[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 26, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H7134-H7142]
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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 
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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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