[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 19 (Thursday, February 1, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H369-H373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES FROM DUIs ACT

  Mr. MOORE of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 980, 
I call up the bill (H.R. 6976) to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have 
committed an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired are 
inadmissible and deportable, and ask for its immediate consideration in 
the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 980, in lieu of 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on the Judiciary printed in the bill, an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 
118-22 is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered read.
  The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows:

                               H.R. 6976

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Our Communities from 
     DUIs Act''.

     SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO DRIVING 
                   WHILE INTOXICATED OR IMPAIRED.

       (a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(J) Driving while intoxicated or impaired.--Any alien who 
     has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who 
     admits committing acts which constitute the essential 
     elements of an offense for driving while intoxicated or 
     impaired, as those terms are defined under the law of the 
     jurisdiction where the conviction, offense, or acts 
     constituting the essential elements of the offense occurred 
     (including an offense for driving while under the influence 
     of or impaired by alcohol or drugs), without regard to 
     whether the conviction or offense is classified as a 
     misdemeanor or felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local 
     law, is inadmissible.''.
       (b) Deportability.--Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(G) Driving while intoxicated or impaired.--Any alien who 
     has been convicted of an offense for driving while 
     intoxicated or impaired, as those terms are defined under the 
     law of the jurisdiction where the conviction occurred 
     (including a conviction for driving while under the influence 
     of or impaired by alcohol or drugs), without regard to 
     whether the conviction is classified as a misdemeanor or 
     felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law, is 
     deportable.''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill, as amended, shall be debatable for 
1 hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees.
  After 1 hour of debate, it shall be in order to consider the further 
amendment printed in part D of House Report 118-362, if offered by the 
Member designated in the report, which shall be considered read, shall 
be separately debatable for the time specified in the report equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not 
be subject to a demand for a division of the question.
  The gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Moore) and the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Nadler) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Moore).


                             General Leave

  Mr. MOORE of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their 
remarks and insert extraneous materials on H.R. 6976.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Alabama?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. MOORE of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, every 45 minutes: that is how often someone in the 
United States dies in a crash involving an alcohol-impaired driver.
  In 2021 alone, there were 13,384 alcohol-impaired driving fatalities. 
In the same year, drunk driving crashes led to 400,000 injuries. Those 
crashes don't discriminate. The victim could be me, it could be you, or 
it could be one of our family members.
  This issue hits close to home for me. There was a newlywed couple 
from my hometown of Enterprise, Alabama, named Angel and Jeremy Seay. I 
knew them personally.
  Angel and Jeremy were riding a motorcycle together when, out of 
nowhere, an illegal alien under the influence of alcohol collided into 
the newlyweds with his pickup. Their lives were cut dramatically short.
  Sadly, tragedies like this are not uncommon across our country.
  Consider this case from Missouri. Just 2 months ago, an illegal alien 
from Honduras was sentenced for driving drunk at 100 miles per hour and 
killing a man.
  Now, Mr. Speaker, if you listen to my Democratic colleagues, you may 
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that drunk driving is no big deal. In fact, at a Judiciary Committee 
markup in 2021, my Democratic colleagues voted down three Republican 
amendments that would have made certain aliens ineligible for green 
cards if they had 1, 2, or even 10 DUI convictions.
  Despite that, that should come as no surprise.
  In 2020, then-candidate Joe Biden said that illegal aliens with DUI 
convictions should be allowed to stay in the United States. Biden 
asserted that ICE should not arrest aliens with drunk driving 
convictions because: You only arrest for the purpose of dealing with a 
felony that is committed, and I don't count drunk driving as a felony.
  Candidate Biden even called for ICE officers to be fired if they 
arrested aliens without felony convictions.
  To President Biden and my Democratic colleagues, today we say: 
Absolutely not. If you are a guest in this country and you drive drunk, 
you should be removed from our country, period.
  Instead of hearing agreement on this from Democrats, today we will 
hear these farfetched hypotheticals and accusations that this bill is 
cruel and too broad.
  Instead of engaging in hypotheticals, let's again revisit the facts: 
Drunk drivers are involved in 31 percent of all crash deaths in the 
country.
  On average, drunk driving has killed nearly 11,000 people in the 
United States every year from 2012 to 2021. Yet, immigration laws do 
not explicitly make aliens inadmissible or removable if they drive 
drunk and recklessly break our laws.
  H.R. 6976 changes that, and it creates safer streets and safer 
communities for all of us.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the Protect Our 
Communities From DUIs Act, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, this bill is just another page from the majority's tired 
old playbook of inventing perceived gaps in the law and providing 
overly broad legislation to fix them.
  DUIs are a serious problem. Over 13,000 people died in alcohol 
impaired driving traffic deaths in 2021, and all of those deaths were 
preventable. However, instead of working on proven solutions like 
improving access to public transportation and ride-sharing programs so 
that people have an alternative to driving drunk, Republicans are 
laying the blame for this problem at the feet of immigrants.
  Let me be clear. No one here wants to see individuals who are true 
threats to public safety eligible for immigration benefits. However, 
our immigration laws already exclude public safety threats from being 
able to get visas or legally remain in the country. Under our current 
laws, this includes those who have committed serious DUI offenses.
  Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a noncitizen who is 
convicted of or admits to committing a crime involving moral turpitude, 
or a CIMT, is generally inadmissible. Likewise, a noncitizen who is 
convicted of a CIMT, where a sentence of 1 year or longer may be 
imposed, is deportable.
  There is substantial case law demonstrating that serious DUI offenses 
are considered CIMTs under current law. DUI where the maximum possible 
penalty is a year or more and where there is serious bodily harm; hit-
and-runs; an aggravated DUI; and a DUI involving driving with knowledge 
of an invalid, suspended, or revoked license are all CIMTs and are, 
therefore, already deportable offenses.
  This means that under current law, the people who are drinking and 
driving and putting people at risk of harm are already removable. 
Nonetheless, the majority is not satisfied with this. They want to 
deport everyone who has ever received any conviction for any DUI 
offense. Here is the problem with this approach: every State has a 
different standard for how they define and prosecute DUIs. Some States 
will charge people with a DUI even if they are not actually driving a 
car.
  For example, prosecutors in Virginia convicted a man of DUI who was 
inebriated and asleep in the driver's seat of his car with the keys in 
the ignition so he could listen to music in his driveway. This case, in 
which the driver never even left his driveway or even turned his car 
all the way on, went all the way to the Virginia Supreme Court. We 
cannot rely on prosecutorial discretion in this type of case.
  Under case law, the man in this case would not ultimately be subject 
to removal based on this conviction if he was a noncitizen. 
Nevertheless, if this bill were to be enacted, such a conviction would 
lead to the deportation of even a longstanding green card holder.
  Remember, Mr. Speaker, we are talking here about longstanding green 
card holders, not illegal aliens. These are people who entered the 
country legally, who may have been here for 20 or 30 years, who have 
American citizen spouses and children.
  If this bill were enacted, such a conviction of sleeping in your own 
car inebriated in your own driveway going nowhere would get you 
deported.
  If this bill fixed a serious gap in the law, I would be supportive. 
Nevertheless, this bill doesn't do that. It puts people who are here 
legally at risk of removal for making even a minor mistake that harmed 
no one, all at a time when immigration courts have historic backlogs 
and the Republicans are refusing to provide DHS with the resources it 
needs to enforce the laws currently on the books.
  This is purely for show, but I would expect nothing less from a party 
that has admitted they would rather wait to fix the problems in our 
immigration system so that President Trump can preserve the issue for 
his campaign than actually work toward meaningful reform now.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to oppose this legislation, and I reserve 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. MOORE of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, Democrats want to pretend that 
this bill is extreme, cruel, and harsh, as if imposing consequences on 
aliens for breaking our laws is somehow unheard of.
  Yet, guess who also bar drunk drivers entry into ports?
  Canada. That is correct.
  In at least this one particular area, our liberal friends to the 
north get it right. Of course they do because it just makes sense. Mr. 
Speaker, if you are a guest in our country, and you drive drunk or 
impaired, you shouldn't be allowed to stay here as we wait for you to 
do it again or to kill or seriously injure someone.
  Mr. Speaker, let's pass H.R. 6976 today and make these sensible 
changes.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. 
Posey).
  Mr. POSEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Alabama for 
yielding and for bringing forth this great bill to protect Americans.
  Over the last few days, I have heard more lies about the immigration 
crisis at our southern border than any other issue since ObamaCare.
  Mr. Speaker, you remember ObamaCare. We promised that you could keep 
your own insurance company, promised you can keep your own doctor, and 
promised it would cost less. These were all lies, but the lies about 
immigration are even greater this year.
  This week I heard a Member across the aisle in an apparent theatric 
and disingenuous gesture of good will falsely refer to me as being his 
friend as he hurled lie after lie denigrating my colleagues and me. 
Although I do have friends on the other side of the aisle, this is not 
my kind of friend.
  He hurled lie after lie and insult after insult as he theatrically 
appealed to those listening or watching on this House floor--which 
incidentally is against the rules of the House, and I am surprised the 
Speaker did not call him out of order--as he referred to my colleagues 
and me as MAGA Republican extremists.
  Some people are called Trump phobic. They can't say Trump's name 
without Republican extremist attached to it.
  He claimed that we didn't want to solve the crisis at the border. 
Calling anyone who wants our country to have a secure border a MAGA 
Republican extremist is not only a clear sign of acute Trump phobia, 
but it is clear evidence of just how out of touch some people are with 
the overwhelming majority of Americans and reality for that matter.

                              {time}  0930

  There may be some--however, I don't know them--Republicans, 
Democrats, or Independents who actually believe

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that when somebody breaks into your home, that they are entitled to 
become a member of your family.
  How about being honest here for a change?
  He knew, I know, everyone knows, even the most challenged Trumphobics 
know that, despite President Biden's and Secretary Mayorkas' numerous 
fantasy denials, there has, in fact, been a crisis at our southern 
border, and it began when the President took office.
  Now, our President finally acknowledges that we have a border crisis 
and said he will fix it, but only if we give him more money to more 
quickly process more illegals. That will not fix the crisis at the 
border.
  The bizarre proposal that the border can be secured while still 
allowing 5,000 illegals a day to invade our country is like claiming it 
is possible to be half pregnant.
  You have a right to stand with the drug cartels, but I and the rest 
of the MAGA Republicans stand with Texas and the United States of 
America.
  The sovereignty of our Nation, the safety and security of American 
communities is not up for negotiation. It can only be fixed by the 
President reversing his executive orders that created the invasion in 
the first place, or the adoption of H.R. 2.
  In the meantime, I am more than happy to support Congressman Moore's 
H.R. 6976 to save American lives.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as she may consume to the 
distinguished gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Jayapal), the ranking 
Democrat on the Immigration Subcommittee.
  Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 6976.
  Once again, the majority is wasting our time by putting forward a 
piece of legislation that has zero chance of becoming law and that is 
extraordinarily broad. No one condones driving under the influence. We 
should do everything we can to prevent people from getting behind the 
wheel while intoxicated, but this bill, designed to scapegoat and 
denigrate immigrants, will not solve the serious problem of DUIs.
  Public safety threats, including those who have been convicted of 
serious DUI offenses, are already inadmissible and removable under the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, and this bill would not change or 
enhance that.
  Under the INA, a conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude 
where the punishment can be for a year or longer makes an individual 
deportable. Courts have ruled over and over again that serious DUI 
offenses that put others at risk are CIMTs and make the perpetrators 
deportable.
  But this bill isn't about serious offenses, Mr. Speaker. Far from it.
  The bill says that a conviction for a single DUI offense, 
misdemeanor, or felony makes you instantly deportable and an admission 
to such a offense makes you instantly inadmissible. No questions asked.
  I can understand, maybe, the appeal of something that sounds like a 
zero-tolerance policy, but let me tell you, Mr. Speaker, if we had that 
kind of policy here in the House of Representatives, there would be 
several Members that would not be Members of this Chamber.
  Moreover, by including every single type of DUI offense, this bill 
would make someone deportable for not driving under the influence. That 
is because States have a wide variety of opinions on what is a DUI. For 
example, Arizona's DUI statute allows people to be charged with a DUI 
if they are intoxicated and have ``physical control'' of their vehicle.
  The Ninth Circuit found that the breadth of this statute means--and I 
am quoting here, ``One may be convicted under it for sitting in one's 
own car in one's own driveway with the key in the ignition and a bottle 
of beer in one's hand.''
  Because of this, the Ninth Circuit determined that a conviction under 
this statute was insufficient to count as a deportable offense. As the 
court put it, ``Drunken driving is despicable. Having physical control 
of a car while drinking is not''--their words, not mine.
  As many places across the country experience cold spells in the last 
week or so, there are States that would allow prosecution of someone 
simply if they were sitting in their car with the heat on while 
inebriated even if it was in their own driveway.
  Current law allows judges to use their discretion to look at the 
broader facts of the case. This bill would strip that discretion away 
from them and would mandate that even someone whose only crime was 
sitting in a parked car while inebriated must be deported.
  Let's not forget that deportability grounds, like the one that this 
bill would create, impact immigrants who are here lawfully, those who 
my colleagues always like to say, ``came the right way.''
  By the way, Mr. Speaker, I am one of those. I came here to this 
country at 16 years old. It took me 17 years to get my citizenship, and 
here I am as a proud Member of the United States House of 
Representatives.
  Are we really saying that we think the best use of our very limited 
Federal Government resources is to work on deporting a green card 
holder who decided to sleep in their car rather than drive home drunk 
from a bar? A green card holder not trying to drive drunk, just trying 
to stay warm? I certainly don't think that is a good use of our 
resources. It is certainly not a good use of our time on this floor.
  But my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have made it clear 
that they are not interested in sensible solutions, just in 
sensationalism. This bill is another example of that.
  Also, I hope my colleagues will stop referring to people as illegals. 
People are human beings. They have different statuses. Some are 
undocumented. If you want to say some are illegal, but let's not call 
human beings illegal. I am tired of that language.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to reject this bill.
  Mr. MOORE of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman 
from Minnesota (Mr. Stauber), a former law enforcement officer and a 
good friend of ours.

  Mr. STAUBER. Mr. Speaker, President Biden, today, by executive order 
can end catch and release, cease the exploitation of the parole 
authority, reinstate remain in Mexico, expand expedited removal 
authority, and renew building the wall.
  By executive order, Mr. Speaker, he can do that, which will stop the 
illegal immigration by 80 percent, just those executive orders. He can 
do that today.
  Mr. Speaker, I am horrified and I am dismayed. We have been shouting 
from the rooftops that the border is a crisis for years. And finally, 
finally, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are beginning to 
acknowledge there is a problem just in time for an election.
  How shocking?
  Just like when they switched from ``defund the police'' to pro-police 
rhetoric in 2022 just before the election. They have this playbook down 
pat.
  Since the President has taken office, Mr. Speaker, there have been 
over 7 million illegal crossings at our southern border. Over 8.3 
million illegal crossings nationwide. Yes, that is right. Our southern 
border is in such disarray and has sucked up so much of our resources 
that our northern border is wide open, and the cartels are taking 
advantage, including in the State of New York where my esteemed 
colleague, who is claiming time in opposition on the other side of the 
aisle, is from.
  His State is in desperate need of help from illegals taking over 
their cities, overrunning their public safety, overrunning their 
schools, overrunning their social services, and he stands up here, Mr. 
Speaker, and says there is nothing wrong.
  This crisis is personal, as it is impacting the safety and security 
of my constituents. In 2022, Minnesota resort owners along the Canadian 
border in Minnesota caught illegal immigrants trespassing on their 
property.
  Last fall, a young girl in Bemidji, Minnesota, was sexually assaulted 
and 11 illegal immigrants were found at the scene.
  And just last week, Mr. Speaker, authorities arrested an al-Shabaab 
terrorist in Minneapolis. The terrorist was caught at the southern 
border 1 year prior and released back into our country by the Biden 
administration's catch and release. They allowed him to roam for 1 year 
in this country, and it is alleged, Mr. Speaker, that he was trading in 
illegal arms.
  I fear it is only a matter of time before another September 11 occurs 
on our soil, and we must not let that happen.

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  If Democrats were serious about making our border secure, they would 
encourage their colleagues in the Senate to pass the already House-
passed bill, H.R. 2, the most strongest worded piece of legislation on 
our border in this country's history.
  They can get it to his desk immediately for President Biden to sign, 
or they would call on the President to use his executive authorities, 
as I already stated, to reinstate President Trump's policies that were 
keeping our Nation safe.
  But they are not serious, so, yes, I am here today to beg my 
colleagues on the other side of the aisle to vote for this bill that 
would make illegal immigrants convicted of a DUI deportable or 
inadmissible to our country.
  Because of my law enforcement background, Mr. Speaker, I am probably 
one of the very few Members of Congress who has ever been to the scene 
of a drunk driving accident where there was a death. One of very few 
who has delivered death notices to unsuspecting families or victims, 
and I pray that none of you ever have to deliver or receive such 
heartbreaking news.
  At a minimum, Mr. Speaker, we should keep illegal immigrants who 
drive under the influence of alcohol and put people's lives in danger 
out of this country.
  To my Democratic colleagues, I ask: Get on the side of public safety 
and law enforcement all of the time, not just during election years. 
This is an easy vote, and I ask my colleagues to do the right thing and 
vote ``yes'' on H.R. 6976.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MOORE of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman 
from Utah (Mr. Curtis).
  Mr. CURTIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6976, the 
Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act.
  I have personally been to the southern border and seen the crisis 
firsthand. I don't care your political persuasion, all of us know what 
is happening down there is wrong and needs to be corrected.
  The first duty of the Federal Government is to protect American 
citizens, and this cannot be done without securing our border. I am 
pleased that the House has taken the steps this week to do so.
  It is not clear under current law that individuals illegally in this 
country can be deported for driving while intoxicated. This legislation 
would ensure any noncitizen convicted or admitting to driving under the 
influence would no longer be allowed to remain in the United States. 
This shouldn't be controversial.
  When you drive drunk, you are putting your neighbors and the broader 
community at unacceptable risk, and that we cannot allow.
  Also, this week, we passed legislation that would allow law 
enforcement to prosecute criminals who intentionally refuse to stop for 
Border Patrol agents. The practice of running from Border Patrol agents 
is dangerous for residents, patrol officers, and the fugitive. I hold 
deep compassion for those who are in circumstances that they feel the 
need to enter the United States illegally. However, we are a country of 
laws and need to ensure individuals know they need to enter the United 
States only through the legal manners.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation.

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  Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Self).
  Mr. SELF. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 6976, the Protect 
our Communities from DUIs Act.
  I will be on the border Saturday yet again, and it is a total mess. 
Illegal aliens continue to surge through the southern border and are 
overwhelming many States, to include those from the other side of the 
aisle.
  In addition to the fentanyl overdoses and cartel violence, drunk 
driving has been a major issue that has senselessly taken too many 
American lives.
  Last year, 52-year-old Special Olympian Craig Schimming was hit and 
killed in a car wreck on his way to church by an illegal alien drunk 
and high on meth.
  Devastating stories like this happen far too often across our 
country, and there is absolutely no reason illegal aliens with DUI 
convictions should be able to stay in the United States.
  The Protect our Communities from DUIs Act would deport illegal aliens 
who have been convicted of or committed the offense of driving while 
drunk or impaired.
  This is commonsense legislation, and every Member of the people's 
House should support this bill.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I yield myself 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. Speaker, the last few speakers on the Republican side spent most 
of their time not addressing this bill but addressing the general 
crisis at our southern border.
  The fact is there is a crisis. We all know that. The fact is that one 
of the major problems--and Republicans say this all the time, and they 
are right--is catch and release.
  Someone is caught or more usually turns themselves in to a Border 
Patrol officer, claims asylum, and is given a court date 4 years, 5 
years down the road. Why? Because we do not have enough asylum 
officers. We do not have enough asylum judges.
  President Biden requested $14 billion to increase the number of 
Border Patrol men and women and to increase the number of asylum judges 
and immigration judges so that you wouldn't have catch and release; so 
that people who claimed asylum would have their cases adjudicated in 
weeks, not in years.
  Those who are entitled to asylum would be admitted to the country and 
could work and those who are not could be swiftly removed, deported 
from the country.
  Do our Republican colleagues want to do that? No. They don't want to 
give the President the means of alleviating this problem. They want a 
campaign issue, and they are very open about it.
  You have in the Senate a painstakingly negotiated and extraordinarily 
conservative--so we hear, I haven't seen the text yet--strong 
immigration bill negotiated by such liberals as Senator Lankford and 
Senator Graham, and they are going to pass it, in all likelihood.
  The Republicans in the House say we won't even look at it. Why? 
Because the former President, President Trump, said don't pass 
anything. I want a campaign issue.
  They don't want to solve the problem. They want to keep the problem 
going as a campaign issue, and they said it themselves.
  Don't get up here and talk about the problems on the southern border 
when you won't give this President any of the authority or the means 
that he seeks to deal with it when you say, as Speaker Johnson said, 
you are not going to even look at the bill from the Senate because it 
isn't perfect. Since when do we insist on perfect legislation?
  Now, Mr. Speaker, let's get to this bill. DUIs are a serious problem, 
and no one who poses a threat to public safety should be eligible for 
immigration benefits, but that is already the case under current law.
  This legislation is a gross overreach that would lead to absurd 
consequences and deportation for people who pose no threat to our 
country, such as the examples we heard of someone who, rather than 
driving drunk, is in his own car inebriated with the key turned on, 
listening to music in his own driveway, posing a threat to no one.
  Even for people who have been here many years, with American citizen 
spouses and children, that would lead to automatic deportation while 
doing nothing that our laws do not already do to deter people from 
driving under the influence--driving under the influence as opposed to 
sitting in their driveway under the influence.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to oppose this bill, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. MOORE of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, in response to my colleagues on 
the left. First, my colleagues across the aisle say that it is a 
campaign issue, that we are trying to make this is a campaign issue.
  It is not. They made it a campaign issue when Joe Biden came in day 
one and did away with the remain in Mexico policy, when they started 
this catch and release program, and now they are saying they need more 
money. It is the executive orders that have created the problem on the 
U.S. southern border.

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Sheriff Dannels told us the best he had ever seen the border in 2018 
was under Donald Trump. The worst he has ever seen the border was then, 
and that was before the recent 200,000 people came across last month.
  To get up here and say that the administration needs more money or 
that they need some law--no. Biden has every tool in the toolbox to 
shut the U.S. southern border down, and he has continued to create 
crises for our communities. This government is so good often at setting 
the building on fire and then wanting to fund the fire department.
  We don't need more money. We just need to apply the laws that are on 
the books and shut this flow down across this border before more and 
more people get killed and injured in these accidents we are talking 
about.
  The Democrats would prefer to engage in these outlandish 
hypotheticals and make light of driving under the influence rather than 
protect American communities from dangerous drivers.
  Again, here are some facts. According to the Mothers Against Drunk 
Driving: Most drunk driving offenders drive at least 80 times drunk 
before they are arrested.
  Additionally, a 2014 article detailed how more than one-third of the 
individuals who are convicted of driving under the influence are repeat 
offenders.
  The Protect our Communities from DUIs Act ensures that aliens who 
drive drunk can be removed from the United States after their first 
conviction--not after the tenth, not after they kill or seriously 
injure a child of yours or mine or a grandchild--instead of spending 
time on a 50-State survey of DUI laws to formulate some farfetched 
hypotheticals.
  I encourage my colleagues to grapple with the consequences of drunk 
driving and support this commonsense bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate on the bill has expired.
  The Chair understands that amendment No. 1 will not be offered.
  Pursuant to the rule, the previous question is ordered on the bill.
  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.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. MOORE of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and 
nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Steube). Pursuant to clause 9 of Rule 
20, this 15-minute vote on passage of the bill will be followed by a 5-
minute vote on agreeing to the Speaker's approval of the Journal, if 
ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 274, 
nays 150, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 31]

                               YEAS--274

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Boyle (PA)
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budzinski
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Caraveo
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davids (KS)
     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
     Foster
     Foxx
     Franklin, Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gallego
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Golden (ME)
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harder (CA)
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hayes
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Himes
     Hinson
     Horsford
     Houchin
     Houlahan
     Hoyle (OR)
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunt
     Issa
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kaptur
     Kean (NJ)
     Keating
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kildee
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kuster
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Landsman
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lee (NV)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Levin
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Lynch
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Maloy
     Mann
     Manning
     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
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Mrvan
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Nickel
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Peltola
     Pence
     Perez
     Perry
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Ross
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Ryan
     Salazar
     Salinas
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Sherrill
     Simpson
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Sorensen
     Spanberger
     Spartz
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Strong
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Titus
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Vasquez
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wild
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                               NAYS--150

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Amo
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bowman
     Brown
     Brownley
     Bush
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Casar
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Crockett
     Crow
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fletcher
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Higgins (NY)
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Magaziner
     Matsui
     McBath
     McClellan
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Soto
     Stansbury
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Armstrong
     Dingell
     Norcross
     Phillips
     Rogers (KY)
     Scalise
     Smith (WA)

                              {time}  1029

  Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. CLEAVER, and Mrs. TRAHAN changed 
their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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