[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13614-13620]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 538 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the bill, 
H.R. 4461.

                              {time}  2016


                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole

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House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 4461) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other 
purposes, with Mr. Nussle in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, 
pending was the amendment numbered 39 offered by the gentleman from 
Oregon (Mr. DeFazio).


          Sequential Votes Postponed in Committee of the Whole

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 538, proceedings will now 
resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed 
in the following order: amendment No. 6 offered by the gentleman from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn); amendment No. 47 offered by the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Royce); amendment No. 36 offered by the gentleman from 
New York (Mr. Crowley); amendment No. 51 offered by the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Royce); an amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn); and amendment No. 33 offered by the gentleman 
from South Carolina (Mr. Sanford).
  The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in the series.


                 Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Coburn

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on amendment No. 6 offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) 
on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 182, 
noes 187, not voting 65, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 373]

                               AYES--182

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barcia
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Berry
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Borski
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Canady
     Cannon
     Coble
     Coburn
     Combest
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Danner
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fletcher
     Gallegly
     Gekas
     Gillmor
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Green (WI)
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (MT)
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hostettler
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Istook
     John
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kanjorski
     Kasich
     Kildee
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (OK)
     Manzullo
     Martinez
     Mascara
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller, Gary
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Murtha
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Ortiz
     Oxley
     Packard
     Paul
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Phelps
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Portman
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Regula
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Schaffer
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shows
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (NJ)
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--187

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barrett (WI)
     Bass
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Bonior
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Edwards
     Ehrlich
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Filner
     Foley
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green (TX)
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Hastings (FL)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hoeffel
     Holt
     Hooley
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Kolbe
     Kuykendall
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larson
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Obey
     Olver
     Ose
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Pelosi
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Sabo
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sisisky
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (TX)
     Snyder
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Strickland
     Sweeney
     Tauscher
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Toomey
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Waters
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Wilson
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--65

     Ballenger
     Barr
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Boehner
     Burr
     Camp
     Campbell
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth-Hage
     Collins
     Cook
     Coyne
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeMint
     Duncan
     Fattah
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Gilchrest
     Graham
     Hansen
     Hill (IN)
     Hilleary
     Hinojosa
     Hulshof
     Isakson
     Jenkins
     Kilpatrick
     Klink
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Lipinski
     Lucas (KY)
     Maloney (CT)
     McCollum
     McIntosh
     McNulty
     Moakley
     Myrick
     Norwood
     Owens
     Payne
     Pryce (OH)
     Rush
     Sanchez
     Scarborough
     Shays
     Smith (WA)
     Spratt
     Talent
     Tanner
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Vento
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  2043

  Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. MARKEY and Mrs. BIGGERT changed 
their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. OBERSTAR changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Chairman, during rollcall vote No. 373 I was 
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''


                      Announcement by the Chairman

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 538, the Chair announces 
that he will reduce to a minimum of 5 minutes the period of time within 
which a vote by electronic device will be taken on each amendment on 
which the Chair has postponed further proceedings.


                 Amendment No. 47 Offered by Mr. Royce

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on Amendment No. 47 offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Royce) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by a voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 53, 
noes 316, not voting 65, as follows:

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                             [Roll No. 374]

                                AYES--53

     Archer
     Armey
     Barton
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Brady (TX)
     Burton
     Cannon
     Coble
     Coburn
     Cox
     Crane
     DeLay
     Ehrlich
     Franks (NJ)
     Goode
     Gutknecht
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Hunter
     Istook
     Johnson, Sam
     Kasich
     Linder
     Manzullo
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Paul
     Pease
     Petri
     Pitts
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Rohrabacher
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Schaffer
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Stearns
     Sununu
     Tancredo
     Toomey
     Vitter

                               NOES--316

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Canady
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Filner
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Granger
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hill (MT)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuykendall
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Largent
     Larson
     Latham
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (OK)
     Luther
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Ose
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Phelps
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Quinn
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Sabo
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shaw
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shows
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Spence
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sweeney
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watts (OK)
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--65

     Ballenger
     Barr
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Boehner
     Burr
     Camp
     Campbell
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth-Hage
     Collins
     Cook
     Coyne
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeMint
     Duncan
     Fattah
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Gilchrest
     Graham
     Hansen
     Hill (IN)
     Hilleary
     Hinojosa
     Hulshof
     Isakson
     Jenkins
     Kilpatrick
     Klink
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Lipinski
     Lucas (KY)
     Maloney (CT)
     McCollum
     McIntosh
     McNulty
     Moakley
     Myrick
     Norwood
     Owens
     Payne
     Pryce (OH)
     Rush
     Sanchez
     Scarborough
     Shays
     Smith (WA)
     Spratt
     Talent
     Tanner
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Vento
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  2052

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Chairman, during rollcall vote No. 374 I was 
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''


                Amendment No. 36 Offered by Mr. Crowley

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on Amendment No. 36 offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. 
Crowley) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
ayes prevailed by a voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 363, 
noes 12, not voting 59, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 375]

                               AYES--363

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Armey
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coburn
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Filner
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Granger
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (MT)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuykendall
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Largent
     Larson
     Latham
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Luther
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Ose
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Phelps
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman

[[Page 13617]]


     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schaffer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shows
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Spence
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Toomey
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--12

     Archer
     Dingell
     Dooley
     Dreier
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Holt
     Knollenberg
     McCrery
     Pease
     Roukema
     Thomas

                             NOT VOTING--59

     Ballenger
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Burr
     Camp
     Campbell
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth-Hage
     Collins
     Cook
     Coyne
     Davis (VA)
     DeMint
     Fattah
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Gilchrest
     Graham
     Hansen
     Hill (IN)
     Hilleary
     Hinojosa
     Hulshof
     Isakson
     Jenkins
     Kilpatrick
     Klink
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Lipinski
     Maloney (CT)
     McCollum
     McIntosh
     McNulty
     Moakley
     Myrick
     Norwood
     Owens
     Payne
     Pryce (OH)
     Rush
     Sanchez
     Scarborough
     Shays
     Smith (WA)
     Spratt
     Talent
     Tanner
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Vento
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  2059

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Chairman, during rollcall vote No. 375 I was 
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''


                          personal explanation

  Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Chairman, due to mechanical difficulties, my flight 
was 262 minutes late which is why I missed rollcall votes No. 373, No. 
374, and No. 375. Had I been present, I would have voted no on No. 373, 
no on No. 374, and yes on No. 375.


                 Amendment No. 51 Offered by Mr. Royce

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment No. 51offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Royce) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 77, 
noes 301, not voting 56, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 376]

                                AYES--77

     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Barr
     Barrett (WI)
     Bass
     Berkley
     Brown (OH)
     Cannon
     Chabot
     Coble
     Coburn
     Cox
     Crane
     Cunningham
     DeLay
     Doggett
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     English
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Green (TX)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hoekstra
     Holt
     Hostettler
     Hyde
     Istook
     Kelly
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Largent
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lowey
     Luther
     Manzullo
     McInnis
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Morella
     Nadler
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paul
     Petri
     Portman
     Ramstad
     Rivers
     Rohrabacher
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun (KS)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Stark
     Stearns
     Sununu
     Tancredo
     Tierney
     Toomey
     Udall (CO)
     Visclosky
     Wamp
     Weiner
     Wu

                               NOES--301

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bateman
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (FL)
     Bryant
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Canady
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Filner
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Herger
     Hill (MT)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, E.B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuykendall
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larson
     Latham
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lofgren
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Ose
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pastor
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Phelps
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Quinn
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roybal-Allard
     Ryan (WI)
     Sabo
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Schaffer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shows
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sweeney
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--56

     Ballenger
     Becerra
     Burr
     Camp
     Campbell
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth-Hage
     Collins
     Cook
     Coyne
     Davis (VA)
     DeMint
     Fattah
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Gilchrest
     Graham
     Hansen
     Hill (IN)
     Hilleary
     Hinojosa
     Hulshof
     Hutchinson
     Isakson
     Kilpatrick
     Klink
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Lipinski
     Maloney (CT)
     McCollum
     McIntosh
     McNulty
     Moakley
     Myrick
     Norwood
     Owens
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Pryce (OH)
     Radanovich
     Rush
     Sanchez
     Sandlin
     Shays
     Smith (WA)
     Talent
     Tanner
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Vento
     Waxman
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  2106

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Chairman, during rollcall vote No. 376 on July 10, 
2000, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``no.''


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Coburn

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) on 
which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The Clerk designated the amendment.

[[Page 13618]]




                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 370, 
noes 12, not voting 52, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 377]

                               AYES--370

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Armey
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coburn
     Combest
     Condit
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Filner
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Ford
     Fowler
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Granger
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (IN)
     Hill (MT)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Istook
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuykendall
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Largent
     Larson
     Latham
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Luther
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Ose
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Phelps
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaffer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shows
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Toomey
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--12

     Archer
     Conyers
     Crane
     Dingell
     Dooley
     Jackson (IL)
     Knollenberg
     Lowey
     McCrery
     Porter
     Thomas
     Waters

                             NOT VOTING--52

     Becerra
     Burr
     Camp
     Campbell
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth-Hage
     Collins
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Coyne
     Davis (VA)
     DeMint
     Fattah
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Gilchrest
     Graham
     Hansen
     Hilleary
     Hinojosa
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Isakson
     Kilpatrick
     Klink
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Lipinski
     Maloney (CT)
     McCollum
     McIntosh
     McNulty
     Moakley
     Myrick
     Norwood
     Owens
     Payne
     Pryce (OH)
     Rush
     Sanchez
     Shays
     Smith (WA)
     Talent
     Tanner
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Vento
     Waxman
     Weller
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  2114

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Chairman, during rollcall vote No. 377 on July 10, 
2000, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yes.''


                Amendment No. 33 Offered by Mr. Sanford

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment No. 33 offered by the gentleman from South Carolina 
(Mr. Sanford) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 59, 
noes 323, not voting 52, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 378]

                                AYES--59

     Armey
     Baker
     Barr
     Bartlett
     Bonilla
     Brady (TX)
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Cannon
     Chabot
     Coble
     Combest
     Cox
     Crane
     Cubin
     DeLay
     Doolittle
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Franks (NJ)
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Granger
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (IN)
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Hunter
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Kasich
     Kingston
     Largent
     Manzullo
     Mica
     Miller, Gary
     Paul
     Pease
     Pitts
     Rohrabacher
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Schaffer
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Stearns
     Stump
     Thune
     Toomey
     Watts (OK)

                               NOES--323

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Calvert
     Canady
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Edwards
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Filner
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Ford
     Fowler
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Goss
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayes
     Hill (MT)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hoyer
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kleczka
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuykendall
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larson
     Latham
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Luther
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCrery

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     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
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     Ney
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     Nussle
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     Olver
     Ortiz
     Ose
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Phelps
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Quinn
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     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
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     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Ryun (KS)
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     Shaw
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     Simpson
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     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
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     Souder
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     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
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     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
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     Upton
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     Vitter
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     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Weiner
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     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (FL)

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     Becerra
     Burr
     Camp
     Campbell
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth-Hage
     Collins
     Cook
     Coyne
     Davis (VA)
     DeMint
     Ewing
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     Gilchrest
     Graham
     Hansen
     Hilleary
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     Houghton
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     Isakson
     Kilpatrick
     Klink
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Maloney (CT)
     McCollum
     McIntosh
     McNulty
     Moakley
     Myrick
     Norwood
     Owens
     Payne
     Pryce (OH)
     Rush
     Sanchez
     Shays
     Smith (WA)
     Talent
     Tanner
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Vento
     Waxman
     Young (AK)

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  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Chairman, during rollcall vote No. 378 on July 10, 
2000, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``no.''


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Chairman, due to official business in my 
district, I was unable to record my vote on the following amendments to 
H.R. 4461, the Agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal year 2001, on 
which rollcalls were ordered. On the amendment offered by Mr. Coburn 
(rollcall No. 373), I would have voted ``no;'' on the amendment offered 
by Mr. Royce (rollcall No. 374), I would have voted ``no;'' on the 
amendment offered by Mr. Crowley (rollcall No. 375), I would have voted 
``aye;'' on the amendment offered by Mr. Chabot (rollcall No. 376), I 
would have voted ``no;'' on the amendment offered by Mr. Coburn 
(rollcall No. 377), I would have voted ``aye;'' and on the amendment 
offered by Mr. Sanford (rollcall No. 378), I would have voted ``no.''
  Mr. BISHOP. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to reluctantly support H.R. 
4461, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2001. I wish 
to commend Chairman Young, Ranking Member Obey, Subcommittee Chairman 
Skeen and Subcommittee Ranking Member Kaptur for their hard work during 
this stressful time for American agriculture and our hard-working 
farmers.
  I support this legislation with the understanding that while this 
bill falls short in many areas, Congress needs to move now to stem the 
flood of debt, drought and despair in rural America.
  Indeed, this bill has some acceptable provisions. To address the 
credit gap that farmers face, this bill appropriates the 
Administration's request of $130 million to support $4.6 billion in 
loans to farmers and ranchers through the Agricultural Credit Insurance 
Fund. There is increased funding for Farm Operating Loans and Farm 
Ownership Loans. In addition, there is $150 million for emergency 
disaster loans and $100 million for boll weevil eradication loans. As 
an increasing number of farmers sell their commodities at prices below 
their cost of production, the availability of this credit could be the 
difference in keeping many of the farmers in my District on the land.
  This bill appropriates adequate stop-gap funding for Farm Service 
Agency salaries and expenses which will allow farmers to continue to 
get the services they need at their local FSA offices.
  This Agriculture Appropriations bill increases funding for the 
Agricultural Research Service by $20 million over last year. This will 
allow for improved research for many producers. The bill appropriates 
$946 million for Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension 
Service to advance research, extension and education in the food and 
agricultural sciences. Soil and water conservation spending is 
increased by $16 million over last year's level. Rural Housing programs 
will increase by $89 million.
  Many of these programs deserve more, but producers and other 
recipients need these programs now. I will continue to fight for 
agriculture's fair share.
  Mr. Chairman, there are great deficiencies in this bill. The bill 
does not contain funding for important peanut research projects at the 
Dawson, Georgia ARS facility. A project to Develop, Evaluate and 
Transfer Technology to Improve the Efficiency and Quality in Peanuts 
and a project to Develop Technology/Methodology for Peanut Quality 
Management During Production and Post Harvest Processing are left 
unfunded in this bill. I will do everything I can to see that these 
important projects are funded in the final Conference Report.
  The bill provides $35.2 billion for domestic nutrition programs--
including food stamps, the school lunch and breakfast programs, and the 
Special Supplemental Food Program for Woman, Infants, and Children. 
This is an increase of $186 million over last year's level, but $1 
billion less than the Administration requested. During this time of 
plenty in much of America we can do better.
  I am going to vote for this bill even though it fails to address 
fundamental problems in providing the economic safety net farmers need 
to keep growing the highest quality, safest and cheapest food in the 
world.
  Mr. Chairman, I am going to vote for this bill because it keeps the 
American food ship afloat. But it remains for this House of 
Representatives to complete its work to knit a safety net for America's 
farmers who are drowning in debt, disaster and depressed prices. This 
vote is just the first step.
  Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the point of order 
offered by my friend, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart) to 
strike Title VIII from H.R. 4461, the Department of Agriculture 
Appropriations Act. As my colleagues know, Title VIII would amend 
current law to ease economic sanctions against five nations: Cuba, 
Iran, Sudan, Libya, and North Korea. While much of the news reports and 
talk over the last few weeks have focused on the pros and cons of the 
compromise reached between members of both sides of the aisle on how 
the provision will affect the communist nation of Cuba, I mainly oppose 
this provision because of how it deals with--or shall I say ignores--
the tragic situation that currently grips Sudan.
  As a member of the International Relations Committee and especially 
the Subcommittee on Africa and the Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights, I have been following the situation in 
Sudan with great interest and concern. One of the reasons I chose to be 
on the Africa Subcommittee was to address the conflict in Sudan and the 
practice of slavery that still takes place in this modern day and age. 
This is a country, which has the longest running civil war in the 
world, and has been witness to over 1.9 million deaths over the past 15 
years. More people have died in Sudan than in Kosovo, Bosnia, 
Afghanistan, Chechnya, Somalia and Algeria combined, yet few people 
still seem to take notice. At a time when we are sending military 
troops and proposing emergency supplemental appropriations for the 
situation in Kosovo, little is being done to counter these grievous 
human rights abuses that have been taking place for over a decade. It 
is time for the United States to take notice of the tragedy in Sudan, 
and for us to lend assistance to the Southern Sudanese, a people who 
are being butchered and enslaved by their own corrupt government.
  But repealing economic sanctions on Sudan will, without a shadow of a 
doubt, aid the government of the Sudan, the National Islamic Front in 
Khartoum, which has perpetuated the deplorable human rights abuses.
  I urge my colleagues to reexamine the proposed compromise--exempt 
Sudan from the provision so that we can all work toward meaningful 
change in this turbulent region of Africa.
  Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.

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Tancredo) having assumed the chair, Mr. Nussle, Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 4461) 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, had come to no 
resolution thereon.

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