[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 58 (Thursday, March 30, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H1668-H1678]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
Amendment No. 35 Offered by Mr. Smith of New Jersey
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 35
printed in part B of House Report 118-30.
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the
amendment and ask for its immediate consideration.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Page 75, after line 3, insert the following:
SEC. 20115. OFFSHORE WIND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS STUDY.
(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General shall
conduct a study to assess the sufficiency of the
environmental review processes for offshore wind projects in
place as of the date of the enactment of this section of the
National Marine Fisheries Service, the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, and any other relevant Federal agency.
(b) Contents.--The study required under subsection (a)
shall include consideration of the following:
(1) The impacts of offshore wind projects on--
(A) whales, finfish, and other marine mammals;
(B) benthic resources;
(C) commercial and recreational fishing;
(D) air quality;
(E) cultural, historical, and archaeological resources;
(F) invertebrates;
(G) essential fish habitat;
(H) military use and navigation and vessel traffic;
(I) recreation and tourism; and
(J) the sustainability of shoreline beaches and inlets.
(2) The impacts of hurricanes and other severe weather on
offshore wind projects.
(3) How the agencies described in subsection (a) determine
which stakeholders are consulted and if a timely,
comprehensive comment period is provided for local
representatives and other interested parties.
(4) The estimated cost and who pays for offshore wind
projects.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 260, the gentleman
from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey.
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chair, like canaries in coal mines, the
recent spate of tragic whale and dolphin deaths and a well-founded
suspicion that geophysical surveys, including the use of sonar may be a
contributing cause, has brought new light and increased scrutiny to the
fast-tracking of approximately 3,400 offshore wind turbines covering
2.4 million acres by 2030, more after that by 2040--all embedded into
the ocean floor by massive pile drivers--in the North Atlantic Planning
Area that includes New Jersey's coast.
The offshore wind industrialization approval process has left
unaddressed and unanswered numerous serious questions concerning the
potentially harmful environmental impact on whales, marine life, and
the ecosystems that currently allow all sea creatures great and small
to thrive.
Cindy Zipf, executive director of Clean Ocean Action, pointed out in
testimony at a field hearing chaired by my good friend and colleague,
Jeff Van Drew, that the National Marine Fisheries Service has said,
``Offshore wind is a new use of our marine waters, requiring
substantial scientific and regulatory review.''
So she asks: So, where is the substantial review?
My amendment, Mr. Chair, requires the U.S. Government Accountability
Office, or GAO, to investigate the sufficiency of the environmental
review process for offshore wind projects of the Marine Fisheries
Service, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and any other relevant
Federal agency.
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Among other concerns, GAO would be required to investigate and report
to Congress on the impacts of offshore wind projects on whales,
finfish, and marine mammals; commercial and recreational fishing;
recreation and tourism; invertebrates; essential fish habitat; benthic
resources; cultural, historical, and archeological resources;
sustainability of shoreline beaches and inlets; military use and
navigation/vessel traffic; and the impacts of hurricanes and other
severe weather on offshore wind projects.
The GAO would also be tasked to reveal how the agencies determine
which stakeholders are consulted, whether a timely and comprehensive
comment period is provided for local representatives and interest
parties, and the estimated costs and who pays for the offshore wind
projects.
Mr. Chair, if and when the wind turbines go online, vessel
navigation--including U.S. Navy ships, merchant and cargo ships,
fishing boats, and search and rescue operations by the Coast Guard--may
be significantly hampered due to radar interference.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
released a report in 2022--a year ago--titled ``Wind Turbine Generator
Impacts to Marine Vessel Radar'' and found that wind turbine generators
``obfuscate the marine vessel radar for both magnetron-based and solid-
state radar . . . and can cause significant interference and shadowing
that suppress the detection of small contacts.''
The study also found that wind turbine mitigation techniques for
marine vessel radar have not--I repeat, have not--been substantially
investigated, implemented, matured, or deployed.
That study was from 1 year ago.
The vulnerability of massive structures the size of the Chrysler
Building to hurricanes, nor'easters, and superstorms has not been
adequately investigated and vetted.
Yet one study in 2012 found that there is very substantial risk that
Category 3 and higher hurricanes can destroy one-half or more of the
turbines at some locations.
Remember, Mr. Chairman, these are about 1,000 feet tall. They could
topple like dominoes.
Any surface appeal argument made by the industry or by the government
comparing it to the survivability of ocean wind turbines on the East
Coast of the United States to the U.K. or Norway fails because Europe
doesn't get hurricanes. They get remnants of our hurricanes. They get
bad weather, but they don't get hurricanes.
In like manner, the devastating impact on commercial and recreational
fishing has been largely ignored. One expert, Meghan Lapp, gave
tremendous testimony at Mr. Van Drew's hearing. She said: ``We are
facing the annihilation of our industry at the hands of the Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management.''
New Jersey's amazing shore tourism industry is also being put at
grave risk.
Mr. Chairman, with so much at stake and out of an abundance of
caution and concern, support my amendment to require a comprehensive
and independent review by the GAO. It is absolutely warranted.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Weber of Texas). The gentleman from Arizona is
recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, this amendment requires the Government
Accountability Office to study the sufficiency of the current
environmental review process for offshore wind projects.
I think we can all agree that offshore energy projects, including
offshore wind projects, need to be studied thoroughly before being
built, and the National Environmental Policy Act helps us do that
review. However, H.R. 1, the polluters over people act, guts the
National Environmental Policy Act.
If I lived in a coastal community, I would be pretty nervous about
how H.R. 1 makes it harder for stakeholders to weigh in on projects
that might affect my community. This amendment scrutinizes the
environmental review process for renewable energy development, but the
underlying bill guts the review process for all offshore development.
As we have seen in the Gulf, the infrastructure needed for oil and
gas drilling has decimated wetlands, and oil spills like the BP
disaster close beaches and kill wildlife.
Scientists have found that seismic surveys for offshore oil
exploration are far more damaging to marine mammals than surveys for
offshore wind.
A couple-page GAO study on whether environmental reviews of offshore
wind are strong enough doesn't make up for the cuts to those reviews in
H.R. 1. A better path forward is to reject the polluters over people
act and, instead,
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make sure Federal agencies have the tools, capacity, and resources they
need to complete reviews in a timely fashion.
Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to reject this amendment, and I
yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey
will be postponed.
Amendment No. 36 Offered by Mr. Van Drew
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 36
printed in part B of House Report 118-30.
Mr. VAN DREW. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
After section 20114, add the following:
SEC. 20115. GAO REPORT ON WIND ENERGY IMPACTS.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall publish
a report on all potential adverse effects of wind energy
development in the North Atlantic Planning Area (as described
in the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
Proposed Final Program (November 2016)), including associated
infrastructure and vessel traffic, on--
(1) maritime safety, including the operation of radar
systems;
(2) economic impacts related to commercial fishing
activities; and
(3) marine environment and ecology, including species
listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or designated as
depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) in the North Atlantic Planning Area.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 260, the gentleman
from New Jersey (Mr. Van Drew) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey.
Mr. VAN DREW. Mr. Chairman, again, I thank the chairman for his help
and his support. I thank the Congressman, Dr. Andy Harris, for
traveling the great distance to New Jersey to be at the hearing that we
had in the field. I thank Congressman Chris Smith for his support and
traveling, as well, and I thank Congressman Scott Perry. They were all
there.
Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of my amendment and to clear up
the misconceptions that continue to float around amongst the mainstream
media, this administration, and pro-wind advocacy groups, and highlight
what is nothing less than an existential threat to our coastlines and
the millions of people and communities who rely upon them.
Proponents of offshore wind claim that it is a necessary step in
order to transition the United States to clean energy. Yet, oddly
enough, BOEM's own environmental impact statement admits that offshore
wind will have no impact of any substance on combating climate change
and will, in fact, increase greenhouse gas emissions.
Proponents say that it will stimulate economic activity and create
thousands of U.S. jobs. Yet, offshore wind turbines are being
constructed in Europe and China and not in the United States, and
offshore wind companies are attempting to circumvent the Jones Act so
they can use cheaper foreign vessels and cheaper crews.
Plus, BOEM has admitted that commercial fisheries will have to--this
is important--completely abandon their fishing grounds as a result of
offshore wind. Destroying one job to create another is not job
creation.
Let's talk about the offshore wind companies themselves.
Orsted, which is building offshore wind farms off of New Jersey's
coast, is based in Denmark and used to go by the name Danish Oil and
Natural Gas.
Equinor, which is building offshore wind farms off of New York, is
based in Norway and is a self-described petroleum refining company.
British Petroleum, BP, which is building offshore wind farms off of
New York and Massachusetts, is based in England.
Avangrid, which is building offshore wind farms off Connecticut, has
its parent company based in Spain.
These are foreign-owned companies that have bought millions--not
thousands, I am not exaggerating here--millions of acres of our ocean,
our American ocean, in the Atlantic and intend to expand into the Gulf,
Pacific Ocean, and our Great Lakes, as well.
Every great body of water this country is blessed with will now be at
the mercy of foreign-owned energy companies, thanks to the Biden
administration.
More than 50 percent of our energy, if this plan were to go to
fruition, would come from foreign countries. We would rely upon them,
and they would not be under our control. That is shameful.
They say that the surveying and construction of these offshore wind
farms are not resulting in marine mammal deaths. Well, Mr. Chairman, I
have lived there, and I see it.
That begs the question: Why is BOEM offering incidental take
authorizations to these companies? For those who don't know what that
means, for those who don't understand it, it is the accidental harming
or killing of marine species. It is not just whales. It is dolphins and
others.
Wind companies need these ITAs because these industrial wind grids
are leased right on top of the foraging grounds and the migration
routes for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. NOAA's
own scientists have sounded the alarms on how these projects will
affect right whales not just now but for many decades to come.
I beg to differ. I beg to differ with the proponents who claim that
offshore wind will boost our ecotourism along the coast. Would you
choose to go to a shore that consisted of thousands of industrialized
wind turbines that rise to nearly 1,000 feet tall?
Realize, Mr. Chairman, there is no casino in Atlantic City that is
this tall.
Orsted themselves conducted a survey in my home county, Cape May,
which is a tourist county, on whether tourists would return after these
wind grids are built. Fifteen percent said they wouldn't even think
about returning, and Orsted considered this a good thing. Perhaps they
forgot to look into what exactly a 15 percent reduction in tourism
would do. It would be a loss of $1 billion.
Mr. Chairman, I could talk about defense and standing up for my
constituents. Please vote for this bill.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to
the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler), who is our leader in the
Judiciary Committee.
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I thank Ranking Member Grijalva for
yielding and for his leadership in opposition to the polluters over
people act.
I must say that the concern of the gentleman from New Jersey--we just
heard about ocean animals--is touching, considering the effect that
climate change will have on all wildlife and all of us, for that
matter.
Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this bad faith amendment aimed
at slowing our Nation's transition to the affordable clean energy
economy we need to address the climate crisis and create good-paying
American jobs. With nearly 164,000 New Yorkers already working in the
clean energy industry, the State is expected to create more than 10,000
additional jobs through its commitment to developing 9,000 megawatts of
offshore wind energy in the coming years.
Mr. Chairman, if you are worried about the potential adverse effects
of wind energy development, you will be pleased to know that the Bureau
of Ocean Energy Management is already required to perform substantial
environmental reviews. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's
Renewable Energy Program subject matter experts are best equipped to
analyze potential environmental and industry impacts of offshore wind.
Considering this, it is strange that my colleague from New Jersey is
supporting an appropriations request to defund the Renewable Energy
Program.
It is also strange that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle
claim to worry about the industry's impact on whales when most of them
oppose the
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North Atlantic right whale vessel strike reduction rule. The data shows
that most whale killings are attributed to vessel strikes.
Again, Mr. Chairman, this is a bad faith attack on offshore wind, and
I urge my colleagues to oppose it.
Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, as we finish the amendment process under
the jurisdiction of the Natural Resources Committee, let me just close
by saying that the polluters over people act, H.R. 1, has one distinct
and sole purpose, and that is to dismantle, weaken, and eliminate basic
laws and legal protections that have been in place for over 50 years
around important issues of public health and environment.
What we have heard today is rationale regarding permitting reform,
rationale regarding energy independence and dominance, but the sole
purpose of these concepts is dog whistles. They are dog whistles for
climate denial and no action. They are dog whistles for having
corporate dominance, not public interest, in charge of the most vital
natural resource, and that is our people.
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H.R. 1, the polluters over people act, is a basic assault on public
health, public interest, and it prevents us from dealing with the
reality of climate change and the need to take action now.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Van Drew).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey
will be postponed.
Amendment No. 37 Offered by Mr. Graves of Louisiana
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 37
printed in part B of House Report 118-30.
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Add at the end the following:
SEC. 30003. FEDERAL GENERAL PERMITS.
Section 402(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(33 U.S.C. 1342(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(6)(A) The Administrator is authorized to issue general
permits under this section for discharges of similar types
from similar sources.
``(B) The Administrator may require submission of a notice
of intent to be covered under a general permit issued under
this section, including additional information that the
Administrator determines necessary.
``(C) If a general permit issued under this section will
expire and the Administrator decides not to issue a new
general permit for discharges similar to those covered by the
expiring general permit, the Administrator shall publish in
the Federal Register a notice of such decision at least two
years prior to the expiration of the general permit.
``(D) If a general permit issued under this section expires
and the Administrator has not published a notice in
accordance with subparagraph (C), until such time as the
Administrator issues a new general permit for discharges
similar to those covered by the expired general permit, the
Administrator shall--
``(i) continue to apply the terms, conditions, and
requirements of the expired general permit to any discharge
that was covered by the expired general permit; and
``(ii) apply such terms, conditions, and requirements to
any discharge that would have been covered by the expired
general permit (in accordance with any relevant requirements
for such coverage) if the discharge had occurred before such
expiration.''.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 260, the gentleman
from Louisiana (Mr. Graves) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Louisiana.
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. Chairman, this amendment has a very
simple objective. All it is designed to do is provide certainty.
They have discharge permits that are granted often to ports, to
vessels large and small and different operators that are required to
discharge, making sure that what they are discharging is properly
evaluated to ensure that it doesn't cause adverse impact to the
environment.
These permits are normally granted for a 5-year period of time, but
what we found is that upon expiration of the permits, we have seen gaps
of months and months and months, creating uncertainty for those
operators.
What this amendment does is it very simply says that if a permit
expires, you just get a continuance, you get a continuance of the
existing permit conditions until the agency works to recertify or to
re-up the permit.
The second thing that it does is it says that if you have a
continuing operation, and if there are some changes that the agency
wants in regard to the operations of the permit, then that is fine, but
you have to begin that process 2 years ahead of time, giving the
operators ample time to adjust or adapt to the new conditions.
Mr. Chairman, I urge adoption of the amendment, and I reserve the
balance of my time.
Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chair, I oppose this amendment. While I recognize
the amendment's underlying goal is to make it easier to obtain a Clean
Water Act permit, not all permits have the same potential impacts on
water quality.
We need to take care to distinguish between those permits that can be
expedited because of their minimal impact on the environment and those
that need additional attention and scrutiny.
The Clean Water Act already authorizes the use of general permits to
allow a more expedited process for activities in the wetlands that will
cause only minimal adverse environmental effects when performed
separately and will have only minimal cumulative adverse effects on the
environment.
Current EPA regulations also allow the issuance of general permits
for point source discharges that involve the same or substantially
similar types of operations, such as construction-related activities,
urban stormwater, and the western and central Gulf of Mexico offshore
oil and gas activities.
The amendment attempts to codify existing EPA regulations on general
use permits for point source discharges without the safeguard that the
activities have only a minimal impact on the environment. The amendment
does not prescribe how these new requirements will interact with
existing general permit authority.
Conflicting standards may have the opposite effect that the
Representative intends. It may restrict EPA's authority to determine
which activities are eligible to use the more streamlined process of
obtaining general permit coverage and those activities more
appropriately reviewed under a more rigorous individual permit
authority. Bogging down the EPA with layers of rules will not make
obtaining a permit easier.
The amendment also expands who can apply an expired general use
permit onto new projects. Under current law, current permittees who
file a notice of intent to be covered under a general use permit
scheduled for reissuance remain covered by the previous permit, even if
there should be a lapse between expiration and reissuance.
The amendment requires the new applicant also be allowed to use an
expired permit regardless of whether or not the permit is likely to be
renewed. Allowing automatic expansion of permits that have not been
renewed for legitimate concerns will not improve water quality.
I stand ready to work with Representative Graves or any other
colleague who seeks to achieve sensible permitting reform while
continuing to uphold our Nation's water quality. However, this
amendment does not uphold our Nation's water quality, and that is why I
will oppose it.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. Chairman, thankfully, the amendment
described by the ranking member is not the amendment that we are
offering today.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr.
Carl), a
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member of the Natural Resources Committee.
Mr. CARL. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate our colleagues on the other side
of the aisle pointing out all these different rules and regulations
that we have to go through for a vessel to simply come in and out.
This amendment is very simple. It says if you have a permit today and
it expires today, that permit is good until the new permit is issued.
It has nothing to do with further checking of water quality because
that is already set up in the first permit. The layers of government
bureaucracy are already put in place.
All this amendment very simply says is you can continue running your
business until we have time to do our job. It is hard to run a business
based on the Federal Government's time clock because the government
gets in no hurry. The slower they get, the more important they feel.
The business community cannot handle this. We have got to give the
business community some help, and this is help.
Again, all this is simply saying is you carry on the way that you
have agreed to carry on for the last 5 years, and we will get to you as
quick as we can. I think it is a great amendment, and I am here to
support it.
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I
may consume. Let me again clarify. The ranking member's comments, while
clearly concerning, do not apply to this amendment.
Mr. Chairman, let me read from the amendment. ``The Administrator is
authorized,'' it doesn't say, ``they shall.'' It says, ``is
authorized.'' The second section says, ``The Administrator may
require.''
These are discretionary terms. There is nothing in here that is
mandatory. It creates the ability of the Administrator to offer a
general permit.
Most importantly, let's keep in mind, this doesn't waive any
environmental laws or anything along those lines. What this does is, it
simply says that if a permit has been issued and the agency is not fast
enough in re-upping the permit, then what happens is that you continue
operating under the previously approved permit.
Now, if the agency wants to reject a permit, if they want to take an
action, all of that discretion is still retained by the Administrator.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr.
Scalise), the distinguished majority leader and the sponsor of this
legislation.
Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Chairman, I thank my friend from Louisiana (Mr.
Graves) for yielding, for his leadership on introducing this amendment,
which I support, and especially introducing this bill.
Mr. Chairman, we all ought to be focused on helping low-income
families who are struggling. Families all across America are struggling
under the weight of high inflation, all the spending that has come out
of Washington under President Biden, but especially led and driven by
this anti-American energy policy that we have seen from President Biden
that has dramatically increased costs on American families.
How are people getting hit by all of President Biden's anti-American
energy policies?
You can see it right here. Gas prices, every time you go to the pump,
people are paying 50 percent more. That takes money out of families'
paychecks every single week when they go to fill up their vehicle.
You look at the utility bills people are paying. They are paying 40
percent more, 25 percent more on their utility bills in some areas of
the country, making it harder for them to heat their homes during a
cold winter. As we approach summer, people want to turn on their air
conditioner. They are going to be paying a lot more. That takes money
out of their pocket.
Oh, by the way, when you look at what President Biden passed last
year, he passed a $6 billion tax increase on natural gas, which is one
of the drivers of higher electricity bills.
The good news is, Mr. Chairman, Republicans have answered the pleas
that so many families have been raising by bringing H.R. 1, the Lower
Energy Costs Act, to the floor.
This is a bill focused on helping those families who have been
struggling, who have been saying for the last 2 years: Is anybody in
Washington looking out for the families who are living paycheck to
paycheck, who cannot make ends meet, who are sick and tired of runaway
inflation and higher costs?
The answer is yes. House Republicans are here with an answer to this
problem.
I think it is important to understand how we got here. It wasn't by
accident. President Biden as a candidate said he was going to go and
try to destroy the energy industry, stop drilling in America.
Day one, the day President Biden took office, he started taking
immediate action to attack American energy. He canceled the Keystone
pipeline. He started putting his bureaucrats in place to put red tape
in the way of American production of oil and natural gas.
Now, you may think that is because the President is against pipelines
and the President is against oil and natural gas. He is not. In fact,
while President Biden was canceling the Keystone pipeline from Canada
to the United States, he green-lighted a pipeline from Russia to
Germany. He bailed out Putin while he was sticking it to families in
America, and they paid a higher price for it here at home.
Then, at the same time, he was making it harder to produce energy in
America: Getting agencies to stop issuing permits and canceling lease
sales. It wasn't because he was against oil and gas. No.
During the time that he was making it harder to get oil and gas in
America, he was calling Vladimir Putin--again there is that name--
calling Russia, asking them to produce more oil for America. Putin said
no.
Then he got on Air Force One and begged the Saudis to produce more
oil. The Saudis said no, because the Saudis want a high price for
gasoline.
Who pays for that? Hardworking families.
All these climate justice warriors who fly all around the world on
their private jets, they take jet fuel. The last time I checked, there
are no solar panels on the wings of Air Force One.
Again, the President is not against oil. He is just against American
oil.
Why don't we ask this question? If the President is not against oil,
he is just against American oil, where are we getting our energy from?
Where are we getting our critical minerals from?
They talk about electric vehicles as if everybody is driving electric
cars. One day, maybe that is where the world goes. Technology still
needs to advance a lot to get to that point. Today, maybe 5-10 percent
of the cars on the road are electric.
If you are going to advance it, like, California says they are going
to ban fossil fuel cars in California. Of course, ironically, days
after the Governor said he was going to ban fossil fuel cars, he told
people they cannot plug their electric car into the socket because they
are about to have power outages because the grid can't handle it.
Again, where does the energy come from?
You don't plug that electric car into a tree. You have got to
actually use baseload energy.
Where does the battery come from, by the way, that you are charging?
We know right now the batteries are coming from China.
President Biden has made it very clear, he wants to make it harder to
produce in America, but he is not against the production. He is going
to countries like Russia, China, and Venezuela.
Look at the list. Are these the people we want to become dependent
on?
The question is no longer do we or do we not get oil. It is where we
get it from.
Now, what Republicans have said and what H.R. 1 gets us back to is
why don't we get our energy from America?
It is a pretty straightforward answer.
President Biden said no to America. But, again, he was begging
Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. He is trying to ease sanctions on
Venezuela right now to get more of their oil.
If it is all about carbon emissions and saving the planet, why don't
we use the facts?
Let's talk science for a moment.
Where is the cleanest place to make things in the world?
Who has the highest standards?
I know some on the left wake up every day, and they just want to
trash America. We have the best standards in
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the world. If you want to make oil anywhere in the world--and, again,
they are not against oil; they just don't want it made in America.
However, look at the countries they are begging to make more oil,
countries that emit more carbon to make the same oil. Then they put
that oil on a tanker and send it to the United States. Think of the
lunacy of that policy.
We would love to make it here and put it in a pipeline, which is the
safest way to transport it. They don't even want you to be able to
build the pipelines. We eased that in the bill so we can actually build
real infrastructure in America.
If you are worried about carbon emissions, there is good news for
you: the Lower Energy Costs Act solves that problem because by making
it in America, you make it in the best place in the world.
We also address critical minerals.
You want to make computer chips? You want to make electric car
batteries?
They are going to be made somewhere in the world.
Where are they going to be made?
Right now, under President Biden's policies, it is almost impossible
to get permits to mine for those minerals in America.
They are getting made. The problem is, they are getting made in
countries like China. Go look at the environmental standards of China.
I know the President's Energy Secretary said, just a few days ago, that
we can learn something from China on clean energy.
I am not sure if she has been traveling around America. I know she is
traveling around to other countries.
How could you possibly say we could learn from China?
No one does it cleaner than America. Many would argue no one does it
dirtier than China.
{time} 1030
Why would you want to be making our country more dependent on China?
In our bill, we actually say we can make those things in America again.
We have them here.
Look at the plaque right above the Speaker's rostrum. ``Let us
develop the resources of our land. . . . `'
Well, Mr. Speaker, we actually do fulfill that promise in this bill
by letting us develop the resources in our land, not in China.
They can go make stuff in China. We shouldn't be addicted to those
products because President Biden shut off our ability to make things in
America.
These policies make nothing but common sense. The good thing about it
is you don't just get the advantages of lower carbon emissions globally
by passing this bill.
For families across America who are sick and tired of the lunacy and
hypocrisy of the left's policies, it lowers costs for families.
There is only one free market country in the world that has abundant
resources. That is America. If you look at the other countries that we
have become dependent on, they want a higher price. They are part of
cartels like OPEC.
We can make OPEC irrelevant if we make more energy in America. We
have got the resources.
You can go to Port Fourchon in south Louisiana, my district, and see
areas where we can produce hundreds of thousands of barrels a day that
are being closed off, where it is almost impossible for them to get
permits. They can't even move pipelines.
Go to Pennsylvania where they can produce oil and natural gas, but
they can't even get it to their neighbors in New York and the New
England States because they are abusing Federal laws in all of these
different agencies to stop the building of the infrastructure for
pipelines.
Their argument is that they don't want oil and natural gas. Well,
they are getting the oil and natural gas. They are just getting it from
other countries, from tankers coming into the New England States
instead of pipelines made in America.
None of this makes any sense. There is an answer. The answer is let's
stand up for those families who are sick and tired of paying more when
they know we have the ability here to do it ourselves. We can become
energy independent again.
It is a national security issue, but it is a bread and butter,
kitchen table issue for those families who are struggling.
Stop being dependent on foreign countries like President Biden has
made us. Let's get back to the sound principles that have been proven
to work, again, in the cleanest place to make things in the world--the
United States of America.
Let's stand up for those families who are sick and tired of paying
too much. Let's actually get good policy put into law that fights for
those families who have been left behind for far too long.
Let's pass the Lower Energy Costs Act. Let's get this country back on
track, and let's lower prices for those families who are struggling.
Mr. Chair, I urge passage of this amendment.
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Graves).
The amendment was agreed to.
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments printed in part B of House Report
118-30 on which further proceedings were postponed, in the following
order:
Amendment No. 20 by Mr. Westerman of Arkansas.
Amendment No. 25 by Ms. Leger Fernandez of New Mexico.
Amendment No. 26 by Mr. Levin of California.
Amendment No. 31 by Mr. Ogles of Tennessee.
Amendment No. 34 by Mr. Perry of Pennsylvania.
Amendment No. 35 by Mr. Smith of New Jersey.
Amendment No. 36 by Mr. Van Drew of New Jersey.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.
Amendment No. 20 Offered by Mr. Westerman
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on amendment No. 20, printed in part B of House Report
118-30 offered by the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Westerman), on which
further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by
voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 407,
noes 26, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 174]
AYES--407
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Alford
Allen
Allred
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Auchincloss
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Balint
Banks
Barr
Barragan
Bean (FL)
Beatty
Bentz
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bice
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NC)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Boebert
Bost
Boyle (PA)
Brecheen
Brown
Brownley
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budzinski
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (LA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Chavez-DeRemer
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Ciscomani
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cline
Cloud
Clyburn
Clyde
Cohen
Cole
Collins
Comer
Connolly
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crane
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Curtis
D'Esposito
Davids (KS)
Davidson
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
De La Cruz
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Dingell
Doggett
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Estes
Evans
Ezell
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Foster
Foushee
Foxx
Frankel, Lois
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gallego
Garamendi
Garbarino
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Mike
Gimenez
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gonzalez-Colon
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Green, Al (TX)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grijalva
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Harder (CA)
Harris
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Harshbarger
Hayes
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Higgins (NY)
Hill
Himes
Hinson
Horsford
Houchin
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson (TX)
Jackson Lee
James
Jeffries
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kaptur
Kean (NJ)
Keating
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Khanna
Kiggans (VA)
Kildee
Kiley
Kilmer
Kim (CA)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Landsman
Langworthy
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
LaTurner
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Lesko
Letlow
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luna
Luttrell
Lynch
Mace
Magaziner
Malliotakis
Mann
Manning
Massie
Mast
Matsui
McBath
McCaul
McClain
McClellan
McClintock
McCollum
McCormick
McGarvey
McGovern
McHenry
Meeks
Menendez
Meuser
Mfume
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Molinaro
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WI)
Moran
Moskowitz
Moulton
Moylan
Mrvan
Mullin
Murphy
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Nehls
Newhouse
Nickel
Norcross
Norman
Norton
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Owens
Pallone
Palmer
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Pence
Perez
Perry
Peters
Pettersen
Pfluger
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Posey
Pressley
Quigley
Radewagen
Raskin
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Ross
Rouzer
Roy
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rutherford
Ryan
Sablan
Salazar
Salinas
Sanchez
Santos
Sarbanes
Scalise
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Self
Sessions
Sewell
Sherrill
Simpson
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Spartz
Stansbury
Stanton
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stevens
Stewart
Strickland
Strong
Swalwell
Sykes
Tenney
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Titus
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Turner
Underwood
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wagner
Walberg
Waltz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Williams (NY)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOES--26
Bonamici
Bowman
Bush
Carson
Casar
Correa
Fletcher
Frost
Garcia (IL)
Garcia, Robert
Huffman
Jacobs
Jayapal
Johnson (GA)
Kamlager-Dove
Kim (NJ)
Lee (PA)
Meng
Morelle
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Ramirez
Sherman
Takano
Tlaib
Tokuda
NOT VOTING--7
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Diaz-Balart
Hoyle (OR)
Kelly (IL)
Lee (CA)
{time} 1101
Ms. TOKUDA, Messrs. KIM of New Jersey, SHERMAN, Ms. BONAMICI, Messrs.
CARSON, and TAKANO changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mses. PORTER, ADAMS, DeGETTE, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Ms. PELOSI, Mr.
PETERS, and Ms. DeLAURO changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 25 Offered by Ms. Leger Fernandez
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on amendment No. 25, printed in part B of House Report
118-30 offered by the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Leger
Fernandez), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This will be a
2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 323,
noes 109, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 175]
AYES--323
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Alford
Allen
Allred
Armstrong
Auchincloss
Bacon
Baird
Balint
Barr
Barragan
Beatty
Bentz
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Buchanan
Bucshon
Budzinski
Bush
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (GA)
Carter (LA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Chavez-DeRemer
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Ciscomani
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Connolly
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crawford
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Curtis
D'Esposito
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Ezell
Feenstra
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzpatrick
Fletcher
Flood
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Gallagher
Gallego
Garamendi
Garbarino
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Mike
Garcia, Robert
Gimenez
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al (TX)
Griffith
Grijalva
Guest
Guthrie
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Higgins (NY)
Hill
Himes
Hinson
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hudson
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
James
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (SD)
Joyce (OH)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Kean (NJ)
Keating
Khanna
Kiggans (VA)
Kildee
Kiley
Kilmer
Kim (CA)
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
LaLota
LaMalfa
Landsman
Langworthy
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTurner
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Letlow
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lynch
Mace
Magaziner
Malliotakis
Mann
Manning
Mast
Matsui
McBath
McClellan
McClintock
McCollum
McGarvey
McGovern
McHenry
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Miller (OH)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Molinaro
Moolenaar
Moore (UT)
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moskowitz
Moulton
Moylan
Mrvan
Mullin
Murphy
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newhouse
Nickel
Norcross
Norton
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Owens
Pallone
Palmer
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Pence
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Porter
Pressley
Quigley
Radewagen
Ramirez
Raskin
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Ross
Rouzer
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rutherford
Ryan
Sablan
Salazar
Salinas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sessions
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simpson
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Stanton
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Stevens
Stewart
Strickland
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Tenney
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Turner
Underwood
Valadao
Van Drew
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wagner
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Williams (NY)
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOES--109
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Balderson
Banks
Bean (FL)
Bice
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Brecheen
Buck
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crenshaw
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Estes
Fallon
Ferguson
Fitzgerald
Fleischmann
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gonzalez-Colon
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Grothman
Hageman
Harris
Harshbarger
Houchin
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Jackson (TX)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Jordan
Joyce (PA)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kustoff
LaHood
Lamborn
Latta
Lesko
Luna
Luttrell
Massie
McCaul
McClain
McCormick
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moran
Nehls
Norman
Ogles
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rose
Rosendale
Roy
Santos
Scalise
Schweikert
Self
Smith (NE)
Smucker
Spartz
Steube
Strong
Tiffany
Timmons
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Williams (TX)
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NOT VOTING--8
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Hoyle (OR)
Kelly (IL)
Lee (CA)
Pocan
Stansbury
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1105
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 26 Offered by Mr. Levin
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on amendment No. 26, printed in part B of House Report
118-30 offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Levin), on which
further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by
voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 205,
noes 228, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 176]
AYES--205
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bush
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Robert
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McClellan
McCollum
McGarvey
McGovern
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neal
Neguse
Nickel
Norcross
Norton
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Raskin
Ross
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan
Sablan
Salinas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
NOES--228
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bean (FL)
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chavez-DeRemer
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Curtis
D'Esposito
Davidson
Davis (NC)
De La Cruz
Deluzio
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Ezell
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia, Mike
Gimenez
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gonzalez-Colon
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean (NJ)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley
Kim (CA)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Langworthy
Latta
LaTurner
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Lesko
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McHenry
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Molinaro
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Moran
Moylan
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Owens
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Radewagen
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Santos
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Strong
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (NY)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOT VOTING--7
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Hoyle (OR)
Kelly (IL)
Lee (CA)
Napolitano
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1110
Messrs. BACON and YAKYM changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 31 Offered by Mr. Ogles
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on amendment No. 31, printed in part B of House Report
118-30 offered by the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Ogles), on which
further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by
voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 405,
noes 24, not voting 11, as follows:
[Roll No. 177]
AYES--405
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Alford
Allen
Allred
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Auchincloss
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Balint
Banks
Barr
Barragan
Bean (FL)
Bentz
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bice
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NC)
Blunt Rochester
Boebert
Bost
Boyle (PA)
Brecheen
Brown
Brownley
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budzinski
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carey
Carl
Carson
Carter (GA)
Carter (LA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Chavez-DeRemer
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Ciscomani
Clark (MA)
Cline
Cloud
Clyburn
Clyde
Cohen
Cole
Collins
Comer
Connolly
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crane
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Curtis
D'Esposito
Davids (KS)
Davidson
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
De La Cruz
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Estes
Evans
Ezell
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Foster
Foushee
Foxx
Frankel, Lois
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gallego
Garamendi
Garbarino
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Mike
Gimenez
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gonzalez-Colon
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Gottheimer
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Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Green, Al (TX)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grijalva
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Harder (CA)
Harris
Harshbarger
Hayes
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Higgins (NY)
Hill
Himes
Hinson
Horsford
Houchin
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson (TX)
Jackson Lee
James
Jeffries
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kaptur
Kean (NJ)
Keating
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Khanna
Kiggans (VA)
Kildee
Kiley
Kilmer
Kim (CA)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Landsman
Langworthy
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
LaTurner
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Lesko
Letlow
Levin
Lofgren
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luna
Luttrell
Lynch
Mace
Magaziner
Malliotakis
Mann
Manning
Massie
Mast
Matsui
McBath
McCaul
McClain
McClellan
McClintock
McCollum
McCormick
McGarvey
McGovern
McHenry
Meeks
Menendez
Meuser
Mfume
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Molinaro
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WI)
Moran
Morelle
Moskowitz
Moulton
Moylan
Mrvan
Mullin
Murphy
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Nehls
Newhouse
Nickel
Norcross
Norman
Norton
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Owens
Pallone
Palmer
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Pence
Perez
Perry
Peters
Pettersen
Pfluger
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Posey
Pressley
Quigley
Radewagen
Raskin
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Ross
Rouzer
Roy
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rutherford
Ryan
Sablan
Salazar
Salinas
Sanchez
Santos
Sarbanes
Scalise
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Self
Sessions
Sewell
Sherrill
Simpson
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Spartz
Stansbury
Stanton
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stevens
Stewart
Strickland
Strong
Swalwell
Sykes
Tenney
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Titus
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Turner
Underwood
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wagner
Walberg
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Williams (NY)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOES--24
Bonamici
Bowman
Bush
Casar
Clarke (NY)
Correa
Fletcher
Frost
Garcia, Robert
Huffman
Jacobs
Jayapal
Johnson (GA)
Kamlager-Dove
Kim (NJ)
Lee (PA)
Meng
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Ramirez
Sherman
Takano
Tlaib
Tokuda
NOT VOTING--11
Beatty
Blumenauer
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Gomez
Hoyle (OR)
Kelly (IL)
Lee (CA)
Lieu
Waltz
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1114
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. GOMEZ. Mr. Chair, I was not recorded on rollcall no. 177. Had I
been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall no. 177.
Amendment No. 34 Offered by Mr. Perry
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on amendment No. 34, printed in part B of House Report
118-30 offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry), on which
further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by
voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 201,
noes 230, not voting 9, as follows:
[Roll No. 178]
AYES--201
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bean (FL)
Bentz
Bice
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Buchanan
Buck
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chavez-DeRemer
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Ezell
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fleischmann
Flood
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garcia, Mike
Gonzalez-Colon
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Hageman
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Jackson (TX)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (PA)
Kean (NJ)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kiley
Kim (CA)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Langworthy
Latta
LaTurner
Lee (FL)
Lesko
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McCormick
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Moran
Moylan
Murphy
Nehls
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Owens
Palmer
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Radewagen
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Santos
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Strong
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (NY)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOES--230
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Bucshon
Budzinski
Bush
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Ciscomani
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
D'Esposito
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fitzpatrick
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Gallego
Garamendi
Garbarino
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Robert
Gimenez
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Guest
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jacobs
James
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Joyce (OH)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Khanna
Kiggans (VA)
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
LaLota
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawler
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McClellan
McCollum
McGarvey
McGovern
McHenry
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Molinaro
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newhouse
Nickel
Norcross
Norton
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Pence
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Raskin
Ross
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan
Sablan
Salazar
Salinas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Stauber
Steel
Stevens
Strickland
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wagner
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Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
NOT VOTING--9
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Gomez
Hoyle (OR)
Jackson Lee
Kelly (IL)
Lee (CA)
McClintock
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1117
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. GOMEZ. Mr. Chair, I was not recorded on rollcall vote No. 178.
Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall No. 178.
Amendment No. 35 Offered by Mr. Smith of New Jersey
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on amendment No. 35, printed in part B of House Report
118-30 offered by the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith), on which
further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by
voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 244,
noes 189, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 179]
AYES--244
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bean (FL)
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Caraveo
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chavez-DeRemer
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Craig
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
D'Esposito
Davidson
Davis (NC)
De La Cruz
Deluzio
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Eshoo
Estes
Ezell
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia, Mike
Gimenez
Golden (ME)
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gonzalez-Colon
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Harder (CA)
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Houchin
Houlahan
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Jackson (NC)
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kaptur
Kean (NJ)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kiggans (VA)
Kildee
Kiley
Kim (CA)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Langworthy
Latta
LaTurner
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Lee (NV)
Lesko
Letlow
Lofgren
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Manning
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCollum
McCormick
McHenry
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Molinaro
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Moran
Moulton
Moylan
Mrvan
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Owens
Pappas
Pence
Perez
Perry
Pfluger
Radewagen
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Ryan
Salazar
Salinas
Santos
Scalise
Scholten
Schrier
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Simpson
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Sorensen
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Strong
Tenney
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Titus
Turner
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wild
Williams (NY)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOES--189
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Biggs
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Buck
Budzinski
Bush
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Crane
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Escobar
Espaillat
Evans
Fitzgerald
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Robert
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Good (VA)
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Hoyer
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Kamlager-Dove
Keating
Khanna
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Lieu
Lynch
Magaziner
Massie
Matsui
McBath
McClellan
McGarvey
McGovern
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moskowitz
Mullin
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Nickel
Norcross
Norton
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Peters
Pettersen
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Posey
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Raskin
Rosendale
Ross
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Sablan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (MS)
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Wexton
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
NOT VOTING--7
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Hoyle (OR)
Kelly (IL)
Lee (CA)
Palmer
{time} 1122
Mrs. LEE of Nevada changed her vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been
present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall No. 179.
Amendment No. 36 Offered by Mr. Van Drew
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on amendment No. 36, printed in part B of House Report
118-30 offered by the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Van Drew), on
which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes
prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 220,
noes 213, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 180]
AYES--220
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bean (FL)
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chavez-DeRemer
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crawford
Crenshaw
D'Esposito
Davidson
Davis (NC)
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Ezell
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia, Mike
Gimenez
Golden (ME)
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gonzalez-Colon
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean (NJ)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kiley
Kim (CA)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Lamborn
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Langworthy
Latta
LaTurner
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Manning
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McHenry
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Mills
Molinaro
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Moran
Moylan
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Owens
Palmer
Pence
Perez
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Radewagen
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Rutherford
Salazar
Santos
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Strong
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wild
Williams (NY)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOES--213
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Biggs
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bush
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crane
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Curtis
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Robert
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Good (VA)
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Khanna
Kiggans (VA)
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Massie
Matsui
McBath
McClellan
McCollum
McGarvey
McGovern
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Miller-Meeks
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Nickel
Norcross
Norton
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Peters
Pettersen
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Raskin
Rosendale
Ross
Roy
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan
Sablan
Salinas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Wexton
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
NOT VOTING--7
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Hoyle (OR)
Kelly (IL)
Lee (CA)
Lesko
{time} 1127
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIR (Ms. Malliotakis). There being no further amendments
under the rule, the Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Weber of Texas) having assumed the chair, Ms. Malliotakis, Acting Chair
of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported
that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1)
to lower energy costs by increasing American energy production,
exports, infrastructure, and critical minerals processing, by promoting
transparency, accountability, permitting, and production of American
resources, and by improving water quality certification and energy
projects, and for other purposes, and, pursuant to House Resolution
260, she reported the bill, as amended by that resolution, back to the
House with sundry further amendments adopted in the Committee of the
Whole.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is
ordered.
Is a separate vote demanded on any further amendment reported from
the Committee of the Whole? If not, the Chair will put them en gros.
The question is on the amendments.
The amendments were agreed to.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.
Motion to Recommit
Ms. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Ms. Porter of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1
to the Committee on Natural Resources.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the
previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit.
The question is on the motion to recommit.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Ms. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-
minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute
vote on:
Passage of the bill, if ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 207,
nays 222, not voting 6, as follows:
[Roll No. 181]
YEAS--207
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bush
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Robert
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McClellan
McCollum
McGarvey
McGovern
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Nickel
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Raskin
Ross
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
NAYS--222
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bean (FL)
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chavez-DeRemer
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crawford
Crenshaw
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Curtis
D'Esposito
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Ezell
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia, Mike
Gimenez
Gonzales, Tony
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean (NJ)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley
Kim (CA)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Langworthy
Latta
LaTurner
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Lesko
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McHenry
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Molinaro
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Owens
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Santos
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Strong
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (NY)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOT VOTING--6
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Hoyle (OR)
Kelly (IL)
Lee (CA)
{time} 1136
Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ changed her vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER. The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 225,
nays 204, not voting 6, as follows:
[Roll No. 182]
YEAS--225
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bean (FL)
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chavez-DeRemer
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Curtis
D'Esposito
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Ezell
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fleischmann
Flood
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia, Mike
Gimenez
Golden (ME)
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, Vicente
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean (NJ)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley
Kim (CA)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Langworthy
Latta
LaTurner
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Lesko
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McHenry
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Molinaro
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Owens
Palmer
Pence
Perez
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Santos
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Strong
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (NY)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NAYS--204
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bush
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fitzpatrick
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Robert
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McClellan
McCollum
McGarvey
McGovern
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Nickel
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Peters
Pettersen
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Raskin
Ross
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
NOT VOTING--6
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Hoyle (OR)
Kelly (IL)
Lee (CA)
{time} 1143
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
____________________