Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 86 (Wednesday, May 21, 2025)

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 21, 2025)]
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[Pages H2220-H2234]
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1, ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I
call up House Resolution 436 and ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

H. Res. 436

Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be
in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 1) to
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con.
Res. 14. All points of order against consideration of the
bill are waived. An amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-3,
modified by the amendment printed in the report of the
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, 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) two hours of debate equally
divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on the Budget or their
respective designees and the chair and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Ways and Means or their respective
designees; and (2) one motion to recommit. Clause 5(b) of
rule XXI shall not apply to the bill or amendments thereto.

Point of Order

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI, I make a
point of order against consideration of the rule, House Resolution 436.
Clause 9(c) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House specifically state
that the Rules Committee may not waive the earmark disclosure rule
prescribed by paragraphs (a) or (b) of clause 9 of rule XXI.
House Resolution 436 states: ``All points of order against
consideration of the bill are waived.''
Therefore, I make a point of order pursuant to clause 9(c) of rule
XXI that this rule may not be considered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts makes a
point of order that the resolution violates clause 9(c) of rule XXI.
Under clause 9(c) of rule XXI, the gentleman from Massachusetts and a
Member opposed each will control 10 minutes of debate on the question
of consideration.
Following that debate, the Chair will put the question of
consideration as follows, Will the House now consider the resolution?
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Massachusetts.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, House Democrats are making a series of procedural
motions today to stop the consideration of this lousy, awful,
disastrous bill.
Mr. Speaker, we will not stand by and watch Trump and his billionaire
friends destroy this country without putting up one hell of a fight,
and because this resolution waives the earmark rule, it is not in order
for it to be considered on the floor.
As I just said, Democrats are not going to sit here and let
Republicans jam this bill down the throats of the American people. We
are going to fight back, and we are going to fight like hell because,
Mr. Speaker, this point of order is not just about the fact that this
bill has earmarks. Look at who the earmarks are for. Look at who
Republicans help and who they hurt. Follow the money.
From day one, Trump has demanded that this entire process be about
one thing: giveaways to the rich and to the powerful. This bill is a
scam; a tax scam designed to steal from the American people and give to
Trump's millionaire and billionaire friends.
These are the same millionaires and billionaires who write big, fat
checks to Members of Congress, and guess what? They expect a return on
their investment, and this bill, this Republican tax scam, is exhibit
A.
This is all about corruption, greed, and theft--theft from the
American people, theft of their hard-earned tax dollars to give to Elon
and his rich friends. It is 1,000 pages of giveaways to billionaires.
There are so many, I don't even know where to begin. Let's start with
the big, fat earmarks Republicans have in here for polluters. There is
lots of pork for polluters in this bill.
We have corrupt pay-to-play schemes that let polluters buy immunity
from lawsuits, cut corners on environmental reviews, and skip the legal
permitting process. Did ExxonMobil come up with that one, or was it BP?
There is a nice little giveaway to them tucked into this bill. That is
on page 247 and page 600.
Mr. Speaker, what about the earmarks in here that will allow certain
companies to exploit and pollute pristine public lands, including for a
coal mine owner with criminal convictions for environmental and safety
violations? Did he just text Republicans the language of that earmark,
or did my colleagues on the other side of the aisle draft it
themselves? That is on page 559 for those following along at home.
This bill even has a hit man handout. An earmark here gets rid of an
excise tax on gun silencers. Who does that? That is on page 1,024.
This has been in place for nearly 100 years, and it is a vital public
safety measure. Over 400 silencers were found on or traced to violent
crime scenes in 2023 alone.
At least on that earmark, we know who asked for it. It was the NRA.
We know why Republicans complied. It is because they want to keep
getting big, fat checks from the gun lobbyists.
I could go on and on, but this bill is loaded to the gills with
giveaways to lobbyists, earmarks for special interests, and loopholes
for the rich so they can get away with dodging their taxes.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I claim time in favor of consideration of
the resolution.
The question before the House is: Should the House now consider House
Resolution 436? The resolution before us waives all points of order
against consideration of the bill.
The Committee on the Budget filed its report on May 21, 2025, which
included the following statement from each instructed committee's
reports: The committee print does not contain any congressional
earmark, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits, as defined
in clause 9 of House rule XXI.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I can't believe the Republican argument is
just: Trust us.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr.
Frost).
Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, this is a moment I am never going to forget
because, tonight, hundreds of Republican Members of Congress are
wanting to line up to vote for the biggest transfer of wealth from the
working poor and the working class to billionaires and megacorporations
that we have seen in this country's history.
This is a deep moment of betrayal, a complete absence of loyalty to
the people that we represent, and an abandonment of the values of hard
work and a dignified life.
Mr. Speaker, I am 28 years old. My generation already expects that we
will never be able to afford a home, to get out of debt, to retire, or
to live comfortably. No, it is not because we have lived beyond our
means, but it is because we have been denied the means to live.

Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are making it worse by
gutting Medicaid and food assistance to give tax cuts to billionaires
and special interests.
Mr. Speaker, out of all of the things that you could give tax breaks
for, this bill will cut taxes on silencers for guns. For those who
don't know, gun silencers can be attached to a gun to muffle the sound
of a gunshot.

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In mass shootings, these silencers make it harder to identify and
respond to the source of the gunshots. Earlier, I put forth an
amendment to strip this tax cut for the gun lobby, and House
Republicans wouldn't even let it come up for a vote.
Mr. Speaker, the Republicans then made the bill worse in their
manager's amendment by making silencers completely unregulated. In 2023
alone, the ATF recovered over 400 silencers from violent crime scenes.
For this reason, silencers have been highly regulated for nearly 100
years.
In May of 2019, the Virginia Beach shooter attached a silencer to his
.45-caliber handgun that he used to kill 12 people on three floors of a
city building. Survivors of the attack said that they weren't even
aware that a mass shooting was going on due to the silencer.
My question is: Why did this get added to the bill just a couple of
hours ago? Which congressional Republican just couldn't stand to vote
for the horrible bill until it promised even more death to people?
Mr. Speaker, I will yield to hear a name.

Point of Order

Mr. GRIFFITH. Mr. Speaker, point of order.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his point of order.
Mr. GRIFFITH. Mr. Speaker, this is supposed to be a challenge because
the rule says that we waived earmarks, but the gentleman is not talking
about earmarks. He is talking about process that he doesn't like. He is
talking about parts of the bill that he doesn't like, but he has not
mentioned any specific earmark.
Even the gentleman who spoke before him, the gentleman from
Massachusetts, only talked in general terms about things that were
general policy, not earmarks.
Mr. McGOVERN. We are talking about an earmark for the gun lobby, my
friend.
Mr. GRIFFITH. I submit, Mr. Speaker, that the gentleman is not in
order, giving remarks that are not pertinent.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia has not stated a
point of order.
Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I reclaim my time.
Mr. Speaker, I will yield just to hear the name of the Republican
that couldn't vote for this bill.

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Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I am just curious which Republican couldn't
vote for the bill until we completely deregulated silencers.
My generation isn't just defined by a bleak financial future. We are
also defined as the mass shooting generation. We have done more active-
shooter drills than fire drills. We have grown up watching classes of
our students die a brutal death, helpless inside classrooms, on our
blocks, and in our churches again and again and again.
Mr. Speaker, I say to America, we have to be very clear and truthful
about this budget. Laws for gun manufacturers to make more money off
the deaths of children and our people? Yes. Food for children to eat?
No. Healthcare for seniors, disabled Americans, and millions more? No.
Resources to help working families fight to make ends meet? No.
This is why they have been told to not host any townhalls back in
their districts. That is why this debate is happening in the middle of
the night. It is nothing short of theft.
Congressional Republicans are really helping me understand why half
of this country doesn't vote. It is because they will look people in
the eyes and make promises only to come here in the middle of the night
to advance a bill that will take away the benefits that they have
earned. Republicans would have us believe that the person most likely
to steal from you is a Black person in a hoodie or an immigrant with
tattoos.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the
gentleman from Florida.
Mr. FROST. This is to distract from the fact that, at least here
tonight, the people stealing from Americans are not folks with tattoos
and hoodies. It is people wearing suits, ties, and congressional pins,
sitting in this Capitol right now, not in some random alley wrapped in
darkness, but in the United States Congress wrapped in the flag.
It is disgusting, and we will never forget this.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Virginia (Mr. Griffith).
Mr. GRIFFITH. Mr. Speaker, as I said in the point of order--which I
didn't have the rule in hand, but it is 17(1)(b). As I said then, if
they want to complain that they didn't like the process, if they don't
like the bill, if there is a piece of the bill they don't like, save
that for the debate on the bill itself. Instead, they have raised a
parliamentary procedure to claim that the rule is not proper, assuming
or claiming that there are earmarks. I would submit, Mr. Speaker, that
they have not mentioned an earmark yet.
I have been listening. I have been wondering where it was because I
have read the bill and the manager's amendment. With the manager's
amendment, I see no earmarks in the bill. They haven't brought it up,
and I submit it is because they can't. The proper ruling would be to
rule that there aren't any earmarks.
I understand we might have to take a vote, but let's try to get our
processes right, Mr. Speaker. I would submit to everybody that we ought
to get the process right.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, this is everything that people hate about Washington.
This bill is a tax scam that steals from the American people, and it is
filled with earmarks.
It has earmarks to the gun lobby, earmarks to polluters to be able to
exploit land, and earmarks to every big donor that gives to the
National Republican Congressional Committee.
This is really about corruption. This bill that we are trying to
bring to the floor steals from regular people, takes away people's food
benefits, throws people off healthcare, and gives a big, fat tax break
to millionaires and billionaires. That is what their priorities are all
about.
Mr. Speaker, I urge Democrats and Republicans who care about the
integrity of this institution to vote ``no'' on considering the rule
and to block this terrible tax scam from coming to the floor today. We
can do a hell of a lot better. This is a disgrace.
Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my
time.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, this is just a dilatory tactic by my
colleagues across the aisle. We must continue so the House can begin
consideration of this historic legislation and deliver on President
Trump's agenda.
Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to vote ``yes'' on the question, and I
yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
The question is, Will the House now consider the resolution?
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217,
nays 211, not voting 4, as follows:

[Roll No. 139]

YEAS--217

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Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Patronis
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rulli
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke

NAYS--211

Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bell
Bera
Beyer
Bishop
Bonamici
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bynum
Carbajal
Carson
Carter (LA)
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conaway
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dexter
Dingell
Doggett
Elfreth
Escobar
Espaillat
Evans (PA)
Fields
Figures
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Friedman
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gillen
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, V.
Goodlander
Gottheimer
Gray
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Krishnamoorthi
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latimer
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neal
Neguse
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Suozzi
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Tran
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)

NOT VOTING--4

Flood
Gonzales, Tony
Mills
Norcross

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Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining.
Mses. PINGREE and PEREZ changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
Messrs. BARR and McCAUL changed their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the question of consideration was decided in the affirmative.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

Point of Order

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to section 426 of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I make a
point of order against consideration of the rule, House Resolution 436.
Section 426 of the Budget Act specifically states that the Rules
Committee may not waive the point of order prescribed by section 425 of
that same act.
House Resolution 436 states that all points of order against
consideration of the bill are waived. Therefore, I make a point of
order pursuant to section 426 that this rule may not be considered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts makes a
point of order that the resolution violates section 426(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
The gentleman has met the threshold burden under the rule and the
gentleman from Massachusetts and a Member opposed each will control 10
minutes of debate on the question of consideration. Following debate,
the Chair will put the question of consideration as the statutory means
of disposing of the point of order.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Massachusetts.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, let me say this once again. Democrats will
not stand by and watch Trump and his billionaire friends destroy this
country without putting up one hell of a fight.
Because this rule waives the point of order against unfunded
mandates, it is not in order to consider it on the floor. The bill
Republicans are attempting to jam through the House this week cuts food
assistance for moms and dads, kids and people with disabilities,
veterans, and seniors.
It goes after the most important people in our lives, our families,
all to fund a massive tax break for the richest people in this country.
What the hell is wrong with these people, Mr. Speaker?
It is more than just a massive betrayal of the American people. This
bill is also a massive, new, unfunded mandate on States.
Mr. Speaker, don't just take my word for it. The nonpartisan experts
at the Congressional Budget Office said that title I of the bill, the
Agriculture Committee's portion of this awful bill, would impose
intergovernmental mandates by requiring States, for the first time
ever, to provide State funding for food assistance benefits, increasing
the share of food assistance administrative costs paid by States and
requiring State agencies to perform additional administrative duties.
This massive, new, unfunded mandate would cost States a whopping $19
billion each year.
Mr. Speaker, where the hell are States going to come up with this
kind of money? They can't. So what will happen is that people will get
kicked off of food assistance. They will get less benefits, and they
will go hungry.
This will increase hunger. State after State and Governor after
Governor has written to Congress begging us not to pass this awful
bill. They have made it very clear that if this bill goes through, then
States will be forced to cut benefits, kick eligible people off of food
assistance entirely, or raise taxes to pay for this massive, new,
bureaucracy that Republicans are creating in every State.
The chairman of the Agriculture Committee's home State of
Pennsylvania would have to come up with over $1 billion to cover the
State's share of benefit costs.
There is no State in the country that is able to take on this kind of
massive, unfunded mandate. We are talking about basic needs for people,
a food assistance benefit of $2 per meal so that people don't go
hungry. By the way, that money not only lifts people out of poverty, it
improves health and uplifts local economies too.
Hunger costs this country, and food assistance programs save us
money. Workers who are hungry are less productive at work. Kids who go
to school hungry don't learn. Seniors who take their medication on an
empty stomach end up in emergency rooms.
We live in the richest country on Earth. For God's sake, not a single
kid in this country should go to bed hungry, not a single damn one,
especially not when Republicans are giving millionaires and
billionaires a big, fat tax break.
Mr. Speaker, I think Republicans know exactly what they are doing
here. They know that this bill will kick millions and millions of
people off of their modest food assistance. They know that their cuts
will hurt kids, moms and dads, working families, seniors, veterans, and
people with disabilities. This is an unbelievably cruel and rotten
thing to do.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I claim the time in opposition to this
point of

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order and in favor of consideration of the resolution.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Indiana is recognized
for 10 minutes.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, the question before the House is: Should
the House now consider House Resolution 436?
The gentleman on the other side of the aisle is certainly correct.
The bill before us today does impose a number of intergovernmental
mandates. However, let's look at what is considered in those. The bill
requires States to have skin in the game on SNAP. The bill requires
States to be more responsible about how Medicaid is funded. The bill
provides needed tax relief for seniors.
These are good things that reduce the size and scope of Federal
Government that is encroaching on the everyday lives of Americans, and
it protects the American people from a Democratic Party that
prioritizes illegal immigrants over vulnerable American families.
In order to allow the House to continue its scheduled business for
the day, I urge Members to vote ``yes'' on the question of
consideration of the resolution, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, enough with the BS about States having
skin in the game. This is about throwing families off of food
assistance, and it is an awful thing to do.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from
Connecticut (Mrs. Hayes), who is the ranking member of the Nutrition
Subcommittee.
Mrs. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today against this House Republican
reconciliation bill that would put 42 million Americans at risk of
losing their SNAP benefits.
I would argue that my State of Connecticut that sends more money to
the Federal Government than Indiana already has skin in the game.
As ranking member of the Nutrition and Foreign Agricultural
Subcommittee, it is notable that we have had no hearings on the State
cost-sharing provisions or on the Thrifty Food Plan or on the impact of
access to SNAP.
House Republicans are pushing untested policy proposals that have
real-life consequences on the people in my community.

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During the Agriculture Committee reconciliation markup, I offered a
commonsense amendment stating that this legislation can only take
effect once the USDA and all State agencies issue reports evaluating
and certifying that any changes made to SNAP will not result in a
reduction of benefits to individuals or decrease participation. No
Republican on the Agriculture Committee voted for that amendment.
Hunger is a policy choice, and today, we are considering legislation
that makes the choice to take food away from people. The reconciliation
bill we are considering here today is the largest ever cut to SNAP.
Approximately $313 billion is being taken away from the most
vulnerable in this country--hungry children, hungry families, hungry
veterans, and hungry seniors. I guarantee they are not just in
Connecticut.
Republicans are pushing a legislative package that guts SNAP, the
most effective and efficient antipoverty program in our Nation. The
cost-sharing provisions in this legislation are going to shift the
financial burden to States, forcing States to cut benefits,
eligibility, or both to reduce costs.
They are pushing work requirements with no workforce development,
pushing reporting requirements with no administrative reports, and
pushing for cuts to children who are on this program without
considering that they will also lose free and reduced lunches at
school.
They don't want to feed kids at home. They don't want to feed kids at
school. It is just cruel.
Every provision in this program is cruel, and they know it. That is
why none of them spoke on it in the Agriculture Committee. That is why
they were silent in the Budget Committee. That is why they have nothing
to say. That is why they have no response. That is why they don't hold
townhalls. That is why they don't answer questions.
All they do is tweet, repeat, and hide in the back until they vote
``yes.''
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, by the way, it is not just people in
Connecticut who are threatened by this budget. I would say to the
gentlewoman from Indiana that there are 54,000 people in her district
who are going to be threatened, losing their SNAP benefits because of
what Republicans are voting for today on the Republican budget. I don't
know how you deal with that.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms.
Brown), the vice ranking member of the Agriculture Committee.
Ms. BROWN. Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member McGovern for yielding
me time.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this rule and the
underlying bill.
Let's be clear, Republicans are paying for massive tax cuts for
millionaires and billionaires by cutting $300 billion from SNAP.
Instead of owning those cuts, Republicans are punting their problems
to the States, forcing Governors and legislators to do the dirty work
of denying food assistance. That is not fiscal responsibility. That is
political cowardice.
This is an unfunded Federal mandate, plain and simple. States would
have to cover at least 5 percent of SNAP benefits and up to 25 percent.
What they call skin in the game is unworkable. The hits to States'
budgets would be massive, up to $4.5 billion over 10 years in
Louisiana, $4 billion in Alabama, $15 billion in Florida, and $7.5
billion in my home State of Ohio.
Mr. Speaker, what does that mean? Well, I am glad you asked. It means
fewer dollars for schools, opioid response, and basic services. Any way
you cut it, families lose.
If States can't pick up the bill, they will have to cut benefits or
kick folks off the program, a program that currently provides $6 a day,
on average.
This plan will take away food from kids, working families, veterans,
seniors, and the disabled. It will hit red States, blue States, and
every State and every district.
Even Republicans know how damaging this is. That is why they have
delayed implementation until when? After the next election.
Hiding the consequences doesn't make them less real. Their own State
legislators, Democrats and Republicans, oppose this plan. The National
Conference of State Legislatures calls it fiscally unsustainable and
warns it will harm the very people SNAP is meant to help.
This is a shameful attempt to dodge accountability while handing out
tax breaks on the backs of hungry families.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no.'' Protect SNAP. Don't
make struggling Americans pay for tax breaks for the wealthy.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how many more speakers the
gentlewoman has.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time I have
remaining.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 1
minute remaining.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, let me just say to my Republican friends that hunger is
a political position. We have the money. We have the infrastructure. We
know what to do to end it. We have everything but the political will.
You bring to the floor a bill that robs from poor people and takes
money away from the most incredible food assistance program in the
world. You take that and use it not to end hunger but to pay for tax
cuts for millionaires and billionaires. That is shameful. That is
shameful.
You put a big unfunded mandate on States. Stand with us on the right
side of history. Stand with people who need help. For once in your
life, do something to help people who really need help and not just
reward those at the top who are well-off and well-connected.

Stand with us in stopping this rule and vote ``no'' on this.

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Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to direct their remarks
to the Chair.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have
remaining.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Indiana has 9 minutes
remaining.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, the Democrats claim that this is providing tax cuts for
the wealthy. Let's just talk about that.
This bill includes no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and provides
tax relief for seniors on Social Security. This will protect the
largest tax cut for middle-class and working families in American
history. Americans will see a double-digit percent decrease in their
taxes.
If we want to talk about districts, Mr. Speaker, let's talk about the
Second District of Massachusetts. It is home to 524,530 taxpayers.
The average taxpayer in Massachusetts' Second District would see a 20
percent tax hike if the Trump tax cuts expire, which is what my
Democratic colleagues across the aisle are fighting for. They are
fighting for taxes to go up.
A family of four, making $95,495 in the Massachusetts Second
District, the median income, would see a $2,141 tax increase if the
Trump tax cuts expire. That is about 10 weeks' worth of groceries for a
typical family of four in that region.
Now, let's talk for a moment, too, Mr. Speaker, about SNAP benefits.
Only Democrats would protect error rates in SNAP benefits, saying that
integrity in the program is a cut, but this is ensuring that benefits
are available to the people who are eligible for them and need them
most. Anything else is fraud.
Republicans are ensuring that SNAP prioritizes benefits for American
citizens and protects the program's long-term stability by closing
loopholes and requiring cost sharing for States that have error rates
that are unfeasible.
We are focusing on protecting tax cuts for the American people across
the board. That is what we are trying to do here, Mr. Speaker. Anything
else that we hear from the Democrats is a stall tactic.
We must continue so the House can begin our consideration of this
historic legislation to deliver on President Trump's agenda.
Mr. Speaker, I urge our Members to vote ``yes'' on the question, and
I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
The question is, Will the House now consider the resolution?
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 216,
nays 211, not voting 5, as follows:

[Roll No. 140]

YEAS--216

Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Begich
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Burchett
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Downing
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Fine
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Fong
Foxx
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Garbarino
Gill (TX)
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gooden
Gosar
Graves
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Hamadeh (AZ)
Haridopolos
Harrigan
Harris (MD)
Harris (NC)
Harshbarger
Hern (OK)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Hurd (CO)
Issa
Jack
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Patronis
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rulli
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke

NAYS--211

NOT VOTING--5

Buchanan
Dunn (FL)
Gonzales, Tony
Lee (FL)
Norcross

Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

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

{time} 0103

So the question of consideration was decided in the affirmative.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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 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.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this rule and in support of the
underlying legislation.
This morning, the Rules Committee met and produced a rule, House
Resolution 436, providing for the House's consideration of H.R. 1, the
One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
This provides for a closed rule on the bill. The rule provides 1 hour
of debate for the chair and ranking member of the Committee on the
Budget or their respective designees, as well as an additional 1 hour
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the
Committee on Ways and Means or their respective designees.
Additionally, the rule provides 1 motion to recommit.
Today, after months of hard work and hours of testimony in hearings,
House Republicans are advancing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to
deliver on President Trump's America First agenda.
Mr. Speaker, we have heard plenty of fear-mongering and flatout
dishonesty from the Democrats and their liberal media allies about what
this bill actually does.
Earlier this morning, Democrats challenged us to debate this bill in
the light of day. Mr. Speaker, it may be the middle of the night. Yet,
we are here, wide awake and ready to defend it because the truth
doesn't sleep, and neither do we when it comes to fighting for the
American people.
Mr. Speaker, let's talk about how this bill delivers for the American
people.
It makes the very successful 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent,
protecting the average taxpayer from a 22 percent tax increase. It
unleashes American energy production and allows us to drill, baby,
drill.
It provides the largest border security investment in history and
empowers ICE to deport the millions of illegal immigrants that were
allowed in under President Joe Biden.
It also completes 700 miles of border wall and stops the flow of
fentanyl into our communities.
It shuts down the blatant abuse that has allowed 1.4 million illegal
immigrants to access taxpayer-funded Medicaid, draining resources meant
for our most vulnerable citizens.
It establishes modest work requirements for able-bodied adults with
no dependents who receive Medicaid.
It drives down costs for seniors by increasing the transparency of
pharmacy benefit managers and expanding access to the medications
seniors need by providing more choices.
It ends the reckless Biden student loan giveaways that favored
liberal elites over working-class Americans at taxpayers' expense.
It provides nearly $150 billion in resources to our military to
improve areas from servicemember quality of life to strengthening our
shipbuilding capacity.
It also makes targeted reinvestments and improvements to foreign
policy and other rural priorities that support our farmers and
ranchers.
It includes no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, car loan interest
deductibility for autos made in America, and provides tax relief for
seniors.
The list of wins goes on and on and on in this one big, beautiful
bill.
Our friends across the aisle will try to deflect from these real and
tangible benefits. They want to deceive and scare the American people,
and I am sorry for that. Don't believe them.
My Democratic colleagues seem to forget that 77 million Americans
rejected their America-last policies last November. My colleagues on
the other side of the aisle are now trying to convince the American
people that a bill that secures the border; invests in our military;
extends tax relief to millions of hardworking Americans; and protects
Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security for the people who need it most
is somehow not in the best interests of the country.
Yet, the American people know better. The American people know
Trump's tax cuts worked and need to be extended. The American people
know that it is in the best interests of our national security to
secure the border. They know the world needs American energy
leadership. They know that the men and women who serve in the Armed
Forces need additional resources to counter the growing threats and
defend American interests across the globe.

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We are putting Americans first by deporting illegal immigrants and
protecting taxpayer-funded benefits for those who truly need them.
Everything you will hear from the Democrats tonight is wrong. Again,
don't believe them.
How many times do you have to get duped by their dishonesty before
you stop listening? The sky is not falling.
Mr. Speaker, today, we are delivering on President Trump's agenda. I
look forward to the consideration of this one big, beautiful bill, and
I urge the passage of this rule.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, over 100 Democrats just spent hours and hours debating
hundreds of amendments in the Rules Committee for over 19 hours, and
the reason why is simple: We are fighting back because this bill is a
moral disgrace.
It rips healthcare from millions of Americans. It guts Medicaid and
Medicare, lifelines for seniors, children, working families, and people
with disabilities. It takes food out of the mouths of hungry kids and
veterans. For what? To shovel tax breaks into the overflowing pockets
of billionaires and giant corporations.
Let's call this what it is: theft. It is stealing from those with the
least to give to those with the most.
It is not just bad policy. It is a betrayal. It is a betrayal of the
American people. Republicans know that this bill is toxic, and that is
why they started their rules hearing at 1 o'clock, by the way,
yesterday morning. They are terrified that the American people might
actually see what is in this GOP tax scam and be outraged by what they
are doing.
Republicans don't want to talk about it. They want us to just shut up
and pass this bill. They want it rubberstamped. Trump said to them:
Close your eyes and vote for it. Guess what? No, no, no. We are not
going to do that. We will not stay silent. We will not close our eyes
and do what Trump says.
Our eyes are open, Mr. Speaker, and our voices are loud. We are here
to fight, and this bill is about whose side you are on.
Democrats choose to stand with our communities, our neighbors, our
families, and our people, and not the ultrarich Republican mega-donors
and billionaires that write big, fat campaign contributions to buy
votes.
This is a rotten, ugly, bad bill that will hurt the people I
represent. It will hurt millions of people in this country, but the sad
reality is, Mr. Speaker, Republicans just don't care.
Democrats are united, and with strength in our mission, with unity in
our purpose, we are here to vote ``hell, no'' on this monstrosity of a
bill.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from
North Carolina (Ms. Foxx), chairwoman of the Rules Committee.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Indiana for
yielding and for her great work on this rule.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule and the underlying
legislation.
After a marathon session in the Rules Committee, the One Big
Beautiful Bill Act now stands right here on the floor of the people's
House.
For months, the House's committees, chairmen, Members, and staff have
worked to craft this legislation. Let me tell you something, Mr.
Speaker, it is truly big and beautiful.
It is a clear, full-throated response to the millions of hardworking
men and women across the entire Nation who believe that America is due
for a serious course correction. These men and women categorically
rejected the dysfunction and disarray of the last 4 years under the
Biden-Harris administration.
While our colleagues across the aisle have resorted to casting
aspersions, conjuring up misleading claims, and fear-mongering about
this legislation, Republicans are the ones who put pen to paper and
have created one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in our
Nation's history.
The American people and this government, by extension, cannot afford
inaction. Americans need this legislation to ensure our economic
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and the sustainability of this Republican government. More than 77
million Americans entrusted us with this explicit responsibility: to
govern in such a decisive, forward-thinking manner that will lead
America straight into the golden age.
The express purpose of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is this: to
ensure that our Federal spending, taxation, and other revenue-
generating concepts align with the current needs of the American people
and bring us into that new American era.
How do we achieve this grand realignment? It is through this great
reconciliation project. We are executing the instructions given to the
committees, pursuant to the budget resolution--one that passed both
Chambers and is binding on this body and the Senate.
We are not interested in rhetorical jousting or succumbing to the
status quo. We are interested in delivering real, tangible results to
the American people.
These results are achieving the full potential of our energy
dominance, realizing a secured border, and establishing fiscal
certainty for our great American future.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to be part of delivering real,
tangible results by voting ``yes'' on the rule and ``yes'' on the
underlying legislation.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, let me just say to the distinguished
chairwoman of the Rules Committee: Do you know what gives people fiscal
certainty? It is food in their refrigerators.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms.
DeGette).
Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, among the many other deficiencies of the
bill, it is a direct assault on women's reproductive freedom.

Number one, it defunds Planned Parenthood, which means if this bill
passes, 1 million Americans will have no pap smears. They will have no
breast cancer screenings. They will have no well-women visits. That is
the first thing it does.
Then, the manager's amendment, introduced in the dead of night, says
that one in seven Americans who are on the insurance exchanges will no
longer be able to get abortion coverage on those exchanges with their
own money.
I can see why the Republicans wanted to do this in the dead of night
because after the Dobbs decision, America woke up. We realized that
this is an important service. When the women and families of America
wake up and find out the direct assault on reproductive freedom in this
bill, they are going to be mad, and they are not going to forget when
they go to the ballot box in 2026.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
New York (Mr. Langworthy).
Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Indiana for
yielding the time.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the rule and the big,
beautiful bill because this is not just a budget bill. This is the
beginning of a great American comeback. That is what the people
demanded when they went to the polls last November.
They voted to take our country back from chaos, from open borders,
from crushing inflation, and from a government that rewards fraud while
punishing hard work.
This bill answers that call. It puts working families first with
expanded tax relief for families and the hardworking men and women who
are paying the bills in this country. This bill tells them: We see you,
and we have your backs.
At the same time, we go after the rot that has taken hold here in
Washington for far too long. Just last year, Medicaid alone paid out
$36 billion in improper payments. That is fraud. That is theft. That is
a disgrace. That is money that is not taking care of our most
vulnerable, which we have to protect at all costs.
This bill stops it cold with tough enforcement, eligibility checks,
and a full crackdown on waste, fraud, and abuse.

{time} 0120

We also bring back work requirements for able-bodied adults without
dependents. It is just common sense. It has worked before--in fact, in
the 1990s, under a Democratic President, Bill Clinton. He worked with
Congress and passed historic welfare reform that helped millions of
people move from dependence to dignity. We have now restored that
principle in this bill because a nation that rewards hard work is a
nation that thrives.
We stop throwing taxpayer dollars at failed green schemes and
electric vehicle mandates that working families simply can't afford and
don't want. Instead, we double down on American energy--oil, gas, and
nuclear--to lower costs and to make this country safer and stronger
than ever.
Let's be clear: This bill is more than just policy. It is a turning
point. It is the beginning of the great American comeback that
President Trump is leading and that this House Republican majority was
elected to deliver.
The American people are tired of excuses. They want results. They
want accountability. They want a government that works for them, not
for bureaucrats, not for special interests, and not for people gaming
the system.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act delivers. It protects taxpayers. It
restores work. It ends waste. It gets America back on track.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this rule, vote
``yes'' on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, vote to launch the great
American comeback, and vote to stand with the people who sent us here.
Let's pass this One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Let the great American
comeback begin.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, some people may be wondering why we are
debating this bill at 1:20 in the morning, which is prime time in Guam.
It is because they are ashamed of what they are bringing to this House
floor, and they should be ashamed.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr.
Tran).
Mr. TRAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this reckless attempt
by Republicans to force through a reconciliation bill that makes life
harder for the working families in California's 45th District.
My constituents deserve better than this budget. The American people
deserve better than this budget. Republicans are taking money out of
Americans' pockets and giving it to billionaires and big companies.
Over 250,000 people in my district rely on Medicaid, and over 100,000
of them are children and seniors. Nearly 40,000 children, seniors,
veterans, and families in my district will have less food on their
tables because of Republicans' cuts to SNAP.
Our constituents sent us here to fight for them. They are looking to
us for answers, and all Republicans can offer are higher costs for less
care. That is not okay with me. Our constituents deserve better.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no.''
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Missouri (Mr. Alford), my friend.
Mr. ALFORD. Mr. Speaker, we now have a chance to deliver real,
lasting change for the American people.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is not just a promise that we as House
Republicans and President Trump made. This is a generational
opportunity to reset the direction of our great Nation.
Let me be clear: My colleagues on the other side of the aisle don't
like this bill because it puts hardworking Americans first, not the
bureaucrats, not special interests, and not those who break our laws.
Our friends on the left like to shout: ``The sky is falling. The sky
is falling.'' Enough with the Chicken Little mentality in this body.
This bill stops the largest tax increase in U.S. history. This bill
will increase take-home pay by more than $13,000 and grow wages by more
than $11,000. It protects Medicaid for our citizens by removing more
than a million illegal aliens from taxpayer-funded benefits. Yes, Mr.
Speaker, this draws the clear line: No taxpayer dollars for sex change
surgeries for anyone.
Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on this big, beautiful bill.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, my friends are so proud of this bill that they are doing
it at 1:25 a.m.
The bottom line is the reason why we don't like the bill is that we
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cuts, and we don't want to support a bill that screws regular people.
Mr. Speaker, I am going to urge that we defeat the previous question.
If we do, I will offer an amendment to the rule to make in order
amendment No. 233 offered by Leader Jeffries, which strikes all
provisions that would cause millions of Americans to lose healthcare
and food assistance.
We spent over 20 hours in the Rules Committee today trying to stop
this ugly, cruel Republican bill. Over 100 Democrats came to testify.
We did everything we could to get them to change this bill so that it
would not strip healthcare and food assistance from the most vulnerable
people in our Nation.
Now, we will give Republicans one last chance not to strip vital
programs like Medicaid and SNAP away from millions of Americans.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my
amendment into the Record, along with any extraneous material,
immediately prior to the vote on the previous question.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Massachusetts?
There was no objection.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
Illinois (Ms. Underwood) to discuss our proposal.
Ms. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak out on behalf of
millions of Americans who are about to have their healthcare torn away
from them.
Republicans have been working through the night to hand Donald Trump
a massive tax cut to all those billionaires who were in the front row
of his inauguration.

It seems that nothing is off-limits. Everything is on the table to
get that done, including meals for hungry families, working families'
healthcare, and the incredible gains that we have made to get more
families affordable coverage.
Today, Republicans blocked my amendment to lower healthcare costs,
refusing to accept a proposal that Donald Trump's own pollster said is
the most popular way to make care more affordable.
The Medicaid and nutrition cuts that they are pushing will be
devastating. Hospitals and nursing homes will close, and they will not
come back. Kids will go hungry. Millions will lose their healthcare,
and more people will die.
We will not stop fighting for the American people to have access to
high-quality, affordable healthcare.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
Utah (Ms. Maloy), my very good friend.
Ms. MALOY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the One Big Beautiful
Bill Act, legislation that prioritizes fiscal responsibility while
boosting America's economy.
The Energy and Commerce Committee provisions provide $912 billion in
deficit reduction. The Ways and Means Committee provisions make real
tax relief. This bill reins in Federal spending levels by rooting out
waste, fraud, and abuse, and strengthens our economy by ensuring that
working American families can thrive without overly burdensome taxes or
costly regulations.
We are moving the economy and government in the right direction.
The Natural Resources Committee title reduces the deficit by at least
$18.5 billion while restoring commonsense management to our Federal
lands and environmental programs. It will generate revenue through oil
and gas leases, coal leases on Federal lands, leases for geothermal
energy production, timber sales, and other activities that stimulate
local economies while generating Federal revenue.
It cuts waste and strengthens resource development, all while
achieving significant fiscal savings.
This bill is good for Utah, and it is good for America. The bill
helps all Americans by helping us keep our border secure by providing
law enforcement with the tools they need.
Mr. Speaker, I support the bill.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman
from Kentucky (Mr. Massie), a man who is not afraid to speak his mind
about fiscal responsibility.
Mr. MASSIE. Mr. Speaker, I would love to stand here and tell the
American people that we can cut your taxes and increase spending, and
everything is going to be just fine. I can't do that because I am here
to deliver a dose of reality.
This bill dramatically increases deficits in the near term but
promises our government will be fiscally responsible 5 years from now.
Where have we heard that before? How do you bind a future Congress to
these promises?
This bill is a debt bomb ticking.
Congress can do funny math, fantasy math if it wants, but bond
investors don't. This week, they sent us a message. Moody's downgraded
our credit rating, and the bond investors who buy and finance our debt
demanded higher interest rates on the 10-year note, 20-year note, and
the 30-year note. What does this mean? Very soon, the government will
be paying $16,000 of interest, interest alone, per U.S. family.
What are we telling them? Instead of taking care of that problem, we
are going to give them a $1,600 tax break.
Under the taxing and spending levels in this bill, we are going to
rack up, the authors say, $20 trillion of new debt over the next 10
years. I am telling you, it is closer to $30 trillion of new debt in
the next 10 years.
Mr. Speaker, we are not rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic
tonight. We are putting coal in the boiler and setting a course for the
iceberg. If something is beautiful, you don't do it after midnight.
Mr. Speaker, I oppose this bill.

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Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute the gentleman from Iowa
(Mr. Nunn).
Mr. NUNN of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, tonight we have the opportunity to
deliver on a promise made to the American people on border security,
energy independence, and tax cuts for working-class families.
Now, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, many of them
millionaires themselves, may bemoan what it may do. I promise them
this. For folks back home in Iowa, this is a working-class tax cut.
I spoke to an Iowa mom, Sarah Curry, who used her child tax credit to
help buy a new water heater for her family when it went out last
winter. Sarah was also able to get speech therapy lessons for her son.
I talked to Jolene Riessen, an Iowa farmer, whose sons were able to
continue her family's legacy of a family farm because she didn't have a
death tax cut that would have allowed a foreign country to buy their
family's centuries-old farm.
In fact, the average household will see an increase of $5,000 in real
income that goes straight back into our economy. That, my friends, is
how we not only grow the economy but pay down the national deficit.
This mechanism is something the CBO apparently doesn't understand with
over $1 trillion in growth.
Mr. Speaker, I support this bill. The American people demand this
bill.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, you have got to love these Republicans.
The two things they don't want to talk about are tax cuts for
billionaires, which are in this budget reconciliation, and the debt.
This bill adds trillions to the debt.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Nevada (Ms.
Titus).
Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the leader for yielding time.
Mr. Speaker, the Republicans may think that they can hide what they
are doing to the American people by voting on this one big, bad,
beautiful, BS bill in the middle of the night. They need to think
again.
I represent Las Vegas. That is a 24-hour town. My constituents are
up. They are not asleep. They are working, and they are watching.
They can see my Republican colleagues cutting benefits for families
while cutting taxes for billionaires. They can see them taking away
food from children and healthcare from women. They can see my friends
on the other side of the aisle stripping funds from renewable energy,
Medicaid, and public education.
They are not asleep. They are not blind. Their eyes are wide open.
Republicans can say whatever they want to, but my constituents are
watching what they are doing.

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to direct their remarks
to the Chair.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Meuser).
Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, we are here this late because our time has
been wasted for the last 3 or 4 hours on the nonsense coming from the
left.
We were elected to improve our country, to work with President Trump
to improve our national security, and strengthen our economy. We were
elected to bring fiscal sanity to an out-of-control budget, deliver on
accountability, and lead the world toward peace. We were elected,
frankly, to bring common sense so people start trusting our government
again.
This big, beautiful bill is about caring about America. It is
designed to strengthen our national security, fortify our now-secure
border, which was turned into a disaster by the Democrats, responsibly
grow our domestic energy supply, and create more opportunity for
Americans.
It also gives small businesses the type of tax environment and
certainty they need and deserve, not one where they are slammed by
major tax increases which would occur by voting ``no'' on this bill.
Voting ``no'' on this bill will assure massive tax hikes and will
continue the waste, abuse, and fraud that is just running rampant
through our Federal Government.
Mr. Speaker, this bill is just the beginning. It sets the stage for
making America as great as it should be.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, boy, that was weird.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr.
Magaziner).
Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Speaker, I rise against the cruelty of a bill that
would take food from the hungry and medicine from the sick and give
billions in tax cuts to billionaires who don't need it.
I rise against a Republican Party that is too afraid to do townhalls
and face their own voters, too afraid to debate us in committees to
support this terrible bill.
I rise for the working people who are struggling under the weight of
Donald Trump's tariffs, the largest tax increase on the middle class in
a generation. They can't afford higher copays or higher premiums.
I rise for the seniors who will have nowhere to go when their nursing
homes are shut down by the Medicaid cuts in this bill. I rise for the
children who will have to pay the tab for the trillions in debt that
they are adding.
My Republican colleagues told their voters that they would change
Washington. Washington has changed them. Do better. Vote ``no.''
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to direct their remarks
to the Chair.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Ohio (Mr. Taylor).
Mr. TAYLOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the big,
beautiful bill which will cut rampant waste, fraud, and abuse in
critical government programs so they are protected for vulnerable
Americans who need them most for generations to come.
With this bill, President Trump and Republicans in Congress are
defending Medicaid, protecting SNAP, and eliminating fraud so
taxpayers' dollars are spent on Americans in need, not stolen by
illegal immigrants or other fraudsters.
This critical legislation will also make Trump tax cuts, which
benefit all American taxpayers, permanent. It will cut taxes for
hardworking families, while Democrats try to drive them up.
The bill will also allocate $60 billion toward farm bill programs to
support our Nation's farmers, ranchers, and producers who so
desperately need support.
Remember this. Republicans are the ones protecting these critical
government programs. When Democrats refuse to support this bill, they
are choosing to hike up taxes on American families, allow fraud to run
rampant in benefit programs, and cut off aid to our farmers who put
food on our tables.
Mr. Speaker, passing this bill that puts America first is vital to
our Nation's future in both the long and short term.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
New Jersey (Ms. Pou).
Ms. POU. Mr. Speaker, the massive cuts to Medicaid within this bill
will unleash catastrophic impacts across America and my district.
Hospitals and nursing homes could close, and healthcare prices will
rise as a result of these cuts.
More than 1.7 million New Jerseyans, including over one-third of all
children in our State, get their healthcare through Medicaid. Our State
will lose one-quarter of the Federal funding it receives for Medicaid.
That is $3.6 billion.
That is what this bill will do if it becomes law. These cuts will
especially hurt families in our poorest communities. That is why I
offered an amendment to require continuous Medicaid coverage through
pregnancy and a year postpartum.
If my colleagues support women and working families, there is no
reason to oppose this provision. However, my amendment was blocked,
along with five other commonsense amendments.
I urge my colleagues to please vote ``no'' on this cruel rule.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Montana (Mr. Downing).
Mr. DOWNING. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Indiana (Mrs.
Houchin) for yielding time.
Mr. Speaker, right now the Montanans that I represent are staring
down the barrel of a 26 percent tax increase. If Congress does not act
soon, the average Treasure State family of four will lose more than
$1,400 a year.
President Trump won a decisive victory on creating jobs, lowering
costs, and making his signature tax law permanent. This resolution
advances his full agenda that the American people overwhelmingly
elected us to enact.
This is a game changer for individual filers, as well as farmers,
ranchers, and small business owners that make up the backbone of the
Treasure State's economy.
Our reconciliation bill delivers permanent death tax relief,
benefiting over 2 million family-owned farms, ranches, and small
businesses that would otherwise see their exemption cut in half.
Our bill provides permanent relief for the small businesses around
the country that employ nearly half of Americans, while honoring
President Trump's promise of no tax on overtime and no tax on tips.
Put plainly, a vote against this rule, or our one big, beautiful
bill, is a vote to raise taxes on every single American. With that, I
urge my colleagues to support this rule.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I would say to the gentleman the reason
why the tax cuts for middle-class families might expire is because that
is the way they wrote them in the 2017 Republican tax scam bill.
Republicans made the corporate tax cuts permanent. Republicans made
those tax cuts for working people expire. It is their fault.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr.
Casten).
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to direct their remarks
to the Chair.

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Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Speaker, if you run a company that is losing market
share, then you have three choices: You can go bankrupt, you can
innovate, or you can come whining to Washington saying that competition
scares me.
In this bill, the Republican Party is delivering that protection from
competition to the fossil fuel sector.
Some numbers: In the last 15 years, coal use is down 50 percent; oil
use is flat; gas is losing market share.
That is because people are transitioning to renewables. If you don't
have to burn fossil fuel, Mr. Speaker, then you don't have to buy
fossil fuel. People like cheap energy.
That is awesome. In the IRA, we passed rules to make sure that
everybody could access those technologies, not just ones with
disposable income. It is great for consumers. We prioritize those
investments in red and blue States.
The result of all that is that the oil and gas sector doesn't like
competition for the same reason the Republican Party doesn't like DEI,
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They are now slashing those programs that were building out
transmission, that were leading the Renaissance technology, and that
were building out nuclear and solar not because they are clean, but
because they are cheap. We are getting higher energy prices, a less
reliable grid, and more extreme weather, all so that the fossil fuel
industry doesn't have to face competition.
That is not capitalism. It is state-directed socialism. You own your
life choices, Mr. Speaker.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Florida (Mr. Haridopolos).
Mr. HARIDOPOLOS. Mr. Speaker, I had a great conversation with their
interns the other day.
They said: I have been studying the tax bill. The current tax rate on
the wealthiest Americans is 37 percent. The new tax rate, so to speak,
will be 37 percent.
They asked me: Why do they keep on talking about cutting taxes for
the rich? It is who is getting the cut. It is simple. It is the person
who has earned Social Security. It is the person who earned those tips.
It is the person who has earned that overtime pay.
The people who make America work have been suffering for last 4 years
from failed government policies.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New
Hampshire (Mr. Pappas).
Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight because healthcare is on the line and so
is the well-being and the dignity of the people I serve in New
Hampshire.
The phones in my office won't stop ringing because people I represent
are beyond angry about the proposal to slash Medicaid.
Last week, I sat down with a constituent of Laconia, Donka Facciolo,
who lives with a disability. Thanks to Medicaid, she receives skilled
nursing, transportation, and employment support. Because of that help
she can live on her own.
Another constituent whom I met, Kevin Brett, told me the same.
Without Medicaid, he is not sure where he would go.
Parents of individuals with disabilities have told me that they could
lose in-home care for their kids, and in doing so, they would be forced
to quit their jobs.
What kind of choice is that for these parents?
Slashing Medicaid is cruel. It would take away Granite Staters'
ability to receive care and their chance to work, and it would rob them
of their independence.
We know it is all being ripped away in order to give big tax breaks
to billionaires and the biggest corporations.
I am a ``no'' on this reckless scheme, and I urge my colleagues to
vote ``no'' as well.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
West Virginia (Mr. Moore).
Mr. MOORE of West Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise in favor of the One
Big Beautiful Bill Act that delivers on President Trump's promise to
make America great again.
The bill makes America energy dominant again by repealing the
Democrats' disastrous green new scam, expediting permitting, and
unleashing all of the below energy--that is the ground--coal, oil, and
natural gas.
The legislation makes America safe again by building the wall, giving
needed resources to enforce our immigration laws, and rebuild our
military.
We also make America prosperous again by providing the largest tax
cut in history, including no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and
slashing taxes on Social Security. Tip workers will see a $1,700
increase in take-home pay in this bill.
That is a win for the American people.
Finally, this bill puts American families first by increasing and
making permanent the child tax credit and enhancing the adoption tax
credit and defunding, thank God, big abortion.
President Trump made a promise to the American people, and this bill
fulfills it.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
Ohio (Mrs. Sykes).
Mrs. SYKES. Mr. Speaker, every time I hear the name and the title of
H.R. 1, I am stunned with how childish and immature it is to name a
bill the way that the majority has.
However, truly, it is the cruelty that is the worst part of this
bill. When I was first elected, I told the people of Ohio's 13th
Congressional District that it may be my name on the ballot, but we are
all going to Congress together. I made that promise because as a
Representative, it is my responsibility to make sure that my
constituents' needs are being addressed here in Washington.
The people in Ohio's 13th Congressional District need lower costs.
They need access to care, and they do not need this horrible, horrible
bill.

I have said many times before that access to maternal health, to
infant mortality reduction, to making sure that people have access to
substance and mental health services is what is so important. Mr.
Speaker, there was no Republican mandate to kick our grandmothers out
of nursing homes.
However, the most important part about this is that when 30,000 jobs
are on the line in Ohio's 13th Congressional District, Mr. Speaker,
what are you going to say to my constituents?
Will you call them lazy or worthless, unworthy of food, shelter, and
human dignity? I already know the answer to that.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the
gentlewoman from Ohio.
Mrs. SYKES. Mr. Speaker, I have heard you talk about them, that they
are not important. They are totally unworthy of this horrible,
horrific, mean, cruel, and nasty bill.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
North Carolina (Mr. McDowell.)
Mr. McDOWELL. Mr. Speaker, it comes as no surprise that my colleagues
on the other side of the aisle are afraid of the truth when speaking
about the bill before us today.
We now have extensive reporting that the last administration kept the
American people in the dark about the health of President Biden. They
refused to call the flood of illegals coming across our border a
crisis.
My colleagues on the other side of the aisle tried putting lipstick
on their inflationary economy rather than changing course.
It should come as no shock, Mr. Speaker, that these same folks are
misleading Americans about the bill before us today. The One Big
Beautiful Bill Act will be a major course correction delivering massive
tax relief, certainty for small businesses, a historic investment in
border security, and we are unleashing American energy.
Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that too many in this body live their own
truth, not the truth. The truth is: This puts America first.
Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support this rule.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Alabama (Mr. Figures).
Mr. FIGURES. Mr. Speaker, we are talking border security, and the
same administration just let in El Chapo's family. El Chapo's family. I
rise today as somebody representing one of the poorest districts in
this country. The individual median income is around $30,000. Mr.
Speaker, one in four people in my district receive SNAP benefits, and
one in four people in my district receive Medicaid benefits.
These people cannot afford to lose healthcare access. They cannot
afford to lose access to SNAP benefits.
The truth of the matter is, the truth is people will lose those
benefits, all in an effort to make long money even longer.
My question is: Is their money being longer worth people in my
district's lives being shorter?
It is not. It never will be. It never can be. We have to stand up for
these people. I came to Congress to be a voice for people who need
things like Medicaid and SNAP benefits.
Every day I am here, I will push back against efforts to cut back on
these benefits.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Utah (Mr. Kennedy).
Mr. KENNEDY of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for the
yielding of that time.
Mr. Speaker, as a family physician, I have seen both the benefits and
issues associated with Medicaid.
Currently there are 7.6 million people on Medicaid who should not be
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Mr. Speaker, there are 1.4 million illegal immigrants, 1.2 million who
are ineligible for Medicaid, and 4.8 million able-bodied adults who
choose not to work.
It is time we crack down on fraud, waste, and abuse on such a vital
program for those who need it.
As we assess the state of Medicaid, we find that roughly $1 in every
$4 are spent improperly with more than 80 percent of these payments
stemming from eligibility errors.
Medicaid is critically important for countless Americans, and this
bill will ensure that those who truly need it can continue to access
the care they depend on.
Medicaid was designed to support the disabled, pregnant women,
children, and those who are in need. It has ballooned with able-bodied
adults who are currently not required to be working.
Mr. Speaker, Republicans are trying to fix Medicaid and preserve it
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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
Delaware (Ms. McBride).
Ms. McBRIDE. Mr. Speaker, I offered a simple but essential amendment
to this slash-and-burn Republican budget.
This budget creates red tape that would result in vulnerable seniors
losing their healthcare. My amendment would have prevented that red
tape unless the Congressional Budget Office certifies that this bill
will not result in any senior losing coverage.
Why did Republicans block my amendment? Because they know their
budget cuts care. That is why they are doing all of this in the dead of
night. That is why they are rushing this through. They want to
eviscerate healthcare so long as they get tax breaks for their
billionaire best friends.
It may be very late at night, but it is not too late for my
Republican colleagues to do the right thing. It is not too late to
protect Medicaid. It is not too late to protect SNAP. It is not too
late to protect their constituents, but I won't hold my breath.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
Florida (Mrs. Luna).
Mrs. LUNA. Mr. Speaker, I thank everyone for being here today.
Mr. Speaker, I can say that I am very excited to vote for this bill
for a few reasons. Starting in November, I was campaigning with our
very popular President, who won not just the national popular vote but
also the electoral college and who campaigned on ending taxes on tips,
taxes on overtime pay, everything that would help the American people
who have felt far too long left by Washington, D.C.
We are finally able to deliver. What are we delivering on? It doesn't
just stop there. It is ending taxes on car loan interest, which so many
people struggle with. It is going to bring additional tax relief for
seniors. It makes sure that we restore border security.
By the way, I remind the American people that it was our colleagues
who were responsible for giving many of these program benefits to
people who never paid into the program, to people who were here
illegally, hurting our very own people.
We talk about defending seniors. We talk about defending the most
needy. Yet, these programs were literally at risk of insolvency had we
not done this.
Mr. Speaker, what I can say is that I am very proudly supporting this
bill that also includes an increase in the child tax credit and an
increase in individual tax deductions.
Mr. Speaker, I ask everyone to join us in this. Please support the
very big, beautiful bill.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman
from California (Mr. Aguilar), chairman of the Democratic Caucus.
Mr. AGUILAR. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts
for yielding. I am grateful for his leadership and the leadership of
the Rules Committee Democrats, who are fighting back against these
massive tax giveaways to billionaires and corporations raking in record
profits.
Mr. Speaker, the American people are getting squeezed by reckless
tariffs that are raising prices on every family, and it is only going
to get worse. With prices still too high, I don't understand how my
Republican colleagues can justify taking food off the table from women,
children, and families.
While so many working families are struggling, I don't understand how
they can justify a tax bill that only makes life easier for
billionaires like Elon Musk.
In the dark of night, they want to pass this GOP tax scam.
We saw today that the President has said that a vote against this
legislation represents an ultimate betrayal. The real betrayal, Mr.
Speaker, is to the working people of this country, who will pay the
price so that billionaires can pay less in taxes.
Mr. Speaker, our friends on the other side of the aisle said that
they wouldn't cut Medicaid, and that is exactly what this bill does.
They said that they would end taxes on tips, but they forgot to mention
that the tradeoff is that Americans will lose their healthcare.
The American people didn't sign up for these broken promises. They
asked their elected officials to work together to lower costs.
My colleagues in the House Democratic Caucus are waiting for these
so-called reasonable Republicans to join us. Let's focus on bringing
down the cost of housing, rent, gas, and groceries, and let's stop
rewarding billionaires at the expense of the middle class.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
North Dakota (Mrs. Fedorchak).
Mrs. FEDORCHAK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the
One Big Beautiful Bill Act on behalf of these people and thousands of
others like them. They are not millionaires or billionaires. They are
family farmers.
Brent and Stephanie Baldwin farm wheat, sugar beets, edible beans,
and soybeans in St. Thomas, North Dakota. They have three kids. They
are fourth-generation farmers.
Unless Congress acts, the tax relief they depend on, the 199A
deduction, will expire at the end of this year. Our bill will
permanently expand this and increase this deduction for passthrough
businesses like the Baldwins'.
In 2020 alone, 67,000 taxpayers in my State, including many farmers,
claimed the 199A deduction, putting $682 million in their pockets. That
is real money for working-class Americans.
Our bill also eliminates the death tax for family-owned businesses.
We can't have the big, bloated Federal Government stealing their hard
work and wasting it on fraud and abuse.
For our family farmers and producers, the backbone of rural America,
this is urgent. Let's make these tax cuts permanent and pass this bill.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman
from New York (Ms. Ocasio-Cortez).
Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for
yielding his time.
Mr. Speaker, 13.7 million Americans are the number of people in this
country whose healthcare is going to be stripped in this bill. Now,
Republicans are going to try to say every single distraction in the
book from that essential number.
I want people at home to understand that Medicaid and the Federal
matching funds for Medicaid can make up 30 to 40 percent of some of the
State budgets that we have going on back home.
Republicans have put this bill together, rushed it together in a
matter of hours on the back of a napkin, shaking it, walking it out of
the White House, and brought it right here to this floor.
They are defunding Planned Parenthood. They are ending tons of
Medicaid coverage for 13.7 million Americans, including Affordable Care
Act coverage, as well. If Americans want to get an abortion and have a
silver plan on a healthcare plan that they paid for, they will also be
affected by this legislation, as well.
Mr. Speaker, it is also allowing suppressors on guns to be
deregulated to some of the largest amounts that we have seen since the
1930s. This is just a Christmas tree bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the
gentlewoman from New York.
Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Speaker, I want people to understand, for my
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is in and not in this bill, in this process that has been this rushed,
when they wake up in the morning, they will realize that they voted to
defund Planned Parenthood and take away healthcare from 13.7 million
Americans.
When this country wakes up in the morning, there will be consequences
to pay for this.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Wisconsin (Mr. Van Orden).
Mr. VAN ORDEN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to ground
this House in reality and make sure that everyone understands that
words have consequences and that the violent political rhetoric that
has been delivered over the last 48 to 72 hours by my Democratic
colleagues has affected Americans across this country and the globe.
Mr. Speaker, it has been reported that two Israeli diplomats were
shot leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.,
by someone who yelled: ``Free, free Palestine.''
I would like to spend the rest of my time that has been yielded by
Mrs. Houchin to respectfully ask my colleagues to have a moment of
silence for these two people who were murdered by someone for political
purposes.

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
California (Ms. Pelosi), the Speaker Emerita.
Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and for
his exceptional leadership. I recognize all the Members of the Rules
Committee for their stamina and Mr. McGovern for his values.
Mr. Speaker, the Reverend Martin Luther King said: ``Of all the forms
of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most
inhuman because it often results in physical death.'' He went on to
talk about access to healthcare as a right.
This bill's inequality and inhumanity is exactly what Republicans
have in store for the American people.
I was in the Rules Committee for 5 hours. I know some of you were
there longer, and it was stiff competition as to what was the worst
provision they came up with.
Let's just talk about work requirements for a moment. Republicans
said with great pride: Oh, if they have a 7-year-old child, they have
to go to work. A 7-year-old child is a little child.
I will just recall for you a conversation I had with some moms. One
of them said: If I have a work requirement to have Medicaid, this is
what it means to me. If my child is sick, I can't go to work because I
can't afford childcare. If I miss work, I will miss pay, and I can't
afford to miss the pay. If I miss going to work, I can be fired. What I
have to do is put my child on a schoolbus even though my child is sick,
and I have to go to work to have Medicaid.
Then, of course, as has been mentioned about the silencers, that is
just beyond comprehension in terms of safety for our children.
Mr. Speaker, because of Republicans' tax bill scam, millions of
American families, seniors, and veterans--
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the
gentlewoman from California.
Ms. PELOSI.--vulnerable children, people with disabilities, and all
the rest will lose their healthcare. Rural hospitals will be closed.
Millions of jobs will be destroyed across America, and all of this to
give another massive tax cut to the richest people in America. It is a
Republican Robin Hood in reverse, one of the largest transfers of
wealth from working families to the rich in our country.
Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote on the rule and on the bill.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
North Carolina (Mr. Edwards).
Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, once again, Democrats are distorting the
truth to smear a bill that protects working-class Americans.
They scream: Tax cuts for billionaires. Yet, not a single personal
income tax rate from the Trump tax cuts is being changed, tax cuts that
pulled over 6 million people out of poverty and brought our country's
poverty rate to a record low.
What they don't want Americans to know is that without this bill,
families face a 22 percent tax hike. House Republicans are making sure
that does not happen. Republicans are cutting taxes, boosting take-home
pay, and securing millions of American manufacturing jobs.
Republicans are delivering on conservative promises: no taxes on
tips, overtime, or car loan interest. We are strengthening the child
tax credit, making the paid leave credit permanent, and repealing the
Democrats' IRS overreach targeting gig workers with their $600 rule.
This bill stands for working families, economic freedom, and common
sense.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the
gentleman from North Carolina.
Mr. EDWARDS. The left can't spin it all they want, but the facts
don't lie.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman
from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz).
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose this one big,
ugly bill.
Instead of cutting costs, it imposes the biggest healthcare cut ever,
forcing 14 million people to lose coverage.
This bill makes the deepest cuts to nutrition assistance in U.S.
history, ripping food from the mouths of kids, seniors, veterans, and
people with disabilities.
It guts clean energy, hurts farmers, expands abortion bans, and
explodes the debt so badly it will trigger $500 billion in cuts to
Medicare.
Its thousand-plus pages all boil down to this: $1.1 trillion is
swiped from SNAP and Medicaid and stuffed right into the pockets of the
richest 1 percent.
It no longer, thankfully, gives tax breaks to tanning beds, although
Republicans tried that in the dead of night, yet strips Affordable Care
Act coverage from millions of families and raises deductibles and
copays for millions more.
This is worse than the haves versus the have-nots. It is just one big
giveaway to the have yachts.
Just like Trump did to all his businesses, this bill will drive our
constituents and our country into bankruptcy.
Any Republican with a spine, which they clearly lack, and a
conscience, which they also lack, should join me in voting ``hell no.''
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to direct their remarks
to the Chair.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Florida (Mr. Fine).
Mr. FINE. Mr. Speaker, I am a new person in this Chamber, and one of
the things I have observed over the last 6 weeks is the fundamental
question of: Who is it that we should be most worried about? See, Rome
is burning, and it doesn't seem as though people realize that.
It is not thoughtful, it is not generous, it is not compassionate to
borrow money from our children and our grandchildren to give it to
people who should not be in our country anyway. It is not compassionate
to borrow money from them to give it to people for healthcare if they
could work and they could provide it for themselves.

What is compassionate is to tell someone who is a waitress, working
hard to support her family, that she doesn't have to pay taxes on her
tips. It is compassionate to someone like my father who is blind to
know that he might not have to pay taxes on his Social Security.
There is compassion in this bill. There is compassion for the
American people, and I hope that everyone will support it.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Colorado (Mr. Crank).
Mr. CRANK. Mr. Speaker, there was a lot of talk tonight about what
happens if we vote for this bill.
What are my colleagues voting for if they vote against this bill?
Democrats who aren't going to vote for this bill will be voting for a
$4.5 trillion tax increase. They will be voting for waste, fraud, and
abuse in Medicaid. They will be voting for illegal immigrants stealing
from Medicaid. They will be voting for continuing green energy scams.

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They will be voting for allowing environmental extremists to continue
to drive up the costs of energy for average American families.
What are they voting against? They are voting against $150 billion
increase for our military, and they are voting against a base housing
allowance increase for our soldiers. That is in this bill. They are
voting against tax relief for seniors and working Americans.
Let's end the nonsense. Let's do what is right for America. Let's
pass this rule and pass this bill.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have
remaining.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 5\1/2\
minutes remaining.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, one of the previous Republican speakers got up and said:
Rome is burning. I hate to tell him, but Republicans are in charge, and
Trump is your Caesar.
CBO just did an analysis of this budget, and they did an analysis as
to how it impacts the bottom 10 percent and the top 10 percent income
earners of this country. Guess what? The bottom 10 percent gets
screwed, and the top 10 percent gets a big raise in terms of revenue,
in terms of tax breaks.
Let me end where I began, Mr. Speaker. This is about whose side you
are on. Whose side are you on, Mr. Speaker? From where I stand, it
looks like you and the entire Republican Party betrayed the American
people to side with the billionaires.
People are so tired of getting screwed over by a system that doesn't
work for them. They are fed up, and they want change. They want us to
make things better for regular, hardworking people, not just the rich
and the powerful.

{time} 0210

What Republicans' big, ugly bill does is the exact opposite. Our
colleagues and Trump are perpetuating the exact broken system that
people hate and despise: more tax breaks for billionaires while regular
people get screwed; more giveaways for the rich and powerful while moms
and dads struggle to get by; and more loopholes into the tax code for
Wall Street while working families fall further and further behind.
That is the Republican agenda. That is what my colleagues on the
other side of the aisle think is big and beautiful--greed, corruption,
and tax breaks for billionaires. My State of Massachusetts funds States
like Indiana, where the gentlewoman is from. We get back less than we
give. How dare she or anybody else vote to steal our tax money and give
it to billionaires.
Mr. Speaker, no, we will not go quietly. No, we will not give up. We
will fight this cruel, corrupt, immoral bill every step of the way
because the people we represent are counting on us, and we will never
stop fighting for them.
Mr. Speaker, I urge every Member of this House to vote ``hell no,''
``never,'' ``absolutely not,'' on this terrible disgrace of a bill.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, Rome is burning, but not because of the leadership of
Republicans and Donald Trump. After 4 years of failed leadership under
President Biden, our country faces many challenges.
Yet, Republicans, along with President Trump, are ready to address
them head on and get our country back on track. The one big, beautiful
bill is here, and the American people are ready to see us deliver on
our promises.
This is historic legislation that is a bill for working Americans.
Here are three words I want my colleagues to remember: ``ineligible,''
``illegal,'' and ``able.'' Those are the people who we don't believe
should be taking Medicaid from pregnant women, children, the disabled,
and the elderly.
We have heard a lot about 13.7 million people are going to lose their
healthcare. That number was debunked by The New York Times. That is a
newspaper that doesn't write a lot of things that are friendly to our
side. It is not that way.
This is a bill that is going to support pregnant women, children, the
disabled, and the elderly. It supports our veterans, our farmers, and
our small business owners. It secures tax certainty, permitting reform,
and our border.
Mr. Speaker, put quite simply, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is
America First, and I am proud to support it. With this vote, we can
unlock the golden age of America. I look forward to moving the One Big
Beautiful Bill Act out of the House and delivering for the American
people who voted for the golden age to return.
I ask my colleagues to join me in voting ``yes'' on the previous
question, and ``yes'' on the rule.
The material previously referred to by Mr. McGovern is as follows:

An Amendment to H. Res. 436 Offered by Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts

Strike everything following the resolved clause and insert
the following:
That upon adoption of this resolution, it shall be in order
to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for
reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. The
bill shall be considered as read. All points of order against
provisions in the bill are waived. The previous question
shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on any
amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening
motion except: (1) two hours of debate equally divided among
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of
the Committee on the Budget or their respective designees and
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Ways and Means or their respective designees; (2) the
amendment specified in section 2 of this resolution, if
offered by Representative Jeffries of New York or a designee,
which shall be in order without intervention of any point of
order, shall be considered as read, shall be separately
debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a
demand for division of the question; and (3) one motion to
recommit.
Sec. 2. The amendment referred to in section 1 is as
follows:
Amend section 8 of the bill to read as follows:
In subtitle A of title I, strike sections 10001 through
10012.
Strike subtitle D of title IV.
Strike sections 112101 through 112103.
Strike sections 112201 through 112203.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I
move the previous question on the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. 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.
Mr. McGOVERN. 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, this 15-
minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-
minute votes on adoption of the resolution, if ordered, and passage of
S.J. Res. 31.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 213,
nays 211, not voting 8, as follows:

[Roll No. 141]

YEAS--213

Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Begich
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Buchanan
Burchett
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Downing
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Fine
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Fong
Foxx
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Garbarino
Gill (TX)
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gonzales, Tony
Gooden
Gosar
Graves
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Hamadeh (AZ)
Haridopolos
Harrigan
Harris (MD)
Harris (NC)
Harshbarger
Hern (OK)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hurd (CO)
Issa
Jack
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Massie
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)

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Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Patronis
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rulli
Scalise
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke

NAYS--211

Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bell
Bera
Beyer
Bishop
Bonamici
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bynum
Carbajal
Carson
Carter (LA)
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conaway
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dexter
Dingell
Doggett
Elfreth
Escobar
Espaillat
Evans (PA)
Fields
Figures
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Friedman
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gillen
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, V.
Goodlander
Gottheimer
Gray
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Krishnamoorthi
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latimer
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Suozzi
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Tran
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)

NOT VOTING--8

Arrington
Dunn (FL)
Hunt
Jordan
Mast
Rutherford
Salazar
Waters

{time} 0230

So the previous question was ordered.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Murphy). 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. LEGER FERNANDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 217,
noes 212, not voting 3, as follows:

[Roll No. 142]

AYES--217

Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Begich
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Buchanan
Burchett
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Downing
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Fine
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Fong
Foxx
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Garbarino
Gill (TX)
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gonzales, Tony
Gooden
Gosar
Graves
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Hamadeh (AZ)
Haridopolos
Harrigan
Harris (MD)
Harris (NC)
Harshbarger
Hern (OK)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Hurd (CO)
Issa
Jack
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Patronis
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rulli
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schmidt
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke

NOES--212

Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bell
Bera
Beyer
Bishop
Bonamici
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bynum
Carbajal
Carson
Carter (LA)
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conaway
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dexter
Dingell
Doggett
Elfreth
Escobar
Espaillat
Evans (PA)
Fields
Figures
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Friedman
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gillen
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, V.
Goodlander
Gottheimer
Gray
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Krishnamoorthi
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latimer
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Mannion
Massie
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Tran
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)

NOT VOTING--3

Dunn (FL)
Schweikert
Suozzi

Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

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

{time} 0237

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.

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