[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 26, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H7134-H7142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3771, SOUTH ASIAN HEART HEALTH
AWARENESS AND RESEARCH ACT OF 2022; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R.
5118, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL COMPLETION ACT; PROVIDING FOR
CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 6929, SUSAN MUFFLEY ACT OF 2022; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I
call up House Resolution 1254 and ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:
H. Res. 1254
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be
in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 3771) to
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research
and improvement of cardiovascular health among the South
Asian population of the United States, and for other
purposes. All points of order against consideration of the
bill are waived. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a
substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and
Commerce now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature
of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee
Print 117-58 shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as
amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order
against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill,
as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final
passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and
Commerce or their respective designees; (2) the further
amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee on
Rules accompanying this resolution, if offered by the Member
designated in the report, which shall be in order without
intervention of any point of order, shall be considered as
read, shall be separately debatable for the time specified in
the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a demand for
division of the question; and (3) one motion to recommit.
Sec. 2. At any time after adoption of this resolution the
Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare
the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on
the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R.
5118) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to prioritize
the completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic
Trail, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against
consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be
confined to the bill and amendments specified in this section
and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Natural Resources or their respective designees. After
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment
under the five-minute rule. In lieu of
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the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by
the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill,
an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the
text of Rules Committee Print 117-57, modified by the
amendment printed in part B of the report of the Committee on
Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The
bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill
for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute
rule and shall be considered as read. All points of order
against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. No
further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order
except those printed in part C of the report of the Committee
on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such further
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for
the time specified in the report equally divided and
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand
for division of the question in the House or in the Committee
of the Whole. All points of order against such further
amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of
the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report
the bill, as amended, to the House with such further
amendments as may have been adopted. In the case of sundry
further amendments reported from the Committee, the question
of their adoption shall be put to the House en gros and
without division of the question. The previous question shall
be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto
to final passage without intervening motion except one motion
to recommit.
Sec. 3. During consideration of H.R. 5118, the Chair may
entertain a motion that the Committee rise only if offered by
the chair of the Committee on Natural Resources or his
designee. The Chair may not entertain a motion to strike out
the enacting words of the bill (as described in clause 9 of
rule XVIII).
Sec. 4. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in
order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 6929) to
increase the benefits guaranteed in connection with certain
pension plans, and for other purposes. All points of order
against consideration of the bill are waived. The amendment
printed in part D of the report of the Committee on Rules
accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopted.
The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points
of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are
waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered
on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment
thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except:
(1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways
and Means or their respective designees; (2) the further
amendment printed in part E of the report of the Committee on
Rules accompanying this resolution, if offered by the Member
designated in the report, which shall be in order without
intervention of any point of order, shall be considered as
read, shall be separately debatable for the time specified in
the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a demand for
division of the question; and (3) one motion to recommit.
Sec. 5. (a) At any time through the legislative day of
Friday, July 29, 2022, the Speaker may entertain motions
offered by the Majority Leader or a designee that the House
suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule XV with
respect to multiple measures described in subsection (b), and
the Chair shall put the question on any such motion without
debate or intervening motion.
(b) A measure referred to in subsection (a) includes any
measure that was the object of a motion to suspend the rules
on the legislative day of July 26, 2022, July 27, 2022, July
28, 2022, or July 29, 2022, in the form as so offered, on
which the yeas and nays were ordered and further proceedings
postponed pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX.
(c) Upon the offering of a motion pursuant to subsection
(a) concerning multiple measures, the ordering of the yeas
and nays on postponed motions to suspend the rules with
respect to such measures is vacated to the end that all such
motions are considered as withdrawn.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado is recognized
for 1 hour.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the
customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess), pending
which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration
of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only.
General Leave
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Colorado?
There was no objection.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House
Resolution 1254, which provides for consideration of H.R. 3771, the
South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act, under a structured
rule. It provides 1 hour of debate, equally divided and controlled by
the chair and the ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy
and Commerce, making in order one amendment, and provides one motion to
recommit.
The rule also provides for consideration of H.R. 5118, the Wildfire
Response and Drought Resiliency Act, under a structured rule. The rule
self-executes a manager's amendment from Chairman Grijalva, makes in
order three amendments, provides 1 hour of debate, equally divided and
controlled by the chair and the ranking minority member of the
Committee on Natural Resources, and provides one motion to recommit.
The rule also provides for consideration of H.R. 6929, the Susan
Muffley Act, under a structured rule. The rule self-executes a
manager's amendment from Chairman Neal, makes in order one amendment,
provides 1 hour of debate, equally divided and controlled by the chair
and the ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means, and
provides one motion to recommit.
Finally, the rule provides the majority leader or his designee the
ability to en bloc requested roll call votes on suspension bills
considered on July 26 through July 29. That authority lasts through
July 29.
Mr. Speaker, I am grateful to have the opportunity to argue the rule
today on three important bills. The first, as I mentioned, is H.R.
3771, which has been brought forward by our colleague from Washington
(Ms. Jayapal). We are grateful to her for her leadership on this
particular bill, the South Asian Heart Awareness and Research Act.
As you may know, Mr. Speaker, heart disease is the leading cause of
death in the United States. South Asian Americans are four times more
likely to be at risk of developing heart disease than the general
population. Congress must invest in strategies to reverse that deadly
trend.
This legislation establishes a grant program to provide for community
groups involved in South Asian heart health promotion. The bill also
supports health research by authorizing the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to conduct research related to cardiovascular disease,
type 2 diabetes, and other heart-related diseases among various
populations.
Again, I thank Representatives Jayapal and Wilson for not only
raising awareness about the risk factors for heart disease but also
ensuring that those living with heart disease receive the care, the
treatment, and the support that they need.
The rule also provides for consideration of a second bill, H.R. 6929,
the Susan Muffley Act of 2022, brought forward by our distinguished
colleague from Michigan (Mr. Kildee). We are very grateful to Mr.
Kildee for his leadership on this particular bill and the clarion call
that he has offered year after year in fighting for relief for those in
the manufacturing sector.
As the Speaker may know, the economic downturn that started in
December 2007 significantly impacted the manufacturing sector
throughout the United States, including Michigan. During this time, the
auto industry underwent a major restructuring with the assistance of
the Obama administration through the Presidential Task Force on the
Auto Industry. General Motors and Chrysler required financial
assistance from the Federal Government at that time.
The Delphi Corporation, which Mr. Kildee will explain in greater
detail, formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors, was a
major supplier of auto parts and components in the industry. In 2005,
Delphi declared bankruptcy due to a downturn in sales. During their
reorganization, General Motors agreed to assist Delphi by assuming some
of the company's pension liabilities.
General Motors backed out of that deal in July 2009, and the pension
plans were terminated by the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
a government corporation that insures the pension benefits of workers
in the private sector.
The Federal Government cut retirement benefits by as much as 70
percent,
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Mr. Speaker, for more than 20,000 salaried retirees.
The Susan Muffley Act, brought forward by Mr. Kildee, will right this
wrong. The bill is named after Susan Muffley, whose husband was one of
the 20,000 retirees who saw their benefits reduced when the plan was
terminated. She joined the Delphi Salaried Retirees Association, and
she became part of the core leadership of that group, which fought to
restore their pension benefits.
Mr. Speaker, fundamentally, this is a pretty simple bill. If you work
hard and play by the rules, you should be able to retire with dignity
in America.
These hardworking retirees have waited too long to receive the
benefits that they earned, but thanks to Representatives Kildee and
Turner, and with the support of this Chamber, they won't have to wait
much longer.
The rule provides for consideration of one final bill, my bill, H.R.
5118, the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act.
Catastrophic wildfires and drought, exacerbated by the climate
crisis, are wreaking havoc on much of the Western United States and
across many regions of our country, impacting millions of Americans,
including in my State, the great State of Colorado.
This crisis is harming ecosystems, impacting water supplies and food
production, and risking the well-being and the livelihood of countless
families.
The Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act represents a major
step by House Democrats to address the dual crises of wildfire and
drought plaguing communities across the country, communities like those
in my district, Colorado's Second Congressional District.
The legislation makes specific strategic and targeted investments to
protect communities from catastrophic wildfires, reduce risks of future
fires, and help our firefighters currently fighting these flames.
Similarly, the bill improves drought resiliency by investing in water
projects with rapid timelines, modernizing data and technology, and
providing near-term drought response.
The package builds on the investments that were made as part of the
bipartisan infrastructure law that this Chamber passed last year and
supports a whole-of-government commitment to addressing the climate
threats that are already impacting millions of Americans.
This bill is a critically important bill, and if I might, I will
offer one final story to explain why.
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On December 30 of last year, the Marshall fire swept through the city
of Louisville, the town of Superior, and unincorporated areas of
Boulder County, all incredible communities that I have the privilege of
representing here in the United States Congress. That fire destroyed
and damaged more than 1,000 homes in a single night. It became the most
destructive wildfire that our State has ever known.
Over the last several months, I have heard countless concerns from
Coloradans across our great State, including in my district, about
future wildfires, about our ability to recover, about our ability to
build resiliency and tackle the drought that we are experiencing.
This bill meets those needs. It meets the needs of the American West,
and that is why I am proud to support the bill and to present this
evening on the rule for consideration of the same.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Neguse for yielding me the
customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, today's rule provides for consideration of three bills,
three bills that are unnecessarily partisan, but that is where we are.
The first bill, H.R. 5118, attempts to address the wildfires raging
across the country. Calendar year 2022 is shaping up to be the most
destructive wildfire year on record. To date, 5 million acres in the
United States have been ravaged by forest fires.
Concerningly, risk projections compiled by the United States Forest
Service have assessed that large swaths of the country will remain
under the threat of wildfires for the remainder of this year.
Forest fires are responsible for the destruction of lives and
property. They are responsible for the degradation of our air and water
quality and the destruction of vibrant natural ecosystems and wildlife.
They are also responsible for billions of dollars in damages to States
and individuals.
Perhaps the most distressing component of the proliferation in
intensity of forest fires is that some forest fires are entirely
preventable. A major contributor is decades of poor forest management
that have exacerbated forest fires.
Environmental activists and their allies have made routine forest
management all but impossible. Their campaign of legal obstruction has
directly contributed to the current wildfire and forest health crisis.
It is perplexing to see organizations that ostensibly are dedicated to
protection of natural habitats instead engaging in an obstruction that
has made safeguarding our habitats all the more difficult.
Unfortunately, H.R. 5118 is a package of 48 bills from many different
committees, but only 9 of these bills have received a committee markup.
For example, this bill includes provisions related to the electrical
grid, environmental justice, and the health effects of wildfire smoke,
all things that are not immediately necessary to fight wildfires.
The United States Forest Service has demonstrated that there are
scientific and environmentally sound solutions to mitigate the damage
of forest fires. If we allow the United States Forest Service to
actually do their jobs, we can create healthier, more resilient natural
habitats that all Americans can enjoy and from which all Americans can
derive benefit.
Second, H.R. 6929, the Susan Muffley Act, is a $1 billion taxpayer-
paid bailout of privately run pension plans that have been absorbed by
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation after Delphi, a spinoff of
General Motors, went into bankruptcy.
The benefits guaranteed by the PBGC under the plan insurance
termination program are subject to statutory maximums. When the PBGC
became the trustee, participants in Delphi Salaried Pension Plan,
approximately 20,000 employees, were subject to these statutory benefit
limitations.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's maximum benefit guarantee
for that pension was terminated in 2009, and it is $4,500 a month or
$54,000 per year for retirees who began receiving pensions at age 65.
Of the 20,000 salaried plan participants, 72 percent were not affected
by the benefit guarantee limit.
Prior to the 2009 bankruptcy of General Motors and of Delphi, General
Motors made an agreement to top-up potential benefit losses for certain
Delphi unionized employees represented by the United Auto Workers.
General Motors honored that agreement, and those unionized employees
were not subject to the same benefit losses caused by the statutory
limits.
This bill could create a significant precedent in the single-employer
pension system by allowing a taxpayer-funded increase for 1 of over
5,000 terminated single-employer PBGC trusteed plans. It would also
create an expectation that Congress will do the same with current and
future terminated plans.
Here is the deal: This bill had no committee hearings, no markups,
and no input from committee Republicans. Instead of working on
appropriations, the majority has decided to use this last week in July
to allow some of their Members to take home a win before the August
recess.
Lastly, H.R. 3771, the South Asian Heart Health Awareness and
Research Act of 2022 takes an important public health issue and makes
it partisan. The Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans have
repeatedly expressed concerns with the South Asian Heart Health
Awareness and Research Act throughout the entire legislative process.
The bill did not receive a single Republican vote in committee.
Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the United States.
Republicans don't disagree with the need to undertake the research
proposed in H.R. 3771. In fact, the Energy and Commerce Committee has a
history of supporting research on heart disease for at-risk
populations, including South Asian communities. Unfortunately,
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this bill will not help address the burden of cardiovascular health
issues in America.
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to
make grants promoting awareness of heart disease in disproportionately
affected communities. This, in fact, is a duplicative authorization
that will deepen the CDC's already problematic mission creep.
There are 24 programs currently at CDC, all of which are funded in
the 2023 Labor-HHS Appropriations bills. Some have expired
authorizations dating back to 1998. The CDC should be focusing on
addressing emerging diseases instead of authorizing duplicative
programs.
The CDC has repeatedly demonstrated that it does not have the
bandwidth to deal with its current responsibilities. I believe this
clear lack of mission and focus on infectious diseases has
significantly contributed to the CDC's failure, yes, of coronavirus and
now of monkeypox.
Furthermore, the CDC doesn't even want this authorization. When
providing the required technical feedback on the bill, the CDC
expressed concerns that the authorized grants are, in fact,
duplicative. The agency also expressed concerns that it would not be
able to provide the data required by the bill.
I am uncertain what effect, if any, this bill will have on
communities disproportionately impacted by poor cardiovascular outcomes
when the partisan government funding bill released by the House
Appropriations Committee will already be providing nearly $4 billion to
the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
By creating this one-time authorization of a million dollars to
establish an internet clearinghouse on evidence-based heart research
and treatment options for South Asian communities, this bill merely
serves as an earmark. As Members of Congress, it is our job to examine
government programs to determine whether, in fact, they are effective
and producing positive outcomes for the American people.
The South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act should not
move forward. This bill is unnecessary, and it is never going to see
the light of day in the Senate.
Mr. Speaker, I urge opposition to the rule, and I reserve the balance
of my time.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, before I yield to Mr. Kildee, let me just
respond a bit to my distinguished colleague from the State of Texas to
say, first, I know he made reference to priorities vis-a-vis the
appropriations legislation.
I think that most Americans who are watching these proceedings
tonight would agree that our work to help Americans stay healthy is an
important priority, that our work to increase firefighter pay for those
brave firefighters that are sacrificing so much to keep our communities
safe, that that is an important priority; that righting a wrong that
unjustly impacted tens of thousands of hardworking American families,
workers in Michigan and Ohio, that that is an important priority.
I will say with respect to the wildfire bill and the gentleman's
comments regarding forest management, I agree with regard to his praise
for the Forest Service's 10-year national wildfire plan. That plan was
funded through the bipartisan infrastructure bill which, unfortunately,
so many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle opposed.
But for House Democrats getting that bill done, the wildfire plan
that my friend praises, would not have been enacted by the Forest
Service. The good news, Mr. Speaker, is that my colleague has another
opportunity to vote on a bill that would authorize additional projects
that he and so many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle
apparently support.
That bill is the bill that we are debating this week. That bill is
the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act because it includes an
authorization for funding of additional projects so the Forest Service
can continue doing the important work that it is doing in Colorado,
Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and across the Western United States.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from
Michigan (Mr. Kildee).
Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr.
Neguse), my friend, for yielding to me to speak in favor of this rule,
which includes consideration of legislation that I and others drafted,
the Susan Muffley Act, to ensure that people who worked hard, played by
the rules--20,000 of these Delphi salaried retirees, including 5,000 in
my home State of Michigan--have their pensions protected.
The Susan Muffley Act is a bipartisan bill. I will address that again
in a moment. Republicans and Democrats came together to pull this
legislation together. The AARP supports it; the AFL-CIO supports it.
These are workers who lost their pension through no fault of their own.
When General Motors filed for bankruptcy during the recession, PBGC
assumed responsibility for these retirees and unfairly cut their
benefits as a result of the discharge of that bankruptcy. These
retirees were treated differently than other retirees affected by that
bankruptcy. As a result, it upended so many lives.
In September of 2009, the Delphi Salaried Retirees Association filed
suit. After unsuccessfully petitioning the Supreme Court, it became
obvious and clear that a legislative solution was the only way to get
this done.
My legislation would make those retirees whole again. The
beneficiaries will receive a payment, the difference between what they
would have received had their pension been protected.
But let me just get to the point why this action is necessary. I will
specifically address some of the concerns raised by my friend, Dr.
Burgess. This is not a precedent unless you consider the precedent for
any other time that the Federal Government, whether you agreed with it
or not--and I know many didn't--inserted itself into this situation
where GM and Delphi were facing bankruptcy, took control of the
company, provided capital to the company, got their money back.
It was the Federal Government who stepped in to do this. It was the
Federal Government that contributed to the decision to treat these
particular workers differently when it came to their earned pensions.
So now it is the Federal Government's responsibility to fix the mess
that it created in the name of Susan Muffley, a woman whose husband
worked at Delphi for 31 years and failed to seek medical treatment
because they didn't have access to healthcare during that period that
they were being overlooked.
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Look, after working for 30 years to earn a pension, you ought to be
able to be respected. The issue here, this is not a precedent in the
sense that it is not just a private pension system that failed. It was
a system that was taken over by the Federal Government, run through
bankruptcy by the Federal Government, and decisions by the Federal
Government that contributed to this.
It is not a partisan piece of legislation. The gentleman says it is a
partisan bill. It is not. I wrote it with Mr. Turner of Ohio. I see Mr.
Katko on the floor, a cosponsor of this legislation. For goodness'
sake, there are very few bills where I find my name on the same piece
of legislation with Representative Mo Brooks. He is on this bill. If
you think that is not bipartisan, I don't know what is.
This is something the Trump administration attempted to resolve, and
now the Obama administration is working with us to get it done. I am
sorry--the Biden administration. Actually, the Obama administration
failed to get it done. Some of my friends on the other side have said
that I might be reluctant to say so. No.
Here is my view: If you broke it, you bought it. This was a failure
that occurred during the Obama administration. I am not afraid to admit
that. But that doesn't mean because I happen to be a member of that
same party that I don't think we ought to step up and do the right
thing when we can to deal with this. The Federal Government is
responsible for what happened to these workers. No two ways about it.
The Federal Government owes it to them to fix it.
Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, Republicans will
amend the rule to immediately consider a resolution expressing support
for United
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States Border Patrol agents introduced by Representative Michael
Guest.
President Biden's border crisis is demoralizing our border agents.
Charged with securing our southern border, these agents are rescuing
women and children left to die by traffickers, they are confronting the
drug trade, combating gang violence, all while attempting to perform
their usual duties in the face of over 3 million undocumented
crossings.
Instead of supporting these brave men and women, the Biden
administration has, instead, turned them into political pawns. As we
saw in the fall of 2021, Democrats, including the President, the Vice
President, and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security,
all were involved in a rush to judgment and publicly accused Border
Patrol agents of criminal wrongdoing in Del Rio, Texas.
Despite being cleared by the Department of Homeland Security's
Inspector General and Customs and Border Protection's Office of
Professional Responsibility, the administration still seeks to punish
these agents in order to justify their initial criticism, all the while
continuing President Biden's open border agenda.
It is time for the House to stand with the Border Patrol by
denouncing these false claims and supporting their mission of securing
the border.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my
amendment in the Record, along with extraneous material, immediately
prior to the vote on the previous question.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Langevin). Is there objection to the
request of the gentleman from Texas?
There was no objection.
Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from
Mississippi (Mr. Guest) to explain his amendment.
Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the previous question so
that we may immediately consider H. Res. 1255.
This resolution expresses support for the United States Border Patrol
agents and condemns the Biden administration for politicizing the
measures taken by mounted Border Patrol agents to respond to an influx
of Haitian refugees in Del Rio, Texas, in September of last year.
During the encounter, Border Patrol agents performed the job that
they were trained to do. Afterward, photos were released that showed
agents using long reins to control their horses. Those photos were then
used by the Biden administration to manufacture an attack on law
enforcement agents, a common political tactic that we have seen
implemented by those on the far left in movements such as defund the
police and abolish ICE.
Before any inquiry was made into the events, we saw President Biden
and those in his administration attack these officers to pander to the
progressives within their party. Before the investigation even began,
President Biden made the promise to make those agents pay. Even after
the allegations were debunked by CBP and the journalist who took the
photographs, President Biden and those on the left who supported those
false claims refused to retract their statements and refused to
apologize to the agents they publicly attacked.
We were promised a swift investigation, but the investigation took
months to complete. Once completed, the allegations of assault were
dropped and replaced with punishments for using offensive language and
other minor infractions.
National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd summed it up
best when he said this: ``The moment he made those statements''--
referring to President Joe Biden--``the moment he said those agents
would pay, the moment he convicted those agents without any evidence,
without any investigation, there could be no doubt in anyone's mind
that these investigators were going to come back with some sort of
charges against the agents.''
Mr. Speaker, I have been to the border. I have spoken to law
enforcement agents stationed there. They all say the same thing. They
all say that this administration has abandoned them.
They feel that President Biden, Vice President Harris, and others in
the Biden administration manufactured a political scandal by targeting
the agents who are working every day to secure our border and protect
our Nation. This is the last thing these hardworking agents deserve.
The morale of our Border Patrol agents remains low due to extreme
pressure and long hours exacerbated by the President's border crisis.
The last thing they need is for their elected officials to turn their
back on them, or, in the case of Del Rio, publicly betray them.
They need to know that their elected officials stand with them, stand
with them to secure our border and to end this crisis that is bringing
drugs into our country and endangering the lives of law enforcement
agents, American citizens, and the immigrants themselves.
That is why this legislation is so important. Congress must continue
to express its support of our law enforcement agents and work with
them, not against them, to secure our border. The law enforcement
community needs to know that this Congress stands with them.
Mr. Speaker, I encourage all my colleagues to vote ``no'' on ordering
the previous question so that we can send a simple message to the men
and women who are working overtime to secure our border and secure our
Nation: We stand with them, and we will never abandon them.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New
York (Mr. Katko).
Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose the previous question
so we can immediately consider H. Res. 1255 led by my good friend and
colleague Michael Guest, the vice ranking member of the Committee on
Homeland Security.
Let's be clear: The situation at the southwest border is absolutely
unsustainable. Since President Biden took office, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection has had more than 3 million encounters at the
southwest border. That is 3 million. That is an incredibly unbelievable
record.
Yet, despite doing their best in impossible conditions, Border Patrol
agents continue to be vilified by this President and others in the
party.
This is exemplified by the response from the Biden administration and
Congressional Democrats when unsubstantiated claims were made against
Border Patrol agents responding to tens of thousands of migrants that
attempted to illegally cross the border in Del Rio, Texas, in September
of last year.
Without any investigation, any opportunity to review evidence, or any
semblance of due process, here is what was said about our brave law
enforcement officers as they simply tried to deal with the untenable
situation at the border created by this administration.
Let's start with President Biden:
It was horrible to see people treated like they were.
Horses nearly running them over. And people being strapped.
It's outrageous. I promise you, these people will pay.
Vice President Harris:
This has invoked some of the worst moments in our history,
where that kind of behavior has been used against the
indigenous people of our country. It has been used against
African Americans during times of slavery.
Secretary Mayorkas:
I was horrified by what I saw. The pictures I observed
troubled me profoundly. One cannot weaponize a horse to
attack a child. That is unacceptable.
Finally, Speaker Pelosi:
Reports of the mistreatment of Haitian migrants fleeing
from violence and devastation from natural disasters are
deeply troubling, including the inappropriate use of what
appears to be whips by Border Patrol officers on horseback to
intimidate migrants.
Jumping to conclusions and casting dispersions against our law
enforcement officers without any forethought is unconscionable. It is a
fundamental tenet of what I did as a Federal prosecutor for 20 years,
that you never reach a conclusion and seek to prove it. You let the
facts take you where they do. They didn't do that on this occasion.
They reached a conclusion and sought to prove it.
After months of an extensive investigation that was promised within
weeks, Customs and Border Protection's own Office of Professional
Responsibility published a report in July that concluded there is no
evidence--none--no evidence that Border Patrol
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agents struck, intentionally or otherwise, any migrants with their
reins from their horses. There were no whips, there were no reins used
as whips, no one was struck, and absolutely no one was strapped, as the
President alleged.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the
gentleman from New York.
Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, after being cleared of any criminal
wrongdoing, not a single top Democrat, including the President or
anyone within his administration, including Secretary Mayorkas, has
acknowledged that their knee-jerk comments were wrong and unfair, and
it destroyed the lives of those officers.
To make matters worse, Border Patrol agents are leaving in record
numbers due to low morale, an impossible mission, and no support from
this administration.
The constant vilifying of the Border Patrol and law enforcement has
got to stop. This is not what agents signed up for. They deserve
better. They deserve our support, and, by God, they are going to get
it.
Mr. Guest's resolution sets the record straight and acknowledges our
responsibility to support law enforcement.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to
defeat the previous question so we can take this measure up and provide
these brave men and women who risk their lives every single day with
the support they deserve.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I will yield to my distinguished colleague from Colorado in just a
moment, but before I do, I would be remiss if I didn't say that I heard
the comment that my distinguished colleague from Texas made earlier
with great interest regarding the supposed partisanship of the three
bills that we are considering today under this rule.
I think it is important for both the Speaker and the American people,
those who are watching, to perhaps clarify what it is precisely that we
are debating this evening and what we will be debating this week.
Just as a reminder, again, a bill to help Americans stay healthy; a
bill to right a wrong that was generated through the bankruptcy of
General Motors that impacted hundreds of thousands of Americans,
hardworking families in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and across our
country; and addressing the scourge of wildfires across the United
States, including by increasing the pay for our Federal wildland
firefighters. That is what these three bills that we are going to be
considering this week and that are part of this structured rule are all
about.
I have to say to the gentleman from New York, whom I have great
respect for, that I say thank you to him for supporting one of these
bills, H.R. 6929, the bill brought forward by Mr. Kildee. I was a bit
surprised when the gentleman from Texas said that these proposals were
not bipartisan, when, in fact, H.R. 6929 is supported by many of my
colleagues from the other side of the aisle and led by Mr. Turner of
Ohio.
I was just as surprised when he described the bills in that fashion,
since H.R. 3771 is also co-led by a Republican member, Mr. Fitzpatrick
of Pennsylvania.
I was just as surprised when he characterized our wildfire bill in
that fashion, given that Mr. LaMalfa and Mr. Moore have two bills
included within that omnibus package.
{time} 1900
These are bipartisan solutions in my view and in the view of many of
my colleagues, and it is important that we proceed to debating them on
the merits, which is precisely why I encourage my colleagues to vote
for the rule.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr.
Perlmutter), a distinguished member of the Rules Committee.
Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Colorado for
extending me 3 minutes.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the previous question and the
rule, especially the section regarding the Wildfire Response and
Drought Resiliency Act.
Climate change is having a real and serious impact in Colorado and
throughout the country. In 2020, Colorado experienced the three largest
wildfires in our State's history. Last summer, smoke from West Coast
wildfires settled in the Denver Basin and what was at first some of the
most pristine, best air in the world became some of the dirtiest as a
result of the smoke from those wildfires. Most recently, as my friend
said, in December of last year, a fire ripped through the northwest
suburbs of Denver, between Denver and Boulder, destroying more than
1,000 homes in 6 hours.
Over the last 20 years it has been hotter and dryer in Colorado and
throughout the West than ever recorded. Unfortunately, there is still a
lot we don't know about wildfires, their behavior, and their long-
lasting effects. The Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act will
improve our understanding of wildfires and create a more coordinated
whole-of-government approach so we can better prepare for and respond
to these worsening threats.
Close to half of my State's population lives in or near places prone
to wildfires, so we need to get serious about our approach to wildfires
to protect people's lives, their homes, and our natural resources.
I am proud of four amendments I introduced in the Science, Space, and
Technology Committee, which are included in this bill. The provisions
expand research and development opportunities to better protect
buildings from wildfire hazards, as well as promote energy efficiency
and environmental sustainability.
Further, the provisions will assist collaboration among the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, and other agencies in
their work in fire prevention and fire weather forecasting. The
provisions allow NOAA and NASA to purchase commercial data products
from satellites and airborne data sources to support their efforts to
improve our understanding of wildfires.
Finally, the provisions will expand the Department of Energy's
activities under the Wildland Fire Risk Reduction Program to include
fire modeling, forecasting, fire spread, and the analysis of wildfire
fuels.
I urge a ``yes'' vote on the previous question and the rule.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded not to traffic the
well.
Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, we just heard a lot about wanting to right
wrongs. Well, here is an opportunity to right a wrong. You can vote
``no'' on the previous question and allow this wrong to be corrected.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Pfluger).
Mr. PFLUGER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for yielding.
I rise today to oppose the previous question so we can immediately
consider H.R. 1255 and bring forward my good friend Mr. Guest's
resolution that will support the brave men and women in the U.S. Border
Patrol.
I think it is the right time to be talking about fires, the right
time to be talking about not only fires in the literal sense of the
fires that have affected my district, but, also, fires in the
figurative sense that I believe our President has led us into,
especially when it comes to the fires that are going on at our border.
In the figurative sense, if you were there last year as I was under
the bridge in Del Rio--and I wish that more of my colleagues on the
other side of the aisle would actually join us to see those ``fires''
that are going on every single day with the thousands, the hundreds of
thousands of people that are crossing illegally.
The administration's policies have been a complete failure at every
single turn: the illicit drugs that are flowing into our country; the
over 100,000 people who have died needlessly as a result of fentanyl;
the known and suspected terrorists that have gotten into our country. I
believe the number that has been published by the administration is at
56, though it only took a handful to orchestrate the events of 9/11.
I spent the day talking to the National Narcotics Officers
Association. These officers from every walk of life, every corner of
this country, and every demographic are completely abandoned. They feel
abandoned by the Commander in Chief. If you want to
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talk about a fire, let's talk about that fire. They feel abandoned
while they are trying to do their job. While the powers that be are
pursuing the wrong-headed policies, these brave men and women not only
of the Border Patrol, ICE, and other CBP officers, but, also, in every
law enforcement category are trying to restore law and order to our
country while we have the other side of the aisle in favor of
lawlessness and chaos. That is a fire that is worth talking about.
It was shocking when we heard President Biden before an investigation
was convened, before we knew the facts say: ``I promise you, those
people will pay,'' referring to the Border Patrol agents who were doing
their job to put out the figurative fires on the southern border. ``I
promise you, those people will pay.'' Can you imagine if President
Trump had said that? The outcry that would have happened, the outrage.
I urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to right this
wrong against those Border Patrol agents, their reputations, and their
families. Their livelihoods and their careers need to be righted. They
have been completely exonerated, but where are my friends on the other
side of the aisle? What a shame to have that platform and to use that
platform to denigrate these people who are putting their lives on the
line to secure our country. They deserve better.
While others on the other side of the aisle may be laughing right now
at this discussion, I don't think it is funny, and the people that are
securing our country, those Border Patrol agents, certainly don't think
it is funny.
The American people deserve better. The Border Patrol agents deserve
better. Our law enforcement agents deserve better.
I urge my colleagues to oppose the previous question and to support
our law enforcement and Border Patrol.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the
balance of my time.
Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, in closing, I oppose the bills in this rule because they
were crafted outside of regular order without significant Republican
input.
I had hoped we could produce legislation that would mitigate and
contain the scourge of forest fires that continue to plague our Nation.
This bill does not provide for responsible forest management, those
forest management solutions that have been demonstrated to be
effective. For that reason, I oppose H.R. 5118.
Additionally, Congress should not be authorizing taxpayer dollars to
bail out privately run pension plans above the statutory maximum. It is
unfortunate that Delphi overpromised and under-delivered for its
employees, but allowing a taxpayer-funded increase for a terminated,
single-employer pension would set a significant precedent for the over
5,000 similar pensions managed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
Then finally, addressing cardiovascular disease is a nonpartisan
public health issue, however, Congress should be conducting of
oversight of the Centers for Disease Control, not authorizing another
duplicative program. Our goal should be to reduce the duplication and
be more intentional with the funding in order to achieve positive
outcomes.
Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question, a ``no''
on the rule, and I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, today's rule is a testament to the hard work of so many
of my colleagues and the House Democratic Caucus.
These underlying bills will make our communities more resilient. They
count for the impacts of climate change, invest in our Nation's public
health infrastructure, and fix a decades-old mistake by restoring
terminated pensions for hardworking Americans across our country.
Contrary to what my Republican colleague would have you believe about
these bills, two of these bills are bipartisan. They are co-led by
Republican Members of the House.
The other bill incorporates multiple bills and legislative proposals
that have been introduced by Republican Members of the House.
Mr. Speaker, Americans are worth investing in. Our families, our
students, our firefighters, our manufacturers, our communities are
worth investing in.
I urge a ``yes'' vote on this rule.
The text of the material previously referred to by Mr. Burgess is as
follows:
Amendment to House Resolution 1254
At the end of the resolution, add the following:
Sec. 6. Immediately upon adoption of this resolution, the
House shall proceed to the consideration in the House of the
resolution (H. Res. 1255) expressing continued support for
all U.S. Border Patrol agents who carry out the important
mission of securing our borders. The resolution shall be
considered as read. The previous question shall be considered
as ordered on the resolution and preamble to adoption without
intervening motion or demand for division of the question
except one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Homeland Security. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to
the consideration of House Resolution 1255.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I
move the previous question on the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous
question.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-
minute votes on:
Adoption of the resolution, if ordered; and
Motions to suspend the rules with respect to the following bills:
H.R. 6552;
H.R. 7289;
H.R. 3588;
H.R. 7180;
H.R. 8454; and
H.R. 7734.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217,
nays 193, not voting 20, as follows:
[Roll No. 386]
YEAS--217
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
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)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
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Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NAYS--193
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brady
Brooks
Buchanan
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Calvert
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Comer
Conway
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Ellzey
Emmer
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Flores
Foxx
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
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
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meijer
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
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
Weber (TX)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
NOT VOTING--20
Bowman
Buck
Cammack
Cheney
Estes
Franklin, C. Scott
Grijalva
Hartzler
Hollingsworth
Kinzinger
Luetkemeyer
McClain
Meuser
Posey
Rogers (AL)
Rosendale
Salazar
Waltz
Webster (FL)
Zeldin
{time} 1938
So the previous question was ordered.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. BOWMAN. Madam Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted yea
on rollcall No. 386.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Amodei (Balderson)
Babin (Sessions)
Blumenauer (Beyer)
Brown (MD) (Trone)
Bush (Blunt Rochester)
Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
Cherfilus-McCormick (Bishop (GA))
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
Curtis (Garbarino)
DeFazio (Pallone)
DeGette (Blunt Rochester)
Demings (Soto)
DeSaulnier (Beyer)
Duncan (Norman)
Evans (Beyer)
Fulcher (Johnson (OH))
Gottheimer (Neguse)
Graves (MO) (Fleischmann)
Guthrie (Barr)
Jackson Lee (Cicilline)
Jones (Blunt Rochester)
Kahele (Correa)
Kelly (IL) (Blunt Rochester)
Khanna (Neguse)
Kind (Beyer)
Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
McBath (Blunt Rochester)
McCaul
(Reschenthaler)
Meeks (Jeffries)
Meng (Kuster)
Moore (UT) (Garbarino)
Moore (WI) (Beyer)
Murphy (FL) (Rice (NY))
Ocasio-Cortez (Tlaib)
Omar (Blunt Rochester)
Owens (Garbarino)
Rice (SC) (Meijer)
Ruppersberger (Trone)
Rush (Blunt Rochester)
Ryan (Kuster)
Sarbanes (Beyer)
Scott, David (Correa)
Simpson (Johnson (OH))
Sires (Pallone)
Smucker (Joyce (PA))
Stevens (Kuster)
Stewart (Garbarino)
Taylor (Fallon)
Thompson (CA) (Beyer)
Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
Vargas (Correa)
Walorski (Banks)
Welch (Pallone)
Williams (GA) (Neguse)
Wilson (FL) (Neguse)
Wilson (SC)
(Norman)
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Underwood). The question is on the
resolution.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 218,
nays 201, not voting 11, as follows:
[Roll No. 387]
YEAS--218
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
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
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NAYS--201
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brady
Brooks
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Comer
Conway
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Ellzey
Emmer
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Flores
Foxx
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
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
McKinley
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
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)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
NOT VOTING--11
Estes
Franklin, C. Scott
Hartzler
Hollingsworth
Kinzinger
Lamb
Posey
Rogers (AL)
Rosendale
Webster (FL)
Zeldin
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{time} 1951
So the resolution was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Amodei (Balderson)
Babin (Sessions)
Blumenauer (Beyer)
Brown (MD) (Trone)
Bush (Blunt Rochester)
Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
Cherfilus-McCormick (Bishop (GA))
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
Curtis (Garbarino)
DeFazio (Pallone)
DeGette (Blunt Rochester)
Demings (Soto)
DeSaulnier (Beyer)
Duncan (Norman)
Evans (Beyer)
Fulcher (Johnson (OH))
Gottheimer (Neguse)
Graves (MO) (Fleischmann)
Guthrie (Barr)
Jackson Lee (Cicilline)
Jones (Blunt Rochester)
Kahele (Correa)
Kelly (IL) (Blunt Rochester)
Khanna (Neguse)
Kind (Beyer)
Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
McBath (Blunt Rochester)
McCaul
(Reschenthaler)
Meeks (Jeffries)
Meng (Kuster)
Moore (UT) (Garbarino)
Moore (WI) (Beyer)
Murphy (FL) (Rice (NY))
Ocasio-Cortez (Tlaib)
Omar (Blunt Rochester)
Owens (Garbarino)
Rice (SC) (Meijer)
Ruppersberger (Trone)
Rush (Blunt Rochester)
Ryan (Kuster)
Salazar (Dunn)
Sarbanes (Beyer)
Scott, David (Correa)
Simpson (Johnson (OH))
Sires (Pallone)
Smucker (Joyce (PA))
Stevens (Kuster)
Stewart (Garbarino)
Taylor (Fallon)
Thompson (CA) (Beyer)
Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
Vargas (Correa)
Walorski (Banks)
Waltz (Dunn)
Welch (Pallone)
Williams (GA) (Neguse)
Wilson (FL) (Neguse)
Wilson (SC) (Norman)
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