[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12650-12654]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1585, NATIONAL DEFENSE 
                 AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Baldwin). The time remaining in the 
debate on the rule, the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Castor) controls 
4 minutes, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings) controls 9\1/2\ 
minutes.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Madam Speaker, I'd ask my friend from 
Florida how many speakers she has on her side.
  Ms. CASTOR. Madam Speaker, I have one remaining speaker before the 
close, so I'll reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Madam Speaker, I'm pleased to yield 2 
minutes to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Tiahrt).
  Mr. TIAHRT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak against this rule. 
There are two provisions in this bill regarding specialty metals that 
will make a bad situation worse. I offered two amendments to help 
correct this problem but, unfortunately, the majority did not allow 
either of the amendments. As a result, the Democrat majority will force 
high quality union jobs overseas.
  My amendment would have also addressed the problems with the 
specialty metals and the country of origin specialty metals problem.
  Can you believe that today we simply exempt foreign suppliers from 
the specialty metals provisions. If a product containing specialty 
metals comes from 18 other countries like France, Germany or Canada, 
they simply do not have to comply.
  This provision is a competitive disadvantage for American industry 
and American workers. And here's how it works today. Caterpillar makes 
diesel engines for the Army. These are very common, commercially 
available engines that operate in civilian construction and trucking 
industry all over the world. This engine is manufactured by American 
workers in their Greenville, South Carolina plant.
  But Caterpillar also manufactures the very same engine in Belgium. 
Because of the world demand, Belgium is also a qualifying country. That 
means that if Caterpillar makes an engine for the MRAP in South 
Carolina, they must go through the expensive process of documenting the 
nation of origin of the specialty metals content of every component in 
the engine. Or they could simply shift the production to Belgium and 
avoid the process and save money. This puts American jobs at risk 
because of this outdated legislation, and this rule denies us the 
ability to protect American workers in this bill.
  It's simply unconscionable that we would legislate a competitive 
disadvantage upon American companies and American workers. And it's 
even more disheartening that Congress refuses to address the unintended 
consequences of this decade old problem.
  DOD should be leveraging the industrial might of the United States to 
provide the best technology for our soldiers. But we're denied that 
ability in this rule.
  Ms. CASTOR. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin).
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the rule and 
the underlying bill. I know Chairman Skelton and Ranking Member Hunter

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have worked exceptionally hard on this bipartisan measure, and I thank 
them for their leadership.
  Our operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have put great strain on our 
military, and this bill will reverse the decline in readiness. It adds 
funds for force protection programs such as mine resistant combat 
vehicles, IED countermeasures and body armor and a much deserved pay 
raise for the troops.
  I'm also pleased that the measure recognizes the importance of 
submarines to our national security by adding $588 million to construct 
a second Virginia-class submarine as early as 2009, 3 years earlier 
than planned. This is welcome news to the men and woman at Electric 
Boat in Rhode Island, as well as Groton, Connecticut, as well as our 
entire submarine industrial base, which is threatened by an 
insufficient workload. The Navy's current shipbuilding plan would have 
our submarine fleet drop to dangerously low levels in future years, 
just as other nations are increasing their naval capabilities.
  I've been working exceptionally hard for 6 years to address this 
important national security issue, and I thank Chairman Skelton and 
Seapower Chairman Taylor for their commitment to a robust submarine 
force.
  This is a good bill and a good rule and, Madam Speaker, I urge its 
passage. And I thank my colleague for the time.
  The rule before us makes in order an amendment I am offering with the 
gentleman from Maine, Mr. Michaud, that would require military 
pharmacies to include emergency contraception in the basic core 
formulary. Access to this contraception is important to our 
servicewomen--particularly those who have been the victims of sexual 
assault--and I urge my colleagues to support our amendment.
  We can show our appreciation for all the men and women who keep our 
Nation safe by voting for this rule and the defense authorization act.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 
minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma, a member of the Armed Services 
Committee, Mr. Cole.
  Mr. COLE of Oklahoma. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to 
the rule. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and having 
formerly served on the Rules Committee, I'm both disappointed and 
disturbed by the manner in which the rule has been reported to the 
floor.
  Let's be forthright about this, Madam Speaker. The committee 
authorized an enormous number of amendments. But numbers alone do not 
translate into meaningful policy options and good debate on the floor 
of this body.
  Let's look at a couple of things that the committee chose not to make 
in order. The committee did not make in order an amendment by Mr. Akin 
that addresses important concerns, including the evisceration of the 
Army's only modernization effort and reducing by $867 million the 
Future Combat System.
  The committee did not make in order many of the amendments that were 
necessary to address the evisceration of our Missile Defense System and 
that, Madam Speaker, at a time when our intelligence tells us the North 
Koreans and the Iranians are continuing to develop dangerous missile 
capability.
  With respect to the underlying legislation itself, Madam Speaker, 
Chairman Skelton was given an incredibly difficult job. He was not 
given enough money, in my opinion, enough authorizing authority to 
address all the needs that he faced.
  Nevertheless, he and Ranking Member Hunter and their subcommittee 
chairmen accomplished some important things that we should not lose 
sight of. One good thing that was accomplished was the increase in the 
end strength of both the Army and the Marine Corps, something many of 
us have long advocated, something the President now agrees to and 
something I'm glad to see underway.
  Additionally, the legislation included the Wounded Warriors Act, and 
also included my language to create a program for pre- and post-
deployment neurocognitive assessments of our servicemen. I think that 
was a very good thing, and I appreciate the chairman for working with 
us on that.
  The underlying legislation also addresses depot concerns and 
maintenance in a way that encourages me, that increased the amount of 
money in depot accounts.
  And finally, I was happy to see that the majority continues to 
recognize, as we do, the importance of developing the non-line-of-sight 
cannon and remains committed to the new field increase.
  With that, I still remain disappointed the rule did not allow the 
options.

                              {time}  1200

  Ms. CASTOR. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the 
distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey).
  Mr. MARKEY. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  This is a very important bill. Amongst other things it is because for 
the first time the Department of Defense is required to consider the 
effects of global warming on Defense Department facilities, 
capabilities, and missions. It requires that the Department of Defense 
in three central defense planning documents, the National Security 
Strategy, the National Defense Strategy, and the Quadrennial Defense 
Review, look at the impacts of global warming on the facilities and 
capabilities of the United States military.
  This is a central issue. I am the chairman of the Select Committee on 
Global Warming. We had testifying before us General Gordon Sullivan, 
representing 11 three-and four-star admirals and generals who are all 
very concerned that this issue of global warming has major national 
security implications for the United States.
  By including this requirement in this bill, we are beginning to focus 
upon the long-term needs that we have to focus on in order to protect 
our country and give the resources to the Department of Defense.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of this rule, and in strong 
support of a provision within the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008 which requires, for the first time, the Department 
of Defense to consider the effect of global warming on Department 
facilities, capabilities, and missions.
  I commend Chairman Skelton for including this important language, 
which will allow our armed forces to begin preparing, in a strategic, 
Department-wide manner, for the impact that global warming could have 
on our national security.
  This provision requires the threat of global warming to be assessed, 
and guidance for military planners to be issued, in the next versions 
of three central defense planning documents: The National Security 
Strategy, The National Defense Strategy, and the Quadrennial Defense 
Review.
  The very first hearing of the new Select Committee on Energy 
Independence and Global Warming focused on the geopolitical and 
security consequences of our dependence on foreign energy and the 
looming threat of global warming. We heard from former Chief of Staff 
of the Army General Gordon Sullivan, who presented a report by eleven 
retired three- and four-star generals and admirals arguing that global 
warming is a grave national security threat, and must be treated as 
such by our defense establishment and by this Congress.
  Last month, Congressman Bartlett and I introduced the Global Climate 
Change Security Oversight Act, with the intention of jump-starting our 
government's analysis of and preparation for the national security 
consequences of global warming. Our bill would require a National 
Intelligence Estimate on the impact of global warming, and last week 
exactly such an NIE was mandated by the Intelligence Authorization 
bill. Our bill also encourages the Department of Defense to integrate 
into our defense planning the threats posed by global warming, and I am 
very pleased that this priority is being mandated in this year's 
Defense Authorization Act.
  Thinking about global warming as a national security issue is new for 
many Members, but with the speed that the major provisions of the 
Global Climate Change Security Oversight Act have been adopted by this 
House, I feel confident that the Congress is making progress in 
broadening how we think about global warming. It is crucial for the 
national security of this country that the Congress continue along this 
path. We must push our defense and intelligence communities to address 
this threat, and we must offer, debate, and implement solutions to the 
underlying problem.

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  I am also pleased to support and cosponsor an amendment that will be 
offered during debate on this bill by the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. 
Lipinski, which would require the use of high efficiency light bulb in 
Department of Defense buildings when new bulbs are installed or old 
bulbs are replaced. This amendment will help lower energy consumption 
in Defense Department facilities, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, help 
promote energy independence, and result in millions of dollars of 
savings for the American taxpayer--all without impeding the operations 
of the U.S. military.
  I urge adoption of the Rule.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 
minutes to the gentleman from Iowa, a member of the Appropriations 
Committee (Mr. Latham).
  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Washington for 
yielding.
  I rise today in strong opposition to this rule, and there is one very 
good reason. Partisanship has reached an unconscionable level in this 
House.
  Just for the simple fact that I am in the minority party, the Rules 
Committee did not allow an amendment which would have given a 9-year-
old child from my district access to the death gratuity that her mother 
wanted her to have when she was killed in Iraq, just for partisan 
reasons.
  Susan Jaenke, the mother of Jaimie Jaenke, who was killed in Iraq, 
along with her granddaughter, Kayla, came to Washington at great 
expense and trouble and testified before the Veterans' Affairs 
Subcommittee. There was broad bipartisan support for an amendment that 
would simply allow access to the death gratuity of Jaimie Jaenke by her 
daughter.
  This is outrageous, the fact that you would deny a 9-year-old child 
access. Her grandparents don't have the money to raise this child. She 
has no spouse. It would not cost a dime. It is the right thing to do. 
In the committee, on a bipartisan basis, people said they would do 
anything possible to help in this situation. I brought this before the 
Rules Committee and explained what is going on, how this child is 
denied access to funding so that she can have a decent life; and it was 
denied simply for partisan reasons. I would think you would be ashamed.
  And this is not just a single case. There are at least 143 cases 
exactly like this. And to deny a child access to this benefit is simply 
outrageous.
  Vote against this outrageous rule.
  Ms. CASTOR. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 
minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake).
  Mr. FLAKE. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  I rise in opposition to the rule.
  The authorizing committee saw fit to include some 680 earmarks that 
we got news of just yesterday in the bill. Yet I offered four 
amendments to debate these earmarks and wasn't allowed any of them.
  If they can allow 680 earmarks at the last minute in a bill, you 
would think that the Rules Committee could have seen fit to at least 
allow debate on a few of them.
  The earmarks include $5 million for Diminishing Manufacturing Sources 
for Automation Alley in Troy, Michigan; $2 million for the Physician 
Order Entry Initiative for Mission Hospitals, which is a private 
hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, and keep in mind this is a 
Defense authorization bill here; $10 million for Hunters Point Naval 
Shipyard, a former naval shipyard being economically revitalized with 
taxpayer dollars, defense dollars, for the city of San Francisco; and 
$500,000 for Rapid Identification of Technology Sources for the San 
Diego East County Economic Development Council.
  Our role here should be to ensure that our Defense dollars are spent 
on defense, not economic revitalization, not nondefense private 
ventures. That is why these amendments were offered. Unfortunately, the 
only shot we might have at checking these amendments is in the 
appropriations process. By the time we get there, the Members will say 
these projects were authorized, implying that there was some sort of 
scrutiny given when there surely has not been.
  So, unfortunately, we cannot support this rule. It doesn't allow 
debate on any of the 680 earmarks in the bill.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance 
of my time.
  Madam Speaker, I will be asking for a ``no'' vote on the previous 
question so that I can amend section 2(c) of this rule after ``shall 
not be subject to amendment'' and insert ``(except the amendment 
numbered 43 in the report, to be offered by Representative Michaud of 
Maine, or his designee).''
  By defeating the previous question, Members will be able to offer 
amendments to the Michaud amendment, and a full and wide range of views 
can be discussed. Those rules were denied because we were not allowed 
to offer secondary amendments, at least, to the Rules Committee.
  Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the 
amendment and extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the 
previous question.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Washington?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance 
of my time.
  Ms. CASTOR. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  To my colleagues on the Armed Services Committee, I thank you for 
your diligence and hard work. Great thanks also to the professional 
staff of the Armed Services Committee. And I think we all must salute 
the great leadership of Chairman Ike Skelton, who produced a bipartisan 
product that passed that committee 58-0.
  Madam Speaker, I urge this Congress to chart a new direction today 
for a stronger and safer America. We will improve the readiness of our 
Armed Forces, including the National Guard and Reserves. We will put a 
stop on the blank check given to the White House by previous Congresses 
for the war in Iraq and, instead, require greater accountability for 
operations and contracting in the region. We will drive more strategic 
decisions and investments to better protect our national security.
  With that, Madam Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the previous 
question and on the rule.
  The material previously referred to by Mr. Hastings of Washington is 
as follows:

     Amendment to H. Res. 403 Offered by Mr. Hastings of Washington

       In section 2(c) after ``shall not be subject to amendment'' 
     insert ``(except the amendment numbered 43 in the report, to 
     be offered by Representative Michaud of Maine, or his 
     designee)''.
       (Pretty much the same as what Mr. Sessions offered last 
     night)
                                  ____

       (The information contained herein was provided by 
     Democratic Minority on multiple occasions throughout the 
     109th Congress.)

        The Vote on the Previous Question: What It Really Means

       This vote, the vote on whether to order the previous 
     question on a special rule, is not merely a procedural vote. 
     A vote against ordering the previous question is a vote 
     against the Democratic majority agenda and a vote to allow 
     the opposition, at least for the moment, to offer an 
     alternative plan. It is a vote about what the House should be 
     debating.
       Mr. Clarence Cannon's Precedents of the House of 
     Representatives, (VI, 308-311) describes the vote on the 
     previous question on the rule as ``a motion to direct or 
     control the consideration of the subject before the House 
     being made by the Member in charge.'' To defeat the previous 
     question is to give the opposition a chance to decide the 
     subject before the House. Cannon cites the Speaker's ruling 
     of January 13, 1920, to the effect that ``the refusal of the 
     House to sustain the demand for the previous question passes 
     the control of the resolution to the opposition'' in order to 
     offer an amendment. On March 15, 1909, a member of the 
     majority party offered a rule resolution. The House defeated 
     the previous question and a member of the opposition rose to 
     a parliamentary inquiry, asking who was entitled to 
     recognition. Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R-Illinois) said: 
     ``The previous question having been refused, the gentleman 
     from New York, Mr. Fitzgerald, who had asked the gentleman to 
     yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to the first 
     recognition.''
       Because the vote today may look bad for the Democratic 
     majority they will say ``the

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     vote on the previous question is simply a vote on whether to 
     proceed to an immediate vote on adopting the resolution . . . 
     [and] has no substantive legislative or policy implications 
     whatsoever.'' But that is not what they have always said. 
     Listen to the definition of the previous question used in the 
     Floor Procedures Manual published by the Rules Committee in 
     the 109th Congress, (page 56). Here's how the Rules Committee 
     described the rule using information form Congressional 
     Quarterly's ``American Congressional Dictionary'': ``If the 
     previous question is defeated, control of debate shifts to 
     the leading opposition member (usually the minority Floor 
     Manager) who then manages an hour of debate and may offer a 
     germane amendment to the pending business.''
       Deschler's Procedure in the U.S. House of Representatives, 
     the subchapter titled ``Amending Special Rules'' states: ``a 
     refusal to order the previous question on such a rule [a 
     special rule reported from the Committee on Rules] opens the 
     resolution to amendment and further debate.'' (Chapter 21, 
     section 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: Upon rejection of the 
     motion for the previous question on a resolution reported 
     from the Committee on Rules, control shifts to the Member 
     leading the opposition to the previous question, who may 
     offer a proper amendment or motion and who controls the time 
     for debate thereon.''
       Clearly, the vote on the previous question on a rule does 
     have substantive policy implications. It is one of the only 
     available tools for those who oppose the Democratic 
     majority's agenda and allows those with alternative views the 
     opportunity to offer an alternative plan.

  Ms. CASTOR. Madam 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. HASTINGS of Washington. Madam 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 any electronic vote on 
the question of adoption of the resolution.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 225, 
nays 198, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 351]

                               YEAS--225

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     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
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     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
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     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
     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
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--198

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     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
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     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)
     Johnson, Sam
     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
     Mica
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     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
     Schmidt
     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
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Cubin
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Delahunt
     Engel
     Fattah
     McMorris Rodgers
     Miller (FL)
     Nadler
     Sires

                              {time}  1232

  Mr. McHENRY changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Mr. BAIRD changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  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. HASTINGS of Washington. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas 
and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 229, 
nays 194, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 352]

                               YEAS--229

     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
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare

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     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 (NC)
     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
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     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
     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
     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)
     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
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     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)
     Johnson, Sam
     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
     Mica
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     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
     Schmidt
     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
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Cubin
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Delahunt
     Engel
     Fattah
     McMorris Rodgers
     Miller (FL)
     Nadler
     Sires

                              {time}  1241

  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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