[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 21435-21436]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to offer the resolution previously 
noticed.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                              H. Res. 504

       Whereas an article on December 15, 2011, on the ``Politico 
     Pro'' newspaper website quoted the Representative from 
     Florida, Mr. West, as saying, ``If Joseph Goebbels was 
     around, he'd be very proud of the Democrat Party because they 
     have an incredible propaganda machine. I think that you have, 
     and let's be honest, you know, some of the people in the 
     media are complicit in this, in enabling them to get that 
     type of message out.'';
       Whereas Joseph Goebbels served as the Third Reich's 
     Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda in Nazi 
     Germany from 1933-1945;
       Whereas Joseph Goebbels openly used xenophobia and racism 
     in his quest to dehumanize European Jewry;
       Whereas Joseph Goebbels made Jews the scapegoat of German 
     economic insecurity, fostering flagrant anti-Semitism;
       Whereas the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum reports 
     ``that Joseph Goebbels delivered a passionate anti-Semitic 
     speech to the Nazi party faithful in Munich on November 9, 
     1938 . . . After the speech, Nazi officials order the Storm 
     Troopers (SA) and other party formations to attack Jews and 
     to destroy their homes, businesses, and houses of worship. 
     The violence against Jews lasts into the morning hours of 
     November 10th, and becomes known as Kristallnacht--the `Night 
     of Broken Glass'. Several dozen Jews lose their lives and 
     tens of thousands are arrested and sent to concentration 
     camps.'';
       Whereas Nazi Germany and their collaborators killed six 
     million European Jews and millions of others as part of their 
     ``Final Solution'';
       Whereas by invoking the specter of Joseph Goebbels, the 
     Representative from Florida, Mr. West, thoroughly belittles 
     the horrors and suffering experienced by the victims and 
     survivors of the Holocaust;
       Whereas the American Jewish Committee issued a December 15, 
     2011, statement saying ``To make a linkage between any 
     mainstream political party in the United States and the 
     heinous atrocities committed by the Third Reich should be 
     simply beyond the pale, whatever political differences may 
     arise in a heated electoral season . . . By invoking the 
     image of Joseph Goebbels and the Gestapo, Representative West 
     has displayed a complete lack of understanding of the worst 
     genocidal era in human history. Moreover, he has diminished 
     and trivialized the unique evil perpetrated by the Third 
     Reich through his unfortunate use of language'';
       Whereas the Anti-Defamation League said in a December 16, 
     2011, letter to the Representative from Florida, Mr. West, 
     ``We were deeply dismayed by Rep. West's remark comparing the 
     Democratic Party's attempts to articulate views to the 
     American people through the media to the efforts of the Nazi 
     propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels . . . Such outrageous 
     Holocaust analogies have no place in our political dialogue. 
     They are offensive, they trivialize real historical events, 
     and they diminish the memory of the six million Jews and 
     millions of others who perished in the Holocaust'';
       Whereas the Representative from Michigan, Mr. Conyers, 
     wrote in a letter to the Representative from Florida, Mr. 
     West, that the Representative from Florida should ``help 
     raise the level of congressional discourse in a vigorous 
     debate'';
       Whereas the Representative from Florida, Mr. West, 
     responded back in a letter to the Representative from 
     Michigan, Mr. Conyers, that ``The Democrat Party does indeed 
     have a vicious propaganda machine, it espouses lies and 
     deceit and the Master of deceptive information would be truly 
     proud'';
       Whereas in the repetition of this abhorrent and outrageous 
     sentiment to the Representative from Michigan, Mr. Conyers, 
     the Representative from Florida, Mr. West, demonstrates not 
     only the willful and malicious misapplication of history, but 
     also his disdain for the decorum of the Congress; and
       Whereas the conduct of the Representative from Florida was 
     repugnant: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives disapproves of 
     the behavior of the Representative from Florida, Mr. West, 
     for bringing discredit to the House by offending the memory 
     of those who died during the Holocaust.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution qualifies.


                            Motion to Table

  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I move to table the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to lay the 
resolution on the table.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by 5-minute votes 
on adoption of the motion to instruct on H.R. 3630; and adoption of 
House Resolution 501.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 231, 
nays 188, not voting 14, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 947]

                               YEAS--231

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Amash
     Amodei
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (NH)
     Benishek
     Berg
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Kelly
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meehan
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)

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     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner (NY)
     Turner (OH)
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                               NAYS--188

     Ackerman
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Deutch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kildee
     Kind
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--14

     Austria
     Bachmann
     Coble
     Diaz-Balart
     Filner
     Giffords
     Johnson, E. B.
     King (IA)
     Olver
     Paul
     Schrader
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (WA)
     Woolsey


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

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

                              {time}  1552

  Messrs. RANGEL, PETERSON, and PERLMUTTER changed their vote from 
``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Mr. CASSIDY and Mrs. EMERSON changed their vote from ``nay'' to 
``yea.''
  So the motion to table was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 947 I was 
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''
  Stated against:
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 947, I was away from the Capitol 
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``nay.''

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