H3920 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 27, 2021 I stand here today to urge all of my an American issue, so that young green State, and the recently-dedicated colleagues on both sides of the aisle to Americans can start families, start Morrison Energy Center in Richland support Israel, the world’s only Jewish new jobs, and start to build a business, will serve as tribute to his innovative state. I thank Chairwoman DELAURO, if that is what they desire to do. It is spirit and enduring legacy. Chairwoman LEE, and the entire House one that benefits every living genera- A man of humility, compassion, and Appropriations Committee for their tion from the students of yesterday to conviction, it is my honor to call Sid a work on this vital funding bill, and I the students of tomorrow. mentor and a friend. I ask the House to ask the House to bring this bill up for f join me in congratulating our former a vote as soon as possible. Madam colleague on a most-distinguished ca- REQUEST TO CONSIDER H.R. 18, NO Speaker, I, again, urge all of my col- reer and deserved retirement. TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR ABOR- leagues to support it. f TION ACT f (Mr. JACKSON asked and was given PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION FISCAL INCOMPETENCE permission to address the House for 1 OF H.R. 4502, LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDU- (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was minute and to revise and extend his re- CATION, AGRICULTURE, RURAL given permission to address the House marks.) DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY AND for 1 minute.) Mr. JACKSON. Madam Speaker, I WATER DEVELOPMENT, FINAN- Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, it rise today to ask that this body con- CIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL is hard to believe there is anything else sider H.R. 18, a bill that would make GOVERNMENT, INTERIOR, ENVI- going on here with 3,000 people a day the Hyde amendment permanent. The RONMENT, MILITARY CONSTRUC- streaming across our southern border, Hyde amendment ensures Federal tax TION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, but we are taking time to put together dollars are not spent on murdering in- TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING our budget for the next fiscal year. And nocent babies. It has enjoyed bipar- AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AP- in light of the fact that we recently tisan support for over 40 years now. PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022; AND cleared $28 trillion in debt, it is impor- But now the Hyde amendment is FOR OTHER PURPOSES tant to look at how frugal we are going under attack because my colleagues on into next year. the other side of the aisle have shifted Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, by If you look, Labor HHS, which is a so far to the left that they apparently the direction of the Committee on significant part of the budget, is going don’t feel human life is worth fighting Rules, I call up House Resolution 555 up 36 percent; Interior and the Envi- for. and ask for its immediate consider- Here in Congress, we have a duty to ronment going up 19 percent; Transpor- ation. our constituents to consider legislation tation and HUD up 13 percent; indi- The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- on the most pressing issues of our vidual smaller lines even more. The lows: time. But so far we have been blocked White House is taking this opportunity H. RES. 555 from voting or even debating on this to increase its spending by 39 percent; Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- critical legislation. the Vice President by 22 percent; the lution it shall be in order to consider in the I will never give up in fighting for House the bill (H.R. 4502) making appropria- EPA is going up 23 percent. This is just the most vulnerable among us, and I tions for the Departments of Labor, Health plain fiscally out of control. will also speak up for those who can’t and Human Services, and Education, and re- Meanwhile, the only area of the speak for themselves. lated agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- budget that probably should go up, Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous tember 30, 2022, and for other purposes. All Homeland Security, which guards our points of order against consideration of the consent that the Committees on En- bill are waived. An amendment in the nature border, is not going up at all. In any ergy and Commerce, Ways and Means, event, I hope the press has some time of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules and the Judiciary be discharged from Committee Print 117-12, modified by the to put some of those numbers out there further consideration of H.R. 18, and amendment printed in part A of the report of so the public can see that the fiscal in- ask for its immediate consideration in the Committee on Rules accompanying this competence of this House continues on. the House. resolution, shall be considered as adopted. f The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the The bill, as amended, shall be considered as Chair has previously advised, that re- read. All points of order against provisions STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS in the bill, as amended, are waived. The pre- quest cannot be entertained absent ap- vious question shall be considered as ordered (Mr. SWALWELL asked and was propriate clearance. given permission to address the House on the bill, as amended, and on any further for 1 minute and to revise and extend f amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of his remarks.) RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT debate equally divided and controlled by the Mr. SWALWELL. Madam Speaker, OF SID MORRISON chair and ranking minority member of the millions of Americans are in the quick- (Mr. NEWHOUSE asked and was Committee on Appropriations or their re- sand of student loan debt, and we ought given permission to address the House spective designees; (2) the further amend- to do something about it. for 1 minute.) ments described in section 2 of this resolu- Student loan debt is the second high- Mr. NEWHOUSE. Madam Speaker, I tion; (3) the amendments en bloc described in est form of consumer debt impacting section 3 of this resolution; and (4) one mo- rise today to recognize the Honorable tion to recommit. one-fifth of U.S. households, to the Sid Morrison on a lifetime of selfless SEC. 2. After debate pursuant to the first tune of $1.6 trillion. At this rate, it public service. Sid recently retired as section of this resolution, each further would take a college graduate with a the chair of Energy Northwest Execu- amendment printed in part B of the report of bachelor’s degree nearly 20 years to tive Board, having dedicated 20 years the Committee on Rules not earlier consid- pay off their loans. That is why I have to supporting northwest public power. ered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant introduced bills to attack this crisis And that was only the latest chapter in to section 3 of this resolution shall be con- and put more money in the pockets of sidered only in the order printed in the re- a storied career spanning seven dec- port, may be offered only by a Member des- young Americans. ades. ignated in the report, shall be considered as With bills like my No Student Loan Embodying the spirit and commit- read, shall be debatable for the time speci- Interest Act, all interest on new and ment of the Greatest Generation, Sid fied in the report equally divided and con- existing Federal loans would be elimi- served in the U.S. Army, spent 14 years trolled by the proponent and an opponent, nated. Zero percent interest going for- in the Washington legislature, and was may be withdrawn by the proponent at any ward. And for graduates who devote elected to six terms in the U.S. House time before the question is put thereon, shall their careers to public service, we en- of Representatives representing Cen- not be subject to amendment, and shall not sure they receive loan forgiveness in tral Washington, before being ap- be subject to a demand for division of the question. proportion to their years of public pointed as Washington’s Secretary of SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time service. Transportation. after debate pursuant to the first section of Making college affordable is not a A lifelong Washingtonian, Sid has this resolution for the chair of the Com- Republican or Democratic issue, it is long been a role model in the Ever- mittee on Appropriations or her designee to

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It is about free- and controlled by the chair and ranking mi- equally divided and controlled by the dom. And it is about respecting wom- nority member of the Committee on Appro- chair and ranking minority member of en’s personal autonomy. priations or their respective designees, shall the Committee on Appropriations or Madam Speaker, I want to thank Ap- not be subject to amendment, and shall not their designees. The rule self-executes propriations Committee Chairwoman be subject to a demand for division of the a manager’s amendment from Chair- ROSA DELAURO for leading the way on question. woman DELAURO, makes in order 229 this, and I want to recognize the many SEC. 4. All points of order against the fur- amendments, provides en bloc author- Congresswomen, in particular, who ther amendments printed in part B of the re- have waged a sometimes lonely battle port of the Committee on Rules or amend- ity for the chairwoman or her designee, ments en bloc described in section 3 of this and provides one motion to recommit. year after year after year to make this resolution are waived. The rule provides the majority lead- day a reality. SEC. 5. House Resolution 188, agreed to er, or his designee, the ability through Second, Madam Speaker, I want to March 8, 2021 (as most recently amended by July 30 to en bloc requested roll call recognize language that is included House Resolution 508, agreed to June 30, votes on suspension bills considered on here, which will help combat hunger 2021), is amended by striking ″July 30, 2021″ across America. This measure expands each place it appears and inserting (in each July 26 or 27. The rule also provides that requested access to healthy foods like fruits and instance) ″September 22, 2021″. vegetables to more than 6 million peo- SEC. 6. (a) At any time through the legisla- roll call votes on suspension bills con- tive day of Friday, July 30, 2021, the Speaker sidered on July 26 or 27 may be post- ple through the WIC program. It en- may entertain motions offered by the Major- poned through September 22, 2021. sures that more than 40 million people ity Leader or a designee that the House sus- Finally, the rule amends H. Res. 188 in SNAP-eligible families get benefits pend the rules as though under clause 1 of to provide recess instructions, suspen- that they desperately need. And it also rule XV with respect to multiple measures sion authority, and same day authority makes key investments in child nutri- described in subsection (b), and the Chair through September 22, 2021. tion programs, like school meals. This shall put the question on any such motion is incredibly important since we all without debate or intervening motion. Madam Speaker, if you care about (b) A measure referred to in subsection (a) protecting our seniors and taking care saw the COVID crisis lay bare the truth includes any measure that was the object of of our veterans and military families; about hunger in America. a motion to suspend the rules on the legisla- if you care about fighting climate The lines outside our food banks in- tive day of July 26, 2021, or July 27, 2021, in change and combating gun violence; if cluded some of the most affluent cars the form as so offered, on which the yeas and you care about closing health dispari- from the wealthiest neighborhoods, be- nays were ordered and further proceedings ties and creating good paying jobs; and cause no one is immune from food inse- postponed pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX. curity. (c) Upon the offering of a motion pursuant if you care about our economy not only to subsection (a) concerning multiple meas- rebounding from the COVID pandemic, b 1230 ures, the ordering of the yeas and nays on but being strengthened for years to It is an epidemic in every State and postponed motions to suspend the rules with come, then the underlying measure is a every congressional district in this respect to such measures is vacated to the lifeline. Because these seven appropria- country. Even before the COVID pan- end that all such motions are considered as tions measures provide landmark fund- demic hit, there were more than 35 mil- withdrawn. ing to deal with our Nation’s most SEC. 7. Notwithstanding clause 8 of rule lion people who were going hungry in XX, further proceedings on a vote by the pressing issues. this country, including 10 million chil- yeas and nays on the question of adoption of It turns the page on an era where the dren. a motion that the House suspend the rules prior administration demanded dis- The United States is the richest offered on the legislative day of July 26, 2021, investment in seemingly everything country on the face of the Earth. That or July 27, 2021, may continue to be post- that helped all but the wealthiest of anybody—anybody—goes without food poned through the legislative day of Sep- the wealthy. And now we are working is unconscionable, Madam Speaker. tember 22, 2021. with the Biden administration to stand I have often said that we have every- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- up for our workers and to rebuild the thing we need to end hunger in Amer- tleman from Massachusetts is recog- middle class. ica. We have the food, the know-how, nized for 1 hour. It is no secret that the appropria- and, yes, the money. The only thing we Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, for tions process can seem a little arcane. lack is the political will. Hunger is a the purpose of debate only, I yield the But this measure is truly historic, political condition. customary 30 minutes to the gen- Madam Speaker. I think that is finally beginning to tleman from Oklahoma (Mr. COLE), I want to make two points here in change, Madam Speaker. pending which I yield myself such time particular. First is what is not in here. For the last several months, the as I may consume. During consider- Finally, after more than 40 years, the Rules Committee has acted as a kind of ation of this resolution, all time yield- Hyde amendment is nowhere to be select committee on hunger, holding ed is for the purpose of debate only. found. And let me say, it is about damn hearings, roundtables, and site visits, GENERAL LEAVE time. Because however we feel about all to develop a road map to eradicate Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I abortion, we should not deny health hunger in this country by 2030, as the ask unanimous consent that all Mem- coverage just because someone is work- United Nations has called for. bers be given 5 legislative days to re- ing to make ends meet. I am more convinced than ever that, vise and extend their remarks. More than half of the women affected with a holistic approach and the full The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there by the Hyde amendment are women of weight of the Federal Government, a objection to the request of the gen- color. Nearly one-third are Black, 27 hunger-free America is within our tleman from Massachusetts? percent are Latina, and one-fifth are grasp. There was no objection. Asian American and Pacific Islanders, This rule makes in order my bipar- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, as well as indigenous women also cov- tisan amendment to provide $2.5 mil- yesterday, the Rules Committee met ered by Medicaid. lion for a White House conference on and reported a rule, House Resolution That is what inequality looks like, food, nutrition, hunger, and health. 555. The rule provides for consideration Madam Speaker, and I am proud that The conference will bring together the of H.R. 4502, the Labor, Health and we are confronting it. The decision heads of food banks, hospitals, govern- Human Services, Education, Agri- about whether to get an abortion is a ment agencies, educators, farmers, the culture, Rural Development, Energy deeply personal one. We don’t know the faith-based community, people with and Water Development, Financial circumstances. But I do know this: we lived experiences, our business commu- Services and General Government, In- should not defer to the politicians and nity, anybody who has anything to do

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What is worse, these seven bills ac- ment to today’s package to restore the The first and only time such a con- count for a 21 percent increase over fis- Hyde and Weldon amendments. I did ference was held was the same year we cal year 2021. Across the seven titles, not do so alone. I was joined by every put a man on the Moon, over 52 years the majority is asking to spend more single Republican Member in this ago. It developed and strengthened than $100 billion more in fiscal year body—every single one. All 213 mem- many programs we still rely on, like 2022 than we did just last year. This bers of the Republican Conference SNAP, WIC, and the National School comes on top of massive spending ear- signed on to this important amend- Lunch Program. lier this year with the majority’s $1.9 ment. Yet, when the Rules Committee A hunger conference for the 21st cen- trillion COVID spending package, and met yesterday, I was shocked that my tury can finish what was started so at a time when Democrats in the House amendment was not made in order. many decades ago by Senators George and the Senate are looking to spend Madam Speaker, I find it stunning McGovern, Senator Bob Dole, and oth- another $3.5 trillion as part of a new that the majority would not back pro- ers. partisan reconciliation bill. This is visions that are this important to the Senator Dole wrote to Ranking Mem- truly tax-and-spend politics like we American people. But it serves to show how deeply partisan the package before ber COLE and me recently, saying: ‘‘I have never seen before. remain proud of the work Senator But the problems with this bill aren’t us today actually is. The majority sim- McGovern and I did then, and I endorse just with the amount of money that ply prefers to ram through their own your effort to secure a second White they spend. In drafting this package, partisan policy rather than provisions House conference to identify the next the majority has also chosen to strip that have had bipartisan support for frontier of programs to finally end hun- out longstanding bipartisan policy pro- decades. I find that deeply disappointing, ger in America.’’ visions and, instead, has filled this Madam Speaker. But I know that to- I believe we can do big things, and I package with partisan, far-left policy day’s bill will not be the last word. hope that we can do them in a bipar- that simply cannot pass both Chambers Whether the majority likes it or not, tisan way. and become law. at the end of the day, we will have to Madam Speaker, we can combat hun- There is no better illustration of this reach a bipartisan and bicameral deal ger; we can confront climate change; than the majority’s shocking decision on spending for fiscal year 2022. The al- we can stand up for women’s reproduc- to remove the Hyde and Weldon amend- ternative is too bleak to contemplate. tive rights; and we can take care of the ments. But if the majority fails to com- most vulnerable among us. This bill is For 45 years, through both Demo- promise and fails to work with Repub- proof of that. cratic and Republican administrations licans, both here and across the Cap- I urge all of my colleagues to join and Democratic and Republican ma- itol, then they will have only them- with us in supporting this rule and the jorities in the House, the Hyde amend- selves to blame. They will bear the re- underlying measure so that we can ment has been the law. It is a commit- sponsibility for the consequences, a build a more just and equitable future ment that no Federal tax dollars can continuing resolution or, even worse, a for every single American. be used to fund abortions, except in government shutdown. Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- certain rare instances, and a commit- Madam Speaker, I urge opposition to ance of my time. ment to protect the conscience rights the rule and the underlying legislation, Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield of the great majority of American tax- and I reserve the balance of my time. myself such time as I may consume. payers who are opposed to publicly Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massa- funding abortions. before I yield to the gentleman from chusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN), the distin- Since 2006, the Weldon amendment New York (Mr. MORELLE), I want to guished chairman of the Rules Com- has protected the conscience rights of point out, for the record, the last time mittee, and my good friend, for yield- healthcare providers to not participate we had a government shutdown was ing me the customary 30 minutes. in abortions if they have a moral objec- when we had a Republican Congress Madam Speaker, today’s rule covers tion to the procedure. and a Republican President, so I am H.R. 4502, a seven-bill appropriations The very same Democratic majority not so much worried about that. package for fiscal year 2022, including that controls the House today had no Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the Labor, Health and Human Services, apparent issue with the Hyde and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Education, and Related Agencies Sub- Weldon amendments just 1 year ago MORELLE), a distinguished member of committee, where I am the ranking since they were carried on their Labor- the Rules Committee. member. HHS-Education appropriations bill Mr. MORELLE. Madam Speaker, I Though I have great affection for my without any issue. Yet, this year, the thank my dear friend, the chair of the good friend, Chairwoman ROSA majority has inexplicably chosen not Rules Committee, who not only leads DELAURO, and respect all of my col- to include these bipartisan provisions, us every day in the committee but, I leagues across the aisle, I think this despite receiving support from every think, deserves high praise for his in- package is deeply misguided, and I will Democrat on the Appropriations Com- spired leadership on the question of be opposing it today. mittee only last year. hunger. From the beginning, this package Removing language that has been in- I have been privileged to be in a num- was structured on a flawed premise. cluded in appropriations bills for dec- ber of hearings that he has held, and I The majority chose to use the 302(b) al- ades is not only an overreach by the far know we are making a difference in the location numbers, the levels that tell left, but it also threatens to destabilize appropriations bills before us, so I each subcommittee how much money and upend the entire appropriations thank him for his continued leadership they can spend, that were totally off process. Appropriations bills simply in that regard. the mark. cannot pass both Chambers and be Madam Speaker, I rise today in sup- The majority chose to mark their signed into law without this language. port of the rule. bills to spending levels that called for a Eliminating the Hyde and Weldon It is said that budgets are a state- 17 percent increase in nondefense amendments, given all of their impor- ment of values. With this year’s appro- spending, and an inadequate 1 percent tance to the American people, also priations package, we are making our increase in defense spending, less even eliminates the opportunity for biparti- priorities crystal clear: uplifting work- than the amount the President re- sanship. Without a bipartisan deal ap- ing families and building a strong eco- quested in his own budget. proved by both Chambers, we cannot nomic future for all Americans.

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Federal funds from advancing the hate- where we are judged not by the color of As we work to rebound from the dev- ful critical race theory concepts. our skin but by the content of our astation of the COVID–19 crisis, we I grew up in the Deep South during character. must seize the opportunity before us the days of KKK, Jim Crow, and seg- I choose to believe in a country that and make transformational invest- regation. I have felt the pain of racism empowers all individuals to dream big ments to support our Nation’s recov- and have seen and experienced first- and to live fulfilling lives. ery, both now and in the future. I am hand when people act unjustly toward Madam Speaker, if you share my be- pleased to say that my colleagues and others due to the color of their skin. lief in our great Nation, then you, too, I have worked hard to craft an appro- And, yes, it still happens today when will vote to defeat the previous ques- priations package that will do just individuals choose hate. tion so we can take up and pass, on be- that. Once an unknown academic theory, half of the American people, the Say I am particularly proud to have the increasingly pervasive CRT says No to Indoctrination Act. I urge my helped deliver essential funding to up- that racism permanently stains the colleagues to do the same. lift families in my community of Roch- fabric of American society. The critical Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, it should ester, New York, by expanding commu- race theorists believe that we are de- be easy to agree that schools, espe- nity health services, workforce devel- fined solely by our skin color. They be- cially primary schools, should focus opment initiatives, youth programs, lieve that America’s institutions pre- solely on facts-based education, with- and more. serve white supremacy. Some even be- out political overtones. We are investing in infrastructure, in lieve that our Nation is hopelessly rac- Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to better-paying jobs with benefits and ist. the gentlewoman from South Carolina apprenticeship training, and in afford- To try to make this divisive theory (Ms. MACE), who will speak more about able housing and daycare resources for understandable, teachers often sepa- the importance of defeating the pre- working families. rate students into separate groups vious question because of the potential Madam Speaker, COVID–19 has based on intrinsic characteristics like indoctrination of school children posed shined a stark light on the inequities race, color, and national origin. In by schools teaching critical race the- that have existed within our commu- doing so, students are taught to judge ory. nities for decades. We have a responsi- others based on their appearance. In Ms. MACE. Madam Speaker, I rise in bility to take action and ensure that the 1960s, this was called pure racism. opposition today to moving the pre- we don’t just rebuild what was, that we In the span of a few weeks, Demo- vious question so that we can imme- truly embrace President Biden’s creed crats have gone from claiming that diately consider H.R. 4698, a critical and build back better. CRT was only a myth to boldly em- bill to ensure none of the funds made That is why, with this appropriations bracing it. They have gone from dis- available in any legislation providing package, we are also going to support missing parental objections to endors- appropriations may be used to teach or equity for underserved communities ing indoctrination in schools across the advance concepts that separate indi- with targeted economic investments, country. The American people are viduals based on race, color, or na- confront the climate crisis head-on, right in their distrust. tional origin; that would assign charac- and invest in our Nation’s greatest as- Make no mistake, I want our stu- teristics or assumptions to individuals sets, its people, by empowering them dents to learn about the hundreds of based on race, color, or national origin; with the tools they need to uplift their moments that shaped us into the coun- or that would state or imply that the families and be successful. try we are today. Students should United States is an inherently racist Coming out of this pandemic has not learn about slavery and its legacy. Stu- country. been easy, but we have made tremen- dents should learn about the Declara- Critical race theory assumes that the dous strides. Let’s keep our foot on the tion of Independence, the United States tenets of freedom and equality, upon gas, pass this rule, and move forward Constitution, the Emancipation Proc- which our country was founded, are with this historic investment. lamation, Juneteenth, Jim Crow, the simply a mirage to mask systematic I urge my colleagues to vote in sup- Tulsa race massacre, and the Civil racism, and that our government port of the rule and in support of the Rights Acts. should not provide any tax money to underlying appropriations bill. They should also be taught and be fund its teaching. Critical race theory Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield proud of a Nation that, for over 200 is Marxist ideology that should not be myself such time as I may consume. years, has progressed, a country that taught anywhere or be used by any- Madam Speaker, if we defeat the pre- has shown its commitment to its mis- one’s tax dollars to be spent on our vet- vious question, I will offer an amend- sion statement that all men and erans or our children in public schools ment to the rule to bring up H.R. 4698 women are created equal. today. for immediate consideration. This bill We have not always lived up to our Critical race theory assumes that to addresses the growing problem in ideals but have come closer with each be born White is to be born guilty and American schools of educators pushing passing generation in doing so. to be born racist. And to be born Black their own ideology onto students by Racism exists. I grew up with it and is to be born oppressed or to be born a forcing them to use the pedagogy of have zero tolerance for bigotry and victim. These concepts have begun to critical race theory. hate. More can be done to create a trickle into our public schools, even Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous world that teaches greater tolerance though the vast majority of Americans consent to insert the text of my and respects the dignity of every indi- disavow it and reject it. amendment in the RECORD, along with vidual, regardless of race, color, or Nothing could be more un-American extraneous material, immediately creed. CRT is not the solution. than seeking to divide our young chil- prior to the vote on the previous ques- dren based on factors outside of their tion. b 1245 control. You can watch many school The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there It is absolutely wrong and un-Amer- board meetings across the Nation right objection to the request of the gen- ican to indoctrinate our children into now where parents, Black and White, tleman from Oklahoma? believing that because of their skin are rejecting critical race theory. There was no objection. color, they are forever part of the op- The future leaders of our country Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 pressed or oppressor class. Hate has no must be encouraged to chart their own minutes to the gentleman from Utah place in our schools, and CRT has no path without seeing everything (Mr. OWENS), the author of this amend- place in our classes. through a lens of race. Rather than ment to further explain the amend- We live in a world of imperfect people teaching our Black and Brown and Af- ment. and in a country that from its incep- rican-American children that they are

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Fox host Tucker Carlson called it ‘‘a cational opportunities, and critical in- night in Beaufort County, South Caro- cult,’’ while host Will Cain said it is ‘‘mod- vestments to ensure our children can lina; we can teach them about Robert ern-day Jim Crow.’’ Fox contributor Miranda return to school safely and receive Smalls, who commandeered a Civil War Devine claimed that teaching the theory high-quality education to overcome ship during the Civil War and freed would ‘‘warp the minds of American chil- the pandemic setbacks. himself and everyone on that ship and dren’’ and ‘‘is a recipe for social upheaval The Labor, HHS, and Education bill and mental illness.’’ Fox’s Newt Gingrich their families; and we can teach them has historic investments to strengthen said it was being driven by ‘‘people who want our public health system and ensure about Joseph Rainey, who was the first to brainwash your child.’’ Black American elected to the U.S. By labeling everything that has to do with the infrastructure and resources need- House of Representatives, who was race ‘‘critical race theory,’’ Fox is attempt- ed to address future public health chal- elected from the State of South Caro- ing to shut down conversations about race lenges. This includes increased investments lina, as a Republican, in fact, from and racism—which is ironic given the net- in REACH, the Childhood Lead Poi- South Carolina’s First Congressional work’s claims that it champions free speech. And even though many conservatives who soning Prevention Program, the Cli- District. lambast it don’t have a clue what the theory mate and Health Program, and the Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I actually is, their efforts are working as 21 Chronic Disease Education and Aware- include in the RECORD a July 14 Media states are either introducing bans or have ness Program. Matters article entitled, ‘‘FOX News’ banned what they call ‘‘critical race the- As co-chair of the Maternity Care Obsession with Critical Race Theory, ory.’’ Many educators in those states have Caucus, I am grateful for the strong in- by the Numbers.’’ argued that the bills and laws would essen- tially ‘‘whitewash history’’ and have criti- vestments in mothers and babies, like [From Media Matters, July 14, 2021] cized legislators for making it difficult to the large increases in the MCH block FOX NEWS’ OBSESSION WITH CRITICAL RACE have necessary conversations about race. grant, the Healthy Start Program, and THEORY, BY THE NUMBERS METHODOLOGY Safe Motherhood programs. I am also (By Lis Power) Media Matters searched transcripts in the pleased the bill expands the capacity of Update (7/14/21): Following the publication Kinetiq video database for all original pro- the Maternal Mental Health Hotline, of this study, Media Matters continued to gramming on Fox News Channel for the key the SAMHSA Pregnant and track mentions of ‘‘critical race theory’’ on phrase ‘‘critical race theory’’ from June 2020 Postpartum Women Program and mid- Fox News. In June, there were 901 mentions through June 13, 2021. We counted each in- wifery education funding within the on the network, the highest number of any stance of the phrase as a single mention. Scholarships for Disadvantaged Stu- month and an increase from 537 mentions in Methodology update (7/14/21): Data now in- dents. 1 May. In the past 3 ⁄2 months there have been cludes midnight episodes of Fox News @ Madam Speaker, President Biden over 1,900 mentions of critical race theory on Night (which recently shifted its time slot) said: ‘‘Don’t tell me what you value. the network. and all new programming from June 14 Show me your budget, and I will tell ORIGINAL STUDY through July 11, 2021. Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, you what you value.’’ Critical race theory, to those who can ac- I thank all the subcommittee chairs tually define it, is an academic and legal apparently my Republican friends and their allies in the media need a new for outlining our values so distinctly in framework that examines the impact of sys- their appropriation bills, and I urge temic racism on American society. For con- scare tactic because they don’t want to passage of the rule and this minibus. servatives however, it’s the latest talk about things like the economy or Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 boogeyman they can use to scare people into how we put people back to work or how minutes to the gentleman from North thinking America’s children are being ‘‘in- we crushed the virus. But we are not Carolina (Mr. BISHOP), a passionate ad- doctrinated’’ by ‘‘woke’’ leftist teachers. And going to debate on whether racism ex- while that is not even remotely the case, vocate on this issue, who will speak ists in America because it does. this idea is exploding on Fox News and in Re- more about the previous question. publican-run state legislatures, leading to We are not going to debate whether Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina. legislative bans in many states and sky- we should teach our kids racism is Madam Speaker, we should defeat the rocketing mentions of critical race theory wrong. We should. previous question in order to imme- on the network. We are not going to debate whether diately consider H.R. 4698, Representa- As Media Matters has previously noted, individual States and schools can de- tive BURGESS OWENS’ bill, called the Fox News’ current obsession with ‘‘critical cide what their kids learn. They can. Say No to Indoctrination Act. race theory’’ has been a year in making. And we sure as hell are not going to The Nation has awakened to the in- What once was a slow trickle of monthly be lectured about racism by the party mentions has developed into a full blown as- sidious ideology, or better said, the- that is trying to dismantle the Voting ology of critical race theory and its al- sault. Since February, month over month Rights Act that Martin Luther King mentions of the theory have more than dou- lied neo-Marxian concepts, all spawned bled on Fox News as the network has begun and John Lewis paid for with their in the fringes of academia. to spin an illusion of what it is and where blood. After a few hardy individuals began it’s being taught (in reality, critical race Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to focusing on this phenomenon, Ameri- theory is not generally taught in K–12). Cov- the gentlewoman from California (Ms. cans have discovered with growing erage of the theory sharply increased in ROYBAL-ALLARD), the distinguished alarm that it seems to be everywhere: March, with 107 mentions on the network ac- chairwoman of the Committee on Ap- in the media, in the workplace, in our cording to data from Kinetiq media moni- propriations’ Subcommittee on Home- armed services, in healthcare, in toring service. The following month, net- land Security. churches, and, yes, in the classrooms work figures and guests mentioned it 226 Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Madam times, and by May, the number had in- where our school children are taught. creased to 537 mentions. Not even halfway Speaker, I support this rule and com- With this daunting realization, em- through June, there’s already been 408 men- mend the chairs who worked diligently ployees, soldiers, and moms and dads tions on the network. to produce funding bills that reflect from all walks of life have been speak- Just last week, Fox mentioned ‘‘critical our goal to ‘‘Build Back Better’’ for the ing out. race theory’’ a record 244 times—an increase American people. Now, the proponents of CRT are from the previous record high of 170 men- As vice chair of the Subcommittee on scrambling. Their first answer has been tions the week before. Labor, Health and Human Services, to play word games, to ridicule the no- Fox has admitted its reason for this Education, and Related Agencies, I am tion that the ideology is present. But souped-up coverage: the 2022 midterm elec- delighted that this bill lives up to its whether couched as CRT, critical social tions. And in order to drum up outrage, the network has repeatedly amplified a lie that reputation as the ‘‘People’s Bill,’’ justice, conflict theory, race essen- critical race theory teaches that one race is thanks to the work and commitment of tialism, intersectionality, White fra- ‘‘inherently superior to another.’’ More re- its chair, ROSA DELAURO. gility, or many other names, Ameri- cently, in its continued efforts to demonize The bill has strong outlays in job cans have seen it and they have caught it, Fox News has promoted a pamphlet that training and apprenticeship programs, on.

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Ron Desantis, straw man to falsely ascribe to those ‘‘feel discomfort, guilt, [or] anguish’’ about have said that some lessons on race could who confront CRT a motive to deny or privilege or systemic racism. lead to the ‘‘indoctrination’’ of public school The concept critical race theory, an aca- students toward progressive political conceal racial and group injustice in demic discipline that analyzes how racism is leanings. our history. perpetuated in U.S. laws and policies, has be- Ovidia Molina, the president of the Texas But Americans are on to that as well. come a lightning rod for conservatives State Teachers Association, said that stu- They know that at the core of critical around the country amid the racial reck- dents have so much to gain from education race theory is the mission to indoctri- oning spurred by George Floyd’s death. about America’s racial history, including nate people, especially young people, At least 26 other states have introduced or those that would be erased by this new legis- implemented similar legislation on race edu- into the idea that our country is for- lation. cation by Republican lawmakers, echoing ‘‘We want to keep honesty in education,’’ ever locked into group conflict, espe- concerns about racial division. Molina said. ‘‘We want to make sure that we cially racial conflict, so that the coun- Opponents say that children should not be teach our students the truth, the whole try, and certainly all White people, are made to feel responsible for past injustices truth, the good, the bad, the failures, the irredeemably racists. It casts the based solely on the color of their skin or be successes.’’ American principles of individual lib- forced to accept the idea that the United Molina said teachers have spoken up at erty, meritocracy, and free enterprise States and its institutions are not only hearings and called their local legislators to as systems of oppression. structured racially but perpetuate that rac- denounce the new legislation—but said law- ism. This condemns the progress our Na- makers are not listening. Some teachers interviewed by ABC News ‘‘They don’t know what’s happening in our tion has made since first stating its have said critical race theory isn’t being public schools,’’ Molina said. ‘‘We still want founding principles. taught in grades K–12 and instead is reserved to celebrate women’s suffrage, we still want The SPEAKER pro tempore. The for academic institutions. Some Texas edu- to celebrate the Chicano movement, we still time of the gentleman has expired. cators told ABC they believe the fight want to celebrate people of color, so that our Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield against ‘‘critical race theory’’ is a veiled at- students see themselves in the history and so an additional 30 seconds to the gen- tempt to turn back the clock on racial equal- they see themselves in the future.’’ ity. The Texas Education Agency did not im- tleman from North Carolina. The new legislation, SB3, would remove Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina. mediately respond to requests for comment. several staples of U.S. history education Molina said that Texas districts have yet Madam Speaker, CRT has nothing to from state requirements, according to Ovidia to announce what punishment for teaching do with teaching accurate history. Molina, the president of the Texas State these subjects might look like for teachers. It is impossible to overstate the dan- Teachers Association. The state currently requires teaching ‘‘the CONCERNING SHIFT TOWARD ‘PATRIOTIC’ ger of indoctrinating Americans with EDUCATION the belief that their race, or other history of white supremacy,’’ ‘‘the institu- tion of slavery, the eugenics movement, and Some teachers told ABC they are worried group membership, is the primary de- the Ku Klux Klan, and the ways in which it about retaliation, termination, or other terminant of their path in life. is morally wrong; the Chicano movement; forms of punishment. But others are more My friends, Mr. OWENS’ bill ensures women’s suffrage and equal rights; the civil concerned about what this shift toward more that this poison is not funded with tax- rights movement’’ and more. ‘‘patriotic’’ education means for their stu- payer dollars. The U.S. Congress should However, SB3 would cut those require- dents. catch up with the moms and dads con- ments—a move that some teachers say sig- ‘‘One of the first things Hitler did was start to reform education and impact the fronting school boards across the coun- nals a growing effort to remove specific les- sons from classrooms. way that history is taught. One of the first try. ‘‘Specifically editing out that you can’t things Mussolini did was go through and in- I encourage my colleagues to vote teach that white supremacy is morally corporate patriotic education,’’ Lee said. ‘‘no’’ on the previous question and to wrong—that is deeply concerning,’’ said Jen- ‘‘Education has always been that first line of support Representative OWENS’ bill. nifer Lee, a teacher in Killeen, Texas. ‘‘I defense in preserving a certain way of think- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I think the angle here is just . . . preserving ing.’’ yield myself such time as I may con- the ideals behind white supremacy.’’ Former President Donald Trump, among sume. Though the new legislation doesn’t nec- several other conservatives, have become essarily ban these lessons from being taught, proponents of ‘‘patriotic’’ education in re- Madam Speaker, think about what removing them from the list of requirements sponse to critical race theory and The New we are dealing with as we gather here means they may come under scrutiny due to York Times’ 1619 project—which dissects the on the House floor. We have a pan- the vague, anticritical race theory language founding of the United States of America demic that we are trying to crush, we of this bill. and its legacy of slavery. Trump’s proposed have a crumbling infrastructure, and Gov. Greg Abbott already signed anti-crit- ‘‘1776 commission’’ aims to envision U.S. his- what do my friends want to talk about? ical race theory into law in June with tory in a positive light, instead of through a A FOX News talking point. HB3979—stating that teachers are banned condemnatory, racial lens. from linking systemic racism to the ‘‘au- Madam Speaker, I include in the A school bus is seen outside Condit Ele- thentic founding principles of the United mentary School in Bellaire, Texas, on Dec. RECORD a July 23 ABC News article en- States.’’ But teachers and advocates say it is 16, 2020. San Antonio teacher Christopher titled: ‘‘Martin Luther King, Jr., the so vague that it could infringe on their abil- Green said he believes that lessons on race, KKK, and More May Soon Be Cut from ity to have truthful dialogue about history inequality and oppression are vital to help- Texas Education Requirements.’’ and racism with their students. ing children navigate the world and under- SB3 was added to the state legislature’s [From ABC News, July 23, 2021] stand our society. special session after Abbott signed HB3979 ‘‘Rather than adding a more diverse per- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., THE KKK, AND into law, saying said ‘‘more must be done’’ spective to the teaching of history, it’s MORE MAY SOON BE CUT FROM TEXAS EDU- on critical race theory in schools. eliminating things that really need to be in CATION REQUIREMENT And SB3 has been called troubling by edu- there to understand the full picture of the (By Kiara Alfonseca) cation groups including the National Edu- American story,’’ Green said. Some lessons on the civil rights move- cation Association for its potential to censor The bill will now be headed to the state ment, white supremacy, the women’s suf- teachers and students in the classroom. House, but it will likely be stalled due to frage movement and Martin Luther King Jr. ‘PROVIDE GUARDRAILS’ AGAINST ‘ANIMOSITY’ protests from Texas Democratic representa- may soon be cut from Texas’ public edu- Defenders of the bill, including Republican tives. They have fled the state in protest of cation requirements, according to legislation state Sen. Bryan Hughes who sponsored the new voting restrictions, meaning there won’t being considered in the state—one of several bill, say that some lessons on racial inequal- be enough members to conduct business ac- bills targeting critical race theory around ity blame white students for systemic racism cording to House rules. the country. and creates tension between students of dif- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, The Texas Senate has passed Senate Bill 3 ferent backgrounds. many of my Republican colleagues in a continued effort to proscribe education ‘‘This bill is meant only to provide guard- think they can interfere with every- on racial inequality in K–12 education. It re- rails against imposing division and animos- thing from what our teachers teach in moves several Texas Education Code lesson ity on our students,’’ Hughes said before the requirements that were proposed by Demo- July 16 Senate vote. ‘‘Since [critical race school to what happens between women crats in prior education legislation to be im- theory] is so prevalent in higher education and their doctors. plemented in the upcoming school year. It and since we see it popping up in public This is from the party who pretends also stipulates that lessons cannot teach schools, that’s why it needs to be addressed.’’ to be the party of local government.

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House to help those that are unaccept- liberty and the party of local govern- b 1300 ably hungry in America. ment wants to be the party of super-big I rise today as a member of the House government and control everybody’s Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I Appropriations Committee to urge sup- life. rise today to demand of the majority port for the rule and the bill, which in- Give me a break. Let me close with that they restore the use of the resolu- cludes important investments to fight that. tion of inquiry. Resolutions of inquiry our Nation’s substance use and mental Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to are used by the House to obtain infor- health crisis, and significant funding the gentlewoman from North Carolina mation from the executive branch. If a for the National Institutes of Health. (Ms. ROSS), a distinguished member of resolution of inquiry is not marked up The COVID pandemic has only wors- the Rules Committee. in committee within 14 days, it be- ened our Nation’s addiction and mental Ms. ROSS. Madam Speaker, I rise in comes a privileged resolution on the health epidemics. The data is alarm- favor of the rule and to highlight two House floor. ing. Last year over 93,000 people died in amendments that I am offering to the Now, for a year the majority has America from an overdose. That is a 30 minibus. turned off the tolling days for resolu- percent increase in our country. This In my home State of North Carolina, tions of inquiry. They said this was be- year more people are reporting fre- we lead the East Coast in offshore wind cause of the pandemic. But there is no quent thoughts of suicide and self- energy generation potential, and our need for this. Committees are open, harm than ever before. manufacturing workforce stands ready committees are operating. The House Unlike COVID, there will be no vac- to support offshore wind projects up floor votes have returned to near nor- cine for addiction, no vaccine for men- and down the Atlantic coastline. mal operations. tal health. Unfortunately, former President This is a request for information. It It is going to take consistent, in- Trump issued a 10-year moratorium on is not an opinion. It is a request for in- creased funding to meet the needs of offshore wind leasing off our coast that formation that we, as Members of the our most vulnerable Americans. I am is set to take effect in 2022. This ill- House, should have available from the happy to say this bill does that. I am conceived moratorium puts our State’s administration. also happy to have secured over $6 mil- ability to develop this resource and But if you want an opinion, yester- lion in this bill for critical projects in capture its economic and environ- day I introduced a resolution of inquiry Maryland’s Sixth District that invest mental benefits at risk. directing the Departments of Home- in important social services for the I am proud to offer an amendment to land Security and Health and Human most vulnerable and job training in our this bill, which would prohibit the use Services to turn over information on community for those that need it the of funds to implement the offshore the care of unaccompanied alien chil- most. wind component of this moratorium dren in the custody of Customs and I want to thank Chair ROSA DELAURO while leaving the moratorium on off- Border Protection and the Office of for her work to lead this committee shore oil and gas leasing in place. Refugee Resettlement. This used to be and invest long term in this important This amendment, and a similar bill I something in which the majority was funding for our country. I urge a ‘‘yes’’ introduced with Congressman TONKO, interested. vote. are essential in order to meet our State There is a crisis along our southern Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 and national climate goals. border, and the Biden administration minutes to the gentleman from New My second amendment highlights the and the majority should see the impor- Jersey (Mr. SMITH), my very good obstacles faced by pregnant and par- tance of having transparency for the friend and the most distinguished de- enting students. Today, nearly 22 per- protection of these children that are, fender of life in the Congress. cent of undergraduate students are par- by law, under our care. Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam ents. Pregnant and parenting students I urge the majority to restore minor- Speaker, sadly the rule under consider- face significant barriers in education, ity rights, and turn back on the tolling ation precludes a vote on the Cole from difficulty accessing college, to in- days for resolutions of inquiry. amendment to preserve the Hyde sufficient childcare, to lack of holistic Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I amendment and Weldon conscience supports. yield myself such time as I may con- protection law as well as other pro-life As a result, pregnant and parenting sume. amendments, including one that I first students experience disproportionately Let me just say that I think that it successfully offered back in 1983 pro- low graduation rates as well as a me- will be a lot easier for us to be able to hibiting abortion funding in the Fed- dian debt that is nearly 21⁄2 times high- accommodate the gentleman if he eral Employees Health Benefits pro- er than that of students without chil- could control members of his own gram. All of our amendments were dren. Pregnant and parenting high party from trying to disrupt and derail ruled out of order. That is tragic; we school students too frequently find everything that we try to do here. are not even going to get to vote on themselves pushed out of school en- Suspension votes, which are really these lifesaving measures. tirely. pretty noncontroversial, that usually Madam Speaker, the Hyde amend- My amendment instructs the Insti- pass overwhelmingly, we have had to ment has saved more than 2.4 million tute of Education Sciences to conduct impose a new rule to be able to con- lives, about 60,000 per year since first a study on the obstacles pregnant and sider them in order to be able to over- enacted. If retained in law, more inno- parenting students face in the pursuit come their objection to every single cent lives will be protected. of education and provides recommenda- one of them. And now they are even ob- It is time, I believe, for more of us to tions for improving educational out- jecting to that; bipartisan bills, Repub- face the harsh reality of what abortion comes, including graduation rates for lican bills. actually does to children. No one in the these students. Unfortunately, there is a concerted media ever bothers to expose the vio- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The effort on behalf of some in the minor- lent methods of abortion that include time of the gentlewoman has expired. ity to try to stop all of the people’s dismemberment of a child’s fragile Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I business, and we are going to move for- body, including decapitation; that yield an additional 30 seconds to the ward and get the people’s business drugs like RU–486 starve the baby to gentlewoman from North Carolina. done. That is what we are doing here death; or that unborn babies killed by Ms. ROSS. Madam Speaker, I urge today, and we will continue to do that. abortion at 20 weeks or later experi- my colleagues to support the rule, my I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman ence excruciating physical pain, and amendments, and the underlying bill. from Maryland (Mr. TRONE). until rendered unconscious or dead by

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The shameful process was analogous to a tumor to be excised or between food, medicine, and electricity when my friend’s party was in control a disease to be vanquished. needs to make ends meet, or leaving a of the House and the White House, and Mr. Biden once wrote to constituents home that is unsafe and unhealthy be- they shut the government down. That explaining his support for laws against cause of the upper or lower tempera- is what people don’t want to see hap- funding for abortion by saying, ‘‘It tures. pen ever again. would protect both the woman and her In Wisconsin, only 31 percent of eligi- By the way, I mean, these bills do unborn child.’’ He went on to say that ble households received LIHEAP assist- things like tackle hunger, they lift up ‘‘those of us who are opposed to abor- ance in 2020. Increasing the funding our rural communities, they rebuild tion should not be compelled to pay for available for this program will help en- health and safety infrastructure, they them.’’ sure that more of our most vulnerable invest incredibly important dollars in Over the years, the polls have con- citizens have adequate resources to the National Institutes of Health and sistently shown that Americans do not prevent their energy needs from fur- medical research to try to find cures support taxpayer funding of abortion. ther straining their budgets. for everything from Alzheimer’s to The January 2021 Marist poll found The second amendment, Madam Parkinson’s disease, to get a better that 58 percent of Americans oppose Speaker, would provide an additional handle on how we can deal with future taxpayer funding of abortion as op- $2 million for school breakfast expan- pandemics. It creates and sustains posed to 38 percent who support it. The sion grants included in the 2010 child good-paying jobs, it grows opportuni- Marist poll also found a supermajority nutrition reauthorization. I am so ties through education. It advances of 65 percent Independents oppose tax- proud that the committee included $10 equal treatment for women. payer funding of abortion. million for this program in the under- There are so many important, good Madam Speaker, unborn babies need lying bill. Every child deserves a morn- things in here that, by the way, I think the President of the United States of ing free of hunger and to have the op- are bipartisan everywhere in the coun- America and Members of Congress on portunity to learn, grow, and focus in try but in this Chamber, and so this is both sides of the aisle to be their school without worrying where their what the American people want. This friends and advocates, not powerful ad- next meal will come from. is what they voted for. I am proud of versaries. Currently, out of the 97,000 schools the Appropriations Committee, Chair- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I that participate in the school meals woman DELAURO, and all of those who yield myself such time as I may con- program, over 7,000 of them do not pro- put the American people front and cen- sume. vide breakfast. With these additional ter on our agenda. Madam Speaker, we can talk about funds, we can close the school break- Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to polls. I have a poll here that just re- fast gap. the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. cently came out that shows the exact The SPEAKER pro tempore. The LOIS FRANKEL). opposite of that. time of the gentlewoman has expired. Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida. But rather than talk about polls, we Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I Madam Speaker, I rise in support of should be talking about values, and a yield an additional 30 seconds to the this bill that invests in the love and majority of Americans believe that gentlewoman. commitment we have for our families, women should not be denied reproduc- Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Madam from the very young to the very old. tive healthcare because they can’t af- Speaker, with these funds we can close It gets our children off to a good ford it. They believe that people should the school breakfast gap and ensure start with historic funding for pre-K not be denied healthcare because, you that all students receive breakfast who and child care, and makes sure all chil- know, they are working hard to try to want it. dren have access to high-quality public make ends meet. Madam Speaker, I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote education regardless of their ZIP Code. So, I mean, here’s a poll that just on the rule and the underlying bill. We want our children to have a came out that shows the exact opposite Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 chance to live out their dreams, so we of that, an overwhelming majority of minute to the gentleman from New make unprecedented investments in Americans believe that Medicaid Jersey (Mr. VAN DREW), my good Pell grants for college students, includ- should, in fact, cover women’s repro- friend. ing DACA recipients. ductive healthcare. Mr. VAN DREW. Madam Speaker, I And our grandparents have given us Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to rise in opposition to this shameful leg- so much. To help them age with dig- the gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. islation. nity and comfort, the bill increases MOORE). This single vote encompasses seven funding for home and community-based Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Madam unrelated spending bills. This is a bro- services and research on Alzheimer’s Speaker, I rise in strong support of this ken legislative process. and other conditions that impact older rule and the underlying legislation, The bill includes poison pills that Americans. which funds key health, education, and make it impossible for me and for my And, of course, we want our families other priorities that our Nation has colleagues to support this in good con- to be safe and healthy, so this bill dou- simply underinvested in for much too science. This is exactly as the majority bles funding for research on gun vio- long. intended. Today’s vote is simply an at- lence, pluses-up mental health treat- I am particularly appreciative for the tempt to strategically inflict political ment, and makes historic investments increased investments in TRIO—and I pain. in combatting climate change and pro- would mention that is a bipartisan ini- Our country is tired, tired of political tecting Florida’s Everglades, drinking tiative—and WIC—Women, Infant, and gamesmanship, tired of partisan ma- water for millions. Children—among other things. neuvering, tired of this selfish dysfunc- And this is a country that honors our I want to talk now about two amend- tion. veterans. I am proud to champion Cen- ments that I have offered to this bill, On behalf of the American people, I ters of Excellence for Student Veteran which were made in order under this ask the majority to stop. I must ask Success programs that help veterans rule. The first is a bipartisan amend- the majority to stop. There is an abil- transition from Active Duty to civilian ment to increase the Low Income Heat- ity to work together. This is not it. student life. ing Energy Assistance Program fund- If this were an earnest attempt at And today we celebrate reproductive ing by $10 million. In the United legislating, I could lend my support freedom with historic investments in States, 40 million households every where appropriate. Unfortunately, I Title X Family Planning program, year are unable to afford their basic must oppose this rule and this legisla- which provides health service to mil- household energy needs. tion. lions of low-income patients in our

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Pro-life Americans years. and if to become a parent. This is mon- must stand together to protect the The debate around our Nation’s debt umental. most vulnerable among us. Lives are limit provides Congress with the oppor- This is a bill filled with love and hope depending on us. tunity to seriously address runaway and justice that lifts up our families. I I urge my colleagues to oppose this government spending and rising infla- am proud to support it. rule and the underlying bill to prevent tion. b 1315 taxpayer funding from paying for abor- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tions. time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield minute to the distinguished gentle- reserve the balance of my time. the gentleman an additional 15 sec- woman from Texas (Ms. VAN DUYNE). Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 onds. Ms. VAN DUYNE. Madam Speaker, I minutes to the gentleman from Mis- Mr. SMITH of Missouri. But as we wish I could say I was rising in support souri (Mr. SMITH), my very good friend are here today, Democrats would rath- of this legislation but, again, we are and the ranking member of the Budget er bypass their budget process and talk being asked to vote on a bill that rep- Committee. about their liberal wish list. resents a missed opportunity on the Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Madam Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I backs of our constituents. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from yield myself such time as I may con- I am pleased I was able to secure Oklahoma for yielding. sume. needed improvement for DFW Airport Madam Speaker, we are debating a People always ask: Why don’t you in the appropriations legislation. These spending bill under a budget that work together? How do you work with projects would not only improve my doesn’t exist. Six months into Joe that? To come down here and to lec- district but the whole region. Biden’s Presidency and a Democrat- ture us about deficits or about budgets, I have held roundtables and formed a controlled Congress, we have still not give me a break. working group with local leaders and passed a budget for fiscal year 2022. In When the gentleman’s party was in stakeholders who know what is best for fact, Democrats have been in the ma- power, when they controlled the House, my community and what I heard from jority for over 1,000 days and they have the Senate, and the White House, they them and fought to include in legisla- yet to put a real budget on the floor of gave us a $2 trillion debt because of a tion funding our government is, sadly, the House of Representatives. tax cut that went to wealthy people, to not what we are debating today. In this bill before us today, the big corporations. Instead of working to craft bipar- Democrats want to give Washington When they controlled the House, the tisan legislation which Members on bureaucrats an average increase of 21 Senate, and the White House, they shut both sides of the aisle can support, the percent. Their plan will fuel a massive the government down. They couldn’t Senate can pass, and the President can growth in red tape that will harm even agree amongst themselves. It was sign into law, we are, instead, debating small businesses. It will hurt working the first time in history that we ended monstrous appropriations bills that are Americans and families, and it gives a Congress with a government shut- based on unrealistic, irresponsible Washington more control over their down. funding levels and include partisan pol- lives and livelihoods. When they lost power, they gave icy provisions that will only delay But notice what they have left out. Democrats a government that was shut funding and passage. What they have left out is, where is down. We had to clean up the mess, and These political games only serve to the money to protect our homeland? we continue to do that. impede badly needed infrastructure Where is the money for our men and In all of the years of disinvestment projects. No, the Democrats didn’t shut women in uniform? when they were in charge with Donald down the government, they just tried Perhaps our colleagues have not Trump, we are now trying to put the to shut down the rest of the country. I brought these bills to the floor because people first. That is what this is about. would love to be able to work on legis- they are ashamed to face the American I am proud of this bill. I am proud of lation that we can work on together people and explain why they want to the investments in medical research, in that will actually advance what we are flatline spending for our men and our families, in our children, in our trying to do in this country. I urge op- women in uniform. senior citizens, and in our veterans. position to this rule. Or how, during the largest and worst That is what this is all about. These Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I immigration crisis of the southern bor- bills are being brought to the floor. reserve the balance of my time. der in years, they refuse to put in one I hate to tell the gentleman that is Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 additional dollar to secure our border. what we are doing; they are coming to minute to the distinguished gentle- I suppose this shouldn’t surprise us. the floor. He can vote ‘‘no’’ on them woman from Indiana (Mrs. WALORSKI). Democrats have been very, very clear and go home and explain to his con- Mrs. WALORSKI. Madam Speaker, I about their objectives. While we are de- stituents why he voted against their rise to defend the dignity of life and bating a raise for bureaucrats, the Sen- interests, but that is what we are the rights of pro-life Americans. We ate is figuring out how to abuse the doing. And I reserve the balance of my must protect taxpayers from being budget process to spend at least $3.5 time. forced to fund abortion against their trillion more on their socialist agenda: Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I would own conscience. amnesty for millions of illegal immi- advise the gentleman that I am pre- The Hyde amendment which pro- grants; subsidies for wealthy environ- pared to close whenever he is. Madam hibits taxpayer dollars for paying for mentalists; forcing States to expand Speaker, can I inquire how much time abortion has had bipartisan consensus Medicaid; and tax increases for work- remains? since 1976 and the majority of Ameri- ing Americans while giving tax breaks The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- cans still support it today. This pro-life for the wealthiest Americans. tleman from Oklahoma has 51⁄4 minutes protection has saved nearly 2.5 million This is the first year in the last dec- remaining. The gentleman from Massa- lives. ade without a spending cap agreement chusetts has 4 minutes remaining. Driven by a radical agenda, Demo- and look what is happening. Without Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield crats and the Biden administration missing a beat, the Democrats are myself the balance of my time. have stripped this vital amendment opening the floodgates to reckless I want to begin by thanking my good from these appropriation packages. It spending. While they argue over how friend, Mr. MCGOVERN, the chairman of

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They are going to end up with a con- uct, he will be part of the solution be- Madam Speaker, the bill before us tinuing resolution, at best. cause he respects this institution, and today is a deeply misguided bill. I say For those people who are watching he understands the importance of give that as someone who serves on the Ap- that don’t know what a continuing res- and take. We have some very strong propriations Committee. The spending olution is, it is simply last year’s disagreements in the Rules Committee package covering seven different ap- spending with the Weldon and Hyde but I never question his integrity, and propriations bills is marked to num- amendments. In effect, a Democratic he never questions my integrity or bers that simply don’t make sense. President, a Democratic House, and a anybody else’s on the committee. I Contrary to what my friend claimed, Democratic Senate will have produced wish there were more people like him, we haven’t had a massive disinvest- Donald Trump’s last-negotiated budg- quite frankly, in this Chamber. ment in domestic spending over the et. That is where we are headed unless b 1330 last 4 years. Quite the opposite. There my friends decide to restore that lan- have been steady and, I think, genu- guage. That is an absolute deal-breaker Madam Speaker, to hear some of my inely merited increases. This is an ex- for us if it is not. friends on the other side today, you plosion of spending tied to additional The other thing that I would mention would think that the sky is falling. What is so controversial about trust- spending that is promised down the to my good friends on the other side is ing women to make their own road in the form of a $3.5 trillion rec- that there is still some time to do some healthcare decisions, free from politi- onciliation bill. things. This is a long process, and I un- cians and special interest groups trying Now, everything is funded except, as derstand setting out your negotiating to control them? my good friend from Missouri said, the position. But let’s not be under any il- What is so controversial about con- things that keep us safe and free. The lusion that what we are talking about fronting climate change, or making defense budget is laughable. We have today will ever become law. It will America the world’s clean energy su- had a succession of Secretaries—on never be passed by the Senate. It will perpower? both sides of the aisle, by the way— never reach the desk of the President Or helping our farmers in our rural who have told us we need a 3 to 5 per- of the United States. communities? cent increase beyond inflation in de- Madam Speaker, I urge my friends to Or making sure our veterans have fense over the next several years. reject the rule, reject the bill, and sit the support and the care that they We don’t have a defense bill on the down and bargain in good faith. We can have earned when they return home? floor. We are not likely to see one any get there. Apparently, since Democrats pro- time soon, but the reality is, the de- As I have said on many occasions, I posed it, this minibus is a bridge too fense bill my friends propose actually have had the great privilege of having far for some. But I have to tell you, to is an inflation-adjusted cut in the de- been chairman and ranking member of most Americans, what is included here fense of the United States, a cut at a the largest component bill in this is just common sense. time that we are dealing with Russian group. On six different occasions, both I am proud that we are doing our and Chinese aggression and dangerous as chairman and ranking member, work and keeping our government adventurism in other parts of the world working with my good friend, the funded, and doing so in a way that re- by regional adversaries like North chairwoman of the full committee, spects women’s autonomy and builds a Korea and Iran. That is irresponsible. Representative DELAURO, we came to a more just and equitable future. We all know we have a crisis on the deal. All six times, the bill was out of Madam Speaker, too many of these southern border. We won’t see the committee, across the floor, signed by issues can’t wait another day, another Homeland Security bill either because the President. It didn’t matter who was year, another decade for us to act, so I that is flat funded and not meeting the chairman or ranking member. It didn’t urge all of my colleagues to support obvious needs that we have there. But matter which party controlled. It this rule and this minibus so that we we do have an extraordinary explosion didn’t matter who the President was. can meet the scale of the challenges in domestic spending, one that is sim- That is six times in a row. We can do that we face today and put the building ply not justified and can’t be sustained. that again a seventh time in this bill. blocks in place to grow our economy If those were my only objections, I There are some good things in this bill, for years to come. That is what these would think at some point we could as my friend says, some things I cer- bills are all about. probably find some sort of reasonable tainly support. But there can be such a Someone earlier described them as compromise, because my friends know thing as too much of a good thing, and bills filled with hope and love. They at the end of the day they have to get there is way too much of a good thing are. This is about putting our families to 60 votes in the United States Senate. in this bill in terms of the amount of first. This is about respecting our kids, However, in addition to that, they have money it spends. understanding that our children are 100 ripped out things like the Hyde and At the end of the day, if we are going percent of our future. This is about un- Weldon amendments that have been in to have an appropriations process that derstanding that we have a climate cri- these bills for 45 years, in the case of works, if we are going to have a deal— sis, and we have to do something about the Hyde amendment, 15 or 16 years in and we both should want a deal—then it. This is about respecting equity and the case of the Weldon amendment. the defense number is going to have to justice and things that, quite frankly, Those are deal-breaking bills to us. come up. The discretionary spending should be shared values. Now, my friends have routinely voted number, which is embodied in this bill, Madam Speaker, I know that there for those things for decades; not for is going to have to come down, and the are some disagreements here. We will years but for decades, and Presidents of Hyde and Weldon amendments are all get through this, work it out, and both parties have signed them. As I going to have to be restored. get to a conclusion, but the final prod- have mentioned to my friends yester- Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- uct will be much, much better because day in the Rules Committee, it was a ance of my time. of what we are doing on this House Democratic Congress that passed the Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, floor today. Hyde amendment, overwhelmingly earlier I referred to when one of my Re- Madam Speaker, I urge all of my col- Democrat in both Chambers. publican colleagues came to the floor leagues to support the rule and the un- My friends have changed their view and had a meltdown. I commented: derlying bill. about the life issue. That is their right. How do you work with that? Coming to The material previously referred to I respect it. We have not. We have not the floor and yelling and screaming by Mr. COLE is as follows:

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 555 Nadler Ruiz Suozzi NOT VOTING—12 Napolitano Ruppersberger Swalwell At the end of the resolution, add the fol- Blunt Rochester Crawford Mast Neal Rush Takano lowing: Buck Higgins (LA) McHenry Neguse Ryan Thompson (CA) Carter (GA) Kinzinger Murphy (FL) SEC. 8. Immediately upon adoption of this ´ Newman Sanchez Thompson (MS) Carter (TX) Loudermilk Scott, Austin resolution, the House shall proceed to the Norcross Sarbanes Titus consideration in the House of the bill (H.R. O’Halleran Scanlon Tlaib 4698) to prevent the use of Federal funds to Ocasio-Cortez Schakowsky Tonko b 1403 advance discriminatory concepts, and for Omar Schiff Torres (CA) Mr. LONG changed his vote from other purposes. All points of order against Pallone Schneider Torres (NY) ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay’’. consideration of the bill are waived. The bill Panetta Schrader Trahan Pappas Schrier Trone So the previous question was ordered. shall be considered as read. All points of The result of the vote was announced order against provisions in the bill are Pascrell Scott (VA) Underwood Payne Scott, David Vargas waived. The previous question shall be con- as above recorded. Perlmutter Sewell Veasey Stated for: sidered as ordered on the bill and on any Peters Sherman Vela amendment thereto to final passage without Phillips Sherrill Vela´ zquez Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER. Madam Speak- intervening motion except: (1) one hour of Pingree Sires Wasserman er, had I been present, I would have voted debate equally divided and controlled by the Pocan Slotkin Schultz ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 222. chair and ranking minority member of the Porter Smith (WA) Waters MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Pressley Soto Watson Coleman Committee on Education and Labor; and (2) RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS one motion to recommit. Price (NC) Spanberger Welch Aderholt Horsford McEachin SEC. 9. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not Quigley Speier Wexton (Moolenaar) (Jeffries) (Wexton) apply to the consideration of H.R. 4698. Raskin Stansbury Wild Rice (NY) Stanton Williams (GA) Amodei Jones (Williams Meng (Jeffries) (Balderson) Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I Ross Stevens Wilson (FL) (GA)) Napolitano DeSaulnier yield back the balance of my time, and Roybal-Allard Strickland Yarmuth Kelly (PA) (Correa) (Thompson (Keller) Payne (Pallone) I move the previous question on the (CA)) resolution. NAYS—201 Kirkpatrick Porter (Wexton) Fulcher (Meuser) (Stanton) Ruppersberger Garcı´a (IL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Aderholt Gonzalez (OH) Moore (UT) Lawrence (Brown) (Garcia (TX)) Allen Good (VA) Mullin (Beatty) Rush question is on ordering the previous Gonzalez (OH) Amodei Gooden (TX) Murphy (NC) Lawson (FL) (Underwood) question. Armstrong Gosar (Timmons) Nehls (Evans) Sires (Pallone) Arrington Granger Graves (MO) The question was taken; and the Newhouse Lowenthal Watson Coleman Babin Graves (LA) (Wagner) Speaker pro tempore announced that Norman (Beyer) (Pallone) Bacon Graves (MO) Nunes Green (TX) the ayes appeared to have it. (Perlmutter) Maloney, Wild (Axne) Baird Green (TN) Obernolte Grijalva Carolyn Wilson (FL) Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, on that I Balderson Greene (GA) Owens (Stanton) (Vela´ zquez) (Hayes) demand the yeas and nays. Banks Griffith Palazzo The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Barr Grothman Palmer The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Bentz Guest ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Pence question is on the resolution. Bergman Guthrie Perry 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Bice (OK) Hagedorn Pfluger The question was taken; and the The vote was taken by electronic de- Biggs Harris Posey Speaker pro tempore announced that Bilirakis Harshbarger Reed the ayes appeared to have it. vice, and there were—yeas 217, nays Bishop (NC) Hartzler Reschenthaler 201, not voting 12, as follows: Boebert Hern Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Rice (SC) Bost Herrell Speaker, on that I demand the yeas [Roll No. 222] Rodgers (WA) Brady Herrera Beutler Rogers (AL) and nays. YEAS—217 Brooks Hice (GA) Rogers (KY) Buchanan Hill The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Adams Davids (KS) Jones Rose Aguilar Davis, Danny K. Kahele Bucshon Hinson ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Budd Hollingsworth Rosendale 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Allred Dean Kaptur Rouzer Auchincloss DeFazio Keating Burchett Hudson Roy The vote was taken by electronic de- Axne DeGette Kelly (IL) Burgess Huizenga Rutherford vice, and there were—yeas 218, nays Barraga´ n DeLauro Khanna Calvert Issa Salazar Bass DelBene Kildee Cammack Jackson 207, not voting 5, as follows: Scalise Beatty Delgado Kilmer Carl Jacobs (NY) [Roll No. 223] Bera Demings Kim (NJ) Cawthorn Johnson (LA) Schweikert Beyer DeSaulnier Kind Chabot Johnson (OH) Sessions YEAS—218 Bishop (GA) Deutch Kirkpatrick Cheney Johnson (SD) Simpson Adams Cohen Gomez Blumenauer Dingell Krishnamoorthi Cline Jordan Smith (MO) Aguilar Connolly Gonzalez, Bonamici Doggett Kuster Cloud Joyce (OH) Smith (NE) Allred Cooper Vicente Bourdeaux Doyle, Michael Lamb Clyde Joyce (PA) Smith (NJ) Auchincloss Correa Gottheimer Bowman F. Langevin Cole Katko Smucker Axne Costa Green, Al (TX) Boyle, Brendan Escobar Larsen (WA) Comer Keller Spartz Barraga´ n Courtney Grijalva F. Eshoo Larson (CT) Crenshaw Kelly (MS) Stauber Bass Craig Harder (CA) Brown Espaillat Lawrence Curtis Kelly (PA) Steel Beatty Crist Hayes Brownley Evans Lawson (FL) Davidson Kim (CA) Stefanik Bera Crow Higgins (NY) Bush Fletcher Lee (CA) Davis, Rodney Kustoff Steil Beyer Cuellar Himes Bustos Foster Lee (NV) DesJarlais LaHood Steube Bishop (GA) Davids (KS) Horsford Butterfield Frankel, Lois Leger Fernandez Diaz-Balart LaMalfa Stewart Blumenauer Davis, Danny K. Houlahan Carbajal Gallego Levin (CA) Donalds Lamborn Taylor Blunt Rochester Dean Hoyer Ca´ rdenas Garamendi Levin (MI) Duncan Latta Tenney Bonamici DeFazio Huffman Carson Garcı´a (IL) Lieu Dunn LaTurner Thompson (PA) Bowman DeGette Jackson Lee Carter (LA) Garcia (TX) Lofgren Emmer Lesko Tiffany Boyle, Brendan DeLauro Jacobs (CA) Cartwright Golden Lowenthal Estes Letlow Timmons F. DelBene Jayapal Case Gomez Luria Fallon Long Brown Delgado Jeffries Turner Casten Gonzalez, Lynch Feenstra Lucas Brownley Demings Johnson (GA) Upton Castor (FL) Vicente Malinowski Ferguson Luetkemeyer Bush DeSaulnier Johnson (TX) Valadao Castro (TX) Gottheimer Maloney, Fischbach Mace Bustos Deutch Jones Van Drew Chu Green, Al (TX) Carolyn B. Fitzgerald Malliotakis Butterfield Dingell Kahele Cicilline Grijalva Maloney, Sean Fitzpatrick Mann Van Duyne Carbajal Doggett Kaptur Clark (MA) Harder (CA) Manning Fleischmann Massie Wagner Ca´ rdenas Doyle, Michael Keating Clarke (NY) Hayes Matsui Fortenberry McCarthy Walberg Carson F. Kelly (IL) Cleaver Higgins (NY) McBath Foxx McCaul Walorski Carter (LA) Escobar Khanna Clyburn Himes McCollum Franklin, C. McClain Waltz Cartwright Eshoo Kildee Cohen Horsford McEachin Scott McClintock Weber (TX) Case Espaillat Kilmer Connolly Houlahan McGovern Fulcher McKinley Webster (FL) Casten Evans Kim (NJ) Cooper Hoyer McNerney Gaetz Meijer Wenstrup Castor (FL) Fletcher Kind Correa Huffman Meeks Gallagher Meuser Westerman Castro (TX) Foster Kirkpatrick Costa Jackson Lee Meng Garbarino Miller (IL) Williams (TX) Chu Frankel, Lois Krishnamoorthi Courtney Jacobs (CA) Mfume Garcia (CA) Miller (WV) Wilson (SC) Cicilline Gallego Kuster Craig Jayapal Moore (WI) Gibbs Miller-Meeks Wittman Clark (MA) Garamendi Lamb Crist Jeffries Morelle Gimenez Moolenaar Womack Clarke (NY) Garcı´a (IL) Langevin Crow Johnson (GA) Moulton Gohmert Mooney Young Cleaver Garcia (TX) Larsen (WA) Cuellar Johnson (TX) Mrvan Gonzales, Tony Moore (AL) Zeldin Clyburn Golden Larson (CT)

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Price (NC) Carter (GA) Mast Cloud Hern Meijer Maloney, Sean Quigley Titus Clyburn Herrell Meng Manning Raskin Tlaib b 1430 Clyde Herrera Beutler Meuser Matsui Rice (NY) Tonko Cohen Hice (GA) Mfume McBath Ross Torres (CA) So the resolution was agreed to. Cole Higgins (NY) Miller (IL) McCollum Roybal-Allard Torres (NY) The result of the vote was announced Comer Hill Miller (WV) McEachin Ruiz Trahan as above recorded. Connolly Himes Miller-Meeks McGovern Ruppersberger Trone A motion to reconsider was laid on Cooper Hinson Moolenaar McNerney Rush Underwood Correa Hollingsworth Mooney Meeks Ryan Vargas the table. Costa Horsford Moore (AL) ´ Meng Sanchez Veasey MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Courtney Houlahan Moore (UT) Mfume Sarbanes Vela RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Craig Hoyer Moore (WI) Moore (WI) Scanlon Vela´ zquez Crawford Hudson Morelle Morelle Aderholt Horsford McEachin Schakowsky Wasserman Crenshaw Huffman Moulton Moulton Schiff (Moolenaar) (Jeffries) (Wexton) Schultz Crist Huizenga Mrvan Mrvan Schneider Amodei Jones (Williams McHenry (Budd) Crow Issa Mullin Waters (Balderson) Meng (Jeffries) Murphy (FL) Schrader (GA)) Cuellar Jackson Murphy (FL) Watson Coleman DeSaulnier Napolitano Nadler Schrier Kelly (PA) Curtis Jackson Lee Murphy (NC) Welch (Thompson (Correa) Napolitano Scott (VA) (Keller) Davids (KS) Jacobs (CA) Nadler Wexton (CA)) Payne (Pallone) Neal Scott, David Kirkpatrick Davidson Jacobs (NY) Napolitano Wild Fulcher (Meuser) Porter (Wexton) Neguse Sewell (Stanton) Davis, Danny K. Jayapal Neal Newman Sherman Williams (GA) Garcı´a (IL) Ruppersberger Lawrence Davis, Rodney Jeffries Neguse Norcross Sherrill Wilson (FL) (Garcia (TX)) (Brown) (Beatty) Dean Johnson (GA) Nehls O’Halleran Sires Yarmuth Gonzalez (OH) Rush Lawson (FL) DeFazio Johnson (LA) Newhouse (Timmons) (Underwood) DeGette Johnson (OH) Newman Graves (MO) (Evans) Sires (Pallone) NAYS—207 DeLauro Johnson (SD) Norcross (Wagner) Lowenthal Watson Coleman DelBene Johnson (TX) Norman Aderholt Foxx Lesko Green (TX) (Beyer) (Pallone) Allen Franklin, C. Letlow (Perlmutter) Maloney, Wild (Axne) Delgado Jones Nunes Amodei Scott Long Grijalva Carolyn Wilson (FL) Demings Jordan O’Halleran Armstrong Fulcher Loudermilk (Stanton) (Vela´ zquez) (Hayes) DeSaulnier Joyce (OH) Obernolte Arrington Gaetz Lucas DesJarlais Joyce (PA) Ocasio-Cortez Babin Gallagher Luetkemeyer f Deutch Kahele Omar Bacon Garbarino Mace Diaz-Balart Kaptur Owens Baird Garcia (CA) Malliotakis DISPOSE OF UNUSED MEDICA- Dingell Katko Palazzo Balderson Gibbs Mann TIONS AND PRESCRIPTION Doggett Keating Pallone Banks Gimenez Massie Donalds Keller Palmer Barr Gohmert McCarthy OPIOIDS ACT Doyle, Michael Kelly (IL) Panetta Bentz Gonzales, Tony McCaul The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. F. Kelly (MS) Pappas Bergman Gonzalez (OH) McClain Duncan Kelly (PA) Pascrell Bice (OK) Good (VA) McClintock DEUTCH). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule Dunn Khanna Payne Biggs Gooden (TX) McHenry XX, the unfinished business is the vote Emmer Kildee Pence Bilirakis Gosar McKinley on the motion to suspend the rules and Escobar Kilmer Perlmutter Bishop (NC) Granger Meijer pass the bill (S. 957) to direct the Sec- Eshoo Kim (CA) Perry Boebert Graves (LA) Meuser Espaillat Kim (NJ) Peters Bost Graves (MO) Miller (IL) retary of Veterans Affairs to ensure Estes Kind Pfluger Bourdeaux Green (TN) Miller (WV) that certain medical facilities of the Evans Kinzinger Phillips Brady Greene (GA) Miller-Meeks Department of Veterans Affairs have Fallon Kirkpatrick Pingree Brooks Griffith Moolenaar Feenstra Krishnamoorthi Pocan Buchanan Grothman Mooney physical locations for the disposal of Ferguson Kuster Porter Bucshon Guest Moore (AL) controlled substances medications, on Fischbach Kustoff Posey Budd Guthrie Moore (UT) which the yeas and nays were ordered. Fitzgerald LaHood Pressley Burchett Hagedorn Mullin The Clerk read the title of the bill. Fitzpatrick LaMalfa Price (NC) Burgess Harris Murphy (NC) Fleischmann Lamb Quigley Calvert Harshbarger Nehls The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Fletcher Lamborn Raskin Cammack Hartzler Newhouse question is on the motion offered by Fortenberry Langevin Reed Carl Hern Norman the gentleman from New York (Mr. Foster Larsen (WA) Reschenthaler Carter (TX) Herrell Nunes Foxx Larson (CT) Rice (NY) Cawthorn Herrera Beutler Obernolte TAKANO) that the House suspend the Frankel, Lois Latta Rice (SC) Chabot Hice (GA) Owens rules and pass the bill. Franklin, C. LaTurner Rodgers (WA) Cheney Hill Palazzo The vote was taken by electronic de- Scott Lawrence Rogers (AL) Cline Hinson Palmer vice, and there were—yeas 424, nays 0, Fulcher Lawson (FL) Rogers (KY) Cloud Hollingsworth Pence Gaetz Lee (CA) Rose Clyde Hudson Perry not voting 6, as follows: Gallagher Lee (NV) Rosendale Cole Huizenga Pfluger [Roll No. 224] Gallego Leger Fernandez Ross Comer Issa Posey Garamendi Lesko Rouzer Crawford Jackson Reed YEAS—424 Garbarino Letlow Roy Crenshaw Jacobs (NY) Reschenthaler Adams Bentz Brooks Garcia (CA) Levin (CA) Roybal-Allard Curtis Johnson (LA) Rice (SC) Aderholt Bera Brown Garcı´a (IL) Levin (MI) Ruiz Davidson Johnson (OH) Rodgers (WA) Aguilar Bergman Brownley Garcia (TX) Lieu Ruppersberger Davis, Rodney Johnson (SD) Rogers (AL) Allen Beyer Buchanan Gibbs Lofgren Rush DesJarlais Jordan Rogers (KY) Allred Bice (OK) Bucshon Gimenez Long Rutherford Diaz-Balart Joyce (OH) Rose Amodei Biggs Budd Gohmert Loudermilk Ryan Donalds Joyce (PA) Rosendale Armstrong Bilirakis Burchett Golden Lowenthal Salazar Duncan Katko Rouzer Arrington Bishop (GA) Burgess Gomez Lucas Sa´ nchez Dunn Keller Roy Auchincloss Bishop (NC) Bush Gonzales, Tony Luetkemeyer Sarbanes Emmer Kelly (MS) Rutherford Axne Blumenauer Bustos Gonzalez (OH) Luria Scalise Estes Kelly (PA) Salazar Babin Blunt Rochester Butterfield Gonzalez, Lynch Scanlon Fallon Kim (CA) Scalise Bacon Boebert Calvert Vicente Mace Schakowsky Feenstra Kinzinger Schweikert Baird Bonamici Cammack Good (VA) Malinowski Schiff Ferguson Kustoff Sessions Balderson Bost Carbajal Gooden (TX) Malliotakis Schneider Fischbach LaHood Simpson Banks Bourdeaux Ca´ rdenas Gosar Maloney, Schrader Fitzgerald LaMalfa Smith (MO) Barr Bowman Carl Gottheimer Carolyn B. Schrier Fitzpatrick Lamborn Smith (NE) Barraga´ n Boyle, Brendan Carson Granger Maloney, Sean Schweikert Fleischmann Latta Smith (NJ) Bass F. Carter (LA) Graves (LA) Mann Scott (VA) Fortenberry LaTurner Smucker Beatty Brady Carter (TX) Graves (MO) Manning Scott, David

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