[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 27, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H7177-H7182]
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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.

                              {time}  1030

  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

     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
     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
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meijer
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (WV)

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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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