[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 176 (Tuesday, November 15, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H8502-H8504]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1215
 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF S. 4524, SPEAK OUT ACT; AND FOR OTHER 
                                PURPOSES

  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I 
call up House Resolution 1464 and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 1464

       Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
     in order to consider in the House the bill (S. 4524) to limit 
     the judicial enforceability of predispute nondisclosure and 
     nondisparagement contract clauses relating to disputes 
     involving sexual assault and sexual harassment. 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 or their respective designees; and (2) one 
     motion to commit.
       Sec. 2. (a) At any time through the legislative day of 
     Friday, November 18, 2022, the Speaker may entertain motions 
     offered by the Majority Leader or a designee that the House 
     suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule XV with 
     respect to multiple measures described in subsection (b), and 
     the Chair shall put the question on any such motion without 
     debate or intervening motion.
       (b) A measure referred to in subsection (a) includes any 
     measure that was the object of a motion to suspend the rules 
     on the legislative day of November 14, 2022, November 15, 
     2022, November 16, 2022, November 17, 2022, or November 18, 
     2022, in the form as so offered, on which the yeas and nays 
     were ordered and further proceedings postponed pursuant to 
     clause 8 of rule XX.
       (c) Upon the offering of a motion pursuant to subsection 
     (a) concerning multiple measures, the ordering of the yeas 
     and nays on postponed motions to suspend the rules with 
     respect to such measures is vacated to the end that all such 
     motions are considered as withdrawn.
       Sec. 3.  Notwithstanding clause 8 of rule XX, further 
     proceedings on a vote by the yeas and nays on the question of 
     adoption of a motion that the House suspend the rules offered 
     on the legislative day of November 14, 2022, or November 15, 
     2022, may be postponed through the legislative day of 
     November 18, 2022.
       Sec. 4.  On any legislative day during the period from 
     November 21, 2022, through November 28, 2022, the Journal of 
     the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as 
     approved.
       Sec. 5.  The Speaker may appoint Members to perform the 
     duties of the Chair for the duration of the period addressed 
     by section 4 of this resolution as though under clause 8(a) 
     of rule I.
       Sec. 6.  Each day during the period addressed by section 4 
     of this resolution shall not constitute a calendar day for 
     purposes of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 
     1546).
       Sec. 7.  Each day during the period addressed by section 4 
     of this resolution shall not constitute a legislative day for 
     purposes of clause 7 of rule XIII.
       Sec. 8.  Each day during the period addressed by section 4 
     of this resolution shall not constitute a calendar or 
     legislative day for purposes of clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII.
       Sec. 9.  House Resolution 1463 is hereby adopted.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Eshoo). The gentlewoman from 
Pennsylvania is recognized for 1 hour.
  Ms. SCANLON. Madam 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

  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
be given 5 legislation days to revise and extend their remarks.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, yesterday the Committee on Rules met and 
reported a rule, House Resolution 1464, providing for consideration of 
S. 4524, the Speak Out Act, under a closed rule. The rule provides 1 
hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary as well as one motion 
to commit.
  The rule further provides the majority leader or his designee the 
ability this week to en bloc requested roll call votes on suspensions. 
The rule also provides roll call votes on suspension bills considered 
on November 14 or 15 may be postponed through November 18.
  Lastly, the rule provides standard recess instructions for the 
district work period from November 21 through November 28 and deems 
passage of House Resolution 1463.
  Madam Speaker, today's rule provides for consideration of the Speak 
Out Act, a straightforward, bipartisan bill, that passed the Senate 
unanimously, to prevent nondisclosure agreements from silencing victims 
of sexual assault and harassment.
  Over the past 5 years, we have seen numerous cases of women and men 
disclosing their experiences of sexual harassment in the workplace. As 
more people came forward, others felt empowered to share their 
experiences, and offenders who had long gotten away with such 
reprehensible conduct increasingly faced consequences to their actions.
  While many high-profile cases focused on movie executives, actors, TV 
personalities, professional athletes, and elected officials, sexual 
assault and harassment has been endemic in American workplaces for a 
very long time. The silencing of survivors with nondisclosure 
agreements has played a significant role in allowing such misconduct to 
continue.
  Over the span of multiple congressional hearings, we have heard 
firsthand accounts of how harassment affects workers in all industries, 
from farms to offices to restaurants to colleges. Sexual harassment is 
pervasive in U.S. workplaces. It is not a problem unique to athletes 
and celebrities that we see on TV.
  However, the one thing that many of the stories have in common is 
that the perpetrators are often people in positions of power, CEOs, 
bosses, managers, and executives, and these people have access to 
expensive lawyers and PR teams to exploit flaws in our legal system to 
protect themselves and silence those they have abused.
  Now, thanks to the courage of survivors and the increasing power of 
women and other historically underrepresented groups in the workplace, 
there is a newfound recognition of the social and economic consequences 
of a status quo that enables or excuses such misconduct, and there is 
new momentum to ensure that the American workplace environment is safe 
and fair for all.
  I am so encouraged that this Congress has been able to come together 
and pass legislation to address this problem. Earlier this year, 
Congress passed bipartisan legislation that now prevents companies from 
using forced arbitration agreements to resolve cases of sexual assault 
or harassment.
  Forced arbitration clauses are widespread in employment contracts and 
generally prevent workers from suing their employer in court. 
Arbitration proceedings overwhelmingly benefit the employer because the 
employer decides the venue, terms of mediation, and even the 
arbitrators themselves. Forced arbitration, combined with nondisclosure 
agreements, meant that victims were kept silent and forced into 
settlements over which they had little control and kept predators from 
facing accountability for their actions.
  Even more concerning, the silencing of survivors of abuse through 
forced arbitration and nondisclosure agreements thwarts an important 
tool for preventing future misconduct. Abusers

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who are not held responsible are free and, in a sense, encouraged to 
offend again. Given the stigma that victims of such abuse often 
encounter, they are less likely to come forward if they think the abuse 
they endured was an isolated incident.
  With the passage of the Speak Out Act, both of these legal gimmicks 
will be banned in cases of sexual assault in the workplace, freeing 
workers and making corporations take responsibility for actually 
creating a safe work environment. These laws won't end sexual 
harassment and abuse in the workplace overnight, but it will now make 
it easier for victims to seek justice and deter bad behavior.
  As a woman, and the mother of a daughter, like at least a third of 
women in the American workplace, both of us have experienced or 
witnessed such workplace behavior, so I wholly support this 
legislation.
  In my view, passing the Speak Out Act should be an easy task for the 
House of Representatives. It is a simple, sensible bill, and it passed 
unanimously in the Senate, an institution not always known for finding 
consensus.
  Here in the House, the Speak Out Act should receive similar 
treatment, passage with an overwhelming, if not unanimous, majority. 
But we have been forced by the obstruction of a number of our more 
extreme Republican colleagues to expend the time needed to pass a rule, 
engage in hours of debate, and take four votes to pass the bill in the 
House, when we have numerous pressing items demanding Congress' 
attention before year's end.
  The fact that the bill passed with all 100 Senators in support, in an 
evenly divided Senate, should tell you that if there were serious 
problems with the bill, they have already been resolved. Anyone who has 
actually read the legislation knows that.

  NDAs are meant to protect trade secrets and business dealings. Why 
would anyone try to enable their use in covering up sexual assault?
  I am here to get results for my constituents, and that includes 
measures to ensure that our workplaces are free from sexual assault and 
abuse.
  Madam Speaker, I strongly encourage all my colleagues to support 
today's rule, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, I thank the Representative from 
Pennsylvania for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield 
myself such time as I may consume.
  Today, we are here to consider House Resolution 1464, providing for 
the consideration of the Speak Out Act, among other provisions.
  Let me be clear: House Republicans agree that victims of sexual 
harassment and assault deserve justice. Unfortunately, due to the fact 
that this bill is poorly drafted and questionable findings from the 
Senate bill remain that were specifically stripped out of the House 
version during Judiciary markup, there are still several legitimate 
concerns surrounding the unintended consequences of H.R. 8227, the 
Speak Out Act.
  We must maintain respect for the victims and their privacy. Making 
settlements less valuable to defendants by making confidentiality 
provisions unenforceable could leave victims worse off.
  This bill may force victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment 
to take their claims to court in a public process, but some victims may 
be reluctant to speak out in any form if they know that their stories 
will be public.
  Furthermore, removing the benefit of confidentiality may remove the 
incentives that defendants have to settle and give them more reason to 
fight harder in court, which may not be in the plaintiff's best 
interest.
  The bill is also worded in a way that may also apply to certain post-
dispute nondisclosure and non-disparagement clauses, broadly making 
both predispute and post-dispute nondisclosure and non-disparagement 
clauses unenforceable and may affect existing settlements.
  This begs the question: What is the point of drawing up a contract if 
Congress will eventually step in after the fact and invalidate it? What 
is more, this bill would effectively impose a new regulatory floor that 
comes from the top down, overtaking the role of the State. Republicans 
do not believe in a one-size-fits-all approach, especially in this 
case, where it may do more harm than good for these victims.
  This legislation should remind us all to think carefully about 
federalism and when Congress should enact Federal regulatory floors.
  States have traditionally decided how to regulate contract clauses, 
and some have already passed laws to regulate these specific clauses 
relating to sexual harassment and assault.
  The bill even uses State and Tribal laws to define terms within it, 
but this bill should supersede those State decisions in some cases.
  Though I believe this bill is well-intentioned, it would be a mistake 
to rush to pass it as is, where significant concerns need to be 
addressed.
  Madam Speaker, it is for those reasons I oppose this rule and ask 
Members to do the same.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mrs. FISCHBACH. Madam Speaker, as I said in my opening remarks, the 
bill under consideration by this rule is well-intentioned but flawed. 
It deserves additional time to thoughtfully consider legitimate 
concerns. House Republicans are committed to ensuring victims of sexual 
violence receive the justice they are entitled to, but that does not 
mean the flaws outlined should be ignored.
  Madam Speaker, again, I oppose the rule, and I encourage Members to 
do the same.
  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I am looking forward to the fact that by 
the end of the week, the Speak Out Act will be signed into law.
  While these reforms to the nondisclosure agreements and forced 
arbitration agreements will only go so far, they will create a more 
even playing field for survivors of sexual assault and harassment. 
Thousands of people will be freed from the unfair burdens of NDAs, and 
I sincerely hope this brings justice and closure to those who need it.
  I also recognize that there is a lot more this Congress should do to 
support both workers and victims of sexual assault.
  We can't ignore the disproportionate power that most employers hold 
over their employees, which can often lead to unfair outcomes for 
workers. Whether it is NDA agreements that silence victims, contracts 
that undercut workers' pay or rights, forced arbitration clauses, or 
egregious noncompete agreements, there is much more work to do to 
guarantee an even playing field for all workers in this economy.
  I am proud of the work House Democrats have accomplished for workers 
this Congress. Although the Senate filibuster has greatly curtailed the 
scope of what we should do, Democrats and President Biden have secured 
multiple wins for workers over the past 2 years, and the Speak Out Act 
is another victory in that column.
  Madam Speaker, I urge all my colleagues to support today's rule.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 1464, 
the rule providing for consideration of S. 4524, The Speak Out Act.
  I commend you and Rules Committee Chairman McGovern for providing 
this rule to allow The Speak Out Act to be brought before us for debate 
and a vote, as it reflects our priorities for the American people.
  Our Democratic Party Caucus deeply believes in women's rights, from 
reproductive rights to workplace rights, including the right to engage 
in one's career without being subjected to sexual harassment or abuse 
that impairs lives and livelihoods.
  By bringing this rule to the House, and allowing consideration of The 
Speak Out Act, our leadership emphatically asserts that women's rights 
are American rights; that the right to be treated with dignity and 
respect in the workplace is a priority of Democrats, and that those 
rights must not be deterred.
  The Speak Out Act would limit the judicial enforceability of 
predispute nondisclosure and nondisparagement contract clauses relating 
to disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment.
  This bill is critical to ending the culture of silence that quiets 
the voices of survivors of sexual harassment. Ending the cycle of abuse 
starts with eliminating the power that perpetrators have over their 
victims.
  Currently, companies can sue workers for breaking an NDA. The threat 
of legal retaliation is daunting enough to keep workers from coming 
forward with stories of abuse.

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  These NDAs have become commonplace in many industries. Harvard 
Business Review has estimated that over one third of the U.S. workforce 
is bound by NDAs.
  These NDAs not only appear in settlements after a victim of sexual 
harassment has raised their voice, but also have become routinely 
included in standard employment contracts that are used at the time of 
hiring.
  Typically, NDAs work to provide confidentiality and protection, but 
they have increasingly been used to protect power dynamics that enable 
abusers to continue their dangerous and disgusting behavior.
  One in 3 women has faced sexual harassment in the workplace during 
her career, and an estimated 87 to 94 percent of those who experience 
sexual harassment never file a formal complaint.
  The reality is that many of these women have no voice because the 
system rewards male manipulators and penalizes women who challenge the 
status quo. This is institutionalized abuse.
  The Speak Out Act can change this reality by preventing employers 
from enforcing nondisclosure or non-disparagement agreements (NDAs) in 
instance's when employees and workers report sexual misconduct.
  In the wake of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, our country has 
become acutely aware that men in power frequently leverage that power 
abusively to exploit women.
  Sexual abuse and harassment can destroy a victim's financial 
security, mental health, and career path.
  By standing up for their rights, the women who have been subjected to 
abuse often become mired in a lengthy and costly lawsuit that drains 
their finances, imposes a heavy psychic toll, and impairs their future 
job prospects by creating a misimpression that they are disruptive 
workers.
  Women face a disturbing choice when sexually assaulted in the 
workplace: report the abuse publicly and face litigation, leave the 
company and abandon their income, or the choice that many are forced to 
make, put their heads down and pretend it did not happen.
  Passing this rule to allow consideration of The Speak Out Act aims to 
provide victims with a third option to pursue justice.
  It is time to amend the NDA system to strip the power from abusive 
employers and give it back to the employee.
  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and 
I move the previous question on the resolution.
  The previous question was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. 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. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 215, 
nays 208, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 479]

                               YEAS--215

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bourdeaux
     Bowman
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brown (MD)
     Brown (OH)
     Brownley
     Bush
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     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
     Swalwell
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     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
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     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
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     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
     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
     Yakym
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Doyle, Michael F.
     Herrera Beutler
     Issa
     Kinzinger
     Mooney
     Mullin
     Suozzi
     Welch
     Wexton

                              {time}  1317

  Mr. KATKO changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  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

     Axne (Stevens)
     Beyer (Blumenauer)
     Connolly (Pallone)
     Courtney (Perlmutter)
     DeFazio (Pallone)
     Gonzalez, Vicente (Correa)
     Horsford (Kelly (IL))
     Jacobs (NY) (Sempolinski)


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  November 15, 2022, on page H8504, in the third column, the 
following appeared: Axne (Stevens) Beyer (Blumenauer) Connolly 
(Pallone) Courtney (Perlmutter) DeFazio (Pallone) Gonzalez, 
Vicente (Correa)
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: Axne 
(Stevens) Beyer (Blumenauer) Connolly (Pallone) Courtney 
(Perlmutter) DeFazio (Pallone) Gonzalez, Vicente (Correa) 
Horsford (Kelly (IL)) Jacobs (NY) (Sempolinski)


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                         Johnson (TX) (Stevens)
                         Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
                          Lawson (FL) (Evans)
                            McEachin (Trone)
                             Morelle (Meng)
                            Newman (Correa)
                          Palazzo (Bilirakis)
                            Porter (Neguse)
                            Rice (NY) (Meng)
                          Rice (SC) (Valadao)
                           Ryan (OH) (Correa)
                           Sherrill (Pallone)
                            Speier (Correa)
                              Wild (Evans)
Wilson (FL) (Cicilline)

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