January 11, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H323 Cheney Hice, Jody B. Murphy (FL) Thornberry Vela´ zquez Wenstrup REGULATORY ACCOUNTABILITY Chu, Judy Higgins (LA) Murphy (PA) Tiberi Visclosky Westerman Cicilline Higgins (NY) Napolitano Tipton Wagner Williams ACT OF 2017 Clark (MA) Hill Neal Titus Walberg Wilson (FL) GENERAL LEAVE Clarke (NY) Himes Newhouse Tonko Walden Wilson (SC) Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I ask Cleaver Holding Noem Torres Walker Wittman Coffman Hollingsworth Nolan Trott Walorski Womack unanimous consent that all Members Cohen Hoyer Norcross Tsongas Walters, Mimi Woodall may have 5 legislative days within Cole Hudson Nunes Turner Walz Yarmuth which to revise and extend their re- Collins (GA) Huffman O’Halleran Upton Wasserman Yoder marks and include extraneous mate- Collins (NY) Huizenga O’Rourke Valadao Schultz Yoho Comer Hultgren Olson Vargas Weber (TX) Young (AK) rials on H.R. 5. Comstock Hurd Palazzo Veasey Webster (FL) Young (IA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Conaway Issa Pallone Vela Welch Zeldin objection to the request of the gen- Connolly Jayapal Palmer NAYS—17 tleman from Virginia? Conyers Jeffries Panetta There was no objection. Cook Jenkins (KS) Pascrell Amash Gosar Labrador Cooper Jenkins (WV) Paulsen Brat Griffith Massie The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Correa Johnson (LA) Pearce Brooks (AL) Grothman Perry ALLEN). Pursuant to House Resolution Costa Johnson (OH) Pelosi Buck Hunter Poe (TX) 33 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares Costello (PA) Johnson, Sam Peters Budd Jones Sanford the House in the Committee of the Courtney Joyce (OH) Peterson Gohmert Jordan Whole House on the state of the Union Cramer Kaptur Pingree NOT VOTING—31 Crawford Katko Pittenger for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 5. Crist Keating Pocan Bass Jackson Lee Pompeo The Chair appoints the gentleman Crowley Kelly (MS) Poliquin Becerra Johnson (GA) Price, Tom (GA) from Illinois (Mr. BOST) to preside over Bishop (GA) Johnson, E. B. Cuellar Kelly (PA) Polis Richmond the Committee of the Whole. Culberson Kennedy Posey Brown (MD) Kelly (IL) Rush Cummings Khanna Price (NC) Butterfield Lee Rutherford b 1350 Curbelo (FL) Kihuen Quigley Clay Lewis (GA) Ryan (OH) Davidson Kildee Raskin Clyburn Moore Waters, Maxine IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Davis (CA) Kilmer Ratcliffe Evans Mulvaney Watson Coleman Accordingly, the House resolved Fudge Nadler Davis, Danny Kind Reed Zinke itself into the Committee of the Whole Davis, Rodney King (IA) Reichert Green, Al Payne DeFazio King (NY) Renacci Harris Perlmutter House on the state of the Union for the DeGette Kinzinger Rice (NY) consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to re- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Delaney Knight Rice (SC) form the process by which Federal The SPEAKER pro tempore (during DeLauro Krishnamoorthi Roby agencies analyze and formulate new DelBene Kuster (NH) Roe (TN) the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- regulations and guidance documents, Demings Kustoff (TN) Rogers (AL) ing. Denham LaHood Rogers (KY) to clarify the nature of judicial review Dent LaMalfa Rohrabacher b 1346 of agency interpretations, to ensure DeSantis Lamborn Rokita DeSaulnier Lance Rooney, Francis So (two-thirds being in the affirma- complete analysis of potential impacts DesJarlais Langevin Rooney, Thomas tive) the rules were suspended and the on small entities of rules, and for other Deutch Larsen (WA) J. bill was passed. purposes, with Mr. BOST in the chair. Diaz-Balart Larson (CT) Ros-Lehtinen The result of the vote was announced The Clerk read the title of the bill. Dingell Latta Rosen The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the Doggett Lawrence Roskam as above recorded. Donovan Lawson (FL) Ross bill is considered read the first time. A motion to reconsider was laid on The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Doyle, Michael Levin Rothfus the table. F. Lewis (MN) Rouzer GOODLATTE) and the gentleman from Duffy Lieu, Ted Roybal-Allard PERSONAL EXPLANATION Michigan (Mr. CONYERS) each will con- Duncan (SC) Lipinski Royce (CA) Mr. BROWN of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, I re- Duncan (TN) LoBiondo Ruiz trol 30 minutes. Dunn Loebsack Ruppersberger grettably was absent from the following votes The Chair recognizes the gentleman Ellison Lofgren Russell in order to attend the Senate confirmation from Virginia. Emmer Long Sa´ nchez hearing for Attorney General nominee Senator Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Chairman, I Engel Loudermilk Sarbanes Eshoo Love Scalise SESSIONS. Had I been present, I would have yield myself such time as I may con- Espaillat Lowenthal Schakowsky voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 32, ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall sume. Esty Lowey Schiff No. 33, and ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 34. Mr. Chairman, it is a new day in Farenthold Lucas Schneider America. For 8 years, the Obama ad- Faso Luetkemeyer Schrader PERSONAL EXPLANATION Ferguson Lujan Grisham, Schweikert Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, I attended Senate ministration has brought us one thing Fitzpatrick M. Scott (VA) confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General in response to the Nation’s need for re- ´ Fleischmann Lujan, Ben Ray Scott, Austin in Judiciary Committee. Had I been present, I covery from hard times—failure. Flores Lynch Scott, David Bold, innovative measures to unleash Fortenberry MacArthur Sensenbrenner would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 32, Foster Maloney, Serrano ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 33, and ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall American freedom, opportunity, and Foxx Carolyn B. Sessions No. 34. resourcefulness could have brought Frankel (FL) Maloney, Sean Sewell (AL) prosperity’s return after the Great Re- PERSONAL EXPLANATION Franks (AZ) Marchant Shea-Porter cession, just as under Ronald Reagan Frelinghuysen Marino Sherman Mr. EVANS. Mr. Speaker, I attended Senate Gabbard Marshall Shimkus following his era’s recession. Gaetz Mast Shuster hearing. Had I been present, I would have But the Obama administration re- Gallagher Matsui Simpson voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 32, ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall sponded differently, with measure after Gallego McCarthy Sinema No. 33, and ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 34. Garamendi McCaul Sires overreaching measure, through regula- Garrett McClintock Slaughter PERSONAL EXPLANATION tion, taxes, and spending. It was con- Gibbs McCollum Smith (MO) Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, on sumed by the folly of trying to force Gonzalez (TX) McEachin Smith (NE) Wednesday, January 11, 2017, I was unavoid- transformation from the American peo- Goodlatte McGovern Smith (NJ) Gottheimer McHenry Smith (TX) ably detained attending to representation du- ple through command and control from Gowdy McKinley Smith (WA) ties and was not present for rollcall Votes 32 Washington. Everywhere it went, it Granger McMorris Smucker through 34. Had I been present, I would have sought to choose the winners and los- Graves (GA) Rodgers Soto voted as follows: On rollcall 32, I would have Graves (LA) McNerney Speier ers. Graves (MO) McSally Stefanik voted ‘‘no.’’ On rollcall 33, I would have voted When Washington tries to choose the Green, Gene Meadows Stewart ‘‘no.’’ On rollcall 34, I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ winners and losers, we all lose. And Grijalva Meehan Stivers f lose we have. We have a national debt Guthrie Meeks Suozzi of $20 trillion thanks to the outgoing Gutie´rrez Meng Swalwell (CA) MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Hanabusa Messer Takano administration’s blowout spending. We Harper Mitchell Taylor A message in writing from the Presi- have an economy that for 8 years has Hartzler Moolenaar Tenney dent of the United States was commu- failed to produce enough good, new, Hastings Mooney (WV) Thompson (CA) Heck Moulton Thompson (MS) nicated to the House by Mr. Brian full-time jobs to sustain growth and re- Hensarling Mullin Thompson (PA) Pate, one of his secretaries. store dignity to the unemployed. We VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:54 Jan 12, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11JA7.008 H11JAPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H324 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 11, 2017 have 92 million Americans outside the Title IV prevents one of the most HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, workforce, a level not seen since the egregious of bureaucrats’ regulatory COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, Carter years, and nearly $2 trillion of abuses: the promulgation of new rules Washington, DC, January 6, 2017. Hon. JASON CHAFFETZ, American wealth is commandeered that impose over a billion dollars in each year to be spent as Washington Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Govern- annual compliance costs, which must ment Reform, Washington, DC. bureaucrats see fit, through runaway then be complied with even while meri- DEAR CHAIRMAN CHAFFETZ: Thank you for regulation. consulting with the Committee on the Judi- But it is a new day in America. An torious litigation challenging their issuance proceeds in court. Title IV, ciary and agreeing to be discharged from fur- incoming administration promises a ther consideration of H.R. 5, the ‘‘Regulatory new approach to make America great the REVIEW Act, eliminates this Accountability Act,’’ so that the bill may again. Central to that approach is reg- abuse, forcing agencies to stay their proceed expeditiously to the House floor. ulatory reform. The Obama adminis- billion-dollar rules administratively if I agree that your foregoing further action tration abused regulation to force its they are timely challenged in court. on this measure does not in any way dimin- ish or alter the jurisdiction of your com- will on the American people. The as- And in titles V and VI of the bill, the mittee or prejudice its jurisdictional prerog- sembling Trump administration prom- ALERT Act and the Providing Ac- atives on this bill or similar legislation in ises to wipe out abusive regulation, countability Through Transparency the future. I would support your effort to freeing Americans to innovate and Act, this legislation delivers much- seek appointment of an appropriate number prosper once more. Today’s legislation needed, greater transparency for the of conferees from your committee to any will give this new administration the House-Senate conference on this legislation.