H5972 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 13, 2012 

Nunes 

Nunnelee 

Olson 

Owens 

Palazzo 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor (AZ) 

Paulsen 

Pearce 

Pelosi 

Pence 

Perlmutter 

Peters 

Pingree (ME) 

Pitts 

Platts 

Polis 

Pompeo 

Price (GA) 

Price (NC) 

Quigley 

Rahall 

Rangel 

Reed 

Reichert 

Renacci 

Reyes 

Ribble 

Richardson 

Richmond 

Rivera 

Roby 

Roe (TN) 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rogers (MI) 

Rohrabacher 

Rokita 

Rooney 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Roskam 

Rothman (NJ) 

Roybal-Allard 

Royce 

Runyan 

Ruppersberger 

Ryan (OH) 

Ryan (WI) 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Scalise 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schock 

Schwartz 

Scott (VA) 

Scott, Austin 

Scott, David 

Serrano 

Sessions 

Sewell 

Sherman 

Shimkus 

Shuster 

Sires 

Slaughter 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Smith (WA) 

Southerland 

Speier 

Stivers 

Sullivan 

Sutton 

Terry 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Thompson (PA) 

Thornberry 

Tiberi 

Tierney 

Tipton 

Tonko 

Turner (NY) 

Upton 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walberg 

Walden 

Walz (MN) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watt 

Waxman 

Webster 

Welch 

West 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield 

Wilson (FL) 

Womack 

Woodall 

Yarmuth 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

Young (IN) 

NOES—91 

Adams 

Altmire 

Amash 

Bachmann 

Barton (TX) 

Berg 

Bono Mack 

Boustany 

Brooks 

Burton (IN) 

Canseco 

Capuano 

Chabot 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costello 

Crenshaw 

Davis (IL) 

DesJarlais 

Duncan (SC) 

Duncan (TN) 

Emerson 

Fincher 

Flake 

Fleming 

Flores 

Forbes 

Foxx 

Frank (MA) 

Franks (AZ) 

Gardner 

Gingrey (GA) 

Gohmert 

Gosar 

Gowdy 

Graves (MO) 

Griffith (VA) 

Hall 

Hartzler 

Huelskamp 

Johnson (IL) 

Jones 

Jordan 

Kissell 

Kucinich 

Labrador 

Lamborn 

Landry 

Lee (CA) 

Lummis 

Mack 

Marchant 

Matheson 

McClintock 

McDermott 

McIntyre 

McKeon 

Miller (FL) 

Miller, Gary 

Neugebauer 

Noem 

Olver 

Paul 

Peterson 

Petri 

Poe (TX) 

Posey 

Quayle 

Rehberg 

Rigell 

Ross (FL) 

Rush 

Schilling 

Schmidt 

Schrader 

Schweikert 

Scott (SC) 

Sensenbrenner 

Shuler 

Simpson 

Stark 

Stearns 

Stutzman 

Tsongas 

Turner (OH) 

Walsh (IL) 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman 

Wolf 

Woolsey 

Yoder 

NOT VOTING—9 

Akin 

Blumenauer 

Broun (GA) 

Herger 

Jackson (IL) 

King (NY) 

Miller, George 

Ross (AR) 

Towns 

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

The SPEAKER pro tempore (during 

the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. 

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Mr. GRAVES of Missouri changed his 

vote from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ 

Mr. WELCH changed his vote from 

‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ 

So the joint resolution was passed. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

REAUTHORIZING CERTAIN VISA 

PROGRAMS 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the 

bill (S. 3245) to extend by 3 years the 

authorization of the EB–5 Regional 

Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and 

the Conrad State 30 J–1 Visa Waiver 

Program, on which the yeas and nays 

were ordered. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the motion offered by 

the gentleman from Texas (Mr. SMITH) 

that the House suspend the rules and 

pass the bill. 

This will be a 5-minute vote. 

The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—yeas 412, nays 3, 

not voting 14, as follows: 

[Roll No. 580] 

YEAS—412 

Ackerman 

Adams 

Aderholt 

Alexander 

Altmire 

Amodei 

Andrews 

Austria 

Baca 

Bachmann 

Bachus 

Baldwin 

Barber 

Barletta 

Barrow 

Bartlett 

Barton (TX) 

Bass (CA) 

Bass (NH) 

Becerra 

Benishek 

Berg 

Berkley 

Berman 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Bishop (UT) 

Black 

Blackburn 

Bonamici 

Bonner 

Bono Mack 

Boren 

Boswell 

Boustany 

Brady (PA) 

Brady (TX) 

Braley (IA) 

Brooks 

Brown (FL) 

Buchanan 

Bucshon 

Burgess 

Burton (IN) 

Butterfield 

Calvert 

Camp 

Campbell 

Canseco 

Cantor 

Capito 

Capps 

Capuano 

Carnahan 

Carney 

Carson (IN) 

Carter 

Cassidy 

Castor (FL) 

Chabot 

Chaffetz 

Chu 

Cicilline 

Clarke (MI) 

Clarke (NY) 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Coble 

Coffman (CO) 

Cohen 

Conaway 

Connolly (VA) 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costa 

Costello 

Courtney 

Cravaack 

Crawford 

Crenshaw 

Critz 

Crowley 

Cuellar 

Culberson 

Cummings 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

DeLauro 

Denham 

Dent 

DesJarlais 

Deutch 

Diaz-Balart 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Dold 

Donnelly (IN) 

Doyle 

Dreier 

Duffy 

Duncan (SC) 

Duncan (TN) 

Edwards 

Ellison 

Ellmers 

Emerson 

Engel 

Farenthold 

Farr 

Fattah 

Filner 

Fincher 

Fitzpatrick 

Flake 

Fleischmann 

Fleming 

Flores 

Forbes 

Fortenberry 

Foxx 

Frank (MA) 

Franks (AZ) 

Frelinghuysen 

Fudge 

Gallegly 

Garamendi 

Gardner 

Garrett 

Gerlach 

Gibbs 

Gibson 

Gingrey (GA) 

Gonzalez 

Goodlatte 

Gosar 

Gowdy 

Granger 

Graves (GA) 

Graves (MO) 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Griffin (AR) 

Griffith (VA) 

Grijalva 

Guinta 

Guthrie 

Gutierrez 

Hahn 

Hall 

Hanabusa 

Hanna 

Harper 

Harris 

Hartzler 

Hastings (FL) 

Hastings (WA) 

Hayworth 

Heck 

Heinrich 

Hensarling 

Herrera Beutler 

Higgins 

Himes 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Hirono 

Hochul 

Holden 

Holt 

Honda 

Hoyer 

Huelskamp 

Huizenga (MI) 

Hultgren 

Hunter 

Hurt 

Israel 

Issa 

Jackson Lee 

(TX) 

Jenkins 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson (OH) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Johnson, Sam 

Jones 

Jordan 

Kaptur 

Keating 

Kelly 

Kildee 

Kind 

King (IA) 

Kingston 

Kinzinger (IL) 

Kissell 

Kline 

Kucinich 

Labrador 

Lamborn 

Lance 

Landry 

Langevin 

Lankford 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Lee (CA) 

Levin 

Lewis (CA) 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

LoBiondo 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Long 

Lowey 

Lucas 

Luetkemeyer 

Luja ́n 

Lummis 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Lynch 

Mack 

Maloney 

Manzullo 

Marchant 

Marino 

Markey 

Matheson 

Matsui 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCaul 

McClintock 

McCollum 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McHenry 

McIntyre 

McKeon 

McKinley 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

McNerney 

Meehan 

Meeks 

Mica 

Michaud 

Miller (FL) 

Miller (MI) 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, Gary 

Miller, George 

Moore 

Moran 

Mulvaney 

Murphy (CT) 

Murphy (PA) 

Myrick 

Nadler 

Napolitano 

Neal 

Neugebauer 

Noem 

Nugent 

Nunes 

Nunnelee 

Olson 

Olver 

Owens 

Palazzo 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor (AZ) 

Paulsen 

Pearce 

Pelosi 

Pence 

Perlmutter 

Peters 

Peterson 

Petri 

Pingree (ME) 

Pitts 

Platts 

Poe (TX) 

Polis 

Pompeo 

Posey 

Price (GA) 

Price (NC) 

Quayle 

Quigley 

Rahall 

Rangel 

Reed 

Rehberg 

Reichert 

Renacci 

Reyes 

Ribble 

Richardson 

Richmond 

Rigell 

Rivera 

Roby 

Roe (TN) 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rogers (MI) 

Rohrabacher 

Rokita 

Rooney 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Roskam 

Ross (FL) 

Rothman (NJ) 

Roybal-Allard 

Royce 

Runyan 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Scalise 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schilling 

Schmidt 

Schock 

Schrader 

Schwartz 

Schweikert 

Scott (SC) 

Scott (VA) 

Scott, Austin 

Scott, David 

Sensenbrenner 

Serrano 

Sessions 

Sewell 

Sherman 

Shimkus 

Shuler 

Shuster 

Simpson 

Sires 

Slaughter 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Smith (WA) 

Southerland 

Speier 

Stark 

Stearns 

Stivers 

Stutzman 

Sullivan 

Sutton 

Terry 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Thompson (PA) 

Thornberry 

Tiberi 

Tierney 

Tipton 

Tonko 

Tsongas 

Turner (NY) 

Turner (OH) 

Upton 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walberg 

Walden 

Walsh (IL) 

Walz (MN) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watt 

Waxman 

Webster 

Welch 

West 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield 

Wilson (FL) 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman 

Wolf 

Womack 

Woodall 

Woolsey 

Yarmuth 

Yoder 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

Young (IN) 

NAYS—3 

Amash Gohmert Paul 

NOT VOTING—14 

Akin 

Blumenauer 

Broun (GA) 

Buerkle 

Chandler 

Cole 

Eshoo 

Grimm 

Herger 

Jackson (IL) 

King (NY) 

Ross (AR) 

Ryan (WI) 

Towns 

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So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the 

bill was passed. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 


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September 13, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5973 

CONDEMNING THE SHOOTING 

THAT KILLED SIX INNOCENT 

PEOPLE AT THE SIKH TEMPLE 

OF WISCONSIN IN OAK CREEK, 

WISCONSIN, ON AUGUST 5, 2012 

Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, I 

ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Oversight and Government 

Reform be discharged from further consideration of House Resolution 775, and 

ask for its immediate consideration in 

the House. 

The Clerk read the title of the resolution. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. 

MULVANEY). Is there objection to the 

request of the gentleman from Texas? 

There was no objection. 

The text of the resolution is as follows: 

H. RES. 775 

Whereas on Sunday, August 5, 2012, a 

shooting took place at the Sikh Temple of 

Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wisconsin; 

Whereas as a result of the shooting, six innocent individuals lost their lives while preparing to attend a Sunday morning worship; 

Whereas three individuals were severely 

injured in the attack; 

Whereas many individuals and members of 

the Sikh community selflessly sought to aid 

and protect others above their own safety; 

and 

Whereas the quick action of law enforcement officials prevented additional losses of 

life: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) condemns the senseless attack at the 

Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on Sunday, August 5, 2012; 

(2) offers condolences to the families, 

friends, and loved ones who were killed in 

the attack and expresses hope for the full recovery of those injured in the attack; 

(3) honors the selfless, dedicated service 

of— 

(A) the emergency response teams and law 

enforcement officials who responded to the 

attack; and 

(B) law enforcement officials who continue 

to investigate the attack; and 

(4) remains hopeful, as additional details 

regarding the attack are gathered, that the 

citizens of this country will come together, 

united in a shared desire for peace and justice while standing with the Sikh community to grieve the loss of life. 

The resolution was agreed to. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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SOLIDARITY WITH THE SIKH 

COMMUNITY 

(Mr. ROYCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 

minute.) 

Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I would 

like to speak in favor of the resolution 

I coauthored with the Wisconsin delegation here in solidarity with the Sikh 

community in Oak Creek and the Sikh 

community all across the United 

States. 

In a strange coincidence, I had a previously scheduled meeting in California at a Sikh temple on the very day 

when that murderous attack in Oak 

Creek occurred. Obviously, our discussion shifted to the subject of that premeditated attack. 

I was able to hear about the plight of 

being targeted because of one’s religion, the plight of being targeted for 

one’s appearance. 

We are in a constant struggle against 

bad ideas, despicable ideas. 

Passing this resolution will not ease 

the pain of those affected by this tragedy, but it does show to the world that 

people from across the United States 

can unite and denounce bigoted violence. 

Our great country is rooted in religious tolerance. The Constitution 

makes freedom of religion first and 

foremost. There is no place in this 

country for religious-motivated terrorism, and this resolution that we 

passed reaffirms that. 

I end by thanking Mr. RYAN and the 

Wisconsin delegation for their efforts 

on this resolution, but also I thank the 

leadership of both parties here today 

for working with us to make sure that 

this resolution came to the floor. 

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NO MONEY FOR LIBYA OR EGYPT 

(Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and 

was given permission to address the 

House for 1 minute.) 

Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I’m really disappointed today. We 

passed a CR for 6 months, and it contained language in there that was supposedly designed to keep Libya and 

Egypt from getting funds. My colleagues overwhelmingly voted for it. I 

do not criticize them for that. 

But I do feel very strongly in my 

heart that we made a mistake by not, 

in the Rules Committee, passing an 

amendment which would make sure 

that the money in that bill for foreign 

assistance did not go to Libya or 

Egypt. 

I read the document that they put 

out, and it does not prohibit the money 

from getting to Libya and Egypt. The 

Muslim Brotherhood runs Egypt. They 

hate the United States, and their 

President has said he wanted to model 

his country after Iran. 

In Libya, they killed our Ambassador 

and scaled the walls. They burned our 

flag. They did it in Egypt, and they 

held up the al Qaeda flag; and we’re 

going to give them money. It makes no 

sense. 

If the American people were paying 

attention to this right now, they would 

raise hell. 

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HUNGER STRIKES IN CUBA 

(Mr. RIVERA asked and was given 

permission to address the House for 1 

minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) 

Mr. RIVERA. Mr. Speaker, this Monday, prominent Cuban dissident Marta 

Beatriz Roque launched a hunger 

strike in order to draw attention to the 

unwavering attempts by the Castro 

dictatorship to suppress pro-democracy 

supporters. She has since been joined 

in her hunger strike by an additional 25 

dissidents. Roque suffers from diabetes, 

and her water-only fast could easily 

kill her in days. 

Castro’s thugs have continually increased the level of repression against 

the opposition movement. It is intolerable that this has become the ‘‘norm’’ 

in Cuban society. Jailing, beating, and 

detaining peaceful protestors who are 

simply demanding their basic human 

rights is not the norm. It is unacceptable. 

The Castro brothers will continue 

their violent and abusive ways and will 

stop at nothing to remain in power. 

How bad do things need to get before 

the international community finally 

recognizes the plight of the Cuban people? These brave men and women continue to risk their lives every day, and 

we must call attention to their struggle. 

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RUSSIA PNTR 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under 

the Speaker’s announced policy of January 5, 2011, the gentleman from California (Mr. DREIER) is recognized for 60 

minutes as the designee of the majority leader. 

GENERAL LEAVE

Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent that all Members 

may have 5 legislative days to revise 

and extend their remarks on the subject of my Special Order. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from California? 

There was no objection. 

Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise 

today to talk about an issue that both 

Democrats and Republicans, and virtually every American, is talking 

about, and people all over the world are 

talking about. What is that issue? How 

do we increase global economic growth; 

and here in this country, how do we 

create more good American jobs. 

It’s obviously a key part of the Presidential campaign. We have Democrats 

and Republicans daily stand in the well 

of the House of Representatives and 

offer proposals, talk about their ideas 

as to how we can create good jobs. 

We have the sad report of 380,000 people who fell off the rolls even looking 

for jobs. We have literally millions of 

our fellow Americans who are looking 

for jobs, and we have many businesses 

that are struggling. 

One of the great challenges that 

President Obama put forward was the 

goal of doubling our exports, and we all 

know that he very much wanted to do 

that. We, as Members of Congress, 

came together after a decade, and we 

finally were able to successfully pass 

market-opening opportunities for U.S. 

workers to sell their goods and provide 

our services in Panama, Colombia, and 

South Korea. 

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It took us a long time to get there. I 

know that it’s easy to point the finger 

of blame, but the fact is we’ve been 

ready for a long time. This institution 


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