H8128 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 saying is if you’re going to ask the DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, the opportunity to join in bipartisan American taxpayers to pay for your fi- HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, sponsorship of this amendment. nancial assistance, that you should be AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED This amendment prevents the Cen- proficient enough in the language of AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ters for Medicare and Medicaid Serv- this country to fill out the application. ACT, 2008 ices from cutting $24 billion in funding Now, you don’t have to be a rocket sci- The Committee resumed its sitting. for our local hospitals, funding that’s entist to figure that out. And we can used to provide care to seniors disabled AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. LEWIS OF throw all these other little things in GEORGIA under Medicare. In my district alone this would mean a loss of $60 million in there about the people that won’t get Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Chair- reimbursement for my local hospitals, to apply and blah, blah, blah, blah, man, I offer an amendment. blah. It doesn’t matter. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk having a devastating effect on the All this amendment says is if you’re will designate the amendment. quality of care. A key misstep in the proposed rule is going to ask the Federal Government The text of the amendment is as fol- the 2.4 percent so-called behavior offset to help with financial aid for your col- lows: lege education that we hope you suc- payment cut. CMS proposed this cut to Amendment offered by Mr. LEWIS of Geor- eliminate what the agency has inac- ceed in, and that we want you to excel gia: in, that you can at least speak the lan- At the end of the bill (before the short curately claimed will be the effect of guage of this country. That’s all we’re title) insert the following: greater use of coding as hospitals move saying. TITLE VI to a new system. These extreme cuts in reimbursements, based on speculation This is a very simple amendment. ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS There’s been so much rhetoric over rather than fact, will impose an added SEC. 601. None of the funds made available burden on all hospitals. there. I guess, you know, evidently, in this Act may be used to take any action they’re taking this for something that to finalize (or otherwise implement) provi- Earlier this year my friend and col- it’s not. Very simple, Mr. Chairman. sions contained in the proposed rule pub- league JOHN LEWIS and I circulated a Very, very simple. Do we want to make lished on May 3, 2007, on pages 24680 through letter in opposition to these Draconian sure that our taxpayers’ dollars go to 25135 of volume 72, Federal Register, insofar cuts. The response was overwhelming, students who are legal citizens of this as such provisions propose— with 269 Members of this House going country, who have a GED or a high (1) to alter payments for services under the on the record against this devastating school education, that are applying for hospital inpatient prospective payment sys- cut to our local hospitals. This is over- tem under section 1886(d) of the Social Secu- whelming bipartisan opposition to this financial aid to go to a college in this rity Act (42 U.S.C 1395ww(d)) based on use of country to be proficient enough in a Medicare severity diagnosis related group bad policy proposed by CMS. English to fill the application out in (MS–DRG) system; or Mr. Chairman, I will include this let- English? It’s very simple. (2) to implement a prospective behavioral ter in the RECORD in support of this I won’t belabor this. And I know the offset in response to the implementation of amendment. chairman of the Appropriations Com- such a Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related The amendment also prohibits CMS mittee is trying to get as many of Group (MS–DRG) system for purposes of such from prospectively applying any behav- these amendments out of the way as hospital inpatient prospective payment sys- ioral offset in fiscal year 2008, ensuring tem. you can. But I certainly hope that my that any adjustments made for coding colleagues, and especially all the col- The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to changes will be based on the actual ex- leagues who are interested in pro- the order of the House of Wednesday, periences of the hospital, not mere con- tecting the hard taxpayers’ dollars of July 18, 2007, the gentleman from Geor- jecture. this country, and who are interested in gia and a Member opposed each will I ask my colleagues to join us in bi- getting as many students financial aid control 5 minutes. partisan support of this effort to pro- that need it, that have the best oppor- The Chair recognizes the gentleman hibit the use of any funds to implement tunity to go forward and succeed in from Georgia. these Draconian provisions of the IPPS their college education and spend the Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Chair- rule that will place hospitals under money wisely, that they would support man, I would like to thank my col- undue financial burden, compromising this amendment. leagues and friends, PETER WELCH of the quality of care our constituents de- Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- Vermont and JERRY WELLER from Illi- serve. ance of my time. nois, for joining me in offering this im- In order to prevent these local hos- portant amendment. pitals and protect our constituents, I The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. LYNCH). The question is on the amendment of- Mr. Chairman, hospitals need more ask my colleagues to vote in a bipar- fered by the gentleman from Georgia than just 2 months to change their cod- tisan ‘‘yes.’’ ing system. It’s too much too soon. (Mr. WESTMORELAND). CONGRESS OF THE , The question was taken; and the Act- CMS needs to give them the time they Washington, DC, June 12, 2007. Re CMS Proposed Inpatient Prospective Pay- ing Chairman announced that the noes need. In addition, we must not allow CMS to implement this behavior offset. ment Rule appeared to have it. Ms. LESLIE V. NORWALK, Esquire, Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Chair- I’ve talked to hospitals in my dis- trict. They’re doing everything right Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and man, I demand a recorded vote. Medicaid Services (CMS), Washington, DC. when it comes to coding and charging The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to DEAR MS. NORWALK: We write to express clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- Medicare. This cut will punish the hos- our strong opposition to two provisions in ceedings on the amendment offered by pital before they’ve done anything the proposed Inpatient Prospective Payment the gentleman from Georgia will be wrong. 269 Members of the House feel System (IPPS) regulation. We respectfully the same way. request that these provisions be excluded postponed. from the final regulation. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Com- Mr. WELLER and I sent a letter to CMS on June 12, along with 267 of our The first provision would impose a 2.4 per- mittee will rise informally. cent cut to all operating and capital pay- colleagues and 63 Senators urging CMS The Speaker pro tempore (Mr. WELCH ments for inpatient hospital services for of Vermont) assumed the chair. not to make this $24 billion cut. Hos- Medicare patients based on the misguided pitals do not deserve a $24 billion cut. premise of a so-called ‘‘behavioral offset.’’ f I ask my colleagues to support this This unwarranted proposal would result in amendment and help our hospitals. payment reductions for hospital services in MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Mr. Chairman, I yield 11⁄2 minutes to both FY08 and FY09, cutting $24 billion dol- A message in writing from the Presi- the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. lars in operating and capital payments over the next five years. dent of the United States was commu- WELLER). The second proposal would reduce pay- nicated to the House by Ms. Wanda Mr. WELLER of Illinois. Mr. Chair- ments to hospitals in urban areas for capital- Evans, one of his secretaries. man, I rise in support of this amend- related costs for inpatient hospital services, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ment. And first let me thank my col- cutting payments by nearly $1 billion over Committee will resume its sitting. leagues, JOHN LEWIS, PETER WELCH, for the next five years. We urge you to eliminate

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:47 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.014 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8129 both provisions when the final regulation is tions reinforced this sentiment by rejecting HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COSIGNERS OF THE CMS published. those cuts. The administration’s attempt to PROPOSED INPATIENT PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT RULE Please allow us to further explain our achieve payment reductions of this mag- LETTER—Continued strong objection to these changes: nitude through the regulatory process is 1. Cuts due to a ‘‘Behavioral Offset.’’ The equally unacceptable. We believe this action Member State suggestion to cut hospital operating and cap- circumvents Congress’ intent that hospital ital payments is based on the suggested services for Medicare patients not be re- 70. Jo Ann Emerson ...... (MO) adoption of a classification system called 71. Eliot Engel ...... (NY) duced. 72. Phil English ...... (PA) Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups In closing, we would like to reiterate our 73. Bob Etheridge ...... (NC) (MS–DRGs). This change is grounded on the belief that CMS’s decision could serve to 74. Terry Everett ...... (AL) 75. Mary Fallin ...... (OK) belief that with the implementation of the jeopardize hospitals’ ability to continue to 76. Sam Farr ...... (CA) MS–DRGs, hospitals would change coding care for patients. CMS’s behavioral offset is 77. Chaka Fattah ...... (PA) practices, resulting in higher payments. Not unnecessary, and will result in devastating 78. Mike Ferguson ...... (NJ) 79. Bob Filner ...... (CA) even in the initial years of the IPPS was cod- cuts to hospital services for our constitu- 80. Randy Forbes ...... (VA) ing change found to be of the magnitude of ents. 81. Luis Fortun˜o ...... (PR) CMS’s proposed FY08 and FY09 cuts. MS– CMS’s proposal to cut capital-related pay- 82. ...... (NY) 83. Barney Frank ...... (MA) DRGs are simply a refinement of a classifica- ments would create significant financial dif- 84. Rodney Frelinghuysen ...... (NJ) tion system that hospitals have been using ficulties for many of our most innovative 85. Scott Garrett ...... (NJ) for 23 years. Hospitals are already experts in 86. Jim Gerlach ...... (PA) hospitals. We strongly support the elimi- 87. Gabrielle Giffords ...... (AZ) coding for payment; they have little ability nation of these provisions from your final 88. Kristen Gillibrand ...... (NY) to change their classification and coding regulation. 89. Paul E. Gillmor ...... (OH) practices. Both CMS and Members of Congress share 90. Phil Gingrey ...... (GA) 91. Charles Gonzalez ...... (TX) The rationale for the reduction is also the goal of serving the American public and 92. Virgil Goode ...... (VA) based on the transition of hospitals in Mary- helping those most in need. We hope that 93. Bart Gordon ...... (TN) land to a completely new type coding system 94. Sam Graves ...... (MO) you will give strong consideration to the bi- 95. Gene Green ...... (TX) called All Patient Refined DRGs (APR– partisan concerns outlined in this letter. 96. Al Green ...... (TX) DRGs). We have concerns with the method- Sincerely, 97. Raul Grijalva ...... (AZ) ology of reaching this conclusion. Mary- Signed by 269 Members of the House of 98. John Hall ...... (NY) 99. Phil Hare ...... (IL) land’s hospitals are paid under a state rate- Representatives. 100. Robin Hayes ...... (NC) setting system where an incentive to code 101. Dean Heller ...... (NV) 102. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin ...... (SD) accurately did not significantly affect what HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COSIGNERS OF THE CMS 103. ...... (NY) a hospital was paid. The classification sys- PROPOSED INPATIENT PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT RULE 104: Baron Hill ...... (IN) tem recently adopted by Maryland is much 105. ...... (NY) LETTER 106. Mazie K. Hirono ...... (HI) more complicated than what CMS is pro- 107. David Hobson ...... (OH) posing and changed the coding incentives for Member State 108. Paul Hodes ...... (NH) Maryland hospitals. Generalizing the Mary- 109. Tim Holden ...... (PA) 1. John Lewis ...... (GA) 110. Eleanor Holmes Norton ...... (DC) land experience to the rest of the nation’s 2. Jerry Weller ...... (lL) 111. Rush Holt ...... (NJ) hospitals is an ‘‘apples-to-oranges’’ compari- 3. Neil Abercrombie ...... (HI) 112. Michael M. Honda ...... (CA) son. 4. Gary L. Ackerman ...... (NY) 113. Darlene Hooley ...... (OR) CMS is not mandated by law to impose a 5. Robert Aderholt ...... (AL) 114. Jay Inslee ...... (WA) 6. Rodney Alexander ...... (LA) 115. Steve ...... (NY) behavioral offset in the IPPS regulation, yet 7. Tom Allen ...... (ME) 116. Darrell Issa ...... (CA) has chosen to do so. There is no precedent in 8. Jason Altmire ...... (PA) 117. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr...... (lL) other payment systems for making a pro- 9. Robert E. Andrews ...... (NJ) 118. Sheila Jackson-Lee ...... (TX) 10. Michael Arcuri ...... (NY) 119. William Jefferson ...... (LA) spective adjustment of this magnitude— 11. Joe Baca ...... (CA) 120. Bobby Jindal ...... (LA) without any empirical evidence of actual and 12. Spencer Bachus ...... (AL) 121. Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson ...... (GA) measurable changes in coding. While CMS 13. Tammy Baldwin ...... (WI) 122. Timothy V. Johnson ...... (IL) 14. John Barrow ...... (GA) 123. Eddie Bernice Johnson ...... (TX) has, on occasion, made adjustments for cod- 15. Shelley Berkley ...... (NV) 124. Walter Jones ...... (NC) ing in implementing new payment systems, 16. Marion Berry ...... (AR) 125. Steve Kagen ...... (WI) these changes generally have been made 17. Judy Biggert ...... (IL) 126. Paul E. Kanjorski ...... (PA) 18. Brian P. Bilbray ...... (CA) 127. Marcy Kaptur ...... (OH) based on actual experience. When imple- 19. Sanford Bishop ...... (GA) 128. Dale E. Kildee ...... (MI) menting a new physician fee schedule pay- 20. Timothy H. Bishop ...... (NY) 129. Peter King ...... (NY) ment system in 1992, CMS (then the Health 21. Rob Bishop ...... (UT) 130. Ron Klein ...... (FL) 22. Marsha Blackburn ...... (TN) 131. John Kline ...... (MN) Care Financing Administration) imposed a 23. Earl Blumenauer ...... (OR) 132. Dennis Kucinich ...... (OH) behavioral offset on physician services, pri- 24. Jo Bonner ...... (AL) 133. John R. Kuhl ...... (NY) marily to offset predicted increases in the 25. Mary Bono ...... (CA) 134. Ray LaHood ...... (IL) 26. John Boozman ...... (AR) 135. James R. Langevin ...... (RI) volume of services. We later learned that the 27. Leonard Boswell ...... (IA) 136. Rick Larsen ...... (WA) offset was much higher than was necessary, 28. Rick Boucher ...... (VA) 137. John Larson ...... (CT) and the reduction was never returned to the 29. Charles Boustany, Jr...... (LA) 138. Tom Latham ...... (IA) 30. Nancy Bayda ...... (KS) 139. Barbara Lee ...... (CA) physicians adversely affected by those cuts. 31. Robert A. Brady ...... (PA) 140. Sander Levin ...... (MI) 2. Cuts to Capital-Related Payments. For 32. Kevin Brady ...... (TX) 141. Ron Lewis ...... (KY) years, the Medicare program has paid for its 33. Bruce Braley ...... (IA) 142. Frank LoBiondo ...... (NJ) 34. G.K. Butterfield ...... (NC) 143. Dave Loebsack ...... (IA) share of the capital-related costs of inpatient 35. Steve Buyer ...... (IN) 144. Zoe Lofgren ...... (CA) hospital services. The proposed rule would 36. Michael Capuano ...... (MA) 145. ...... (NY) freeze capital payments for all hospitals in 37. Dennis Cardoza ...... (CA) 146. Frank Lucas ...... (OK) 38. Russ Carnahan ...... (MO) 147. Stephen Lynch ...... (MA) urban areas and would eliminate additional 39. Christopher Carney ...... (PA) 148. Tim Mahoney ...... (FL) capital payments made to large hospitals in 40. Julia Carson ...... (IN) 149. Carolyn B. Maloney ...... (NY) urban areas. Taken together, these cuts 41. John Carter ...... (TX) 150. Donald A. Manzullo ...... (IL) 42. Mike Castle ...... (DE) 151. Edward J. Markey ...... (MA) would amount to nearly $1 billion over the 43. Ben Chandler ...... (KY) 152. Jim Marshall ...... (GA) next five years. 44. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick ...... (MI) 153. Jim Matheson ...... (UT) These changes in capital payments would 45. ...... (NY) 154. ...... (CA) 46. Howard Coble ...... (NC) 155. Carolyn McCarthy ...... (NY) make it much more difficult for hospitals to 47. Steve Cohen ...... (TN) 156. Michael McCaul ...... (TX) purchase advanced technology and equip- 48. John Conyers ...... (MI) 157. Betty McCollum ...... (MN) ment and could have the effect of slowing 49. Jerry F. Costello ...... (IL) 158. Thaddeus McCotter ...... (MI) 50. Joe Courtney ...... (CT) 159. Jim McDermott ...... (WA) clinical innovation in the hospitals most 51. ...... (NY) 160. Jim McGovern ...... (MA) likely to conduct cutting edge research. Ad- 52. Henry Cuellar ...... (TX) 161. John M. McHugh ...... (NY) ditionally, such a reduction could slow the 53. Elijah Cummings ...... (MD) 162. Mike McIntyre ...... (NC) 54. Susan Davis ...... (CA) 163. Cathy McMorris Rodgers ...... (WA) adoption of much needed health information 55. Geoff Davis ...... (KY) 164. Jerry F. McNerney ...... (CA) technology. Hospitals make long-term com- 56. Lincoln Davis ...... (TN) 165. Michael McNulty ...... (NY) mitments to capital acquisitions. This pro- 57. Danny Davis ...... (IL) 166. Gregory W. Meeks ...... (NY) 58. David Davis ...... (TN) 167. Charlie Melancon ...... (LA) posal amounts to pulling the rug out from 59. William D. Delahunt ...... (MA) 168. Michael Michaud ...... (ME) under their financial obligations to maintain 60. Rosa DeLaura ...... (CT) 169. Brad Miller ...... (NC) and improve their physical facilities for pa- 61. Charles W. Dent ...... (PA) 170. Harry Mitchell ...... (AZ) 62. Norman D. Dicks ...... (WA) 171. Alan Mollohan ...... (WV) tients. 63. Lloyd Doggett ...... (TX) 172. Dennis Moore ...... (KS) Congress recently opposed a component of 64. Joe Donnelly ...... (IN) 173. Gwen Moore ...... (WI) the administration’s fiscal year 2008 budget 65. Michael Doyle ...... (PA) 174. Shelley Moore Capito ...... (WV) proposal that would have significantly re- 66. John J. Duncan, Jr...... (TN) 175. James Moran ...... (VA) 67. Chet Edwards ...... (TX) 176. Christopher Murphy ...... (CT) duced hospital payments. As you know, both 68. Vernon J. Ehlers ...... (MI) 177. Patrick Murphy ...... (PA) the FY08 House and Senate budget resolu- 69. Keith Ellison ...... (MN) 178. Tim Murphy ...... (PA)

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:47 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19JY7.020 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8130 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COSIGNERS OF THE CMS But CMS, the government represent- Pursuant to the order of the House of PROPOSED INPATIENT PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT RULE ative, has to be a partner of our Wednesday, July 18, 2007, the gen- LETTER—Continued deliverers, the hospitals, not an adver- tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. RYAN) and sary. And that requires that they give a Member opposed each will control 5 Member State more than 2 months notice, they give a minutes. 179. John P. Murtha ...... (PA) heads up to the hospitals when they’re The Chair recognizes the gentleman 180. Jerrold Nadler ...... (NY) 181. Grace Napolitano ...... (CA) going to change a rule that has the di- from Wisconsin. 182. Richard Neal ...... (MA) rect and immediate impact of changing Mr. OBEY. I wonder if I could ask the 183. James Oberstar ...... (MN) 184. John W. Olver ...... (MA) revenue streams for our hospitals. gentleman a question. In the interest 185. Solomon P. Ortiz ...... (TX) This amendment, paragraph 1, like of saving time helping Members get to 186. ...... (NJ) 187. Ed Pastor ...... (AZ) paragraph 2, simply delays the imple- their planes, would the gentleman be 188. Ron Paul ...... (TX) mentation so that there will be a heads willing to forgo extended comment if 189. Donald Payne ...... (NJ) 190. Steve Pearce ...... (NM) up, a time to respond, a time to study we accept the comment? 191. Ed Perlmutter ...... (CO) it and a time to implement it. Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Yes. I will 192. Collin Peterson ...... (MN) 193. John Peterson ...... (PA) Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Chair- just explain the amendment and then I 194. Thomas Petri ...... (WI) man, 269 Members of this body are on would be happy to yield back the bal- 195. Joseph Pitts ...... (PA) 196. Todd Russell Platts ...... (PA) record in their support of this bipar- ance of my time. 197. Ted Poe ...... (TX) tisan amendment. It is simply wrong to The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- 198. Jon Porter ...... (NV) 199. Tom Price ...... (GA) punish the hospital before they have tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. RYAN) is 200. David Price ...... (NC) done anything wrong. So I urge all of recognized. 201. Deborah Pryce ...... (OH) 202. George Radanovich ...... (CA) my colleagues to support this bipar- Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I appreciate 203. Nick J. Rahall, III ...... (WV) tisan amendment. the Chair’s indulgence and I will just 204. Jim Ramstad ...... (MN) 205. Denny Rehberg ...... (MT) I yield back the balance of my time. take a moment to explain what this 206. Dave Reichert ...... (WA) Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, on this amendment does, and then I will yield 207. Rick Renzi ...... (AZ) 208. Silvestre Reyes ...... (TX) side of the aisle we’d be happy to ac- back the balance of my time. 209. Tom Reynolds ...... (NY) cept the amendment. Mr. Chairman, there is a recent trou- 210. Ciro Rodriquez ...... (TX) 211. Mike Rogers ...... (AL) Mr. WALSH of . Mr. Chair- bling report entitled ‘‘CDC Off Center,’’ 212. Harold Rogers ...... (KY) man, will the gentleman yield? which was produced under the direc- 213. Dana Rohrabacher ...... (CA) 214. Peter Roskam ...... (IL) Mr. OBEY. I yield to the gentleman tion of Senator COBURN with a report 215. Mike Ross ...... (AR) from New York. in the Senate Government Affairs Com- 216. Steve Rothman ...... (NJ) 217. Lucille Roybal-Allard ...... (CA) Mr. WALSH of New York. Mr. Chair- mittee. Instead of using its resources 218. Bobby Rush ...... (IL) man, I agree. I am one of the signato- to fight life-threatening diseases like 219. Tim Ryan ...... (OH) 220. John T. Salazar ...... (CO) ries on the letter. I support it. It will HIV/AIDS and cancer, the CDC has in- 221. Bill Sali ...... (ID) stead spent money on needless luxury 222. Loretta Sanchez ...... (CA) help our hospitals. 223. Jim Saxton ...... (NJ) b 1215 items and nongovernment functions. 224. Adam Schiff ...... (CA) For example, the CDC’s Office of 225. Allyson Schwartz ...... (PA) 226. David Scott ...... (GA) The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques- Health and Safety recently provided its 227. Robert C. Scott ...... (VA) tion is on the amendment offered by employees with a new, extravagant fit- 228. Jose Serrano ...... (NY) 229. Pete Sessions ...... (TX) the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. ness center that includes such items as 230. Joe Sestak ...... (PA) LEWIS). 231. Christopher Shays ...... (CT) rotating pastel ‘‘mood’’ lights, zero- 232. Carol Shea-Porter ...... (NH) The question was taken; and the Act- gravity chairs, and $30,000 dry-heat 233. Bill Shuster ...... (PA) ing Chairman announced that the ayes 234. Mike Simpson ...... (ID) saunas. The CDC has also spent over 235. ...... (NJ) appeared to have it. $1.7 million on a ‘‘Hollywood liaison’’ 236. Louise M. Slaughter ...... (NY) Mr. WELLER of Illinois. Mr. Chair- 237. Chris Smith ...... (NJ) to advise TV shows like ‘‘E.R.’’ and 238. Vic Snyder ...... (AR) man, I demand a recorded vote. ‘‘House’’ on medical information in- 239. Mark Souder ...... (IN) The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to 240. Zachary Space ...... (OH) cluded in their programming, clearly 241. Cliff Stearns ...... (FL) clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- an expense that should have been cov- 242. Bart Stupak ...... (MI) ceedings on the amendment offered by 243. Betty Sutton ...... (OH) ered by the successful for-profit tele- 244. John Tanner ...... (TN) the gentleman from Georgia will be vision shows, not by our hard-earned 245. Ellen Tauscher ...... (CA) postponed. 246. Gene Taylor ...... (MS) tax dollars. They also further squan- 247. Lee Terry ...... (NE) AMENDMENT NO. 26 OFFERED BY MR. RYAN OF dered taxpayer dollars in an office in- 248. John F. Tierney ...... (MA) WISCONSIN 249. ...... (NY) tended to help improve employee mo- 250. Stephanie Tubbs Jones ...... (OH) Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair- rale. This program, which currently 251. Michael R. Turner ...... (OH) man, I offer an amendment. 252. Mark Udall ...... (CO) costs $250,000 per year, has yielded just 253. Tom Udall ...... (NM) The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk 98 complaints since it was created last 254. Fred Upton ...... (MI) will designate the amendment. 255. Chris Van Hollen ...... (MD) year. At this rate it is costing tax- 256. Nydia Vela´zquez ...... (NY) The text of the amendment is as fol- payers about $3,000 per complaint. De- 257. James T. Walsh ...... (NY) lows: 258. Tim Walz ...... (MN) spite the program’s lack of use, the 259. Zach Wamp ...... (TN) Amendment No. 26 offered by Mr. RYAN of CDC is planning to spend at least $1 260. Debbie Wasserman Schultz ...... (FL) Wisconsin: 261. Maxine Waters ...... (CA) million more to expand it. At the end of the bill (before the short 262. Diane E. Watson ...... (CA) In a time when we are facing increas- 263. ...... (NY) title), insert the following: 264. Peter Welch ...... (VT) SEC. lll. (a) None of the funds made ing risk of bioterrorism and disease, 265. Ed Whitfield ...... (KY) 266. Heather Wilson ...... (NM) available in this Act may be used to carry these are hardly the best use of tax- 267. Lynn Woolsey ...... (CA) out the Entertainment Education Program payer dollars. 268. David Wu ...... (OR) of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- 269. John Yarmuth ...... (KY) My amendment simply would ensure vention. that the CDC would not be able to Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Chair- (b) None of the funds made available in spend any more Federal funding on this Act may be used for the Ombudsman 1 these three boondoggles described man, I yield 1 ⁄2 minutes to the gen- Program of the Centers for Disease Control tleman from Vermont (Mr. WELCH). and Prevention. above. And it is my hope that we can Mr. WELCH of Vermont. Mr. Chair- (c) None of the funds made available in this get the CDC focused on doing its job, man, I speak to paragraph 1 of the Act may be used by the Centers for Disease which is very important and they do a amendment. This is another proposed Control and Prevention to provide additional good job on that, and not on these CMS rule. Bottom line is this: Our rotating pastel lights, zero-gravity chairs, or kinds of boondoggles. This report American hospitals and health care de- dry-heat saunas for its fitness center. shows dozen of examples of these livery system has to provide health Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I reserve a abuses. care to our citizens. CMS plays a major point of order on the amendment. And I appreciate the Chair for his in- role in helping us to do that and to The Acting CHAIRMAN. The point of dulgence and the acceptance of the contain costs. order is reserved. amendment.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:47 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19JY7.022 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8131 Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- set priorities. When we have Federal The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to ance of my time. agencies send Federal employees over- the order of the House of Wednesday, The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques- seas for conferences, we should put a July 18, 2007, the gentleman from New tion is on the amendment offered by realistic limitation on it, and this one, Jersey (Mr. GARRETT) and a Member the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. I think, does, at 50 employees of any opposed each will control 5 minutes. RYAN). Federal Department or agency for any The Chair recognizes the gentleman The amendment was agreed to. single conference occurring outside the from . AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. UPTON United States. Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, will the Mr. UPTON. Mr. Chairman, I offer an Again, I appreciate the chairman’s gentleman yield? amendment. acceptance of the amendment. Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. I will The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk While this is an amendment that I have pro- yield. Mr. OBEY. Again, the same deal, if will designate the amendment. posed to other appropriations bills, I believe it we accept the amendment. We are try- The text of the amendment is as fol- is especially important that it be included on ing to help get Members out of here. this bill. lows: Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. I will. Since 2000, HHS has spent over $435 mil- Amendment offered by Mr. UPTON: I will just extend that 30 seconds to ap- At the end of the bill (before the short lion on conferences and spent $88 million just proximately 1 minute, though, because title), insert the following: last year. Government-wide spending in those I just want to make a point on this SEC. ll. None of the funds made available same years was over $1.5 billion. in this Act may be used to purchase light amendment. In 2002 HHS spent $3.6 million to send 236 I very much appreciate the chairman bulbs unless the light bulbs have the ‘‘EN- persons to the AIDS conference in Barcelona. ERGY STAR’’ designation. for accepting this amendment. What In 2004 HHS spent $500,000 to send 140 The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to this amendment does, as we have said persons to the AIDS conference in Bangkok. all along, is it sets priorities, and it the order of the House of Wednesday, In 2005 HHS sent 300 employees to a July 18, 2007, the gentleman from does on two areas that are extremely dioxin conference in Toronto. important to the Fifth Congressional Michigan (Mr. UPTON) and a Member Last year the agency sent delegations of opposed each will control 5 minutes. District and the State of New Jersey 200 or more to 54 separate conferences. and the entire Nation as well. And that Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, because we Many of these conferences are now covered are trying to get Members out of here is that we set priorities by increasing online, allowing interested parties to attend funding in two very important areas. for their planes, I would be happy to without expensive plane tickets, meals, and accept the gentleman’s amendment. One is to the National Cancer Insti- hotel rooms. tute for additional cancer research by Mr. UPTON. No problem. An identical amendment was included in the The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques- $10 million. And another area of ex- House-passed version of the FY05 appropria- treme importance to the State of New tion is on the amendment offered by tions bill but removed in conference. I cannot the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Jersey for the rising number of chil- help but think of the possibly tens of millions dren being born with autism, to direct UPTON). of taxpayer money that could have been The amendment was agreed to. an additional $10 million for research saved in the past few years had this language in that area as well. AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. GARRETT OF NEW become standard. I will just give a couple of statistics: JERSEY I trust that the new chairman will work to in- one in 150 children, and it used to be Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Mr. clude the amendment in the conference one in around 10,000, is now diagnosed Chairman, I offer an amendment. agreement—we must inject some sense into with autism. Every day 67 children are The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk HHS. This amendment will only limit inter- diagnosed with autism spectrum dis- will designate the amendment. national conferences, just a small step in order, which translates into a new case The text of the amendment is as fol- reigning in an agency that seems to think its almost every 20 minutes. Autism is be- lows: job is to talk about problems instead of work- coming the fastest-growing serious de- Amendment offered by Mr. GARRETT of ing to solve them. velopmental disability in the United New Jersey: Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- Page 125, after line 2, insert the following: States. That was the purpose for put- SEC. 522. None of the funds made available ance of my time. ting that in these amendments, and I in this Act may be used to send or otherwise The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques- thank the chairman for agreeing with pay for the attendance of more than 50 em- tion is on the amendment offered by us to the importance and seeing that ployees from a Federal department or agen- the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. additional funds go to these very wor- cy at any single conference occurring outside GARRETT). thy causes. the United States. The amendment was agreed to. Mr. Chairman, I am offering an amendment The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. GARRETT OF NEW that would take $49 million from an account the order of the House of Wednesday, JERSEY that was zeroed out in the President’s budget July 18, 2007, the gentleman from New Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Mr. request, and transfer it to two Institutes at the Jersey (Mr. GARRETT) and a Member Chairman, I offer an amendment. National Institutes of Health that I believe opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk need additional funding—one working to fight Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I reserve a will designate the amendment. cancer, and one working to fight autism. point of order on the amendment. We The text of the amendment is as fol- Since President Nixon unofficially declared are not sure which amendment this is. lows: war on cancer in his Ad- The Acting CHAIRMAN. Without ob- Amendment offered by Mr. GARRETT of dress of 1971, much progress has been made jection, the Clerk will report the New Jersey: in the area of cancer research. Over the past amendment. At the end of the bill (before the short three and one-half decades, science has con- There was no objection. title) insert the following: tinued to break down barriers in the fight Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I withdraw TITLE VI against this disease. Today, cancer is no my point of order. And I would simply ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS longer the mystery disease that it once was, ask the gentleman, in the interest of SEC. 601. The amounts otherwise provided and researchers know infinitely more about time, would the gentleman be willing by this Act are revised by reducing the the prevention, detection, and treatment of the to shorten his remarks and we would amount made available for the ‘‘Department disease than ever before. be happy to accept the amendment. of Labor, Employment and Training Admin- All this research is beginning to bear fruit. Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. I ap- istration, Training and Employment Serv- Fewer people died from cancer in 2004 than preciate that. I will shorten my re- ices’’, by increasing the amount made avail- in 2003 and the American public is witnessing marks to approximately 30 seconds to able for the ‘‘National Institutes of Health, declining rates for most major cancer types, say, I thank the chairman for accept- National Cancer Institute’’, and by increas- ing the amount made available for the ‘‘Na- including breast cancer, prostate cancer, and ing the amendment. I thank the pre- tional Institutes of Health, National Insti- colorectal cancer. But there’s much more work vious subcommittee chairmen as well tute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke’’ to be done. for accepting similar which we have by $49,000,000, $10,000,000, and $10,000,000, re- I thank the chairman of the Appropriations done in the past, which simply says to spectively. Committee for increasing the budget of the

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.021 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8132 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 National Cancer Institute in this year’s bill. I I received a call yesterday from the 10, with grades 11 and 12 being added in just think that we can do a little more. And this director of the Andre Agassi Founda- the next 2 years, for a total of 630 stu- is an obviously higher priority with far broader tion, who has provided a lot of the dents when enrollment is complete. application to the American people. funding for this school, inviting me to The first class will graduate in 2009. We can also do a little more to fund re- come to the school in August and to The student body is 96 percent minor- search for a serious problem facing the coun- see what they are doing and take a ity. try: autism. tour. And that is very nice and very This earmark, which I thank the gen- According to Autism Now, the largest autism flattering, but that actually isn’t the tleman for highlighting, would go to foundation in the country: 1 in 150 children is point. I am sure it is a very fine school. the Andre Agassi Prep’s Technology diagnosed with autism; every day 67 children I am sure it is doing lots of great work. and Multimedia Initiative and will in- are diagnosed with an autism spectrum dis- But my understanding is that this crease the use of computer technology order, which translates into a new case almost school is at least half, if not more than in math, science, reading, and language every 20 minutes; and autism is the fastest- that, funded by charitable donations, instructions. growing serious developmental disability in the including from Mr. Agassi and from b 1230 United States. one of the Las Vegas casinos and lots According to the U.S. Department of Health of other people. This is exactly the type of environ- and Human Services, in my home State of What I raise this about is whether we ment we should be encouraging for all New Jersey, the rate of new autism spectrum should be using earmarks to give out of our students in all of our schools. disorder cases is the highest in the country. like this to what are essentially chari- Andre Agassi has been a tireless ad- One in sixty boys in New Jersey is affected. table works. Now, I am sure there are vocate for this academy and for numer- Mr. Chairman, my amendment would also many other good schools in Nevada. ous other philanthropic endeavors, in- increase the budget of the National Institute of There are many in my area. I am sure cluding the Boys and Girls Clubs in Las Neurological Disorders and Stroke by $10 mil- there are fine museums. I am sure Vegas, raising more than $60 million lion. This Institute, part of the National Insti- there are fine research facilities. I am and contributing a substantial amount tutes of Health, is the organization within the sure there are all kinds of different of his own money to improve the lives Federal Government that is primarily respon- things that we can spend Federal of children, youth at risk in my com- sible for organizing the research into autism. money on. munity. There is nobody that has done The account that this amendment would But I don’t think that when the tax- more for people in this community, my take from was proposed to be eliminated en- payers pay their taxes that they intend community, than Andre Agassi. tirely by the administration, as it has dem- that part of it is a repository for us, as The only reason we’re talking about onstrated to be duplicative and ineffective. My Members of Congress, any of us as this project on the floor today is be- amendment retains some funding in that ac- Members of Congress, to delve into cause a famous name is attached to it. count, but reduces it. If these appropriations that money and go out and say this is But whereas my colleague on the other bills are about priorities, I ask that we make a charitable organization which I find side hopes to find a celebrity asking for research on cancer and autism a priority, worthy in my district and here is the Federal handouts rather than digging above duplicative and ineffective programs. taxpayers’ money for that from me. Be- into his own pocket, he has instead Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- cause it is not from me. It is not from highlighted a model citizen and a lead- ance of my time. the Member of Congress. It is the tax- er who has tried to make a difference The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques- payers’ money. And I think we are bet- and convince others to do the same. tion is on the amendment offered by ter off leaving the taxpayers with their It is one of the fastest growing areas. the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. own money so they can give it to what- This is a very important earmark. I am GARRETT). ever charitable organizations, schools, proud to take this earmark. I will de- The amendment was agreed to. museums, historical developments, re- fend it with all my strength and abil- AMENDMENT NO. 61 OFFERED BY MR. CAMPBELL search, that they feel they should. And ity. OF CALIFORNIA I just don’t feel that it is our right, as At this time, I would like to yield Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Members of Congress, to hand this whatever time is remaining to my col- Chairman, I offer an amendment. money out, no matter how beneficial or league from Nevada, JON PORTER. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk how worthy the cause is, to hand this Mr. PORTER. Mr. Chairman, I appre- will designate the amendment. out to various charities in our dis- ciate many Members of this body that The text of the amendment is as fol- are looking for ways to eliminate lows: tricts, because it is not our money, and act as though it is something that we waste, fraud and abuse, but I’m ex- Amendment No. 61 offered by Mr. CAMP- did. tremely disappointed that they’ve cho- BELL of California: sen this project. At the end of the bill (before the short Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance title), insert the following: of my time. I must say that I’m afraid some of SEC. ll. None of the funds made available Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise my colleagues haven’t really done their in this Act may be used for Andre Agassi to claim the time in opposition to the homework. And I appreciate my friend College Preparatory Academy. gentleman’s amendment. and colleague from Nevada, Congress- The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentle- woman BERKLEY, for stating some of the order of the House of Wednesday, woman from Nevada is recognized for 5 the obvious. July 18, 2007, the gentleman from Cali- minutes. This particular program is what we fornia (Mr. CAMPBELL) and a Member Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise need in America. And there is even a opposed each will control 5 minutes. in the strongest possible opposition to Web page today that shows this as an The Chair recognizes the gentleman this amendment. example of what’s wrong with America. from California. In his misguided zeal to identify a I want to stand here today and say this Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. high-profile example of wasteful Fed- is what’s right with America. We need Chairman, what this amendment does eral spending, the author of this to encourage public/private partner- is this strikes an earmark, $200,000, for amendment has instead provided me ships. Here is an individual that has the Andre Agassi College Preparatory with an opportunity to sing the praises adopted a charter school, a strong plat- Academy in Las Vegas, Nevada. of a member of my community who has form with the Republican Party, char- Let me explain, Mr. Chairman. I used his personal and professional suc- ter schools. It is a public charter know that the gentlewoman from Ne- cess to help those that are less fortu- school that he has adopted and writes a vada, who is here, and I believe the nate. check for close to $3 million a year to gentleman from Nevada also are sup- In 2001 Andre Agassi opened a charter keep it operating. portive of this. What this amendment school in Las Vegas, the Andre Agassi Quite frankly, Mr. Chairman, I’m em- is not about is about the merits of this College Preparatory Academy. It is in barrassed. This is what’s right about particular academy, as I understand it one of the most disadvantaged areas in America, not what’s wrong about is a charter school, or whether it is a my congressional district. Agassi Prep America. This particular school is serv- good school or not. currently serves students in grades K– ing a population that needs our help

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We its Rangel archives.’’ And it goes on to This is another example of how we can do have funds available through grant say, quote, ‘‘The Rangel archivist li- help this very important population. processes that help charter schools. brarian will organize, index and pre- And again, as my colleague said from Unfortunately, we needed help imme- serve for posterity all documents, pho- Nevada, this is an example of an indi- diately and this was the way to do it. tographs and memorabilia relating to vidual that is giving of his time, of his As a matter of fact, this earmark isn’t Congressman Rangel’s career.’’ life to support our community, close to even in my district, it’s adjacent to my House rules, and House rule XXI, $60 million a year. He is giving to the district in Nevada. But it is tradi- clause 6 says, and I quote, ‘‘It shall not community $3 million of his own tional, it is what we do as a Congress. be in order to consider a bill, joint res- money into this school. Another example of why I think Mem- olution, amendment or conference re- Mr. Chairman, I strongly oppose this bers understand their districts better port that provides for the designation amendment. And I personally am very than this full body, which is why we or redesignation of a public work in disappointed. This is an example of are here today in opposition to this honor of an individual then serving as what’s right about America. Mr. Agassi amendment. a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis- has done everything he can to help Mr. WALSH of New York. Mr. Chair- sioner or Senator.’’ In other words, the kids. He helps needy kids at our child man, I yield back the balance of my rule says that we don’t name public welfare program, Boys and Girls Clubs time. works after ourselves while we are in across the community. He’s not stand- The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques- Congress. ing there with his hand out, he’s stand- tion is on the amendment offered by Now, it’s my understanding from the ing there with support. the gentleman from California (Mr. Parliamentarian that this amendment So Mr. Chairman, I ask this body to CAMPBELL). does not violate the letter of that rule. oppose this amendment, and I am ex- The amendment was rejected. I would argue, and argue to my friends tremely embarrassed. AMENDMENT NO. 62 OFFERED BY MR. CAMPBELL in the majority, that it would violate Ms. BERKLEY. Reclaiming my time, OF CALIFORNIA the spirit. I really do not think this is let me sum up. Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. a road we want to go down, where we, I’m going to urge defeat of this Chairman, I offer an amendment. as Members, have the ability to create amendment. And before I yield back The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk and name things after ourselves using the balance of my time, I want to reit- will designate the amendment. public funds while we are in office. If erate that I represent one of the faster The text of the amendment is as fol- you think about that, there are five growing areas in the country. If we are lows: colleges or universities in my district. forced to rely strictly on formula fund- Amendment No. 62 offered by Mr. CAMP- I’m sure if I went to one of them, any ing for Federal assistance, we will al- BELL of California: of them, with $2 million and said, Let’s ways be behind the eight ball. We de- At the end of the bill (before the short have the John Campbell School of Fis- pend and rely on these earmarks in title), insert the following: cal Responsibility, I’m sure they would order to keep up with the latest tech- SEC. ll. None of the funds made available at least listen to that. But I don’t nology and importance of providing for in this Act may be used for the Charles B. think that would be right and I don’t the people that I represent. I’m sorry Rangel Center for Public Service, City Col- think that would be good and I don’t lege of New York, NY. that I had to even come down here to think that would be proper. And I don’t defend this earmark. I’m proud of it. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to believe that this earmark is either. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- the order of the House of Wednesday, So, I would request that my friends ance of my time. July 18, 2007, the gentleman from Cali- on the majority side and on the minor- Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. fornia (Mr. CAMPBELL) and a Member ity side consider, before you knee-jerk Chairman, you know, I don’t disagree, opposed each will control 5 minutes. oppose this amendment, consider what and I’m not in a position to disagree The Chair recognizes the gentleman this is opening up for this House. And with anything about this school said by from California. do you really want to open up that either the lady from Nevada or the gen- Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. we’re going to have earmarks to name tleman from Nevada. Again, let me re- Chairman, this amendment would things after ourselves? iterate, that is not my point. eliminate a $2 million earmark for the Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance My point is that there are probably Charles B. Rangel Center for Public of my time. many other schools that are worthy. Service at the City College of New Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Chairman, I rise in There are probably all kinds of health York, New York. opposition to the amendment. considerations that are worthy. There Currently, Mr. Chairman, the City The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- are probably museums that are worthy. College of New York does not have a tleman from New York is recognized There are all kinds of things that are Charles B. Rangel Center for Public for 5 minutes. worthy. But the Federal Government Service. The Web site shows there are Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Chairman, I rise in does not traditionally fund charter 16 centers of study, none of which bear opposition because I’m supporting the schools. Schools are inherently local Mr. RANGEL’s name. So ostensibly this spirit and the rule. and State, and I think should be, and $2 million is going to be creating the Let me make some things abun- hopefully will continue to be. It’s not a Charles B. Rangel Center for Public dantly clear that this would not only Federal school. And so I just don’t Service. not violate the spirit in which we are think that it is right or appropriate Currently, according to the Web site, doing this, but 60 years ago Charles that any of us pick something and es- it appears that most everything deal- Rangel was a high school dropout on sentially say this is where we’re going ing with public service careers at the the streets of Lenox Avenue, and the to use the taxpayers’ funds in a chari- City College of New York currently only thing that brings him to this Con- table endeavor. goes through the Colin Powell Center gress is the G.I. Bill. And in my com- Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- for Policy Studies, which was founded munity, where only four out of 10 kids ance of my time. by a charitable grant in 1997. manage to finish high school, I’ve de- Mr. WALSH of New York. Mr. Chair- Now, Mr. Chairman, Mr. RANGEL pro- voted my entire life in working with man, I move to strike the last word. vided to me yesterday a brochure here the public and private sector in trying The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- on the Center for Public Service in New to keep our kids in school, and giving tleman is recognized for 5 minutes. York. And this has a lot of stuff in it, them the opportunity to get an edu- Mr. WALSH of New York. I yield to admittedly, it mentions many things. cation. the gentleman from Nevada. But there are a few things in it I The days that we think that edu- Mr. PORTER. Mr. Chairman, I just thought were troubling, because cation is a local issue are over. As we want to respond to my colleague’s com- amongst the things that it says this move toward globalization, it is going ments about charter schools. center will have are, quote, ‘‘a well-fur- to be far more important for every

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But since it, that as flattered as I am that they which they already raised $25 million, I’ve been here 38 years and have not are using my name, I am thoroughly in order to do this. And all the office really had any opposition from the convinced that the only reason they things that you’re talking about, when other side, it doesn’t serve any func- are using my name is the ability to at- you talk about archives, it means after tion for me, except to try to encourage tract funds to get this thing going. So I leave here. And I do hope that there people to participate with government, for me to be able to remove my name would be an office there, as we bring local government, teachers, in order to from it, I would say that the $25 mil- people in to encourage people to get an keep our kids in school. lion that they raised was in bad faith, education, to go into public service. I So, I am proud of the fact that and the money that they intend to cannot think of anything that I am they’re using my name in order to cre- raise, that I would not lend my name more proud of. I wish we had more of ate this. And it’s going to be created. to, they would never have done this un- this type of thing. As I said, if you had gone to the Web less I agreed. And so it just seems to me, as you site, you would have gotten a number, Mr. KIRK. Reclaiming my time, the have seen fit to apply for an earmark you could have gotten in touch with gentleman is a very powerful chair- here, that you understand what it is. President Williams, he would have told man. If he supports this project, they I’ve been in office for 38 years, I don’t you we’ve collected $25 million, and will come. But I worry about setting need any accolades. My community has that would be it. the precedent of everyone else naming given me that. My predecessor served So, not only do I not see anything things after themselves. for 26 years before me. So I do hope wrong, but I wish more public servants The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- that when you start talking about we that have the ability to do this would tleman from California has 30 seconds understand that you can do this, but get involved in this type of thing. I remaining. we’re anxious to make certain that think it’s very important. Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Thank people don’t want this, anybody that Mr. CAMPBELL of California. If the you, Mr. Chairman. has given 38 of their years to the Con- gentleman would yield, is there, then, In conclusion, it includes an office, et gress, anybody that was able to go a number of years in which someone cetera. I just don’t believe that we back to high school under the G.I. Bill can have been in Congress in which you should use the power and authority we when they were 23, anybody that are then allowed to name something have while in office to use taxpayer spends his time inspiring kids to go to after yourself? funds to create monuments to our- school, to stay in school, to get an edu- Mr. RANGEL. No. But I’m convinced selves or to participate in the creation cation, to get married, make contribu- that after you’re here a while that you of a monument to ourselves. That is tions in anybody’s community, and the would find out it’s the quality of serv- just not something that I believe we city college that stood on a hill, where ice and what you have produced for should be doing. I had no idea that it was a college when your constituents rather than how long Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of I was a kid since nobody in my family you’ve been here. my time to the gentleman from Ari- had gone to college, anybody that can Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- zona (Mr. FLAKE). get this Congress to support something ance of my time. Mr. FLAKE. I just want to commend like that, I would laud not only the Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. the Democrats. We always said that success in getting it done, but the spir- Chairman, may I inquire as to how names should be placed next to the ear- it in which it’s being done. marks. This earmark is going beyond Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Will much time I have remaining? the spirit of the law. The name is on the gentleman yield? The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- Mr. RANGEL. I yield to the gen- tleman from California has 2 minutes the earmark. tleman from California. remaining. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentle- Mr. CAMPBELL of California. You Mr. CAMPBELL of California. I man’s time has expired. said that this is not starting this, but would like to yield 11⁄2 minutes to the The question is on the amendment it does not exist today; is that correct, gentleman from Illinois (Mr. KIRK). offered by the gentleman from Cali- sir? Mr. KIRK. Mr. Chairman, I just think fornia (Mr. CAMPBELL). Mr. RANGEL. We have corporation that putting our constituents first is The question was taken; and the Act- people making contributions. The what this place should be all about, ing Chairman announced that the noes school does not exist. It will be an- and putting our country first. appeared to have it. nounced in October. And I hope my The gentleman from New York is a Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Federal Government is a part of that, distinguished combat veteran, with 38 Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. as I know my city and State are going years service in this House. But we The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to to be a part of it, not because my name have seen people leave this House to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- is on it. I would feel just as strongly great glory, and to even be elected ceedings on the amendment offered by about this if it wasn’t. But somehow President or ambassador, captains of the gentleman from California will be they feel, as some people do, that my industry. And other of our colleagues postponed. name on it will drive and be able to have gone straight from this Chamber Mr. OBEY. I move to strike the last raise the private funds, and so far $25 to jail. And the decision is best made word. million has been raised. And I want my by history. The collective wisdom of The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- government to be a part of that effort. our rules is that, in general, we don’t tleman is recognized for 5 minutes. The brochure is what is being sold to name things after ourselves when we Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, with re- encourage people, including you, to un- are great and powerful, but no inde- gard to the Garrett amendment per- derstand what we’re trying to do and pendent judgment could be leveled. taining to the Department of Labor what we’re going to do. and the National Institutes of Health, Mr. CAMPBELL of California. And b 1245 which was previously adopted by a so, you don’t agree with me, or see any I support this project. I think this voice vote and accepted by the com- problem with us, as Members, sending project is a good one. But I would just mittee, I would like to clarify that the taxpayer funds in the creation of ask would the gentleman entertain a amendment does not specify which De- things named after ourselves while unanimous consent request simply to partment of Labor programs would be we’re still here? remove his name to advance this impacted. Mr. RANGEL. Mr. CAMPBELL, I would project, but to delete the current ego Adoption of that amendment does like to answer you. I would have a from this? not create any legislative intent that

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Mr. Chairman, I offer an earmarks typically do are circumvent using the American Jazz Museum. amendment. the process that we have mandated to So, I believe, first of all, that I have The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk be established with these agencies. been as transparent as anybody could will designate the amendment. We often complain about Federal be. The comments we received from The text of the amendment is as fol- agencies not listening to us and going people in our district, Republicans and lows: out and spending willy-nilly. That is Democrats, is thank you for being transparent. I don’t hide any of it. I Amendment No. 16 offered by Mr. FLAKE: often the case, certainly. It is our job, At the end of the bill (before the short then, to call them in and say, we want want everybody to look at it, examine title), insert the following: to change your program. We want to it. It gives me an opportunity to stand SEC. lll. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF have you competitively bid projects. here, and hopefully people in my dis- FUNDS.—None of the funds in this Act shall I should point out that much of what trict are watching me now to stand be available for the American Jazz Museum we criticize the agencies for we are here and not only defend the earmark, in Kansas City, Missouri, for exhibits, edu- but to promote the American Jazz Mu- cation programs, and an archival project. doing here in spades. Earmarks are, by their very definition, no-bid contracts. seum. (b) CORRESPONDING REDUCTION OF FUNDS.— This is the home of Charlie The amount otherwise provided by this Act We are saying to people out there, if for ‘‘Institute of Museum and Library Serv- you can’t get your grant through the ‘‘YardBird’’ Parker, who was born and ices—Office of Museum and Library Services: competitively bid process, come to us raised right there and went to school Grants and Administration’’ is hereby re- anyway, and we will earmark those around the street from the museum. duced by $200,000. funds for you. So there is no concept, This is the place where Count Basie or- The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to no discussion of merit. ganized his band. This is the place the order of the House of Wednesday, Try as they might, I am sure the Ap- where Jay McShan organized his band. July 18, 2007, the gentleman from Ari- propriations Committee is not in a po- Every major jazz artist in the world zona (Mr. FLAKE) and a Member op- sition to adequately scrub and vet all wanted to play 18th and Vine. Now, there is some debate about posed each will control 5 minutes. of these earmark requests. That is sim- whether Kansas City or New Orleans is The Chair recognizes the gentleman ply not their role and shouldn’t be the Mother of Jazz. Of course, New Or- from Arizona. their role. We shouldn’t put that bur- leans is wrong, and I try to help them Mr. FLAKE. I thank the Chair. den on the Appropriations Committee. when I can. But the point here is that Before talking about this amend- Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance we need, Mr. Chairman, to have people ment, there wasn’t time for me to of my time. speak on the last one, I just want to Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Chairman, I who are going to put up earmarks to be in a position to feel good about them say that I don’t think it is the road claim the time in opposition. that we want to go down to start nam- The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- and to express it. So I don’t see this so ing facilities or programs after our- tleman from Missouri is recognized for much as a defense, but as an oppor- selves. I think that the rules may be a 5 minutes. tunity to promote what I think is one bit vague, but they seem clear enough Mr. CLEAVER. Thank you, Mr. of the legitimate projects for funding that we shouldn’t do that. The dialogue Chairman. from the be- that I heard was, Are you worthy to Let me first of all say that on the cause it serves the people of this Na- have something named after you if you positive side, I do have respect for the tion. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance have just been here a few years? Does gentleman from Arizona. He is con- of my time. it take 38 years? What does it take? sistent. He is not mean-spirited with Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Chairman, I have a Frankly, I think it would take a lot his opposition. There is a lot of mean- great deal of respect for the gentleman more than $2 million to get any college spirited conversation that goes on whose earmark this is. I believe he or university in my district to name here. knows that. I commend him for earlier something the ‘‘Flake Center,’’ for a I should say to him, however, that than just about anybody putting his myriad of reasons. But, having said this Member of Congress placed all 120 earmarks on his Web site. Certainly, that, I just don’t think it is a road that requested earmarks on my Web site in this has been a good reform. I have we should go down. So that is why I March, not at the request of anyone. I been complimentary, and I remain so, supported the gentleman’s amendment. did it. I am proud of my earmarks. I of the majority party’s willingness in I hope others as they come to the floor want everybody to see them. I don’t January to go down this road and actu- will, as well. think there is enough money going, ally require this much. It follows some This amendment would prohibit though, to this particular project. of what we did in the fall as Repub- $200,000 in Federal funds from being When I was mayor of Kansas City, licans. Frankly, in some areas, I think used for the American Jazz Museum in Missouri, we built the American Jazz it did better than we did. Kansas City, Missouri, for exhibits, Museum. It is the only museum on the This isn’t a case of something looks education programs, and for an archi- planet dedicated to the preservation of untoward in this earmark, or somebody val project. It reduces the cost of the America’s only art form. Jazz is the is trying to get some private gain. It bill by a consistent amount. I couldn’t only art form created in the United doesn’t seem to me to be that at all. It think of any jazzy line here, but I will States of America. We have what is is simply a question of, is this a proper just say that earmarks like this prob- called the John Baker Collection. If priority? Should Members of Congress ably give taxpayers all over the blues. students at the University of Arizona be able to designate money like this, This earmark would come out of the want to study the industry of jazz, the particularly in this case, when we have Institute of Museum and Library Serv- art form of jazz, and they would like to a Federal agency with a program to ices account, or the IMLS. The IMLS see the soundies, the only place they award grants and an account with $16 administers a competitive grant pro- can see the John Baker Collection, the million that we appropriate every year gram for museums, libraries and zoos. largest collection of old black and to award grants under this program? This committee has recommended this white soundies, is the American Jazz That is my question here. program be funded with nearly $18 mil- Museum in Kansas City. I think that certainly, as mentioned, lion. People from across this Nation, actu- jazz is uniquely American. I can’t Here is part of the problem, I think, ally from across the world, come into imagine them submitting a proposal with earmarks, particularly in this Kansas City. The city put money into that would not be granted. It seems bill. We are often earmarking funds it. Of course, as a former mayor, I like a great place. It seems to be appro- that are in programs at the agencies know that we send unfunded mandates priate. What is at question here is,

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Mr. Chairman, I just want correctly, allows individual Members The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to to get a few things off my chest with to target things in their own district clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- regard to this earmarking issue. that they think will contribute the ceedings on the amendment offered by I know that policy questions are most to improving the living condi- the gentleman from Arizona will be complicated, and I know that budget tions or the educational conditions or postponed. questions are complicated. I recognize, the cultural conditions in that district. AMENDMENT NO. 6 OFFERED BY MR. JORDAN OF therefore, that substantial members of I don’t think there is anything wrong OHIO the press and some Members of the with that. Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, Congress as well in both bodies seek to But I find it incredibly amazing and I offer an amendment. find other more simple issues which are amusing that we are talking about 0.19 The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk small enough to get their mind around. percent of all of the funds in this bill. will designate the amendment. And so we have spent a good amount of How much time have we spent talking The text of the amendment is as fol- time the last 3 weeks talking about about basic education philosophy? How lows: earmarks. I want to put some things in much time have we spent talking about Amendment No. 6 offered by Mr. JORDAN of perspective about earmarks. which of these education programs Ohio: In the Financial Services bill, out of really work? How much time have we At the end of the bill (before the short all of the money provided in that bill, spent in this debate talking about the title), insert the following new section: 1.5 percent was devoted to earmarks. programs? The answer is zip because SEC. ll. Each amount appropriated or In Interior, 0.43 percent of all the some people prefer to deal with small otherwise made available by this Act that is money appropriated was provided for things. not required to be appropriated or otherwise The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- made available by a provision of law is here- earmarks. by reduced by 4.6 percent. In Transportation, 1.4 percent of the tleman from Missouri has 11⁄2 minutes entire bill was allocated through ear- remaining. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to marks. Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Chairman, I yield the order of the House of Wednesday, And in this bill, it is slightly less 30 seconds to the gentleman from New July 18, 2007, the gentleman from Ohio than 0.20. That is a very tiny portion of York (Mr. ISRAEL). (Mr. JORDAN) and a Member opposed the overall bill. Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, I just each will control 15 minutes. The executive branch allocates or di- want to remind my colleagues of some The Chair recognizes the gentleman rects spending at least 10 times as important facts as we deliberate on from Ohio. great as does the Congress and I don’t these earmarks. I think it is very im- Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, see or hear much squawking about portant to understand that we have re- one of the previous speakers from the that. duced the dollar value of earmarks in majority party talked about how this I just want to suggest this: I don’t this bill by 50 percent from the levels legislation in front of us has reduced happen to be comfortable with the ear- that the Republicans had when they the number of earmarks. I believe his marking system because it is a pain in were running this House of Representa- quote was there are 41 programs that the neck to me, it takes an incredible tives. A 50 percent reduction. We have have been eliminated from last year’s amount of time, and I would much cut 41 wasteful programs from the appropriation bill. Nevertheless, this rather spend that time on policy. But budget in this appropriations bill. We bill increases spending $10.8 billion the fact is that it is a constitutional have saved over $1 billion over last more than the President requested, 7.7 prerogative of the Congress to do so. year. percent more than the President re- And I would submit it creates a much So instead of getting involved in the quested. It is $7 billion, or a 4.6 per- more fair system. An example, when intricacies of one earmark after an- cent, increase over last year’s appro- Speaker HASTERT ran this place last other, let’s keep focused on the facts priation. year, here he is the Speaker of the that count. And the fact that counts is So my amendment is real straight- House, and yet if the Congress ear- that we reduced this budget and forward. It says we are not going to go marked no money, all the dollars slashed those earmarks in half. back to the President, we are not going would go back to Illinois and they Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Chairman, I to cut it, using the term ‘‘cut’’ to the would be directed by a Democratic would like to make two final points. President’s requested level, we are Governor. So Speaker HASTERT would The first is the people in the Fifth Con- going to go back to last year’s funding be part of the body that raised the gressional District of Missouri, Harry level, a level funding amendment, a money at the Federal level and sent Truman’s district, will have the oppor- hold-the-line amendment, whatever the money back to States and local tunity to judge whether or not I should you want to call it. It is certainly not governments; and yet without the ear- have placed these projects before Con- a cut, although that has typically been marking process, the most powerful gress for earmarks next November. I the argument made by the other side of and influential man in Congress would am measured by my representation in the aisle. have nothing to say about how that that district. I would suggest that they This is the sixth amendment I have money was allocated in his own State. are going to be very pleased with what offered in the appropriations process. I submit that is not right. I have done. Each one has been the same, to hold Or take myself. I chair the Appro- The other issue is that we are talking the line on spending. I don’t do it to be priations Committee. I think I spend about a $200,000 earmark, and I had a pain in the rear to the committee or more time and, frankly, I think I know hoped for significantly more than that. to the ranking member. I appreciate at least as much about the Federal We are spending $285 million a day, $11 the work of the committee and our budget as anybody in this institution, million a hour in Iraq. If you subtract ranking member and those involved on not because I am so plugged in but be- $200,000, that would reduce the number this committee in bringing this bill cause of my job and the fact that I of Coca-Colas in Iraq by about four forward. have been here a long time, and even cases based on the price they have been I do it because we have a spending an idiot ought to be able to pick up a gouging. problem. We have a spending problem fair amount of information as long as I Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- in this Congress and in this govern- have been here. ance of my time. ment, and there is going to come a day

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Mr. Chairman, I just spending more. our economy, higher taxes that hurt would like to make a couple of short Now, this bill is some $7 billion more our standing in the international mar- observations. We are told by this gen- than we spent last year. This will be on ketplace. But most importantly, higher tleman, and we have been told, and we top of the bills that we’ve already taxes that hurt families out there try- have been told, and we have been told spent this year, spending some 10 to $12 ing to do the things for their kids and and we have been told for 3 days that billion more than the President asked their grandkids so they can experience somehow it is this bill which is respon- for and above last year’s levels. the American dream. sible for the outrageous fiscal mess fac- On top of that, there’s $6 billion of If you don’t believe me that spending ing the country. I just want to say one additional spending that was in the is going to lead to higher taxes, all you thing: Yes, this bill spends $10 billion continuing resolution in February; $17 have to do is look at yesterday’s Roll more on our kids, on our workers, on billion more in the supplemental Call where there is a story. In fact, we our obligation to provide access to spending bill for Iraq and Katrina, over just had the distinguished chairman health care to people who don’t have it, and above what was needed in those from the Ways and Means Committee than the President does. I plead fully theaters. And the appropriation proc- down here defending an earmark in his double guilty. I would do twice as ess is not finished yet. district, but he is talked about and the much if I could. I would do three times What’s happening here is we’re con- article talks about the tobacco tax as much if I could because the country tinuing to spend more. We’ve got the that they are looking to put on the needs it. largest tax increase in American his- American people to fund increased This is the bill that makes the in- tory coming, and I thought we were spending. vestments that will make our country here to ensure that our kids and their The old line, it’s tax and spend, tax stronger economically, educationally kids had a better chance in life than and spend politicians; it’s actually the and socially not just today but for the what we had. I mean, every generation opposite, it’s spend and tax, spend and next 10 years. That’s what this bill is of Americans has been proud of the fact tax. Spending drives the equation, and about. that they left the country and left op- that is why we need to begin to get a We have got a 2 percent difference be- portunities for our children and their handle on spending. That’s what this tween us and the President in terms of children that were better than what we amendment does. what we are trying to spend in this bill had. And I think it’s our obligation to In the course of offering these versus what he thinks we ought to make sure that our kids have a better amendments over the last several spend. I have just told you where we chance at the American Dream than weeks, we have consistently heard two have put it in the right places. Where arguments from the majority party. what we had. does the President want to put money? But we’re not doing that. We’re The first is the old devastating cut ar- The President wants to spend five gument, that somehow if we just spend mortgaging our children’s future by times as much as the difference that continuing to raise taxes and increase what we spent last year, that will we have with him on this bill, he wants somehow be terrible and the sky will spending. We’ve done it all year, and to spend five times as much giving tax we’re not even to the end of the year fall and the world will end and every- cuts to people who make more than a thing will go to chaos. I find that hard yet. Now we’re only in July and we’ve million bucks a year. He is going to got numbers that will add up to close to believe in light of the fact that give 57 billion bucks to people in this countless number of American families to $100 billion of additional spending. country who make over a million How much is enough? How much is have to do that all the time, live on bucks a year. We think that money, a last year’s budget. But somehow, gov- enough? portion of it, is better spent on kids I think that the gentleman’s amend- ernment never seems to be able to do who need it and on sick people who that. ment is a good amendment, just to need it. And we make no apology for it. bring the spending level in this bill The other line that we have heard, The other thing I would simply say is down to last year’s level, and let’s and I find this one somewhat amazing, that the other place that the President make the tough choices that the Amer- but the line is how dare Republicans wants to spend it, he wants to spend 60 ican people sent us here to make. talk about holding the line on spending times as much as that $10 billion on Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 because you increased spending over that stupid war in Iraq, the worst for- minutes to the gentleman from New the last several years as well. I am fas- eign policy blunder in the history of cinated by that argument because the (Mr. UDALL). the Republic. Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. I thank argument, when you boil it down, is So we plead fully guilty to having a the gentleman. this: Because Republicans spent too meaningful 2 percent difference be- They say on the other side, and the much, we are going to spend more. tween the President and us. We plead gentleman has said, that we have a So I fail to see the logic in those two fully guilty, and I wish it were more. arguments. What I do understand is spending problem and that they left this, Mr. Chairman. Government b 1315 the country in better shape. Our spends too much. Families know how Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, we re- friends on the other side are talking to budget. We should be able to do the serve the balance of our time. about leaving the country in better same thing. Families don’t just get an Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, shape. I think we need, Mr. Chairman, automatic 4.6 percent increase in their I yield to the Republican leader, friend to remind them of the history here. budget. We should look to hold the line and gentleman from Ohio, for 1 minute. What we’re talking about is just 6 on spending. That is what this amend- Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Chairman, let me short years ago President Clinton left ment does. It will help set us on the thank my colleague for yielding, and I office with a budget surplus of $5.6 tril- path of fiscal discipline so we can begin rise today to support the gentleman’s lion, and a lot of us at that time were to deal with the big problems that I amendment. talking about how we were going to in- referenced earlier that are going to be The bill before us spends some $10 bil- vest in education and health care and out there with entitlement spending, lion more than the President re- the important things that our country and begin to get a handle on our budget quested, $7 billion more than what this needs and that make our country so that our economy can continue to bill spent last year. And what the gen- stronger. grow and prosper. tleman seeks to do is reduce the over- And in 6 short years, 6 short years, Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance all amount of spending in this bill to our Republican friends have driven this of my time. the level we spent last year. country into a deficit situation. We’re

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Mr. Chairman, I thank The gentleman who’s offered this claim that they’re fighting spending. I the gentleman for yielding. amendment has said we should go back mean, this was, under them, borrow It was brought up before that we’re to last year. That’s all we’re doing is and spend, borrow and spend. That was not talking about what the Federal going back to last year so we can hold the message. And what we’re trying to agencies do. We talk a lot about what the line on spending. Why we would do here in this particular piece of legis- Congress does with earmarking, but want to go back to last year? When lation is get under control a situation there’s an area of complaint I’ve heard last year was there ever an attempt to where we invest again in the things about what the Federal agencies are hold the line on spending? that the American people really care doing. Well, this is the time to have Mr. Chairman, the other side spent about: invest in education, investing in that discussion. Right now. and spent and spent and borrowed and our workers so that we can have a com- We’re looking to reduce the amount borrowed and borrowed. The difference petitive workforce, investing in Pell spent, the amount that we appropriate between us is we want to invest in Grants to help students get the very to the Federal agencies. Yes, they America’s families. The other side, Mr. best education. waste money, a tremendous amount of Chairman, decided to spend to give spe- Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, I ask money. They waste money in my own cial interest giveaways. We want to how much time both sides have left? district. This is the time that we say, spend to make sure that kids can get The Acting CHAIRMAN. Each side hey, hold back a little, reprioritize, Pell Grants and go to college and com- has 10 minutes remaining. don’t spend as much, and yet we’re not pete in the global economy. They want- Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, I reserve doing it. ed to spend on no-bid contracts to Hal- the balance of our time. Instead, we say, well, you’re liburton. We want to spend to make Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, misspending money and so we’re going sure that seniors can heat their homes before yielding to my friend and gen- to misspend some money with ear- in the winter because of high oil prices. tleman from Arizona, let me just re- marking. We don’t like the way you They wanted to spend on $13 billion in spond to one thing real quickly. have prioritized, so we’re not going to tax cuts for oil company executives The chairman of the Appropriations actually go in and provide oversight who I don’t think are eligible for Committee talked earlier about all the and say, all right, stop spending money LIHEAP. That’s the difference between new spending, and the other side has a this way or that way. We’re just going us. definition for success for them is more to add to it with our own priorities. We just had a debate earlier about spending. Our side actually believes the Let me just give an example. It’s the propriety of Members of Congress definition of success should be success. often said we don’t ever give examples putting their names on projects that And I always look at education. I of specific programs. I’ll give you one. are funded by the Federal Government. came from the general assembly in I believe it was last year or maybe the I would suggest to my good friends Ohio, and one of the things you focus year before GAO came out with a study that if there were an earmark for a fa- on so much in the general assembly saying that the DARE program was a cility called the Congressional Hypoc- risy Treatment Foundation, there budget process is primary and sec- waste of money, basically, or we wouldn’t be a plaque large enough for ondary education. And if you look at weren’t getting the bang for the buck what’s happened, and this is for every all of their names. that we should. What did we do? We in- Mr. Chairman, with that, I yield 1 State, but I can just give you the num- creased funding for it. Instead of say- minute to the distinguished chairman bers on Ohio. ing, you know, maybe it’s not run as it of the Appropriations Committee. We have 612 public schools in Ohio. In should be, maybe we should scale back Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, some sim- 1977 we had 2 million K–12 kids. Today on it, force them to change it or scrap ple facts. The President’s budget would we have 1.8 million. So we’ve had it altogether, but instead we increased have us spend as a share of our total 200,000 less kids in K–12 public school, funding for it. national income 48 percent less on edu- 612 districts in our State. Over that 30 That goes on across the board. GAO cation, health care, science, job train- years, 200,000 less kids. Dollars spent studies that we often commission are ing, et cetera, than this country spent per pupil, dollars spent per aggregate, always followed by, well, they must in 1980, and by 2012 he would have us dollars spent for facilities, dollars need more money. Not the money’s spend 57 percent less than we spent in spent any way you want to define dol- being misspent. They just need more of 1980. lars spent adjusted for inflation is a it. That creates a problem because we’re tremendous increase. That’s what this amendment is all going to have 27 million more Ameri- So you have got 200,000 less kids. So about to say, hey, Federal agencies cans in the next 10 years. We’re going you’ve got the graph going this way. you’re misspending money; you’re to have 12 million more seniors needing The economists have always got these spending too much; it’s time to scale health care. We’re going to have 2.7 graphs. Graph coming down on number back, and by the way, we can scale million more kids in elementary and of students, graph going up adjusted back on our own as far as earmarking secondary school. We’re going to have for inflation, and what are the results? as well. 2.2 million more students in college. It’s a straight line. So you spent a So we never hear about the Federal And, unless we change our ways, we’re boatload more money on 200,000 less agencies misspending. Here’s one say- going to have 11 million more Ameri- kids to get the exact same result. So ing they do. They do in your district; cans without health insurance. more money may mean more learning they do in my district. This is the op- That’s why we don’t want to go back in some places, but to make the blan- portunity to say enough is enough. to last year. We want to move ahead to ket statement more money means Let’s cut back. Let’s have some fiscal try to deal with the problems coming more education, more money means responsibility here. at us. We see them; they’re there. We more learning is simply not true, and So I commend the gentleman for his ought not to stick our head in the the facts are on our side. amendment, and I urge everyone to ground like an ostrich. We ought to So we define success as actually support it. deal with them, and that’s what this being success, not giving more money Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, I yield bill does. and hoping that good things are going myself as much time as I may con- Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, can I to happen, and if they don’t, you know sume. ask how much time is left? what we’re going to do, give them more I appreciate the gentleman’s argu- The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- money next time. We don’t define it ment. At least his argument is con- tleman has 7 minutes remaining.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.041 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8139 Mr. ISRAEL. I reserve the balance of But we keep hearing about the $57 Mr. WESTMORELAND. Sure. my time. billion from the people in this country Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I was wondering, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, that make over $1 million. Now, I real- I will ask it as you are walking, do you I yield such time as he may consume to ly don’t know if that’s true or not. I believe that the Federal Government the distinguished ranking member am going to assume the chairman of has responsibility for any K–12 edu- from New York. the Appropriations Committee knows cation programs? Mr. WALSH of New York. Mr. Chair- if that’s true or not. Mr. WESTMORELAND. I think that man, I thank the gentleman for yield- But it’s almost like he sounds mad the Federal Government, if they want ing and for bringing this amendment. that he can’t get his hands on some- to fund K–12, it should be in block There were a couple of things that body else’s money. He says, you know, grants to the local school districts for were said in the debate that I just want we can’t get that $57 billion, and we them to be able to spend the money to to try to get a little clarity on. want to spend it. I am mad about it. the needs of their local school districts I served here in the late 1990s, and I You know what? We are spending too and the needs of the State. recall that Republicans, as the major- much money on the war on terror. Mr. RYAN of Ohio. You do believe in ity party, passed a balanced budget in Well, look, I have only been here 3 Federal spending on education at the 1997. In 1998, we had our first balanced years, but I know one thing. I know local level? budget. Now, President Clinton was that the chairman of the Appropria- Mr. WESTMORELAND. I think that President at the time, but I believe I tions Committee and the Democratic if the Federal Government is going to heard someone on the other side say leadership over there can stop this war spend money on education, that they President Clinton left the country with today, today. They got 232 votes. They need to send it to the State as a block control the purse strings, they can stop a $5.6 trillion surplus. I think they’re grant for the State Department of Edu- it today. mistaken. I think what they meant to cation to spend in their local districts. say is President Clinton left the United The supplemental budget that we passed that our leader talked about Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I thank the gen- States Government with a $5.6 trillion tleman. debt. was $20 billion more than the President requested. The chairman of the com- I wanted to make sure, because as we Now, that debt has increased, but the had the conversation, I have heard fact is that when we were in the major- mittee said, you know what, I would spend $10 billion more. What’s stopping many gentleman who were up here ear- ity party, for the first time since the lier say they didn’t believe in any Fed- 1940s, we produced a balanced budget. him? He is already spending $11 billion more. What’s stopping him from spend- eral spending for education, local edu- The President does not have the power ing $10 billion more. cation, at all. of the purse; the Congress does. We cre- Because you know why? I think they I just want to clarify that you, at ated that surplus. We created the bal- are afraid to tell you that these things least, do believe that we do have an ob- anced budgets, and there was no sur- that they are investing in, that’s what ligation to spend money. I appreciate plus left at the end of the Clinton ad- they like to call spending taxpayers’ you saying that. ministration. We actually paid down dollars. The things that they are in- Mr. WESTMORELAND. You know, I the debt about a half trillion dollars, vesting in is of the Amer- have listened to you many nights and I about $500 billion. That was good work. ican people’s pocket. They are making respect you, because I really believe Things changed pretty dramatically investments for the people of this that you are a true believer in what in 2001 when our Nation was attacked. country that they don’t even have any you are saying. We went to war, we had a recession, say in. It’s time we wake up. Let me just say this, that I am part and the dot-com bubble burst. Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, I yield of that fringe. But we produced that surplus. We myself such time as I may consume. Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I know. I have produced those balanced budgets. Not The gentleman just said the things been here. the President of the United States. The that they are investing in and implying Mr. WESTMORELAND. You are part Congress. That’s where the power of that the Democrats are making these of a fringe, somewhat of a fringe. the purse resides. investments. Yes, we are making these Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I don’t think I Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Could I in- investments. They are investments in am. quire, Mr. Chairman, how much time strengthening American families, mak- Mr. WESTMORELAND. Being part of we have on our side? ing sure kids can go to college, making that fringe, I am proud of the fringe. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- sure people can afford to heat their Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, 1 tleman from Ohio has 4 ⁄2 minutes. homes. that’s twice in the past 2 days that our Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, I will tell you something else, it’s not friend from Georgia has admitted being I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished just us, this bill came out of appropria- on the fringe. In response to the claim gentleman from Georgia (Mr. WEST- tions with a strong bipartisan major- that I am on the fringe voting for this MORELAND). ity. The most conservative Members of bill, I would just like to say I joined his b 1330 the other side voted for this bill. It’s colleagues, every Republican on the not that we are making these invest- Mr. WESTMORELAND. I want to Labor-H subcommittee from all over, ments as Democrats, it’s that most conservative Republicans, in support of thank my friend for yielding. mainstream Members of Congress, with Mr. Chairman, this would almost be this bill. responsibilities to our districts, are The gentleman from New York; Mr. sad if it really wasn’t so comical. making these investments. REGULA, the gentleman from Ohio, I think what a lot of folks are wit- Now, maybe there are some who are these are balanced, fair investments. nessing today is some more smoke and so far on the other side, so far on the As the gentleman from New York mirrors, another magic show that they fringe, that they would argue with may have seen somewhere. their own conservative Members that stated, we are not raising taxes. Check, We have the chairman of the Appro- an investment in college education is a keep your forms from last year, your priations Committee who said that the bad idea. But the fact of the matter is, tax forms, and compare them to next President’s budget would spend 48 per- they are in a very, very small minor- year. There will not be an increase in cent less this year on education and ity. your taxes. some other things that he mentioned This bill has strong bipartisan sup- What we are doing is we are not than 1980, but yet they talk about what port in the Appropriations Committee. spending the money on the banks, we kind of spending spree we are on. I Republicans and Democrats work to- are spending it on the kids. We are not can’t imagine what kind of spending gether despite the opposition from such giving it to the oil companies, we are spree the Democratic majority must a fringe minority. giving it to the kids for education and have been on in 1980. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to health care. Let me say this. We keep hearing a the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. RYAN). It’s a difference in priorities. There is lot of history lessons, a lot of history Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I thank the gen- not a tax increase in here, and the bot- in here. For some reason we don’t want tleman. Would the gentleman from tom line is we make investments into to talk about the future. Georgia yield for a question? the future of our country.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.043 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8140 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 I find it offensive and staggering that to increase spending 4.6 percent in this cut preventive health care services by the minority leader can come here, bill and $20 some billion in this appro- $220 million. That’s why Democrats along with our friends, and talk about priation process that we have done. and Republicans join together on the leaving the country in better shape Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Two seconds, I Appropriations Committee to invest than they found it, or that we have would just say if your philosophy has $1.3 billion to improve health care ac- that obligation. Three trillion dollars worked, you would be in the majority cess and help 1 million Americans re- in debt under your watch, Republican right now. ceive treatment and increase invest- House, Republican Senate, Republican The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentle- ments in NIH. White House, $3 trillion. man’s time has expired. This is about priorities, bipartisan The gentleman from Ohio wasn’t Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, may I common-sense priorities. This is about here, but this Congress asked the Sec- ask how many speakers the other side those of us on both sides of the aisle retary of the Treasury to raise the debt has? who believe that we should invest in limit five or six times so they could go Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. I think our strengthening America’s families and a out and borrow more money from time is done. very small group who believe that we , more money from Japan, more Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, I yield should continue to borrow to give away money from OPEC countries. So we myself the balance of my time. money to the special interests. don’t need lectures on how to leave the Mr. Chairman, the differences we I want to conclude by reminding my country better off than we found it. have heard in this debate are entirely colleagues how we go about making Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, how clear. We want to, with Republicans on these investments, not by raising much time is left? the Appropriations Committee, who by taxes. They are going to keep saying it The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- a widespread margin supported this and saying it and saying it. That’s not tleman from New York has 3 minutes bill. We want to continue to invest in how we do it. We cut 41 programs. We remaining. America’s families and in their future. slashed earmarks in half. We saved $1 Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, we re- A very small group of Members on the billion. serve the balance of our time. other side want to continue going to Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I move to Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, the past where they were spending tax- strike the last word. I would just ask the gentleman, my payer dollars on special interest give- The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- friend from Ohio, how does increasing aways. tleman from Wisconsin is recognized spending 4.6 percent over last year’s There are people, in all of our dis- for 5 minutes. bill, how does that help address the $3 tricts, who are scratching their heads Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I would trillion debt problem that I admit, I trying to figure out how they are going rather not talk about what one party wasn’t here, I admit that’s a real prob- to send their kids to college so they did one year and what one party did lem. can compete in a global economy. The another year, because I think there is Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Would the gen- President wants to slash or eliminate substantial support in both parties for tleman yield so I could ask you a ques- college affordability programs for 1.5 the bill that we have before us today. I tion? million students. want to walk through what the impact Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. I would be Now, that’s why Republicans and of this cut would be on this bill. happy to yield. I asked you a question. Democrats on the Appropriations Com- If we pass this amendment, we will be Mr. RYAN of Ohio. You will probably mittee supported investments that will cutting $1.2 billion from No Child Left remember, because we were in the make additional Pell Grants available Behind, the President’s signature edu- State Senate together in Ohio, there so that people who are working hard, cation set of programs. We will be cut- was a study done by the University of playing by the rules, and want their ting $684 million from Title I grants. Akron. It said every dollar that the kids to advance can send their kids to We will be cutting $519 million from State of Ohio invested in higher edu- college. This isn’t a radical idea. IDEA. That’s a program which both cation, they got $2 back in tax money. This was a bipartisan consensus on parties have fought for the last 3 days This is an investment we are going to the Appropriations Committee. But to try to increase. make, and we are going to yield re- those who are offering these cutbacks We would be cutting $717 million turns. don’t agree with Republicans and from Pell Grants, reducing scholarship Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Reclaiming my Democrats who believe in making in- awards for millions of students, despite time, I would argue that every dollar vestments so that people who play by the fact that the cost of higher edu- we let the American taxpayer keep the rules and work hard can send their cation has gone up by 40 percent the gets earned and returned to the econ- kids to college. last 5 years. We would be cutting $1.4 omy, and that’s what ultimately allows There are people in our districts who billion from the National Institutes of us to deal with the $3 trillion in debt. are trying to figure out how they are Health, money that we use to combat That’s why we are offering the amend- going to pay for their skyrocketing cancer, heart disease, Parkinson’s and ment that we bring forward. home heating oil costs. The President the like. We would be cutting $100 mil- Mr. RYAN of Ohio. That’s been the wants to cut home heating oil pro- lion from community health centers, philosophy, and it hasn’t worked. grams by $379 million and take away denying needed health care and dental Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. It has too assistance to 1.5 million people. services to almost half a million peo- worked. The deficits are coming down That’s why Republicans and Demo- ple. right now because of the tax cuts that crats on the Appropriations Committee We would be cutting $53 million out were put in place earlier this decade. agreed that we should invest a fraction of the President’s request to prepare We have seen that happen right now. of that, $880 million to make sure that the country for a potential pandemic Mr. RYAN of Ohio. We raised the an additional 1 million people can pay flu. We would be cutting $320 million debt limit six times. How can you say their heating oil bills. Republicans and from Head Start, $98 million from Child it worked? Democrats on the Appropriations Com- Care Development Block Grant. We Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Yes, sometimes mittee, bipartisan, there are a few who would be cutting $446 million from the facts are a strange thing. The Federal say, no, no, we should continue giving Social Security Administration, deny- Government does not have a revenue tax cuts to big oil company executives ing the resources that agency needs to problem. rather than giving people the ability, maintain and keep open its local of- Revenues increased by 14.5 percent in helping people with the ability to pay fices and reduce backlogs of disability 2005, 11.6 percent in 2006, and are pro- their home heating oil costs. and SSI claims. jected to grow an additional $167 bil- There are people in our districts who So people have a choice. What’s more lion, or 7 percent this year, because we can’t figure out what to do if they get important, their own accounting sheets let the American family keep more of cancer, how they are going to have ac- or these investments in the country? their money, spend it on the things cess to health care programs. The The fact is, with the exception of the they want to spend it, instead of saying President wants to cut medical re- gang of four, virtually every Repub- to them, you know what, we are going search at the NIH by $480 million and lican who has offered an amendment

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.049 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8141 has done the same thing that Demo- what it demonstrates is a difference in ments for the hard-earned American crats have tried to do. They have tried philosophy. taxpayer money. Our priority on this to find ways to increase programs that Before I get to the specifics of my side is that hardworking American tax- they think are important to the coun- amendment, I want to mention, we payer. try’s future. have just heard a litany of projects So we rise to offer this amendment I would submit I don’t think those that the chairman of the Appropria- that we believe to be a responsible Republicans are out of step, and I don’t tions Committee said would be cut amendment. It outlines the differences think those Democrats are out of step. with the previous amendment, and he between the two sides very clearly. We I think the folks who are out of step went through: No Child Left Behind believe that there ought to be at least are the gang of four offering the cut $1.2 billion; title I, $684 million; one penny out of every dollar that we amendments. IDEA, $519 million; Pell Grants, $717 ought to be able to find in terms of sav- million cut. ings for this area for the next year, and b 1345 In fact, Mr. Chairman, what the offer it sincerely and honestly and re- I believe that most Americans, and I American people understand is that the spectfully. I would encourage my col- think most Republicans, would rather amendment that was just proposed leagues to accept the amendment. invest the funds now to prepare our would keep funding level. Not cut, Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance workforce to be better trained, our level, which means that there wouldn’t of my time. kids to be better educated, and our be any decreases over this current year Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, I claim health care system to be more efficient of spending; there would be the same time in opposition to the amendment. and more and more humane. That is amount of money. It is what Ameri- The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- what this bill is all about, and I think cans do every year when they have a tleman from New York is recognized that there is a bipartisan consensus in difficult challenge financially. for 15 minutes. this House to stick with this bill. So I I would suggest, Mr. Chairman, that Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, I appre- ciate the gentleman’s plea. I will again would urge respectfully rejection of the we have a difficult challenge finan- remind my colleagues that Republicans amendment, as I make one other point. cially this year in our Nation. And, and Democrats on a bipartisan basis We have the $1.4 billion initiative of consequently, to label those things came together in support of these in- add-ons to try to discourage women cuts just isn’t so. vestments in America’s families. I do from having abortions. Instead of lec- But I rise to offer my amendment, not recall the gentleman coming to the tures, we provide resources to make which is affectionately known as the floor arguing for a 1 percent cutback their lives better if they decide to have Hefley amendment. Former Congress- when it was time to give rich oil com- those kids. This bill would cut about 40 man Joel Hefley from Colorado offered pany executives a $14 billion tax cut. percent of that initiative out of the this amendment on multiple occasions. I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman bill. I happen to think that initiative is It is a 1 percent reduction in the in- from California. too important to sandbag, and this crease of this Appropriations bill. Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Chairman, I rise in amendment sandbags that effort. So I Now, to look at the big picture, look opposition to the amendment but I would urge rejection of the amend- at where we are in terms of numbers thank the gentleman for offering it, be- ment. right now, this current year enacted cause it reminds us of what this debate The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques- for this portion of the Federal Appro- is really about. We are debating about tion is on the amendment offered by priations covered $144.6 billion. The whether we will invest in America’s fu- the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. JORDAN). President’s request, the administra- ture. We are debating what kind of a The question was taken; and the Act- tion’s request, as we all know, was less Nation we expect to be. ing Chairman announced that the noes than that, $140.9 billion. The bill that My chairman, fellow committee appeared to have it. we have before us is $151.7 billion; $10.8 members of both parties, and the vast Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, billion more than the administration’s majority of people around the country I demand a recorded vote. request, more than the request of those believe in America’s future. We believe The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to that we charge for running this portion that America’s best days are ahead of clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- of our Nation. us. We believe that the American peo- ceedings on the amendment offered by My amendment that I am offering ple can compete and succeed in the the gentleman from Ohio will be post- now would, instead of having this bill global economy, and that the most tal- poned. be $151.7 billion, would say let’s have it ented, industrious, and ingenious peo- AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MR. PRICE OF be $150.2 billion. So, a significant in- ple on Earth are the American people. GEORGIA crease over last year but a 1 percent re- And we believe that, to ensure our Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, duction from the increase, an increase bright future, we must invest in the I offer an amendment. that would be greater than the rate of American people today. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk inflation but a 1 percent reduction The America we see ahead of us is will designate the amendment. than that that comes from the com- one where every child has the oppor- The text of the amendment is as fol- mittee. And the reason for that is be- tunity to go to college regardless of lows: cause of the financial situation that we whether their parents did and regard- find ourselves in as a Nation. less of whether they are rich or poor. Amendment No. 4 offered by Mr. PRICE of Georgia: If you, Mr. Chairman, or I or any of They receive the best job training, de- At the end of the bill (before the short our constituents find themselves in a velop the strongest skills, are empow- title), insert the following new section: situation where they need to save some ered to create by laws that reward in- SEC. ll. Appropriations made in this Act money, then oftentimes what they will novation, and have a government that are hereby reduced in the amount of do is say we need to cut back across is working for them, not against them, $1,517,480,000. the board on the kinds of things that in foreign markets. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to we are spending. And this amendment In the America we see, every child the order of the House of Wednesday, simply states that, out of a 1 percent and their parents has access to decent July 18, 2007, the gentleman from Geor- cut, we ought to be able to find one health care, and no one working full gia (Mr. PRICE) and a Member opposed penny out of every dollar to save for time, playing by the rules and contrib- each will control 15 minutes. our children’s future. And the rationale uting to the prosperity of the country, The Chair recognizes the gentleman for that is because it is not our money, has to become impoverished because of from Georgia. Mr. Chairman, it is not Congress’s the catastrophic illness in the family. Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, money. It is the hard-earned money of No parent should have to mourn the I want to thank my colleagues who are the American taxpayer. And we hear a loss of a child it could not provide endeavoring to bring about some re- lot about priorities, and we ought to be health care for, and no child should sponsible spending here in Washington. prioritizing. And that is what budg- grow up in a home without one of its I think this debate is helpful. It is help- etary bills are, that is what appropria- parents for lack of the same access to ful for the American people, because tions bills are, making priority judg- care.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.093 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8142 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 For our parents’ generation, this vi- In 10 years, 2.7 million more kids will elected freshman saying, we have to do sion of America’s future resembles be in K–12 schools, and America will be a better job in Congress of controlling their own fondest hopes. Our parents ready for them because we insist on it. our spending. and their parents struggled so that we In 10 years, 2.2 million more students This particular amendment cuts the could enjoy a higher quality of living, will be in college, and our universities budget by 1 percent. The budget that better schools, better hospitals, and a will be ready for them with a state-of- has been recommended is $10 billion safer world than what they knew. And, the-art education because we insist on over last year’s. $10 billion is more by and large, this greatest generation it. In 10 years, the global economy will than we spend in the State of Okla- was successful. America is a better, be even more extensive and American homa’s whole State budget. $10 billion more prosperous Nation because of workers will be competing and winning is more than that. So I think it’s rea- their struggle. because we will have invested in them. sonable to say that we would like to But the generations that went before And, yes, it is because we are insisting cut this amount by 1 percent. I don’t us did more than struggle; they also in- on it now. know how people can argue with that. vested. They built schools, they built We believe in America’s future. We Now, I’ve heard a lot of discussion hospitals, they built our Armed Forces, believe our best days are ahead of us. here today about how this piece of leg- and they invested in America’s future. And we share the belief that our par- islation invests in education, health If America is to enjoy the same bright ents had before us that we are respon- care, social systems, it’s for the future future we have in mind, that invest- sible for that bright future, and that of our children; and I don’t think you’ll ment must go on. future requires investment. find anyone up here who will argue Fortunately, this vision of an Amer- Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, may I against those things. ica where our best days are still ahead inquire how much time is available on I’ve also heard some people stand up of us is a bipartisan vision. It crosses both sides? and say today that the Republicans every economic, political, and The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gen- like to spend money when it’s their turn, but when we’re spending money, generational line. We all want and be- tleman from New York has 91⁄2 minutes lieve that we can bring about a more remaining, and the gentleman from then we’re against it. Well, when you look at the spending secure and more prosperous future for Georgia has 11 minutes remaining. amounts that have occurred over the our children and grandchildren. And we Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, I reserve last many years in this Congress I, believe we can do so, must do so, in a the balance of my time. frankly, don’t approve of that. I think fiscally responsible way by paying as Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, we have been spending too much we go. I was heartened to hear my good friend Sure, there are some who do not money in this Congress, and I’m not talk about the promise for the future, going to lay blame on either side, other share these values or who believe that because that is exactly what we are we can achieve this bright tomorrow than just to say that a 1 percent cut in talking about. We are talking about this budget, to me, seems reasonable. without any investment, without any the future. It was a bit of an Orwellian There is an increase in spending for the contribution or sacrifice on our part. speech there, because the actions of important things, social programs, They are the ‘‘get something for noth- this bill don’t match the wonderful education, health care. ing’’ crowd, the ‘‘I got mine, you get sunshine that the gentleman paints, I’ve also heard some of the people yours’’ crowd. They do not believe but that is all right, because that con- who have spoken today talk about the America needs our investment. And the tinues to be the mantra that we hear. future and about stupid political blun- future? Well, the future can take care Americans know that when you hear ders, spending on policy like the Iraq of itself. the word ‘‘investment’’ in this Cham- war. Well, I guess we can have that de- Some of these naysayers you will ber that what that means is taxes, and bate, which we have had, for many, hear from today, some you have heard it points out the fundamental dif- many months. But what I can say is from already. Masquerading under a ference between the majority party and that the money that has been spent by banner of fiscal prudence they will say, the minority party. The majority party this Congress, and some people have ‘‘We cannot afford the investment.’’ It believes that government spends hard- asked, you know, has the money gone is a masquerade. These are the same working American taxpayer money to wise things? I personally think that people, of course, who drove our na- better than hardworking American protecting our Nation, protecting our tional debt to the highest in history taxpayers. That is the fundamental dif- and spending that through a half decade of borrowing. ference, and that is what this discus- money is a well worth cause. And theirs was the worst form of bor- sion is about. So I am pleased that the We’re talking about the priorities rowing; borrowing that led to no in- gentleman who just spoke shed light on that we’re going to be having here in vestment and, therefore, to no im- that, because he indeed did. Congress. Some people have said well, provement in the Nation’s foundation. I yield 4 minutes to my good friend, look at the various appropriations bills Our parents’ generation had them, the gentlelady from Oklahoma, and that we’ve already had that we’ve been too, these masqueraders, the ‘‘some- look forward to her comments on a fis- voting on. Some were $10 billion more, thing for nothing’’ crowd. But just kind cally responsible approach to this ap- some were $7 billion more, $12 billion of imagine what kind of an America we propriations bill. more. You didn’t object to all the dif- would live in today if our predecessors b 1400 ferent spending levels that there were. had followed their irresponsible siren When you add all those things up, that song. We would still be traveling along Ms. FALLIN. Mr. Chairman, let me adds up to a lot of money. dirt roads instead of highways, with just say I appreciate the good work of And I guess all that is to say that no crops rotting in the fields, long-term the committee. And I know it takes a one in my State has called me and said, economic stagnation, a bleak presence, lot of effort to bring people together please tell Congress to spend a little and an even bleaker future. We would, for setting the spending priorities and bit more money. Please tell them that in sum, have become that Nation that the policies of our Nation, and I know I’m not paying enough, and I have Franklin Roosevelt so presciently there have been a lot of hearings and some more. warned against, a Nation with a sub- testimony on this particular piece of But what I do hear my people back stantial portion of its people ill-fed, ill- legislation. And I want to commend home say is, set the priorities. Deter- clothed, ill-housed, and insecure. the committee for their hard work, mine what’s reasonable. Be fiscally re- It is indeed fortuitous that these both Democrats and Republicans. sponsible in how we’re spending our voices are few now and were few then, But I do rise to support this amend- money. that the overwhelming bipartisan ma- ment. I think it’s a reasonable amend- People are concerned about the rising jority of committee members and ment, to look at how we can, in this cost of gas, the rising cost of health Americans recognize that we have a re- Congress, be more fiscally conserv- care. They’re concerned about edu- sponsibility to our Nation’s future, and ative, how we can control our spending. cation, they’re concerned about taking that responsibility requires sound in- I’ve had so many people come up to care of those who can’t take care of vestment. me since I’ve been elected as a newly themselves.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.053 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8143 I think it is reasonable for us to look reduce the amount of money that’s Chairman, maybe the American people at a 1 percent cut in this budget, but available for health care, reduce the want to make their own investments. yet still meet the priorities of this Na- amount of money that’s available for You know, I listen to the Ward fam- tion in taking care of the people that housing and other things that are es- ily in my district from Garland, Texas, need to be taken care of in this appro- sential to the American public, while and they write, ‘‘Dear Congressman, a priations bill. you keep wasting more and more tax increase in the spending is going to Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, I money in Iraq. fuel the taxes, the largest tax increase would just say to the gentlewoman ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN in American history courtesy of the that in fact she may not be getting The CHAIRMAN. Members are re- Democrat Party.’’ So all this spending calls from people saying that it’s hard- minded to address their remarks to the in this bill is fostering a tax increase er for their kids to afford college, or Chair. on the American people. So the Ward that gas prices are getting higher, or Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, we family in Garland says, ‘‘A tax increase that they’re worried about their health reserve the balance of our time. this year would wipe out my ability to care. But many Republicans and Demo- Mr. PRICE of Georgia. I thank the continue my daughter’s education.’’ crats are getting those calls, which is Chair, and again I appreciate the gen- Well, I’ve got a message for the Ward why there wasn’t a single Republican tleman’s passion. We believe that in family in Garland. Don’t worry. Don’t in the Appropriations Committee who order to improve Americans’ lives you worry about it. The Democrats have an voted against this bill. have got to let them keep more of their investment that they’re going to make The gentlewoman also said that hard-earned money and that’s what on your behalf. So don’t worry about we’ve got to be fiscally responsible. this amendment does, allows Ameri- the $3,000 a year they’re going to take Well, that’s why so many Republicans cans to keep more of their hard-earned from you. joined us in supporting this bill, be- money. I also heard from the Kincaid family cause in fact this bill cuts 41 programs Madam Chairman, I’m pleased to in Garland. ‘‘In my particular case, an that didn’t make sense any more, and yield 4 minutes to my good friend from additional $2,200 in taxes would cut reduces by half the number the dollar Texas (Mr. HENSARLING). into the finances I use to pay for my value of earmarks that we had in the Mr. HENSARLING. If the American son’s education.’’ past. people, Madam Chairman, are watching The gentleman from Garland, Texas Madam Chairman, I yield 2 minutes this debate, they’ve certainly seen a in my district goes on to say, ‘‘I really to the gentleman from New York (Mr. lot of name calling and a lot of shout- believe that, given more money, Con- HINCHEY), a member of the committee. ing, and now we’re having our motives gress will spend more money. That’s Mr. HINCHEY. Madam Chairman, questioned. I personally try to not go not the answer.’’ this has been a very interesting debate, down that road. I assume my col- Well, I guess we ought to tell the and one of the aspects of it with which leagues on the other side of the aisle, Kincaid family in Garland, Texas, don’t I find myself in agreement is the asser- I’m sure their purposes are noble. But worry about your son’s college edu- tion by my friend on the other side of I must admit in the 41⁄2 years I’ve been cation. The Democrats are going to the aisle that there is a display of dif- here, I’ve certainly been called a lot of make an investment for you. ferences of opinion and attitudes with I heard from the Brock family in Dal- regard to the way in which we handle names. I think this afternoon’s the las, Texas, also in my district. ‘‘Dear our fiscal responsibilities here, and first time I’ve been called part of the Congressman, with this tax increase I there is no question about that. fringe. I thought fringe had more to do If you look at the last 6 years, while with curtains. But here we are as part could not pay for a semester of college the Republican Party has controlled of the fringe, I guess, because we be- for my daughter if I had to send $2,200 every aspect of this government, they lieve that the government shouldn’t more to the government.’’ managed to succeed to almost double grow faster than the people’s ability to Well, again, we have good news for the national debt. They now have us in pay for it. And somehow that’s being them. Don’t worry about all the money a situation where we owe almost $9 called a fringe opinion. that they’re taking. The Democrats trillion, $8.9 trillion. We believe that it’s the people’s have an investment for you. They continue to spend, as a result of money, and not the government’s So, again, Madam Chairman, what their initiatives, now, about $11 billion money. Yet we are being told by our our friends on the other side of the a month on Iraq, the illegal invasion of Democrat colleagues that’s a fringe aisle don’t seem to realize is that all Iraq which they perpetrated and are in- opinion. this great government spending and all terested in carrying out. We happen to believe that the best these wonderful investments they have What we’re trying to do here in this housing program and the best edu- are coming out of the pockets of the particular bill, and in the context of cation program is a paycheck, not a American people. In many respects, we our budget responsibilities, is to focus government check; but somehow our are not having a debate over how much attention on the needs of the American Democrat colleagues have chosen to this Nation ought to spend on health. people, what we as a Congress ought to tell us that that’s a fringe opinion. We’re debating who’s doing the spend- be doing in the context of our respon- And then we hear lectures from our ing. It ought to be the family. sibilities, serving the American people, Democrat colleagues saying well, when Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, it’s doing what’s right for them, improving you guys were in the majority you time for a fact check for the American the possibility, the prospects of edu- spent too much money. So Madam people. The gentleman said, well, we cation, making it easier for our chil- Chairman, their response is well, we’re may have spent a lot of money; but dren to get the best possible education going to spend even more. That logic now you’re spending more. that they can get, making it easier for defies me. Fact: This bill saves $1.1 billion over people to get the health care that they Now, they focus a lot on their noble last year. need, making it easier for people to purposes, Madam Chairman, and they Fact: This bill slashes earmark dollar deal with housing situations and cir- focus a lot on the benefits of all this value 50 percent from last time. cumstances so that people have proper spending that they care to do. And Fact: This bill eliminates 41 pro- housing. again, I would like to point out, this grams that don’t make sense any more. In other words, our objectives and particular amendment says that this Facts count. our priorities are to improve the qual- bill will grow by 3.8 percent instead of Madam Chairman, I yield 3 minutes ity of life of the American people, 4.8 percent. I suppose that’s another to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. while your obvious priorities and objec- fringe opinion as well. RYAN). tives are to decrease the quality of life But you know what, Madam Chair- Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Madam Chair- of the American people, which is con- man? My friends on the other side of man, we believe we do have a fringe sistent with your objective in the con- the aisle don’t focus upon where this four or five here in the Congress. And text of this particular amendment. money is coming from, and so they it’s not, when the gentleman refers to You want to reduce the amount of talk about their investments on behalf me or the gentleman from New York or money that is available for education, of the American people. Well, Madam the chairman, you’re talking about a

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.056 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8144 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 bill that passed out of the committee b 1415 ments ought to live within their with unanimous support from Demo- Mr. WALSH of New York. Madam means, they ought to balance budgets, crats and Republicans. You will see on Chairman, I move to strike the last they ought to make the tough choices the floor it will pass with Democrat word. in a bipartisan way to live within the and Republican votes. This is a bipar- The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman is fiscal values that the American people tisan bill. recognized for 5 minutes. represent, I say let’s deal with it. And But we have a fringe group in the Mr. WALSH of New York. Madam this cut today brought by the gen- House that consistently wants to try to Chairman, a lot is being said, a lot of tleman from Georgia is a modest step find out and try to figure out how to numbers are being thrown around, a lot to be sure. It is a 1 percent cut. It says make things work. And what this bill of claims are being made, even claims instead of doing with a 4.8 percent in- does is it invests in our future. And the that facts are facts. And I just wanted crease over last year, the Federal Gov- bottom line is this. We’re now com- to clarify a point that my good friend ernment will have to get by on a 3.8 peting with 1.3 billion people in China, from New York made, and that is that percent increase over last year. And it 1.2 billion people in India, competitive this bill saves $1.5 billion over last doesn’t seem to me to be too much to global economy. year. I don’t understand that state- ask, with an $8 trillion national debt, And over the last few years, we’ve ment because last year we spent $144.7 for us to come together and begin to seen for the average American people, billion in budget authority, enacted, trim and begin to make the hard and the gentleman from Georgia said, and this year it is $151 billion, so al- choices. But it won’t solve the real well, we want people to keep more of most $8 billion more than last year. problem, and my cherished colleagues their own money. So do we. But they So the facts, I think, need to be on the other side of the aisle know haven’t been over the past few years. checked. Let’s try to be accurate. Ev- this. We have to get past the names; we There’s been a $3,200 increase in their erybody wants to thump their chest have to get past the categories, and we energy costs, a $1,200 increase in their and say what a great party they have. have to represent the fringe of America health insurance, a 40 percent increase But the facts are we are spending $8 that wants to see us balance this budg- in college tuition. Wages for college billion this year more than last if this et. grads in the last 4 or 5 years is down 5.2 bill passes. Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, I percent. Madam Chairman, I yield back the yield myself the balance of my time. Gas prices, the fastest growing part balance of my time. Well, Madam Chairman, it is refresh- of the budget has been the interest Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Madam Chair- ing to hear some candor on the other payments on the debt. But our bill ad- man, I thank the gentleman for his side in their admission that there is a dresses middle class family wages, comments that I believe point clearly fringe. And that is, in fact, a matter of down $1,669 over the past 2 years. So to what the facts are. fact because there wasn’t a single Re- the American people have not been I am pleased to yield the balance of publican vote against this appropria- able to keep more of their own money. my time to the gentleman from Indi- tions bill in committee. And so our agenda, through this bill ana (Mr. PENCE). Now, those who define themselves on The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman the fringe would suggest that the an- and other bills that we have passed ad- 1 dressed that issue. from Indiana is recognized for 2 ⁄2 min- swer to America’s problems is a 1 per- utes. cent solution. We can rein in our def- How do you reduce the cost of en- (Mr. PENCE asked and was given per- icit that they built up with a 1 percent ergy? You make investments in re- mission to revise and extend his re- cutback. search and development, and that will marks.) I don’t know where they were, and I yield us benefits down the line. Mr. PENCE. Madam Chairman, I rise have a very high regard for their posi- How do you help families send their on behalf of the fringe in America. tion, but I do feel an obligation to ask kids to schools? You invest money into Madam Chairman, that would be the where were they in offering amend- the Pell Grant. You cut student loan fringe that believes that governments ments to cut $13 billion in giveaways to interest rates in half. And the dif- ought to live within their means, ought the richest oil company executives ference really has been with the stu- to pay their bills, ought to balance making the largest profits in the his- dent loan interest rates, we’re not budgets. tory of humankind? Where was the 1 spending any more money. What we’re The gentleman from Ohio, whom I re- percent cut amendment then? Sud- saying is that money is not going to go spect and admire his style as a legis- denly we could afford that, but we to the banks. That money is going to lator and a leader, has coined the can’t afford additional Pell Grants for go to the kids and the students, and phrase ‘‘fringe,’’ and I want to embrace the steelworker that the gentleman re- we’re going to cut the student loan in- it. I want to come to this floor and say fers to. terest rates in half and increase the every American who believes that we Where were they with an amendment Pell Grant. ought to balance the Federal budget, for a 1 percent cut in excessive pay- We have money in here for our com- who believes that we ought to come to- ments to Halliburton, $1.47 billion in munity health centers, so kids can get gether across the political divide and payments to Halliburton that have preventative care, so they end up they reform entitlements, who believes we been found by the Federal Government can get treated for a cold, instead of ought to wrestle to the ground an $8 to be fraudulent? Where was the ending up in the emergency room for a trillion national debt, that fringe is the amendment to cut those payments by 1 much higher price to the taxpayer. So fringe that I represent in America and percent? We could afford excessive and we’re making significant investments. those with which I proudly stand. fraudulent payments to Halliburton, And this bill will help secure a strong And let me say I know that number 8 but we can’t afford additional invest- future for the United States of Amer- trillion very well. On my way to the ments in cancer research and access to ica. floor today, I passed the office of clear- health care for the American people. We need to get more kids in college. ly a dozen of the gentleman from I would respect my colleagues if they We need to invest in foreign languages. Ohio’s colleagues’ offices, Democrats showed more consistency. But there That’s what this bill does. And I’m all, who anyone looking on wouldn’t has not been that consistency. It is not proud of this bill, on a bipartisan basis. necessarily know, who all have signs in about spending. It is about spending on And I think it’s important for the front of their office lamenting an $8 the wrong things and the wrong prior- people, Madam Chairman, who are lis- trillion national debt. And as the other ities. tening as this goes into the CONGRES- gentleman said, I lament the role of Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Chairman, will SIONAL RECORD. What do they want? the Republican majority in creating the gentleman yield? They want an investment in their fu- that, and I fought members of my own Mr. ISRAEL. I yield to the gen- ture, and that’s what this bill does. It majority in years that we saw the debt tleman from California. makes that investment to secure our go from $5 trillion to $8 trillion. Mr. SCHIFF. I think I may have the future and make us strong and move us But I say on behalf of the fringe, the gentleman’s answer to where was the in a new direction. fringe of Americans who say govern- fringe when the giveaways to the oil

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Madam Chair- about here today is the fringe that says belatedly cry about the Federal deficit, man, I demand a recorded vote. we want those obscene oil company I didn’t hear them crying about the The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause profits. We want those obscene profits Federal deficit when they voted to 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on for Halliburton. But we want to cut spend $600 billion on an ill-advised war the amendment offered by the gen- over $1 billion out of education, out of in Iraq. I don’t hear them crying about tleman from Georgia will be postponed. health care. That is the fringe we are the fact that $57 billion in tax cuts for b 1430 millionaires adds $57 billion to the Fed- talking about. AMENDMENT NO. 23 OFFERED BY MRS. The overwhelming bipartisan major- eral deficit. So I just think we need to recognize MUSGRAVE ity of us want to balance the budget. Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Madam Chairman, We are working hard to do that. But we that I believe the vast majority of Americans and I believe substantial I offer an amendment. don’t want to balance the budget on The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will des- the backs of our kids and on the backs portions of both parties in this House believe that this bill is responsible in ignate the amendment. of those who need health care and on The text of the amendment is as fol- real dollar terms. All of the domestic the backs of our workers who need appropriation bills that we will lows: training. And that, I think, is the produce and have produced this year Amendment No. 23 offered by Mrs. fringe that we are talking about here MUSGRAVE: amount to a 1 percent increase in real today. At the end of the bill (before the short terms. title), insert the following new section: Mr. ISRAEL. I thank the gentleman. One of the gentlemen over there I will conclude, Madam Chairman, by SEC. ll. Each amount appropriated or claimed that these were not cuts. Well, otherwise made available by this Act that is suggesting that the mainstream view, let me tell you something. If you ap- not required to be appropriated or otherwise the view that has been endorsed on a propriate the same amount of money made available by a provision of law is here- bipartisan basis by mainstream Repub- this year that you appropriated last by reduced by 0.5 percent. licans and Democrats on the Appro- year but inflation eats away at that The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the priations Committee and the American and so does population growth, if you order of the House of Wednesday, July people is that we should make invest- don’t adjust for inflation and popu- 18, 2007, the gentlewoman from Colo- ments in education. The fringe view: lation growth, then to each recipient of rado (Mrs. MUSGRAVE) and a Member more oil money for oil companies. the services under this legislation opposed each will control 5 minutes. Mr. OBEY. Madam Chairman, I move there is indeed a cut to them. And that The Chair recognizes the gentle- to strike the last word. is what counts. It is the impact on woman from Colorado. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman their pocketbook. It is the impact on Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Madam Chairman, from Wisconsin is recognized for 5 min- their ability to get help to send their the amendment that I’m offering today utes. kids to school. to this appropriations bill would make Mr. OBEY. Madam Chairman, I would It is an impact on the couple in my a cut of just one-half of 1 percent of the like to again simply walk us through District who called 31 dentists to try to overall funding of the bill. what this cut means in specific terms. get some help with their kid who had You know, my friends on the other This amendment would cut $257 million to have the braces taken off his teeth. side of the aisle, Madam Chairman, are from the President’s No Child Left Be- They couldn’t get any of them to take talking about how we are ‘‘fringe’’ hind education flagship program. It them because the dentists wouldn’t Members of the House of Representa- would cut $144 million from title I, de- take Medicaid patients. They didn’t tives. You know, when I go into my nying more than 40,000 students those have a local clinic. So the mother held district and I talk to people, one thing title I services. It would cut $113 mil- the kid down while the father took the that they really want Congress to do is lion from Special Education. It would braces off with a pair of pliers. rein in spending. We hear lots of indi- wipe out every single amendment but That wouldn’t happen to any child of viduals say, you know, we have to live one that was passed on this floor in the a Member of Congress. The gentleman within our family budget, how come last 2 days to enhance Special Edu- is smiling about that. I don’t think Congress doesn’t have to do that? I was cation, most of those amendments that is anything to smile about. I met proud to be in the State legislature in coming from the Republican side of the that woman. Colorado where we had an amendment aisle. Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Madam Chair- to our Constitution forcing us to live It would cut $156 million from Pell man, will the gentleman yield? within our means, so to speak, in the Mr. OBEY. Yes, sir. Grants. It would cut $300 million from State of Colorado. We could not spend Mr. PRICE of Georgia. The conversa- the National Institutes of Health for tion that I was having with my assist- money that we didn’t have. medical research in cancer, heart dis- Well, here in the Federal Govern- ant to the right resulted in my glee, ease, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and the ment, it seems that even though as I not to your comment. like. It would cut $22 million from Mr. OBEY. I understand. walk down the hallways of the office community health centers. Over 100,000 But let me simply say, Madam Chair- buildings, the Longworth House Office of the uninsured would not have access man, these cuts, these will be cuts in Building, I see many signs on easels to those services. It would cut $70 mil- terms of the services that we are try- out in the hall talking about our $8.8 lion from Head Start, $21 million from ing to provide to these people. It is im- trillion debt. We are being constantly the Child Care Development Block moral. It is unconscionable that we reminded of that. And you know what? Grant. It would cut $27 million from allow 44 million Americans to go with- I think that is very appropriate. I LIHEAP. out health insurance. think every American ought to see I want to remind you, in LIHEAP, This bill will deliver health care cov- that placard and see what we have, $8.8 the bill itself only restores half of the erage to 2 million more Americans trillion debt. cut that was made last year by the than got it last year. It will make up in And as I think about that, I’m just President and the Congress. a tiny way for the indifference, the offering the Members of Congress yet It would cut $97 million from the So- massive indifference, which has charac- another opportunity to do the right cial Security Administration. Members terized this country the past few years thing, the right thing being exercising are climbing all over me saying, ‘‘What on the issue of health coverage. fiscal discipline, just a modicum of fis- are we going to do to keep my local So- I would urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on the cal discipline, 1.5 percent. So the in- cial Security offices open? What are we amendment and support for the under- crease in this bill would go from 4.8 in- going to do to eliminate the multi- lying bill. crease to 4.3. Now, some people would

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And I guess there is a little humor in So I would ask my colleagues to iden- This bipartisan committee passed out that, and I will just take it in that tify with the American people who ad- of the committee unanimously, on sup- sense because I’m sure my friend from mire people who can live within their port of the Republicans on that com- Ohio didn’t mean any harm by it. means, who don’t spend money that mittee, with the support of the Demo- But as my good friend, Mr. PENCE, they really don’t have, but show the crats on this committee, well thought- said in his comments, that if the fringe discipline to do the right thing. out pieces of legislation, well thought- are those hardworking Americans who And I’m asking for this cut today. out amendments in the committee, think they make better decisions on How many people can visualize a $100 supported unanimously by both sides. how to spend the money that they earn bill? You give someone a $100 bill and And what we’re saying is, we have to than we do here in Congress, then I’m say I want you to spend this wisely, make these investments. in the right place. but let’s just save 50 cents of that $100 And there is no tax increase in this We heard that this amendment, this bill. How many people would say that year’s budget, none, zero, that’s it. You very modest amendment to look for .5 that was unreasonable? can’t point it out. In 2007, keep your percent savings would place an in- Madam Chairman, I’m saying today forms, 2006, or last year’s forms, and creased burden, a .5 percent increased that this Congress needs to start on the compare them to next year’s, and there burden on the American people. There right path. I’m asking for a .5 percent will be not one dime of an increase. All is no question that the largest tax in- amendment to this appropriation bill. we did was we took that money that crease in American history will place a Madam Chairman, I reserve the bal- our friends were giving to the banks huge burden on the working families of ance of my time. and we invested that money in the America. Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, I kids. The $14 billion that was going to And with all respect to my good rise in opposition to the amendment. the oil companies at their times of friend and colleague from Ohio, the The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman highest profits is going into health Democrats’ budget, in order to balance from New York is recognized for 15 care and education now and alternative as the rules require by the end of the minutes. energy. budget period, does impose the largest Mr. ISRAEL. Well, another fringe of- As I said earlier, this is very simple. tax increase in American history. And fering. Now we’re down to .5 percent. We’re in a globally competitive mar- already we’re starting to see the ma- The solution to America’s problems is ket, and we need to make investments jority party have to start to pay the now down to .5 percent. The solution to into our kids and into our future. price for some of the budget gimmicks America’s problems is now down to .5 That’s what this bill does. that have been involved in making that percent, less Pell Grant money so the Now what you’re saying is, with tui- work. kids can go to college, higher fuel bills tion costs going up 40 percent, health Now, the Democrats, while increas- in the winter for people who can’t pay insurance going up $100 a year, and en- ing spending, it seems like almost their fuel bills. I never saw a .5 percent ergy costs going up $3,200 a year, that across the board, certainly in the De- reduction in funds to Halliburton. I the solution to that problem and every partment of Labor, couldn’t manage to other problem we have in the country keep the spending for the Office of never saw a .5 percent reduction in the right now is a .5 percent cut that would Labor Management Standards at last $13 billion in giveaways to Big Oil com- put additional burdens on families who year’s level. There they could find the pany executives, who are making the are trying to send their kids to school, cut. When it came to the office whose world’s greatest profits. But now sud- would reduce the money that we’re responsibility is to find the crooks who denly, when it comes to reducing peo- making into making our citizens are stealing from union members, they ple’s heating bills or reducing their healthier and community health clin- found a way to impose a 4 percent cut college costs, we want them to have ics so that at the end of the day would in that office. And what a shame that another .5 percent burden because the allow us to prevent people from ending is. burden they have just isn’t enough. up in the emergency room and costing I offered an amendment, it received This is de´ja` vu all over again. It was us billions and billions of dollars more. some bipartisan support, but neverthe- a bad idea on the amendment before These are good investments, voted on less, on a largely partisan basis, that this. It was a bad idea on the amend- in a bipartisan way, and will secure the amendment was defeated. That amend- ment before that. It’s still a bad idea, strength of our country in the future. ment would have just restored the it’s just down to a .5 percent bad idea. Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Madam Chairman, funding to last year’s level for the only Madam Chairman, I yield 3 minutes I won’t be at the Fringe Festival this office in government who has the re- to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. weekend, I will be going home to Colo- sponsibility and the capability to hunt RYAN). rado. I will be talking to the folks that down and catch the crooks that steal Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I thank the gen- are working hard every day, raising from our American workers, but the tleman. their children, trying to make ends majority party could find a way to cut And since my friends on the other meet, and worrying about higher taxes. there. side of the aisle have embraced their And I think they should be worrying So, I think that the choice here is fringeness, I would like to just point about higher taxes because when we clear. It’s been stated by many of my out to you from the Roll Call today, have increases like this, we’re going to colleagues. Many of us, fringe or not around the Hill there is a festival, 11- see those placards in the hallway with fringe, believe that the American peo- day play, this weekend. I know many a national debt ever increasing. ple can make better decisions on how of you go home, so many of your staff Madam Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to spend their money, and we should may want to attend this, it’s the Cap- to my friend from Minnesota (Mr. let them do it. itol Fringe Festival. So you may be KLINE). Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chair, I would able to attend and completely embrace Mr. KLINE of Minnesota. I thank the just pose a question to the gentle- the fringeness. gentlelady from Colorado for yielding, woman from Colorado and would yield But again, as the gentleman has said, and for her excellent, truly excellent to her for a response. Madam Chair, when we first got in the amendment. I am just curious as to how public majority in January, we tried to pass I have been following the debate for education is funded in the State of Col- out of this House, in our Six in ’06, pro- some time now. Like many of our col- orado. visions that we passed, campaigned on leagues, sometimes we have to follow it I will yield to the gentlewoman. and then passed. One of the provisions in our office as we are conducting other Mrs. MUSGRAVE. The public edu- was to strip $14 billion from the oil business. And I hate that we have cation system in Colorado is funded by companies. And our friends, who are stooped to sort of name calling, which tax dollars, primarily coming from now wanting to take this money from unfortunately I have seen. property taxes. Pell Grants and investments in edu- I guess the gentleman from Ohio says Mr. ISRAEL. Thank you. Reclaiming cation, investments in health care, that we’re embracing the ‘‘fringe’’ my time, the gentlewoman’s proposal

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:37 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.067 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8147 would impose an across-the-board cut swer the question. The question is, do .5, you end up with a 4.3 percent in- in No Child Left Behind. No Child Left you support cutting home heating oil crease in spending. That is what this Behind is a Federal program that local assistance? It’s a yes or no question, legislation does. Even with this modest school districts must honor. It is a it’s not complicated. Do you support amendment that I offer, it would still huge unfunded Federal mandate. And I cutting heating home assistance for be a 4.3 percent increase. don’t know about the gentlewoman’s poor people? Yes, I support it? Madam Chairman, I yield 3 minutes school districts, but I know that my Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Well, if the gen- to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. school districts come to me all the tleman would yield, that funding is in- AKIN). time saying, Washington is forcing us creased in this legislation, and you Mr. AKIN. Madam Chairman, I have to do these programs, but they’re not know it. been enjoying hearing the debate here giving us the money that they prom- What is at issue here is how do you today. As usual, sometimes Repub- ised, which means that we have to define ‘‘cut’’? 4.8 to 4.3 increase. licans and Democrats appear to be raise taxes. Mr. SCHIFF. Reclaiming my time. passing each other a little bit in the And so I would respectfully suggest I’m not surprised that I can’t get a yes night. It seems to me from hearing to the gentlewoman that a .5 percent or no answer. I’m not surprised that comments now from a number of cut in this bill is a .5 percent property the gentlewoman is not willing to Democratic speakers that there is an increase in her congressional district, stand up and say, yes, I support cutting implicit assumption based on all of because those poor school districts this because I have other priorities. their arguments, and that is, hey, this don’t have the ability to say yes or no Home heating oil, that’s not one of is important, education is important, to those programs. They’ve just got to them. Large oil industry profits, that’s and this is important, and heating oil provide the services and find the one of my priorities. Halliburton, is important, and all this stuff; there- money for it. that’s one of my priorities. But cutting fore, the government has to do it all We don’t think that local property heating oil, that’s not a priority, or for everybody. taxpayers should have to bear that bur- cutting special ed. Now, I think the other assumption, den. We believe, along with every sin- Let me ask you another question; do and this is the assumption that I make, gle Republican in the Appropriations you think that cuts in college edu- is that Americans are buying an awful Committee, that the Federal Govern- cation funding, higher education fund- lot more government than we can af- ment should assist in those programs. ing, can be done without cutting the ford. That is what my constituents are Madam Chairman, I yield 3 minutes number of kids who have access to col- telling me. That is common sense. to the gentleman from California (Mr. lege? Do you think we can cut funding Going back to my district, things are SCHIFF). from this bill for higher education getting more and more expensive. We Mr. SCHIFF. I thank the gentleman keep increasing everything that gov- funding without reducing the number for yielding. ernment does. of kids that can go to college? I wanted to take a moment to ad- The idea is, well, you are not compas- And you say, it’s just half a percent dress the nature of the proposed sionate because you don’t want to add we’re cutting from higher ed, or the in- amendment, and the amendment before more money to government subsidies crease in higher ed, or however you it, and perhaps the amendment after it, to do this and government subsidies to the whole nature of the across-the- want to phrase it. But the cut is real do that. Hey, the logical conclusion on board amendments. Because I think that you’re proposing. So what does that is the government would get 100 the beauty of across-the-board amend- that mean? 25,000 more kids can’t go to percent of your paycheck. I don’t think ments, in the eyes of the authors of college? that is why we are competitive. those amendments, is that they’re b 1445 I have also heard people say that we anonymous in their cuts; they’re anon- Is that a fair number? Well, maybe are in a global economy, as though ymous in the pain they distribute. that is too much. Should we say 10,000 being in a global economy somehow ex- They can go home to their district and more American kids can’t go to college cuses that the Federal Government say, oh, I’m not in favor of cutting edu- because of your cut? Is that a fair num- should do everything for everybody. I cation, I’m in favor of across-the-board ber? Would you support that? Would am not buying that assumption. The cuts. Or I’m not in favor of cutting you support your amendment if you reason we are competitive in a global home heating oil for people, no, that knew that? economy is because of free enterprise. would lack compassion, but I am for There is one thing about a safety net. across-the-board cuts. What’s a 1 per- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN But we are buying too much govern- cent cut? What’s a half of 1 percent The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will ment. cut? Well, what it is is hundreds of mil- suspend. Members are reminded to ad- To add insult to injury, now the lions of dollars taken out of education dress their remarks to the Chair and to Democrats have just passed the biggest or out of home heating oil or out of follow customary courtesy in the proc- tax increase in the history of the health care or out of cancer research or ess of yielding and reclaiming time. United States. They are griping about out of special education. The gentleman may continue. one-half of 1 percent of a cut in one lit- So let’s not take ourselves off the Mr. SCHIFF. Through the Chair, in tle bill in discretionary income, and hook here. And I would be willing to my remaining time, I would ask the they are adding the average of $3,000 yield to my colleague from Colorado. gentlewoman from Colorado whether per household across this entire Na- Do you support cuts in home heating she is willing to support her cuts if she tion. Now, it would be interesting oil assistance? Are you ready to stand knows that it will mean fewer children enough if they just add $3,000. The up here and say to your constituents, in Colorado can go to college. trouble with doing that this year is, yes, I am for cutting home heating as- I would be happy to yield for an an- guess what, you will get the $3,000 next sistance? Do you support cuts in spe- swer to this question. Through the year and the next year after that and cial education? Are you willing to say Chair, to my colleague from Colorado, the next year after that. But the spend- here today to your constituents that I if her cuts mean that fewer of her con- ing is even more. support cuts in special education? I stituents in Colorado can go to college, So we are hearing an objection, and support cuts in abstinence programs. I is she still willing to propose those it is all couched in this, oh, don’t you support cuts in cancer research. Would cuts? care about poor people with fuel oil you tell us if you support cuts in home The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman’s heating bills and about education and heating assistance? time has expired. stuff. The trouble is, we are spending Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Well, there is a Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Madam Chairman, too much. What part of that don’t we thing called ‘‘Orwellian speak.’’ And I think what I should do is purchase a get? So somebody offers this timid lit- when we have a bill that has a 4.8 per- dictionary and have my friend on the tle amendment for one-half of 1 per- cent increase and we go to 4.3, that is other side of the aisle look up what a cent, and it is like the wheels are going not a cut. cut is. to fall off. Mr. SCHIFF. Reclaiming my time, I When you go from 4.8 percent in- I have to say in answer to the ques- will be happy to yield if you will an- crease in spending and you take away tions, look, we are just buying too

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.069 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8148 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 much government. We have to start So, Madam Chairman, I ask the gen- licly say that they want to cut adop- somewhere. I appreciate the gentle- tlewoman again, and I will yield to her, tion programs, abstinence programs, woman’s amendment. She is at least is she advocating a .5 percent reduction runaway youth programs, child abuse starting on one piece of one bill here. in the committee recommendation of programs. While I call it a little bit of a timid $26,848,000 for adoption opportunities? I will yield the balance of my time to amendment, I am certainly prepared to I will yield to the gentlewoman, since the gentleman from Ohio. vote for it. it is her amendment. Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Madam Chair- Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, I If she cares not to take the time, I man, I hate to interrupt this beautiful yield myself such time as I may con- will ask the gentleman. I will yield to debate going on, but I think it is im- sume. the gentleman if he can answer this, portant for us to make a point. We of- Madam Chairman, I would yield to Madam Chairman. I would yield to the fered our friends in the fringe an oppor- the gentlewoman if she cares to answer gentleman, if he would choose to an- tunity within the first 100 hours we this: The committee report states that swer this question. were here to strip $14 billion from the the committee recommends $15,027,000 The committee report recommends oil companies, corporate welfare that for prevention grants to reduce the $9.5 million, out of a $2.5 trillion Fed- they were getting from the United abuse of runaway youth. Does the gen- eral budget, $9.5 million for the adop- States taxpayers, and you all voted tlewoman advocate a .5 percent reduc- tion incentives programs. I would ask, against it, or at least most of you did. tion in a $15 million budget to prevent Madam Chairman, whether the gen- You had a chance for $14 billion from the abuse of runaway youth, which was tleman supports a .5 percent reduction the oil companies. But you choose to supported unanimously in the com- in adoption incentives. come here now and take it out of the mittee? I would also ask, Madam Chairman, hide of the students and the middle- Madam Chairman, I will yield to the this: the committee recommends a class families who are trying to make gentlewoman. total level of funding of $141 million for ends meet. That is the difference. This is a If the gentlewoman can’t answer, I the Community Based Abstinence Edu- change in priorities. You had a chance will ask her to give us an answer to cation program. That is the level of this: the committee report, unani- for $14 billion from the oil companies. funding that the committee, on a unan- You were silent. Now you choose to do mously approved in committee, rec- imous basis, Republicans in the main- ommends $42,430,000 for community- it for programs that are going to make stream and Democrats in the main- us stronger in the long run. based child abuse prevention. stream, agree on. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN So I thank the gentleman, I thank I will yield to the gentleman, Madam the Chair, I thank the ranking member The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will Chairman, if he can say is it the posi- suspend. Members are reminded to ad- for putting together such a great bill tion of the fringe that we should actu- here, and I think we should leave it as dress their remarks to the Chair. ally cut by .5 percent $141 million for Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, I ask it is and not ask the people who have Community Based Abstinence pro- the gentlewoman whether she is advo- had increased energy costs, a 40 per- grams. cent tuition increase, now to say wait cating a .5 percent reduction in a $42 I will yield to the gentleman, Madam million line item for community-based a minute, we don’t want to help you Chairman. child abuse prevention. I would be with that. We want to cut that by .5 Mr. CAMPBELL of California. percent, too. happy to yield to the gentlewoman for Madam Chairman, I would like to point an answer. Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Madam Chairman, out to the gentleman that under his Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Will the gen- since we had a rudimentary arithmetic logic that $141 million proposed in here tleman yield? thing here, two plus two equals four, I Mr. ISRAEL. I will yield to the gen- is actually a cut, because it is a cut just want to remind my friend, Madam tlewoman for an answer, since it is her from $150 million. It is a $9 million cut Chairman, that a 4.8 percent increase amendment. I will not, at this time, from $150 million. Why aren’t we spend- minus .5 percent still equals a 4.3 per- yield to the gentleman. ing $150 million? cent increase in spending. I would like to yield to the gentle- Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, I re- With that, I would like to yield 2 woman, since it is her amendment. claim my time. minutes to my friend from Florida (Mr. Mrs. MUSGRAVE. If I may answer Mr. CAMPBELL of California. You FEENEY). your question, first, I would like to see, you only can measure from Mr. FEENEY. I thank the gentle- point out that, I just realized this, up what—— woman. I would suggest that the real math is here to my right in the front of the Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, I re- that this amendment would still an- room, in the front of the Chamber, claim my time. ticipate a $6.5 billion increase, yet it is ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN there is a dictionary. Perhaps the gen- being called a cut. tleman would like to look up the word The CHAIRMAN. Members are re- I had to come down from my office, ‘‘cut.’’ Perhaps the gentleman would minded to follow customary courtesy because I heard that if you were an ad- like to look up the word ‘‘rationaliza- in the process of yielding and reclaim- vocate for taxpayers, you are now part tion.’’ Because the gentleman knows ing time. of the fringe of this Congress. If you that there is still an increase of 4.3 per- Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, may are an advocate for fiscal responsi- cent in this bill, even with this modest I ask how much time I have left? bility, suddenly you are part of the amendment. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman has fringe. Sadly, I would have to acknowl- 1 You know what? You can rationalize 1 ⁄2 minutes. edge, if you care about fiscal responsi- anything. You can be altruistic with Mr. ISRAEL. Thank you, Madam bility and taxpayers in this Congress, someone else’s money. We need to curb Chairman. you are becoming part of the fringe. spending. I would just state at some point, two Increasing the budget expenditures Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, I re- plus two has to equal four. It can’t by 4.3 percent is somehow going to lead claim my time. equal what you want it to be; it has to to the end of civilization and the death Madam Chairman, I am using the equal four. of all of the children out there and terms the gentlewoman insists on. I am These are the amounts of funding throwing people out of hospital beds. reading directly from the committee that are in this bill, reported by Repub- I would remind all of my colleagues, report. The committee report states licans and Democrats. Every single we have a 10th amendment in this that there is $26,848,000 for adoption op- mainstream Republican, every conserv- country. Over the years, we now have a portunities. Because we all want to re- ative Republican on the Appropriations $150 billion-plus annual budget to deal duce the number of abortions in the Committee, supported these numbers. with things like labor, health care and United States, so there is $26,848,000 for The gentlewoman says, no, no, we have education. It isn’t a question of wheth- adoption opportunities. The gentle- to shave .5 percent from these num- er or not we are going to spend money woman’s amendment would, as I under- bers. in America on health care and edu- stand it, reduce by .5 percent the I am still waiting to hear whether a cation. It is a question of who does the amounts that are in this bill. single Member on that side would pub- spending and who gets to control it.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.072 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8149 I would ask every American, as the But there were those of us who were They want to cut $69 million from Federal budget has skyrocketed and we budget hawks then that said our party this bill out of programs that we have have taken control and micromanaged not only should cut taxes but should here to try to discourage women from their health care and education, has restrain spending. We were saying that having abortions. Now if they want to public education gotten cheaper? Has it and we are saying it now as we see the vote for that, be my guest. We don’t gotten better? Has America’s health majority party going down the road at happen to think, and I think there are care system, as we spend so much an even more rapid pace, spending significant numbers of our friends on money on health care, gotten cheaper more money, increasing that enormous the minority side of the aisle who don’t and gotten better? burden on our children and grand- happen to think that is a good idea. Winston Churchill once famously children. We do have to make choices, and the said, there is nothing one government I yield back the balance of my time. basic choices here are do we want to learns so readily from the last as how Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I move to defend the 2 percent increase in these to spend other people’s money, i.e., the strike the last word. programs above the President’s level, taxpayers. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman because that is what it is, it is a 2 per- Sadly, this new majority did not from Wisconsin is recognized for 5 min- cent difference. And if you don’t be- learn the lesson that some of us utes. lieve my definition, then take a look at Mr. OBEY. Madam Chairman, I will learned in the last several Congresses: CQ and National Journal because that make the same observation as I made we are spending too much, we are abus- is the way they define it. last night. What we have going on here, ing American taxpayers, and the no- Do you want to put 2 percent more in my judgment, is Operation Diver- tion is that if you care for children, if into the health and education of the sion. You have a bunch of people in you care for people that need health country, into the training of our work- this House who are perfectly com- care, you have to confiscate as much force, or do you instead want to use it fortable with the fact that the tax poli- money out there from taxpayers and for additional money in Iraq and addi- cies that they have voted for will de- working people as possible and you tional money for tax cuts for the most liver $57 billion in tax cuts this year to have to micromanage the way it gets wealthy people in this country, most of people who make over a million dollars whom would gladly see a reduction in spent on so-called ‘‘their behalf.’’ a year. That is five times as much The bureaucrats are happy. The regu- their take if we could improve the money as the increase that we have in quality of our workforce and the qual- lators are happy. The politicians in this bill above the President’s request. Washington are fat and happy. But the And you have people who have voted ity of our education and the quality of American taxpayer and the people that for the war in Iraq, which has spent our law enforcement? need real education services and need $600 billion in a case of mistaken iden- I plead fully guilty to agreeing with choices in health care are not happy. tity as they mistook the stocky guy them, and I would ask for a ‘‘no’’ vote With that, on behalf of the fringe with the mustache, , on the amendment. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on that cares about taxpayers in this Con- for the tall guy with the beard, Osama the amendment offered by the gentle- gress, I yield back the balance of my bin Laden, and that mistake has cost woman from Colorado (Mrs. time. us $600 billion when you take into ac- MUSGRAVE). Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Madam Chairman, count the President’s newest request. The question was taken; and the as I hear the comments from my That is 60 times as much as the addi- Chairman announced that the noes ap- friends on the other side of the aisle, I tion we have above the President’s peared to have it. would almost remember when my chil- budget for these programs. Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Madam Chairman, dren were small and they actually be- They voted for all of that, and now I demand a recorded vote. lieved in Santa Claus. They thought they want to scramble away from the The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause that whatever they wanted, they could deficits and the debt that that has pro- 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on have. We had to learn some lessons. duced. And they try to divert the at- the amendment offered by the gentle- They had a wish-list, and then we had tention of the public and say, oh, the woman from Colorado will be post- to live within our means. real cause of our fiscal mess is the fact poned. When I think of the good things, and, that these crazy Democrats are trying by the way, I am very happy to hear to put more money into education and AMENDMENT NO. 7 OFFERED BY MR. CAMPBELL OF CALIFORNIA that my friend on the other side of the more money into health care and more Mr. CAMPBELL of California. aisle supports abstinence education, money into job training. when I hear about spending in these Well, I plead fully guilty. We are try- Madam Chairman, I offer an amend- areas, there is a finite amount of ing to do that because yes, we do be- ment. money. When you are promoting gov- lieve that these are investments. We The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will des- ernment programs, you are reaching think that kids are better off if you put ignate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as fol- into the pocket of the taxpayer. That more money into education than if you lows: is the only place we get our money, take it away. And we think society is from the American taxpayer. And as better off economically and morally if Amendment No. 7 offered by Mr. CAMPBELL of California: we think about the largest tax increase we do more to help people who need in history, I think we ought to realize At the end of the bill (before the short health care than less. title), insert the following new section: this burden, and I just picture this Now this amendment would cut the SEC. ll. Each amount appropriated or enormous burden on our children and following amounts from the bill: It otherwise made available by this Act that is our grandchildren that we are leaving. would cut $128 million from this bill for not required to be appropriated or otherwise In the meantime, we can be proud of No Child Left Behind. made available by a provision of law is here- our spending, because we are spending It would cut $74 million from Title I. by reduced by 0.25 percent. for very noble things, and there are It would cut $56 million from IDEA. The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the very many noble things in this bill. Republicans and Democrats alike have order of the House of Wednesday, July spent the last 2 days trying to increase 18, 2007, the gentleman from California b 1500 funds for IDEA; now they want to cut (Mr. CAMPBELL) and a Member opposed But what we are doing is we are it back by $56 million. each will control 15 minutes. crushing our children and our grand- They want to cut from this bill $78 The Chair recognizes the gentleman children with this $8.8 trillion debt, million for Pell Grants, despite the fact from California. this $8.8 trillion debt that is growing that college costs have exploded. Mr. CAMPBELL of California. under this majority. They want to cut $148 million from Madam Chairman, first of all, I am I was one of the ones in the back of this bill for the National Institutes of happy to stand up here and identify the room, you’re right, my friends on Health. myself with, as the majority party the other side of the aisle are right. We They want to cut $48 million from says, ‘‘the fringe.’’ You know, you may spent too much. The Republican Party this bill for the Social Security Admin- have noticed recently that the ap- are guilty of that. istration. proval ratings for this Congress are not

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So I guess that it means to save the taxpayers a little him through the Chair. being on the fringe of this Congress is money, what it means to ask govern- The gentleman seeks a cut, an actual meaning that we agree and associate ment to be a little more efficient, so I cut, in Abandoned Infants Assistance. ourselves with 83 percent of the Amer- would like to explain it to you graphi- Now, this isn’t a cut in any increased ican people. I would tell my friends on cally, if I may. investment, I would say to the Chair. the majority that I am very happy to This, Madam Chairman, represents In fact, funding for Abandoned Infants be on the fringe in Washington but on 100 percent of a government program. I Assistance is at $11,835,000 for aban- the mainstream outside of Washington. have used a donkey because I feel that doned infants, and if the gentleman And the mainstream outside of Wash- is something that the majority party would read the report, he would note ington wants to keep their own money has some familiarity with. This rep- that it says this amount is the same as to spend it on what they want. And resents 100 percent of a government the fiscal year 2007 funding level. No they believe, Madam Chairman, even if spending program. increase here. the other side doesn’t, Americans be- Let’s look and see what we have seen Madam Chairman, I would ask the lieve, and they are right, that govern- so far. There was an amendment to re- gentleman through the Chair whether ment wastes some of their tax money. duce this program which has already he is standing on this floor advocating And what this proposed amendment been increased by 1 percent, so there is an actual cut in the Abandoned Infant does is it would increase spending on 99 percent of a government spending Assistance Program match. this bill by 4.6 percent instead of 4.8 program. Mr. CAMPBELL of California. percent. It is a reduction over what is Madam Chairman, I would suggest Madam Chairman, will the gentleman proposed by a quarter of a percent. A perhaps people in the gallery and peo- yield? Mr. ISRAEL. I yield to the gen- quarter of a percent. It still provides ple at home may not even be able to tleman from California if he would like an increase of $6.6 billion over last tell much of a difference. But the ma- to answer that specific question. year. jority party rejected that. So under this amendment if there is Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Thank The amendment from the lady from you. You know, the question before us a government program that is sched- Colorado was a half a percent reduc- uled to get a million dollars, it would is $11.8 million, as I mentioned to you tion, so here is 991⁄2 percent of a govern- instead have to struggle through on before, is a cut from $12.5 million. So ment spending program. Looks to me the question I would ask you back is, $997,500. like that donkey is pretty much intact. Madam Chairman, I would ask you, I well, why is it not $12.5 million? I think it could probably survive. But understand that it appears that the Mr. ISRAEL. I reclaim my time. The that was rejected just a moment ago by Members of the majority party believe gentleman has argued that a cut’s real- the majority party. that life as we know it will end if that ly not a cut because the rate of spend- So here is one last chance, one more million-dollar government program ing is increasing. The rate of spending chance. I would ask my Democratic must exist on $997,500, but I don’t think does not increase in this program, colleagues: Can this government pro- that the majority of Americans feel Madam Chairman. It is the same spend- that. gram survive like that with 99.75 per- ing as last year, which means that the Let me point out again that first of cent of its spending? You know what, I gentleman’s cut is an actual, concrete, all this amendment is not a cut be- think the American people will look at specific, documented reduction in cause one equals one. Two is more than this and say yeah, they can. You know Abandoned Infants Assistance from one even if you want three. So this what that means, it means that $379 last year. amendment still enables a gigantic $6.6 million back in the American people’s Madam Chairman, I would go on to billion increase in spending on this pockets and back to reduce this deficit another program and through the bill. But what it would do is it would and hopefully leading us towards no Chair ask the gentleman if he would put $379 million back in taxpayers’ longer stealing the Social Security sur- like to, since he was unable to give me pockets, back towards deficit reduc- plus. I don’t think they see much dif- a yes or no answer on the last example, tion. So it is not a cut. ference here, but they will see a dif- I will provide another one. The other thing that is amazing to ference at home. Madam Chairman, I will yield to the me in this whole debate and discussion Madam Chairman, I reserve the bal- gentleman if he would like. Is the gen- is there seems to be a direct correla- ance of my time. tleman advocating an actual cut in tion on the majority side between how Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, I community-based child abuse preven- much you spend on something and the rise to claim the time in opposition. tion? Because the funding for commu- outcome you are going to get. If that The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman nity-based child abuse prevention is were the case, you could take every from New York is recognized for 15 not increased in this budget, not by a school in America, line them up by how minutes. penny, and so the gentleman’s cut ac- tually reduces it below last year’s much money is spent per student and b 1515 you should see a direct correlation level. with the outcomes with how those stu- Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, I ap- Madam Chairman, does the gen- dents succeed out of school. preciate all these donkeys on posters. tleman advocate to his constituents a Well, there are many situations We won’t say anything about the 3 tril- cut in community-based child abuse where there are schools spending $3,000 lion elephants that ought to be on prevention? And I would yield to the to $4,000 a student significantly outper- these posters, the $3 trillion in debt gentleman if he desires to respond. forming schools spending 10, 12, $15,000 that part of this fringe has supported Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Thank per student in the same place. when they wanted to spend more you for yielding. You know, I was try- Why if there were a direct correla- money on Halliburton, more money on ing to do the math on the previous one. tion between how much you spend on tax cuts for big oil companies, didn’t I guess the question before us is this: something and the outcome, then see any amendments to cut those can the program you described before, wouldn’t Paris Hilton be the most well- amendments. Now we see amendments because I’m a little behind on my math adjusted kid on the planet; and I think to cut or reduce the amount of spend- here, that was $11.8 million, can it sur- perhaps she is not. ing and investment in other funds. vive on $11.78 million? Is that going to So does anybody out there believe I would, Madam Chairman, through mean the end of the world as we know that in this gigantic bill of billions and the Chair, ask the gentleman that if we it? Is that going to mean that this pro- billions of dollars, that there is not were, you know, I guess in Washington gram is devastated? Are you telling me one-quarter of a percent of waste, that two plus two can equal whatever you that there is not a quarter of a percent is not one-quarter of a percent less want it to be if you listen to other side, that any agency or any program in that any given agency could do with- Madam Chairman. But I would like to, government can find that they can do out than they have now? using the gentleman’s own definition of their job as well?

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.080 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8151 Mr. ISRAEL. Reclaiming my time, should defer to the yielding member Why is it we’re funding the unauthor- I’m suggesting that it was more than a when he or she reclaims the time. ized sexual education program? Why is quarter percent when it came to a $13 The gentleman may continue. it that grants to local education that billion tax cut for the biggest oil com- Mr. ISRAEL. I thank the Chairman, could be funded at $25 billion, because pany executives on Earth, and it was and I reserve the balance of my time. that’s what the Congress in the past more than a quarter percent cut when Mr. CAMPBELL of California. says we could allow, are only funded at it came to excessive fraudulent pay- Madam Chairman, I yield 31⁄2 minutes $14.4 billion? ments to Halliburton. to the distinguished Republican whip, Part of the problem here is, once But when it comes to runaway youth, Mr. BLUNT, the gentleman from Mis- again, we’re authorizing on an appro- domestic violence, law and order, aban- souri. priations bill. We’re trying to come up doned infants, anti-gang programs, I Mr. BLUNT. Madam Chairman, I with new programs instead of fulfill would rather that the money go to thank the gentleman for yielding. I the promise of the last programs. IDEA those investments rather than to spe- thank him for bringing this amend- took major growth in funding in the cial interests. ment to the floor. last 10 years, but we haven’t sustained So I would ask, again, to the gen- I’d actually thought, based on the that level in this bill because we’re try- tleman through the Chair, is the gen- other things I was doing today, that ing to fund new things. tleman advocating a cut in adoption the case was being well-made that a $7 And I just close by saying that every billion increase is an increase. And I opportunities because the adoption op- American knows that $7 billion is an didn’t plan to come to the floor this portunities program, Madam Chair- increase and 4.9 percent is an increase, afternoon. I had a number of other man, is funded without an increase at as was 4.3, as is 4.4. things I was working on that I thought the same level as last year. Would the Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, I’m were important. I was watching the de- gentleman agree, Madam Chairman, pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gen- bate and assuming that the case was that the cut that he proposes means an tleman from California, a member of being well-made until I heard in the actual cut in the program for adoption the committee, Mr. SCHIFF. last debate that a 4.3 percent increase Mr. SCHIFF. I thank the gentleman opportunities from last year’s level? At was a cut. And I was so stunned by for yielding, and I want to address least can we agree that two plus two that, a 4.3 percent increase was a cut, a some of the arguments. equals four or four minus two equals six-something billion dollar increase of I wanted to say about my friends on two. Can we at least agree on that, the $7 billion that the majority hopes the other side of the aisle because, in Madam Chairman? to increase was a cut, that I decided I’d fact, my friends on the other side of And I yield to the gentleman. come to the floor for a minute, and I’ve the aisle in committee, the Republican Mr. CAMPBELL of California. I guess been amazed on the floor at what I’ve Members, uniformly supported this bill that means that you have proposed a heard. and support this bill. So I have to say cut in that program if it’s already I’ve heard the gentleman just ask a that I address these remarks to a mi- below where it was. So I guess you had series of questions about the Aban- nority of the minority, the self-applied proposed a cut in that program. So I doned Infants Assistance Program fringe that we’ve been describing or would ask you, I guess, if you cut that that’s the same funding as last year’s talking to today. program, you must have some reason level; the community-based child abuse The beginning of their argument was, that you believe that it should be cut. program, prevention program, that’s well, we want across-the-board cuts, we Mr. ISRAEL. I reclaim my time one the same funding as last year’s level; don’t really want to have to identify more time, and then I will reserve the adoption opportunities that I believe I exactly what we’re cutting. That’s a balance of my time. The gentleman has heard were below last year’s level. little hard to sell back home, so we’re offered an amendment to actually cut And I’m not asking the gentleman going to do across-the-board cuts. programs. We have listed, Madam specifically this question, but I’m ask- That’s a little more palatable. Chairman, a variety of programs that ing myself this question: why is that? We said, well, let’s look at where didn’t receive one penny of increase in Why is that that Abandoned Infants we’re cutting, and then the argument this budget, in this appropriation, and Assistance could be funded at last was, okay, they’re not cuts. They’re re- I’ve asked the gentleman will the gen- year’s level and somehow that’s appro- ductions in the increase. tleman acknowledge that his amend- priate? Is it less important than it was So then we point out, well, actually ment is an actual cut on these pro- last year? Is it less important than the you’re giving the impression that ev- grams: adoption assistance, abstinence, many unauthorized things that this erything’s being increased. Everything anti-gang activities, safe and stable bill funds for the first time ever? Why is not being increased. Many things are families, domestic violence. Is it actu- is it that we’re not doing more, as the being kept flat. So aren’t we really cut- ally a cut below last year’s level? Yes past Congress always tried to do more, ting those things that are flat in the or no, and I would yield to the gen- in IDEA? Why is it that NIH, in the de- budget? And my friends in the minor- tleman for a yes or no answer. bate we heard yesterday, the National ity of the minority said, yes, I guess Mr. CAMPBELL of California. If you Institutes of Health, didn’t deserve the that’s right. I guess we are really mak- already established it as a cut below funding that the ranking member of ing real cuts with these across-the- last year’s level, then yes, it is. But I the Energy and Commerce Committee board proposals, but let’s not really would ask the gentleman that, is the found a funding source for for that to look at what we’re cutting. That’s not gentleman proposing to increase the be raised? Why is it, if inflation is a very attractive. deficit, which, with this amendment, factor, that we don’t care at least at an And my friend says, okay, so if we’re the deficit would go down and tax- inflationary level about Abandoned In- making real cuts, is it really the end of payers would have more money? fant Assistance or we don’t care at the world if we’re making real cuts? Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, re- least at an inflationary level about Well, I guess it depends on who you claiming my time, this amendment and community-based child abuse preven- ask. this appropriations bill saves $1.1 bil- tion? One of the things we’re making a real lion. The gentleman from California is cut to is the bone marrow program. Is ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN saying let’s just cut this by one-quar- that the end of the world for us here in The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will ter of 1 percent, one-quarter of 1 per- Congress to make a real cut, in real suspend. cent, a growth of still almost $7 billion, dollar terms, to the bone marrow pro- The Chair must ask Members to bear but instead, we’re funding the unau- gram? Well, it may not be to any of us in mind the principle that proper cour- thorized Full Service Schools Act. at this moment, but for some child out tesy in the process of yielding and re- Now, why are we funding the unauthor- there, it just may be the end of the claiming time in debate, and especially ized Full Service Schools Act, but we world. For some parent of that child, in asking another to yield, helps to fos- can’t find enough money to keep adop- some parent has to watch their child ter the spirit of mutual comity that tion opportunities at at least last suffer with cancer, the inability to get elevates our deliberations above mere year’s level? I’m amazed by what I’ve a bone marrow transplant and the fail- argument. Members, when yielded to, heard here on the floor. ure of research into bone marrow

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.081 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8152 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 transplants, it just might be the end of where you go, and that is why across- segments of our society who need this the world for that parent as well as the-board cuts work. That is why they safety net and need these initiatives that child. use them in State after State after would just drop through the safety net, What are the things that my friend State because they have balanced whatever is left of that safety net. For would make real cuts to? He would budget amendments, because they can- the most part, it has been decimated make real cuts to scholarships for dis- not spend more than the rate of growth over the last few years. advantaged students. He would make of the economy in that State. Also, many of these people do pay real cuts for nurse education. Does my They work. And, yes, fiscal responsi- Federal taxes and they deserve some of friend think we have more nurses than bility includes no government excess. their Federal taxes back. I hear you all we need? He would make real cuts for Now, yes, there is some real long fringe talk about tax cuts, and the American emergency medical services for chil- down there because, it is way down by people deserving their tax dollars back dren. Again, is that the end of the great big, overblown, heavy bureau- to spend more, right? Fine. Many of world? Well, for one child it just might cratic programs that do not respond to these programs that you are talking be. the needs of the American people. about cutting are programs that are He would make real cuts for organ I think it is time that we say let’s designed to help those who do pay tax, transplantation, real cuts for the Na- get this under control. It is the hold- and who do deserve some of their Fed- tional Cord Blood Inventory. Is that on-to-your-wallet Congress. If we are eral taxes back and who do deserve to the end of the world? Well, for some not happy, they will leave you in tat- live and seek the American dream, just child, maybe not our children, it just ters, not fringe. like anybody else who makes $100,000 might be. Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chair, I don’t more or more. We would make real cuts, under the know if every single Republican on the I would hope that some type of ra- gentleman’s amendment, to children’s Appropriations Committee who sup- tional thinking would prevail out of mental health. Is that the end of the ported this bill would appreciate being this debate today and rethink some of world? Well, for a child who ends up called big spenders or fiscally irrespon- these notions of cutting initiatives and taking their own life, it just might be sible. I am very pleased that the main- cutting the safety net out of those that the end of the world. stream of Republicans and Democrats really need it the most, those that the It sounds a lot more palatable when worked together on this. American dream is still a nightmare we say, well, it’s a 1 percent cut or it’s I don’t know where all the talk was for and those that, if we listened and a half a percent cut. Is that the end of about fiscal responsibility when we did all that you want us to do, we the world? Well, for one child it just were appropriating $13 billion in tax would have more homeless on the may be. cuts for big oil companies and spending streets. We would have more people Mr. CAMPBELL of California. money on fraudulent payments and no- just hanging on in the twilight of their Madam Chairman, may I inquire as to bid contracts to Halliburton. lives. I think that we need to know how much time each side, I suppose, Madam Chairman, I yield 3 minutes that this budget that the chairman has has remaining? to the gentlewoman from California crafted today really will help enhance The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman (Ms. LEE), a member of the committee. the quality of life for millions of Amer- from California has 5 minutes. The gen- Ms. LEE. Let me thank the gen- icans. tleman from New York has 6 minutes. tleman for yielding and for your dili- Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. CAMPBELL of California. gence in this debate. Madam Chair, just one comment for Madam Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to Madam Chairman, I would like to my colleague from California, let me the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. briefly make a couple of points with re- just say that I completely agree with BLACKBURN). gard to this whole notion of govern- you that the Pentagon is not immune Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Chair- ment excess. When you look at, for ex- from waste, fraud and abuse, nor is the man, you know, this is so interesting ample, the military budget, we all sup- Defense budget, nor is any part of the listening to this fiscal debate and talk- port a strong national security, a Federal Government. I agree with you ing about we are the fringe. Well, let strong military. on that point. me tell you, FRINGE is a great acro- However, a military budget of close Madam Chairman, I yield 2 minutes nym, and let me tell you what FRINGE to $500 billion, when you look at the to my colleague from Texas (Mr. is a great acronym for. waste, fraud and abuse that is in this HENSARLING). And I think it is very appropriate for budget, and also when you look at a Mr. HENSARLING. I thank the gen- those of us on our side of the aisle be- measly $60 billion that should be cut in tleman for yielding. cause fringe means this: Fiscal respon- Cold War era weapons systems, I can’t, Madam Chairman, after all of this de- sibility includes no government excess. for the life of me, figure out why we bate, I still cannot believe that people Fiscal responsibility includes no gov- shouldn’t get the kind of scrutiny and don’t understand what the word ‘‘cut’’ ernment excess. Now, Madam Chair- the laser focus on this government ex- means. I took the opportunity to go man, that is what the people tell us cess over at the Pentagon. It makes a look it up in my dictionary. I would they want. Get this fiscal house in lot of sense to me if you really want to urge my Democrat colleagues to do the order. put your deeds and your words into same. some kind of real action as it relates to They might find a reduction in b 1530 our Federal budget. amount. Only in Washington would That is what they want. They don’t Also, let me just say something somebody call an increase of 4.6 per- want you to spend more. They want about these across-the-board cuts and cent a cut. People all over America you to spend less. Government does not who they impact. When you look at our would love to have their salaries cut if have a revenue problem. Government future, when you look at our young it would only increase 4.6 percent. has a spending problem. All of this people, when you look at individuals I think I just heard the previous about across-the-board cuts don’t who deserve a second chance such as speaker say that people who pay taxes work. ex-offenders who had done their time ought to get some of their money back. If I may tell you why across-the- who now want to pick up with their Well, maybe it shouldn’t be taken from board cuts do work, the reason is this. lives, who need education, job training, them in the first place. You have the opportunity within a de- vocational training, when you look at But let’s go back to the term ‘‘cut,’’ partment to decide where you would our health care system that is in sham- because the only budgets that are like to reduce. I would recommend, as bles, when you look at our young peo- being cut here today are the family with many of our States, you go in and ple and the drop-out rates and the type budgets of hard-working Americans all you make those reductions out of the of after-school programs and drop-out across this land. It is their budgets bureaucracy. prevention programs that we are talk- that are being cut. You don’t have to take one single ing about, these across-the-board cuts The budgets like the Flores family in penny out of any program. You can in many ways would decimate these Garland, who says, ‘‘I am a divorced take it out of the bureaucracy. That is programs. That means that certain mother with a child in college and a

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.082 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8153 child in daycare.’’ When you increase There is an increase in this bill as writ- to increase the number of quality taxes, you are going to wipe out the ten. There is an increase of $6.6 billion teachers in this country? Do we think hope of the first college graduate in the in the deficit over what there would be that we need to do more or not to help family. To my colleagues on the other if this bill held spending flat. That is millions of kids who need a better deal said of the aisle, that is the budget an increase in raiding the Social Secu- in special education? Do we need to do they are cutting. They are cutting the rity surplus, and that will lead to the more than we are doing now to help Flores family budget. They are cutting many tax increases that your side is workers who lose their life’s work be- their education program. currently proposing both in your budg- cause of the forces of globalization? They are cutting the education pro- et and in other bills floating around in Are we comfortable continuing to see gram of the Mouton-Tedder family in both this Chamber and the other. the number of research grants for can- Chandler, this largest tax increase in Those are increases there. This bill will cer, for heart disease, for Parkinson’s history, that they are imposing on the not stop those increases, but just a lit- disease, continue to decline, or do we American people. They write in, ‘‘If I tle bit of a time, a quarter of a percent, think that we ought to make an invest- have to pay more taxes, then I can’t af- it will help to slow the growth. ment, a collective societal investment, ford to go to school.’’ Once again, I would ask for everyone’s support on so that we can do more to attack those Democrats cutting education budgets this bill. diseases? Those are values questions. That is for families in America. Madam Chairman, I yield back the They are cutting the health budget balance of my time. what we have to decide here today. This amendment is largely symbolic. It as well. I heard from the Winters fam- Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, we gives people a chance on both sides to ily in Tennessee Colony. ‘‘Please do have heard in this debate that the talk to some more, as though we what you can to stop the wasteful other side is not really cutting pro- haven’t, God help us, talked enough al- spending. I am retired and disabled. I grams, they are cutting the rate of growth of programs. But we provided ready. am raising my three grandchildren and But we are now roughly at the point one great grandchild. I sometimes about a dozen programs that get no in- crease in this budget, that in fact will where we will have to decide what our can’t afford my own medicine.’’ priorities are. The only budgets that are being cut be cut from last year’s. So the fact of here are the Democrats cutting the the matter is that these cuts are real, b 1545 health budgets and the education budg- and these cuts hurt families. This bill is about 2 percent above the Now, this is all about choices, and it ets of the American family. It ought to President’s budget for these items. goes back to this. Not a single member stop. That is what we are talking about; we of this fringe group who disagrees with Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, may are talking about devoting 2 percent their own Republican caucus that sup- I ask how much time remains? more of the Federal budget than the ported this bill in the Appropriations The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman has President wants to devote to deal with Committee came to this floor to argue 21⁄2 minutes. the deficits in education, health care, for a 2 percent cut, a 1 percent cut, a 5 Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Chairman, I job training, worker protection, and percent, a .5 cut. When it came time to yield 11⁄4 minutes to the gentleman the like. give $13 billion to the big oil compa- from New Mexico (Mr. UDALL). Each Member is invited, in my view, nies, then there was plenty of money to Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Madam to make their own choice, but I think go around. Chairman, we have an interesting con- the choice is clear. We have had a huge But now the argument is we can’t af- increase in the gap between the richest trast here. We have these self-described ford to give people who want to send fringe legislators that are here on the people in this country and everybody their kids to college an increase in Pell else over the past 20 years. This bill at- floor speaking up. You might call them Grants. Not a single amendment was extremists or radicals, whatever. tempts to deal with the results of that offered by this fringe group when it gap by providing additional grace notes But we also, in comparison to that, was time to provide Halliburton with we have an incredible bipartisan proc- to help the people who haven’t been in dollar after dollar after dollar so that that top 1 percent so they get a little ess that has been going on this. This $1.47 billion was found to be fraudulent subcommittee met for many, many better deal in sending their kids to col- and excessive. I didn’t hear a single one lege, so that they get a little better hours, the Labor-H Subcommittee of this fringe group come to the floor chaired by our wonderful chairman, deal in being able to find doctors who and argue for cuts. will take care of them without begging Chairman OBEY and Ranking Member The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman’s in the community health clinic, so WALSH, met for many hours and came time has expired. they can find some job training so they up with a bipartisan bill. Mr. OBEY. Madam Chairman, I move Then that bill was presented to 66 maybe can get a job that pays two- to strike the last word. thirds of what their job paid before Members of this House in a full appro- The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman they were bounced because of bad trade priations hearing, and it was approved. from Wisconsin is recognized for 5 min- deals or globalization. That is what Not a single Member of the 66 Members utes. this bill attempts to do. voted against that bill. They all ap- Mr. OBEY. Madam Chairman, it is It has traditionally had bipartisan proved it, sent it on to the floor. You sometimes amazing to me just how support through the years in this coun- have this marvelous work product that small some congressional debates can try. It would be a shame if that bipar- Members have put many, many hours be. We have heard a lot of bloviating on tisan support didn’t continue. I urge into, and they have labored over. They this floor today about whether some- rejection of the amendment and sup- were all laboring over education, thing is a cut and whether it isn’t a port for the underlying bill. health care, worker protection. That is cut. We have had a boy scout debate I yield back the balance of my time. really the thrust of what we are doing about dictionary terms. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on here today. But the real question to ask about the amendment offered by the gen- Mr. CAMPBELL of California. How this bill is simply to ask, is it adequate tleman from California (Mr. CAMP- much time do I have remaining, to the needs of the country? Do we BELL). Madam Chairman? really need to simply continue the sta- The question was taken; and the The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman has tus quo by going back to last year’s Chairman announced that the noes ap- 1 minute. level, or do we need to recognize that peared to have it. Mr. CAMPBELL of California. there is more than one deficit in the Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Madam Chairman, I stand here as a country? Do we really think that we Madam Chairman, I demand a recorded member of this fringe that is happy to can afford to continue to avoid dealing vote. associate with the 83 percent of Ameri- with the deficit in educational quality, The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause cans who think this Congress is doing a the deficit in health care access, the 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on poor job. deficit in worker training? the amendment offered by the gen- We have got a lot of talk about cuts, Do we really think that we can avoid, tleman from California will be post- but there is one thing that’s clear. or that we can afford to avoid investing poned.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.086 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8154 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 AMENDMENT NO. 67 OFFERED BY MR. PENCE months trying to convince Democrats, Planned Parenthood claims to work Mr. PENCE. Madam Chairman, I primarily liberals, who are now in con- to reduce abortions, but happens to be offer an amendment. trol of the House, not to try to use the number one abortion provider in The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will des- their new majority to change any lan- this country. This raises an obvious ignate the amendment. guage in this bill that had anything to question: Why are taxpayer dollars The text of the amendment is as fol- do with abortion or family planning. I being used to subsidize the largest lows: have asked them, in an effort to pro- abortion supplier in the United States? Amendment No. 67 offered by Mr. PENCE: vide bipartisan support for this bill, to Planned Parenthood clinics receive At the end of the bill (before the short recognize other people’s values as well funding in the name of their family title), insert the following: as their own. I have asked them, there- planning services; however, there are SEC. lll. None of the funds made avail- fore, to leave alone the six abortion-re- many clinics in which family planning able under this Act shall be available to lated or family planning provisions and abortion services are co-located in Planned Parenthood for any purpose under which are in the existing law which the same building, share a common set title X of the Public Health Services Act. many on this side of the aisle oppose of basic resources, out one door and The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the and some on the other side of the aisle into the other. order of the House of Wednesday, July oppose. Abortion services generate more net 18, 2007, the gentleman from Indiana I have asked them to leave alone the revenue when clinics can rely on Fed- (Mr. PENCE) and a Member opposed Hyde amendment; I have asked them to eral dollars to pay for lighting, heat- each will control 5 minutes. leave alone Dr. WELDON’s amendment. ing, building maintenance, and even The Chair recognizes the gentleman And I had some real fights on this side rent. Planned Parenthood receives a from Indiana. of the aisle about that, not just with recordbreaking $305 million in tax- Mr. PENCE. Madam Chairman, I people in my caucus, but with a lot of payer funding, and they made record yield myself 1 minute. outside groups. A lot of like-minded profits last year. And what did they do (Mr. PENCE asked and was given per- people on the left will get together and with those record profits last year? mission to revise and extend his re- talk and, after they talk to each other, Planned Parenthood performed 265,000 marks.) they think they have taken a public abortions, the most ever in a year. Mr. PENCE. Allow me to say there opinion poll. And I have asked them to I urge my colleagues to oppose this are many good things happening in fed- lay off this bill so that we can try to Federal backdoor subsidy of Planned erally funded Family Planning clinics find common ground on an issue that Parenthood, the world’s largest abor- nationwide: 5 million Americans has divided us for so long. tion provider, and support the Pence served, 90 percent of whom are low in- And we put together an initiative amendment. come; 900,000 unintended pregnancies which provided well over half a billion Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Madam Chair- were averted by title X family planning dollars in special funding for programs man, I yield 1 minute to the gentlelady to help discourage women from having funding; and it is reassuring that absti- from Connecticut (Ms. DELAURO). abortions, and we have been able to nence education is required for all cli- Ms. DELAURO. Title X of the Public ents. But today, I am offering an keep that issue out of here. I have Health Services Act reaches our most amendment that is very simple. asked Members not to offer amend- vulnerable populations and is a pri- The Pence amendment states that no ments on any of these items. mary source of reproductive health But now, in return for that, we get funds under title X may be granted to services for low-income women, low- from the other side of the aisle from Planned Parenthood. Planned Parent- ering the rate of unintended preg- one gentleman an amendment that in hood is the largest recipient of title X nancies, reducing the need for abor- essence upsets the apple cart. I think funding, and it is the largest abortion tion, and decreasing infant mortality provider in America. Last year alone, that is unfortunate. I can’t do a whole lot about it, but I think the gentleman and morbidity. It is good public policy. Planned Parenthood’s own annual re- For many women, Planned Parent- knows that an amendment like this port states that it received more than hood is their only source of health would not survive conference anyway, one-third of its $1 billion budget from care. In some States like Wisconsin, government contracts and grants. And, and yet it is being offered. And what it does, at the last minute, is to blow up Utah, and my own Connecticut, again, according to their annual re- Planned Parenthood is the only title X port, Planned Parenthood performed a consensus which we have tried to build over the last 3 days that we all provider. It sees 65,000 patients a year more than one quarter of a million ought to be willing to live under the in Connecticut and provides critical abortions. same laws that we were living under family-planning infrastructure in our Millions of pro-life Americans should when the Republicans were controlling State. not be asked to fund the leading abor- this House and when they passed the This amendment would be dev- tion provider in the United States. legislation that I am now defending. So astating, especially for the thousands Now, let me stipulate, I know that title I would simply ask the gentleman, in of women whose sole source of medical X funds may not be used for abortion. the interest of our being able to work care is these clinics. This amendment And my amendment does not cut or re- together on these issues, to withdraw plainly discriminates against the unin- duce the budget for family planning in his amendment. sured, leaving the most vulnerable in this appropriation bill; it simply pre- He doesn’t like Planned Parenthood. our society in the most helpless situa- vents appropriated funds from reaching I don’t care whether Planned Parent- tion. If we truly do value, if we value, an organization that profits from the hood gets money or not. What I do care as we say we do, women’s health, we abortion trade. about is that the women who are cannot sabotage title X, we cannot It is time the American people stop served by Planned Parenthood get the strip Planned Parenthood of funding, funding the Nation’s largest abortion services to which they are entitled and we cannot pass this amendment. provider, and I urge support for the under the Constitution. And so I would Mr. PENCE. Madam Chairman, I Pence amendment. ask the gentleman, in the interest of yield myself 15 seconds. I reserve the balance of my time. the bipartisan neutrality that we have I want to respond substantively to Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Madam Chair- tried to build over the past 2 months, the gracious comments of the chair- man, I seek the time in opposition. to consider withdrawing the amend- man whose work on this legislation I The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman is ment, and I thank the gentleman for acknowledge heartily. But as to the recognized for 5 minutes. the time. issue of protecting all the values that Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I yield to the gen- Mr. PENCE. Madam Chairman, with the Republican majority advanced, I tleman from Wisconsin such time as he acknowledgement of the gracious re- would hasten to remind that in the may consume. marks of the chairman, I yield 1 Foreign Operations bill we did great vi- Mr. OBEY. Madam Chairman, I really minute to the gentleman from Penn- olence to the historic Mexico City pol- wish that the gentleman had not of- sylvania (Mr. PITTS). icy. That change came. We must end fered this amendment, and let me be Mr. PITTS. Madam Chairman, I rise the practice of funding Planned Par- very frank. I spent most of the last 6 in support of the Pence amendment. enthood.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.089 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8155 I yield 1 minute to the gentlelady their mothers is a disgrace that under- spend on prevention, that will mean we from Tennessee (Mrs. BLACKBURN). mines the core essence of the United will continue to reduce the number of Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Chair- States of America and betrays every- abortions. man, I would remind one of the pre- thing that our soldiers lying out in Ar- And I want to thank the gentleman vious speakers that there are no title X lington National Cemetery died to pre- for working on this with us. cuts in this amendment. serve. Mr. OBEY. Madam Chairman, this What this amendment does is to And Madam Chairman, I urge my col- amendment is not related to abortion. state that Planned Parenthood cannot leagues to find the courage to vote for This amendment is a frontal assault on receive those funds. Planned Parent- the Pence amendment. family planning. Make no mistake hood in 2005 did perform 260,000 abor- Mr. OBEY. Madam Chairman, I move about it. Whether you are pro-life or tions. That is something that we know. to strike the last word. whether you are pro-choice or anything I think it is also important for us to The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman in between, you ought to be pro-family note that it was Planned Parenthood from Wisconsin is recognized for 5 min- planning. And this amendment negates who was the lead plaintiff in the legal utes. that, and I would urge defeat of the challenge against the partial birth Mr. OBEY. Madam Chairman, the amendment. abortion ban legislation that is now issue here is not Planned Parenthood. If I have any time left, I would yield the law of the land. The issue is whether women have a to the gentlewoman from California. This is the right move. I commend right to have full access to family Mrs. CAPPS. Madam Chairman, I rise the gentleman from Indiana for bring- planning. State health departments in opposition to this amendment and ing the amendment forward and for run 57 percent of the clinics that re- associate myself with the remarks and bringing to our attention the need to ceive Title X funds. Planned Parent- the eloquent statement of Chairman make certain that taxpayer dollars are hood affiliates operate 14 percent of OBEY and my colleagues. not used in abortion clinics around this Title X supported clinics. Hospitals and And I speak from the perspective of a Nation. family planning clinics and other non- nurse who worked for many years with Mr. PENCE. Might I ask how much privates make up the rest of the Title these women and their families in the time I have remaining, Madam Chair- X clinic system. community I’m from. Title X is our man. Under the law, none of these funds Nation’s primary program to provide The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman has can be spent for abortion. But Planned family planning services. According to 13⁄4 minutes. Parenthood clinics use their Title X the Guttmacher Institute, Title X has Mr. PENCE. I yield 50 seconds to the funding to provide family planning and been so successful that for every public gentleman from Missouri (Mr. AKIN). health services to millions of women, dollar invested in family planning, $3 Mr. AKIN. Madam Chairman, there is and it is those women who would be are saved in Medicaid costs alone for one thing regardless of where you hap- hurt today by this action, not Planned pregnancy and newborn care. pen to be a Congressman. Every single Parenthood. In hundreds of communities across one of us has something in common if I would urge a vote against the this country, the nonprofit Planned you are from Congress, and that is that amendment. It seems to me that we Parenthood is the major implementa- we have people in our districts, some ought to be content to live under the tion of precisely the reproductive who call themselves pro-life and others same arrangements that we were con- health care necessary to carry out ef- who call themselves pro-choice, and tent to live under when the Republican fective family planning and to reduce many of them are deeply convicted of Congresses were writing the law. unintended pregnancies. And they are their views on this issue. It seems to me that we need to be contributing, these nonprofit organiza- Now, the question before us today is, finding ways to avoid dividing the Con- tions, to the successful implementa- is it reasonable to force people who gress and dividing the country because tion of Title X services. really do believe that abortion is kill- of our ideologies. So I urge my colleagues to stand for ing children, is it reasonable to force This amendment has nothing to do family values and to vote against this them to pay money to subsidize that with abortion. It has everything to do amendment so that you can protect killing? Is that respectful to do that? with whether or not we are trying to your constituents’ access to proven, ef- Planned Parenthood is the biggest find common ground on this cluster of fective family planning services which abortion provider in America. Is it rea- issues, and whether or not women are have as their goal to reduce unintended sonable to compel some of our con- going to be allowed to get the services pregnancies. stituents who believe that this is kill- they need in areas where the only serv- The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman’s ing to take part in that? ices available to them come from the time has expired. Mr. PENCE. It is my pleasure to organization in question. Mr. WALSH of New York. Madam yield 50 seconds to the gentleman from With that, I yield to the gentleman Chairman, I move to strike the last Arizona, the eloquent Mr. FRANKS. from Ohio. word. Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Madam Chair- The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman is b 1600 man, I would like to just say, I have recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Madam voted for the ban on partial birth abor- Mr. WALSH of New York. I thank the Chairman, abortion on demand in tion. I consider myself a pro-life Demo- Chair for yielding, and at this time I America is the greatest single cause of crat. would yield 2 minutes to my good death in our Nation’s history. We have But I will say that this amendment friend, the gentleman from Con- killed nearly 50 million of our own un- will increase the number of abortions necticut (Mr. SHAYS). born children since the criminal Roe that are performed. Fifty percent of Mr. SHAYS. Madam Chairman, I rise vs. Wade decision in 1973. That is 15,000 abortions are performed on women who in opposition to the Pence amendment times the number of lives lost in the 9/ live within 200 percent of poverty. If as strongly as I can advocate. The Title 11 terrorist attack. they don’t have access to prevention, X program provides comprehensive Planned Parenthood is the foremost they will end up getting an abortion. family planning services, as well as a promoter and provider of abortion on And I believe that if we truly want to wide range of other preventative health demand for any reason or no reason. In prevent abortions from happening in care services, including breast exams the last fiscal year, this government the United States of America, we have and instruction on breast self-examina- appropriated more than $300 million to an obligation, a moral obligation, to tion, pap tests for early detection of this death dealing organization. fund programs like this and prevent cervical cancer or pre-cancerous condi- Madam Chairman, it has been said unintended pregnancies. Those are the tions, testing for high blood pressure, that a government is what it spends. poor women who end up going to abor- screening and appropriate treatment For this government to appropriate tion clinics and having abortions. for sexually transmitted infections, one penny of the taxpayers’ money to Let’s prevent the number of abor- HIV screening, counseling or adoption, an organization that kills unborn chil- tions from increasing by rejecting this foster care and pregnancy termination dren and emotionally impoverishes amendment. And the more money we referrals to specialized health care.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.092 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8156 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 Pursuant to Federal statute, no Title X ‘‘yes’’ to family planning funding ment that we have passed on a bipartisan funds may be spent on abortions. through Title X. Say ‘‘yes’’ to the basis for 31 consecutive years. Therefore, I The question was raised, is it reason- Pence amendment. urge support for the Pence Amendment. able to ask us, members of Congress, to Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Madam Chairman, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Madam Chairman, I fund abortions when we find abortions I oppose this amendment, which is nothing am dismayed that this Congress, including so abhorrent? But that’s not the ques- less than an attack on the nation’s most trust- Members of my own party, has again decided tion before us. ed source of reproductive health services and to eliminate funding for the Denali Commission The question before us is, is it rea- information. The Pence amendment would sin- and cripple the economic lifeline to hundreds sonable to deprive women of reproduc- gle out Planned Parenthood for exclusion from of small communities throughout rural Alaska. tive information and services to pre- the Title X program, at odds with the principles When health crises arise, options are often vent unwanted pregnancies, and there- repeatedly articulated by the United States Su- extremely limited in rural Alaska. Health issues fore, even avoid the question of wheth- preme Court. or emergencies that require hospital care often er or not to have an abortion? And the Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading involve costly air transportation that can take answer is no. reproductive health care provider. The vast as much time and money as a flight from New This is about family planning. majority of services that Planned Parenthood York to Los Angeles, if weather permits. For Planned Parenthood is the Nation’s provides are services to prevent unintended local health care, the typical rural community leading reproductive health care pro- pregnancies, and test and treat for sexually health facility is aging, small and inadequate vider. For over 9 years Planned Parent- transmitted infections, as well as breast and to provide necessary services. In one of its hood has provided low-income, unin- cervical cancer screening. earliest decisions, the Denali Commission des- sured and underinsured women with The vast majority of Planned Parenthood ignated rural health care as a top priority for vital reproductive health care services patients have incomes at or below 200 per- Commission support and is continuing its work they need. cent of the Federal Poverty Level, women who to provide safe and appropriate infrastructure I’ll conclude by pointing out Planned are four times more likely to face an unin- which will improve health care delivery for Parenthood operates health care cen- tended pregnancy. For many women, and es- rural Alaskans. ters in every State in the Nation, serv- pecially those in rural areas and underserved Through its health care program, and in ing over 5 million, men, women and communities, Planned Parenthood is their only partnership with the U.S. Department of teens and their communities each year. source of health care. Title X helps 575 Health and Human Services and Alaska health The services Planned Parenthood pro- Planned Parenthood clinics to provide over 3 providers, the Commission is working to ad- vides are needed, and to deprive them million women with family planning services dress the infrastructure needs of communities of this funding, I think, would be a co- each year. statewide to ensure all Alaskans receive safe lossal mistake. Madam Chairman, if we are to reduce the Mr. WALSH of New York. Madam and reliable health care. number of abortions in this country, as Mr. Chairman, at this time I would yield In 1999, the Commission was granted au- PENCE clearly desires, we must get serious such time as he may consume to the thority by Congress to address rural Alaska about prevention. Each year publicly funded author of the amendment, the gen- health care issues. This authority authorized contraceptive services help women prevent the Denali Commission to plan, construct and tleman from Indiana (Mr. PENCE). Mr. PENCE. I thank my colleague 1.3 million unintended pregnancies, which equip health, nutrition and child care projects from New York for his extraordinary would otherwise result in 533,800 births, across the state. Potential projects include courtesy. And let me say, I regret that 632,300 abortions and 165,000 miscarriages. hospitals, health care clinics, and mental this debate will only take 15 minutes. In the absence of publicly funded family plan- health facilities including drug and alcohol It is a great and serious matter, and I ning, the number of abortions each year in the treatment centers. In 2001, the Commission think the dignity with which it’s been United States would be 40 percent higher than identified rural primary care facility needs in conducted thus far is evidence of the it currently is. In fact, from 1980 to 2000, Tide more than 288 rural communities, and esti- capacity of this Congress to discuss X clinics helped women prevent nearly 20 mil- mated the cost of needed rural primary care even the most contentious issues of our lion unintended pregnancies, nine million of facilities to be $253 million. time in a manner that reflects civility which would have ended in abortion. By re- Since then, more than 200 communities and favorably on the institution. stricting Title X, Mr. PENCE’s amendment have sought assistance from the Denali Com- Now, that being said, let me clear up would likely increase the number of abortions, mission. And in addition to constructing sev- a few points. This is not, as the chair- particularly among our teenagers. eral essential village primary care clinics, the man said, ‘‘a frontal assault on family We should oppose Mr. PENCE’s amendment Denali Commission has funded major design planning.’’ There are no cuts in Title X because it is an inhumane attack on the qual- initiatives for needed replacement hospitals in in the Pence amendment. The Pence ity of life of low-income women in this country, Nome and Barrow. It has now completed clin- amendment states plainly that no but moreover, we should oppose it because it ics in over 65 of these remote communities. funds under Title X may be granted to does not make good public health sense. Gut- Now, in 2007, Congress is telling the Com- Planned Parenthood. ting funding for family planning will never bring mission that they no longer see a need for the Planned Parenthood is the largest re- us towards a day with fewer abortions, it will Denali Commission. They are looking to cut cipient of Title X funding, and it’s also only increase the devastating costs imposed $39 million when the real need in my State is the largest abortion provider in Amer- on society by unintended pregnancies among several times that amount. Have the health ica. young women and teenaged girls. care problems in rural Alaska been miracu- And as to whether we are living Mr. BACHUS. Madam Chairman, the activi- lously fixed overnight? Have any Members of under the same arrangements, as the ties of Planned Parenthood are a concern for the House visited Alaska and seen firsthand chairman said, and I respectfully many of us. In Alabama, there was an unsuc- that rural health care is no longer an issue for quote, ‘‘same arrangements under Re- cessful abortion at a Planned Parenthood clin- Alaskans? The answer to both is a resounding publican rule,’’ it seems to me just a ic, and the baby was born with severe injuries ‘‘No.’’ short time ago we saw this new major- including a hole in her heart. Planned Parent- The Commission works tirelessly each year ity overturn much of the decades long hood has always been a glaring exception to to make sure that my Alaskans are not treated Mexico City policy that prevented Fed- the long-standing policy in the House of not al- like second class citizens and eliminating eral dollars from going to organiza- lowing taxpayer money to be used to provide these funds will be devastating. It is my hope tions overseas that provide abortion abortions. It claims that Title Ten money is not that the Senate has more sense and will con- for family planning. being used for abortions. The reality is that tinue funding this essential program. I will I think this Nation needs a domestic any Federal dollar that goes to a clinic where work with my colleagues in the other chamber Mexico City policy. And frankly, if the abortions are being performed, ends up facili- to make sure that this happens—Alaskans de- common ground that this Congress has tating an abortion. serve better. reached means tens of millions of Fed- The Pence Amendment is a simple way to Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Madam Chairman, I eral tax dollars going to the largest clear up whether Federal tax dollars are being would like to express my support for the FY abortion provider in America, that is used properly. Title Ten money should not go 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services, and not a common ground I can accept. to any organization that provides abortions. Education Appropriations Bill. This bill takes Say ‘‘no’’ to Federal funds for This is an issue of being accountable to tax- an important step in providing affordable edu- Planned Parenthood in Title X. Say payers and consistent with the Hyde Amend- cation and quality health care. The strength

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:37 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.103 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8157 and the future security of our country depend Services Act to Planned Parenthood health fa- ning and women’s health organizations in the on our investment in health, education, and in- cilities throughout the country. As a supporter country. Current law prohibits using Title X suring that the needs of our workforce are ad- of Planned Parenthood and the services that funds to provide abortion services. Planned dressed. H.R. 3043, as drafted, includes in- it offers to my constituents in my central New Parenthood has not violated this law. In fact, creased funding for many programs important Jersey district, I firmly oppose this purely polit- Planned Parenthood uses completely separate to our state and local education, health, and ical amendment. funds to provide these services. labor agencies. This should not be an anti-choice or pro- Ninety-seven percent of the services that The bill addresses increases in funding at choice debate about one of the many services Planned Parenthood provides are related to all education levels from early childhood to that Planned Parenthood provides. In fact, ac- pregnancy prevention and women’s health. higher education. Although most of these in- cording to Federal statute, no money from The majority of their work focuses on low-in- creases are still below FY 2005 levels, it is the Title X can be used for abortion services. Title come women, a population at greater risk for beginning of reversing the decline in Federal X makes grants to public and private nonprofit unintended pregnancies. Oftentimes a local funding which has not been compatible with organizations to provide family planning and Planned Parenthood clinic is the only place increased costs related to NCLB (which im- basic reproductive health care information and where women have access to basic health posed new and stronger mandates on our services to low-income women. Therefore this care, including birth control. In addition to fam- State and local education agencies). H.R. debate should be about prevention. It should ily planning assistance, Planned Parenthood 3043 provides for $1.6 billion over last year’s be about continuing to provide women with the also provides cancer screening for breast and level to fund NCLB programs, especially for necessary tools for proper prevention, includ- cervical cancers, as well as testing and treat- Title I programs to help poor children. The bill ing contraception and education. It should be ment for sexually transmitted diseases, includ- also provides for increased funding for Head about protecting women’s health by providing ing HIV and AIDS. These are essential health Start centers, as well as special education women with access to reproductive health services for women, and it would be irrespon- grants that benefit 6.9 million children with dis- care. sible to discontinue Federal funding for them. abilities. Planned Parenthood’s 841 affiliates provide I urge my colleagues to support healthcare I would like to extend my support to the reproductive health care services to 5 million and family planning for women by voting no Gwen Moore-Tom Cole-Bobby Scott-Carol men and women annually including 84,500 in on this amendment. Shea-Porter amendment that will put a stop to the state of New Jersey. 63 percent of these Mr. WALSH of New York. Madam the harmful Upward Bound (UB) evaluation patients receive reproductive health care serv- Chairman, I yield back. that is being conducted by the Department of ices and 37 percent receive family planning The CHAIRMAN. The question is on Education. The Upward Bound program has services. Through family planning services the amendment offered by the gen- been threatened both financially and adminis- Planned Parenthood estimates that its serv- tleman from Indiana (Mr. PENCE). tratively and I am hopeful that my colleagues ices prevent over 631,000 unwanted preg- The question was taken; and the will not support provisions that threaten to nancies annually. Chairman announced that the noes ap- eliminate this long-standing program. I strongly Cutting Title X funding to Planned Parent- peared to have it. urge my colleagues to support this amend- hood is nothing short of irresponsible. The low Mr. PENCE. Madam Chairman, I de- ment that would eliminate the Absolute Priority income women who are served through Title X mand a recorded vote. program, which is an evaluation tool used by are four times more likely to face an unin- The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause the Administration to justify the elimination of tended pregnancy. As a safety net provider, 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the UB program. Planned Parenthood plays a critical role in the amendment offered by the gen- As the Chair of the Congressional Black serving these women. Title X has proven to be tleman from Indiana will be postponed. Caucus Health Braintrust, I would be remiss if effective and prevents 1 million unwanted AMENDMENT NO. 38 OFFERED BY MR. KING OF I did not mention the positive direction that this pregnancies each year. Planned Parenthood, IOWA bill takes the health and well being of Ameri- as the Nation’s oldest and largest family plan- Mr. KING of Iowa. Madam Chairman, cans, and the important steps it takes to bol- ning provider, is responsible for preventing 60 I offer an amendment. ster our health care infrastructure. percent of unwanted pregnancies and we The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will des- This bill increases funding for critically im- should not act to prevent women from getting ignate the amendment. portant programs, such as HCOP and other the reproductive health care they need. I urge The text of the amendment is as fol- provider training programs, as well as for criti- my colleagues not to support the Pence lows: cally important Federal agencies and offices, amendment. Amendment No. 38 offered by Mr. KING of such as the National Center for Minority Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chairman, I rise in Iowa: At the end of the bill (before the short Health and Health Disparities at the National strong opposition to this amendment. title), insert the following: Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease The only purpose this amendment serves is SEC. ll. None of the funds in this Act Control and Prevention, and SAMHSA. to decrease access to family planning services may be used to employ workers described in Unlike the President’s budget, this bill rep- and to mischaracterize the critical, life-saving section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and resents the positive direction we need and work of Planned Parenthood affiliates. Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). should take to ensure that our health care sys- Let me be clear. Under current law, Title X The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the tem—at every level, from research, to training, funds can not be used to pay for abortions. order of the House of Wednesday, July to actual care—has the capacity and re- Nothing in the underlying bill changes that. 18, 2007, the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. sources to adequately treat the millions of Therefore, I am left to assume that the serv- KING) and a Member opposed each will Americans who access it. I am enthusiastic ices the sponsor of this amendment wishes to control 5 minutes. about provisions in H.R. 3043 that provide cut include family planning, cancer screening, The Chair recognizes the gentleman funding in my district, the U.S. Virgin Islands, prenatal care and deliveries, fertility informa- from Iowa. for follow-up glaucoma screening and perinatal tion and support groups, and support and ad- Mr. OBEY. Will the gentleman from care. These programs are an important part of vocacy for victims of sexual assault. Iowa yield? bridging the gap for the elderly, low income I am proud to defend the hundreds of Mr. KING of Iowa. I yield to the gen- and uninsured individuals. Planned Parenthood affiliates, including the tleman. Despite its numerous amendments and Hudson Peconic affiliate in my Congressional Mr. OBEY. We’ve been asking Mem- three days of debate, the bill as written pro- District. The dedicated work this affiliate and bers through the day if they would drop vides funding for programs that help to im- others like it engage in are the reason that their remarks if we accept their prove our Nation’s education, health care and more than five million men and women have amendments so that Members can labor programs. I urge my colleagues to sup- access to any health care at all. catch their planes. Would the gen- port its final passage. Their commitment is something that should tleman be willing to do that? Mr. HOLT. Madam Chairman, I rise today to be recognized and commended, not demon- Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Chairman, I’m oppose the amendment offered by my col- ized. I urge my colleagues to oppose this very amenable to that process of doing league from Indiana, Mr. PENCE to the Labor, amendment. business about every time I come to Health and Human Services, and Education Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Madam the floor. I would be happy to thank Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2008. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the Pence you for that. Mr. PENCE’s amendment would deny Fed- amendment, which would deny Federal fund- Mr. OBEY. In that case we’ll accept eral funding under Title X of the Public Health ing to one of the most important family plan- the amendment on this side of the

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:22 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19JY7.046 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8158 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 aisle. In accepting this amendment, I would that this bill is the product of 5 months work that we have done. And, of make the following two points: work on both sides of the aisle by some course, they had to put together a con- One, I believe it is merely a re-statement of very dedicated people. Mr. WALSH is tinuing resolution and a supplemental current law which already prohibits the em- the new ranking member on the sub- to boot. So I know I join the chairman ployment of unauthorized aliens. I do not read committee, but he has performed like in thanking the staff for the remark- it as imposing any new burdens on those who an old timer. I am proud of the fact able work that they have done, both use funds appropriated under this Act. Rather that the subcommittee worked hard on sides of the aisle. These are profes- it is fully consistent with the current legal obli- hearings. And, I’m proud of the fact sional people who obviously care about gations imposed on all employers, regardless that we’ve largely come together on the issues, but they are not as con- of whether or not they use such funds. substance. cerned about the partisan aspects of Two, I am concerned that the amendment I would hope that that would be rec- this as we are. may place an undue enforcement burden on ognized by the endorsement of many When the chairman talked about our the agencies that receive funding under this Members on both sides of the aisle experience here together, we combined bill. I plan to discuss that aspect with the ad- when the roll call vote is opened. This about 57 years of experience here in the ministration. bill is not a matter of accounting. Congress. Most of that side falls on his Mr. KING of Iowa. And I would drop watch and not mine, but I am getting b 1615 my remarks, except to say that this up there too. And it is great to be able closes the issue with government work- This bill is not a matter of political to work with someone who has the ing and hiring illegals. That’s a State theory or political party platforms. command of these issues that he does. issue. This bill, more than any other, meets And I remember asking him, and I have I yield back. the needs of all of those in society who said this a couple of times, Why on The CHAIRMAN. The question is on are not among the most well-connected God’s green Earth would you want to the amendment offered by the gen- and the most privileged. But even for be chairman of the full committee and tleman from Iowa (Mr. KING). the most well-connected and privi- the subcommittee also? And he said, The amendment was agreed to. leged, this bill provides a lot because Because the subcommittee issues are AMENDMENT NO. 37 OFFERED BY MR. KING OF all of us benefit every time a child is the issues I came here for 38 years ago. IOWA educated. All of us benefit every time And he is making a mark on them Mr. KING of Iowa. Madam Chairman, an American citizen gets the health today. I offer an amendment. care he or she needs. All of us benefit There has been some partisan back- The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk every time a worker is educated so and-forth here, which is as it should be. will designate the amendment. that our workforce becomes more com- The Founding Fathers wanted us to The text of the amendment is as fol- petitive. All of us benefit when a single have a clash of ideas. lows: teacher achieves new skills. There is The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Wisconsin has expired. Amendment No. 37 offered by Mr. KING of nothing in the world more damaging Iowa: than a dull or a bad teacher, and there Mr. WALSH of New York. Madam At the end of the bill (before the short is nothing more wonderful than a well- Chairman, I move to strike the last title) insert the following new section: trained, intelligent one. word. SEC. ll. None of the funds made available So I would urge Members to recog- The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman is in this Act may be used by the Public Broad- nize that the issue isn’t whether some recognized for 5 minutes. casting Service to sponsor events at the Mr. WALSH of New York. They want- program is defined as a cut or an in- Filmmaker Lodge at the Sundance Film Fes- ed us to have the contest of ideas here. crease. The issue isn’t whether we like tival. The fight should be over words and The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the the President of the United States or ideas and not with swords and other order of the House of Wednesday, July not. The issue is whether or not we are weaponry. 18, 2007, the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. building the kind of country we want But mostly what we have done is we KING) and a Member opposed each will to have over the next 10 years. To do have found what we disagree on and control 5 minutes. that, it takes investments. And, yes, talked about it. But overall, over- The Chair recognizes the gentleman investments cost money. And, yes, I whelmingly, both sides of the aisle, Re- from Iowa. plead fully guilty to wanting to provide publicans and Democrats, agree that Mr. OBEY. Again, would the gen- even more than we can in this bill. But the issues in this bill are priorities for tleman yield? it is essential if we want to remain the Nation. Maybe we think we should Mr. KING of Iowa. I will be happy to competitive. It is essential if we want spend 5 percent less or they think they yield. to have equal access to opportunity in should spend 5 percent more, and I Mr. OBEY. Same deal. this country. It is essential that we in- don’t want to discount the differences. Mr. KING of Iowa. I’ll close the same vest in bills like this. There are big differences between the deal with the chairman, and I will not And I thank the gentleman from New two parties. And I am very proud that describe this. The RECORD will show York for his assistance in trying to do our party on our watch did balance the what this amendment does. And I’d be just that, as well as every other mem- Federal budget, did produce surpluses happy to urge adoption. ber of the committee and sub- before a crisis of international propor- I yield back. committee. tions affected us in 2001. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on There is a reason why there were no But suffice to say, I have great re- the amendment offered by the gen- votes expressed in opposition to this spect for the gentleman from Wis- tleman from Iowa. bill in full committee, and that is be- consin. Over the years he has made me The amendment was agreed to. cause this is the people’s bill. It is the as mad as anyone else because some- Mr. OBEY. Madam Chairman, I move product of input from each and every times his arguments are just too good to strike the last word. Member from the most conservative to to argue with. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman the most liberal, and I think there is So let me just end by thanking him from Wisconsin is recognized for 5 min- not a member of the subcommittee who for honoring our requests. I think we utes. would not verify that. worked out a pretty good bill here, and Mr. OBEY. My understanding is that With that, Madam Chairman, I yield I would urge my colleagues to support there are no further amendments or to the gentleman. it. colloquies left on either side of the Mr. WALSH of New York. Madam Madam Chairman, I yield back the aisle. Is that his understanding, also? Chairman, I thank the gentleman for balance of my time. Mr. WALSH of New York. Mr. Chair- yielding. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN man, that’s my understanding, also. For my part, it was a great experi- The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause There are no further amendments, no ence going through this 5 months with 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now further colloquies. you. It was a lot of work. I think I resume on those amendments on which Mr. OBEY. Then, what I would sim- speak for the staff as well when I say further proceedings were postponed, in ply like to say, Madam Chairman, is we are all pretty tired from all the the following order:

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:22 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.106 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8159 An amendment by Mr. DAVIS of Ken- Ellsworth Kuhl (NY) Regula Miller (NC) Rohrabacher Stark tucky. Emerson Lamborn Rehberg Miller, George Ross Stupak English (PA) LaTourette Renzi Mollohan Rothman Sutton Amendment No. 3 by Mr. GINGREY of Everett Lewis (CA) Rogers (AL) Moore (KS) Roybal-Allard Tauscher Georgia. Fallin Lewis (KY) Rogers (KY) Moore (WI) Ruppersberger Thompson (CA) An amendment by Mr. SOUDER of In- Feeney Loebsack Rogers (MI) Moran (VA) Rush Thompson (MS) Flake Lucas Murtha Ryan (OH) diana. Ros-Lehtinen Tierney Forbes Lungren, Daniel Roskam Nadler Salazar Towns ˜ Napolitano Sa´ nchez, Linda An amendment by Mr. CAMP of Fortuno E. Royce Udall (CO) Fossella Mahoney (FL) Neal (MA) T. Michigan. Ryan (WI) Udall (NM) Foxx Manzullo Norton Sanchez, Loretta Sali Van Hollen An amendment by Mr. WESTMORE- Franks (AZ) Marchant Nunes Sarbanes Schmidt ´ LAND of Georgia. Frelinghuysen McCaul (TX) Oberstar Saxton Velazquez Sensenbrenner Visclosky An amendment by Mr. LEWIS of Geor- Gallegly McCotter Sessions Obey Schakowsky Gerlach McCrery Olver Schiff Walz (MN) gia. Shadegg Wasserman Gilchrest McHenry Shays Ortiz Schwartz Amendment No. 62 by Mr. CAMPBELL Pallone Scott (GA) Schultz Gillibrand McHugh Shuler Gillmor McKeon Pascrell Scott (VA) Waters of California. Shuster Gohmert McMorris Pastor Serrano Watson Amendment No. 16 by Mr. FLAKE of Simpson Goode Rodgers Payne Sestak Watt Smith (NE) Arizona. Goodlatte McNerney Perlmutter Shea-Porter Waxman Smith (TX) Amendment No. 6 by Mr. JORDAN of Gordon Mica Peterson (MN) Sherman Weiner Souder Granger Miller (FL) Pomeroy Shimkus Ohio. Space Welch (VT) Graves Miller (MI) Price (GA) Sires Wexler Amendment No. 4 by Mr. PRICE of Hall (TX) Miller, Gary Stearns Price (NC) Skelton Sullivan Wilson (OH) Georgia. Hastert Mitchell Rahall Slaughter Wolf Tanner Rangel Amendment No. 23 by Mrs. Hastings (WA) Moran (KS) Smith (NJ) Woolsey Hayes Murphy (CT) Taylor Reichert Smith (WA) MUSGRAVE of Colorado. Wu Heller Murphy, Patrick Terry Reyes Snyder Wynn Amendment No. 7 by Mr. CAMPBELL Hensarling Murphy, Tim Thornberry Reynolds Solis Yarmuth of California. Hill Musgrave Tiahrt Rodriguez Spratt Tiberi Amendment No. 67 by Mr. PENCE of Hobson Myrick Hoekstra Neugebauer Turner NOT VOTING—13 Indiana. Hunter Paul Upton Bono Davis (IL) Jindal The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes Issa Pearce Walberg Bordallo Davis, Jo Ann Marshall the time for any electronic vote after Johnson (IL) Pence Walden (OR) Brown, Corrine Faleomavaega Tancredo Walsh (NY) the first vote in this series. Johnson, Sam Peterson (PA) Carson Filner Jones (NC) Petri Wamp Cubin Harman AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. DAVIS OF Jordan Pickering Weldon (FL) KENTUCKY Keller Pitts Weller b 1649 King (IA) Platts Westmoreland The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished King (NY) Poe Whitfield Messrs. BRADY of Texas, INGLIS of business is the demand for a recorded Kingston Porter Wicker South Carolina, LAMPSON and PRICE vote on the amendment offered by the Kirk Pryce (OH) Wilson (NM) of Georgia changed their vote from Klein (FL) Putnam Wilson (SC) gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. DAVIS) Kline (MN) Radanovich Young (AK) ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ on which further proceedings were Knollenberg Ramstad Young (FL) Messrs. GARY G. MILLER of Cali- postponed and on which the noes pre- fornia, SHAYS and LOEBSACK vailed by voice vote. NOES—238 changed their vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ The Clerk will redesignate the Abercrombie Davis (AL) Inglis (SC) So the amendment was rejected. amendment. Ackerman Davis (CA) Inslee Aderholt Davis, Lincoln Israel The result of the vote was announced The text of the amendment is as fol- Allen Davis, Tom Jackson (IL) as above recorded. lows: Altmire DeFazio Jackson-Lee Stated against: Amendment offered by Mr. DAVIS of Ken- Andrews DeGette (TX) Mr. KLEIN. Madam Chairman, during rollcall tucky: Arcuri Delahunt Jefferson Baca DeLauro Johnson (GA) vote No. 672 on H.R. 3043, I mistakenly re- Page 125, after line 2, insert the following: Baird Diaz-Balart, L. Johnson, E. B. corded my vote as ‘‘aye’’ when I should have SEC. 522. None of the funds made available Baldwin Dicks Jones (OH) voted ‘‘no.’’ in this Act may be used to pay a bonus or Bean Dingell Kagen other performance-based cash award to any Becerra Doggett Kanjorski Mr. FILNER. Madam Chairman, on rollcall employee of the Social Security Administra- Berkley Doolittle Kaptur No. 672, I was on official business outside the tion or the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Berman Doyle Kennedy national Capitol region in my capacity as Berry Edwards Kildee Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee. Services who holds a position to which such Biggert Ehlers Kilpatrick employee was appointed by the President, by Bishop (GA) Ellison Kind Had I been present, I would have voted and with the advice and consent of the Sen- Bishop (NY) Emanuel Kucinich ‘‘no.’’ ate, or a Senior Executive Service position Blumenauer Engel LaHood ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN (as defined by section 3132 of title 5, United Bonner Eshoo Lampson States Code). Boren Etheridge Langevin The CHAIRMAN. The next 14 votes in Boswell Farr Lantos this series are 2-minute votes. The RECORDED VOTE Boucher Fattah Larsen (WA) Chair requests the cooperation of Mem- Boyd (FL) Ferguson Larson (CT) The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has bers in processing these votes in an ex- been demanded. Brady (PA) Fortenberry Latham Brady (TX) Frank (MA) Lee pedited manner. A recorded vote was ordered. Braley (IA) Garrett (NJ) Levin AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. GINGREY The vote was taken by electronic de- Brown (SC) Giffords Lewis (GA) vice, and there were—ayes 185, noes 238, Butterfield Gingrey Linder The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished Buyer Gonzalez Lipinski not voting 13, as follows: business is the demand for a recorded Capps Green, Al LoBiondo vote on the amendment offered by the [Roll No. 672] Capuano Green, Gene Lofgren, Zoe Cardoza Grijalva Lowey gentleman from Georgia (Mr. GINGREY) AYES—185 Carnahan Gutierrez Lynch on which further proceedings were Akin Boustany Chabot Castor Hall (NY) Mack postponed and on which the noes pre- Alexander Boyda (KS) Coble Chandler Hare Maloney (NY) Bachmann Brown-Waite, Cole (OK) Christensen Hastings (FL) Markey vailed by voice vote. Bachus Ginny Conaway Clarke Herger Matheson The Clerk will redesignate the Baker Buchanan Crenshaw Clay Herseth Sandlin Matsui amendment. Barrett (SC) Burgess Cuellar Cleaver Higgins McCarthy (CA) The text of the amendment is as fol- Barrow Burton (IN) Culberson Clyburn Hinchey McCarthy (NY) Bartlett (MD) Calvert Davis (KY) Cohen Hinojosa McCollum (MN) lows: Barton (TX) Camp (MI) Davis, David Conyers Hirono McDermott Amendment No. 3 offered by Mr. GINGREY: Bilbray Campbell (CA) Deal (GA) Cooper Hodes McGovern At the end of the bill (before the short Bilirakis Cannon Dent Costa Holden McIntyre title), insert the following: Bishop (UT) Cantor Diaz-Balart, M. Costello Holt McNulty Blackburn Capito Donnelly Courtney Honda Meek (FL) SEC. lll. None of the funds appropriated Blunt Carney Drake Cramer Hooley Meeks (NY) by this Act may be used by the Commis- Boehner Carter Dreier Crowley Hoyer Melancon sioner of Social Security or the Social Secu- Boozman Castle Duncan Cummings Hulshof Michaud rity Administration to pay the compensation

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:22 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.113 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8160 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 of employees of the Social Security Adminis- Skelton Thornberry Westmoreland enly recorded my vote as ‘‘no’’ when I should tration to administer Social Security benefit Smith (NE) Tiahrt Whitfield have voted ‘‘aye.’’ payments, under any agreement between the Smith (NJ) Tiberi Wicker Smith (TX) Turner Wilson (NM) Stated against: United States and Mexico establishing total- Souder Udall (CO) ization arrangements between the social se- Wilson (OH) Mr. FILNER. Madam Chairman, on rollcall Space Upton Wilson (SC) curity system established by title II of the Spratt Walberg No. 673, I was on official business outside the Wolf national Capitol region in my capacity as Social Security Act and the social security Stearns Walden (OR) Wu Sullivan Walsh (NY) system of Mexico, which would not otherwise Yarmuth Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee. Tanner Walz (MN) be payable but for such agreement. Young (AK) Had I been present, I would have voted Taylor Wamp Young (FL) RECORDED VOTE Terry Weldon (FL) ‘‘no.’’ AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. SOUDER The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has NOES—168 been demanded. The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished Abercrombie Hinojosa Olver A recorded vote was ordered. Ackerman Hirono Ortiz business is the demand for a recorded The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 2- Andrews Holden Pallone vote on the amendment offered by the minute vote. Baca Holt Pascrell gentleman from Indiana (Mr. SOUDER) Baird Honda Pastor The vote was taken by electronic de- Baldwin Hoyer Payne on which further proceedings were vice, and there were—ayes 254, noes 168, Becerra Inslee Perlmutter postponed and on which the noes pre- not voting 14, as follows: Berkley Jackson (IL) Price (NC) vailed by voice vote. Berman Jackson-Lee Rangel The Clerk will redesignate the [Roll No. 673] Berry (TX) Reyes AYES—254 Bishop (NY) Jefferson Rodriguez amendment. Blumenauer Johnson (GA) Ros-Lehtinen The text of the amendment is as fol- Aderholt Emerson Lynch Brady (PA) Johnson, E. B. Rothman lows: Akin English (PA) Mack Braley (IA) Jones (OH) Roybal-Allard Alexander Everett Mahoney (FL) Butterfield Kanjorski Ruppersberger Amendment offered by Mr. SOUDER: Allen Fallin Manzullo Capps Kaptur Rush At the end of the bill (before the short Altmire Feeney Marchant Capuano Kennedy Sa´ nchez, Linda title), insert the following: Arcuri Ferguson Matheson Castor Kildee T. SEC. ll. None of the funds made available Bachmann Flake McCarthy (CA) Christensen Kilpatrick Sanchez, Loretta Bachus Forbes McCaul (TX) in this Act may be used by the National Clarke Kind Sarbanes Labor Relations Board to recognize as the Baker Fortenberry McCotter Clay Klein (FL) Schakowsky Barrett (SC) Fossella McHenry Cleaver Kucinich Schiff exclusive bargaining representative of em- Barrow Foxx McHugh Clyburn Langevin Scott (GA) ployees any labor organization that has not Bartlett (MD) Franks (AZ) McKeon Cohen Lantos Scott (VA) been certified as such by the National Labor Barton (TX) Frelinghuysen McMorris Conyers Larsen (WA) Serrano Relations Board pursuant to section 9(c) of Bean Gallegly Rodgers Cooper Larson (CT) Sestak Biggert Garrett (NJ) McNerney the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. Courtney Lee Shea-Porter 159). Bilbray Gerlach Melancon Crowley Levin Sherman Bilirakis Giffords Mica Cuellar Lewis (GA) Sires RECORDED VOTE Bishop (GA) Gilchrest Michaud Cummings Loebsack Slaughter The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has Bishop (UT) Gillibrand Miller (FL) Davis (CA) Lofgren, Zoe Smith (WA) Blackburn Gillmor Miller (MI) DeGette Lowey Snyder been demanded. Blunt Gingrey Miller, Gary Delahunt Maloney (NY) Solis A recorded vote was ordered. Boehner Gohmert Mitchell DeLauro Markey Stark The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 2- Bonner Goode Moore (KS) Diaz-Balart, L. Matsui Stupak minute vote. Boozman Goodlatte Moran (KS) Diaz-Balart, M. McCarthy (NY) Sutton Boren Gordon Murphy, Patrick Dicks McCollum (MN) Tauscher The vote was taken by electronic de- Boswell Granger Murphy, Tim Dingell McCrery Thompson (CA) vice, and there were—ayes 167, noes 255, Boucher Graves Musgrave Doggett McDermott Thompson (MS) not voting 14, as follows: Boustany Green, Gene Myrick Doyle McGovern Tierney Boyd (FL) Hall (TX) Neugebauer Ehlers McIntyre Towns [Roll No. 674] Boyda (KS) Hare Nunes Ellison McNulty Udall (NM) AYES—167 Brady (TX) Hastert Pearce Emanuel Meek (FL) Van Hollen Brown (SC) Hastings (WA) Pence Engel Meeks (NY) Vela´ zquez Akin Drake Knollenberg Brown-Waite, Hayes Peterson (MN) Eshoo Miller (NC) Visclosky Bachmann Dreier LaHood Ginny Heller Peterson (PA) Etheridge Miller, George Wasserman Bachus Duncan Lamborn Buchanan Hensarling Petri Farr Mollohan Schultz Baker Ehlers Latham Burgess Herger Pickering Fattah Moore (WI) Waters Barrett (SC) Everett Lewis (CA) Burton (IN) Herseth Sandlin Pitts Fortun˜ o Moran (VA) Watson Bartlett (MD) Fallin Lewis (KY) Buyer Higgins Platts Frank (MA) Murphy (CT) Watt Barton (TX) Feeney Linder Calvert Hill Poe Gonzalez Murtha Waxman Bilbray Flake Lucas Camp (MI) Hobson Pomeroy Green, Al Nadler Weiner Bilirakis Forbes Lungren, Daniel Campbell (CA) Hodes Porter Grijalva Napolitano Welch (VT) Bishop (UT) Fortenberry E. ˜ Cannon Hoekstra Price (GA) Gutierrez Neal (MA) Weller Blackburn Fortuno Mack Cantor Hooley Pryce (OH) Hall (NY) Norton Wexler Blunt Foxx Manzullo Capito Hulshof Putnam Hastings (FL) Oberstar Woolsey Boehner Franks (AZ) Marchant Cardoza Hunter Radanovich Hinchey Obey Wynn Bonner Frelinghuysen McCarthy (CA) Carnahan Inglis (SC) Rahall Boozman Gallegly McCaul (TX) Carney Israel Ramstad NOT VOTING—14 Boren Garrett (NJ) McCrery Carter Issa Regula Bono Davis (IL) Jindal Boustany Gilchrest McHenry Castle Johnson (IL) Rehberg Brady (TX) Gillmor McIntyre Bordallo Davis, Jo Ann Marshall Chabot Johnson, Sam Reichert Brown (SC) Gingrey McKeon Brown, Corrine Faleomavaega Paul Chandler Jones (NC) Renzi Brown-Waite, Gohmert McMorris Carson Filner Tancredo Coble Jordan Reynolds Cubin Harman Ginny Goode Rodgers Cole (OK) Kagen Rogers (AL) Buchanan Goodlatte Mica Conaway Keller Rogers (KY) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN Burgess Granger Miller (FL) Costa King (IA) Rogers (MI) The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Burton (IN) Hall (TX) Miller, Gary Costello King (NY) Rohrabacher Buyer Hastert Moran (KS) Cramer Kingston Roskam Members are advised 1 minute remains Calvert Hastings (WA) Musgrave Crenshaw Kirk Ross in this vote. Camp (MI) Hayes Myrick Culberson Kline (MN) Royce Campbell (CA) Heller Neugebauer Davis (AL) Knollenberg Ryan (OH) b 1655 Cannon Hensarling Nunes Davis (KY) Kuhl (NY) Ryan (WI) Mr. MEEK of Florida changed his Cantor Herger Pearce Davis, David LaHood Salazar Carter Hobson Pence Davis, Lincoln Lamborn Sali vote from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ Chabot Hulshof Peterson (PA) Davis, Tom Lampson Saxton Mr. WU, Mr. MICHAUD and Mr. Coble Hunter Petri Deal (GA) Latham Schmidt POMEROY changed their vote from Cole (OK) Inglis (SC) Pickering DeFazio LaTourette Schwartz ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ Conaway Issa Pitts Dent Lewis (CA) Sensenbrenner Crenshaw Johnson, Sam Platts Donnelly Lewis (KY) Sessions So the amendment was agreed to. Culberson Jones (NC) Poe Doolittle Linder Shadegg The result of the vote was announced Davis (KY) Jordan Price (GA) Drake Lipinski Shays as above recorded. Davis, David Keller Pryce (OH) Dreier LoBiondo Shimkus Stated for: Davis, Tom King (IA) Putnam Duncan Lucas Shuler Deal (GA) Kingston Radanovich Edwards Lungren, Daniel Shuster Mr. McINTYRE. Madam Chairman, during Dent Kirk Ramstad Ellsworth E. Simpson rollcall vote No. 673 on H.R. 3043, I mistak- Doolittle Kline (MN) Rehberg

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Shadegg Turner Members are advised 1 minute remains Cantor Issa Regula Capito Johnson (IL) Rehberg NOES—255 in this vote. Carney Johnson, Sam Reichert Carter Jones (NC) Reynolds Abercrombie Gillibrand Moran (VA) 1659 Castle Jordan Rogers (AL) Ackerman Gonzalez Murphy (CT) b Chabot Keller Rogers (KY) Aderholt Gordon Murphy, Patrick Coble King (IA) Rogers (MI) Alexander Graves Murphy, Tim Mr. KIRK changed his vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ Cole (OK) King (NY) Rohrabacher Allen Green, Al Murtha Conaway Kingston Roskam Altmire Green, Gene Nadler So the amendment was rejected. Crenshaw Kirk Royce Andrews Grijalva Napolitano The result of the vote was announced Culberson Klein (FL) Ryan (WI) Arcuri Gutierrez Neal (MA) as above recorded. Davis (KY) Kline (MN) Sali Baca Hall (NY) Norton Davis, David Knollenberg Saxton Baird Hare Oberstar Stated against: Davis, Tom Kuhl (NY) Schmidt Baldwin Hastings (FL) Obey Ms. HIRONO. Madam Chairman, on rollcall Deal (GA) Lamborn Sensenbrenner Barrow Herseth Sandlin Olver No. 674, had I been present, I would have Dent Latham Sessions Bean Higgins Ortiz Diaz-Balart, L. LaTourette Shadegg Becerra Hill Pallone voted ‘‘no.’’ Diaz-Balart, M. Lewis (CA) Shays Berkley Hinchey Pascrell Mr. FILNER. Madam Chairman, on rollcall Doolittle Lewis (KY) Shimkus Berman Hinojosa Pastor No. 674, I was on official business outside the Drake Linder Shuster Berry Hodes Payne National Capital region in my capacity as Dreier LoBiondo Simpson Biggert Hoekstra Perlmutter Duncan Lucas Smith (NE) Bishop (GA) Holden Peterson (MN) chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee. Ehlers Lungren, Daniel Smith (NJ) Bishop (NY) Holt Pomeroy Had I been present, I would have voted English (PA) E. Smith (TX) Blumenauer Honda Porter ‘‘no.’’ Everett Mack Souder Boswell Hooley Price (NC) Fallin Mahoney (FL) Stearns Boucher Hoyer Rahall Mr. MCINTYRE. Madam Chairman, during Feeney Manzullo Sullivan Boyd (FL) Inslee Rangel rollcall vote No. 674 on H.R. 3043, I mistak- Ferguson Marchant Terry Boyda (KS) Israel Regula enly recorded my vote as ‘‘aye’’ when I should Flake McCarthy (CA) Thornberry Brady (PA) Jackson (IL) Reichert have voted ‘‘no.’’ Forbes McCaul (TX) Tiahrt Braley (IA) Jackson-Lee Reyes Fortenberry McCotter Tiberi Butterfield (TX) Rodriguez AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. CAMP OF Fortun˜ o McCrery Turner Capito Jefferson Ros-Lehtinen MICHIGAN Fossella McHenry Upton Capps Johnson (GA) Ross The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished Foxx McHugh Walberg Capuano Johnson (IL) Rothman Franks (AZ) McKeon Walden (OR) Cardoza Johnson, E. B. Roybal-Allard business is the demand for a recorded Frelinghuysen McMorris Walsh (NY) Carnahan Jones (OH) Ruppersberger vote on the amendment offered by the Gallegly Rodgers Wamp Carney Kagen Rush Garrett (NJ) Mica Weldon (FL) Carson Kanjorski Ryan (OH) gentleman from Michigan (Mr. CAMP) on which further proceedings were Gerlach Miller (FL) Weller Castle Kaptur Salazar Gilchrest Miller (MI) Westmoreland ´ Castor Kennedy Sanchez, Linda postponed and on which the noes pre- Gillmor Miller, Gary Whitfield Chandler Kildee T. vailed by voice vote. Gingrey Musgrave Wicker Christensen Kilpatrick Sanchez, Loretta The Clerk will redesignate the Gohmert Myrick Wilson (NM) Clarke Kind Sarbanes Goode Neugebauer Wilson (SC) Clay King (NY) Saxton amendment. Goodlatte Nunes Wolf Cleaver Klein (FL) Schakowsky The text of the amendment is as fol- Granger Pearce Young (FL) Clyburn Kucinich Schiff lows: Cohen Kuhl (NY) Schwartz NOES—228 Conyers Lampson Scott (GA) Amendment offered by Mr. CAMP of Michi- Cooper Langevin Scott (VA) gan: Abercrombie Conyers Green, Gene Costa Lantos Serrano At the end of the bill (before the short Ackerman Cooper Grijalva Costello Larsen (WA) Sestak title) insert the following: Allen Costa Gutierrez Courtney Larson (CT) Shays Altmire Costello Hall (NY) Cramer LaTourette Shea-Porter TITLE VI Andrews Courtney Hare Crowley Lee Sherman ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS Arcuri Cramer Hastings (FL) Cuellar Levin Shuler Baca Crowley Herseth Sandlin Cummings Lewis (GA) Sires SEC. 601. None of the funds made available Baird Cuellar Higgins Davis (AL) Lipinski Skelton in this Act may be used to implement any Baldwin Cummings Hill Davis (CA) LoBiondo Slaughter policy prohibiting a Medicare beneficiary Barrow Davis (AL) Hinchey Davis, Lincoln Loebsack Smith (NJ) from electing during a coverage election pe- Bean Davis (CA) Hinojosa DeFazio Lofgren, Zoe Smith (WA) riod described in section 1851(e) of the Social Becerra Davis (IL) Hirono DeGette Lowey Snyder Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-21(e)) to receive Berman Davis, Lincoln Hodes Delahunt Lynch Solis Berry DeFazio Holden DeLauro Mahoney (FL) Space health care benefits under title XVIII of such Bishop (GA) DeGette Holt Diaz-Balart, L. Maloney (NY) Spratt Act through enrollment in a Medicare Ad- Bishop (NY) Delahunt Honda Diaz-Balart, M. Markey Stark vantage plan under part C of such title. Blumenauer DeLauro Hooley Dicks Matheson Stupak RECORDED VOTE Boren Dicks Hoyer Dingell Matsui Sutton Boswell Dingell Inslee Doggett McCarthy (NY) Tanner The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has Boucher Doggett Israel Donnelly McCollum (MN) Tauscher been demanded. Boyd (FL) Donnelly Jackson (IL) Doyle McCotter Thompson (CA) A recorded vote was ordered. Boyda (KS) Doyle Jackson-Lee Edwards McDermott Thompson (MS) Brady (PA) Edwards (TX) Ellison McGovern Tierney The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 2- Braley (IA) Ellison Jefferson Ellsworth McHugh Towns minute vote. Butterfield Ellsworth Johnson (GA) Emanuel McNerney Udall (CO) The vote was taken by electronic de- Capps Emanuel Johnson, E. B. Emerson McNulty Udall (NM) vice, and there were—ayes 192, noes 228, Capuano Emerson Jones (OH) Engel Meek (FL) Van Hollen Cardoza Engel Kagen English (PA) Meeks (NY) Vela´ zquez not voting 16, as follows: Carnahan Eshoo Kanjorski Eshoo Melancon Visclosky [Roll No. 675] Carson Etheridge Kennedy Etheridge Michaud Walsh (NY) Castor Farr Kildee Farr Miller (MI) Walz (MN) AYES—192 Chandler Fattah Kilpatrick Fattah Miller (NC) Wasserman Aderholt Barrett (SC) Bishop (UT) Christensen Frank (MA) Kind Ferguson Miller, George Schultz Akin Bartlett (MD) Blackburn Clarke Giffords Kucinich Fossella Mitchell Waters Alexander Barton (TX) Blunt Clay Gillibrand LaHood Frank (MA) Mollohan Watson Bachmann Biggert Boehner Cleaver Gonzalez Lampson Gerlach Moore (KS) Watt Bachus Bilbray Bonner Clyburn Gordon Langevin Giffords Moore (WI) Waxman Baker Bilirakis Boozman Cohen Green, Al Lantos

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19JY7.039 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8162 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 Larsen (WA) Neal (MA) Sires [Roll No. 676] Hinchey McNerney Schakowsky Larson (CT) Norton Skelton Hinojosa McNulty Schiff Lee Oberstar Slaughter AYES—191 Hirono Meek (FL) Schwartz Levin Obey Smith (WA) Aderholt Frelinghuysen Mitchell Hodes Meeks (NY) Scott (GA) Lewis (GA) Ortiz Snyder Akin Gallegly Moran (KS) Holden Michaud Scott (VA) Lipinski Pallone Solis Alexander Garrett (NJ) Musgrave Holt Miller (NC) Serrano Loebsack Pascrell Space Altmire Gerlach Myrick Honda Miller, George Sestak Lofgren, Zoe Pastor Spratt Bachmann Gingrey Neugebauer Hooley Mollohan Shays Lowey Payne Stark Hoyer Bachus Gohmert Nunes Moore (KS) Shea-Porter Lynch Perlmutter Stupak Inslee Moore (WI) Baird Goode Pence Sherman Maloney (NY) Peterson (MN) Sutton Israel Moran (VA) Baker Goodlatte Peterson (PA) Sires Markey Pomeroy Tanner Jackson (IL) Murphy (CT) Barrett (SC) Gordon Petri Slaughter Matheson Price (NC) Tauscher Jackson-Lee Murphy, Patrick Barrow Granger Pickering Smith (NJ) Matsui Rahall Taylor (TX) Murphy, Tim Bartlett (MD) Graves Pitts Smith (WA) McCarthy (NY) Rangel Thompson (CA) Jefferson Murtha Barton (TX) Hall (TX) Platts Snyder McCollum (MN) Renzi Thompson (MS) Johnson (GA) Nadler Bilbray Hastert Poe Solis McDermott Reyes Tierney Johnson, E. B. Napolitano Bilirakis Hastings (WA) Porter Spratt McGovern Rodriguez Towns Jones (OH) Neal (MA) Bishop (UT) Hayes Stark McIntyre Ross Udall (CO) Price (GA) Kagen Norton Blackburn Heller Stupak McNerney Rothman Udall (NM) Putnam Kanjorski Oberstar Blunt Hensarling Radanovich Sutton McNulty Roybal-Allard Van Hollen Boehner Herger Kaptur Obey Meek (FL) Ruppersberger Vela´ zquez Ramstad Kennedy Olver Tauscher Bonner Hill Regula Thompson (CA) Meeks (NY) Rush Visclosky Boozman Hobson Kildee Ortiz Melancon Ryan (OH) Walz (MN) Rehberg Kilpatrick Pallone Thompson (MS) Boren Hoekstra Reynolds Tierney Michaud Salazar Wasserman Boustany Hulshof Kind Pascrell Miller (NC) Sa´ nchez, Linda Schultz Rogers (AL) Kirk Pastor Towns Boyda (KS) Hunter Rogers (KY) Udall (CO) Miller, George T. Waters Brown (SC) Inglis (SC) Klein (FL) Payne Rogers (MI) Udall (NM) Mitchell Sanchez, Loretta Watson Brown-Waite, Issa Kucinich Pearce Rohrabacher Van Hollen Mollohan Sarbanes Watt Ginny Johnson (IL) LaHood Perlmutter Roskam Vela´ zquez Moore (KS) Schakowsky Waxman Buchanan Johnson, Sam Lampson Peterson (MN) Ross Visclosky Moore (WI) Schiff Weiner Burgess Jones (NC) Langevin Pomeroy Royce Walden (OR) Moran (KS) Schwartz Welch (VT) Burton (IN) Jordan Lantos Price (NC) Ryan (WI) Walz (MN) Moran (VA) Scott (GA) Wexler Buyer Keller Larsen (WA) Pryce (OH) Sali Wasserman Murphy (CT) Scott (VA) Wilson (OH) Calvert King (IA) Larson (CT) Rahall Saxton Schultz Murphy, Patrick Serrano Woolsey Camp (MI) King (NY) Lee Rangel Schmidt Waters Murphy, Tim Sestak Wu Campbell (CA) Kingston Levin Reichert Sensenbrenner Watson Murtha Shea-Porter Wynn Cannon Kline (MN) Lewis (GA) Renzi Watt Nadler Sherman Yarmuth Cantor Knollenberg Sessions Lipinski Reyes Waxman Napolitano Shuler Young (AK) Carney Kuhl (NY) Shadegg Loebsack Rodriguez Shimkus Lofgren, Zoe Ros-Lehtinen Weiner NOT VOTING—16 Carter Lamborn Chabot Latham Shuler Lowey Rothman Welch (VT) Berkley Faleomavaega Olver Coble LaTourette Shuster Lynch Roybal-Allard Weller Bono Filner Paul Cole (OK) Lewis (CA) Simpson Mahoney (FL) Ruppersberger Wexler Bordallo Harman Ros-Lehtinen Conaway Lewis (KY) Skelton Maloney (NY) Rush Wilson (NM) Brown, Corrine Jindal Tancredo Costa Linder Smith (NE) Markey Ryan (OH) Wilson (OH) Cubin Kaptur Cramer LoBiondo Smith (TX) Matsui Salazar Wolf Davis, Jo Ann Marshall Crenshaw Lucas Souder McCarthy (NY) Sa´ nchez, Linda Woolsey Culberson Lungren, Daniel Space McCollum (MN) T. Wu ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN Davis (KY) E. Stearns McDermott Sanchez, Loretta Wynn The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Davis, David Mack Sullivan McGovern Sarbanes Yarmuth Tanner Members are advised 1 minute remains Davis, Lincoln Manzullo NOT VOTING—12 on the vote. Deal (GA) Marchant Taylor Dent Matheson Terry Bono Davis, Jo Ann Jindal b 1703 Doolittle McCarthy (CA) Thornberry Bordallo Faleomavaega Marshall Drake McCaul (TX) Tiahrt Brown, Corrine Filner Paul So the amendment was rejected. Dreier McCotter Tiberi Cubin Harman Tancredo Duncan McCrery Turner The result of the vote was announced ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN as above recorded. Ellsworth McHenry Upton Walberg The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Stated for: Emerson McHugh Everett McIntyre Walsh (NY) Members are advised 1 minute remains Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Madam Fallin McKeon Wamp on this vote. Chairman, on rollcall No. 675 I inadvertently Feeney McMorris Weldon (FL) voted ‘‘no’’ but intended to vote ‘‘aye.’’ Flake Rodgers Westmoreland b 1707 Forbes Melancon Whitfield Stated against: Fortenberry Mica Wicker Mrs. MALONEY of New York Mr. FILNER. Madam Chairman, on rollcall Fossella Miller (FL) Wilson (SC) changed her vote from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ No. 675, I was on official business outside the Foxx Miller (MI) Young (AK) So the amendment was rejected. national Capitol region in my capacity as Franks (AZ) Miller, Gary Young (FL) The result of the vote was announced Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee. NOES—233 as above recorded. Had I been present, I would have voted Abercrombie Castle Donnelly Stated against: ‘‘no.’’ Ackerman Castor Doyle Mr. FILNER. Madam Chairman, on rollcall AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. WESTMORELAND Allen Chandler Edwards No. 676, I was on official business outside the Andrews Christensen Ehlers national Capitol region in my capacity as The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished Arcuri Clarke Ellison business is the demand for a recorded Baca Clay Emanuel Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee. vote on the amendment offered by the Baldwin Cleaver Engel Had I been present, I would have voted gentleman from Georgia (Mr. WEST- Bean Clyburn English (PA) ‘‘no.’’ Becerra Cohen Eshoo MORELAND) on which further pro- Berkley Conyers Etheridge AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. LEWIS OF ceedings were postponed and on which Berman Cooper Farr GEORGIA the noes prevailed by voice vote. Berry Costello Fattah The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished Biggert Courtney Ferguson business is the demand for a recorded The Clerk will redesignate the Bishop (GA) Crowley Fortun˜ o amendment. Bishop (NY) Cuellar Frank (MA) vote on the amendment offered by the The Clerk redesignated the amend- Blumenauer Cummings Giffords gentleman from Georgia (Mr. LEWIS) on ment. Boswell Davis (AL) Gilchrest which further proceedings were post- Boucher Davis (CA) Gillibrand RECORDED VOTE Boyd (FL) Davis (IL) Gillmor poned and on which the ayes prevailed The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has Brady (PA) Davis, Tom Gonzalez by voice vote. been demanded. Brady (TX) DeFazio Green, Al The Clerk will redesignate the Braley (IA) DeGette Green, Gene amendment. A recorded vote was ordered. Butterfield Delahunt Grijalva The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 2- Capito DeLauro Gutierrez The Clerk redesignated the amend- minute vote. Capps Diaz-Balart, L. Hall (NY) ment. The vote was taken by electronic de- Capuano Diaz-Balart, M. Hare RECORDED VOTE Cardoza Dicks Hastings (FL) vice, and there were—ayes 191, noes 233, Carnahan Dingell Herseth Sandlin The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has not voting 12, as follows: Carson Doggett Higgins been demanded.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19JY7.042 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8163 A recorded vote was ordered. Mollohan Rogers (AL) Stupak were postponed and on which the noes Moore (KS) Rogers (KY) Sullivan prevailed by voice vote. The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 2- Moore (WI) Rogers (MI) Sutton minute vote. Moran (KS) Rohrabacher Tanner The Clerk will redesignate the The vote was taken by electronic de- Moran (VA) Ros-Lehtinen Tauscher amendment. Murphy (CT) Roskam Taylor The Clerk redesignated the amend- vice, and there were—ayes 412, noes 12, Murphy, Patrick Ross Terry ment. not voting 12, as follows: Murphy, Tim Rothman Thompson (CA) Murtha Roybal-Allard RECORDED VOTE [Roll No. 677] Thompson (MS) Musgrave Royce Thornberry Myrick Ruppersberger The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has AYES—412 Tiahrt Nadler Rush been demanded. Tiberi Abercrombie Davis (AL) Hunter Napolitano Ryan (OH) Tierney A recorded vote was ordered. Ackerman Davis (CA) Inglis (SC) Neal (MA) Ryan (WI) Towns The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 2- Aderholt Davis (IL) Inslee Neugebauer Salazar Akin Davis (KY) Israel Norton Sali Turner minute vote. Alexander Davis, David Issa Nunes Sa´ nchez, Linda Udall (CO) The vote was taken by electronic de- Allen Davis, Lincoln Jackson (IL) Oberstar T. Udall (NM) vice, and there were—ayes 108, noes 316, Altmire Davis, Tom Jackson-Lee Obey Sanchez, Loretta Upton Andrews DeFazio (TX) Olver Sarbanes Van Hollen not voting 12, as follows: Arcuri DeGette Jefferson Ortiz Saxton Vela´ zquez [Roll No. 678] Baca Delahunt Johnson (GA) Visclosky Pallone Schakowsky AYES—108 Bachmann DeLauro Johnson (IL) Pascrell Schiff Walberg Bachus Dent Johnson, E. B. Pastor Schmidt Walden (OR) Akin Franks (AZ) Myrick Baird Diaz-Balart, L. Johnson, Sam Payne Schwartz Walsh (NY) Bachmann Garrett (NJ) Neugebauer Baker Diaz-Balart, M. Jones (NC) Pearce Scott (GA) Walz (MN) Barrett (SC) Gerlach Nunes Baldwin Dicks Jones (OH) Pence Scott (VA) Wamp Biggert Gingrey Pearce Barrett (SC) Dingell Jordan Perlmutter Sensenbrenner Wasserman Bilbray Gohmert Pence Barrow Doggett Kagen Peterson (MN) Serrano Schultz Bilirakis Goode Petri Bartlett (MD) Donnelly Kanjorski Peterson (PA) Sessions Waters Bishop (UT) Goodlatte Pitts Bean Doolittle Kaptur Petri Sestak Watson Blackburn Granger Platts Becerra Doyle Keller Pickering Shays Watt Brown-Waite, Graves Poe Berkley Drake Kennedy Ginny Hastert Price (GA) Pitts Shea-Porter Waxman Berman Dreier Kildee Buchanan Hastings (WA) Putnam Platts Sherman Weiner Berry Duncan Kilpatrick Buyer Heller Radanovich Poe Shimkus Welch (VT) Biggert Edwards Kind Campbell (CA) Hensarling Reichert Pomeroy Shuler Weldon (FL) Bilbray Ehlers King (NY) Porter Shuster Cannon Hoekstra Rogers (MI) Weller Bilirakis Ellison Kingston Price (GA) Simpson Cantor Hulshof Roskam Westmoreland Bishop (GA) Ellsworth Kirk Price (NC) Sires Carter Inglis (SC) Ryan (WI) Wexler Bishop (NY) Emanuel Klein (FL) Pryce (OH) Skelton Castle Issa Sali Bishop (UT) Emerson Kline (MN) Putnam Slaughter Whitfield Chabot Jordan Schmidt Blackburn Engel Knollenberg Radanovich Smith (NE) Wicker Coble Keller Sensenbrenner Blumenauer English (PA) Kucinich Rahall Smith (NJ) Wilson (NM) Cole (OK) King (IA) Sessions Blunt Eshoo Kuhl (NY) Ramstad Smith (TX) Wilson (OH) Conaway Kingston Shadegg Boehner Etheridge LaHood Rangel Smith (WA) Wilson (SC) Cooper Kirk Shimkus Bonner Everett Lamborn Regula Snyder Wolf Crenshaw Kline (MN) Shuster Boozman Fallin Lampson Rehberg Solis Woolsey Culberson Lamborn Smith (NE) Boren Farr Langevin Reichert Souder Wu Davis (KY) Latham Smith (NJ) Boswell Fattah Lantos Renzi Space Wynn Davis, David Lungren, Daniel Smith (TX) Boucher Feeney Larsen (WA) Reyes Spratt Yarmuth Davis, Tom E. Stearns Boustany Ferguson Larson (CT) Reynolds Stark Young (AK) Deal (GA) Mack Sullivan Boyd (FL) Forbes Latham Rodriguez Stearns Young (FL) Dent Manzullo Terry Boyda (KS) Fortenberry LaTourette Duncan McCarthy (CA) Thornberry Brady (PA) Fortun˜ o Lee NOES—12 Ehlers McCaul (TX) Walberg Brady (TX) Fossella Levin Barton (TX) Franks (AZ) Lewis (CA) Fallin McHenry Walden (OR) Braley (IA) Foxx Lewis (GA) Campbell (CA) Hastert Linder Feeney McMorris Weldon (FL) Brown (SC) Frank (MA) Lewis (KY) Deal (GA) Hoekstra McCrery Flake Rodgers Westmoreland Brown-Waite, Frelinghuysen Lipinski Flake King (IA) Shadegg Forbes Mica Wilson (NM) Ginny Gallegly LoBiondo Fortenberry Miller (FL) Wilson (SC) Buchanan Garrett (NJ) Loebsack NOT VOTING—12 Foxx Musgrave Wolf Burgess Gerlach Lofgren, Zoe Bono Davis, Jo Ann Jindal Burton (IN) Giffords Lowey NOES—316 Bordallo Faleomavaega Marshall Butterfield Gilchrest Lucas Brown, Corrine Filner Paul Abercrombie Brown (SC) Diaz-Balart, L. Buyer Gillibrand Lungren, Daniel Cubin Harman Tancredo Ackerman Burgess Diaz-Balart, M. Calvert Gillmor E. Aderholt Burton (IN) Dicks Camp (MI) Gingrey Lynch ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN Alexander Butterfield Dingell Cannon Gohmert Mack The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Allen Calvert Doggett Cantor Gonzalez Mahoney (FL) Altmire Camp (MI) Donnelly Capito Goode Maloney (NY) Members are advised 1 minute remains Andrews Capito Doolittle Capps Goodlatte Manzullo on the vote. Arcuri Capps Doyle Capuano Gordon Marchant Baca Capuano Drake Cardoza Granger Markey b 1712 Bachus Cardoza Dreier Carnahan Graves Matheson Baird Carnahan Edwards Carney Green, Al Matsui Mr. CAMPBELL of California Baker Carney Ellison Carson Green, Gene McCarthy (CA) changed his vote from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ Baldwin Carson Ellsworth Carter Grijalva McCarthy (NY) Mr. LARSEN of Washington changed Barrow Castor Emanuel Castle Gutierrez McCaul (TX) Bartlett (MD) Chandler Emerson Castor Hall (NY) McCollum (MN) his vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ Barton (TX) Christensen Engel Chabot Hall (TX) McCotter So the amendment was agreed to. Bean Clarke English (PA) Chandler Hare McDermott The result of the vote was announced Becerra Clay Eshoo Christensen Hastings (FL) McGovern Berkley Cleaver Etheridge Clarke Hastings (WA) McHenry as above recorded. Berman Clyburn Everett Clay Hayes McHugh Stated for: Berry Cohen Farr Cleaver Heller McIntyre Mr. FILNER. Madam Chairman, on rollcall Bishop (GA) Conyers Fattah Clyburn Hensarling McKeon No. 677, I was on official business outside the Bishop (NY) Costa Ferguson Coble Herger McMorris Blumenauer Costello Fortun˜ o Cohen Herseth Sandlin Rodgers National Capital region in my capacity as Blunt Courtney Fossella Cole (OK) Higgins McNerney Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Boehner Cramer Frank (MA) Conaway Hill McNulty Had I been present, I would have voted Bonner Crowley Frelinghuysen Conyers Hinchey Meek (FL) Boozman Cuellar Gallegly Cooper Hinojosa Meeks (NY) ‘‘aye.’’ Boren Cummings Giffords Costa Hirono Melancon AMENDMENT NO. 62 OFFERED BY MR. CAMPBELL Boswell Davis (AL) Gilchrest Costello Hobson Mica OF CALIFORNIA Boucher Davis (CA) Gillibrand Courtney Hodes Michaud Boustany Davis (IL) Gillmor Cramer Holden Miller (FL) The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished Boyd (FL) Davis, Lincoln Gonzalez Crenshaw Holt Miller (MI) business is the demand for a recorded Boyda (KS) DeFazio Gordon Crowley Honda Miller (NC) vote on the amendment offered by the Brady (PA) DeGette Green, Al Cuellar Hooley Miller, Gary gentleman from California (Mr. CAMP- Brady (TX) Delahunt Green, Gene Culberson Hoyer Miller, George Braley (IA) DeLauro Grijalva Cummings Hulshof Mitchell BELL) on which further proceedings

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:47 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JY7.127 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8164 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 Gutierrez Matsui Salazar vote on the amendment offered by the Gordon Markey Salazar Hall (NY) McCarthy (NY) Sa´ nchez, Linda Graves Matheson Sa´ nchez, Linda gentleman from Arizona (Mr. FLAKE) Hall (TX) McCollum (MN) T. Green, Al Matsui T. Hare McCotter Sanchez, Loretta on which further proceedings were Green, Gene McCarthy (NY) Sanchez, Loretta Hastings (FL) McCrery Sarbanes postponed and on which the noes pre- Grijalva McCollum (MN) Sarbanes Hayes McDermott Saxton vailed by voice vote. Gutierrez McCotter Saxton Herger McGovern Schakowsky Hall (NY) McCrery Schakowsky Herseth Sandlin McHugh Schiff The Clerk will redesignate the Hare McDermott Schiff Higgins McIntyre Schwartz amendment. Hastings (FL) McGovern Schwartz Hill McKeon Scott (GA) The Clerk redesignated the amend- Hastings (WA) McHugh Scott (GA) Hinchey McNerney Scott (VA) Hayes McIntyre Scott (VA) Hinojosa McNulty ment. Herseth Sandlin Serrano McKeon Serrano Hirono Meek (FL) Higgins McMorris Sestak RECORDED VOTE Sestak Hobson Meeks (NY) Hill Rodgers Shays Shays Hodes Melancon The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has Hinchey McNerney Shea-Porter Shea-Porter Holden Michaud been demanded. Hinojosa McNulty Sherman Sherman Holt Miller (MI) Hirono Meek (FL) Shuler A recorded vote was ordered. Shuler Honda Miller (NC) Hobson Meeks (NY) Simpson Hooley Miller, Gary Simpson The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 2- Hodes Melancon Sires Hoyer Miller, George Sires minute vote. Hoekstra Michaud Skelton Skelton Hunter Mitchell The vote was taken by electronic de- Holden Miller (MI) Inslee Mollohan Slaughter Holt Miller (NC) Slaughter Israel Moore (KS) Smith (WA) vice, and there were—ayes 96, noes 327, Honda Miller, Gary Smith (NJ) Jackson (IL) Moore (WI) Snyder not voting 13, as follows: Hooley Miller, George Smith (TX) Solis Smith (WA) Jackson-Lee Moran (KS) [Roll No. 679] Hoyer Mitchell (TX) Moran (VA) Souder Hulshof Mollohan Snyder Jefferson Murphy (CT) Space AYES—96 Hunter Moore (KS) Solis Johnson (GA) Murphy, Patrick Spratt Inslee Moore (WI) Souder Akin Flake Neugebauer Johnson (IL) Murphy, Tim Stark Israel Moran (KS) Space Bachmann Fossella Nunes Johnson, E. B. Murtha Stupak Jackson (IL) Moran (VA) Spratt Barrett (SC) Franks (AZ) Pearce Johnson, Sam Nadler Sutton Jackson-Lee Murphy (CT) Stark Barrow Gallegly Jones (NC) Napolitano Tanner Pence (TX) Murphy, Patrick Stupak Bartlett (MD) Garrett (NJ) Jones (OH) Neal (MA) Tauscher Petri Jefferson Murphy, Tim Sutton Barton (TX) Gingrey Kagen Norton Taylor Pitts Johnson (GA) Murtha Tanner Bilbray Gohmert Kanjorski Oberstar Platts Johnson (IL) Nadler Tauscher Thompson (CA) Bilirakis Granger Kaptur Obey Poe Johnson, E. B. Napolitano Taylor Thompson (MS) Bishop (UT) Hall (TX) Kennedy Olver Price (GA) Jones (NC) Neal (MA) Thompson (CA) Tiahrt Blackburn Hastert Kildee Ortiz Putnam Jones (OH) Norton Thompson (MS) Tiberi Boehner Heller Kilpatrick Pallone Ramstad Kagen Oberstar Tierney Boozman Hensarling Tiahrt Kind Pascrell Rohrabacher Kanjorski Obey Towns Brady (TX) Herger Tiberi King (NY) Pastor Roskam Kaptur Olver Turner Brown-Waite, Inglis (SC) Tierney Klein (FL) Payne Royce Kennedy Ortiz Udall (CO) Ginny Issa Towns Knollenberg Perlmutter Ryan (WI) Kildee Pallone Udall (NM) Buchanan Johnson, Sam Turner Kucinich Peterson (MN) Sali Kilpatrick Pascrell Upton Burton (IN) Jordan Udall (CO) Kuhl (NY) Peterson (PA) Kind Pastor Van Hollen Buyer Keller Schmidt Udall (NM) LaHood Pickering King (NY) Payne Vela´ zquez Camp (MI) King (IA) Sensenbrenner Van Hollen Lampson Pomeroy Kirk Perlmutter Visclosky Campbell (CA) Kingston Sessions Vela´ zquez Langevin Porter Klein (FL) Peterson (MN) Walsh (NY) Cannon Kline (MN) Shadegg Visclosky Lantos Price (NC) Knollenberg Peterson (PA) Walz (MN) Cantor Linder Shimkus Walden (OR) Larsen (WA) Pryce (OH) Kucinich Pickering Wamp Castle Lungren, Daniel Shuster Walsh (NY) Larson (CT) Rahall Kuhl (NY) Pomeroy Wasserman Chabot E. Smith (NE) Walz (MN) LaTourette Ramstad LaHood Porter Schultz Coble Mack Stearns Wamp Lee Rangel Lampson Price (NC) Waters Conaway Marchant Sullivan Wasserman Levin Regula Langevin Pryce (OH) Watson Cooper McCarthy (CA) Terry Schultz Lewis (CA) Rehberg Lantos Radanovich Davis (KY) McCaul (TX) Thornberry Waters Lewis (GA) Renzi Watt Larsen (WA) Rahall Davis, David McHenry Upton Watson Lewis (KY) Reyes Waxman Larson (CT) Rangel Deal (GA) Mica Walberg Watt Linder Reynolds Weiner Latham Regula Duncan Miller (FL) Weldon (FL) Lipinski Rodriguez Welch (VT) LaTourette Rehberg Waxman Ehlers Musgrave Westmoreland LoBiondo Rogers (AL) Weller Lee Reichert Weiner Feeney Myrick Wilson (SC) Loebsack Rogers (KY) Wexler Levin Renzi Welch (VT) Weller Lofgren, Zoe Rohrabacher Whitfield NOES—327 Lewis (CA) Reyes Lowey Ros-Lehtinen Wicker Lewis (GA) Reynolds Wexler Lucas Ross Wilson (OH) Abercrombie Capps Diaz-Balart, M. Lewis (KY) Rodriguez Whitfield Lynch Rothman Woolsey Ackerman Capuano Dicks Lipinski Rogers (AL) Wicker Mahoney (FL) Roybal-Allard Wu Aderholt Cardoza Dingell LoBiondo Rogers (KY) Wilson (NM) Maloney (NY) Royce Wynn Alexander Carnahan Doggett Loebsack Rogers (MI) Wilson (OH) Marchant Ruppersberger Yarmuth Allen Carney Donnelly Lofgren, Zoe Ros-Lehtinen Wolf Markey Rush Young (AK) Altmire Carson Doolittle Lowey Ross Woolsey Matheson Ryan (OH) Young (FL) Andrews Carter Doyle Lucas Rothman Wu Arcuri Castor Drake Lynch Roybal-Allard Wynn NOT VOTING—12 Baca Chandler Dreier Mahoney (FL) Ruppersberger Yarmuth Bono Davis, Jo Ann Jindal Bachus Christensen Edwards Maloney (NY) Rush Young (AK) Bordallo Faleomavaega Marshall Baird Clarke Ellison Manzullo Ryan (OH) Young (FL) Brown, Corrine Filner Paul Baker Clay Ellsworth Cubin Harman Tancredo Baldwin Cleaver Emanuel NOT VOTING—13 Bean Clyburn Emerson Bono Faleomavaega Marshall ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN Becerra Cohen Engel Bordallo Filner Paul Berkley Cole (OK) English (PA) The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Brown, Corrine Harman Tancredo Members are advised 1 minute remains Berman Conyers Eshoo Cubin Jindal Berry Costa Etheridge Davis, Jo Ann Lamborn on this vote. Biggert Costello Everett b 1717 Bishop (GA) Courtney Fallin ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN Bishop (NY) Cramer Farr The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). So the amendment was rejected. Blumenauer Crenshaw Fattah The result of the vote was announced Blunt Crowley Ferguson Members are advised there is 1 minute Bonner Cuellar Forbes remaining on this vote. as above recorded. Boren Culberson Fortenberry Stated against: Boswell Cummings Fortun˜ o b 1720 Mr. FILNER. Madam Chairman, on rollcall Boucher Davis (AL) Foxx No. 678, I was on official business outside the Boustany Davis (CA) Frank (MA) So the amendment was rejected. national Capitol region in my capacity as Boyd (FL) Davis (IL) Frelinghuysen The result of the vote was announced Boyda (KS) Davis, Lincoln Gerlach Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee. Brady (PA) Davis, Tom Giffords as above recorded. Had I been present, I would have voted Braley (IA) DeFazio Gilchrest Stated against: ‘‘no.’’ Brown (SC) DeGette Gillibrand Mr. FILNER. Madam Chairman, on rollcall Burgess Delahunt Gillmor AMENDMENT NO. 16 OFFERED BY MR. FLAKE No. 679, I was on official business outside the Butterfield DeLauro Gonzalez The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished Calvert Dent Goode national Capitol region in my capacity as business is the demand for a recorded Capito Diaz-Balart, L. Goodlatte Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A19JY7.053 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8165 Had I been present, I would have voted Cohen Kagen Regula The result of the vote was announced Conyers Kanjorski Rehberg ‘‘no.’’ Cooper Kaptur Reichert as above recorded. AMENDMENT NO. 6 OFFERED BY MR. JORDAN OF Costa Kennedy Renzi Stated against: OHIO Costello Kildee Reyes Mr. FILNER. Madam Chairman, on rollcall Courtney Kilpatrick Rodriguez No. 680, I was on official business outside the The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished Cramer Kind Rogers (AL) business is the demand for a recorded Crowley King (NY) Ross national capital region in my capacity as chair- vote on the amendment offered by the Cuellar Kirk Rothman man of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. gentleman from Ohio (Mr. JORDAN) on Cummings Klein (FL) Roybal-Allard Had I been present, I would have voted Davis (AL) Knollenberg Ruppersberger which further proceedings were post- Davis (CA) Kucinich Rush ‘‘no.’’ poned and on which the noes prevailed Davis (IL) Kuhl (NY) Ryan (OH) AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MR. PRICE OF by voice vote. Davis, Lincoln LaHood Salazar GEORGIA Davis, Tom Lampson Sa´ nchez, Linda The Clerk will redesignate the DeFazio Langevin T. The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished amendment. DeGette Lantos Sanchez, Loretta business is the demand for a recorded The Clerk redesignated the amend- Delahunt Larsen (WA) Sarbanes vote on the amendment offered by the DeLauro ment. Larson (CT) Saxton gentleman from Georgia (Mr. PRICE) on Dent Latham Schakowsky RECORDED VOTE Dicks LaTourette Schiff which further proceedings were post- The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has Dingell Lee Schwartz poned and on which the noes prevailed Doggett Levin Scott (GA) by voice vote. been demanded. Donnelly Lewis (CA) Scott (VA) A recorded vote was ordered. Doolittle Lewis (GA) Serrano The Clerk will redesignate the The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 2- Doyle Lipinski Sestak amendment. minute vote. Edwards LoBiondo Shays The Clerk redesignated the amend- Ehlers Loebsack Shea-Porter ment. The vote was taken by electronic de- Ellison Lofgren, Zoe Sherman vice, and there were—ayes 136, noes 288, Ellsworth Lowey Simpson RECORDED VOTE not voting 12, as follows: Emanuel Lynch Sires the CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has Emerson Maloney (NY) Skelton [Roll No. 680] Engel Markey Slaughter been demanded. AYES—136 English (PA) Matheson Smith (NJ) A recorded vote was ordered. Eshoo Matsui Smith (WA) Akin Franks (AZ) Miller (MI) The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 2- Etheridge McCarthy (NY) Snyder Bachmann Gallegly Miller, Gary Everett McCollum (MN) Solis minute vote. Bachus Garrett (NJ) Moran (KS) Farr McDermott Souder The vote was taken by electronic de- Barrett (SC) Gillmor Musgrave Fattah McGovern Space Bartlett (MD) Gingrey vice, and there were—ayes 165, noes 256, Myrick Ferguson McHugh Spratt Biggert Gohmert not voting 15, as follows: Neugebauer Fortenberry McIntyre Stark Bilbray Goode Nunes Frank (MA) McNerney Stupak [Roll No. 681] Bishop (UT) Goodlatte Pearce Frelinghuysen McNulty Sutton Blackburn Granger AYES—165 Pence Gerlach Meek (FL) Tanner Blunt Hall (TX) Petri Giffords Meeks (NY) Tauscher Akin Fossella Miller, Gary Boehner Hastert Pickering Gilchrest Melancon Thompson (CA) Altmire Foxx Mitchell Bonner Hastings (WA) Gillibrand Michaud Thompson (MS) Bachmann Franks (AZ) Moran (KS) Boozman Hayes Pitts Gonzalez Miller (NC) Tiberi Bachus Gallegly Musgrave Brady (TX) Heller Poe Gordon Miller, George Tierney Baker Garrett (NJ) Myrick Brown (SC) Hensarling Price (GA) Graves Mitchell Towns Barrett (SC) Gillmor Neugebauer Brown-Waite, Herger Putnam Green, Al Mollohan Turner Bartlett (MD) Gingrey Nunes Ginny Hoekstra Radanovich Green, Gene Moore (KS) Udall (CO) Barton (TX) Gohmert Pearce Burgess Hunter Reynolds Grijalva Moore (WI) Udall (NM) Bean Goode Pence Burton (IN) Inglis (SC) Rogers (KY) Gutierrez Moran (VA) Upton Biggert Goodlatte Peterson (PA) Buyer Issa Rogers (MI) Hall (NY) Murphy (CT) Van Hollen Bilbray Granger Petri Calvert Johnson, Sam Rohrabacher Hare Murphy, Patrick Vela´ zquez Bilirakis Graves Pickering Camp (MI) Jones (NC) Ros-Lehtinen Hastings (FL) Murphy, Tim Visclosky Bishop (UT) Hall (TX) Pitts Campbell (CA) Jordan Roskam Herseth Sandlin Murtha Walden (OR) Blackburn Hastert Poe Cannon Keller Royce Higgins Nadler Walsh (NY) Blunt Hastings (WA) Price (GA) Cantor King (IA) Ryan (WI) Hill Napolitano Walz (MN) Boehner Hayes Pryce (OH) Carter Kingston Sali Hinchey Neal (MA) Wasserman Bonner Heller Putnam Chabot Kline (MN) Schmidt Hinojosa Norton Schultz Boozman Hensarling Radanovich Coble Lamborn Sensenbrenner Hirono Oberstar Waters Brady (TX) Herger Reynolds Cole (OK) Lewis (KY) Sessions Hobson Obey Watson Brown (SC) Hoekstra Rogers (AL) Conaway Linder Shadegg Hodes Olver Watt Brown-Waite, Hulshof Rogers (KY) Crenshaw Lucas Shimkus Holden Ortiz Waxman Ginny Hunter Rogers (MI) Culberson Lungren, Daniel Shuler Holt Pallone Weiner Buchanan Inglis (SC) Rohrabacher Davis (KY) E. Shuster Honda Pascrell Welch (VT) Burgess Issa Ros-Lehtinen Davis, David Mack Smith (NE) Hooley Pastor Weller Burton (IN) Johnson, Sam Roskam Deal (GA) Mahoney (FL) Smith (TX) Hoyer Payne Wexler Buyer Jones (NC) Royce Diaz-Balart, L. Manzullo Hulshof Perlmutter Whitfield Calvert Jordan Ryan (WI) Diaz-Balart, M. Marchant Stearns Inslee Peterson (MN) Wicker Camp (MI) Keller Sali Drake McCarthy (CA) Sullivan Israel Peterson (PA) Wilson (NM) Campbell (CA) King (IA) Schmidt Dreier McCaul (TX) Taylor Jackson (IL) Platts Wilson (OH) Cannon Kingston Sensenbrenner Duncan McCotter Terry Jackson-Lee Pomeroy Wolf Cantor Kline (MN) Sessions Fallin McCrery Thornberry (TX) Porter Woolsey Carney Knollenberg Shadegg Feeney McHenry Tiahrt Jefferson Price (NC) Wu Carter Lamborn Shimkus Flake McKeon Walberg Johnson (GA) Pryce (OH) Wynn Castle Lampson Shuler Forbes McMorris Wamp Johnson (IL) Rahall Yarmuth Chabot Latham Shuster Fortun˜ o Rodgers Weldon (FL) Johnson, E. B. Ramstad Young (AK) Coble Lewis (KY) Smith (NE) Fossella Mica Westmoreland Jones (OH) Rangel Young (FL) Cole (OK) Linder Smith (TX) Foxx Miller (FL) Wilson (SC) Conaway Lucas Souder NOT VOTING—12 Crenshaw Lungren, Daniel Stearns NOES—288 Bono Davis, Jo Ann Jindal Culberson E. Sullivan Abercrombie Berkley Butterfield Bordallo Faleomavaega Marshall Davis (KY) Mack Tanner Ackerman Berman Capito Brown, Corrine Filner Paul Davis, David Mahoney (FL) Taylor Aderholt Berry Capps Cubin Harman Tancredo Davis, Tom Manzullo Terry Alexander Bilirakis Capuano Deal (GA) Marchant Thornberry Allen Bishop (GA) Cardoza ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN Diaz-Balart, L. Matheson Tiahrt Altmire Bishop (NY) Carnahan The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Diaz-Balart, M. McCarthy (CA) Tiberi Andrews Blumenauer Carney Donnelly McCaul (TX) Upton Arcuri Boren Carson Members are advised there is 1 minute Drake McCotter Walberg Baca Boswell Castle remaining on this vote. Dreier McCrery Walden (OR) Baird Boucher Castor Duncan McHenry Wamp Baker Boustany Chandler b 1725 English (PA) McKeon Weldon (FL) Baldwin Boyd (FL) Christensen Messrs. RUSH, HOLDEN and BU- Fallin McMorris Westmoreland Barrow Boyda (KS) Clarke CHANAN changed their vote from Feeney Rodgers Whitfield Barton (TX) Brady (PA) Clay Flake Mica Wicker Bean Braley (IA) Cleaver ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ Forbes Miller (FL) Wilson (SC) Becerra Buchanan Clyburn So the amendment was rejected. Fortun˜ o Miller (MI) Young (FL)

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NOES—256 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN Rogers (AL) Shays Tiahrt Rogers (KY) Shimkus Tiberi Abercrombie Green, Gene Ortiz The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Rogers (MI) Shuler Upton Ackerman Grijalva Pallone Members are advised there is 1 minute Rohrabacher Shuster Walberg Aderholt Gutierrez Pascrell remaining on this vote. Ros-Lehtinen Smith (NE) Walden (OR) Alexander Hall (NY) Pastor Roskam Smith (TX) Wamp Allen Hare Payne 1728 Royce Souder Weldon (FL) Andrews Hastings (FL) Perlmutter b Ryan (WI) Stearns Westmoreland Arcuri Herseth Sandlin Peterson (MN) So the amendment was rejected. Sali Sullivan Whitfield Baca Higgins Platts The result of the vote was announced Schmidt Tanner Wicker Baird Hill Pomeroy Sensenbrenner Taylor Wilson (SC) Baldwin Hinchey Porter as above recorded. Sessions Terry Wolf Barrow Hinojosa Price (NC) Stated against: Shadegg Thornberry Young (FL) Becerra Hirono Rahall Mr. FILNER. Madam Chairman, on rollcall Berkley Hobson Ramstad No. 681, I was on official business outside the Berman Hodes NOES—245 Rangel national capital region in my capacity as Berry Holden Regula Abercrombie Grijalva Pascrell Bishop (GA) Holt Rehberg Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Ackerman Gutierrez Pastor Bishop (NY) Honda Reichert Had I been present, I would have voted Alexander Hall (NY) Payne Blumenauer Hooley Renzi ‘‘no.’’ Allen Hare Perlmutter Boren Hoyer Reyes Andrews Hastings (FL) Peterson (MN) AMENDMENT NO. 23 OFFERED BY MRS. Boswell Inslee Rodriguez Arcuri Herseth Sandlin Platts MUSGRAVE Boucher Israel Ross Baca Higgins Pomeroy Boustany Jackson (IL) Rothman The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished Baird Hinchey Porter Baldwin Hinojosa Boyd (FL) Jackson-Lee Roybal-Allard business is the demand for a recorded Price (NC) Barrow Hirono Boyda (KS) (TX) Ruppersberger Rahall vote on the amendment offered by the Becerra Hodes Brady (PA) Jefferson Rush Ramstad gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Berkley Holden Braley (IA) Johnson (GA) Ryan (OH) Rangel Berman Holt Regula Butterfield Johnson (IL) Salazar MUSGRAVE) on which further pro- Johnson, E. B. Berry Honda Rehberg Capito Sa´ nchez, Linda ceedings were postponed and on which Jones (OH) Bishop (GA) Hooley Reichert Capps T. Kagen the noes prevailed by voice vote. Bishop (NY) Hoyer Renzi Capuano Sanchez, Loretta Cardoza Kanjorski The Clerk will redesignate the Blumenauer Inslee Reyes Sarbanes Carnahan Kaptur Boren Israel Rodriguez Saxton amendment. Carson Kennedy Boswell Jackson (IL) Ross Schakowsky The Clerk redesignated the amend- Boucher Jackson-Lee Castor Kildee Rothman Schiff ment. Boustany (TX) Chandler Kilpatrick Roybal-Allard Schwartz Boyd (FL) Jefferson Christensen Kind RECORDED VOTE Ruppersberger Scott (GA) Boyda (KS) Johnson (GA) Clarke King (NY) Rush Scott (VA) The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has Brady (PA) Johnson (IL) Clay Kirk Ryan (OH) Serrano been demanded. Braley (IA) Johnson, E. B. Cleaver Klein (FL) Salazar Sestak Butterfield Jones (OH) ´ Clyburn Kucinich A recorded vote was ordered. Sanchez, Linda Shays Capito Kagen Cohen Kuhl (NY) The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 2- T. Shea-Porter Capps Kanjorski Conyers LaHood Sanchez, Loretta Sherman minute vote. Capuano Kaptur Sarbanes Cooper Langevin Simpson The vote was taken by electronic de- Cardoza Kennedy Saxton Costa Lantos Carnahan Kildee Schakowsky Costello Larsen (WA) Sires vice, and there were—ayes 177, noes 245, Carson Kilpatrick Schiff Courtney Larson (CT) Skelton not voting 14, as follows: Castor Kind Schwartz Cramer LaTourette Slaughter [Roll No. 682] Chandler King (NY) Scott (GA) Lee Smith (NJ) Crowley Christensen Klein (FL) Scott (VA) Cuellar Levin Smith (WA) AYES—177 Clarke Kucinich Snyder Serrano Cummings Lewis (CA) Aderholt Donnelly Kline (MN) Clay Kuhl (NY) Sestak Davis (AL) Lewis (GA) Solis Akin Drake Knollenberg Cleaver LaHood Spratt Shea-Porter Davis (CA) Lipinski Altmire Dreier Lamborn Clyburn Langevin Sherman Stark Davis (IL) LoBiondo Bachmann Duncan Lampson Cohen Lantos Simpson Stupak Bachus Conyers Larsen (WA) Davis, Lincoln Loebsack Ellsworth Latham Sires Sutton Baker English (PA) Lewis (KY) Cooper Larson (CT) DeFazio Lowey Skelton Tauscher Barrett (SC) Fallin Linder Costa LaTourette DeGette Lynch Slaughter Bartlett (MD) Feeney Lucas Costello Lee Delahunt Maloney (NY) Thompson (CA) Smith (NJ) Barton (TX) Flake Lungren, Daniel Courtney Levin DeLauro Markey Thompson (MS) Smith (WA) Bean Forbes E. Cramer Lewis (CA) Dent Matsui Tierney Snyder Biggert Fortenberry Mack Crowley Lewis (GA) Dicks McCarthy (NY) Towns Solis Bilbray Fortun˜ o Mahoney (FL) Cuellar Lipinski Dingell McCollum (MN) Turner Space Bilirakis Fossella Manzullo Cummings LoBiondo Doggett McDermott Udall (CO) Spratt Bishop (UT) Foxx Marchant Davis (AL) Loebsack Doolittle McGovern Udall (NM) Stark Blackburn Franks (AZ) Matheson Davis (CA) Lowey Van Hollen Stupak Doyle McHugh Blunt Frelinghuysen McCarthy (CA) Davis (IL) Lynch Vela´ zquez Edwards McIntyre Boehner Gallegly McCaul (TX) Davis, Lincoln Maloney (NY) Sutton Visclosky Ehlers McNerney Bonner Garrett (NJ) McCotter DeFazio Markey Tauscher Ellison McNulty Walsh (NY) Boozman Giffords McCrery DeGette Matsui Thompson (CA) Ellsworth Meek (FL) Walz (MN) Brady (TX) Gillmor McHenry Delahunt McCarthy (NY) Thompson (MS) Emanuel Meeks (NY) Wasserman Brown (SC) Gingrey McKeon DeLauro McCollum (MN) Tierney Emerson Melancon Schultz Brown-Waite, Gohmert McMorris Dent McDermott Towns Engel Michaud Waters Ginny Goode Rodgers Dicks McGovern Turner Eshoo Miller (NC) Watson Buchanan Goodlatte McNerney Dingell McHugh Udall (CO) Etheridge Mollohan Watt Burgess Granger Melancon Doggett McIntyre Udall (NM) Everett Moore (KS) Waxman Burton (IN) Graves Mica Doolittle McNulty Van Hollen ´ Farr Moore (WI) Weiner Buyer Hall (TX) Miller (FL) Doyle Meek (FL) Velazquez Fattah Moran (VA) Welch (VT) Calvert Hastert Miller (MI) Edwards Meeks (NY) Visclosky Walsh (NY) Ferguson Murphy (CT) Weller Camp (MI) Hastings (WA) Miller, Gary Ehlers Michaud Walz (MN) Fortenberry Murphy, Patrick Wexler Campbell (CA) Hayes Mitchell Ellison Miller (NC) Wasserman Frank (MA) Murphy, Tim Wilson (NM) Cannon Heller Moran (KS) Emanuel Mollohan Schultz Frelinghuysen Murtha Wilson (OH) Cantor Hensarling Musgrave Emerson Moore (KS) Carney Engel Moore (WI) Waters Gerlach Nadler Wolf Herger Myrick Carter Hill Neugebauer Eshoo Moran (VA) Watson Giffords Napolitano Woolsey Castle Hobson Nunes Etheridge Murphy (CT) Watt Gilchrest Neal (MA) Wu Gillibrand Norton Chabot Hoekstra Pearce Everett Murphy, Patrick Waxman Wynn Weiner Gonzalez Oberstar Coble Hulshof Pence Farr Murphy, Tim Yarmuth Welch (VT) Gordon Obey Cole (OK) Hunter Peterson (PA) Fattah Murtha Young (AK) Weller Green, Al Olver Conaway Inglis (SC) Petri Ferguson Nadler Crenshaw Issa Pickering Frank (MA) Napolitano Wexler Wilson (NM) NOT VOTING—15 Culberson Johnson, Sam Pitts Gerlach Neal (MA) Davis (KY) Jones (NC) Poe Gilchrest Norton Wilson (OH) Bono Faleomavaega Marshall Davis, David Jordan Price (GA) Gillibrand Oberstar Woolsey Bordallo Filner Miller, George Davis, Tom Keller Pryce (OH) Gonzalez Obey Wu Brown, Corrine Harman Paul Deal (GA) King (IA) Putnam Gordon Olver Wynn Cubin Jindal Space Diaz-Balart, L. Kingston Radanovich Green, Al Ortiz Yarmuth Davis, Jo Ann Lofgren, Zoe Tancredo Diaz-Balart, M. Kirk Reynolds Green, Gene Pallone Young (AK)

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19JY7.063 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8167 NOT VOTING—14 Miller (MI) Rogers (AL) Stearns Walz (MN) Waxman Woolsey Miller, Gary Rogers (KY) Sullivan Wasserman Weiner Wu Bono Faleomavaega Marshall Mitchell Rogers (MI) Tanner Schultz Welch (VT) Wynn Bordallo Filner Miller, George Moran (KS) Rohrabacher Taylor Waters Wexler Brown, Corrine Harman Yarmuth Paul Musgrave Ros-Lehtinen Terry Watson Wilson (NM) Cubin Jindal Young (AK) Tancredo Myrick Roskam Thornberry Watt Wilson (OH) Davis, Jo Ann Lofgren, Zoe Neugebauer Royce Tiahrt NOT VOTING—14 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN Nunes Ryan (WI) Tiberi The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Pearce Sali Upton Bono Faleomavaega Marshall Pence Schmidt Walberg Bordallo Filner Miller, George Members are advised there is 1 minute Peterson (PA) Sensenbrenner Walden (OR) Brown, Corrine Harman Paul remaining on this vote. Petri Sessions Wamp Cubin Jindal Tancredo Pickering Shadegg Weldon (FL) Davis, Jo Ann Lofgren, Zoe b 1732 Pitts Shays Weller Poe Shimkus Westmoreland ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN So the amendment was rejected. Price (GA) Shuler Whitfield The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). The result of the vote was announced Pryce (OH) Shuster Wicker Members are advised there is 1 minute Putnam Smith (NE) Wilson (SC) as above recorded. Radanovich Smith (TX) Wolf remaining on this vote. Stated against: Reynolds Souder Young (FL) Mr. FILNER. Madam Chairman, on rollcall b 1736 No. 682, I was on official business outside the NOES—245 So the amendment was rejected. national capital region in my capacity as Abercrombie Gillibrand Murphy (CT) The result of the vote was announced Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Ackerman Gonzalez Murphy, Patrick Alexander Gordon Murphy, Tim as above recorded. Had I been present, I would have voted Allen Green, Al Murtha Stated against: ‘‘no.’’ Andrews Green, Gene Nadler Arcuri Grijalva Napolitano Mr. FILNER. Madam Chairman, on rollcall AMENDMENT NO. 7 OFFERED BY MR. CAMPBELL Baca Gutierrez Neal (MA) No. 683, I was on official business outside the OF CALIFORNIA Baird Hall (NY) Norton national capital region in my capacity as The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished Baldwin Hare Oberstar Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. business is the demand for a recorded Barrow Hastings (FL) Obey Had I been present, I would have voted vote on the amendment offered by the Becerra Herseth Sandlin Olver Berkley Higgins Ortiz ‘‘no.’’ gentleman from California (Mr. CAMP- Berman Hinchey Pallone AMENDMENT NO. 67 OFFERED BY MR. PENCE BELL) on which further proceedings Berry Hinojosa Pascrell were postponed and on which the noes Bishop (GA) Hirono Pastor The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished Bishop (NY) Hobson Payne business is the demand for a recorded prevailed by voice vote. Blumenauer Hodes Perlmutter The Clerk will redesignate the Boren Holden Peterson (MN) vote on the amendment offered by the amendment. Boswell Holt Platts gentleman from Indiana (Mr. PENCE) on The Clerk redesignated the amend- Boucher Honda Pomeroy which further proceedings were post- Boustany Hooley Porter poned and on which the noes prevailed ment. Boyd (FL) Hoyer Price (NC) by voice vote. RECORDED VOTE Boyda (KS) Inslee Rahall Brady (PA) Israel Ramstad The Clerk will redesignate the The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has Braley (IA) Jackson (IL) Rangel amendment. been demanded. Butterfield Jackson-Lee Regula Capito (TX) Rehberg The Clerk redesignated the amend- A recorded vote was ordered. ment. The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 2- Capps Jefferson Reichert Capuano Johnson (GA) Renzi RECORDED VOTE minute vote. Cardoza Johnson (IL) Reyes The vote was taken by electronic de- Carnahan Johnson, E. B. Rodriguez The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has vice, and there were—ayes 177, noes 245, Carson Jones (OH) Ross been demanded. Castor Kagen Rothman not voting 14, as follows: A recorded vote was ordered. Chandler Kanjorski Roybal-Allard The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 2- [Roll No. 683] Christensen Kaptur Ruppersberger Clarke Kennedy Rush minute vote. AYES—177 Clay Kildee Ryan (OH) The vote was taken by electronic de- Aderholt Culberson Herger Cleaver Kilpatrick Salazar vice, and there were—ayes 189, noes 231, Akin Davis (KY) Hill Clyburn Kind Sa´ nchez, Linda Altmire Davis, David Hoekstra Cohen King (NY) T. not voting 16, as follows: Bachmann Davis, Tom Hulshof Conyers Klein (FL) Sanchez, Loretta [Roll No. 684] Bachus Deal (GA) Hunter Cooper Kucinich Sarbanes Baker Diaz-Balart, L. Inglis (SC) Costa Kuhl (NY) Saxton AYES—189 Barrett (SC) Diaz-Balart, M. Issa Costello LaHood Schakowsky Aderholt Conaway Goodlatte Bartlett (MD) Donnelly Johnson, Sam Courtney Langevin Schiff Akin Costello Graves Barton (TX) Drake Jones (NC) Cramer Lantos Schwartz Alexander Crenshaw Hall (TX) Bean Dreier Jordan Crowley Larsen (WA) Scott (GA) Bachmann Culberson Hastert Biggert Duncan Keller Cuellar Larson (CT) Scott (VA) Bachus Davis (KY) Hastings (WA) Bilbray Ellsworth King (IA) Cummings LaTourette Serrano Baker Davis, David Hayes Bilirakis Emerson Kingston Davis (AL) Lee Sestak Barrett (SC) Davis, Lincoln Heller Bishop (UT) English (PA) Kirk Davis (CA) Levin Shea-Porter Bartlett (MD) Deal (GA) Hensarling Blackburn Fallin Kline (MN) Davis (IL) Lewis (CA) Sherman Barton (TX) Diaz-Balart, L. Herger Blunt Feeney Knollenberg Davis, Lincoln Lewis (GA) Simpson Bilbray Diaz-Balart, M. Hoekstra Boehner Flake Lamborn DeFazio Lipinski Sires Bilirakis Donnelly Hulshof Bonner Forbes Lampson DeGette LoBiondo Skelton Bishop (UT) Doolittle Hunter Boozman Fortenberry Latham Delahunt Loebsack Slaughter Blackburn Drake Inglis (SC) Brady (TX) Fortun˜ o Lewis (KY) DeLauro Lowey Smith (NJ) Blunt Dreier Issa Brown (SC) Fossella Linder Dent Lynch Smith (WA) Boehner Duncan Johnson (IL) Brown-Waite, Foxx Lucas Dicks Maloney (NY) Snyder Bonner Ehlers Johnson, Sam Ginny Franks (AZ) Lungren, Daniel Dingell Markey Solis Boozman Ellsworth Jones (NC) Buchanan Frelinghuysen E. Doggett Matsui Space Boren Emerson Jordan Burgess Gallegly Mack Doolittle McCarthy (NY) Spratt Boustany English (PA) Keller Burton (IN) Garrett (NJ) Mahoney (FL) Doyle McCollum (MN) Stark Brady (TX) Fallin King (IA) Buyer Giffords Manzullo Edwards McDermott Stupak Brown (SC) Feeney King (NY) Calvert Gillmor Marchant Ehlers McGovern Sutton Buchanan Ferguson Kingston Camp (MI) Gingrey Matheson Ellison McHugh Tauscher Burgess Flake Kline (MN) Campbell (CA) Gohmert McCarthy (CA) Emanuel McIntyre Thompson (CA) Burton (IN) Forbes Knollenberg Cannon Goode McCaul (TX) Engel McNulty Thompson (MS) Buyer Fortenberry Kuhl (NY) Cantor Goodlatte McCotter Eshoo Meek (FL) Tierney Calvert Fortun˜ o LaHood Carney Granger McCrery Etheridge Meeks (NY) Towns Camp (MI) Fossella Lamborn Carter Graves McHenry Everett Melancon Turner Campbell (CA) Foxx Latham Castle Hall (TX) McKeon Farr Michaud Udall (CO) Cannon Franks (AZ) LaTourette Chabot Hastert McMorris Fattah Miller (NC) Udall (NM) Cantor Gallegly Lewis (KY) Coble Hastings (WA) Rodgers Ferguson Mollohan Van Hollen Carter Garrett (NJ) Linder Cole (OK) Hayes McNerney Frank (MA) Moore (KS) Vela´ zquez Chabot Gillmor Lipinski Conaway Heller Mica Gerlach Moore (WI) Visclosky Coble Gingrey LoBiondo Crenshaw Hensarling Miller (FL) Gilchrest Moran (VA) Walsh (NY) Cole (OK) Goode Lucas

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19JY7.065 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8168 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 Lungren, Daniel Peterson (MN) Shimkus Solis Udall (CO) Watt tion, this bill provides an increase of 4.8 per- E. Peterson (PA) Shuler Space Udall (NM) Waxman cent for the TRIO programs, educational op- Mack Petri Simpson Spratt Upton Weiner Manzullo Pickering Skelton Stark Van Hollen Welch (VT) portunity outreach programs designed to moti- Marchant Pitts Smith (NE) Stupak Vela´ zquez Wexler vate and support students from disadvantaged McCarthy (CA) Platts Smith (NJ) Sutton Visclosky Wilson (NM) backgrounds. McCaul (TX) Poe Smith (TX) Tanner Walden (OR) Woolsey Madam Chairman, this bill is of significant McCotter Porter Souder Tauscher Walz (MN) Wu Thompson (CA) Wasserman importance to my constituents. For the past McCrery Price (GA) Stearns Wynn McHenry Putnam Thompson (MS) Schultz Sullivan Yarmuth twelve years, I have served as a Representa- McHugh Radanovich Taylor Tierney Waters tive of the 18th Congressional District of Towns Watson McIntyre Rahall Terry McKeon Regula Texas. In the heart of my district are several Thornberry McMorris Rehberg NOT VOTING—16 community colleges and three major univer- Tiahrt Rodgers Reichert Bono Filner Miller, George Tiberi sities—the University of Houston, the Univer- Melancon Renzi Bordallo Gohmert Paul Turner sity of Houston—Downtown, as well as one of Mica Rogers (AL) Brown, Corrine Harman Shuster Walberg our nations leading Historically Black College/ Miller (FL) Rogers (KY) Cubin Jindal Tancredo Miller (MI) Rogers (MI) Walsh (NY) Davis, Jo Ann Lofgren, Zoe University, Texas Southern University. In the Miller, Gary Rohrabacher Wamp Faleomavaega Marshall heart of my district are also three ABA-ap- Weldon (FL) Mollohan Ros-Lehtinen proved law schools—the University of Houston Moran (KS) Roskam Weller ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN Murphy, Tim Royce Westmoreland The CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Law Center, Thurgood Marshall School of Musgrave Ryan (WI) Whitfield Members are advised there is 1 minute Law, and South Texas College of Law. With Myrick Sali Wicker remaining on this vote. the rising cost of college education, many of Neugebauer Saxton Wilson (OH) these students in my district are reliant on Nunes Schmidt Wilson (SC) b 1739 Ortiz Sensenbrenner Wolf Federal financial aid to complete their edu- Pearce Sessions Young (AK) So the amendment was rejected. cation. Because investment in education sys- Pence Shadegg Young (FL) The result of the vote was announced tem today yields high returns for the individual, as well as society, I support this measure to NOES—231 as above recorded. Stated against: make college more affordable and accessible. Abercrombie Emanuel Mahoney (FL) Mr. FILNER. Madam Chairman, on rollcall Madam Chairman, quality health care is Ackerman Engel Maloney (NY) close to non-existent in this great nation that Allen Eshoo Markey No. 684, I was on official business outside the Altmire Etheridge Matheson National Capital region in my capacity as we call America. As a nation of abundant nat- Andrews Everett Matsui Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. ural resources and high productivity, it is Arcuri Farr McCarthy (NY) Had I been present, I would have voted humiliating to know that 46.6 million citizens Baca Fattah McCollum (MN) are without health insurance. If current policy Baird Frank (MA) McDermott ‘‘no.’’ Baldwin Frelinghuysen McGovern Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Madam plans are to continue, by 2013, the number of Barrow Gerlach McNerney uninsured Americans will increase by 11 mil- Bean Giffords McNulty Chairman, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 3043, the FY 2008 Labor, Health and lion. This is simply an unacceptable national Becerra Gilchrest Meek (FL) problem and must be rectified. H.R. 3043 will Berkley Gillibrand Meeks (NY) Human Services and Education Appropriations Berman Gonzalez Michaud bill. Let me first commend my dignified col- expand access to health care for the unin- Berry Gordon Miller (NC) sured by providing access for more than 2 mil- league, the gentleman from Wisconsin, Rep- Biggert Granger Mitchell lion uninsured Americans. Funds will be di- Bishop (GA) Green, Al Moore (KS) resentative DAVID OBEY, for his tenacity and rected to community health centers, which will Bishop (NY) Green, Gene Moore (WI) strong leadership in steering this important enable them to serve an additional 1 million Blumenauer Grijalva Moran (VA) piece of legislation. Among many things, this Boswell Gutierrez Murphy (CT) uninsured Americans. The bill also includes a Boucher Hall (NY) Murphy, Patrick bill will provide the support and additional re- $50 million initiative to assist states in pro- Boyd (FL) Hare Murtha sources in areas where our Nation is currently viding high-risk insurance pools, thereby sup- Boyda (KS) Hastings (FL) Nadler facing scarcity—health care, social security, Brady (PA) Herseth Sandlin Napolitano porting affordable insurance for almost Braley (IA) Higgins Neal (MA) medical research, skilled workers and job 200,000 medically high-risk people. I strongly Brown-Waite, Hill Norton training, community services, as well as the urge my colleagues to support this bill, which Ginny Hinchey Oberstar quality, accessibility and affordability of higher Butterfield Hinojosa Obey invests in initiatives that will provide new ac- Capito Hirono Olver education and education for the disabled. cess to health care for more than 2 million un- Capps Hobson Pallone Madam Chairman, I must certainly agree insured Americans. Capuano Hodes Pascrell with the rationale behind this bill—‘‘we cannot H.R. 3043 invests in life-saving medical re- Cardoza Holden Pastor continue to disinvest in our Nation’s future.’’ Carnahan Holt Payne search by reversing the previous Republican Carney Honda Perlmutter Over the past several years, the previous Re- disinvestment plans and providing an increase Carson Hooley Pomeroy publican-led Congress significantly cut invest- for National Institute of Health of $750 million. Castle Hoyer Price (NC) ments for the Labor-HHS-Education bill, and As once stated by Senator JOE LIEBERMAN, Castor Inslee Pryce (OH) our 43rd United States President has once Chandler Israel Ramstad ‘‘by expanding our knowledge of human dis- Christensen Jackson (IL) Rangel again proposed drastic cuts—$7.6 billion eases, we can help reduce health care costs Clarke Jackson-Lee Reyes below FY 2007. As a Representative of the by discovering more effective treatments and Clay (TX) Reynolds people of the United States, I am committed to Cleaver Jefferson Rodriguez learning how to prevent onset of serious ill- Clyburn Johnson (GA) Ross reversing this trend of disinvestment. Our Na- nesses. Biomedical research is a fundamental Cohen Johnson, E. B. Rothman tion’s future is dependent on quality health component of a preventive care approach to Conyers Jones (OH) Roybal-Allard care, job opportunities for our citizens, decent health care reform.’’ Medical research at NIH Cooper Kagen Ruppersberger education, improvement of life-saving tech- Costa Kanjorski Rush offers optimism to millions of American fami- Courtney Kaptur Ryan (OH) nologies, and national security. With $151.7 lies—with groundbreaking research into dis- Cramer Kennedy Salazar billion of projected discretionary spending in eases such as cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer’s, Crowley Kildee Sa´ nchez, Linda FY 2008, this bill will provide a modest in- Cuellar Kilpatrick T. Parkinson’s disease, and many more. This bill Cummings Kind Sanchez, Loretta crease of $4.3 billion (or 3 percent) over 2007, provides an increase of $750 million, which in Davis (AL) Kirk Sarbanes after adjusting for inflation and population. Al- essence allows for NIH to support another 545 Davis (CA) Klein (FL) Schakowsky though this bill will not completely rectify the new and competing research grants. Expand- Davis (IL) Kucinich Schiff problem, it is indeed a step towards a positive Davis, Tom Lampson Schwartz ing and funding life-saving medical research DeFazio Langevin Scott (GA) direction. programs must become a top priority if the DeGette Lantos Scott (VA) This bill promises to make college more af- United States hopes to combat the inefficien- Delahunt Larsen (WA) Serrano fordable because its provisions include an in- DeLauro Larson (CT) Sestak cies and inequities in our health care system. Dent Lee Shays crease in the maximum Pell Grant of $390, Madam Chairman, it is time that we take a Dicks Levin Shea-Porter which is in addition to th $260 enacted in Feb- new course of action in investing in our Na- Dingell Lewis (CA) Sherman ruary 2007 by this Democratic-led Congress. tion’s future. I strongly believe that H.R. 3043 Doggett Lewis (GA) Sires This measure will benefit the more than 5.5 is this new course. Forty-one low priority pro- Doyle Loebsack Slaughter Edwards Lowey Smith (WA) million low-and middle-income students across grams were cut or eliminated, saving $1.1 bil- Ellison Lynch Snyder America’s higher education system. In addi- lion below 2007. Through passage of this bill,

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A19JY7.069 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8169 our Nation will benefit from the increase in lation to increase funding for the NPS over the and secure environment in which to raise their quality, accessibility and affordability of higher next decade in recognition of this milestone. children. education with the $3.3 billion directed to stu- Two of my colleagues on the Natural Re- By 2014, nearly half of nation’s growing oc- dent financial aid. The academic performance sources Committee—full committee Ranking cupations will require higher education. If we of our American children will be improved Member DON YOUNG and subcommittee Rank- want to help families succeed and help chil- through the $1 billion allocation for No Child ing Member ROB BISHOP—have introduced dren prepare for work in the global market- Left Behind Programs. Our citizens, especially that legislation, by request, as H.R. 2959. place, then we must help them earn a college the uninsured, will have the opportunity to re- Today, with the support of Natural Re- degree. H.R. 3043 will provide the Department ceive quality health care, through the $1.3 bil- sources Committee Chairman NICK RAHALL, I of Education with $61.7 billion, which is $4.2 lion being directed to the Health Resources am honored to introduce H.R. 3094, legislation billion or 7.4 percent above 2007 funding. In and Services Administration. This bill also al- we believe will best commemorate this 100th addition, this legislation will provide $2 billion, lows for an investment in the skills and train- anniversary while also preparing the National a 14.6 percent increase above 2007, in fund- ing of America’s workers and the workforce Parks and the National Park Service for an- ing for Pell Grants to raise the maximum Pell through additional funding to programs similar other 100 years. H.R. 3094 authorizes manda- grant by $390 to $4,700, benefiting over 5.5 to Job Corps, as well as community services tory spending expected to total $100 million a million students. This legislation will also help prepare our initiatives, such as the Community Services year for ten years. The bill creates a process students for college by providing $2 billion for Block Grant. Our disabled citizens will be whereby the Executive Branch will coordinate No Child Left Behind, an 8.4 percent increase cared for through federal contributions for spe- annual proposals for how best to spend this above 2007. Specifically, $1.9 billion will go to- cial education for children with disabilities new funding and the Congress, through the In- wards Title I grants, which benefit nearly terior Appropriations bill, will allocate the through the funding of the Individuals with Dis- 55,000 disadvantaged students in preschool, funds. abilities Education Act (IDEA). elementary and secondary levels. This funding Madam Chairman, I am a strong believer In contrast to the Administration’s proposal, will also provide reading and math instruction that our children are our future. Family is the H.R. 3094 identifies six specific program areas for 161,000 low-income students. The Individ- backbone to the success of any child, as well within which this increased funding is to be uals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) as the success of our Nation. For this reason, spent. These areas include education in the Part B grants will receive $174.5 million, end- all members of society must be granted ac- parks, diversity programs, an environmental ing the previous Congress’s habit of declining leadership initiative, professional development, cess to quality health care, education, and job Federal contributions for special education. skills training. It is students like my current resource protection an construction. This mix We also must focus on preparing workers, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation In- of funding priorities—investing in natural re- many of whom who have been displaced due tern, Daria Awusah, that gives me strong faith sources, bricks and mortar and human cap- to layoffs or company closings, for second ca- that our future is in good hands. As my con- ital—will insure our parks and park employees reer opportunities. H.R. 3043 will increase stituent, as well as a student at the University can meet the challenge of the next 100 years funding for the Department of Labor, including of Houston (which is in my district), she has successfully. a $227.4 million increase for employment, worked tirelessly and endlessly to finance the Also in contrast to the legislation proposed training and worker protection programs. This past three years of her college education. It is by the Administration, H.R. 3094 provides this funding will greatly help our great state of her testimony that although not enough, finan- new spending without requiring private match- Michigan because $1.2 billion will be used to cial aid has been an instrumental element in ing funds. While we recognize the critical role provide state grants that training and sup- financing her education. Let us continue to private giving has played in creating and sus- portive services, such as rapid-response as- support students like Ms. Awusah. taining the National Park System, we remain sistance to help workers affected by mass lay- I ask my colleagues to join me and support concerned regarding the ever-increasing reli- offs and plant closures. H.R. 3043. Once again, I thank you, Con- ance on private funds. H.R. 3094 encourages H.R. 3043 will also provide for the health gressman OBEY, for your leadership in this en- private giving but makes absolutely certain and well-being of our families. Currently over deavor. Our country’s future is dependent on that NPS spending priorities are determined 44 million Americans do not have health insur- the role that we take as Members of Congress by the Congress and the Administration with- ance; by 2013, the number of uninsured through the policies that we choose to imple- out regard to which projects might, or might Americans will grow by 11 million. Universal ment. Let us begin with the reinvestment in not, be most attractive to private donors. health care has always been one of my top our country’s future by passing H.R. 3043. And finally, Madam Chairman, H.R. 3094 priorities, and I believe this legislation reflects Mr. GRIJALVA. Madam Chairman, the Act differs from the Administration’s proposal in a strong commitment to improving health care of August 25th, 1916, more commonly referred that all of the spending in our bill is paid for— in our country. to as the National Park Service Organic Act, meaning this bill addresses the stringent Democrats took the first step towards help- states that, ‘‘there is hereby created in the De- PAYGO requirements instituted by the Demo- ing the uninsured by passing a $207 million in- partment of the Interior a service to be called cratic majority. The Administration’s failure to crease in funding for community health cen- the National Park Service, which shall be identify a source for the mandatory expendi- ters in the FY2007 Continuing Resolution, under the charge of a director, who shall be tures in H.R. 2959 makes that proposal simply benefiting an additional 1.2 million people. The appointed by the President.’’ unrealistic. legislation before us today will provide an ad- Since 1916, the National Park Service cre- Madam Chairman, the American people ditional $200 million for community health cen- ated by the Organic Act has grown to include treasure their national parks and care deeply ters. This bill also includes $50 million to as- 22,000 people, conserving and interpreting about their future. The funding levels we pro- sist states in providing affordable insurance for 391 units in a National Park System that will vide for the National Park Service, at this crit- almost 200,000 people who are considered welcome more than 270 million visitors this ical milestone in its history, should reflect that. medically high risk and are not able to obtain year. Our National Parks are a source of enor- The initiatives funded through this legislation— health insurance in the commercial market. mous pride for millions of Americans and ex- especially those which will use our national Lastly, H.R. 3043 will provide $45 million for amples for the world regarding the conserva- parks as classrooms for young people—will health insurance counseling to assist 45 mil- tion of places and resources which make a create new generations of stewards to safe- lion Medicare beneficiaries to understand and Nation and a people unique. And of course, guard our national parks for the next 100 fully utilize the benefits to which they are enti- Madam Chairman, much of the credit for the years. tled. tremendous success of the National Park idea Mr. DINGELL. Madam Chairman, I have al- This legislation will go farther than just pro- is due to the professionalism, commitment and ways said that the working men and women of viding health care to the uninsured; it will also expertise of the men and women working for Michigan are my top priority. I believe that provide much needed funding to the Centers the NPS. every working family deserves access to a for Disease Control and Prevention and emer- As the centennial of the Organic Act ap- quality education, strong healthcare, jobs that gency responders who served during 9/11. proaches, there is consensus—among policy- are safe for its workers and secure retirement While the administration proposed reducing makers and the American people—that this plans. Today the House will consider the funding for the Federal government’s public 100th anniversary must be viewed as an op- Labor, Health and Human Services and Edu- health activities by $159 million, this bill will portunity to recommit ourselves to building a cation Appropriations bill, H.R. 3043, which provide a $255 million increase for a total of stronger, more diverse, better trained and bet- will fund programs families need and rely on. $6.5 billion. This funding will be dedicated to ter equipped National Park Service. In Feb- I rise in support of this legislation because I programs that focus on childhood immuniza- ruary, the Bush Administration proposed legis- believe it will provide our families with healthy tion, state and local public health emergency

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A19JY7.096 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8170 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 preparedness, and efforts to combat chronic now battling several forms of cancer, and work of both Mr. OBEY of Wisconsin diseases such as diabetes and heart disease many have already passed away. Unfortu- and my colleague from New York (Mr. and emerging infectious diseases. In the after- nately, many of these workers have also been WALSH). They endured all this. Con- math of 9/11, many first responders were ex- turned away from Federal compensation. gratulations for a good job. posed to dust and other harmful debris at the However, there is an alternative for workers Further, I believe we ought to extend World Trade Center site. H.R. 3043 provides to qualify for Federal compensation. Workers our appreciation to the Chairwoman $50 million to improve the health monitoring at other Energy Department facilities across who has done a wonderful job and a fair and treatment of the World Trade Center the country have been designated as part of job in the process, Mrs. TAUSCHER of emergency responders. It will also require that the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC). Workers California. the Administration develop a comprehensive at these locations qualify for EEOIC benefits The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will read. plan for how they will address the current without going through an arduous and bureau- The Clerk read as follows: health needs of these first responders. cratic process. Since the creation of the pro- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Depart- The Labor-HHS Appropriations bill will also gram, Nevada Test Site workers have peti- ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, help families keep warm. The Low-Income tioned to be included in the SEC, but have and Education, and Related Agencies Appro- Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) only succeeded in part. Currently, only NTS priations Act, 2008’’. has helped over 500,000 families in Michigan workers who worked at the site between 1951 Mr. OBEY. Madam Chairman, I move heat their homes during Michigan’s tough win- and 1962 are part of the Cohort and therefore that the Committee do now rise and re- ters. This year it will see a critical increase of automatically qualify for benefits. This only ac- port the bill back to the House with $500 million, 23.2 percent above 2008, to pro- counts for one third of all NTS claimants, leav- sundry amendments, with the rec- vide energy assistance to nearly 1 million ing a large group of former Federal employees ommendation that the amendments be more low-income seniors and families. The who are awaiting the compensation they de- agreed to and that the bill, as amend- Community Services Block Grant, which pro- serve. ed, do pass. vides funding to States to expand services Madam Chairman, I understand this appro- The motion was agreed to. such as housing, home weatherization, par- priations bill is not the time to designate Spe- Accordingly, the Committee rose; enting education, adult literacy classes, and cial Exposure Cohorts. However, it is impera- and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. emergency food assistance will see a $30 mil- tive that we as a Congress act on this issue HASTINGS of Florida) having assumed lion increase to $660 million. In order to help before it’s too late: before the victims of nu- the chair, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Chairman of improve processing time for Social Security clear radiation are gone. Before their families the Committee of the Whole House on disability claims and hearings, the Social Se- are left behind without their loved ones. This the State of the Union, reported that curity Administration (SSA) will receive $9.7 is long overdue and we must act now. that Committee, having had under con- billion, $401 million above 2007. Over the Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Madam sideration the bill (H.R. 3043) making years, disability claims and hearings have in- Chairman, in recent years, the GOP-led Con- appropriations for the Departments of creased, creating a backlog in casework. This gress significantly cut investments for priorities Labor, Health and Human Services, funding will help to reduce the backlog and in the Labor-HHS-Education bill. This year, the and Education, and related agencies for allow the SSA to continue providing monthly President has once again proposed significant the fiscal year ending September 30, cash benefits to nearly 55 million Americans cuts to programs of $7.6 billion below 2007 2008, and for other purposes, she re- each year. levels. This is the wrong message and the ported the bill back to the House with Our Founding Fathers trusted Congress with wrong policy for America. sundry amendments, with the rec- the task of funding the Federal government My colleagues and I are determined to re- ommendation that the amendments be through the annual appropriations process. verse the funding cuts put forth over the past agreed to and that the bill, as amend- While this process is never easy, it is one of several years. This bill rejects most of the ed, do pass. the most important duties we have to the President’s damaging cuts and provides an in- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under American people. Not only has President Bush crease of $4.3 billion (or 3 percent) over the House Resolution 547, the previous threatened to veto this legislation, but he also 2007 funding levels. The bill makes college question is ordered. proposed cutting funding for these programs more affordable—including increasing the Is a separate vote demanded on any $7.6 billion below last year. This bill invests in maximum Pell Grant by $390. The bill helps amendment reported from the Com- families and their health, the workforce and raise the achievement levels of America’s stu- mittee of the Whole? If not, the Chair their job training, and students and their edu- dents, providing $2 billion increase above will put them en gros. cation. I urge my colleagues to support this 2007 and $1 billion above the President’s re- The amendments were agreed to. legislation and show the American people quest for No Child Left Behind programs. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Congress is dedicated to improving their qual- H.R. 3043 expands access to health care question is on the engrossment and ity of life. for the uninsured by investing in initiatives that third reading of the bill. Ms. BERKLEY. Madam Chairman, Con- will provide for new and innovative ways to re- The bill was ordered to be engrossed gress created the Energy Employees Occupa- duce costs while expanding coverage. This and read a third time, and was read the tional Illness Compensation program in the FY legislation provides $200 million for community third time. 2001 Defense Authorization Act. This program health centers, enabling these centers to MOTION TO RECOMMIT OFFERED BY MR. LEWIS compensates workers who were exposed to serve an additional 1 million uninsured Ameri- OF CALIFORNIA nuclear radiation while on the job within the cans. The bill provides $75 million for a new Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- Department of Energy and who later devel- initiative of state health access grants, pro- er, I offer a motion to recommit. oped cancer and other illnesses. viding start-up grants to states that are ready The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the While the program was a step toward right- with plans to expand health care coverage to gentleman opposed to the bill? ing the wrongs that these hard-working Ameri- targeted groups. It also includes $50 million Mr. LEWIS of California. In its cans had to suffer, there have been many for an initiative to assist states in providing in- present form I am. problems since the enactment of this program. surance pools to support affordable insurance The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Many DOE workers have had difficulty proving for almost 200,000 people who are medically Clerk will report the motion to recom- that their cancer was directly caused by the high-risk. mit. radiation they were exposed to in the line of H.R. 3043 meets the domestic healthcare The Clerk read as follows: duty. The years-long process that the program and education needs of our Nation. For too Mr. Lewis of California moves to recommit requires workers to go through to prove they long, Congress has ignored the needs of the the bill H.R. 3043 to the Committee on Ap- deserve compensation is intrusive and drawn- American people. Today, I will move with my propriations with instructions to report the out. colleagues in a new direction to fully fund the same back to the House promptly with an This is an issue that directly affects my con- vital healthcare and education programs uti- amendment providing that funds made avail- stituents. The Nevada Test site is an area able to any child welfare agency, private or lized by the American people. public elementary school, private or public larger than the State of Rhode Island, located Mr. LEWIS of California. Madam secondary school, local educational agency, about 65 miles north of Las Vegas. After years Chair, I rise for two reasons. or State educational agency under titles II of exposure to nuclear radiation, many DOE First, this has been a long and very or III of the bill may be used to pay for any workers who were employed at the Nevada difficult bill on the floor. I think the fees charged under the Schools Safely Ac- Test Site during Cold War nuclear testing are House should recognize the fabulous quiring Faculty Excellence Act of 2006 for

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Essentially for the House’s ever, that this is a program which was I have a parliamentary inquiry. better understanding, we provide sim- cut by the President to $100 million, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- ply discretionary flexibility to school and the House has restored $146 million tleman will state his parliamentary in- districts to use funding in these titles above the President’s figure to take quiry. to make certain that they know well care of problems just such as this. Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, the backgrounds of those people who But the membership should also un- is it not true that if indeed this motion will be working with and around chil- derstand that this recommit kills the passed, this bill could be reported back dren. bill. It is dressed up in language on to the respective committee through Mr. Speaker, I yield to my colleague fees, but in fact it calls for the bill to which it was designated, and that the from Nevada (Mr. PORTER) because he be referred to the committee and re- bill could be reported back to the spent a good deal of time in this arena, ported back promptly, not forthwith. House the very next legislative day? and his district is adjacent to mine in And, as Members know, that is a device The SPEAKER pro tempore. Unlike the beautiful downtown Nevada. We that kills the bill. the case of a motion to recommit with understand some of the same difficul- We have endured over the last 3 days instructions to report back forthwith, ties we are facing. filibusters by amendment. We have had the adoption of which occasions an im- 25 hours of amendments, sometimes b 1745 mediate report on the floor, the adop- repetitious amendments. We have Mr. PORTER. I would like to ask this spent twice as much time on this bill tion of a motion to recommit with in- body to take 2 minutes and listen to as was spent the last time that the bill structions to report back promptly something very compelling. This bill was considered by the Congress. sends the bill to committee, whose does not matter on its face if our chil- And I would make one other point. eventual report, if any, would not be dren are not safe. This body, with an The sponsors of this proposal could immediately before the House. This is amendment that I passed last year, has have used it to do anything they want- illuminated in Deschler’s Precedents, helped protect 27 million more children ed to do with the bill. They could have volume 7, chapter 23, section 32.25. across this country by providing for cut the bill, they could have changed Mr. WESTMORELAND. Further par- school districts that could not in the the priorities. They didn’t. And the liamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. past do criminal background checks. In fact that they didn’t, in my view, is an The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- this session alone, we passed additional admission that, in terms of policy, this tleman will state his parliamentary in- legislation to help kids that are in is a good bill. It is a backhanded admis- quiry. Head Start by giving them additional sion that this bill ought to pass as is. Mr. WESTMORELAND. Is it not true protection for 1 million children who So I would ask Members to vote ‘‘no’’ that this bill could be reported back did not have that before. on the motion and vote ‘‘yes’’ on pas- the next legislative day? An example of what is happening in sage. They can then go home having The SPEAKER pro tempore. A re- this epidemic nationwide is we have done good things for America’s chil- committed bill may be reported from teachers, we have professionals, we dren, for Americans who need help to committee again. have individuals that are predators, get health care, and for American sexual predators following our chil- workers. Mr. LEWIS of California. Parliamen- dren. We need to make sure we add one Let me also take just a second to tary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. additional tool, and that eliminates thank the House for its indulgence over The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- barrier to help fund these programs the last 3 days. I know that it has often tleman will state his parliamentary in- that we passed last session and this been tiresome, but I appreciate the fact quiry. session. Head Start alone, one par- that they understood that the com- Mr. LEWIS of California. Is it unto- ticular program had 660 teachers; of mittee was just trying to do its job. ward for me or someone to ask for that, they were not inspected for 5 I yield to the distinguished majority unanimous consent that this vote be a years. They discovered, out of 660 leader. 2-minute vote rather than a more ex- teachers, 100 teachers and support staff Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman tended vote? had criminal backgrounds. Of that, 50 for yielding. This motion will be defeated because The SPEAKER pro tempore. The had serious offenses from first-degree Chair cannot entertain that request murder to child predator to domestic it kills the bill. If the gentleman from Nevada were serious about this motion, under the current circumstances. violence. Without objection, the previous ques- What I am asking this body to do is he would have asked that it be forth- tion is ordered on the motion to recom- to use common sense, allow for these with. That would have passed his mit. school districts to eliminate one more amendment. This is not a serious barrier to help them pay for these amendment, I tell my friend. This is, There was no objection. backgrounds checks. It is common unfortunately, however, why the Amer- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The sense. It is a way to provide protection. ican public is so upset with the Con- question is on the motion to recommit. It is something that we can do to en- gress of the United States: because The question was taken; and the sure and add one additional guarantee what they see, they say that Congress Speaker pro tempore announced that for our families and our children that is not getting its work done, and they the noes appeared to have it. they will be safe within our schools. are right. And they are right because Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- obstructionism is occurring on this er, on that I demand the yeas and nays. floor and on the floor across the hall. er, JON PORTER said it all. I urge your The yeas and nays were ordered. positive vote on this motion to recom- And if it were in the name of serious The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- mit. legislating, perhaps they would under- I yield back the balance of my time. stand. But this is not serious legis- ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in op- lating, A, because the money can be will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum position to the motion to recommit. spent for that now; and, B, because it time for any electronic vote on the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- kills a bill that is for the education and question of passage. tleman is recognized for 5 minutes. the health care of our people. The vote was taken by electronic de- Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, if this issue Reject this specious motion. Pass vice, and there were—yeas 206, nays were in fact the real problem, it can this bill. 213, not voting 12, as follows:

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19JY7.071 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE H8172 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2007 [Roll No. 685] Grijalva Markey Sarbanes Costa Kaptur Reichert Gutierrez Matsui Schakowsky Costello Keller Renzi YEAS—206 Hall (NY) McCarthy (NY) Schiff Courtney Kennedy Reyes Aderholt Frelinghuysen Murphy, Tim Hare McCollum (MN) Schwartz Cramer Kildee Rodriguez Akin Gallegly Musgrave Hastings (FL) McDermott Scott (GA) Crowley Kilpatrick Rogers (AL) Alexander Garrett (NJ) Myrick Herseth Sandlin McGovern Scott (VA) Cuellar Kind Rogers (MI) Altmire Gerlach Neugebauer Higgins McIntyre Serrano Cummings Kirk Ross Bachmann Gilchrest Nunes Hill McNulty Sestak Davis (AL) Klein (FL) Rothman Bachus Gillmor Pearce Hinchey Meek (FL) Shea-Porter Davis (CA) Kucinich Roybal-Allard Baker Gingrey Pence Hinojosa Meeks (NY) Sherman Davis (IL) LaHood Ruppersberger Barrett (SC) Gohmert Peterson (PA) Hirono Melancon Sires Davis, Lincoln Lampson Rush Hodes Michaud Barrow Goode Petri Skelton DeFazio Langevin Ryan (OH) Holden Miller (NC) Slaughter Bartlett (MD) Goodlatte Pickering DeGette Lantos Salazar Holt Mollohan Smith (WA) ´ Barton (TX) Granger Pitts Delahunt Larsen (WA) Sanchez, Linda Honda Moore (KS) Snyder Bean Graves Platts DeLauro Larson (CT) T. Hooley Moore (WI) Solis Dent Latham Biggert Hall (TX) Poe Sanchez, Loretta Hoyer Moran (VA) Space Dicks LaTourette Sarbanes Bilbray Hastert Porter Inslee Murphy (CT) Spratt Dingell Lee Saxton Bilirakis Hastings (WA) Price (GA) Israel Murtha Stark Doggett Levin Schakowsky Bishop (UT) Hayes Pryce (OH) Jackson (IL) Nadler Stupak Donnelly Lewis (GA) Schiff Blackburn Heller Putnam Jackson-Lee Napolitano Sutton Doyle Lipinski Schwartz Blunt Hensarling Radanovich (TX) Neal (MA) Tanner Edwards LoBiondo Scott (GA) Boehner Herger Ramstad Jefferson Oberstar Tauscher Ehlers Loebsack Scott (VA) Bonner Hobson Regula Johnson (GA) Obey Taylor Ellison Lowey Serrano Boozman Hoekstra Rehberg Johnson, E. B. Olver Thompson (CA) Ellsworth Lynch Sestak Boustany Hulshof Reichert Jones (OH) Ortiz Thompson (MS) Emanuel Mahoney (FL) Shays Brady (TX) Hunter Renzi Kagen Pallone Tierney Emerson Maloney (NY) Shea-Porter Brown (SC) Inglis (SC) Reynolds Brown-Waite, Issa Kanjorski Pascrell Towns Engel Markey Sherman Rogers (AL) Kaptur Pastor Udall (CO) English (PA) Matheson Shuler Ginny Johnson (IL) Rogers (KY) Buchanan Johnson, Sam Kennedy Payne Udall (NM) Eshoo Matsui Simpson Rogers (MI) Kildee Perlmutter Van Hollen Etheridge McCarthy (NY) Sires Burgess Jones (NC) Rohrabacher Burton (IN) Jordan Kilpatrick Peterson (MN) Vela´ zquez Everett McCollum (MN) Skelton Ros-Lehtinen Buyer Keller Kind Pomeroy Visclosky Farr McDermott Slaughter Roskam Calvert King (IA) Klein (FL) Price (NC) Walz (MN) Fattah McGovern Smith (NJ) Royce Camp (MI) King (NY) Kucinich Rahall Wasserman Ferguson McHugh Smith (WA) Ryan (WI) Campbell (CA) Kingston Langevin Rangel Schultz Fortenberry McIntyre Snyder Sali Cannon Kirk Lantos Reyes Waters Frank (MA) McNerney Solis Saxton Cantor Kline (MN) Larsen (WA) Rodriguez Watson Gerlach McNulty Space Schmidt Capito Knollenberg Larson (CT) Ross Watt Giffords Meek (FL) Spratt Sensenbrenner Carney Kuhl (NY) Lee Rothman Waxman Gilchrest Meeks (NY) Stark Sessions Carter LaHood Levin Roybal-Allard Weiner Gillibrand Melancon Stupak Shadegg Castle Lamborn Lewis (GA) Ruppersberger Welch (VT) Gonzalez Michaud Sutton Shays Chabot Lampson Lipinski Rush Wexler Gordon Miller (MI) Tanner Coble Latham Shimkus Loebsack Ryan (OH) Wilson (OH) Graves Miller (NC) Tauscher Cole (OK) LaTourette Shuler Lowey Salazar Woolsey Green, Al Mitchell Taylor Conaway Lewis (CA) Shuster Lynch Sa´ nchez, Linda Wu Green, Gene Mollohan Thompson (CA) Crenshaw Lewis (KY) Simpson Mahoney (FL) T. Wynn Grijalva Moore (KS) Thompson (MS) Cuellar Linder Smith (NE) Maloney (NY) Sanchez, Loretta Yarmuth Gutierrez Moore (WI) Tierney Smith (NJ) Hall (NY) Moran (VA) Towns Culberson LoBiondo NOT VOTING—12 Davis (KY) Lucas Smith (TX) Hare Murphy (CT) Turner Davis, David Lungren, Daniel Souder Bono Filner Marshall Hastings (FL) Murphy, Patrick Udall (CO) Davis, Tom E. Stearns Brown, Corrine Harman Miller, George Hayes Murphy, Tim Udall (NM) Deal (GA) Mack Sullivan Cubin Jindal Paul Herseth Sandlin Murtha Upton Dent Manzullo Terry Davis, Jo Ann Lofgren, Zoe Tancredo Higgins Nadler Van Hollen Diaz-Balart, L. Marchant Thornberry Hill Napolitano Vela´ zquez Diaz-Balart, M. Matheson Tiahrt b 1809 Hinchey Neal (MA) Visclosky Doolittle McCarthy (CA) Tiberi Hinojosa Oberstar Walsh (NY) Drake McCaul (TX) Turner So the motion to recommit was re- Hirono Obey Walz (MN) Dreier McCotter Upton jected. Hobson Olver Wasserman Duncan McCrery Walberg Hodes Ortiz Schultz Ehlers McHenry Walden (OR) The result of the vote was announced Holden Pallone Waters Emerson McHugh Walsh (NY) as above recorded. Holt Pascrell Watson English (PA) McKeon Wamp Stated against: Honda Pastor Watt Hooley Payne Waxman Everett McMorris Weldon (FL) Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. Fallin Rodgers Weller Hoyer Perlmutter Weiner Feeney McNerney Westmoreland 685, I was on official business outside the na- Hulshof Peterson (MN) Welch (VT) Ferguson Mica Whitfield tional capital region in my capacity as Chair- Inslee Peterson (PA) Weldon (FL) Flake Miller (FL) Wicker man of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Israel Pickering Weller Forbes Miller (MI) Wilson (NM) Jackson (IL) Platts Wexler Fortenberry Miller, Gary Wilson (SC) Had I been present, I would have voted Jackson-Lee Pomeroy Wilson (NM) Fossella Mitchell Wolf ‘‘nay.’’ (TX) Porter Wilson (OH) Foxx Moran (KS) Young (AK) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Jefferson Price (NC) Wolf Franks (AZ) Murphy, Patrick Young (FL) Johnson (GA) Pryce (OH) Woolsey question is on the passage of the bill. Johnson (IL) Rahall Wu NAYS—213 Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas Johnson, E. B. Ramstad Wynn Jones (OH) Rangel Yarmuth Abercrombie Capuano DeGette and nays are ordered. This will be a 5-minute vote. Kagen Regula Young (AK) Ackerman Cardoza Delahunt Kanjorski Rehberg Young (FL) Allen Carnahan DeLauro The vote was taken by electronic de- Andrews Carson Dicks vice, and there were—yeas 276, nays NAYS—140 Arcuri Castor Dingell Baca Chandler Doggett 140, not voting 15, as follows: Aderholt Brown (SC) Davis, Tom Baird Clarke Donnelly [Roll No. 686] Akin Brown-Waite, Deal (GA) Baldwin Clay Doyle Alexander Ginny Diaz-Balart, L. Becerra Cleaver Edwards YEAS—276 Bachmann Burgess Diaz-Balart, M. Berkley Clyburn Ellison Abercrombie Bilirakis Capuano Bachus Burton (IN) Doolittle Berman Cohen Ellsworth Ackerman Bishop (GA) Cardoza Baker Buyer Drake Berry Conyers Emanuel Allen Bishop (NY) Carnahan Barrett (SC) Camp (MI) Dreier Bishop (GA) Cooper Engel Altmire Blumenauer Carney Bartlett (MD) Campbell (CA) Duncan Bishop (NY) Costa Eshoo Andrews Boren Carson Barton (TX) Cannon Fallin Blumenauer Costello Etheridge Arcuri Boswell Castle Bean Cantor Feeney Boren Courtney Farr Baca Boucher Castor Bilbray Carter Flake Boswell Cramer Fattah Baird Boyd (FL) Chandler Bishop (UT) Chabot Forbes Boucher Crowley Frank (MA) Baldwin Boyda (KS) Clarke Blackburn Coble Fossella Boyd (FL) Cummings Giffords Barrow Brady (PA) Clay Blunt Cole (OK) Foxx Boyda (KS) Davis (AL) Gillibrand Becerra Braley (IA) Cleaver Boehner Conaway Franks (AZ) Brady (PA) Davis (CA) Gonzalez Berkley Buchanan Clyburn Bonner Crenshaw Frelinghuysen Braley (IA) Davis (IL) Gordon Berman Butterfield Cohen Boozman Culberson Gallegly Butterfield Davis, Lincoln Green, Al Berry Capito Conyers Boustany Davis (KY) Garrett (NJ) Capps DeFazio Green, Gene Biggert Capps Cooper Brady (TX) Davis, David Gillmor

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:23 Jul 20, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19JY7.087 H19JYPT1 hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMHOUSE July 19, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8173 Gingrey Lungren, Daniel Rohrabacher agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- dealing with Iraq, but that decision has Gohmert E. Ros-Lehtinen tember 30, 2008, and for other purposes, not been made. Obviously, there is still Goode Mack Roskam Goodlatte Manzullo Royce which was referred to the House Cal- ongoing discussion both in the Senate Granger Marchant Ryan (WI) endar and ordered to be printed. and in this body on that subject. But Hall (TX) McCarthy (CA) Sali f whether there will be legislation next Hastert McCaul (TX) Schmidt week is still in discussion. Hastings (WA) McCotter Sensenbrenner REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER Heller McCrery Mr. BLUNT. I thank the gentleman Sessions AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 2116 Hensarling McHenry Shadegg for that and, of course, just to ask Herger McMorris Shimkus Mr. WALDEN of Oregon. Mr. Speak- when that decision is made, the Hoekstra Rodgers Shuster Hunter Mica er, I ask unanimous consent that my quicker we could be told what that de- Smith (NE) Inglis (SC) Miller (FL) name be removed as a cosponsor of cision is and get a sense of the schedule Smith (TX) Issa Moran (KS) Souder H.R. 2116, the Freight Rail Infrastruc- on that issue, the better. Johnson, Sam Musgrave ture Capacity Expansion Act of 2007. Also, I have one question the gen- Jones (NC) Myrick Stearns Jordan Neugebauer Sullivan The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. tleman might have information on. In King (IA) Nunes Terry ELLISON). Is there objection to the re- the conference on the 9/11 bill earlier King (NY) Pearce Thornberry quest of the gentleman from Oregon? this week, it appeared that the protec- Kingston Pence Tiahrt tion that the House had added for li- Kline (MN) Petri Tiberi There was no objection. Knollenberg Pitts Walberg f ability in what was called the John Kuhl (NY) Poe Walden (OR) Doe action, where if you suggest some- Lamborn Price (GA) Wamp LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM one you think is pursuing a dangerous Lewis (CA) Putnam Westmoreland course of action, you turn them in, Lewis (KY) Radanovich Whitfield (Mr. BLUNT asked and was given Linder Reynolds Wicker permission to address the House for 1 then you are personally held liable, we Lucas Rogers (KY) Wilson (SC) minute.) had some protections added to our bill NOT VOTING—15 Mr. BLUNT. Mr. Speaker, I yield to on that. I am told that the chairman of the conference, a member of the other Bono Filner McKeon my good friend the majority leader for Brown, Corrine Harman Miller, Gary the purpose of inquiring about next body, has now said that he believes Calvert Jindal Miller, George week’s schedule. those protections would be germane, Cubin Lofgren, Zoe Paul Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank and if they are germane, we would hope Davis, Jo Ann Marshall Tancredo the gentleman for yielding. that we would continue to see an argu- b 1817 On Monday, the House will meet at ment in favor of that. But I wonder if Mr. HOBSON changed his vote from 10:30 a.m. for morning business and the leader has any information on that. ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ noon for legislative business, with Mr. HOYER. I tell my friend that I do So the bill was passed. votes rolled until 6:30 p.m. In addition not have any immediate information The result of the vote was announced to several bills under suspension of the on that particular issue. I know the as above recorded. rules, and a list of these bills, of issue, but where it is, I am not sure. So A motion to reconsider was laid on course, will be announced by the end of I don’t have specific information on that. the table. the week, we expect to begin consider- Mr. BLUNT. Let me ask one other Stated for: ation of the fiscal year 2008 Transpor- tation-HUD appropriations bill. question about conferences, and that Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. would be unless this proceeds into 686, I was on official business outside the na- Let me reiterate that because that will require a vote on the rule, there another area. tional Capitol region in my capacity as Chair- Mr. HOYER. I can say with respect to will be a substantive, and perhaps more man of the Veterans Affairs Committee. conferences, we have every intent of substantive, votes on Monday. So Had I been present, I would have voted doing the 9/11 conference, as the gen- Members cannot be assured that there ‘‘yea.’’ tleman knows, and passing that before will not be controversies on the floor f we leave for the August break. on Monday night. Usually we do only PERSONAL EXPLANATION Mr. BLUNT. I would ask on con- suspension bills. ferences, in a press report this week Ms. HARMAN. Mr. Speaker, I will be nec- On Tuesday, the House will meet at 9 there was a suggestion, as a matter of essarily absent from voting today as I will be a.m. for morning-hour business and 10 fact, I think it was today, that the eth- on official business in my district, hosting a a.m. for legislative business. On ics bill might come to the House under Cabinet Secretary. Wednesday and Thursday, the House an extraordinary procedure that didn’t Had I been present to vote, I would have will meet at 10 a.m. On Friday, the actually involve a conference. I think voted ‘‘aye’’ on the amendment offered by House will meet at 9 a.m. In addition the House changed its rules this year Representatives LEWIS, WELCH and WELLER to to completing consideration of the to be much more stringent on requiring prevent CMS from making deep cuts in hos- Transportation-HUD bill, we have one a conference, and I am wondering if pital payments for one year. additional fiscal year 2008 appropria- that report has any merit to it that the As a former Board Member of Planned Par- tions bill, the Commerce-Justice- gentleman would be aware of. enthood Los Angeles, I would have voted ‘‘no’’ Science, as well as the farm program Mr. HOYER. I understand press re- on Representative PENCE’s amendment to pro- reauthorization. ports, but there is no decision that has hibit funds for Planned Parenthood. Mr. BLUNT. Mr. Speaker, I thank been made on that. I would have also voted for the bill’s final the gentleman for that information. Mr. BLUNT. I just would suggest to passage. I notice there is no listing at this the gentleman that we have changed f point of an Iraq bill on next week’s the rules in a way that, while that par- schedule. I also notice that FISA mod- ticular messaging between the two REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- ernization has not been scheduled. I VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF Houses has seldom been used, I think it wonder if the gentleman has any infor- is even harder to do in light of the H.R. 3074, TRANSPORTATION, mation about the potential for either HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP- House rules changes, and we would of those two issues to be on the sched- hope that these bills are done in con- MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES ule for next week. APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 ference and, of course, hope they are Mr. HOYER. FISA legislation, as the done in conference in accordance with Ms. SLAUGHTER, from the Com- gentleman knows, is being worked on the rules that this Congress has pro- mittee on Rules, submitted a privi- by the Intelligence Committee now. I posed for conferences. leged report (Rept. No. 110–242) on the don’t have a specific answer for you. I Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, will my resolution (H. Res. 558) providing for am hopeful that we will perhaps be able friend yield? consideration of the bill (H.R. 3074) to address some very important issues Mr. BLUNT. I would. making appropriations for the Depart- before we leave here. Mr. HOYER. We are very, very hope- ments of Transportation, and Housing On the other, I think it is possible ful that the lobbying disclosure con- and Urban Development, and related that we will have some legislation ference can proceed. As the gentleman

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