[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 113 (Tuesday, July 26, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H5536-H5539]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Chair, I was delayed for votes, due to my
participation in a peaceful rally and protest against the current
Administration's enforcement policies against immigrant students and
the families of U.S. citizens. Had I been present for the votes I would
have voted ``yes'' on rollcall votes 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646,
647, and 648.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute, as amended.
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The amendment was agreed to.
The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Dold) having assumed the chair, Mr. LaTourette, 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. 1938) to
direct the President to expedite the consideration and approval of the
construction and operation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and for
other purposes, and, pursuant to House Resolution 370, 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 committee 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
Ms. SUTTON. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill?
Ms. SUTTON. I am opposed in its current form.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Ms. Sutton moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1938 to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions to report
the same back to the House forthwith, with the following
amendments:
Page 6, after line 24, insert the following new paragraphs:
(18) TransCanada Corporation has threatened to condemn the
land of American farmers, ranchers, and homeowners along the
Keystone XL pipeline route, and farmers, ranchers, and
homeowners in the States of Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
South Dakota, Kansas, and Texas are at risk of having their
property seized by a foreign corporation.
(19) In its permit application to the Canadian Government,
TransCanada Corporation, the owner and operator of the
Keystone XL pipeline, projected that the Keystone XL pipeline
will increase oil prices in PADD 2, which includes the States
of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, increasing annual
revenue to Canadian oil producers by an estimated
$2,000,000,000 to $3,900,000,000 in 2013.
Page 7, lines 14 and 20, redesignate subsections (c) and
(d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.
Page 7, after line 13, insert the following new subsection:
(c) Protecting Consumers From Unfair Gas Price Increases
and Seizure of Farmland.--The President shall ensure that the
necessary actions under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) any feasible step to prevent an increase in gasoline
prices in any region of the country; and
(2) any feasible step to limit the seizure of American
farmland and ranchland without consent of the landowners.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for
5 minutes.
Ms. SUTTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer this amendment in
response to a concern that we have all heard and which was recently
raised in a letter that I received from a constituent in Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio. He wanted to know how Congress can help with rising gas
prices, prices that are forcing him to spend less on taking care of his
family and causing uncertainty and uneasiness. And it's with my
constituent in mind that I offer this amendment today.
Mr. Speaker, today we have an opportunity to join together to pass
this amendment and do something for my constituent and for the middle
class families like his across the country that exist in each and every
district.
At the outset, I want to be clear, this amendment, this motion, it
does not kill the underlying bill. So regardless of whether you intend
to vote for the legislation or against it, you will have the
opportunity to do that today. This amendment simply offers us,
Democrats and Republicans alike, the opportunity to speak up on behalf
of our constituents loudly and clearly.
What this amendment does is makes it clear that if the underlying
bill passes, we want the President to take feasible steps to prevent
gas prices from rising as a result of its passage and to take feasible
steps to limit the seizure of American farmland. This should be an easy
amendment for colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support. A vote
for the amendment means standing up for American consumers to protect
them against gas increases. A vote for this amendment means you are
standing up for American families to protect them from unfair seizures
of their property. These are the goals that all of us in this body, the
people's House, should share.
It is important that we act together to pass this amendment today
because, make no mistake, at a time when gas prices are already too
high, this bill in its current form will raise gas prices even higher,
placing an even greater burden on American families and small
businesses. We know this, Mr. Speaker, because TransCanada, the
Canadian corporation that is building this pipeline, has admitted as
much. TransCanada's own assessment from February of 2009 states that
Keystone XL pipeline will increase the cost of a barrel of crude oil by
$6.55 per barrel in the Midwest and $3 per barrel everywhere else.
Mr. Speaker, this is simply unacceptable. It's unacceptable because
far too many middle class families are already struggling. Without this
amendment, this legislation amounts to salt in the wounds of working
families, so many of whom have seen their jobs sent overseas and now
they will see even more of their hard-earned dollars being sent out of
the country and will have to pay more for gas to boot.
And this legislation, in its current form, also stands to harm our
small business owners, putting a larger financial burden on them at a
time when we have called on them to create jobs and lead the way in our
recovery. It will burden our family farmers who will now have to pay
more to gas up their combines and buy fertilizer.
But an increase in gas prices is not the only reason this legislation
needs to be amended. From South Dakota to Texas, we have a situation
where the non-U.S. energy company building this pipeline has been
pushing American farmers and ranchers to give up their rights to their
own property. And for those who have resisted, the company--in pursuit
of billions of dollars--has been taking Americans to court to seize
control of their land through eminent domain. TransCanada has been
bringing these lawsuits even before they have the permits to build the
pipeline.
These outrageous acts are bringing Democrats and Republicans together
to speak out on behalf of property owners and to ensure that their
rights come before the rights of any big corporation. That is the way
it should be--us standing together to protect American consumers and
property owners.
Mr. Speaker, our country needs to protect the rights of our citizens,
not subject those rights to a foreign corporation. Mr. Speaker, our
constituents pay high enough gas prices. They need us to stand up and
do all that we can to prevent the admitted increases that will occur
according to TransCanada's own study. With this amendment, we can join
together to do just that. We can put the American people before
politics and before corporate profits and ensure that the President
takes any feasible steps to protect against gas increases and limit the
taking of property through eminent domain that will result from this
legislation. This final amendment will ensure these things while
allowing for an immediate final vote on the bill.
I encourage my colleagues to stand together and vote ``yes'' on this
final amendment.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. TERRY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to
recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Nebraska is recognized
for 5 minutes.
Mr. TERRY. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues here to vote
against this. This is, A, nonsensical and not even relevant here. Why?
Well, maybe some of my friends on the other side of the aisle have
confused a public works
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project with this private infrastructure project.
Number one, private companies do not have any rights of eminent
domain; they can't take people's lands. So this part about them
exercising eminent domain is just not relevant here. They aren't doing
this; they don't have the power.
The other part is equally as nonsensical. Listen, this is a $13
billion stimulus infrastructure bill.
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This is what all of us have been asking for because it creates
thousands of jobs, 20,000 direct union construction jobs. Now, the
Laborers International Union of North America supports this bill.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, United Association of
Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of
the United States, the AFL-CIO International Union of Operating
Engineers, the Pipeline Contractors Association. These are the people.
It's the labor. It's the jobs that are going to be created here, and
we're standing with the American people.
Now, this other argument that we have been debating ad nauseam
throughout the afternoon about bringing in 700,000 to 1.2 million
barrels per day from Canada that is somehow going to raise prices at
the pump. I'm sorry, I went through some economics. I don't see how
adding supply, adding American jobs, making a reliable source of
energy, and eliminating uncertainty is going to drive up costs. It
doesn't make sense.
Let's stand with the American people. Let's create 100,000 new jobs.
Let's get America working. Let's get the prices down at the pump. Vote
against this motion for reconsideration, and let's vote to put people
back to work.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is
ordered on the motion to recommit.
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Ms. SUTTON. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on
the question of passage.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 181,
noes 248, not voting 3, as follows:
[Roll No. 649]
AYES--181
Ackerman
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hochul
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Richmond
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
NOES--248
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Amash
Austria
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Cooper
Costa
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Paul
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOT VOTING--3
Bachmann
Giffords
Hinchey
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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
Mr. REED. Mr. 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 279,
noes 147, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 5, as follows:
[Roll No. 650]
AYES--279
Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Austria
Baca
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Cravaack
Crawford
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
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Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fattah
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Hinojosa
Hochul
Holden
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jackson Lee (TX)
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Owens
Palazzo
Pascrell
Paul
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Perlmutter
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Rahall
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Reyes
Ribble
Richardson
Richmond
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ruppersberger
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Southerland
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)
NOES--147
Andrews
Baldwin
Bass (CA)
Bass (NH)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Braley (IA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Courtney
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Doggett
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Filner
Fortenberry
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hahn
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Hayworth
Heinrich
Himes
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kildee
Kind
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Murphy (CT)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Pallone
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell
Sherman
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Speier
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
Amash
NOT VOTING--5
Bachmann
Carter
Giffords
Hinchey
Walsh (IL)
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining.
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So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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