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BUILD BACK BETTER ACT
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5376) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14, as amended, will now resume.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Neal) has 1\3/4\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Brady) has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Massachusetts.
Mr. NEAL. Madam Speaker, is the gentleman prepared to close? I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. BRADY. Madam Speaker, I am prepared to close.
Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Madam Speaker, we meet today to consider the largest spending bill in American history, a bill that no one has read, adds hundreds of billions to the deficit, was written in secret, and rushed to the floor to hide it from the American people.
We have now the official costs, and the results are in. The claim by the President this costs zero and will reduce the national deficit is just simply untrue. According to the Congressional Budget Office, even counting the budget gimmicks, this bill adds hundreds of billions of dollars to the national debt and a more true accounting by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates this could drive national deficits by $3 trillion over the next 10 years.
The claim that this will not raise taxes on the middle class is simply false. One out of three Americans in the middle class will see a tax hike starting next year. The claim that this will make the wealthy pay their fair share is false as well. In this bill, coming out of COVID, two out of three millionaires in America will get a massive tax cut. And the claim that this will reduce inflation is not true as well. Even according to the White House's own favored analyst, the spending in this bill will drive up inflation for families, higher and longer, for at least a decade.
The Build Back Better's crippling tax hikes will kill American jobs, drive many of them overseas. They hamper small businesses as they struggle to recover, worsen the labor shortage, and drive inflation even higher. The bill imposes over $400 billion in taxes on American small businesses. It couldn't come at a worse time.
There are $800 billion in tax increases on American businesses who compete both here and around the world. This constitutes an economic surrender to China, Russia, Japan, and Europe, driving American jobs investment in manufacturing overseas.
The new corporate tax is really a ``Made in America'' tax. It hits American manufacturing, energy, and technology businesses the hardest, along with American consumers. The international tax increases make it better to be a foreign company than an American one. It is any wonder our foreign competitors are happy to embrace a global minimum tax. They are getting American jobs and a big bite of our tax base. There is a troubling new tax on retirement and a troubling new tax, the toddler tax, on American childcare. This is a terrible bill. I urge a ``no'' vote.
Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. NEAL. Madam Speaker, I yield myself 45 seconds.
Madam Speaker, this debate has gone on now for 3 months in the Committee on Ways and Means. Sixty amendments from the opposition were offered. This was fully vetted over 4 days of public scrutiny, and all maintained in daylight. I made sure of that, on purpose.
And this, as I indicated last night, as I quoted a son of Massachusetts, Mr. Webster, I said rhetorically he asked, ``Did we do something worthwhile in our time?'' Today, we are going to answer that question. I am sorry that last evening when I quoted Webster it triggered an outburst from the Republican leader because we quoted an individual who was devoted to the Constitution of the United States and the premise that everybody in America gets a chance.
Now, it is an honor for me to yield to the Speaker of the House, secure in her caucus, secure in her beliefs, and secure knowing what we are doing today in but a few minutes.
Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California
(Ms. Pelosi).
Ms. PELOSI. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his extraordinary leadership.
He and other chairs have brought us to a moment in history on the floor of the House today when we can do something of significance for the people. I thank the chairman.
Madam Speaker, with confidence in the vision of President Biden, and associating myself with the inspiring and informative comments of the distinguished chairman, Mr. Neal, with our distinguished Democratic leader, Mr. Hoyer, the Democratic whip last evening, and with respect for those who work in this Capitol, and as a courtesy to my colleagues, I will be brief.
In his remarks, our Democratic leader, Mr. Hoyer, talked about the pride we take in telling our children and our grandchildren that we were here present to pass the Build Back Better legislation and what it means for future generations. Whip Clyburn talked about the three legs of the Biden platform: the Rescue Plan, the BIF, the Infrastructure and Jobs bill, and now the Build Back Better, the infrastructure for our future. And Chairman Neal quoted Daniel Webster and spoke of our responsibilities to the people.
Madam Speaker, in that spirit, I proceed by saying: Under this dome, for centuries, Members of Congress have stood exactly where we stand now, to pass legislation of extraordinary consequence in our Nation's history and for our Nation's future.
In the original House Chamber, now Statuary Hall where Lincoln served, is Clio, the muse of history. Clio reminds men and women in these hallowed Halls that we are part of history; that our words and actions will face the judgment of history; and that we are part of the long and honorable heritage of our democracy.
With the passage of the Build Back Better Act, we--this Democratic Congress--are taking our place in the ``long and honorable heritage of our democracy,'' with legislation that will be a pillar of health and financial security in America that will be historic in forging landmark progress for our Nation. We talk about history as we look and prepare for the future.
Much has been said since our distinguished Democratic leadership spoke last evening. Much has been said on this floor. But the facts are these: Following the vision of President Biden, guided by the expertise and energy of our chairs, Members, and staff, we have the Build Back Better bill that is historic, transformative, and larger than anything we have ever done before. We are building back better.
If you are a parent, a senior, a child, a worker--if you are an American--this bill is for you. And it is better.
It is better in terms of healthcare. It is better if you are a senior: Your cost at the pharmacy will be cut to a fraction, with annual costs capped under Medicare Part D, and you will benefit from the Medicare hearing benefit.
It is better if you have diabetes: When you go to the pharmacy, instead of paying hundreds for insulin, you will pay no more than $35 per month.
And it is better for all Americans: We are halting Big Pharma's outrageous tax hikes; and in addition to that, we are dramatically lowering healthcare costs under the Affordable Care Act.
We are also expanding coverage to millions under the Affordable Care Act, as I mentioned.
It is better in terms of family care. If you are a parent, it is better. Most families will benefit from reduced childcare costs, cut fully in half for most families, and free universal pre-K for every 3- and 4-year-old in America.
It is better if you are a middle-income family. You will benefit from an expanded Biden child tax cut and paid family and medical leave.
It is better if you are a caregiver. You will have the respect you deserve with the benefit of an historic investment of high-quality home healthcare.
And it is better for America's working families, with an average of 2 million jobs created each year over 10 years, together with the BIF.
Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs; a four-letter word.
And it is better for climate. If you want your family to benefit from clean air, clean water, for the development of good-paying green jobs for the future and from improved national security, we are meeting the President's vision to cut pollution in half by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050, creating good-paying union jobs and lowering families' energy costs; advancing environmental justice with the Justice40 initiative of President Biden; and honoring our commitment to passing on a better planet to our children. Our responsibility is always to our children and to the future.
Last week, our congressional delegation went to COP26 in Glasgow and affirmed the commitment of this Congress to meet and beat our climate goals. With this legislation, we can achieve this for the children and for Mother Nature.
The Build Back Better agenda creates jobs, secures tax cuts for the middle class, lowers costs for families, while making the wealthiest pay their fair share. Good-paying jobs; cut taxes for the middle class; lower costs, especially in regard to healthcare and childcare; making the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share.
Build Back Better is fully paid for. It reduces the deficit and grows the economy. Unlike--and perhaps I need to remind you--unlike the Republican tax scam, which was passed in the dark of night, with the speed of light, with no hearings whatsoever, and it increased the deficit by more than $2 trillion, more than this whole bill does for the American people; tax cuts for the wealthiest, giving 83 percent of the benefits to the top 1 percent and did nothing to help the American people in terms of jobs, clean air, clean water, affordable healthcare, and the rest.
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Madam Speaker, 83 percent to the top 1 percent, in the dark of night, at speed of light. Don't make me laugh about criticizing this bill.
Build Back Better will not increase inflation, according to the experts, including an array of Nobel Peace Prize-winning economists and Moody's.
This victory is possible because of the tenacious, tireless, and values-based leadership of our chairs, members, and staff of the committees.
I just want to acknowledge the staff of this institution, the House of Representatives, for their just being there for us over and over again regardless of when and where. Thank you so much.
Build Back Better is a better agenda for workers, for families, for children, and for our planet. If you believe, as I do, that this planet is God's creation, and we have a moral obligation to be good stewards of it, this bill is for you.
Even if you don't share that view--and I think most of us do. If you don't share that view, we all agree that we have a moral responsibility to our children and to their future to pass on the planet in a responsible way.
We are proud to be passing this legislation under the leadership of President Joe Biden. He was an advocate and a leader in terms of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but he did not confine his vision for America to that bill alone.
Today, we have the opportunity to build back better for the American people and for the children. Madam Speaker, I urge an ``aye'' vote on the legislation and a ``no'' vote on the motion to recommit.
Mr. NEAL. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, the Build Back Better Act is one of the most consequential pieces of legislation that has ever made its way through the halls of Congress.
Over the last several decades, the rich have gotten richer, only for the Middle Class to pay the price as America's working families and our physical and social infrastructure have suffered the death of a thousand cuts.
The Build Back Better Act sets our Nation on a new course--lowering the cost of health care, family care, and senior care, improving infrastructure, combating climate change, and creating good-paying jobs in every sector and community in our nation.
Seniors will benefit from new federal negotiating powers to lower the price of prescription drugs, a $2,000 cap on their out-of-pocket drug expenses on Medicare Part D, and the inclusion of hearing care in Medicare for the first time.
Americans with diabetes will no longer pay more than $35 per month for insulin.
The vast majority of families will pay no more than 7 percent of their income for childcare. There will be new universal preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds, and the Child Tax Credit will cut taxes for hardworking families.
Our farmers will benefit from new investments in regenerative agriculture, soil conservation, and urban agriculture.
The Civilian Climate Corps will help preserve and protect our environment while combating climate change.
We will develop new emission-reduction technologies for our critical infrastructure like ports, and build the electric and hydrogen vehicles of the future for consumers and the public sector--including hundreds of thousands of vehicles of the United States Postal Service, and the heavy trucks and service equipment of city and county fleets--all while ensuring our workers receive the training they need for these new technologies. The Build Back Better Act will ensure our workers are not left behind in the transition to the new economy.
We will modernize our electric grid, and upgrade our homes and neighborhoods through new weatherization initiatives.
Under-resourced neighborhoods will finally have the resources for new, quality, affordable housing. Small business owners will see new opportunities for growth as our communities recover from years of underinvestment.
And our veterans will receive higher quality care at new VA facilities across the Nation.
The American people will do all this by finally requiring the wealthiest, the biggest corporations, and the tax cheats to pay their fair share. Multimillionaires and those who store their wealth offshore will pay the taxes they owe to support America's resurgence.
And no one making less than $400,000 a year will pay one red cent in higher taxes.
We know that what America makes and grows makes and grows America. The Build Back Better Act will invest in and support those who do the making and growing. Every child, worker, family, senior will benefit.
The Build Back Better Act will guide America to a better future, and restore the Middle Class that has long labored to build up this Nation--the greatest Democratic Republic in the world.
Today is a good day for America. Now, let's get this bill to President Biden's desk.
Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise in full support of the Build Back Better Act.
This is a historic day for the American people and for the future of our country because this legislation is the most transformative investment in our people in more than half a century.
As Chairwoman of the Health Subcommittee, I'm proud that the bill allows Medicare to negotiate the prices it pays for prescription drugs, just as the VA has for many years. Our bill also caps out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors at $2,000 annually, caps the monthly price of insulin for patients with diabetes at $35, expands the Affordable Care Act to lower insurance premiums by an average of $600 per person per year, and brings health insurance coverage to four million uninsured Americans.
We're voting to tackle the climate crisis with the largest clean energy investment in our country's history. Climate change poses an existential threat to our country and our planet, and this bill recognizes the scale of these problems by putting the U.S. on a path to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and meet our climate goals under the Paris Agreement.
This legislation dramatically lowers the cost of childcare and makes pre-K universal for all three and four year olds in our country. Under the bill, the vast majority of American families will pay no more than seven percent of their income on childcare. We also improve elder care by investing $150 billion to provide quality home-based care for seniors and people with disabilities.
Every American family with an income of less than $150,000 will continue to receive monthly payments from the expanded Child Tax Credit for another year. This tax credit has already lifted three million children out of poverty.
Very importantly, the bill restores deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT). Prior to the harmful $10,000 cap that was put into place in the 2017 Trump tax cut law, my constituents claimed an average SALT deduction of $63,083. This bill raises the cap to $80,000 until 2030, without adding a cent to the deficit.
All of these policies are fully paid for without raising taxes on anyone earning less than $400,000 per year. Revenue is raised through a new 15 percent minimum tax on businesses that report more than $1 billion in profits to shareholders. This ends the shameful practice of large, profitable businesses paying zero in income taxes. It also raises taxes on the wealthiest 0.02 percent of Americans with a five percent surtax on incomes of more than $ 10 million and a further three percent on incomes over $25 million. Finally, the bill provides robust funding for IRS tax enforcement to crack down on tax cheats which the Treasury Department estimates will raise $400 billion in revenue.
I came to Congress to solve problems and better the lives of the American people. The Build Back Better Act is an economic launching pad for the middle class and working families. Let history record that House Democrats came together to pass legislation to drastically improve the lives of the American people and that sadly, not one Republican chose to join us.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the Build Back Better Act, a once-in-a-generation investment to lower the everyday costs that burden working families and adequately address the climate crisis. This bold, progressive bill at the core of President Biden's Build Back Better agenda will have a positive impact on every single American family.
The legislation delivers the largest investment in childcare and early education in history. Build Back Better is estimated to provide access to childcare for nearly one million young children in New York. I am proud that the bill also provides universal, high-quality, free preschool for every 3- and 4-year-old in America. Today, only 25 percent of young children in New York have access to publicly funded preschool, and the costs for those that can't enter publicly funded programs are often crippling. I am thrilled that nearly 300,000 young children in New York will now be able to attend preschool. The bill also will provide over two million students in New York with resources to purchase school meals.
The Build Back Better Act will also improve the lives of working families by expanding rental assistance and affordable housing, establishing paid family and medical leave, extending the Child Tax Credit, extending the American Rescue Plan's Earned Income Tax Credit, and finally addressing the unfair SALT Deduction caps.
I am also pleased that this historic legislation will lower prescription drug costs for millions of Americans by finally negotiating lower drug prices for seniors, stopping outrageous price hikes in prescription drugs, setting a new $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket prescription costs for seniors, and capping the cost of life-saving insulin at $35 per month. The bill will further lower health care costs for Americans by passing the largest expansion of the Affordable Care Act in a decade to make coverage more affordable, expanding Medicaid coverage and eligibility, and expanding access to affordable home care for older adults and those with disabilities.
Finally, I am incredibly proud that the Build Back Better Act contains the single largest investment to combat the climate crisis in human history. This historic bill includes a $500 billion investment in clean energy and climate to cut greenhouse pollution by well over one gigaton in 2030, reduce home energy costs, create hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs, and advance environmental justice for those communities on the frontline of the climate crisis. The bill will also provide a vital boost to New York's climate resilience and preparedness efforts to safeguard the city from future Superstorm Sandy level storms.
Best of all, the historic investments included in the Build Back Better Act are not only fully paid for, the Treasury Department estimates that the bill will reduce the deficit by over $100 billion over a decade.
This historic legislation will ensure that our workers and families are no longer held back by high costs or lack of access. For too long, we have failed to invest properly in everyday people. Instead, we have allowed big corporations and the wealthy to access all the resources this Nation has to offer without paying their fair share. This stops here. By passing President Biden's agenda into law, we have set our Nation on a course to meet its climate goals, create millions of good-
paying jobs, relieve working families struggling to afford the growing costs of raising children, and grow our economy. I urge my colleagues to vote yea on this transformative legislation.
Mr. SABLAN. Madam Speaker, H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, provides critical investments to lower the everyday costs that face working families in the Marianas and across America--from health care to education to job training to child care and more.
The Act appropriates $1 billion for critical infrastructure in the Marianas and other insular areas which could create new jobs and improve the quality of life for all in our islands.
The bill helps more Marianas families access the health care they need by increasing base funding for Medicaid to $70 million and making permanent the current 83 percent federal/17 percent local shares for Medicaid, a ratio better than any State in the Nation.
Dental, vision, and hearing services are also added as mandatory Medicaid benefits.
The over 2,000 seniors and others in the Marianas who are insured through Medicare would be eligible for hearing aids, a new program benefit. And for those who also participate in the Medicare Part D drug program out of pocket costs are capped at $2,000.
As Chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, I strongly support the transformative investments the Act makes in education from birth, universal pre-kindergarten and all the way to placement in a rewarding career.
Our youngest learners in the Marianas will have access to high-
quality, child care up to age 5 and universal free pre-kindergarten.
And 10,800 Marianas students, who receive free lunches in school, will qualify for a supplemental summer feeding program of $65 per month.
The Build Back Better Act includes my College Access Act which provides bachelor's degree students from the Marianas up to $15,000 per year to make up the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition at public colleges.
Moreover, the Act increases the maximum annual Pell grant for low-
income students to $7,045. The White House estimates there are 1,032 students in the Marianas who rely on Pell to cover tuition, books, housing, and other expenses.
The legislation helps job seekers in the Marianas get placed with career and training opportunities with the inclusion of provisions from my Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act and Job Corps Nationwide Act making funding from these federal programs available for the first time.
The Build Back Better Act extends the Child Tax Credit that has already provided $28.7 million this year to Marianas families. Parents would also benefit from funding that ensures they pay no more 7 percent of their income for high quality child care and a new paid family leave policy, providing four weeks of paid leave in the case of birth or illness.
And money in the bill will help the Marianas reduce its reliance on fossil fuels by opening offshore wind lease sales and cover the full cost of new tax credits for electric vehicles and residential solar and wind systems.
I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 5376 to help all communities in our country build back better.
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I thank Chairman Yarmuth for his steadfast commitment to shepherding this landmark legislation to the floor.
I am honored to join with my colleagues, just days after President Biden signed a sorely needed and long-awaited infrastructure package that will rebuild the Nation's deteriorating roads and bridges to consider the ``Build Back Better Act.''
Madam Speaker, the magnitude of what we are doing here is really compelling.
Twenty-eight years ago, I came to Congress to advocate for the interests of my friends and neighbors who, after decades of struggle, deserve a more fair and equitable economy that fuels prosperity and job growth in our communities well into the future.
That is just what H.R. 5376 will do.
I could not be prouder to be a part of this Democratic majority as we come together, with a sense of urgency, to deliver for the people while tackling climate change and other challenges that put our communities at risk.
I am particularly appreciative that the bill invests $1.5 billion in the Department of Homeland Security to provide crucial resources to three challenges confronting the Nation: cybersecurity; domestic terrorism and other threats to houses of worship and non-profits; and reducing the Department of Homeland Security's carbon footprint.
The homeland security title of this bill provides $100 million in new funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which helps DHS take necessary action to help secure churches, synagogues, mosques, and other nonprofits from domestic terrorism and other threats.
It has been just 3 years since the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history, when 11 lives were lost in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The funding the House provides today can help prevent such a tragedy from happening again.
Madam Speaker, I include in the Record a statement in support of this additional funding from the Jewish Federations of America.
It also invests in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to help State and local governments develop secure and resilient critical infrastructure networks by, among other things, accelerating State and local governments' transition to the (dot) gov domain and increasing capacity to hire network defenders.
Finally, the homeland security title provides $900 million in strategic investments to help the department reduce its carbon footprint and mitigate the ongoing effects of climate change that have a direct impact on our national security.
Once again, I thank Chairman Yarmuth for his leadership along with Speaker Pelosi, Leader Hoyer, and my fellow committee chairs for their months of hard work to produce this once-in-a-generation legislation which includes so many important investments in our homeland security.
For these reasons, I urge passage of H.R. 5376 and look forward to swift action on this package by the Senate so that it can be signed by President Biden and begin to improve the lives of my constituents in the Second District of Mississippi and beyond.
Jewish Federations Express Gratitude for Additional Security Funding
Jewish Federations Express their gratitude to House Homeland Security Chair Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Gary Peters (D-MI) for helping to secure an additional $100 million for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) in the Homeland Security portion of the reconciliation package.
``Communities can only flourish when their security needs are met. The inclusion of an additional $100 million for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program will save lives, help keep Jewish and other communities safe, and allow them to flourish'' said Eric Fingerhut, President and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America.
``Just yesterday, we commemorated three years since the Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh, the worst violent anitsemitic attack in the nation's history. Additional funding to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program will not only help secure synagogues, but houses of worship and nonprofits of every stripe across the nation that face threats at a time of increased violent extremism,'' he added.
The NSGP provides grants to nonprofits to help fund security measures such as inspection and screening systems, physical barriers, and development of emergency preparedness plans.
This year, as hate crimes spiked and houses of worship were increasingly targeted, the NSGP was able to fund fewer than half of all applicants.
Fingerhut advocated for increasing NSGP funds at a Senate HSGAC hearing on violent extremism this Summer.
Homeland Security Appropriations bills in both chambers propose leaving NSGP funding flat at $180 million, as overall proposed funding levels remain unchanged.
Federations' advocacy for further government investment in community safety measures is part of the public-private partnership envisioned in the historic LiveSecure campaign, which is raising $54 million in philanthropic dollars to spread the security umbrella to every Jewish community across the country and help fortify Jewish communal institutions.
Jewish Federations also thank Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) for his leadership on this program, and the perennial champions Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Reps. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and John Katko (R-NY) for supporting NSGP funding. We look forward to continuing to work with them to increase annual funding for the program through the appropriations process.
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, President Biden's massive new multitrillion dollar tax and spend bill, the so-called Build back Better Act will cost at least $4 trillion according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
According to the Chamber, the Build Back Better Act will significantly increase inflation and lead to up to 3 million people losing their employer sponsored health insurance plans.
Astonishingly, as we debate this legislation on the floor of the House today, there is still no detailed cost analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Among the bill's most egregious provisions, it:
Effectively bans Catholic and other faith-based schools from participating in the expanded child care program;
Dramatically raises taxes on businesses and individuals;
Grants more power to the IRS to target taxpayers by removing taxpayer protection requirements and hiring 87,000 additional agents;
Permits taxpayer money to go to entities involved China's genocide against the Uyghur Muslims;
Institutes price controls on prescription drugs and subjects companies that refuse to comply to a massive excise tax, which would cripple innovation and could cause the removal of life-saving drugs from the U.S. market.
And, shockingly, the legislation forces taxpayers to pay for abortion on demand in several new and expanded programs.
Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize or facilitate the killing of an unborn child.
The so-called Build Back Better Act:
Gives states $30 billion over three years to create reinsurance programs for health insurance issuers. There are no protections whatsoever to prevent subsidization of plans covering elective abortion,
Extends to January 1, 2027 the increases to premium tax credits available for consumers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Premium tax credits allow taxpayer funding to subsidize ACA plans that provide elective abortion;
Provides $10 billion worth of public health funding grants that aren't Hyde Amendment protected,
Makes permanent the Health Coverage Tax Credit without Hyde protection to prevent taxpayer funds in this program from paying for health plans that include elective abortion;
Mandates abortion coverage in the Affordable Care Act (ACA);
And more.
The National Right to Life Committee strongly opposes this legislation and pointed out that: ``The 2010 Obamacare law as would the Build Back Better (BBB) created multiple new streams of federal funding that are ``self-appropriated'' flowing outside regular appropriations.
``That said, the Obamacare law contains a provision that specifically permitted states to ban elective abortion coverage in their exchanges, and 25 states passed legislation doing so. The BBB, starting in 2024, would explicitly override the laws of 11 of these states--states that did not expand their Medicaid programs. One additional non-expansion state (Wyoming) will also now be required to cover abortion.
``Further, the provisions mandate that Obamacare silver exchange plans cover abortion and transportation for abortions (without cost sharing) for the Medicaid coverage gap population. The BBB provides unlimited appropriations to finance this abortion expansion. The BBB would mandate coverage in the abovementioned 12 states of ``services described in subsection (a)(4)(C) of section 1905 of such [the Social Security] Act [family planning services] for which Federal payments would have been so available [``under title XIX of the Social Security Act] which are not otherwise provided under such plan as part of the essential health benefits package described in section 1302(a).'' Obamacare specifically excluded abortion as a required essential health benefit under section 1303, and this BBB provision would effectively override the 2010 law.''
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote to every Member of Congress on Wednesday and said: ``it is completely unacceptable that the current House version of the Build Back Better Act expands taxpayer funding of abortion . . . No proposal to support individuals needing affordable health care coverage should compel Americans to pay for the destruction of human life through their tax dollars . . . In addition, the latest text maintains the proposed health care affordability fund for states without Hyde protections, and provides funding for several public health grants without Hyde protections. This fundamental problem of expanded taxpayer funding of abortion in the Build Back Better Act must be remedied before the bill moves forward.''
The Susan B. Anthony List opposes the bill and said yesterday: ``It is critical to remember that whenever abortion is not explicitly excluded from funding, it is included . . . A careful reading of this bill shows billions of dollars being appropriated outside of Hyde protections, leaving them available for direct and indirect abortion funding, upsetting the status quo and funneling money to the abortion industry . . . The ACA coverage provision mandates abortion coverage for its Medicaid-gap population in the twelve states that opted out of Medicaid expansion for plan years 2024 and 2025. It is notable that none of these states currently fund abortion coverage. This language would coerce them states to cover abortion against the will of their constituents.''
The Hyde Amendment, Madam Speaker, has saved more than 2.4 million lives--about 60,000 per year since it was first enacted.
Hyde protections need to be added to this bill.
It is time, I believe, for more of us to face the harsh reality of what abortion does to children and look beyond the sound bites and slogans.
No-one in the media ever bothers to expose the violent methods of abortion that include dismemberment of a child's fragile body, including decapitation, and that drugs like RU-486 starve the baby to death.
Or that unborn babies killed by abortion at 20 weeks or later experience excruciating suffering and physical pain. And until rendered unconscious or dead by these hideous procedures, the baby feels the pain every cut according to medical experts in life-enhancing prenatal surgery.
Abortion is not health care unless one construes the precious life of an unborn child to be analogous to a tumor to be excised or a disease to be vanquished pregnancy is not a disease.
Mr. Biden once wrote constituents, explaining that his support for laws against funding for abortion, by saying ``it would protect both the woman and her unborn child.''
Mr. Biden went on to say ``that those of us who are opposed to abortion should not be compelled to pay for them.'' I agree. Most Americans agree.
Over the years, the polls have consistently shown that Americans do not support taxpayer funded abortion.
The January 2021 Marist poll found that by a margin of 58 percent to 38 percent oppose taxpayer funded abortion.
The Marist poll found that a supermajority of 65 percent of Independents oppose taxpayer funding of abortion.
Unborn babies need the President of the United States and Members of Congress to be their friend and advocate, not powerful adversaries.
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I ran for Congress to help people in Chicago, in Illinois and across the country achieve the American dream. The Build Back Better Act represents a transformative investment in children, families, workers, businesses, and the planet that will improve health and well-being, advance economic and environmental justice, meaningfully address climate change, and grow our economy while asking the wealthiest and most secure to pay their fair share. The pandemic has harmed tens of millions of Americans--
disproportionately hurting African Americans and other communities of color, women, seniors, and children. This bill meets immediate needs for food, shelter, medical care, and child care as well as long-term needs for quality education, good-paying jobs, safe roads and water, and a healthy environment. I am deeply proud that many priorities that I have championed are included in this historic bill.
It provides 4 weeks of paid family and medical leave for workers so that they do not face the inhumane choice of caring for loved ones or financial ruin. Lower-income workers and workers of color are much less likely to have any paid leave, yet are more likely to need it due to greater health challenges and less savings to weather caregiving without pay. As Chair of the Subcommittee with jurisdiction over paid leave, I have worked closely with Ways and Means Chairman Neal and advocates to shape this equity-generating, universal benefit.
The bill enhances the Earned Income Tax Credit to improve the economic well-being of millions of childless workers and noncustodial parents--with new help for younger workers, foster and homeless youth, and seniors. I've fought for these improvements for over a decade via my Responsible Fatherhood Act. These changes will help 17 million adults nationwide and over 600,000 in Illinois.
It provides $2 billion to train workers with barriers to employment--
including people with records--for careers in the allied health professions. This provision will help Chicago State which has a stellar Health Profession Opportunity Grant program and expand programs like those offered by the Safer Foundation to help people with records become successful healthcare professionals.
It helps vulnerable students by making Pell non-taxable and removing the lifetime ban on the American Opportunity Tax Credit for past felony drug convictions.
It incents substantial private investment in solar energy that will reduce electricity costs for tens of millions of low-income individuals while making the air they breathe safer.
It contains strong labor provisions so that our investments in green energy benefit workers as well as businesses.
It includes $1 billion for to help justice-involved individuals obtain employment and training services via the Reentry Employment Opportunities Program. It makes sure that people leaving prison have Medicaid coverage to improve health and successful reentry.
It includes $2.5 billion for public health approaches to reduce community violence and advance trauma interventions, which I have championed via the RISE from Trauma Act.
It helps restore fairness to the tax code by rolling back the Republicans' punitive limit on the State and Local Tax deduction to hurt citizens in blue states like Illinois.
The pandemic hit Black renters with children especially hard, with 29 percent reporting that their household is not caught up on rent. Further, in 2020, Black and Latino families with children were more than twice as likely to suffer food insecurity as white households. The Build Back Better Act addresses racial and economic inequities for communities of color and rural and underserved communities. It dramatically reduces child poverty via a substantial Child Tax Credit, raising a projected 4.1 million children above the poverty line and cutting child poverty by more than 40 percent. In October alone, the advanced CTC gave caregivers in my Congressional District over $30 million to provide food, shelter, and other necessities for 121,000 children. This bill makes the largest investment in affordable housing and community development in half a century--over $145 billion--and it feeds the hungry with $10 billion for nutrition.
It makes Americans healthier by decreasing the cost of health insurance and medication, expanding medical services, investing $1 billion in community health centers, and providing tremendous funding to reduce health inequities.
It makes the largest investment in child care in our Nation's history, saving most families more than half of their spending on child care. Further, it makes historic investments to care for seniors and individuals with disabilities so that they can receive care in their homes and communities, recognizing the need to care for our aging population.
It makes the largest expansion of free education since our country established public high schools a century ago. It provides universal and free preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds, promoting racial equity in education. In addition, it expands access to affordable higher education by increasing the Pell grants by $550 for more than 5 million students, creating grants to close the college completion gap, and investing in Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions, including Predominantly Black Institutions like Malcolm X, Olive-Harvey, and Chicago State.
This legislation invests billions in small businesses, including $1.6 billion for minority owned businesses and $105 million for education and financial assistance for the formerly-incarcerated to form businesses to create jobs in their communities. Further, it ensures the largest effort to combat climate change in American history.
I am honored to vote for this once-in-a-generation legislation. I came to Congress to make this type of momentous change. I urge my colleagues to pass it.
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Build Back Better Act.
The Oversight Committee, which I chair, authored several key sections of this bill, which together will allocate nearly $14 billion.
My committee's sections are more than just numbers on a page--they represent a substantial and genuine investment in our future.
We have no future if we don't get serious about combatting climate change, and my committee's title would make the federal government a leader on combatting climate change by electrifying the federal government's vehicle fleet, and building the fleet of the future.
Our title includes nearly $3 billion for GSA to purchase tens of thousands of electric vehicles and build the infrastructure necessary to support them.
It also includes nearly $6 billion for the Postal Service to purchase electric vehicles for its new fleet, and to build the infrastructure necessary to charge these vehicles.
EVs are a sensible and cost-effective investment that will reduce emissions and keep the federal government competitive.
The title also includes $4 billion for GSA to expand the use of emerging green technologies and ensure that federal buildings are modernized with greener construction materials and modern environmental systems.
I'm especially pleased that we've included dedicated funding for OMB to support implementation of the Act and track labor, equity, and environmental standards and performance.
Our title also includes funding to ensure proper oversight of these programs.
It is critical that the House pass the Build Back Better Act as quickly as possible so that we can get this to the President's desk without delay.
I urge all my colleagues to support this bill.
Mr. NUNES. Madam Speaker, the Democrats have summoned us to the House floor today to debate their unaffordable socialist spending bill. It is rather novel for Congress to debate a bill that does not yet have final legislative text, but. after suffering alarming electoral defeats earlier this month, the Democrats appear desperate to save President Biden's domestic agenda, regardless of the consequences. So, here we are.
While the bill's actual provisions remain unclear, what is clear is the Biden administration's zeal to permanently transform the American economy. In an October press conference, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki went to great lengths to explain that the Democrats' reconciliation spending bill is seen by the President as a vehicle to remake the economy.
Biden seeks to ``do something historic that will fundamentally change the economy,'' she declared. He's seeking to make ``fundamental changes,'' she added. She later noted that the President seeks to
``make fundamental change in our economy,'' ``change fundamentally how we invest in our workforce,'' ``fundamentally change the economy,'' and
``fundamentally change people's lives.''
We should take Psaki at her word--President Biden believes he has found basic flaws in our economic system, and the solution is to inject trillions of dollars into government programs.
Earlier this year, the President made a down payment on this fundamental transformation when he signed into law the Democrats' $1.9 trillion so-called stimulus plan. The economic impact has been staggering: gas prices are reaching record highs, our supply chain is in crisis, small businesses are beset by a government-made labor shortage, and skyrocketing inflation is making everyday life unaffordable for working Americans.
The response from Democrats has been instructive. First, Democrats denied that inflation existed at all. Then, they claimed Republicans were exacerbating concerns over what they deemed ``transitory inflation'' for political gain. Next, they said inflation was both not transitory and, in fact, a good thing for the economy. Now, they accuse Republicans of opposing their plan to tackle the inflation they claimed was a good thing.
If inflation is indeed a good thing, then America is in luck--the Democrats' Build Back Better agenda promises much more of it. It's as if the Democrats are attempting to hyperinflate their way out of inflation.
This unaffordable bill won't solve the problems the Democrats have created. It won't lower energy prices, or tame inflation, or resolve the supply chain crisis, or help Americans get back to work. To the contrary, it's an ideological bill designed to implant socialism irreversibly in the federal government.
The whole bill is a slap in the face to the American people. Thankfully, however, this debate is just political theater, since we all know the bill, whenever it is finally passed by House Democrats, will die a quick death in the Senate.
Ms. BONAMICI. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of a meaningful and consequential piece of legislation, the Build Back Better Act.
This bill will strengthen our economy, create good-paying jobs, and make extraordinary investments that will improve child care, education, health care, child nutrition, and housing. Importantly, the legislation will take critical steps to address the climate crisis.
This legislation is a significant victory for children, families, caregivers, and early childhood educators. According to data from Oregon State University, every county in my home state of Oregon was a child care desert for infant and toddler care before the coronavirus pandemic, meaning that there is only one spot for every three children who need care. The $390 billion investment for early childhood care and universal preschool in the Build Back Better Act is fundamental to the long-term success and health of our kids and economy. These investments will help millions of parents, overwhelmingly women, return to work. Additionally, we will finally recognize the critical role of early childhood educators by making sure they are paid a living wage.
We have also provided substantial investments in our students by making higher education more affordable, including by increasing the value of the Pell Grant and expanding federal financial aid to eligible students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), temporary protected status (TPS), and deferred enforced departure (DED) status. To help students succeed in school and transition into a rewarding career, the Build Back Better Act provides funding for retention and completion grants. The bill also supports our teaching workforce by investing in grant programs to help train new teachers and address the teacher shortage. Additionally, the legislation also supports communities of color through targeted investments in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-
Serving Institutions and other Minority Serving Institutions.
As Chair of the Education and Labor Committee's Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee, I know students will be better equipped to succeed when they are no longer worrying about their next meal. The Build Back Better Act provides nine million more students free school meals through improving the Community Eligibility Provision, which is a significant step toward ending childhood hunger.
The Build Back Better Act provides for greater access to high-
quality, affordable health care and lowers costs for many Americans, especially our nation's seniors. The bill extends the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that were included in the American Rescue Plan, and lowers the cost of prescription drugs by finally allowing Medicare to negotiate prices for some drugs. The bill expands Medicare to cover the cost of hearing aids and makes home health care for elderly parents or loved ones with disabilities more affordable and accessible. It also includes significant resources for Older Americans Act meal programs and other senior services that I have long championed, particularly those supporting LGBTQ+ seniors and other underserved communities.
The bill will allow work authorization and provide important protections from deportation for many immigrants who have been building lives in this country and contributing to our communities for more than a decade. The legislation will not provide the crucial path to citizenship that I have been advocating for, but this is significant progress that we can continue to build on.
Importantly, we are facing a code red climate emergency and the Build Back Better Act is the most significant climate bill to come before the U.S. House of Representatives. It provides long-term extensions for renewable energy tax credits, and for the first time, energy storage projects will qualify for investment tax credits. This bill also invests $29 billion in nonprofit, state, and local institutions that support rapid deployment of low- and zero-emission technologies, with a particular focus on low-income communities that historically have not received these types of investments. This legislation combats methane emissions, which account for one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, by creating a methane emissions reduction program to incentivize oil and gas companies to reduce their methane leaks.
The health of our ocean reflects the health of our planet. The Build Back Better Act makes a significant investment by providing $6 billion for habitat restoration projects to conserve, restore, and protect coastal and marine habitats, increasing these ecosystems' resilience to climate change. It also provides $500 million for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate research to improve our understanding of the interdependence of our nation's coasts, ocean, weather, and climate. Although there is still tremendous work needed to prevent national and global climate disaster, the Build Back Better Act makes transformational and unprecedented investments in combating climate change.
The Build Back Better Act will also improve conditions for working Americans. It provides nearly $20 billion in funding for education and career training opportunities for underemployed and dislocated workers and fosters greater collaboration between industry, labor, nonprofits, and educational institutions to equip workers with skills training and post-training employment opportunities.
This bill will also support families when they need to take leave from work. Currently, the U.S. is one of only six nations in the world without a national paid leave program. The Build Back Better act brings the United States in line with every other OECD country by providing workers with four weeks of paid family leave for childbirth, major illness recovery, and family caretaking responsibilities.
Oregonians have long experienced pronounced challenges from the lack of affordable housing. The Build Back Better Act includes $150 billion to build and upgrade affordable housing stock and enhance rental assistance for low-income Americans. It also includes critical updates to and expands the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, which will further incentivize affordable housing development. This funding will improve housing affordability, support people experiencing homelessness, and shrink the homeownership gap for people of color.
Data reported by the United States Census Bureau found that the Child Tax Credit expansion that was included in the American Rescue Plan has already slashed taxes for millions of families and contributed significantly to reducing child hunger and housing insecurity. The Build Back Better Act builds upon this success by extending the enhanced Child Tax Credit for another year.
And finally, The Build Back Better Act is fully paid for by making sure the wealthiest Americans and large corporations pay their fair share in taxes.
The Build Back Better Act's historic investments will improve the lives of families and individuals, create thousands of good-paying jobs, and help our country rebuild after the devastating COVID-19 pandemic. And with the provisions to address the climate crisis, it will help bring about a better, healthier, and more secure future for Oregonians and Americans. For these reasons, I look forward to voting in favor of this bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
Pursuant to House Resolution 744, the previous question is ordered on the bill, as amended.
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. BRADY. 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. Brady moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5376 to the Committee on the Budget.
The material previously referred to by Mr. Brady is as follows:
Strike section 138401 and insert the following:
SEC. 138401. PROHIBITION ON NEW REQUIREMENTS TO REPORT BANK
ACCOUNT DEPOSITS AND WITHDRAWALS.
The Secretary of the Treasury (including any delegate of the Secretary) may not require any financial institution to report the inflows or out-flows (or any similar amount, whether on a transaction or aggregate basis) of any account maintained by such institution, except to the extent that such reporting is required under any program, or other provision of law, as in effect on October 1, 2021.
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.
Mr. BRADY. 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 208, nays 220, not voting 6, as follows:
YEAS--208
Aderholt Allen Amodei Armstrong Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Banks Barr Bentz Bergman Bice (OK) Biggs Bilirakis Bishop (NC) Boebert Bost Brady Brooks Buchanan Bucshon Budd Burchett Burgess Calvert Cammack Carey 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) 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 Pfluger Posey Reed Reschenthaler Rice (SC) Rodgers (WA) 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--220
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) 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 Pelosi 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--6
Buck Carl Clarke (NY) Perry Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY)
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Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. PINGREE, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Messrs. STANTON, CARSON, MOULTON, and MFUME changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
Messrs. GRAVES of Louisiana, HOLLINGSWORTH, DAVIDSON, GOSAR, PALMER, and EMMER changed their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Amodei (Balderson) Baird (Walorski) Barragan (Allred) Blumenauer (Beyer) Boyle, Brendan F. (Jeffries) Brooks (Moore (AL)) Brown (MD) (Blunt Rochester) Buchanan (Waltz) Burgess (Lucas) Bustos (Brownley) Calvert (Garcia (CA)) Cardenas (Gomez) Carey (Balderson) Cleaver (Butterfield) Comer (LaTurner) Crenshaw (Mullin) Curtis (Moore (UT)) DeFazio (Carbajal) DeSaulnier (Thompson (CA)) Duncan (Timmons) Dunn (Waltz) Emmer (McHenry) Evans (Mfume) Fallon (Nehls) Ferguson (Kustoff) Fletcher (Allred) Garbarino (Jacobs (NY)) Gibbs (Bucshon) Gimenez (Waltz) Gohmert (Weber) Gonzales, Tony (Ellzey) Gonzalez (OH) (Armstrong) Green (TN) (DesJarlais) Hagedorn (Moolenaar) Harshbarger (Fleischmann) Hartzler (Walberg) Herrera Beutler (Moore (UT)) Hudson (Balderson) Huffman (McNerney) Issa (Garcia (CA)) Jackson (Nehls) Johnson (OH) (Fulcher) Johnson (TX) (Jeffries) Joyce (OH) (Valadao) Joyce (PA) (Keller) Katko (Meijer) Kelly (PA) (Keller) Kind (Connolly) Kinzinger (Valadao) Kirkpatrick (Stanton) Krishnamoorthi (Levin (CA)) LaHood (Miller (WV)) Lamborn (McHenry) Larsen (WA) (Connolly) Lawson (FL) (Mfume) Lesko (Miller (WV)) Letlow (Cammack) Lieu (Raskin) Long (Fleischmann) Loudermilk (Cammack) Lowenthal (Beyer) Lynch (Langevin) Mast (Waltz) McBath (Williams (GA)) McEachin (Wexton) Meeks (Jeffries) Moulton (Kahele) Napolitano (Correa) Nunes (Garcia (CA)) Payne (Pallone) Porter (Wexton) Reed (Walorski) Reschenthaler (Keller) Rice (NY) (Murphy (FL)) Rodgers (WA) (Moore (UT)) Roybal-Allard (McCollum) Rush (Quigley) Salazar (Waltz) Sewell (Cicilline) Sires (Pallone) Stauber (Bergman) Steube (Timmons) Stevens (Lee (NV)) Stewart (Moore (UT)) Strickland (Jeffries) Swalwell (Gomez) Thompson (MS) (Butterfield) Thompson (PA) (Meuser) Tiffany (Arrington) Trahan (Langevin) Trone (Beyer) Underwood (Casten) Veasey (Beatty) Welch (McGovern) Wilson (FL) (Hayes) Young (Spartz) Zeldin (Timmons)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. BRADY. 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 220, nays 213, not voting 1, as follows:
YEAS--220
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) 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 Pelosi 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--213
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 Golden 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) 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 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
NOT VOTING--1
Perry
{time} 0944
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Clark of Massachusetts). Without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table.
Mr. CLYDE. Madam Speaker, I object.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.
members recorded pursuant to house resolution 8, 117th congress
Amodei (Balderson) Baird (Walorski) Barragan (Allred) Blumenauer (Beyer) Boyle, Brendan F. (Jeffries) Brooks (Moore (AL)) Brown (MD) (Blunt Rochester) Buchanan (Waltz) Burgess (Lucas) Bustos (Brownley) Calvert (Garcia (CA)) Cardenas (Gomez) Carey (Balderson) Carl (Rogers (AL)) Cleaver (Butterfield) Comer (LaTurner) Crenshaw (Mullin) Curtis (Moore (UT)) DeFazio (Carbajal) DeSaulnier (Thompson (CA)) Duncan (Timmons) Dunn (Waltz) Emmer (McHenry) Evans (Mfume) Fallon (Nehls) Ferguson (Kustoff) Fletcher (Allred) Garbarino (Jacobs (NY)) Gibbs (Bucshon) Gimenez (Waltz) Gohmert (Weber) Gonzales, Tony (Ellzey) Gonzalez (OH) (Armstrong) Green (TN) (DesJarlais) Hagedorn (Moolenaar) Harshbarger (Fleischmann) Hartzler (Walberg) Herrera Beutler (Moore (UT)) Hudson (Balderson) Huffman (McNerney) Issa (Garcia (CA)) Jackson (Nehls) Johnson (OH) (Fulcher) Johnson (TX) (Jeffries) Joyce (OH) (Valadao) Joyce (PA) (Keller) Katko (Meijer) Kelly (PA) (Keller) Kind (Connolly) Kinzinger (Valadao) Kirkpatrick (Stanton) Krishnamoorthi (Levin (CA)) LaHood (Miller (WV)) Lamborn (McHenry) Larsen (WA) (Connolly) Lawson (FL) (Mfume) Lesko (Miller (WV)) Letlow (Cammack) Lieu (Raskin) Long (Fleischmann) Loudermilk (Cammack) Lowenthal (Beyer) Lynch (Langevin) Mast (Waltz) McBath (Williams (GA)) McEachin (Wexton) Meeks (Jeffries) Moulton (Kahele) Napolitano (Correa) Nunes (Garcia (CA)) Payne (Pallone) Porter (Wexton) Reed (Walorski) Reschenthaler
(Keller) Rice (NY) (Murphy (FL)) Rodgers (WA) (Moore (UT)) Roybal-Allard (McCollum) Rush (Quigley) Salazar (Waltz) Sewell (Cicilline) Sires (Pallone) Stauber (Bergman) Steube (Timmons) Stevens (Lee (NV)) Stewart (Moore (UT)) Strickland (Jeffries) Swalwell (Gomez) Thompson (MS) (Butterfield) Thompson (PA) (Meuser) Tiffany (Arrington) Trahan (Langevin) Trone (Beyer) Underwood (Casten) Veasey (Beatty) Welch (McGovern) Wilson (FL) (Hayes) Young (Spartz) Zeldin (Timmons)
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