[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 20, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H6891-H6901]
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  TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Tlaib). Pursuant to House Resolution 
1232 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of 
the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration 
of the bill, H.R. 8294.
  Will the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) kindly take the chair.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further 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, 
with Mr. LEVIN of Michigan (Acting Chair) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose on Tuesday, 
July 19, 2022, the sixth set of en bloc amendments offered by the 
gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) had been disposed of.


     Amendments En Bloc No. 7 Offered by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut

  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, pursuant to House Resolution 1232, I offer 
amendments en bloc.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc.
  Amendments en bloc No. 7 consisting of amendment Nos. 104, 106, 107, 
113, 115, 116, 123, 125, 136, 141, 142, 152, 153, 155, 156, 158, 159, 
161, 164, 172, 174, 180, 181, 182, 186, 187, 188, 189, and 190 printed 
in part A of House Report 117-420, offered by Ms. DeLauro of 
Connecticut:


           Amendment No. 104 Offered by Mr. Crow of Colorado

       Page 497, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $6,700,000)''.
       Page 500, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $6,700,000)''.
       Page 525, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $6,700,000)''.


           Amendment No. 106 Offered by Mr. Deutch of Florida

       Page 419, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $500,000)''.
       Page 510, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $500,000)''.


           Amendment No. 107 Offered by Ms. Escobar of Texas

       Page 524, line 8, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 525, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.


       Amendment No. 113 Offered by Mr. Gottheimer of New Jersey

       Page 497, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 500, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 526, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.


       Amendment No. 115 Offered by Mr. Gottheimer of New Jersey

       Page 421, line 25, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $3,000,000)''.

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       Page 497, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.
       Page 500, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.


          Amendment No. 116 Offered by Mr. Graves of Louisiana

       Page 527 line 21, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 527 line 21, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.


         Amendment No. 123 Offered by Mr. LaMalfa of California

       Page 524, line 8, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $30,000,000) (increased by $30,000,000)''.


       Amendment No. 125 Offered by Ms. Manning of North Carolina

       Page 433, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 433, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 433, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 434, line 25, after the dollar among, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.


          Amendment No. 136 Offered by Mr. Steil of Wisconsin

       Page 419, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 455, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.


          Amendment No. 141 Offered by Mr. Buchanan of Florida

       Page 616, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 647, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.


          Amendment No. 142 Offered by Mr. Buchanan of Florida

       Page 628, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000)''.


       Amendment No. 152 Offered by Mr. Hudson of North Carolina

       Page 716, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,000,000)(increased by $5,000,000)''.


         Amendment No. 153 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

       Page 621, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000)''.


         Amendment No. 155 Offered by Ms. Lofgren of California

       Page 647, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 653, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.


        Amendment No. 156 Offered by Mr. McCarthy of California

       Page 619, line 25, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 714, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)''.


             Amendment No. 158 Offered by Mr. Moore of Utah

       Page 647, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000)''.
       Page 714, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000)''.


          Amendment No. 159 Offered by Mr. Nadler of New York

       Page 647, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $4,000,000)(increased by $4,000,000)''.


         Amendment No. 161 Offered by Mr. O'Halleran of Arizona

       Page 712, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.


          Amendment No. 164 Offered by Mr. Raskin of Maryland

       Page 660, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 754, line 15, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.


          Amendment No. 172 Offered by Mr. Arrington of Texas

       Page 823, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 823, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 830, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.


           Amendment No. 174 Offered by Mr. Barr of Kentucky

       Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 819, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.


       Amendment No. 180 Offered by Mr. Gottheimer of New Jersey

       Page 816, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.


         Amendment No. 181 Offered by Mr. Larsen of Washington

       Page 822, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $10,000,000)(increased by $10,000,000)''.


       Amendment No. 182 Offered by Ms. Manning of North Carolina

       Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 822, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.


        Amendment No. 186 Offered by Mr. David Scott of Georgia

       Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000)''.


        Amendment No. 187 Offered by Ms. Sherrill of New Jersey

       Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $10,000,000)(increased by $10,000,000)''.


        Amendment No. 188 Offered by Ms. Sherrill of New Jersey

       Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)(reduced by $10,000,000)''.


        Amendment No. 189 Offered by Ms. Sherrill of New Jersey

       Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000)''.


        Amendment No. 190 Offered by Ms. Spanberger of Virginia

       Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 823, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 823, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1232, the gentlewoman 
from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) and the gentleman from Florida (Mr. 
Diaz-Balart) each will control 15 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Connecticut.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  The bipartisan en bloc amendment includes 29 proposals offered by my 
Democratic and Republican colleagues. This bipartisan en bloc amendment 
will make changes to the Financial Services bill, the Interior bill, 
and the Military Construction bill.
  For example, for the Financial Services bill, the amendment will 
increase funding for entrepreneurial development programs by $6.7 
million, increase funding for the Truman Foundation, and provide $5 
million to help prevent fentanyl overdoses.
  For Interior, the amendment will enhance activities for the 
preservation of historically Black colleges and universities and civil 
rights landmarks.
  For military construction, the amendment will provide $1 million for 
grants to assist States and Tribal organizations in establishing 
veterans' cemeteries and support increased access to medical care for 
veterans.
  These are bipartisan proposals that we can all support, and I urge my 
colleagues to support this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Virginia (Ms. Spanberger).
  Ms. SPANBERGER. Mr. Chair, I stand in support of my amendment to 
increase funding for suicide prevention coordinators at the VA, and I 
thank the chairwoman for her advocacy and good work on the larger bill.
  Last Saturday, the new 988 national suicide prevention lifeline 
launched. Now veterans in crisis can reach the veterans crisis line by 
calling 988 and pressing 1.

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  This new number will allow more individuals to access help when they 
need it the most, and it will save lives.
  Due to this transition, the VA anticipates an increase in call 
volume, as much as 2\1/2\ times higher than last year. We need to make 
sure that there are enough professionals in place at the VA to handle 
the uptick in caseloads--starting with suicide prevention coordinators.
  Suicide prevention coordinators receive referrals from Veterans 
Crisis Line callers, and remain in contact with high-risk veterans, 
providing follow-up care and connecting them with resources within 
their communities.
  The 988 number is an important step in providing mental health care 
to veterans in crisis. But it is our duty to ensure that there are 
suicide prevention coordinators in place to care for those who have 
borne the battle.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the 
Americans who represent the very best of our country and ensuring the 
success of the new 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for all 
those who may need it.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, as I stated, this en bloc will make this 
package stronger and meet the needs of the people who have entrusted in 
us their faith that we can serve them and serve them well.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.

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  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of Amendment 159, 
which would increase and decreases funding from the Office of the DOI 
Secretary by $4,000,000. The intent of Amendment 159 is to increase the 
funding of the DOI's 9/11 Memorial Act Grant Program for FY2023 from $4 
million to $8 million.
  Authorized by Congress with the passing of the bipartisan 9/11 
Memorial Act in 2018 and signed into law in 2019, the program provides 
funding for the operation, security, and maintenance of a memorial 
commemorating the victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade 
Center, the Pentagon, and United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, and 
the victims of the attack on the World Trade Center on February 26, 
1993. Awardees are selected for their extraordinary commitment to 
honoring the lives lost on 9/11, and those who risked their own lives 
to save others.
  We have endeavored, as a Nation, to ensure that the 9/11 Memorials 
continue to stand as places of reflection and remembrance for every 
American. Every generation should know the tragic events of that 
Tuesday morning and the heroism of those who rushed back to the burning 
Pentagon and onto the pile at Ground Zero to put out fires, search for 
survivors, clear debris, and rebuild for months and years. The funding 
provided by the 9/11 Memorial Act Grant Program is critical to ensuring 
that memorials--like the acre-wide reflecting pools in the footprint of 
the Twin Towers in New York and the solemn benches marking each life 
lost on the grounds of the Pentagon--continue to provide sacred and 
inspiring spots accessible to millions of visitors for decades to come.
  I urge my colleagues to vote Yea on Bipartisan En Bloc 7 and final 
passage of H.R. 8294.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendments en bloc offered 
by the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 137 Offered by Ms. Tlaib

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 137 
printed in House Report 117-420.
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of division D (before the short title), insert 
     the following:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by any title in 
     this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce 
     section 908(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 
     Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7207(b)).

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1232, the gentlewoman 
from Michigan (Ms. Tlaib) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Michigan.
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, I would thank Chairmen Quigley, Meeks, and 
McGovern and their staffs for working with me on this critical 
amendment and for their leadership throughout this process.
  I also thank the incredible Congresswoman Lee for joining me here 
today to speak in support of this critical policy change, and, of 
course, Congressman Crawford who submitted this change as a Republican-
led bipartisan amendment to the FSGG appropriations bill in 2017 and 
has been a great advocate on this issue over the years.
  This is an amendment that is critical, and it builds on more than a 
decade of efforts by bipartisan Members of the House and Senate and the 
farm industry leaders across the country.
  As Cubans face one of the most painful crises in three decades, 
forcing tens of thousands of Cubans to spend long hours each day 
waiting in lines in hopes of finding food, our amendment would provide 
temporary relief to them as well as U.S. farm exporters by suspending 
enforcement for 1 year of the prohibition and extending credit to Cuban 
food buyers.
  This amendment makes sense for two reasons.
  First, the Cuban people are contending with significant food 
shortages, as I mentioned. By allowing Cuban importers to buy U.S. food 
products on credit, we can help ease the suffering of everyday Cubans 
and build good will between our peoples. Simply put, it is the most 
humane thing we can do right now and the right thing to do.
  Second, the amendment would also help American ag producers as well 
by removing trade barriers that put them at a competitive disadvantage 
with countries thousands of miles away, like China and Vietnam.
  For my home State of Michigan, and many others across the country, 
this amendment effectively opens up a new market of about 11 million 
people for our farmers and for their exports.
  I know Michigan's director of Agriculture and Rural Development, Gary 
McDowell, noted that our State's farmers seek great opportunities for 
products such as dry beans, apples, dairy products, and poultry that 
are major staples of the Cuban diet.
  This amendment is good for our Cuban people, as well as good for the 
American farmers, and the right thing to do.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to please support this amendment, and 
I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I claim time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, let's be clear, this is not the time to 
provide unilateral concessions to a designated state sponsor of 
terrorism. This amendment is simply a bailout for the anti-American 
terrorist regime of Cuba, a regime that brutally oppresses the Cuban 
people and continuously undermines U.S. national security interests.
  It aids adversaries such as Russia, the Maduro regime in Venezuela, 
and terrorist groups such as FARC and ELN, just to mention a couple.
  Remember, the law allows for unlimited quantities of food and 
medicine and other basic necessities that are already allowed to be 
sent and to be sold to Cuba. What we must not do is leave the American 
taxpayers on the hook to subsidize the Cuban terrorist regime.
  This is not the time to bail out an enemy of the United States, which 
harbors fugitives from U.S. justice, which allows Russian spy ships to 
dock in its waters, that ruthlessly oppresses the Cuban people, 
imprisoning even children for just speaking out for freedom.
  This amendment, by the way, would also ensure that American farmers 
are not paid because we all know that the Cuban regime does not pay 
back its debts. This would, again, put the American taxpayer on the 
hook to help the Cuban regime.
  Let's be clear, a vote against this amendment is a vote for freedom. 
A vote against this amendment is a vote for the American national 
security interests. A vote against this amendment is a vote for human 
rights and freedom for the Cuban people.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, as I said, this amendment would help alleviate 
the suffering of the Cuban people. It also is very important to note 
that this is identical to a bipartisan Republican-led amendment 
submitted just a few years ago.
  Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. 
DeLauro), the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the amendment offered by 
Ms. Tlaib. Our Nation's policy toward Cuba over the past six decades 
has proven to be ineffective and counterproductive. The Biden 
administration has started to peel back some of these restrictive 
policies in a manner that will both empower the Cuban people and 
safeguard U.S. national security interests, and this amendment would 
further these efforts.
  This amendment would lift the longstanding restrictions on the 
private financing of agricultural exports to Cuba, which harm U.S. 
farmers and ranchers and their competitiveness. Cuba imports more than 
$2 billion in agricultural exports per year.
  Eliminating this longstanding prohibition would increase business for 
our Nation's ranchers and farmers, and we would create jobs for 
hardworking American families.
  Let me give you an example. In 2021, the U.S. rice imports from 
Vietnam were $12.6 million; Malaysia, $16 million; Thailand, $51 
million; and Pakistan, $34 million. We are costing American taxpayers 
dollars by importing

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when we could be helping Alabama and Louisiana and be able to import 
rice from Cuba at a lot lower cost.
  Mr. Chair, I support the reforms that allow for better relationships 
with Cuba, and I urge support for this amendment.
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, may I ask how much time I have remaining?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, while I understand and share some of the 
concerns, the reality is the embargoes aren't working and have failed 
to achieve any of its aims for over a half a century.
  I think my colleagues, all of us, at least agree that there is no 
more principled reason to engage than to ease the suffering of the 
Cuban people who are currently again suffering from huge amounts of 
food shortages.
  I think it is critically important to understand there is trade 
happening now, but in cash. This would again allow the access to credit 
to be able to do it in a way that allows farmers in not only Michigan 
but across the country who are asking us to help them do more and 
export and allow them to address some of the food shortages that help 
the Cuban people so much more.
  Mr. Chair, for those reasons I urge my colleagues to please vote 
``yes'' on this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Gimenez).
  Mr. GIMENEZ. Mr. Chairman, pardon me if I get a little emotional, 
this is actually personal for me since I was actually born in Cuba.
  Mr. Chair, I rise to oppose Congresswoman Tlaib's FSGG amendment to 
exempt current prohibitions against U.S. assistance to Cuba.
  It is ironic that this amendment is being pushed on the week after we 
commemorated the bravery of the pro-freedom protesters in Cuba.
  Whether we are talking about the Biden administration's announcement 
last month to allow private travel to Cuba or allow Americans to invest 
in so-called private companies within Cuba, the regime takes advantage 
of these lifelines to fuel their butchery, their massacres, their 
jailings, their nonstop violations of human rights.
  Now, Congresswoman Tlaib wants to extend yet another pipeline of cash 
to the regime to directly fund the murdering, the raping, the jailing 
of the Cuban people. Quite frankly, anyone supporting this legislation 
really ought to be ashamed of themselves.
  If you believe in freedom and democracy, in capitalism, in the power 
of economic and social opportunity, I urge you to vote against this 
shameful and pathetic amendment.
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman 
from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz).
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding 
and for his leadership and compassion about this extremely important 
issue.
  Mr. Chair, I must rise in opposition to the gentlewoman's amendment. 
While I know she has the best of intentions, I want to be very 
practical about my opposition to this. The reality is the amendment 
will not alleviate the suffering of the Cuban people, quite the 
contrary. In fact, it may exacerbate their pain by simply enriching a 
tyrannical regime who uses violence and repression to keep their cruel 
grip on power.
  On a day in which we just heard from the First Lady of Ukraine, who 
is obviously experiencing what the brunt of repression means from a 
brutal dictator, we certainly should not be caving to brutal 
dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere.
  The dictatorship in Cuba controls all trade on the island, and, in 
turn, uses resources to oppress its own people.
  The current cash-in-advance requirement for the financing of 
agricultural exports to Cuba ensures that the regime in Cuba cannot 
benefit from loans or credit, and that its corrupt, military-run 
financial institutions are not intertwined with American financial 
institutions.
  Please, anyone within the sound of my voice needs to understand that 
this amendment allows U.S. persons to invest in Cuban agricultural 
businesses, even if those businesses are involved in trafficking and 
confiscated property, as defined in the LIBERTAD Act, which is law, 
even if the business is controlled by the Government of Cuba, the Cuban 
military, or any other entity. It is inexplicable to me how we could 
allow that.
  It is also important to point out that unlimited quantities of food, 
medicine, and other basic necessities are already permitted into Cuba 
both for sale and through humanitarian donations.
  And as the Biden administration has done, the best way to lift up the 
Cuban people is to support their efforts for democratic reform and 
mount pressure for release of hundreds of arbitrarily detained 
political prisoners, including 20 children.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment and 
support liberty all over the world.

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  Ms. TLAIB. I am prepared to close, Mr. Chair.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. Green).
  Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to 
amendment No. 137.
  Unlimited quantities of food and medicine are already permitted in 
Cuba, yet this egregious amendment would allow the financing of 
agricultural exports to the island. The Cuban regime controls 100 
percent--a single company controls all agricultural imports. It is 
owned by the military. It is controlled by the enforcers of the 
Communist regime.
  Tens of thousands of Cubans tried to protest just 1 year ago, and 
thousands of them are in prison. Children are imprisoned by this 
Communist regime.
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, this is only about food. The Members in 
opposition are claiming to stand with the people of Cuba, but this is 
our opportunity to support the Cuban people and help them right now. 
When we take this opportunity to vote ``yes,'' we show that the U.S. 
isn't the enemy of the Cuban people during their time of need. At the 
same time, we are helping our local farmers right here. Vote ``yes.''
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. 
Malliotakis).
  Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Mr. Chair, I understand the plight of the Cuban 
people, I would say, more than most in this Chamber simply because I 
still have family who resides there. It is true that these people are 
starving, and they are struggling, but the reality is that it is 
because of their own government.
  Whatever you do, Mr. Chair, any business that you conduct with Cuba 
will go to the regime. It never gets to the actual people. We know this 
because that is the way they have acted in the course of history, doing 
business with every other country in the world and then taking it all 
for themselves while the people suffer.
  The people who want the Fight for $15 on the other side of the aisle 
know that the people of Cuba make $15 per day, that they are being 
treated inhumanly, and that young children are put in jail.
  If you want to help the Cuban people, Mr. Chair, side with them in 
their quest for freedom. Side with them when they say they want to be 
liberated. They want what we have in the United States.
  Stop appeasing the regime; stop empowering the regime; and stand on 
the side of freedom.
  Let's try to change this form of government for the better so those 
people can have true human rights and freedoms that they deserve and 
that they are not put in political prisons simply for peacefully 
protesting like we are so privileged to do here in the United States.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. 
Green).
  Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. The current regime controls all the imports. 
If you give money to the regime, Mr. Chair, they keep the money. They 
don't trickle it down to the people.
  They are a current state sponsor of terrorism and a close ally of 
Putin's Russia, the Maduro regime in Venezuela, the terrorist state of 
Iran, and

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terrorist groups such as FARC and ELN. They are currently participating 
in a military exercise in Venezuela led by the Russians.
  Again, just 1 year ago, thousands of Cubans protested in the streets 
in every province in Cuba demanding libertad--freedom. Hundreds of them 
remain in prison, including children, as I said, for daring to speak 
freely. Yet, today, Congress is debating whether to provide financing 
to their captors.
  A vote against this amendment is a pro-freedom, pro-America, and pro-
human rights vote, and I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this 
amendment.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of this amendment 
to permit American farmers to help alleviate hunger in Cuba. As one of 
the co-chairs of the Bipartisan Cuba Working Group, I thank 
Congresswoman Tlaib for offering it, and I thank the Speaker and my 
working group co-chair, Chairman Jim McGovern for making it in order.
  After more than six decades, the U.S. embargo on Cuba has 
accomplished nothing except to cause suffering among the Cuban people. 
This policy is a complete failure. And yet it continues, a policy that 
divides families and hurts working people in Cuba.
  This amendment would permit American farmers to help alleviate the 
current hunger crisis in Cuba that is made worse by COVID and our 
embargo. In one fell swoop, we could show that America puts 
humanitarian values first, and head off competition from countries like 
China who seek to make inroads in our hemisphere.
  This amendment is good for American farmers, good for the Cuban 
people, and good for healing Cuban-American families divided by 
misguided U.S. policy. I urge my colleagues to vote yes.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Tlaib).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Michigan 
will be postponed.


     Amendments En Bloc No. 8 Offered by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut

  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, pursuant to House Resolution 1232, I offer 
amendments en bloc.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc.
  Amendments en bloc No. 8 consisting of amendment Nos. 183 and 184 
printed in part A of House Report 117-420, offered by Ms. DeLauro of 
Connecticut:

       Amendment No. 183 Offered by Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts

       Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 830, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.


       Amendment No. 184 Offered by Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts

       Page 861, strike lines 17 through page 862, line 7.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1232, the gentlewoman 
from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) and the gentleman from Florida (Mr. 
Diaz-Balart) each will control 10 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Connecticut.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts 
(Mr. McGovern), who is the chair of the Rules Committee.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chair, I thank Chairwoman DeLauro for yielding to 
me.
  Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of this bipartisan en bloc, which 
would eliminate funding for the VA Asset and Infrastructure Review, or 
AIR, Commission, and transfer the $5 million to the Healthcare for 
Homeless Veterans Program.
  Let me be clear. The recommendations advanced so far as part of the 
VA's asset and infrastructure review process will lead to the closure 
or downsizing of nearly one-third of this country's VA medical 
facilities and community-based outpatient clinics. I believe that is an 
unacceptable and, frankly, rotten way to treat veterans, who have put 
their lives on the line for this country.
  This entire process is a backdoor way to cut services for veterans, 
and I strongly urge my colleagues to support our veterans and vote 
``yes'' on this amendment, which has the support of a wide range of 
veterans advocacy organizations from across the political spectrum.
  This bipartisan amendment eliminates funding for a commission that 
would make it harder for veterans across America to get the care they 
deserve.
  The decision to recommend shutting down these VA healthcare 
facilities was based on totally flawed and years-old information. There 
are huge, unacceptable, and inexcusable gaps in the data that was used 
to determine which facilities to shut down. The VA did not consider 
cases where hundreds of millions of dollars in new investments were 
made in facilities that were recommended for closure. It makes 
absolutely no sense.
  Let me give you an example. One of the facilities that would be 
closed is the Leeds VA Medical Center in Massachusetts. They said that 
this facility should be closed because it needed nearly $200 million in 
upgrades. What they didn't say was that we already invested in those 
upgrades. $200 million in taxpayer money was already invested in this 
facility, and now they are recommending that it be shut down.
  Talk about ripping off the American taxpayer.
  The data that they used is from years ago. It is inexcusable. Even 
the VA admits this. This is the definition of stupid. We might as well 
throw taxpayer money out the window if these flawed recommendations 
move forward.
  That is not even to mention the impact this commission would have on 
veterans. I held a listening session to hear how these recommendations 
would affect many veterans in Massachusetts and across the country. I 
happen to have a map here, by the way. Here is the map. The yellow is 
partial closures, and the blue is total closures all across the 
country.
  Again, what we are finding out by objective observers is that all 
this is based on flawed and outdated information, and they are 
recommending that they shut these facilities down.
  But I am learning here that this would literally force veterans to 
drive hours and hours across State lines just to get basic care. I talk 
to people with PTSD who say: I am just not going to get care anymore if 
I have to drive across the State into another State to get care.
  Older veterans who need nursing home care could have to move long 
distances from their support systems. This process so far is a complete 
and total slap in the face to these veterans, and we should not spend 
one penny more on a commission that is going to be used to advance 
these awful cuts to veterans' services.
  If this moves forward, closures and consolidation of VA facilities 
are mandatory, but recommendations to build new facilities are subject 
to future appropriations and are not guaranteed. So, this 
Appropriations Committee will have to decide whether to invest in the 
new facilities or the consolidation of facilities.
  That is why groups like the Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed 
Veterans of America, and Veterans of Foreign Wars all support shutting 
down this commission right now, which is what this amendment would do.
  Everyone knows that this process and the commission are broken. Even 
VA Secretary McDonough acknowledged it to Congress, telling the House 
Veterans' Affairs Committee that the data is not up to speed in light 
of the pandemic. I am also grateful that the chairman of the Veterans' 
Affairs Committee here in the House, Chairman Takano, is supporting my 
amendment.
  I want to be clear that Secretary McDonough has done a great job on 
advocating for our veterans, and he is working with my team and me to 
get to the bottom of some of these problems. But this process started 
because of a bill that Congress passed even before he became Secretary. 
I have spoken to him, and I know that he, too, does not want to make it 
harder for veterans to get care. The solution is that Congress needs to 
pass this amendment.
  Even our nonpartisan congressional watchdog, the GAO, recently put 
out a report on this called ``VA Health Care: Incomplete Information 
Hinders Usefulness of Market Assessments for VA Facility Realignment.''
  The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.

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  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield the gentleman from Massachusetts an 
additional 2 minutes.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chair, I include the executive summary in the 
Record.

  [From the United States Government Accountability Office, Feb. 2022]

Incomplete Information Hinders Usefulness of Market Assessments for VA 
                          Facility Realignment

       The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) conducted 
     assessments of its capacity within 96 markets to deliver 
     health care to veterans through VA providers and, when the 
     Department cannot provide the care needed, through non-VA 
     providers, known as community care. For these assessments, 
     markets are designated geographic areas made up of a set of 
     contiguous counties that contain one or more VA medical 
     centers and associated clinics. For an overview of VA's 
     approach, see the figure.
       Text of Overview of Department of Veterans Affairs' 
     Approach to Its Market Assessments:
       Compiled data about the market including veteran health 
     care supply and demand,
       Identified gaps between supply and demand,
       Developed proposals to respond to gaps between supply and 
     demand, and
       Issue final proposals.
       VA officials described the department's process of 
     developing proposals as iterative in that VA continually 
     reviewed and revised draft proposals throughout the market 
     assessments process. The VA Secretary plans to transmit 
     recommendations to the Asset and Infrastructure Review 
     Commission by March 14, 2022--that is, no later than 6 weeks 
     from the statutory deadline of January 31, 2022. The 
     Commission will then review these recommendations, hold 
     public hearings, and prepare and issue their own 
     recommendations to the President.
       GAO identified gaps in the data VA compiled and certified 
     for the market assessments that were relevant to determining 
     both the supply of and demand for non-VA care. For example, 
     VA lacked complete data on the extent to which its 
     contractors maintain an adequate number of non-VA providers 
     to ensure veterans have timely access to community care. VA 
     officials told GAO that they determined supply and demand 
     based on the most recently available data at the time of data 
     compilation--December 2018 to November 2020. In addition, 
     while VA officials told GAO the end-of-assessment analyses 
     included updated data on community care, these data did not 
     address the gaps GAO identified. Without such information, VA 
     lacks a full understanding of the extent to which community 
     care is able to supplement VA facility care to meet veterans' 
     current and future demand.
       GAO also found that VA's approach to the market assessments 
     did not include steps to collect information on the quality 
     of VA data compiled from numerous VA data sources or other 
     steps to understand any relevant data limitations. Instead, 
     VA officials leading the market assessments said they relied 
     on VA offices responsible for the databases to ensure the 
     data quality. As a result, VA is unable to communicate to 
     external stakeholders, such as the Asset and Infrastructure 
     Review Commission, all relevant information on the quality of 
     VA data used in market assessments, including any limitations 
     affecting these data and the resulting proposals for 
     realignment.

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chair, moving forward with funding this 
fundamentally broken process would be an incredible disservice to our 
veterans and would jeopardize access to the high-quality, specialized 
care that they have earned.
  This commission is being dismantled as we speak because the 
recommendations that were made to it were so catastrophically bad. Last 
month, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester led a 
bipartisan group of 12 Senators to announce that the Senate Veterans' 
Affairs Committee would not even confirm any more nominees to the 
commission, effectively ending this process once and for all. Last 
week, we had an amendment to the NDAA pass to shut this down.
  Why are we giving $5 million to a commission that may very well never 
exist and which is actively seeking to undermine care for our veterans 
and their families?
  Mr. Chair, we all believe in upgrading and updating our VA system, 
but let's use accurate information. There is no way that anybody here 
can tell me that the recommendations that are being put forward are 
based on accurate and updated information. We are talking about our 
veterans, who are now going through needless anxiety because of all 
these threats of closures.
  Mr. Chair, we need to do better, and I urge my colleagues to vote 
``yes'' on this en bloc.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Carter).
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman for 
yielding.
  Mr. Chair, I rise to speak on the need to provide certainty to 
blueberry producers who have been affected by freezes.
  We all know how difficult the job of being a farmer can be. So much 
of their success is completely dependent on things outside of their 
control. This is particularly true when it comes to foul weather and 
disasters. Farmers are at nature's mercy when it comes to these events.
  This past year, a number of specialty crops across the country saw 
significant losses caused by freezes, particularly blueberries in my 
home State of Georgia. The statewide freeze event this past March 
resulted in losses that exceed $140 million.
  The last time a similar devastating freeze occurred, Congress was 
able to come together and provide funding for those losses.
  I thank the Appropriations' Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee chair, Sanford 
Bishop, from Georgia, for all of his support already for this effort.
  The underlying bill includes $10 million for disasters occurring in 
2022 and report language expressing Congress' concerns about the impact 
of extreme weather events on blueberry producers. However, that $10 
million will not be enough to assist with the damages from disasters. 
Chairman Bishop has committed to continue working on this issue and to 
ensure adequate funding is available to blueberry and other producers 
affected by freezes in 2022.
  Mr. Chair, I hope we can continue to demonstrate Congress' commitment 
to not only providing relief when farmers need it the most but also 
fixing the larger issue for good so we no longer need to return to this 
after future freezes.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), who is the chairperson of the Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman for 
yielding.
  With great respect for my friend from Massachusetts, I rise in strong 
opposition to these amendments.
  I spend every day in my work as chair of the Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee protecting and 
improving the lives of our Nation's veterans. I vigorously oppose 
privatization, so much so that I voted against the VA MISSION Act, in 
which the AIR Commission appeared as part of that law, because of my 
concern about sending veterans who might end up remaining permanently 
in community care.
  This en bloc contains two amendments to the MILCON-VA division that 
would eliminate funding for the AIR Commission at the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. This independent commission was established by the VA 
MISSION Act to develop recommendations to modernize and realign VA 
health facilities so we can best meet the needs of our Nation's 
veterans.
  The reality is that the VA has different infrastructure needs today 
than it did decades ago. Not only are most VA facilities over 60 years 
old, but the veteran population has also shifted geographically over 
time.

                              {time}  1245

  The draft market assessments VA has developed and will continue to 
fine-tune are essential to ensure that VA's facility footprint meets 
veterans' needs where they are physically located today, not where most 
veterans were over 60 years ago. We can't ignore these changes and also 
effectively meet the current needs of our veterans.
  We cannot just cancel the Commission and pretend the problem doesn't 
exist or need to be addressed. We all care about veterans and, since we 
do, we should be focused together on making sure they have state-of-
the-art facilities that are designed to modern standards and are best-
positioned to serve them.
  The point of VA's market assessments is to identify the current, true 
needs of our veterans in each market, and the AIR Commission will then 
review those assessments and make final recommendations to the 
President and to the Congress. They come back to Congress after these 
market assessments and recommendations are made.

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  The funding in this bill does not implement the recommendations. I 
repeat. The funding in this bill does not implement the 
recommendations.
  We all, on both sides of the aisle, consistently talk about meeting 
the needs of our veterans. Making sure veterans have access to high-
quality care in high-quality facilities is a priority we all share. 
Adjusting the landscape of our facilities to meet veterans where they 
live today is key to meeting the needs of our veterans.
  If we want to make sure that we don't move further toward privatized 
healthcare for our veterans, we need to make sure that there are VA 
facilities that are convenient for them, or that they are eligible by 
law to go into community care if there are not.
  I have the utmost respect for the gentleman and my colleagues who are 
sponsors of this amendment, but as Chair of the Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee responsible for the 
entire budget for the VA, it is our responsibility to meet the needs of 
veterans across the entire country.
  We need to be careful about making rash decisions that have a long-
term impact. Unfortunately, the amendments in this en bloc will do more 
harm than good. And for those reasons, I will vote ``no'' on this en 
bloc, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. 
Ryan), the chairman of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee.
  Mr. RYAN. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of this amendment.
  I represent Ohio, and we have a number of VA clinics and facilities 
in rural areas across this country. One of ours is in Chillicothe, the 
Chillicothe VA Medical Center that this commission recommended for 
closure. They were saying it was not optimally located.
  This is in the southern part of the State, by the Ohio River, serving 
all of the veterans in the southern part of Ohio. And 1,400 Ohioans are 
employed. The facility is over 100 years old. It serves 20,000 veterans 
in 17 counties.
  This is insane that we think that that is a good idea; that of all 
the waste and abuse in the United States Government, we are going to 
target a rural VA facility in southern Ohio with a State that has 
865,000 veterans.
  I think this is a wise amendment. I support the McGovern amendment, 
and I urge my colleagues to support it as well.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Maine (Mr. 
Golden).
  Mr. GOLDEN. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the amendment.
  I represent the largest district east of the Mississippi. It is the 
second most rural district in the country, and home to more than 53,000 
veterans.
  The VA facilities that these veterans rely on--these are clinics in 
places like Houlton, Maine, Fort Kent, and Rumford--are at risk of 
being shut down if we don't permanently end the Asset and 
Infrastructure, or AIR Commission.
  Our VA hospital in Maine would be moved from Augusta. It would be 
downsized to an urgent care facility then be moved to Portland, Maine, 
which is a long distance away from most of the rural communities that I 
represent.
  Of course, Congress created this panel and tasked it with processing 
the recommendations given to streamline VA facilities. I think if you 
live in a rural State, it turns out that has largely been shorthand for 
closing facilities or reducing access to healthcare services.
  I introduced a bipartisan bill to eliminate the AIR Commission. Just 
about a month ago, I helped secure the language referred to earlier in 
the National Defense Authorization Act of that bill and, of course, I 
now support this amendment to defund the Commission and transfer the 
money to the VA's Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Program. It is a far 
better use of the money.

  I thank Mr. McGovern for his support of our Nation's veterans.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey 
(Ms. Sherrill).
  Ms. SHERRILL. Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of Chairman 
McGovern's amendment to increasing funding for the Healthcare for 
Homeless Veterans Program.
  Like many, I recognize the original intent for the AIR Commission. 
The VA's infrastructure is aging, and we need to ensure its facilities 
optimize care for veterans. I know that the chairman shares my 
determination to ensure our vets receive the best possible care.
  Unfortunately, the AIR process was flawed from the beginning. In a 
report issued earlier this year, the GAO found that the data AIR 
recommendations relied on was outdated and riddled with gaps.
  The moment the AIR recommendations were released, I received calls 
from veterans and VSOs in my district concerned about proposals to 
close the CBOC in Paterson, New Jersey. Veterans in my community are 
already asked to travel too far and wait too long for care. Closing a 
central CBOC would only exacerbate this.
  So while we must improve our VA facilities, the AIR's recommendations 
are the wrong way to go about this. I urge my colleagues to support the 
amendment.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendments en bloc offered 
by the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. POSEY. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut will be postponed.


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments printed in part A of House Report 
117-420 on which further proceedings were postponed, in the following 
order:
  Amendments en bloc No. 7 by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut.
  Amendment No. 137 by Ms. Tlaib of Michigan.
  Amendments en bloc No. 8 by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut.
  The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any 
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.


     Amendments En Bloc No. 7 Offered by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) on which further proceedings were postponed 
and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendments en bloc.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 355, 
noes 56, not voting 25, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 379]

                               AYES--355

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Auchincloss
     Axne
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Barr
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bentz
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bice (OK)
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Bourdeaux
     Bowman
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady
     Brown (MD)
     Brown (OH)
     Brownley
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burgess
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Carbajal
     Carey
     Carl
     Carson
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (LA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Connolly
     Conway
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     Davids (KS)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Davis, Rodney
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Dunn
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans

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     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Flores
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frankel, Lois
     Gallagher
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garbarino
     Garcia (CA)
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gibbs
     Gimenez
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gonzalez-Colon
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Harder (CA)
     Harshbarger
     Hayes
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins (LA)
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Hinson
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huffman
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs (CA)
     Jacobs (NY)
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (TX)
     Jones
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kahele
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (CA)
     Kim (NJ)
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamb
     Lamborn
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Leger Fernandez
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lucas
     Luria
     Lynch
     Mace
     Malinowski
     Malliotakis
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Mann
     Manning
     Mast
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCarthy
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meijer
     Meng
     Meuser
     Mfume
     Miller-Meeks
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (NC)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Newhouse
     Newman
     Norcross
     Norton
     O'Halleran
     Obernolte
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Pfluger
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (NY)
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Ross
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Rutherford
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salazar
     San Nicolas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sessions
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Simpson
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Smucker
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Spartz
     Speier
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stevens
     Stewart
     Strickland
     Suozzi
     Swalwell
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Turner
     Underwood
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Duyne
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walorski
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yarmuth
     Zeldin

                                NOES--56

     Allen
     Banks
     Biggs
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Brooks
     Buck
     Cammack
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Comer
     Davidson
     Donalds
     Duncan
     Estes
     Fallon
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fulcher
     Gohmert
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Harris
     Hern
     Herrell
     Hice (GA)
     Hollingsworth
     Jackson
     Jordan
     Keller
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Luetkemeyer
     Massie
     McHenry
     Miller (IL)
     Nehls
     Norman
     Pence
     Perry
     Posey
     Rice (SC)
     Rosendale
     Roy
     Schweikert
     Steube
     Taylor
     Tenney
     Timmons
     Van Drew
     Waltz
     Webster (FL)
     Williams (TX)

                             NOT VOTING--25

     Bergman
     Burchett
     Bush
     Cardenas
     Cawthorn
     Cheney
     Gaetz
     Hartzler
     Hill
     Johnson (GA)
     Kinzinger
     Langevin
     McCaul
     McKinley
     Meeks
     Miller (WV)
     Mullin
     Owens
     Radewagen
     Ruiz
     Sewell
     Smith (MO)
     Titus
     Vargas
     Westerman

                              {time}  1331

  Messrs. GOHMERT and FULCHER changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma, Mr. McCLINTOCK, Mrs. 
LESKO, Messrs. KELLY of Mississippi and KUSTOFF changed their vote from 
``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the en bloc amendments were agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. CARDENAS. Mr. Chair, had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on rollcall No. 379.
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Chair, had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on rollcall No. 379.
  Mr. HILL. Mr. Chair, I was held up at Speaker Lobby security. Had I 
been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 379.
  Mr. BERGMAN. Mr. Chair, I was delayed by metal detector issues 
entering the floor. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on 
rollcall No. 379.
  Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Chair, I was delayed by Speaker Pelosi's metal 
detectors. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 
No. 379.
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Chair, I was absent from the floor and missed the vote 
on Bipartisan En Bloc No. 7 To H.R. 8294. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 379, En Bloc No. 7 to H.R. 8294 on 
agreeing to the DeLauro amendment.
  Stated against:
  Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Chair, I was unable to make it to the floor in time 
for the first vote today for the purpose of constituent outreach. Had I 
been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 379.


    Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress

     Auchincloss (Beyer)
     Barragan (Beyer)
     Bowman (Neguse)
     Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
     Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
     Correa (Beyer)
     Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
     Demings (Kelly (IL))
     Escobar (Garcia (TX))
     Foster (Spanberger)
     Gallego (Soto)
     Gosar (Weber (TX))
     Houlahan (Spanberger)
     Kahele (Kelly (IL))
     Katko (Joyce (OH))
     Keating (Beyer)
     Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     Leger Fernandez (Kuster)
     Meng (Kuster)
     Moore (WI) (Beyer)
     Newman (Beyer)
     Palazzo (Fleischmann)
     Pingree (Kuster)
     Porter (Neguse)
     Salazar (Kim (CA))
     San Nicolas (Takano)
     Sires (Pallone)
     Smucker (Keller)
     Stevens (Kuster)
     Taylor (Weber (TX))
     Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
     Walorski (Fleischmann)
     Williams (GA) (Neguse)
     Wilson (SC) (Norman)


                 Amendment No. 137 Offered by Ms. Tlaib

  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Bera). The unfinished business is the demand 
for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from 
Michigan (Ms. Tlaib) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 163, 
noes 260, not voting 13, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 380]

                               AYES--163

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Auchincloss
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bowman
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brown (OH)
     Brownley
     Bush
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Casten
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cooper
     Correa
     Courtney
     Crow
     Davids (KS)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Foster
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gomez
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Houlahan
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Jones
     Kahele
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lee (CA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Massie
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Newman
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Panetta
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Rush
     Ryan

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     Sablan
     San Nicolas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schiff
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stansbury
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Velazquez
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--260

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice (OK)
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Bourdeaux
     Brady
     Brooks
     Brown (MD)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Cardenas
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Castor (FL)
     Cawthorn
     Chabot
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Comer
     Connolly
     Conway
     Craig
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crist
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     Davidson
     Davis, Rodney
     Demings
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Flores
     Foxx
     Frankel, Lois
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia (CA)
     Gibbs
     Gimenez
     Gohmert
     Golden
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Herrell
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Hollingsworth
     Horsford
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson
     Jacobs (NY)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (TX)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kim (CA)
     Kuster
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamb
     Lamborn
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (NV)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luria
     Mace
     Malinowski
     Malliotakis
     Maloney, Sean
     Mann
     Manning
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Meijer
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller-Meeks
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (NC)
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norcross
     Norman
     O'Halleran
     Obernolte
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Quigley
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Scalise
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sessions
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Simpson
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Spartz
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Taylor
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Trone
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Veasey
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wexton
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--13

     Burchett
     Cheney
     Costa
     Hartzler
     Jacobs (CA)
     Johnson (GA)
     Khanna
     Kinzinger
     McKinley
     Miller (WV)
     Radewagen
     Schakowsky
     Suozzi

                              {time}  1340

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Chair, had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on rollcall No. 380.


    Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress

     Auchincloss (Beyer)
     Barragan (Beyer)
     Bowman (Neguse)
     Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
     Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
     Correa (Beyer)
     Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
     Demings (Kelly (IL))
     Escobar (Garcia (TX))
     Foster (Spanberger)
     Gallego (Soto)
     Gosar (Weber (TX))
     Houlahan (Spanberger)
     Kahele (Kelly (IL))
     Katko (Joyce (OH))
     Keating (Beyer)
     Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     Leger Fernandez (Kuster)
     Meng (Kuster)
     Moore (WI) (Beyer)
     Newman (Beyer)
     Palazzo (Fleischmann)
     Pingree (Kuster)
     Porter (Neguse)
     Salazar (Kim (CA))
     San Nicolas (Takano)
     Sires (Pallone)
     Smucker (Keller)
     Stevens (Kuster)
     Taylor (Weber (TX))
     Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
     Walorski (Fleischmann)
     Williams (GA) (Neguse)
     Wilson (SC) (Norman)


     Amendments En Bloc No. 8 Offered by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) on which further proceedings were postponed 
and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendments en bloc.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 238, 
noes 191, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 381]

                               AYES--238

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amodei
     Auchincloss
     Axne
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bice (OK)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bowman
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brown (MD)
     Brown (OH)
     Brownley
     Bush
     Bustos
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casten
     Castro (TX)
     Cheney
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cohen
     Cole
     Connolly
     Conway
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Craig
     Crow
     Davids (KS)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garbarino
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gibbs
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gonzalez-Colon
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Harshbarger
     Herrell
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins (NY)
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hudson
     Huffman
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (TX)
     Jones
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kahele
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Keller
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     LaMalfa
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (NV)
     Leger Fernandez
     Letlow
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lucas
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Malliotakis
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Manning
     Massie
     Matsui
     McBath
     McClain
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Newhouse
     Newman
     Norcross
     Norton
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Rodgers (WA)
     Ross
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sablan
     San Nicolas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Suozzi
     Swalwell
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Turner
     Underwood
     Upton
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Walberg
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--191

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Barr
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Bourdeaux
     Brady
     Brooks
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Case
     Castor (FL)
     Cawthorn
     Chabot
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Cleaver
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyburn
     Clyde
     Comer
     Courtney
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crist
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     Davidson
     Davis, Rodney
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Demings
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Flores
     Foxx
     Frankel, Lois
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garcia (CA)
     Gimenez
     Gohmert
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Harris
     Hayes
     Hern
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Himes
     Hinson
     Hollingsworth
     Hoyer
     Jackson
     Jacobs (NY)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)

[[Page H6900]]


     Jordan
     Kelly (MS)
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTurner
     Lee (CA)
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Luetkemeyer
     Mace
     Mann
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McHenry
     Meijer
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller-Meeks
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Mullin
     Murphy (NC)
     Nehls
     Norman
     Obernolte
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smucker
     Soto
     Spartz
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Taylor
     Tenney
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Trone
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Wagner
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Burchett
     Hartzler
     Jacobs (CA)
     Kinzinger
     McKinley
     Miller (WV)
     Radewagen

                              {time}  1350

  Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida changed her vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Ms. HERRELL changed her vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the en bloc amendments were agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


    Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress

     Auchincloss (Beyer)
     Barragan (Beyer)
     Bowman (Neguse)
     Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
     Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
     Correa (Beyer)
     Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
     Demings (Kelly (IL))
     Escobar (Garcia (TX))
     Foster (Spanberger)
     Gallego (Soto)
     Gosar (Weber (TX))
     Houlahan (Spanberger)
     Kahele (Kelly (IL))
     Katko (Joyce (OH))
     Keating (Beyer)
     Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     Leger Fernandez (Kuster)
     Meng (Kuster)
     Moore (WI) (Beyer)
     Newman (Beyer)
     Palazzo (Fleischmann)
     Pingree (Kuster)
     Porter (Neguse)
     Salazar (Kim (CA))
     San Nicolas (Takano)
     Sires (Pallone)
     Smucker (Keller)
     Stevens (Kuster)
     Taylor (Weber (TX))
     Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
     Walorski (Fleischmann)
     Williams (GA) (Neguse)
     Wilson (SC) (Norman)
  The Acting CHAIR. There being no further amendments under the rule, 
the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Ms. 
Omar) having assumed the chair, Mr. Bera, Acting Chair of the Committee 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that that 
Committee, having had under consideration 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, and, pursuant to House 
Resolution 1232, he reported the bill, as amended by that resolution, 
back to the House with sundry further amendments adopted in the 
Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 1232 the question on adoption of the 
further amendments will be put en gros.
  The question is on adoption of the amendments.
  The amendments were agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. VALADAO. Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Valadao of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 
     8294 to the Committee on Appropriations.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the 
previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit.
  The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. VALADAO. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  Pursuant to section 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes 
the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of the 
passage.
  This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 206, 
nays 219, not voting 5, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 382]

                               YEAS--206

     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
     Cheney
     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
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     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)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McHenry
     Meijer
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller-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
     Zeldin

                               NAYS--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

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     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

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Burchett
     Hartzler
     Kinzinger
     McKinley
     Miller (WV)

                              {time}  1404

  Mr. EVANS and Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York changed their vote 
from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


    Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress

     Auchincloss (Beyer)
     Barragan (Beyer)
     Bowman (Neguse)
     Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
     Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
     Correa (Beyer)
     Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
     Demings (Kelly (IL))
     Escobar (Garcia (TX))
     Foster (Spanberger)
     Gallego (Soto)
     Gosar (Weber (TX))
     Houlahan (Spanberger)
     Kahele (Kelly (IL))
     Katko (Joyce (OH))
     Keating (Beyer)
     Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     Leger Fernandez (Kuster)
     Meng (Kuster)
     Moore (WI) (Beyer)
     Newman (Beyer)
     Palazzo (Fleischmann)
     Pingree (Kuster)
     Porter (Neguse)
     Salazar (Kim (CA))
     Sires (Pallone)
     Smucker (Keller)
     Stevens (Kuster)
     Taylor (Weber (TX))
     Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
     Walorski (Fleischmann)
     Williams (GA) (Neguse)
     Wilson (SC) (Norman)
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 220, 
nays 207, not voting 4, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 383]

                               YEAS--220

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bourdeaux
     Bowman
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brown (MD)
     Brown (OH)
     Brownley
     Bush
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     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
     Pelosi
     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--207

     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
     Cheney
     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
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     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
     Meijer
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     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
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--4

     Burchett
     Hartzler
     McKinley
     Miller (WV)

                              {time}  1417

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


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mrs. HARTZLER. Madam Speaker, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, I was 
unable to vote. Had I been present, I would have voted: no on Roll Call 
No. 379, no on Roll Call No. 380, no on Roll Call No. 381, yes on Roll 
Call No. 382 and no on Roll Call No. 383.


    Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress

     Auchincloss (Beyer)
     Barragan (Beyer)
     Bowman (Neguse)
     Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
     Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
     Correa (Beyer)
     Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
     Demings (Kelly (IL))
     Escobar (Garcia (TX))
     Foster (Spanberger)
     Gallego (Soto)
     Gosar (Weber (TX))
     Houlahan (Spanberger)
     Kahele (Kelly (IL))
     Katko (Joyce (OH))
     Keating (Beyer)
     Kinzinger (Herrera Beutler)
     Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     Leger Fernandez (Kuster)
     Meng (Kuster)
     Moore (WI) (Beyer)
     Newman (Beyer)
     Palazzo (Fleischmann)
     Pingree (Kuster)
     Porter (Neguse)
     Salazar (Kim (CA))
     Sires (Pallone)
     Smucker (Keller)
     Stevens (Kuster)
     Taylor (Weber (TX))
     Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
     Walorski (Fleischmann)
     Williams (GA) (Neguse)
     Wilson (SC) (Norman)

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