[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 15891-15894]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I offer this resolution, H. Res. 828, for 
consideration by the full House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                              H. Res. 828

       Resolved, That John Andrew Koskinen, Commissioner of the 
     Internal Revenue Service, is impeached for high crimes and 
     misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment 
     be exhibited to the Senate:
        Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of 
     Representatives of the United States of America in the name 
     of itself and of the people of the United States of America, 
     against John Andrew Koskinen, Commissioner of the Internal 
     Revenue Service, in maintenance and support of its 
     impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.

                               article i

       John Andrew Koskinen, in his conduct while Commissioner of 
     the Internal Revenue Service, engaged in a pattern of conduct 
     that is incompatible with his duties as an Officer of the 
     United States, as follows:
       Commissioner Koskinen failed in his duty to respond to 
     lawfully issued congressional subpoenas. On August 2, 2013, 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
     of Representatives issued a subpoena to Secretary of the 
     Treasury Jacob Lew, the custodian of Internal Revenue Service 
     documents. That subpoena demanded, among other things, 
     ``[a]ll communications sent or received by Lois Lerner, from 
     January 1, 2009, to August 2, 2013''. On February 14, 2014, 
     following the Senate's confirmation of John Andrew Koskinen 
     as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 
     Representatives reissued the subpoena to him.
       On March 4, 2014, Internal Revenue Service employees in 
     Martinsburg, West Virginia, magnetically erased 422 backup 
     tapes, destroying as many as 24,000 of Lois Lerner's emails 
     responsive to the subpoena. This action impeded congressional 
     investigations into the Internal Revenue Service targeting of 
     Americans based on their political affiliation. The American 
     people may never know the true culpability or extent of the 
     Internal Revenue Service targeting because of the destruction 
     of evidence that took place.
       Wherefore, John Andrew Koskinen, by such conduct, warrants 
     impeachment and trial, and removal from office.

                               article ii

       John Andrew Koskinen engaged in a pattern of deception that 
     demonstrates his unfitness to serve as Commissioner of the 
     Internal Revenue Service. Commissioner Koskinen made a series 
     of false and misleading statements to Congress in 
     contravention of his oath to tell the truth. Those false 
     statements included the following:
       (1) On June 20, 2014, Commissioner Koskinen testified that 
     ``since the start of this investigation, every email has been 
     preserved. Nothing has been lost. Nothing has been 
     destroyed.''.
       (2) On June 23, 2014, Commissioner Koskinen testified that 
     the Internal Revenue Service had ``confirmed that backup 
     tapes from 2011 no longer existed because they have been 
     recycled, pursuant to the Internal Revenue Service normal 
     policy''. He went on to explain that ``[c]onfirmed means that 
     somebody went back and looked and made sure that in fact any 
     backup tapes that had existed had been recycled''.
       (3) On March 26, 2014, Commissioner Koskinen was asked 
     during a hearing before the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform of the House of Representatives, ``Sir, are 
     you or are you not going to provide this committee all of 
     Lois Lerner's emails?''. He answered, ``Yes, we will do 
     that.''.

     Each of those statements was materially false. On March 4, 
     2014, Internal Revenue Service employees magnetically erased 
     422 backup tapes containing as many as 24,000 of Lois 
     Lerner's emails. On February 2, 2014, senior Internal Revenue 
     Service officials discovered that Lois Lerner's computer hard 
     drive had crashed, rendering hundreds or thousands of her 
     emails unrecoverable. Commissioner Koskinen's false 
     statements impeded and confused congressional investigations 
     into the Internal Revenue Service targeting of Americans 
     based on their political affiliation.
       Wherefore, John Andrew Koskinen, by such conduct, warrants 
     impeachment and trial, and removal from office.

                              article iii

       John Andrew Koskinen, throughout his tenure as Commissioner 
     of the Internal Revenue Service, has acted in a manner 
     inconsistent with the trust and confidence placed in him as 
     an Officer of the United States, as follows:
       During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee 
     on Finance, John Andrew Koskinen promised, ``[W]e will be 
     transparent about any problems we run into; and

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     the public and certainly this committee will know about those 
     problems as soon as we do.''.
       Commissioner Koskinen repeatedly violated that promise. As 
     early as February 2014 and no later than April 2014, he was 
     aware that a substantial portion of Lois Lerner's emails 
     could not be produced to Congress. However, in a March 19, 
     2014, letter to Senator Wyden of the Senate Committee on 
     Finance, Commissioner Koskinen said, ``We are transmitting 
     today additional information that we believe completes our 
     production to your committee and the House Ways and Means 
     [C]ommittee. . . . In light of these productions, I hope that 
     the investigations can be concluded in the very near 
     future.''. At the time he sent that letter, he knew that the 
     document production was not complete.
       Commissioner Koskinen did not notify Congress of any 
     problem until June 13, 2014, when he included the information 
     on the fifth page of the third enclosure of a letter to the 
     Senate Committee on Finance.
       Wherefore, John Andrew Koskinen, by such conduct, warrants 
     impeachment and trial, and removal from office.

                               article iv

       John Andrew Koskinen has failed to act with competence and 
     forthrightness in overseeing the investigation into Internal 
     Revenue Service targeting of Americans because of their 
     political affiliations as follows:
       Commissioner Koskinen stated in a hearing on June 20, 2014, 
     that the Internal Revenue Service had ``gone to great 
     lengths'' to retrieve all of Lois Lerner's emails. 
     Commissioner Koskinen's actions contradicted the assurances 
     he gave to Congress.
       The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found 
     over 1,000 of Lois Lerner's emails that the Internal Revenue 
     Service had failed to produce. Those discoveries took only 15 
     days of investigation to uncover. The Treasury Inspector 
     General for Tax Administration searched a number of available 
     sources, including disaster backup tapes, Lois Lerner's 
     Blackberry, the email server, backup tapes for the email 
     server, and Lois Lerner's temporary replacement laptop. The 
     Internal Revenue Service failed to examine any of those 
     sources in its own investigation.
       Wherefore, John Andrew Koskinen, by such conduct, warrants 
     impeachment, trial, and removal from office.

                              {time}  1700

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution presents a question of 
privilege.


                            Motion to Table

  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I move to lay the resolution on the table.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. 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 180, 
nays 235, not voting 18, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 607]

                               YEAS--180

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Ashford
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Dent
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Evans
     Farr
     Foster
     Frankel (FL)
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Graham
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hanabusa
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Israel
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     Kuster
     Langevin
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Moulton
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nolan
     Norcross
     O'Rourke
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Rice (NY)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Tsongas
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)

                               NAYS--235

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Babin
     Barletta
     Barr
     Barton
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Bost
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coffman
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comer
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Cook
     Costello (PA)
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davidson
     Davis, Rodney
     Denham
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dold
     Donovan
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hensarling
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice, Jody B.
     Hill
     Holding
     Hudson
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Joyce
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Labrador
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latta
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     MacArthur
     Marchant
     Marino
     Massie
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McSally
     Meadows
     Meehan
     Messer
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pitts
     Poliquin
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price, Tom
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rice (SC)
     Rigell
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney (FL)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Rouzer
     Royce
     Russell
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Trott
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Yoho
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--18

     Brown (FL)
     Castor (FL)
     Clawson (FL)
     Forbes
     Heck (NV)
     Issa
     Jolly
     Kirkpatrick
     Larsen (WA)
     Lee
     Lieu, Ted
     Miller (MI)
     Pittenger
     Poe (TX)
     Richmond
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Van Hollen
     Westmoreland


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

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

                              {time}  1719

  Mr. NOLAN changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion to table was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated against:
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I was too far away to return for the vote in 
time. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 
607.


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise for a parliamentary inquiry 
based upon the resolution before us and the most somber responsibility 
of impeachment.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Texas will state her 
parliamentary inquiry.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, the inquiry is the underlying premise 
as to whether or not an impeachment should go forward when there are 
questions that are not documented of malfeasance or malice or the 
interpretation of

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the Madison Papers or the impeachment articles under the Constitution. 
Obviously, we are now preparing to refer.
  My question, Mr. Speaker, is whether or not we have made the 
appropriate documentation in the resolutions of the Articles of 
Impeachment that we should even refer this at all?
  I raise the question on a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has ruled that this resolution 
raises a question of the privileges of the House, and it is up to the 
House to dispose of that question.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. I thank you, Mr. Speaker.
  Let me say that the substance of the Articles of Impeachment do not 
meet the standards that are evidenced in the articles in the 
Constitution or interpretive works, such as the Madison Papers. I 
believe it is without substance, and I would hope that we would not 
refer this at this time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman is not stating a 
parliamentary inquiry.


                            Motion to Refer

  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion offered by 
the gentleman from Virginia.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Goodlatte moves that the resolution be referred to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized 
for 1 hour.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, Members have different opinions about 
what to do to address the allegations of misconduct against IRS 
Commissioner John Koskinen. Some would impeach him; others would 
censure him. Still others would impose no penalty.
  To address these differences of opinion and to ensure this body 
administers due process in these deliberations, I recommend that the 
House refer this matter to the House Judiciary Committee.
  I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question 
on the motion to refer.
  The previous question was ordered.


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Mr. MASSIE. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky will state his 
parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. MASSIE. Mr. Speaker, is this impeachment resolution necessary or 
is it, in fact, true that Mr. Koskinen's term extends well into the 
next President's term all the way until November? Is that true?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair cannot advise on that matter.
  The question is on the motion to refer.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 342, 
noes 72, not voting 19, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 608]

                               AYES--342

     Abraham
     Adams
     Aguilar
     Amodei
     Ashford
     Barletta
     Barr
     Bass
     Beatty
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (MI)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boustany
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardenas
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coffman
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comer
     Comstock
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello (PA)
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Curbelo (FL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delaney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Denham
     Dent
     DeSaulnier
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donovan
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Duckworth
     Duffy
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers (NC)
     Emmer (MN)
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Esty
     Evans
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frankel (FL)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Goodlatte
     Gowdy
     Graham
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Grothman
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Hardy
     Harper
     Hastings
     Heck (WA)
     Hensarling
     Higgins
     Hill
     Himes
     Hinojosa
     Holding
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huffman
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hurd (TX)
     Hurt (VA)
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Jenkins (KS)
     Jenkins (WV)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Joyce
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kline
     Knight
     Kuster
     LaHood
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Levin
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Loudermilk
     Love
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan Grisham (NM)
     Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
     Lynch
     MacArthur
     Maloney, Carolyn
     Maloney, Sean
     Marino
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     McSally
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moolenaar
     Moore
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Newhouse
     Nolan
     Norcross
     Nugent
     Nunes
     O'Rourke
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paulsen
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Poliquin
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Price (NC)
     Price, Tom
     Quigley
     Rangel
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Richmond
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rokita
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross
     Rothfus
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sewell (AL)
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sinema
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stefanik
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres
     Trott
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walorski
     Walters, Mimi
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters, Maxine
     Watson Coleman
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (IA)
     Young (IN)

                                NOES--72

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Babin
     Barton
     Bilirakis
     Blackburn
     Blum
     Brat
     Bridenstine
     Brooks (AL)
     Buck
     Byrne
     Chaffetz
     Davidson
     DeSantis
     DesJarlais
     Duncan (SC)
     Fleming
     Garrett
     Gohmert
     Gosar
     Graves (LA)
     Griffith
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice, Jody B.
     Huelskamp
     Hunter
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Kelly (MS)
     King (IA)
     Labrador
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Long
     Lummis
     Marchant
     Massie
     Meadows
     Messer
     Mooney (WV)
     Mulvaney
     Noem
     Palmer
     Pearce
     Perry
     Pitts
     Posey
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Roby
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney (FL)
     Rouzer
     Russell
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Schweikert
     Stutzman
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walker
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Williams
     Wittman
     Yoho
     Zeldin
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--19

     Brown (FL)
     Castor (FL)
     Clawson (FL)
     Deutch
     Forbes
     Heck (NV)
     Jolly
     Kirkpatrick
     Larsen (WA)
     Lee
     McDermott
     Miller (MI)
     Pittenger
     Poe (TX)
     Rush
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Van Hollen
     Welch
     Westmoreland

                              {time}  1740

  Messrs. BILIRAKIS and PALMER changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  So the motion to refer 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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