[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 90 (Thursday, May 23, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H3509-H3511]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  PROHIBITING VOTING BY NONCITIZENS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTIONS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the 
unfinished business is the vote on the motion to recommit on 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, offered by 
the gentleman from California (Mr.  Robert Garcia), on which the yeas 
and nays were ordered.
  The Clerk will redesignate the motion.
  The Clerk redesignated the motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 195, 
nays 212, not voting 23, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 231]

                               YEAS--195

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amo
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     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)
     Chu
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier

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     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     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
     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)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NAYS--212

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     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
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunt
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Maloy
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     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
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--23

     Beatty
     Blumenauer
     Boebert
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Cleaver
     Evans
     Frankel, Lois
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Kim (NJ)
     LaHood
     Landsman
     Loudermilk
     Magaziner
     McClain
     Moore (WI)
     Murphy
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Stansbury
     Torres (NY)
     Velazquez


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes 
remaining.

                              {time}  1356

  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana. 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 262, 
noes 143, not voting 25, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 232]

                               AYES--262

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NC)
     Bost
     Boyle (PA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Budzinski
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Caraveo
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Castor (FL)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Comer
     Costa
     Craig
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davids (KS)
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Eshoo
     Estes
     Ezell
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallego
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Golden (ME)
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harder (CA)
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Horsford
     Houchin
     Houlahan
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunt
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kaptur
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kilmer
     Kim (CA)
     Kuster
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Larsen (WA)
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lee (NV)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Levin
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Maloy
     Mann
     Manning
     Massie
     Mast
     McBath
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Nickel
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Peltola
     Pence
     Perez
     Perry
     Pettersen
     Pfluger
     Phillips
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Ryan
     Salazar
     Salinas
     Scalise
     Schrier
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Sherrill
     Simpson
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Spartz
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Strong
     Suozzi
     Tenney
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Titus
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Veasey
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                               NOES--143

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Amo
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Bera
     Beyer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bowman
     Brown
     Brownley
     Bush
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Courtney
     Crockett
     Crow
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Espaillat
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frost
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Hayes
     Himes
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Krishnamoorthi
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Matsui
     McClellan
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Morelle
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     Omar
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pelosi
     Peters
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Smith (WA)

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     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (MS)
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--25

     Beatty
     Blumenauer
     Boebert
     Brecheen
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Cleaver
     Collins
     Evans
     Fallon
     Frankel, Lois
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Kim (NJ)
     Landsman
     Loudermilk
     Magaziner
     McClain
     Moore (WI)
     Murphy
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Stansbury
     Torres (NY)
     Velazquez


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes 
remaining.

                              {time}  1402

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The title of the bill was amended so as to read: ``A bill to prohibit 
individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in 
elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident 
Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.''.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote on the House floor 
today, because this vote series conflicted with a family-related 
emergency outside of Washington, D.C. that required my presence. Had I 
been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 227, NAY on Roll 
Call No. 228, NAY on Roll Call No. 229, NAY on Roll Call No. 230, YEA 
on Roll Call No. 231, and NAY on Roll Call No. 232.


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, had I been present for the vote today on 
Roll Call No. 227, Ogles Amendment No. 1, I would have voted ``no.'' 
Had I been present for the vote on Roll Call No. 228, Mooney Amendment 
No. 2, I would have voted ``no.'' Had I been present for the vote on 
Roll Call No. 229, Davidson Amendment No. 3, I would have voted ``no.'' 
Had I been present for the vote on Roll Call No. 230, H.R. 5403, I 
would have voted ``no.'' Had I been present for the vote on Roll Call 
No. 231, the Democratic Motion to Recommit on H.R. 192, I would have 
voted ``aye.'' Had I been present for the vote on Roll Call No. 232, 
H.R. 192, I would have voted ``no.''


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. BOEBERT. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to cast my votes due to a 
family conflict. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll 
Call No. 227, YEA on Roll Call No. 228, YEA on Roll Call No. 229, YEA 
on Roll Call No. 230, NAY on Roll Call No. 231, and YEA on Roll Call 
No. 232.


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to attend the vote 
series today, due to an unexpected absence. Had I been present, I would 
have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 227, NAY on Roll Call No. 228, NAY on 
Roll Call No. 229, NAY on Roll Call No. 230, YEA on Roll Call No. 231, 
and NAY on Roll Call No. 232.

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