[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.
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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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