Debt Limit Rule and Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, December 14, 2021 — Congressional Record, House
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Page H7808 of the House section of the Congressional Record for December 14, 2021, in interleaved columns, with a title referring to the debt limit rule and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Speakers support H.R. 1155, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, saying it is important to end or mitigate complicity in genocide, and one says the Chinese Government has forcibly sterilized men and women, which is the speaker's claim. The Chair announces a vote by electronic device on a resolution with yeas 222, nays 208 and 3 not voting, followed by a roll call listing.
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H7808 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 14, 2021
the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act human rights catastrophes ever. The I support this bill. I urge my col-
of 2018. Chinese Government has unleashed a leagues to support this bill, and I yield
But this bill, H.R. 1155, the Uyghur series of draconian measures that back the balance of my time.
Forced Labor Prevention Act, which, should give anyone in the civilized
b 2100
again, I cosponsored with Mr. MCGOV- world a pause. They have mandated
ERN, is important and necessary to end abortions, they have forcibly sterilized Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my-
or at least mitigate our complicity in men and women; they have forcibly self such time as I may consume.
Xi Jinping’s genocide. taken over half a million children from H.R. 6256, the Uyghur Forced Labor
Let’s not forget the documents ob- their families, and they have sent them Prevention Act, is an opportunity for
tained by The New York Times which to so-called reeducation centers. this body to send a resounding message
made clear that this is Xi Jinping’s They monitor the movements and to the world. We are engaged in a stra-
genocide. He ordered it. And early next the online activities of millions, ensur- tegic competition with China around
year he will be hosting the Winter ing Uyghurs and other minorities are the world, and our stance on this issue,
Olympics. robbed of their privacy; and they force I believe, will define why our system is
The leaked documents show Xi say- Uyghurs and other minorities into fac- better. We aggressively oppose forced
ing things like show ‘‘absolutely no tories for no pay and with no recourse. labor and Islamophobia, and we will
mercy’’ in dealing with the Uyghurs We must recognize that the Chinese back up our values with our actions.
and other predominantly Muslim mi- Government built this policy over In this major piece of legislation, we
norities. In one speech he said: ‘‘The time. What has happened to the are doing it together, Democrats and
weapons of the people’s democratic dic- Uyghur population is not borne out of Republicans, working with Ranking
tatorship must be wielded without any spontaneous brutality; it has been a Member MCCAUL and others, because it
hesitation or wavering.’’ well-planned endeavor designed to ex- is the right thing to do. It is the right
Mr. Speaker, the Uyghur Forced tinguish a population that China finds message to send.
Labor Prevention Act prohibits im- undesirable. So let us do it; let us get it out; let
ports from Xinjiang to the U.S. by cre- This is a systematic policy that de- us stand tall; let us be true to our val-
ating a rebuttable presumption. That nies the Uyghurs their humanity, their ues. Let not China get away with
is the core of this bill, a presumption dignity, and seeks to ultimately deny Islamophobia. Let’s make sure we wipe
that all goods produced in the region them of their existence. out Islamophobia, racism, and anti-
are made with forced labor unless U.S. We must do all we can to ensure that Semitism from all corners of this place
Customs and Border Protection cer- the clarion call of ‘‘never again’’ rever-
that we call the planet Earth.
tifies by clear and convincing evidence berates around the globe. This bill
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance
that goods were not produced with would ensure that goods made in the
of my time.
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
forced labor. It is a good bill and de- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
imported into the United States are
serves the support of every Member of question is on the motion offered by
not made with forced labor.
this body. I want to thank Chairman MCGOVERN the gentleman from New York (Mr.
Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, it is my MEEKS) that the House suspend the
for his extraordinary leadership and
honor to yield 3 minutes to the gen- rules and pass the bill, H.R. 6256.
urge all of my colleagues to support
tleman from Rhode Island (Mr. The question was taken; and (two-
the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention
CICILLINE), a great member of the For- Act and again thank the chairman for thirds being in the affirmative) the
eign Affairs Committee. his courtesy. rules were suspended and the bill was
Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- passed.
the chairman for yielding and thank self the balance of my time. A motion to reconsider was laid on
him for his extraordinary bipartisan Mr. Speaker, in recent years the the table.
leadership on this issue and on so many world has stood by as the Chinese Com- f
issues that come before our committee. munist Party has detained more than 1
I want to begin by acknowledging the million ethnic minorities in concentra- PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION
leadership of the Speaker who has been tion camps where they are tortured, OF S.J. RES. 33, JOINT RESOLU-
an advocate and a strong voice for brainwashed, and put into forced labor. TION RELATING TO INCREASING
human rights around the world, but This is all part of a deliberate program THE DEBT LIMIT
particularly in China for many, many by the CCP to wipe out their ethnic Mr. MORELLE. Mr. Speaker, by di-
years. identity, their religion, their culture, rection of the Committee on Rules, I
I rise, Mr. Speaker, in strong support anything that might compete with the call up House Resolution 852 and ask
of this bicameral version of the Uyghur Communist Party for their loyalties for its immediate consideration.
Forced Labor Prevention Act, to en- and affection. The Clerk read the resolution, as fol-
sure that the United States does all we We have a moral duty to speak out lows:
can to condemn the appalling human against these horrifying crimes, but we H. RES. 852
rights record of the Chinese Govern- have an even greater duty to avoid Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso-
ment against Uyghur Muslims. With funding this genocide by paying for lution it shall be in order to consider in the
the ongoing genocide against the slave labor in Xinjiang. House the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 33) joint
Uyghur population in Xinjiang, and Many American companies have built resolution relating to increasing the debt
with the crackdown on democracy and their businesses on values that include limit. All points of order against consider-
the rule of law in Hong Kong, the world respect for basic human rights. The ation of the joint resolution are waived. The
has seen what a glimpse of Chinese United States must continue to lead joint resolution shall be considered as read.
leadership in the international system All points of order against provisions in the
the world in setting corporate responsi-
joint resolution are waived. The previous
would mean: a rejection of human bility standards. There can no longer question shall be considered as ordered on
rights; a commitment to be business as usual with China. The the joint resolution and on any amendment
authoritarianism; a silenced press; and world is watching. thereto to final passage without intervening
the abandonment of the rule of law. While this bill did not go through motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally
In Xinjiang, over 1 million members regular order in the Foreign Affairs divided and controlled by the chair and rank-
of the Uyghur population have been Committee, I commend Chairman ing minority member of the Committee on
forced to live in squalor; forced to MCGOVERN and Senator MARCO RUBIO Ways and Means or their respective des-
abandon their beliefs; forced to aban- for coming to this important bipar- ignees; and (2) one motion to commit.
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don their children; and forced to work. tisan agreement. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen-
Many have been tortured. Many have I appreciate the chairman’s leader- tleman from New York is recognized
died. All have suffered. ship, and it is good to have a bipartisan for 1 hour.
Policies undertaken in Xinjiang con- bill where we stand united in one voice Mr. MORELLE. Mr. Speaker, for the
tinue to stir the conscience and rep- for human rights, and to hold the Chi- purpose of debate only, I yield the cus-
resent this country’s most agonizing nese Communist Party accountable. tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman
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from Texas (Mr. BURGESS), my distin- 29 times under Democratic Presidents. b 2110
guished colleague from the Rules Com- In the last 10 years, the debt limit has It will protect so-called green compa-
mittee, pending which I yield myself been addressed seven times on a bipar- nies from a new minimum tax and pro-
such time as I may consume. During tisan basis, including three times vide $12,500 tax credits for purchasing
consideration of this resolution, all under the last administration, during an electric vehicle so long as that vehi-
time yielded is for the purpose of de- which, I would like to remind my Re- cle is made using union labor.
bate only. publican colleagues, $7.8 trillion of the The bill will also provide billions in
GENERAL LEAVE total national debt was incurred. benefits to the wealthy through the ex-
Mr. MORELLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask Arguments about raising the debt panded child tax credit that will add
unanimous consent that all Members ceiling have become nonsensical. In the over $1.5 trillion to the deficit if this
may have 5 legislative days in which to current discourse, both sides of the policy is made permanent, and that is,
revise and extend their remarks. aisle have agreed to spend Federal dol- of course, what is being pushed for in
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there lars on important programs, but only the Build Back Better Act.
objection to the request of the gen- one side of the aisle believes that we Additionally, the $1 trillion infra-
tleman from New York? should actually fulfill our obligations structure bill that the Democrats just
There was no objection. to pay our creditors for those very ushered into law requires a $118 billion
Mr. MORELLE. Mr. Speaker, today, same programs. transfer from Treasury to the highway
the Rules Committee met and reported Mr. Speaker, if we choose not to trust fund, which Treasury Secretary
a rule, House Resolution 852, providing honor our obligations to creditors, Janet Yellen has stated will occur to-
for consideration of S.J. Res. 33, a joint what message does that send to the morrow, December 15.
resolution relating to increasing the American people and, frankly, the rest Republicans will not support raising
debt limit, under a closed rule. The of the world? Everyday Americans pay the debt limit while Democrats push
rule provides for 1 hour of debate their bills and honor their commit- through trillions of dollars for purely
equally divided and controlled by the ments. Why shouldn’t we do the same? partisan political spending, thereby de-
chair and ranking member of the Com- Mr. Speaker, it is frankly outrageous pleting our Treasury not just for today
mittee on Ways and Means, or their to hold the position that we shouldn’t but for generations to come.
designees, and provides one motion to be held to the same standard as fami- Unfortunately, all this spending will
commit. lies who work hard to find a way to pay only exacerbate the very high rate of
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my their bills every day. inflation, inflation which has been
colleagues to adopt the rule and sup- I urge my colleagues to support the crippling so many Americans and caus-
port lifting the Nation’s debt ceiling. rule and the underlying legislation to ing so much suffering in the last 11
Failing to lift the debt ceiling and raise our Nation’s debt ceiling, ensur- months.
defaulting on our debt is not an option. ing that America can continue to pay According to the Bureau of Labor
If we do not act, a default could result its bills and honor its obligations. Statistics, in November, the Consumer
in the loss of millions of jobs and $15 Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Price Index rose by 0.8 percent, but 6.8
trillion in household wealth, according my time. percent over the last 12 months. The
to nonpartisan Moody’s Analytics Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I thank most significant increase was in the
economist Mark Zandi. Mr. Zandi has Representative MORELLE for yielding energy sector, while prices went up for
characterized a default as ‘‘financial me the customary 30 minutes, and I gas, food, shelter, and vehicles, among
Armageddon,’’ and JPMorgan Chase yield myself such time as I may con- other things.
CEO Jamie Dimon has gone even fur- sume. Here is the real bad news: We have
ther, stating that a default ‘‘could Mr. Speaker, this rule provides for only seen the tip of the iceberg when it
cause an immediate, literally cas- consideration of S.J. Res. 33, a bill to comes to inflation. Likely, the infla-
cading catastrophe of unbelievable pro- raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion. tion rates by March are going to be ab-
portions and damage America for 100 The Federal debt limit began over 100 solutely astonishing. And that is what
years.’’ years ago, in 1917, and it has been re- happens when you push so many dol-
Earlier this year, a bipartisan group quired to be raised 100 times since lars out into an economy that has no
of former Treasury Secretaries wrote then. way to absorb them.
to Congress arguing that protecting The problem isn’t whether we should Sure, 2 years ago we all voted for the
U.S. creditworthiness is a ‘‘sacrosanct increase our debt limit; it is that we CARES Act, a trillion dollars to rescue
responsibility.’’ I couldn’t agree more. have to issue debt at all. Debts are the country from the coronavirus. And
Let’s be clear about what we are issued to cover the difference between then there was additional coronavirus
talking about here today. The debt what you make and what you spend. relief passed in December. And then al-
limit is the total amount of money When you spend more than you make, most immediately another coronavirus
that the United States Government is you have to find a way to pay for the bill in February, and then the trans-
authorized to borrow to meet its exist- spending. portation bill in September, and now
ing legal obligations, including Social We are in the middle of a spending the Build Back Better Act.
Security and Medicare benefits, pay- spree. For the last 11 months, well over The economy simply cannot absorb
ments to veterans and servicemembers, $1 trillion in taxpayer money was spent those dollars that the Federal Govern-
and tax refunds. The debt limit does largely on partisan priorities, and more ment is pushing out. They have got no
not authorize any new spending; it sim- likely coming if the Democrats manage place to go except to create more and
ply allows the government to pay its to get a final agreement on the Build more inflation. And who does inflation
bills for obligations it has already in- Back Better Act or perhaps what more hurt? It hurts those people at the lower
curred. aptly might be described as a socialist end of the income scale.
Mr. Speaker, much of this debt was spending scam. Despite repeated encouragement
accrued on a bipartisan basis. It in- On December 10, the Congressional from the Committee on the Budget
cludes emergency measures to combat Budget Office published an estimate of Ranking Member JASON SMITH and
the pandemic and increase defense the Build Back Better Act, confirming Senator MCCONNELL, Democrats have
spending. While many on the other side the bill’s true cost to be almost $5 tril- refused to raise the debt ceiling
of the aisle have tried to tie raising the lion, $4.9 trillion, while adding $3 tril- through reconciliation, which of course
debt ceiling to our efforts to pass the lion in new debt. is their right to do. They have majori-
President’s agenda, it should be noted Democrats claim the bill is paid for, ties in both the House and the Senate.
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that 97 percent of the total national but that is simply not true. Now, it is They have had ample time to do this,
debt accrued before President Biden confirmed by independent analysis. In- but they simply would not act. So, in-
even took office. stead of zero dollars, the bill will cre- stead, a temporary extension that
Since 1960, Congress has acted 78 ate a carve-out for deducting State and would only last a couple of months
times to address the debt limit, 49 local taxes that will add almost $250 happened earlier this year. And now,
times under Republican Presidents and billion to the deficit. once again, in the middle of the night,
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we are having to vote on a bill to in- Just to note, in 2016, prior to the by the Washington Democrats and
crease the national debt in order to pay election of the previous administra- President Biden.
for Democrats’ social spending and in- tion, the national debt was $19.5 tril- We have an inflation crisis; we have
frastructure policies. lion or 105 percent of GDP. In 2020, an energy crisis; we have a border cri-
Democrats claim that raising the when the administration’s time had sis; and we have a supply chain crisis.
debt limit has always been bipartisan. run its course, the debt had risen to Contributing to it all is a leadership
But, you know, here is just a little bit $27.7 trillion or 129 percent of GDP, a crisis in the Oval Office.
of history: In 1993, the Democrats used $7.8 trillion increase. Included in that With all of these problems, you would
reconciliation to raise the debt limit was a $1.9 trillion tax cut, which hasn’t think Democrats would finish the year
with a party-line vote in the omnibus paid for itself, which has added dra- addressing just one—just one—of those
budget reconciliation bill. matically to the debt. But the debt has issues.
In 2010, the Democrats again raised been accumulated during decades of But instead, Mr. Speaker, we are here
the debt limit by $1.9 trillion with a real need by the American public. on the last day of session for the year,
purely party-line vote. Republicans So we could have a conversation; and Democrats have chosen to spend
voted in opposition out of concern for and, frankly, the discussion about this valuable time attacking former
the then-Obama administration’s spending takes place in the Appropria- President Trump and his staff, attack-
amount of spending that was occur- tions Committee, it takes place in the ing members of the Republican Con-
ring. A New York Times article report- Budget Committee, taxation takes ference, and they have even found room
ing on the vote said, ‘‘They wanted to place in the Ways and Means Com- to include a $2.5 trillion increase to the
raise the ceiling enough to avoid put- mittee. What we are doing now is mak- debt ceiling.
ting their Members through another ing a decision to pay our bills. Fun-
such vote before the midterm elec- b 2120
damentally, bottom line. It doesn’t re-
tions.’’ quire a whole lot of sophistication or In fact, since Speaker PELOSI took
Do you kind of get the sense that his- talk about financial markets. It is the gavel in the House in 2019, House
tory is repeating itself tonight? Democrats have added more than $9
clearly a simple question, are we going
Financial success and financial lon- trillion—House Democrats since 2019
to pay for the things that we have
gevity begins years before it is real- have added more than $9 trillion to the
ized. We certainly cannot be reckless agreed to buy, and that is it. It is as
simple as can be. national debt, which is more than the
and feckless with the Nation’s future combined deficits under all 72 years
Every household in America makes
now. Under no argument is this plan that Republicans have ever been in the
those decisions. You get something,
fiscally responsible. Under no fantasy majority.
you get a bill in the mail, you pay for
is the Build Back Better Act paid for. The American people, Mr. Speaker,
We have to remember to be beneficial it. Even if you have buyer’s remorse,
even if your wife says to you that fine they deserve a Congress that is focused
to the American people, we have to be on the problems that they are facing in
demonstrative of representative gov- exercise thing that you bought, which
is going to be the most expensive coat their everyday lives; a Congress that is
ernment. We should not be raising the delivering on policies to stop the run-
debt limit to allow for continuation of hanger in the house because you are
not going to use it, we still pay for it away rise in prices, a problem that has
partisan social spending.
because it is in the house, and we now reached a 40-year high.
Mr. Speaker, I urge opposition to the
bought it. That is as simple as it can Even President Biden’s budget in
rule, and I reserve the balance of my
possibly be. May predicted inflation at 2 percent,
time.
Mr. MORELLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Mr. Speaker. We are now at over 7 per-
myself such time as I may consume. my time. cent, the highest inflation in 40 years.
Those who know me know I am not a Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield The White House administration says
very sophisticated guy, and they also myself such time as I may consume. that inflation is a high-class problem,
know I am not a financial wizard; but Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the pre- Mr. Speaker. I will tell you, the people
I will tell you this: I would love to have vious question, Republicans will amend across America believe it is a real
a philosophical debate, maybe sit the rule to immediately consider an problem. They care about the prices in
down, have a cup of coffee with the dis- amendment to the Democrats’ fiscal the grocery store. They don’t care
tinguished gentleman from Texas, and year 2022 budget resolution to replace about the prices in the stock market.
we might even find some common the socialist $5 trillion tax-and-spend But you know what, House Demo-
ground about what our practices ought reconciliation instructions with new crats argue and say inflation is transi-
to be relative to spending and taxing instructions for authorizing commit- tory, yet now they are finally agreeing
and all those things. tees to produce legislation to reduce that these rising costs in prices are ac-
But to be clear, none of what Dr. the deficit to combat runaway infla- tually having a real impact.
BURGESS just talked about has any- tion currently fueling the highest price We could be working on legislation to
thing to do with what we are doing spike in 40 years and to get Americans actually help American families by re-
here today. Ninety-seven percent of the back to work. ducing the cost of energy during the
debt that we have incurred as a Nation Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- winter.
happened before Joe Biden took office. sent to insert the text of this amend- To do that, we need to get rid of the
As for Build Back Better, which ment into the RECORD, along with ex- reconciliation instructions in the
many on our side of the aisle are work- traneous material, immediately prior Democrats’ budget, the same reconcili-
ing to try to enact, that is something to the vote on the previous question. ation plan that has paralyzed Wash-
that is prospective. We are talking to- Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the ington for months as Democrats fought
night about paying the bills of things gentleman from Missouri (Mr. SMITH), over how to spend $5 trillion.
that we have already agreed to pay for. the ranking member of the Budget Even the Congressional Budget Office
It has absolutely nothing to do with it. Committee, to explain the amendment. on Friday confirmed that what passed
I appreciate the distinguished gen- Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, out of this Chamber a few weeks ago
tleman because he is trying to bring if we defeat the previous question, we does not cost zero. It cost $5 trillion.
into this debate many things which will consider an amendment to the rule The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
have no relevance here, apparently to to replace the socialist $5 trillion tax- time of the gentleman has expired.
make a better case, but the truth is we and-spend reconciliation instructions Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield
have a decision before us that is a seri- from the fiscal year 2022 budget with a the gentleman an additional 2 minutes.
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ous one. It not only affects the credit- new call for committees to draft legis- Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker,
worthiness of the United States, but it lation to reduce the deficit, to combat the official congressional scorekeepers
affects global markets. This would be, runaway inflation and help get Ameri- said on Friday that the build back
as I indicated earlier, catastrophic. cans back to work. broke bill that passed out of here a
This is Armageddon if it doesn’t hap- This country has been through a lot couple weeks ago did not cost $1.5 tril-
pen. in the past year under one-party rule lion, did not cost $2 trillion, but cost $5
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trillion. But this administration will could be what we end up with if we resolution of this fiscal year. One-third
say it costs zero. don’t recognize the fact that at the of Federal spending is done through
The American people see right local level cities can’t spend more than discretionary appropriations. When
through it. They see right through this they take in, counties can’t, even you stop to think about it, that is real-
mess. And they know one thing. They States can’t. So why does the Federal ly not much. That means two-thirds
know that this is nothing but hogwash. Government get to? Because we own a comes through on autopilot. But the
It is hogwash, Mr. Speaker. And we printing press down the street? amount that we actually tell ourselves
should instead replace all of these rec- Let’s be responsible. Let’s work to- we are going to control, the one-third
onciliation instructions to bring for- gether. This Chamber 20-plus years ago of the Federal budget, we haven’t done
ward a plan to reduce the deficit and passed a balanced budget amendment, our work.
stop the inflation that is destroying if I am not mistaken, and it failed in Now, we are talking about raising
family budgets. the Senate. It is time to do the right the debt limit to pay for trillions of
Mr. Speaker, I ask all my colleagues thing, the courageous thing, the Amer- dollars in spending, and the Democrats
on both sides of the aisle to defeat the ican thing, and pass a balanced budget won’t even fund the basic functions of
previous question, so that we can actu- amendment. government through regular appropria-
ally work on legislation to help Amer- Mr. MORELLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield tions. That actually comes at a cost. It
ican families at the supermarket, to myself such time as I may consume. is very difficult to get a phone call an-
help combat a price spike that is push- I wonder, when the gentleman fin- swered by a Federal agency, by the
ing working families to the brink and ished his home’s renovations if he paid head of a Federal agency, by a Cabinet
to actually provide some real solutions the contractor or refused to pay be- Secretary because we no longer make
this week on behalf of the American cause he might be tempted to do ren- the appropriations.
people whom we represent in this body. ovations in the future. These folks are relatively new on the
Mr. MORELLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of job, within the last year. They have no
myself such time as I may consume. my time. history of knowing that they have to
I appreciate Mr. SMITH’s enthusiasm Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield come to Congress to get their appro-
and exuberance. The arguments that myself the balance of my time. priations bills passed. So as a con-
folks would make that House Demo- Mr. Speaker, just before I close, I do sequence, they basically ignore the
crats are responsible for the spending want to take a moment and acknowl- Congress.
of the Trump administration and the edge that it was 1 year ago last night Democrats are desperate to push
Trump White House, that argument is, that the FedEx trucks departed from through as much social spending as
frankly, absurd and happened during a Kalamazoo, Michigan, carrying the they can because the balance of power,
global pandemic, so we had much work very first doses of what we now know quite likely, is getting ready to
to do to spare the American public. as the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. change. Why else would they be so
But I am going to do this: Moved by And when you stop and reflect upon
reckless in such a short amount of
the spirit of the season, I am going be- what was accomplished between the
time with Americans’ hard-earned tax-
stow a gift on Members, and I am not middle of May and the middle of De-
payer dollars? We cannot push infla-
going to rebut point by point but rath- cember of 2020, it truly was a startling
tion higher by raising the debt limit to
er reserve the balance of my time and scientific accomplishment; not one,
allow for trillions in additional par-
allow my colleague to speak. not two, but three vaccines.
tisan spending.
We told ourselves at the beginning of
Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 Mr. Speaker, here is the real problem
the Operation Warp Speed process that
minutes to the gentleman from Texas that is going to lead to that balance of
if we got 40 to 45 percent effectiveness,
(Mr. FALLON). power shift. It is inflation that is at
Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, if our it would be a victory, and those vac-
levels that have not been seen since the
friends across the aisle are concerned cines delivered in excess of 90 percent.
Carter administration.
about paying our bills and they are People might quibble and say, well,
Again, my prediction is, over the
alarmed by the debt, then I think we you have to get a booster or you have
next 6 months, this is going to become
should all get together, all 435 Mem- to get an additional shot. We are so
a great deal worse. It will be
bers, and talk about fiscal responsi- fortunate to have those tools to be able
unsustainable for most American fami-
bility and pass a balanced budget to combat this illness.
lies who live paycheck to paycheck.
We are by no means through, but
amendment. That is the way forward Then on top of that, it is a spending
then even just last week the additional
and to avert this financial catastrophe level that is driving that inflation
news that now an oral medication, the
that we are flirting with. level. And we are doing nothing, noth-
so-called Tamiflu for coronavirus, is
Let’s be very candid, Mr. Speaker, ing to put the brakes on that.
now available, which I submit is going
about what we are doing here. Let’s be Mr. Speaker, again, I urge a ‘‘no’’
to change with the application of addi-
candid with the American people about vote on the previous question so we can
tional therapeutics, is really going to
what we are doing here in this Cham- get to the talk for fiscal sanity and
change the equation, and I just wanted
ber tonight. ‘‘no’’ on the underlying measure, and I
to take a minute and reflect on that.
This is about a debt ceiling limit in- yield back the balance of my time.
We are, again, just one day past the
crease to ram through more wasteful Mr. MORELLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield
1-year anniversary of Kalamazoo,
and reckless spending. myself such time as I may consume.
Michigan, delivering that vaccine to
We are renovating our house in First, let me echo Dr. BURGESS’ com-
the world.
Texas, and I found an old political Otherwise in closing to this argu- ments about the vaccine. I want to en-
mailer, a 9-year-old mailer; and I was ment, raising the debt ceiling to $2.5 courage every American to get that
outraged about the fact that we had a trillion does seem a tad irresponsible vaccine. We still have far too many
$14 trillion debt. Today that is $29 tril- in the middle of unprecedented spend- people who have chosen not to get the
lion. ing by House Democrats. You have got vaccine and the third dose, for those
It is not about placing blame on Re- control of the White House, you have who are eligible, under the messenger
publicans or Democrats, it is about rec- got control of the Senate, you have got RNA, to do a third shot. But we en-
ognizing we have an issue that is going control of the House, and you haven’t courage every single American to do it,
to destroy this country if we don’t ad- passed a single appropriations bill. and I want to make sure to repeat that.
dress it. And we continue to kick the How are we supposed to run our busi- I join with my colleague in thanking
can down the road and land that can on ness if we will not do our normal work those who made that possible.
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the backs of future generations like my and pass a budget and pass the 12 ap- Mr. Speaker, I also thank all of my
15-year-old son and my 12-year-old son. propriations bills? colleagues for their work in support of
There are failed states in this world. the rule before us today. As I men-
Here is a $100 trillion bill from the Na- b 2130 tioned earlier, protecting U.S. credit-
tion of Zimbabwe. It is worth maybe 40 The Federal Government is currently worthiness is a sacred responsibility,
cents. It is essentially worthless. That operating under the second continuing and it would be an abdication of that
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sacred responsibility to fail to address TO ADDRESS THE INFLATION CRISIS.—It is the Ryan Soto Trahan
policy of this concurrent resolution to adopt Sánchez Spanberger Trone
the debt limit and ensure that the Sarbanes Speier Underwood
United States Government pays its reconciliation instructions that instruct au-
Scanlon Stansbury Vargas
thorizing committees to produce legislation
bills. Schakowsky Stanton Veasey
to: Schiff Stevens Vela
We have heard a lot of rhetoric (1) Cut Washington spending to reduce the Schneider Strickland Velázquez
today, but we all know that the meas- deficit and combat governmental fueled in- Schrader Suozzi Wasserman
ure before us today is not about new flation. Schrier Swalwell Schultz
spending. No matter how many times (2) Address the crisis of rising prices cur- Scott (VA) Takano Waters
Scott, David Thompson (CA) Watson Coleman
it is said, it is not about new spending. rently facing American families by providing Sewell Thompson (MS) Welch
We are acting today to ensure that solutions to bring down the cost of goods and Sherman Titus Wexton
America can pay its obligations that get more Americans back to work. Sherrill Tlaib Wild
we have already agreed to incur. Pre- SEC 3. H.R. 5376 is laid on the table. Sires Tonko Williams (GA)
Mr. MORELLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield Slotkin Torres (CA) Wilson (FL)
tending otherwise is a disservice to the Smith (WA) Torres (NY) Yarmuth
American people. back the balance of my time, and I
move the previous question on the res- NAYS—212
Mr. Speaker, I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on
the rule and the previous question. olution. Aderholt Gimenez Miller-Meeks
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Allen Gohmert Moolenaar
The material previously referred to Amodei Gonzales, Tony Mooney
by Mr. BURGESS is as follows: question is on ordering the previous Armstrong Gonzalez (OH) Moore (AL)
question. Arrington Good (VA) Moore (UT)
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 852 Babin Gooden (TX) Mullin
The question was taken; and the
At the end of the resolution, add the fol- Speaker pro tempore announced that Bacon Gosar Murphy (NC)
lowing: Baird Granger Nehls
SEC. 2. The provisions of Senate Concur-
the ayes appeared to have it. Balderson Graves (LA) Newhouse
rent Resolution 14 shall continue to have Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, on that Banks Graves (MO) Norman
Barr Green (TN) Nunes
force and effect for all purposes in the House, I demand the yeas and nays. Bentz Greene (GA) Obernolte
except with the following revisions: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bergman Griffith Owens
(1) In title II— ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Bice (OK) Grothman Palazzo
(A) strike ‘‘increase’’ in each place it ap- 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Biggs Guest Palmer
pears and insert ‘‘decrease’’; Bilirakis Guthrie Pence
The vote was taken by electronic de- Bishop (NC) Hagedorn Perry
(B) strike ‘‘by not more than’’ in each
place it appears and insert ‘‘by at least’’; vice, and there were—yeas 220, nays Boebert Harris Pfluger
212, not voting 1, as follows: Bost Harshbarger Posey
(C) strike each dollar amount and insert Brady Hartzler Reed
‘‘$,100,000,000’’; and [Roll No. 445] Brooks Hern Reschenthaler
(D) strike ‘‘September 15, 2021,’’ in each YEAS—220 Buchanan Herrell Rice (SC)
place it appears and insert ‘‘December 31, Buck Herrera Beutler Rodgers (WA)
Adams DeSaulnier Lee (NV)
2021,’’. Bucshon Hice (GA) Rogers (AL)
Aguilar Deutch Leger Fernandez
(2) By adding at the end the following: Budd Hill Rogers (KY)
Allred Dingell Levin (CA) Burchett Hinson Rose
TITLE V—POLICY STATEMENT ON Auchincloss Doggett Levin (MI) Burgess Hollingsworth Rosendale
INFLATION AND RECONCILIATION Axne Doyle, Michael Lieu Calvert Hudson Rouzer
Barragán F. Lofgren
SEC. 501. POLICY STATEMENT ON INFLATION Cammack Huizenga Roy
Bass Escobar Lowenthal
AND RECONCILIATION. Carey Issa Rutherford
Beatty Eshoo Luria Carl Jackson Salazar
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the fol- Bera Espaillat Lynch Carter (GA) Jacobs (NY) Scalise
lowing as it relates to the inflationary im- Beyer Evans Malinowski Carter (TX) Johnson (LA) Schweikert
pact of the policies of the Democrat-con- Bishop (GA) Fletcher Maloney, Cawthorn Johnson (OH) Scott, Austin
trolled Congress and Biden Administration: Blumenauer Foster Carolyn B. Chabot Johnson (SD) Sessions
Blunt Rochester Frankel, Lois Maloney, Sean
(1) President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2022 budg- Cheney Jordan Simpson
Bonamici Gallego Manning
et request assumed inflation, under the Ad- Cline Joyce (OH) Smith (MO)
Bourdeaux Garamendi Matsui
ministration’s policies, would amount to two Cloud Joyce (PA) Smith (NE)
Bowman Garcı́a (IL) McBath Clyde Katko Smith (NJ)
percent in 2021, 2022, and over the next dec- Boyle, Brendan Garcia (TX) McCollum Cole Keller Smucker
ade. F. Golden McEachin Comer Kelly (MS) Spartz
(2) Actual inflation under the Administra- Brown (MD) Gomez McGovern Crawford Kelly (PA) Stauber
tion’s policies has totaled more than three Brown (OH) Gonzalez, McNerney Crenshaw Kim (CA) Steel
Brownley Vicente Meeks
times these estimates. Curtis Kinzinger Stefanik
Bush Gottheimer Meng
(3) Since Joe Biden took office, inflation Davidson Kustoff Steil
Bustos Green, Al (TX) Mfume
has increased at an annualized rate of more Davis, Rodney LaHood Steube
Butterfield Grijalva Moore (WI) DesJarlais LaMalfa Stewart
than seven percent, the highest level in 40 Carbajal Harder (CA) Morelle Diaz-Balart Lamborn Taylor
years. Cárdenas Hayes Moulton Donalds Latta Tenney
(A) Gasoline prices have increased by 58 Carson Higgins (NY) Mrvan Duncan LaTurner Thompson (PA)
percent on an annualized basis. Carter (LA) Himes Murphy (FL) Dunn Lesko Tiffany
(B) Household energy prices have increased Cartwright Horsford Nadler Ellzey Letlow Timmons
Case Houlahan Napolitano
by 13 percent on an annualized basis. Emmer Long Turner
Casten Hoyer Neal
(C) Meat prices have increased by 14 per- Estes Loudermilk Upton
Castor (FL) Huffman Neguse
cent on an annualized basis. Fallon Lucas Valadao
Castro (TX) Jackson Lee Newman Feenstra Luetkemeyer Van Drew
(D) According to the Congressional Budget Chu Jacobs (CA) Norcross Ferguson Mace Van Duyne
Office, ‘Inflation has eroded the purchasing Cicilline Jayapal O’Halleran Fischbach Malliotakis Wagner
power of families’. Clark (MA) Jeffries Ocasio-Cortez Fitzgerald Mann Walberg
Clarke (NY) Johnson (GA) Omar
(4) There is a clear link between the Demo- Fitzpatrick Massie Walorski
Cleaver Johnson (TX) Pallone
crats’ reckless out-of-control deficit spend- Fleischmann Mast Waltz
Clyburn Jones Panetta
ing and the inflation crisis Americans cur- Fortenberry McCarthy Weber (TX)
Cohen Kahele Pappas
rently face. After one year of Democrat con- Foxx McCaul Webster (FL)
Connolly Kaptur Pascrell Franklin, C. McClain Wenstrup
trol, House Democrats have passed $7.5 tril- Cooper Keating Payne Scott McClintock Westerman
lion in new spending—more than the Federal Correa Kelly (IL) Perlmutter Fulcher McHenry Williams (TX)
Government has ever spent in any year in Costa Khanna Peters Gaetz McKinley Wilson (SC)
Courtney Kildee Phillips
American history—$3 trillion of which has Gallagher Meijer Wittman
Craig Kilmer Pingree
been enacted. This amounts to nearly $60,000 Garbarino Meuser Womack
Crist Kim (NJ) Pocan
per American household. This includes Pub- Garcia (CA) Miller (IL) Young
Crow Kind Porter
lic Law 117–2, Public Law 117–58, and as con- Gibbs Miller (WV) Zeldin
Cuellar Kirkpatrick Pressley
firmed by the Congressional Budget Office, Davids (KS) Krishnamoorthi Price (NC) NOT VOTING—1
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the $5 trillion reckless reconciliation spend- Davis, Danny K. Kuster Quigley
Higgins (LA)
ing plan—the largest spending bill in United Dean Lamb Raskin
DeFazio Langevin Rice (NY)
States history, and the direct product of the
DeGette Larsen (WA) Ross b 2208
prior reconciliation instructions previously DeLauro Larson (CT) Roybal-Allard
enacted. So the previous question was ordered.
DelBene Lawrence Ruiz
(b) POLICY ON HALTING OUT-OF-CONTROL DE- Delgado Lawson (FL) Ruppersberger The result of the vote was announced
FICIENT SPENDING AND PROMOTING POLICIES Demings Lee (CA) Rush as above recorded.
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MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Suozzi Trahan Watson Coleman
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Swalwell Trone Welch
question is on the resolution. Takano Underwood Wexton
Amodei Graves (MO) Neguse The question was taken; and the Thompson (CA) Vargas Wild
(Balderson) (Fleischmann) (Perlmutter) Thompson (MS) Veasey
Armstrong
Speaker pro tempore announced that Williams (GA)
Green (TN) Nehls (Fallon) Titus Vela Wilson (FL)
(Johnson (SD)) (Fleischmann) Newman (Wild) the ayes appeared to have it. Tlaib Velázquez Yarmuth
Axne (Wild) Grijalva Nunes (Garcia Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, on that Tonko Wasserman
Baird (Bucshon) (Stanton) (CA)) I demand the yeas and nays. Torres (CA) Schultz
Barragán (Beyer) Guthrie Ocasio-Cortez Torres (NY) Waters
Bass (Cicilline) (Bucshon) (Garcı́a (IL)) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
Beatty (Blunt Hagedorn O‘Halleran ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution NAYS—212
Rochester) (Moolenaar) (Stanton) 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Aderholt Gimenez Miller-Meeks
Bera (Aguilar) Hartzler Owens Allen Gohmert Moolenaar
Bilirakis (DesJarlais) (Stewart) The vote was taken by electronic de- Amodei Gonzales, Tony Mooney
(Fleischmann) Hayes (Wild) Pascrell vice, and there were—yeas 220, nays Armstrong Gonzalez (OH) Moore (AL)
Blumenauer Hern (Lucas) (Pallone) 212, not voting 1, as follows: Arrington Good (VA) Moore (UT)
(Beyer) Herrera Beutler Payne (Pallone) Babin Gooden (TX) Mullin
[Roll No. 446]
Bonamici (Rice (SC)) Peters (Kildee) Bacon Gosar Murphy (NC)
(Kuster) Horsford (Carter Pingree (Kuster) YEAS—220 Baird Granger Nehls
Bowman (Pocan) (LA)) Porter (Aguilar) Adams Espaillat McCollum Balderson Graves (LA) Newhouse
Boyle, Brendan Huffman (Levin Posey Aguilar Evans McEachin Banks Graves (MO) Norman
F. (Evans) (CA)) (Cammack) Allred Fletcher McGovern Barr Green (TN) Nunes
Brooks (Moore Jacobs (CA) Price (NC) Auchincloss Foster McNerney Bentz Greene (GA) Obernolte
(AL)) (Correa) (Connolly) Axne Frankel, Lois Meeks Bergman Griffith Owens
Jacobs (NY) Reed (Rice (SC)) Barragán Gallego Meng Bice (OK) Grothman Palazzo
Brownley
(Garbarino) Bass Garamendi Mfume Biggs Guest Palmer
(Kuster) Reschenthaler
Jackson (Van Beatty Garcı́a (IL) Moore (WI) Bilirakis Guthrie Pence
Buchanan (Burgess)
Duyne) Bera Garcia (TX) Morelle Bishop (NC) Hagedorn Perry
(Waltz) Rodgers (WA)
Beyer Golden Moulton Boebert Harris Pfluger
Butterfield Jayapal (Raskin) (Joyce (PA))
Bishop (GA) Gomez Mrvan Bost Harshbarger Posey
(Kildee) Johnson (TX) Roybal-Allard
Blumenauer Gonzalez, Murphy (FL) Brady Hartzler Reed
Carl (Joyce (PA)) (Beyer) (Connolly)
Blunt Rochester Vicente Nadler Brooks Hern Reschenthale
Calvert (Garcia Jones (Craig) Ruiz (Aguilar)
Bonamici Gottheimer Napolitano Buchanan Herrell Rice (SC)
(CA)) Joyce (OH) Ruppersberger Herrera Beutler Rodgers (WA)
Bourdeaux Green, Al (TX) Neal Buck
Cárdenas (Garbarino) (Aguilar) Hice (GA) Rogers (AL)
Bowman Grijalva Neguse Bucshon
(Gomez) Kahele (Mrvan) Rush (Quigley) Hill Rogers (KY)
Boyle, Brendan Harder (CA) Newman Budd
Carter (TX) Katko (Meijer) Salazar Hinson Rose
F. Hayes Norcross Burchett
(Weber (TX)) Khanna (Cammack) Burgess Hollingsworth Rosendale
Brown (MD) Higgins (NY) O’Halleran
Case (Correa) (Connolly) Sánchez (Costa) Calvert Hudson Rouzer
Brown (OH) Himes Ocasio-Cortez
Cawthorn Kilmer (Kildee) Schrader Omar Cammack Huizenga Roy
Brownley Horsford
(McClain) Kim (CA) (Correa) Pallone Carey Issa Rutherford
Bush Houlahan
Clark (MA) (Gonzalez Sessions (Babin) Panetta Carl Jackson Salazar
Bustos Hoyer
(Kuster) (OH)) Sewell (Cicilline) Pappas Carter (GA) Jacobs (NY) Scalise
Butterfield Huffman
Cohen (Beyer) Kinzinger Simpson Carbajal Jackson Lee Pascrell Carter (TX) Johnson (LA) Schweikert
Cole (Lucas) (Meijer) (Stewart) Cárdenas Jacobs (CA) Payne Cawthorn Johnson (OH) Scott, Austin
Crist (Soto) Kirkpatrick Sires (Pallone) Carson Jayapal Perlmutter Chabot Johnson (SD) Sessions
Cuellar (Green (Pallone) Speier (Scanlon) Carter (LA) Jeffries Peters Cheney Jordan Simpson
(TX)) Krishnamoorthi Stansbury Cartwright Johnson (GA) Phillips Cline Joyce (OH) Smith (MO)
Curtis (Stewart) (Brown (MD)) (Kuster) Case Johnson (TX) Pingree Cloud Joyce (PA) Smith (NE)
DeFazio (Brown LaHood Stefanik Casten Jones Pocan Clyde Katko Smith (NJ)
(MD)) (Wenstrup) (Burgess) Castor (FL) Kahele Porter Cole Keller Smucker
DelBene (Larsen Lamborn (Bacon) Strickland Castro (TX) Kaptur Pressley Comer Kelly (MS) Spartz
(WA)) Lawson (FL) (Schrier) Chu Keating Price (NC) Crawford Kelly (PA) Stauber
DeGette (Blunt (Evans) Suozzi (Kildee) Cicilline Kelly (IL) Quigley Crenshaw Kim (CA) Steel
Rochester) Leger Fernandez Clark (MA) Khanna Raskin Curtis Kinzinger Stefanik
Swalwell
(Gallego) Clarke (NY) Kildee Rice (NY) Davidson Kustoff Steil
DeSaulnier (Gomez)
Lesko (Joyce Cleaver Kilmer Ross Davis, Rodney LaHood Steube
(Beyer) Titus (Connolly)
(PA)) Clyburn Kim (NJ) Roybal-Allard DesJarlais LaMalfa Stewart
Diaz-Balart Tonko (Pallone)
Long (Banks) Cohen Kind Ruiz Diaz-Balart Lamborn Taylor
(Burgess) Torres (NY)
Connolly Kirkpatrick Ruppersberger Donalds Latta Tenney
Doggett (Raskin) Loudermilk (Cicilline)
Cooper Krishnamoorthi Rush Duncan LaTurner Thompson (PA)
Doyle, Michael (Fleischmann) Trahan
Correa Kuster Ryan Dunn Lesko Tiffany
F. (Evans) Lowenthal (McGovern)
Costa Lamb Sánchez Ellzey Letlow Timmons
Escobar (Garcia (Beyer) Trone (Brown
Courtney Langevin Sarbanes Emmer Long Turner
(TX)) Luetkemeyer (MD)) Loudermilk Upton
(McHenry) Craig Larsen (WA) Scanlon Estes
Espaillat Underwood Fallon Lucas Valadao
Maloney, Crist Larson (CT) Schakowsky
(Correa) (Casten) Feenstra Luetkemeyer Van Drew
Carolyn B. Crow Lawrence Schiff
Fletcher Van Drew Schneider Ferguson Mace Van Duyne
(Wasserman Cuellar Lawson (FL)
(Raskin) (Burgess) Schrader Fischbach Malliotakis Wagner
Schultz) Davids (KS) Lee (CA)
Frankel, Lois Vargas (Correa) Schrier Fitzgerald Mann Walberg
Mast (Waltz) Davis, Danny K. Lee (NV)
(Kuster) Velázquez Scott (VA) Fitzpatrick Massie Walorski
McCaul (Burgess) Dean Leger Fernandez
Garamendi (Clarke (NY)) Scott, David Fleischmann Mast Waltz
DeFazio Levin (CA)
(Sherman) McEachin Wagner Sewell Fortenberry McCarthy Weber (TX)
DeGette Levin (MI)
Gimenez (Brown (MD)) (McHenry) Sherman Foxx McCaul Webster (FL)
DeLauro Lieu
(Cammack) Meng (Kuster) Walorski (Banks) Sherrill Franklin, C. McClain Wenstrup
DelBene Lofgren
Gohmert (Weber Meuser (Burgess) Watson Coleman Sires Scott McClintock Westerman
Delgado Lowenthal
(TX)) Miller (WV) (Van (Pallone) Demings Luria Slotkin Fulcher McHenry Williams (TX)
Gonzalez, Duyne) Welch DeSaulnier Lynch Smith (WA) Gaetz McKinley Wilson (SC)
Vicente Moore (UT) (McGovern) Deutch Malinowski Soto Gallagher Meijer Wittman
(Correa) (Stewart) Wilson (FL) Dingell Maloney, Spanberger Garbarino Meuser Womack
Gosar (Boebert) Moulton (Beyer) (Brown (MD)) Doggett Carolyn B. Speier Garcia (CA) Miller (IL) Young
Gottheimer Nadler (Pallone) Wilson (SC) Doyle, Michael Maloney, Sean Stansbury Gibbs Miller (WV) Zeldin
(Sherrill) Napolitano (Dunn) F. Manning Stanton
Granger (Correa) Zeldin Escobar Matsui Stevens
NOT VOTING—1
(Arrington) Neal (Beyer) (Timmons) Eshoo McBath Strickland Higgins (LA)
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b 2236 MOMENT OF SILENCE IN REMEM- [Roll No. 447]
BRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF YEAS—222
So the resolution was agreed to. THE RECENT OUTBREAK OF TOR- Adams Golden O’Halleran
The result of the vote was announced NADOES IN KENTUCKY AND IN Aguilar Gomez Ocasio-Cortez
as above recorded. THE MIDWEST Allred Gonzalez, Omar
Auchincloss Vicente Pallone
A motion to reconsider was laid on (Mr. ROGERS OF Kentucky asked Axne Gottheimer Panetta
and was given permission to address Barragán Green, Al (TX) Pappas
the table. Bass Grijalva Pascrell
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE the House for 1 minute.) Beatty Harder (CA) Payne
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Mr. COMER. Will the gentleman Bera Hayes Perlmutter
Beyer Higgins (NY) Peters
Amodei Graves (MO) Neguse yield? Bishop (GA) Himes
(Balderson) (Fleischmann) (Perlmutter) Phillips
Armstrong Green (TN) Nehls (Fallon) Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I yield to Blumenauer Horsford Pingree
Blunt Rochester Houlahan Pocan
(Johnson (SD)) (Fleischmann) Newman (Wild) the gentleman from Kentucky, my Bonamici Hoyer Porter
Axne (Wild) Grijalva Nunes (Garcia close friend, whose district was the
(Stanton) Bourdeaux Huffman Pressley
Baird (Bucshon) (CA))
Guthrie
hardest hit and whose constituents Bowman Jackson Lee Price (NC)
Barragán (Beyer) Ocasio-Cortez Boyle, Brendan Jacobs (CA)
Bass (Cicilline) (Bucshon) (Garcı́a (IL)) along with all those impacted are in Quigley
F. Jayapal Raskin
Beatty (Blunt Hagedorn O’Halleran our prayers. Brown (MD) Jeffries
Rochester) (Moolenaar) (Stanton) Rice (NY)
Bera (Aguilar) Hartzler Owens (Stewart) Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, on be- Brown (OH) Johnson (GA) Ross
Brownley Johnson (TX)
Bilirakis
(DesJarlais) Pascrell half of all the citizens of west Ken- Bush
Roybal-Allard
Hayes (Wild) Jones Ruiz
(Fleischmann) (Pallone) tucky, I thank everyone in America for Bustos Kahele
Blumenauer Hern (Lucas) Payne (Pallone) Ruppersberger
Herrera Beutler
the outpouring of support, the prayers, Butterfield Kaptur Rush
(Beyer) Peters (Kildee) Carbajal Keating
Bonamici (Rice (SC)) Pingree (Kuster) the financial support, the people who Ryan
Cárdenas Kelly (IL) Sánchez
(Kuster) Horsford (Carter Porter (Aguilar) took off and traveled to west Kentucky Carson Khanna
(LA)) Sarbanes
Bowman (Pocan)
Huffman (Levin
Posey to help remove debris and save people Carter (LA) Kildee Scanlon
Boyle, Brendan (Cammack)
F. (Evans) (CA)) who were trapped under roofs and Cartwright Kilmer Schakowsky
Price (NC) Case Kim (NJ)
Brooks (Moore Jacobs (CA) (Connolly) buildings that had collapsed. Casten
Schiff
(Correa) Kind
(AL)) Reed (Rice (SC)) Schneider
Jacobs (NY) The devastation there is unlike any- Castor (FL) Kinzinger
Schrader
Brownley Reschenthaler Castro (TX) Kirkpatrick
(Kuster) (Garbarino) (Burgess)
thing I have ever seen. And in talking Schrier
Jackson (Van Cheney Krishnamoorthi
Buchanan Rodgers (WA) to the media that is all in Mayfield, Chu Kuster
Scott (VA)
(Waltz) Duyne) Scott, David
Jayapal (Raskin)
(Joyce (PA)) Kentucky, right now as we speak, it is Cicilline Lamb
Butterfield Roybal-Allard Sewell
(Kildee) Johnson (TX) (Connolly)
the worst damage they have ever seen Clark (MA) Langevin
Sherman
(Beyer) from a tornado. Clarke (NY) Larsen (WA)
Carl (Joyce (PA)) Ruiz (Aguilar) Sherrill
Jones (Craig) Cleaver Larson (CT)
Calvert (Garcia Ruppersberger But the people in west Kentucky are Sires
Joyce (OH) Clyburn Lawrence
(CA)) (Aguilar) Slotkin
(Garbarino) resilient. They have so much pride in Cohen Lawson (FL)
Cárdenas Rush (Quigley) Connolly Smith (WA)
Lee (CA)
(Gomez) Kahele (Mrvan) Salazar their communities. Neighbor has Cooper Lee (NV) Soto
Carter (TX) Katko (Meijer) (Cammack) helped neighbor, and that will con- Spanberger
Correa Leger Fernandez
(Weber (TX)) Khanna Sánchez (Costa) Speier
Case (Correa) (Connolly) tinue. Costa Levin (CA)
Stansbury
Schrader Courtney Levin (MI)
Cawthorn Kilmer (Kildee) (Correa) I ask, Madam Speaker, for a moment Stanton
Craig Lieu
(McClain) Kim (CA) Stevens
(Gonzalez
Sessions (Babin) of silence on the House floor to remem- Crist Lofgren
Clark (MA) Sewell (Cicilline) Strickland
(OH)) ber the 74 citizens of Kentucky who Crow Lowenthal
(Kuster) Simpson Suozzi
Cuellar Luria
Cohen (Beyer) Kinzinger (Stewart) perished in the terrible series of torna- Davids (KS) Lynch Swalwell
Cole (Lucas) (Meijer)
Kirkpatrick
Sires (Pallone) does that swept through our State this Davis, Danny K. Malinowski Takano
Crist (Soto) Thompson (CA)
(Pallone) Speier (Scanlon) weekend. Dean Maloney,
Cuellar (Green Stansbury DeFazio Carolyn B. Thompson (MS)
(TX)) Krishnamoorthi The SPEAKER. The Chair asks all Titus
(Brown (MD)) (Kuster) DeGette Maloney, Sean
Curtis (Stewart) Stefanik Members in the Chamber, as well as DeLauro Manning Tlaib
DeFazio (Brown LaHood
(Burgess) DelBene Matsui Tonko
(MD)) (Wenstrup) Members and staff throughout the Cap-
Strickland Delgado McBath Torres (CA)
DelBene (Larsen Lamborn (Bacon) itol, to rise for a moment of silence in
(Schrier) Demings McCollum Torres (NY)
Lawson (FL)
(WA))
(Evans) Suozzi (Kildee) remembrance of the victims of the re- DeSaulnier McEachin Trahan
DeGette (Blunt Swalwell cent outbreak of tornadoes in Ken- Deutch McGovern Trone
Rochester) Leger Fernandez
(Gomez) Dingell McNerney Underwood
DeSaulnier (Gallego)
Titus (Connolly)
tucky and throughout the Midwest. Vargas
Lesko (Joyce Doggett Meeks
(Beyer) Tonko (Pallone) Veasey
(PA)) Doyle, Michael Meng
Diaz-Balart Torres (NY) f F. Mfume Vela
(Burgess) Long (Banks)
Loudermilk (Cicilline) Escobar Moore (WI) Velázquez
Doggett (Raskin) Trahan Eshoo Morelle Wasserman
Doyle, Michael (Fleischmann)
Lowenthal (McGovern) RECOMMENDING THAT THE HOUSE Espaillat Moulton Schultz
F. (Evans) Waters
Escobar (Garcia (Beyer) Trone (Brown FIND MARK RANDALL MEADOWS Evans Mrvan
Luetkemeyer (MD)) Fletcher Murphy (FL) Watson Coleman
(TX)) Underwood
IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS Foster Nadler Welch
Espaillat (McHenry)
Maloney, (Casten) Frankel, Lois Napolitano Wexton
(Correa) Van Drew
The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause 8 Gallego Neal Wild
Carolyn B.
Fletcher
(Wasserman (Burgess) of rule XX, the unfinished business is Garamendi Neguse Williams (GA)
(Raskin)
Frankel, Lois
Schultz) Vargas (Correa) the vote on adoption of the resolution Garcı́a (IL) Newman Wilson (FL)
Mast (Waltz) Velázquez (H. Res. 851) recommending that the Garcia (TX) Norcross Yarmuth
(Kuster) (Clarke (NY))
McCaul (Burgess)
Garamendi
McEachin Wagner House of Representatives find Mark NAYS—208
(Sherman)
(Brown (MD)) (McHenry) Randall Meadows in contempt of Con- Aderholt Bost Cloud
Gimenez Walorski (Banks)
(Cammack) Meng (Kuster) gress for refusal to comply with a sub- Allen Brady Clyde
Meuser (Burgess) Watson Coleman
Gohmert (Weber (Pallone) poena duly issued by the Select Com- Amodei Brooks Cole
(TX)) Miller (WV) (Van Armstrong Buchanan Comer
Duyne) Welch mittee to Investigate the January 6th
Gonzalez, Arrington Buck Crawford
sradovich on DSKJLST7X2PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE
Vicente Moore (UT) (McGovern) Attack on the United States Capitol, Babin Bucshon Crenshaw
(Correa) (Stewart) Wilson (FL) on which the yeas and nays were or-
(Brown (MD)) Bacon Budd Curtis
Gosar (Boebert) Moulton (Beyer)
Wilson (SC) dered. Baird Burchett Davidson
Gottheimer Nadler (Pallone) Balderson Burgess Davis, Rodney
(Dunn) The Clerk read the title of the resolu-
(Sherrill) Napolitano Banks Calvert DesJarlais
(Correa) Zeldin
Granger (Timmons) tion. Barr Cammack Diaz-Balart
(Arrington) Neal (Beyer) Bentz Carey Donalds
The SPEAKER. The question is on Bergman Carl Duncan
the resolution. Bice (OK) Carter (GA) Dunn
The vote was taken by electronic de- Biggs Carter (TX) Ellzey
Bilirakis Cawthorn Emmer
vice, and there were—yeas 222, nays Bishop (NC) Chabot Estes
208, not voting 3, as follows: Boebert Cline Fallon
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