December 8, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9081 PERSONAL EXPLANATION Green, Gene Marchant Rush So (two-thirds of those voting having Grijalva Markey Ryan (OH) not responded in the affirmative) the Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, had I been Gutierrez Marshall Sabo present for the vote on H. Res. 1088 and H. Gutknecht Matheson Salazar motion was rejected. Harman Matsui ´ The result of the vote was announced Res. 1091, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Sanchez, Linda Harris McCarthy T. as above recorded. f Hart McCaul (TX) Sanchez, Loretta Stated for: Hastings (FL) McCollum (MN) Sanders Hastings (WA) McCotter Saxton Mr. NORWOOD. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall REQUIRING SECRETARY OF DE- Hayes McDermott Schakowsky No. 535, requiring the Secretary of Defense to FENSE TO SUBMIT ANNUAL RE- Hefley McGovern Schiff submit to Congress an annual report and to PORT ON CONGRESSIONAL INI- Herger McHugh Schwartz (PA) provide notice to the public on congressional TIATIVES Herseth McIntyre Schwarz (MI) Higgins McKeon Scott (GA) initiatives in funds authorized or made avail- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Hinchey McNulty Scott (VA) able to the Department of Defense, had I been Hinojosa Meehan Sekula Gibbs present, I would have voted ‘‘yes.’’ finished business is the question of sus- Hobson Meek (FL) Serrano f pending the rules and passing the bill, Holden Meeks (NY) Sherman H.R. 6375. Holt Melancon Sherwood REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER The Clerk read the title of the bill. Honda Mica Shimkus Hooley Michaud AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 6136 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Shuster Hostettler Millender- Simpson Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- question is on the motion offered by Hoyer McDonald Sires imous consent to remove my name as a the gentleman from California (Mr. Hulshof Miller (FL) Skelton Hyde Miller (NC) co-sponsor of the bill, H.R. 6136. HUNTER) that the House suspend the Slaughter Inslee Miller, George The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there rules and pass the bill, H.R. 6375, on Smith (NJ) Israel Mollohan Smith (TX) objection to the request of the gen- which the yeas and nays are ordered. Issa Moore (KS) Smith (WA) tleman from New York? This will be a 5-minute vote. Istook Moore (WI) Snyder Jackson (IL) Moran (VA) There was no objection. The vote was taken by electronic de- Sodrel Jackson-Lee Murphy Solis f (TX) Murtha vice, and there were—yeas 70, nays 330, Spratt Jenkins Myrick not voting 32, as follows: Stark REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- Johnson (CT) Nadler Stupak VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF [Roll No. 535] Johnson, E. B. Napolitano Sullivan Johnson, Sam Neal (MA) H.J. RES. 102, FURTHER CON- YEAS—70 Tanner Jones (OH) Northup TINUING APPROPRIATIONS, FIS- Barrett (SC) Gilchrest Pence Tauscher Kanjorski Nunes Barrow Gingrey Pitts Taylor (MS) CAL YEAR 2007 Kaptur Oberstar Bilbray Gohmert Platts Terry Keller Obey Mr. PUTNAM, from the Committee Blackburn Green (WI) Poe Thomas Kelly Olver on Rules, submitted a privileged report Bradley (NH) Hall Price (GA) Thompson (CA) Kennedy (RI) Ortiz Brown-Waite, Hayworth Ramstad Thompson (MS) (Rept. No. 109–727) on the resolution (H. Kildee Osborne Ginny Hensarling Reichert Kilpatrick (MI) Owens Thornberry Res. 1105) providing for consideration Campbell (CA) Hoekstra Rogers (MI) Kind Pallone Tiahrt of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 102) Capito Hunter Rohrabacher King (NY) Pascrell Tierney Castle Inglis (SC) Royce making further continuing appropria- Kingston Pastor Towns Chocola Jindal Ryan (WI) tions for the fiscal year 2007, and for Kirk Payne Turner Coble Johnson (IL) Ryun (KS) Kline Pearce Udall (CO) other purposes, which was referred to Cooper Kennedy (MN) Schmidt Knollenberg Pelosi Udall (NM) the House Calendar and ordered to be Davis, Tom King (IA) Sensenbrenner Kucinich Peterson (MN) Upton Deal (GA) Leach Sessions printed. Kuhl (NY) Peterson (PA) Van Hollen Dent Linder Shadegg LaHood Petri Vela´ zquez f Duncan McHenry Shaw Langevin Pickering Visclosky Feeney McMorris Shays RESIGNATION FROM THE HOUSE Lantos Pombo Walden (OR) Fitzpatrick (PA) Rodgers Simmons Larsen (WA) Pomeroy Walsh OF REPRESENTATIVES Flake Miller (MI) Souder Larson (CT) Porter Wamp Fossella Moran (KS) Stearns The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- Latham Price (NC) Wasserman Foxx Musgrave Tiberi LaTourette Pryce (OH) Schultz fore the House the following resigna- Franks (AZ) Neugebauer Westmoreland Lee Putnam Watt tion from the House of Representa- Garrett (NJ) Nussle Wolf Levin Radanovich Waxman tives: NAYS—330 Lewis (CA) Rahall Weiner Lewis (GA) Rangel Weldon (FL) CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Abercrombie Brown, Corrine DeFazio Lewis (KY) Regula Weldon (PA) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Ackerman Burgess DeGette Lipinski Rehberg Weller Washington, DC, December 4, 2006. Aderholt Butterfield Delahunt LoBiondo Renzi Wexler Hon. DENNIS HASTERT, Akin Buyer DeLauro Lofgren, Zoe Reyes Whitfield Speaker, House of Representatives, Alexander Calvert Diaz-Balart, L. Lowey Reynolds Wicker Washington, DC. Allen Camp (MI) Diaz-Balart, M. Wilson (NM) Lucas Rogers (AL) DEAR MR. SPEAKER: On November 7, 2006, I Andrews Cannon Dicks Wilson (SC) Lungren, Daniel Rogers (KY) received the great privilege of being elected Baca Cantor Dingell E. Ros-Lehtinen Woolsey Bachus Capps Doggett Lynch Ross Wu Governor of the State of Nevada. Although Baird Capuano Doolittle Mack Rothman Wynn Dean Heller was elected and will succeed me Baldwin Cardin Doyle Maloney Roybal-Allard Young (AK) as the representative of the Second Congres- Bartlett (MD) Cardoza Drake Manzullo Ruppersberger Young (FL) sional District of Nevada, under Nevada law Barton (TX) Carnahan Dreier I must formally resign my Congressional of- Bass Carson Edwards NOT VOTING—32 Bean fice prior to taking office as Governor. I have Carter Ehlers Baker Fattah Norwood Beauprez Case Emanuel advised the current Governor of the State of Berkley Ford Otter Becerra Chabot Emerson Nevada of such resignation and hereby in- Biggert Gallegly Oxley form you of my formal resignation as the Berman Chandler Engel Blumenauer Gibbons Berry Clay English (PA) Paul representative of the Second Congressional Blunt Gillmor Strickland Bilirakis Cleaver Eshoo Boehner Jefferson District of Nevada to be effective at the close Bishop (GA) Clyburn Etheridge Sweeney Burton (IN) Jones (NC) Tancredo of business on December 31, 2006. Bishop (NY) Cole (OK) Everett It has been an honor and pleasure rep- Conyers Kolbe Taylor (NC) Bishop (UT) Conaway Farr Cubin McCrery Waters resenting the Great State of Nevada in Con- Boehlert Costa Ferguson Davis, Jo Ann McKinney Watson gress over the past 10 years, and I look for- Bonilla Costello Filner Evans Miller, Gary Bonner Cramer Forbes ward to continuing that service as Governor. Bono Crenshaw Fortenberry ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Sincerely, Boozman Crowley Frank (MA) The SPEAKER pro tempore (during JIM GIBBONS, Boren Cuellar Frelinghuysen Member of Congress. Boswell Culberson Gerlach the vote). Members are advised there Boucher Cummings Gonzalez are 2 minutes remaining in this vote. DECEMBER 4, 2006. Boustany Davis (AL) Goode ENNY UINN Boyd Davis (CA) Goodlatte Hon. K G , Brady (PA) Davis (FL) Gordon b 1602 Governor, State of Nevada, Brady (TX) Davis (IL) Granger Carson, City, NV. Brown (OH) Davis (KY) Graves Mr. MORAN of Kansas changed his DEAR GOVERNOR GUINN: On November 7, Brown (SC) Davis (TN) Green, Al vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ 2006, I received the great privilege of being

VerDate Aug 31 2005 07:09 Dec 09, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08DE7.064 H08DEPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE H9082 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 8, 2006 elected Governor of the State of Nevada. As mittee for sticking to the timetable the 109th Congress, and yet again we you may be aware, under Nevada law I must that they laid out at the beginning of are ending this session like we began formally resign my Congressional office this legislative session. In an impres- it, rushing to pass a rule on a bill with- prior to taking office as Governor. I have ad- sive display of bipartisanship and great out having taken enough time to get vised the Speaker of the House of such res- ignation and hereby inform you of my formal labor, the House passed 10 of the 11 ap- either one right. resignation as the representative of the 2nd propriations bills prior to the July 4 Along with the broken process used Congressional District of Nevada to be effec- district work period this year. Since to pass this legislation, what is in this tive at the close of business on December 31, July the Senate has returned to us the bill is a perfect representation of what 2006. defense and homeland security appro- is wrong with the way business has It has been an honor and pleasure rep- priations bills, each of which has been been done under this majority. It is a resenting the Great State of Nevada in Con- signed by our President. Only the mili- clear example of why we need a new di- gress over the past 10 years, and I look for- ward to continuing that service as Governor. tary quality of life appropriations bill rection in Washington, why we need a Sincerely, has been passed by the Senate and is new philosophy of government to take JIM GIBBONS. being conferenced. The remaining root here in the people’s House. f seven remain floundering in the Sen- This continuing resolution will auto- ate. matically fund government programs PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION The House of Representatives, Chair- at their current levels through Feb- OF H.J. RES. 102, FURTHER CON- man LEWIS and Ranking Member OBEY, ruary 15 of next year. It is the third TINUING APPROPRIATIONS, FIS- and this body, have done their work. continuing resolution Congress has CAL YEAR 2007 We must institute the continuing reso- passed since the current fiscal year Mr. PUTNAM. Mr. Speaker, by direc- lution in order to allow the govern- began on October 1. We are in the sec- tion of the Committee on Rules, I call ment to continue functioning through ond week of December, and the major- up House Resolution 1105 and ask for February 15, 2007. This allows the new ity has approved only two of the 11 its immediate consideration. Congress ample time to organize and bills that were needed this year. In The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- consider the outstanding appropria- fact, by the time this resolution ex- lows: tions bills. The rule allows consider- pires in February, the Federal Govern- H. RES. 1105 ation of this imperative continuing res- ment would have been on autopilot for Resolved, That upon the adoption of this olution funding measure. more than one-third of the 2007 fiscal resolution it shall be in order without inter- While disappointed that we must re- year. The nine spending bills that the vention of any point of order to consider in sort to a CR, I am pleased that the ap- 109th Congress will leave unfinished the House the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 102) propriators have ensured that we have when it adjourns this week cover over making further continuing appropriations a clean bill without extraneous for the fiscal year 2007, and for other pur- $460 billion in Federal spending, 460 bil- projects or funds and we have avoided lion. That is almost half a trillion that poses. The joint resolution shall be consid- the temptation often driven by the ered as read. The previous question shall be the leaders of the Congress have de- considered as ordered on the joint resolution other body to package bills together in cided to send out the door without any to final passage without intervening motion an omnibus. policymaking or oversight. Throughout the appropriations proc- except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided Madam Speaker, the majority didn’t ess, the committee has shown its com- and controlled by the chairman and ranking do its job. As representatives, we are minority member of the Committee on Ap- mitment to the budget resolution and sent here to be good stewards of the propriations; and (2) one motion to recom- to fiscal accountability. The com- taxpayer dollars that the Federal Gov- mit. mittee has funded programs and activi- ernment spends. It is one of our most The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. ties at the lowest of the House-passed important responsibilities. Voters do BIGGERT). The gentleman from Florida level, the Senate-passed level, or the not expect us to abdicate that responsi- (Mr. PUTNAM) is recognized for 1 hour. fiscal year 2006 rate. For agencies for bility or any other responsibility, for Mr. PUTNAM. Madam Speaker, for which the Senate has not passed the that matter. What they expect is that the purpose of debate only, I yield the bill, the funding rate is at the lower of we will take on the challenges con- customary 30 minutes to the gentle- the House-passed level or the fiscal 2006 fronting our Nation, challenges which woman from New York (Mrs. SLAUGH- current rate. For agencies for which have for years awaited a leadership TER), pending which I yield myself such neither the House nor the Senate have with the vision and commitment need- time as I may consume. During consid- passed the bill, the funding rate is at ed to address them. eration of this resolution, all time the current 2006 number. yielded is for the purpose of debate And in order to ensure quality health Madam Speaker, my fellow Demo- only. care for our veterans, we have included crats and I understand what the Amer- (Mr. PUTNAM asked and was given substantial additional transfer author- ican people expect of us. Democrats be- permission to revise and extend his re- ity for Veterans Administration med- lieve that running this House correctly marks.) ical care. As the entire Federal Govern- is a matter of pride. We believe it is a Mr. PUTNAM. Madam Speaker, I ment is facing a plateaued budget, the matter of having a fundamental re- thank my colleagues. I realize that as CR includes a provision that prohibits spect for both the institution in which we wind down this session, Congress, the automatic implementation of the we serve and for the citizens who gave Members are still attempting to move cost of living adjustment for Members us the privilege to serve here. last-minute suspensions and items of of Congress also until February 16. And that is why when the 110th Con- importance for their district. Again, I want to congratulate Chair- gress opens next month, Democrats This resolution, Madam Speaker, is a man LEWIS and Ranking Member OBEY will actually face the unanswered chal- rule that provides for consideration of on their hard work. I urge Members to lenges confronting us with a new prom- House Joint Resolution 102, making support the rule and the underlying ise and address them in a new way. The continuing appropriations for fiscal continuing resolution so that we can House will no longer avoid asking year 2007. This rule provides for 1 hour finish the appropriations process and tough questions or fail to live up to its of debate in the House, equally divided move down the road toward meeting most basic duties. Democrats are going and controlled by the majority and mi- the needs of this country. to show the American people a Con- nority chairman and ranking member Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- gress with a new set of priorities and a of the Committee on Appropriations. ance of my time. new set of how best to do the people’s The rule waives all points of orders Mrs. SLAUGHTER. Madam Speaker, business. against consideration of the joint reso- I thank the gentleman for yielding me They are going to see a Congress lution and provides for one motion to the customary 30 minutes, and I yield committed to getting our deficits recommit. myself such time as I may consume. under control and passing critical bills I want to commend both Chairman Madam Speaker, the bill before us like unfinished budgets before us on LEWIS and Ranking Member OBEY and represents one of the last chances that time. They will see a Congress focused the entire House Appropriations Com- the majority has to leave its mark on on rewarding millions of hardworking

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