[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 187 (Monday, November 13, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H5707-H5710]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   JOHN GIBSON, DAN JAMES, WILLIAM SAPP, AND FRANKIE SMILEY VA CLINIC

  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill 
(H.R. 593) to rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based 
outpatient clinic in Hinesville, Georgia, as the ``John Gibson, Dan 
James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA Clinic.''
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                H.R. 593

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMUNITY-
                   BASED OUTPATIENT CLINIC, HINESVILLE, GEORGIA.

        The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based 
     outpatient clinic in Hinesville, Georgia, shall after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as 
     the ``John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and Frankie 
     Smiley VA Clinic''. Any reference to such clinic in any law, 
     regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the 
     United States shall be considered to be a reference to the 
     John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA 
     Clinic.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Bost) and the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano) each 
will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Illinois.


                             General Leave

  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Illinois?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 593, a bill to rename 
the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Hinesville, 
Georgia, as the John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, Frankie Smiley VA 
Clinic.
  I would take a moment to tell each of these Americans' stories of 
service.
  John Gibson was born in Riceboro, Georgia, and later joined the 
Marine Corps where he rose to the rank of private first class. He 
deployed to Vietnam in 1967, served 100 days in-country, 65 of which 
were in combat. He was killed by small arms fire on February 7, 1968, 
in Quang Nam, South Vietnam, during the Tet Offensive at just 21 years 
old.
  Dan Ninkey James was also a native of Riceboro, Georgia, and deployed 
to Vietnam in 1968. He was an SP4 in the Army's 25th Infantry Division. 
While in Vietnam, out of a total of 100 days in theater, he also saw 65 
days of combat. Dan James was killed in action by small arms fire on 
December 29, 1968, in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam. He was recently married 
and was just 20 years old.
  Their fellow Georgian, William Edward Sapp, was born on March 12, 
1943. He joined the Army's 4th Infantry Division during the war, 
reaching the rank of SP4. While deployed in Vietnam, he served 114 days 
in combat out of a total of 175 days in theater. William Sapp was 
killed in action on June 7, 1968, in Kon Tum, South Vietnam, at the age 
of 25.
  Last, but certainly not least, Frankie Lee Smiley was born in Miami, 
Florida. He joined the Marine Corps and rose to the rank of lance 
corporal in the 1st Marine Division.
  He deployed to Vietnam in 1968. He served 205 days in theater, with 
133 days of combat. Lance Corporal Smiley was killed by small arms fire 
on August 25, 1968, in Quang Nam, South Vietnam, at the age of 24. He 
is buried in Cay Cemetery in Dorchester, Georgia.
  All of these men rose to the call of the Nation and made the ultimate 
sacrifice. All of these men were 25 years old or less. To give your 
life for your country at the dawn of your life is an incredible 
sacrifice and one we can't forget. By naming the clinic after these 
men, they will continue to be remembered and honored in the place they 
called home.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank Representative Buddy Carter for introducing this 
bill and his work in making this happen.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all my colleagues to support H.R. 593, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my support for H.R. 593, a bill to 
rename the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
Hinesville, Georgia, as the John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and 
Frankie Smiley VA Clinic.
  I thank Representative Carter for introducing it and the Georgia 
delegation for its support.
  These individuals, all hailing from Liberty County, Georgia, were 
killed in action during the Vietnam war. Four young men who made the 
ultimate sacrifice for their country.
  Private First Class John Gibson, a marine, was killed by small arms 
fire in the Tet Offensive on February 7, 1968. He was 21 years old.
  Specialist Dan James served in the Army's 25th Infantry Division and 
was killed on December 29, 1968. He was 20 years old.
  Specialist William Sapp served in the Army's 4th Infantry Division. 
He was killed on June 7, 1968. He was 25 years old.
  Marine Lance Corporal Frankie Smiley served in the 1st Marine 
Division. He was killed on August 25, 1968. He was 24 years old.
  These are four names out of the 58,000 who died in the Vietnam war 
that we honor for their service and sacrifice. These four names will 
continue to be honored at the VA clinic in Liberty County as it carries 
on its mission to serve veterans.
  The sacrifices of those who served in Vietnam and in other wars and 
conflicts is particularly salient as we just commemorated Veterans Day, 
and as we had the opportunity to reflect on the sacred obligation we 
owe to veterans.
  Mr. Speaker, I support this legislation, and I urge my colleagues to 
do the same. I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter), a very close friend.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for 
yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 593, which will 
rename the Department of Veterans Affairs, as you have heard, the 
community-based outpatient clinic in Hinesville as the John Gibson, Dan 
James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA Clinic.
  Mr. Speaker, I have the honor and privilege of representing the First 
Congressional District of Georgia. We have much to be proud of in the 
First Congressional District of Georgia. We have a strong military 
presence in our district. We are home to Hunter Army Airfield, to Kings 
Bay Naval Base, and to Fort Stewart.
  Fort Stewart is located in Hinesville, Georgia, in Liberty County. 
Whenever I travel to Fort Stewart, whenever I travel to Liberty County, 
I know that they know what they are talking about when they talk 
about military affairs.

  I submit to you that the community of Hinesville, Georgia, supports 
their military as much if not more than any community in America.
  However, I have to be quite honest with you. Last fall, I was called 
to a meeting with them and with some community leaders in Liberty 
County and they told me they wanted to name a VA clinic in Hinesville 
after four veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam 
war.

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  When I went into that meeting, I was skeptical. We can't do this. We 
can't rename a VA clinic anyway, much less after four individuals. I 
have to tell you when I left that meeting, not only was I convinced, 
but I was committed to making this happen.
  Mr. Speaker, you heard the bios that Chairman Bost just read of these 
young men all in their 20s, all of them with their life ahead of them, 
all of them gave the ultimate sacrifice. Let's think of what they could 
have experienced in their life--children, graduations, family memories, 
but they gave their lives, all four of them gave their lives, so that 
we can enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy in this country.
  I sat through that meeting that day and I listened to the families. I 
listened to their friends tell the stories of their loved ones. I was 
convinced this needs to happen. Each of them made an incredible 
sacrifice on behalf of their country and on behalf of their community. 
They serve as righteous examples of patriotism and selflessness that 
are deserving of being memorialized permanently by naming the 
Hinesville clinic after them.
  This effort is supported by the families and by the community, and we 
believe that all four deserve to be memorialized for their 
extraordinary sacrifice and their valor.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the community members in Liberty County, in 
Hinesville, the local elected officials who brought this idea to our 
attention.
  Secondly, I thank the Disabled American Veterans Southeast Georgia 
chapter, The American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the 
Georgia State Department of Veterans Affairs for their support as well.
  Last, but not least, I thank the entire Georgia delegation, 
Republican and Democrat, the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, and all 
the staff involved for their diligent work in getting this bill to the 
floor.
  I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I look forward to 
working with my friends in the Senate to bring this piece of 
legislation to passage and signed into law.
  Mr. Speaker, last weekend we celebrated Veterans Day. These four 
weren't with us to celebrate Veterans Day, but what they did gave us 
the opportunity to celebrate Veterans Day. Let's at least do this for 
the family and for the memory of these four heroes who gave the 
ultimate sacrifice.

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  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I 
do believe it is important to remember the service and sacrifice of 
servicemembers and veterans because we must keep close to mind our duty 
to repay that service and uphold the promises we have made to those who 
swore an oath to our country to protect and defend it. However, I fear 
that we have fallen short this year. While I do urge support for this 
naming bill, I am extremely disappointed that during National Veterans 
and Military Families Month and Warrior Care Month, and 2 days after 
Veterans Day, that this is the only veterans legislation the Republican 
majority has brought to the floor for us to consider.
  These young men who lost their lives in the Vietnam war sacrificed 
everything they had for our country. If we really wanted to honor them 
and the millions of Americans who have risked their life and limb in 
service, we should be doing even more.
  In this Congress so far, our committee has only originated three 
bills that have been signed into law. By comparison, in the last two 
Congresses, under Democratic leadership, we passed more than 70 bills 
to expand access to care and benefits that are now law. This inaction 
is unconscionable when there is such an acute need for assistance among 
veterans and survivors.
  It is not for a lack of good ideas. There are several worthwhile 
bills that are ready to be voted on right now, bills that would change 
and improve the lives of veterans and their families across the 
country.
  For example, H.R. 3848, the bipartisan Housing Our Military Veterans 
Effectively, or HOME, Act of 2023, sponsored by Republican 
Representative Chavez-DeRemer, would restore authorities that were 
essential to ensuring America's most vulnerable veterans found or 
stayed in housing during the pandemic.
  For the period of the public health emergency, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs was able to provide food, clothing, bedding, hygiene 
items, shelter, transportation services, and communication devices to 
veterans experiencing homelessness. VA also had temporary authority to 
increase reimbursements to grant and per diem providers which ensured 
veterans in transitional housing received the care and services they 
needed. Unfortunately, these authorities and funding expired with the 
end of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration in May 2023, 
and there has been since no congressional action to restore them.
  To aid in this effort, Representative Nikema Williams introduced H.R. 
491, the Return Home to Housing Act, and Representative Sheila 
Cherfilus-McCormick introduced H.R. 645, the Healthy Foundations for 
Homeless Veterans Act. These bills are both included in the HOME Act, 
which was reported out of our committee by voice vote on July 26, 2023. 
That is right, a bill with strong unanimous support has been 
languishing for months for no clear reason.
  Earlier this year, Chairman Bost and I were standing in these exact 
spots, and he made a promise to me that we would pass this legislation. 
I understand from staff conversations that Chairman Bost has been 
imploring the Speaker to schedule that bill for a vote. I, too, sent a 
letter to the newly elected Speaker imploring him to bring this bill to 
the floor.
  In the book of Matthew 25:35 it says: ``For I was hungry and you gave 
me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, 
I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you 
clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me . . . Then the righteous 
will answer him, `Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or 
thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger 
and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see 
you sick or in prison and go visit you?' ''
  Do we not take these words as a call to action? There are homeless 
veterans suffering as we speak. It is our responsibility to take care 
of the most vulnerable veterans. Every night a veteran spends on the 
street is a night this Congress could have acted to shelter them. You 
can feel the cold setting in here in Washington, D.C.
  The HOME act would fill the basic needs of veterans experiencing 
homelessness to help get them on a path to stable housing. Whether it 
be emergency shelter to escape the cold, a warm meal, or clothes to 
wear and a ride to a job interview, this bill allows VA to help 
homeless veterans in the most fundamental ways.
  Veterans service organizations and advocates have called on Congress 
to pass legislation to continue the flexible funding and authorities 
for critical VA homelessness programs. These authorities resulted in a 
reduction in veteran homelessness by over 11 percent over the last 2 
years during the pandemic. This was an amazing feat during one of the 
most difficult times in our recent history, and yet this House has not 
seen fit to bring this bill to the floor.
  If the House fails to act or continues to delay action, I fear that 
veteran homelessness will undoubtedly increase and critical gains made 
during the pandemic will be lost. We are about to enter the winter 
months. Will this Congress allow veterans to remain on the streets or 
lacking access to basic necessities?
  The other bill I have urged the Speaker to bring to the floor is H.R. 
542, the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act. This bill, introduced by 
Representatives Brownley and Bergman, was also reported out of 
committee with unanimous support in July. It would require VA to 
provide access to all home and community-based services, such as home 
health aides, home-based primary care, and respite care to all veterans 
and caregivers who need them. Currently, elderly and disabled veterans 
only have access if their VA medical centers have chosen to offer these 
services.
  This legislation will enable veterans to remain at home, safely age 
in place, and avoid or delay admission to nursing homes and other 
costly institutional settings of care. It will also help connect 
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care and other supportive services that help them care for veterans at 
home and improve VA's coordination with other Federal long-term care 
programs that promote aging at home.
  Finally, the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act will require VA to create a 
website where veterans and their families can more easily obtain 
information about VA's home- and community-based services programs and 
assess whether any of these programs may be right for them.
  Nearly every veteran will, at some point, face the need for 
additional care at home or, if they can't get it, spend their last 
years in a nursing home setting. This legislation is an investment in 
care for millions of veterans and current servicemembers who need this 
help now or may in the future. We can afford to do this. We must do 
this.
  Senator Elizabeth Dole, alongside all other major veterans service 
organizations, has spoken to several committee members and its chairman 
about the urgency of passing this bill this year. The health and well-
being of thousands of veterans depends on it. I have heard that certain 
Republican Members object to the Dole act. I would ask those Members 
with concerns to speak to me or the bill's sponsors so that we can try 
to address those concerns. That would be the fair and honest thing to 
do, so that we can tell the advocates for this bill what the actual 
holdup is.
  The Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act has the support of every major 
veterans service organization, including Disabled American Veterans, 
Paralyzed Veterans of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American 
Legion, Wounded Warrior Project, and the Military Officers Association 
of America. It is also supported by AARP, the National Association of 
Counties, the National PACE Association, and the Elizabeth Dole 
Foundation.
  Democrats on the committee remain ready to help pass both of these 
bills and many others that have passed out of the committee with broad 
bipartisan support.
  Weeks were spent waiting for the Republican Conference to select a 
new Speaker, and significant time has been wasted on partisan 
appropriations bills that have no chance of being signed by the 
President. We are here using precious floor time on poison pill 
amendments at worst or symbolic gestures at best, but none of these 
things will actually help veterans get the care and benefits they 
deserve.
  Last year, we came together to pass the largest expansion of veterans 
benefits in a generation, my Honoring our PACT Act, but we cannot and 
should not stop there.
  Every bill brought to the House floor represents a choice and makes a 
statement about priorities. From my experience, whenever I had a 
veterans bill that was ready or timely, Speaker Emerita Pelosi made way 
for it because for her veterans issues are sacred. They are not fodder 
for negotiation or collateral. I hope our current Speaker comes to that 
same understanding. There is always time for veterans legislation.
  We ask servicemembers to leave their families to protect our country, 
and we have a responsibility to honor our pact with them, that we will 
take care of them when they come home. That includes our most 
vulnerable veterans, such as homeless, elderly, and disabled veterans.
  We must get these bills passed and honor our commitment to veterans. 
Mr. Speaker, I support H.R. 593. I ask my colleagues to do the same, 
and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as she may consume to the 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Brownley), my friend, and the ranking 
member of the Subcommittee on Health.
  Ms. BROWNLEY. Mr. Speaker, I, too, support the renaming of the VA 
outpatient clinic in Hinesville, Georgia, after the four servicemembers 
who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country in Vietnam. Like a 
majority of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I will support 
this bill because it is the right thing to do.
  This weekend, so many of us returned to our districts to honor the 
men and women who have served our Nation in uniform in theaters and 
eras from World War II to our veterans who served multiple deployments 
in Iraq and Afghanistan. We recognized every man and woman who has 
answered the call to duty because it is the right thing to do.
  However, it is incumbent upon all of us in this Chamber to do more 
and to do better. Our words ring hollow if we don't do our part to 
fulfill our Nation's solemn promise to serve our veterans and their 
families as well as they have served our country. These words cannot 
only be spoken, but we must act upon them, live upon them.
  While I believe it is important that we recognize John Gibson, Dan 
James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley, I ask myself how do we best 
serve the next generation of our Nation's veterans? How do we show them 
the respect that they have shown us? How do we let them age with 
as much dignity as they deserve and as much as possible?

  Long-term care is one of the biggest challenges facing our aging 
population and their families. That is why I am calling on Speaker 
Johnson to bring before the House my bill, H.R. 542, the Elizabeth Dole 
Home Care Act, for a vote. This bill, which has overwhelming 
bipartisan, bicameral support and passed out of the House Veterans' 
Affairs Committee unanimously almost 4 months ago, would be a fitting 
honor for the service and sacrifice of the Vietnam veterans advocating 
for this bill.
  It would be the single largest expansion of long-term care services 
at VA in decades. It would impact nearly every veteran living with 
catastrophic disabilities or living with the effects of aging.
  Currently, every veteran enrolled in VA has the right to nursing home 
care if clinically eligible, but it is important to note that nursing 
homes are not where veterans want to live their golden years. They want 
to be home. They want to be with their families. They want to be in 
their communities and with their communities. I doubt there is a person 
here today who has not grappled with how best to care for an aging or 
disabled loved one. Every veteran should have the right to dignity in 
their later years.
  VA home- and community-based services enable veterans to do just 
that. However, these services are not available at all VA medical 
centers, and my bill changes that.
  In addition to listening to what veterans want, home- and community-
based services are also a far less expensive option for taxpayers and 
an investment in the elder care infrastructure this country so 
desperately needs. Even more important is, the health outcomes of those 
who are cared for at home are far, far better than the outcomes of 
those who receive care in an institution.
  The chairman spoke about the Elizabeth Dole bill and said that CBO 
has scored it in a way that has caused him to have to revisit the bill. 
I don't know what he means because we got a CBO score. We had one CBO 
score that was astronomical. Then, finally, we won with CBO, and CBO 
went back and looked at the bill again and said, oh, no, it is just a 
very minimal cost. The beauty of this bill is the health outcomes of 
veterans are much better, it is less expensive than institutionalized 
care, and we can use that money to invest in other programs for our 
veterans.

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  As you all know too well, our healthcare system is facing a silver 
tsunami as the largest generation, baby boomers, enter their later 
years. VA is not exempt from this tsunami, and preparation is critical.
  Almost half of VA's patient population is over 65. Without an 
aggressive expansion of home care, in the next 15 years, VA will have 
doubled its spending on institutional, long-term care services, nearing 
$15 billion, to meet these needs.
  Without the option of receiving care at home, veterans will have to 
languish on wait lists or move to facilities far away from their 
families.
  All this aside, the Elizabeth Dole act is the right thing to do right 
now. As both Chairman Bost and Ranking Member Takano have stated, this 
is the right time. The Elizabeth Dole act is the right bill for this 
Congress to pass and move forward.
  It is too late for this bill to go to the President's desk before 
Veterans Day,

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as I had hoped, but we cannot delay any further. Our veterans, their 
caregivers, and their families cannot wait any longer. To further delay 
this bill is really absolutely cruel.
  Let us work together. Let's work with Senator Elizabeth Dole to 
fulfill our promise to America's veterans. Let us act, and let us act 
now, Mr. Speaker.
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my colleagues to join me in 
supporting this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, let me say that, as the chairman of the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs, along with working with the leadership, several 
times during this time here since January, certain things have been 
said: One, that we were going to cut funding for veterans back whenever 
the caps were increased, and that proved out that we did not do that.
  I have told the ranking member and the Democrats who work with the 
committee that these two bills are vitally important, but we must be 
wise. We must move forward, and we must make sure they get across the 
threshold.
  Now, also know this: On Elizabeth Dole, I want the bill. As my 
colleague from the other side of the aisle made a statement, she loved 
working with Elizabeth Dole. Well, I am going to tell you, I have been 
working with Elizabeth Dole for about 30 years on most things that she 
brought up back when she was a Senator, back when her husband was 
running for President.
  We are going to be working to try to figure it out. It was said from 
the other side of the aisle that the CBO score came back, but there is 
still a cost. That cost has to be calculated.
  I explained, when we passed the PACT Act, that there was a problem, 
not that we weren't going to provide exactly everything that the PACT 
Act said, but the TIF had some language problems that actually double-
counted some of the things we are providing for our veterans already.
  Now, if someone will work with me, let's get this working with this 
side of the aisle and across the rotunda to try to figure this out so 
that we can make sure we can provide all of these other things that we 
want to provide.
  As far as the fact of how fast we brought them forward, let me say 
this: Whether you want to admit it or not, when the other side of the 
aisle joined with the eight to remove the Speaker of this House and 
then caused the chaos that occurred for 3 weeks, that is 3 weeks we 
have lost and can't get back. We are going to work very hard to try to 
get it back, and we are going to try to pass everything that they have 
talked about.
  The ranking member quoted some Scripture, so let me quote some, and 
then I am going to shift to something else. Proverbs 29:11 said: A fool 
gives full vent to his feelings, but a wise man holds them back.
  At this time, I am going to hold those feelings back about the things 
that were said. Let me say that what we are really talking about here 
is the naming of a CBOC for four amazing people who made a sacrifice.
  For those of us with more gray hair who have seen the nightly news 
when we sat around the dinner tables back in the time when these 
valiant soldiers and marines fell, we remember what it was like to see 
Walter Cronkite come on and give a list of where the battles had been 
and a list of how many people were dead, how many were wounded, where 
the next battle was looking like it was going to come up.
  Later on, right after you followed up with your local news, there was 
a list of young servicemembers who wouldn't be coming home, at the 
local level.
  Good heavens, with that war for the first 13 years of my life, I 
thought you were born, raised, got out of high school, and then went to 
Vietnam. If you survived Vietnam, you could actually go home and live a 
real life. These guys didn't get the chance to do that.
  Mr. Carter has worked very hard on making sure that we are going to 
name this in tribute to them, as we should.
  I will still continue to have the other debates and discussions. I am 
sorry we had to do that now, that we had to at the sacrifice of what we 
were debating here, that all of this floor time couldn't have been 
given to those four heroes.
  Mr. Speaker, I encourage all of my colleagues to support the 
gentleman's resolution and this bill, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Bost) that the House suspend the rules and 
pass the bill, H.R. 593.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further 
proceedings on this motion will be postponed.

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