December 10, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10907 

ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—1 

Campbell (CA) 

NOT VOTING—27 

Costa 

Cubin 

Delahunt 

Doolittle 

Ellison 

Emanuel 

Everett 

Gilchrest 

Gutierrez 

Hastings (FL) 

Hooley 

Jefferson 

Johnson, E. B. 

Keller 

Kirk 

Kuhl (NY) 

Miller, Gary 

Peterson (PA) 

Pryce (OH) 

Renzi 

Rohrabacher 

Sensenbrenner 

Snyder 

Tancredo 

Walberg 

Watson 

Weldon (FL) 

b 1753 

Messrs. GALLEGLY and WITTMAN 

of Virginia changed their vote from 

‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ 

Mr. UPTON changed his vote from 

‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ 

So the previous question was ordered. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

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MOMENT OF SILENCE IN REMEMBRANCE OF MEMBERS OF 

ARMED FORCES AND THEIR 

FAMILIES 

The SPEAKER. The Chair would ask 

all present to rise for the purpose of a 

moment of silence. 

The Chair asks that the House now 

observe a moment of silence in remembrance of our brave men and women in 

uniform who have given their lives in 

the service of our Nation in Iraq and in 

Afghanistan and their families, and all 

who serve in our Armed Forces and 

their families. 

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THANKS AND WELL WISHES TO 

ROB NABORS 

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

minute.) 

Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, for the last 

4 years Rob Nabors has served as, first, 

the staff director of the then-Minority 

Democrats on the Appropriations Committee and, in the last 2 years, as the 

staff director of the entire committee. 

His work ethic has been legendary. He 

has worked all hours of the day like so 

many in this institution whose names 

are not publicly known. He has worked 

overtime. He’s worked night and day. 

He’s worked weekdays and weekends. 

He’s demonstrated great judgment and 

skill. And he has also been a bit of history because he is the first African 

American to have served as the staff 

director for the Appropriations Committee. 

But now, alas, President-elect Obama 

has asked him to serve as the Deputy 

Director of OMB, and exercising the 

‘‘faulty judgment’’ that we have come 

to expect from Chicago Bears fans, he 

has accepted that invitation. 

So I simply wanted to take this moment to publicly in this institution 

thank him for the great service that he 

has provided this institution and the 

country and to wish him well on the 

road ahead. 

Mr. HOYER. Will the gentleman 

yield? 

Mr. OBEY. Surely. 

Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman 

for yielding. 

Mr. Speaker, I had the privilege of 

chairing a subcommittee on the Appropriations Committee many years ago, 

and Rob Nabors was my staff director, 

so I had an opportunity to work with 

him firsthand. And I want to echo the 

comments of Mr. OBEY and, I know, the 

comments that Mr. LEWIS will make. 

Mr. Nabors is an individual of great 

intellect, great integrity, and great insight. And I want to frankly express on 

behalf of the House our appreciation to 

the President-elect for having the wisdom to choose somebody who knows 

the House so well and I think we will 

be able to work with very closely, although my impression is that his relationship with Mr. OBEY may be modified just slightly. 

Rob, congratulations to you. 

Mr. LEWIS of California. Will the 

gentleman yield? 

Mr. OBEY. I yield to the gentleman. 

Mr. LEWIS of California. I appreciate 

my chairman’s yielding. 

Mr. Speaker, it has been my privilege 

to work with the chairmen both when 

they were in the minority and now running the place. 

I must say that very few staff people 

combine both the intellect and personality kind of warmth that Rob reflects 

in the everyday work of this fabulous 

guy. He’s a wonderful member of our 

staff. OMB is going to be very fortunate to have him, and we will miss 

him. So thank you very much. 

Mr. OBEY. I yield to the Speaker. 

Ms. PELOSI. Thank you very much, 

Mr. Chairman. I want to join my colleagues and sing the praises of Rob 

Nabors. 

We are blessed in the Congress with 

magnificent staff on both sides of the 

aisle who serve the American people 

very well, none more excellent than 

Rob Nabors. 

It is with great congratulations that 

we send him off to the new administration to work for President-elect and 

then President Obama but not without 

some sadness in losing him here in the 

Congress. 

Rob, thank you for your service to 

our country, for your excellence in 

your work, and for the friendship that 

you have provided to many of us and 

for the courage and fortitude you have 

exhibited in working under the great 

leadership of Chairman OBEY. Thank 

you, Rob Nabors, again. 

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ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER 

PRO TEMPORE 

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. 

SERRANO). Without objection, 5-minute 

voting will continue. 

There was no objection. 

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION 

OF H.R. 7321, AUTO INDUSTRY FINANCING AND RESTRUCTURING 

ACT 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the resolution. 

The question was taken; and the 

Speaker pro tempore announced that 

the ayes appeared to have it. 

Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, on that I 

demand the yeas and nays. 

The yeas and nays were ordered. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. This 

will be a 5-minute vote. 

The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—yeas 225, nays 

179, answered ‘‘present’’ 1, not voting 

28, as follows: 

[Roll No. 688] 

YEAS—225 

Abercrombie 

Ackerman 

Allen 

Altmire 

Andrews 

Arcuri 

Baca 

Baird 

Baldwin 

Barrow 

Bean 

Becerra 

Berkley 

Berman 

Berry 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Blumenauer 

Boren 

Boswell 

Boucher 

Boyd (FL) 

Boyda (KS) 

Brady (PA) 

Braley (IA) 

Brown, Corrine 

Butterfield 

Camp (MI) 

Capps 

Capuano 

Cardoza 

Carnahan 

Carson 

Castor 

Cazayoux 

Chandler 

Childers 

Clarke 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Cohen 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costello 

Courtney 

Cramer 

Crowley 

Cuellar 

Cummings 

Davis (AL) 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

Davis, Lincoln 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

DeLauro 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Donnelly 

Doyle 

Edwards (MD) 

Edwards (TX) 

Ehlers 

Ellsworth 

Engel 

Eshoo 

Etheridge 

Farr 

Fattah 

Filner 

Foster 

Frank (MA) 

Fudge 

Gillibrand 

Gonzalez 

Gordon 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Grijalva 

Hall (NY) 

Hare 

Harman 

Higgins 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Hirono 

Hodes 

Holden 

Holt 

Honda 

Hoyer 

Inslee 

Israel 

Jackson (IL) 

Jackson-Lee 

(TX) 

Johnson (GA) 

Kagen 

Kanjorski 

Kaptur 

Kennedy 

Kildee 

Kilpatrick 

Kind 

Klein (FL) 

Knollenberg 

Kucinich 

LaHood 

Lampson 

Langevin 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

LaTourette 

Lee 

Levin 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Lowey 

Lynch 

Mahoney (FL) 

Maloney (NY) 

Markey 

Marshall 

Matsui 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCollum (MN) 

McCotter 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McNerney 

McNulty 

Meek (FL) 

Meeks (NY) 

Melancon 

Miller (MI) 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, George 

Mollohan 

Moore (KS) 

Moore (WI) 

Moran (VA) 

Murphy (CT) 

Murphy, Patrick 

Murtha 

Nadler 

Napolitano 

Neal (MA) 

Oberstar 

Obey 

Olver 

Ortiz 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor 

Payne 

Perlmutter 

Peterson (MN) 

Pomeroy 

Price (NC) 

Rahall 

Ramstad 

Rangel 

Reyes 

Richardson 

Rodriguez 

Ross 

Rothman 

Roybal-Allard 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Salazar 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schwartz 

Scott (GA) 

Scott (VA) 

Serrano 

Sestak 

Shea-Porter 

Sherman 

Sires 

Skelton 

Slaughter 

Smith (WA) 

Solis 

Souder 

Space 

Speier 

Spratt 

Stark 

Stupak 

Sutton 

Tanner 

Tauscher 

Taylor 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Tierney 

Towns 

Tsongas 

Udall (CO) 

Udall (NM) 

Upton 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walz (MN) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watt 

Waxman 

Weiner 

Welch (VT) 

Wexler 

Wilson (OH) 

Woolsey 

Wu 

Yarmuth 

NAYS—179 

Aderholt 

Akin 

Alexander 

Bachmann 

Bachus 

Barrett (SC)