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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 157, Pt. 2 February 18, 2011 8 Bill Pascrell Jr 2650 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 157, Pt. 2 February 18, 2011 8 Bill Pascrell Jr. 4 Tom Cole 28 Henry Cuellar 9 Steven R. Rothman 5 James Lankford 29 Gene Green 10 Donald M. Payne OREGON 30 Eddie Bernice Johnson 11 Rodney P. Frelinghuysen 31 John R. Carter 1 David Wu 12 Rush D. Holt 32 Pete Sessions 2 Greg Walden 13 Albio Sires 3 Earl Blumenauer UTAH NEW MEXICO 4 Peter A. DeFazio 1 Rob Bishop 1 Martin Heinrich 5 Kurt Schrader 2 Jim Matheson 2 Stevan Pearce PENNSYLVANIA 3 Jason Chaffetz 3 Ben Ray Luja´ n 1 Robert A. Brady VERMONT NEW YORK 2 Chaka Fattah At Large, Peter Welch 1 Timothy H. Bishop 3 Mike Kelly VIRGIN ISLANDS 2 Steve Israel 4 Jason Altmire Delegate, Donna M. Christensen 3 Peter T. King 5 Glenn Thompson 4 Carolyn McCarthy 6 Jim Gerlach VIRGINIA 5 Gary L. Ackerman 7 Patrick Meehan 1 Robert J. Wittman 6 Gregory W. Meeks 8 Michael G. Fitzpatrick 2 E. Scott Rigell 7 Joseph Crowley 9 Bill Shuster 3 Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott 8 Jerrold Nadler 10 Tom Marino 4 J. Randy Forbes 9 Anthony D. Weiner 11 Lou Barletta 5 Robert Hurt 10 Edolphus Towns 12 Mark S. Critz 6 Bob Goodlatte 11 Yvette D. Clarke 13 Allyson Y. Schwartz 7 Eric Cantor 12 Nydia M. Vela´ zquez 14 Michael F. Doyle 8 James P. Moran 13 Michael G. Grimm 15 Charles W. Dent 9 H. Morgan Griffith 14 Carolyn B. Maloney 16 Joseph R. Pitts 10 Frank R. Wolf 15 Charles B. Rangel 17 Tim Holden 11 Gerald E. Connolly 16 Jose´ E. Serrano 18 Tim Murphy WASHINGTON 17 Eliot L. Engel 19 Todd Russell Platts 18 Nita M. Lowey 1 Jay Inslee 19 Nan A. S. Hayworth PUERTO RICO 2 Rick Larsen 20 Christopher P. Gibson Resident Commissioner, Pedro R. Pierluisi 3 Jaime Herrera Beutler 21 Paul Tonko RHODE ISLAND 4 Doc Hastings 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers 22 Maurice D. Hinchey 1 David N. Cicilline 6 Norman D. Dicks 23 William L. Owens 2 James R. Langevin 24 Richard L. Hanna 7 Jim McDermott 25 Ann Marie Buerkle SOUTH CAROLINA 8 David G. Reichert 26 Christopher John Lee 1 Tim Scott 9 Adam Smith 27 Brian Higgins 2 Joe Wilson WEST VIRGINIA 28 Louise McIntosh Slaughter 3 Jeff Duncan 1 David B. McKinley 29 Tom Reed 4 Trey Gowdy 2 Shelley Moore Capito 5 Mick Mulvaney NORTH CAROLINA 3 Nick J. Rahall II 6 James E. Clyburn 1 G. K. Butterfield WISCONSIN 2 Renee L. Ellmers SOUTH DAKOTA 1 Paul Ryan 3 Walter B. Jones At Large, Kristi L. Noem 2 Tammy Baldwin 4 David E. Price TENNESSEE 3 Ron Kind 5 Virginia Foxx 1 David P. Roe 4 Gwen Moore 6 Howard Coble 2 John J. Duncan Jr. 5 F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. 7 Mike McIntyre 3 Charles J. ‘‘Chuck’’ Fleischmann 6 Thomas E. Petri 8 Larry Kissell 4 Scott DesJarlais 7 Sean P. Duffy 9 Sue Wilkins Myrick 5 Jim Cooper 8 Reid J. Ribble 10 Patrick T. McHenry 6 Diane Black 11 Heath Shuler WYOMING 7 Marsha Blackburn 12 Melvin L. Watt At Large, Cynthia M. Lummis 8 Stephen Lee Fincher 13 Brad Miller 9 Steve Cohen f NORTH DAKOTA TEXAS OATH FOR ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED At Large, Rick Berg 1 Louie Gohmert INFORMATION NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 2 Ted Poe Under clause 13 of rule XXIII, the fol- Delegate, Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan 3 Sam Johnson lowing Members executed the oath for OHIO 4 Ralph M. Hall 5 Jeb Hensarling access to classified information. 1 Steve Chabot 6 Joe Barton Gary L. Ackerman, Sandy Adams, Robert 2 Jean Schmidt 7 John Abney Culberson B. Aderholt, W. Todd Akin, Rodney Alex- 3 Michael R. Turner 8 Kevin Brady ander, Jason Altmire, Justin Amash, Robert 4 Jim Jordan 9 Al Green E. Andrews, Steve Austria, Joe Baca, 5 Robert E. Latta 10 Michael T. McCaul Michele Bachmann, Spencer Bachus, Tammy 6 Bill Johnson 11 K. Michael Conaway Baldwin, Lou Barletta, John Barrow, Roscoe 7 Steve Austria 12 Kay Granger G. Bartlett, Joe Barton, Charles F. Bass, 8 John A. Boehner 13 Mac Thornberry Karen Bass, Xavier Becerra, Dan Benishek, 9 Marcy Kaptur 14 Ron Paul Rick Berg, Shelley Berkley, Howard L. Ber- 10 Dennis J. Kucinich 15 Rube´n Hinojosa man, Judy Biggert, Brian P. Bilbray, Gus M. 11 Marcia L. Fudge 16 Silvestre Reyes Bilirakis, Rob Bishop, Sanford D. Bishop, 12 Patrick J. Tiberi 17 Bill Flores Jr., Timothy H. Bishop, Diane Black, Marsha 13 Betty Sutton 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Blackburn, Earl Blumenauer, John A. Boeh- 14 Steven C. LaTourette 19 Randy Neugebauer ner, Jo Bonner, Mary Bono Mack, Madeleine 15 Steve Stivers 20 Charles A. Gonzalez Z. Bordallo, Dan Boren, Leonard L. Boswell, 16 James B. Renacci 21 Lamar Smith Charles W. Boustany, Jr., Kevin Brady, Rob- 17 Tim Ryan 22 Pete Olson ert A. Brady, Bruce L. Braley, Mo Brooks, 18 Bob Gibbs 23 Francisco ‘‘Quico’’ Canseco Paul C. Broun, Corrine Brown, Vern OKLAHOMA 24 Kenny Marchant Buchanan, Larry Bucshon, Ann Marie 1 John Sullivan 25 Lloyd Doggett Buerkle, Michael C. Burgess, Dan Burton, G. 2 Dan Boren 26 Michael C. Burgess K. Butterfield, Ken Calvert, Dave Camp, 3 Frank D. Lucas 27 Blake Farenthold John Campbell, Francisco ‘‘Quico’’ Canseco, VerDate Mar 15 2010 15:27 Feb 26, 2014 Jkt 099102 PO 00000 Frm 00162 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR11\H18FE1.002 H18FE1 rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with BOUND RECORD February 18, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 157, Pt. 2 2651 Eric Cantor, Shelley Moore Capito, Lois McKeon, David B. McKinley, Cathy McMor- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri- Capps, Michael E. Capuano, Dennis A. Car- ris Rodgers, Jerry McNerney, Patrick Mee- culture. doza, Russ Carnahan, John C. Carney, Jr., han, Gregory W. Meeks, John L. Mica, Mi- 559. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Andre´ Carson, John R. Carter, Bill Cassidy, chael H. Michaud, Brad Miller, Candice S. Management Division, Environmental Pro- Kathy Castor, Steve Chabot, Jason Chaffetz, Miller, Gary G. Miller, George Miller, Jeff tection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s Ben Chandler, Donna M. Christensen, Judy Miller, Gwen Moore, James P. Moran, Mick final rule — Fludioxonil; Pesticide Toler- Chu, David N. Cicilline, Hansen Clarke, Mulvaney, Christopher S. Murphy, Tim Mur- ances for Emergency Exemptions [EPA-HQ- Yvette D. Clarke, Wm. Lacy Clay, Emanuel phy, Sue Wilkins Myrick, Jerrold Nadler, OPP-2010-0982; FRL-8859-6] received January Cleaver, James E. Clyburn, Howard Coble, Grace F. Napolitano, Richard E. Neal, Randy 31, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to Mike Coffman, Steve Cohen, Tom Cole, K. Neugebauer, Kristi L. Noem, Eleanor Holmes the Committee on Agriculture. Michael Conaway, Gerald E. ‘‘Gerry’’ Con- Norton, Richard Nugent, Devin Nunes, Alan 560. A letter from the Director, Regulatory nolly, John Conyers, Jr., Jim Cooper, Jim Nunnelee, Pete Olson, John W. Olver, Wil- Management Division, Environmental Pro- Costa, Jerry F. Costello, Joe Courtney, Chip liam L. Owens, Steven M. Palazzo, Frank tection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s Cravaack, Eric A. ‘‘Rick’’ Crawford, Ander Pallone, Jr., Bill Pascrell, Jr., Ed Pastor, final rule — n-Octyl alcohol and n-Decyl al- Crenshaw, Mark S. Critz, Joseph Crowley, Ron Paul, Erik Paulsen, Donald M. Payne, cohol; Exemption from the Requirement of a Henry Cuellar, John Abney Culberson, Elijah Stevan Pearce, Nancy Pelosi, Mike Pence, Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0181; FRL-8860- E. Cummings, Danny K. Davis, Geoff Davis, Ed Perlmutter, Gary C. Peters, Collin C. 7] received January 31, 2011, pursuant to 5 Susan A. Davis, Peter A. DeFazio, Diana Peterson, Thomas E. Petri, Pedro R. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ag- DeGette, Rosa L. DeLauro, Jeff Denham, Pierluisi, Chellie Pingree, Joseph R. Pitts, riculture. Charles W. Dent, Scott DesJarlais, Theodore Todd Russell Platts, Ted Poe, Jared Polis, 561. A letter from the Director, Regulatory E. Deutch, Mario Diaz-Balart, Norman D. Mike Pompeo, Bill Posey, David E. Price, Management Division, Environmental Pro- Dicks, John D. Dingell, Lloyd Doggett, Rob- Tom Price, Benjamin Quayle, Mike Quigley, tection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s ert J. Dold, Joe Donnelly, Michael F. Doyle, Nick J. Rahall II, Charles B. Rangel, Tom final rule — (S,S)-Ethylenediamine David Dreier, Sean P. Duffy, Jeff Duncan, Reed, Denny Rehberg, David G. Reichert, Disuccinic Acid Trisodium Salt; Exemption John J. Duncan, Jr., Donna F. Edwards, James B. Renacci, Silvestre Reyes, Reid J. from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA- Keith Ellison, Renee L. Ellmers, Jo Ann Ribble, Laura Richardson, Cedric L. Rich- HQ-OPP-2010-0733; FRL-8860-6] received Janu- Emerson, Eliot L. Engel, Anna G. Eshoo, Eni mond, E. Scott Rigell, David Rivera, Martha ary 31, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); F.H. Faleomavaega, Blake Farenthold, Sam Roby, David P. Roe, Harold Rogers, Mike to the Committee on Agriculture. 562. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Farr, Chaka Fattah, Bob Filner, Stephen Lee Rogers, Mike Rogers, Dana Rohrabacher, Management Division, Environmental Pro- Fincher, Michael G. Fitzpatrick, Jeff Flake, Todd Rokita, Thomas J. Rooney, Ileana Ros- tection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s Charles J. ‘‘Chuck’’ Fleischmann, John Lehtinen, Peter J. Roskam, Dennis Ross, final rule — Cyprodinil; Pesticide Tolerances Fleming, Bill Flores, J. Randy Forbes, Jeff Mike Ross, Steven R. Rothman, Lucille Roy- [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0385; FRL-8860-3] received Fortenberry, Virginia Foxx, Barney Frank, bal-Allard, Edward R. Royce, Jon Runyan, C. January 31, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Trent Franks, Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Bobby L. Rush, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri- Marcia L.
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