[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 92 (Friday, June 10, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H3683-H3693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
General Leave
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their
remarks and to include extraneous material on the further consideration
of H.R. 5325 and that I may include tabular material on the same.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Georgia?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 771 and rule
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House
on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill,
H.R. 5325.
Will the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) kindly take the
chair.
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In the Committee of the Whole
Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the
Whole
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House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the
bill (H.R. 5325) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes, with
Ms. Foxx (Acting Chair) in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose on Thursday,
June 9, 2016, the Chair had announced that it was in order to consider
amendment No. 7, printed in House Report 114-611.
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Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Gosar
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 8
printed in House Report 114-611.
Mr. GOSAR. Madam Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to deliver a printed copy of the United States House
of Representatives Telephone Directory to the office of any
Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate
or Resident Commissioner to the Congress).
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 771, the gentleman
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
Mr. GOSAR. Madam Chairman, I rise today to offer a commonsense
amendment that will prevent wasteful spending in this bill and the
unsolicited delivery of printed copies of the House telephone directory
to 435 House congressional offices.
I hold here the United States House of Representatives Telephone
Directory for 2016. This book, printed by the Government Publishing
Office, contains 378 pages of names, addresses, and the contact
information for Members of Congress and their staffs. While the Clerk
of the House does get a deal from the GPO on these printing costs, this
directory is sold to the public online at a cost of $52 per book. GPO
stated that 14,080 copies of this directory were sent this year to the
House Postal Operations for delivery.
This year, all 435 House Member offices received this stack--this
whole stack right here--unsolicited from the Office of the Clerk, 20
copies, total, for each office.
Each year we get this directory and, to be frank, it is not needed.
All the information contained within these pages is readily available
online, both publicly and through House Web sites.
To make matters worse, often, the information contained is out of
date by the time we receive these bound copies. For example, by the
time I received my 20 copies of this directory, the information listed
for my staff was no longer current.
According to a CRS report from 2011, approximately 97 percent of all
government documents originate in digital form and are distributed
electronically but are not printed. This same CRS report estimated that
it costs Congress about $134 per page for prepress costs for
miscellaneous publications, of which this directory is one.
Madam Chairman, I don't think I need to remind anyone here that we
are currently $19 trillion-plus in debt as a result of excessive and
unnecessary spending. I will be the first to admit that this amendment
will not be saving millions of dollars this year alone, but in a time
of such financial crisis, we should remain vigilant and save every
penny we can.
This book is unnecessary, and its unsolicited distribution en masse
is excessive. Why does each D.C. office get 20 unsolicited copies? My
D.C. office only has eight employees, none of which utilize these
wasteful directories.
I ask my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment that will
save precious taxpayer money and prevent future unsolicited deliveries
of this directory in every single House office on the Hill.
I thank the distinguished chair and ranking member for their work on
this bill.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Gosar
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 9
printed in House Report 114-611.
Mr. GOSAR. Madam Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to deliver a printed copy of the Budget of the United
States Government; Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the
United States Government; or the Appendix, Budget of the
United States Government, to the office of any Member of the
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident
Commissioner to the Congress).
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 771, the gentleman
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
Mr. GOSAR. Madam Chairman, I rise today to offer another commonsense
amendment that will prevent wasteful spending in this bill by
preventing the delivery of this packet of nearly 2,000 pages containing
the President's budget request to 435 House congressional offices.
In its 2017 budget justification, the Government Publishing Office
states: ``Since 2012, GPO has made the annual Budget of the U.S.
Government available as a mobile app. The FY 2016 Budget app, released
in January of 2015, provided users with access to the text and images
of the Budget, including the Budget Message of the President,
information on the President's priorities, and budget overviews
organized by agency. This app provides links to GPO's FDsys where
summary tables and additional books of the Budget, including the
Analytical Perspectives, Appendix, and Historical Tables, are
available.''
This package, which contains the President's budget, analytical
perspectives of the budget, and the appendix of the budget are all
available on an app for your phone for free. Furthermore, all three are
available in their entirety online at www.whitehouse.gov/omb/, where
they are more easily searchable.
While the Office of Management and Budget does get a great deal from
GPO on printing costs, each individual copy sells online for $38, $56,
and $79, respectively. These documents comprise 170 pages, 409 pages,
and 1,413 pages, respectively. OMB orders one copy of the budget for
all 435 Members of the House, and this publication is then printed by
the Government Publishing Office and delivered by House Postal
Operations.
In a time when our Nation is facing a fiscal crisis and has a $19
trillion-plus debt as a result of excessive and unnecessary spending,
we should not be squandering more money printing nearly 2,000 pages of
the President's budget that most Members throw in the trash, recycle,
or don't even open.
Furthermore, this massive document is not even a serious proposal and
has been routinely rejected with strong bipartisan support. The Senate
defeated President Obama's budget by a vote of 97-0 for fiscal year
2011, 99-0 in fiscal year 2012, and 98-1 last year.
Again, I will be the first one to admit that this amendment will not
save millions of dollars this year alone, but, in a time of such fiscal
crisis, we should remember the old adage that a penny saved is a penny
earned.
The printing and distribution of the President's budget to 435 House
offices is excessive. I ask my colleagues to support this commonsense
amendment, and we will save precious taxpayer money and prevent future
mass deliveries. Again, all these publications are online in their
entirely, where they are more easily searchable, and they are also on a
free mobile app.
I thank the distinguished chair and ranking member for their work on
this bill.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Grayson
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 10
printed in House Report 114-611.
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Mr. GRAYSON. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to enter into a contract with any offeror or any of
its principals if the offeror certifies, as required by
Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any of
its principals--
(1) within a three-year period preceding the offer, has
been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against it
for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection
with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public
(Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation
of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the
submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft,
forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records,
making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal
criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property;
(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or
civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of
any of the offenses enumerated above in paragraph (1); or
(3) within a three-year period preceding the offer, has
been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount
that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains
unsatisfied.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 771, the gentleman
from Florida (Mr. Grayson) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida.
Mr. GRAYSON. Madam Chair, this is an amendment that is identical to
other amendments that have been inserted by voice vote into every
appropriations bill considered under an open rule during the 113th and
114th Congresses. I extend my thanks to the Rules Committee for ruling
this amendment in order.
My amendment expands the list of parties with whom the Federal
Government is prohibited from contracting due to serious misconduct on
the part of the contractors. I hope that this amendment remains
noncontroversial, as it has been, and will again be passed unanimously
by the House.
I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz).
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, I support the gentleman's
amendment.
This is a commonsense amendment which would prohibit funding in this
bill from being used to pay contractors engaged in fraud or tax
evasion. As the gentleman said, similar amendments have been adopted on
other appropriations bills.
I urge Members to vote ``aye.''
Mr. GRAYSON. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Grayson).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Takano
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 11
printed in House Report 114-611.
Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. There is appropriated, for salaries and expenses
of the Office of Technology Assessment as authorized by the
Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 471 et seq.)
$2,500,000, to be derived from a reduction of $2,500,000 in
the amount provided in this Act for the item for ``Architect
of the Capitol, Capital Construction and Operations''.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 771, the gentleman
from California (Mr. Takano) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I rise today in support of my amendment, which would restore funding
to the Office of Technology Assessment, or OTA. The foundation for good
policy is accurate and objective analysis; and for more than two
decades, the OTA set that foundation by providing relevant, unbiased
technical and scientific assessments for Members of Congress and staff.
In 1995, the OTA was defunded, stripping Congress of a valuable
resource to understand both emerging technologies as well as the
nuances of the legislative process. In its absence, the need for OTA
has only grown. Many of the issues OTA studied 20 years ago are even
more pressing today: antibiotic-resistant bacteria, electronic
surveillance in the digital age, and testing in America's schools.
These are the complex challenges our Nation will continue to face, and
Congress should have access to the thorough and insightful analysis OTA
can provide.
Investing in the OTA now will actually save us money in the future.
In the last year it operated, OTA's budget was $23 million, but its
studies on the Synthetics Fuels Corporation saved taxpayers tens of
billions of dollars.
Our amendment restores a modest $2.5 million to the OTA account for
salaries and expenses to begin rebuilding the office. The cost is
offset by a reduction of the same amount to the AOC's capital
construction and operations account, which is an administrative
account. So this will not take resources from specific construction
projects.
Madam Chair, a great surgeon does not operate without modern tools, a
master chef does not cook without fresh ingredients, and Members of
Congress should not make policy decisions without relevant and unbiased
information.
I urge Members to vote ``yes'' on this amendment to restore funding
to the Office of Technology Assessment.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Madam Chair, I rise in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Madam Chair, I want to thank the gentleman
from California. I know he has great intentions with this amendment.
As we discuss the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill, we are
really discussing what is important to the House of Representatives,
because that is what this bill reflects.
I know that this office was created in 1972 and was eliminated years
later, but in 1972, I was 2 years old. Technology was very different. I
see no need to re-create something that was started dealing with
technology when I was 2 years old, almost two decades prior to the
first Web site.
Currently, these tasks are being handled by GAO. They are being
handled sufficiently. They are being handled with the $2.5 million
already, and we have yet to receive any complaints.
Now, if there is a more comprehensive need for technology assessment,
I think that is a bigger discussion for cyber policy in general, and
that is a conversation that should take place outside of the
Legislative Branch Subcommittee's jurisdiction.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz).
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. I rise in support of the amendment to revive
the Office of Technology Assessment.
When I was chair of the subcommittee, we tried to restart it within
the Government Accountability Office. In fiscal years 2008 to 2010, I
included $2.5 million in this bill with GAO to support that initiative.
However, the supporters of the amendment make an impassioned case that
the Office of Technology Assessment should be a part of Congress
itself, rather than GAO, in order to provide objective analysis of
complex, scientific, and technical issues which certainly, I think we
can all agree, actually exist today.
We are not trying to go back to 20th century technology. We have
important issues that need to be reviewed, and we don't always have the
expertise in Congress necessary to be able to make sure we can get that
cogent analysis, particularly when we are still at funding levels back
to 2010 in the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill.
This is a bill in which we are tackling copyright modernization,
specifically dealing with technology challenges, and an OTA would add
to the rigor of our analysis on that topic and others.
I urge support of the amendment.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Madam Chair, I will just point out that one of
our focuses in the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill is to be very
responsible with taxpayer dollars. During these lean times when we are
$19 trillion in debt, we have really led the
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charge when it comes to reducing spending from our operations, down
13.2 percent. We have eliminated some agencies and programs and even,
in this bill, eliminate the Open World Center.
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I don't see this as the time that we need to restart a new program
that was eliminated 20 years ago.
Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, how much time is remaining on my side?
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 2 minutes
remaining.
Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from
Illinois (Mr. Foster), a member of the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology and a respected physicist.
Mr. FOSTER. Madam Chair, thank you to the gentleman from California
(Mr. Takano) and to my colleagues, the gentlewoman from Connecticut
(Ms. Esty) and the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Ben Ray Lujan) for
helping to bring this amendment to the floor.
This amendment would provide $2.5 million to resurrect the Office of
Technology Assessment to revive this crucial service of providing
Congress with unbiased, nonpartisan reports on a wide range of issues
in science and technology.
This office is no less necessary today than when it first started in
1972. As technology continues to advance at an increasingly rapid pace
and our partisan divide seems to grow deeper, Congress needs this now
more than ever.
I ask my colleagues to consider just one single one of the
recommendations from the Office of Technology Assessment, that the
United States rapidly adopt a standardized electronic medical record
format. Had this been done, we would have been able to save hundreds of
millions of dollars in medical costs over the last decades and hundreds
of thousands of lives of Americans through prevention of preventable
medical accidents.
I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this amendment to
restore this vital source of credible and nonpartisan scientific
expertise in Congress.
Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, I reiterate my support for the Office of
Technology Assessment. Congress does not suffer from a lack of
information, but it suffers from a lack of trusted information to help
make wise policy decisions. We need information that is not spun even
by our own agencies, the FBI or other agencies. We need information
that is not spun from particular sectors. This agency, this Office of
Technology Assessment, will be overseen by a bipartisan group of
lawmakers who will vet the experts that work for it.
Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Madam Chair, I will just again thank my
colleague from California for his thoughtful and well-debated argument
here for the need, as he sees it. I will again reiterate that the GAO
provides a valuable service which I believe can continue doing the job
that is necessary.
In these lean times, I would encourage our colleagues to oppose this
amendment not because of the gentleman from California, but just
because of the lean times and the concept in which it is just not the
right time to adopt that. I will oppose the amendment.
Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from California (Mr. Takano).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. TAKANO. Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California
will be postponed.
Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Russell
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 12
printed in House Report 114-611.
Mr. RUSSELL. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to deliver a printed copy of the Federal Register to
a Member of the House of Representatives (including a
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) unless the
Member requests a copy.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 771, the gentleman
from Oklahoma (Mr. Russell) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oklahoma.
Mr. RUSSELL. Madam Chair, the fiscal year 2017 Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act contains several excellent provisions to cut down on
unnecessary printing of paper documents in the House of
Representatives. Section 102 of the act, for example, prohibits printed
copies of bills from being sent to Members of Congress unless they
specifically request them. This amendment is very similar. It prohibits
the Federal Register from being sent to Members unless they
specifically request it. It uses the exact same terminology as section
102.
The Federal Register, while important because it contains rules,
proposals, and various other publications released by Federal agencies,
unfortunately every business day Members of Congress receive paper
copies of this Register, while it is available online and queryable.
Sadly, most of these hundreds of pages in length end up in the waste
bin.
The Federal Register, being available online, is a better way to go
with this measure. The Government Printing Office sends 617 copies of
the Register every single day to House Members alone. This includes
subscriptions for personal offices, committees, archival offices, and
others. Each annual subscription costs the Government Printing Office
$750 a year to produce in paper and ink alone. These costs are charged
to Federal agencies that publish in the Federal Register.
Among all the Members of Congress and six nonvoting Members in the
House, paying for an annual subscription for all of these costs and
other estimated delivery costs exceeds $400,000 annually. To put that
into perspective, that could pay for the annual salaries of a dozen
Special Forces sergeants who are defending our country abroad.
None of the funds made available by this act may be used to deliver a
printed copy of the Federal Register to a Member of the House of
Representatives, including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to
Congress, unless the Members request specifically a copy.
This simple amendment will build on the reforms of the congressional
printing of sections 102, 103, and 105, allowing Federal agencies to
better use precious taxpayer dollars. I encourage support for this
amendment, Madam Chair, because, once again, we will never win the war
on our national debt in some giant spending measure that will only
divide us within our respective parties and within the Chamber.
Instead, we will win it by combating waste one agency at a time.
Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Russell).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Pearce
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 13
printed in House Report 114-611.
Mr. PEARCE. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Page 2, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $190,970)''.
Page 5, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $190,970)''.
Page 6, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $190,970)''.
Page 42, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $190,970)''.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 771, the gentleman
from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Mexico.
Mr. PEARCE. Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
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Madam Chair, despite what has been said about this amendment, it is
very simple. There are two bodies that are funded through the
appropriations process in the U.S. Congress. One is the House Committee
on Ethics. That is the one that we all know as Members of Congress. But
there is another body called the Office of Congressional Ethics that
works pretty well outside of this body.
Now, my amendment is simply taking this year's increase away from
that outside body. Again, no change to the ethical process inside the
body, the one that we are all familiar with and feel accountable to.
But we are deducting $191,000 from this outside group because in this
time of budget constraints, when I look at my office and all the other
offices, our spending has been reduced. Our budgets have been reduced
by approximately $200,000 since 2008.
Now, we have to deal with 750,000 to 900,000 constituents. I have
five field offices. Generally we drive, as a staff, somewhere between
50,000 and 100,000 miles per year to deal with our constituents. Our
budgets have gone down $200,000, with a small increase this year of
$12,000.
Then, on the other hand, I see a $191,000 increase on this outside
group. I just feel like that is extraordinary and would suggest that
the appropriations bill, H.R. 5325, be reduced in that amount in this
budget area.
Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, I claim the time in opposition to
the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized for 5
minutes.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, the Office of Congressional
Ethics is crucial to ensuring accountability and transparency in this
body. Any attempts to cut its budget would only serve to erode our
constituents' trust and faith in Congress, which certainly has already
suffered a significant amount of erosion.
As many of my colleagues will recall, the House created the Office of
Congressional Ethics nearly a decade ago to improve the integrity of
the ethics process in the House. The House was recovering from the Mark
Foley scandal, and it was clear that we needed to do something to
rebuild the American people's trust in their elected Representatives.
That is why OCE's core ``mission is to assist the U.S. House in
upholding high ethical standards with an eye toward increasing
transparency and providing information to the public.''
I acknowledge that there are proposals to improve the operations of
the Office of Congressional Ethics, and we should certainly take a look
at those, Madam Chair, but it is common sense that these improvements
can't be made by cutting funding for the office that we are actually
seeking to improve.
Moreover, the issue of congressional ethics is far too important to
reduce to a 10-minute debate on the House floor. For these reasons, I
urge my colleagues to oppose this misguided amendment.
Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. PEARCE. Madam Chair, I find it odd that we received the words
today on the House floor that we are going to increase transparency
through the Office of Congressional Ethics. That is exactly what they
do not do.
The Sixth Amendment of the Constitution gives the accused the right
to be confronted with the witnesses against him. I will quote from a
letter, a legal letter that was given to the OCE:
This investigation has again revealed due process
deficiencies within the OCE rules. While the Sixth Amendment
of the United States provides for the fundamental right to
confront one's accusers, the OCE rules do not allow to
confront the accused with the accusers.
Secondly, the Sixth Amendment gives us the right to a lawyer. I will
again quote from Paul Solis, an employee of the OCE, in an email to my
chief of staff:
I forgot to mention on our call that should you retain a
lawyer for the office, that lawyer would most likely be
prohibited under our rules from representing a subject of
this review to the extent that subject is a current staff
member.
So the OCE, in their email to our office, says you don't have the
right to legal counsel, even though the Sixth Amendment of the
Constitution says that you do.
The third thing that I see is that we should be able to find out the
nature of the charges under the Sixth Amendment. Again, our experience
and the experience of others who have confronted OCE realizes you do
not know what the charges are, you are not going to get to get a
lawyer, and you cannot know who is accusing you. This hardly meets the
word ``transparency'' that my good friend alluded to.
Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, while I can appreciate the
gentleman's concerns, he has listed a number of substantive differences
of opinion with the way the Office of Congressional Ethics handles
their work. This appropriations bill is not the appropriate place to
address those.
The Office of Congressional Ethics was created through legislation.
It is a substantive issue, and it is one that should be debated and
discussed on an authorizing bill, not on the funding of the legislative
branch. You don't just cut the budget of an office with whose decisions
you disagree. We can debate and discuss these concerns, but cutting
$190,000 out of the OCE's budget is not the way to address that.
For those reasons and the fact that the public already has some
pretty significant concerns with the way we do business here, this
would send the wrong message. If we are going to have this discussion,
we should do it in a forum that allows for more robust discussion and
debate over how to address those challenges long term.
Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Mr. PEARCE. Madam Chair, I would remind my friend and colleague that
this amendment only addresses the funding. I simply used my time in
order to advertise for this agency and the way that they operate.
I would like to quote from an email that I got this morning:
I cried when I saw what your boss did last night on the Leg
Branch.
This is referring to my amendment.
I was unfairly targeted by OCE in 2013, for an action in
2008, which had been approved by the Ethics Committee. OCE
even admitted there was no evidence. I complied with every
provision of the policy, without exception. One of the
staffers that was being investigated in this same
circumstance left the Hill early on. I considered doing the
same thing. I certainly had to endure all the phases of the
OCE process, including referral to the Ethics Committee.
The Ethics Committee dismissed the case against us, but it
is, by far, the worst thing that has ever happened to me in
my 21 years on the Hill. I am a strong person with resources,
and was an emotional wreck over the thought of losing my
credibility over an ethics investigation. I cried virtually
every day for several months. And the prolonged process over
many, many months took a toll on my life.
And we are asking to give this agency another $191,000 to continue
this kind of action? I think this debate is exactly called for at this
moment on this bill and on this spending.
Madam Chair, I urge Members to support the amendment to give notice
to the OCE that we are watching what they are doing.
Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, how much time do I have
remaining?
The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Florida has 3 minutes
remaining.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, I have tremendous respect for the
gentleman from New Mexico and his concerns for the operation of the
Office of Congressional Ethics. However, all that we would be doing
here, if his amendment were to pass, is to send a $190,000 message to
the Office of Congressional Ethics. It would not achieve any of the
gentleman's goals.
If we do need to take a look at the way the office functions, then
there is a process for doing that. The only thing we achieve here by
adopting this amendment is cutting their budget by $190,000.
So, if the majority believes that it is important to take a look at
the function of this office, then there is a process for doing that and
to take up legislation to change the way they do business. That is
certainly appropriate. But we don't accomplish any of the gentleman's
goals by cutting $190,000.
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In fact, the public has certainly already sent multiple messages to
the United States Congress that they don't have a whole lot of
confidence in the business that we are doing here. This would send the
absolute wrong message back to them--that we don't get it.
So I urge Members to oppose the amendment because it would not
achieve the gentleman's goals and because we have a more appropriate
place to actually achieve those goals in the authorizing committee.
Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Mexico
will be postponed.
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 114-611 on
which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
Amendment No. 2 by Mr. Ellison of Minnesota.
Amendment No. 6 by Mrs. Blackburn of Tennessee.
Amendment No. 11 by Mr. Takano of California.
Amendment No. 13 by Mr. Pearce of New Mexico.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.
Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Ellison
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota
(Mr. Ellison) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 157,
noes 241, not voting 36, as follows:
[Roll No. 289]
AYES--157
Ashford
Beatty
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Connolly
Conyers
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Eshoo
Esty
Frankel (FL)
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Graham
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Lawrence
Levin
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Pocan
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Sinema
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
NOES--241
Abraham
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Amash
Babin
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donovan
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Farenthold
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Himes
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jones
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
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
Peterson
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Polis
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
Schrader
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
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--36
Adams
Amodei
Barletta
Bass
Black
Brat
Brooks (IN)
Clyburn
Cohen
Davis, Danny
Duffy
Engel
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Franks (AZ)
Fudge
Gosar
Hardy
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Hunter
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Larson (CT)
Lee
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Luetkemeyer
Meeks
Miller (MI)
Neal
Payne
Sires
Waters, Maxine
Yarmuth
{time} 1208
Messrs. DIAZ-BALART, WITTMAN, and COLLINS of New York changed their
vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mrs. BLACK. Madam Chair, on rollcall No. 289 on agreeing to the
Ellison Amendment for H.R. 5325, I am not recorded because I was
unavoidable detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.''
Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mrs. Blackburn
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) on which further proceedings were postponed
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 165,
noes 237, not voting 32, as follows:
[Roll No. 290]
AYES--165
Abraham
Allen
Amash
Babin
Barton
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
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Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Carter (GA)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cooper
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Farenthold
Fitzpatrick
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Garrett
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hurd (TX)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kelly (MS)
King (IA)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Lummis
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Messer
Miller (FL)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Noem
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Perry
Pitts
Poliquin
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Roe (TN)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Russell
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shuster
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Stewart
Stutzman
Tipton
Trott
Upton
Vela
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOES--237
Aderholt
Aguilar
Ashford
Barr
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Benishek
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cole
Connolly
Conyers
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Emmer (MN)
Eshoo
Esty
Fleischmann
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibson
Graham
Granger
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Harper
Hastings
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Issa
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jolly
Joyce
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
LaHood
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Massie
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McKinley
McNerney
Meehan
Meng
Mica
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Newhouse
Nolan
Norcross
Nugent
Nunes
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Paulsen
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pittenger
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Simpson
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Stivers
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Turner
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Welch
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Womack
Young (AK)
NOT VOTING--32
Adams
Amodei
Barletta
Cohen
Costa
Davis, Danny
Duffy
Engel
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fudge
Gosar
Hardy
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Honda
Hunter
Hurt (VA)
Jackson Lee
Jordan
Lee
Lieu, Ted
Luetkemeyer
Meeks
Miller (MI)
Neal
Payne
Rush
Sires
Waters, Maxine
Yarmuth
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1212
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. HURT of Virginia. Madam Chair, I was not present for rollcall
vote No. 290 on the Blackburn of Tennessee Amendment No. 6. Had I been
present, I would have voted ``yes.''
Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Takano
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California
(Mr. Takano) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 179,
noes 223, not voting 32, as follows:
[Roll No. 291]
AYES--179
Aguilar
Amash
Ashford
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chaffetz
Chu, Judy
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Eshoo
Esty
Farenthold
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Gallego
Garamendi
Graham
Grayson
Green, Al
Grothman
Hahn
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Hultgren
Israel
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Ros-Lehtinen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Salmon
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Sinema
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Zinke
NOES--223
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Babin
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
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donovan
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gabbard
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Gene
Griffith
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
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Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Lummis
MacArthur
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
Peterson
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Sanford
Scalise
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stewart
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--32
Adams
Amodei
Barletta
Cicilline
Cohen
Davis, Danny
Duffy
Engel
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fudge
Gosar
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hardy
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Jackson Lee
Lee
Lieu, Ted
Luetkemeyer
Marchant
Meeks
Miller (MI)
Neal
Payne
Sires
Stivers
Waters, Maxine
Wittman
Yarmuth
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1216
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Pearce
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Mexico
(Mr. Pearce) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 137,
noes 270, not voting 27, as follows:
[Roll No. 292]
AYES--137
Abraham
Allen
Amash
Babin
Barton
Benishek
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boustany
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Burgess
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Collins (GA)
Conaway
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davidson
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Farenthold
Fleischmann
Flores
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Harper
Harris
Hastings
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Lummis
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy
McCaul
McHenry
Meadows
Messer
Miller (FL)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Mulvaney
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (SC)
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Roskam
Ross
Russell
Salmon
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Simpson
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thornberry
Upton
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Womack
Woodall
Yoho
Young (AK)
NOES--270
Aderholt
Aguilar
Ashford
Barr
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Bost
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Bridenstine
Brooks (IN)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coffman
Cole
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Dold
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Eshoo
Esty
Fitzpatrick
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garrett
Gibson
Graham
Graves (LA)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Guinta
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanna
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huffman
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Israel
Issa
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Jolly
Jones
Joyce
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kirkpatrick
Knight
Kuster
LaHood
LaMalfa
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawrence
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Love
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Massie
Matsui
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meng
Mica
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Noem
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Paulsen
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Pittenger
Pocan
Poliquin
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reed
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rigell
Roby
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Rothfus
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanford
Sarbanes
Scalise
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stefanik
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tiberi
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Turner
Valadao
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Wittman
Yoder
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--27
Adams
Amodei
Barletta
Brady (TX)
Cohen
Davis, Danny
Duffy
Engel
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fudge
Gosar
Hardy
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Jackson Lee
Lee
Lieu, Ted
Luetkemeyer
Meeks
Miller (MI)
Neal
Payne
Sires
Waters, Maxine
Yarmuth
{time} 1220
Mr. DELANEY changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIR. There being no further amendments, under the rule,
the Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Hultgren) having assumed the chair, Ms. Foxx, Acting Chair of the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 5325)
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes, and, pursuant to
House Resolution 771, she reported the bill back to the House with
sundry amendments adopted in the Committee of the Whole.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is
ordered.
Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the
Committee of the Whole? If not, the Chair will put them en gros.
The amendments were agreed to.
[[Page H3691]]
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.
Motion to Recommit
Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the
desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
Mr. CASTRO of Texas. I am opposed to it in its current form.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Castro of Texas moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5325 to
the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report
the same back to the House forthwith with the following
amendment:
In the ``Capital Construction and Operations'' account, on
page 17, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $200,000)''.
In the ``Library of Congress--Salaries and Expenses''
account, on page 25, line 24, after the first dollar amount,
insert ``(increased by $200,000)''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this is the final amendment to the
bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If
adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as
amended.
Mr. Speaker, before I speak on this amendment, I yield to the
gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), who has been a strong
advocate and leader on this issue, for an opportunity to say a few
words.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my colleague,
Congressman Joaquin Castro, to urge the majority to finally allow the
House to strike a destructive political provision that has made its way
into the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill.
If those listening are wondering why we are talking about the
pejorative term ``illegal aliens'' on the bill that funds the
legislative branch, then you are not alone. This legislation's
accompanying report includes language that would have the Library
continue to use the term ``illegal aliens,'' ``to the extent
practicable''--even though the Library itself has said that there is no
practicable means to continue to use the term ``illegal aliens.''
The Library changes thousands of subject headings each year without
interference from Congress. Why this one? Why now?
The Library once used the subject heading ``Negro,'' then moved to
``Afro-American,'' and now ``African American.'' They didn't wait until
the entire U.S. Code was free of the pejorative term ``Negro'' before
they changed their subject heading. As a matter of fact, Congress only
recently removed the last vestiges of the terms ``Negro'' and
``Oriental'' from the U.S. Code in May of 2016.
That bill passed with a unanimous vote, including the ``yes'' vote of
the chairman of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee. If we removed
``Negro'' and ``Oriental'' in the subject headings of the Library of
Congress before we changed the U.S. Code, then we should do the same
for the now-pejorative term, ``illegal alien.''
The Library of Congress is our Nation's first established cultural
institution, and it is hard to fathom why my colleagues on the other
side of the aisle would try to tie its hands to the slow-moving wheels
of the U.S. Code.
Entering into an immigration debate on the Legislative Branch
Appropriations bill is a terrible precedent. If the majority is really
serious about debating the U.S. Code, then let's have the Republican
Rules Committee bring up the Castro bill that would remove the hurtful
and inaccurate term ``illegal aliens'' once and for all from the U.S.
Code.
We are Members of Congress, not captains of the word police. Free the
card catalog and depoliticize this bill.
Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have
remaining?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 2 minutes and
35 seconds remaining.
Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in 1922, the only grandparent I
would come to know came from Mexico to the United States. She was not a
rapist or a murderer or an alien. She was a 6-year-old girl whose
parents had died around the time of the Mexican Revolution, and the
closest relatives who could take her and her sister in were in Texas.
I bet if we went around this Chamber, I know there would be beautiful
stories, similar stories, of ancestors who came from Italy, Germany,
Ireland, Africa, Asia, and every corner of the world. They are the
immigrants to this country. They are the strength of this country.
Language matters. Recently, the Library of Congress decided to retire
the term ``illegal alien'' because it is dehumanizing. For the first
time in American history, today, the Congress is ready to interfere
with the business of the Library of Congress.
In the years of the Congress and the Library, language has evolved.
That is why we have done away with terms like ``Negro,'' ``Oriental,''
``lunatic,'' and ``retarded,'' because we understand that even words
that start off as neutral descriptors can, over time, become used as
verbal weapons and knives to inflict pain and disrespect and sow
division. That is the case today.
There are times in our country's history where our politics have also
been a race to the bottom. Those Irish ancestors were greeted by signs
that read ``no Irish need apply'' in cities like New York and Boston.
The Japanese, German, and Italian Americans even were interned during
World War II. Chinese were excluded from this country for decades.
During the Eisenhower administration, many Hispanics in this country
were rounded up and deported to Mexico even if they were American.
{time} 1230
What I am asking is for us not to fuel the flames of this season and
for us to take a better course and do the right thing. I am asking you
to support this motion to recommit because the words ``illegal alien''
will be retired. This will change, whether it is now or 6 months from
now or 10 years from now. The question for all of us is whether we,
today, will do the right thing or whether a few years from now we
apologize for doing the wrong thing.
Please support this motion to recommit and do the right thing.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the
motion to recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for
5 minutes.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I want to make this quick because
I want to make sure the House knows what offensive language is in this
bill. It is so offensive that I am going to read it.
To the extent practicable, the committee instructs the
Library to maintain certain subject headings that reflect
terminology used in title 8, United States Code.
That is what is so offensive to the minority party.
For 7\1/2\ years, we have had a President who wants to ignore the
intent of the laws of our land. We will not allow this body, this
House, to ignore the definitions nor the words of the laws that have
been voted on in this body, passed by the Senate, and signed into law
by the President.
I am asking this body to vote ``no'' on this motion to recommit, vote
``yes'' to uphold the laws of this land, vote ``yes'' for your
constituents on final passage, and have a good weekend.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is
ordered on the motion to recommit.
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule
XX, this 5-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-
minute votes on passage of the bill, adoption of House Concurrent
Resolution 89, and adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 112.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 170,
noes 237, not voting 27, as follows:
[[Page H3692]]
[Roll No. 293]
AYES--170
Aguilar
Ashford
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Eshoo
Esty
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Graham
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
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
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Sinema
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
NOES--237
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Babin
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
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donovan
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Farenthold
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
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
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
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
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
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NOT VOTING--27
Adams
Amodei
Barletta
Cohen
Davis, Danny
Duffy
Engel
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fudge
Gosar
Hardy
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Jackson Lee
Lee
Lieu, Ted
Luetkemeyer
Meeks
Miller (MI)
Napolitano
Neal
Payne
Sires
Waters, Maxine
Yarmuth
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining.
{time} 1237
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been
present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall No. 293.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 233,
nays 175, not voting 26, as follows:
[Roll No. 294]
YEAS--233
Abraham
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Ashford
Babin
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bera
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bost
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donovan
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Emmer (MN)
Farenthold
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Lummis
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy
McCaul
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
Peters
Peterson
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
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
Ruiz
Russell
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
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
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke
NAYS--175
Amash
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brooks (AL)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardenas
Carney
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Connolly
Conyers
Courtney
Crowley
Cummings
Davidson
Davis (CA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Edwards
Ellison
Ellmers (NC)
Eshoo
Esty
Fleming
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Graham
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Guinta
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
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King (IA)
Kirkpatrick
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Levin
Lewis
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Massie
Matsui
McClintock
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Nolan
Norcross
O'Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Wittman
NOT VOTING--26
Adams
Amodei
Barletta
Cohen
Davis, Danny
Duffy
Engel
Farr
Fattah
Fincher
Fudge
Gosar
Hardy
Herrera Beutler
Hinojosa
Jackson Lee
Lee
Lieu, Ted
Luetkemeyer
Meeks
Miller (MI)
Neal
Payne
Sires
Waters, Maxine
Yarmuth
Announcement by the speaker pro tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining.
{time} 1244
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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