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During a House Appropriations Committee markup meeting held before the Congressional recess, Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) spoke about an amendment.
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00:00A gentleman from Wisconsin, Mr. Pocan, is recognized for the purpose of an amendment.
00:06Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have an amendment at the desk, and I ask that it be considered red.
00:10Without objection, the reading of the amendment is dispensed with, and the gentleman is recognized for remarks on his amendment.
00:16Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
00:18This is an amendment that's about ethics and the scrupulous use of taxpayer dollars
00:22and making sure that we don't have any unethical behavior of those taxpayer dollars.
00:28As you know, some poorly run third world countries and dictatorships, whoever's in charge,
00:33finds a way to make money while they're in charge.
00:37And being the president of the United States should not be a get-rich-quick scheme.
00:42This amendment would simply say that it would prohibit any funding from being used to support programs
00:47that would financially benefit any organization owned by the president,
00:51a partner of an organization owned by the president,
00:53or any commercial entity that the president or the president's immediate family have a financial interest in.
00:59It also prevents funding from being used for any Department of State-sponsored events
01:03that would be held at a property owned by the president.
01:07Now, it may seem that that shouldn't be even necessary, but unfortunately, it is necessary,
01:15and this would be good to have in place for any president to make sure that we're using taxpayer dollars wisely.
01:22But there's three major areas that we have some problems with right now.
01:26One, when we have foreign government officials visit.
01:30Back in 2017, when Xi Jinping visited,
01:34the State Department was charged $30,000 for just four days at a Trump property,
01:42and that was for the then-Secretary Rex Tillerson and other VIPs that were put up in luxury suites.
01:49Just in the first 10 months of this term,
01:52foreign government officials from 10 countries have made 19 visits to Trump properties.
01:58And those foreign officials, they came, it often seems to ingratiate themselves with the president,
02:05but then we're also paying for the extra security and other folks that have to be at these properties.
02:11Four presidents of countries came to Trump properties so far this year,
02:16and they often come with a delegation, and all those rooms then are something that we're paying.
02:21So the first, really, argument is that, you know, these foreign government visits,
02:26we shouldn't, as taxpayers, then be paying to a Trump entity.
02:30Second, the commercial real estate dealings of whoever is president.
02:35During Donald Trump's first term, he pledged not to engage in any real estate development projects in foreign countries,
02:41but he didn't do that in this presidency.
02:44And right now, he is pursuing 21 foreign real estate development projects,
02:49including in Oman, Saudi Arabia, India, Turkey, Vietnam, and the UAE.
02:53In Vietnam, the real estate project is a billion and a half dollar golf course deal that is struck about a month before a trade deal was struck.
03:05And again, not saying that there's a correlation to the two dots and the very straight path that goes between them,
03:12but certainly that could be a potential abuse by any president of being able to do that.
03:17And third, events.
03:20You may remember in 2019, Donald Trump announced that he planned to host the 2020 G7 at his Doral Golf Resort in Florida.
03:31He got a lot of backlash for that and ultimately didn't do it,
03:35but we are scheduled to host the G20 next year and the G7 in 2027.
03:40And given how we've seen some things different in this presidency than the last presidency,
03:47it wouldn't be wise to have something at a facility where the president's going to directly profit.
03:54Look, we all have, there's a reason why we can't have federal contracts as members of Congress, etc.
03:59But it also should apply when it comes to these sorts of things to make sure that people know
04:04that we are running the most ethical government possible.
04:08So I think it just makes sense to make sure that we're protecting the taxpayers from any potential abuse.
04:16This amendment would do that.
04:18And I would urge your support.
04:21And I thank you for your attention to this matter.
04:24I yield back.
04:26Thank the gentleman.
04:28The gentleman from Florida, Mr. Diaz-Billard, is recognized to address the amendment.
04:31Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
04:33The gentleman and I rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment.
04:36Look, I don't really think this is a serious attempt to do anything other but to score political points.
04:42I do agree with some of the things he said about we should be running the most ethical government.
04:47Yeah, I'll tell you what, we haven't had cocaine in the White House in this administration.
04:52I'll tell you what, there hasn't been a pardon of his son for acts that were committed either during the presidency or before.
05:01So I can tell you right now, it's a hell of a lot more ethical than it was in the last four years.
05:07But let me get to the subject at hand.
05:09No, I know, I know, I know.
05:10I guess it's okay to have cocaine in the White House.
05:12But I don't agree with that.
05:13So let me just tell you why.
05:16I agree that obviously, and I think all of us agree, that no public office should be abused for personal gain.
05:23Now that is consistent, by the way, with the United States Constitution, current law, and this bill.
05:28And this bill.
05:29Now, do I think that we should tie the hands of those in the procurement or planning process who are tasked with determining the most efficient, proximate, and cost-effective venues and itineraries with a blanket prohibition that might not make any sense under those circumstances?
05:47Look, I get it.
05:48Some folks, it doesn't matter what the president will do.
05:51They will impugn his intentions no matter what.
05:53But let's apply some common sense here.
05:57And let's allow some flexibility here.
06:00Now, that said, this amendment just does not achieve what the gentleman claims it does.
06:08Instead, this amendment ensures that we return to a weak and defunct foreign policy that leaves Americans behind.
06:15Now, you might be wondering what I mean.
06:17But just read the text.
06:19First, if you believe that rising tides raise all boats, then all Americans, all Americans, by the way, including the president and others, will benefit from programs funded in this bill.
06:35So, again, I don't think that that's what the gentleman's intention was, but the intent was.
06:42But, again, I just have to strongly oppose this amendment.
06:46And, Mr. Chairman, with that, I yield back.
06:49Now, gentlemen, the gentlelady from Florida, Ms. Frankel, is recognized to address the amendment.
06:57Thank you, Mr. Chair.
06:58I rise in support of this amendment.
07:01And I thank my colleague, Mark Pocan, from Wisconsin, for offering it.
07:06Now, don't get me started on the pardons, okay?
07:09Because someone who's the president now pardoned 1,400 people who attacked those of us in this Capitol.
07:18But, anyway, I diverge.
07:23Presidents typically divest from their businesses to put them in blind trust, to avoid conflicts.
07:31And President Trump has not followed the norm in so many ways, including some financial benefit.
07:38And, listen, the country is running out of deficit.
07:41We heard that many times today.
07:43But I can tell you this.
07:44The president's not running out of deficit.
07:47There are reports that he has earned over $600 million since coming into office.
07:53He has media rights, merchandise, real estate.
07:58He's got the crypto tokens, the watches, the real estate deals you talked about around the country, around the world.
08:08So, if the president doesn't want to protect himself from conflicts of interest, we must protect the taxpayer funds.
08:16So, I thank you, Mr. Pocan, I support this amendment, and I yield back.
08:23Thank you, gentlelady.
08:24Are there other members wishing to address the amendment?
08:27Gentleman from Maryland is recognized to address the amendment.
08:31I don't plan on getting on this one either, but the chairman's comments, I couldn't pass it up.
08:38I mean, just the past few weeks, we saw, I think his name is Justin Sun.
08:43And this is a crypto guy from China, no less, who has, or had, the SEC pursuing fraud charges against him.
08:56He gave, I think it was $40 million right after Trump was elected, and then $35 million in crypto right at the inaugural.
09:07And miraculously, the SEC fraud charges were frozen, so they're not moving forward anymore.
09:13By the way, shortly after that, President Trump had an auction, essentially, to see who would go spend enough to meet him for dinner.
09:24And Mr. Sun won that one, too.
09:26I believe, they haven't disclosed that amount, but the understanding is it was around $22 million in crypto.
09:32And that's just for the ones that we know about.
09:35And, you know, so I take your point about cocaine in the White House, although Biden, President Biden didn't have anything to do with that.
09:45But I guess you got to go after him for something, so maybe that's the one to go after.
09:49But if we're talking about money that's going to a president, there's been nothing like Trump.
09:56Even Nixon didn't hold a candle to what Trump's done just in the first six months.
10:00And that's not even going through WLFI and all of the additional funds that are coming through using crypto in that way, too.
10:08And then just from Trump, one, we recall, you know, all of a sudden everybody's having these events at Trump Tower hotels.
10:16The Secret Service is going because he's having them use his hotels.
10:21Guess what?
10:22Instead of just paying a regular government rate, the money goes to the Trump family, as opposed to just letting him go to Holiday Inn or whatever else that would be.
10:31Now, we'll assume that this isn't direct corruption, but the appearance is a problem.
10:40The optics are horrific.
10:42And this isn't a great time for the American people to be seeing this sort of thing where the president is making money faster than, I don't know, 99% of most of the private sector.
10:54I certainly don't recall getting $75 million for really having done nothing in the way that he did.
11:02And I won't even go too far on the settlement issues, too, with respect to the $16 million from the media companies he's been going after and wrestling these settlements amounts, in part leveraging the power of regulatory agencies like the FCC to pressure for that.
11:22So, you know, look, let's not act like Mr. Trump is purer than Caesar's wife.
11:29I, you know, didn't really need to go too far on this, but this is pretty obvious stuff.
11:35So the amendment that's been offered, I think, is not unreasonable by any stretch of the imagination.
11:40In fact, this is the kind of stuff that presidents used to do just as a matter of course.
11:46You know, you had stocks, you got a blind trust.
11:49I mean, this is just, it was just routine stuff.
11:52You're running for office.
11:53You put up your personal income taxes so the public can review it.
11:57That's all changed now in the Trump era.
11:59I get it.
12:00So if we want to have any kind of responsibility and public transparency, the only way to do it, apparently, is going to have to be through legislation.
12:09So I support this amendment, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.
12:15Thank you, gentlemen.
12:17Are there other members wishing to comment on the amendment?
12:20General Lady from Ohio is recognized to address the amendment.
12:23Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I appreciate Congressman Pocan offering this amendment, which I support.
12:29And just to remind everyone and the people who might be listening, the Pocan amendment prohibits funds from financially benefiting the president and president's family and events being held at Trump properties.
12:43This amendment is needed to ensure no events sponsored by the Department of State can be held at a property owned by the president, and none of the funds made available by this act or prior acts may be made available to support a program that would financially benefit an organization owned by the president or partner of an organization owned by the president or any commercial entity in which the president or the president's immediate family has a financial.
13:13All right, this isn't everyone's interest, the American people's interest, they work hard, they pay their taxes, they expect that their money will go toward making our country better, not being used to pivot or pad the pockets of any president or his family.
13:30They already own gold encrusted objects, including hotels, beachfront golf resorts, crypto coins, tennis shoes, that was a new one, franchising his last name into a brand.
13:43Okay, so there's a lot going on there that should have nothing to do with the presidency of our country.
13:50This bill gives the president sweeping authority, the underlying bill, to spend public money, however he sees it to do it, including at his own properties, because it creates a $1.7 billion account called the America First Opportunity Fund.
14:07I wonder if it's even legal to use the term America First.
14:13Anyway, allowing the president to call the shots without meaningful guardrails or clear oversight.
14:18We've seen how that power can be abused.
14:21When President Trump was last in office, he hosted foreign leaders at Mar-a-Lago and charged the Secret Service to stay there.
14:28He charged them a lot.
14:30He held official events at his Washington, D.C. hotel, which he's now sold, where foreign governments paid premium rates while pushing their agendas, and he even tried to host the G7 summit at his own resort in Durrell.
14:46That wasn't diplomacy.
14:47That was a billionaire abusing public office to boost and promote his own business interests.
14:54Now we're staring down another presidential account with vague goals and broad reach.
14:59The fund can be used, and I quote, to promote prosperity or, I quote, counter threats.
15:08What does that mean?
15:09It could mean anything.
15:10It could mean booking a diplomatic summit at a golf course the president profits from, or it could mean a crypto conference.
15:17And the funding, it's quietly pulled from other programs, even as the bill claims those programs are being increased.
15:25For example, money meant for narcotics control is being diverted into this new slush fund.
15:31That's not transparent, that's not honest, and it's certainly not trustworthy.
15:35Public service requires personal restraint.
15:38You know, some of our compadres have trouble with that, but it comes with the territory.
15:42If you want to make money, go in the private sector.
15:45There's plenty of opportunity.
15:47George Washington refused to use his role for personal gain.
15:51When first elected, he declined a salary until Congress insisted.
15:56He often paid government expenses out of his own pocket, setting a precedent that public office is about service, not profit.
16:05Jimmy Carter placed his peanut farm into a fully independent blind trust to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.
16:12He chose principal over profit.
16:15He will go down as a great president.
16:17George H.W. Bush turned down lucrative speaking offers in foreign board seats while still in office,
16:23and Harry Truman said it best, quote,
16:25The presidency is not for sale.
16:29This bill enables the wealthy and well-connected to profit off public office while working families foot the bill.
16:35That's not public service.
16:37It's private enrichment disguised as diplomacy.
16:39The State Department should serve the people, not promote the president's brand,
16:43and I urge my colleagues to protect taxpayers, uphold the Constitution,
16:48and reject any attempt to turn government into a playground for billionaires.
16:53I yield back.
16:57General Eddie, are there other members wishing to address the amendment?
17:01Seeing none, the gentleman is recognized for one minute to close.
17:04Great.
17:05Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
17:05You know, I appreciate what Mr. Ivey said.
17:08He's right.
17:08I mean, this used us to be pro forma, right?
17:11We didn't have to worry about someone doing this.
17:13I would support this for a Democratic president, Republican president, whatever future political party,
17:18because it's in our best interest not to have that conflict of interest.
17:22And, you know, when we have the FSGG, we'll probably have an amendment on the cryptocurrency.
17:26I thought Ms. Perez's questions at a subcommittee about that was particularly interesting when they said they're regulated like a collectible,
17:34and she replied like beanie babies, and that was the reality.
17:38So we'll deal with that amendment later, like tomorrow we'll deal with the Epstein amendments.
17:42But today, this is the amendment to make sure that we're having integrity by not having any president profit from their own properties.
17:51And, again, it always was just done.
17:54We wouldn't have to even have an amendment.
17:55But I guess for the future, we should have this so that regardless of who's president, we're doing the right thing.
18:01I yield back.
18:02I urge a yes vote, and I yield back, Mr. Chair.
18:04Thank you, gentlemen.
18:05The question is now on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin.
18:10All those in favor say aye.
18:12Aye.
18:13All those opposed say no.
18:14No.
18:16The opinion of the chair of the no's have it.
18:19Roll call has been requested.
18:20Sufficient number of hands have been raised.
18:22Clerk will call the roll.
18:24Mr. Adderholt.
18:25Mr. Adderholt, no.
18:27Mr. Aguilar.
18:29Mr. Alford.
18:32Mr. Amaday.
18:33Mr. Amaday, no.
18:35Mrs. Bice.
18:36Mrs. Bice, no.
18:38Mr. Bishop.
18:39Aye.
18:39Mr. Bishop, aye.
18:40Mr. Calvert.
18:41Mr. Calvert, no.
18:42Mr. Carter.
18:46Mr. Case.
18:47Mr. Case, aye.
18:48Mr. Siskimani.
18:51Mr. Klein.
18:53Mr. Cloud.
18:55Mr. Cloud, no.
18:56Mr. Clyburn.
18:57Aye.
18:57Mr. Clyburn, aye.
18:58Mr. Clyde.
19:00Aye.
19:00Mr. Clyde, no.
19:01Mr. Cole.
19:02No.
19:02Mr. Cole, no.
19:03Mr. Cuellar.
19:05Ms. Dean.
19:08Ms. Dean, aye.
19:09Ms. DeLauro.
19:13Mr. Diaz-Balart.
19:15No.
19:15Mr. Diaz-Balart, no.
19:16Mr. Edwards.
19:18No.
19:18Mr. Edwards, no.
19:19Mr. Elzey.
19:20Mr. Elzey, no.
19:22Ms. Escobar.
19:23Aye.
19:23Ms. Escobar, aye.
19:24Mr. Espayat.
19:26Aye.
19:26Mr. Espayat, aye.
19:27Mr. Fleischman.
19:28Ms. Frankel.
19:31Ms. Frankel, aye.
19:33Mr. Franklin.
19:34Mr. Franklin, no.
19:35Mr. Gonzalez.
19:36No.
19:37Mr. Gonzalez, no.
19:38Mr. Guest.
19:39No.
19:39Mr. Guest, no.
19:41Mr. Harder.
19:42Aye.
19:42Mr. Harder, aye.
19:44Dr. Harris.
19:45Dr. Harris, no.
19:46Mrs. Henson.
19:48Mrs. Henson, no.
19:49Mr. Hoyer.
19:50Of course.
19:51Mr. Hoyer, aye.
19:52Mr. Ivey.
19:53Mr. Ivey, aye.
19:55Mr. Joyce.
19:56Mr. Joyce, no.
19:57Ms. Captor.
19:59Ms. Captor, aye.
20:01Mr. Leloda.
20:02Mr. Leloda, no.
20:04Ms. Lee.
20:05Ms. Lee, aye.
20:07Ms. Letlow.
20:08Ms. Letlow, no.
20:09Mr. Levin.
20:10Mr. Levin, aye.
20:12Ms. Malloy.
20:13Ms. Malloy, no.
20:15Ms. McCollum.
20:16Aye.
20:16Ms. McCollum, aye.
20:18Ms. Ming.
20:19Ms. Ming, aye.
20:20Mr. Molinar.
20:21Mr. Molinar, no.
20:23Mr. Moore.
20:26Mr. Morelli.
20:27Mr. Morelli, aye.
20:29Mr. Mervan.
20:30Mr. Mervan, aye.
20:31Mr. Newhouse.
20:34Mr. Newhouse, no.
20:35Ms. Perez.
20:36Ms. Perez, aye.
20:38Ms. Pingree.
20:39Ms. Pingree, aye.
20:40Mr. Pocan.
20:41Mr. Pocan, aye.
20:43Mr. Quigley.
20:44Mr. Quigley, aye.
20:45Mr. Reschenthaler.
20:48Mr. Rogers.
20:49Mr. Rogers, no.
20:50Mr. Rutherford.
20:51Mr. Rutherford, no.
20:53Mr. Simpson.
20:54Mr. Simpson, no.
20:55Mr. Strong.
20:57Mr. Strong, no.
20:58Mrs. Torres.
21:00Mrs. Torres, aye.
21:01Ms. Underwood.
21:03Aye.
21:03Ms. Underwood, aye.
21:04Mr. Valadeo.
21:07Ms. Wasserman Schultz.
21:10Mrs. Watson Coleman.
21:12Mrs. Watson Coleman, aye.
21:13Mr. Womack.
21:14Mr. Womack, no.
21:16Mr. Zinke.
21:17No.
21:17Mr. Zinke, no.
21:18Any member wishing to record their vote or change their vote?
21:26Gentleman from Arizona.
21:28Mr. Siskimani, no.
21:30Gentleman from Virginia.
21:32Mr. Klein, no.
21:34Gentleman from Tennessee.
21:37Mr. Fleischman, no.
21:39Gentleman from Texas.
21:41Mr. Carter, no.
21:42Gentleman from California.
21:44Mr. Aguilar, aye.
21:48Gentleman from Connecticut.
21:49Aye.
21:50Mr. Delauro, aye.
21:54Are there any others wishing to record or change their amendment?
21:58Gentleman from West Virginia.
22:01Mr. Moore, no.
22:03Gentleman from Florida.
22:06Gentleman is not recorded.
22:09Ms. Wasserman Schultz, aye.
22:11Are there any other members wishing to record or change their vote?
22:16Seeing none, the clerk will tally.
22:37Let's see.
22:39On this vote, the ayes are 27, the nos are 32.
22:58The amendment is not adopted.
23:04The gentlelady from New Jersey, Ms. Watson-Coleman, is recognized for the purpose of an amendment.
23:19The gentlelady from New Jersey is recognized for the purpose of an amendment.
23:26Chairman, I do have an amendment at the desk and I request unanimous consent to dispense
23:31with the reading of this amendment.
23:33Without objection, the reading of the amendment is dispensed with.
23:35The gentlelady is recognized for remarks on her amendment.
23:39Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
23:41My amendment would transfer $250 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration
23:48Assistance Fund, IRMA, to the International Humanitarian Assistance Account.
23:55Now I understand that this may seem like a distinction without a difference, but there's
23:59a very big difference between these two accounts.
24:02We're just not moving from our checking account to our savings account here.
24:07The IRMA account is controlled directly by the president.
24:11It's been this way for years.
24:12Presidents from both parties have had control over it with the $100,000 price tag since 2021,
24:21which hasn't increased since.
24:23But this bill does increase the funding for the IRMA account under the direct control of
24:30their president by $500 million, in fact.
24:34At the same time, it consolidates several other funding foreign aid accounts under the IHA,
24:42that's the International Humanitarian Assistance Account, and then slashes their aid by 42%.
24:50The key difference between the IRMA and the IHA is that the latter is not directly controlled
24:55by the president.
24:56It's a nonpartisan fund for humanitarian foreign aid.
25:00My amendment takes half of the funding increase for the president's direct control account and
25:07puts it into the nonpartisan aid fund to offset some of the dramatic cuts that are included
25:13in this bill for humanitarian assistance.
25:16I'd like to point out from our Republican colleagues that this amendment does not add a penny to the
25:22top line of this bill.
25:24I know you all have been really concerned about this this week, but rest assured, this amendment
25:30is paid for.
25:32My main concern with such a large increase in the funding for an account that this president
25:38has immediate discretion over is that it's ripe for abuse.
25:45It's not hard to imagine a situation in which this president would be making decisions based
25:51on his own personal interests, which we've already seen take place since he's been in office
25:58since January.
26:00The only interest that should be considered when distributing aid is the interest of the recipient,
26:07not the distributor.
26:09The IRMA Fund politicizes humanitarian aid while the IHA takes politics out of the equation.
26:17Aid assistance must be distributed on a nonpartisan basis by State Department experts who can
26:24identify people and countries in need independent of personal influence.
26:29So I ask my colleagues to support this amendment and to ensure that foreign aid is distributed
26:35based on objective need and not based on personal preference.
26:40I thank you for your consideration and I yield back.
26:45Thank the gentlelady.
26:46The gentleman from Florida, Mr. Diaz-Billard, is recognized to respond to the amendment.
26:50Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
26:53I rise in opposition of the gentlewoman's amendment.
26:56As she described, it simply moves $250 million from one humanitarian account to another.
27:03The international humanitarian assistance account has sufficient funds to provide Secretary Rubio
27:09with the resources to continue the longstanding leadership of the United States in delivering
27:12life-saving assistance to individuals and families who are displaced or in need of help
27:17due to natural disasters, conflict, religious and ethnic persecution.
27:23The IRMA account is already below the amount requested in the fiscal year 2026 budget.
27:30Additionally, the bill includes authority for the administration to transfer funds from
27:36the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Fund account to the international humanitarian
27:42assistance account if it chooses to do so again.
27:45So again, for those reasons, I respectfully urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment.
27:49I yield back.
27:50I thank the gentleman.
27:52The gentlelady from Florida, Ms. Frankel, is recognized to address the amendment.
27:56I support this amendment.
28:01I don't know whether to be serious or sarcastic because really, let's get serious here.
28:06I don't think Donald Trump is going to be known as a great humanitarian and quite frankly,
28:11we'll be doing him a favor, give him a little more time to sell the crypto and the real estate
28:17deals and so forth and let serious people do the serious business of humanitarian support
28:23and support for people who need it.
28:28And I yield back.
28:30I thank you, gentlelady.
28:31Are there other members wishing to address the amendment?
28:35Seeing none, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute to close.
28:39I can't improve upon my ranking members' comments.
28:46No one's going to ever believe that Donald Trump will ever be humanitarian unless the humanitarian
28:52recipient is Donald Trump and his family.
28:55And so I very much would appreciate my colleagues to see that this is an opportunity to ensure
29:03that humanitarian aid gets to the areas of this country where it is needed and not in the
29:09pockets of the president, his family and his friends.
29:12Amen.
29:14I yield back.
29:15Thank you, gentlelady.
29:19The question is now on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from New Jersey.
29:23All those in favor say aye.
29:24Aye.
29:25All those opposed say no.
29:27No.
29:28Any of the chair of the no's have it?
29:32No.
29:33Thank you, gentlel.
29:34Roll call has been requested.
29:36Sufficient number of hands have been raised.
29:38The clerk will call the roll.
29:40Mr. Adderholt.
29:42Mr. Aguilar.
29:44Aye.
29:45Mr. Aguilar, aye.
29:46Mr. Alford.
29:47No.
29:48Mr. Alford, no.
29:49Mr. Amaday.
29:50Aye.
29:51Mrs. Bice.
29:53Mrs. Bice, no.
29:54Mr. Bishop.
29:55Aye.
29:56Mr. Bishop, aye.
29:57Mr. Calvert.
29:58Aye.
29:59Mr. Calvert, no.
30:00Mr. Carter.
30:01No.
30:03Mr. Carter, no.
30:06Mr. Case.
30:07Mr. Case, aye.
30:08Mr. Siskamani.
30:09Aye.
30:10Mr. Siskamani, no.
30:11Mr. Klein.
30:12Mr. Cloud.
30:14No.
30:15Mr. Cloud, no.
30:16Mr. Clyburn.
30:17Aye.
30:18Mr. Clyburn, aye.
30:19Mr. Clyde.
30:20Mr. Clyde, no.
30:21Mr. Cole.
30:22No.
30:23Mr. Cole, no.
30:24Mr. Cuellar.
30:25Aye.
30:26Mr. Cuellar, aye.
30:27Ms. Dean.
30:28Ms. Dean, aye.
30:29Mr. Lauro.
30:30Aye.
30:31Mr. Lauro, aye.
30:32Mr. Diaz-Balart.
30:33No.
30:34Mr. Diaz-Balart, no.
30:35Mr. Edwards.
30:36Mr. Edwards, no.
30:37Mr. Elzey.
30:38Ms. Escobar.
30:40Aye.
30:41Ms. Escobar, aye.
30:42Mr. Espaillat.
30:43Aye.
30:44Mr. Espaillat, aye.
30:45Mr. Fleishman.
30:46Mr. Fleishman, no.
30:47Ms. Frankel.
30:48Aye.
30:49Ms. Frankel, aye.
30:50Mr. Franklin.
30:51Mr. Franklin, no.
30:52Mr. Gonzalez.
30:55Mr. Guest.
30:56No.
30:57Mr. Guest, no.
30:58Mr. Harder.
30:59Aye.
31:00Mr. Harder, aye.
31:01Dr. Harris.
31:02Dr. Harris, no.
31:03Mrs. Henson.
31:04Mrs. Henson, no.
31:05Mr. Hoyer.
31:07Aye.
31:08Mr. Hoyer, aye.
31:09Mr. Ivey.
31:10Mr. Ivey, aye.
31:11Mr. Ivey, aye.
31:12Mr. Joyce.
31:13Mr. Joyce, no.
31:15Ms. Kaptor.
31:17Aye.
31:18Ms. Kaptor, aye.
31:19Mr. Lalota.
31:20Mr. Lalota, no.
31:22Ms. Lee.
31:23Ms. Lee, aye.
31:24Ms. Letlow.
31:25Yes.
31:26Ms. Letlow, no.
31:27Mr. Levin.
31:28Aye.
31:29Mr. Levin, aye.
31:30Ms. Malloy.
31:31Ms. Malloy, no.
31:32Ms. McCollum.
31:33Ms. McCollum, aye.
31:34Ms. Ming.
31:35Ms. Ming, aye.
31:36Ms. Ming, aye.
31:37Mr. Molinar.
31:38Mr. Molinar, no.
31:39Mr. Moore.
31:40No.
31:41Mr. Moore, no.
31:42Aye. Mr. Morelli, aye. Mr. Morvan. Aye. Mr. Morvan, aye. Mr. Newhouse. Mr. Newhouse, no. Ms. Perez.
31:51Ms. Perez, aye. Ms. Pingree. Ms. Pingree, aye. Mr. Pocan. Aye. Mr. Pocan, aye. Mr. Quigley.
31:58Mr. Quigley, aye. Mr. Reschenthaler. Mr. Reschenthaler, no. Mr. Rogers. Mr. Rogers,
32:03no. Mr. Rutherford. Mr. Rutherford, no. Mr. Simpson. Mr. Simpson, no. Mr. Strong. Mr. Strong,
32:09no mrs torres mrs torres i miss underwood miss underwood i'm mr valadeo
32:15ms wasterman schultz ms wasterman schultz i'm mrs watson coleman
32:20mrs watson coleman i'm mr womack mr womack no mr zinke mr zinke no
32:28do any members wish to record or change their votes a gentleman from alabama
32:34mr atterholt no gentleman from texas mr elzey no the other gentleman from texas
32:43mr gonzalez no gentleman from virginia mr klein no gentleman from california mr valadeo no
32:54are there others wishing to record or change their votes
33:00seeing none the clerk will tally
33:05so
33:08so
33:16On this vote, the ayes are 28, the nos are 34.
33:42The amendment is not adopted.
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