[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 208 (Thursday, December 2, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H6872-H6891]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
FURTHER EXTENDING GOVERNMENT FUNDING ACT
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 829, I call
up the bill (H.R. 6119) making further continuing appropriations for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes, and
ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 829, the bill
is considered read.
The text of the bill is as follows:
H.R. 6119
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Further Extending Government
Funding Act''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short Title.
Sec. 2. Table of Contents.
Sec. 3. References.
DIVISION A--FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022
DIVISION B--ADDITIONAL AFGHANISTAN SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2022
DIVISION C--EXTENSIONS
Title I--Extensions
Title II--Budgetary Effects
SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to
``this Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.
DIVISION A--FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022
Sec. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022
(division A of Public Law 117-43) is amended--
(1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and
inserting ``February 18, 2022'';
(2) in section 118, by striking ``first quarter'' and
inserting ``first and second quarters'';
(3) in section 137, by striking ``$22,080,000'' and
inserting ``$44,838,000'' and by striking ``$2,261,000'' and
inserting ``$4,547,000''; and
(4) by adding after section 157 the following new sections:
``Sec. 158. Section 9(i)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018(i)(2)) shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act
for `December 31, 2021'.
``Sec. 159. Section 533 of title V of division B of Public
Law 116-260 is repealed.
``Sec. 160. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section 748 of
title VII of division E of Public Law 116-260 shall be
applied during the period covered by this Act by--
``(1) substituting `2023' for `2022';
``(2) substituting `2022' for `2021' each place it appears;
``(3) substituting `2021' for `2020' each place it appears;
and
``(4) substituting `section 748 of division E of Public Law
116-260, as in effect on September 30, 2021' for `section 749
of division C of Public Law 116-93' each place it appears.
``(b) Subsection (a) shall not take effect until the first
day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after
January 1, 2022.
``Sec. 161. Section 302 of the Universal Service
Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act
for `December 31, 2021' each place it appears.
``Sec. 162. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by
this Act, there is appropriated $1,600,000,000, for an
additional amount for fiscal year 2022, to remain available
until September 30, 2024, for the account specified and for
the activities specified, in section 141 of this Act.
``Sec. 163. During the period covered by this Act, section
506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2318) shall be applied by substituting `$200,000,000' for
`$100,000,000'.''.
This division may be cited as the ``Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2022''.
DIVISION B--ADDITIONAL AFGHANISTAN SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2022
The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Military Personnel, Army
For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Army'',
$128,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022,
for support of Operation Allies Welcome by the Department of
Defense.
Military Personnel, Navy
For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Navy'',
$7,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for
support of Operation Allies Welcome by the Department of
Defense.
Military Personnel, Marine Corps
For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Marine
Corps'', $32,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2022, for support of Operation Allies Welcome by the
Department of Defense.
Military Personnel, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Air
Force'', $145,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2022, for support of Operation Allies Welcome by the
Department of Defense.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid
For an additional amount for ``Overseas Humanitarian,
Disaster, and Civic Aid'', $4,000,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2023, for support of Operation
Allies Welcome by the Department of Defense.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE
Sec. 1101. Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter through
fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a
written report to the congressional defense committees
describing the execution of funds provided in this title,
including the amounts obligated and expended, in total and
since the previous report; the nature of the costs incurred
or services provided by such funds; and any reimbursements or
funds transferred by another Federal agency to the Department
of Defense which relates to the purpose of the funds provided
by this title.
Sec. 1102. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds provided by this title
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shall only be for the purposes specified, and shall not be
subject to any transfer authority provided by law.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT
Office of the Secretary and Executive Management
operations and support
For an additional amount for ``Operations and Support'',
$147,456,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022,
for necessary expenses in support of Operation Allies
Welcome, including the provision of staffing and support
services for Safe Havens: Provided, That amounts provided
under this heading in this Act may be transferred by the
Secretary of Homeland Security to other appropriations in the
Department of Homeland Security only for necessary expenses
of Operation Allies Welcome and not for any other purpose:
Provided further, That amounts made available under this
heading in this Act shall be available in addition to any
other appropriations available for the same purpose,
including appropriations available pursuant to the authority
of section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:
Provided further, That, beginning not later than January 31,
2022, the Office of the Secretary shall report monthly to the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives on the use of transfer authority provided
under this heading in this Act.
TITLE III
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
cdc-wide activities and program support
For an additional amount for ``CDC-Wide Activities and
Program Support'', $8,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2022, for support of Operation Allies Welcome
for medical support, screening, and other related public
health activities related to Afghan arrivals and refugees.
Administration for Children and Families
refugee and entrant assistance
For an additional amount for ``Refugee and Entrant
Assistance'', $1,263,728,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2023, for support of Operation Allies Welcome
for carrying out refugee and entrant assistance activities in
support of citizens or nationals of Afghanistan paroled into
the United States under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act and citizens or nationals of Afghanistan
for whom such refugee and entrant assistance activities are
authorized: Provided, That amounts made available under this
heading in this Act may be used for grants or contracts with
qualified nonprofit organizations to provide culturally and
linguistically appropriate services, including wrap-around
services during temporary housing and after resettlement,
housing assistance, medical assistance, legal assistance,
education services, and case management assistance: Provided
further, That the Director of the Office of Refugee
Resettlement, in carrying out section 412(c)(1)(A) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act with amounts made available
under this heading in this Act, may allocate such amounts
among the States in a manner that accounts for the most
current data available.
TITLE IV
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Administration of Foreign Affairs
diplomatic programs
For an additional amount for ``Diplomatic Programs'',
$44,300,000, to remain available until expended, for support
for Operation Allies Welcome and related efforts by the
Department of State, including additional relocations of
individuals at risk as a result of the situation in
Afghanistan and related expenses, and to reimburse the
account under this heading in prior Acts making
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign
operations, and related programs for obligations previously
incurred.
emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service
For an additional amount for ``Emergencies in the
Diplomatic and Consular Service'', $36,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for support for Operation Allies
Welcome and related efforts by the Department of State,
including additional relocations of individuals at risk as a
result of the situation in Afghanistan and related expenses,
and to reimburse the account under this heading in prior Acts
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign
operations, and related programs for obligations previously
incurred.
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Department of State
united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund
For an additional amount for ``United States Emergency
Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund'', $1,200,000,000, to
remain available until expended, notwithstanding section
2(c)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962
(22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(2)), for support for Operation Allies
Welcome and related efforts by the Department of State,
including additional relocations of individuals at risk as a
result of the situation in Afghanistan and related expenses.
GENERAL PROVISION--THIS TITLE
Sec. 1401. The Secretary of State shall include in the
reports required by section 2402 of title IV of the
Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division C
of Public Law 117-43) the proposed uses of funds appropriated
under this title.
TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT
Sec. 1501. Each amount appropriated or made available by
this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for
the fiscal year involved.
Sec. 1502. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 1503. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the
additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appropriations
accounts shall be available under the authorities and
conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts for
fiscal year 2022.
Sec. 1504. Each amount provided by this division is
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section
4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022.
Sec. 1505. Not later than January 15, 2022, the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate a written report on Operation Allies Welcome:
Provided, That such report shall describe the strategy and
transition plan leading to the conclusion of Operation Allies
Welcome; a plan, including timeline, for relocating all
Afghans currently residing at Department of Defense
facilities to longer-term housing; the activities and
responsibilities assigned to each Federal agency involved in
such strategy and transition plan; and an estimate of the
costs from each such agency for carrying out such strategy
and transition plan.
This division may be cited as the ``Additional Afghanistan
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022''.
DIVISION C--EXTENSIONS
TITLE I--EXTENSIONS
SEC. 2101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE CERTAIN
APPOINTMENTS FOR NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL
SYSTEM.
Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300hh-11(c)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ``December
3, 2021'' and inserting ``February 18, 2022''.
SEC. 2102. EXTENSION OF ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
Section 3014(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``December 31, 2021'' and inserting ``February
18, 2022''.
SEC. 2103. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ORDER FOR FENTANYL-RELATED
SUBSTANCES.
Effective as if included in the enactment of the Temporary
Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of
Fentanyl Analogues Act (Public Law 116-114), section 2 of
such Act (as amended by Public Law 117-43) is amended by
striking ``January 28, 2022'' and inserting ``February 18,
2022''.
SEC. 2104. EXTENDING INCREASED FMAP FOR CERTAIN TERRITORIES.
(a) In General.--Section 1905(ff)(3) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(ff)(3)) is amended by striking
``December 3, 2021'' and inserting ``February 18, 2022''.
(b) Reduction of Medicare Improvement Fund.--Section
1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``$69,000,000'' and
inserting ``$56,000,000''.
TITLE II--BUDGETARY EFFECTS
SEC. 2201. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
(a) Statutory PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of
this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard
maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-
You-Go Act of 2010.
(b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this
division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard
maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71
(115th Congress).
(c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding
Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the
joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference
accompanying Conference Report 105-217 and section 250(c)(8)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, the budgetary effects of this division shall not be
estimated--
(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act;
(2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on
Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
(3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an
appropriation Act.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill shall be debatable for 1 hour,
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member
of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees.
The gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) and the gentlewoman
from Texas (Ms. Granger) each will control 30 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Connecticut.
General Leave
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members
have 5 legislative days to revise
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and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure
under consideration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from Connecticut?
There was no objection.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Madam Speaker, before I go any further, I would first like to take a
moment to mourn the loss of Congresswoman Carrie Meek. She was an
extraordinary force in the Congress and a pioneer who was never
deterred by any challenge that came her way. I like to say that though
she was unassuming and soft-spoken, she carried a big stick. That is
evident in her enduring legacy today. I had the honor of serving
together with Congresswoman Meek on the Appropriations Committee years
ago, and I feel immensely privileged to have worked with her to help
expand opportunity for all Americans. We all mourn her loss.
Madam Speaker, I will be frank. Instead of being here today
discussing another continuing resolution, I wish that we were here to
present a bipartisan, bicameral appropriations agreement. Continuing
resolutions are not the way to govern. They are a short-term patch that
leaves the American people behind. But we are here today because my
colleagues across the aisle have refused time and time again to begin
negotiations or even offer a proposal of their own for government
funding that delivers for the American people.
House and Senate Democrats have put forward their proposals, but
Republicans have not presented an offer of their own. There is not one
piece of paper describing what Republicans want. It has been 30 days
since I brought together a bipartisan, bicameral four-corners meeting
on November 2, and to date we have not heard one word from them--not
one word.
But now my Republican counterparts want more time--something that
they have had since we came to this floor to pass the last funding
extension 62 days ago, which means we now have no choice but to pursue
a short-term extension. Make no mistake, Madam Speaker, a vote against
this continuing resolution is a vote to shut the government down.
The legislation before us, the Further Extending Government Funding
Act, continues government funding at current levels through February
18. It makes minimal changes to address the most urgent of needs during
the period of the continuing resolution and provides $7 billion to
continue supporting Afghanistan evacuees after the end of 20 years of
war.
While I wish the February 18 end date were earlier--and I pursued
earlier dates--I believe this agreement allows the appropriations
process to move forward toward a final funding agreement that addresses
the needs of the American people.
Let me be clear, working families, small businesses, veterans, and
our military need the certainty that comes with passing omnibus funding
legislation instead of short-term funding patches. Republicans must
join us for bipartisan, bicameral negotiations to resolve our
differences and keep government working for us all.
For our communities, we need an omnibus to create and sustain good-
paying jobs, support small businesses, prevent future pandemics, and
advance lifesaving medical research. We need an omnibus to strengthen
public schools, protect our air and water, combat the opioid epidemic,
and support core services such as food safety and consumer product
inspections. Without an omnibus, investments in all these areas will be
denied.
For our veterans, we need an omnibus to provide sufficient funding
for veterans' benefits, reduce backlogs for veterans and their
families, and meet the needs of the VA's healthcare system. Without an
omnibus there will be a shortfall that will cause veterans not to
receive their benefits in full.
For our national security, we need an omnibus to support defense
readiness and modernization, secure our cyber infrastructure, and
strengthen American leadership abroad. Without an omnibus, a pay raise
for troops will not be funded while funds will be misdirected to a war
we are no longer fighting.
As I said before, I wanted to be here today passing a bipartisan,
bicameral appropriations agreement. Sadly, we are not. But as
Republicans take the next 2\1/2\ months, Democrats remain ready,
willing, and able to move this process forward. We are ready to go, but
we need willing partners to put the American people first.
With a new deadline of February 18, it is long past time for our
Republican colleagues to offer constructive proposals to address the
critical issues facing the country by funding the Federal Government's
important work. As the American people put their faith and trust in us,
they deserve no less.
Madam Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on this legislation, and I
reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Madam Speaker, today I rise to speak on H.R. 6119, a short-term
continuing resolution through February 18. I must admit that I am
disappointed to be on the floor of the House today to speak about a
continuing resolution rather than full-year appropriations bills. But
earlier this year, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle crafted
fiscal year 2022 bills with little input from Republicans, and we have
not been able to find a path forward.
During markups this summer, our Members made it clear we would not
support partisan bills that include irresponsible spending increases
and extreme policies. Unfortunately, that is exactly where we find
ourselves.
The House and Senate bills were drafted to top-line spending levels
that do not reflect a bipartisan consensus. The majority party also
focused funding on their own priorities with nondefense spending
increasing at a much higher rate than defense spending. And last, but
certainly not least, the policies in the bills are the most extreme
that I have seen since I became a member of the Appropriations
Committee.
During 2019 and 2020, there were also strong differences of opinions,
but we had an agreement in place that allowed us to negotiate final
bills quickly. The terms were rather simple. The party leaders and the
White House reached early agreement on the spending framework. Everyone
agreed to drop controversial language and restore longstanding
provisions unless all sides agreed to changes. I am concerned that we
cannot have meaningful discussions on full-year appropriations without
a similar understanding before we start.
I wish we would have focused on funding the essential elements of
government long before now. Instead, too much time has been spent
focusing on extremely partisan and costly bills being sent to the
President's desk, and there could be another bill on the way before the
end of the year.
It is unrealistic for Republicans to negotiate on appropriations
bills while this massive reconciliation package is still under
discussion. Our constituents are demanding that we take a comprehensive
look at all of the spending this year. With our debt skyrocketing and
inflation at the highest levels in 30 years, we cannot afford to think
about appropriations bills in isolation. However, I do hope that we can
make progress getting our bills finalized once we move into the new
year; otherwise, we will be having the same conversation in February
about another continuing resolution.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman
from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), who is the chairwoman of the Appropriations
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies.
Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I thank the chairwoman for yielding.
Madam Speaker, I rise to address this latest short-term budget fix
before us. We have a bipartisan responsibility to pass a full-year
appropriations package. Democrats have worked in good faith to find
common ground that will allow us to meet our national obligations to
the American people and deliver essential services that they expect.
Unfortunately, Republicans have decided that engaging in partisan
politics and throwing up needless speed bumps in delays and roadblocks
is more important than doing their job.
The people harmed most by this obstruction are the hardworking
families,
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seniors, and veterans I represent. In fact, our Great Lakes region
deserves so much better, and Americans deserve better. Let's govern our
Nation. No more stalls.
Our bipartisan Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee worked diligently to craft a forward-thinking bill. It
invests new resources to meet America's needs and create good jobs in
clean energy and water technologies allowing us to secure our Nation's
energy independence, create good-paying jobs, and confront the climate
crisis that is impacting every coast in every region and, frankly,
continent.
A full-year bill will ensure our water resource agencies are able to
meet the needs of the American people and solidify our waterway and
port infrastructure driving our economy forward, meeting the backlogs
that are there, and creating good jobs from coast to coast.
The people's business must be conducted, and for the sake of our
Nation, Republicans should work in a constructive manner, not
destructive.
We look forward to passing these bills and investing in the American
people. For now, I urge my colleagues to support this bridge to the
future and move our Nation forward again.
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Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume. I rise in reluctant opposition to the continuing resolution.
But first, I want to recognize our good friend, Carrie Meek, from
Florida. I share the gentlewoman's sadness over her passing. She was a
good friend. She was a great Member, and we will miss her, and I extend
my condolences to her family.
For months, my friends on the other side of the aisle spent their
time crafting their big tax and spend social welfare bill. In the end,
they passed a bill that will most likely fail in the Senate because it
represents the most radical change to the American social contract in
history, creating generations of dependency on the backs of the
American middle class. While they went back and forth, going further
left with each version, the clock on funding our government ran out.
The most basic responsibility of this Congress is to fund the
government, to ensure seniors and veterans receive their earned
benefits on time. Yet, the majority pushed aside that basic duty in the
name of radical social change. The CR before us represents their
failure to govern.
As the ranking Republican on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee,
our committee has heard firsthand about the threats that face our
country and our allies.
Right now, at this very moment, the Russians have amassed forces
along the Ukrainian border, weeks after they purposely demonstrated
their ability to destroy a satellite in high orbit. It is unbelievable.
A record number of Chinese military airplanes have flown that Taiwan
airspace, and their naval forces continue to threaten freedom of
navigation in the South China Sea.
President Biden's abject failure in Afghanistan, which freed an
estimated 7,000 hardened terrorists, has created more uncertainty for
both us and our allies. And threats such as North Korea, Iran, and
other nonstate actors remain as well.
We cannot continue to cripple our national security apparatus with
CRs year after year. It is not only wasteful--this CR is going to cost
the Department of Defense about $1.7 billion per month for nothing--but
it allows our adversaries to continue gaining while we remain stagnant.
Now more than ever, we must give them the funding and tools they need
to counter threats to the United States.
It is time that the majority focus on their most basic task: Do the
work the American people expect of our government.
Our U.S. servicemembers, veterans, seniors, and the most vulnerable
among us deserve better. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no,'' and I
reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, once again, the Republicans refuse to
come to the table to negotiate, thereby jeopardizing benefits for our
veterans and our national security. We can move if they come to the
table.
I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr.
Price), the chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related
Agencies.
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this
continuing resolution. But I want to make clear: This is a stopgap
measure, necessitated by Republican refusal to work with Democrats on a
bicameral, bipartisan basis to find a path forward for the balance of
the fiscal year.
Specifically, I can attest to the need for a full-year transportation
T-HUD bill to update our aging transportation infrastructure, to remedy
inequities in housing and transportation, prevent evictions, and make
our infrastructure more resilient to natural disasters and climate
change.
We need to fortify safety as the primary function of the Federal
Aviation Administration, providing full-year funding to strengthen
certification activities, modernize air traffic control, and hire
highly qualified personnel.
We need to fully renew all Section 8 and other housing vouchers for
nearly 5 million low-income and working families to ensure that they
can remain stably housed. We also need to keep pace with the cost of
upgrading our Nation's public housing, which houses more than 2 million
low-income residents.
We also spent months vetting over 1,000 Community Project Funding
requests in a bipartisan manner for well-designed housing,
transportation, and economic development projects that produce direct
community benefits throughout the country. Without completing the
annual appropriations process, none of these investments will be
possible.
Madam Speaker, I urge adoption of this CR today but I also urge my
Republican colleagues to meet Congress' most basic constitutional
responsibility of funding our government and directing investments for
the future by coming to the table. Come to the table. Let's find a
constructive path forward.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Texas (Mr. Roy).
Mr. ROY. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
There is a lot of noise in this town right now about government
shutdowns, and the fact is, the issue isn't about shutdowns. It is
about whether or not Members of this body will continue to use money we
don't have to fund mandates, indoctrination, and the use of force
against our citizens:
$73.5 billion for the Department of Education that subsidizes the
indoctrination of our children with critical race theory and woke
gender ideologies;
$10 billion for an FBI that was just used by the Attorney General of
the United States to target parents;
$50 billion for a Department of Homeland Security that leaves our
borders wide open, empowering cartels because Secretary Mayorkas fails
to execute the laws of the United States;
$6 billion for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases run by Dr. Fauci.
Need I say more?
$592 million for OSHA, which has imposed an unconstitutional vaccine
mandate on 84 million Americans.
I offered an amendment to strip any funding from this bill that would
fund Federal vaccine mandates, and it wasn't even able to see the light
of day.
This is about a Congress that is supposed to use the power of the
purse, our Article I authority, rather than hiding behind the judges in
Article III, to check the executive branch. We have a moral obligation
to give voice and representation to the people who elected us whose
liberty and livelihoods are being attacked.
My friend who battles MS is looking at being terminated from the
university she teaches at because of the unlawful Federal contractor
mandate.
The medical hero in Texas who is 9 months pregnant is facing
termination under the unlawful CMS mandate.
Military personnel, including the 13-year Army veteran in my district
who is concerned about myocarditis, are facing being discharged from
service to our country.
These are our neighbors, our relatives, our friends--maybe not for
some of you who go home to double-masked, vaccine passport cities. But
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these are real Americans that this government wants to go after.
I urge my colleagues to stop empowering executive branch tyranny over
Americans, and I urge my Republican colleagues to not just vote ``no''
and give a speech, but go stand with Mike Lee. Go stand with others in
the Senate trying to defend these Americans. We should not fund tyranny
over American citizens.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, antiscience fearmongering about vaccines
is wrong. Fears about government requirements for vaccines are flat-out
silly. And the Republicans are prepared to shut down the government
based on this. Incredible.
I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms.
Roybal-Allard), the chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on
Homeland Security.
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Madam Speaker, each year, the first and most
important responsibility Congress has is to determine how taxpayer
dollars will be spent on behalf of our constituents. The continuing
resolution before the House will prevent a government shutdown and give
us sufficient time to complete the full-year funding bills if the
minority will finally come to the negotiating table.
Some friends on the other side of the aisle have suggested simply
enacting a yearlong CR, which would effectively wash our hands of our
constitutional duty. My subcommittee is responsible for drafting the
funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. If, as my
Republican colleagues have suggested, we were to pass a full-year CR,
DHS would lose critical increases in the House bill that are imperative
to the security of the United States. This includes a historic 20
percent increase for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency; funding to increase FEMA's capacity to respond to the growing
frequency of disasters linked to climate change; a quadrupling of
funding for trade facilitation and security at our ports of entry; a 6
percent increase for Homeland Security Investigations; and an 8 percent
increase for critical Coast Guard operations.
Let's quickly approve this short-term CR and then roll up our sleeves
and work together to fulfill our constitutional duty by negotiating
full-year bills.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman
from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), the chairman of the Appropriations
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies.
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for
yielding.
This year, House Democrats worked hard and passed government funding
bills which support vital programs that create jobs, grow our economy,
and ensure our national security.
As chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies, I want to stress that the programs in our bill touch
the lives of every single American every day.
It would ensure that USDA can continue to feed America and the world,
to help expand economic opportunity, to create jobs in rural areas, and
to fully meet the demand for farm ownership loans.
It would increase funding to address the opioid crisis and rare
cancers and resume unannounced, in-person inspections in the two
largest foreign drug manufacturing countries in the world, China and
India.
Simply put, it would provide resources to ensure that we have the
most abundant, wholesome, and safest food and medicine in the world.
It will help families that may struggle to put food on the table
through programs like SNAP and WIC.
Sadly, the bill cannot move forward because, in the past few months,
House and Senate Republicans have refused to negotiate with Democrats
on government funding.
Today, we are passing this short-term bill just to keep the
government open. In doing so, Democrats are making sure our government
continues serving the American people. We are also offering another
chance for our Republican colleagues to come to the table with
constructive proposals.
I urge my colleagues to support this bill and, more importantly, to
come together with us to provide peace of mind and certainty to our
fellow Americans by passing a full fiscal year '22 funding bill
package.
Madam Speaker, I include in the Record letters in support of the bill
from the Aerospace Industries Association, the Coalition on Human
Needs, the Coalition for Health Funding, and the National Defense
Industrial Association.
Aerospace Industries Association,
Arlington, VA, November 2, 2021.
Hon. Chuck Schumer,
Majority Leader, U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Mitch McConnell,
Minority Leader, U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Kevin McCarthy,
Minority Leader, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, Ranking
Member McConnell, and Ranking Member McCarthy: The United
States aerospace and defense industries are an essential
partner with the federal government in an array of efforts
vital to our economy and our national security. Each fall,
that partnership is tested when those programs are slowed
down or deferred by the use of multiple continuing
resolutions (CR) to keep the government running. On behalf of
our vital industries and our more than two million employees,
the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) strongly urges you
to reach a near-term agreement on fiscal year 2022 funding to
avoid further CRs beyond December 3, 2021.
Government watchdogs continue to document the waste and
unnecessary disruption that CRs cause to federal programs.
Multiple agencies advised the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) in a 2021 report that longer CRs ``contributed
to distortions in agencies' spending, adding to the rush to
obligate funds late in the year before they expire.'' The GAO
determined that contracting officers working under a CR must
continuously align the period of performance under their
contracts to the specific timeframe of a given CR, resulting
in many unnecessary contract modifications during the year.
Hiring of new civilian staff is also delayed, making it
harder for agencies to meet their goals. The GAO notes that
agencies apply creative workarounds in the first quarter of
each fiscal year, because they assume that appropriations
bills will not be in place by the beginning of the fiscal
year. However, these effects become far more serious, and
agency staff have fewer options, when CRs continue into the
second quarter and beyond.
The Department of Defense (DOD) is uniquely harmed under
CRs because these bills typically prohibit DOD from starting
new programs or activities or increasing any program's
production rate beyond that of the current fiscal year. Both
`new starts' and rate increases are critical for our national
defense because our defense posture and threats are always
evolving. As CRs extend to longer periods during the year,
this is an increasing problem for which DOD seldom gets
relief. DOD reported to the GAO that between FY10 and FY20,
they had requested exceptions to CR language (called
``anomalies'') 1,258 times and had only been granted three
percent of those requests. Most of these requested relief
from the prohibition on new starts and rate increases. We
strongly believe that, should Congress produce CRs extending
into the second quarter of FY22, it should eliminate the
prohibition on new starts and production rate increases.
FY22 is the first year in a decade when discretionary
spending levels have not been fixed in statute by the Budget
Control Act. AIA has long argued that statutory caps are not
needed because Congress and the administration are able to
assess and address the needs of the nation more effectively,
and with greater oversight, through the annual appropriations
process. Last year, Congress enacted all 12 full-year
appropriations bills by December 27. If Congress fails to
once again enact full-year appropriations bills, or continues
running the government into 2022 under continuing
resolutions, it will send the wrong signal to the
government's partners, like those in our industry. We count
on stable, reliable and adequate funding to support the
critical capabilities that we provide for all Americans.
Like other industries, COVID-19 took a serious toll on our
workforce and the thousands of small- and medium-sized
businesses along the supply chain that are at the heart of
the aerospace and defense industries. More than ever,
businesses across all industries need predictability and
consistency.
We again ask that you ensure that all government programs
receive full Fiscal Year 2022 funding on or before December
3, 2021.
Sincerely,
Eric Fanning,
President and CEO,
Aerospace Industries Association.
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Coalition on Human Needs,
Washington, DC, November 15, 2021.
Hon. Rosa DeLauro,
Chairwoman, House Committee on Appropriations, Washington,
DC.
Dear Chairwoman DeLauro: On behalf of the Coalition on
Human Needs, I am writing to strongly urge you to do
everything in your power to enact omnibus FY 2022
appropriations legislation including all 12 subcommittee
bills. Our nation badly needs the increased funding provided
in the House Appropriations Committee bills. We face many
increased needs, a great many exacerbated by the pandemic and
its economic dislocations. For more than a decade, funding
levels for vital human needs programs have shrunk, especially
taking inflation into account. If Congress fails to enact
omnibus appropriations legislation and instead defaults to a
long-term continuing resolution (CR) with flat funding, we
will seriously damage our capacity to respond to the multiple
public health and economic crises we face. As a member of the
House Committee on Appropriations, you have a key role to
play in working for enactment of an omnibus, not a long-term
CR.
Members of the Coalition on Human Needs, including human
service provider organizations, faith groups, labor, civil
rights, policy experts and other advocates concerned with
meeting the needs of people with low incomes,
enthusiastically welcomed the funding levels provided in the
Biden FY 2022 budget and the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees. We have tracked nearly 200 human needs programs
over the past decade. Between FYs 2010 and 2020, we found
that two-thirds of these programs, covering health care,
housing, nutrition, social services, education, training, and
more, had lost ground, taking inflation into account. In the
past year, we have begun to rebuild. But the needs are also
growing.
We now face rising prices affecting necessities including
utilities, food, and rent. Flat funding from a prolonged CR
would fail our people by not providing needed increases in
programs such as the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP). The House increases LIHEAP by $125 million;
the Senate bill increases funding by $175 million. Both these
increases are too modest when taking into account that
natural gas heating costs are projected to rise by 30 percent
this winter and heating oil is expected to rise by 43
percent. Nutrition programs will also need funding increases
because of rising food prices. The House has provided $1.4
billion for Senior Nutrition programs, an increase of $436
million above the FY 2021 enacted level. Responding to the
acute shortage of affordable housing, the House bill would
expand rental assistance to 125,000 additional households.
These increases are vitally needed. Flat funding in all these
areas would be simply unacceptable.
We have for some time faced a substance use crisis, and are
projected to reach 100,000 deaths from opioid overdoses by
the end of this year, up from about 93,000 in 2020. The House
funding level for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) is $9.16 billion, $3 billion
more than current year funding. Without those additional
funds, we will not be able to cope with the continuing
increases in opioid addiction.
The pandemic has increased mental health problems. The
proposed SAMHSA funding levels allow us to respond more
adequately. In particular, House funding for various
children's mental health programs increase by $118.5 million
over current year levels. This is a vital turn-around after
years of erosion. From FYs 2010 to 2020, Children's Mental
Health Services declined by 14 percent, including inflation.
We must not return to flat funding when the pandemic has
adversely affected the mental health of millions of children
and adults.
Over the past decade, we allowed our public health capacity
to diminish, and as a consequence we were not ready to cope
with COVID-19. The House Labor-HHS-Education appropriations
bill increases the Centers for Disease Control about $2.7
billion over the current year, allowing for the agency to
rebuild so that it can more effectively respond to COVID-19
and future health threats.
We know our economy is hampered by a mismatch between jobs
available and people with the skills to fill those positions.
FY 2022 appropriations proposals include increases in
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs (WIOA),
YouthBuild, Registered Apprenticeships, and Reintegration of
Ex-Offender programs, as well as expansion of community
college training programs. These will lead to jobs with
higher pay and broadly shared economic growth. These
increases are needed to overcome a ten-year 17 percent
reduction in WIOA programs and to move us forward.
There are too many important programs to list here. But we
do wish to underscore that children have experienced many
hardships during the pandemic, including unprecedented losses
in education. The historic increases proposed in Title I K-12
education for students with low incomes and in special
education funding are urgently needed to help children
overcome the educational setbacks they have experienced.
Title I spending rises by at least $16.6 billion over FY
2021, and there will be $341 more per student for more than
7.6 million students with disabilities. The FY 2022
appropriations bills include many important funding increases
to help families care for their children. In addition to the
mental health, housing, and education funding already
mentioned here, there are badly needed increases in child
care, Head Start, early learning programs, and child abuse
prevention and treatment programs. There are also urgently
needed increases in funds to care for unaccompanied immigrant
children.
The nation's recovery depends on strengthening a host of
domestic programs that have been allowed to shrink for years,
not just to get to where they had been before, but to respond
to needs far greater because of the pandemic and its global
economic dislocations. A long-term continuing resolution
would be a severe failure to address these needs. We strongly
urge you to enact omnibus appropriations legislation
including all twelve bills as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Deborah Weinstein,
Executive Director.
____
November 19, 2021.
Hon. Rosa DeLauro,
Chair, Committee on Appropriations,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Hon. Kay Granger,
Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Hon. Patrick Leahy,
Chairman, Committee on Appropriations,
U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
Hon. Richard Shelby,
Vice Chairman, Committee on Appropriations,
U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
Dear Chair DeLauro, Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Granger,
and Vice Chairman Shelby: On behalf of the Campaign to invest
in American's Workforce, the Coalition for Health Funding,
the Coalition on Human Needs, and the Committee for Education
Funding and our members, we urge you to pass the fiscal year
(FY) 2022 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill as soon as
possible. The bill passed by the House this summer and the
bill proposed by the Senate Appropriations Committee this
fall provide vital increased funding for the programs and
services that have a profound impact on health and well-
being, child development, educational and skills attainment,
employment, and productivity. Failing to enact the FY 2022
bill and relying on continuing resolutions (CRs) would be a
grave missed opportunity to improve the lives of all
Americans.
The use of extended CRs creates disruption and dysfunction,
and injects fiscal uncertainty into an already uncertain
environment for the agencies that support the nation's public
health, education, job training, social services, and much
more. The reliance on CRs that extend far into the new fiscal
year that has become commonplace in recent years limits
Congress's ability to exercise its oversight authority and
make necessary adjustments to funding levels to meet new
demands.
While short-term CRs are challenging enough, the
possibility of a year-long CR could be catastrophic as our
nation continues to struggle to return to normalcy amidst the
COVID-19 pandemic. Below are some examples highlighting the
challenges that a year-long continuing resolution poses to
critical programs funded by the Labor-HHS-Education
appropriations bill:
Last year, the nation's overdose rate increased by a
staggering 30 percent with 90,000 deaths nationwide--a rate
of increase not seen in three decades and it is now reported
that drug overdose deaths reached 100,000 between April 2020
and April 2021, a grim record. In FY 2022, states are slated
to receive billions of dollars to assist with prevention,
treatment, and recovery services--these dollars will be lost
with a full year CR.
CRs make it difficult for state and local health
departments, as well as school districts, to plan activities
and hire staff as they rely on predictable funding from
federal agencies to carry out their work. Funding delays will
hold up essential programmatic work in communities across the
country.
CRs force grant-funding agencies like the National
Institutes of Health to adopt conservative funding policies,
holding back on investments in new areas of life-saving
research and damaging existing ongoing research efforts.
Unreliable and unpredictable funding streams hurt the
nation's scientific enterprise, and damage America's
competitiveness globally.
After a decade of almost frozen funding for education, the
House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education bills provided needed
investments for FY 2022, starting to address long-standing
needs along the education continuum. Freezing funding at last
year's levels would leave funding for the Department of
Education below the level of a decade ago in inflation-
adjusted dollars.
The pandemic continues to have profound impacts on teaching
and learning, and while the COVID-relief already enacted
supports short-term costs associated with the pandemic, there
will be new, ongoing needs that the FY 2022 appropriations
bill begins to address for students, educators, and
institutions.
During the pandemic, the costs of child care at a center
rose an estimated 47 percent, while family day care increased
by 70 percent; many child care centers were forced to close.
Lack of child care is keeping many women from rejoining the
labor force. The House bill increases child care by $1.5
billion and Head Start by $1.4 billion; flat-funding child
care would make it impossible to rebuild capacity.
More than 11.8 million people are unemployed or
underemployed and women, people of color and people without
an education
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past high school comprise a disproportionate amount of these
workers. A CR would deny additional investments to an already
historically underfunded workforce system at a time of great
need.
As the Administration works to implement the historic
investments to our nation's infrastructure included in the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the demand for skilled
workers in industries including construction, manufacturing,
energy and related industries will continue to grow. At the
same time, workers who lost their jobs in retail, hospitality
and other sectors hardest hit by the pandemic are looking for
opportunities to build new skills for available job
opportunities. A CR denies critical investments in training
programs necessary to mitigate the current skills mismatch
and allow workers to access the jobs for which businesses are
hiring.
The cost to heat a home with natural gas is projected to
rise by 30 percent this winter; heating oil costs are
expected to rise by 43 percent. Flat-funding for the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance Program would lead to dramatic
reductions in the number of households served and the amount
of help they get from LIHEAP.
The undersigned organizations call on Congress to pass a FY
2022 appropriations bill in a timely manner to avoid the
damaging trend of long-term CRs and provide needed services
for the American public. Thank you for your consideration. If
you have questions about this letter, please contact:
Erin Will Morton, Coalition for Health Funding
Sarah Abernathy, Committee for Education Funding
Katie Spiker, Campaign to Invest in America's Workforce or
Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs
Sincerely,
Erin Will Morton,
Executive Director, Coalition for Health Funding.
Katie Spiker,
Managing Director of Government Affairs, National Skills
Coalition, Campaign to Invest in America's Workforce.
Sarah Abernathy,
Executive Director, Committee for Education Funding.
Deborah Weinstein,
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs.
____
NDIA,
Arlington, VA, November 1, 2021.
Hon. Patrick Leahy,
Chairman, Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senate.
Hon. Rosa DeLauro,
Chairwoman, Appropriations Committee, House of
Representatives.
Hon. Richard Shelby,
Ranking Member, Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senate.
Hon. Kay Granger,
Ranking Member, Appropriations Committee, House of
Representatives.
Dear Chairman Leahy, Chairwoman DeLauro and Ranking Members
Shelby and Granger: On behalf of the thousands of companies
represented by the National Defense Industrial Association
(NDIA) and across the defense industrial base, we write to
request the expedited completion of the defense appropriation
bill. While we applaud the bipartisan effort to pass a
continuing resolution (CR) and avoid a government shutdown,
it is a poor stand-in for the full-year appropriations
desperately needed by our warfighters and those who provide
them with the equipment and services that enable their
mission.
We cannot stress enough the importance of the defense
appropriations bill to our national security and to a healthy
defense industrial base. The limbo caused under CRs wastes
precious time and money our nation cannot recover. Delayed
new starts and initiatives place a strain on companies and
their workforce, particularly as they recalibrate operations
to a post-pandemic normal. Our nation's competitors face no
similar challenges putting us at a competitive disadvantage,
particularly with emerging technologies, and place our supply
chains at increasing risk, something we cannot afford after
the nearly two years of pandemic impacts.
Doing business with the Federal Government is already hard.
The tomes of regulations, burdensome business requirements,
sometimes Kafkaesque contracting and oversight procedures,
and compressed margins have combined to drive businesses out
of the defense sector with a net outflow of well over 10,000
companies since 2011 and, as noted in our annual Vital Signs
report, a halving of new entrants to the sector between
fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2020 alone. Add to that the
uncertainty of ``if and when'' a full-year defense
appropriations gets signed into law, more companies will
reassess their participation in the defense industrial base.
The ultimate price of this is paid by our warfighters who
will lose out on innovations and new capabilities not
delivered.
The inefficiencies caused by beginning 12 of the last 13
fiscal years without full-year funding have cost the military
services billions lost in inefficient expenditures and
program delays. Also, delayed contract starts challenge
larger contractors while threaten the existence of smaller
prime contractors and small businesses down the supply chain.
The effect of that has a human face and a long-term impact.
To execute a new-start contract, a company must recruit,
hire, and train a workforce despite a tight labor market and
a shortage of workers with the required security clearance.
Faced with a delayed start, that company must now choose
between two bad options, either pay that workforce to stand
idle or let those workers go--both of which could lead to
contract or business failure and undelivered capabilities to
our service members.
With no full-year funding, we cannot afford to go too long
without hampering readiness recovery efforts, delaying
capabilities to our warfighters, and postponing investments
in advanced technologies while allowing our defense
industrial base to erode. NOIA supports a bipartisan
agreement on domestic and national security spending and
encourages the adoption of a two-year budget to prevent
another year of budget instability and to provide the needed
support to the Department of Defense for their critical
missions.
We appreciate your attention to this critical issue and
look forward to working with your Committees moving forward.
Very respectfully,
Herbert J. Carlisle,
General, USAF (Ret), President and CEO, National Defense
Industrial Association.
Arnold L. Punaro,
MajGen, USMC (Ret), Chairman of the Board, National Defense
Industrial Association.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman
from California (Ms. Lee), the chairwoman of the Appropriations
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs.
Ms. LEE of California. Madam Speaker, let me first thank our chair,
Congresswoman DeLauro, for yielding and for her tremendous leadership
throughout this overall process because, I tell you, this continuing
resolution, it really should not be necessary.
We have had ample time under the previous CR to complete bicameral,
bipartisan negotiations to complete our full-year funding
responsibilities, but not all parties have agreed to even come to the
table.
But Democrats are determined to keep our government open, so I urge
everyone to support this continuing resolution.
There are immense needs, though, and challenges outside our borders.
We must complete our work on a full-year appropriations bill that
provides the much-needed investments in diplomacy and development to
meet those challenges.
For far too long, we have had an imbalance between defense,
diplomacy, and development. So I am very proud that the House passed
the State-Foreign Operations bill, increasing funding for global health
and pandemic response efforts, humanitarian assistance, and our
commitment to key allies and partners. We must provide our
international agencies the resources they need to defeat the global
COVID-19 pandemic and ensure that we are taking the proper steps to
protect ourselves in the future.
The House bill also has a tripling of environmental funding from the
prior year, which are critical investments to address climate change
and accelerate the progress in adaptation of clean energy.
Our bill prioritizes the protection and advancement of women,
including for family planning, which has not received an increase in
funding in over a decade.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the
gentlewoman from California.
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Ms. LEE of California. Madam Speaker, these investments, along with
other important investments in housing, jobs, and community investment,
are on hold until we complete our work for fiscal year 2022
appropriations bills. So we must not shrink from our global
responsibility but instead work to pass our budget, an omnibus bill, as
soon as possible. Lives and livelihoods depend on this.
Madam Speaker, again I thank Chairwoman DeLauro for making sure we
keep the government open.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman
from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum), the chair of the Appropriations
Subcommittee on Defense.
Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, we are here today to prevent the
Republicans from shutting down the Federal Government tomorrow.
Republicans in the U.S. Senate are holding the FY 2022 appropriations
process hostage by refusing to do any work, let alone negotiate with
Democrats.
Rather than doing their job of funding the Federal Government, Senate
Republicans want to kick the can down the road, wasting the first 4\1/
2\ months of the fiscal year.
As chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, it is clear
that Republicans are undermining our national security. They are
increasing waste and inefficiency, they are weakening our military
readiness, and they are sending a signal to our troops and the millions
of workers in the defense industry that they are not a priority.
The American people should be sick and tired of hearing Republicans
in Congress talk about how we need a stronger national defense while
doing everything in their power to weaken our national defense.
This is a time of instability in the world. Russia is knocking on the
doorstep of Ukraine. China is at the doorstep of Taiwan. There are
serious national security threats in the world.
When our adversaries look at Congress, they see Republicans playing
political games rather than investing in research and modernization.
What kind of message does that send to our adversaries? What kind of
message does that send to the men and women of our military, who we ask
to do the toughest jobs while putting their lives on the line?
I am voting for this continuing resolution to prevent a Republican
shutdown. But I must say, while this CR is necessary, I find it to be
unacceptable as an outcome.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Texas (Mr. Arrington).
Mr. ARRINGTON. Madam Speaker, these CRs, these fits and starts of
prioritizing the Nation's resources and allocating these resources so
we can run the people's government, are inefficient at best, they are
dysfunctional, it is disgraceful, it is pervasive, and it is a
structural issue that both Republicans and Democrats have to solve
ultimately. I am trying to be fair about this, because I have seen this
happen when Republicans have been in charge, in all fairness.
I think the difference this time in the life of our country is that
my Democrat colleagues have been distracted while trying to pass a
massive tax-and-spend bill. It is the largest expansion of government
and the largest tax hike. It is the biggest transfer of wealth. It is a
lot of things, and they ain't good.
Meanwhile, we are just totally punting on managing our budget. Three
years in a row, my colleagues have not put forth a budget.
What I would like to see us do, to fix this for both sides, is to
consider when we are talking about CRs and the debt ceiling and we are
putting on display for the entire world how dysfunctional we are with
respect to budget and appropriations, is that we would actually put
forward bipartisan reforms like enforceable spending caps. Those are
gone after this year. How about paygos and CutGos that are actually
enforceable so that we force Congress to do what everyone else in the
country does, which is live within their means.
There is a whole list here. Debt targets; no budget, no recess. How
about we stay here and celebrate Christmas together and the holidays
until we get a dadgum budget passed?
There are lots of bipartisan measures that I implore my colleagues to
talk to their leadership about while I am talking to mine, so we can do
something about it and not just keep this dysfunction going infinitum.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, once again, it has been the Republicans'
refusal to come to the table to negotiate that has stopped the process
and forced us to do a short-term stopgap measure. We shouldn't be doing
it, but Republicans need to come to the table.
Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
Ryan), the chairman of the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch.
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, what you are seeing here before the United
States Congress is two clear, different visions of America and where we
want to go and what we want to do.
We know that China is running circles around us. We know they are
building islands in the South China Sea. We know Russia is on the
border. We know the middle class has been eroded. And we know the
Republican philosophy has been cut taxes for the top 1 percent and hope
the crumbs fall down to places like Youngstown, Ohio.
But what we are trying to do is three things. We want to build the
United States, we want to rebuild the middle class, and we want to beat
China.
But we can't do that if we don't have our greatest weapon. And our
greatest weapon during the Cold War and our greatest weapon over the
last 50 years has been a strong middle class. That has been our
greatest weapon, our greatest strength. We reinvested into the United
States, we reinvested into our communities, we invested in the
technology, and we dominated the industry: steel, glass, and aerospace.
Now, we are hearing from the other side: Shut government down. Don't
do anything. We don't want to be an honest broker.
Tyranny? What are you people talking about? We are talking about
universal preschool, and they have it as a communist indoctrination of
the American student. It is insane.
We need to pass this appropriations bill. We need to pass the CHIPS
Act, because we have got to close the technology gap.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the
gentleman from Ohio.
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, we see all of these cargo ships out in
California. They are not coming from Kansas. They are coming from
China. If we don't reinvest and bring these supply chains back here, we
are going to continue to lose. That is what is happening.
China is out-manufacturing us in semiconductors, communications
equipment, electric vehicles, and batteries. We have to rebuild our
country, or this whole thing isn't going to work.
We have got to make sure our kids are healthy and educated and
skilled so they can thrive and outcompete China. That is what this bill
is about. It is not about tyranny. It is not about communist
indoctrination. It is about rebuilding the United States.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
I just want to make a point. The Republicans on the Appropriations
Committee want to increase our defense spending. We don't want to cut
defense spending. Both the Republicans and the Democrats on the
authorizing committee don't want to cut the defense spending. And both
the Republicans and Democrats in the United States Senate don't want to
cut defense spending.
We have a national defense strategy that was laid down by General
Mattis, which I think we should follow, which asked for a net increase
of a minimum of 3 to 5 percent net of inflation. That is just to
maintain some credible deterrent against China and a resurgent Russia.
Until we get to those numbers, we will continue to be operating on a
continuing resolution.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, if the Republicans wanted to do something
about our defense and our security in the military, they would move to
work with us to pass the defense appropriations bill and the omnibus.
Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida
(Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the chair of the Subcommittee on Military
Construction and Veterans' Affairs.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, the Republicans' refusal to
negotiate bipartisan spending bills has us standing on another shutdown
cliff and, once more, relying on another Band-Aid funding bill. It is
the same place we were 2 months ago when Congress voted to provide 2
more months for earnest negotiations. Since then, House and Senate
Democrats put forth proposals, and Republicans put nothing on the
table.
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As anyone who figures out their household bills every week knows, a
table full of nothing doesn't keep the lights on, doesn't put groceries
on the table. Nothing isn't going to put food in the refrigerator, and
it certainly doesn't pay the phone bill or buy anyone's prescriptions.
But that is what Republicans came up with in the last 2 months:
absolutely nothing.
It looks a lot like the solutions Republicans put forward to solve
all of the problems American families face: nothing. They have no plan.
So as responsible stewards, Democrats on the Appropriations Committee
crafted yet another extension to maintain funding levels through
February and ensure that our most urgent needs can be met.
But working families, small businesses, and veterans can't live on
temporary patches. They need the certainty that comes with passing a
full appropriations package to create jobs, prevent future pandemics,
and keep schools safe. We need an omnibus budget to safeguard our air,
our food, and our water.
As chair of the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans'
Affairs, I know veterans need an omnibus to get their earned benefits,
to slash the claims backlogs they face, and to fully meet their VA
healthcare needs.
I urge a ``yes'' vote on this continuing resolution because it will
keep the government open and extend funding for critical education,
health, housing, and public safety programs. These are programs and
services that every community, red or blue, relies on every day.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the
gentlewoman from Florida.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, Republicans' refusal to put the
American people first and faithfully negotiate leaves every parent and
mom-and-pop shop less secure.
Let's get serious about governing.
I say to my Republican colleagues: It is time to show up for work and
stop worshipping at the altar of Donald Trump for 5 minutes, long
enough to do your job.
Let's stop this legislative brinksmanship and immediately begin to
negotiate the FY 2022 bills so we can meet our country's needs.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
I think everybody knows, Madam Speaker, what the conditions are that
have been pretty much publicized. National defense spending must go up
and the balance of the appropriations has to come down; the legacy
riders must come back in, and the poison pills have to go away. It is
pretty simple, as far as I am concerned.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I want to remind my colleague on the
other side of the aisle that a continuing resolution is a cut to
defense. If you come to the table, we will discuss it, then we can move
forward on the defense of this Nation.
Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Maine
(Ms. Pingree), the chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.
Ms. PINGREE. Madam Speaker, I rise to support the continuing
resolution, which extends government funding at current levels until we
pass a full appropriations package for the next fiscal year.
It is my strong hope that this short-term extension will be the last
one and that my colleagues across the aisle will acknowledge our solemn
duty to exercise the power of the purse.
A continuing resolution that lasts a full year does not serve the
American people. As the chair of the Subcommittee on Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies, I can attest that the investments in
the House interior bill would benefit all of our constituents, for
those of us on both sides of the aisle.
The bill makes long-overdue investments to protect human health, to
fight the climate emergency, and to meet our trust obligations to
Tribal nations. It provides critical resources to rebuild the Federal
workforce so that these agencies can meet their missions and better
serve the public.
Failing to complete a full-year bill means no additional investments
in the EPA to research and develop standards for harmful pollutants
like PFAS, no further investments in domestic renewable energy, and
insufficient resources for the healthcare of nearly 2.2 million
American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Regardless of whether we pass a full-year bill, we can be certain
that millions of Americans will be exposed to pollution, that
healthcare costs will rise, and that our window for mitigating climate
change will shrink.
To ignore these threats is not in the Nation's best interest, nor any
of ours. We were sent to Congress to improve the lives and livelihoods
of our constituents.
Madam Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill, but I
encourage my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to finish the
bill.
Madam Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from The Ad Hoc Group
for Medical Research.
The Ad Hoc Group
for Medical Research,
November 15, 2021.
Hon. Rosa DeLauro,
Chair, Committee on Appropriations,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Hon. Kay Granger,
Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Hon. Patrick Leahy,
Chair, Committee on Appropriations,
U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
Hon. Richard Shelby,
Vice Chair, Committee on Appropriations,
U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairwoman DeLauro, Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member
Granger, and Vice Chairman Shelby: Thank you for your past
leadership in championing sustained, real growth in medical
research funding. As Congress begins to draft a final fiscal
year (FY) 2022 spending package, the 314 undersigned members
of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research urge you to invest
robustly in agencies and programs to improve the nation's
health and well-being, including base funding for the
National Institutes of Health (NIH), as a key national
priority and to finalize the appropriations process as
expeditiously as possible. The Ad Hoc Group for Medical
Research is a coalition of patient and voluntary health
groups, medical and scientific societies, academic and
research organizations, and industry, dedicated to enhancing
the federal investment in biomedical, behavioral, social, and
population-based research supported by the NIH.
We greatly appreciate that both the House-passed (H.R.
4502) and Senate draft Labor-HHS-Education spending bills
include strong increases for the NIH base in FY 2022, which
would provide greater hope and opportunity for every patient
awaiting a cure, every researcher working toward the next
breakthrough, and every aspiring scientist considering a
career in the lab. To maximize the potential of medical
research to make rapid progress toward these goals, we urge
you to provide at least $46.4 billion for NIH's base, as
included in the House-passed bill. Continuing the momentum of
the prior six years of bipartisan support for meaningful
funding growth in the NIH's existing institutes and centers
is key to ensuring that the nation can continue to accelerate
the development of life-changing cures, pioneering treatments
and diagnostics, and innovative preventive strategies.
Additionally, we appreciate that both bills ensure that the
new investment for the proposed Advanced Research Projects
Agency for Health (ARPA-H) supplements, rather than
supplants, the NIH's base. While complementary, NIH and ARPA-
H have distinct and important missions. As such, investment
in ARPA-H must not come at the expense of the NIH base.
Instead, to fully realize the benefits of the envisioned new
entity while simultaneously allowing NIH to keep pace with
discovery, an FY 2022 appropriation of at least $46.4 billion
for NIH's base budget is needed. Prioritizing strong
investments for foundational research discoveries funded by
the NIH will be critical to the success of the visionary new
research initiative, particularly as it builds its
operational capacity in its inaugural year and beyond.
Likewise, avoiding further delays in finalizing funding
determinations will enable both ARPA-Hand NIH's planned and
existing programs to be maximally efficient and strategic in
their work in FY 2022.
To that end, our organizations strongly support an approach
to the final FY 2022 spending package that avoids additional
CRs past December. Aside from the budget implications, CRs
create inefficiencies and add uncertainty to a system that is
already
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under stress with the continued reverberations of the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic. We strongly urge you to work swiftly in
securing bipartisan, bicameral agreement on topline
discretionary spending allocations and to ensure any final
budget agreement reflects a strong commitment to the nation's
health.
Once again, we commend you for continuing to recognize the
incomparable value of the federal investment in the NIH, and
we look forward to working with you to secure $46.4 billion
for the agency's base in FY 2022, in addition to funding you
provide for ARPA-H.
Sincerely,
314 Signatories as of November 15, 2021
Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health,
Academic Pediatric Association, Academy for Eating Disorders,
Academy for Professionalism in Health Care, Academy for
Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research, ACT for NIH,
AdventHealth, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Alliance
for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), Alliance for Aging
Research, ALS Association, Alzheimer's Association and
Alzheimer's Impact Movement, Alzheimer's Foundation of
America, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP),
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, American
Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American Academy
of Neurology, American Academy of Pediatrics, American
Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Association
for Anatomy, American Association for Cancer Research,
American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial
Research, American Association for the Advancement of
Science, American Association for the Study of Liver
Diseases, American Association of Chairs of Departments of
Psychiatry, American Association of Colleges of Nursing,
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine,
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, American
Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training,
American Association of Immunologists, American Association
of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of
Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine, American
Association of Physicists in Medicine, American Association
of Veterinary Medical Colleges, American Brain Coalition,
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American
College of Academic Addiction Medicine (ACAAM), American
College of Cardiology.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,
American College of Physicians, American College of
Radiology, American College of Surgeons, American Council on
Education, American Gastroenterological Association American
Geriatrics Society, American Headache Society, American
Institute for Cancer Research, American Institute for Medical
& Biomedical Engineering, American Institute of Ultrasound in
Medicine, American Liver Foundation, American Lung
Association, American Massage Therapy Association, American
Pediatric Society, American Physiological Society, American
Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association,
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
American Society for Investigative Pathology.
American Society for Microbiology, American Society for
Nutrition, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental
Therapeutics, American Society for Reproductive Medicine
(ASRM), American Society for Virology, American Society of
Anesthesiologists, American Society of Hematology, American
Society of Human Genetics, American Society of Nephrology,
American Society of Neuroradiology, American Society of
Pediatric Nephrology, American Society of Radiologic
Technologists, American Surgical Association, American
Thoracic Society, American Urogynecologic Society, American
Urological Association, Anxiety and Depression Association of
America, Associated Medical Schools of New York.
Association for Anatomy, Cell Biology and Neurobiology
Chairs (AACBNC), Association for Clinical and Translational
Science, Association for Clinical Oncology, Association for
Prevention Teaching and Research, Association for
Psychological Science, Association for Research in Vision and
Ophthalmology (ARVO), Association of Academic Health Centers
(AAHC), Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries,
Association of Academic Physiatrists.
Association of American Cancer Institutes, Association of
American Medical Colleges, Association of American
Universities, Association of Bioethics Program Directors,
Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology,
Association of Independent Research Institutes, Association
of Medical and Graduate Departments of Biochemistry (AMGDB),
Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs,
Association of Minority Health Professions Schools,
Association of Pathology Chairs, Association of Population
Centers, Association of Psychologists in Academic Health
Centers, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities,
Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO),
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health,
Association of University Professors of Neurology,
Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology,
Association of University Radiologists, Atrium Health, Autism
Speaks.
AVAC (AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition), Barnes-Jewish
Hospital, Bassett Healthcare Network, Biophysical Society,
BJC HealthCare, Boston Medical Center, Boston University,
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Brown
University, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Case Western
Reserve University, CDH International, Cedars-Sinai, Child
Neurology Foundation, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta,
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia, Children's Mercy Kansas City,
Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation, ChristianaCare.
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, Clinical Research
Forum, Coalition for Clinical and Translational Science,
Coalition for the Life Sciences, College on Problems of Drug
Dependence, Columbia University, COMBINEDBrain, Conference of
Boston Teaching Hospitals, Congress of Neurological Surgeons,
Consortium of Social Science Associations, Cooley's Anemia
Foundation, Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Cornell
University, Council of University Directors of Clinical
Psychology, Council on Social Work Education, Crohn's &
Colitis Foundation, CURE Epilepsy, Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Health.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, Digestive Disease
National Coalition, Dravet Syndrome Foundation, Drexel
University, Duke Health, Duke University, Dystonia Medical
Research Foundation, East Carolina University, ECAN
Esophageal Cancer Action Network, Emory University, Endocrine
Society, Epilepsy Foundation, Federation of American
Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), Federation of
Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Fight
Colorectal Cancer, Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research, Fox
Chase Cancer Center, Friends of the National Institute on
Drug Abuse, GBSICIDP Foundation International, Global Health
Technologies Coalition.
Global Liver Institute, Harvard University, HealthyWomen,
Henry Ford Health System, HIV Medicine Association, Hope For
Stomach Cancer, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
Indiana University, Indiana University Health, Infectious
Diseases Society of America, Initiative to End Alzheimer's
Disease Board of Visitors, International Foundation for
Gastrointestinal Disorders, International Society for Stem
Cell Research (ISSCR), Interstitial Cystitis Association,
JDRF, Jeffrey Modell Foundation, John & Amy Mewhiney Cancer
Foundation, Johns Hopkins University and Medicine, Joslin
Diabetes Center, KidneyCAN.
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Lewy
Body Dementia Association, LGS Foundation, Lupus Foundation
of America, Lymphatic Education & Research Network, Magee-
Womens Research Institute and Foundation, March of Dimes,
Mass General Brigham, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical
Image Perception Society, Medical Library Association,
Memorial Sloan Kettering, MemorialCare Health System,
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, METAvivor,
Michelson Center for Public Policy, Michelson Medical
Research Foundation, Michigan State University, Moffitt
Cancer Center, National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research.
National Alopecia Areata Foundation, National Association
for Biomedical Research, National Eczema Association,
National Fragile X Foundation, National Kidney Foundation,
National Pancreas Foundation, NephCure Kidney International,
New York Medical College, New York University, North American
Vascular Biology Organization, Northeastern University,
Nutrition & Medical Foods Coalition, NYU Langone Health,
Oakland University, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation,
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Patient Services, Inc.,
Pediatric Policy Council, Penn State University, Personalized
Medicine Coalition.
Population Association of America, Project Sleep, Prostate
Cancer Foundation, Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, Pulmonary
Hypertension Association, Radiological Society of North
America (RSNA), Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Association,
Research!America, RESOLVE: The National Infertility
Association, Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation, Rosalind
Franklin University of Medicine and Science, RTI
International, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute,
Scleroderma Foundation, Sjogren's Foundation, Sleep Research
Society, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM),
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine.
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Society for
Neuroscience, Society for Pediatric Radiology, Society for
Pediatric Research, Society for Reproductive Endocrinology
and Infertility, Society for Reproductive Investigation,
Society for Women's Health Research, Society of Academic
Associations of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
(SAAAPM), Society of Behavioral Medicine, Society of General
Internal Medicine, Society of Gynecologic Oncology, Society
of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Society of
Skeletal Radiology, Society of Surgical Chairs, Society of
Toxicology (SOT), Society of University Surgeons, St. Louis
Children's Hospital, Stanford University, Stony Brook
University, Syngap1 Foundation.
Temple University, Texas A&M Health, The American College
of Rheumatology, The American Society for Transplantation and
Cellular Therapy, The Gerontological Society of America, The
Jackson Laboratory, The Maya's Wings Foundation, The Michael
J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, The Ohio State
University Wexner Medical Center, The State University of New
York,
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The
University of North Carolina System, The University of Texas,
Southwestern Medical Center, Triage Cancer, TSC Alliance,
Tulane University School of Medicine, UC San Diego, UCLA, UNC
Health and UNC School of Medicine, University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences.
University of California, Irvine, University of Chicago
Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, University of
Colorado System, University of Connecticut, University of
Hawai'i System, University of Illinois College of Medicine,
University of Iowa, University of Maryland, Baltimore,
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, University
of Michigan, University of Nebraska Medical Center,
University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh,
University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences, University of
Rochester, University of South Carolina, University of
Southern California, University of Washington, US Hereditary
Angioedema Association (HAEA).
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, UVA Health,
Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Washington State
University, Washington University in St. Louis, West Virginia
University, Yale University.
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Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry).
Mr. PERRY. Madam Speaker, in the name of science, congressional
Democrats are continuing their unconstitutional, unlawful march to
force Americans to get the jab.
Think about it. Democrats are already on the path to ruin Christmas,
destroying the supply chain. They are just going to keep going, right?
Destroying industry after industry.
For a party who praised America's healthcare workers when there
wasn't a jab available, who were out there on the front lines, now if
they don't get it, it is okay to fire them, and not a word.
Finally, mandates for defense contractors and intelligence workers
who have to make a choice between defending their country and putting
their own life in peril, and no discussion about natural immunity, none
whatsoever. You could have had COVID already. Not good enough. You have
got to get the jab or lose your job.
Vote against this.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I just want to remind the gentleman that
antiscience fearmongering about vaccines is wrong. Science is on our
side, and history is on our side. Vaccines work.
I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Quigley),
the chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services
and General Government.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today in disappointed support of a
second continuing resolution, but let's remember, every continuing
resolution reflects a failure to govern.
House Democrats did our job and passed government funding bills, all
of them, to create good-paying jobs to support the hardworking middle
class and protect our national security.
In September, we voted on a bipartisan basis to extend government
funding through December 3 to allow negotiations to finalize
legislation. Since then, my colleagues across the aisle have refused to
seriously negotiate with us on funding.
That leads us to where we are now, considering another new short-term
CR right before the holiday break, when we should have already
completed our work.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over
again and expecting a different result. Sure enough, here we are again,
having to pass another short-term CR because we can't pass funding
bills in a regular manner.
There is more than enough time in a year to come to an agreement and
pass funding bills. America's friends and enemies around the world are
watching us to see if our country can continue to function in a
changing world. We must show them we can, but this effort requires
compromise, as it always has.
I ask them to join us for a bipartisan, bicameral negotiation to
resolve our differences and keep government working for the people.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Cartwright), the chairman of the Appropriations
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies.
Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the continuing
resolution. At the same time, I join my colleagues in calling on the
other side of the aisle to join in helping enact a year-long
appropriations act, the way we are supposed to do, rather than relying
on this kind of stop-and-go government funding or a full-year
continuing resolution, as has also been threatened.
Look, a full-year continuing resolution would be disastrous to our
country in so many ways. It would greatly limit or reduce essential
investments in our Nation's future.
As for the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
appropriations bill, as reported out of committee earlier this year, it
provides funding increases aimed at creating jobs in distressed
communities, enforcing our trade laws, fighting crime and supporting
community involvement with law enforcement, ensuring civil rights,
advancing American scientific research, fighting the opioid epidemic,
confronting the climate crisis, among so many other critical public
investments. These funding increases are only possible with an
appropriations agreement.
I urge support, both for the short-term CR, and to quickly finalize a
full-year appropriations agreement.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I thank the Chairwoman and all of the
very important people on the Appropriations Committee for their work on
this bill.
I ask the question, what side do you want to be on? Do you want to be
on the side that provides our hardworking military pay raises for the
troops, to be able to get money away from a misdirected war?
Do you want to be on the side that provides for working families?
Do you want to be on the side that stops those who can't pay for
daycare to have that?
Do you want to be on the side of those who say, ``I am a Federal
employee, and I have been shut out of my job''?
What side do you want to be on? I want to be on the side of
negotiating an omnibus that works for the American people. I want my
Republican friends to know that we have tried to negotiate, but we are
adults and we are not going to let this government shut down.
What we are going to do is recognize these are dangerous times. We
know that there is now an omicron variant. We are not going to play the
antivaxxer game, we are not going to say that it is about vaccine
mandates because we know that most of the Federal Government has been
vaccinated; but what we are going to do is extend this resolution to
keep the government open because the side that Democrats are on is the
side of the American people and our government workers who go out and
work every day and the families who go out and work every day.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Scanlon). The time of the gentlewoman
has expired.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield the gentlewoman an additional 30
seconds.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. A shutdown
would induce furloughs that could hit 62 percent of the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control, right in the middle of COVID-19.
In addition, families would be desperate as well.
I want you to understand that veterans would suffer. During the
Thanksgiving holiday, I went to the veterans hospital. I can tell you,
it is not empty. Veterans are there every day, and when they are there,
they are getting services. Do you want to be part of a government
shutdown where veterans hospitals are closed and veterans are standing
outside with their hand asking what is happening?
I want to be on the side of those who understand the value of working
for the American families and doing what Democrats have done, passing
bills, passing laws that serve the American people.
Vote for the CR and vote for the omnibus so that we can get the job
done. I thank the gentlewoman for her courtesies.
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Madam Speaker, as a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary,
on Homeland Security, and on the Budget, I rise in support of H.R.
6119, the ``Further Extending Government Funding Act,'' which provides
funding to continue the operations of the federal government through
February 18, 2022, and avoids a wasteful and irresponsible shutdown,
and also the underlying bill.
House Democrats passed government funding bills to create good paying
jobs, support the hard-working middle class, and protect our national
security; Senate Democrats have also released all their appropriations
bills.
Without an omnibus, there will be a shortfall that will cause
veterans not to receive their benefits in full.
For our national security, we need an omnibus to support defense
readiness and modernization, sustain good-paying American jobs, secure
our cyber infrastructure, and strengthen American leadership abroad.
Without an omnibus, a pay raise for troops will not be funded while
funds will be misdirected to a war we are no longer fighting.
With a new deadline of February 18, we need Republicans to offer
constructive proposals to address the critical issues facing the
country by funding the federal government's important work for the
American people.
Madam Speaker, I need not remind my colleagues that we are at a
critical point in the fight against this pandemic--less than 24 hours
ago, it was reported that the first case of the Omicron variant was
confirmed in the United States.
Our response in the following days and weeks will be crucial.
Yet some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle in the House
and the Senate have indicated that they intend to block the passage of
this stopgap spending bill in order to trigger a shutdown of the
Federal government unless a bill is passed that undoes President
Biden's initiatives to vaccinate and test employees at large companies.
Simply put, this is irresponsible and dangerous at a time when we
have a new threat on our soil in the form of the Omicron variant.
A government shutdown would induce furloughs that could hit 62
percent of employees at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
It would be nothing other than reckless to hamstring the agency at
the center of America's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic at this
time--we need all hands on deck.
In September, Congress voted on a bipartisan basis to extend
government funding through December 3 to allow time for bicameral,
bipartisan negotiations to complete omnibus government funding
legislation.
Since then, House and Senate Republicans have refused to negotiate
with Democrats on government funding.
In fact, while House and Senate Democrats have put forward their
proposals, Republicans have not presented an offer of their own.
Therefore, the Appropriations Committee introduced H.R. 6119, the
Further Extending Government Funding Act, which continues government
funding at current levels through February 18.
It makes minimal changes to address the most urgent of needs during
the period of the Continuing Resolution.
Although this bill is necessary, working families, small businesses,
veterans, and our military need the certainty that comes with passing
an omnibus as opposed to short-term funding patches.
Republicans must join us for bipartisan, bicameral negotiations to
resolve our differences and keep government working for the people.
For our communities, we need an omnibus to create jobs by supporting
small businesses, bolster our public health infrastructure to prevent
future pandemics and medical research to save lives, strengthen public
schools with a focus on those serving students with the highest need,
protect our air and water through environmental protection and
enforcement efforts, combat the opioid epidemic on the ground in our
communities, and support core services such as food safety and consumer
product inspections.
Without an omnibus, investments in all these areas will be denied.
For our veterans, we need an omnibus to provide sufficient funding
for veterans' benefits, reduce backlogs for veterans and their families
seeking assistance, and meet the needs of the VA's health care system.
Throughout the 117th Congress, House Democrats have worked to deliver
results for the American people, passing legislation to address each
pillar of the ``For The People'' agenda: lower health care costs,
higher wages by rebuilding America, and cleaning up corruption and
strengthening our Democracy.
And under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi, the House has passed
hundreds of bills, including legislation to crush the COVID-19
pandemic, build our economy back better, lower health care and
prescription drug prices, raise wages, advance economic and retirement
security, end gun violence, act on the climate crisis, protect
Dreamers, and strengthen voting rights.
For example, in this Congress the House has passed and sent to the
President the following legislation that has been signed into law:
H.R. 1799, Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act:
This legislation extended the Paycheck Protection Program application
deadline for two months through May 31, 2021 to help struggling
businesses keep workers employed during COVID-19.
H.R. 1276, SAVE LIVES Act:
This law ensured that more veterans, their families, and caregivers
got access to COVID-19 vaccines in a timely manner.
S. 937, COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act:
This law addresses the dramatic increase in hate crimes targeting the
AAPI community since the start of the pandemic. This law designates a
point person at the Department of Justice to review hate crimes related
to the COVID-19 pandemic, bolsters state and local governments to
improve their reporting of hate crimes and ensures that hate crime
information is more accessible to Asian-American communities.
S. 475, Juneteenth National Independence Day Act:
This law established the first federal holiday in 38 years to
formally recognize Juneteenth National Independence Day and commemorate
the end of slavery in the United States.
House Democrats have also worked to advance critical pieces of
legislation, which await action in the Senate:
H.R. 1, For The People Act:
This comprehensive legislation would promote government transparency,
strengthen access to the ballot box and make it easier for Americans to
exercise their right to vote, secure election infrastructure, and curb
the influence of dark money in politics.
H.R. 5, Equality Act:
The Equality Act would codify consistent anti-discrimination legal
protections for LGBTQ Americans by amending several existing civil
rights laws to include explicit non-discrimination protections in key
areas of life.
H.R. 6, Dream and Promise Act:
The Dream and Promise Act would protect Dreamers, Temporary Protected
Status (TPS), and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) status holders from
deportation and provide an opportunity to obtain permanent legal status
that would enable these groups to work legally within the United States
and continue to contribute to their local communities and economy.
H.R. 7, Paycheck Fairness Act:
This bill would strengthen labor protections around equal pay by
prohibiting the use of salary history to set compensation, provide more
transparent options for joining class-action lawsuits challenging
systemic discrimination, and require employers to show that gender pay
gaps are job-related and consistent with business need.
H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R. 1446, the Enhanced
Background Checks Act:
These bills would modernize federal laws around gun sales. The former
would close current loopholes that allow buyers to purchase guns
without a background check in certain venues, while the latter would
prevent gun sales from going through before background checks are
completed.
H.R. 1280, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act:
This bill, which House Democrats also passed in the 116th Congress 30
days after the murder of George Floyd, will address racial bias in
policing, ensure accountability for police brutality and misconduct,
and work to change the culture of law enforcement to promote better
relationships with the communities they serve.
H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act:
This bill aims to strengthen labor protections for union workers
through overriding Republican-led ``right to work'' laws, promoting
free and fair union elections, and holding companies that attempt to
restrict union activity accountable.
H.J. Res. 17, Removing the Deadline for Ratification of the Equal
Rights Amendment:
This resolution would remove the deadline for ratifying the Equal
Rights Amendment in order to enshrine women's equality in the
Constitution.
H.R. 1620, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act:
This long-overdue legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against
Women Act passed the House with bipartisan support. It would
reauthorize funding to vital grant programs that help prevent sexual
assault, domestic violence, and improve access to resources for victims
and survivors.
H.R. 3237, the Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to 1/6
Appropriations Act:
This bill provides $1.9 billion in funding to secure the U.S. Capitol
Complex and ensure the brave men and women of the U.S. Capitol Police
have the resources they need to do
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their jobs. The legislation responds to the direct costs incurred by
the National Guard and DC police on January 6, provides funding to
improve the security of windows and doors in the Capitol complex, and
secures funds to improve Capitol Police training and equipment.
H.R. 3005, Legislation to #RemoveHate from the Capitol Building:
This bill would remove statues of those who perpetuated and supported
slavery and segregation in this country, along with statues or busts of
those who served voluntarily in the Confederate States of America, from
public display in the U.S. Capitol.
H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act:
This bipartisan bill would stabilize the agriculture industry's labor
supply by reforming the H-2A guest worker program and creating a
pathway to citizenship for agricultural workers, many of whom worked
through the pandemic.
H.R. 51, the Washington, DC Admission Act:
This bill would admit Washington, DC as the 51st state in the Union
and end the injustice in denying nearly 700,000 citizens the right to
be represented fully in Congress. It would also end the unjust practice
of treating District of Columbia residents differently when allocating
government resources or relief.
H.R. 3985, ALLIES Act:
This bill would increase the visa cap and expedite the visa process
for Afghan allies who worked alongside American military personnel,
diplomats, development professionals, and partner forces, to help
ensure they make it safely out of harm's way.
H.R. 803, Protecting America's Wildness and Public Lands Act:
This comprehensive bill would conserve and protect natural landscapes
across America, designating over 1.5 million acres of public land as
protected wilderness and withdrawing significant amount of public land
from drilling and mining activities to promote a healthier environment.
H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act:
This bipartisan bill would improve the safety of Americans' drinking
water by requiring the EPA to set a drinking water standard, prevent
the future release of PFAS chemicals into our bodies of water, and
start the process of cleaning up affected communities.
H.R. 256, Repeal of the 2002 AUMF Against Iraq:
This bill, which passed with bipartisan support, would repeal the
2002 Authorization of Military Force Against Iraq.
H.R. 1230, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act:
The bipartisan Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act
restores protections for older workers that were weakened in a 2009
Supreme Court ruling that made it harder for older workers to prove age
based discrimination in the workplace.
H.R. 2662, the Inspectors-General Independence and Empowerment Act:
This bill seeks to promote government transparency and accountability
by ensuring the independence of federal inspectors-general, allowing
government watchdogs to act freely without fear of political pressure
or threats. It would also protect whistleblowers from threats of
retaliation by making it a violation of House rules for Members to
reveal their identities.
In addition, three Congressional Review Act resolutions have been
signed into law, overturning dangerous rules put in place by the Trump
Administration:
S.J. Res 13, a CRA overturning an EEOC rule to address discrimination
in the workplace;
S.J. Res. 14, a CRA addressing dangerous methane emissions; and
S.J. Res. 15, a CRA to protect against predatory lenders.
These along with many, many others are among the bills awaiting
Senate action.
Madam Speaker, let me briefly list several of the programs vital to
Americans that are protected or extended by H.R. 6119. The bill:
Provides waiver language for certain intelligence programs as well as
agencies that operate under the State Department Basic Authorities Act
and Foreign Relations Authorization Act;
Allows the Food and Nutrition Service to spend at a higher rate
during the period covered by the legislation to provide supplemental
USDA foods to low-income seniors (age 60 and over) and to some low-
income women, infants and children up to age six.
Allows a higher spending rate for the White House to support
continuing COVID-19 operations.
Allows the Small Business Administration flexibility to spend at the
rate necessary to accommodate potential demand increases for
commitments for business loans through the 7(a) and 504 business loans,
for the Secondary Market Guarantee Program, and for the Small Business
Investment Company (SBIC) program.
Allows District of Columbia voucher schools an additional year to be
accredited and therefore remain in the program. The accrediting process
requires in-school visits, which are not happening during the
coronavirus.
Allows the District of Columbia to spend FY 2021 funds received from
local tax revenues and other non-Federal sources in the amount and for
the programs and activities provided in DC's FY 2021 Budget Act.
Extends the term of certain bankruptcy judgeships.
Allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency to access the entire
DRF appropriation for fiscal year 2021 under the continuing resolution
as necessary to respond to declared disasters.
Continues the authorization for the NFIP.
Extends funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
program and the Child Care Entitlement to States program during the
period of the continuing resolution. The extension will allow HHS to
make first-quarter payments to States.
Extends the availability of funding for multiyear research grants
supported by the National Institutes of Health that were interrupted in
fiscal year 2020 by COVID-19 and would have expired at the end of the
fiscal year.
Madam Speaker, our colleagues across the aisle have in both chambers
have been obstructive, dilatory, petulantly uncooperative throughout
the first session of the 117th Congress.
Nowhere was this more apparent than the refusal of the majority of J
Republican members in the House voted 175-35 against H.R. 3233,
legislation modeled after the 9/11 Commission establishing a National
Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States
Capitol Complex Act.
Madam Speaker, American families do not get to choose which bills to
pay and which ones to ignore; neither can the United States Congress
without putting the nation into default for the first time in its
history.
Long ago, in 1789, Alexander Hamilton, the nation's first and
greatest Treasury Secretary, understood that the path to American
prosperity and greatness lay in its creditworthiness which provided the
affordable access to capital needed to fund internal improvements and
economic growth.
The nation's creditworthiness was one of its most important national
assets and according to Hamilton: ``the proper funding of the present
debt, will render it a national blessing.''
But to maintain this blessing, or to ``render public credit
immortal,'' Hamilton understood that it was necessary that: ``the
creation of debt should always be accompanied with the means of
extinguishment.''
In other words, to retain and enjoy the prosperity that flows from
good credit, it is necessary for a nation to pay its bills.
To preserve the sanctity of the full faith and credit of the United
States, protect American jobs and businesses of all sizes, and ensure
the continued growth of the economy, I strongly support the provision
in the bill before extending the public debt limit to December 16,
2021.
Madam Speaker, I would also like to discuss an important topic that
is closely related to this bill and that this House must address very
soon--raising the debt ceiling.
Preserving the full faith and credit of the United States by raising
to the debt limit to ensure that America pays the bills for past
expenditures when they come due is not a partisan exercise but an act
of patriotism, a recognition and embrace of the solemn obligation to
preserve the unrivaled advantages that flow from the ability provided
in the Article I, Section 8, clause 2 of the Constitution to ``borrow
money on the credit of the United States.''
Long ago, in 1789, Alexander Hamilton, the nation's first and
greatest Treasury Secretary, understood that the path to American
prosperity and greatness lay in its creditworthiness which provided the
affordable access to capital needed to fund internal improvements and
economic growth.
It is because of the existence and wise use of the Borrowing Power
that the nation was able to expand its reaches, resources, and riches
by financing the Louisiana Purchase, the purchase of Alaska from
Russia, to fund the investments to end the Great Depression, to finance
the mobilization of resources needed in World War II to defeat fascism
and save freedom in the nation and the world, to revive the economy
after the catastrophic Great Recession of 2008, and most recently, to
protect the public health and safety and restore the economy during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
This is why the ability to borrow money on the credit of the United
States to finance its growth and protect its people and interests is
essential to the national security and led Hamilton to proclaim that
``the proper funding of the present debt, will render it a national
blessing.''
But to maintain this blessing, or to ``render public credit
immortal,'' Hamilton understood that it was necessary that: ``the
creation of debt should always be accompanied with the means of
extinguishment.''
In other words, to retain and enjoy the prosperity that flows from
good credit, it is necessary for a nation to pay its bills.
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The United States has never defaulted on the payment of any debt
incurred, and because of the size and strength of its economic and
unmatched creditworthiness, is able to borrow on the lowest and most
favorable terms of any nation or entity in the history of the world.
So secure and reliable is a bond issues by the Department of Treasury
that the Unites States is the preferred haven for investments of
foreign governments, corporations, and sovereign wealth funds.
The interest rate charged the federal government of the United States
is the base for which every rate, from the prime rate charged the
richest corporation to rates charged small business on purchases to the
mortgages rates and students loans taken out by consumers.
If you raise the cost of borrowing for the government of the United
States, you set off a chain reaction of increased interest rates for
every other borrower in the United States and around the world.
This is why leading public finance experts and agencies, like Moody's
Chief Economist Mark Zandi, have said it would be ``cataclysmic'' for
the United States to default on its loan obligations.
Republicans know the debt ceiling needs to be raised; in 2019 during
the Trump Administration, the Republican Senate Majority Leader
marshalled Senate Republicans to vote to raise the debt ceiling,
saying: ``We raised the debt ceiling because America can't default[,]
that would be a disaster.''
Madam Speaker, this debate over extending the debt limit is not about
restraining future spending, it is about paying the bills piled up
already under both Republican and Democratic administrations.
The question of raising the national debt limit does not depend on
how one feels about the Build Back Better agenda, as wildly popular as
it is among all Americans, Democrats, Independents, and Republicans
included.
It is instead about preserving the singular asset of the United
States, its enviable and unrivaled creditworthiness, to finance future
investments beneficial to the national interest, like the provision of
free college for two years, or $2 billion investment to reduce violence
in communities approved by the Committee on the Judiciary, or
investments to preserve and strengthen Medicaid expansion programs, or
extend broadband to underserved rural and urban areas, an action that
will be as life-changing as the rural electrification program was in
the 1930s.
Madam Speaker, if our friends across the aisle really want to shrink
the deficit, reduce the national debt, practice fiscal responsibility,
and bring about sustained economic growth and prosperity, there is a
much better, easier, and more certain way to achieve these goals than
by tampering with the U.S. Constitution.
The easier and better way is for the American people to keep a
Democrat in the White House and place Democratic majorities in the
House and Senate.
In the 1990s under the leadership of President Clinton the budget was
balanced for four consecutive years, the national debt was paid down,
the national debt, 23 million new jobs were created, and projected
surpluses exceeded $5 trillion.
Under President Obama the financial crisis and economic meltdown
inherited from his Republican predecessor was ended, the annual deficit
was reduced by 67 percent, the auto industry was saved from collapse,
and 15 million jobs were created.
In contrast, under every Republican administration since President
Reagan the size of the deficit bequeathed to his successor was
substantially larger than the deficit he inherited, a major economic
recession occurred, and economic growth was lower than it was at the
beginning of his administration.
To preserve the sanctity of the full faith and credit of the United
States, protect American jobs and businesses of all sizes, and ensure
the continued growth of the economy, raised.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I am kind of a little confused. Last I
looked, the Democratic Party controls the House, they control the
Senate, and they control the White House. If they want to pass an
omnibus bill, pass it.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman
from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline).
Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, I first want to say thank you to the
Appropriations chair and to the members of the Appropriations Committee
for their extraordinary work.
Let's be clear about one thing. A continuing resolution is not a way
to proceed, but it is the only way we can proceed in the face of
Republican obstruction, and when you vote ``no'' on the continuing
resolution, you are voting to defund the government and shut it down.
That means veterans can't access healthcare at the VA.
It means Native American Tribes can't have access to healthcare and
schools.
It means our troops won't get the pay they deserve.
You are voting to shut the government down, and at the same time you
are unwilling to be part of a process to pass appropriations bills for
an entire year. You are here to govern. You have a responsibility to
make sure this appropriation process works. And I am grateful for the
service of the members of the Appropriations Committee that have worked
on this in a painstaking way.
We have Republicans in the Senate who are obstructing this process,
but I am glad that I am part of the process that makes sure government
remains open, that we take care of our responsibilities, that we ensure
that the economic recovery that is underway is not hampered. I thank
the chair of the Appropriations Committee for the hard work in bringing
us to this moment.
I urge everyone to support the continuing resolution. Be responsible.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to direct their remarks
to the Chair.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Let me just say to you that we have heard from a number of advocacy
groups urging the Congress to move on taking up a full-year omnibus.
Let me just tell you the groups that have written to us.
We are looking at the National Defense Industrial Association: On
behalf of thousands of companies represented by the National Defense
Industrial Association, we write to request the expedited completion of
the defense appropriation bill.
We talk about the Association of American Universities: Urge you to
reach a bipartisan agreement to complete the FY22 appropriations
process before the end of the year.
The Aerospace Industries Association: Our essential partners are
urging us to avoid a further CR beyond December 3, wanting us to come
to the table in order to be able to have a full-year appropriations
bill.
The Coalition for Health Funding, the same message to all of us:
Relying on continuing resolutions would be a grave, missed opportunity
to improve the lives of all Americans. A full-year appropriations bill.
The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research telling us the very, very same
thing: To maximize the potential of medical research, we need to move
forward with a full-year bill.
The veterans organizations saying the same thing: Do not shortchange
veterans and their benefits by holding back on a full-year
appropriations bill.
Madam Speaker, I include in the Record statements in support of the
bill from a broad coalition of groups urging negotiations now, as well
as letters from veterans' organizations and America's leading research
universities.
Broad Coalition of Groups Urging Negotiations Now
A broad coalition of groups have joined Chair DeLauro and
Democratic Appropriators urging negotiations and agreement on
fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills. These organizations
include:
Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
Our organizations strongly support an approach to the final
FY 2022 spending package that avoids additional CRs past
December. Aside from the budget implications, CRs create
inefficiencies and add uncertainty to a system that is
already under stress with the continued reverberations of the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We strongly urge you to work
swiftly in securing bipartisan, bicameral agreement on
topline discretionary spending allocations and to ensure any
final budget agreement reflects a strong commitment to the
nation's health.
Aerospace Industries Association
The United States aerospace and defense industries are an
essential partner with the federal government in an array of
efforts vital to our economy and our national security. Each
fall, that partnership is tested when those programs are
slowed down or deferred by the use of multiple continuing
resolutions (CR) to keep the government running . . . If
Congress fails to once again enact full-year appropriations
bills, or continues running the government into 2022 under
continuing resolutions, it will send the wrong signal to the
government's partners, like those in our industry. We count
on stable, reliable and adequate funding to support
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the critical capabilities that we provide for all Americans.
American Association for Cancer Research
As the nation continues to combat the COVID-19 pandemic,
cancer has not stopped, and remains the second leading cause
of death in the United States. To better prevent, detect, and
treat cancers, Congress must act swiftly to increase
investments in cancer research and prevention. A full-year
continuing resolution or funding lapse would threaten our
nation's research enterprise and stall medical breakthroughs
that could benefit the lives of millions of patients with
cancer and survivors. The AACR urges congressional
negotiators to come to the table and agree to Fiscal Year
2022 allocations that would support robust and sustained
funding for cancer research and prevention.
Association of American Universities
Higher education, research, and innovation play integral
roles in our nation's competitiveness, security, health, and
ability to combat and overcome the pandemic. Our nation
cannot afford continued inaction on FY22 appropriations. In
the absence of final appropriations, federal agencies
postpone research award decisions and prepare for potential
lapses in funding. Continuing resolutions (CRs) slow the pace
of scientific innovation and create funding uncertainty for
researchers and students. It is vital that Congress complete
appropriations this year and avoid serial stop-gap measures
and a yearlong CR.
Coalition on Human Needs
The nation's recovery depends on strengthening a host of
domestic programs that have been allowed to shrink for years,
not just to get to where they had been before, but to respond
to needs far greater because of the pandemic and its global
economic dislocations. A long-term continuing resolution
would be a severe failure to address these needs. We strongly
urge you to enact omnibus appropriations legislation
including all twelve bills as soon as possible.
Joint Coalition of the Campaign to Invest in American's Workforce, the
Coalition for Health Funding, the Coalition on Human Needs, and the
Committee for Education Funding
The bill passed by the House this summer and the bill
proposed by the Senate Appropriations Committee this fall
provide vital increased funding for the programs and services
that have a profound impact on health and well-being, child
development, educational and skills attainment, employment,
and productivity. Failing to enact the FY 2022 bill and
relying on continuing resolutions (CRs) would be a grave
missed opportunity to improve the lives of all Americans.
National Defense Industrial Association
We cannot stress enough the importance of the defense
appropriations bill to our national security and to a healthy
defense industrial base. The limbo caused under CRs wastes
precious time and money our nation cannot recover. Delayed
new starts and initiatives place a strain on companies and
their workforce, particularly as they recalibrate operations
to a post-pandemic normal. Our nation's competitors face no
similar challenges putting us at a competitive disadvantage,
particularly with emerging technologies, and place our supply
chains at increasing risk, something we cannot afford after
the nearly two years of pandemic impacts.
Veterans Service Organizations, including the American Legion and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars
A full-year continuing resolution could result in an
estimated $7 billion shortfall in funding for mandatory
compensation and pension benefits, in large part due to an
increased number of benefit claims resulting from
congressional approval of new diseases related to Agent
Orange exposure for Vietnam veterans . . . we call on you to
reject consideration of a full-year continuing resolution
that would reduce veterans' funding below what has already
been approved in an overwhelming bipartisan vote.
____
November 10, 2021.
Hon. Charles E. Schumer,
Majority Leader, U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Mitch McConnell,
Minority Leader, U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
Dear Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell:
On behalf of the millions of veterans our organizations
represent, we write to express serious concerns about reports
that the Senate is considering approving a full-year
continuing resolution to fund the federal government for the
remainder of fiscal year 2022, which would have significant
negative consequences for veterans, their families,
caregivers and survivors. Therefore, we are asking that you
work together to ensure that veterans programs, benefits and
medical services receive the full level of funding for fiscal
year 2022 that was approved with strong bipartisan support
(25 to 5) by the Senate Appropriations Committee in August.
As you know, Congress approved and the President signed a
short-term continuing resolution (Public Law 117-43) on
September 30th to fund the federal government through
December 3, 2021, extending funding at the levels previously
enacted in fiscal year 2021 appropriations legislation.
Funding for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical care
and benefit payments for fiscal year 2022 was previously
approved in December 2020 as advance appropriations in
Division J (Military Construction and Veterans Affairs) of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law 116-
260. However, the advance appropriations process only works
properly if funding levels are adjusted to address increased
demand for benefits and services as part of the following
year's regular appropriations process, as is necessary for
fiscal year 2022. Further, if Congress passes a full-year
continuing resolution, all other programs, services and
benefits would remain funded at fiscal year 2021 levels,
which would fall short of the anticipated needs.
For example, a full-year continuing resolution could result
in an estimated $7 billion shortfall in funding for mandatory
compensation and pension benefits, in large part due to an
increased number of benefit claims resulting from
congressional approval of new diseases related to Agent
Orange exposure for Vietnam veterans.
In addition, the time it takes to process these and other
claims for benefits would be significantly increased without
the $300 million increase for the Veterans Benefits
Administration approved by the Senate Appropriations
Committee. Similarly, reductions from the Committee-approved
levels for the Board of Veterans' Appeals and the National
Cemetery Administration would negatively impact veterans and
their survivors seeking their services and benefits.
Enacting a full-year continuing resolution would also
negatively hamper veterans' ability to receive timely medical
care absent the $3.3 billion increase for Veterans Medical
Community Care approved by the Senate Committee. VA's
critical Medical and Prosthetic Research programs would be
cut by $67 million and funding to support VA's health care
infrastructure would be cut $450 million below the levels
approved by the Committee if Congress passes a full-year
continuing resolution.
As leaders of the Senate, we call on you to reject
consideration of a full-year continuing resolution that would
reduce veterans' funding below what has already been approved
in an overwhelming bipartisan vote of the Senate
Appropriations Committee. Instead, we ask that you use your
influence to ensure that the Senate completes consideration
of the fiscal year 2022 appropriations so that veterans,
their families, caregivers and survivors have timely access
to all the benefits, services and medical care they have
earned.
Respectfully,
Lawrence W. Montreuil,
National Legislative Director, The American Legion.
Tom Porter,
Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, Iraq and
Afghanistan Veterans of America.
Heather Ansley, Esq., MSW,
Associate Executive Director of Government Relations,
Paralyzed Veterans of America.
Patrick Murray,
Director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Joy J. Ilem,
National Legislative Director, DAV (Disabled American
Veterans).
Dan Merry,
Colonel, USAF (Ret), Vice President for Government
Relations, Military Officers Association of America.
Sharon Hodge,
Director for Policy and Government Affairs, Vietnam
Veterans of America.
Brian Dempsey,
Government Affairs Director, Wounded Warrior Project.
____
Association of American Universities,
November 18, 2021.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Kevin McCarthy,
Minority Leader, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Charles Schumer,
Majority Leader, U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
Hon. Mitch McConnell,
Minority Leader, U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
Dear Speaker Pelosi and Leaders Schumer, McCarthy, and
McConnell: I write on behalf of America's leading research
universities to urge you to reach a bipartisan agreement to
complete the FY22 appropriations process before the end of
the year.
Recent suggestions that final FY22 appropriations could be
delayed until March 2022 are distressing. Higher education,
research, and innovation play integral roles in our nation's
competitiveness, security, health, and ability to combat and
overcome the pandemic. Our nation cannot afford continued
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inaction on FY22 appropriations. In the absence of final
appropriations, federal agencies postpone research award
decisions and prepare for potential lapses in funding.
Continuing resolutions (CRs) slow the pace of scientific
innovation and create funding uncertainty for researchers and
students. It is vital that Congress complete appropriations
this year and avoid serial stop-gap measures and a year-long
CR.
Congress has made good progress in determining FY22 funding
levels, and now it is time to finish the job. Both the House
and Senate bills include important increases to federal
investments in student aid and research that would help
bolster our nation's economic competitiveness and standing as
the global innovation leader. For example, the bills propose
a $400 increase to the Pell Grant maximum award and increased
funding for other student aid programs, the National
Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the
Department of Energy's Office of Science, and other critical
research agencies. AAU supports the proposed increases, and
we stand ready to reinforce efforts to ensure final passage.
We urge you to complete FY22 appropriations before the end
of the year and to approve the highest levels of funding
proposed for student aid and research programs in the House
and Senate bills. Thank you for considering our views.
Sincerely,
Barbara R. Snyder,
President.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the majority leader of the House of
Representatives.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Connecticut has 30
seconds remaining.
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).
Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I thank the chair of the Appropriations
Committee for yielding me 1 minute.
I rise to say, of course, everybody is going to vote for this bill. I
wish I believed that.
Madam Speaker, this bill is a demonstration of the failure of 535
adults elected by their fellow citizens to act responsibly. Obviously,
of those 535, a number have acted responsibly, have worked to get the
job done.
There are really only 12 bills that need to pass the Congress. There
are many other bills that are important bills and should pass the
Congress that I voted for and make life better for America.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Mr. HOYER. How is that?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Connecticut had 30
seconds remaining.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).
Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman, who is my friend, and I thank him
for that.
As I was saying, this is a failure. We knew that these 12 bills have
to pass. Why? Because if they do not, government shuts down. It stops
serving the American people. It stops maintaining security and health
and welfare of our people. So we know these bills have to pass.
But notwithstanding that, year after year after year, we come to this
point where we are adopting a CR. It is really a CI, congressional
irresponsibility.
Now let me say that I generally speak of the Congress, but very
frankly, Madam Speaker, we have exercised our responsibility in this
House. We passed 9 of the 12 appropriation bills and sent them to the
Senate.
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The Senate, Madam Speaker, has not sent a single bill to the House,
not passed a single appropriations bill through the United States
Senate. They have passed through some in committee.
I heard my friend Tom Cole speaking earlier on the rule. He is my
friend, and he is a Member I respect. He is a member of the
Appropriations Committee and the Rules Committee. He is a Member who
respects this institution. But I disagree with him very much about why
we are at a CR. We passed overwhelmingly 75 percent of the
appropriation bills before August 1 and sent them to the Senate. They
have neither acted on those bills nor have they acted on their own
bills and asked to go to conference.
So we find ourselves at the 11th hour, as we did on September 30--
although we passed the CR a little before September 30--without having
funded the government.
The gentleman referred to the fact that we control both Houses.
Frankly, nobody controls the United States Senate. We are in the
majority by one. But, unfortunately, in the United States Senate, you
need not a majority; you need a supermajority. So the minority can
defeat the majority.
The minority can defeat the majority in the United States Senate.
That is an appalling place for our democracy to be. I have written an
op-ed in Time magazine on that issue, and it has been distributed to
many Members.
Mr. Cole made an assessment about why the CR is coming to the floor
today with just hours to go before it expires. His assessment was not
correct. The reason we have not gotten, as the gentlewoman has pointed
out, to even the opportunity to discuss a resolution of the differences
between the House and the Senate on spending levels and the objects of
that spending is because Senate Republicans have refused to negotiate
and made as a condition precedent--as we lawyers say, something that
has to happen before you do something else--that we resolve all the
riders.
Now, for any of us who have been involved in the appropriation
process for any period of time, the riders are almost always the last
items to be resolved, invariably. I served as an active member of the
Appropriations Committee for 23 years, and for the last 16 years, I
have been very much involved in working with the Appropriations
Committee to get these bills passed.
Because of the refusal to even sit down and determine how much money
we will spend overall, which is called in our jargon 302(a) numbers,
the chairman has been unable to get to a discussion of the differences
so that they could be resolved. If you can't discuss, you can't
resolve.
So for Mr. Cole, frankly, to have intimated that somehow it was the
Democrats that couldn't do it, it takes two to tango, and frankly, one
of the partners in the Senate doesn't want to tango until something
happens that almost always happens at the end.
The timing for the consideration of this CR resulted not from the
majority's focus on passing critical legislation to help the American
people get ahead, the Build Back Better Act, the infrastructure bill
which, by the way, only 13 Republicans voted for, but my speculation is
at least half of them are going to take credit for what was done in
that bill, maybe all of them. It is as a result, this failure, of the
minority's determination to slow down the work of Congress so that such
legislation is delayed.
As a matter of fact, the minority leader of the United States Senate
said exactly that. He said that he would not consider negotiating on
the CR until Build Back Better was done, which means he is prepared to
shut down the government. I think that is probably not true. I don't
think he wants to shut down the government. I hope he doesn't want to
shut down the government.
He wants to gum up the works on Build Back Better. I get that. He is
opposed to it. He doesn't like it. He thinks it is the wrong
priorities. That is an honest position to take. I think it is
incorrect, but it is honest. But don't do it by playing games with the
appropriation process.
In my view, the Senate treats the appropriation process as a back-
burner issue. When we get to it, we will get to it, but we have a lot
of other things we want to do first. For the last 10, 11 months, that
is what the case has been.
To dissemble and derail the legislative process using every tool
available to them to prohibit Congress from doing exactly what the
American people are looking for us to do is not responsible. How sad.
How shameful that reality is.
I agree that it is unfortunate that we have to take up another
stopgap measure this week to keep this government operating. If it were
based upon whether this is the right thing to do in terms of substance,
I would vote ``no.'' But it absolutely is the right thing to do in
terms of process.
But the chair is absolutely right; we need to pass an omnibus. I
would hope that every Republican after, hopefully, passing this piece
of legislation today
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or tomorrow will then address how we are going to have an omnibus, how
we are going to deal with the problems, how we are going to give the
government agencies that which they need to meet new challenges that
were not available to us a year ago and so they could not be addressed.
It is extremely disappointing that Senate Republicans are blocking
progress toward full-year appropriations that will enable our
government to serve the American people. I happen to believe that the
ranking member, Senator Shelby, wants to see an omnibus passed. I
believe that. But I believe the tactics of the Republican leadership in
the Senate are not to do so until they get what they want.
That is dangerous for our country, and it is extraordinarily
inefficient for the 2 million people who are waiting to see what we are
doing. That is what they are focused on, not the job, not the
priorities, not the dangers, but what is happening: Is the government
going to fund us on Saturday? On Saturday, are we going to be able to
operate?
There are few certainties in Washington, Madam Speaker, but one of
them has now become that Congress will not complete the appropriation
process by the start of the fiscal year. I have tried to make that
happen every year that I have been majority leader. The chair of this
committee, Rosa DeLauro, did everything she could to pass 12
appropriation bills by the August 1 deadline. If we had had any help on
the Republican side, we would have done it--any help.
Now, we have only a four-vote margin over here, so on some of the
bills that were more controversial for one reason or another, we needed
some help. I will remind my friend--and I dearly thank him for yielding
me the time. He knew it was going to be a somewhat extended discussion,
but I thank him for that. It reflects back to how this institution used
to operate, frankly, and I appreciate it. But he knows that when the
Republican side was in the majority, and they could not get the
majority of votes on fiscal issues, they looked to this side of the
aisle. We always helped and made it happen; maybe not 100 percent of
us, but a large enough amount so that the important fiscal issues would
be dealt with and passed.
Only six times over the past 20 years has Congress come within 3
months of this deadline, the end of the fiscal year.
Now, I could go on for some period of time talking about Mr. Cole. He
said the majority wasn't serious. We are very serious. We have been the
ones that opened up government after it was shut down for some 35 days
when we took over from the Republican leadership two Congresses ago. We
can do better.
For Mr. Cole to say that we were spending time pandering to the
American people by passing the Build Back Better Act or passing the
bipartisan infrastructure act, I hope he reflects upon that statement
and says, no, that was wrong. Yes, we focused on Build Back Better
because we think it is important for the American people, but we had
already passed the appropriation bills. They were already in the Senate
ready to be acted upon, and we were ready to act in response.
Madam Speaker, this is the result of the inability of the Congress to
work. The House worked. Republicans and Democrats, this House can work.
Maybe sometimes I don't agree with what it does, and maybe sometimes my
colleagues on the other side of the aisle don't agree with what it
does, but it works. It can pass legislation.
The Senate is not working, and it is hurting our country.
We should all resolve, however we vote on this CR, we should all
resolve, hopefully, all of us--and I am a good friend of the ranking
member, Ms. Granger. I think she wants to get this bill done. By ``this
bill,'' I am talking about omnibus, all 12 appropriation bills. I think
she wants to get that done. But I am not sure that she has been
empowered by her leadership to do so.
We can have differences, and we have a way of resolving those
differences. Ultimately, we vote. But if we keep putting it off,
putting it off, putting it off, it undermines the credibility of the
United States, the confidence that people have in our country, the
confidence that our workers have in our stewardship of the leadership
of this country, and the people's confidence. So we ought to resolve
that we stop this.
The Republicans, through Mr. Cole, have talked about a motion to
recommit. It mirrors the unserious nature of their opposition. Why do I
say that? Because their motion to recommit has nothing to do with the
funding of government. It has nothing to do with our responsibility to
ensure that government continues to work on behalf of the American
people. Rather, it would send this bill back to committee and would not
possibly be able to act in a timely fashion that some 30 hours from
now, I guess 31\1/2\ hours from now, government would shut down.
I would have understood perhaps a motion that would have said we are
going to fund government at this level, or we are going to fund this
objective and not that objective, but that is not what it did, totally
irrelevant to the appropriations process bill. They may think it is an
important issue. I get that. But it doesn't have anything to do with
this issue.
Very frankly, that is exactly what the Senate has been doing on the
Republican side, irrelevant issues, not the appropriations process. So
we find ourselves now at a time when we must pass this CR.
I am not in love with this CR, but in a world of alternatives, there
should be none for any of us. All of us should have the courage to be
responsible. Madam Speaker, all of us should have the courage to say
there is no alternative, and after we pass this bill and the Senate
passes this bill, get down to the work between now and February 18.
I would hope we could pass an omnibus appropriation bill including
the work of the gentleman from California, the gentlewoman from
Connecticut, and all the rest of us on the priorities that we want to
pursue as an American people and the investments that we want to make
in achieving those objectives. I hope we do that.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume. I would like to remind my friends in the majority, we don't
run the House, we don't run the White House, and God only knows who
runs the Senate.
But I do know this, that the gentleman that the majority leader
referred to, the ranking minority member in the United States Senate
certainly wants an appropriation bill, but I think he has made it quite
clear, and I think we have made it quite clear--the gentleman referred
to Mr. Cole--I think he has made it quite clear that the legacy riders,
which need to come back in, the poison pills have got to go out, the
dollars, by the way, which we have not agreed to in defense spending
because, as you know, the Committee on Appropriations did not agree to
a number that passed in the United States House of Representatives. It
did pass by the authorization committee at a higher number, and in the
Senate by a higher number, both Republicans and Democrats.
So I think we recognize that defense number has to go up and
something else has to come down. If those things happen, I think we can
have a serious negotiation. Until then, I am afraid we are going to be
continuing to operate on a continuing resolution.
Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Georgia
(Mrs. Greene).
Mrs. GREENE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the
CR. The American people are $29 trillion in debt, thanks to Congress.
And this Congress wants to borrow more money and more time to figure
out how to run the government and how to pay for it. That is an outrage
to the American people.
You want to talk about courage and responsibility? Do you know what
courage and responsibility is?
It is learning how to manage the people's money. The people work hard
every single day. They have to pay the taxes. And then they have to
trust this House, this body, and the Senate to create a budget, but
every single time, it is the budget that puts them further and further
in debt.
It is the audacity of Congress to borrow more money and not be able
to come up with a budget that makes sense and that we can pay for.
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What an outrage. What an irresponsibility. That isn't courage. That
is not responsibility. That is out-of-control behavior that this
Congress needs to rein in. This government should be shut down. You
want to know why it should be shut down? Because the people in here
cannot control themselves. The people in here do not understand how to
balance a checkbook. And the people in here do not deserve the
responsibility on how to spend the American people's money.
Madam Speaker, $29 trillion. Shut it down. Do not pass the CR. Shut
it down.
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Madam Speaker, as I said before, the fiscal year 2022 bills were
drafted with little input from Republicans. And since then, we have not
been able to find a path forward.
In years past, we have had an agreement in place that allowed us to
negotiate final bills quickly. I am concerned that we cannot have a
meaningful discussion on full-year appropriations without a similar
understanding going in.
Madam Speaker, that is why, in a few moments, I will offer a motion
to recommit. My motion would simply send this bill back to committee so
that we can come to agreement on a process for addressing full-year
bills.
Madam Speaker, to return to our strong bipartisan traditions, I urge
support for the motion, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 829, the
previous question is ordered on the bill.
The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.
Motion to Recommit
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Calvert moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 6119, to the
Committee on Appropriations.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the
previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit.
The question is on the motion to recommit.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.
=========================== NOTE ===========================
December 2, 2021, on page H6889, in the first column, the
following appeared: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause
2(b) of rule XIX, the previous question is ordered on the motion
to recommit. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore
announced that the noes appeared to have it.
The online version has been corrected to read: The SPEAKER pro
tempore. Pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the previous
question is ordered on the motion to recommit. The question is on
the motion to recommit. The question was taken; and the Speaker
pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it.
========================= END NOTE =========================
Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 211,
nays 219, not voting 3, as follows:
[Roll No. 398]
YEAS--211
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brady
Brooks
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Comer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia (CA)
Gibbs
Gimenez
Gohmert
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez (OH)
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hagedorn
Harris
Harshbarger
Hern
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson
Jacobs (NY)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim (CA)
Kinzinger
Kustoff
LaHood
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunes
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Young
Zeldin
NAYS--219
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel, Lois
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--3
Bass
Hartzler
LaMalfa
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Messrs. DELGADO, QUIGLEY, CASE, LARSON of Connecticut, CORREA, and
TORRES of New York changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
Messrs. ALLEN and WALBERG changed their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mrs. HARTZLER. Madam Speaker, on Thursday, December 2, 2021, I was
unable to vote on Roll Call No. 398. Had I been present, I would have
voted as follows: YEA on Roll Call No. 398.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Adams (Brown (MD))
Butterfield (Ryan)
Cardenas (Soto)
Cawthorn (Nehls)
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
Curtis (Meijer)
DeFazio (Carbajal)
Donalds (McClain)
Frankel, Lois (Kuster)
Fulcher (Johnson (OH))
Garcia (TX) (Jeffries)
Green (TX) (Cuellar)
Hagedorn (Moolenaar)
Kildee (Ryan)
Lawrence (Johnson (GA))
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Lesko (Miller (WV))
Meng (Kuster)
Moore (UT) (Owens)
Palazzo (Fleischmann)
Payne (Pallone)
Porter (Wexton)
Posey (Cammack)
Reed (Kelly (PA))
Reschenthaler (Meuser)
Ruiz (Aguilar)
Rush (Quigley)
Sires (Pallone)
Stewart (Owens)
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Swalwell (Gomez)
Takano (Chu)
Underwood (Casten)
Vela (Gomez)
Watson Coleman (Pallone)
Wilson (FL) (Hayes)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. NEWHOUSE. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 221,
nays 212, not voting 0, as follows:
[Roll No. 399]
YEAS--221
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel, Lois
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kinzinger
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NAYS--212
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brady
Brooks
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Comer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia (CA)
Gibbs
Gimenez
Gohmert
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez (OH)
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hagedorn
Harris
Harshbarger
Hartzler
Hern
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson
Jacobs (NY)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim (CA)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunes
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Young
Zeldin
{time} 1730
Mr. WITTMAN changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. DeGette). Without objection, a motion to
reconsider is laid on the table.
Mr. ROY. Madam Speaker, I object.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Adams (Brown (MD))
Butterfield (Ryan)
Cardenas (Soto)
Cawthorn (Nehls)
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
Curtis (Meijer)
DeFazio (Carbajal)
Donalds (McClain)
Frankel, Lois (Kuster)
Fulcher (Johnson (OH))
Garcia (TX) (Jeffries)
Green (TX) (Cuellar)
Hagedorn (Moolenaar)
Lawrence (Johnson (GA))
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Lesko (Miller (WV))
Meng (Kuster)
Moore (UT) (Owens)
Palazzo (Fleischmann)
Payne (Pallone)
Porter (Wexton)
Posey (Cammack)
Reed (Kelly (PA))
Reschenthaler (Meuser)
Ruiz (Aguilar)
Rush (Quigley)
Sires (Pallone)
Stewart (Owens)
Swalwell (Gomez)
Takano (Chu)
Underwood (Casten)
Vela (Gomez)
Watson Coleman (Pallone)
Wilson (FL) (Hayes)
Motion to Reconsider
Mr. EVANS. Madam Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Evans moves to reconsider H.R. 6119.
Motion to Table
Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:
Ms. DeLauro moves to table the motion to reconsider.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. ROY. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217,
nays 209, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 400]
YEAS--217
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown (MD)
Brown (OH)
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel, Lois
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Kelly (IL)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
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McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NAYS--209
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brooks
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carl
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Comer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia (CA)
Gibbs
Gimenez
Gohmert
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez (OH)
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hagedorn
Harris
Harshbarger
Hartzler
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hinson
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson
Jacobs (NY)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim (CA)
Kinzinger
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunes
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Young
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--7
Brady
Burgess
Hern
Keating
Meng
Porter
Spartz
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining.
{time} 1748
Mr. McCAUL changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the motion to table was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Ms. PORTER. Madam Speaker, I was unable to vote on the Motion to
Table the Republican Motion to Reconsider, H.R. 6119--Further Extending
Government Act. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''
Stated against:
Mrs. SPARTZ. Madam Speaker, I was present but did not realize I was
not recorded. I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 400.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Adams (Brown (MD))
Butterfield (Ryan)
Cardenas (Soto)
Cawthorn (Nehls)
Crist (Wasserman Schultz)
Curtis (Meijer)
DeFazio (Carbajal)
Donalds (McClain)
Frankel, Lois (Kuster)
Fulcher (Johnson (OH))
Garcia (TX) (Jeffries)
Green (TX) (Cuellar)
Hagedorn (Moolenaar)
Lawrence (Johnson (GA))
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Lesko (Miller (WV))
Luetkemeyer (Meuser)
Moore (UT) (Owens)
Palazzo (Fleischmann)
Payne (Pallone)
Posey (Cammack)
Reed (Kelly (PA))
Reschenthaler (Meuser)
Ruiz (Aguilar)
Rush (Quigley)
Sires (Pallone)
Stewart (Owens)
Swalwell (Gomez)
Takano (Chu)
Underwood (Casten)
Vela (Gomez)
Watson Coleman (Pallone)
Wilson (FL) (Hayes)
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