will be able to hire 
better employees. That is a rare win-win policy achievement that we 
should all be able to get behind.
  Today's WIOA reauthorization bill also has an added focus on youth 
employment opportunities, adult education, and support for formerly 
incarcerated individuals.
  The WIOA reauthorization bill will reauthorize programs to help 
disadvantaged and disconnected youth and provide them with summer 
programming, employment and educational opportunities, as well as 
youth-specific training programs.
  The bill will provide community colleges with funding and technical 
assistance to offer employment and training programs for in-demand 
industries--a successful model that we have seen utilized in my 
community--and the bill will create a Department of Labor program to 
specifically help individuals released from prison transition back to 
the workforce.
  Lastly, Mr. Speaker, I want to highlight three of my amendments to 
WIOA. As chair of the Congressional Youth Mentoring Caucus, one of my 
priorities is to make sure that youth are able to access job training 
and meaningful employment opportunities. We know that mentors can have 
a positive impact on youth in their career exploration and early 
employment opportunities.
  My amendments will ensure that WIOA's programming better targets 
youth who are most in need of services and is specifically geared to 
ensure positive outcomes for young people. The amendments will make 
summer and year-round employment opportunities accessible to more young 
people.

  Finally, the amendments will make sure that employers, programs, and 
staff that mentor youth will have the tools required to provide the 
support and skill development needed to help young people succeed in 
their chosen careers.
  All in all, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act will address 
both recent and long-term challenges in the labor market. Right now, 
our economy has a shortage of approximately 4 million skilled workers, 
and that shortage is expected to continue to grow. Reauthorizing WIOA 
is a key to this problem, so I encourage all my colleagues to help 
American workers and pass this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, sadly, this rule also includes three suspension bills 
that failed on the floor after our Republican colleagues obstructed the 
business of the House of Representatives.
  Included in today's rule is the Targeting Resources to Communities in 
Need Act and two naming bills which were all blocked by House 
Republicans with no other purpose than to obstruct the work of Congress 
on behalf of the American people.
  Passing bills on suspension is one way in which Congress tries to 
streamline its work in order to devote more time to the most pressing 
issues of the day. Suspension bills are bipartisan bills narrowly 
tailored to the problems they address. To get on the suspension 
calendar and to be considered with an expedited process, a bill must 
have demonstrated strong bipartisan support.
  By the time a suspension bill gets called up on the House floor, 
majorities of both Republicans and Democrats have to be willing to back 
the bill. However, some of our colleagues across the aisle have 
compromised the suspension system solely to waste the time of the 
American people and for political theater.
  One of the bills we must reconsider now is the Targeting Resources to 
Communities in Need Act which would use proven strategies to improve 
the direction of Federal funds to areas of persistent poverty. This 
bill will greatly improve the effectiveness of many of our safety net, 
housing, hunger, and job training programs.

                              {time}  1245

  The bill is bipartisan, bicameral, and would benefit low-income 
Americans in both rural and urban communities. Yet, House Republicans 
tanked the bill.
  The other two bills would rename a courthouse after Judge Joseph 
Hatchett and a post office after Representative Lynn Woolsey.
  Joseph Hatchett was a pioneering Black lawyer and judge from the 
State of Florida. Born into the Jim Crow south, Judge Hatchett set many 
important firsts as a Black judge, ultimately becoming the first Black 
man to serve on the Florida Supreme Court.
  Judge Hatchett was a committed public servant for the State of 
Florida, a fact recognized by both of Florida's Republican Senators and 
all 27 of the State's Representatives who cosponsored the resolution to 
name a Florida courthouse after Judge Hatchett.
  And yet, House Republicans tanked this bill, too, including 10 
Florida Republicans who had previously supported the measure.
  What purpose does this stunt serve? What constituent base wants you 
to do this? It is nonsense and a waste of everyone's time.
  If a Member doesn't like a bill, that is fine. That is how this place 
works. But we need to work together, in good faith, for the American 
people. It is a bad-faith move to torpedo bipartisan suspension bills 
at the last minute. It is bad for Congress, and it is bad for the 
country.
  This Congress has seen a worrying increase in this kind of 
parliamentary nonsense from a small but vocal sect of the Republican 
Party. And while it is a small group of Members who initiate this 
nonsense, the whole party has been happy to go along with it.
  With these three suspension bills, the minority leader continues his 
long and troubling streak of being unable or unwilling to control the 
behavior of the members of his party.
  It is not a good path for our country. We have been trending down 
this road for a while, and January 6 was the painful result of this 
type of behavior.
  We should not be here to fight each other. We should be here to help 
the American people. Some of our colleagues seem to have lost sight of 
that mission, and the whole country is paying the price.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania 
for yielding the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as 
I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, today's rule provides for consideration of three bills: 
H.R. 7309, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; H.R. 6531, the 
Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act; and S. 2938, to name a 
post office after Joseph Woodrow Hatchett. The latter two bills failed 
on suspension last week and so now must be considered under a rule.
  We were also expecting to consider H.R. 7688, the Consumer Fuel Price 
Gouging Prevention Act. But after hours of debate in the Rules 
Committee on this bill, the Democrats had to pull it for lack of 
support within their own party. Perhaps they realized that, in fact, 
there is no evidence of price gouging. In fact, this point was made by 
the Secretary of Energy, Secretary Granholm, in a recent Energy and 
Commerce Committee hearing where she said: ``I'm not sure anyone is 
saying there is wholesale gouging.''
  You know what? We could focus instead on increasing domestic 
production rather than blaming an industry, an industry that has also 
been suffering supply and demand difficulties that are significantly 
influenced by global factors and government regulation.
  The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act reauthorizes programs 
from the 2014 bill of the same name but makes no needed reforms to 
workforce development programs. Instead, it increases government 
control, adds onerous requirements to program administration, and 
decreases flexibility and the ability to actually achieve results. What 
are the results that we want? Pulling people out of poverty and 
enhancing the labor market.
  First, the bill authorizes $78 million over 6 years. It does this 
without making workforce development programs more efficient, without 
making them tailored to the actual job market, and this funding will 
further exacerbate what is now becoming increasingly evident as an 
inflationary crisis.
  The bill expands the size of State and local workforce boards, making 
room for organized labor. It also introduces Federal definitions of job 
quality, a determination that actually should be made by employers. How 
is a Federal agency in Washington, D.C. best equipped to determine the 
job quality for someone in Krum, Texas, a town of around 4,000 people 
back in my district in North Texas?
  This bill also requires burdensome equity reports. If our goal is to 
pull people out of poverty and get them into the workforce, then every 
eligible person should have the opportunity to access these programs, 
not just a certain few who meet certain criteria.
  Finally, this bill maintains the current Job Corps system without 
adapting to the changing needs of eligible youth and continues the 
inflexibility of the current apprenticeship system. I have long been 
concerned that many young people do not always recognize their best 
path to prosperity. For example, many students are conditioned to 
believe that they can only get a good job by attending a 4-year 
university. Meanwhile, a licensed plumber or an electrician or a welder 
can often make more than someone with a university degree. 
Apprenticeships have been a good way for someone to learn these special 
trades. However, the program's structure is left over from the time of 
the Depression in the 1930s and needs to be updated to meet today's 
vastly different work environments.
  Another concern I have is the amount of student loan debt burdening 
our labor force. Flexible training or certificate programs could lead 
to less debt by giving jobseekers alternatives to the traditional 4-
year university path.
  Additionally, we should be looking at ways to encourage the private 
sector, private employers, to provide student loan repayment programs 
for their employees, perhaps through a tax credit or other incentive. 
The Federal Government has a student loan repayment program, and it is 
a significant incentive for many young people to join public service.

  The Republican substitute amendment would have added flexibility into 
many programs and reformed our workforce development systems to ensure 
that employee skill development is aligned with employer needs. A huge 
factor in successful programming is knowing the programs are actually 
meeting the actual needs.
  The Republican substitute amendment would have ensured that States 
and localities could use funding to survey employers to understand the 
most in-demand skills.
  Mr. Speaker, in the post-COVID world, employers and employees have 
adapted to different styles of training and workforce environments. The 
Republican substitute amendment encourages workforce boards to provide 
services virtually to meet the changing needs of today's workforce. We 
should be inserting additional flexibility into these programs rather 
than simply maintaining the status quo, a status quo that was developed 
many, many decades ago.
  Unfortunately, the Republican amendment was defeated during the 
Education and Labor Committee markup and likely will be defeated when 
it is considered on the House floor.
  Continued partisanship is not the path forward when it comes to 
equipping the workforce for the modern labor market.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge opposition to the rule, and I reserve the balance 
of my time.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), the distinguished chairman of the 
Committee on Rules.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, the bills included in this rule are 
beneficial measures that will improve the lives of many Americans. But 
I take a moment to highlight two provisions that I am glad to see here.
  First is a resolution that I introduced with my colleague on the 
Rules Committee, Mr. Burgess, to urge schools to improve nutrition 
training for America's medical professionals. For far too long, our 
country has overlooked and undervalued the essential role diet and 
nutrition play in our health.
  How do we know? Look at the data. U.S. medical schools devote an 
average of 19 hours to nutrition education over 4 years, with little of 
that related to diet and common health conditions. You heard that 
right: 19 hours on nutrition over 4 years.
  All the while, more than 40 percent of American adults have been 
obese and 1 in 10 suffer from diabetes. Both are chronic health 
problems directly related to nutrition that cost Medicare and Medicaid 
millions and millions of dollars to treat.
  We cannot continue to ignore the correlation between diet and health. 
It is time to make sure that our medical providers are equipped with 
the best knowledge and tools to help their patients.
  I thank Mr. Burgess for his partnership on this important bipartisan 
effort.
  Nutrition, food access, and health are not only directly connected to 
each other; they are directly connected to our progress as a Nation. It 
is time we treat them as such.
  Second, I will touch briefly on an amendment that I am offering to 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022.
  Massachusetts arts and cultural group MASSCreative first brought the 
idea behind this amendment to my attention. I thank them for all they 
do in support of the creative industry.
  My amendment will help ensure workers with creative skill sets are 
better integrated into the workforce. We need people with creative 
skill sets to make art and write plays, but we also need them on 
construction sites and web design teams. People with creative skill 
sets belong everywhere work is being done, and that is what my 
amendment is about.
  Creative workers have been some of the hardest hit over the course of 
the COVID-19 pandemic, and as we continue to make our way out of the 
pandemic, we have to support them in innovative and imaginative ways.
  Yet too often, our narrow vision of what creative workers can or 
should do doesn't fit the needs or demands of today's workforce. This 
amendment is about supporting them, so they are better integrated into 
the workforce.
  Not only will this study help assess how we can continue to help 
creative workers get back on their feet, but it will also illuminate 
how we can continue to meet the labor needs of the most in-demand 
industries.
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, Republicans will 
amend the rule to consider H.R. 6858, the American Energy Independence 
from Russia Act, introduced by Ranking Members McMorris Rodgers and 
Westerman.

  In the past 2 months, Democrats have denied consideration of this 
essential bill five times, choosing instead to continue their assault 
on domestic energy production through drilling and export restrictions 
and massive tax increases on producers.
  Republicans remain committed to America's energy independence by 
approving the Keystone XL pipeline, by removing restrictions on the 
United States liquefied natural gas exports, by restarting oil and 
natural gas leasing, and protecting energy and mineral development.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my 
amendment into the Record, along with 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 Texas?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, here to explain the amendment is one of the 
most lucid speakers that we have on this subject.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. 
Graves).
  Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from 
Texas for the recognition and the yielding of time today.
  Mr. Speaker, I spent, like you, much time in Louisiana visiting small 
businesses and visiting with people who are just trying to make ends 
meet. It was National Small Business Week a few weeks ago. Visiting 
businesses, I heard over and over and over again the pervasive impact, 
the incredible impact, of high gasoline and high energy prices.
  Stephanie Towns in Chicago said: I have got kids. I have got to get 
them to school every day. The gas prices are just so high, I can't make 
it.
  Mr. Speaker, we have had people talk about the inability to visit and 
take care of grandchildren, the inability to fuel their cars to go to 
work, the inability to even buy groceries because of the profound cost 
that we have seen related to energy and related to gasoline.

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  But this shouldn't have been a surprise to anybody. During the 
campaign, President Biden said: ``We are going to phase out fossil 
fuels.'' ``I guarantee you we are going to end fossil fuel.''
  The Secretary of the Interior, the Cabinet official responsible for 
producing American energy, said, ``I am wholeheartedly against fracking 
and drilling on public lands.''
  Incredible, incredible statements.
  I will say it again. None of this stuff should be a surprise to 
anybody. This is a post we put up on January 27 of last year, and we 
said, ``As a result of President Biden's energy policies, this is 
exactly what is going to happen.'' Let me say it again, January 27 of 
last year, 6 days after some of these policies. We are going to have 
higher electricity bills, higher prices at the gas pump, lost revenue 
for hurricane protection and flood control and coastal restoration 
because there is revenue sharing. That is where these dollars go--I 
have no idea what the President is going to tell these communities 
whenever we end up having another hurricane on the Gulf Coast--higher 
delivery costs that would be passed on to consumers; more dependence on 
foreign energy sources like Iran, Russia, China, and other countries 
that don't share American values; and a net increase in global 
emissions.
  I remind you, Mr. Speaker, under President Trump, we saw emissions go 
down an average of 2.5 percent per year. Under President Biden, we have 
seen them go up 6.3 percent.
  Why is this happening? We have seen this administration try to blame 
price gouging, try to say that we are going to fix it through the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve releases. We have heard him even say that 
we are going to come in, and this is a result of what is happening with 
Ukraine and Russia.
  But let me go back to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. As a result of 
their announcement to release all of this oil, guess what has happened? 
China has bought some of it and others. We have actually moved it from 
one storage cavern to another, and they are paying to store it in the 
other place. It doesn't make any sense.
  Meanwhile, prices have only gone up. I have a feeling Bigfoot and the 
Loch Ness Monster are going to be the next responsible entities for 
higher energy prices.
  Don't take my word for it. Look, the Blackstone CEO said we are going 
to end up with a real shortage of energy. What happens when you have a 
shortage of supply? Prices go up. If we have a shortage, it is just 
going to cost more, and it is probably going to cost a lot more; 
exactly what we have seen. The Blackstone CEO says if you try to raise 
money to drill holes, it is almost impossible to get that money. They 
have prevented access.
  Here are the real reasons this administration came out and, on the 
first day, issued an executive order saying that they were going to ban 
new oil and gas production in the United States. Under this 
administration, under the Biden administration, we have nearly tripled 
dependence on Russian oil. They, through this House of Representatives, 
passed a bill with up to a $10,000 a mile a year pipeline fee. They 
have increased royalty rates through this House of Representatives by 
up to 50 percent, and the administration unilaterally announced the 
same thing.
  Mr. Speaker, what happens when you impose higher costs? Do you think 
the money just invents itself? No. They pass it on to consumers, and 
boy, have they nailed it. They have nailed it.
  Let me quote a former Treasury official for the Biden administration: 
Lower gasoline prices ``undercuts the administration's climate change 
goals--where really to care about fossil-fuel consumption, we don't 
want lower prices for fossil-fuel buyers, we prefer higher prices.'' 
They nailed it. They nailed it.
  The problem is the impact to the average American. We can't afford 
this. It is undermining our ability--like I said, grandchildren, 
groceries, energy bills, we can't even afford to live our lives.
  Mr. Speaker, as noted by Mr. Burgess, there is a solution: the 
American Energy Independence from Russia Act. If we defeat the previous 
question, we are going to be able to bring up this legislation that 
unlocks American energy, allows us to produce energy.
  I don't know what these people have against Americans. Why are we 
carrying out policies that benefit Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Saudi 
Arabia? Do you know who I care about? I care about domestic energy 
producers. I care about American workers. Why can't we meet our own 
energy demands just as this bill does?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the 
gentleman from Louisiana.
  Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Congressman Westerman and Congresswoman 
McMorris Rodgers have legislation that unlocks American energy, allows 
liquefied natural gas terminals to be permanent, reduces the regulatory 
burden. It ensures that the Keystone pipeline can be built, not the 
policies that Democrats are advocating for where, in the United States 
Senate, Senate Democrats said they want to urge Saudi Arabia to use 
their swing capacity to increase world oil supplies or the current 
runup of world oil prices is effectively a tax on American families' 
energy discretionary budget, except that the money goes to the OPEC 
cartel rather than the U.S. Treasury.

  Actually, on this one, Mr. Speaker, I fully agree. I urge that we 
defeat the previous question; we unlock America's energy resources; and 
we lower energy prices for all Americans.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I will redirect the focus to the underlying bill that we are 
considering with this rule, and that is the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act.
  The purpose of that bill is to unleash the full power of our 
investments in infrastructure, clean energy, and the care economy. It 
is essential that we have a skilled workforce to power those industries 
forward.
  Now, we have seen what can happen when we make those kinds of 
investments. We have seen them in my district as we have invested in 
training our young people through our technical institutes, through our 
community colleges, with our employers, and with our apprenticeship 
programs. We are seeing the fruits of that labor, as it were, as we see 
people prepared to get the good jobs that we are bringing to our 
region.
  The continued investment in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act is really critical for my part of the country and critical for 
every district across this country.
  Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the Statement of Administration 
Policy in which the administration urges the House to pass the WIOA Act 
of 2022.

                   Statement of Administration Policy


   H.R. 7309--Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022--Rep. 
           Robert C. ``Bobby'' Scott, D-VA, and 55 cosponsors

       To unleash the full power of investments in infrastructure, 
     clean energy, and the care economy, it is essential that we 
     have the skilled workforce to power those industries forward. 
     It is equally important that the benefits of new job creation 
     are shared by all Americans, and in particular those who have 
     traditionally been left behind in the labor market. The 
     Administration strongly supports House passage of H.R. 7309, 
     the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022, and 
     looks forward to working with the Senate on this critical 
     bill.
       The public workforce system should adapt to dynamic and 
     rising demand for worker skills training and related 
     services. The U.S. currently invests just one-fifth of the 
     average amount spent on workforce and labor market programs 
     by advanced economies. Workforce development is critical to 
     strengthening our economy and increasing our competitiveness. 
     Our investments must match employers' needs and workers' 
     goals of finding and keeping good quality jobs.
       The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 
     authorizes three critical Administration priority programs as 
     new national programs--the Sectoral Employment through Career 
     Training for Occupational Readiness, Strengthening Community 
     Colleges, and Reentry Employment Opportunities programs. 
     These programs will ensure greater access to quality training 
     opportunities and supportive services, particularly in 
     infrastructure and supply chain sectors that will create 
     pathways for people in underserved communities to middle-
     class jobs. H.R. 7309 also increases employment programming 
     for underserved youth, establishing a new funding stream for 
     summer and year-round employment activities to deliver young 
     people the work experience they need to connect with future 
     employment and education pathways.
       The Administration urges the House to pass the Workforce 
     Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman 
from California (Mr. McClintock), one of the most thoughtful leaders in 
the House Republican Conference.
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I also rise to oppose the previous 
question on the rule so that we can immediately consider H.R. 6858 to 
reverse the Democratic policies that have deliberately created the 
highest gasoline prices ever suffered in this country.
  I remember the 1970s, when America was dependent on foreign oil. OPEC 
cut back production, and the government tried to hide the price hikes 
by fiat, just as the Democrats now propose. The result was mile-long 
lines at gas stations, odd and even rationing days, and an economic 
recession.
  Under the Republican policies of Donald Trump, America achieved 
something that seemed impossible in those days: American energy 
independence. Under Republican policies, we were producing more oil 
than Saudi Arabia. We were producing more oil than Russia. The average 
price of gas was a little over $2 a gallon.
  Now this time, OPEC didn't cut back on foreign production; the 
Democrats cut back on American production. They canceled the Keystone 
pipeline that today should have been pumping 830,000 barrels of oil 
every day into the American economy. They suspended oil and gas leasing 
on Federal lands. Just last week, they withdrew drilling leases 
covering a million acres in oil-rich Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico.
  Now, the left has said for years they wanted to raise gas prices to 
get people out of their cars and to end American fossil-fuel 
production. Well, good job, Democrats. Mission accomplished. The price 
of a gallon of gas hit an all-time record this morning of $4.52 a 
gallon. In the people's republic of California, it is now $6.02 a 
gallon, something to look forward to. Welcome to the world of scarcity, 
the world of Democratic socialism.
  The fact is, our energy crisis is self-induced, and it won't change 
until the zealots directly responsible for it are turned out of office. 
For example, watch the vote on the previous question on this rule. If 
it fails, Republicans will immediately bring to the floor a measure to 
reverse these disastrous policies. H.R. 6858 will greenlight the 
Keystone pipeline. It will fast-track leasing and permits to restore 
American production and independence. It will fast-track LNG facilities 
stalled under this administration. In short, it will restore the 
Republican policies that produced the affordable and plentiful gasoline 
that we took for granted just a few short years ago.
  But the sad fact is, we don't have the votes to bring this measure to 
the floor, although we will try. That is up to the American people to 
change.
  Do you want to know who the real price gougers are? They are the 
Democrat majority sitting on the other side of this aisle. If you voted 
for them, this is exactly what you voted for. If you are surprised by 
that, you weren't paying much attention. The good news is, you can 
correct that mistake this November.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  We all know that Americans are feeling pain at the gas pump, but Big 
Oil companies are raking in billions upon billions of dollars. They had 
record-breaking quarters about which they bragged to their shareholders 
during 2021, with the top 25 companies making more than $205 billion in 
profits last year.
  As the war in Ukraine rages on, this is a time when we can all make 
choices, choices that reflect our moral fiber. Instead of choosing to 
do the right thing, oil and gas companies are choosing to take 
advantage of American consumers.
  Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a May 7, 2022, USA Today article 
titled ``Oil giants reap record profits as war rages in Ukraine, energy 
prices soar: Here's how much they made.''

                     [From USA Today, May 7, 2022]

 Oil Giants Reap Record Profits as War Rages in Ukraine, Energy Prices 
                    Soar: Here's How Much They Made

                      (By Wyatte Grantham-Philips)

       As households around the globe struggle with rising energy 
     bills, some of the world's leading oil giants reported record 
     profits for the first three months of this year.
       Profits for Exxon Mobil, Shell and more also rose by 
     billions despite significant costs of exiting operations and/
     or investments in Russia amid war in Ukraine.
       After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the price of oil 
     climbed in 2022's first quarter--as countries that rely 
     heavily on Russia for energy scrambled for alternative fuel 
     sources amid uncertainty.
       The benchmark for global oil prices, Brent crude, averaged 
     at $102.23 a barrel during the first quarter--67 percent 
     higher than during the same period last year, according to 
     the Associated Press. In the United States, for example, 
     drivers have consequently found increasingly expensive gas 
     prices at the pump.
       Home heating bills and electricity prices also inflated 
     worldwide--as natural gas prices climbed from $3.50 per 
     million British thermal units to about $5.60.
       High oil and gas prices have boosted the profits of major 
     energy companies, further contributing to global inflation 
     and the cost-of-living crisis.
       The net profit margin of S&P 500 companies, which include 
     energy giants such as Chevron and Exxon Mobil, in the first 
     quarter has been running at 12.3 percent based on estimates 
     and earnings reported so far, according to FactSet. That's 
     down from a peak of 13.1 percent in the second quarter of 
     last year, but above the pre-COVID-19 level of about 11 
     percent.
       ``Profit margins should be coming down,'' Lindsay Owens, 
     executive director of Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive 
     economic policy research group, previously told USA TODAY. 
     Instead, she noted, ``they're actually growing.''
       Here's a breakdown of the profits and earnings some of the 
     world's oil giants made in the first three months of 2022:


                  Shell earnings rise to $9.1 billion

       In the first quarter, Shell's adjusted earnings rose to 
     $9.1 billion from $3.2 billion in the same period last year. 
     Net income rose to $7.3 billion from $5.8 billion in last 
     year's first quarter. Shell said that it would also take a 
     $3.9 billion charge to cover the cost of exiting investments 
     in Russia, which the London-based energy giant pledged to do 
     after the invasion of Ukraine.


                     BP records $6.2 billion profit

       BP posted its highest quarterly profit in over a decade--
     with the British energy company announcing on Tuesday that 
     its underlying replacement cost profit rose to $6.2 billion 
     in the first three months of this year, more than doubling 
     the $2.6 billion from the same period last year.
       BP PLC also said its net loss in the first quarter totaled 
     $23 billion, after accounting for a write-off of its nearly 
     20 percent stake in Russian oil producer Rosneft in response 
     to the Ukraine war.
       Both BP and Shell's recent profit reports have contributed 
     to calls in Britain for the government to impose a tax on 
     energy companies' windfall earnings, in hopes of helping 
     consumers struggling with rising energy prices. Prime 
     Minister Boris Johnson has rejected the idea, saying the tax 
     would reduce investment in Britain during efforts to 
     diversify the country's energy industry.
       The British government's ``refusal to tax the super-profits 
     of energy companies is completely unforgivable when people 
     are too terrified to heat their homes,'' Ed Davey, leader of 
     the Liberal Democrats, told the Associated Press.


         Exxon doubles profits from last year to $5.48 billion

       At the end of April, Exxon Mobil reported $5.48 billion in 
     profits during the first quarter of 2022--also more than 
     doubling its profits compared with the same period last year. 
     Revenue for the Irving, Texas-based company was $90.5 
     billion, far exceeding the revenue of $59.15 billion during 
     the same quarter in 2021.
       But, after abandoning Russian operations due to the war, 
     Exxon also took a significant hit, writing down $3.4 billion.


                  Chevron reports $6.26 billion profit

       Also at the end of April, Chevron reported a quarterly 
     profit of $6.26 billion, over four times its earnings of $1.4 
     billion in the first quarter of last year. Revenue for the 
     San Ramon, California-based energy producer surged 41 
     percent, to $54.37 billion.


                Sinopec totals $3.45 billion net profit

       According to Reuters, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, or 
     Sinopec, reported 22.61 billion yuan ($3.45 billion) net 
     profit under Chinese accounting standards for the first 
     quarter of 2022, compared to 17.93 billion yuan ($2.69 
     billion) last year.
       Sinopec also saw a 25 percent surge in net income.


            Phillips 66's adjusted earnings of $595 million

       For the first quarter of the year, Phillips 66 reported 
     first-quarter earnings of $582 million, with adjusted 
     earnings of $595 million.
       In 2021, Phillips 66 reported a first-quarter loss of $654 
     million, with an adjusted loss of $509 million.

  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Carter), my colleague on the Energy and Commerce Committee 
and a valuable member of the Republican Conference.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the previous 
question so that we can immediately consider H.R. 6858 to begin 
unleashing America's energy dominance.
  From day one, from minute one of the Biden administration, the war on 
energy independence began.
  We all woke up this morning to see gas at $4.52 a gallon, the highest 
sticker price I have ever seen in my lifetime. The day President Biden 
took office, gas was a mere $2.38 a gallon.
  Policies have consequences, and we are feeling the consequences of 
the Biden administration's decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline, 
restrict drilling on Federal lands, and increase our reliance on 
foreign dictators for oil and gas.
  Yet, somehow, this administration has learned nothing from the 
failures of their first year in office. Last week, President Biden 
again canceled offshore oil and gas lease sales off the Gulf and 
Alaskan coasts. This was a mere 2 days after he addressed the Nation 
and blamed everyone but himself for the inflation crisis.
  The only thing lower than Biden's approval rating is the purchasing 
power of the American dollar. Washington Democrats have the House. They 
have the Senate. They have the White House. No matter how much the 
President deflects the responsibility for our inflation crisis, it 
squarely falls on his shoulders.
  By bringing up H.R. 6858 for consideration, Republicans are offering 
Democrats the chance to correct the past 16 months of America-last 
energy policies.
  Mr. Speaker, we must end our assault on our energy sector. Unlike the 
Democrats' socialist price-fixing act, this bill gets at the heart of 
our energy crisis and takes steps to resolve it.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Gimenez).
  Mr. GIMENEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the previous 
question so that we can immediately consider H.R. 6858, the American 
Energy Independence from Russia Act.
  This administration's insistence on destroying our energy 
independence has worsened the financial strain on American families, 
who have already been burdened by crushing inflation under the Biden 
administration, and weakened our national security posture by making us 
more reliant on foreign sources of energy.
  Thanks to the incompetence of the present administration and this 
House's failure to secure America's energy independence, Americans are 
left poorer, weaker, and with a bleaker outlook toward their future.
  Mr. Speaker, it is pretty clear how we got to this point. The Biden 
administration's efforts to weaken our Nation's energy security began 
on their very first day in office when the President canceled the 
Keystone XL pipeline. Since then, the administration has taken further 
action to discourage domestic oil production by halting leases for 
drilling on Federal lands, the latest of which came just last week when 
the Biden administration canceled another round of contracts in Alaska.
  These policies have forced our President to tap into the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve to keep gas prices from rising even more, but it is 
not working.

                              {time}  1315

  At a time when Russia is fueling this barbaric violence on the 
Ukrainian people through its gas exports, holding countries around the 
world hostage due to their reliance on Russian oil, we need to ensure 
the United States not only ends permanently all oil imports from 
Russia, but that the United States has a sustained domestic supply to 
supplant Russia as a leading net exporter of oil. America, and the 
world, is safer when it is our country that is in charge of our own 
destiny.
  Passing the American Energy Independence from Russia Act will also 
have a tremendous economic impact right here at home, at a time when 
our fuel costs continue to skyrocket and hurt the pockets of the 
American people. Instead of taking the commonsense approach put forward 
by this legislation, the President and his allies in this House send 
diplomats to negotiate with tyrants and dictators, sworn enemies of 
America, such as Iran and Venezuela, seeking deals to import their oil 
to the United States. Venezuela, in particular, which sits on the 
world's largest known oil reserves, cannot even keep its own people fed 
or electricity running due to the malice of its socialist and Russian-
allied leadership.
  Just today, we learned that the Biden administration is looking to 
ease the sanctions on Venezuela in exchange for promises that the 
Maduro regime will enter into dialogue with its opposition. 
Unbelievable.
  Let's end this nonsense and pass the American Energy Independence 
from Russia Act. It is time the elected officials in this body, the 
ones elected to represent the American people, stop doing the bidding 
of our adversaries and promote domestic production of oil.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to move this extraordinarily 
important measure forward for our families and for our country's 
safety.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Mr. Speaker, I certainly thank my colleagues who have come to the 
floor and spoken in favor of defeating the previous question in order 
to consider H.R. 6858, the American Energy Independence from Russia 
Act.
  We have seen the damage that one-party rule has done in this town 
over the last 18 months and, unfortunately, the victims of that damage 
are the American people. So here, today, in this body, there is a 
chance to vote against the previous question and bring up this 
important amendment to begin to get some relief for the American 
people.
  In addition, back in 2014, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act, which is also the subject of this rule, was enacted on a 
bipartisan basis. But once again, one-party Democratic rule could not 
be satisfied with that, and our colleagues have blocked Republican 
efforts to try to improve the 2022 version of this bill and find any 
sort of compromise.
  Our workforce development programs need to be modernized and 
modernized accurately in order to match the changing labor market. But 
this bill lacks the necessary reforms and, instead, adds burdensome 
requirements and centralized governance to these many programs. This is 
not the way to prepare employers and potential employees to thrive in a 
post-pandemic world.
  Again, we have an opportunity to defeat the previous question and 
consider rationalizing our energy markets. I urge a ``no'' vote on the 
previous question, a ``no'' vote on the rule, a ``no'' vote on the 
underlying measures, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, today's rule should be an easy one for this Congress to 
pass, particularly if there were two parties here interested in solving 
problems rather than just pointing blame.
  It is clear that we need to reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act. WIOA is an investment in ourselves. It is an 
investment in the American worker and the American economy. WIOA 
creates and propels economic opportunity, particularly for our youth. 
Passing the reauthorization bill will help millions of Americans get 
better jobs to support themselves and their families. It will make it 
easier for workers to get the skills and training needed to compete in 
the modern job market, and it will maintain our country's 
competitiveness in the global economy.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to vote for the rule today 
and to support the underlying legislation.
  The material previously referred to by Mr. Burgess is as follows:

                   Amendment to House Resolution 1119

       At the end of the resolution, add the following:
       Sec. 8. Immediately upon adoption of this resolution, the 
     House shall proceed to the consideration in the House of the 
     bill (H.R. 6858) to strengthen United States energy security, 
     encourage domestic production of crude oil, petroleum 
     products, and natural gas, 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. 9 Cause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to the 
     consideration of H.R. 6858.

  Ms. SCANLON. 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.
  Mr. BURGESS. 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 221, 
nays 195, not voting 12, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 186]

                               YEAS--221

     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
     Gaetz
     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--195

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice (OK)
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Calvert
     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
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia (CA)
     Gibbs
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guthrie
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hartzler
     Hern
     Herrell
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     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
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     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
     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
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Arrington
     Budd
     Cammack
     Fulcher
     Gohmert
     Guest
     Higgins (LA)
     Hollingsworth
     Kinzinger
     Letlow
     Massie
     Williams (TX)

                              {time}  1358

  Messrs. JACOBS of New York, BACON, and GRIFFITH 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:
  Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. 
Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 186.
  Ms. LETLOW. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained on May 17, 2022, 
during rollcall No. 186, on ordering the previous question providing 
for consideration of H.R. 6531, H.R. 7309, and S. 2938, and for other 
purposes. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall 
No. 186.


    members recorded pursuant to house resolution 8, 117th congress

     Adams (Ross)
     Allred (Wexton)
     Bass (Takano)
     Bice (OK) (Lucas)
     Bilirakis (Fleischmann)
     Bishop (GA)
     (Thompson (MS))
     Bourdeaux (Wexton)
     Bowman (Garcia (TX))
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     (Neguse)
     Brooks (Moore (AL))
     Brownley (Kuster)
     Butterfield (Ross)
     Cardenas (Soto)
     Castro (TX) (Garcia (TX))
     Cawthorn (Moore (AL))
     Craig (Pallone)
     Cuellar (Garcia (TX))
     Delgado (Neguse)
     DeSaulnier (Beyer)
     Dunn (Miller-Meeks)
     Evans (Beyer)
     Fallon (Van Duyne)
     Fitzpatrick (Bacon)
     Gosar (Gohmert)
     Higgins (NY) (Pallone)
     Jackson Lee (Cicilline)
     Jayapal (Takano)
     Johnson (TX) (Jeffries)
     Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
     Lamb (Pallone)
     Langevin (Lynch)
     Lee (NV) (Neguse)
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     (Wasserman Schultz)
     McEachin (Wexton)
     McHenry (Banks)
     Meijer (Katko)
     Nehls (Carl)
     Ocasio-Cortez (Takano)
     Payne (Pallone)
     Porter (Wexton)
     Ruiz (Correa)
     Ryan (Wexton)
     Schrader
     (Blunt Rochester)
     Scott, David
     (Jeffries)
     Sires (Pallone)
     Spanberger (Beyer)
     Spartz
     (Miller-Meeks)
     Stauber (Bergman)
     Stewart (Owens)
     Suozzi (Beyer)
     Taylor (Van Duyne)
     Van Drew (Tenney)
     Walorski (Bucshon)
     Wilson (FL) (Neguse)
     Wilson (SC) (Timmons)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. BURGESS. 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.
  This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 220, 
nays 199, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 187]

                               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--199

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice (OK)
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cawthorn
     Chabot
     Cline
     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
     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)
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     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
     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
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Arrington
     Budd
     Cheney
     Cloud
     Guest
     Katko
     Kinzinger
     Massie
     Williams (TX)

                              {time}  1419

  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

     Adams (Ross)
     Allred (Wexton)
     Bass (Takano)
     Bice (OK) (Lucas)
     Bilirakis
     (Fleischmann)
     Bishop (GA) (Thompson (MS))
     Bourdeaux (Wexton)
     Bowman (Garcia (TX))
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     (Neguse)
     Brooks (Moore (AL))
     Brownley (Kuster)
     Butterfield (Ross)
     Cardenas (Soto)
     Castro (TX)
     (Garcia (TX))
     Cawthorn (Moore (AL))
     Craig (Pallone)
     Cuellar (Garcia (TX))
     Delgado (Neguse)
     DeSaulnier (Beyer)
     Dunn (Miller-Meeks)
     Evans (Beyer)
     Fallon (Van Duyne)
     Fitzpatrick (Bacon)
     Gosar (Gohmert)
     Higgins (NY) (Pallone)
     Jackson Lee (Cicilline)
     Jayapal (Takano)
     Johnson (TX) (Jeffries)
     Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
     Lamb (Pallone)
     Langevin (Lynch)
     Lee (NV) (Neguse)
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     (Wasserman Schultz)
     McEachin (Wexton)
     McHenry (Banks)
     Meijer (Katko)
     Nehls (Carl)
     Ocasio-Cortez (Takano)
     Payne (Pallone)
     Porter (Wexton)
     Ruiz (Correa)
     Ryan (Wexton)
     Schrader
     (Blunt Rochester)
     Scott, David (Jeffries)
     Sires (Pallone)
     Spanberger (Beyer)
     Spartz (Miller-Meeks)
     Stauber (Bergman)
     Stewart (Owens)
     Suozzi (Beyer)
     Taylor (Van Duyne)
     Van Drew (Tenney)
     Walorski (Bucshon)
     Wilson (FL) (Neguse)
     Wilson (SC) (Timmons)

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