Congressional Record — House, September 30, 2022
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Page H8323 of the House section of the Congressional Record for September 30, 2022. Mr. McGovern says the Rules Committee reported House Resolution 1404, making in order a motion by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6833, with 1 hour of debate, and the header also covers H.R. 8987, the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act. He says the bill contains money for communities recovering from natural disasters, citing Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico and a typhoon in Alaska. Ms. DeLauro then calls up H.R. 6833 under the resolution, followed by a roll call listing.
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September 30, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8323
Kent, my brother, happy birthday. There was no objection. Finally, Madam Speaker, I men-
God bless you. Guns up. Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, tioned earlier the devastating hurri-
f yesterday the Rules Committee met cane in Florida. We also just had an
and reported a rule, House Resolution awful hurricane in Puerto Rico. The
b 0915 1404, making in order a motion offered people of Puerto Rico are still reeling
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION by the chair of the Committee on Ap- from the damage of Hurricane Fiona.
OF SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. propriations, or her designee, to concur Also, the people of Alaska are recov-
6833, AFFORDABLE INSULIN NOW in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6833. ering from a terrible typhoon.
ACT; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDER- The rule provides 1 hour of debate on This bill contains money to support
ATION OF H.R. 8987, FAIRNESS the motion equally divided and con- communities across the United States
FOR 9/11 FAMILIES ACT trolled by the chair and ranking mem- as they recover from natural disasters.
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, by ber of the Committee on Appropria- Madam Speaker, we are talking
direction of the Committee on Rules, I tions. about hurricane relief for God’s sake. I
call up House Resolution 1404 and ask The rule further provides for consid- am begging my Republican friends, can
for its immediate consideration. eration of H.R. 8987, the Fairness for 9/ we please at least come together on
The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- 11 Families Act, under a closed rule. providing relief to communities dev-
lows: The rule provides 1 hour of debate astated by hurricanes?
H. RES. 1404 equally divided and controlled by the Can we all agree that we ought not
Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso-
chair and ranking member of the Com- shut the government down in the mid-
lution it shall be in order to take from the mittee on the Judiciary, and provides dle of a major natural disaster re-
Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. 6833) to amend one motion to recommit. sponse?
title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, Madam Speaker, I am sure we will The funding in this bill will help fam-
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the have a spirited debate on this rule, but ilies and small businesses get back on
Employee Retirement Income Security Act before we do, I want to begin by ex- their feet and rebuilt from extreme
of 1974 to establish requirements with re- pressing my heartfelt sympathy for the
spect to cost-sharing for certain insulin weather events while repairing damage
people of Florida. The catastrophic to critical infrastructure.
products, and for other purposes, with the
devastation left behind by Hurricane This is a bipartisan bill, Madam
Senate amendment thereto, and to consider
in the House, without intervention of any Ian is unlike anything we have seen in Speaker. It earned 72 votes in the Sen-
point of order, a motion offered by the chair quite some time. ate. I don’t think you can get 72 votes
of the Committee on Appropriations or her Our hearts are with those whose lives
in the Senate on what to have for
designee that the House concur in the Senate have been lost and their loved ones,
lunch, let alone on government funding
amendment. The Senate amendment and the and we pray for those who are missing
motion shall be considered as read. The mo-
legislation.
that they will be located safely and
tion shall be debatable for one hour equally Madam Speaker, I am going to again
soon. If there is one thing we know, it
divided and controlled by the chair and rank- plead with my colleagues, do not vote
is that the people of Florida are strong.
ing minority member of the Committee on against additional funding to help peo-
This is not their first hurricane. They
Appropriations or their respective designees. ple recover from hurricane damage,
The previous question shall be considered as will recover and they will come back
please, especially my Republican
ordered on the motion to its adoption with- stronger than ever.
I want to thank all of the first re- friends from Florida. A vote against
out intervening motion.
SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it sponders who have sprung into action this CR is a vote against funding for
shall be in order to consider in the House the to save lives: from local police, fire, help with hurricane recovery in your
bill (H.R. 8987) to amend the Justice for and EMS, all the way up to our Federal own State.
United States Victims of State Sponsored response at FEMA. The people of Flor- I just hope that we are not at the
Terrorism Act to authorize appropriations
ida ought to know that America stands point where we have become so par-
for catch-up payments from the United tisan and so polarized that we can’t
States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism with them. Part of standing with the
people of Florida is passing this impor- even agree on this.
Fund. All points of order against consider-
tant legislation to keep the govern- Madam Speaker, this rule also in-
ation of the bill are waived. An amendment
in the nature of a substitute consisting of ment open during this critical moment. cludes H.R. 8987, the Fairness for 9/11
the text of Rules Committee Print 117-68 Madam Speaker, with less than 24 Families Act. This bill will ensure
shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as hours until the end of the fiscal year, thousands of 9/11 families and victims
amended, shall be considered as read. All today we are here to do our job. We, in who received some but not all of the
points of order against provisions in the bill, Congress, have a responsibility to the compensation that they deserve are
as amended, are waived. The previous ques- made whole.
tion shall be considered as ordered on the American people to keep the lights on.
In addition to preventing the furlough Both of these measures deserve broad
bill, as amended, and on any further amend-
ment thereto, to final passage without inter- of thousands of Federal employees, support today. Americans are depend-
vening motion except: (1) one hour of debate averting a shutdown will also ensure ing on us to get this done.
equally divided and controlled by the chair that our constituents can continue to Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal-
and ranking minority member of the Com- receive the vital government services ance of my time.
mittee on the Judiciary or their respective that they need. Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I thank
designees; and (2) one motion to recommit. The last shutdown, when the Repub- the gentleman from Massachusetts, my
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- licans were in charge of the House and very good friend, Chairman MCGOVERN,
tleman from Massachusetts is recog- the Senate and the White House, was for yielding me the customary time,
nized for 1 hour. the longest shutdown in our history. It and I yield myself such time as I may
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, for cost our economy an astounding $11 consume.
the purpose of debate only, I yield the billion. Madam Speaker, I want to begin by
customary 30 minutes to the gen- In contrast, Democrats are doing our associating myself with the chairman’s
tleman from Oklahoma (Mr. COLE), job. We are keeping the government very appropriate remarks about the
pending which I yield myself such time open as we finish up bipartisan, bi- unfolding disaster in Florida and the
as I may consume. During consider- cameral negotiations on a longer-term southeast. It is something that moves
ation of this resolution, all time yield- fiscal year 2023 appropriations package. all Americans. Florida, and frankly all
ed is for the purpose of debate only. This CR also provides Ukraine with of the region, is in our prayers and in
GENERAL LEAVE the security, economic, and humani- our thoughts as they deal with an un-
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Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I tarian assistance that they need to precedented natural disaster.
ask unanimous consent that all Mem- fight back against Russia’s brutal inva- Madam Speaker, today’s rule covers
bers be given 5 legislative days to re- sion. With Russia holding fake elec- two items. The first I will discuss is
vise and extend their remarks. tions to annex parts of Ukraine, the H.R. 8987, the Fairness for 9/11 Families
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Ukrainian people urgently need our Act. This bill would shift just under $3
objection to the request of the gen- support to protect their families and billion from the CARES Act small busi-
tleman from Massachusetts? defend global democracy. ness loan fund to the United States
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Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism vide new sources of energy. We should come out to reach a bipartisan deal.
Fund to compensate victims of the 9/11 be doing everything we can to provide The appropriations bills cannot pass
terror attacks. secure, reliable, and inexpensive en- this House and pass the Senate unless
Last night at the Rules Committee ergy to the American people. Instead, there is a bipartisan deal.
we heard testimony on this bill, which the President is spending his time Madam Speaker, we can reach a bi-
unfortunately, is the only hearing this chastising energy companies. We partisan, bicameral, full-year spending
bill will receive this Congress. My Re- should have addressed this issue in this deal if my friends in the majority get
publican colleagues on the Judiciary bill, too, but we did not. serious about negotiating. At the end
Committee testified at length about Nor does this bill address other crises of the day, Republicans must be in-
the efforts they have gone to in order affecting the American people, includ- cluded in these negotiations. If the ma-
to work with the majority on this mat- ing inflation and the economic reces- jority continues to dither, we are head-
ter. But instead of working together in sion, both caused by the reckless and ed for a year-long continuing resolu-
a bipartisan manner, the majority in- profligate spending policies of the tion. That is a bad outcome for the in-
stead chose to move ahead on this bill Biden administration and this major- stitution, a bad outcome for the gov-
with no hearing or markup held in the ity. I could go on and on, but the point ernment, and a bad outcome for the
committee of jurisdiction. remains: so much should have been in American people.
This represents a complete failure of this bill but is not.
regular order. Madam Speaker, it re- b 0930
I hope that if my friends in the ma-
sults in a lack of process that is unfair jority take anything from today’s dis- When the majority begins to seri-
to everyone. It is especially unfair to cussion, it is this: it is high time for ously negotiate on a bipartisan appro-
the victims of 9/11 who deserve both a them to get serious about appropria- priations package, I will certainly be
bipartisan process and a bipartisan bill tions and about holding bipartisan dis- there to help. But neither I, nor many
that everyone can support. It did not cussions with Republicans on full-year of my colleagues, will participate in
have to be this way, and it is unfortu- spending bills. kicking the can down the road so my
nate that the majority decided to treat Consider where we are: the House Ap- Democratic friends can ignore their re-
this issue with less than the gravity it propriations Committee, I am proud to sponsibility to govern until after the
deserved. say, passed all 12 bills out of com- upcoming election.
Despite these procedural failures, mittee this summer, yet, as of today, I urge opposition to the rule, and I
however, I intend to support this legis- only six have passed the floor. It is the reserve the balance of my time.
lation, but we could have and should majority’s responsibility to bring those Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I
have done much better. bills to the floor. reserve the balance of my time.
Our second bill is the Senate amend- In the Senate, which Democrats also Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield 3
ment to H.R. 6833, a continuing resolu- minutes to the gentleman from Penn-
control, the record is even worse. Not a
tion funding the government through sylvania (Mr. RESCHENTHALER), my
single bill has been passed out of the
December 16 of 2022. good friend and my fellow member of
Madam Speaker, it is unfortunate Senate Appropriations Committee. In
addition, no serious negotiations have both the Appropriations Committee
that Congress has waited until the last and the Rules Committee.
minute to take up the serious work of taken place between Republicans and
Democrats and between the House and Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam
funding the government and keeping it Speaker, I thank Ranking Member
open. It is equally unfortunate that our the Senate. These negotiations have
been postponed all summer and into COLE for yielding me the time.
only option for doing so is the flawed, Under the Biden-Harris administra-
inadequate bill that does not meet the the fall while the House takes up one
political messaging bill after another. tion, we are seeing crises, manufac-
needs of the American people.
Madam Speaker, we need to focus on tured crises. Let’s just look at a few in
Despite this bill’s flaws, there is
much to like in it and much that I do the serious business of funding govern- turn.
support. I voted in favor of the omni- ment. In order to accomplish that goal We have a manufactured economic
bus spending bill back in March, and and achieve a bipartisan agreement, crisis. The inflation rate has increased
this bill would maintain those spending four conditions will have to be met. by 550 percent since January of 2021.
levels through the middle of December. First, defense spending will have to Total government spending during that
I support additional funding for go up to meet the level authorized in time has increased over $9 trillion.
Ukraine as they seek to defend them- the fiscal year 2023 NDAA. The level in- This is out-of-control spending that is
selves against Vladimir Putin’s unjust cluded in the House defense appropria- leading to this inflation. It is costing
and illegal invasion, and I support ad- tions bill is wholly inadequate to meet the average American family $6,000 a
ditional funds for disaster relief. America’s defense needs and must go year.
But just as important as what is in- up to reach a final deal. Let me just put that in perspective.
cluded in this bill is what is not in- Second, non-defense discretionary That would be like going up to a family
cluded in this bill and should have spending will have to come down. The and saying, can you give me 1 month’s
been. House non-defense appropriations bills paycheck? Most cannot do that. The
It is undeniable that we are facing a were all marked up at a bloated level inflation has deprived the average
humanitarian crisis on our southern of spending which cannot be justified. American family of 1 month’s pay, and
border, caused in large part by the These numbers must be reduced for an this CR does absolutely nothing to ad-
Biden administration’s unwillingness agreement to be had. dress inflation. It does nothing to bring
to confront what is staring them in the Third, longstanding bipartisan pro- the economic crisis to an end.
face. The administration asked for $1.8 life policies that have historically been It just doesn’t stop there. Let’s talk
billion to assist migrants, which they carried in appropriations bills must be about the manufactured energy crisis.
have received in this legislation, but restored. The majority stripped these The day, literally, day 1 that Biden
they did not ask for a single penny to out in the Appropriations Committee took office, he declared war on Amer-
secure the border. this year, but they must go back in. I ican energy. He shut down the Key-
The Biden administration has sought cannot emphasize this point strongly stone Pipeline and, as a result, Amer-
to add workers elsewhere in the gov- enough, Madam Speaker. No Repub- ican families are paying higher and
ernment, like 87,000 new employees at licans—and I mean no Republicans— higher prices at the pump.
the IRS, but they did not ask for will vote for these bills unless these bi- We are going to face record-level en-
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money to add any new Border Patrol partisan pro-life riders are restored. ergy costs going into this winter, and
agents to help address this Biden-made Fourth, the 12 House Appropriations yet, this CR does absolutely nothing to
crisis on the southern border. This Committee bills include countless poi- address the energy crisis.
could and should have been addressed son pills that have to come out. These Let’s talk about crime. There is a
in this bill, but it is not. are liberal policy riders on all matters crime wave going on all over country.
Similarly, the bill does nothing to of topics, ranging from climate change Cities across the Nation are witnessing
address the high price of energy or pro- to abortion to labor law. They have to the results of the defund the police
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movement. Homicide rates across this I hope we all can agree is worth sup- this fund by this body; and it was an
country have increased roughly 50 per- porting; and the second is to make sure injustice that should have never been
cent, compared to this time in 2019. that the government doesn’t shut allowed to happen. As a result of their
In my home State of Pennsylvania, down; that we continue to provide initial exclusion, widows and children
Philadelphia has recorded over 400 funding that will help aid some of the missed the first two payments of the
murders so far this year. Philadelphia natural disasters that we are seeing USVSST fund, creating a massive dis-
is on track to see the highest homicide happen all over this country. parity between their restorative justice
rate in recorded history, and it is be- While it is too early to have a dam- payments and others that were in-
cause of the defund the police move- age assessment from Hurricane Ian and cluded.
ment. It is because of Democrat rule. actually know what the true cost of all This bill would catch up those wid-
It is not just Philly. Los Angeles, in this is going to be, make no mistake, ows and children to the other victim
2021, L.A. defunded the police by $150 this CR will help. There is money for groups and ensure that, moving for-
million. What did they get? Homicide 2022 disasters and community develop- ward, they are no longer left out, for-
rates went up 23 percent, yet this CR ment block grants for disaster recovery gotten, or excluded. So this bill is truly
does nothing to combat the crime wave above the OMB request. about fairness and doing what is right
that we are seeing. It does nothing to More importantly, we included lan- for the wives and the children or the
re-fund the police. guage to give FEMA a full year’s worth husbands and the children of our first
Let’s talk about fentanyl. In my dis- of funding up front, not just for the 21⁄2- responders killed on September 11.
trict, and across the country, commu- month CR period; and more help will Twenty-one years later, this House is
nities are facing the opioid epidemic, come for Florida, as we find out what finally going to do the right thing, and
and that is a direct result of fentanyl is needed. I am very happy to have played a part
flooding across our porous southern Communities across America are cur- in helping them move this forward.
border. rently dealing with record-breaking In the gallery I have a special guest,
The devastation is because of Biden’s numbers of storms. According to The Angela Mistrulli, who is the head of
failed policies, the open border policies Washington Post this morning, ‘‘Since the 9/11 Children for Justice. She is a
that he has instituted. And just don’t 2017, an unprecedented number of tireless advocate who has been affected
take my word for it. The DEA Commis- storms rated Category 4 or stronger personally, and I thank her for working
sioner said that the open border poli- have lashed the U.S. shoreline: Harvey, with our office over the last 6 months
cies are killing Americans ‘‘at rates Irma, Maria, Michael, Laura, Ida, and and the advocacy of all of her members
never seen before.’’ now Ian. They all qualify as ‘rapid in- in seeing this through. I hope all my
Yet, this CR does nothing to address tensification events,’ when a storm’s colleagues support this on the floor
the fentanyl issue. It does nothing. It wind speeds increase by at least 35 when it comes up later today.
is because the base of the Democratic miles within 24 hours.’’ Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I
Party, the woke yuppies who stay at People should read The Washington yield myself such time as I may con-
home and are on Zoom classes all day Post about what is happening as a re- sume.
sult of these storms. I appreciate the gentlewoman’s com-
view this issue as a Cracker Barrel
We have an obligation to help all of ments, and I hope that she will vote for
problem, something that will never af-
these communities. But you know the rule because if the rule doesn’t
fect them because they don’t shop at
what won’t help? A government shut- pass, we can’t bring this bill up for a
Walmart. They drive a hybrid, not a
down in the midst of a natural disaster vote. I agree with her; this is incred-
Chevy Silverado; so that is why we are of this magnitude. ibly important. So I hope all my col-
not seeing urgency on the fentanyl cri- Again, I would point out to my col- leagues will vote for the rule, not just
sis. leagues here, we think it is unaccept- to help 9/11 families, but also to keep
Let me just put it in perspective. able to ever shut down the Federal the government open during this really
Fentanyl overdose leads to about 300 Government. My Republican friends critical time.
deaths every single day in this coun- obviously have a different point of view I reserve the balance of my time.
try. That is the equivalent of an air- because when they were in charge, Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield
liner going down every single day. If an when they controlled the House, the myself such time as I may consume.
airliner went down just once a week in Senate, and the White House, they shut If we defeat the previous question, I
this country, it would be declared an the government down, the longest gov- will offer an amendment to the rule to
emergency within 2 to 3 weeks. ernment shutdown in our history, and bring up H.R. 7967, the Prosecutors
Yet, we are seeing the same death it was costly. To even contemplate Need to Prosecute Act, for immediate
every single day, and because it is doing that in the face of these natural consideration. The bill will ensure that
viewed as a fly-over problem, an issue disasters is unbelievable. the perpetrators of violent crimes are
that is facing people that don’t live on Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- held accountable for their actions and
the coast, no one cares about it, and ance of my time that victims of violent crimes receive
this CR does nothing to address it. Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 the justice that they deserve.
It is just not fentanyl. Let’s talk minutes to the distinguished gentle- Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous
about the crisis of immigration. Since woman from New York (Ms. consent to insert the text of my
Biden took office, over 3.5 million ille- MALLIOTAKIS), my good friend. amendment in the RECORD, along with
gal immigrants have been apprehended Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Madam Speaker, extraneous material, immediately
at the southern border. This CR does I rise today to comment on one portion prior to the vote on the previous ques-
nothing to add additional border secu- of the rule, H.R. 8987, which is a bill tion.
rity; nothing for additional infrastruc- that is incredibly important to me and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
ture; nothing for advanced technology. to those that I represent. As a matter objection to the request of the gen-
For those reasons, I urge my col- of fact, I drafted the legislation. On tleman from Oklahoma?
leagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on the rule and August 5, I had introduced the lan- There was no objection.
‘‘no’’ on the continuing resolution. guage as part of H.R. 8667. We garnered Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, Amer-
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I bipartisan support for this very impor- ica’s largest cities are in the midst of a
yield myself such time as I may con- tant bill. wave of violent crime, making some of
sume. What the bill does is finally make them nearly unlivable. This spike in
I appreciate my friend from Pennsyl- whole so many of our families that violent crime has many causes, but one
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vania reciting the Republican Congres- were affected by 9/11 because they lost factor is undeniably making the prob-
sional Campaign Committee’s greatest loved ones, but they were not com- lem worse: That is the fuzzy-headed
hits, but let me remind people who are pensated properly under the United ideology followed by woke prosecutors
watching why we are here today. States Victims of State Sponsored Ter- who are refusing to do their jobs and
We are here today to move two im- rorist Fund. prosecute violent offenders.
portant pieces of legislation forward; So we are talking about 5,347 widows As part of the Commitment to Amer-
one that would help 9/11 families, which and children that were excluded from ica, Republicans have made it clear
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that we will fund the police; that we ecutors. Many States, like ours, do not ference. It is a sound bite, plain and
will take clear steps to stop the have a recall law, but this would give simple.
scourge of fentanyl coming over the them the information they need to Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal-
southern border into our Nation; and make informed decisions when it ance of my time.
that we will crack down on prosecutors comes to selecting who is going to be Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield
and district attorneys who refuse to the prosecutors for their cities, because myself such time as I may consume to
prosecute violent criminals. prosecutors should actually be pros- quickly respond to my friend.
H.R. 7967 fulfills that commitment. It ecuting crimes. They should not be act- Crime is also a problem all across the
would require the same prosecutors to ing like criminal defense attorneys. country, and we will work with you on
report annually on the cases they re- the 9/11 survivors bill, which I point
b 0945
ceive and their decisions to prosecute out, again, was originally my colleague
or not prosecute. As Justice Louis Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I from New York’s bill as opposed to a
Brandeis said, ‘‘sunlight is said to be yield myself such time as I may con- Democratic proposal. But I will give
the best of disinfectants.’’ sume. you credit for picking up a good idea
This reporting would allow the citi- I am embarrassed for my friends on that my friend originated.
zens of our great cities to see, once and the other side of the aisle. I just saw Madam Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to
for all, just what this wave of progres- the bill. I am looking at the bill, and the gentlewoman from New York (Ms.
sive woke prosecutors is actually up to, all it does is ask for more reports, more MALLIOTAKIS), my friend, to respond.
and just how many violent crime cases paperwork. I don’t know. I kind of Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Madam Speaker,
they are refusing to prosecute out of think it is silly that that is going to I understand that my colleagues on the
ideology. fight crime, asking for more reports other side of the aisle don’t believe in
To further explain the amendment, I and more paperwork. Give me a break. transparency, that they believe this in-
yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman We are here today, Madam Speaker, formation should be kept from the pub-
from New York (Ms. MALLIOTAKIS), my to try to bring two important bills to lic. But these prosecutors work for us.
good friend, the author of the bill. the floor, one to help 9/11 families and Quite frankly, crime has soared in
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Madam Speaker, the other, Madam Speaker, to keep the my city. People are getting killed. Peo-
I rise today to urge that we amend the government open because if it shuts ple are getting assaulted. Nearly every
rule to also include H.R. 7967, which is down amidst all of these natural disas- single category of crime has risen in
the Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act. ters, things are going to be incredibly New York City, and our prosecutors are
My legislation would hold prosecutors worse for everybody who right now is refusing to put people behind bars.
accountable and create transparency suffering. And this is what they come If the Democrats feel that public
by letting the public know how many to the floor with? This is what they safety and crime skyrocketing in
cases prosecutors are declining to pros- want to talk about? America’s cities is not an issue, that
ecute, the number of offenses com- If you want to talk about what they explains why you support defunding
mitted by career criminals, and the are about, let’s look at their poorly the police, bail reform, and all of these
number of criminals released. named ‘‘Commitment to America,’’ ridiculous policies.
Over the past 2 years, we have seen a which I guess is a rip-off on Contract Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I
disturbing trend in progressive district with America, which basically would yield myself such time as I may con-
attorneys in cities across the country gut Social Security and Medicare. sume.
who are refusing to prosecute violent They want to ban abortion nationwide, My friend can yell all that she wants,
criminal offenders. Look no further and they want to make it easier for but what I took exception to is the fact
than my city of New York, our city of people to overturn the will of the that a proposal that essentially does
New York, where Manhattan District American people in elections. nothing more than call for more re-
Attorney Alvin Bragg released a Day 1 I mean, that is the radical agenda ports to be sent to the Committee on
memo initially directing his staff not they are all pushing here. the Judiciary is somehow fighting
to prosecute certain crimes, including Here we are, at this moment, trying crime.
drug possession, trespassing, sex trad- to make sure that essential funding is I would also tell my friends, let’s not
ing, driving with a suspended license, there to help deal with these natural talk about defunding the police when
resisting arrest, and public obscenity. disasters, and this is what we get? This my friends on the other side of the
He even directed his staff to downgrade is like we hear the greatest hits from aisle have Members that are now sell-
felony charges filed by our police, in- the National Republican Congressional ing T-shirts to defund the FBI and law
cluding armed robbery, weapons Campaign Committee. They use Rus- enforcement or the fact that many of
charges, and drug dealing. sian B-roll in their rollout of their them voted against bills last week that
Worst of all, his office will no longer Commitment to America. Come on. actually provided more funding to the
seek sentences of life without parole, At this moment, right now, we have police.
which means that the most heinous two bills that, quite frankly, should Come on. Reports somehow are going
murderers, including terrorists, serial enjoy huge bipartisan support. We to fight crime? I mean, if that is your
killers, cop killers, and perps who kill ought to move forward to help the 9/11 crime-fighting solution, well, America
young children in connection with sex families, and at the same time, we is in trouble.
crimes will be released back onto our ought to keep this government open. Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal-
streets in 20 years or less. Then, that gives us time to work out a ance of my time.
These policies have sent a clear mes- longer term bill, which we can vote on Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield
sage to the criminals. It is, go ahead, after the election. myself such time as I may consume.
break the law because we will not en- But turn on the news. Look at what Madam Speaker, it has become all
force it. With prosecutors that refuse is happening in Florida right now. too common in recent years to learn
to prosecute, violent career super- Look at what happened in Puerto Rico. about the perpetrators of violent crime
criminals are free to wreak havoc on Look at what is happening in Alaska. who should have been locked up for
our streets. People need help. We have a responsi- earlier incidents. All too often, we hear
I urge my colleagues to oppose the bility. that a woke prosecutor decided not to
previous question today so we can hold Look at what is happening in pursue charges against a criminal for
woke prosecutors accountable for fail- Ukraine. Do we support helping pre- an earlier violent act, only for that
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ing to do their jobs and protect. serve democracy in Ukraine or not? same criminal to then offend again and
We want to be able to add this legis- That is what is at stake here. again. As part of our Commitment to
lation to the rule because it is incred- So, we can try to cut a political ad America, House Republicans will take
ibly important that the public knows on the House floor here. Fine. But let’s action to end this practice.
which prosecutors are refusing to do not kind of make-believe that what my Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to
their job; and as we saw in San Fran- friends are trying to do is somehow the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr.
cisco, they did repeal one of their pros- real or will make any kind of a dif- TIFFANY) to speak more about this
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issue and the solution contained in Congress how often they follow canes—lives lost, people still being res-
H.R. 7967. through on holding criminals charged cued.
Mr. TIFFANY. Madam Speaker, I ap- with violent crimes, like murder, rape, That is why the leadership of this
preciate the remarks by the gentleman arson, crimes involving illegal guns, Congress and the Members will join to-
from Oklahoma because he has been and motor vehicle theft, accountable. gether, I hope in a unified manner, to
spot-on throughout this whole debate. They would also be required to dis- recognize what our job is. Our job is to
I rise to oppose the previous question close how often they prosecute the ini- be the umbrella on a rainy day.
so that the House can consider the tial charges, how often they secure In this, those who will suffer in the
Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act. convictions, whether or not those coldness of the winter, I am reminded
Madam Speaker, it is no secret that charged were already on probation or of the freeze in Texas. Of course, we
crime is completely out of control in parole, and how many offenders were had no electricity, but thank God for $1
this country. Annual homicide records released without bail. billion for the Low Income Home En-
have been broken in at least a dozen The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ergy Assistance Program. Some people
major cities. Brazen smash-and-grab time of the gentleman has expired. are saying how grateful they are. Help-
robberies in broad daylight are a daily Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield ing FEMA to be able to be on the
occurrence. Killings, severe beatings, an additional 30 seconds to the gen- ground, $2 billion for helping people re-
armed robberies, carjackings, sexual tleman from Wisconsin. cover their housing and infrastructure.
assaults, arson, and looting have be- Mr. TIFFANY. Madam Speaker, the They are obliterated in Florida, 1 mil-
come a common feature on the evening American people need to know if the lion people without lights. Of course,
news. people they have entrusted to keep we know about Jackson, Mississippi,
The gentleman on the other side of their neighborhoods safe are actually and Flint, Michigan, $20 million for
the aisle asked why we are doing a bill using their tax dollars to finance this water and wastewater and other crises
like this. Turn on the news and you crime wave. It is time to end the policy that we have had.
will see. Crime in America is at his- of underwriting progressive policies I want this Congress to stand up for
toric levels. that endanger the lives and livelihoods not shutting the government down but
Yet, rogue prosecutors in cities like of decent, hardworking Americans, and taking its rightful responsibility and
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadel- that starts with transparency. dealing with the crises of America.
phia, New York City, and Milwaukee Madam Speaker, I urge my col- We have done it with the Inflation
continue to release predators from cus- leagues to stand with us for safer com- Reduction Act. We want to take people
tody almost as fast as the police can munities and oppose the previous ques- over politics. We want to make sure
arrest them. tion. that we have jobs, good healthcare, low
The use of no-cash bail policies, plea Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I cost. We want to do something.
bargains, and a complete refusal to put yield myself such time as I may con- My friend on the Committee on the
dangerous repeat offenders behind bars sume. Judiciary, I am always eager to work
has demoralized our police and endan- Let me say this again: a reporting re- with you. We all are facing the crises
gered our communities, and America’s quirement. I mean, all of us are against that come about after the pandemic.
most iconic cities resemble a Third violent crime, and we are against all But thank God we have legislation
World country. the things that the gentleman listed. that deals with safer communities and
Take Milwaukee County. Here is a That is why we brought a group of bills restricting gun trafficking. We have
quote from the district attorney in to the floor last week to try to deal one that provides us with the oppor-
Milwaukee County. If you want to with some of these challenges. Again, tunity for those cases that have been
know why there should be data kept on many of my Republican colleagues backlogged.
this and why the American people voted against it. We have done the work as Demo-
should know what is going on as a re- I am not questioning why my friends crats. We ask you to join us in this ef-
sult of prosecutors’ actions in cities bring these items to the floor. I know fort. The CR must pass. Ukraine is
across America, here is a quote: ‘‘Is why they do it. It is politics 101. But I fighting for democracy. We are helping
there going to be an individual I divert do have to say that I do have a problem them. We must make a difference by
. . . who is going to go out and kill when they come to the floor and say keeping the government open.
somebody? You bet.’’ that they are making a proposal that Madam Speaker, I ask for support for
That district attorney is still there will somehow do something. A report- the underlying rule.
in Milwaukee County. He is the person ing requirement, more paperwork to Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield
who gave a low-cash bail to the man the Committee on the Judiciary, oh, myself the balance of my time for clos-
who committed the Waukesha Christ- boy, that is really going to stop ing.
mas parade killings last year, killing carjackings, that is going to stop mur- Madam Speaker, it is deeply unfortu-
six people, out on low-cash bail, injur- der. Give me a break. nate that we have once again waited
ing 60. If you want to come up with some- until the last minute to fund the gov-
There is a problem in America, and it thing that actually does something, we ernment. With no time left for negotia-
needs to be dealt with. Americans are are all willing to work with you. But to tions, the majority is putting forward a
sick and tired of the lawlessness, and come to the floor to say, oh, a report- bill to fund the government that was
they are demanding accountability. ing requirement, more paperwork not subject to bipartisan negotiations
That is what this is about, account- going to the Committee on the Judici- in the House. It is no surprise, then,
ability. ary is somehow going to do something that this bill fails to accomplish so
Madam Speaker, each year, jurisdic- to prevent crime, I mean, I don’t know many things that are necessary to ad-
tions across the United States benefit anybody who believes that. dress the crises currently confronting
from the Edward Byrne Memorial Jus- Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the Nation.
tice Assistance Grant program, which the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. I am an appropriator, and I would ad-
provides funding to States, Tribes, and JACKSON LEE). vise my friend that the Appropriations
local governments to support a range Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, Committee—and I give great credit to
of justice-related programs. this morning, a resident of the State of my friend, the chairwoman of that
If we defeat the previous question, we Florida was interviewed, and he said committee, Ms. DELAURO from Con-
will offer an amendment to the rule, that with Ian, his whole house was necticut, and the ranking member, Ms.
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calling for immediate consideration of gone. Everything in his house was GRANGER from Texas—actually got all
the Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act, gone. 12 bills done by the end of July and out
offered by my friend from New York The people of South Carolina are fac- of committee.
City, which will apply a reporting re- ing Ian now. The people of the areas of
quirement to these grants. Alaska and the people in the Common- b 1000
It would, among other things, man- wealth of Puerto Rico have all faced an Six of those have come across the
date that district attorneys report to enormous surge and impact of hurri- floor. That is a good thing. Six others
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have not. That includes, by the way, Our friends have not wanted to deal The Postal Service Reform Act.
the bills to defend the United States of with that issue. Protecting Medicare and American
America, the largest spending bill. It We know we have a crisis on the Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act.
includes the bill to defend our southern southern border. You can turn on the The American Rescue Plan Act.
border. television and see it every night. You I could go on and on and on. These
The reality is, they haven’t come to can look at the fentanyl pouring into aren’t messaging bills. These are major
the floor because my friends don’t have the country. You can see the tragedy of investments in our country that will
the votes to pass them. Many of their human trafficking. have an impact for generations, that
own Members want to reduce the size Is there anything in this bill that will help our children, that will help
of defense as opposed to increase it in asked us to do anything different, any- our senior citizens, that will help our
a dangerous world. Many of their thing new? veterans.
friends simply don’t want to do any- Has any legislation come to the floor This is what we are supposed to be
thing to secure the southern border. to do that? doing, helping uplift the American peo-
Now, the reality is, in the end, I No. We are just asked, please allow ple, investing in our country. So that
think we will get both those things us to continue the current state of af- is not messaging. That is real work.
done, and there will have to be a bipar- fairs to exist on the southern border. Today’s bills aren’t messaging bills,
tisan negotiation to do it. There has That is a travesty. either. I mean, helping 9/11 families.
been absolutely no negotiation since When you say, well, we are bringing That is not a messaging bill. That is
July in the House. irrelevant issues, the reality is you real. It is something we should do. We
I also point to the United States Sen- won’t bring the relevant issues to the ought to be together on that.
ate, which is not the responsibility of floor. You won’t bring the relevant ap- This continuing resolution, this is
my friends, but their party controls it. propriations bills to the floor. important, especially in light of all the
That body has not moved a single bill But make no mistake, Republicans natural disasters that are happening in
out of the Senate Appropriations Com- have put forward a Commitment to this country right now.
mittee. Not one. America to address the concerns of our Madam Speaker, this should be sim-
Now we are asked, because we are in ple. We have an obligation to fund the
citizens:
an emergency, to kick the can down government. We have a bipartisan bill,
We will fund the police and uphold
the road. My friends have had months again, that had 72 votes in the Senate.
law and order.
to deal with this issue and to engage in We have a bipartisan bill that not only
We will add needed security infra-
serious bipartisanship. They have cho- will keep the lights on but will provide
structure at the southern border.
sen not to do that. They would rather critical funding to help communities
We will achieve longer and healthier
do messaging bill after messaging bill devastated by recent natural disasters.
lives for our citizens.
after messaging bill. That is what we Now, House Republicans have made
We will ensure that America has an
have been dealing with. it clear that they would rather brag
all-of-the-above energy policy that pro-
Frankly, the Rules Committee, un-
vides consistent, low-cost energy to about their dangerous, extreme, un-
usually, has become a committee of
keep our economy strong. That is popular agenda than do real work. All
original jurisdiction in bill after bill
something my friends don’t want to I can say to that is that Democrats are
after bill because those bills have not
gone through the committee. They are deal with. committed to putting people over poli-
raced through the Rules Committee to We will end the majority and the tics.
come to the floor to make a political Biden administration’s reckless spend- The Republicans’ radical agenda bans
point on the eve of an election. That is ing policies that have led to record in- abortion, and we want to protect
a bad way to govern. flation and stifling economic recession. Americans’ right to affordable, acces-
Now, I am hopeful once we get to the This administration inherited a V- sible healthcare and safeguard Amer-
other side of the election, my friends shaped recovery, and a 1.4 percent in- ica’s right to reproductive care.
will sit down, and we will arrive at a flation rate. Now we are in a recession We are here to defend Americans’
bipartisan agreement on funding the with a 40-year-high, 8.3 percent infla- right to vote. They want to make it
government, which is the primary re- tion rate. That is a record of disaster. easier to overturn elections.
sponsibility of Congress, in my view. We ought to be talking about those We want to protect Social Security.
But so far those negotiations have not issues, not maintaining the status quo. You saw the agenda that the Repub-
taken place. We don’t have agreed-upon Madam Speaker, I urge my col- lican leaders in the Senate unveiled.
top lines. leagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on the previous They gut Social Security.
My friends can’t pass important bills, question and ‘‘no’’ on the rule, and I There is a contrast here. But today,
so they are left to linger. And then yield back the balance of my time. we are here to advance relief for com-
they come to us at the very last Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I munities hit by natural disasters, pass
minute and say, gosh, you have to help have great respect for the gentleman overdue benefits for 9/11 families, and
us here in this emergency. from Oklahoma (Mr. COLE), but I will keep the government running.
We are going to pass the bills. The take exception with his characteriza- What does putting people over poli-
government is not going to shut down. tion of us passing messaging bills. tics mean?
Nobody here has the illusion that it Let me just go through a few items It means that we come together to
will. But we should not be in this situa- here that we did pass and that have make sure that the people of Florida
tion. Both sides have done this, I will been signed into law: have what they need to get through
grant my friend that. But this is a par- The Honoring our PACT Act for our this terrible disaster.
ticularly egregious process of no nego- veterans. It means that we are there for the
tiations on things like defense and se- The Inflation Reduction Act. people of Puerto Rico and that we are
curing the southern border. The Bipartisan Safer Communities there for the people of Alaska, that we
We live in a dangerous world. We Act. are there for people anywhere in this
don’t need a CR in defense; we need a The Ending Forced Arbitration of country, whether it is a red State or
bill. Actually, the Democratic-con- Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment blue State, who are dealing with these
trolled House Armed Services Com- Act. natural catastrophes.
mittee produced a bill. It is just $30 bil- The Infrastructure Investment and That is what this is about. If this
lion more than the President asked for Jobs Act, the biggest investment in in- went down and we shut the government
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because that is what that committee frastructure ever in this country. A down, the pain that people are already
felt we needed. It passed on a bipar- bill, by the way, that some of my col- dealing with would only increase.
tisan basis. leagues on the other side of the aisle Shame on us for doing that.
Why can’t we move the appropria- voted against, but they were at the an- Now, I get it, Madam Speaker. There
tions level up to do what a Democratic- nouncement of moneys to rebuild are some people here who don’t really
controlled House Armed Services Com- bridges and roads in their district even care about whether the government
mittee asked us to do? though they voted against it. stays open or shuts down.
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I remind you again, when my friends DeLauro Larson (CT) Rice (NY) Latta Nehls Smucker
DelBene Lawrence Ross LaTurner Newhouse Spartz
were in charge, when the Republicans Demings Lawson (FL) Roybal-Allard Lesko Norman Stauber
controlled the House, when they con- DeSaulnier Lee (CA) Ruiz Letlow Obernolte Steel
trolled the Senate, when they con- Deutch Lee (NV) Ruppersberger Long Owens Stefanik
trolled the White House, they shut the Dingell Leger Fernandez Rush Loudermilk Palazzo Steil
Doggett Levin (CA) Ryan (NY) Lucas Palmer Steube
government down. They walked away. Doyle, Michael Levin (MI) Ryan (OH) Luetkemeyer Pence Stewart
The longest shutdown in history. Bil- F. Lieu Sánchez Mace Perry Taylor
lions and billions and billions of dollars Escobar Lofgren Sarbanes Malliotakis Pfluger Tenney
Eshoo Lowenthal Scanlon Mann Posey
it cost our economy. Espaillat Luria Schakowsky Massie Reschenthaler
Thompson (PA)
We had to clean up their mess when Tiffany
Evans Lynch Schiff Mast Rice (SC)
Timmons
we took over. Today, we are doing Fletcher Malinowski Schneider McCarthy Rodgers (WA)
Turner
Foster Maloney, Schrader McCaul Rogers (KY)
what is right for the American people, McClain Rose Upton
Frankel, Lois Carolyn B. Schrier
for all people. This is not about poli- Gallego Maloney, Sean Scott (VA) McClintock Rosendale Valadao
tics. This is about putting people over Garamendi Manning Scott, David McHenry Rouzer Van Drew
Garcı́a (IL) Matsui Sewell McKinley Roy Van Duyne
politics. I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on the rule Wagner
Garcia (TX) McBath Sherman Meijer Rutherford
and the previous question. Golden McCollum Sherrill Meuser Salazar Walberg
The material previously referred to Gomez McEachin Sires Miller (IL) Scalise Waltz
by Mr. COLE is as follows: Gonzalez, McGovern Slotkin Miller (WV) Schweikert Weber (TX)
Vicente McNerney Smith (WA) Miller-Meeks Scott, Austin Webster (FL)
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 1404 Gottheimer Meeks Soto Moolenaar Sempolinski Wenstrup
At the end of the resolution, add the fol- Green, Al (TX) Meng Spanberger Mooney Sessions Westerman
lowing: Grijalva Mfume Speier Moore (AL) Simpson Williams (TX)
SEC. 3. Immediately upon adoption of this Harder (CA) Moore (WI) Stansbury Moore (UT) Smith (MO) Wilson (SC)
Hayes Morelle Stanton Mullin Smith (NE) Wittman
resolution, the House shall proceed to the
Higgins (NY) Moulton Stevens Murphy (NC) Smith (NJ) Womack
consideration in the House of the bill (H.R. Himes Mrvan Strickland
7967) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control Horsford Murphy (FL) Suozzi NOT VOTING—5
and Safe Streets Act to direct district attor- Houlahan Nadler Swalwell Carson Kinzinger Zeldin
ney and prosecutors offices to report to the Hoyer Napolitano Takano Johnson (GA) Rogers (AL)
Attorney General, and for other purposes. Huffman Neal Thompson (CA)
All points of order against consideration of Jackson Lee Neguse Thompson (MS) b 1053
Jacobs (CA) Newman Titus
the bill are waived. The bill shall be consid-
Jayapal Norcross Tlaib
Mr. ISSA, Ms. VAN DUYNE, and Mr.
ered as read. All points of order against pro- Jeffries O’Halleran Tonko HUIZENGA changed their votes from
visions in the bill are waived. The previous Johnson (TX) Ocasio-Cortez Torres (CA) ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’
question shall be considered as ordered on Jones Omar Torres (NY) So the previous question was ordered.
the bill and on any amendment thereto to Kahele Pallone Trahan
Kaptur Panetta Trone
The result of the vote was announced
final passage without intervening motion ex-
cept: (1) one hour of debate equally divided Katko Pappas Underwood as above recorded.
and controlled by the chair and ranking mi- Keating Pascrell Vargas Stated against:
Kelly (IL) Payne Veasey Mr. KATKO. Madam Speaker, I was re-
nority member of the Committee on the Ju- Khanna Peltola Velázquez
diciary; and (2) one motion to recommit. Kildee Perlmutter Wasserman corded as ‘‘yes’’, but I intended to vote ‘‘nay’’
SEC. 4. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not Kilmer Peters Schultz on rollcall No. 474.
apply to the consideration of H.R. 7967. Kim (NJ) Phillips Waters MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I Kind Pingree Watson Coleman RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Kirkpatrick Pocan Welch
yield back the balance of my time, and Krishnamoorthi Porter Wexton Bacon (Hartzler) Doyle, Michael Ocasio-Cortez
I move the previous question on the Kuster Pressley Wild Beatty (Cicilline) F. (Pallone) (Neguse)
resolution. Lamb Price (NC) Williams (GA) Bergman Dunn (Cammack) Payne (Pallone)
Langevin Quigley Wilson (FL) (Moolenaar) Gimenez Pfluger (Ellzey)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Larsen (WA) Raskin Yarmuth Bilirakis (Malliotakis) Porter (Neguse)
question is on ordering the previous (Fleischmann) Gonzalez, Pressley
question. NAYS—208 Boyle, Brendan Vicente (Trahan)
F. (Beyer) (Correa)
The question was taken; and the Aderholt Comer Gosar Brooks Gosar (Weber
Rice (NY)
Speaker pro tempore announced that Allen Conway Granger (Morelle)
(Fleischmann) (TX))
Amodei Crawford Graves (LA) Rice (SC)
the ayes appeared to have it. Brown (MD) Herrera Beutler
(Meijer)
Armstrong Crenshaw Graves (MO) (Trone) (Meijer)
Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, on that I Arrington Curtis Green (TN) Ryan (OH)
Brownley Houlahan
demand the yeas and nays. Babin Davidson Greene (GA) (Pingree) (Wexton) (Correa)
The yeas and nays were ordered. Bacon Davis, Rodney Griffith Buchanan Jacobs (NY) Salazar (Waltz)
Baird DesJarlais Grothman (Bucshon) (Sempolinski) Sewell (Cicilline)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
Balderson Diaz-Balart Guest Budd (McHenry) Jayapal Sherman
ant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- Banks Donalds Guthrie Bustos (Pingree) (Cicilline) (Garamendi)
minute vote on ordering the previous Barr Duncan Harris Carter (TX) Johnson (TX) Sherrill
question will be followed by a 5-minute Bentz Dunn Harshbarger (Weber (TX)) (Stevens) (Pallone)
Bergman Ellzey Hartzler Cawthorn Kirkpatrick Sires (Pallone)
vote on adoption of the resolution, if Bice (OK) Emmer Hern (Gohmert) (Pallone) Soto (Escobar)
ordered. This is a 15-minute vote. Biggs Estes Herrell Cherfilus- Lawson (FL) Speier (Garcia
The vote was taken by electronic de- Bilirakis Fallon Herrera Beutler McCormick (Stevens) (TX))
vice, and there were—yeas 219, nays Bishop (NC) Feenstra Hice (GA) (Neguse) Leger Fernandez Steel (Obernolte)
Boebert Ferguson Higgins (LA) Chu (Beyer) (Cicilline)
208, not voting 5, as follows: Bost Finstad Hill Conway Lynch (Trahan)
Steube
Brady Fischbach Hinson (Reschenthaler)
[Roll No. 474] (LaMalfa) Mace (Smucker)
Brooks Fitzgerald Hollingsworth Timmons
YEAS—219 Crawford Mast (Waltz)
Buchanan Fitzpatrick Hudson (Duncan)
(Fleischmann) McEachin
Adams Brown (MD) Clark (MA) Buck Fleischmann Huizenga Cuellar (Correa) (Beyer) Vargas
Aguilar Brown (OH) Clarke (NY) Bucshon Flood Issa Demings (Dean) Meng (Escobar) (Garamendi)
Allred Brownley Cleaver Budd Flores Jackson Diaz-Balart Mfume (Beyer) Wilson (FL)
Auchincloss Bush Clyburn Burchett Foxx Jacobs (NY) (Reschenthaler) Murphy (FL) (Cicilline)
Axne Bustos Cohen Burgess Franklin, C. Johnson (LA) Donalds (Peters) Wilson (SC) (Nor-
Barragán Butterfield Connolly Calvert Scott Johnson (OH) (Cammack) Newman (Beyer) man)
Bass Carbajal Cooper Cammack Fulcher Johnson (SD)
Beatty Cárdenas Correa Carey Gaetz Jordan The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Bera Carter (LA) Costa Carl Gallagher Joyce (OH) question is on the resolution.
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Beyer Cartwright Courtney Carter (GA) Garbarino Joyce (PA) The question was taken; and the
Bishop (GA) Case Craig Carter (TX) Garcia (CA) Keller
Blumenauer Casten Crow Cawthorn Gibbs Kelly (MS) Speaker pro tempore announced that
Blunt Rochester Castor (FL) Cuellar Chabot Gimenez Kelly (PA) the ayes appeared to have it.
Bonamici Castro (TX) Davids (KS) Cheney Gohmert Kim (CA) Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, on
Bourdeaux Cherfilus- Davis, Danny K. Cline Gonzales, Tony Kustoff
Bowman McCormick Dean Cloud Gonzalez (OH) LaHood
that I demand the yeas and nays.
Boyle, Brendan Chu DeFazio Clyde Good (VA) LaMalfa The yeas and nays were ordered.
F. Cicilline DeGette Cole Gooden (TX) Lamborn This will be a 5-minute vote.
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H8330 CORRECTION CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 30, 2022
The vote was taken by electronic de- Davidson Hollingsworth Owens Ryan (OH) Sires (Pallone) Timmons
Davis, Rodney Hudson Palazzo (Correa) Soto (Escobar) (Duncan)
vice, and there were—yeas 219, nays DesJarlais Huizenga Palmer Salazar (Waltz) Speier (Garcia Vargas
209, not voting 4, as follows: Diaz-Balart Issa Pence Sewell (Cicilline) (TX)) (Garamendi)
[Roll No. 475] Donalds Jackson Perry Sherman Steel (Obernolte) Wilson (FL)
Duncan Jacobs (NY) Pfluger (Garamendi) Steube (Cicilline)
YEAS—219 Dunn Johnson (LA) Posey Sherrill (Reschenthaler) Wilson (SC)
Adams Ellzey Johnson (OH) Reschenthaler (Pallone) (Norman)
Gomez Ocasio-Cortez
Emmer Johnson (SD) Rice (SC)
Aguilar Gonzalez, Omar
Estes Jordan Rodgers (WA) f
Allred Vicente Pallone
Fallon Joyce (OH) Rogers (KY)
Auchincloss Gottheimer Panetta
Feenstra Joyce (PA) Rose MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
Axne Green, Al (TX) Pappas
Barragán Ferguson Katko Rosendale A message from the Senate by Ms.
Grijalva Pascrell
Finstad Keller Rouzer
Bass Harder (CA) Payne
Fischbach Kelly (MS) Roy Byrd, one of its clerks, announced that
Beatty Hayes Peltola
Bera Higgins (NY) Perlmutter
Fitzgerald Kelly (PA) Rutherford the Senate has passed without amend-
Beyer Himes Peters
Fitzpatrick Kim (CA) Salazar ment bills of the House of the following
Fleischmann Kustoff Scalise
Bishop (GA) Horsford Phillips
Flood LaHood Schweikert
titles:
Blumenauer Houlahan Pingree
Flores LaMalfa Scott, Austin H.R. 1766. An act to enhance cooperation
Blunt Rochester Hoyer Pocan
Bonamici Huffman Porter
Foxx Lamborn Sempolinski between the Federal Trade Commission and
Bourdeaux Franklin, C. Latta Sessions State Attorneys General to combat unfair
Jackson Lee Pressley
Bowman Scott LaTurner Simpson and deceptive practices, and for other pur-
Jacobs (CA) Price (NC)
Fulcher Lesko Smith (MO)
Boyle, Brendan Jayapal Quigley poses.
F. Gaetz Letlow Smith (NE)
Jeffries Raskin H.R. 8982. An act to amend the Harmonized
Brown (MD) Gallagher Long Smith (NJ)
Johnson (GA) Rice (NY) Tariff Schedule of the United States to sus-
Brown (OH) Garbarino Loudermilk Smucker
Johnson (TX) Ross
Garcia (CA) Lucas Spartz pend temporarily rates of duty on imports of
Brownley Jones Roybal-Allard
Bush Kahele Ruiz
Gibbs Luetkemeyer Stauber certain infant formula base powder used in
Bustos Gimenez Mace Steel the manufacturing of infant formula in the
Kaptur Ruppersberger
Butterfield Gohmert Malliotakis Stefanik United States, and for other purposes.
Keating Rush
Gonzales, Tony Mann Steil
Carbajal Kelly (IL) Ryan (NY)
Gonzalez (OH) Massie Steube The message also announced that the
Cárdenas Khanna Ryan (OH)
Carter (LA) Kildee Sánchez
Good (VA) Mast Stewart Senate has passed bills of the following
Cartwright Kilmer Sarbanes
Gooden (TX) McCarthy Taylor title in which the concurrence of the
Gosar McCaul Tenney
Case Kim (NJ) Scanlon
Granger McClain Thompson (PA)
House is requested:
Casten Kind Schakowsky
Graves (LA) McClintock Tiffany S. 3232. An act to require the Consumer
Castor (FL) Kirkpatrick Schiff
Castro (TX) Krishnamoorthi Schneider
Graves (MO) McHenry Timmons Product Safety Commission to promulgate a
Cherfilus- Green (TN) McKinley Turner consumer product safety rule for free-stand-
Kuster Schrader
McCormick Greene (GA) Meijer Upton ing clothing storage units to protect chil-
Lamb Schrier
Griffith Meuser Valadao
Chu Langevin Scott (VA) dren from tip-over related death or injury,
Cicilline Grothman Miller (IL) Van Drew
Larsen (WA) Scott, David and for other purposes.
Clark (MA) Guest Miller (WV) Van Duyne
Larson (CT) Sewell S. 4254. An act to amend the Lobbying Dis-
Clarke (NY) Guthrie Miller-Meeks Wagner
Lawrence Sherman
Harris Moolenaar Walberg closure Act of 1995 to clarify a provision re-
Cleaver Lawson (FL) Sherrill
Clyburn Lee (CA) Sires
Harshbarger Mooney Waltz lating to certain contents of registrations
Cohen Hartzler Moore (AL) Weber (TX) under that Act.
Lee (NV) Slotkin
Connolly Hern Moore (UT) Webster (FL) S. 4524. An act to limit the judicial en-
Leger Fernandez Smith (WA)
Herrell Mullin Wenstrup
Cooper Levin (CA) Soto forceability of predispute nondisclosure and
Correa Herrera Beutler Murphy (NC) Westerman
Levin (MI) Spanberger nondisparagement contract clauses relating
Costa Hice (GA) Nehls Williams (TX)
Lieu Speier to disputes involving sexual assault and sex-
Courtney Higgins (LA) Newhouse Wilson (SC)
Lofgren Stansbury
Hill Norman Wittman ual harassment.
Craig Lowenthal Stanton
Crow Luria Stevens
Hinson Obernolte Womack S. 5059. An act to improve the pilot pro-
Cuellar Lynch Strickland gram on acceptance by the Department of
NOT VOTING—4
Davids (KS) Malinowski Suozzi Veterans Affairs of donated facilities and re-
Davis, Danny K. Maloney, Swalwell Carson Rogers (AL) lated improvements to account for issues re-
Dean Carolyn B. Takano Kinzinger Zeldin
lating to inflation, and for other purposes.
DeFazio Maloney, Sean Thompson (CA)
The message also announced that
DeGette Manning Thompson (MS) b 1110
DeLauro Matsui Titus pursuant to Public Law 117–81, the
DelBene McBath Tlaib So the resolution was agreed to. Chair, on behalf of the Republican
Demings McCollum Tonko The result of the vote was announced
DeSaulnier McEachin Torres (CA) Leader, appoints the following individ-
Deutch McGovern Torres (NY) as above recorded. uals to serve as members of the Cyprus,
Dingell McNerney Trahan A motion to reconsider was laid on Greece, Israel, and the United States
Doggett Meeks Trone the table.
Doyle, Michael Meng Underwood
3+1 Interparliamentary Group:
F. Mfume Vargas MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE The Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer).
Escobar Moore (WI) Veasey RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS The Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Cap-
Eshoo Morelle Velázquez Bacon (Hartzler) Crawford Kind (Beyer) ito).
Espaillat Moulton Wasserman Beatty (Cicilline) (Fleischmann) Kirkpatrick The Senator from South Dakota (Mr.
Evans Mrvan Schultz Bergman Cuellar (Correa) (Pallone) Rounds).
Fletcher Murphy (FL) Waters (Moolenaar) Demings (Dean) Lawson (FL)
Foster Nadler Watson Coleman Bilirakis Diaz-Balart (Stevens) f
Frankel, Lois Napolitano Welch (Fleischmann) (Reschenthaler) Leger Fernandez
Gallego Neal Wexton Boyle, Brendan Donalds (Cicilline) REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER
Garamendi Neguse Wild F. (Beyer) (Cammack) Lynch (Trahan) AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 8814
Garcı́a (IL) Newman Williams (GA) Brooks Doyle, Michael Mace (Smucker)
Garcia (TX) Norcross Wilson (FL) (Fleischmann) F. (Pallone) Mast (Waltz) Mr. HICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I
Golden O’Halleran Yarmuth Brown (MD) Dunn (Cammack) McEachin hereby remove my name as cosponsor
(Trone) Gimenez (Beyer) from H.R. 8814.
NAYS—209 Brownley (Malliotakis) Meng (Escobar)
Aderholt Bilirakis Carl (Pingree) Gonzalez, Mfume (Beyer) The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.
Allen Bishop (NC) Carter (GA) Buchanan Vicente Murphy (FL) COURTNEY). The gentleman’s request is
sradovich on DSKJLST7X2PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE
Amodei Boebert Carter (TX) (Bucshon) (Correa) (Peters) accepted.
Armstrong Bost Cawthorn Budd (McHenry) Gosar (Weber Newman (Beyer)
Arrington Brady Chabot Bustos (Pingree) (TX)) Ocasio-Cortez f
Babin Brooks Cheney Carter (TX) Herrera Beutler (Neguse)
Bacon Buchanan Cline (Weber (TX)) (Meijer) Payne (Pallone) AFFORDABLE INSULIN NOW ACT
Baird Buck Cloud Cawthorn Houlahan Pfluger (Ellzey)
Balderson Bucshon Clyde (Gohmert) (Wexton) Porter (Neguse)
Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, pursu-
Banks Budd Cole Cherfilus- Jacobs (NY) Pressley ant to House Resolution 1404, I call up
Barr Burchett Comer McCormick (Sempolinski) (Trahan) the bill (H.R. 6833) to amend title
Bentz Burgess Conway (Neguse) Jayapal Rice (NY) XXVII of the Public Health Service
Bergman Calvert Crawford Chu (Beyer) (Cicilline) (Morelle)
Bice (OK) Cammack Crenshaw Conway Johnson (TX) Rice (SC) Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
Biggs Carey Curtis (LaMalfa) (Stevens) (Meijer) and the Employee Retirement Income
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