[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 159 (Friday, September 30, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H8323-H8330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6833,
AFFORDABLE INSULIN NOW ACT; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 8987,
FAIRNESS FOR 9/11 FAMILIES ACT
Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules,
I call up House Resolution 1404 and ask for its immediate
consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:
H. Res. 1404
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be
in order to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R.
6833) to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act,
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish
requirements with respect to cost-sharing for certain insulin
products, and for other purposes, with the Senate amendment
thereto, and to consider in the House, without intervention
of any point of order, a motion offered by the chair of the
Committee on Appropriations or her designee that the House
concur in the Senate amendment. The Senate amendment and the
motion shall be considered as read. The motion shall be
debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Appropriations or their respective designees. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its
adoption without intervening motion.
Sec. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in
order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 8987) to amend
the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored
Terrorism Act to authorize appropriations for catch-up
payments from the United States Victims of State Sponsored
Terrorism Fund. 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 Print
117-68 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 the Judiciary or
their respective designees; and (2) one motion to recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts is
recognized for 1 hour.
Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield
the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole),
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. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I ask 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
gentleman from Massachusetts?
There was no objection.
Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, yesterday the Rules Committee met and
reported a rule, House Resolution 1404, making in order a motion
offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations, or her
designee, to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6833. The rule
provides 1 hour of debate on the motion equally divided and controlled
by the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Appropriations.
The rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 8987, the
Fairness for 9/11 Families Act, under a closed rule. The rule provides
1 hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and
ranking member of the Committee on the Judiciary, and provides one
motion to recommit.
Madam Speaker, I am sure we will have a spirited debate on this rule,
but before we do, I want to begin by expressing my heartfelt sympathy
for the people of Florida. The catastrophic devastation left behind by
Hurricane Ian is unlike anything we have seen in quite some time.
Our hearts are with those whose lives have been lost and their loved
ones, and we pray for those who are missing that they will be located
safely and soon. If there is one thing we know, it is that the people
of Florida are strong. This is not their first hurricane. They will
recover and they will come back stronger than ever.
I want to thank all of the first responders who have sprung into
action to save lives: from local police, fire, and EMS, all the way up
to our Federal response at FEMA. The people of Florida ought to know
that America stands with them. Part of standing with the people of
Florida is passing this important legislation to keep the government
open during this critical moment.
Madam Speaker, with less than 24 hours until the end of the fiscal
year, today we are here to do our job. We, in Congress, have a
responsibility to the American people to keep the lights on. In
addition to preventing the furlough of thousands of Federal employees,
averting a shutdown will also ensure that our constituents can continue
to receive the vital government services that they need.
The last shutdown, when the Republicans were in charge of the House
and the Senate and the White House, was the longest shutdown in our
history. It cost our economy an astounding $11 billion.
In contrast, Democrats are doing our job. We are keeping the
government open as we finish up bipartisan, bicameral negotiations on a
longer-term fiscal year 2023 appropriations package.
This CR also provides Ukraine with the security, economic, and
humanitarian assistance that they need to fight back against Russia's
brutal invasion. With Russia holding fake elections to annex parts of
Ukraine, the Ukrainian people urgently need our support to protect
their families and defend global democracy.
Finally, Madam Speaker, I mentioned earlier the devastating hurricane
in Florida. We also just had an awful hurricane in Puerto Rico. The
people of Puerto Rico are still reeling from the damage of Hurricane
Fiona. Also, the people of Alaska are recovering from a terrible
typhoon.
This bill contains money to support communities across the United
States as they recover from natural disasters.
Madam Speaker, we are talking about hurricane relief for God's sake.
I am begging my Republican friends, can we please at least come
together on providing relief to communities devastated by hurricanes?
Can we all agree that we ought not shut the government down in the
middle of a major natural disaster response?
The funding in this bill will help families and small businesses get
back on their feet and rebuilt from extreme weather events while
repairing damage to critical infrastructure.
This is a bipartisan bill, Madam Speaker. It earned 72 votes in the
Senate. I don't think you can get 72 votes in the Senate on what to
have for lunch, let alone on government funding legislation.
Madam Speaker, I am going to again plead with my colleagues, do not
vote against additional funding to help people recover from hurricane
damage, please, especially my Republican friends from Florida. A vote
against this CR is a vote against funding for help with hurricane
recovery in your own State.
I just hope that we are not at the point where we have become so
partisan and so polarized that we can't even agree on this.
Madam Speaker, this rule also includes H.R. 8987, the Fairness for 9/
11 Families Act. This bill will ensure thousands of 9/11 families and
victims who received some but not all of the compensation that they
deserve are made whole.
Both of these measures deserve broad support today. Americans are
depending on us to get this done.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts, my
very good friend, Chairman McGovern, for yielding me the customary
time, and I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, I want to begin by associating myself with the
chairman's very appropriate remarks about the unfolding disaster in
Florida and the southeast. It is something that moves all Americans.
Florida, and frankly all of the region, is in our prayers and in our
thoughts as they deal with an unprecedented natural disaster.
Madam Speaker, today's rule covers two items. The first I will
discuss is H.R. 8987, the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act. This bill
would shift just under $3 billion from the CARES Act small business
loan fund to the United States
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Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund to compensate victims of the
9/11 terror attacks.
Last night at the Rules Committee we heard testimony on this bill,
which unfortunately, is the only hearing this bill will receive this
Congress. My Republican colleagues on the Judiciary Committee testified
at length about the efforts they have gone to in order to work with the
majority on this matter. But instead of working together in a
bipartisan manner, the majority instead chose to move ahead on this
bill with no hearing or markup held in the committee of jurisdiction.
This represents a complete failure of regular order. Madam Speaker,
it results in a lack of process that is unfair to everyone. It is
especially unfair to the victims of 9/11 who deserve both a bipartisan
process and a bipartisan bill that everyone can support. It did not
have to be this way, and it is unfortunate that the majority decided to
treat this issue with less than the gravity it deserved.
Despite these procedural failures, however, I intend to support this
legislation, but we could have and should have done much better.
Our second bill is the Senate amendment to H.R. 6833, a continuing
resolution funding the government through December 16 of 2022.
Madam Speaker, it is unfortunate that Congress has waited until the
last minute to take up the serious work of funding the government and
keeping it open. It is equally unfortunate that our only option for
doing so is the flawed, inadequate bill that does not meet the needs of
the American people.
Despite this bill's flaws, there is much to like in it and much that
I do support. I voted in favor of the omnibus spending bill back in
March, and this bill would maintain those spending levels through the
middle of December. I support additional funding for Ukraine as they
seek to defend themselves against Vladimir Putin's unjust and illegal
invasion, and I support additional funds for disaster relief.
But just as important as what is included in this bill is what is not
included in this bill and should have been.
It is undeniable that we are facing a humanitarian crisis on our
southern border, caused in large part by the Biden administration's
unwillingness to confront what is staring them in the face. The
administration asked for $1.8 billion to assist migrants, which they
have received in this legislation, but they did not ask for a single
penny to secure the border.
The Biden administration has sought to add workers elsewhere in the
government, like 87,000 new employees at the IRS, but they did not ask
for money to add any new Border Patrol agents to help address this
Biden-made crisis on the southern border. This could and should have
been addressed in this bill, but it is not.
Similarly, the bill does nothing to address the high price of energy
or provide new sources of energy. We should be doing everything we can
to provide secure, reliable, and inexpensive energy to the American
people. Instead, the President is spending his time chastising energy
companies. We should have addressed this issue in this bill, too, but
we did not.
Nor does this bill address other crises affecting the American
people, including inflation and the economic recession, both caused by
the reckless and profligate spending policies of the Biden
administration and this majority. I could go on and on, but the point
remains: so much should have been in this bill but is not.
I hope that if my friends in the majority take anything from today's
discussion, it is this: it is high time for them to get serious about
appropriations and about holding bipartisan discussions with
Republicans on full-year spending bills.
Consider where we are: the House Appropriations Committee, I am proud
to say, passed all 12 bills out of committee this summer, yet, as of
today, only six have passed the floor. It is the majority's
responsibility to bring those bills to the floor.
In the Senate, which Democrats also control, the record is even
worse. Not a single bill has been passed out of the Senate
Appropriations Committee. In addition, no serious negotiations have
taken place between Republicans and Democrats and between the House and
the Senate. These negotiations have been postponed all summer and into
the fall while the House takes up one political messaging bill after
another.
Madam Speaker, we need to focus on the serious business of funding
government. In order to accomplish that goal and achieve a bipartisan
agreement, four conditions will have to be met.
First, defense spending will have to go up to meet the level
authorized in the fiscal year 2023 NDAA. The level included in the
House defense appropriations bill is wholly inadequate to meet
America's defense needs and must go up to reach a final deal.
Second, non-defense discretionary spending will have to come down.
The House non-defense appropriations bills were all marked up at a
bloated level of spending which cannot be justified. These numbers must
be reduced for an agreement to be had.
Third, longstanding bipartisan pro-life policies that have
historically been carried in appropriations bills must be restored. The
majority stripped these out in the Appropriations Committee this year,
but they must go back in. I cannot emphasize this point strongly
enough, Madam Speaker. No Republicans--and I mean no Republicans--will
vote for these bills unless these bipartisan pro-life riders are
restored.
Fourth, the 12 House Appropriations Committee bills include countless
poison pills that have to come out. These are liberal policy riders on
all matters of topics, ranging from climate change to abortion to labor
law. They have to come out to reach a bipartisan deal. The
appropriations bills cannot pass this House and pass the Senate unless
there is a bipartisan deal.
Madam Speaker, we can reach a bipartisan, bicameral, full-year
spending deal if my friends in the majority get serious about
negotiating. At the end of the day, Republicans must be included in
these negotiations. If the majority continues to dither, we are headed
for a year-long continuing resolution. That is a bad outcome for the
institution, a bad outcome for the government, and a bad outcome for
the American people.
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When the majority begins to seriously negotiate on a bipartisan
appropriations package, I will certainly be there to help. But neither
I, nor many of my colleagues, will participate in kicking the can down
the road so my Democratic friends can ignore their responsibility to
govern until after the upcoming election.
I urge opposition to the rule, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Reschenthaler), my good friend and my fellow member
of both the Appropriations Committee and the Rules Committee.
Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Cole for
yielding me the time.
Under the Biden-Harris administration, we are seeing crises,
manufactured crises. Let's just look at a few in turn.
We have a manufactured economic crisis. The inflation rate has
increased by 550 percent since January of 2021. Total government
spending during that time has increased over $9 trillion. This is out-
of-control spending that is leading to this inflation. It is costing
the average American family $6,000 a year.
Let me just put that in perspective. That would be like going up to a
family and saying, can you give me 1 month's paycheck? Most cannot do
that. The inflation has deprived the average American family of 1
month's pay, and this CR does absolutely nothing to address inflation.
It does nothing to bring the economic crisis to an end.
It just doesn't stop there. Let's talk about the manufactured energy
crisis. The day, literally, day 1 that Biden took office, he declared
war on American energy. He shut down the Keystone Pipeline and, as a
result, American families are paying higher and higher prices at the
pump.
We are going to face record-level energy costs going into this
winter, and yet, this CR does absolutely nothing to address the energy
crisis.
Let's talk about crime. There is a crime wave going on all over
country. Cities across the Nation are witnessing the results of the
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movement. Homicide rates across this country have increased roughly 50
percent, compared to this time in 2019.
In my home State of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia has recorded over 400
murders so far this year. Philadelphia is on track to see the highest
homicide rate in recorded history, and it is because of the defund the
police movement. It is because of Democrat rule.
It is not just Philly. Los Angeles, in 2021, L.A. defunded the police
by $150 million. What did they get? Homicide rates went up 23 percent,
yet this CR does nothing to combat the crime wave that we are seeing.
It does nothing to re-fund the police.
Let's talk about fentanyl. In my district, and across the country,
communities are facing the opioid epidemic, and that is a direct result
of fentanyl flooding across our porous southern border.
The devastation is because of Biden's failed policies, the open
border policies that he has instituted. And just don't take my word for
it. The DEA Commissioner said that the open border policies are killing
Americans ``at rates never seen before.''
Yet, this CR does nothing to address the fentanyl issue. It does
nothing. It is because the base of the Democratic Party, the woke
yuppies who stay at home and are on Zoom classes all day view this
issue as a Cracker Barrel problem, something that will never affect
them because they don't shop at Walmart. They drive a hybrid, not a
Chevy Silverado; so that is why we are not seeing urgency on the
fentanyl crisis.
Let me just put it in perspective. Fentanyl overdose leads to about
300 deaths every single day in this country. That is the equivalent of
an airliner going down every single day. If an airliner went down just
once a week in this country, it would be declared an emergency within 2
to 3 weeks.
Yet, we are seeing the same death every single day, and because it is
viewed as a fly-over problem, an issue that is facing people that don't
live on the coast, no one cares about it, and this CR does nothing to
address it.
It is just not fentanyl. Let's talk about the crisis of immigration.
Since Biden took office, over 3.5 million illegal immigrants have been
apprehended at the southern border. This CR does nothing to add
additional border security; nothing for additional infrastructure;
nothing for advanced technology.
For those reasons, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the rule
and ``no'' on the continuing resolution.
Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
I appreciate my friend from Pennsylvania reciting the Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee's greatest hits, but let me remind
people who are watching why we are here today.
We are here today to move two important pieces of legislation
forward; one that would help 9/11 families, which I hope we all can
agree is worth supporting; and the second is to make sure that the
government doesn't shut down; that we continue to provide funding that
will help aid some of the natural disasters that we are seeing happen
all over this country.
While it is too early to have a damage assessment from Hurricane Ian
and actually know what the true cost of all this is going to be, make
no mistake, this CR will help. There is money for 2022 disasters and
community development block grants for disaster recovery above the OMB
request.
More importantly, we included language to give FEMA a full year's
worth of funding up front, not just for the 2\1/2\-month CR period; and
more help will come for Florida, as we find out what is needed.
Communities across America are currently dealing with record-breaking
numbers of storms. According to The Washington Post this morning,
``Since 2017, an unprecedented number of storms rated Category 4
or stronger have lashed the U.S. shoreline: Harvey, Irma, Maria,
Michael, Laura, Ida, and now Ian. They all qualify as `rapid
intensification events,' when a storm's wind speeds increase by at
least 35 miles within 24 hours.''
People should read The Washington Post about what is happening as a
result of these storms.
We have an obligation to help all of these communities. But you know
what won't help? A government shutdown in the midst of a natural
disaster of this magnitude.
Again, I would point out to my colleagues here, we think it is
unacceptable to ever shut down the Federal Government. My Republican
friends obviously have a different point of view because when they were
in charge, when they controlled the House, the Senate, and the White
House, they shut the government down, the longest government shutdown
in our history, and it was costly. To even contemplate doing that in
the face of these natural disasters is unbelievable.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished
gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Malliotakis), my good friend.
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to comment on one
portion of the rule, H.R. 8987, which is a bill that is incredibly
important to me and to those that I represent. As a matter of fact, I
drafted the legislation. On August 5, I had introduced the language as
part of H.R. 8667. We garnered bipartisan support for this very
important bill.
What the bill does is finally make whole so many of our families that
were affected by 9/11 because they lost loved ones, but they were not
compensated properly under the United States Victims of State Sponsored
Terrorist Fund.
So we are talking about 5,347 widows and children that were excluded
from this fund by this body; and it was an injustice that should have
never been allowed to happen. As a result of their initial exclusion,
widows and children missed the first two payments of the USVSST fund,
creating a massive disparity between their restorative justice payments
and others that were included.
This bill would catch up those widows and children to the other
victim groups and ensure that, moving forward, they are no longer left
out, forgotten, or excluded. So this bill is truly about fairness and
doing what is right for the wives and the children or the husbands and
the children of our first responders killed on September 11.
Twenty-one years later, this House is finally going to do the right
thing, and I am very happy to have played a part in helping them move
this forward.
In the gallery I have a special guest, Angela Mistrulli, who is the
head of the 9/11 Children for Justice. She is a tireless advocate who
has been affected personally, and I thank her for working with our
office over the last 6 months and the advocacy of all of her members in
seeing this through. I hope all my colleagues support this on the floor
when it comes up later today.
Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
I appreciate the gentlewoman's comments, and I hope that she will
vote for the rule because if the rule doesn't pass, we can't bring this
bill up for a vote. I agree with her; this is incredibly important. So
I hope all my colleagues will vote for the rule, not just to help 9/11
families, but also to keep the government open during this really
critical time.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the
rule to bring up H.R. 7967, the Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act, for
immediate consideration. The bill will ensure that the perpetrators of
violent crimes are held accountable for their actions and that victims
of violent crimes receive the justice that they deserve.
Madam 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. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Oklahoma?
There was no objection.
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, America's largest cities are in the midst of
a wave of violent crime, making some of them nearly unlivable. This
spike in violent crime has many causes, but one factor is undeniably
making the problem worse: That is the fuzzy-headed ideology followed by
woke prosecutors who are refusing to do their jobs and prosecute
violent offenders.
As part of the Commitment to America, Republicans have made it clear
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that we will fund the police; that we will take clear steps to stop the
scourge of fentanyl coming over the southern border into our Nation;
and that we will crack down on prosecutors and district attorneys who
refuse to prosecute violent criminals.
H.R. 7967 fulfills that commitment. It would require the same
prosecutors to report annually on the cases they receive and their
decisions to prosecute or not prosecute. As Justice Louis Brandeis
said, ``sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.''
This reporting would allow the citizens of our great cities to see,
once and for all, just what this wave of progressive woke prosecutors
is actually up to, and just how many violent crime cases they are
refusing to prosecute out of ideology.
To further explain the amendment, I yield 3 minutes to the
gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Malliotakis), my good friend, the author
of the bill.
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to urge that we amend
the rule to also include H.R. 7967, which is the Prosecutors Need to
Prosecute Act. My legislation would hold prosecutors accountable and
create transparency by letting the public know how many cases
prosecutors are declining to prosecute, the number of offenses
committed by career criminals, and the number of criminals released.
Over the past 2 years, we have seen a disturbing trend in progressive
district attorneys in cities across the country who are refusing to
prosecute violent criminal offenders. Look no further than my city of
New York, our city of New York, where Manhattan District Attorney Alvin
Bragg released a Day 1 memo initially directing his staff not to
prosecute certain crimes, including drug possession, trespassing, sex
trading, driving with a suspended license, resisting arrest, and public
obscenity. He even directed his staff to downgrade felony charges filed
by our police, including armed robbery, weapons charges, and drug
dealing.
Worst of all, his office will no longer seek sentences of life
without parole, which means that the most heinous murderers, including
terrorists, serial killers, cop killers, and perps who kill young
children in connection with sex crimes will be released back onto our
streets in 20 years or less.
These policies have sent a clear message to the criminals. It is, go
ahead, break the law because we will not enforce it. With prosecutors
that refuse to prosecute, violent career super-criminals are free to
wreak havoc on our streets.
I urge my colleagues to oppose the previous question today so we can
hold woke prosecutors accountable for failing to do their jobs and
protect.
We want to be able to add this legislation to the rule because it is
incredibly important that the public knows which prosecutors are
refusing to do their job; and as we saw in San Francisco, they did
repeal one of their prosecutors. Many States, like ours, do not have a
recall law, but this would give them the information they need to make
informed decisions when it comes to selecting who is going to be the
prosecutors for their cities, because prosecutors should actually be
prosecuting crimes. They should not be acting like criminal defense
attorneys.
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Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
I am embarrassed for my friends on the other side of the aisle. I
just saw the bill. I am looking at the bill, and all it does is ask for
more reports, more paperwork. I don't know. I kind of think it is silly
that that is going to fight crime, asking for more reports and more
paperwork. Give me a break.
We are here today, Madam Speaker, to try to bring two important bills
to the floor, one to help 9/11 families and the other, Madam Speaker,
to keep the government open because if it shuts down amidst all of
these natural disasters, things are going to be incredibly worse for
everybody who right now is suffering. And this is what they come to the
floor with? This is what they want to talk about?
If you want to talk about what they are about, let's look at their
poorly named ``Commitment to America,'' which I guess is a rip-off on
Contract with America, which basically would gut Social Security and
Medicare. They want to ban abortion nationwide, and they want to make
it easier for people to overturn the will of the American people in
elections.
I mean, that is the radical agenda they are all pushing here.
Here we are, at this moment, trying to make sure that essential
funding is there to help deal with these natural disasters, and this is
what we get? This is like we hear the greatest hits from the National
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee. They use Russian B-roll in
their rollout of their Commitment to America. Come on.
At this moment, right now, we have two bills that, quite frankly,
should enjoy huge bipartisan support. We ought to move forward to help
the 9/11 families, and at the same time, we ought to keep this
government open. Then, that gives us time to work out a longer term
bill, which we can vote on after the election.
But turn on the news. Look at what is happening in Florida right now.
Look at what happened in Puerto Rico. Look at what is happening in
Alaska. People need help. We have a responsibility.
Look at what is happening in Ukraine. Do we support helping preserve
democracy in Ukraine or not? That is what is at stake here.
So, we can try to cut a political ad on the House floor here. Fine.
But let's not kind of make-believe that what my friends are trying to
do is somehow real or will make any kind of a difference. It is a sound
bite, plain and simple.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to
quickly respond to my friend.
Crime is also a problem all across the country, and we will work with
you on the 9/11 survivors bill, which I point out, again, was
originally my colleague from New York's bill as opposed to a Democratic
proposal. But I will give you credit for picking up a good idea that my
friend originated.
Madam Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from New York
(Ms. Malliotakis), my friend, to respond.
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Madam Speaker, I understand that my colleagues on
the other side of the aisle don't believe in transparency, that they
believe this information should be kept from the public. But these
prosecutors work for us.
Quite frankly, crime has soared in my city. People are getting
killed. People are getting assaulted. Nearly every single category of
crime has risen in New York City, and our prosecutors are refusing to
put people behind bars.
If the Democrats feel that public safety and crime skyrocketing in
America's cities is not an issue, that explains why you support
defunding the police, bail reform, and all of these ridiculous
policies.
Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
My friend can yell all that she wants, but what I took exception to
is the fact that a proposal that essentially does nothing more than
call for more reports to be sent to the Committee on the Judiciary is
somehow fighting crime.
I would also tell my friends, let's not talk about defunding the
police when my friends on the other side of the aisle have Members that
are now selling T-shirts to defund the FBI and law enforcement or the
fact that many of them voted against bills last week that actually
provided more funding to the police.
Come on. Reports somehow are going to fight crime? I mean, if that is
your crime-fighting solution, well, America is in trouble.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, it has become all too common in recent years to learn
about the perpetrators of violent crime who should have been locked up
for earlier incidents. All too often, we hear that a woke prosecutor
decided not to pursue charges against a criminal for an earlier violent
act, only for that same criminal to then offend again and again. As
part of our Commitment to America, House Republicans will take action
to end this practice.
Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr.
Tiffany) to speak more about this
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issue and the solution contained in H.R. 7967.
Mr. TIFFANY. Madam Speaker, I appreciate the remarks by the gentleman
from Oklahoma because he has been spot-on throughout this whole debate.
I rise to oppose the previous question so that the House can consider
the Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act.
Madam Speaker, it is no secret that crime is completely out of
control in this country. Annual homicide records have been broken in at
least a dozen major cities. Brazen smash-and-grab robberies in broad
daylight are a daily occurrence. Killings, severe beatings, armed
robberies, carjackings, sexual assaults, arson, and looting have become
a common feature on the evening news.
The gentleman on the other side of the aisle asked why we are doing a
bill like this. Turn on the news and you will see. Crime in America is
at historic levels.
Yet, rogue prosecutors in cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Philadelphia, New York City, and Milwaukee continue to release
predators from custody almost as fast as the police can arrest them.
The use of no-cash bail policies, plea bargains, and a complete
refusal to put dangerous repeat offenders behind bars has demoralized
our police and endangered our communities, and America's most iconic
cities resemble a Third World country.
Take Milwaukee County. Here is a quote from the district attorney in
Milwaukee County. If you want to know why there should be data kept on
this and why the American people should know what is going on as a
result of prosecutors' actions in cities across America, here is a
quote: ``Is there going to be an individual I divert . . . who is going
to go out and kill somebody? You bet.''
That district attorney is still there in Milwaukee County. He is the
person who gave a low-cash bail to the man who committed the Waukesha
Christmas parade killings last year, killing six people, out on low-
cash bail, injuring 60.
There is a problem in America, and it needs to be dealt with.
Americans are sick and tired of the lawlessness, and they are demanding
accountability. That is what this is about, accountability.
Madam Speaker, each year, jurisdictions across the United States
benefit from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant
program, which provides funding to States, Tribes, and local
governments to support a range of justice-related programs.
If we defeat the previous question, we will offer an amendment to the
rule, calling for immediate consideration of the Prosecutors Need to
Prosecute Act, offered by my friend from New York City, which will
apply a reporting requirement to these grants.
It would, among other things, mandate that district attorneys report
to Congress how often they follow through on holding criminals charged
with violent crimes, like murder, rape, arson, crimes involving illegal
guns, and motor vehicle theft, accountable.
They would also be required to disclose how often they prosecute the
initial charges, how often they secure convictions, whether or not
those charged were already on probation or parole, and how many
offenders were released without bail.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the
gentleman from Wisconsin.
Mr. TIFFANY. Madam Speaker, the American people need to know if the
people they have entrusted to keep their neighborhoods safe are
actually using their tax dollars to finance this crime wave. It is time
to end the policy of underwriting progressive policies that endanger
the lives and livelihoods of decent, hardworking Americans, and that
starts with transparency.
Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to stand with us for safer
communities and oppose the previous question.
Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Let me say this again: a reporting requirement. I mean, all of us are
against violent crime, and we are against all the things that the
gentleman listed. That is why we brought a group of bills to the floor
last week to try to deal with some of these challenges. Again, many of
my Republican colleagues voted against it.
I am not questioning why my friends bring these items to the floor. I
know why they do it. It is politics 101. But I do have to say that I do
have a problem when they come to the floor and say that they are making
a proposal that will somehow do something. A reporting requirement,
more paperwork to the Committee on the Judiciary, oh, boy, that is
really going to stop carjackings, that is going to stop murder. Give me
a break.
If you want to come up with something that actually does something,
we are all willing to work with you. But to come to the floor to say,
oh, a reporting requirement, more paperwork going to the Committee on
the Judiciary is somehow going to do something to prevent crime, I
mean, I don't know anybody who believes that.
Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms.
Jackson Lee).
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, this morning, a resident of the State
of Florida was interviewed, and he said that with Ian, his whole house
was gone. Everything in his house was gone.
The people of South Carolina are facing Ian now. The people of the
areas of Alaska and the people in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have
all faced an enormous surge and impact of hurricanes--lives lost,
people still being rescued.
That is why the leadership of this Congress and the Members will join
together, I hope in a unified manner, to recognize what our job is. Our
job is to be the umbrella on a rainy day.
In this, those who will suffer in the coldness of the winter, I am
reminded of the freeze in Texas. Of course, we had no electricity, but
thank God for $1 billion for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program. Some people are saying how grateful they are. Helping FEMA to
be able to be on the ground, $2 billion for helping people recover
their housing and infrastructure. They are obliterated in Florida, 1
million people without lights. Of course, we know about Jackson,
Mississippi, and Flint, Michigan, $20 million for water and wastewater
and other crises that we have had.
I want this Congress to stand up for not shutting the government down
but taking its rightful responsibility and dealing with the crises of
America.
We have done it with the Inflation Reduction Act. We want to take
people over politics. We want to make sure that we have jobs, good
healthcare, low cost. We want to do something.
My friend on the Committee on the Judiciary, I am always eager to
work with you. We all are facing the crises that come about after the
pandemic.
But thank God we have legislation that deals with safer communities
and restricting gun trafficking. We have one that provides us with the
opportunity for those cases that have been backlogged.
We have done the work as Democrats. We ask you to join us in this
effort. The CR must pass. Ukraine is fighting for democracy. We are
helping them. We must make a difference by keeping the government open.
Madam Speaker, I ask for support for the underlying rule.
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time for
closing.
Madam Speaker, it is deeply unfortunate that we have once again
waited until the last minute to fund the government. With no time left
for negotiations, the majority is putting forward a bill to fund the
government that was not subject to bipartisan negotiations in the
House. It is no surprise, then, that this bill fails to accomplish so
many things that are necessary to address the crises currently
confronting the Nation.
I am an appropriator, and I would advise my friend that the
Appropriations Committee--and I give great credit to my friend, the
chairwoman of that committee, Ms. DeLauro from Connecticut, and the
ranking member, Ms. Granger from Texas--actually got all 12 bills done
by the end of July and out of committee.
{time} 1000
Six of those have come across the floor. That is a good thing. Six
others
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have not. That includes, by the way, the bills to defend the United
States of America, the largest spending bill. It includes the bill to
defend our southern border.
The reality is, they haven't come to the floor because my friends
don't have the votes to pass them. Many of their own Members want to
reduce the size of defense as opposed to increase it in a dangerous
world. Many of their friends simply don't want to do anything to secure
the southern border.
Now, the reality is, in the end, I think we will get both those
things done, and there will have to be a bipartisan negotiation to do
it. There has been absolutely no negotiation since July in the House.
I also point to the United States Senate, which is not the
responsibility of my friends, but their party controls it. That body
has not moved a single bill out of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Not one.
Now we are asked, because we are in an emergency, to kick the can
down the road. My friends have had months to deal with this issue and
to engage in serious bipartisanship. They have chosen not to do that.
They would rather do messaging bill after messaging bill after
messaging bill. That is what we have been dealing with.
Frankly, the Rules Committee, unusually, has become a committee of
original jurisdiction in bill after bill after bill because those bills
have not gone through the committee. They are raced through the Rules
Committee to come to the floor to make a political point on the eve of
an election. That is a bad way to govern.
Now, I am hopeful once we get to the other side of the election, my
friends will sit down, and we will arrive at a bipartisan agreement on
funding the government, which is the primary responsibility of
Congress, in my view. But so far those negotiations have not taken
place. We don't have agreed-upon top lines.
My friends can't pass important bills, so they are left to linger.
And then they come to us at the very last minute and say, gosh, you
have to help us here in this emergency.
We are going to pass the bills. The government is not going to shut
down. Nobody here has the illusion that it will. But we should not be
in this situation. Both sides have done this, I will grant my friend
that. But this is a particularly egregious process of no negotiations
on things like defense and securing the southern border.
We live in a dangerous world. We don't need a CR in defense; we need
a bill. Actually, the Democratic-controlled House Armed Services
Committee produced a bill. It is just $30 billion more than the
President asked for because that is what that committee felt we needed.
It passed on a bipartisan basis.
Why can't we move the appropriations level up to do what a
Democratic-controlled House Armed Services Committee asked us to do?
Our friends have not wanted to deal with that issue.
We know we have a crisis on the southern border. You can turn on the
television and see it every night. You can look at the fentanyl pouring
into the country. You can see the tragedy of human trafficking.
Is there anything in this bill that asked us to do anything
different, anything new?
Has any legislation come to the floor to do that?
No. We are just asked, please allow us to continue the current state
of affairs to exist on the southern border. That is a travesty.
When you say, well, we are bringing irrelevant issues, the reality is
you won't bring the relevant issues to the floor. You won't bring the
relevant appropriations bills to the floor.
But make no mistake, Republicans have put forward a Commitment to
America to address the concerns of our citizens:
We will fund the police and uphold law and order.
We will add needed security infrastructure at the southern border.
We will achieve longer and healthier lives for our citizens.
We will ensure that America has an all-of-the-above energy policy
that provides consistent, low-cost energy to keep our economy strong.
That is something my friends don't want to deal with.
We will end the majority and the Biden administration's reckless
spending policies that have led to record inflation and stifling
economic recession.
This administration inherited a V-shaped recovery, and a 1.4 percent
inflation rate. Now we are in a recession with a 40-year-high, 8.3
percent inflation rate. That is a record of disaster. We ought to be
talking about those issues, not maintaining the status quo.
Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the previous
question and ``no'' on the rule, and I yield back the balance of my
time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I have great respect for the gentleman
from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), but I will take exception with his
characterization of us passing messaging bills.
Let me just go through a few items here that we did pass and that
have been signed into law:
The Honoring our PACT Act for our veterans.
The Inflation Reduction Act.
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment
Act.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the biggest investment in
infrastructure ever in this country. A bill, by the way, that some of
my colleagues on the other side of the aisle voted against, but they
were at the announcement of moneys to rebuild bridges and roads in
their district even though they voted against it.
The Postal Service Reform Act.
Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act.
The American Rescue Plan Act.
I could go on and on and on. These aren't messaging bills. These are
major investments in our country that will have an impact for
generations, that will help our children, that will help our senior
citizens, that will help our veterans.
This is what we are supposed to be doing, helping uplift the American
people, investing in our country. So that is not messaging. That is
real work.
Today's bills aren't messaging bills, either. I mean, helping 9/11
families. That is not a messaging bill. That is real. It is something
we should do. We ought to be together on that.
This continuing resolution, this is important, especially in light of
all the natural disasters that are happening in this country right now.
Madam Speaker, this should be simple. We have an obligation to fund
the government. We have a bipartisan bill, again, that had 72 votes in
the Senate. We have a bipartisan bill that not only will keep the
lights on but will provide critical funding to help communities
devastated by recent natural disasters.
Now, House Republicans have made it clear that they would rather brag
about their dangerous, extreme, unpopular agenda than do real work. All
I can say to that is that Democrats are committed to putting people
over politics.
The Republicans' radical agenda bans abortion, and we want to protect
Americans' right to affordable, accessible healthcare and safeguard
America's right to reproductive care.
We are here to defend Americans' right to vote. They want to make it
easier to overturn elections.
We want to protect Social Security. You saw the agenda that the
Republican leaders in the Senate unveiled. They gut Social Security.
There is a contrast here. But today, we are here to advance relief
for communities hit by natural disasters, pass overdue benefits for 9/
11 families, and keep the government running.
What does putting people over politics mean?
It means that we come together to make sure that the people of
Florida have what they need to get through this terrible disaster.
It means that we are there for the people of Puerto Rico and that we
are there for the people of Alaska, that we are there for people
anywhere in this country, whether it is a red State or blue State, who
are dealing with these natural catastrophes.
That is what this is about. If this went down and we shut the
government down, the pain that people are already dealing with would
only increase. Shame on us for doing that.
Now, I get it, Madam Speaker. There are some people here who don't
really care about whether the government stays open or shuts down.
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I remind you again, when my friends were in charge, when the
Republicans controlled the House, when they controlled the Senate, when
they controlled the White House, they shut the government down. They
walked away. The longest shutdown in history. Billions and billions and
billions of dollars it cost our economy.
We had to clean up their mess when we took over. Today, we are doing
what is right for the American people, for all people. This is not
about politics. This is about putting people over politics. I urge a
``yes'' vote on the rule and the previous question.
The material previously referred to by Mr. Cole is as follows:
Amendment to House Resolution 1404
At the end of the resolution, add the following:
Sec. 3. Immediately upon adoption of this resolution, the
House shall proceed to the consideration in the House of the
bill (H.R. 7967) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act to direct district attorney and prosecutors
offices to report to the Attorney General, 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 the Judiciary; and (2) one motion
to recommit.
Sec. 4. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to the
consideration of H.R. 7967.
Mr. McGOVERN. Madam 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. COLE. Madam 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 a 5-
minute vote on adoption of the resolution, if ordered. This is a 15-
minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219,
nays 208, not voting 5, as follows:
[Roll No. 474]
YEAS--219
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
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
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 (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Katko
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
Peltola
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (NY)
Ryan (OH)
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
Finstad
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
Hartzler
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)
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
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sempolinski
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
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
NOT VOTING--5
Carson
Johnson (GA)
Kinzinger
Rogers (AL)
Zeldin
{time} 1053
Mr. ISSA, Ms. VAN DUYNE, and Mr. HUIZENGA changed their votes from
``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the previous question was ordered.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. KATKO. Madam Speaker, I was recorded as ``yes'', but I intended
to vote ``nay'' on rollcall No. 474.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Bacon (Hartzler)
Beatty (Cicilline)
Bergman (Moolenaar)
Bilirakis (Fleischmann)
Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
Brooks (Fleischmann)
Brown (MD) (Trone)
Brownley (Pingree)
Buchanan (Bucshon)
Budd (McHenry)
Bustos (Pingree)
Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
Cawthorn (Gohmert)
Cherfilus-McCormick (Neguse)
Chu (Beyer)
Conway (LaMalfa)
Crawford (Fleischmann)
Cuellar (Correa)
Demings (Dean)
Diaz-Balart
(Reschenthaler)
Donalds (Cammack)
Doyle, Michael F. (Pallone)
Dunn (Cammack)
Gimenez (Malliotakis)
Gonzalez, Vicente (Correa)
Gosar (Weber (TX))
Herrera Beutler (Meijer)
Houlahan (Wexton)
Jacobs (NY) (Sempolinski)
Jayapal (Cicilline)
Johnson (TX) (Stevens)
Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
Lawson (FL) (Stevens)
Leger Fernandez (Cicilline)
Lynch (Trahan)
Mace (Smucker)
Mast (Waltz)
McEachin (Beyer)
Meng (Escobar)
Mfume (Beyer)
Murphy (FL) (Peters)
Newman (Beyer)
Ocasio-Cortez (Neguse)
Payne (Pallone)
Pfluger (Ellzey)
Porter (Neguse)
Pressley (Trahan)
Rice (NY) (Morelle)
Rice (SC) (Meijer)
Ryan (OH) (Correa)
Salazar (Waltz)
Sewell (Cicilline)
Sherman (Garamendi)
Sherrill (Pallone)
Sires (Pallone)
Soto (Escobar)
Speier (Garcia (TX))
Steel (Obernolte)
Steube
(Reschenthaler)
Timmons (Duncan)
Vargas (Garamendi)
Wilson (FL) (Cicilline)
Wilson (SC) (Norman)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. 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.
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The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219,
nays 209, not voting 4, as follows:
[Roll No. 475]
YEAS--219
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
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
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
Peltola
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (NY)
Ryan (OH)
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--209
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
Finstad
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
Hartzler
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)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sempolinski
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
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
NOT VOTING--4
Carson
Kinzinger
Rogers (AL)
Zeldin
{time} 1110
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
Bacon (Hartzler)
Beatty (Cicilline)
Bergman (Moolenaar)
Bilirakis (Fleischmann)
Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
Brooks (Fleischmann)
Brown (MD) (Trone)
Brownley (Pingree)
Buchanan (Bucshon)
Budd (McHenry)
Bustos (Pingree)
Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
Cawthorn (Gohmert)
Cherfilus-McCormick (Neguse)
Chu (Beyer)
Conway (LaMalfa)
Crawford (Fleischmann)
Cuellar (Correa)
Demings (Dean)
Diaz-Balart
(Reschenthaler)
Donalds (Cammack)
Doyle, Michael F. (Pallone)
Dunn (Cammack)
Gimenez (Malliotakis)
Gonzalez, Vicente (Correa)
Gosar (Weber (TX))
Herrera Beutler (Meijer)
Houlahan (Wexton)
Jacobs (NY) (Sempolinski)
Jayapal (Cicilline)
Johnson (TX) (Stevens)
Kind (Beyer)
Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
Lawson (FL) (Stevens)
Leger Fernandez (Cicilline)
Lynch (Trahan)
Mace (Smucker)
Mast (Waltz)
McEachin (Beyer)
Meng (Escobar)
Mfume (Beyer)
Murphy (FL) (Peters)
Newman (Beyer)
Ocasio-Cortez (Neguse)
Payne (Pallone)
Pfluger (Ellzey)
Porter (Neguse)
Pressley (Trahan)
Rice (NY) (Morelle)
Rice (SC) (Meijer)
Ryan (OH) (Correa)
Salazar (Waltz)
Sewell (Cicilline)
Sherman (Garamendi)
Sherrill (Pallone)
Sires (Pallone)
Soto (Escobar)
Speier (Garcia (TX))
Steel (Obernolte)
Steube
(Reschenthaler)
Timmons (Duncan)
Vargas (Garamendi)
Wilson (FL) (Cicilline)
Wilson (SC) (Norman)
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September 30, 2022, on page H8330, in the second column, the
following appeared: Johnson (TX) (Stevens)
The online version has been corrected to read: Johnson (TX)
(Stevens) Kind (Beyer)
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