[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 54 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H1415-H1426]
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PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Nunn of Iowa). Pursuant to House
Resolution 241 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. 5.
Will the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Gimenez) 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. 5) to ensure the rights of parents are honored and
protected in the Nation's public schools, with Mr. Gimenez (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,
March 23, 2023, Amendment No. 18 printed in House Report 118-12 offered
by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Miller) had been disposed of.
Amendment No. 19 Offered by Mr. Roy
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 19
printed in House Report 118-12.
Mr. ROY. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk for H.R. 5.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Add at the end the following:
TITLE VII--SUPPORT CHILDREN HAVING OPEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING
SEC. 701. FEDERAL FUNDING UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 TO FOLLOW THE STUDENT.
Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``PART H--FUNDS TO FOLLOW THE STUDENT
``SEC. 8701. FUNDS TO FOLLOW THE STUDENT.
``(a) In General.--
``(1) Funds to follow the student.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law and to the extent permitted under
State law, a State educational agency shall allocate grant
funds provided under title I, for the purposes of ensuring
that funding under such title follows children, whether
learning in person or remotely, to the public school, private
school, or home school they attend--
``(A) among the local educational agencies in the State
based on the number of eligible children enrolled in the
public schools operated by each local educational agency; and
``(B) directly to the eligible children, through education
savings accounts, residing in the State who are enrolled in
private schools or home schools.
``(2) Allowable uses of funds.--Funds allocated under
paragraph (1) may be used for, but not limited to--
``(A) curriculum and curricular materials;
``(B) books or other instructional materials;
``(C) technological educational materials;
``(D) online educational materials;
``(E) tutoring or educational classes outside the home;
``(F) private school tuition;
``(G) extracurricular activities;
``(H) testing fees;
``(I) diagnostic tools; and
``(J) educational therapies for student with disabilities.
``(3) Plan.--
``(A) In general.--Each State that carries out allocations
described in paragraph (1) shall establish a plan whereby the
parent or guardian of each eligible child in the State will
annually notify the relevant local educational agency of the
public school or private school which the child will attend,
or if the child will instead attend home school.
``(B) Data collection.--Information collected under this
section by the State shall be used for the sole purposes of
calculating the allocation of funds and distribution of funds
under this section.
``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Eligible child.--The term `eligible child' means a
child aged 5 to 17.
``(2) Home school.--The term `home school' means a home
school as defined by the laws of the State in which the
eligible child resides.
``(c) Student Enrollment in Public Schools, Private
Schools, and Home Schools.--
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``(1) Identification of eligible children.--On an annual
basis, on a date to be determined by the State educational
agency, each local educational agency that receives grant
funding in accordance with subsection (a) shall inform the
State educational agency of the number of eligible children
enrolled in public schools served by the local educational
agency and private schools and home schools located in the
school district served by the local educational agency in
order to provide allocations for each eligible child in equal
amounts regardless of where the child attends school in the
State.
``(2) Allocation to local educational agencies and eligible
children.--Based on the identification of eligible children
in paragraph (1), the State educational agency shall
provide--
``(A) to a local educational agency an amount equal to the
sum of the amount available for each eligible child in the
State multiplied by the number of eligible children
identified by the local educational agency under paragraph
(1) enrolled in public schools served by the local
educational agency; and
``(B) to an eligible child residing in the State who is
enrolled in a private school or home school, through an
education savings account, an amount equal to the sum of the
amount available for an eligible child in the State.
``(3) Distribution to public schools.--Each local
educational agency that receives funds under paragraph (2)(A)
shall distribute such funds to the public schools served by
the local educational agency--
``(A) based on the number of eligible children enrolled in
such schools; and
``(B) in a manner that would, in the absence of such
Federal funds, supplement the funds made available from non-
Federal resources for the education of pupils participating
in programs under this Act, and not to supplant such funds
(in accordance with the method of determination described in
section 1117).
``(4) Distribution to eligible children.--Each State that
carries out allocations described in paragraph (1) shall
distribute amounts to the eligible children residing in that
State who enroll in a private school or home school--
``(A) through an education savings account, as described in
paragraph (2)(B); and
``(B) in a manner that would, in the absence of such
Federal funds, supplement the funds made available from non-
Federal resources for the education of pupils participating
in programs under this Act, and not to supplant such funds
(in accordance with the method of determination described in
section 1117).
``(d) Application of Participation of Children Enrolled in
Private Schools.--The provisions of section 1116 shall apply
to this section.
``(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall
permit, allow, encourage, or authorize Federal or State
control over non-public education providers.''.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 241, the gentleman
from Texas (Mr. Roy) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
Mr. ROY. Mr. Chair, I lend my thanks to the gentlewoman from North
Carolina for her stewardship of the legislation we are addressing this
week.
I am offering this amendment because I believe it is critically
important for parents to have the ultimate say in the education of
their children.
I first want to say that I support, as my colleague from Kentucky Mr.
Massie does, eliminating the Department of Education altogether and
leaving this to parents and the States.
Frankly, I would prefer to just block grant dollars to the States and
give them full control in the absence of actually eliminating the
Department of Education, which my next amendment will address. If we
are going to be operating in this framework, then we might as well
ensure that parents at least can have the benefit of dollars getting to
them directly to be able to do as they see fit to educate their
children.
The Parents Bill of Rights Act is designed to try to empower parents,
give them the ability to see what their children are learning, see the
curriculum. Despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth of our colleagues
on the other side of the aisle with wild accusations of book banning--
which is completely inaccurate and devoid of fact--the fact is, we are
trying to empower parents to be able to see what their children are
learning.
My amendment, though, would give parents recourse by allowing them to
take their tax dollars, the dollars that they send to Washington for a
purpose, and put it towards the education of their choice.
Again, I would rather they not be laundering the money through this
godforsaken town. I would rather that money go directly to the schools
in their neighborhoods. If it is going to come here, I would like them
to, at least, get the benefit of getting that money back to be able to
use it to educate their children the way they believe is best for them.
I introduced this policy as a stand-alone bill called the SCHOOL Act
in 2020 with my good friend, Senator Rand Paul, when parents' tax
dollars were going to schools that closed their doors during the
pandemic, that shut kids out of schools, that forced them into the
corners with masks.
The results of that have been catastrophic. Twenty-three Baltimore
schools have zero students proficient in math per State test results.
Chicago Democrats are sounding the alarm on 55 schools reporting no
proficiency in math or reading.
These are very serious concerns. In 2022, the National Center for
Education Statistics evaluated the progress of children during the
pandemic and revealed reading ability had suffered the largest decline
since 1990.
To my colleagues who say that this defunds schools, first off, whose
dollars are these anyway?
They are the American people's dollars. This government takes dollars
and then does stuff with it.
We want to make sure that parents can use their dollars the way they
feel is best for the education of their kids. We are returning to the
families their money, so they have greater flexibility to provide the
best possible education for their kids.
Mr. Chair, that is the goal of this amendment, and I reserve the
balance of my time.
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, this is a fairly simple
amendment. It would just sabotage public education by transferring
money in the public school system to the private school system. It
would open up funds to children in public schools to those already in
private school. A lot of money would be diverted that way, and it
includes homeschooling.
Who is going to audit the money that the parents get for
homeschooling their children?
Furthermore, how are you going to figure out how much money each
child gets?
Title I is based on a formula that involves poverty. If it is a low-
income child, will they get more money to go to a private school than a
higher-income person who the formula did not recognize as far as
getting money?
Those are just complications. Basically, it is a private school
voucher program where those already in private school can take public
money out of the public system and reduce the amount of money available
for public schools.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. ROY. Mr. Chair, I would just add a couple of responses to my
friend, the gentleman from Virginia.
Both of us are graduates of the University of Virginia. I am an
extraordinarily proud graduate of Virginia, where Thomas Jefferson,
frankly, helped frame the public diffusion of knowledge, as the
gentleman knows, in trying to set up a structure for public schools in
order to have broader access for more Americans and give them the
ability and the benefits of public education.
I was public school educated K through law school, as was my wife,
raised by a single mom. We went to Texas A&M University and the
University of Texas School of Law, where we met. I am a big proponent
of the public education system. I am a bigger proponent of empowering
parents. I am a bigger proponent of being able to have checks and
balances within the education system and allowing parents the ability
to take care of their kids.
That is what this is about. When we talk about homeschooling, the
purpose here is, you have got parents who are left on the outside
looking in while the public school system has abandoned them during the
pandemic, and they had to go do something about it.
They are abandoning them now by not providing them the proficiency of
education as I just talked about in Baltimore and Chicago and in
schools across the country.
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To say that we should restrict parents from being able to use those
dollars in private schools. Say that to the hardworking parents today
scraping by to send $6,000, $7,000, $8,000, $9,000 to a Catholic school
because that parent wants the best education for their child. I say
let's actually empower parents. That is what this whole debate is about
this week. That is why I offered this amendment.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
Mr. Chairman, this is a well-worn debate. I think people are familiar
with what happens when you take public school money and put it into
private schools. I thank the gentleman for making the amendment as
simple and straightforward as he has.
This would decimate rural districts where there are few school
options. People in rural districts would take money out of the rural
community and plop it into urban areas.
I would just like to know how much money a family could get if they
took two children out of public school and just kept them at home under
the guise of homeschooling? How much money could they get from the
public school system to do that?
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. ROY. Mr. Chair, my time is limited, and the gentleman has the
right to close this out.
I would just say that we should have a robust debate about that.
This is very limited, as the gentleman pointed out. It is Title I
money under the ESEA, so this would be limited in the total economic
impact. I think it is just a nice way to give some dollars to parents
to be able to go take care of their children.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, as I said, we don't know how
much money a family could get. If they are financially strapped, how
much money would they get for pulling their children out of public
schools and using the money for the allowable uses, which includes
extracurricular activities?
That could be a vacation to Disneyland. I don't know what they could
use the money for, but they would significantly benefit financially by
taking their children out of school.
Rural districts will benefit, those already in private school will
benefit, and the ones that will be disadvantaged will be the school
systems that are struggling to provide an education for low-income
students today.
Mr. Chair, I hope we defeat the amendment, and I yield back the
balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. ROY. 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 gentleman from Texas will
be postponed.
Amendment No. 20 Offered by Mr. Roy
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 20
printed in House Report 118-12.
Mr. ROY. 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 1, strike line 1 and all that follows and insert the
following:
SEC. 1. FEDERAL FUNDING UNDER THE ESEA.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds made
available under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 after the date of the enactment of this section shall be
consolidated and awarded to each State--
(1) in an amount that is proportional to the number of
students in such State relative to the total number of
students in the United States; and
(2) to carry out educational activities permitted by the
laws of such State.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 241, the gentleman
from Texas (Mr. Roy) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
Mr. ROY. Mr. Chair, again, I thank the gentlewoman from North
Carolina for her efforts this week and her efforts and devotion to
education, generally, in her career.
I am offering this amendment because I believe that we should be
empowering States and local schools in communities to be able to take
care of our kids. I don't think the Federal Government has any business
in this area for the most part. I don't believe the Department of
Education should exist in the first place.
When I look at Article I, Section 8, I don't see anything about
education. From my standpoint--and I believe it is a sentiment shared
by many on my side of the aisle, and I have heard many of my colleagues
on the other side of the aisle bemoaning Federal intervention this
week--so let's just call the question then.
If we have concerns about Federal intervention into State affairs,
then let's take the dollars and let's block grant them back to the
States.
Now, my friend, Mr. Massie, has a sense of Congress that we should
abolish the Department of Education, which I fully support. But if we
have true concerns here, to my Democratic colleagues who are concerned
about, oh, my gosh, heaven forbid that we have parents be able to see
what is in the curriculum. This is too much Federal intervention.
How about we look at overall Federal intervention, in general, and
let's block grant those dollars to States and allow State governments,
local communities, local school boards and parents to make all the
decisions?
We will just take care of your problem right now.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the
amendment
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, this would eliminate all of the
targeted resources under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
consolidated into one view. If you just take Title I, that money is
targeted toward low-income areas. There are targets to rural areas, to
migrants.
Generally speaking, the mainstream education can be well done with
the local and State funding. There are areas where there are troubles,
English as a Second Language, migrants, low income, where the Federal
Government comes in and targets money because, generally speaking,
within the political give-and-take, these are the ones that are left
out. Those who are generally left out and supported by ESEA are the
exact ones that would be disadvantaged under this.
When you fund education with the real estate tax, as we do in the
United States today, you almost guarantee inequity in education because
the more wealthy areas can do better.
ESEA, primarily under Title I, goes into areas that are low income,
have less resources, and they can get help from the Federal Government.
That would be decimated by this amendment. I would hope we would defeat
it.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. ROY. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma
(Mr. Brecheen).
Mr. BRECHEEN. Mr. Chairman, imagine a world where parents, school
board members, and teachers were really running the show in the
classroom, not bureaucrats thousands of miles away.
Imagine a world where parents didn't have to worry about a
hypersexualized, woke culture when they send their most cherished
individuals to the classroom, that they are assured that what is taught
in that school system is not going to counter what they taught them at
home.
We had such a world prior to 1979. It was a world that our Founders
foresaw. It is why they believed in the concept of laboratories of
democracy, laboratories of experimentation where, across State lines,
you could learn from both success and failures.
It is why, in the 18 enumerated powers of Article I, Section 8, you
do not find the Department of Education. That is why the 10th Amendment
says all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to
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the States respectively, or to the people.
It is why Thomas Jefferson said, in order for the Federal Government
to be involved in education, you have to have a constitutional
amendment and, again, prior to 1979, we had such a world. The creation
of the Department of Education has only allowed a reduction in
educational attainment.
I will end with this. James Madison made this statement. He said,
imagine a world where we actually ascribe to the enumerated powers. I
am paraphrasing.
He said, Congress can apply this. They can take the care of religion.
If they can do this, go outside the 18 enumerated powers, they can take
care of religion into their own hands. They can establish teachers in
every county, every State, and every parish. They can pay them out of
the public treasury. They can take into their own hands the education
of children and establish in like manner schools throughout the Union.
They may assume the provision for the poor, and they may undertake
the regulation of all roads, other than Post Office roads.
In short, everything from the highest object of State legislation,
down to the most minute object of police would be thrown to the power
of Congress. James Madison foresaw this. In 1792, he stood on this
floor and talked about it. We need to return to the brilliance of our
Founders.
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my
time.
Mr. ROY. Mr. Chair, I thank my friend from Oklahoma for his support
of the amendment. I agree with every word that he just shared with the
body.
I would just note, again, my colleagues on the other side of the
aisle have been raising a lot of concerns that my side of the aisle is
inserting the Federal Government into the business of the States and
localities.
Look, I will acknowledge, I don't love going down this road. I don't
think we should have to. I think this should all be left to the States,
and if the folks in California, the folks in New York, the folks in
some State want to put this garbage in front of their kids, then let
them hash that out.
As long as we are going to have the Federal Government inserting
itself, which this body led predominated by my colleagues on the other
side of the aisle, have been pushing now for years, at a bare minimum,
shouldn't we ensure that parents have the ability to see what is in the
curriculum, parents know what books are in the library?
That is the debate this week. What we are trying to do with this
amendment is essentially call the bluff of my Democratic colleagues.
Put your money where your mouth is.
If you don't like the fact that the Federal Government is involved in
education, welcome to the party. Let's give the money right back to the
States and local governments where they can do what is best for the
people in their States and local communities.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my
time.
Mr. Chairman, this would concentrate funding where there are a high
concentration of students, not where there is a high concentration of
poverty, as the present formula gives.
It would remove targeted money for teachers, and, incredibly, it
would remove targeted funding for family engagement. I thought that is
why we were here. This amendment would remove money targeted for family
engagement.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. ROY. Mr. Chairman, 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 Texas will
be postponed.
Amendment No. 21 Offered by Mr. Smith of New Jersey
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 21
printed in House Report 118-12.
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. 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:
Page 10, line 17, insert ``(including whether such agency
is aware of videos or recordings of such violent activity)''
after ``injuries''.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 241, the gentleman
from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey.
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, first of all, let me thank
Chairwoman Virginia Foxx for the extraordinary job she is doing on this
important parental rights legislation, H.R. 5.
I thank my friend from Virginia (Mr. Scott) for this civil debate. It
has been disciplined. Obviously, we have a major fundamental
difference, but there is respect on both sides.
Mr. Chairman, last month, Adriana Olivia Kuch, a student at Central
Regional High School, in my congressional district, tragically took her
own life just days after a group of students violently attacked her in
the school hallway and then shared the video of the horrific assault
online.
Adriana's family told the Asbury Park Press that she ``took her own
life after being threatened online, attacked on school grounds, and
then later harassed when video of the attack was spread via social
media.''
My amendment today, Mr. Chairman, would add to the bill's disclosure
requirement of violent incidences a provision that schools notify
parents of whether recordings exist of such violence.
The amendment recognizes that bullying and violence are often
compounded, and the victim further traumatized, further humiliated, and
further mocked, when the crime is videotaped and shared on social
media.
Once informed, the parents are empowered to, hopefully, be better
able to shield, to better comfort, and to protect their child.
This amendment is a step in the right direction of what must be a
full-court press to tackle online bullying. Many school districts, as
my colleagues already know, do have harassment, intimidation, and
bullying, or HIB policies, which should include parental notification
of online bullying occurrences.
What happened in the Central Regional High School must never happen
again. There must be no higher priority for us than school safety and
protecting every student from violence.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, the underlying bill has a lot of
ambiguity about things like what is an injury? What is violent
activity? Does there have to be an injury?
If there has to be an injury, then a shooting where the bullet misses
and there is no injury would not be covered. But somebody pushes
somebody and they slip and get a bloody nose, that would be an injury
and that would be violent activity. It is very poorly defined.
Second is, aware of a video recording. Does that include fellow
students' cell phones and other things? Does it include a monitoring of
the school system monitoring?
It doesn't say anything about numerous rights and laws, rights of
privacy, and what to do after you find out, what can you do about it.
That is a little unclear.
It doesn't say what rights you have to the video or anything like
that. I think it causes more questions than answers, and I hope we
would defeat the amendment.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, after the terrible incident
and the loss of this young woman, there were meetings with the school
board, and the number of students who came forward who talked about the
bullying and the videotaping of bullying that happens, and how
threatened they feel, it seems to me, out of an abundance of caution
and respect and concern for the
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well-being of these individuals, these young people, having the school
leaders step up and say we know of a video recording, we have got to
make sure the parents know.
That young woman, in this case, sitting in her room watching the
video over and over again, and all the extreme mockings that she
endured, that may have driven her to suicide. We don't know absolutely,
but we do know that it has a very debilitating impact on a young person
to see all of that.
I watched the video, Mr. Chairman, and I was moved to see her on the
ground, being kicked and punched. Again, there was a video of this.
So many of the parents have no idea. They don't monitor social media
necessarily. Why not have the school leaders make sure that that is
transferred over to the parents, so they can step in and love their
child and try to protect their child from all the psychological and
other harms that accrue from that video.
This is a simple amendment, and I would hope that my colleagues would
vote for it.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my
time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith).
The amendment was agreed to.
Amendment No. 22 Offered by Ms. Tenney
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 22
printed in House Report 118-12.
Ms. TENNEY. Mr. 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:
Page 7, line 20, insert ``or college credit'' after
``gifted and talented''.
Page 7, line 21, insert ``, including Advanced Placement
and dual-enrollment classes'' before the semicolon.
Page 11, line 3, insert ``or college credit'' after
``gifted and talented''.
Page 11, line 4, insert ``, including Advanced Placement
and dual-enrollment classes'' before the semicolon.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 241, the gentlewoman
from New York (Ms. Tenney) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from New York.
Ms. TENNEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the underlying bill
and my amendment to the Parents Bill of Rights Act. The amendment would
require public schools to inform parents on decisions to terminate
college-credit courses, including dual-enrollments and advanced
placement courses.
As the cost of colleges and universities continues to skyrocket, many
students depend on these highly affordable high school college credit
courses. It is an essential tool for students to reduce their time and
their total cost in attending college.
Case in point, I graduated from college in 1983, and the total
tuition to attend Colgate University was $12,000. Today, it is nearly
$80,000 for room and board and tuition, so this is a way to try to
ameliorate that problem with many students who want to seek college
admission and college credit.
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However, unfortunately, the woke, radical leftwing school
administrators in States such as New York are working to terminate
gifted and talented programs, including college credit courses, in
their misguided attempt to further their far-left social equity agenda.
These administrators don't actually want equal opportunity, they want
to tear down our top-performing students to promote their diversity,
equity, and inclusion agenda. This is simply wrong.
I have heard from parents across my district who have actually moved
out of their own homes to find schools where their children can attend
that have these college credit courses offered.
Parents should have the right to know if these important programs are
terminated and if they are being eliminated in the name of equity. We
should be forming education policy that allows children to flourish and
not one that is preoccupied with sabotaging those children who choose
to succeed academically.
At the end of the day, sunlight is often the best disinfectant, and I
hope the transparency offered by this amendment ends this harmful
attempt at the far left's social engineering.
I am grateful to the chair, Dr. Foxx, for her support of my
amendment, and I encourage all of my colleagues to support this
commonsense amendment that is much needed today for our parents to have
equal rights.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair, this is another unfunded mandate
placed on school systems that they have to do as a condition to receive
Title I funds.
Then, look at what is involved if the class is eliminated because
there is no teacher for that class or no student interest. For example,
if no one signs up for a particular foreign language and the course is
dropped, we have to now notify all the parents as a condition of
getting Title I funds. If the only teacher who taught that language
decides to retire and that course is not taught, you have to notify
everyone as a condition of getting Title I funds.
This amendment does nothing to improve parent engagement. It just
adds another Federal law. Along with the bathroom bills that we have
heard, attacks on LGBTQ individuals, attacks on trans youth, now we
have another report that has to be made.
Mr. Chair, I hope we defeat the amendment, and I reserve the balance
of my time.
Ms. TENNEY. Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent to reclaim my time.
The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from New York?
There was no objection.
Ms. TENNEY. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Louisiana (Mr. Scalise).
Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman from New York for
yielding and for her amendment to such an important bill.
The Parents Bill of Rights Act is a basic concept, but it is a
powerful statement that says we stand with parents and children in the
ability for them to have a say in their kids' education. You would
think: Who would be against this? Why do we need a law to do what
everybody should think is the right thing to do?
Unfortunately, what we have seen through this debate is that the left
is scared to death of parents having more of a say in their kids'
education. Union bosses are scared to death of parents having a say in
their kids' education.
It begs the question: Why would they be so afraid of parents wanting
to see the curriculum that their kids are experiencing when they go to
school?
I think we all saw why their concern is so vocal. This all happened
during COVID. As we went from classroom learning to virtual learning,
millions of parents actually got a glimpse into what was going on in
the classrooms of their kids.
I am sure most of those parents thought they were just going to be
watching their kids learn how to read, how to write, how to break down
sentence structures, and how to learn math. Some of that was going on,
but what alarmed parents were all the other things that had absolutely
nothing to do with their kids having an opportunity to achieve the
American Dream.
In fact, some of the things that were going on undermined the basic
values that those parents are teaching their kids at home, things that
had nothing to do with helping those kids learn and be prepared for
better opportunities in the future. They started asking questions, and
they were right to ask those questions.
Except the Biden administration got concerned because the union
bosses didn't want those parents to see what was going on. You had the
Justice Department trying to tag parents as domestic terrorists for
showing up at school board meetings, for God's sake, because they cared
about what was happening in their kids' schools.
It shouldn't have taken an act of Congress to give parents that
right. If it does, I am proud to stand with the
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parents and kids against the union bosses who don't want parents to
have that right to care about their kids' education.
For God's sake, we shouldn't have to be here doing this. The unions
shouldn't be fighting this every step of the way, but it really shows
you what they care about if they don't want parents to have these
rights.
Thank goodness we have Virginia Foxx's committee, Julia Letlow's
bill, and Members of Congress coming together and saying parents ought
to have that ability. Republican, Democrat, Independent, it doesn't
matter what your political viewpoint is because, for anybody in this
country, part of the American Dream is being able to pass on better
opportunities to your kids than what you had. The best way to do that,
the greatest equalizer, is education.
If you have to be concerned about what is happening in your kid's
classroom, and the school doesn't want you to see what is happening in
your kid's classroom, you really ought to be alarmed. Every parent
ought to have that right because when kids are sent to school, they
should be learning how to get more opportunities, how to advance and
have more success than we had. If they are being taught things that
undermine that, every parent ought to be able to know about that. Under
this bill, they finally will.
This is a power that every parent should already have. We saw during
COVID some parents had that ability, but unfortunately, many parents
were denied that ability to have a basic understanding of what was
happening in their kids' classrooms. Millions of kids were denied
education, which ultimately means those millions of kids are denied
opportunity. No one should stand for that.
Mr. Chair, on this day and on every day, I am proud to stand with the
parents and the kids. Nobody should get in their way, especially union
bosses who don't want parents to be able to have that opportunity to
stand up for their kids.
Let's stand with the parents and the kids. Let's pass this bill.
Ms. TENNEY. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my
time.
We have heard a lot about people who can't speak at school board
meetings because they are being arrested. I reiterate, the only ones
being arrested at school board meetings are those the police believe
are committing crimes.
I would point out that this is another Federal law, along with the
bathroom bill that is in the bill that attacks LGBTQ and trans youth,
but there is nothing in this amendment to increase parental say over
which courses are being offered. Some courses are deleted, like
African-American studies and AP African-American studies in Florida.
There is no money for new courses. There is no money for school
construction in this legislation. There is no after-school program
funding. There is no money for teacher salaries. There is no money for
counselors or psychologists. It is just a list of things that most
parents can do anyway. There is no money for actual parental
involvement. Those amendments were defeated.
Mr. Chair, I hope that this additional requirement, as a condition of
receiving Title I funding, will not be adopted and that the entire bill
will be defeated.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Tenney).
The amendment was agreed to.
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were
postponed, in the following order:
Amendment No. 10 by Mr. Green of Tennessee.
Amendment No. 13 by Ms. Jacobs of California.
Amendment No. 15 by Mr. Massie of Kentucky.
Amendment No. 17 by Mr. McCormick of Georgia.
Amendment No. 19 by Mr. Roy of Texas.
Amendment No. 20 by Mr. Roy of Texas.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.
Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Green of Tennessee
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on amendment No. 10 printed in House Report 118-12
offered by the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Green) 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 vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 420,
noes 5, not voting 15, as follows:
[Roll No. 154]
AYES--420
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Alford
Allen
Allred
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Auchincloss
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Balint
Banks
Barr
Barragan
Bean (FL)
Beatty
Bentz
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bice
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NC)
Blunt Rochester
Boebert
Bonamici
Bost
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brecheen
Brown
Brownley
Buchanan
Budzinski
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Bush
Calvert
Cammack
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carey
Carl
Carson
Carter (GA)
Carter (LA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Castor (FL)
Chavez-DeRemer
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Ciscomani
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cline
Cloud
Clyburn
Clyde
Cohen
Cole
Collins
Comer
Connolly
Correa
Courtney
Craig
Crane
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crockett
Crow
Curtis
D'Esposito
Davids (KS)
Davidson
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
De La Cruz
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Estes
Evans
Ezell
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fletcher
Flood
Foster
Foushee
Foxx
Frankel, Lois
Franklin, C. Scott
Frost
Fry
Fulcher
Gallagher
Garamendi
Garbarino
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Mike
Garcia, Robert
Gimenez
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gonzalez-Colon
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Green, Al (TX)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grijalva
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Harder (CA)
Harris
Harshbarger
Hayes
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Higgins (NY)
Hill
Himes
Hinson
Horsford
Houchin
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Hudson
Huffman
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson (TX)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
James
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Kean (NJ)
Keating
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Khanna
Kiggans (VA)
Kildee
Kiley
Kilmer
Kim (CA)
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Landsman
Langworthy
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
LaTurner
Lawler
Lee (CA)
Lee (FL)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Lesko
Letlow
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luna
Luttrell
Lynch
Mace
Magaziner
Malliotakis
Mann
Manning
Massie
Mast
Matsui
McBath
McCaul
McClain
McClellan
McClintock
McCollum
McCormick
McGarvey
McGovern
McHenry
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Meuser
Mfume
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Molinaro
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WI)
Moran
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Nehls
Newhouse
Nickel
Norcross
Norman
Norton
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ocasio-Cortez
Ogles
Omar
Owens
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Perez
Perry
Peters
Pettersen
Pfluger
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Posey
Pressley
Quigley
Radewagen
Ramirez
Raskin
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Ross
Rouzer
Roy
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rutherford
Ryan
Sablan
Salazar
Salinas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scalise
Scanlon
Schakowsky
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Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Self
Sessions
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simpson
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Spartz
Stansbury
Stanton
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stevens
Stewart
Strickland
Strong
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Tenney
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Turner
Underwood
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wagner
Walberg
Waltz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Williams (NY)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOES--5
Buck
Casten
Gaetz
Johnson (GA)
Santos
NOT VOTING--15
Blumenauer
Bucshon
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Costa
Cuellar
Gallego
Johnson (LA)
Kelly (IL)
Leger Fernandez
Moskowitz
Moylan
Mullin
Palmer
Pence
{time} 1026
Mr. SANTOS changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
Mr. CASAR, Ms. VELAZQUEZ, and Mr. CARSON changed their vote from
``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 13 Offered by Ms. Jacobs
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
California (Ms. Jacobs) 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 203,
noes 217, not voting 21, as follows:
[Roll No. 155]
AYES--203
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bush
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Correa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fitzpatrick
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Robert
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McClellan
McCollum
McGarvey
McGovern
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Nickel
Norcross
Norton
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Raskin
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Sablan
Salinas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
NOES--217
Alford
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bean (FL)
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Buchanan
Buck
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chavez-DeRemer
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
D'Esposito
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Ezell
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fleischmann
Flood
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia, Mike
Gimenez
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez-Colon
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean (NJ)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley
Kim (CA)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Langworthy
Latta
LaTurner
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Lesko
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McHenry
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Molinaro
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Moran
Moylan
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Owens
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Radewagen
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Santos
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Strong
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (NY)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOT VOTING--21
Aderholt
Blumenauer
Bucshon
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Costa
Cuellar
Gallego
Grijalva
Johnson (LA)
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Leger Fernandez
Magaziner
Malliotakis
Moskowitz
Mullin
Palmer
Pence
Ruppersberger
Turner
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1030
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 15 Offered by Mr. Massie
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Kentucky
(Mr. Massie) 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 161,
noes 265, not voting 15, as follows:
[Roll No. 156]
AYES--161
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bean (FL)
Bentz
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Buchanan
Buck
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Ezell
Fallon
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fleischmann
Flood
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Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Garcia, Mike
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Hageman
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Houchin
Hudson
Hunt
Issa
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (PA)
Kelly (MS)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lee (FL)
Lesko
Loudermilk
Luna
Luttrell
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McHenry
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Mills
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moran
Moylan
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Obernolte
Ogles
Owens
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Radewagen
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Santos
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Smith (NE)
Spartz
Steube
Stewart
Strong
Tenney
Tiffany
Timmons
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Yakym
Zinke
NOES--265
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Bacon
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bice
Bishop (GA)
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bush
Calvert
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Chavez-DeRemer
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Ciscomani
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Connolly
Correa
Courtney
Craig
Crawford
Crockett
Crow
D'Esposito
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Feenstra
Fitzpatrick
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Gallagher
Garamendi
Garbarino
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Robert
Gimenez
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gonzalez-Colon
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Guest
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hinson
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Huizenga
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Joyce (OH)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Kean (NJ)
Keating
Kelly (PA)
Khanna
Kiggans (VA)
Kildee
Kiley
Kilmer
Kim (CA)
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
LaLota
Landsman
Langworthy
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawler
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Letlow
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lynch
Mace
Magaziner
Malliotakis
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCaul
McClellan
McCollum
McGarvey
McGovern
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Meuser
Mfume
Miller-Meeks
Molinaro
Moore (UT)
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Nickel
Norcross
Norton
Nunn (IA)
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Raskin
Rogers (KY)
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Sablan
Salazar
Salinas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simpson
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Stevens
Strickland
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Turner
Underwood
Valadao
Van Orden
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wagner
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Westerman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Williams (NY)
Wilson (FL)
Womack
NOT VOTING--15
Blumenauer
Bucshon
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Costa
Cuellar
Gallego
Johnson (LA)
Kelly (IL)
Leger Fernandez
Moskowitz
Mullin
Palmer
Pence
Ruppersberger
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1034
Mrs. RADEWAGEN changed her vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Chair, during today's vote series, I had
briefly step outside of the House Chamber. Had I been present, I would
have voted ``aye'' on rollcall No. 155 and ``no'' on rollcall No. 156.
Amendment No. 17 Offered by Mr. McCormick
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia
(Mr. McCormick) 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 107,
noes 317, not voting 16, as follows:
[Roll No. 157]
AYES--107
Aderholt
Allen
Armstrong
Babin
Banks
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Brecheen
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Cammack
Carter (GA)
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Collins
Crane
Davidson
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Ellzey
Emmer
Ezell
Fallon
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fleischmann
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Good (VA)
Gosar
Gottheimer
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Hageman
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Houchin
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Jackson (TX)
Jordan
Joyce (PA)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim (CA)
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
LaTurner
Lesko
Loudermilk
Luna
Luttrell
Mann
Massie
McClintock
McCormick
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Mills
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Norman
Ogles
Perry
Posey
Rogers (AL)
Rosendale
Roy
Rutherford
Santos
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Spartz
Stauber
Steube
Tenney
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Van Drew
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wild
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Zinke
NOES--317
Adams
Aguilar
Alford
Allred
Amodei
Arrington
Auchincloss
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Balint
Barr
Barragan
Bean (FL)
Beatty
Bentz
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bice
Bishop (GA)
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Buchanan
Buck
Budzinski
Bush
Calvert
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carey
Carl
Carson
Carter (LA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Chavez-DeRemer
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Ciscomani
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Comer
Connolly
Correa
Courtney
Craig
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crockett
Crow
Curtis
D'Esposito
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
De La Cruz
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Duarte
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Estes
Evans
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Fletcher
Flood
Foster
Foushee
Foxx
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garamendi
Garbarino
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Mike
Garcia, Robert
Gimenez
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gonzalez-Colon
Gooden (TX)
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Hill
Himes
Hinson
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Hudson
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
James
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Joyce (OH)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Kean (NJ)
Keating
Khanna
Kiggans (VA)
Kildee
Kiley
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Kustoff
LaHood
Lamborn
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawler
Lee (CA)
Lee (FL)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Letlow
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lynch
Mace
Magaziner
Malliotakis
Manning
Mast
Matsui
McBath
McCaul
McClain
McClellan
McCollum
McGarvey
McGovern
McHenry
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Molinaro
Moore (UT)
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Moylan
Mrvan
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newhouse
Nickel
Norcross
Norton
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
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Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pfluger
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Quigley
Radewagen
Ramirez
Raskin
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Ross
Rouzer
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan
Sablan
Salazar
Salinas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scalise
Scanlon
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simpson
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Stevens
Stewart
Strickland
Strong
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Turner
Underwood
Valadao
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wagner
Walberg
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wexton
Williams (GA)
Williams (NY)
Wilson (FL)
Womack
Yakym
NOT VOTING--16
Blumenauer
Bucshon
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Costa
Cuellar
Gallego
Johnson (LA)
Kelly (IL)
Leger Fernandez
Moskowitz
Mullin
Owens
Palmer
Pence
Schakowsky
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1038
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Chair, had I been present, I would have voted
``no'' on rollcall No. 157.
Amendment No. 19 Offered by Mr. Roy
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Roy) 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 113,
noes 311, not voting 16, as follows:
[Roll No. 158]
AYES--113
Alford
Allen
Arrington
Babin
Banks
Biggs
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Buck
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Cammack
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Collins
Crane
Curtis
Davidson
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Flood
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Good (VA)
Gosar
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Hageman
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Houchin
Hunt
Issa
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (OH)
Jordan
Joyce (PA)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
LaMalfa
Lamborn
LaTurner
Lesko
Loudermilk
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mann
Massie
McClintock
McCormick
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Mills
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moran
Nehls
Norman
Ogles
Owens
Perry
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rosendale
Roy
Rutherford
Scalise
Schweikert
Self
Sessions
Smucker
Spartz
Steube
Stewart
Tenney
Tiffany
Timmons
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Williams (NY)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Zinke
NOES--311
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allred
Amodei
Armstrong
Auchincloss
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Balint
Barr
Barragan
Bean (FL)
Beatty
Bentz
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bice
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Buchanan
Budzinski
Bush
Calvert
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carey
Carl
Carson
Carter (GA)
Carter (LA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Chavez-DeRemer
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Ciscomani
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Comer
Connolly
Correa
Courtney
Craig
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crockett
Crow
D'Esposito
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
De La Cruz
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Duarte
Dunn (FL)
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Estes
Evans
Ezell
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Foxx
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Gallagher
Garamendi
Garbarino
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Mike
Garcia, Robert
Gimenez
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gonzalez-Colon
Gooden (TX)
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Guthrie
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Hill
Himes
Hinson
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Hudson
Huffman
Huizenga
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (SD)
Joyce (OH)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Kean (NJ)
Keating
Khanna
Kiggans (VA)
Kildee
Kiley
Kilmer
Kim (CA)
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
Landsman
Langworthy
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawler
Lee (CA)
Lee (FL)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Letlow
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lynch
Magaziner
Malliotakis
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCaul
McClain
McClellan
McCollum
McGarvey
McGovern
McHenry
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Miller-Meeks
Molinaro
Moolenaar
Moore (UT)
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Moylan
Mrvan
Murphy
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newhouse
Nickel
Norcross
Norton
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pfluger
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Quigley
Radewagen
Ramirez
Raskin
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Ross
Rouzer
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan
Sablan
Salazar
Salinas
Sanchez
Santos
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simpson
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Stevens
Strickland
Strong
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Turner
Underwood
Valadao
Van Orden
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wagner
Walberg
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Womack
Yakym
NOT VOTING--16
Blumenauer
Bucshon
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Costa
Cuellar
Gallego
Johnson (LA)
Kelly (IL)
Leger Fernandez
Mast
Moskowitz
Mullin
Palmer
Pence
Smith (NE)
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1042
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 20 Offered by Mr. Roy
The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Roy) 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 83,
noes 331, not voting 26, as follows:
[Roll No. 159]
AYES--83
Alford
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Brecheen
Buck
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Cammack
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Collins
Crane
Curtis
Davidson
DesJarlais
Donalds
Duncan
Edwards
Emmer
Fallon
Fischbach
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Good (VA)
Gosar
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Guest
Hageman
Harshbarger
Higgins (LA)
Huizenga
Hunt
Johnson (SD)
[[Page H1424]]
Jordan
Kelly (MS)
Lamborn
LaTurner
Lesko
Loudermilk
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Massie
McClintock
McCormick
Meuser
Miller (WV)
Mills
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moran
Nehls
Norman
Ogles
Owens
Perry
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rose
Rosendale
Roy
Santos
Self
Sessions
Spartz
Steube
Stewart
Tiffany
Timmons
Van Duyne
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wilson (SC)
NOES--331
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Allred
Amodei
Armstrong
Auchincloss
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Balint
Banks
Barr
Barragan
Bean (FL)
Beatty
Bentz
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bice
Bishop (GA)
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bush
Calvert
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carey
Carl
Carson
Carter (GA)
Carter (LA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Chavez-DeRemer
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Ciscomani
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cole
Comer
Connolly
Correa
Courtney
Craig
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crockett
Crow
D'Esposito
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
De La Cruz
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Duarte
Dunn (FL)
Ellzey
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Estes
Evans
Ezell
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fletcher
Flood
Foster
Foushee
Foxx
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Gallagher
Garamendi
Garbarino
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Mike
Garcia, Robert
Gimenez
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gonzalez-Colon
Gooden (TX)
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Grothman
Guthrie
Harder (CA)
Harris
Hayes
Hern
Higgins (NY)
Hill
Himes
Hinson
Horsford
Houchin
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Hudson
Huffman
Issa
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
James
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Kean (NJ)
Keating
Kelly (PA)
Khanna
Kiggans (VA)
Kildee
Kiley
Kilmer
Kim (CA)
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Landsman
Langworthy
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawler
Lee (CA)
Lee (FL)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Letlow
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lynch
Magaziner
Malliotakis
Mann
Manning
Mast
Matsui
McBath
McCaul
McClain
McClellan
McCollum
McGarvey
McGovern
McHenry
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Molinaro
Moore (UT)
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Moylan
Mrvan
Murphy
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newhouse
Nickel
Norcross
Norton
Obernolte
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pfluger
Phillips
Pingree
Plaskett
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Raskin
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Ross
Rouzer
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rutherford
Ryan
Sablan
Salazar
Salinas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scalise
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simpson
Slotkin
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Stevens
Strickland
Strong
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Tenney
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Valadao
Van Drew
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wagner
Walberg
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (FL)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOT VOTING--26
Arrington
Babin
Blumenauer
Buchanan
Bucshon
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Cohen
Costa
Cuellar
Gallego
Jackson (TX)
Johnson (LA)
Kelly (IL)
Leger Fernandez
Miller-Meeks
Moskowitz
Mullin
Nunn (IA)
Palmer
Pence
Radewagen
Scott, Austin
Turner
Van Orden
Williams (NY)
Announcement by the Acting Chair
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
{time} 1046
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained.
Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 159.
Mr. WILLIAMS of New York. Mr. Chair, regarding amendment No. 20 on
H.R. 5, had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No.
159.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment in the nature of a
substitute, as amended.
The amendment was agreed to.
The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mrs.
Bice) having assumed the chair, Mr. Gimenez, 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. 5) to
ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in the Nation's
public schools, and, pursuant to House Resolution 241, he reported the
bill back to the House with an amendment 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 to the amendment
reported from the Committee of the Whole?
If not, the question is on the amendment in the nature of a
substitute, as amended.
The amendment was 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
Mrs. HAYES. 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:
Mrs. Hayes of Connecticut moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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.
Mrs. HAYES. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to 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, if ordered; and
The motion to suspend the rules and agree to H. Con. Res. 25.
This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 203,
nays 218, not voting 13, as follows:
[Roll No. 160]
YEAS--203
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bush
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Correa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Robert
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McClellan
McCollum
McGarvey
McGovern
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
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Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Nickel
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Raskin
Ross
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
NAYS--218
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bean (FL)
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Buchanan
Buck
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chavez-DeRemer
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
D'Esposito
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Ezell
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia, Mike
Gimenez
Gonzales, Tony
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean (NJ)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley
Kim (CA)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Langworthy
Latta
LaTurner
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Lesko
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McHenry
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Molinaro
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Owens
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Santos
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Strong
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (NY)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOT VOTING--13
Blumenauer
Bucshon
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Costa
Cuellar
Gallego
Johnson (LA)
Kelly (IL)
Leger Fernandez
Moskowitz
Mullin
Palmer
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining.
{time} 1055
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 213,
noes 208, not voting 14, as follows:
[Roll No. 161]
AYES--213
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bean (FL)
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Buchanan
Burchett
Burgess
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chavez-DeRemer
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
D'Esposito
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duarte
Duncan
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Ezell
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia, Mike
Gimenez
Gonzales, Tony
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean (NJ)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley
Kim (CA)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Langworthy
Latta
LaTurner
Lee (FL)
Lesko
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McHenry
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Molinaro
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Obernolte
Ogles
Owens
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Santos
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Strong
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (NY)
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOES--208
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Biggs
Bishop (GA)
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bowman
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Buck
Budzinski
Bush
Caraveo
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Correa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dingell
Doggett
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Frost
Gaetz
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Garcia, Robert
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (NC)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawler
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Levin
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McClellan
McCollum
McGarvey
McGovern
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Nickel
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peltola
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Raskin
Rosendale
Ross
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
NOT VOTING--14
Blumenauer
Bucshon
Castro (TX)
Cleaver
Costa
Cuellar
Gallego
Johnson (LA)
Kelly (IL)
Leger Fernandez
Moskowitz
Mullin
Nunn (IA)
Palmer
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{time} 1102
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Stated for:
Mr. NUNN of Iowa. Madam Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I
been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall No. 161.
Stated against:
Mr. CUELLAR. Madam Speaker, due to personal obligation, I was unable
to be present today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on
rollcall No. 161.
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