[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H3050-H3052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4690, RELIABLE FEDERAL 
   INFRASTRUCTURE ACT; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 1182, 
 EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AS 
 STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT, MAJOR SUPPLIERS OF UNITED STATES ENERGY 
  RESOURCES, CRITICAL PROVIDERS OF FOOD PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURING 
 CAPACITY, AND DRIVERS OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC STABILITY, AND RECOGNIZING 
   THE WORK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE 119TH CONGRESS IN 
SUPPORT OF THOSE VITAL COMMUNITIES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 
 1897, ESA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2025; AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF 
      H.R. 5587, HARNESSING ENERGY AT THERMAL SOURCES ACT OF 2026

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the 
unfinished business is the vote on ordering the previous question on 
the resolution (H. Res. 1189) providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 4690) to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to 
repeal certain Federal building energy efficiency performance 
standards, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the 
resolution (H. Res. 1182) expressing support for rural communities 
across the United States as stewards of the environment, major 
suppliers of United States energy resources, critical providers of food 
production and manufacturing capacity, and drivers of national economic 
stability, and recognizing the work of the House of Representatives in 
the 119th Congress in support of those vital communities; providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 1897) to amend the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 to optimize conservation through resource prioritization, 
incentivize wildlife conservation on private lands, provide for greater 
incentives to recover listed species, create greater transparency and 
accountability in recovering listed species, streamline the permitting 
process, eliminate barriers to conservation, and restore congressional 
intent; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5587) to 
amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a 
Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain 
activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were 
ordered.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous 
question.

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  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 180, 
nays 179, not voting 72, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 130]

                               YEAS--180

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

                               NAYS--179

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

                             NOT VOTING--72

     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Alford
     Amodei (NV)
     Bice
     Bishop
     Brownley
     Calvert
     Carter (TX)
     Case
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyburn
     Clyde
     Cole
     Cuellar
     De La Cruz
     Dean (PA)
     DeLauro
     Diaz-Balart
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Escobar
     Espaillat
     Fleischmann
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Franklin, Scott
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden (ME)
     Guest
     Harder (CA)
     Harris (MD)
     Hinson
     Hoyer
     Ivey
     Joyce (OH)
     Kaptur
     Kean
     LaLota
     Lee (NV)
     Levin
     Mace
     Maloy
     McCollum
     Meng
     Moolenaar
     Moore (WV)
     Morelle
     Mrvan
     Newhouse
     Perez
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Quigley
     Reschenthaler
     Rogers (KY)
     Rutherford
     Scott, David
     Shreve
     Simpson
     Stefanik
     Strong
     Torres (CA)
     Underwood
     Valadao
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson Coleman
     Wilson (FL)
     Womack
     Zinke

                              {time}  1205

  Messrs. MAGAZINER and VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas and Ms. SCHOLTEN 
changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Messrs. SELF and BAUMGARTNER changed their vote from ``nay'' to 
``yea.''
  So the previous question was ordered.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Mr. ESPAILLAT. Mr. Speaker, I was at the Appropriations vote or the 
DACA Amendment and was held up at the committee. Had I been present, I 
would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 130.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I was in committee voting on DACA. Had I 
been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 130.
  Ms. LEE of Nevada. Mr. Speaker, I was in committee voting on DACA. 
Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 130.
  Mr. IVEY. Mr. Speaker, I was in the Appropriation Committee voting on 
an amendment related to DACA. Had I been present, I would have voted 
NAY on Roll Call No. 130.
  Ms. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, like other Members of the Committee on 
Appropriations, I missed a vote because I was participating in a markup 
of the FY2027 Financial Services and General Government bill. Had I 
been present, I would have voted Nay on Roll Call No. 130.
  Ms. PEREZ. Mr. Speaker, on Roll Call No. 130, I unfortunately missed 
a vote due to Appropriations Committee activity. I intended to vote 
Nay.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. 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

  Mr. McGOVERN. 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 211, 
noes 206, not voting 14, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 131]

                               AYES--211

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     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
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Downing
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Evans (CO)
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Fedorchak
     Feenstra
     Fine
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Fong
     Foxx
     Franklin, Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Fuller
     Garbarino
     Gill (TX)
     Gimenez
     Goldman (TX)
     Gooden
     Graves
     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)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy (UT)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley (CA)
     Kim
     Knott
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     Langworthy
     Latta
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luna
     Luttrell
     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
     Sessions
     Shreve
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steil
     Steube
     Strong
     Stutzman
     Taylor
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner (OH)
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Epps
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Westerman
     Wied

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     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                               NOES--206

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Amo
     Ansari
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bell
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop
     Bonamici
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Budzinski
     Bynum
     Carbajal
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     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
     Friedman
     Frost
     Garamendi
     Garcia (CA)
     Garcia (IL)
     Gillen
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, V.
     Goodlander
     Gottheimer
     Gray
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     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
     Mejia
     Menefee
     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)
     Self
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Simon
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Subramanyam
     Suozzi
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Tran
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Vindman
     Walkinshaw
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Whitesides
     Williams (GA)

                             NOT VOTING--14

     Amodei (NV)
     Brownley
     De La Cruz
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden (ME)
     Gosar
     Kean
     Mace
     Scott, David
     Stefanik
     Watson Coleman
     Wilson (FL)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

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

                              {time}  1225

  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.


                          personal explanation

  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote during this 
vote series today. Had I been able to vote, I would have voted: NAY on 
Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 1189 and NO on adoption of H. 
Res. 1189, Rule providing for consideration of H. Res. 1182, Expressing 
support for rural communities across the United States as stewards of 
the environment, major suppliers of United States energy resources, 
critical providers of food production and manufacturing capacity, and 
drivers of national economic stability, and recognizing the work of the 
House of Representatives in the 119th Congress in support of those 
vital communities; H.R. 4690, Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act; H.R. 
1897, ESA Amendments Act of 2025; and H.R. 5587, HEATS Act of 2026.

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