[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 22, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H3414-H3419]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4763, FINANCIAL INNOVATION AND 
  TECHNOLOGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ACT; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF 
    H.R. 5403, CBDC ANTI-SURVEILLANCE STATE ACT; AND PROVIDING FOR 
    CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 192, PROHIBITING VOTING BY NONCITIZENS IN 
                     DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTIONS

  Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I 
call up House Resolution 1243 and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 1243

       Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this 
     resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
     XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
     the bill (H.R. 4763) to provide for a system of regulation of 
     digital assets by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
     and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other 
     purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 
     with. All points of order against consideration of the bill 
     are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 
     shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by 
     the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
     Financial Services or their respective designees. After 
     general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 
     under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendments in the 
     nature of a substitute recommended by the Committees on 
     Agriculture and Financial Services now printed in the bill, 
     an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 
     text of Rules Committee Print 118-33, modified by the 
     amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee on 
     Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as 
     adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The 
     bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill 
     for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute 
     rule and shall be considered as read. All points of order 
     against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. No 
     further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order 
     except those printed in part B of the report of the Committee 
     on Rules. Each such further amendment may be offered only in 
     the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a 
     Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 
     shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 
     equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
     opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be 
     subject to a demand for division of the question in the House 
     or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 
     such further amendments are waived. At the conclusion of 
     consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall 
     rise and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such 
     further amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 
     question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as 
     amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final 
     passage without intervening motion except one motion to 
     recommit.
       Sec. 2.  At any time after adoption of this resolution the 
     Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare 
     the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on 
     the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
     5403) to amend the

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     Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the Federal reserve banks 
     from offering certain products or services directly to an 
     individual, to prohibit the use of central bank digital 
     currency for monetary policy, and for other purposes. The 
     first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 
     of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 
     General debate shall be confined to the bill and amendments 
     specified in this section and shall not exceed one hour 
     equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
     minority member of the Committee on Financial Services or 
     their respective designees. After general debate the bill 
     shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. 
     The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 
     the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the bill 
     shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the 
     Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be 
     considered as the original bill for the purpose of further 
     amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered 
     as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, 
     as amended, are waived. No further amendment to the bill, as 
     amended, shall be in order except those printed in part C of 
     the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
     resolution. Each such further amendment may be offered only 
     in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a 
     Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 
     shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 
     equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
     opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be 
     subject to a demand for division of the question in the House 
     or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 
     such further amendments are waived. At the conclusion of 
     consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall 
     rise and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such 
     further amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 
     question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as 
     amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final 
     passage without intervening motion except one motion to 
     recommit.
       Sec. 3.  Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 
     order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 192) to 
     prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United 
     States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia. 
     All points of order against consideration of the bill are 
     waived. The amendment in the nature of a substitute 
     recommended by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
     now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted. The 
     bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of 
     order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. 
     The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
     bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to 
     final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour 
     of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
     ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and 
     Accountability or their respective designees; and (2) one 
     motion to recommit.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Indiana is recognized 
for 1 hour.
  Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield 
the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. 
McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. 
During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the 
purpose of debate only.


                             General Leave

  Mrs. HOUCHIN. 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 
gentlewoman from Indiana?
  There was no objection.
  Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, last night, the Rules Committee met and produced a rule, 
House Resolution 1243, providing for the House's consideration of 
several pieces of legislation.
  The rule provides for H.R. 4763, the Financial Innovation and 
Technology for the 21st Century Act, to be considered under a 
structured rule. It provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Financial Services or their designees and provides for one motion to 
recommit.
  Additionally, the rule also provides for H.R. 5403, the CBDC Anti-
Surveillance State Act. H.R. 5403 would be considered under a 
structured rule, and it also provides for 1 hour of debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Financial Services or their designees and provides for one 
motion to recommit.
  Finally, the rule also provides for consideration of H.R. 192, a bill 
which would prohibit noncitizens from voting in elections in the 
District of Columbia, to be considered under a closed rule. It also 
provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and 
Accountability or their designees and provides for one motion to 
recommit.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this rule and in support of the 
underlying pieces of legislation beginning with H.R. 4763, the 
Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21.
  Mr. Speaker, I am very glad that the rule provides for consideration 
of this legislation. As a member of the Financial Service Committee, we 
have spent countless hours trying to develop a responsible regulatory 
structure for blockchain technology and digital assets.
  These conversations have become increasingly necessary as regulators 
like the Securities and Exchange Commission have failed. Instead of 
developing a targeted and purposeful framework that would promote 
innovation and protect consumers, they have led with regulation by 
enforcement action.
  This approach threatens the United States' leadership in the future 
of digital assets, a future that could better protect privacy, reduce 
business costs, and empower more Americans.
  This flawed approach by the SEC has required congressional action, 
and FIT21 is the joint response of the Financial Services Committee and 
the Agriculture Committee. FIT21 establishes a framework consistent 
with existing law but also appropriate for the digital assets in 
question and their unique characteristics.
  First, there is no current clear market structure for the regulation 
of digital assets in the United States. The SEC has merely been 
regulating by enforcement action.
  This leaves digital asset innovators and consumers to play a guessing 
game. This not only stifles innovation but lends itself to the SEC 
picking winners and losers.
  Meanwhile, there is currently no way for digital asset commodities to 
be registered or regulated by the CFTC. Chair Gensler has repeatedly 
said most digital assets are securities. However, by his own admission, 
we know that not all digital are securities. In fact, it is estimated 
that 70 percent or more are commodities.
  This is among the most important reasons for the passage of FIT21. 
The SEC does not regulate commodities. It regulates securities. The 
CFTC does not regulate securities. It regulates commodities. The advent 
of digital assets, which can be either securities or commodities, has 
created a regulatory black hole that FIT21 seeks to remedy.
  By defining digital asset commodities and securities and creating a 
clear regulatory market structure, FIT21 protects consumers and 
provides the regulatory clarity for digital asset developers to 
innovate.
  The framework offered by FIT21 will give clear guidance to regulators 
and thus allow consumers to better judge digital assets for themselves, 
avoid scams, reduce instances of data theft, and lessen the potential 
for market manipulation.
  FIT21 is good for our constituents and good for the country. Mr. 
Speaker, I encourage all of us to support this important legislation.
  Moving on to H.R. 5403, the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, I am 
proud of H.R. 5403 because I share the concerns of many of my 
colleagues about the consequences of a Federal Reserve Bank digital 
currency and what that could mean for our constituents and their 
privacy.
  If issued, a government-controlled CBDC, central bank digital 
currency, would give Federal bureaucrats the ability to track every 
transaction Americans make, as well as the ability to block any 
transaction they so choose. This would be an unprecedented level of 
surveillance on the daily lives of everyday Americans, and we should 
all be concerned about the potential threats to individual rights and 
privacy.
  A CBDC would give the government the power to shut off access to 
payments and freeze the bank accounts of law-abiding citizens and 
institutions for political reasons, just like we saw with the Canadian 
trucker protest or with Operation Choke Point.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope all of my colleagues will join me in standing 
against the creation of a central bank digital currency by supporting 
this bill.

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  Finally, this rule also provides for consideration of H.R. 192, a 
bill which would prohibit noncitizens from voting in elections in the 
District of Columbia.
  Americans are rightly concerned with election integrity. Free and 
fair elections are essential to any democracy. We all agree on that.
  What we should also agree on is that noncitizens voting in elections 
undermines confidence in elections.
  That is why the District of Columbia's Local Resident Voting Rights 
Amendment Act is so objectionable. It allows noncitizens to vote in 
D.C. elections, including illegal immigrants and foreign agents.
  It goes without saying that these individuals, in particular, have 
interests that are at odds with our own. They literally represent the 
interests of other countries, including countries hostile to the United 
States. Why would we want to allow Russia or China or any foreign agent 
to vote on policies that impact the U.S. Capital? It defies logic, but 
that is exactly what D.C. has aspired to do.
  My colleagues might ask why we even have an interest in the affairs 
of local laws in this respect. The answer is quite simple: D.C. has a 
unique and constitutional relationship with the United States Congress.
  A lack of confidence in American elections anywhere threatens the 
confidence in American elections everywhere. It is incumbent upon us to 
protect the integrity of D.C. elections when the District's elected 
officials fail to do so and when they allow noncitizens and people with 
loyalty to other countries to vote.
  Mr. Speaker, I look forward to consideration of these three important 
pieces of legislation and urge the passage of this rule.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Indiana for 
yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, there is really not much to say. If you were to listen 
to my friend on the other side, you would think these bills are going 
to change the world the second the ink dries, but they are not.
  This is just another week of wasted time, more of the same from the 
Republican leadership here in Congress that is completely out of touch 
with what the American people actually care about.
  H.R. 192 is another GOP attempt to meddle in D.C. politics. They 
spend more time worrying about Washington, D.C., than they do about 
their own constituents.
  It is astounding to me that the party that claims to care about small 
government and local control wants to have the Federal Government tell 
local leaders here in D.C. how to run their local elections.
  Apparently, they are all for local control unless it is local control 
by Democrats--in which case, never mind.
  To hear anybody on the Republican side talk about election integrity 
is rich, especially from a party that is filled with election deniers.
  We are also here to consider H.R. 4763, a bill that provides an upper 
hand to the crypto industry instead of meaningfully addressing gaps in 
digital asset regulation.

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  Finally, we will meet on H.R. 5403, a bill that prevents the U.S. 
from exploring digital currency. I know my friends on the other side of 
the aisle are afraid of innovation, but 130 countries representing 98 
percent of global GDP are looking into digital currency. Maybe, just 
maybe, it is something we should look into as well.
  Unfortunately, I think some of my friends on the other side want to 
go back to stone tablets. It is our job in Congress to address the 
privacy concerns, not to bury our heads in the sand and pretend like 
the world isn't moving forward.
  Mr. Speaker, it is all stunts instead of solutions, extremism over 
bipartisanship, and it is really a shame. This narrow majority could 
have given us a chance to work together in a bipartisan way, but 
instead, my friends over on the other side of the aisle have pandered 
to their most extreme Members over and over and over again.
  They let the extremists kick out their own Speaker. They let the 
extremists dictate the agenda on the House floor. They let the 
extremists take down seven rule votes since January 2023, a stunning 
indictment of their ability to get anything done.
  Speaking of indictments, Republicans are skipping their real jobs to 
take day trips up to New York to try to undermine Donald Trump's 
criminal trial.
  Republicans have no time to work with Democrats but plenty of time to 
put on weird matching cult uniforms and stand behind President Trump 
with their bright red ties like pathetic props.
  Maybe they want to distract from the fact that their candidate for 
President has been indicted more times than he has been elected. Maybe 
they don't want to talk about the fact that the leader of their party 
is on trial for covering up hush-money payments to a porn star for 
political gain, not to mention three other criminal felony prosecutions 
he is facing.
  Now, I understand why my Republican friends want to distract from 
Donald Trump.
  They don't want to talk about how Trump had the worse jobs record 
since the Great Depression, how he sold out our allies and empowered 
our adversaries.
  They bring silly things like this to the floor to deflect blame and 
distract from the fact that they have no real vision, just division, 
and no real plans to make life better for the American people.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would remind Members to refrain 
from engaging in personalities toward presumptive nominees for the 
Office of the President.
  Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I would just like to note that the bury-
the-head-in-the-sand approach is the very approach that Chairman 
Gensler has been taking with regard to the regulation of digital 
assets.
  Our colleagues seem to be less concerned about getting a regulatory 
framework for consumer protection and are hurrying to put in a central 
bank digital currency for digital surveillance.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.


                        Parliamentary Inquiries

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, a few moments ago, I was admonished for 
stating the simple fact that the former President was indicted by a 
Grand Jury and is on trial in a court of law. That is not my opinion. 
It is just the truth. I have a parliamentarian inquiry, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, has the Chair determined it is 
unparliamentary to state a fact?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is not in a position to determine 
the veracity of remarks made on the floor. Members must avoid 
personalities.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, that is unbelievable. Last week during 
debate, a Republican Member of this House said: ``Watch the former 
President of the United States being hauled into court day after day 
with a sham trial.'' He wasn't admonished. I just referenced the same 
trial, and I was.
  Mr. Speaker, I have to ask a further parliamentarian inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, is it correct that Members of Congress can 
mention the trial of the presumptive nominee for President, call it a 
sham and question the integrity of the judge, but a reference to the 
mere existence of that same trial without any characterization, that is 
out of order?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not issue an advisory 
opinion.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I have one last parliamentary inquiry. Is 
this restriction originally founded at least in part on the principle 
in Jefferson's Manual that ``in Parliament, to speak irreverently or 
seditiously against the king is against order,'' is that what this is 
about? I have Jefferson's Manual here.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members must avoid personalities in debates. 
The Chair will direct Members

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to rule XVII and section 370 of the House Rules and Manual.
  Mr. McGOVERN. So it is, in fact, based on what is in Jefferson's 
Manual.
  Mr. Speaker, Donald Trump might want to be a king, but he is not a 
king. He is not a presumptive king. He is not even the President. He is 
a presumptive nominee. And I know you are trying to do your job and 
follow precedent, but frankly, at some point it is time for this body 
to recognize that there is no precedent for this situation.
  * * *
  Ms. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I demand that the words of the gentleman 
from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) be taken down.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts will be 
seated.

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  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Carl). The clerk will report the words.
  The CLERK. We have a presumptive nominee for President facing 88 
felony counts, and we are being prevented from even acknowledging it. 
These are not alternative facts. These are real facts.
  A candidate for President of the United States is on trial for 
sending a hush money payment to a porn star to avoid a sex scandal 
during his 2016 campaign and then fraudulently disguising those 
payments in violation of the law.
  He is also charged with conspiring to overturn the election. He is 
also charged with stealing classified information, and a jury has 
already found him liable for rape in a civil court.
  Yet, in this Republican-controlled House, it is okay to talk about 
the trial, but you have to call it a sham. It is okay to say the jury 
is rigged but not that Trump should be held accountable. It is okay to 
say the court is corrupt but not Trump is corrupting the rule of law.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is prepared to rule.
  The words of the gentleman from Massachusetts accuse a presumptive 
nominee for the Office of President of engaging in illegal activity.
  Presumptive nominees for the Office of President are accorded the 
same treatment under the rules of decorum in debate as a sitting 
President. This practice is memorialized in section 370 of the House 
Rules and Manual. This is warranted even though a candidate may not 
have officially obtained the party's nomination once there is no 
reasonable dispute that the candidate will receive the nomination.
  The Chair reaches this conclusion in part based on the statement of 
Speaker Wright of September 29, 1988. On that day, the Speaker made it 
clear that actual party nomination is not a prerequisite for treatment 
under the precedents as though a nominee. The Chair has admonished 
Members on this basis on numerous occasions and as recently as earlier 
today.
  This standard entails an application of the strictures against 
personality to references to candidates under the rules of decorum in 
debate. Therefore, although remarks in debate may include criticism of 
such a candidate's official positions as a candidate, it is a breach of 
order to refer to the candidate in terms personally offensive, whether 
by actual accusation or by mere insinuation.
  Also as stated in section 370 of the Manual, an accusation that the 
President has committed a crime, or even that the President has done 
something illegal, is not in order. The Chair relies on the precedents 
of March 19, 1998, and September 10, 1998, and finds that the remarks 
constitute a personality.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the offending words are 
stricken from the Record.
  There was no objection.

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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Indiana is recognized.
  Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from 
New York (Mr. Langworthy).
  Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Indiana for 
yielding time. It is great to finally get to make a speech here.
  Mr. Speaker, I am a strong supporter of the legislation being 
considered under the rule before us today, including the Central Bank 
Digital Currency Anti-Surveillance State Act, which will prohibit the 
Federal Reserve from pursuing a path that could jeopardize the 
financial freedoms and privacy of the American people.
  Around the world, we are seeing authoritarian regimes embrace digital 
currencies, and why?
  It is because it is a means to more effectively and tightly control 
their people.
  That is why the Chinese Communist Party is actively developing a 
digital currency that will allow them to throttle the Chinese people's 
access to bank accounts and subject them to Orwellian social credit 
systems, among other forms of oppressive state control.
  Yet, we have also seen freer democratic governments, not too 
different from our own, pursue policies in recent years to try and 
control their citizens' access to basic financial services, destroying 
their livelihoods in the process. In fact, it was our neighbors in 
Canada who recently shut down access to personal bank accounts of 
protesters who had the audacity to exercise their right to demonstrate 
in opposition to their government's draconian lockdowns and vaccine 
mandates.
  Mr. Speaker, before coming to Congress, I joined our healthcare 
workers and others in the State of New York to protest against Governor 
Cuomo's oppressive COVID vaccine mandates that led to thousands of New 
Yorkers, including many frontline healthcare workers, losing their 
jobs.
  With tools like digital currency at their disposal, it creates a new 
pathway for the government to retaliate against those who speak up and 
voice a difference in opinion.
  If they had that power back then, would they have used it?
  Based on our experience with the Biden administration over the past 4 
years and the weaponization of government agencies, I am not surprised 
that the American people can clearly see the danger here.
  This administration with regulation after regulation and policy after 
policy has chipped away at the freedoms of the American people.
  Under President Biden, everyday Americans are left wondering if they 
will be able to purchase a gas stove, drive an affordable car, do what 
they like with their private land, or even whether they can safely 
voice a conservative viewpoint without some form of reprisal from their 
government.
  We cannot take for granted our rights as Americans, especially when 
we have an administration, captured and intimidated by the radical 
left, that has weaponized our Federal agencies against the freedoms of 
individuals as the Biden administration has done over the past 4 years.
  The American people are sick and tired of giving up their freedoms 
and being spied on by our Federal Government. First, it was warrantless 
surveillance through FISA. Today, it is a government-controlled digital 
currency.
  If we allow this dangerous trend to continue, what is next?
  Mr. Speaker, we need to pass the underlying legislation to prevent 
any further pursuit of authoritarian policies like the creation of a 
centralized and controllable digital currency. Let's pass this rule and 
protect the financial privacy and the freedoms of the American people.
  Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. Rose).
  Mr. ROSE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5403, the CBDC Anti-
Surveillance State Act, a bill I was proud to cosponsor. I thank 
Majority Whip   Tom Emmer and Chairman McHenry of the House Financial 
Services Committee for their work on this legislation to protect 
Americans' privacy and financial data.
  A central bank digital currency, or CBDC, would have devastating 
consequences for the Fourth Amendment rights of all freedom-loving 
Americans. Just as we have seen the Federal Government weaponized 
against conservatives, whether it is the IRS, the DOJ, the FBI, or even 
the Fed, no three-letter government agency should be able to trample on 
our Constitution.
  In 21st century America, the freedom to purchase goods and services 
necessary to care for and protect our families shouldn't be left up to 
the government. A CBDC is a slippery slope toward ceding that liberty.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support this bill.
  Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I yield myself 
the balance of my time.

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  Mr. Speaker, Americans have always been a leader in innovation and 
technology, particularly in financial services. In order for this to 
remain the case, we must support regulatory structures that continue to 
foster that same innovative spirit without sacrificing privacy while 
providing necessary consumer protections and preserving market 
integrity.
  Before us is the opportunity to move legislation that could have a 
positive effect on the everyday lives of all Americans.
  H.R. 4763, the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st 
Century or FIT21, is a bill that delivers on all of these fronts for 
the future of digital assets here in the United States.
  Speaking of protecting Americans, H.R. 5403, the Central Bank Digital 
Currency Anti-Surveillance State Act ensures that the government is 
never in a position to weaponize the financial system against the 
American people.
  Innovation cannot come at the cost of sacrificing individual 
liberties. The issuance of a CBDC would only work to compromise 
Americans' rights and privacy.
  Finally, H.R. 192 protects the integrity of American elections here 
in the District of Columbia, and we must prevent it. Congress must step 
in when local officials in the District fail to protect election 
integrity in this most basic sense. Noncitizens, including illegal 
immigrants and agents of foreign governments, must not have the ability 
to vote in American elections at any level anywhere. This is a basic 
issue of responsible governance.
  To ensure government is responsive to and protective of the people it 
serves, elections must not include noncitizens or foreign actors.
  Mr. Speaker, I look forward to moving these bills out of the House 
this week, and I ask my colleagues to join me in voting ``yes'' on the 
previous question and ``yes'' on the rule.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the 
previous question on the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Yakym). The question is on ordering the 
previous question.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Ms. SCANLON. 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, the Chair 
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on 
the adoption of the resolution.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 205, 
nays 203, not voting 22, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 221]

                               YEAS--205

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     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
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Maloy
     Mann
     Mast
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     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)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                               NAYS--203

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amo
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     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
     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)
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jacobs
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McClellan
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     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
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Suozzi
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--22

     Barr
     Blumenauer
     Evans
     Ferguson
     Granger
     Grijalva
     Hunt
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Landsman
     Loudermilk
     Magaziner
     Massie
     McCaul
     Moore (WI)
     Murphy
     Nunn (IA)
     Scalise
     Smith (NJ)
     Stansbury
     Velazquez
     Wilson (SC)

                              {time}  1430

  Mr. TORRES of New York, Mses. HOYLE of Oregon, and CRAIG changed 
their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Messrs. CARTER of Georgia and McHENRY changed their vote from ``nay'' 
to ``yea.''
  So the previous question was ordered.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bost). The question is on the 
resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 204, 
noes 203, not voting 23, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 222]

                               AYES--204

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais

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     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Maloy
     Mann
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     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
     Zinke

                               NOES--203

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amo
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     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
     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)
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jacobs
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McClellan
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     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
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Suozzi
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--23

     Alford
     Blumenauer
     Evans
     Ferguson
     Granger
     Grijalva
     Hunt
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Lamborn
     Landsman
     Loudermilk
     Luttrell
     Magaziner
     Massie
     Moore (WI)
     Murphy
     Nunn (IA)
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Stansbury
     Velazquez
     Yakym

                              {time}  1443

  So the resolution was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Mr. YAKYM. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been 
present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 222.


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. NUNN of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, due to a natural disaster event in the 
district, I made an emergency trip back to Iowa to provide assistance 
to my constituents who have been left devastated by the tornado. Had I 
been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 221, ordering the 
Previous Question on H. Res. 1243 and YEA on Roll Call No. 222, 
Adoption of H. Res. 1243.

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