[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 22481-22484]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 PROVIDING FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3161, AGRICULTURE, RURAL 
    DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 2 minutes.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to apologize to the House for calling for the 
motion to adjourn, and I do so because in 15 minutes a memorial service 
is going to be held for our former colleague, Guy VanderJagt, over in 
the Ways and Means Committee room.
  And I will say that Guy VanderJagt is someone who served longer in 
the minority than any Member on the other side of the aisle. But no one 
understood about the rights of the minority better than Guy VanderJagt; 
and I will tell you, Mr. Speaker, those rights are outlined very 
clearly in the opening of Jefferson's Manual.
  Now, we have been excoriated over the past hour for having used what 
have been called dilatory tactics 2 days ago before we passed the SCHIP 
bill. The fact of the matter is that is now ancient history. We have 
been struggling to ensure that we continue with the debate on this very 
important bill under an open amendment process.
  I am going to urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so 
that we will have the opportunity to table this measure and go back to 
an open amendment process. Why? Because this rule represents the 
trifecta of bad process. It has shut down the amendment process, it has 
restricted the period of time for debate, and it has rewritten the bill 
through self-execution in this rule. And I am going to urge my 
colleagues to defeat the previous question so that we can go back to 
what was promised on the opening day, and that is an open process.
  With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the 
distinguished minority leader, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Boehner).
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, this is disappointing, 
disappointing that the House has had to resort to a martial law to 
further stifle the voices of those of us in the minority who represent 
nearly half the American people.
  We have had a debate on this rule. I have listened to the debate. I 
even participated in part of the debate and listened to my colleagues 
in the majority complain about the fact that we spent 3 or 4 hours the 
other day trying to debate a measure that we were not going to have 
much time to debate on because we didn't have a committee process, it 
was going to be brought to the House under a closed rule. And my 
colleagues pulled the bill and have been whining now for days that we 
spent 3 or 4 hours doing dilatory tactics.
  Now, some of you were here in 1998 when the Ag appropriations bill 
was on the floor of the House, and that bill was held up for 9 hours by 
the then minority over the fact that there was an amendment that a 
Member wanted to have heard on the Foreign Operations bill. It just so 
happened it was the distinguished gentlewoman from California (Ms. 
Pelosi) who wanted an abortion amendment on the Foreign Operations bill 
and wasn't sure she was going to be able to get her amendment; and, as 
a result, she and some of her colleagues held up the bill with dilatory 
tactics for 9 hours.
  Now, who were those Members who held that bill for 9 hours on this 
floor?
  It was the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), it was the 
gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), it was the gentlewoman from New 
York (Ms. Slaughter), and it was who is now the distinguished Speaker 
of the House, Ms. Pelosi.
  Nine hours of dilatory tactics over 3 days. So what did the 
Republican majority do? They went to the Rules Committee, and they got 
a rule. And do you know what they did in the rule? They told all 
Members any amendment that is filed will be made in order under the 
rule, and we came back to the floor and we spent 9 hours debating every 
amendment that Members wanted to offer, and we completed the bill.
  Now, if you want to bring a rule out here, at least allow us to be 
heard, at least allow us to participate, at least allow the 202 of us 
on this side of the aisle to represent the millions of American people 
that have sent us here to do their work.
  All I have asked and all my colleagues have asked all year is for 
fairness. All we want is fairness. I know how you wanted to be treated 
when you were in the minority. I say to my colleagues on the both sides 
of the aisle we have both been in a minority. We both know what it is 
like to not have many tools at your disposal. I, when I was chairing 
the Education and Workforce Committee, made sure that all of

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our members were treated fairly and treated honestly; and I think my 
work with the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller) 
demonstrates that, while we had differences, we had a very fair 
process.
  I understand that over the last 12 years some of my predecessors may 
have handled, may have handled, this floor in a less than delicate way. 
Over the last several years, my colleagues in the majority now 
complained that we ought to have a more fair and open process here. I 
agreed with many of you, and you know it. And all I am asking for on 
behalf of the Republican Members, the minority Members here, is to be 
treated fairly and honestly.
  The rule that we have before us that shuts us down is unfair, it's 
unwise, it's undemocratic, and it does not deserve the support of any 
Member in this House.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous 
question and on the rule.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  I agree with the distinguished minority leader that this is 
disappointing. As a member of the Rules Committee, I regret this rule 
and I don't like it.
  But what I like less are efforts to obstruct and stop the people's 
business. There is a difference between legislating and obstructionism. 
And I would say to the distinguished minority leader that fairness is a 
two-way street and what happened in this House on Tuesday, in my 
opinion, was pathetic.
  What is at stake here is a bill to feed hungry people, is a bill to 
help rural America, is a bill to provide for better food security, and 
a bill to help our economy. This is serious business, and this is what 
we were sent here to deal with.
  What happened on Tuesday, as I said, was pathetic. It stalled 
consideration of the Agriculture appropriations bill. It dismantled an 
agreement that worked well during consideration of the last 10 
appropriations bills.
  And let me say to my friends on the other side of the aisle, where I 
come from in Massachusetts, a deal is a deal. Your word is everything. 
So, please, when you break your word, don't act shocked when there is a 
reaction from this side of the aisle.
  I will close by saying to my colleagues that it is important for us 
to move beyond this. It is important for us to work together. It is 
important for us to be more civil. I will concede to my friends on the 
other side of the aisle that my side of the aisle can do better, but 
you need to concede that your side can do better as well. And that is 
the way we restore the trust that, unfortunately, has been lost.
  I urge a ``yes'' on the previous question and on the rule.
  Mr. LEWIS of California, this is a sad day in the history of the 
Appropriations Committee and the House of Representatives. Meaningful, 
legitimate debate is being stifled and the voice of the Republican 
minority is being silenced. Sadly, this is the day that will be 
remembered as the day that the Democrat majority imposed martial law on 
the People's House.
  My colleagues know that I have the highest level of respect for the 
chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Mr. Obey. Together, we worked 
as partners during the 109th Congress, passing Appropriations bills 
through our committee and through the House. Our committee, and indeed, 
the House, is at its very best when we work together across patty lines 
and rise above purely partisan politics.
  During the last Congress, I was privileged to serve as chairman of 
the House Appropriations Committee and Mr. Obey was our distinguished 
ranking member.
  During my tenure as chairman, the House considered 22 regular order 
appropriations bills. In each and every instance, I worked closely with 
my leadership and Chairman Dreier in seeking a rule that allowed for a 
maximum level of open debate, including amendments, on the House floor. 
Every one--every one--of those 22 annual spending bills was considered 
under an open rule.
  We allowed and even encouraged dissenting voices to be heard on these 
bills. The result was often vigorous and lively debate on the House 
floor. But that's precisely why our constituents send us to Washington.
  I was disappointed that Mr. Obey's first bills as chairman--the 
fiscal year 2007 continuing resolution and the emergency supplemental--
were both considered under a closed rule. Mr. Obey, under direction 
from his leadership, is now heading down the same road yet gain.
  The Democrat leadership, with absolutely no consultation with the 
minority, has adopted a closed rule for the consideration of the 
Agriculture Appropriations bill. As a result, scores of legitimate 
policy amendments offered by the minority have not been made in order.
  This is a dangerous and perilous precedent that sets precisely the 
wrong tone as we attempt to complete work on our annual spending bills. 
A closed rule leaves the minority little choice but to walk away from 
the tradition of comity that has marked our longstaning work on this 
committee.
  I find it interesting that we had only spent 3-4 hours debating this 
bill before the Democrat majority decided to pull the plug. I find it 
troubling that the decision was made by the Democrat leadership to 
impose a martial law, closed rule on the Ag bill in their rush to begin 
their month-long August vacation.
  This legislation is simply too important to have it rushed through 
the House with no debate and no opportunity for the body to consider 
amendments. An open rule is the only proper way for the House to 
consider this legislation.
  I certainly hope that this lock-down martial law rule on the Ag 
Appropriations bill isn't a preview of what the House can expect 
tomorrow as we consider the DoD Appropriations bill, legislation that 
comprises roughly one-half of all discretionary spending.
  The Democratic leadership, which promised the most open and 
transparent legislative process in history, is now showing its true 
colors. It has failed to fulfill its commitment to the Members of this 
body by not affording all Members an opportunity to openly amend and 
debate this bill.
  I urge my I colleagues to oppose this rule and adopt a rule that will 
allow free and open debate on this and other pending spending bills.
  Mr. McGOVERN. 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. DREIER. 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, the Chair 
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting, if 
ordered, on the question of adoption of the resolution.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 225, 
nays 197, not voting to 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 799]

                               YEAS--225

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey

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     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--197

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Jindal
     Johnson (IL)
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Clarke
     Crenshaw
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Lincoln
     Ellison
     Hoyer
     Johnson, Sam
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Schmidt


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There is 1 minute 
remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1614

  So the previous question was ordered.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  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.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 224, 
nays 194, not voting 14, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 800]

                               YEAS--224

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--194

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Costa
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Issa
     Jindal
     Johnson (IL)
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Space
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--14

     Clarke
     Crenshaw
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Lincoln
     Ellison
     Fortenberry
     Gohmert
     Inglis (SC)
     Johnson, Sam
     Moran (VA)
     Oberstar
     Rangel
     Schmidt
     Shuster

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                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Members are advised 2 
minutes remain in this vote.

                              {time}  1622

  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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