[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 84 (Monday, May 19, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H2136-H2137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               SIMPLIFYING FORMS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS ACT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the 
unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and 
pass the bill (H.R. 1286) to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and 
development center for an assessment of forms that the Secretary sends 
to claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, and 
for other purposes, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were 
ordered.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Bost) that the House suspend the rules and 
pass the bill, as amended.
  This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 386, 
nays 1, not voting 45, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 133]

                               YEAS--386

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amo
     Amodei (NV)
     Ansari
     Arrington
     Auchincloss
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Balint
     Barr
     Barrett
     Baumgartner
     Bean (FL)
     Beatty
     Begich
     Bell
     Bentz
     Bera
     Bergman
     Beyer
     Biggs (AZ)
     Biggs (SC)
     Bishop
     Boebert
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boyle (PA)
     Brecheen
     Bresnahan
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Burchett
     Burlison
     Bynum
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carbajal
     Carey
     Carson
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (LA)
     Carter (TX)
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Ciscomani
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyburn
     Clyde
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins
     Conaway
     Correa
     Costa
     Craig
     Crane
     Crank
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DeGette
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Dexter
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donalds
     Downing
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Elfreth
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Escobar
     Espaillat
     Estes
     Evans (CO)
     Evans (PA)
     Fallon
     Fedorchak
     Feenstra
     Fields
     Figures
     Fine
     Finstad
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Fong
     Foster
     Foushee
     Foxx
     Frankel, Lois
     Franklin, Scott
     Friedman
     Frost
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gill (TX)
     Gillen
     Gimenez
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (TX)
     Gomez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, V.
     Gooden
     Goodlander
     Gosar
     Graves
     Gray
     Green (TN)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Hamadeh (AZ)
     Harder (CA)
     Haridopolos
     Harrigan
     Harris (MD)
     Harris (NC)
     Harshbarger
     Hayes
     Hern (OK)
     Higgins (LA)
     Himes
     Hinson
     Horsford
     Houchin
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Ivey
     Jack
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (TX)
     Jacobs
     James
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (TX)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Kean
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kennedy (NY)
     Kennedy (UT)
     Khanna
     Kiley (CA)
     Kim
     Knott
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Landsman
     Langworthy
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latimer
     Latta
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Liccardo
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luttrell
     Lynch
     Mace
     Mackenzie
     Magaziner
     Maloy
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     Matsui
     McBath
     McBride
     McClain
     McClain Delaney
     McClellan
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McCormick
     McDonald Rivet
     McDowell
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     McGuire
     McIver
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Messmer
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Mills
     Min
     Moolenaar
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (NC)
     Moore (UT)
     Moore (WI)
     Moore (WV)
     Moran
     Morelle
     Morrison
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Murphy
     Nadler
     Neal
     Neguse
     Newhouse
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Ogles
     Olszewski
     Onder
     Owens
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Pappas

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     Patronis
     Perez
     Perry
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Pfluger
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Pou
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Randall
     Raskin
     Reschenthaler
     Riley (NY)
     Rivas
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Ross
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Ruiz
     Rulli
     Rutherford
     Ryan
     Salazar
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schmidt
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Self
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shreve
     Simon
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Smucker
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Stansbury
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Strong
     Stutzman
     Subramanyam
     Suozzi
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Taylor
     Tenney
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Tran
     Turner (OH)
     Underwood
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Vindman
     Walberg
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Westerman
     Whitesides
     Wied
     Williams (GA)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                                NAYS--1

       
     Norman
       

                             NOT VOTING--45

     Aguilar
     Barragan
     Bice
     Bilirakis
     Buchanan
     Casar
     Cleaver
     Comer
     Connolly
     Courtney
     Davidson
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeLauro
     Ezell
     Fischbach
     Garbarino
     Garcia (CA)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gottheimer
     Hill (AR)
     Huffman
     Hunt
     Hurd (CO)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Letlow
     Luna
     Malliotakis
     Mannion
     McCaul
     Meng
     Meuser
     Mfume
     Miller-Meeks
     Nehls
     Norcross
     Omar
     Pelosi
     Scalise
     Sherrill
     Smith (NE)
     Spartz
     Stanton
     Wagner

                              {time}  1900

  So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and 
the bill, as amended, was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                          Personal Explanation

  Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would 
have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 132 and YEA on Roll Call No. 133.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. GOLDMAN of New York. Mr. Speaker, I missed votes because of an 
important family matter. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on 
Roll Call No. 132 of the 119th Congress and YEA on Roll Call No. 133 of 
the 119th Congress.


                          Personal Explanation

  Mr. STANTON. Mr. Speaker, I was necessarily absent and missed two 
votes on the House Floor. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on 
Roll Call No. 132, H.R. 1263, and YEA on Roll Call No. 133, H.R. 1286.

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