[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 20, 2022)]
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[Pages H6891-H6901]
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TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Tlaib). Pursuant to House Resolution
1232 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. 8294.
Will the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) 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 House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of
the bill (H.R. 8294) making appropriations for the Departments of
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes,
with Mr. LEVIN of Michigan (Acting Chair) in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose on Tuesday,
July 19, 2022, the sixth set of en bloc amendments offered by the
gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) had been disposed of.
Amendments En Bloc No. 7 Offered by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, pursuant to House Resolution 1232, I offer
amendments en bloc.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc.
Amendments en bloc No. 7 consisting of amendment Nos. 104, 106, 107,
113, 115, 116, 123, 125, 136, 141, 142, 152, 153, 155, 156, 158, 159,
161, 164, 172, 174, 180, 181, 182, 186, 187, 188, 189, and 190 printed
in part A of House Report 117-420, offered by Ms. DeLauro of
Connecticut:
Amendment No. 104 Offered by Mr. Crow of Colorado
Page 497, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $6,700,000)''.
Page 500, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $6,700,000)''.
Page 525, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $6,700,000)''.
Amendment No. 106 Offered by Mr. Deutch of Florida
Page 419, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $500,000)''.
Page 510, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $500,000)''.
Amendment No. 107 Offered by Ms. Escobar of Texas
Page 524, line 8, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
Page 525, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 113 Offered by Mr. Gottheimer of New Jersey
Page 497, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
Page 500, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
Page 526, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 115 Offered by Mr. Gottheimer of New Jersey
Page 421, line 25, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $3,000,000)''.
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Page 497, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.
Page 500, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 116 Offered by Mr. Graves of Louisiana
Page 527 line 21, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
Page 527 line 21, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 123 Offered by Mr. LaMalfa of California
Page 524, line 8, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $30,000,000) (increased by $30,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 125 Offered by Ms. Manning of North Carolina
Page 433, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Page 433, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Page 433, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Page 434, line 25, after the dollar among, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 136 Offered by Mr. Steil of Wisconsin
Page 419, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
Page 455, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 141 Offered by Mr. Buchanan of Florida
Page 616, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Page 647, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 142 Offered by Mr. Buchanan of Florida
Page 628, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $2,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 152 Offered by Mr. Hudson of North Carolina
Page 716, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $5,000,000)(increased by $5,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 153 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas
Page 621, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 155 Offered by Ms. Lofgren of California
Page 647, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
Page 653, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 156 Offered by Mr. McCarthy of California
Page 619, line 25, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)''.
Page 714, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 158 Offered by Mr. Moore of Utah
Page 647, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000)''.
Page 714, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 159 Offered by Mr. Nadler of New York
Page 647, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $4,000,000)(increased by $4,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 161 Offered by Mr. O'Halleran of Arizona
Page 712, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 164 Offered by Mr. Raskin of Maryland
Page 660, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
Page 754, line 15, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 172 Offered by Mr. Arrington of Texas
Page 823, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
Page 823, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
Page 830, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 174 Offered by Mr. Barr of Kentucky
Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
Page 819, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 180 Offered by Mr. Gottheimer of New Jersey
Page 816, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 181 Offered by Mr. Larsen of Washington
Page 822, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $10,000,000)(increased by $10,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 182 Offered by Ms. Manning of North Carolina
Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Page 822, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 186 Offered by Mr. David Scott of Georgia
Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 187 Offered by Ms. Sherrill of New Jersey
Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $10,000,000)(increased by $10,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 188 Offered by Ms. Sherrill of New Jersey
Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $10,000,000)(reduced by $10,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 189 Offered by Ms. Sherrill of New Jersey
Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 190 Offered by Ms. Spanberger of Virginia
Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Page 823, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
Page 823, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1232, the gentlewoman
from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) and the gentleman from Florida (Mr.
Diaz-Balart) each will control 15 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Connecticut.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
The bipartisan en bloc amendment includes 29 proposals offered by my
Democratic and Republican colleagues. This bipartisan en bloc amendment
will make changes to the Financial Services bill, the Interior bill,
and the Military Construction bill.
For example, for the Financial Services bill, the amendment will
increase funding for entrepreneurial development programs by $6.7
million, increase funding for the Truman Foundation, and provide $5
million to help prevent fentanyl overdoses.
For Interior, the amendment will enhance activities for the
preservation of historically Black colleges and universities and civil
rights landmarks.
For military construction, the amendment will provide $1 million for
grants to assist States and Tribal organizations in establishing
veterans' cemeteries and support increased access to medical care for
veterans.
These are bipartisan proposals that we can all support, and I urge my
colleagues to support this amendment.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Virginia (Ms. Spanberger).
Ms. SPANBERGER. Mr. Chair, I stand in support of my amendment to
increase funding for suicide prevention coordinators at the VA, and I
thank the chairwoman for her advocacy and good work on the larger bill.
Last Saturday, the new 988 national suicide prevention lifeline
launched. Now veterans in crisis can reach the veterans crisis line by
calling 988 and pressing 1.
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This new number will allow more individuals to access help when they
need it the most, and it will save lives.
Due to this transition, the VA anticipates an increase in call
volume, as much as 2\1/2\ times higher than last year. We need to make
sure that there are enough professionals in place at the VA to handle
the uptick in caseloads--starting with suicide prevention coordinators.
Suicide prevention coordinators receive referrals from Veterans
Crisis Line callers, and remain in contact with high-risk veterans,
providing follow-up care and connecting them with resources within
their communities.
The 988 number is an important step in providing mental health care
to veterans in crisis. But it is our duty to ensure that there are
suicide prevention coordinators in place to care for those who have
borne the battle.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the
Americans who represent the very best of our country and ensuring the
success of the new 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for all
those who may need it.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, as I stated, this en bloc will make this
package stronger and meet the needs of the people who have entrusted in
us their faith that we can serve them and serve them well.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I
yield back the balance of my time.
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Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of Amendment 159,
which would increase and decreases funding from the Office of the DOI
Secretary by $4,000,000. The intent of Amendment 159 is to increase the
funding of the DOI's 9/11 Memorial Act Grant Program for FY2023 from $4
million to $8 million.
Authorized by Congress with the passing of the bipartisan 9/11
Memorial Act in 2018 and signed into law in 2019, the program provides
funding for the operation, security, and maintenance of a memorial
commemorating the victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade
Center, the Pentagon, and United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, and
the victims of the attack on the World Trade Center on February 26,
1993. Awardees are selected for their extraordinary commitment to
honoring the lives lost on 9/11, and those who risked their own lives
to save others.
We have endeavored, as a Nation, to ensure that the 9/11 Memorials
continue to stand as places of reflection and remembrance for every
American. Every generation should know the tragic events of that
Tuesday morning and the heroism of those who rushed back to the burning
Pentagon and onto the pile at Ground Zero to put out fires, search for
survivors, clear debris, and rebuild for months and years. The funding
provided by the 9/11 Memorial Act Grant Program is critical to ensuring
that memorials--like the acre-wide reflecting pools in the footprint of
the Twin Towers in New York and the solemn benches marking each life
lost on the grounds of the Pentagon--continue to provide sacred and
inspiring spots accessible to millions of visitors for decades to come.
I urge my colleagues to vote Yea on Bipartisan En Bloc 7 and final
passage of H.R. 8294.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendments en bloc offered
by the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from
Connecticut will be postponed.
Amendment No. 137 Offered by Ms. Tlaib
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 137
printed in House Report 117-420.
Ms. TLAIB. Mr. 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 division D (before the short title), insert
the following:
Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by any title in
this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce
section 908(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export
Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7207(b)).
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1232, the gentlewoman
from Michigan (Ms. Tlaib) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Michigan.
Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, I would thank Chairmen Quigley, Meeks, and
McGovern and their staffs for working with me on this critical
amendment and for their leadership throughout this process.
I also thank the incredible Congresswoman Lee for joining me here
today to speak in support of this critical policy change, and, of
course, Congressman Crawford who submitted this change as a Republican-
led bipartisan amendment to the FSGG appropriations bill in 2017 and
has been a great advocate on this issue over the years.
This is an amendment that is critical, and it builds on more than a
decade of efforts by bipartisan Members of the House and Senate and the
farm industry leaders across the country.
As Cubans face one of the most painful crises in three decades,
forcing tens of thousands of Cubans to spend long hours each day
waiting in lines in hopes of finding food, our amendment would provide
temporary relief to them as well as U.S. farm exporters by suspending
enforcement for 1 year of the prohibition and extending credit to Cuban
food buyers.
This amendment makes sense for two reasons.
First, the Cuban people are contending with significant food
shortages, as I mentioned. By allowing Cuban importers to buy U.S. food
products on credit, we can help ease the suffering of everyday Cubans
and build good will between our peoples. Simply put, it is the most
humane thing we can do right now and the right thing to do.
Second, the amendment would also help American ag producers as well
by removing trade barriers that put them at a competitive disadvantage
with countries thousands of miles away, like China and Vietnam.
For my home State of Michigan, and many others across the country,
this amendment effectively opens up a new market of about 11 million
people for our farmers and for their exports.
I know Michigan's director of Agriculture and Rural Development, Gary
McDowell, noted that our State's farmers seek great opportunities for
products such as dry beans, apples, dairy products, and poultry that
are major staples of the Cuban diet.
This amendment is good for our Cuban people, as well as good for the
American farmers, and the right thing to do.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to please support this amendment, and
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I claim time in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, let's be clear, this is not the time to
provide unilateral concessions to a designated state sponsor of
terrorism. This amendment is simply a bailout for the anti-American
terrorist regime of Cuba, a regime that brutally oppresses the Cuban
people and continuously undermines U.S. national security interests.
It aids adversaries such as Russia, the Maduro regime in Venezuela,
and terrorist groups such as FARC and ELN, just to mention a couple.
Remember, the law allows for unlimited quantities of food and
medicine and other basic necessities that are already allowed to be
sent and to be sold to Cuba. What we must not do is leave the American
taxpayers on the hook to subsidize the Cuban terrorist regime.
This is not the time to bail out an enemy of the United States, which
harbors fugitives from U.S. justice, which allows Russian spy ships to
dock in its waters, that ruthlessly oppresses the Cuban people,
imprisoning even children for just speaking out for freedom.
This amendment, by the way, would also ensure that American farmers
are not paid because we all know that the Cuban regime does not pay
back its debts. This would, again, put the American taxpayer on the
hook to help the Cuban regime.
Let's be clear, a vote against this amendment is a vote for freedom.
A vote against this amendment is a vote for the American national
security interests. A vote against this amendment is a vote for human
rights and freedom for the Cuban people.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, as I said, this amendment would help alleviate
the suffering of the Cuban people. It also is very important to note
that this is identical to a bipartisan Republican-led amendment
submitted just a few years ago.
Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms.
DeLauro), the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the amendment offered by
Ms. Tlaib. Our Nation's policy toward Cuba over the past six decades
has proven to be ineffective and counterproductive. The Biden
administration has started to peel back some of these restrictive
policies in a manner that will both empower the Cuban people and
safeguard U.S. national security interests, and this amendment would
further these efforts.
This amendment would lift the longstanding restrictions on the
private financing of agricultural exports to Cuba, which harm U.S.
farmers and ranchers and their competitiveness. Cuba imports more than
$2 billion in agricultural exports per year.
Eliminating this longstanding prohibition would increase business for
our Nation's ranchers and farmers, and we would create jobs for
hardworking American families.
Let me give you an example. In 2021, the U.S. rice imports from
Vietnam were $12.6 million; Malaysia, $16 million; Thailand, $51
million; and Pakistan, $34 million. We are costing American taxpayers
dollars by importing
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when we could be helping Alabama and Louisiana and be able to import
rice from Cuba at a lot lower cost.
Mr. Chair, I support the reforms that allow for better relationships
with Cuba, and I urge support for this amendment.
Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, may I ask how much time I have remaining?
The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.
Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, while I understand and share some of the
concerns, the reality is the embargoes aren't working and have failed
to achieve any of its aims for over a half a century.
I think my colleagues, all of us, at least agree that there is no
more principled reason to engage than to ease the suffering of the
Cuban people who are currently again suffering from huge amounts of
food shortages.
I think it is critically important to understand there is trade
happening now, but in cash. This would again allow the access to credit
to be able to do it in a way that allows farmers in not only Michigan
but across the country who are asking us to help them do more and
export and allow them to address some of the food shortages that help
the Cuban people so much more.
Mr. Chair, for those reasons I urge my colleagues to please vote
``yes'' on this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Florida (Mr. Gimenez).
Mr. GIMENEZ. Mr. Chairman, pardon me if I get a little emotional,
this is actually personal for me since I was actually born in Cuba.
Mr. Chair, I rise to oppose Congresswoman Tlaib's FSGG amendment to
exempt current prohibitions against U.S. assistance to Cuba.
It is ironic that this amendment is being pushed on the week after we
commemorated the bravery of the pro-freedom protesters in Cuba.
Whether we are talking about the Biden administration's announcement
last month to allow private travel to Cuba or allow Americans to invest
in so-called private companies within Cuba, the regime takes advantage
of these lifelines to fuel their butchery, their massacres, their
jailings, their nonstop violations of human rights.
Now, Congresswoman Tlaib wants to extend yet another pipeline of cash
to the regime to directly fund the murdering, the raping, the jailing
of the Cuban people. Quite frankly, anyone supporting this legislation
really ought to be ashamed of themselves.
If you believe in freedom and democracy, in capitalism, in the power
of economic and social opportunity, I urge you to vote against this
shameful and pathetic amendment.
Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman
from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz).
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding
and for his leadership and compassion about this extremely important
issue.
Mr. Chair, I must rise in opposition to the gentlewoman's amendment.
While I know she has the best of intentions, I want to be very
practical about my opposition to this. The reality is the amendment
will not alleviate the suffering of the Cuban people, quite the
contrary. In fact, it may exacerbate their pain by simply enriching a
tyrannical regime who uses violence and repression to keep their cruel
grip on power.
On a day in which we just heard from the First Lady of Ukraine, who
is obviously experiencing what the brunt of repression means from a
brutal dictator, we certainly should not be caving to brutal
dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere.
The dictatorship in Cuba controls all trade on the island, and, in
turn, uses resources to oppress its own people.
The current cash-in-advance requirement for the financing of
agricultural exports to Cuba ensures that the regime in Cuba cannot
benefit from loans or credit, and that its corrupt, military-run
financial institutions are not intertwined with American financial
institutions.
Please, anyone within the sound of my voice needs to understand that
this amendment allows U.S. persons to invest in Cuban agricultural
businesses, even if those businesses are involved in trafficking and
confiscated property, as defined in the LIBERTAD Act, which is law,
even if the business is controlled by the Government of Cuba, the Cuban
military, or any other entity. It is inexplicable to me how we could
allow that.
It is also important to point out that unlimited quantities of food,
medicine, and other basic necessities are already permitted into Cuba
both for sale and through humanitarian donations.
And as the Biden administration has done, the best way to lift up the
Cuban people is to support their efforts for democratic reform and
mount pressure for release of hundreds of arbitrarily detained
political prisoners, including 20 children.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment and
support liberty all over the world.
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Ms. TLAIB. I am prepared to close, Mr. Chair.
Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from
Tennessee (Mr. Green).
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to
amendment No. 137.
Unlimited quantities of food and medicine are already permitted in
Cuba, yet this egregious amendment would allow the financing of
agricultural exports to the island. The Cuban regime controls 100
percent--a single company controls all agricultural imports. It is
owned by the military. It is controlled by the enforcers of the
Communist regime.
Tens of thousands of Cubans tried to protest just 1 year ago, and
thousands of them are in prison. Children are imprisoned by this
Communist regime.
Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, this is only about food. The Members in
opposition are claiming to stand with the people of Cuba, but this is
our opportunity to support the Cuban people and help them right now.
When we take this opportunity to vote ``yes,'' we show that the U.S.
isn't the enemy of the Cuban people during their time of need. At the
same time, we are helping our local farmers right here. Vote ``yes.''
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas is recognized for 5
minutes.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms.
Malliotakis).
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Mr. Chair, I understand the plight of the Cuban
people, I would say, more than most in this Chamber simply because I
still have family who resides there. It is true that these people are
starving, and they are struggling, but the reality is that it is
because of their own government.
Whatever you do, Mr. Chair, any business that you conduct with Cuba
will go to the regime. It never gets to the actual people. We know this
because that is the way they have acted in the course of history, doing
business with every other country in the world and then taking it all
for themselves while the people suffer.
The people who want the Fight for $15 on the other side of the aisle
know that the people of Cuba make $15 per day, that they are being
treated inhumanly, and that young children are put in jail.
If you want to help the Cuban people, Mr. Chair, side with them in
their quest for freedom. Side with them when they say they want to be
liberated. They want what we have in the United States.
Stop appeasing the regime; stop empowering the regime; and stand on
the side of freedom.
Let's try to change this form of government for the better so those
people can have true human rights and freedoms that they deserve and
that they are not put in political prisons simply for peacefully
protesting like we are so privileged to do here in the United States.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr.
Green).
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. The current regime controls all the imports.
If you give money to the regime, Mr. Chair, they keep the money. They
don't trickle it down to the people.
They are a current state sponsor of terrorism and a close ally of
Putin's Russia, the Maduro regime in Venezuela, the terrorist state of
Iran, and
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terrorist groups such as FARC and ELN. They are currently participating
in a military exercise in Venezuela led by the Russians.
Again, just 1 year ago, thousands of Cubans protested in the streets
in every province in Cuba demanding libertad--freedom. Hundreds of them
remain in prison, including children, as I said, for daring to speak
freely. Yet, today, Congress is debating whether to provide financing
to their captors.
A vote against this amendment is a pro-freedom, pro-America, and pro-
human rights vote, and I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this
amendment.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of this amendment
to permit American farmers to help alleviate hunger in Cuba. As one of
the co-chairs of the Bipartisan Cuba Working Group, I thank
Congresswoman Tlaib for offering it, and I thank the Speaker and my
working group co-chair, Chairman Jim McGovern for making it in order.
After more than six decades, the U.S. embargo on Cuba has
accomplished nothing except to cause suffering among the Cuban people.
This policy is a complete failure. And yet it continues, a policy that
divides families and hurts working people in Cuba.
This amendment would permit American farmers to help alleviate the
current hunger crisis in Cuba that is made worse by COVID and our
embargo. In one fell swoop, we could show that America puts
humanitarian values first, and head off competition from countries like
China who seek to make inroads in our hemisphere.
This amendment is good for American farmers, good for the Cuban
people, and good for healing Cuban-American families divided by
misguided U.S. policy. I urge my colleagues to vote yes.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Tlaib).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Michigan
will be postponed.
Amendments En Bloc No. 8 Offered by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, pursuant to House Resolution 1232, I offer
amendments en bloc.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc.
Amendments en bloc No. 8 consisting of amendment Nos. 183 and 184
printed in part A of House Report 117-420, offered by Ms. DeLauro of
Connecticut:
Amendment No. 183 Offered by Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts
Page 818, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
Page 830, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 184 Offered by Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts
Page 861, strike lines 17 through page 862, line 7.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1232, the gentlewoman
from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) and the gentleman from Florida (Mr.
Diaz-Balart) each will control 10 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Connecticut.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts
(Mr. McGovern), who is the chair of the Rules Committee.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chair, I thank Chairwoman DeLauro for yielding to
me.
Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of this bipartisan en bloc, which
would eliminate funding for the VA Asset and Infrastructure Review, or
AIR, Commission, and transfer the $5 million to the Healthcare for
Homeless Veterans Program.
Let me be clear. The recommendations advanced so far as part of the
VA's asset and infrastructure review process will lead to the closure
or downsizing of nearly one-third of this country's VA medical
facilities and community-based outpatient clinics. I believe that is an
unacceptable and, frankly, rotten way to treat veterans, who have put
their lives on the line for this country.
This entire process is a backdoor way to cut services for veterans,
and I strongly urge my colleagues to support our veterans and vote
``yes'' on this amendment, which has the support of a wide range of
veterans advocacy organizations from across the political spectrum.
This bipartisan amendment eliminates funding for a commission that
would make it harder for veterans across America to get the care they
deserve.
The decision to recommend shutting down these VA healthcare
facilities was based on totally flawed and years-old information. There
are huge, unacceptable, and inexcusable gaps in the data that was used
to determine which facilities to shut down. The VA did not consider
cases where hundreds of millions of dollars in new investments were
made in facilities that were recommended for closure. It makes
absolutely no sense.
Let me give you an example. One of the facilities that would be
closed is the Leeds VA Medical Center in Massachusetts. They said that
this facility should be closed because it needed nearly $200 million in
upgrades. What they didn't say was that we already invested in those
upgrades. $200 million in taxpayer money was already invested in this
facility, and now they are recommending that it be shut down.
Talk about ripping off the American taxpayer.
The data that they used is from years ago. It is inexcusable. Even
the VA admits this. This is the definition of stupid. We might as well
throw taxpayer money out the window if these flawed recommendations
move forward.
That is not even to mention the impact this commission would have on
veterans. I held a listening session to hear how these recommendations
would affect many veterans in Massachusetts and across the country. I
happen to have a map here, by the way. Here is the map. The yellow is
partial closures, and the blue is total closures all across the
country.
Again, what we are finding out by objective observers is that all
this is based on flawed and outdated information, and they are
recommending that they shut these facilities down.
But I am learning here that this would literally force veterans to
drive hours and hours across State lines just to get basic care. I talk
to people with PTSD who say: I am just not going to get care anymore if
I have to drive across the State into another State to get care.
Older veterans who need nursing home care could have to move long
distances from their support systems. This process so far is a complete
and total slap in the face to these veterans, and we should not spend
one penny more on a commission that is going to be used to advance
these awful cuts to veterans' services.
If this moves forward, closures and consolidation of VA facilities
are mandatory, but recommendations to build new facilities are subject
to future appropriations and are not guaranteed. So, this
Appropriations Committee will have to decide whether to invest in the
new facilities or the consolidation of facilities.
That is why groups like the Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed
Veterans of America, and Veterans of Foreign Wars all support shutting
down this commission right now, which is what this amendment would do.
Everyone knows that this process and the commission are broken. Even
VA Secretary McDonough acknowledged it to Congress, telling the House
Veterans' Affairs Committee that the data is not up to speed in light
of the pandemic. I am also grateful that the chairman of the Veterans'
Affairs Committee here in the House, Chairman Takano, is supporting my
amendment.
I want to be clear that Secretary McDonough has done a great job on
advocating for our veterans, and he is working with my team and me to
get to the bottom of some of these problems. But this process started
because of a bill that Congress passed even before he became Secretary.
I have spoken to him, and I know that he, too, does not want to make it
harder for veterans to get care. The solution is that Congress needs to
pass this amendment.
Even our nonpartisan congressional watchdog, the GAO, recently put
out a report on this called ``VA Health Care: Incomplete Information
Hinders Usefulness of Market Assessments for VA Facility Realignment.''
The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.
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Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield the gentleman from Massachusetts an
additional 2 minutes.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chair, I include the executive summary in the
Record.
[From the United States Government Accountability Office, Feb. 2022]
Incomplete Information Hinders Usefulness of Market Assessments for VA
Facility Realignment
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) conducted
assessments of its capacity within 96 markets to deliver
health care to veterans through VA providers and, when the
Department cannot provide the care needed, through non-VA
providers, known as community care. For these assessments,
markets are designated geographic areas made up of a set of
contiguous counties that contain one or more VA medical
centers and associated clinics. For an overview of VA's
approach, see the figure.
Text of Overview of Department of Veterans Affairs'
Approach to Its Market Assessments:
Compiled data about the market including veteran health
care supply and demand,
Identified gaps between supply and demand,
Developed proposals to respond to gaps between supply and
demand, and
Issue final proposals.
VA officials described the department's process of
developing proposals as iterative in that VA continually
reviewed and revised draft proposals throughout the market
assessments process. The VA Secretary plans to transmit
recommendations to the Asset and Infrastructure Review
Commission by March 14, 2022--that is, no later than 6 weeks
from the statutory deadline of January 31, 2022. The
Commission will then review these recommendations, hold
public hearings, and prepare and issue their own
recommendations to the President.
GAO identified gaps in the data VA compiled and certified
for the market assessments that were relevant to determining
both the supply of and demand for non-VA care. For example,
VA lacked complete data on the extent to which its
contractors maintain an adequate number of non-VA providers
to ensure veterans have timely access to community care. VA
officials told GAO that they determined supply and demand
based on the most recently available data at the time of data
compilation--December 2018 to November 2020. In addition,
while VA officials told GAO the end-of-assessment analyses
included updated data on community care, these data did not
address the gaps GAO identified. Without such information, VA
lacks a full understanding of the extent to which community
care is able to supplement VA facility care to meet veterans'
current and future demand.
GAO also found that VA's approach to the market assessments
did not include steps to collect information on the quality
of VA data compiled from numerous VA data sources or other
steps to understand any relevant data limitations. Instead,
VA officials leading the market assessments said they relied
on VA offices responsible for the databases to ensure the
data quality. As a result, VA is unable to communicate to
external stakeholders, such as the Asset and Infrastructure
Review Commission, all relevant information on the quality of
VA data used in market assessments, including any limitations
affecting these data and the resulting proposals for
realignment.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chair, moving forward with funding this
fundamentally broken process would be an incredible disservice to our
veterans and would jeopardize access to the high-quality, specialized
care that they have earned.
This commission is being dismantled as we speak because the
recommendations that were made to it were so catastrophically bad. Last
month, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester led a
bipartisan group of 12 Senators to announce that the Senate Veterans'
Affairs Committee would not even confirm any more nominees to the
commission, effectively ending this process once and for all. Last
week, we had an amendment to the NDAA pass to shut this down.
Why are we giving $5 million to a commission that may very well never
exist and which is actively seeking to undermine care for our veterans
and their families?
Mr. Chair, we all believe in upgrading and updating our VA system,
but let's use accurate information. There is no way that anybody here
can tell me that the recommendations that are being put forward are
based on accurate and updated information. We are talking about our
veterans, who are now going through needless anxiety because of all
these threats of closures.
Mr. Chair, we need to do better, and I urge my colleagues to vote
``yes'' on this en bloc.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Georgia (Mr. Carter).
Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman for
yielding.
Mr. Chair, I rise to speak on the need to provide certainty to
blueberry producers who have been affected by freezes.
We all know how difficult the job of being a farmer can be. So much
of their success is completely dependent on things outside of their
control. This is particularly true when it comes to foul weather and
disasters. Farmers are at nature's mercy when it comes to these events.
This past year, a number of specialty crops across the country saw
significant losses caused by freezes, particularly blueberries in my
home State of Georgia. The statewide freeze event this past March
resulted in losses that exceed $140 million.
The last time a similar devastating freeze occurred, Congress was
able to come together and provide funding for those losses.
I thank the Appropriations' Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee chair, Sanford
Bishop, from Georgia, for all of his support already for this effort.
The underlying bill includes $10 million for disasters occurring in
2022 and report language expressing Congress' concerns about the impact
of extreme weather events on blueberry producers. However, that $10
million will not be enough to assist with the damages from disasters.
Chairman Bishop has committed to continue working on this issue and to
ensure adequate funding is available to blueberry and other producers
affected by freezes in 2022.
Mr. Chair, I hope we can continue to demonstrate Congress' commitment
to not only providing relief when farmers need it the most but also
fixing the larger issue for good so we no longer need to return to this
after future freezes.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), who is the chairperson of the Military
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman for
yielding.
With great respect for my friend from Massachusetts, I rise in strong
opposition to these amendments.
I spend every day in my work as chair of the Military Construction,
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee protecting and
improving the lives of our Nation's veterans. I vigorously oppose
privatization, so much so that I voted against the VA MISSION Act, in
which the AIR Commission appeared as part of that law, because of my
concern about sending veterans who might end up remaining permanently
in community care.
This en bloc contains two amendments to the MILCON-VA division that
would eliminate funding for the AIR Commission at the Department of
Veterans Affairs. This independent commission was established by the VA
MISSION Act to develop recommendations to modernize and realign VA
health facilities so we can best meet the needs of our Nation's
veterans.
The reality is that the VA has different infrastructure needs today
than it did decades ago. Not only are most VA facilities over 60 years
old, but the veteran population has also shifted geographically over
time.
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The draft market assessments VA has developed and will continue to
fine-tune are essential to ensure that VA's facility footprint meets
veterans' needs where they are physically located today, not where most
veterans were over 60 years ago. We can't ignore these changes and also
effectively meet the current needs of our veterans.
We cannot just cancel the Commission and pretend the problem doesn't
exist or need to be addressed. We all care about veterans and, since we
do, we should be focused together on making sure they have state-of-
the-art facilities that are designed to modern standards and are best-
positioned to serve them.
The point of VA's market assessments is to identify the current, true
needs of our veterans in each market, and the AIR Commission will then
review those assessments and make final recommendations to the
President and to the Congress. They come back to Congress after these
market assessments and recommendations are made.
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The funding in this bill does not implement the recommendations. I
repeat. The funding in this bill does not implement the
recommendations.
We all, on both sides of the aisle, consistently talk about meeting
the needs of our veterans. Making sure veterans have access to high-
quality care in high-quality facilities is a priority we all share.
Adjusting the landscape of our facilities to meet veterans where they
live today is key to meeting the needs of our veterans.
If we want to make sure that we don't move further toward privatized
healthcare for our veterans, we need to make sure that there are VA
facilities that are convenient for them, or that they are eligible by
law to go into community care if there are not.
I have the utmost respect for the gentleman and my colleagues who are
sponsors of this amendment, but as Chair of the Military Construction,
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee responsible for the
entire budget for the VA, it is our responsibility to meet the needs of
veterans across the entire country.
We need to be careful about making rash decisions that have a long-
term impact. Unfortunately, the amendments in this en bloc will do more
harm than good. And for those reasons, I will vote ``no'' on this en
bloc, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
Ryan), the chairman of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee.
Mr. RYAN. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of this amendment.
I represent Ohio, and we have a number of VA clinics and facilities
in rural areas across this country. One of ours is in Chillicothe, the
Chillicothe VA Medical Center that this commission recommended for
closure. They were saying it was not optimally located.
This is in the southern part of the State, by the Ohio River, serving
all of the veterans in the southern part of Ohio. And 1,400 Ohioans are
employed. The facility is over 100 years old. It serves 20,000 veterans
in 17 counties.
This is insane that we think that that is a good idea; that of all
the waste and abuse in the United States Government, we are going to
target a rural VA facility in southern Ohio with a State that has
865,000 veterans.
I think this is a wise amendment. I support the McGovern amendment,
and I urge my colleagues to support it as well.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Maine (Mr.
Golden).
Mr. GOLDEN. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the amendment.
I represent the largest district east of the Mississippi. It is the
second most rural district in the country, and home to more than 53,000
veterans.
The VA facilities that these veterans rely on--these are clinics in
places like Houlton, Maine, Fort Kent, and Rumford--are at risk of
being shut down if we don't permanently end the Asset and
Infrastructure, or AIR Commission.
Our VA hospital in Maine would be moved from Augusta. It would be
downsized to an urgent care facility then be moved to Portland, Maine,
which is a long distance away from most of the rural communities that I
represent.
Of course, Congress created this panel and tasked it with processing
the recommendations given to streamline VA facilities. I think if you
live in a rural State, it turns out that has largely been shorthand for
closing facilities or reducing access to healthcare services.
I introduced a bipartisan bill to eliminate the AIR Commission. Just
about a month ago, I helped secure the language referred to earlier in
the National Defense Authorization Act of that bill and, of course, I
now support this amendment to defund the Commission and transfer the
money to the VA's Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Program. It is a far
better use of the money.
I thank Mr. McGovern for his support of our Nation's veterans.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey
(Ms. Sherrill).
Ms. SHERRILL. Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of Chairman
McGovern's amendment to increasing funding for the Healthcare for
Homeless Veterans Program.
Like many, I recognize the original intent for the AIR Commission.
The VA's infrastructure is aging, and we need to ensure its facilities
optimize care for veterans. I know that the chairman shares my
determination to ensure our vets receive the best possible care.
Unfortunately, the AIR process was flawed from the beginning. In a
report issued earlier this year, the GAO found that the data AIR
recommendations relied on was outdated and riddled with gaps.
The moment the AIR recommendations were released, I received calls
from veterans and VSOs in my district concerned about proposals to
close the CBOC in Paterson, New Jersey. Veterans in my community are
already asked to travel too far and wait too long for care. Closing a
central CBOC would only exacerbate this.
So while we must improve our VA facilities, the AIR's recommendations
are the wrong way to go about this. I urge my colleagues to support the
amendment.
Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendments en bloc offered
by the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Mr. POSEY. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from
Connecticut 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 part A of House Report
117-420 on which further proceedings were postponed, in the following
order:
Amendments en bloc No. 7 by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut.
Amendment No. 137 by Ms. Tlaib of Michigan.
Amendments en bloc No. 8 by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut.
The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.
Amendments En Bloc No. 7 Offered by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) on which further proceedings were postponed
and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc.
The Clerk redesignated the amendments en bloc.
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 355,
noes 56, not voting 25, as follows:
[Roll No. 379]
AYES--355
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allred
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Auchincloss
Axne
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bentz
Bera
Beyer
Bice (OK)
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Buchanan
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Carbajal
Carey
Carl
Carson
Carter (GA)
Carter (LA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Connolly
Conway
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Curtis
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Davis, Rodney
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Dunn
Ellzey
Emmer
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
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Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fletcher
Flood
Flores
Foster
Foxx
Frankel, Lois
Gallagher
Gallego
Garamendi
Garbarino
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gibbs
Gimenez
Golden
Gomez
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez (OH)
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gonzalez-Colon
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al (TX)
Griffith
Grijalva
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Harder (CA)
Harshbarger
Hayes
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (LA)
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hinson
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hudson
Huffman
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jacobs (NY)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kahele
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (CA)
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamb
Lamborn
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
LaTurner
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Lesko
Letlow
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lucas
Luria
Lynch
Mace
Malinowski
Malliotakis
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Mann
Manning
Mast
Matsui
McBath
McCarthy
McClain
McClintock
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meijer
Meng
Meuser
Mfume
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (NC)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newhouse
Newman
Norcross
Norton
O'Halleran
Obernolte
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Palazzo
Pallone
Palmer
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Pfluger
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reschenthaler
Rice (NY)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Ross
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Rutherford
Ryan
Sablan
Salazar
San Nicolas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scalise
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sessions
Sherman
Sherrill
Simpson
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Soto
Spanberger
Spartz
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Stevens
Stewart
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Turner
Underwood
Upton
Valadao
Van Duyne
Veasey
Velazquez
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Welch
Wenstrup
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yarmuth
Zeldin
NOES--56
Allen
Banks
Biggs
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Brooks
Buck
Cammack
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Comer
Davidson
Donalds
Duncan
Estes
Fallon
Franklin, C. Scott
Fulcher
Gohmert
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Harris
Hern
Herrell
Hice (GA)
Hollingsworth
Jackson
Jordan
Keller
Long
Loudermilk
Luetkemeyer
Massie
McHenry
Miller (IL)
Nehls
Norman
Pence
Perry
Posey
Rice (SC)
Rosendale
Roy
Schweikert
Steube
Taylor
Tenney
Timmons
Van Drew
Waltz
Webster (FL)
Williams (TX)
NOT VOTING--25
Bergman
Burchett
Bush
Cardenas
Cawthorn
Cheney
Gaetz
Hartzler
Hill
Johnson (GA)
Kinzinger
Langevin
McCaul
McKinley
Meeks
Miller (WV)
Mullin
Owens
Radewagen
Ruiz
Sewell
Smith (MO)
Titus
Vargas
Westerman
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Messrs. GOHMERT and FULCHER changed their vote from ``aye'' to
``no.''
Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma, Mr. McCLINTOCK, Mrs.
LESKO, Messrs. KELLY of Mississippi and KUSTOFF changed their vote from
``no'' to ``aye.''
So the en bloc amendments were agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. CARDENAS. Mr. Chair, had I been present, I would have voted
``yea'' on rollcall No. 379.
Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Chair, had I been present, I would have voted
``yea'' on rollcall No. 379.
Mr. HILL. Mr. Chair, I was held up at Speaker Lobby security. Had I
been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 379.
Mr. BERGMAN. Mr. Chair, I was delayed by metal detector issues
entering the floor. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on
rollcall No. 379.
Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Chair, I was delayed by Speaker Pelosi's metal
detectors. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall
No. 379.
Ms. TITUS. Mr. Chair, I was absent from the floor and missed the vote
on Bipartisan En Bloc No. 7 To H.R. 8294. Had I been present, I would
have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 379, En Bloc No. 7 to H.R. 8294 on
agreeing to the DeLauro amendment.
Stated against:
Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Chair, I was unable to make it to the floor in time
for the first vote today for the purpose of constituent outreach. Had I
been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 379.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Auchincloss (Beyer)
Barragan (Beyer)
Bowman (Neguse)
Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
Correa (Beyer)
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
Demings (Kelly (IL))
Escobar (Garcia (TX))
Foster (Spanberger)
Gallego (Soto)
Gosar (Weber (TX))
Houlahan (Spanberger)
Kahele (Kelly (IL))
Katko (Joyce (OH))
Keating (Beyer)
Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Leger Fernandez (Kuster)
Meng (Kuster)
Moore (WI) (Beyer)
Newman (Beyer)
Palazzo (Fleischmann)
Pingree (Kuster)
Porter (Neguse)
Salazar (Kim (CA))
San Nicolas (Takano)
Sires (Pallone)
Smucker (Keller)
Stevens (Kuster)
Taylor (Weber (TX))
Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
Walorski (Fleischmann)
Williams (GA) (Neguse)
Wilson (SC) (Norman)
Amendment No. 137 Offered by Ms. Tlaib
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Bera). The unfinished business is the demand
for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
Michigan (Ms. Tlaib) 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 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 163,
noes 260, not voting 13, as follows:
[Roll No. 380]
AYES--163
Adams
Aguilar
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Carson
Carter (LA)
Casten
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Cooper
Correa
Courtney
Crow
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Foster
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gomez
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Houlahan
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee (CA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Massie
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norton
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Panetta
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Ruiz
Rush
Ryan
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Sablan
San Nicolas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schiff
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stansbury
Stevens
Strickland
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Underwood
Vargas
Velazquez
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wild
Williams (GA)
Yarmuth
NOES--260
Aderholt
Allen
Allred
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Bourdeaux
Brady
Brooks
Brown (MD)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Calvert
Cammack
Cardenas
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Case
Castor (FL)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cherfilus-McCormick
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Comer
Connolly
Conway
Craig
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crist
Cuellar
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Demings
DesJarlais
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fletcher
Flood
Flores
Foxx
Frankel, Lois
Franklin, C. Scott
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia (CA)
Gibbs
Gimenez
Gohmert
Golden
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez (OH)
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Hollingsworth
Horsford
Hoyer
Hudson
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson
Jacobs (NY)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Johnson (TX)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim (CA)
Kuster
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamb
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lawson (FL)
Lee (NV)
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luria
Mace
Malinowski
Malliotakis
Maloney, Sean
Mann
Manning
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mrvan
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norcross
Norman
O'Halleran
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Pallone
Palmer
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Quigley
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schneider
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Sherman
Sherrill
Simpson
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Soto
Spanberger
Spartz
Stanton
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Trone
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Veasey
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Wasserman Schultz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wexton
Williams (TX)
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--13
Burchett
Cheney
Costa
Hartzler
Jacobs (CA)
Johnson (GA)
Khanna
Kinzinger
McKinley
Miller (WV)
Radewagen
Schakowsky
Suozzi
{time} 1340
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Chair, had I been present, I would have voted
``yea'' on rollcall No. 380.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Auchincloss (Beyer)
Barragan (Beyer)
Bowman (Neguse)
Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
Correa (Beyer)
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
Demings (Kelly (IL))
Escobar (Garcia (TX))
Foster (Spanberger)
Gallego (Soto)
Gosar (Weber (TX))
Houlahan (Spanberger)
Kahele (Kelly (IL))
Katko (Joyce (OH))
Keating (Beyer)
Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Leger Fernandez (Kuster)
Meng (Kuster)
Moore (WI) (Beyer)
Newman (Beyer)
Palazzo (Fleischmann)
Pingree (Kuster)
Porter (Neguse)
Salazar (Kim (CA))
San Nicolas (Takano)
Sires (Pallone)
Smucker (Keller)
Stevens (Kuster)
Taylor (Weber (TX))
Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
Walorski (Fleischmann)
Williams (GA) (Neguse)
Wilson (SC) (Norman)
Amendments En Bloc No. 8 Offered by Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) on which further proceedings were postponed
and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc.
The Clerk redesignated the amendments en bloc.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 238,
noes 191, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 381]
AYES--238
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Amodei
Auchincloss
Axne
Balderson
Banks
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bice (OK)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Casten
Castro (TX)
Cheney
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cohen
Cole
Connolly
Conway
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Craig
Crow
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fitzpatrick
Fletcher
Foster
Gallego
Garamendi
Garbarino
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gibbs
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez (OH)
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gonzalez-Colon
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Griffith
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Harshbarger
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Horsford
Houlahan
Hudson
Huffman
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (SD)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kahele
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Keller
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
LaMalfa
Lamb
Langevin
Latta
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Letlow
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lucas
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Malliotakis
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Massie
Matsui
McBath
McClain
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newhouse
Newman
Norcross
Norton
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Rodgers (WA)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sablan
San Nicolas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Spanberger
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stauber
Steel
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Turner
Underwood
Upton
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Walberg
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Yarmuth
NOES--191
Aderholt
Allen
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Bourdeaux
Brady
Brooks
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Butterfield
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Case
Castor (FL)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cherfilus-McCormick
Cleaver
Cline
Cloud
Clyburn
Clyde
Comer
Courtney
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crist
Cuellar
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Demings
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fleischmann
Flood
Flores
Foxx
Frankel, Lois
Franklin, C. Scott
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garcia (CA)
Gimenez
Gohmert
Gonzales, Tony
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Harris
Hayes
Hern
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Himes
Hinson
Hollingsworth
Hoyer
Jackson
Jacobs (NY)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
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Jordan
Kelly (MS)
Kim (CA)
Kustoff
LaHood
Lamborn
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTurner
Lee (CA)
Lesko
Long
Loudermilk
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Mann
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McHenry
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller-Meeks
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Norman
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smucker
Soto
Spartz
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Tiffany
Timmons
Trone
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walorski
Waltz
Wasserman Schultz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--7
Burchett
Hartzler
Jacobs (CA)
Kinzinger
McKinley
Miller (WV)
Radewagen
{time} 1350
Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida changed her vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Ms. HERRELL changed her vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the en bloc amendments were agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Auchincloss (Beyer)
Barragan (Beyer)
Bowman (Neguse)
Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
Correa (Beyer)
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
Demings (Kelly (IL))
Escobar (Garcia (TX))
Foster (Spanberger)
Gallego (Soto)
Gosar (Weber (TX))
Houlahan (Spanberger)
Kahele (Kelly (IL))
Katko (Joyce (OH))
Keating (Beyer)
Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Leger Fernandez (Kuster)
Meng (Kuster)
Moore (WI) (Beyer)
Newman (Beyer)
Palazzo (Fleischmann)
Pingree (Kuster)
Porter (Neguse)
Salazar (Kim (CA))
San Nicolas (Takano)
Sires (Pallone)
Smucker (Keller)
Stevens (Kuster)
Taylor (Weber (TX))
Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
Walorski (Fleischmann)
Williams (GA) (Neguse)
Wilson (SC) (Norman)
The Acting CHAIR. There being no further amendments under the rule,
the Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Ms.
Omar) having assumed the chair, Mr. Bera, 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. 8294) making
appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and
Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2023, and for other purposes, and, pursuant to House
Resolution 1232, he reported the bill, as amended by that resolution,
back to the House with sundry further amendments adopted in the
Committee of the Whole.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is
ordered.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1232 the question on adoption of the
further amendments will be put en gros.
The question is on adoption of the amendments.
The amendments were agreed to.
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. VALADAO. Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Valadao of California moves to recommit the bill H.R.
8294 to the Committee on Appropriations.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the
previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit.
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.
Mr. VALADAO. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
Pursuant to section 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes
the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of the
passage.
This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 206,
nays 219, not voting 5, as follows:
[Roll No. 382]
YEAS--206
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brady
Brooks
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Comer
Conway
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Flores
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia (CA)
Gibbs
Gimenez
Gohmert
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez (OH)
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson
Jacobs (NY)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim (CA)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Zeldin
NAYS--219
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel, Lois
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
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Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--5
Burchett
Hartzler
Kinzinger
McKinley
Miller (WV)
{time} 1404
Mr. EVANS and Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York changed their vote
from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Auchincloss (Beyer)
Barragan (Beyer)
Bowman (Neguse)
Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
Correa (Beyer)
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
Demings (Kelly (IL))
Escobar (Garcia (TX))
Foster (Spanberger)
Gallego (Soto)
Gosar (Weber (TX))
Houlahan (Spanberger)
Kahele (Kelly (IL))
Katko (Joyce (OH))
Keating (Beyer)
Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Leger Fernandez (Kuster)
Meng (Kuster)
Moore (WI) (Beyer)
Newman (Beyer)
Palazzo (Fleischmann)
Pingree (Kuster)
Porter (Neguse)
Salazar (Kim (CA))
Sires (Pallone)
Smucker (Keller)
Stevens (Kuster)
Taylor (Weber (TX))
Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
Walorski (Fleischmann)
Williams (GA) (Neguse)
Wilson (SC) (Norman)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
Pursuant to 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 220,
nays 207, not voting 4, as follows:
[Roll No. 383]
YEAS--220
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel, Lois
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NAYS--207
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brady
Brooks
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Comer
Conway
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Flores
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia (CA)
Gibbs
Gimenez
Gohmert
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez (OH)
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson
Jacobs (NY)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim (CA)
Kinzinger
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--4
Burchett
Hartzler
McKinley
Miller (WV)
{time} 1417
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Mrs. HARTZLER. Madam Speaker, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, I was
unable to vote. Had I been present, I would have voted: no on Roll Call
No. 379, no on Roll Call No. 380, no on Roll Call No. 381, yes on Roll
Call No. 382 and no on Roll Call No. 383.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Auchincloss (Beyer)
Barragan (Beyer)
Bowman (Neguse)
Boyle, Brendan F. (Beyer)
Carter (TX) (Weber (TX))
Correa (Beyer)
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
Demings (Kelly (IL))
Escobar (Garcia (TX))
Foster (Spanberger)
Gallego (Soto)
Gosar (Weber (TX))
Houlahan (Spanberger)
Kahele (Kelly (IL))
Katko (Joyce (OH))
Keating (Beyer)
Kinzinger (Herrera Beutler)
Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Leger Fernandez (Kuster)
Meng (Kuster)
Moore (WI) (Beyer)
Newman (Beyer)
Palazzo (Fleischmann)
Pingree (Kuster)
Porter (Neguse)
Salazar (Kim (CA))
Sires (Pallone)
Smucker (Keller)
Stevens (Kuster)
Taylor (Weber (TX))
Thompson (MS) (Bishop (GA))
Walorski (Fleischmann)
Williams (GA) (Neguse)
Wilson (SC) (Norman)
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