H20 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 6, 2009 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Salazar 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Schakowsky 

Schauer 

Schiff 

Schrader 

Schwartz 

Scott (GA) 

Scott (VA) 

Serrano 

Sestak 

Shea-Porter 

Sherman 

Shuler 

Sires 

Skelton 

Slaughter 

Smith (WA) 

Snyder 

Space 

Speier 

Spratt 

Stark 

Stupak 

Sutton 

Tanner 

Tauscher 

Taylor 

Teague 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Tierney 

Titus 

Tonko 

Tsongas 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walz 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watson 

Watt 

Waxman 

Weiner 

Welch 

Wexler 

Wilson (OH) 

Woolsey 

Wu 

Yarmuth 

NOT VOTING—7 

Boucher 

Capuano 

Herseth Sandlin 

Pelosi 

Posey 

Solis (CA) 

Towns 

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Messrs. BISHOP of New York, MILLER of North Carolina, SPACE, 

SCHIFF, DAVIS of Illinois, HONDA, 

WEINER, MURPHY of Connecticut, 

GORDON of Tennessee, Ms. JACKSONLEE of Texas, Ms. WATSON, Ms. 

CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mrs. 

MALONEY, Ms. DEGETTE and Ms. 

HIRONO changed their vote from 

‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ 

Messrs. COLE, DANIEL E. LUNGREN 

of California, GARRETT of New Jersey, AKIN, TIAHRT, BILIRAKIS, 

SCHOCK, YOUNG of Alaska, SMITH of 

New Jersey, ROHRABACHER, SESSIONS, STEARNS, JONES and Mrs. 

CAPITO changed their vote from 

‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ 

So the motion to commit was rejected. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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 vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—yeas 242, nays 

181, not voting 7, as follows: 

[Roll No. 4] 

YEAS—242 

Abercrombie 

Ackerman 

Adler (NJ) 

Altmire 

Andrews 

Arcuri 

Baca 

Baldwin 

Barrow 

Bean 

Becerra 

Berkley 

Berman 

Berry 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Blumenauer 

Boccieri 

Boren 

Boswell 

Boyd 

Brady (PA) 

Braley (IA) 

Bright 

Brown, Corrine 

Butterfield 

Capps 

Cardoza 

Carnahan 

Carney 

Carson (IN) 

Castor (FL) 

Chandler 

Childers 

Clarke 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Cohen 

Connolly (VA) 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costa 

Costello 

Courtney 

Crowley 

Cuellar 

Cummings 

Dahlkemper 

Davis (AL) 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

Davis (TN) 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

Delahunt 

DeLauro 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Donnelly (IN) 

Doyle 

Driehaus 

Edwards (MD) 

Edwards (TX) 

Ellison 

Ellsworth 

Engel 

Eshoo 

Etheridge 

Farr 

Fattah 

Filner 

Foster 

Frank (MA) 

Fudge 

Giffords 

Gillibrand 

Gonzalez 

Gordon (TN) 

Grayson 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Griffith 

Grijalva 

Hall (NY) 

Halvorson 

Hare 

Harman 

Hastings (FL) 

Heinrich 

Herseth Sandlin 

Higgins 

Hill 

Himes 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Hirono 

Hodes 

Holden 

Holt 

Honda 

Hoyer 

Inslee 

Israel 

Jackson (IL) 

Jackson-Lee 

(TX) 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Kagen 

Kanjorski 

Kaptur 

Kennedy 

Kildee 

Kilpatrick (MI) 

Kilroy 

Kind 

Kirkpatrick (AZ) 

Kissell 

Klein (FL) 

Kosmas 

Kratovil 

Kucinich 

Langevin 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Lee (CA) 

Levin 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Lowey 

Luja ́n 

Lynch 

Maffei 

Maloney 

Markey (CO) 

Markey (MA) 

Marshall 

Massa 

Matheson 

Matsui 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCollum 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McIntyre 

McMahon 

McNerney 

Meek (FL) 

Meeks (NY) 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, George 

Mitchell 

Mollohan 

Moore (KS) 

Moore (WI) 

Moran (VA) 

Murphy (CT) 

Murphy, Patrick 

Murtha 

Nadler (NY) 

Napolitano 

Neal (MA) 

Nye 

Oberstar 

Obey 

Olver 

Ortiz 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Payne 

Pelosi 

Perlmutter 

Perriello 

Peters 

Peterson 

Pingree (ME) 

Polis (CO) 

Price (NC) 

Rahall 

Rangel 

Reyes 

Richardson 

Rodriguez 

Ross 

Rothman (NJ) 

Roybal-Allard 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Salazar 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sarbanes 

Schakowsky 

Schauer 

Schiff 

Schrader 

Schwartz 

Scott (GA) 

Scott (VA) 

Serrano 

Sestak 

Shea-Porter 

Sherman 

Shuler 

Sires 

Skelton 

Slaughter 

Smith (WA) 

Snyder 

Space 

Speier 

Spratt 

Stark 

Stupak 

Sutton 

Tanner 

Tauscher 

Taylor 

Teague 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Tierney 

Titus 

Tonko 

Tsongas 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walz 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Watson 

Watt 

Waxman 

Weiner 

Welch 

Wexler 

Wilson (OH) 

Wu 

Yarmuth 

NAYS—181 

Aderholt 

Akin 

Alexander 

Austria 

Bachmann 

Bachus 

Baird 

Barrett (SC) 

Bartlett 

Barton (TX) 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Bishop (UT) 

Blackburn 

Blunt 

Boehner 

Bonner 

Bono Mack 

Boozman 

Boustany 

Brady (TX) 

Broun (GA) 

Brown (SC) 

Brown-Waite, 

Ginny 

Buchanan 

Burgess 

Burton (IN) 

Buyer 

Calvert 

Camp 

Campbell 

Cantor 

Cao 

Capito 

Carter 

Cassidy 

Castle 

Chaffetz 

Coble 

Coffman (CO) 

Cole 

Conaway 

Crenshaw 

Culberson 

Davis (KY) 

Deal (GA) 

Dent 

Diaz-Balart, L. 

Diaz-Balart, M. 

Dreier 

Duncan 

Ehlers 

Emerson 

Fallin 

Flake 

Fleming 

Forbes 

Fortenberry 

Foxx 

Franks (AZ) 

Frelinghuysen 

Gallegly 

Garrett (NJ) 

Gerlach 

Gingrey (GA) 

Gohmert 

Goodlatte 

Granger 

Graves 

Guthrie 

Hall (TX) 

Harper 

Heller 

Hensarling 

Herger 

Hoekstra 

Hunter 

Inglis 

Issa 

Jenkins 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson, Sam 

Jones 

Jordan (OH) 

King (IA) 

King (NY) 

Kingston 

Kirk 

Kline (MN) 

Lamborn 

Lance 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Lee (NY) 

Lewis (CA) 

Linder 

LoBiondo 

Lucas 

Luetkemeyer 

Lummis 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Mack 

Manzullo 

Marchant 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCaul 

McClintock 

McCotter 

McHenry 

McHugh 

McKeon 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

Mica 

Michaud 

Miller (FL) 

Miller (MI) 

Minnick 

Moran (KS) 

Murphy, Tim 

Myrick 

Neugebauer 

Nunes 

Olson 

Pastor (AZ) 

Paul 

Paulsen 

Pence 

Petri 

Pitts 

Platts 

Poe (TX) 

Posey 

Price (GA) 

Putnam 

Radanovich 

Rehberg 

Reichert 

Roe (TN) 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rohrabacher 

Rooney 

Roskam 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Royce 

Ryan (WI) 

Scalise 

Schmidt 

Schock 

Sensenbrenner 

Sessions 

Shadegg 

Shimkus 

Shuster 

Simpson 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Souder 

Stearns 

Sullivan 

Terry 

Thompson (PA) 

Thornberry 

Tiahrt 

Tiberi 

Turner 

Upton 

Walden 

Wamp 

Waters 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman 

Wolf 

Woolsey 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

NOT VOTING—7 

Boucher 

Capuano 

Melancon 

Pomeroy 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Solis (CA) 

Towns 

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

The SPEAKER pro tempore (during 

the vote). There are less than 2 minutes remaining in this vote. 

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Ms. WATERS changed her vote from 

‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ 

So the resolution was agreed to. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

Stated for: 

Mr. POSEY. Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 

4, had I been present, I would have voted 

‘‘yea.’’ 

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ELECTING MEMBERS TO CERTAIN 

STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Madam 

Speaker, by direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. 

The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: 

H. RES. 8 

Resolved, That the following named Members be and are hereby elected to the following standing committees of the House of 

Representatives: 

(1) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.—Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Chairman. 

(2) COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.—Mr. 

Obey, Chairman. 

(3) COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES.—Mr. 

Skelton, Chairman. 

(4) COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET.—Mr. Spratt, 

Chairman. 

(5) COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR.— 

Mr. George Miller of California, Chairman. 

(6) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE.— 

Mr. Waxman, Chairman. 

(7) COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.—Mr. 

Frank of Massachusetts, Chairman. 

(8) COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS.—Mr. 

Berman, Chairman. 

(9) COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY.— 

Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Chairman. 

(10) COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.—Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Chairman. 

(11) COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.—Mr. 

Conyers, Chairman. 

(12) COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES.— 

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(13) COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.—Mr. Towns, Chairman. 

(14) COMMITTEE ON RULES.—Ms. Slaughter, 

Chairman; Mr. McGovern, Mr. Hastings of 

Florida, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Welch, 

Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Arcuri, Ms. Sutton. 

(15) COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.—Mr. Gordon of Tennessee, Chairman. 

(16) COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS.—Ms. 

Vela ́ zquez, Chairman. 

(17) COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.—Mr. Oberstar, Chairman. 

(18) COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.— 

Mr. Filner, Chairman. 

(19) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—Mr. 

Rangel, Chairman. 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (during 

the reading). Madam Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent that the resolution 

be considered as read and printed in 

the RECORD. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. 

BALDWIN). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Connecticut? 

There was no objection. 

The resolution was agreed to. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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ELECTING CERTAIN MINORITY 

MEMBERS TO CERTAIN STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE 

OF REPRESENTATIVES 

Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, by direction of the Republican Conference, I 

offer a privileged resolution and ask 

for its immediate consideration. 

The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: 

H. RES. 12 

Resolved, That the following Members are, 

and are hereby, elected to the following 

standing committees of the House of Representatives: 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE—Mr. Lucas. 

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS—Mr. Lewis 

of California. 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES—Mr. 

McHugh. 

COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET—Mr. Ryan of 

Wisconsin. 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR—Mr. 

McKeon. 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE—Mr. 

Barton of Texas. 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES—Mr. 

Bachus. 

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS—Ms. RosLehtinen. 

COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY—Mr. 

King of New York. 

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY—Mr. Smith 

of Texas. 

COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES—Mr. 

Hastings of Washington. 

COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT

REFORM—Mr. Issa. 

COMMITTEE ON RULES—Mr. Dreier. 

COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY— 

Mr. Hall of Texas. 

COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS—Mr. 

Graves. 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE—Mr. Mica. 

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS—Mr. 

Buyer. 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS—Mr. 

Camp of Michigan. 

Mr. PENCE (during the reading). 

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered 

as read and printed in the RECORD. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Indiana? 

There was no objection. 

The resolution was agreed to. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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DAILY HOUR OF MEETING 

Ms. SLAUGHTER. Madam Speaker, I 

offer a privileged resolution and ask 

for its immediate consideration. 

The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: 

H. RES. 10 

Resolved, That unless otherwise ordered, 

before Monday, May 18, 2009, the hour of 

daily meeting of the House shall be 2 p.m. on 

Mondays; noon on Tuesdays; and 10 a.m. on 

all other days of the week; and from Monday, 

May 18, 2009, until the end of the first session, the hour of daily meeting of the House 

shall be noon on Mondays; 10 a.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays; and 9 a.m. 

on all other days of the week. 

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REGARDING CONSENT TO ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT 

Ms. SLAUGHTER. Madam Speaker, I 

offer a privileged concurrent resolution 

and ask for its immediate consideration. 

The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows: 

H. CON. RES. 1 

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the 

Senate cncurring), That pursuant to clause 4, 

section 5, article I of the Constitution, during the One Hundred Eleventh Congress the 

Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate or their respective designees, acting jointly after consultation with 

the Minority Leader of the House and the 

Minority Leader of the Senate, may notify 

the Members of the House and the Senate, 

respectively, to assemble at a place outside 

the District of Columbia if, in their opinion, 

the public interest shall warrant it. 

The concurrent resolution was agreed 

to. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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AUTHORIZING SPEAKER, MAJORITY LEADER, AND MINORITY 

LEADER TO ACCEPT RESIGNATIONS AND MAKE APPOINTMENTS DURING THE 111TH CONGRESS 

Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent that during the 

111th Congress, the Speaker, majority 

leader, and minority leader be authorized to accept resignations and to 

make appointments authorized by law 

or by the House. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Maryland? 

There was no objection. 

GRANTING MEMBERS OF THE 

HOUSE PRIVILEGE TO EXTEND 

REMARKS AND INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD DURING 

THE 111TH CONGRESS 

Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent that during the 

111th Congress, all Members be permitted to extend their remarks and to 

include extraneous material within the 

permitted limit in that section of the 

RECORD entitled ‘‘Extensions of Remarks.’’ 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Maryland? 

There was no objection. 

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MAKING IN ORDER MORNING-HOUR 

DEBATE 

Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent that during the 

first session of the 111th Congress: 

(1) on legislative days of Monday 

when the House convenes pursuant to 

House Resolution 10, the House shall 

convene 90 minutes earlier than the 

time otherwise established by the resolution solely for the purpose of conducting morning-hour debate; and 

(2) on legislative days of Tuesday 

when the House convenes pursuant to 

House Resolution 10: 

(A) before May 18, 2009, the House 

will convene for morning-hour debate 

90 minutes earlier than the time otherwise established by that resolution; 

and 

(B) after May 18, 2009, the House shall 

convene for morning-hour debate 1 

hour earlier than the time otherwise 

established by that resolution; and 

(3) on legislative days of Monday or 

Tuesday, when the House convenes for 

morning-hour debate pursuant to an 

order other than House Resolution 10, 

the House shall resume its session 90 

minutes after the time otherwise established by that order; 

(4) the time for morning-hour debate 

shall be limited to the 30 minutes allocated to each party, except that on 

Tuesdays after May 18, 2009, the time 

shall be limited to 25 minutes allocated 

to each party and may not continue beyond 10 minutes before the hour appointed for the resumption of the session of the House; and 

(5) the form of proceeding for morning-hour debate shall be as follows: 

(a) the prayer by the Chaplain, the 

approval of the Journal and the Pledge 

of Allegiance to the flag shall be postponed until resumption of the session 

of the House; 

(b) initial and subsequent recognitions for debate shall alternate between the parties; 

(c) recognition shall be conferred by 

the Speaker only pursuant to lists submitted by the majority leader and by 

the minority leader; 

(d) no Member may address the 

House for longer than 5 minutes, except the majority leader, the minority 

leader, or the minority whip; and 


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