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GULF OF AMERICA ACT

Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 377, I call
up the bill (H.R. 276) to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the ``Gulf of
America'', and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 377, the
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on
Natural Resources, printed in the bill, is adopted and the bill, as
amended, is considered read.
The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows:

H.R. 276

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Gulf of America Act''.

SEC. 2. RENAMING OF GULF OF MEXICO AS ``GULF OF AMERICA''.

(a) Renaming.--The Gulf of Mexico shall be known as the
``Gulf of America''.
(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the
Gulf of Mexico shall be deemed to be a reference to the
``Gulf of America''.
(c) Implementation.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Chairman of the Board on Geographic Names, shall
oversee the implementation of the renaming described in
subsection (a) with respect to each Federal document and map.
(2) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, the head of each Federal
agency shall update each document and map of the Federal
agency in accordance with the renaming described in
subsection (a).

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill, as amended, shall be debatable for
1 hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources or their
respective designees.
The gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Westerman) and the gentleman from
California (Mr. Huffman) each will control 30 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arkansas.

General Leave

Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members
may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and
include extraneous material on H.R. 276.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Arkansas?
There was no objection.

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Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 276, sponsored by
Congresswoman Greene of Georgia.
Throughout the history of the United States, the executive branch has
renamed our public lands and waters. This legislation codifies a
portion of President Trump's Executive Order No. 14172, which directed
the Board on Geographic Names to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf
of America. President Trump signed this executive order on his first
day in office.
Enacting this legislation will help make President Trump's historic
action permanent and ensure consistency in references to laws, maps,
regulations, and records of the United States.
The Gulf of America is critical to the United States because of its
energy resources and ecological significance. This renaming symbolizes
Republicans' commitment to putting America first, and honors the Gulf
of America's important role in unleashing American energy and our
Nation's return to greatness.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, when I call this a deeply unserious bill, I think I am
probably being charitable. It is unserious, and it comes from a
Republican majority that is either unable or unwilling to do the real
work of Congress.
In the first disastrous 100 days of President Trump's second term in
office, we have seen him sow chaos and distraction in every direction.
This deeply corrupt and unhinged leader has put his biggest campaign
donor and the wealthiest man in the world in charge of slashing
programs that millions of Americans depend on, from food assistance to
nuclear safety to disaster response, all in the name of ``efficiency.''
They have indiscriminately fired thousands of Federal workers, like
this is some dystopian reboot of ``The Apprentice,'' except in this
episode, they are filling the government with unqualified sycophants,
who are running around firing meteorologists, health experts, and
emergency responders, people who keep our government running.
Today, in the face of all of that, all of this chaos that our
Republican colleagues don't want to talk about, at least we are hearing
them engage in some debate over this unserious bill

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about renaming the Gulf of Mexico, which I suppose is an improvement
because for the past couple of weeks in the markup hearings on their
disastrous budget reconciliation bill, they have been unwilling to
debate at all. It has just been silence from Republicans as they move
through one of the most reckless bills in American history, the same
silence as they duck their constituents by canceling townhalls and
avoiding media inquiries.
Instead of debating that very important and destructive legislation,
they are speaking up today about this deeply unserious bill to rename a
body of water. We wish that our Republican colleagues would join us in
asking the question that is on more and more Americans' minds: What the
heck is going on?
This administration is not draining the swamp. They are torching the
country. The global economy is in chaos. We are teetering on the brink
of recession. Administration officials are telling us we should perhaps
prepare to ration dolls and toys this Christmas. Yet, they want to
debate renaming the Gulf of Mexico.
Congress, which more and more appears to just be a joke, is now
advancing a bill that literally started off as a joke. That is right.
The first person to publicly suggest the name change was not Donald
Trump or the author of this bill. It was comedian Stephen Colbert on
``Comedy Central.'' It was a joke back when the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill was happening.
Eleven people died in that disaster. Entire ecosystems collapsed. The
Louisiana coast was wrecked, along with industries and livelihoods that
depend on that Gulf Coast ecosystem. It was all devastated, and Colbert
used the fake name ``Gulf of America'' to satirize the absurdity of
oil-soaked nationalism.
Now, here we are, 15 years later, in a Congress that apparently
thinks they have no real work to do, turning a late-night punch line
into the legislative business of the United States House.
I would love to say this is just a one-off, but it fits a disturbing
trend. Again and again, this majority keeps replacing science with
slogans, governance with grievance, and policymaking with cheap
performance art.
The truth is, this bill won't fix a single problem. It does
absolutely nothing to help the Gulf Coast. It won't create a single
job. It is not going to fix our climate crisis. It is just dumb.
The only thing this bill will do is waste time and taxpayer dollars
to stroke the ego of a guy who Sharpied a hurricane map on live TV.
In committee, I offered an amendment that would actually advance the
value of efficiency because if this is all about stroking the ego of
one man, if it is all about cultish sycophancy, why do it in a
piecemeal way with all these individual bills to put his face on Mount
Rushmore and the $100 bill?
We actually have legislation from folks across the aisle to do all
these things: to rename Dulles Airport, to do national holidays. Why
not go all the way? We know that is where this is all heading anyway
since everything is in service of one man's fragile ego.
Why not rename the entire planet ``planet Trump''? At least that
would be efficient. We would hurry up and get to the inevitable outcome
of where this Republican Congress is taking us.
If you like this unserious bill, there is another deal for you
because Eric and Don Jr. are selling Gulf of America hats on their
website for 50 bucks a pop. One hat even says: ``Gulf of America, Yet
Another Trump Development.'' The sales pitch for one includes ``as seen
on President Donald J. Trump,'' and get your meme coin while you are at
it.
Remember, all of these grifts are for a limited time. They won't last
much longer.
The American people deserve much better. A recent FOX News poll--yes,
FOX--showed that a big majority opposes the name change for the Gulf of
Mexico: 67 percent. Americans know a joke when they see one, even if
this Republican Congress doesn't.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from
engaging in personalities toward the President.
Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Georgia (Ms. Greene), the lead sponsor of this legislation.
Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to be here today in
front of the American people as we debate the merits of the Gulf of
America Act. This would rename the body of water formerly known as the
Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
This is such an important thing to do for the American people. The
American people deserve pride in their country, and they deserve pride
in the waters that we own, that we protect with our military and our
Coast Guard, and all the businesses that prosper along these waters,
but Democrats today are outraged.
They are outraged because they love the cartels more than any other
people in the world, even more than the American people. They spent the
past 4 years funding and voting for policies that ripped our borders
open and allowed our country to be invaded by millions and millions of
people, drugs and fentanyl that murdered over 300 Americans every
single day, human trafficking, child sex trafficking, terrorists, and
millions of people who we have no idea where they are in the interior
of this country.
Democrats are outraged today because they are America last, and they
hate anything that would give the American people pride.
The Gulf of America is one of the most important things that we can
do this Congress. This is an executive order written by the President
of the United States, which, by the way, is President today because the
American people rose up and voted against the Democratic Party that was
completely America last.
Section 1 of the executive order lays out the purpose and policy in
directives, stating: ``It is in the national interest to promote the
extraordinary heritage of our Nation and ensure future generations of
American citizens celebrate the legacy of our American heroes. The
naming of our national treasures, including breathtaking natural
wonders and historic works of art, should honor the contributions of
visionary and patriotic Americans in our Nation's rich past.''
Americans have watched Congress week in and week out rename post
offices. Democrats vote for it all the time. Democrats aren't afraid to
rename anything. They have been renaming military bases because they
hate our history and hate our heritage.
This is also the same Democratic Party that cheered when their ground
troops, antifa and radical rioters, went throughout American cities and
tore down statues, like Lincoln and Washington.
The Democratic Party doesn't want to preserve America's rich history
or promote pride in our country, our lands, our people, our businesses,
and, yes, our waters, the Gulf of America.
The Democratic Party wants to remain the best business partner to the
cartels that they have ever had. It is the cartels that have been
enriched by tens of billions of dollars because of Democratic policies,
and they will continue to protect them and fight for them.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, the gentlewoman is right about one thing:
Democrats are outraged because as this President is crashing the global
economy, careening us into recession, destroying retirement plans and
401(k)'s, driving up costs for American families on everything from
cars to eggs to now us being told we may have to ration toys and dolls
this Christmas, as all of that is happening, he is using Congress'
Article I trade and commerce authority to do it.
What do you hear from Republicans across the aisle about this thing
that is wrecking the lives of so many American families? Nothing. Worse
than nothing, they have tied their own hands with a gimmicky bill that
they passed to create a false legislative day that never ends so that
they can't even invoke Congress' Article I trade authority and put some
sensible sideboards on this trade and tariff policy.
It is madness, and the gentlewoman is right. We are outraged.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr.
Hoyer) to talk about it.
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, live from Washington, D.C., it is ``Saturday
Night Live.'' You can't make this up.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in perplexion. I first will say how much respect
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for Mr. Westerman. He is my dear friend and one of our best Members.
My, my, my, Mr. Speaker, Bruce is doing a lot of work this time.
Is this infantile bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico really this
House's top priority? I heard the gentlewoman say it is going to solve
all the problems, of course, if we name it the Gulf of America.
Golly day, why didn't we think of that?
The economy is shrinking for the first time since COVID-19. Costs are
going up. I think ``Saturday Night Live'' just called me. They want me
on.
Mr. Speaker, costs are going up, and small businesses are going
under. American families are worried they won't be able to keep the
lights on, keep food on the table, and keep a roof over their head, but
they are happy about Gulf of America. That will do it.
Millions of Americans risk losing their health insurance if
Republicans' Medicaid cuts go through. Yet, Republicans think this
juvenile legislation is the best use of this House's time.
This is the only thing we are doing today, Mr. Speaker. What a sick
joke this is.
Republicans worry about 400-year-old words on a map. I worry about
families in every community in America who are struggling to get by.
This bill is obviously a distraction, a joke. Where is Trump's one
big, beautiful bill that we keep hearing so much about, the one that
cuts taxes for the wealthiest among us, threatens healthcare for
millions, and pulls the rug out from under working Americans?

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The majority still hasn't been able to put it on the floor. That is
how divided, dysfunctional, and divisive they are.
My dear friend, the late Elijah Cummings, with whom some of you
served, said: ``We are better than this.''
The American people are counting on us to be better than this. We
ought to be debating legislation to bring down costs, to pay our debts,
and to fix our broken immigration system.
Instead, MAGA Republicans waste our time with this childish drivel.
Not only that, they give it a prime spot on the floor schedule. This is
the only thing we are doing for America today, renaming the Gulf of
Mexico, as if that is going to solve the problems.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the
gentleman from Maryland.
Mr. HOYER. Very frankly, my confidence in America does not need that.
I don't need Canada to be the 51st State. I don't need to invade
Greenland, and I don't need the Gulf of America to have confidence in
the greatest country on Earth.
Are we so small? Do we feel so belittled by the rest of the world
that we have to do this silly, silly, silly step? Hear me, we are made
smaller by this effort. Vote rationally. That would be a ``no.''
Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Florida (Ms. Castor), who represents the Gulf and may have some wisdom
to share with us about this subject.
Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for
yielding the time, and I rise in opposition to this farcical bill.
I thought I would share what I am hearing from my neighbors across
the Gulf Coast. They want policymakers in Washington, D.C., to tackle
the cost of living. During this Republican-led Congress, there has not
been one bill brought to the floor of the House--and here we are in
May--to lower the cost of living for families along the Gulf Coast and
all across America.
In fact, what the Republicans have been focusing on is a massive tax
giveaway to billionaires like Elon Musk while they rip away healthcare
from millions of Americans.
In Florida, we have about 4.6 million Floridians who rely on the
Affordable Care Act for their healthcare and about 3.9 million
Floridians who rely on Medicaid. These are the family members we love
the most, kids with complex conditions, seniors in skilled nursing,
seniors who want to live in dignity in their homes with a home health
aide.
However, is their priority to make people's lives easier, to make
people's lives better? No. It has been totally focused on how you rip
that away and make people's lives more expensive.
It also means for the Gulf Coast we are still reeling from Hurricanes
Helene and Milton, just like other parts of the country, in Georgia and
North Carolina. We don't need Elon Musk creating turmoil and firing
civil servants and public servants who are helping us rebuild. We do
not need the Trump administration making people's lives harder to
rebuild and harder to afford to stay in their homes.
We are preparing for another hurricane season. Folks along the Gulf
Coast need a National Weather Service that is functional that can warn
us about the threats ahead. We need the hurricane hunters out in the
Gulf telling us how severe the storms are going to be, but the Trump
administration and Republicans in Congress seem to be turning away from
the people along the Gulf Coast and all across America to understand
the threat of a warming climate.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Wied). The time of the gentlewoman has
expired.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the
gentlewoman from Florida.
Ms. CASTOR of Florida. You started this by saying that Gulf of
America started as a joke. This is not a joke to the people I
represent. They want help. They want help with the cost of living.
It seems like that is the last priority on Republicans' list.
Instead, they want to give a massive tax giveaway to the wealthy and
the well-connected while people really need help with their
pocketbooks. They need help. They want to retain their healthcare. They
want to make sure that the ocean waters are free of pollution.
Please vote ``no'' and focus on what is important.
Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Speaker, just earlier this week, this very committee spent 14
hours in a markup on our reconciliation plans that are part of the big,
beautiful bill; 14 hours to make America energy dominant, 14 hours to
unleash American resources and American jobs. Those 14 hours were
mainly spent hearing 121 Democratic amendments to undermine that bill.
They wanted to undermine America's energy. They wanted to undermine
America's ability to mine our own products. They wanted to undermine
America's ability to manage our forests and our resources and take care
of this country.
Now, there are a lot of bills that come to this floor to rename
things. They might not be the most important bills, but usually they go
on a suspension vote because both sides agree we can do renaming, but
this one got elevated to a much higher level, so here we are under a
rule bill debating whether or not we call the current Gulf of Mexico
the Gulf of America or if we leave it as it is.
Our friends across the aisle have one objective: to undermine
everything we want to do to make America first, and this is no
exception.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from
California (Ms. Rivas).
Ms. RIVAS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for yielding to
me.

Mr. Speaker, there are many issues that we could be talking about
today, like lowering the cost of living, protecting Medicaid and Social
Security, or protecting immigrant communities. Instead, House
Republicans are prioritizing Trump's vanity project, renaming the Gulf
of Mexico, like that is going to help Americans with their cost of
living.
Millions of Americans are struggling because of Trump's policies that
are tanking our economy and raising the cost of living. The Republicans
in this Chamber have yet to put forth anything that addresses their
issues.
I am disappointed that House Republicans blocked my amendment to this
bill that would actually help working families across the country. My
amendment would require the official name change to not take effect
until the Department of the Interior can prove that this bill would
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the unemployment rate, but the Republicans voted it down in committee
and blocked it from getting to the floor today. That shows where their
priorities are.
It was not just the House Republicans who opposed helping working
families. The Trump White House also hated this amendment and sent out
a statement of opposition. They went to FOX News to complain that we
are doing our job to serve the people. Call me crazy, but I believe
that the work we do in Congress should improve the lives of the
American people.
As the Congresswoman proudly representing the San Fernando Valley in
California, I believe that the true test of how we are as a country is
how we treat our most vulnerable, and this bill fails that test.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this ridiculous
bill.
Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, our friends across the aisle want to talk
about being serious, but when we marked up this legislation in
committee, here are some of the serious amendments that they put out.
Number one, they wanted to rename it not the Gulf of America, but the
gulf of Helene, after a hurricane. That wasn't good enough, so they
decided to file an amendment to name it the Gulf of America if we
rejoin the Paris climate accord. That is real serious. As my friend
already mentioned, they wanted to take this bill, it was obviously not
germane, they wanted to rename the planet, planet Trump. That is how
serious they are in their debate.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Rhode Island (Mr. Magaziner).
Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Speaker, we are here today debating and wasting
time on a ridiculous bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico when the
American people want us to be focused on real issues that impact their
lives.
Prices are still too high. Donald Trump's tariffs are making it
worse. The stock market is tanking. People are losing their savings,
and in the midst of all this, the Republican majority isn't focused on
trying to solve the problems that everyday people care about. Instead,
they are focused on stroking the ego of one man, Donald Trump, the man
who they would make king.
We are wasting time today, an entire legislative day where this is
the only bill that is being debated, so that our Republican colleagues
can get up and show their fealty to Donald Trump instead of the voters
who elected us who expect us to be focused on them.
Another reason that Republicans are wasting time on this bill--which,
by the way, 70 percent of the American people oppose--is because they
want to distract us from what else they are trying to do. They are
working on a bill right now that would give trillions of dollars of tax
cuts to billionaires like Elon Musk by cutting healthcare for working
people. They don't want to talk about that. That part they only talk
about behind closed doors while they distract the media, the American
people, and their own Members with this nonsense bill about the Gulf of
Mexico.
Mr. Speaker, the American people are smarter than this. They are
smarter than our Republican colleagues give them credit for. Seventy
percent of the American people reject this nonsense bill, and this
Congress should as well.
Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
I left out one of the other amendments my colleagues across the aisle
filed. They wanted to rename the Gulf the gulf of ignorance. Now, I
don't know where they came up with that one. I know they oppose
offshore oil and gas production. I know they oppose American energy
independence. I know they have a special affinity for fish that aren't
in the Gulf and attack recreational fishermen in their endeavor to go
out and spend time with their family and catch fish. I don't know what
part of the Gulf that they think is so ignorant that they wanted to
rename the Gulf the gulf of ignorance, but you can look it up. They
filed that amendment. We obviously voted it down.
They had no problem renaming the Cannon Caucus Room the Nancy Pelosi
Caucus Room. It is not like this is the first thing that has ever been
renamed in this Congress, but we will go ahead and have our debate, and
they can vent their frustration on the Republicans and really on our
country as they continue.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
California (Mr. Cisneros).
Mr. CISNEROS. Mr. Speaker, I thank my generous colleague for allowing
me to speak today.
As Members of Congress, we are elected to champion the voices of our
people and pass legislation to make their lives better. Instead, House
Republicans are using their position to introduce a nonsense bill to
rename the Gulf of Mexico.
The Gulf has been known as the Gulf of Mexico since the 16th century.
Why are they making a big deal out of this now? It is because they want
to stroke the ego of Donald Trump.
Back home in California, my constituents are concerned about putting
food on the table. They are feeling crushed by high rent and afraid
that they won't be able to buy a home one day. They are worried about
how they can afford healthcare once these Medicaid cuts take effect.
Seniors are scared their Social Security checks are going to dry up,
but Republicans want to focus on renaming a body of water thousands of
miles away from where we are today.

Instead of addressing the things that actually matter to people back
home, House Republicans are trying to distract us from the harmful
policies they are forcing on all of us. This does nothing to improve
the lives of our constituents. It does nothing to make our country
safer, lower costs, help parents feed their kids, or give our seniors
the support they deserve.
This is a waste of time, and it is a disgrace to the people who
elected us to serve in this body.
Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Georgia (Ms. Greene).
Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it is so important for the
American people to hear this debate back and forth between what
Democrats have to say and what Republicans have to say.
The American people rose up in a historic election in November of
2024, and they told Washington, D.C., they have had enough of the
Democratic embrace and love affair with the cartels in Mexico.

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Mr. Speaker, Democrats today are fighting to keep the Gulf of America
named the Gulf of Mexico because the cartels are their business
partners. They fight for the cartels so much that they call an MS-13
gang member, a Maryland man, a man who had two deportation orders, and
who was deported to El Salvador, the country of his citizenship, they
fight for him so hard that they send Senators and House Members down to
fight for him and not for the American people.
The drug crisis in America is the fault of open-border policies and
the love affair between Democrats and cartels. Drug trafficking across
the Gulf of America is a serious issue. The Gulf serves as the maritime
corridor of trafficking operations with drugs like cocaine, marijuana,
fentanyl--a poison that murders Americans--methamphetamine, and heroin
being transported via fishing boats, private vessels, and commercial
maritime routes.
It is our great United States Coast Guard who defend the waters of
the Gulf of America. Since January of 2025, the U.S. Coast Guard has
seized 101,415 pounds of cocaine and 10,743 pounds of marijuana in
operations targeting maritime drug trafficking including in the Gulf of
America.
On April 30, 2025, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa off-loaded
pounds of cocaine and marijuana worth an estimated $12.3 million at
Port Everglades, Florida, seized during operations in the Caribbean Sea
and the Gulf of America.
It is the cartels that use the Gulf of America to invade our country
with drugs, human trafficking, and child sex trafficking. It is our
great Coast Guard and our Navy that defend the land, our people's land,
our States, our businesses and our country from the cartels.
Mr. Speaker, you would think this is the easiest vote that the United
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House of Representatives could take because, after all, everybody in
here swore an oath to defend our Constitution and to defend our laws
and our land.
Oh, but, no, the Democrats can't do it because we had 4 years of
Democrat control where our borders were wide open. The American people
are fed up with it. The American people are tired of being torn down
and served by America-last policies and politicians that absolutely
hate the American people and love the cartels.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, the most encouraging thing so far in the debate on this
bill is that the only speaker that the Republicans have offered in
support of it is the gentlewoman from Georgia. That is it.
I think that is hopeful. It suggests that maybe there is still a
little bit of dignity somewhere in the Republican Conference. I guess
we will see in a few minutes when we start voting on this bill that is
an insult to any serious Member of Congress. It is certainly an insult
to the American people and a giant middle finger to the rest of the
world.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr.
Jeffries), our fantastic Democratic leader, his magic minute.
Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman, my
good friend from the great State of California (Mr. Huffman), for his
tremendous leadership and for pushing back against this bill.
Mr. Speaker, I urge a strong ``no'' against this silly, small-minded,
and sycophantic piece of legislation. When the American people woke up
this morning, they could reasonably ask the question: What are their
elected Representatives on the floor of the House of Representatives
going to be debating?
In an environment where the Trump tariffs are costing them thousands
of dollars more per year, Republicans are crashing the economy in real
time, costs are being raised on hardworking American taxpayers, and
Republicans are driving us toward a painful recession, what might
Members of Congress under this temporary Republican majority be
debating on the floor today?
Would it be legislation about the economy? Would it be something
about healthcare? Would it be anything about Social Security? Perhaps
it is something on public safety. Maybe it is national security
matters. It could be anything to bring the American Dream to life for
hardworking American taxpayers. No, what Republicans have decided to
spend this entire legislative day doing is to debate a bill to rename
the Gulf of Mexico.
In some ways, I guess the American people can be thankful. This week,
what Republicans were going to try to do was visit upon the American
people the largest Medicaid cut in American history. Mr. Speaker,
because Republicans were on the run, they were forced to take that
hearing down. That battle is not over.
In the absence of their ability to actually jam up hardworking
American taxpayers, and instead of focusing on things that would make a
difference in the lives of the American people, we are here on the
House floor, more than 400 years after the fact, debating legislation
to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
It turns out there is a lot more foolishness than this particular
bill. Apparently, it is not enough simply to try to rename the Gulf of
Mexico. Republicans have introduced an act of Congress to express
support for the designation of the first-ever Gulf of America Day. That
ingenious piece of legislation was introduced by Representative Mark
Alford of Missouri.
At a time when Americans are struggling to live paycheck to paycheck,
and when we are grappling with the high cost of living, don't worry
because Republicans have a solution. Congressman Brandon Gill of Texas
has our back with a bill to require the $100 note to include a portrait
of Donald J. Trump. No, thank you.
Not to be outdone, Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina has
the Donald J. Trump $250 Bill Act. Really? That is a hard pass.
Flight travel has become more dangerous. We have an ongoing air
traffic control crisis this week at a major airport in the northeast.
It is central to a lot of the commerce and the functioning of the
economy, an economy that Republicans are breaking in real time.
What would be the Republican response to the situation in our skies?
Representative Addison McDowell of the great State of North Carolina
has a bill to designate Washington Dulles International Airport in
Virginia as the Donald J. Trump International Airport. Did Virginia
even vote for Donald Trump?
Families are confronting thousands of dollars more per year in higher
costs, thanks to Donald Trump's reckless tariffs. Instead of pushing
back the President, instead of Congress asserting our constitutional
authority as it relates to tariffs and trade in the best interest of
the American people, no, Republicans have a different approach.
Here is a gem from Representative Anna Paulina Luna from the great
State of Florida. She has introduced legislation to arrange for the
carving of the figure of President Donald J. Trump on Mount Rushmore.
Are we living in the times of King Nebuchadnezzar? What are we doing?
There are serious issues that the American people want us to confront.
From the very beginning of this Congress, Democrats have said: We
will work with anyone to lower the high cost of living, to secure the
border, to fix our broken immigration system, to protect communities,
to stand up for the healthcare, for the safety, for the well-being, and
for the national security of the American people.
Republicans have no agenda other than the toxic agenda connected to
their big, ugly bill that they are trying to jam down the throats of
the American people. When they have to run away from that and push it
back, this is what we are left with. We are left with renaming the Gulf
of Mexico, which 70 percent of the American people reject. That is
according to Fox News, that bastion of progressive politics.
Mr. Speaker, I strongly urge a ``no'' vote against this small-minded,
silly, and sycophantic bill. I can say without hesitation, reservation,
or need for clarification that America is not down with MTG.
Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Speaker, a lot of accusations have been made about serious
legislation, about working, about the things that have happened since
this new administration has come into office. I would like to recap
some of the things that have happened since this new administration has
come into office.
Number one, they spent a lot of time reversing a lot of bad executive
orders that the previous administration put in place. There were
executive orders that did put America last. We have an administration
now that is working every day to put America first.
We saw Congress take many actions on Congressional Review Acts to
undo bad rules that the previous administration put in place.
Don't believe the accusation that Republicans aren't working. We have
11 committees that have reconciliation instructions, and 8 of those
committees have marked up those instructions already. There are
instructions on a big, beautiful bill to put America first and to
create national security. We will use our resources at home to allow
people in America to have a job and a career where they can raise
families and grow communities. We are working on policies to avoid a $4
trillion to $5 trillion tax increase on every American.
Mr. Speaker, I believe my friends across the aisle are concerned
about a piece of legislation that is going to make a huge difference.
It is a piece of legislation that is going to reverse the destructive
policies that their party has put in place over many years. It is a
piece of legislation that is going to focus on getting our fiscal house
in order and letting Americans keep more of their hard-earned income.
We will develop our resources here at home and become less dependent
on China, less dependent on Middle Eastern oil, and all those things
that over the years have been eroded away from our American economy and
from Americans.
Mr. Speaker, if they want to complain about renaming the Gulf the
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that all day. It gives them something to do other than to talk to
Americans about the real policies that Republicans are looking at
putting in place. It gives them something to do other than make up
scare tactics, which is their normal playbook, and to take anything
that happens and say, oh, they are going to cut Social Security or they
are going to cut Medicare.
We can't even touch Social Security in budget reconciliation.
Democrats know that can't happen in budget reconciliation. Yet, they
still put those scare tactics out. They talk about what bills are going
to do before bill text has been released.
It is because Democrats are on the defensive to protect the Big
Government that they have created over time, while Republicans want to
put government closer to the people, take power out of Washington,
D.C., and truly put America first.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

{time} 1000

Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Oregon (Ms. Dexter).
Ms. DEXTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this
ridiculous bill.
Let's be honest: This bill, along with the executive order it
reinforces, is absurd. It is unserious, ineffective, and beneath the
dignity of this institution.
Changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico won't change the fact that
the world will keep calling it exactly what it is, the Gulf of Mexico.
This isn't just about a name. It is about an administration using the
power of the Federal Government to bully the press, going so far as to
ban reporters from the Oval Office for refusing to go along with this
charade. Let's call that what it is: an assault on free speech.
Our courts have stood up against these attacks, but we can't ignore
the chilling message this sends to journalists everywhere: If you don't
fall in line, you will be punished.
That, Mr. Speaker, is a page right out of the authoritarian playbook.
Americans didn't ask for this, and they didn't vote for this. They
are struggling with real challenges, such as putting food on the table,
accessing healthcare, and rebuilding after disasters. Yet, here we are,
wasting time on political theater instead of working to actually help
them.
In the United States, we are constitutionally guaranteed the right to
challenge power, to speak truth to it, and to laugh when our leaders
make ridiculous claims. That is not disrespect. It is critical for a
healthy democracy.
That is why I offered an amendment to this bill, an amendment
Republicans refused to even take up. My amendment would have made it
absolutely clear that nothing in this bill could be used to censor the
press or authorize retaliation against news organizations for using
accurate names. This administration may have no regard for the
Constitution, but Congress must.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to remember this and to vote
against this bill.
Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Georgia (Ms. Greene).
Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, names matter, and the Democrats
know that.
Parents take a lot of time when they think about what to name a child
that they are happy to welcome into the world because they have pride,
and they are proud to welcome their new baby into the world. That is
why they take pride in the name that they name their child.
As we rename the Gulf the Gulf of America, we are also taking pride
in those waters. There are an estimated one-half million businesses
operating along the Gulf Coast. The Gulf is a major economic hub,
particularly for oil and gas production.
As the people of Spain woke up in darkness for the second time this
week because of the climate hoax and the climate agenda, it is the
Democrats who pursued those same policies the past 4 years. They hate
oil and gas. They want America to be plunged into darkness just like
Spain has been because of those lies.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management reports that the Gulf is the
Nation's primary source for oil and gas, generating about 97 percent of
all U.S. OCS oil and gas production. Other significant industries
include water transportation and leisure hospitality. Offshore drilling
also plays a crucial role in that region, contributing to about 14.6
percent of the Nation's crude oil and 2.3 percent of its gas.
It is our great U.S. Coast Guard and Navy that defend these waters.
Mr. Speaker, the American people aren't afraid of renaming the Gulf
the Gulf of America because the American people want to take pride in
our land and in our waters once again.
As Democrats feign outrage today at the President and his executive
order and our great audacity to rename the Gulf the Gulf of America, it
was the Democrats who first tried to rename an institution after Donald
Trump.
In 2024, Representative Connolly tried to rename a prison after
Donald Trump, and that happened while the Democrats were waging lawfare
like this country has never seen before and should never see again as
they were trying to lock up President Donald Trump and put him in
prison for the rest of his life for lies and attacks and purely for
politics.
It is the Democrats who are constantly feigning outrage over
everything the Republicans are trying to do for the American people,
and the American people will no longer tolerate it. They told us that
in November of 2024.
It is a great honor to rename the Gulf the Gulf of America. This is
an honor not only here in Congress but for the President of the United
States and for the American people.
Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, I think it says a lot that as we have wasted the last
hour of Congress' time on a deeply unserious bill to rename the Gulf of
Mexico, and while Republicans have offered just one speaker in support
of this preposterous piece of legislation--this monumental disaster,
this insult to the American people, and this giant middle finger to the
rest of the world--the only speaker to speak in support of this was the
gentlewoman from Georgia. I think that just tells us an awful lot
today.
The American people think that Congress should do real work, and
there is plenty of real work to be done. Americans are watching their
401(k)'s in free fall from this President's reckless tariff games,
tariff chaos that is happening by using Congress' Article I trade and
commerce authority.
What is this Congress doing about it? They are doing worse than
nothing. They have tied their own hands because, in their government
funding bill, they have created the gimmick of a never-ending
legislative day to prevent them from using their emergency authorities
to put some sensible sideboards on Donald Trump's tariff madness.

In the district right next to mine in Napa County, the Trump
administration abruptly canceled a $50 million wildfire prevention
grant just 4 months after one of the deadliest wildfires in California
history. That has been the story throughout the West. Critical funding
for a critical need for firefighters and for projects that make us
safer from wildfire is in total chaos or canceled because of this
madness with Elon Musk, DOGE, and an unhinged President.
What do we hear from our colleagues across the aisle? Nothing. We get
bills like this to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
Tribal communities are being hammered around the country. Food
insecurity programs are being defunded. Education programs are being
frozen. Healthcare resources are being slashed. All the while, the
administration continues to fire essential agency scientists and public
servants en masse as this Republican Congress shrugs.
The majority is wasting time on an ego-driven rebrand, a performative
stunt rooted in President Trump's imperial edict absurdly titled:
``Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness.''
Mr. Speaker, this is so obviously what authoritarians through history
have done. They do things like call for parades on their own birthday,
or rename things, or do other stunts to distract the American people
from the way they are lining their own pockets and taking away
fundamental rights.
This Republican Congress appears to be perfectly fine with that.
A new CNN national poll shows that the majority of Americans believe
Congress is not doing enough to check this

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President's actions. Nearly one-half say that the current
administration is weakening our democracy, our economy, and our global
standing. This bill really is Exhibit A.
We are not just renaming a gulf. We are drowning public trust in what
this institution is supposed to do: serve the people, solve problems,
and defend democracy.
Yes, this bill has been called a joke more than once. In committee, I
even offered an amendment to rename the entire planet ``Trump'' just to
underscore the absurdity of their sycophantic bootlicking.
Now, after seeing this bill advance not only through committee but
all the way through to the House floor for a final vote, it is getting
a little bit harder to laugh. That is because it is not a joke anymore.
It is a case study in misplaced priorities.
Mr. Speaker, when you start erasing or changing phrases like
``climate change,'' ``equity,'' or ``disadvantaged communities'' from
government websites, when you ban them from scientific reports, then
you are not just playing word games. You are dismantling our capacity
to even name the problems we face, let alone fix them, but we are
renaming bodies of water.
Mr. Speaker, we are about to open the roll, and as we watch the red
and green light up on the big board, I think it is going to be a pretty
good proxy for which Members of Congress still think that we should be
doing serious work, that we should be reclaiming our Article I
responsibilities under the Constitution, that we should have a little
bit of dignity in the face of a deeply unserious bill that has wasted
our time, and to see which Members of Congress are simply bending the
knee to Donald Trump and stroking one man's ego in everything they do.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from
engaging in personalities toward the President.
Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, as we wrap up this so-called debate today, I want to
remind everyone of something that they are not seeing on the news every
day like they were several months ago, and that is hordes coming across
our southern border.
I want to remind people of how much the illegal drugs and human
trafficking have stopped on our southern border.
I remind people of that because it was just a few weeks ago that
President Trump stood in this Chamber. He addressed the joint session
of Congress, and he said something that I think was the most important
thing he said that night. He said that we have come to find out we
didn't really need different laws. We just needed different leadership.
This debate, as my friends will maybe want to call it a debate, has
been really nothing but an attack on President Trump. They are using
this piece of legislation to go at President Trump.
I want to remind everybody of something President Trump has said many
times. He said: ``They are coming after me because I am standing up for
you.''
That is exactly what is happening today. They are coming after this
piece of legislation and equating it to President Trump because he is
standing up for the American people.
This legislation before us simply follows through on a day one
executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I
thank Congresswoman Greene for advancing it. I yield back the balance
of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Taylor). All time for debate has
expired.
Pursuant to House Resolution 377, 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. HUFFMAN. Mr. 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. Huffman of California moves to recommit the bill H.R.
276 to the Committee on Natural Resources.

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. HUFFMAN. 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 203,
nays 213, not voting 16, as follows:

[Roll No. 121]

YEAS--203

Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bell
Bera
Beyer
Bishop
Bonamici
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bynum
Carbajal
Carson
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conaway
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dexter
Dingell
Doggett
Elfreth
Escobar
Espaillat
Evans (PA)
Fields
Figures
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Friedman
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gillen
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, V.
Goodlander
Gray
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Jackson (IL)
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Krishnamoorthi
LaHood
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latimer
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neal
Neguse
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Suozzi
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Tran
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Vindman
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)

NAYS--213

Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Begich
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Buchanan
Burchett
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Downing
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Fine
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Fong
Foxx
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Garbarino
Gill (TX)
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gonzales, Tony
Gooden
Gosar
Graves
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Hamadeh (AZ)
Haridopolos
Harrigan
Harris (MD)
Harris (NC)
Harshbarger
Hern (OK)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Hurd (CO)
Issa
Jack
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)

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Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Patronis
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rulli
Salazar
Scalise
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke

NOT VOTING--16

Carter (LA)
Connolly
Craig
Dunn (FL)
Gottheimer
Ivey
Keating
Massie
McIver
Norcross
Norman
Rutherford
Sherrill
Stefanik
Trahan
Velazquez

{time} 1035

Messrs. GROTHMAN, VAN DREW, BRESNAHAN, McGUIRE, BAIRD, FITZGERALD,
COLLINS, KEAN, FULCHER, PALMER, OBERNOLTE, HARIDOPOLOS, Mrs. KIGGANS of
Virginia, Messrs. JOYCE of Ohio, and LAWLER changed their vote from
``yea'' to ``nay.''
Messrs. GRAY, GOLDMAN of New York, GARCIA of Illinois, and Mrs.
McCLAIN DELANEY changed their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the motion to recommit 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 passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.

Recorded Vote

Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 211,
noes 206, not voting 16, as follows:

[Roll No. 122]

AYES--211

Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Begich
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Buchanan
Burchett
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Downing
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Fine
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Fong
Foxx
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Garbarino
Gill (TX)
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gonzales, Tony
Gooden
Gosar
Graves
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Hamadeh (AZ)
Haridopolos
Harrigan
Harris (MD)
Harris (NC)
Harshbarger
Hern (OK)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Hurd (CO)
Issa
Jack
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (PA)
Kean
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Patronis
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rulli
Salazar
Scalise
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke

NOES--206

Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Bacon
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bell
Bera
Beyer
Bishop
Bonamici
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bynum
Carbajal
Carson
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conaway
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dexter
Dingell
Doggett
Elfreth
Escobar
Espaillat
Evans (PA)
Fields
Figures
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Friedman
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gillen
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, V.
Goodlander
Gray
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Jackson (IL)
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Krishnamoorthi
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latimer
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neal
Neguse
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Suozzi
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Tran
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)

NOT VOTING--16

Carter (LA)
Connolly
Crenshaw
Dunn (FL)
Gottheimer
Grothman
Ivey
Joyce (OH)
Keating
Massie
Norcross
Rutherford
Sherrill
Stefanik
Trahan
Wagner

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So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Stated for:
Mr. CRENSHAW. Mr. Speaker, I was detained for 3 minutes by personal
phone call and they closed the vote very quickly. Had I been present, I
would have voted AYE on Roll Call No. 122.
Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I was in a meeting. Had I been present, I
would have voted AYE on Roll Call No. 122.
Mrs. WAGNER. Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted AYE
on Roll Call No. 122.

PERSONAL EXPLANATION

Mrs. TRAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to attend the vote series
today due to a personal family matter. Had I been present, I would have
voted YEA on Roll Call No. 121 and NO on Roll Call No. 122.

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