[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 94 (Wednesday, June 3, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H3813-H3814]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER MOTION TO DISCHARGE COMMITTEE ON RULES
FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 518
Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(c) of rule XV, I rise to
provide notice of my intent to offer a motion to discharge the
Committee on Rules from further consideration of House Resolution 518.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Did the gentleman sign the petition?
Mr. MEEKS. I did sign.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will now recognize the gentleman
from New York to offer the motion just noticed.
Does the gentleman wish to offer the motion to discharge?
Mr. MEEKS. I do.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York calls up a
motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from further consideration
of House Resolution 518.
The Clerk will report the title of the resolution.
The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Meeks) will be recognized for 10 minutes and the gentleman from
Florida (Mr. Mast) will be recognized for 10 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.
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Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my motion to
discharge House Resolution 518 so that we can consider my bill, the
Ukraine Support Act, on the floor this week. I urge an ``aye'' vote,
and I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. MAST. Mr. Speaker, I oppose the motion, and I yield back the
balance of my time.
Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to vote ``aye,'' and I
yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New York
to discharge the Committee on Rules from the further consideration of
House Resolution 518.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.
Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 218,
nays 204, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 200]
YEAS--218
Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Bacon
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)
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
Fitzpatrick
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)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jacobs
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Kiley (CA)
Krishnamoorthi
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latimer
Lawler
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McCaul
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Mejia
Menefee
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Miller (OH)
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)
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
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
NAYS--204
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
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
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Fine
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fleischmann
Flood
Fong
Foxx
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Fuller
Garbarino
Gill (TX)
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gooden
Gosar
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)
Jordan
Joyce (PA)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
Langworthy
Latta
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Massie
Mast
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
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
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Epps
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOT VOTING--8
Jayapal
Johnson (SD)
Joyce (OH)
Kean
Mace
Norman
Ogles
Turner (OH)
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So the motion to discharge was agreed to.
[[Page H3814]]
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Obernolte). The Clerk will report the
resolution.
The Clerk read as follows:
H. Res. 518
Resolved, That immediately upon adoption of this
resolution, the House shall proceed to the consideration in
the House of the bill (H.R. 2913) to authorize support for
Ukraine, and for other purposes. All points of order against
consideration of the bill are waived. 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) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to
recommit.
SEC. 2. CLAUSE 1(C) OF RULE XIX AND CLAUSE 8 OF RULE XX SHALL
NOT APPLY TO THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2913.
SEC. 3. THE CLERK SHALL TRANSMIT TO THE SENATE A MESSAGE THAT
THE HOUSE HAS PASSED H.R. 2913 NO LATER THAN
ONE WEEK AFTER PASSAGE.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York is recognized
for 1 hour.
General Leave
Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members be
given 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from New York?
There was no objection.
Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, the vote we will be taking tomorrow is of
historic importance. It is a question of whether we will be able to
vote to support Ukraine, punish Russia, and stand for our values.
Let me be clear. I always prefer to move important and complex
legislation through regular order.
I asked for the Ukraine Support Act to be marked up in the House
Foreign Affairs Committee. I have asked for simple, bipartisan bills on
Russia, including some that have passed overwhelmingly in previous
Congresses to move through committee or to the floor.
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Unfortunately, each and every time I have inquired about moving a
bill to address Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, no matter how
bipartisan, I have been turned down. Of course, I am not alone in my
frustrations about the inability to move important bills through this
Congress. Many Members, on both sides of the aisle, have felt
frustrated by the failure of this House to get important legislation
across the finish line.
This Chamber must legislate on the important domestic and foreign
policy issues of the day. That is our constitutional duty.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the largest land war in Europe since
World War II. The invasion of a smaller democratic nation by a large
authoritarian state is as black and white and pure and simple as it
gets.
This vote is not a process vote. It is a statement on whether this
Congress and all of its Members stand with and support Ukraine and the
people of Ukraine in its fight for freedom, its fight for democracy,
and its fight for liberty.
It is also a marker of whether we are against dictatorship,
lawlessness, brutality, and the Russia-China no limits pact. I know
where I stand. I am solidly on the side of America. I am solidly on the
side of Ukraine, and I am solidly on the side of justice.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the
previous question on the resolution.
The previous question was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous
question.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.
Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further
proceedings on this question are postponed.
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