Congressional Record, Volume 168 Issue 125 (Wednesday, July 27, 2022)

[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 27, 2022)]
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 263, BIG CAT PUBLIC SAFETY ACT;
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4040, ADVANCING TELEHEALTH BEYOND
COVID-19 ACT OF 2021, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee
on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1256 and ask for its immediate
consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

H. Res. 1256

Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be
in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 263) to
amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions
enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the
conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other
purposes. All points of order against consideration of the
bill are waived. The amendment in the nature of a substitute
recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed
in the bill shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as
amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order
against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill,
as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final
passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources
or their respective designees; (2) the further 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. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in
order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 4040) to amend
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend telehealth
flexibilities under the Medicare program, and for other
purposes. All points of order against consideration of the
bill are waived. An amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee

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Print 117-59, modified by the amendment printed in part B of
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this
resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as
amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order
against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill,
as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final
passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and
Commerce or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to
recommit.
Sec. 3. House Resolution 517 is hereby adopted.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from California is
recognized for 1 hour.
Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate
only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Minnesota (Mrs. Fischbach), 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

Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent
that all Members be given 5 legislative days to revise and extend their
remarks.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from California?
There was no objection.
Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, the Rules Committee met and
reported a rule, House Resolution 1256, providing for consideration of
H.R. 263, the Big Cat Public Safety Act, under a structured rule.
It provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural
Resources, makes in order one amendment, and provides one motion to
recommit.
The rule also provides for consideration of H.R. 4040, the Advancing
Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act, under a closed rule.
The rule self-executes a manager's amendment from Chairman Pallone,
provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
and provides one motion to recommit.
Finally, the rule deems as passed H. Res. 517.
First, the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act, led by
Representative Cheney, and I am a proud cosponsor, will extend critical
telehealth policies implemented during the pandemic while making it
easier for seniors to access telehealth services.
We know that because of the pandemic, healthcare visits to the doctor
drastically changed, and these health services have become critical to
patients in accessing care. The pandemic made access to healthcare
difficult, but telehealth turned this negative into a positive.
To avoid exposure, many patients, including high-risk, vulnerable
people, choose to visit their doctor by video or telephone to receive
care. In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, we in
Congress authorized bipartisan legislation expanding telehealth
services for Medicare beneficiaries in March 2020. This was especially
important for our seniors and underserved areas, where it is already
significantly more challenging to access in-person care.
Telehealth is a very popular program among populations living in both
remote and rural areas and in highly populated areas. According to a
recent study, nearly a quarter of U.S. adults over 65 had a video
doctor's visit during the pandemic.
In November 2021, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
announced that it would extend some telehealth coverage through 2023.
However, certain telehealth services are scheduled to end when the
declared public health emergency expires.
Why should we end something, a program, that is helping vulnerable
people access medical care?
Telehealth is no longer an innovative option for accessing healthcare
services. For many, these services are a lifeline.
H.R. 4040 would extend critical telehealth policies under Medicare
that were initially authorized at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
through 2024. Specifically, H.R. 4040 would provide patients with
better access to telehealth regardless of where they are by removing
geographic barriers.
It would expand the availability of telehealth services for patients
by increasing the number of health clinics' eligibility, including
federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.
It will allow flexibility for Medicare beneficiaries to access mental
health telehealth and ensure audio-only telehealth services under
Medicare continue to be covered.
These provisions will help increase access to care and allow Medicare
to adapt to innovations in medical technology, all while reducing
healthcare costs and significantly reducing wait times for patient
care.
H.R. 263, the Big Cat Public Safety Act, will improve public safety
and protect wild animals by prohibiting the private possession of
lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, cougars, or any hybrid of
these species.
In short, this bill prevents people from keeping big cats as pets and
helps ensure that these animals are not kept in inhumane conditions.
Many law enforcement and first responder groups are supportive of this
legislation and are asking Congress to pass this bipartisan bill to
protect themselves and the general public.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support these two bipartisan
bills, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Representative from
California and my colleague on the Rules Committee for yielding me the
customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Today, we are here to discuss the rule providing for consideration of
H.R. 4040, the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act, and H.R. 263,
the Big Cat Public Safety Act.
First, H.R. 4040 will extend several Medicare telehealth
flexibilities that were initially utilized during the pandemic.
Telehealth has allowed many Americans to receive needed healthcare
across the Nation. While my Republican colleagues and I appreciate the
extension of these important programs, we believe that permanently
authorizing them is the better option.
Once again, the Democrats have decided to skip the committee process
and refuse Republican input or look at any possible improvements to the
bill. I know that many Members will be supporting this bill, but I
still must mention this missed opportunity to strengthen healthcare and
telehealth, especially for rural Minnesota and rural America.
Second, H.R. 263, the Big Cat Public Safety Act, would make it
illegal for any person to trade, breed, or possess any prohibited
wildlife species, specifically exotic big cat species like lions,
tigers, snow leopards, et cetera. The bill would impose civil and
criminal penalties for violators and grant the Federal Government the
authority to order forfeiture of big cats held in private captivity.
Many of the provisions of this legislation already exist under the USDA
regulatory scheme.
More than anything, Mr. Speaker, I am wholeheartedly disappointed in
how my colleagues are managing the remaining time left in this
Congress. The absence of any sense of urgency to fix the real problems
facing this country is incredibly frustrating.
This country is at the doorstep of a recession, but instead of
addressing it, the U.S. House of Representatives is spending time on
the regulation of big cats. My constituents are calling my office
because their families are struggling to pay for basic needs like food
and gas. They are calling because they want us to secure national
borders and address the fentanyl epidemic. They are calling because
they want to know what Congress is doing about rampant crime in cities
across the country. These are the issues facing our constituents. These
are the issues they are calling about because they are the issues
affecting their everyday lives and the ones we should be focusing on.
It is because of the irresponsible policies by Democrats that we have
such a big hole to dig ourselves out of, and now they want to ignore
these problems altogether and take up our precious time left in
Congress to consider legislation built off reality TV.

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Mr. Speaker, I oppose the rule, I ask Members to do the same, and I
reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett).
Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, telehealth is good. Telehealth fraud is
not. The Cheney bill is remarkably similar to a bipartisan measure that
I worked on last year and got the support of 22 health-related
stakeholders after holding a productive bipartisan hearing.
I applaud Representative Cheney's support for telehealth and her
valued service to our Nation in general. Through no fault of hers, this
bill contains a glaring omission.
Whenever billions of Federal dollars are available anywhere, some
will try to steal it. That is what has happened with telehealth. The
Justice Department has brought one charge after another against
hundreds of defendants for stealing through fraud billions of taxpayer
dollars, including charges that they brought last week.
What happens is that someone using the telehealth mechanism is
ordering expensive genetic tests, allergy tests, and medical equipment
that the patient does not need and billing the taxpayer through
Medicare.
My effort to address this is not just to see a prosecution of theft
after it has occurred, but to prevent it and to protect taxpayers with
an amendment that was designed to employ the recommendations of a
nonpartisan commission to prevent and reduce this kind of fraud.
It enjoyed bipartisan support. I saw that it was not included under
this rule. I think that is unfortunate. Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, I do
not support the rule or the bill.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, I
will offer an amendment to the rule to immediately consider H.R. 8488,
a bill to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum
products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my
amendment into the Record, along with extraneous material, immediately
prior to the vote on the previous question.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from Minnesota?
There was no objection.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR,
is an important national security tool and safety net for this country.
The United States has already been improperly depleting the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve under this administration since it is refusing to
increase domestic production during an energy crisis.
We most certainly should not be selling our emergency supply to an
adversary like China.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina
(Mr. Duncan) to speak further on the amendment.
Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota for
yielding time.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the previous question so that we
can amend the rule to immediately consider the Protecting America's
Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act.
H.R. 8488 is a bill introduced by Ranking Member Rodgers and me, and
it is simple. It would prohibit the Department of Energy from sending
America's emergency oil reserves, known as the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve, to China.
Now the Democrats are in denial about why their constituents are
paying so much at the pump for gas and diesel fuel. It is directly a
result of the Biden administration and Democrat policies that began the
day that Joe Biden was sworn in as the President of the United States.
Because of his war on the oil and gas industry, our domestic production
and our refining capacity has declined by more than 1 million barrels
per day since President Trump was in office.
Americans know what they were paying for gas in January of 2021. They
know what they are paying for gas today. They know they had more money
in their pocket to spend on things for their family. They know they are
having to make decisions now about their travel. It is affecting their
cost to go to work, to take their kids to school, or to go to their
place of worship.
Energy prices have surged past historic records. People have been
forced to pay more than $6 per gallon in some regions of the country.
Now President Biden and the Democrats are looking for cover. He is
looking to distract the American voters from the painful realities of
his anti-fossil fuel agenda by releasing an unprecedented 260 million
barrels of oil from the SPR, or the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Releasing this oil is going to be no more than a blip for gasoline
prices.
It seems as if the White House and Democrats are taking victory laps
over a temporary decrease in the price of gasoline. It is because
Americans are on vacation, they are not driving as much, they are
staying home--staycations--and they are not using as much. It is a
supply and demand issue.
But it is also a cause and effect issue. The cause is the Biden
administration's Democrat policies against fossil fuels because they
have some sort of utopian ideal that Americans are just going to--let's
see, in the words of Secretary Granholm: transition to electric
vehicles.
Let me be clear: I like electric vehicles. I think they ought to be a
part of the mix. In fact, more electric vehicles on the road means less
emissions and better air quality.
But instead of forcing it, why not let the free market work?
Why not let the free market come up with alternatives and more cost-
effective modes of transportation for Americans versus government
policies trying to push this utopian ideal?
It is not the solution to the energy crisis Americans are facing
today. Releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is not the
answer either. In fact, the Biden administration is releasing more than
1 million barrels per day, but it really has nowhere to go because our
refineries are at capacity and our pipelines are full. As a result,
America's emergency reserves are being sent to China which is using it
to build up its own strategic reserves.
The irony is that when prices plummeted at the onset of COVID,
President Trump's Department of Energy wanted to buy oil and fill up
the SPR. Democrats opposed that. Let's see, buy low, sell high. Oil was
really cheap. President Trump wanted to fill up the SPR. Now that oil
is really high, this President wants to release it and give it to
China.
We are going to have to replace it.
Are we going to replace it at a high price?
The other irony is that this isn't about fossil fuels because
President Biden traveled 11,000 miles roundtrip to Saudi Arabia to beg
the Saudis for oil. He didn't beg them for batteries for electric cars.
He begged them for oil which is going to be refined into the
transportation fuels that we use.
I have got an idea for President Biden and for Democrats: How about
embrace American energy production?
How about President Biden travel down to Port Fourchon, Louisiana, or
to Midland, Texas, and talk to American energy producers and ask them
the question: How can we meet the domestic demand that we have here in
this country?
How can we, with American energy production, lower the costs for moms
and dads, American families, here at home by American production,
providing American jobs, and producing American resources?
We have been blessed in this country with abundant resources in oil
and gas. Unfortunately, we have been cursed by liberal politicians.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the
gentleman from South Carolina.
Mr. DUNCAN. We have been cursed by liberal politicians who want to
take those abundant resources off the table and continue to hurt
American families who are trying to fill up their car just to travel to
work, to school, and to church.
Mr. Speaker, we need to defeat the previous question, we need to stop
selling or giving, or whatever, oil to China--an adversary--and we need
to focus on domestic energy production.
So, Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question so
that the House can immediately consider this important bill. I urge my
colleagues to vote against this previous question and for the
replacement.

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Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, today Democrats are talking
about expanding access to healthcare and helping our constituents live
healthy lives. That is what Democrats are bringing to the floor today
in a bipartisan way.
But yet here we are with some Republican colleagues across the aisle
continuing to insert divisive politics into a debate about healthcare,
about being able to see your doctor, and about being able to live a
healthy life. Perhaps it is because there are billions to be made in
gun sales or oil sales. But Democrats will continue to try to find
Republicans on the other side to save American lives.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Green).
Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I also thank Mrs. Torres for being
very generous with the time of the Rules Committee.
I support all aspects of what I consider to be historic legislation.
I would like to also thank Mr. Hoyer who has worked tirelessly to help
us to bring this legislation to the floor. It will mean a lot to many
people. It will mean an awful lot to me.
I appreciate anyone who is going to vote for it, and I encourage
everyone to vote for it.
Today is a unique day in history, and I trust that this bipartisan
legislation will prove such to be the case.
I am not going to prolong my time. I just want to be grateful to all
Members of the House, including the Speaker, the whip, the caucus
chair, persons on both sides, and the minority leader--everyone. I am
grateful. I trust that we will vote to pass the legislation.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my colleague from
the Rules Committee that, as I mentioned before, many of the
Republicans plan on supporting the telehealth bill, although I think we
missed the opportunity to have Republican input and have an improved
bill. But we are able to do more than one thing.
My colleague mentioned that this is very partisan. Gas and oil prices
are a serious, serious issue for our constituents. As I mentioned
before, it is about their getting to work, it is about their getting to
school, and it is about their getting to church. They need us to
address the cost of oil and gas.
The Democrats have really just simply tried to distract from this
issue and tried to distract us with all kinds of other things and not
really talk about the issues facing our constituents.

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And like I said earlier, we certainly do have Republican support for
the telehealth bill. As a matter of fact, I believe that there are
Republican sponsors of that bill.
But I think that what is happening now is the Democrats are truly
trying to distract from the issues that are really facing our
constituents.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
I absolutely agree that we can do more than one thing at a time. But
unfortunately, today should be a day that we are working together in a
bipartisan way, again, to expand access to healthcare for fragile
Americans that want to have an opportunity and deserve to have an
opportunity to see their doctor.
So, while my colleagues continue to talk about the millions and
billions of dollars that gun manufacturers and oil folks are making, we
want to talk about expanding healthcare.
But let me remind my colleagues, too, that it is easy to come to the
floor and rant and rave when you have no real ideas to offer or
solutions.
But let's take a look at the facts. The current drop in gas prices is
one of the fastest declines in over a decade. Gas prices have declined
by an average of 50 cents per gallon over the past 34 days. The most
common price at gas stations across the country is now $3.99, with
around 20,000 gas stations across over 30 States.
But, you see, it is not just about gasoline. We are also increasing
availability and options for Americans to drive electric vehicles. So
we can do more than one thing.
But I urge my colleagues across the aisle, if they truly care about
telehealth, if they truly care about improving healthcare options for
Americans, that we focus on the two bills, the rule that we have in
front of us.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
I just have to say that the calls for working together ring hollow to
me because working together should be happening in markup. Working
together should be happening in committee meetings. But the Democrats
have repeatedly and consistently chosen to skip the committee process
and bring things directly to the Rules Committee and directly to the
floor. And so when they call for working together, I think that that
starts at the committee process.
And as for bringing solutions to the floor, the Westerman-McMorris
Rodgers bill that would address the energy costs has been brought
repeatedly as a PQ to the floor. The Democrats had the opportunity to
take a look at that and to vote on it.
With a more exact answer, I yield 1 minute to my colleague from South
Carolina (Mr. Duncan).
Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, you know, there are some bipartisan issues
in this bill. There is no doubt about that, if the Democrats were to
reach across the aisle and actually work with us. Issues like
telehealth are important.
But we are getting ready to break for the August recess, and American
families are hurting because of what they are paying at the pump for
the price of gas. We have the opportunity to stop the sale of oil to
China and help Americans maintain their strategic national resource and
not give it to China. That is what we are asking for.
Unless we are focused on energy policies before we go home for
recess, there are a lot of other things we could do to address the pain
that Americans are feeling right now, this week, before we break for
the August recess.
Instead, we are going to have some feel-good legislation that won't
even pass the Senate.
We could help American families today, yet the Democrats continue
wanting to try to hoodwink the American people; place blame on Putin
and others for energy prices, when we know what is causing the price at
the pump; and that is the Biden administration's policies on energy.
Let's quit giving oil to China, let's hold that strategic asset, and
let's lessen the price at the pump by passing good energy policy in
this country.
Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
Working together means meeting each other in the middle when we agree
or disagree on an issue, finding middle ground. That is what this bill
does because some Republicans and Democrats agree that the healthcare
of the American people is worth so much more than nonsense political
headlines.
So today, once again, we come together, some of us, to help continue
to save lives by passing this bill.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Speaker, I would just like to mention that finding middle ground
actually starts with allowing the minority input into bills, whether
that be in committee or offering amendments on the floor. But that is
where finding middle ground and that is where finding bipartisan
solutions starts.
I would also like to remind my colleague from the Rules Committee
that this PQ would not stop consideration of the bills in the rule. It
would simply allow consideration of the amendment that was proposed.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
It is unfortunate that we fail--some of us on this floor--to
recognize that the lead author of this bill is a Republican member of
their caucus. Unfortunately, it is a Republican member of their caucus
that they no longer find conveniently friendly to their agenda of hate
and division.
Today, we stand together, and I urge my Republican colleagues to
support this bill, to, again, help Americans find the doctor and the
healthcare that they need in order to live a better life.

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Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
I have to just mention again, because I am confused, and I want it
stated very clearly what I have said repeatedly. There are many
Republicans who will be supporting the telehealth bill.
Mr. Speaker, there are many Republicans that will be supporting the
telehealth bill. That is not where I am concerned that we are not
addressing constituents' issues with.
Where I am concerned about our constituents is the price of gas and
the inflation that they are facing, and that we need to be addressing
those issues; and that is why we offered the PQ that we did. And that
is why we have offered repeated solutions to the cost of gas and the
inflation facing our constituents.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close. I
reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, I do continue to be disappointed in my colleagues. It is
possible that they are really this out of touch.
The typical family is now spending almost $500 per month. Across the
country, people are making changes like skipping meals, changing
driving patterns, and even delaying retirement to adjust their lives to
cope with the accelerating inflation; inflation caused by out-of-
control government spending and regulation.
Cities across the country are experiencing record crime waves. We
have a serious immigration crisis leading to the deaths of countless
people at our southern border and in our hometowns because of the
fentanyl drug crisis crossing along with them.
I know that, like mine, your offices are getting daily calls about
all of these. Why are we spending time on anything that does not work
directly to solve those devastating problems in our country?
Maybe it is because Democrats want to distract us from the fact that
their policies got us here, rather than fix them. We could be
discussing genuine efforts to stop crime or increase domestic energy
production or alleviate pressure points to the supply chain.
But, for the sake of the Green New Deal and rampant government
spending, Americans are going to have to suffer through inaction on
real issues facing Americans by this Congress.
Mr. Speaker, I oppose the rule, and I ask Members to do the same.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of
my time.
The two bills before us for consideration, H.R. 263 and H.R. 4040,
will increase access to critical healthcare services and improve public
safety. I am proud of Representative Liz Cheney.
And while my colleagues continue to argue and work against the
healthcare of the American people, we will stand together with those
Republicans that have the courage to stand up for healthcare and
healthcare options.
Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the rule and the previous
question.
The material previously referred to by Mrs. Fischbach is as follows:

Amendment to House Resolution 1256

At the end of the resolution, add the following:
Sec. 4. Immediately upon adoption of this resolution, the
House shall proceed to the consideration in the House of the
bill (H.R. 8488) to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from
sending petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve to China, and for other purposes. All points of order
against consideration of the bill are waived. The bill shall
be considered as read. All points of order against provisions
in the bill are waived. The previous question shall be
considered as ordered on the bill and on any amendment
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except:
(1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy
& Commerce; and (2) one motion to recommit.
Sec. 5. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to the
consideration of H.R. 8488.
Mrs. TORRES of California. 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.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. 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, the Chair
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on
the question of adoption of the resolution.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 218,
nays 208, not voting 4, as follows:

[Roll No. 394]

YEAS--218

Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel, Lois
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NAYS--208

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Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--4

Casten
Hartzler
Kinzinger
Mast

{time} 1147

Messrs. CAREY and CALVERT changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the previous question was ordered.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Speaker, I missed Roll Call vote number 394. Had I
been present, I would have voted YEA on motion to move the previous
question on H. Res. 1256.

members recorded pursuant to house resolution 8, 117th congress

Babin (Jackson)
Bass (Neguse)
Blumenauer (Beyer)
Bourdeaux (Correa)
Brown (MD) (Trone)
Bush (Jeffries)
Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
DeSaulnier (Beyer)
Evans (Beyer)
Guthrie (Barr)
Jones (Beyer)
Kahele (Correa)
Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
Meeks (Jeffries)
Moore (WI) (Beyer)
Payne (Pallone)
Ruppersberger (Trone)
Rush (Bishop (GA))
Ryan (Kuster)
Scott, David (Correa)
Sires (Pallone)
Stevens (Kuster)
Stewart (Garbarino)
Taylor (Fallon)
Thompson (CA) (Beyer)
Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
Vargas (Correa)
Walorski (Banks)
Welch (Pallone)
Williams (GA) (Neguse)
Wilson (SC) (Norman)

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Quigley). The question is on adoption of
the resolution.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 218,
nays 207, not voting 5, as follows:

[Roll No. 395]

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)
Cheney
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
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel, Lois
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
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--207

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

NOT VOTING--5

Emmer
Hartzler
Kinzinger
Mfume
Nehls

{time} 1159

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

Babin (Jackson)
Bass (Neguse)
Blumenauer (Beyer)
Bourdeaux (Correa)
Brown (MD) (Trone)
Bush (Jeffries)
Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
Casten (Neguse)
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
DeSaulnier (Beyer)
Evans (Beyer)
Guthrie (Barr)
Jones (Beyer)
Kahele (Correa)
Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
Mast (Salazar)
Meeks (Jeffries)
Moore (WI) (Beyer)
Payne (Pallone)
Ruppersberger (Trone)
Rush (Bishop (GA))
Ryan (Kuster)
Scott, David (Correa)
Sires (Pallone)
Stevens (Kuster)
Stewart (Garbarino)
Taylor (Fallon)
Thompson (CA) (Beyer)
Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
Vargas (Correa)
Walorski (Banks)
Welch (Pallone)
Williams (GA) (Neguse)
Wilson (SC) (Norman)

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