Congressional Record, Volume 168 Issue 101 (Tuesday, June 14, 2022)

[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 14, 2022)]
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2543, FEDERAL RESERVE RACIAL AND
ECONOMIC EQUITY ACT; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2773,
RECOVERING AMERICA'S WILDLIFE ACT OF 2021; AND PROVIDING FOR
CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 7606, MEAT AND POULTRY SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR ACT
OF 2022; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, by direction of the Committee on
Rules, I call up House Resolution 1170 and ask for its immediate
consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

H. Res. 1170

Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be
in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2543) to
amend the Federal Reserve Act to add additional demographic
reporting requirements, to modify the goals of the Federal
Reserve System, and for other purposes. 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 Financial Services now printed in the bill, an
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the
text of Rules Committee Print 117-49, 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 Financial Services or their
respective designees; (2) the further amendments described in
section 2 of this resolution; (3) the amendments en bloc
described in section 3 of this resolution; and (4) one motion
to recommit.
Sec. 2. After debate pursuant to the first section of this
resolution, each further amendment printed in part B of the
report of the Committee on Rules not earlier considered as
part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 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. 3. It shall be in order at any time after debate
pursuant to the first section of this resolution for the
chair of the Committee on Financial Services or her designee
to offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments
printed in part B 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 Financial Services or their
respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the
question.
Sec. 4. All points of order against the further amendments
printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules or
amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution
are waived.
Sec. 5. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in
order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2773) to amend
the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make
supplemental funds available for management of fish and
wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined
by State fish and wildlife agencies, and for other purposes.
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 Natural Resources
now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a
substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print
117-47, modified by the amendment printed in part C 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 Natural Resources
or their respective designees; (2) the further amendments
described in section 6 of this resolution; (3) the amendments
en bloc described in section 7 of this resolution; and (4)
one motion to recommit.
Sec. 6. After debate pursuant to section 5 of this
resolution, each further amendment printed in part D of the
report of the Committee on Rules not earlier considered as
part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 7 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. 7. It shall be in order at any time after debate
pursuant to section 5 of this resolution for the chair of the
Committee on Natural Resources or his designee to offer
amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed
in part D 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 Natural Resources or their
respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the
question.
Sec. 8. All points of order against the further amendments
printed in part D of the report of the Committee on Rules or
amendments en bloc described in section 7 of this resolution
are waived.
Sec. 9. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in
order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 7606) to
establish the Office of the Special Investigator for
Competition Matters within the Department of Agriculture. 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 Agriculture now printed in
the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-50,
modified by the amendment printed in part E 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 Agriculture or their respective
designees; (2) the further amendments described in section 10
of this resolution; and (3) one motion to recommit.
Sec. 10. After debate pursuant to section 9 of this
resolution, each further amendment printed in part F of the
report of the Committee on Rules 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. All points of order against the further
amendments printed in part F of the report of the Committee
on Rules are waived.
Sec. 11. House Resolution 188, agreed to March 8, 2021 (as
most recently amended by House Resolution 1153, agreed to
June 8, 2022), is amended by striking ``June 17, 2022'' each
place it appears and inserting (in each instance) ``June 22,
2022''.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California is recognized
for 1 hour.
Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I
yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr.

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Reschenthaler), pending which I yield myself such time as I may
consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is
for the debate only.

General Leave

Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all
Members be given 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their
remarks.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from California?
There was no objection.

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Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, yesterday, the Rules Committee met and
reported a rule, House Resolution 1170, for three measures.
First, it provides for consideration of H.R. 2543 under a structured
rule. The rule self-executes a manager's amendment, provides 1 hour of
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
member of the Committee on Financial Services, makes in order 27
amendments, and provides one motion to recommit.
Second, the rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2773 under a
structured rule. The rule self-executes a manager's amendment, provides
1 hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair
and the ranking member of the Committee on Natural Resources, makes in
order eight amendments, and provides one motion to recommit.
Third, the rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7606 under a
structured rule. The rule self-executes a manager's amendment, provides
1 hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair
and ranking member of the Committee on Agriculture, makes in order two
amendments, and provides one motion to recommit.
Finally, the rule extends recess instructions, suspension authority,
and same day authority through June 22, 2022.
First, I will say a few words about the Lower Food and Fuel Costs
Act. Times are tough for working families across our country. Food
prices are rising and gas prices are at an all-time high. At the same
time, food companies and Big Oil are making record profits at the
expense of these same hardworking Americans.
Costs are rising up and down the supply chain. The cost of fertilizer
and pesticides has risen 50 percent over the past year, in part due to
the ongoing war in Ukraine. Rising energy prices, increasing trucking
costs, and the worst outbreak of avian flu in 7 years are all
contributing to the higher prices consumers are paying at the grocery
store.
Plus, combine oil companies' irresponsibility with Putin's war in
Ukraine, and you have an unbearable situation for American consumers.
The Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act will help us look out for working
families, not just big corporations and their billionaire CEOs. This
package of bipartisan legislation supports farmers and lowers prices
for America's families at the grocery store and at the gas pump.
This rule also allows us to consider a package of legislation aimed
at addressing racial and economic inequities that limit opportunities
for Americans to buy homes, access loans, and earn fair wages.
Income and wealth inequality is higher in the United States than in
any other developed country, and there are examples of it in almost all
parts of our lives. The reforms in this package will help us better
target and measure outcomes for underserved populations.
Finally, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act helps protect the more
than one-third of all fish and wildlife species in the United States
that are at risk of extinction.
This legislation funds conservation efforts for more than 12,000
species of wildlife and plants, and the recovery of 1,600 species
already listed as threatened or endangered.
Taken together and taken separately, these bills will all lead to
real important change for Americans.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman
from California for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield
myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, the rule before us provides for consideration of three
pieces of legislation that are, once again, missed opportunities to
provide real relief to the American people.
Rather than working with Republicans to address the serious issues
facing our Nation, Democrats again prioritize the interests of far-left
special interest groups and their radical progressive base over the
needs of American workers and American families.
Look no further than H.R. 2543, a compilation of 13 Committee on
Financial Services' bills that prioritize woke policies and unnecessary
reporting over actually fixing Biden's economic crisis.
As my friends across the aisle will remember, under President Trump,
U.S. employment reached a 50-year low of 3.5 percent. Additionally,
under President Trump, minority unemployment dropped to the lowest
levels on record.
Compare that with the economy under the Democrats' one-party rule.
Inflation is now at a 40-year high. Gas prices are now over $5 a
gallon. Americans can expect to pay an extra $5,200 this year compared
to last year for the same goods and services.
Once again, rather than just working with Republicans to provide real
economic relief, the Democrats continue to double down on reckless
spending, far-left policies, and have prioritized their Big Government
socialism over free market principles. What has this led to?
It has led to economic instability. It threatens the stability of our
Federal Reserve. It piles regulatory costs on small businesses. It
emboldens unelected and unaccountable career bureaucrats.
Ultimately, H.R. 2543 will make it more difficult for low-income and
minority borrowers to start a business, to buy a home, and to build
credit. It actually does the opposite of the intended effect.
This will also provide for consideration of H.R. 7606, a bill that
claims to lower food costs by appointing a ``special investigator,''
and this special investigator will investigate American meat packers
and live poultry dealers.
Let's be clear, this legislation is a weak attempt to lay the blame
for President Biden's economic crisis on American job creators. In
reality, this is just another unfunded mandate that empowers Washington
bureaucrats and places new burdens on American food producers.
Alarmingly, these compliance costs may actually raise the price of
food even higher, making life in Joe Biden's America even harder on
average American families.
Finally, this bill provides for consideration of H.R. 2773, the
Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2022. While I support conservation
efforts, I am incredibly disappointed once again by the majority
walking away from talks with Republicans to find offsets and to try to
resolve spending concerns for the $1.34 billion in new annual mandatory
spending authorized by this bill.
In fact, according to the CBO, this legislation spends $12.7 billion
just in the first 10 years alone.
Madam Speaker, 80 percent of Americans say inflation is the most
important issue facing this country. You wouldn't know it by looking at
the bills Democrats are prioritizing for floor action this week.

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Perhaps it is time that my Big Government, Democratic colleagues
actually listen to the American people and work with Republicans on
real economic solutions rather than doubling down on the out-of-control
spending and reckless far-left policies that created Biden's economic
crisis in the first place.
Madam Speaker, I strongly urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' to oppose
this rule, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, I always, as we have these debates
with my good friend from Pennsylvania, encourage that we do work
together acknowledging that we have differences of opinion and
reminding people who are maybe watching that we are in a global economy
that has inflation globally and that what we are doing in this package
is to try to provide some small instruments for oversight
accountability so that we can have as much control as we can in a
global economy that is impacting this inflation that is so hard for
working Americans.

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So with all due respect to my friend from Pennsylvania, I am always
willing to work with him. But this package is intended to provide more
accountability, not more bureaucracy.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I hear about this being a global
issue. It is a global issue, but the reason it is a global issue--quick
economics lesson--we are still the reserve currency. We also are the
largest GDP. We are exporting the inflation to other countries.
Let's be clear. The inflation is caused by Joe Biden's reckless, Big
Government, socialist agenda and, unfortunately, the American people as
well as the world have to deal with this recklessness.
Madam Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from Minnesota
(Mrs. Fischbach), who is my good friend on the Rules Committee.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague and friend from
Pennsylvania for yielding me the time.
Madam Speaker, I would like to start off by saying that I am going to
specifically talk about H.R. 7606. Many of the bills included in that
bill, in H.R. 7606, I supported and helped introduce. The Butcher Block
Act, year-round E-15, and the PRECISE Act are all pieces of legislation
I have long supported and are included in this package.
I find it stunning that my colleagues in the majority after many
months of sitting on these thoughtful, bipartisan bills are finally
bringing them forward attached to a poison pill that is duplicative and
unnecessary.
Perhaps most disappointing is that this bill is being advertised as
an immediate solution to skyrocketing food and fuel prices. But many of
these bills are simply codifications of existing programs or
duplicative of other efforts all packaged with a feel-good title.
Let me be clear. These will not address the underlying drivers of
inflation or increasing input costs. If the majority were serious about
bringing down the cost of our food and fuel, they would check their
incessant spending habits far beyond the Federal Government's means.
They would roll back the Biden administration's regulatory war on
agriculture.
But that is not what this bill does.
Madam Speaker, the Packers and Stockyards Division already has
enforcement tools at their disposal to address uncompetitive behavior
in the meatpacking sector. However, by the Packers and Stockyards
Division's own estimates, the agency is chronically understaffed and
underfunded. If my colleagues were serious about combating
uncompetitive behavior in the meatpacking industry, they would have
included robust resources to enhance enforcement under the Packers and
Stockyard Act.
This legislation is unfunded and creates an unnecessary and
duplicative special investigator appointed by an administration that
blames rising costs of goods and services on everyone but themselves
and is empowered with nearly unlimited authority to harass market
participants when convenient for the politics of this administration.
Further, the Department of Justice has already been in the process of
investigating meatpackers with respect to this exact issue.
I would ask my colleague if they have yet to receive any update
regarding this effort? And if so, what can we expect from it? I know
many of my Republican colleagues and I have been seeking an update for
months to no avail. Absent such investigation, it is inappropriate for
this bill to move forward.
Much of this package does have bipartisan support, but when I asked
why the majority didn't focus on the bills with strong bipartisan
consensus, I was essentially told that this is the package, this is
what the majority wants. The message to me was, Take it or leave it.
This shows, once again, the majority's unwillingness to work in a
bipartisan manner and really, really address the issues facing
Americans.
That is unfortunate, and I urge my colleagues in the majority to work
with Republicans in addressing these issues in a thoughtful and
bipartisan manner and to stop playing politics while our country
suffers.
Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to oppose this rule and the
underlying bill.
Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Madam Speaker, Americans are now paying an average of over $5 for a
gallon of gas. This is the first time in history this has happened. Let
me repeat that: over $5 for a gallon of gas.
The pain at the pump is a direct result of President Biden's and
congressional Democrats' radical Green New Deal agenda and a war on
American energy producers.
Let's just be blunt about something: the base of the Democratic
Party--the bunch of woke yuppies sitting at home on Zooms all day--
don't care about gas prices. But if you are someone who has to swing a
hammer for a living and drive to a jobsite, if you are a waitress at a
diner and you have to drive to your shift, that affects you.

Republicans care about working families and working men and women.
That is why we believe Americans deserve affordable, American-made
energy. That is why if we defeat the previous question, I will
personally offer an amendment to the rule to immediately consider H.R.
6858, the American Energy Independence from Russia Act.
Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my
amendment in 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 Pennsylvania?
There was no objection.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, here to explain this amendment is
my good friend and a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee,
Congressman Jeff Duncan from South Carolina.
Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina
(Mr. Duncan).
Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the previous
question so that we can amend the rule to immediately consider H.R.
6858, the American Energy Independence from Russia Act.
As a direct result of President Biden's war on American energy,
average national gas prices have hit $5 per gallon. I don't know what
they are in Michigan. I know I pay more than $5 a gallon for diesel
fuel in South Carolina.
This is the worst energy crisis we have seen since 1973. Why we had
an energy crisis in the seventies was supply and demand. We had
lessening global supply and increased demand as the economy was
growing.
When will we learn?
The American people are feeling the pain directly due to the policies
of the Biden administration. This shouldn't come as any surprise to the
American people. It really doesn't because the President said during a
Presidential debate that he would phase out oil and gas production in
the United States, and that is exactly what they are doing. It is
costing moms and dads around the country, and Democrats are wondering
why gas prices are so high. It is unbelievable.
What is even more unbelievable is that President Biden killed
American energy at the same time green-lighting Vladimir Putin's Nord
Stream 2 project to allow Vladimir Putin to produce energy and sell it
to Europe. We can't do that here at home.
The logic of Joe Biden and the Democrats: kill American energy while
promoting energy development of tyrants in Russia, Iran, and Venezuela
is unbelievable.
It is simple. You are playing politics with this country's energy
crisis. Democrats want high gas prices so they can push their fallacy
of a utopian world of wind, solar, and EVs for all. Meanwhile, American
families are choosing between filling up their tank, feeding their
families, and not doing other things they are used to doing because
they are having to pay more at the pump.
Energy prices hurt low-income Americans the hardest. They are seeing
their savings erode in a volatile stock market. More of their paychecks
are going for basic commodities due to rampant high inflation, and they
are paying record-high prices nationwide to fuel their vehicles.
Energy Secretary Granholm's solution for high gas prices? Buy a
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electric vehicle. They can range up to $90,000.
How many American families can afford that?
Even the Biden administration knows that is a failed approach.
I saw a Democrat plan recently that we are going to use more of the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve to increase supply. Okay. You acknowledge
there is a supply-and-demand issue. They are currently tapping the SPR
at record levels to meet rising demand. The SPR fell to 538 billion
barrels just last month, and that is the lowest level since 1987.
Madam Speaker, that is a finite commodity that once we drain the SPR,
unless you produce more energy or buy oil from Iran, Venezuela, or
Russia to replenish it--it is not an infinite supply--what are you
going to do then?
What are we going to do then when that runs out?
If Americans want to blame someone for record-high gas prices, then
look no further than House Democrats who have already blocked
Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers' bill, the American Energy
Independence from Russia Act, six times. If Democrats block it today,
then it will be the seventh time they have blocked a commonsense piece
of legislation that is a Republican solution. Now, this bill will
approve the Keystone XL pipeline, remove all restrictions on LNG
exports, and restart oil and gas leasing on Federal lands and waters.
It is well past time for the Democrats to wake up and follow the
science, as they like to say. Stop putting special interest groups
before the American people.
Let's flip the switch. Let's support American energy and America
first policies. Let's support the American Energy Independence from
Russia Act to unleash American energy production and security. Let's
take the first step toward lowering gas prices for Americans and quit
playing games. We are going to release the SPR oil to increase supply
to lower the price at the pump because that is temporary, because once
that supply is used up, we are not going to have that to put back into
the market. Quit doing that.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I yield the gentleman from South
Carolina an additional 30 seconds.
Mr. DUNCAN. Flip the switch, folks. Let's support American energy
independence.
Madam Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question so the
House can immediately consider this commonsense legislation by Cathy
McMorris Rodgers.
Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Madam Speaker, I just want to remind folks that 50 percent of
inflation is caused by the war in Ukraine and actions by Vladimir
Putin. In terms of energy, we believe in supporting American energy,
but we also accept the reality that we are transitioning to more
choices in energy like we do in California.
Madam Speaker, I include in the Record a June 10, 2021, USA Today
article titled: ``Fact check: Rising gas prices due to high demand and
low supply, not Biden's policies.''

[From USA Today, June 10, 2021]

Fact Check: Rising Gas Prices Due to High Demand and Low Supply, Not
Biden's Policies

(By Miriam Fauzia)

The claim: Joe Biden is to blame for higher gas prices

The rising cost of gasoline is being felt across the U.S.,
as the national average price has gone up from $2 per gallon
last year to $3 per gallon as of June 9, according to data
from the American Automobile Association.
Many on social media claim President Joe Biden is to blame
for this change. A June 1 Instagram post put the title ``Joe
Biden's America'' atop a graphic showing the price jump from
January to May 2021.
``Man I haven't seen gas prices this high since the last
time (a) Democrat was in office!'' claims one meme shared to
Facebook on May 22.
``It's called the Biden effect,'' commented one Facebook
user under a similar May 18 Facebook post. Blaming Biden for
this uptick isn't a new phenomenon. These claims have been in
circulation since January and particularly allege Biden's
cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline significantly
impacted gasoline, ``ensur(ing) a huge increase in gas prices
for millions of us.'' USA TODAY has reached out to the
posters for comment.
While it's true gasoline prices have risen significantly
since Biden took office on Jan. 20 the upward trend predates
Biden's time in office and is related to COVID-19 and market
factors, not who occupies the White House.

Pandemic's effect on supply and demand

As with any commodity, the price of gasoline is determined
by the simple balance of supply and demand: a high supply and
low demand means low prices, while a low supply and high
demand mean prices rise.
The most important driver of this fluctuation is crude oil,
from which gasoline is derived. This fossil fuel typically
accounts for between 50 percent and 60 percent of the price
at the pump, said Jeanette McGee, a spokesperson for AAA.
In 2020, crude oil prices became extremely cheap, so much
so it was being traded at negative prices, McGee told USA
TODAY. Brent crude oil, for example, a blend supplying most
of Europe, was being sold at $9 a barrel, its lowest price in
decades, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
reported.
The primary reason for this drop in crude oil prices was
the pandemic, said McGee and Mark Finley, a fellow at Rice
University's Center for Energy Studies.
``The pandemic drove the world's oil market to become
massively oversupplied, inventory dramatically increased and
prices collapsed,'' Finley told USA TODAY.
In response to the low demand due to reduced travel and
lockdown restrictions, Finley said major oil-producing
countries like Russia, Saudi Arabia and member countries of
the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or
OPEC, decided to cut down on their own oil production. But
the cut meant oil producers weren't ready to meet the demand
for crude oil once it renewed this year thanks to easing of
COVID-19-related restrictions.
``This year, demand has so far increased more quickly than
production rates, which means the United States had to draw
more on its gasoline storage inventories, which has
contributed to prices going up,'' EIA spokesperson Chris
Higginbotham said in an email to USA TODAY. ``We expect oil
producers in the United States and globally to increase their
production levels through 2022, which we expect to contribute
to lower crude oil prices, and lower gasoline prices.''

Gas price uptrend predates Biden

While presidential actions and policies can have some
impact on the crude oil market, they don't have as much
influence over gasoline prices as one might think.
``Some of (a president's) decisions can impact or
contribute to market changes, which can then impact (future)
crude oil, but they don't dictate gas prices,'' said McGee.
``If you go back and look at historical data, whether it was
Bush, Obama, Trump or Biden, (gas prices) go up and down no
matter who's in office.''
During former President Donald Trump's term, the national
average for gasoline had gone up to nearly $3 a gallon in May
2018 and hovered close to that price until fall 2018,
according to data maintained by AAA. The cost rose yet again
to nearly $3 a gallon in May 2019 before dropping slightly
below $2 per gallon when state and local governments mandated
lockdowns in March 2020.
Gas prices slowly crept from $2.20 per gallon in September
2020 to $2.40 by the time Biden took office in January 2021.
McGee said elections typically drive gasoline prices up.
This upward trend was expected to continue due to pandemic
recovery, reduced crude oil supply and the approach of
summer--historically considered a peak travel season--but
arrived sooner due to the ransomware attack on the Colonial
Pipeline, the East Coast's major fuel supplier.
``We have expected gas prices to hit $3 a gallon around
Memorial Day, but with the (Colonial) pipeline offline, it
actually jumped the national average to $3 and more prior to
Memorial Day,'' said McGee.

Keystone XL, other Biden policies don't affect today's gasoline costs

Many critics point to Biden's decision on the Keystone XL
pipeline as fueling the gas price spike, but experts say
there's no such connection.
The extension of the Keystone pipeline, first proposed in
2008 by TC Energy based in Calgary, Canada, was rejected by
former President Barack Obama in November 2015 but later
approved by Trump in March 2017. Biden then suspended the
project in January. And on June 9, TC Energy announced it was
terminating the project.
Even if construction wasn't halted, the Keystone XL
pipeline wasn't in operation and therefore wouldn't have an
impact on current gas prices, said Finley of Rice University.
``That was something that would impact down the road,'' he
said.
David Dismukes, economist and executive director of
Lousiana State University's Center for Energy Studies,
agreed, telling USA TODAY the pipeline would have had a
``longer-run impact in providing a diversity of supply for
refineries in the Gulf Coast.''
Similarly, other energy policies rolled out by President
Biden, such as postponing oil lease sales, have a long-term,
but not short-term, effect.
``If you look at some of the actions taken by the
administration with regard to offshore drilling, drilling on
federal lands, the outlook for fossil fuel energies in
general, those are impacting the price of crude and
expectations about crude oil,'' said

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Diskmukes. ``(Biden's policies do) have an impact, but that's
not what you're seeing at the pump right now.''

Our rating: False

Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim President
Joe Biden is to blame for the current higher gas prices. The
upward trend in gas costs we see now began months before
Biden took office. Because of reduced demand amid the COVID-
19 pandemic, oil companies had to cut back on the amount of
crude oil produced. Now with restrictions being lifted and
more travel happening, the demand has increased, which,
coupled with lagging supply, has led to increased gasoline
prices. Canceling the Keystone XL pipeline and other energy
policies enacted by Biden have a long-term effect on crude
oil supply but no present impact on gasoline prices.

Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, President Biden nor his administration
have direct control of setting gas prices. The real issue is Big Oil's
desire to pad their profits.
The CEO of Occidental Petroleum said it herself, ``I feel now that we
do need to return cash to the shareholders in the form of dividends or
buybacks, especially during the better cycles.''
They are thinking in their shareholders' best interest, not the
interest of the American people.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Madam Speaker, Democrats and their allies on the left can blame Putin
all they want, and it is partially true that Putin's war in Ukraine is
partially to blame. But gas prices have risen every month of this
administration. Every month they were up a dollar a gallon before Putin
even invaded Ukraine.
The real issue here is supply.
Why do we have the supply issue?
It is because Joe Biden on day number one canceled the Keystone XL
pipeline. That dried up all capital investment into hydrocarbon
infrastructure. Maybe it is a problem because we cannot get the oil and
gas to refineries to make sure that we have a supply.
So what does Joe Biden do instead?
He blames everybody else. He goes to Venezuela and elsewhere, and
begs them to produce more oil when just one administration before under
President Trump, we were actually a net exporter of energy. Biden and
House Democrats have created this mess, and the American people know
that.
Are you ready for this fact, Madam Speaker?
The American people will also spend $5,000 this year on gas--$5,000
for the average American. That is a 78 percent increase from a year
ago. In other words, Americans are spending over $2,000 extra a year on
gas under Joe Biden.
Blame who you want, Madam Speaker, but every time an American looks
up and sees $100-plus on that gas tank that he or she just filled up,
they know who to blame--Joe Biden and Democrats.
Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from the great
State of Texas (Ms. Van Duyne).
Ms. VAN DUYNE. Madam Speaker, I rise to oppose the previous question
so that we can immediately consider H.R. 6858, the American Energy
Independence from Russia Act, to address U.S. energy security, the
production of oil and gas, and the importation and exportation of oil
and gas.
Gas prices have already topped $5 per gallon, and economists are
predicting they will be $6 per gallon by August. Every American driver
is paying nearly double since Biden took office, and the crisis is only
getting worse.

{time} 1330

This administration should have seen this coming. You can say what
you want. You can blame whoever you want. This administration is
failing to recognize that its policies have had a direct result on gas
prices.
You don't block crucial pipelines. You don't block domestic
infrastructure. You don't shut down drilling on Federal lands, declare
war on the oil and gas industry, and become reliant on Russian oil and
not expect prices to skyrocket and our global standing to weaken.
This administration is obviously not going to do anything but make
this crisis worse, so this body must act.
The American Energy Independence from Russia Act will strengthen U.S.
energy security, counter Russia, create American jobs, and protect
domestic oil and gas dependency and production.
Republicans have proposed countless pragmatic bills, including the
Strategy to Secure Offshore Energy Act, which I recently introduced.
This directs the Department of the Interior to publish the next 5-year
plan for offshore oil and gas lease sales.
We must hold this administration accountable as they continue to
throw their hands up and blame everyone else for the energy crisis that
they created. This bill will help provide the certainty necessary for
continued investment in offshore production and support our domestic
energy security.
In my colleague's home State of California, gas has reached $9.60 a
gallon. Surely, we can all agree that that is unconscionable and must
be addressed.
Madam Speaker, I urge opposition to the previous question so that we
can pass needed legislation to put us back on course to unlocking
American energy independence.
Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, just some quick facts. As Mr.
Duncan stated, House Democrats have blocked consideration of
legislation to unleash America's energy independence six times. Six
times we have been down this road, and House Democrats have blocked it.
Gas prices have gone up 49 cents since the last time Republicans
asked Democrats to bring this bill to the floor. Here we are again.
To talk more about this issue, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman
from Arizona (Mrs. Lesko).
Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I rise to oppose the previous question so
that we can immediately consider H.R. 6858 to unleash American domestic
energy production.
Americans across the country are paying sky-high prices at the gas
pump. Almost every single day for the past month, gas prices have hit a
new record high.
The national average for a gallon of gas is now over $5 per gallon.
In Phoenix, my home State, Arizonans are paying over $5.60 per gallon.
I think yesterday it was $5.63 per gallon.
Filling up at the pump is becoming increasingly unaffordable for many
Americans. As Members of Congress, many of us can afford to spend $5
for a single gallon of gas. But many Americans, like my own kids, who
are working hard, and my senior citizens in my district who live on
fixed incomes, simply can't afford to pay this high price.
Republicans have a solution. We have a plan to increase American
energy production today and lower prices tomorrow, if only my
colleagues across the aisle would agree to take up this legislation.
H.R. 6858 requires the President to submit an energy security plan to
Congress and requires the Energy Secretary to develop a plan to
increase oil and gas production on U.S. Federal lands. This legislation
reinstates the Keystone XL pipeline, unleashes American natural gas
production and oil production, and reverses the oil and gas moratorium
on Federal lands and waters so we can harness our U.S.-abundant energy
resources.
Republicans have brought up this legislation, as has been said
before, for consideration several times, but the energy crisis just
keeps getting worse and worse, and gas prices keep getting higher.
Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the previous
question.
Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman
from Minnesota (Mr. Stauber), my friend and a former police officer.
Mr. STAUBER. Madam Speaker, I rise to oppose the previous question so
that we can immediately consider H.R. 6858, the American Energy
Independence from Russia Act, which I am proud to cosponsor with my
colleagues, Representatives McMorris Rodgers and Westerman.
The national average price for a gallon of gasoline today is $5 and
climbing. Let that sink in. It is $5 and going up. Diesel fuel is
skyrocketing at an even scarier rate.
This is a self-imposed crisis on the American people. As a candidate,
Joe Biden pledged again and again to ban development on America's
Federal lands and waters. He followed through

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on that promise, with the House Democrats following suit no matter the
pain they cause Americans at the pump, no matter the costs they impose
on businesses reliant on shipping, trucking, and more.
In contrast, we Republicans are here offering solutions. H.R. 6858
takes away Joe Biden's power to ruin our energy security and our
economy by prohibiting harmful drilling bans. The bill creates a
minimum number of annual lease sales, both onshore and offshore. It
reauthorizes the Keystone XL pipeline so we can resume moving energy
throughout our country.
Democrats here are calculating that, to reduce emissions, it is a
necessary evil to make gas expensive for Americans and punish the
middle class.
Madam Speaker, let me tell you why that is dead wrong. Under
President Trump, when we were net exporters of American energy, we
averaged emission reductions of 2.5 percent every year. Under President
Biden, his first year in office, we saw a 6 percent jump in domestic
emissions.
These policies Democrats push every day, again, are punishing the
American families, the American workers, and the American middle class.
It makes it harder for businesses to turn a profit. It is the leading
cause of why our economy officially became a bear market just
yesterday.

Biden's solution? Trips to Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, pleading with
communists and human rights violators to bail him out of a problem that
he caused. Let that sink in. He is going to Venezuela and Saudi Arabia,
pleading with communists and human rights violators to bail him out of
a problem that he caused.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to
my good friend to close.
Mr. STAUBER. Madam Speaker, it does not have to be this way. We can
bring gas prices down with Republican solutions.
As the ranking member of the Energy and Mineral Resources
Subcommittee, I call on my colleagues in this body today to do the
right thing and vote for H.R. 6858 to bring relief to the American
people.
Let's produce our energy right here in America. We have the
resources, technology, and the workforce, and we absolutely have the
need.
Madam Speaker, I urge defeat of the previous question.
Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume. I still find it somewhat amusing that my friends across the
aisle continue to blame all this on foreign nations and their actions.
Let me give a quick history lesson on how President Joe Biden and
Democrats actually caused this crisis.
Number one, day number one, Joe Biden canceled the Keystone XL
pipeline.
Number two, he emboldened Putin with Nord Stream 2. I would actually
argue he emboldened Putin to invade Ukraine when he recklessly pulled
us out of Afghanistan, which served zero military purpose. But I
digress.
Additionally, Joe Biden suspended oil and gas leasing on Federal
lands. He delayed permits for energy and infrastructure pipelines. He
drained the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. He revoked permits for
critical mineral projects. He canceled oil leases in Alaska and the
Gulf of Mexico.
What has this done to gas prices? Well, in California, gas prices are
now $9 a gallon.
Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California
(Mr. LaMalfa).
Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I appreciate my neighbor from
Pennsylvania for the time here today and for this effort.
I also oppose the previous question and want to, instead, bring
forward H.R. 6858, the American Energy Independence from Russia Act. It
really begs the question: With what is going on in the world, why are
we dependent upon Russia for anything, especially our energy?
If the number was somewhere around 7 percent of the barrels of oil we
use, we can easily make it up by our own production in this country,
the amazing hydraulic fracturing that put America back on the map for
being an exporter of natural gas and all the other development that we
can be doing to bring prices back down.
This administration just seems impervious to the suffering of the
American people right now on the cost of energy and the cost of just
about everything else.
Well, there is another crisis that is going to be coming out of this,
too. We are dependent on Russia and China for a product called urea.
Now, what is that? Well, it is made into a fertilizer, basically, that
is used extensively in American crops. Also, urea has a use as a
component in what is called diesel exhaust fluid. That is a part of
making our diesel engines run clean on our trucks and tractors and
whatever else uses a diesel engine with DEF in it.
We are going to run out of DEF pretty soon. The railroads are having
a hard time delivering it. When that happens, that means our trucks
don't run anymore because they will not run without this fluid.
So, we are dependent on Russia for urea, dependent on Russia for
energy, and want to blame Russia for everything. No. We blame this
administration because we are not doing the steps it takes to make
ourselves independent that we easily have within our grasp to do in
order to go for what is this great reset or the incredible transition
the President talks about.
We are being transitioned by this administration, and it is very
dangerous. It is harmful to families, harmful to people's bottom lines
on running their households, going to work, getting their kids to
school, all because we don't have an energy policy that works.
Whether the trucks don't have DEF to be able to deliver the goods to
the store or get it out of the field, whatever it is, because we are
dependent on Russia for energy and all these things, we are putting
ourselves in a real bad spot.

Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I have no further speakers at this
time, and I am prepared to close.
I yield myself the balance of my time and remind everybody that, in
Joe Biden's America, gas prices are averaging more than $5 a gallon;
inflation is at a 40-year high; and real wages have decreased 10 out of
the last 12 months.
Yet, with today's rule, House Democrats are doubling down on far-
left, radical policies, really failed policies, that created Joe
Biden's economic crisis in the first place.
It is well past time that the Biden administration and congressional
Democrats admit that they are to blame for the economic pain families
are facing and workers are facing, and work with Republicans on
solutions to immediately help the American people.
Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the previous
question and ``no'' on the rule, and I yield back the balance of my
time.
Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
I thank my friend from Pennsylvania and the Rules Committee for his
remarks.
I remind folks that the economy under Joe Biden has created over 8
million jobs since he took office. The unemployment rate has dropped
from 6.4 percent to 3.6 percent under President Biden. And his first
year was the greatest year of job creation in American history.
The Federal Reserve has found that household financial well-being
reached an all-time high last year. GDP grew in the President's first
year by 5.2 percent, the fastest rate since 1984.
The U.S. was the first advanced economy that reached prepandemic
rates of growth, and we are seeing wages increase for workers.

{time} 1345

There is no doubt that inflation and the high cost of gasoline are a
challenge. That is the purpose of some of our actions today. It is to
hold the private sector accountable, to be responsible to their
consumers and the American people. That is why these bills are on the
floor, to do something about inflation and the high cost of energy.
At the same time, we are preparing for an energy transition.
Michigan, California, we are aware of the realities of the current
energy economy, but we are getting ready for the new one.

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In the area I represent, Madam Speaker--you have been out to visit
me--I have five refineries. I have represented them in local, State,
and Federal Government. Two of them are closed because of the pandemic.
They are about to reopen using biofuels that will help everybody, and
they are a better business model, according to the oil industry. So all
of these things have combined for a challenge.
I would agree with my colleague. This is too important, although we
have our differences about the approach, that we should engage in
problem-solving for Americans.
I thank all of my colleagues for these bills and their ideas to deal
with inflation and the challenges to American workers. Each of these
bills in this rule are worthwhile and impactful, and I look forward to
voting for them all soon.
I urge a ``yes'' vote on the rule and the previous question.
The text of the material previously referred to by Mr. Reschenthaler
is as follows:

Amendment to House Resolution 1170

At the end of the resolution, add the following:
Sec. 12. 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. 13. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to the
consideration of H.R. 6858.

Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam 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. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the 15-minute vote on ordering the
previous question will be followed by 5-minute votes on:
Adoption of the resolution, if ordered; and
Motion to suspend the rules and pass S. 4160.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 216,
nays 199, not voting 12, as follows:

[Roll No. 259]

YEAS--216

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
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
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
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
Brooks
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Comer
Crawford
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
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)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim (CA)
Kinzinger
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
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
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wittman
Womack
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--12

Arrington
Brady
Casten
Castor (FL)
Clyburn
Crenshaw
Guest
Miller (IL)
Pfluger
Sewell
Walorski
Wilson (SC)

{time} 1427

Mr. GREEN of Tennessee changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the previous question was ordered.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress

Amodei (Balderson)
Bustos (Mrvan)
Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
Correa (Huffman)
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
Davids (KS) (Neguse)
Deutch (Rice (NY))
Evans (Beyer)
Gonzalez (OH) (Meijer)
Johnson (GA) (Manning)
Johnson (TX) (Jeffries)
Kahele (Mrvan)
Kelly (IL) (Neguse)
Khanna (Watson Coleman)
Lamb (Blunt Rochester)
Lawrence (Stevens)
Lawson (FL) (Wasserman Schultz)
Lynch (Langevin)
Mace (Carter (GA))
McEachin (Beyer)
Moore (WI) (Beyer)
Nadler (Pallone)
Newman (Beyer)
O'Halleran (Schrader)
Palazzo (Fleischmann)
Payne (Pallone)
Peters (Jeffries)
Pingree (Wasserman Schultz)
Price (NC) (Manning)
Rice (SC) (Meijer)
Schneider (Stevens)
Speier (Huffman)
Stansbury (Garcia (IL))
Stanton (Huffman)
Suozzi (Beyer)
Taylor (Van Duyne)
Tenney (Jackson)
Titus (Pallone)
Waters (Takano)
Welch (Pallone)
Wilson (FL) (Neguse)

=========================== NOTE ===========================

June 14, 2022, on page H5505, in the third column, the following
appeared: Tenney (Jackson) Titus (Pallone) Walorski (Bucshon)
Waters (Takano) Welch (Pallone) Wilson (FL) (Neguse)

The online version has been corrected to read: Tenney (Jackson)
Titus (Pallone) Waters (Takano) Welch (Pallone) Wilson (FL)
(Neguse)

========================= END NOTE =========================

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Carter of Louisiana). The question is on
the resolution.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.

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Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 218,
nays 204, not voting 5, as follows:

[Roll No. 260]

YEAS--218

Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
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
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--204

Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brady
Brooks
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Comer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia (CA)
Gibbs
Gimenez
Gohmert
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez (OH)
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Harris
Harshbarger
Hartzler
Hern
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson
Jacobs (NY)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim (CA)
Kinzinger
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meijer
Meuser
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
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--5

Casten
Guest
Loudermilk
Miller (IL)
Schweikert

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So the resolution was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress

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