[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 19, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H6711-H6719]
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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 8294, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND 
   URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023; 
 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 8373, RIGHT TO CONTRACEPTION ACT; 
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 8404, RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT, AND 
               FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I 
call up House Resolution 1232 and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 1232

       Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this 
     resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
     XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
     the bill (H.R. 8294) making appropriations for the 
     Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2023, and for other purposes. The first reading 
     of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 
     against consideration of the bill are waived. General debate 
     shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour 
     equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
     minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their 
     respective designees. After general debate the bill shall be 
     considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. An 
     amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 
     text of Rules Committee Print 117-55 shall be considered as 
     adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The 
     bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill 
     for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute 
     rule and shall be considered as read. Points of order against 
     provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply 
     with clause 2 or clause 5(a) of rule XXI are waived.
       Sec. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill, as amended, 
     shall be in order except those printed in part A of the 
     report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution 
     considered pursuant to subsection (b), amendments en bloc 
     described in section 3 of this resolution, and pro forma 
     amendments described in section 4 of this resolution.
       (b) Each further amendment printed in part A 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 action thereon, shall not be subject to 
     amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolution, 
     and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
     question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
       (c) All points of order against further amendments printed 
     in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules or against 
     amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution 
     are waived.
       Sec. 3.  It shall be in order at any time for the chair of 
     the Committee on Appropriations or her designee to offer 
     amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed 
     in part A 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 30 minutes equally 
     divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
     member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective 
     designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as 
     provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be 
     subject to a demand for division of the question in the House 
     or in the Committee of the Whole.
       Sec. 4.  During consideration of the bill for amendment, 
     the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
     Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 
     5 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of 
     debate.
       Sec. 5.  At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 
     amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill, as 
     amended, to the House with such further amendments as may 
     have been adopted. In the case of sundry further amendments 
     reported from the Committee, the question of their adoption 
     shall be put to the House en gros and without division of the 
     question. The previous question shall be considered as 
     ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 
     without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.
       Sec. 6.  During consideration of H.R. 8294, the Chair may 
     entertain a motion that the Committee rise only if offered by 
     the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee. 
     The Chair may not entertain a motion to strike out the 
     enacting words of the bill (as described in clause 9 of rule 
     XVIII).
       Sec. 7.  Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 
     order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 8373) to 
     protect a person's ability to access contraceptives and to 
     engage in contraception, and to protect a health care 
     provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, 
     and information related to contraception. All points of order 
     against consideration of the bill are waived. 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 Energy 
     and Commerce or their respective designees; and (2) one 
     motion to recommit.
       Sec. 8.  Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 
     order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 8404) to repeal 
     the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State 
     regulation of marriage, 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 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 
     the Judiciary or their respective designees; and (2) one 
     motion to recommit.
       Sec. 9. (a) At any time through the legislative day of 
     Thursday, July 21, 2022, the Speaker may entertain motions 
     offered by the Majority Leader or a designee that the House 
     suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule XV with 
     respect to multiple measures described in subsection (b), and 
     the Chair shall put the question on any such motion without 
     debate or intervening motion.
       (b) A measure referred to in subsection (a) includes any 
     measure that was the object of a motion to suspend the rules 
     on the legislative day of July 18, 2022, in the form as so 
     offered, on which the yeas and nays were ordered and further 
     proceedings postponed pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX.
       (c) Upon the offering of a motion pursuant to subsection 
     (a) concerning multiple measures, the ordering of the yeas 
     and nays on postponed motions to suspend the rules with 
     respect to such measures is vacated to the end that all such 
     motions are considered as withdrawn.
       Sec. 10.  House Resolution 1230 is hereby adopted.
       Sec. 11.  Clause 7 of rule XIII shall not apply to any 
     resolution introduced prior to the date of adoption of this 
     resolution.

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


                             General Leave

  Ms. SCANLON. Madam 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. Madam Speaker, on Monday the Committee on Rules met and 
reported a rule, House Resolution 1232, for three measures.
  First, it provides for consideration of H.R. 8294 under a structured 
rule. The rule provides 1 hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations, makes in order 190 amendments, provides en bloc 
authority, allows the chair the ability to offer up to five pro

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forma amendments, and provides one motion to recommit.
  Second, the rule provides for consideration of H.R. 8373 under a 
closed rule. The rule provides 1 hour of general debate equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, self-executes a manager's amendment, 
and provides one motion to recommit.
  Third, the rule provides for consideration of H.R. 8404 under a 
closed rule. The rule provides 1 hour of general debate equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on the Judiciary and provides for one motion to recommit.
  Finally, the rule provides the majority leader or his designee the 
ability to en bloc requested votes on suspension bills this week and 
deems passage of House Resolution 1230.
  Madam Speaker, today's rule provides for consideration of three 
important bills--one that is part of the regular process of funding the 
government for the next year, and two that are emergency measures to 
respond to the ongoing assault by an extremist rightwing minority 
against Americans' individual rights and liberties.
  The first bill is a package of bills called the minibus. This package 
of six annual appropriations bills provides funding for the Federal 
Government for the next fiscal year for a wide array of important 
government programs: Food and farming, transportation, housing, 
conservation and environmental protection, veterans programs, community 
development, and general operations of the Federal Government.
  Thanks to the strong leadership of House Democrats on the Committee 
on Appropriations, today's bill makes major investments to meet the 
needs of Americans at this difficult point in time. When we talk about 
these huge budget bills each year, it can be overwhelming, so let's 
look at some concrete examples of how these bills are going to benefit 
our country.
  This budget bill will increase funding for veterans' healthcare by 
$20 billion, helping the VA to meet the health needs of our Nation's 
veterans. In addition to funding traditional health services for 
veterans, this bill will expand mental healthcare, including suicide 
prevention, improve women's healthcare, homeless assistance programs, 
substance use disorder programs, and invest in medical research to 
address veterans' unique health needs.
  With the lack of affordable housing being one of the major issues 
impacting our communities across this country, this bill will increase 
funding for housing by $9 billion and provide 140,000 more families and 
seniors with stable, affordable housing. It will get lead and radon out 
of public housing units and incentivize the construction of thousands 
of new units of affordable housing.
  This bill will provide a $7 billion boost for the Department of the 
Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency, which is funding for 
our national parks, our land and water conservation programs, and for 
enhanced enforcement of our environmental protection laws so that 
Americans of all ages and backgrounds--and our children--can have clean 
air to breathe and water to drink, and enjoy the natural wonders that 
our amazing country has to offer.
  This bill provides a $2 billion increase for programs that support 
public health, rural development, and fight hunger. Vital funding for 
SNAP and WIC will increase access to healthy foods for the 40 million 
Americans who rely upon our Nation's antihunger programs, improving 
their health and lowering the cost of living for those in need.
  Funding for the FDA under this title will improve the safety and 
availability of baby formula. It will strengthen oversight of our food 
and drug safety laws and support supply chains for critical drugs and 
medical devices.
  Funding for rural development will provide grants and low-cost 
financing to expand broadband and fix water infrastructure in rural 
communities, promoting community and economic development.
  The bill also provides an additional $4 billion in funding for 
government operations so that our Federal agencies can do the work that 
we all rely upon. Among other things, this boost will help the IRS 
improve its processing times and provide more taxpayers with help when 
filing. A stronger IRS will also be able to better enforce our tax laws 
to make sure that billionaires and large corporations pay their fair 
share.
  This funding will more than triple the Election Security Grants 
program which provides funding to the States to secure our Federal 
elections by purchasing new technology and keeping ahead of bad actors 
who try to attack our elections. This funding has helped to make the 
U.S. elections so secure that anyone who says the 2020 election was 
stolen is either a liar or a fool.
  This funding will encourage economic development by funding the Small 
Business Administration's lending programs and the Treasury 
Department's Community Development Financial Institutions. Combined, 
these programs are often the main source of financing for minority and 
women-owned small businesses, many of which are increasingly leading 
the way in creating jobs and economic opportunities.
  The minibus also makes major investments in our servicemembers by 
increasing funding for housing and childcare on military installations.

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  This funding will provide more childcare services for the 1.2 million 
children of Active-Duty servicemembers, as well as the ability to 
construct and remediate thousands of substandard units of military 
family housing.
  Finally, this year's appropriations bills build on last year's 
successes with community project funding, which allows Members of 
Congress to better represent their districts and exercise Congress' 
responsibility to direct Federal spending, rather than delegating it.
  Community project funding allows Members to support smart, high-
impact investments in their districts in a way that is transparent and 
ethically sound. I thank the Appropriations Committee for their work to 
responsibly reinstate this opportunity.
  Because of these rule changes, I have been able to bring millions of 
dollars back to my district for a variety of locally backed efforts 
ranging from mental health programs to community centers to workforce 
development. This year, I am proud to have secured funding for 15 
projects totaling $20 million for Pennsylvania's Fifth Congressional 
District.
  Madam Speaker, obviously, I could keep going on about the amazing 
things that this bill will do, but all together the minibus is a strong 
investment in our country that will help working families, small 
businesses, and local communities, as well as helping to fight 
inflation, create jobs, and support economic development.
  Funding the government is Congress' primary responsibility. It is 
right there in the beginning lines of Article I, Section 8 of the 
Constitution, that Congress has the power to provide for the common 
defense and general welfare of the United States.
  With the consideration of these six appropriations bills this week, 
and the other six later this month, House Democrats are meeting their 
responsibility to the American people by passing a budget on time.
  I say House Democrats because I am concerned that my Republican 
colleagues may follow their recent practice of refusing to work in a 
bipartisan manner to fund the government or to solve problems for the 
American people, and then voting against this bill when it comes to the 
floor.
  Of course, over in the 50-50 Senate, where 10 Republican votes are 
needed to pass a budget bill, the Senators have not even begun 
consideration of any appropriations packages. Just like last year, 
House Democrats are passing funding bills on time while Republicans in 
the Senate are holding up the process for months by slow-walking 
negotiations and refusing to compromise.
  Last year, this obstructive behavior by Senate Republicans meant that 
Congress didn't pass its 2022 budget until we were halfway through that 
year. That meant by the time the Federal Government received its 2022 
funding, it only had 6 months left to use it. That is irresponsible. 
That is not good business, and it is not sound government.

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  At every turn, the filibuster and stonewalling by Republican Senators 
squash every single legislative initiative that comes their way.
  Madam Speaker, this rule also brings two other critically important 
bills to the floor. Today's rule also provides for consideration of the 
Right to Contraception Act, a bill that would codify fundamental 
privacy rights relating to purchasing, using, and providing 
contraception; and the Respect for Marriage Act, which would codify the 
right to same-sex marriage in Federal law.
  These are two basic freedoms that the overwhelming majority of 
Americans support, and that most Americans are surprised to learn are 
now under threat from an extremist rightwing minority in our Supreme 
Court and many Republican State legislatures across the country.
  In the wake of the Dobbs decision, we immediately saw a number of 
States implement or try to pass abortion bans. The practical and tragic 
consequences of those decisions are growing every day with women and 
girls unable to get the healthcare they need, whether it is a 10-year-
old rape victim in Ohio being denied medical care in her home State or 
a women with an ectopic pregnancy in Missouri whose healthcare 
providers are withholding what is standard medical care because they 
fear prosecution under these laws.
  These tragic stories will continue, and they will get worse. This is 
the world we live in in the aftermath of the extremist Dobbs decision. 
But the impact of the Dobbs decision does not end with abortion care. 
The extremist rightwing majority on the Supreme Court has put our 
country down a perilous path. They have shown us the harsh reality of 
judicial review--no objectivity, no textualism or originalism, this is 
just politics by other means.
  The majority in Dobbs and others who hold this minority view are 
pushing a rightwing agenda that can be summed up as this: for all their 
talk about States' rights and individual freedoms, the rightwing 
majority is going to uphold the rights they support and take away the 
rights they oppose.
  The two bills we consider today respond to the immediate threat 
articulated by Justice Thomas in his concurrence in the Dobbs 
decision--that he wants to overturn decisions that protect rights to 
contraception, same-sex marriage, et cetera. It is not just Justice 
Thomas, Justice Alito has joined him in similar concurrences; and, of 
course, he wrote the majority decision in Dobbs.
  Rightwing legislators and Members of Congress are saying exactly what 
they want to do and introducing bills to do exactly this--to undermine 
the right to contraception and to undermine the right to same-sex 
marriage. These are not hypotheticals but very real threats.
  In response to this insanity, the House must vote this week on the 
Right to Contraception Act and the Respect for Marriage Act. The Right 
to Contraception Act would prohibit States from banning or restricting 
possession, sale, purchase, transportation, use, prescription of 
contraception, including birth control, IUDs, condoms, and other 
products that aid in family planning.

  The Respect for Marriage Act will codify the current law of the land 
and protect the thousands of same-sex marriages and families across 
this country, who are now justifiably afraid that their families are 
under attack. I can't tell you how many constituents, colleagues, 
friends, and their children that I am hearing from in the wake of this 
decision and in the wake of Justice Thomas' explicit threat.
  Both of these bills will protect rights enjoyed by Americans that are 
now being threatened by the Supreme Court minority view and their co-
conspirators in the Republican Party. I am glad we are bringing these 
bills up for a vote so we can see who is going to vote for them and who 
is going to vote against them.
  I am confident that House Democrats will provide the votes necessary 
to pass the bills. It is time for our colleagues across the aisle to 
stand up and be counted. Will they vote to protect these fundamental 
freedoms, or will they vote to let States take those freedoms away?
  Today we will find out. Then we will see what our colleagues in the 
Senate will do. We are going to put these bills up for a vote, and the 
public can see, on the record, how their Representatives and Senators 
respond. At least everyone will know where their elected officials 
stand.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I thank the distinguished 
gentlewoman from my home State of Pennsylvania for yielding me the 
customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, the rule before us today makes in order three pieces 
of legislation, including H.R. 8294, a bill to fund 6 of the 12 
appropriations bills.
  As a member of the Appropriations Committee, I want to just say I am 
extremely grateful to Ranking Member Granger and Chairwoman DeLauro for 
all the hard work that they put in, and also the committee staff. I 
know a lot of effort went into this legislation.
  Unfortunately, the product before us was flawed from the very start. 
House Democrats drastically underfunded our national defense while 
providing major increases to the same social programs that have already 
received trillions of dollars in funding under the Biden 
administration.
  It is clear that the Democrats' out-of-control spending has been the 
key driver to inflation. Don't take my word for it. Larry Summers, 
former economic adviser to President Biden, went so far as to call the 
American Rescue Plan ``the least responsible macroeconomic policy we've 
had in the last 40 years.'' Again, that was Larry Summers, Democrat 
adviser to the President.
  You know what? He was right. Last month, inflation hit 9.1 percent. 
That is the highest inflation rate in my lifetime. It is the highest 
inflation rate since 1981.
  President Biden's inflation crisis has cost the American worker over 
$3,000 in annual income, and the skyrocketing cost of goods and 
services will cost the average American family over $6,000. That is 
what is so nefarious about inflation, it hits the working class and 
those on a fixed income the hardest.
  Yet, the Big Government Democrats with their reckless spending 
policies have these six bills before us today included in the package. 
The six bills included in today's package received a total increase of 
11 percent over the previous fiscal year with some accounts, like the 
Federal Trade Commission and the Office of Personnel Management, 
receiving double-digit and triple-digit percentage increases, which 
will, of course, fuel additional inflation.
  Keep in mind, the Defense appropriations bill approved by the 
Appropriations Committee had just a 4.4 percent increase. Additionally, 
instead of addressing record-high gas prices, Democrats are pushing 
this partisan Green New Deal initiative that will only worsen Biden's 
energy crisis.
  Under this measure, offshore oil and gas activities are restricted 
and oil and gas inspection fees are increased. This is just going to 
drive up the cost of energy for working families.
  H.R. 8294 also includes numerous far-left, radical, liberal policies 
like allowing taxpayer dollars to fund abortions, and keeping our 
critical and strategic minerals in the ground. Alarmingly, it includes 
provisions that threaten our national security, including allowing for 
the closure of Guantanamo Bay, which houses some of the world's most 
dangerous terrorists. It also fails to modernize the nuclear weapons 
stockpile and complex, and provides incentives for illegal immigration.
  Further, the rule before us today provides for consideration of H.R. 
8373, which goes far beyond supporting access to contraception. Let me 
just be clear about this point. Not a single State in the Union, not a 
single general assembly in any State is debating considering making 
contraception illegal.
  This poorly drafted bill has extreme provisions that could harm the 
health of women, send taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood and other 
abortion providers, and force people to violate their religious and 
sincerely held beliefs.
  Madam Speaker, I, therefore, urge my colleagues to oppose this rule, 
and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, these appropriations bills are not going 
to make inflation worse. It is a bad-faith argument. Inflation is bad. 
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eating away at family paychecks not just here in America but all across 
the globe.
  My colleague cited the recent inflation figures here in the U.S.--
they are worse overseas. The economic shocks in supply chain 
disruptions caused by the pandemic and then exacerbated by Russia's 
invasion of Ukraine are hitting hard--yes, here at home and all across 
the world. There are things that we are doing to bring those prices 
down, and economic indicators show that prices are starting to come 
down. It doesn't deny the real pain that we are all feeling right now.
  Second, which spending would he have eliminated? Would it have been 
the funding to develop vaccines and therapeutics? Maybe the funding to 
keep people in their homes during the pandemic? Would it be the funding 
that supported small businesses over the last several years, or maybe 
it is just the paycheck protection funding?

  I think it is a hollow argument, and I think it is also worth noting 
that we are not seeing any alternative solutions.
  Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from North 
Carolina (Ms. Ross), a distinguished member of the Rules Committee.
  Ms. ROSS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to discuss the urgent need to 
protect access to contraception.
  Just a few weeks ago, the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. 
Jackson Women's Health Organization stripped millions of women of the 
right to abortion care. After this decision, draconian abortion bans in 
States across the country immediately went into effect.
  In my own State of North Carolina, Republican leaders have made it 
abundantly clear that they will take any opportunity to restrict our 
rights. Perhaps even more sinister than this decision are the opinions 
that accompanied it.
  Justice Clarence Thomas' concurring opinion laid the groundwork for 
even greater government interference in the personal and family 
decisions of our people, including the right to use contraception. Make 
no mistake, the American people will not go backward on contraception.
  We must codify Griswold v. Connecticut, which has protected women's 
right to make decisions about their own contraceptive healthcare for 
decades.
  This week, we are considering the Right to Contraception Act. This 
critical legislation will safeguard contraception and its access in the 
face of these extreme attacks. Americans overwhelmingly support the 
right to contraception.
  Madam Speaker, I hope to hear from my colleagues across the aisle 
about how they could do anything other than support expanding 
contraception in the wake of the Dobbs decision.
  If my colleagues want to prevent abortions, why would they restrict 
resources to women who want to avoid unintended pregnancies?
  Madam Speaker, I fought to expand access to contraception in North 
Carolina with support from legislators on both sides of the aisle. 
Twenty years later it is extremely disappointing that we could be going 
backward.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the 
gentlewoman from North Carolina.

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  Ms. ROSS. Madam Speaker, women across the country are more determined 
than ever to combat these relentless attacks on our freedom. I support 
the rule and the underlying bills.
  Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, my friend and colleague from Pennsylvania asked me 
which programs I would cut funding from as if this were some kind of 
checkmate in floor debate. It is not because the answer is very 
obvious. I have an extensive list of where I would cut.
  Just for starters, let's look at some of the increases in the 
appropriations package and, of course, where I would cut.
  We have a 20 percent increase for the Environmental Protection 
Agency. That could be cut.
  We have a $1 billion increase for the Internal Revenue Service. That 
could be cut right there.
  There is a 30 percent increase for the Federal Trade Commission. That 
could be cut. Don't take my word for it. Not one but two of the 
Commissioners of the FTC said that they don't even need this increase. 
There is money that you could cut right there, Madam Speaker.
  There is a 12 percent increase to maintain and improve Federal 
buildings. I don't know if anybody across the aisle has been paying 
attention, but most of the people in these Federal buildings have been 
working remotely from home for the last 2 years. Yet, we need to 
increase funding to Federal buildings that are literally sitting empty 
as people work from home?
  Then, we have a lot of bad ideas regarding climate. $100 million is 
provided for the President's proposal to use the Defense Production Act 
authorities to accelerate domestic manufacturing of select clean energy 
technologies. That can be cut.
  While we are talking about the shift to clean energy technologies, 
let's just be honest about who benefits from this. It is China because 
they are the ones who are selling the rare earth elements that are 
going into things like solar panels. By the way, they are bringing more 
nuclear power plants online and more coal-fired plants online while we 
hamstring our economy and our energy sector with these absurd climate 
change proposals.
  I have more, actually, but for the sake of time and brevity, I will 
save them for later if the issue comes up.
  Additionally, this notion that inflation is a worldwide issue, I am 
not sure when they stopped teaching economics in school, but we are the 
world's largest GDP. If we have inflation, then the world has inflation 
because we literally export it. That is just how economics works.
  To blame Ukraine, Ukraine might play a part in this, but who is to 
blame for Ukraine? It is President Biden. It was the weakness and 
vacillation--his surrender in Afghanistan--that emboldened Putin. It 
was the vacillation. It was the ``minor incursion'' comment that he had 
that gave Vladimir Putin the green light to invade. Had he just been 
more resolute in our national security, then we could have deterred 
this invasion. So, he owns Ukraine, as well.
  The gentlewoman from North Carolina brought up Dobbs. I want to quote 
the actual decision because I think a lot of the points in Dobbs were 
taken out of context. The Court made it clear in that decision that the 
decision on abortion should ``not be misunderstood or mischaracterized 
. . . to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.''
  The Court went out of its way to state that they are not concerned 
about contraception, despite the gentlewoman from North Carolina saying 
otherwise.
  But let's go back to Dobbs. Since the point of the leak of the Dobbs 
draft Supreme Court decision, there have been 70 violent attacks and 
threats on churches, pregnancy centers, and pro-life organizations.
  These attacks consist of vandalism. They consist of destruction of 
property, arson, and even included protesters breaching the Arizona 
State Capitol, forcing legislators to evacuate.
  Radical pro-abortion groups have proudly declared ``open season'' on 
pro-life pregnancy centers while these organizations are providing 
critical resources to pregnant women, infants, and families.
  Republicans want to protect public safety. We want to ensure pro-life 
organizations can continue helping women and babies in need. That is 
why if we defeat the previous question, I will personally offer an 
amendment to the rule to immediately consider H. Res. 1233, a 
resolution affirming the importance of pro-life crisis pregnancy 
centers, condemning the violent attacks by far-left extremist groups, 
and calling upon the Biden administration to use all law enforcement 
authorities to uphold public safety and protect the rights of pro-life 
facilities, groups, and churches.
  Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the 
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?

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  There was no objection.
  Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I yield 7 minutes to the gentleman 
from Louisiana (Mr. Johnson). The vice chairman of the Republican 
Conference and sponsor of the resolution is here to explain the 
amendment.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam Speaker, I am grateful for the 
opportunity. I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for handling the 
rule and highlighting this very important issue.
  As he said, if the previous question is defeated, then Republicans 
will amend the rule to immediately consider H. Res. 1233. That is the 
resolution that condemns the spate of attacks that have recently 
occurred against pro-life facilities, groups, and churches in the wake 
of the Dobbs opinion.
  Madam Speaker, these acts are reprehensible, but we shouldn't be 
surprised they are occurring all across the country. They have gone 
unchecked for far too long, ever since the draft Dobbs opinion was 
inexcusably leaked to the public in that unprecedented act.

  Republicans immediately condemned that leak as a threat to the 
institution of the Court itself, as a threat to the Justices themselves 
as individuals, and as a threat to our very Republic. The Democrat 
leadership of this body did nothing.
  Weeks went by as tensions grew. Protesters harassed sitting Supreme 
Court Justices, a clear violation of the black-letter Federal Law. 
Republicans filed a resolution condemning those acts. The Democrat 
leadership of this body did nothing even as threats continued to pour 
in against the Justices and their families.
  The Senate acted. They unanimously passed legislation to extend 
security to the families of the Justices. I and many of my colleagues 
repeatedly called upon the Speaker of this House to bring this 
resolution to the floor so we could pass it here and send it to the 
President's desk. But do you know what we got, Madam Speaker? Nothing.
  It was only when an attempt was actually made on the life of Justice 
Kavanaugh that the Speaker finally gave in. She finally brought that 
legislation to the floor so that we could push back against the angry 
mobs.
  Madam Speaker, the leadership of this body has another opportunity 
before them today to, once again, push back against the mob. This has 
gotten out of hand.
  Radical leftists were emboldened by the inaction of this body and the 
aftermath of a leaked opinion, and now they have targeted their 
violence against the very groups that care for women and their unborn 
children in their most vulnerable moments. It is unconscionable.
  Here is a short list of some examples.
  May 3, 2022: Individuals vandalized the Care Net Pregnancy Center in 
Frederick, Maryland, with pro-abortion graffiti, including the messages 
``not real clinic,'' ``end forced motherhood,'' and go to Planned 
Parenthood instead.
  May 5, 2022: Portland, Oregon, vandals smashed numerous windows and 
spray-painted graffiti on the Southeast Portland Pregnancy Resource 
Center.
  May 7, 2022: Activists vandalized a crisis pregnancy center in 
Denton, Texas, with the radical pro-abortion messages ``not a clinic'' 
and ``forced birth is murder.''
  May 7, 2022: In Fort Collins, Colorado, activists painted ``my body, 
my choice'' on the doors of a Catholic parish.
  May 8, 2022, Mother's Day: Individuals attempted to break into the 
Oregon Right to Life office in Keizer, Oregon, reportedly igniting and 
throwing two Molotov cocktails at the building.
  May 8, 2022: Vandals spray-painted pro-abortion messages such as 
``abortion is a right,'' ``fake clinic,'' and ``liars'' on the side of 
a pro-life pregnancy center in Manassas, Virginia.
  May 8, 2022: A pro-life nonprofit center in Madison, Wisconsin, was 
set ablaze and vandalized with the words ``if abortions aren't safe, 
then you aren't either.''
  May 13, 2022: Activists left threatening messages on the front of the 
Alpha Pregnancy Center in Reisterstown, Maryland, including the 
messages ``if abortions aren't safe, neither are you,'' ``you're anti-
choice, not pro-life,'' et cetera.
  May 18, 2022: Vandals targeted a women's faith-based medical clinic 
in Auburn, Alabama, defacing the clinic's sign and staff members' 
vehicles.
  May 25, 2022: In Lynnwood, Washington, anti-life activists smashed 
windows and vandalized the Next Step Pregnancy Center with the threat: 
``If abortion isn't safe, you aren't either.''
  June 2, 2022: Jane's Revenge claimed credit for an attack in which 
its members broke windows and scrawled messages, including ``God loves 
abortion'' and ``fake clinic,'' at Agape Pregnancy Resource Center in 
Des Moines, Iowa.
  June 3, 2022: Capitol Hill Crisis Pregnancy Center here in 
Washington, D.C., was the target of leftwing abortion extremists who 
threw red paint on the door, threw eggs at the window, and spray-
painted the window with ``Jane Says Revenge.''
  I have pages and pages of these. I don't think I need to belabor the 
point. It is every day now. It is out of control.
  I am going to tell you, Madam Speaker, that this last one, July 11, 
on the list here, activists vandalized the Women's New Life Clinic in 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by spray-painting anti-life messages and 
``Jane's Revenge'' on the exterior walls.
  That last one is personal to me. The Women's New Life Clinic stands 
right next to the abortion provider in Baton Rouge and has offered hope 
to countless women over the years. Women's New Life Clinic is doing 
extraordinary work. I am proud to call many of the leaders of that 
clinic personal friends. They do not deserve the treatment that they 
have endured, but they certainly deserve the support of the House of 
Representatives in condemning violence from the radical left.
  America's pregnancy care centers provide absolutely essential 
services in all 50 States. There are 2,700 of these pregnancy centers. 
They serve millions of women every year. They are supported by over 
10,000 medical professionals. I used to serve as legal counsel to a 
number of these groups, so I am telling you this from personal 
experience.
  Madam Speaker, I can go on all day with these examples. I will spare 
you. I would assume that you recognize the obvious.
  When will this body stand up against the mob? When will we restore 
law and order?
  Chuck Schumer stood on the steps of the Supreme Court itself and 
infamously called out Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch by name and said 
that we would release the whirlwind. Well, here it is. This shouldn't 
surprise us.
  Madam Speaker, our side is ready to act. We are ready to do 
something. We have an obligation and responsibility to do it.
  Madam Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question.

  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, I am so happy that my colleagues are rising to condemn 
political violence, but I find it disingenuous and maybe even a little 
one-sided when they only condemn political violence that they disagree 
with.
  This previous question condemns violence, as my colleague just said, 
by the radical left but not the radical right. They are conveniently 
ignoring decades of violence, harassment, and even murder of abortion 
care providers and harassment of those seeking such care on a daily and 
weekly basis.
  Why are they surprised by this political violence on this topic when 
this is a model that the anti-abortion forces have utilized for 
decades?
  Also, on a more practical note, I am stunned that my colleague is 
seeking to reduce funding for the IRS. Any responsible Member of 
Congress who prioritizes constituent services knows that we receive 
hundreds and hundreds of calls every year, particularly in recent 
years, from people who are struggling to get a response from the IRS, 
who are struggling to get their much-needed tax refund, and who are 
struggling to get payments or straighten out difficulties. Why is that? 
It is because the IRS has been underfunded for decades.
  The IRS is facing a crisis with retirements and with the inability to 
attract talent given the tight labor market. We need to fund the IRS 
again so that billionaires and large corporations pay their fair share.
  Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. 
Garcia).
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speaker, it has been interesting to listen 
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the debate. I feel like it is a rerun of the Judiciary Committee, which 
we all serve on.
  I think we should tell the folks across the aisle to just spare us 
the indignation over this political violence because, as the manager so 
aptly characterized, they wrote the book on it. I can think of at least 
one doctor who was murdered and, I think, many others injured by 
bombings and harassment. It is just beyond the pale what has happened 
to abortion providers in the last decade.
  I want to get back to appropriations because, Madam Speaker, that is 
really what I came to talk about.
  The FY23 appropriations minibus bill is something that I support. I 
am really pleased that many of the projects that were included in my 
request will come to fruition.
  One of the six projects included in the bill is $4 million for the 
Target Hunger Campus and Education Center, which will focus on hunger 
prevention and nutrition education for my constituents.
  Also included is $3 million for affordable housing construction 
projects in my district for Avenue Community Development, which, of 
course, will help us resolve some of the homelessness issues.
  This bill also includes a request for almost $3 million for 
enhancements to the University of Houston's Technology Bridge.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I yield the gentlewoman an additional 30 
seconds.
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speaker, those are just three of the 15 
projects that were funded. I think that when they talk about cutting 
and inflation, is this what they want to do, to stop a hunger project 
in my district? Do they want to stop making sure our kids get a good 
education? Just what is it they are doing?
  Finally, Madam Speaker, just quickly, I also support, of course, the 
bill to protect a woman's right to birth control and the right of same-
sex couples to marriage. So, Madam Speaker, there are so many reasons 
to support this rule and the underlying bills.

                              {time}  1100

  Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  There was an--I don't know if you want to call it an allegation--an 
insinuation that the only time I speak to condemn violence is when it 
is violence that I don't agree with.
  I want to be clear about something. I condemn all acts of political 
violence. I have been very consistent on that; so have my colleagues 
across the aisle.
  Great example: The first time I ever spoke here on the House floor 
was in support of a resolution rejecting white supremacy, and I talked 
at length at that time of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting that 
occurred in Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania.
  As you know, I am from the South Hills of Pittsburgh. I have a lot of 
friends that actually attend that synagogue. And again, the first time 
I spoke on the House floor was to condemn violence.
  So I just want the Record to reflect my consistency on this issue and 
the consistency of my colleagues.
  I wish my friends on the left would condemn violence that the left 
has done. It seems that they cherry-pick their own outrage.
  But let's just get back to economics. Again, there was this notion 
floated that inflation is not as bad here as it is internationally, and 
this is a global problem. Again, it is a global problem because we are 
the world's largest GDP. We are exporting inflation.
  But even with that said, inflation is far worse here than it is in 
the developed world. Our inflation, by reference, is 9.1 percent. Japan 
is at 2.4 percent. The U.K. is at 9.1 percent; they are the same as we 
are. Italy is at 8 percent; Canada, 7.7 percent; France, 5.8 percent.
  Again, all those countries I listed, those nations in the developed 
world have inflation that is lower than where we are, with the 
exception of the U.K., which is the same. In Brazil--I should say this 
about Brazil. It is at 11.9 percent in Brazil.
  So this idea that everybody is experiencing inflation, and that we 
have it easier, is just not accurate when you look at the numbers.
  Now, I gave a list of what I would cut from the budget. It wasn't an 
exhaustive list, and neither is this, but I just want to give a few 
more examples.
  $75 million is allocated for public housing, energy efficiency and 
climate resilience upgrades. That could be cut. There is 75 million 
right there.
  Funding for the FDA--and let's not forget, the FDA was the agency 
that failed to prevent the infant formula crisis. The Democrats are 
rewarding the FDA with a 10 percent increase. That can be cut.
  And what is so insulting about a 10 percent increase to the FDA is, 
at the same time Democrats want to increase the funding to the FDA--
again, the agency that led to the baby formula shortage--you have 
farmers and ranchers that are struggling to make ends meet and to 
actually harvest food because of the rising food costs and fertilizer 
costs, and there is no increase to them.
  And I think one of the most outrageous items that can be cut is the 
$90 million that is going to The Presidio park, a park that is in an 
incredibly affluent area of San Francisco, arguably, one of the 
wealthiest areas in the entire United States. Yet, that park is getting 
$90 million, when those around that park can fund it.
  And again, what is so insulting about this is we are not even giving 
allocations to places like Yellowstone and Yosemite that are actually 
national parks. So those are just some of the areas I would cut.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, let me rise in support of and with 
rebuttal to my good friend, my other good friend from Pennsylvania.
  It is well-known that the appropriations process is an investment in 
America, and so I rise to support the appropriations that will be 
presented to us in this rule T-HUD, Agriculture, Energy and Water, 
Financial Services, Interior, Military Construction, and Veterans.
  I ask the question: Is anyone going to suggest that our military 
personnel do not need better housing, better schools, better 
facilities, and bases, both in the United States and across the world?
  And so, investment in the American people I will never run away from, 
and I hope the Senate does not, as well.
  And on the question of inflation, I want to remind my good friend 
from Pennsylvania, my other good friend, that the prices of gas at the 
pump are going down, because inflation is not pertaining to one 
administration; it is continuing. And the past administration dug the 
hole of the inflation that we are now in today.
  I also want to make sure that every aspect of reproductive freedom is 
protected, and the contraceptive legislation should be strongly 
supported because people are running for their lives. Women are running 
for their lives because they do not have the lack of fear that they 
could be arrested; that they could be stopped; or a doctor could say: I 
am sorry, I cannot help you in your desperate time of need.
  This rule is very important, and I support the underlying bills.
  And finally, let me--as I was here, as we debated this concept of 
whether or not you are free in your private rights to make a decision 
of who you love, I support H.R. 8404 the rule provides for this because 
it says the ``full faith and credit given to marriage equality.''
  I want the LGBTQ community in Houston to hear me, the caucus to hear 
me, we are hearing your voices as well. And I want you to know that 
this bill includes, for the purpose of Federal law, rule, or regulation 
in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered 
married if that individual's marriage is valid in the State where the 
marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into 
outside any State, if the marriage is valid in the place where entered 
into and the marriage could have been entered into, it is safe.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Garcia of Texas). The time of the 
gentlewoman has expired.
  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I know we are running short on time, but 
I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentlewoman.

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  Ms. JACKSON LEE. I believe this law is key to rejecting the 
interpretation of Justice Clarence Thomas, who indicated, or 
speculated, that other provisions or rights under privacy may be in 
jeopardy.
  We should not jeopardize someone's right to love who they want to 
love, interracial marriages, marriages of any kind. And I support the 
Respect for Marriage Act and the underlying rule. I thank the 
gentlewoman for her graciousness.
  Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I have no further speakers at this 
time, and I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Since Democrats jammed through their $1.9 trillion stimulus bill last 
year, inflation is at an over 40-year high; the value of American 
paychecks has also fallen; and families are paying more for just about 
everything.
  Yet, the rule before us makes in order a funding package that 
provides double-digit and triple-digit increases for nondefense 
programs that will further fuel Biden's inflation crisis.
  And by the way, while this bill is providing double-digit and triple-
digit increases for nondefense programs, the defense budget has only 
increased 4.4 percent. That is appalling.
  H.R. 8294 also is packed with far-left liberal wish list items like 
taxpayer-funded abortion, rather than policies that will address 
Biden's economic crisis and fix our supply chains, secure our border, 
and invest in national security, and bring down gas and electricity 
costs through domestic energy production.
  Clearly, the Democrats' spending and policy priorities are out of 
touch with everyday Americans. And that is just not me saying that. 
According to a poll, a shocking 75 percent of Americans are 
experiencing hardship because of Joe Biden and House Democrats' 
inflation crisis. And the majority of Americans expect the economy to 
get worse this year.
  This bill, like the Democratic Party, is tone-deaf and out of touch.
  I, therefore, urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the previous 
question and ``no'' on the rule, and I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Today's rule is a testament to the hard work and leadership of the 
Appropriations Committee led by Chairwoman DeLauro. I applaud the 
efforts of my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee and their 
staff to prepare legislation that meets the needs of everyday 
Americans; to grow our economy from the bottom up and the middle out, 
rather than relying, once again, on the failed trickle-down economics 
of the last 50 years.
  Given the draconian consequences of failing to pass a budget, I 
encourage my colleagues in the House and Senate to move quickly in 
negotiating a final budget bill so we can fund the government on time. 
It is the responsible thing to do.
  We cannot afford to govern from CR to CR, or to pass a budget bill 
halfway through the fiscal year.
  And I am also incredibly grateful to my colleagues on the Energy and 
Commerce Committee and the Judiciary Committee for stepping up to 
present legislation to protect fundamental American freedoms that have 
been placed at risk by the rightwing majority of the Supreme Court in 
overturning Roe v. Wade.
  I urge all of my colleagues to protect the right to contraception 
with the act of that name, and to repeal the statutory ban on same-sex 
marriage by approving the Respect for Marriage Act in its floor 
consideration.
  At a time when Americans' rights are under attack by a well-funded, 
extremist minority which has seized control of the Supreme Court and 
some State legislatures, it is more important than ever for elected 
Members of Congress to use their legislative powers to protect and 
expand Americans' personal and fundamental freedoms.
  So, Madam Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to vote for the rule 
and the underlying legislation.
  The material previously referred to by Mr. Reschenthaler is as 
follows:

                   Amendment to House Resolution 1232

       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 
     resolution (H. Res. 1233) expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives condemning the recent attacks on prolife 
     facilities, groups, and churches. The resolution shall be 
     considered as read. The previous question shall be considered 
     as ordered on the resolution and preamble to adoption without 
     intervening motion or demand for division of the question 
     except one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by 
     the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
     Judiciary. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to the 
     consideration of House Resolution 1233.
  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and 
I move the previous question on the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Jackson Lee). 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 Chair will reduce to 5 minutes 
the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of 
the resolution.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219, 
nays 199, not voting 12, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 365]

                               YEAS--219

     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
     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
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice (OK)
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cawthorn
     Chabot
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Comer
     Conway
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald

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     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Flores
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia (CA)
     Gibbs
     Gimenez
     Gohmert
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Herrell
     Herrera Beutler
     Hill
     Hinson
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson
     Jacobs (NY)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Luetkemeyer
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Meijer
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Mullin
     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
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Burchett
     Cheney
     Davis, Rodney
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gosar
     Hartzler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Kinzinger
     Lucas
     McKinley
     Zeldin

                              {time}  1155

  Messrs. RUTHERFORD and CURTIS changed their 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

     Barragan (Correa)
     Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
     Brown (MD) (Evans)
     Carter (LA) (Beatty)
     Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
     Castro (TX) (Correa)
     Cawthorn (Gaetz)
     Connolly (Beyer)
     Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
     Demings (Kelly (IL))
     DesJarlais (Fleischmann)
     Fallon (Green (TN))
     Foster (Spanberger)
     Gohmert (Weber (TX))
     Gottheimer (Spanberger)
     Houlahan (Spanberger)
     Kahele (Correa)
     Kind (Beyer)
     Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     Leger Fernandez (Correa)
     McEachin (Beyer)
     Meng (Kuster)
     Mfume (Evans)
     Miller (WV) (Mooney)
     Moore (WI) (Beyer)
     Newman (Beyer)
     Pascrell (Pallone)
     Payne (Pallone)
     Pingree (Kuster)
     Porter (Neguse)
     Salazar (Waltz)
     Sessions (Babin)
     Sires (Pallone)
     Smucker (Keller)
     Taylor (McHenry)
     Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
     Walorski (Fischbach)
     Williams (GA) (Neguse)
     Wilson (FL) (Evans)
     Wilson (SC) (Norman)
  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. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219, 
nays 200, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 366]

                               YEAS--219

     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
     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--200

     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
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cawthorn
     Chabot
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Comer
     Conway
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Flores
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia (CA)
     Gibbs
     Gimenez
     Gohmert
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Herrell
     Herrera Beutler
     Hill
     Hinson
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson
     Jacobs (NY)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Luetkemeyer
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Meijer
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Mullin
     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 (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Taylor
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Burchett
     Cheney
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Hartzler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Kinzinger
     Lucas
     McKinley
     Smith (MO)
     Zeldin

                              {time}  1206

  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

     Barragan (Correa)
     Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
     Brown (MD) (Evans)
     Carter (LA) (Beatty)
     Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
     Castro (TX) (Correa)
     Cawthorn (Gaetz)
     Connolly (Beyer)
     Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
     Demings (Kelly (IL))
     DesJarlais (Fleischmann)
     Fallon (Green (TN))
     Foster (Spanberger)
     Gohmert (Weber (TX))
     Gosar (Gaetz)
     Gottheimer (Spanberger)
     Houlahan (Spanberger)
     Kahele (Correa)
     Kind (Beyer)
     Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     Leger Fernandez (Correa)
     McEachin (Beyer)
     Meng (Kuster)
     Mfume (Evans)
     Miller (WV) (Mooney)
     Moore (WI) (Beyer)
     Newman (Beyer)
     Pascrell (Pallone)
     Pingree (Kuster)
     Porter (Neguse)
     Salazar (Waltz)
     Sessions (Babin)
     Sires (Pallone)
     Smucker (Keller)

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     Taylor (McHenry)
     Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
     Walorski (Fischbach)
     Williams (GA) (Neguse)
     Wilson (FL) (Evans)
     Wilson (SC) (Norman)

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